Issue 9, 2023 Term 4, 13th October 2023
- Principals Report
- Happy Birthday
- Student of the Week & Gotcha Winners Term 3
- 3rd November, St Finbarr's Mystery Holiday and Fete
- District and State Sport Report
- Quilpie & District Carnival Dates 2023
- Prep 2024 Enrolments
- Scholastic Bookclub
- Day for Daniel 27th October
- School Assembly
- PPF Meeting 16th November
- Tuckshop Term 4, 2023
- Combined School Art Exhibition Opening
- School Absences
- School Bell Times
- Term Dates 2023
- St Finbarr's Student Protection Contacts
Principals Report
Dear Parents and Friends
Dear Family and Friends
Welcome to Term 4. We have had a fantastic start to the term. Over the past two weeks we have already attended two school swimming lessons, had two music and nativity play practices as well as having many birthdays to celebrate!
STATE TRACK & FIELD
This week Ava Horgan made the trip to Brisbane to compete at the State Track & Field Carnival in the 100M sprint and the relay team. We hope she has had a successful carnival and enjoyed this incredible experience!
ONLINE MUSIC LESSONS
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Lindy Sommerfield for her fantastic online private piano lessons she has offered the students this year. Lindy’s students will be performing at the End of Year Awards Night.
We also would like to thank Mrs Leia Jensen who has worked with our instrumental students online this term. She has made a very positive impact on the students this year. Next year 4-6yr students can choose to learn an instrument. Mrs Leia Jensen will be visiting in week 8 this term and the students will be doing their end of year performances.
AWARDS NIGHT AND NATIVITY PLAY
This year we have decided to have our Nativity Play performance. Awards Night will be held on Wednesday 29th November at 6pm. Our Nativity Play will be help on Thursday 30th November at 12pm. Please come along!
Our Instrumental and Piano Students along with a few special guests will be playing in the live band! We have fantastic Narrators as well as our all-important Nativity Play actors!
COMBINED SCHOOL ARTS EXHIBITION
Thank you to the ladies at the Quilpie Visitor Information centre who have worked hard to create a fantastic display for our student’s artwork. Thank you to the students for their huge effort and to the Teachers and to Miss Janell for their efforts in getting the art completed and prepared. The art looks fantastic. Please make sure you take the time to stop in over the next week or so to see the display.
PRINCIPAL AWAY
I will be away next Thursday 19th and returning to school on Tuesday 24th October. I may not be able to answer any emails while I am away. If anything is urgent, please contact the office and ensure all absentee and school text messages are sent to the administration email quilpie@twb.catholic.edu.au
Until next time
Kara Marsh
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday, this past fortnight to Ella-Rose & Jessica !
Student of the Week & Gotcha Winners Term 3
Gotcha tickets are given out each week when students are seen to be following our school rules and values. Actions may include caring for each other, greeting other students, staff and parents warmly or showing respect and responsibility. Actions may also be following the words of Mary Mackillop - 'Never see a need without doing something about it'
Week 1 - SOW Winners Lylah &Jory
Gotcha Winners - Lucy & Digby
Week 2 - SOW Winners lylah & Jess
Gotcha Winners - Emily & Lewis
3rd November, St Finbarr's Mystery Holiday and Fete
Here's your link for the try booking page to purchase tickets online ! Right click and open or hold the Ctrl button and click on link if your on your computer . Tickets are for sale in the School Office, Paulsen Bros, Quilpie Butchery and Elle's newsagent.
Thankyou and Good Luck to all
https://www.trybooking.com/CMGOU
District and State Sport Report
Well done Ava in your efforts to make it to the State Track and Field Carnival in Brisbane this week.
Quilpie & District Carnival Dates 2023
Swimming – Friday 24th November
PEGLER
SOMMERFIELD
DURACK
McMANUS
Prep 2024 Enrolments
Add these dates to your diary!
We are so excited to welcome all families who would like to attend our Prep Transition Mornings in Term Term 4.
We use these mornings to observe and get to know your children to take the pressure off you with preparing them for school. We are completely committed to ensuring we are prepared for your child in 2024.
A great opportunity for all Quilpie and surrounding areas children to experience a morning in the classroom.
Enrolment Application | St Finbarr’s School, Quilpie (twb.catholic.edu.au)
Scholastic Bookclub
Orders due back to school by the 23rd of this month,a link for online ordering follows
Day for Daniel 27th October
School Assembly
Every Friday is school assembly in the Mary Mac room, at 8.45am. When the school bell rings we head down to the Mary Mac room where student awards and other news is presented. Parents and friends are more than welcome to attend.
PPF Meeting 16th November
Thursday 16th November will be our last PPF meeting for 2023, 5pm in the Staffroom
All welcome to come along and join the meeting. If you have any items you wish discussed at this meeting send them in to the school or your PPF reps before the Thursday.
Jeremy Grimm -President, Dan Hoch - VP,
Amy Kuhn - Treasurer, Kerri Thompson - Secretary
& Louise Hoch -Fundrasing Co-Ordinator
Tuckshop Term 4, 2023
Please provide during Term 4
Snack attack @ 10am
Morning tea @ 11am
Lunch @ 1pm
$9 per student
Parents please remember to send cutlery to school with your childs lunch box if their meal requires utensils.
Combined School Art Exhibition Opening
School Absences
PARENTS, Please contact the office each day when students are unable to attend school.
Please dont send a message with siblings about absences, please contact the school directly each day
Ph 07 46 215 200
Email - quilpie@twb.catholic.edu.au
School Bell Times
Start of day bell -8.45am
Morning Tea Bell 11.00am -11.30am
Lunch Bell 1.00pm -1.30pm
End of day Bell -3.00pm
Please don't send students to school before 8.30 unless prior arrangements have been made, playground supervision doesn't begin until 8.30am
Term Dates 2023
Term 1, 24th Jan-31st March 10 Weeks
Term 2, 18th April-23rd June 10 Weeks
Term 3, 11th July-15th Sept 10 Weeks
Term 4, 3rd Oct - 1st Dec 9 Weeks
St Finbarr's Student Protection Contacts
It is a legislative requirement that all non-state schools have at least two nominated staff members to whom a student can report the behaviour of another staff member that the student considers inappropriate. We call these specially trained staff members School Student Protection Contacts, or SSPCs. Each SSPC has been nominated by the principal in recognition of their integrity, approachability and knowledge in the area of student protection. Whilst students are encouraged to speak up to any trusted adult in the school community, it is important that they know they can access these specific staff members at any time should they have worries, queries or concerns. You will have noticed posters throughout the school depicting our current SSPCs. The SSPCs are also published on our school website along with information about our student protection processes. In everything we do at St Finbarr's student safety is our highest priority, therefore the SSPCs at our school are key personnel in our overall safeguarding processes. Please see the poster depicting our current SSPC team.
