In this issue

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) is a yearly count of students by all Australian schools across the country. The aim of the NCCD is to provide the Australian Government with information about the number of students with disability in Australian schools and the type of adjustments they need in order to access and participate in education on the same basis as other students. The NCCD is used by the Australian Government to inform funding for schools, known as the ‘student with disability loading’.

If you are a parent, guardian or carer of a child with disability who requires ongoing adjustments at school, a teacher or another school staff member will consult with you to understand your child’s needs. This collaborative approach ensures the most appropriate adjustments are chosen to support your child’s learning and participation at school. In some cases, an individual education plan (IEP) and/or a highly individualised curriculum plan (ICP) may be developed to document specific educational goals and to review your child’s progress over time.

Your child will be included in the NCCD if they require ongoing adjustments at school due to a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992This link will open in a new window (the DDA). This is a very broad definition of disability, which includes physical and intellectual disabilities, learning disorders such as dyslexia and dysgraphia, and mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.

The Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards) set out the obligations of schools towards students with disability. Information for parents, guardians and carers on the DDA and the Standards about how schools can work with students and their families is available at Disability Standards for Education: A practical guide for individuals, families and communities.

If your child has a disability, your child’s school will provide information about them for the NCCD, including:

• your child’s year of schooling
• the category of disability that best describes your child’s difficulties (one of four categories is chosen by the school team to reflect your child’s greatest area of need: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional)
• the level of adjustment your child receives at school (one of four levels is chosen by the school team to reflect the type of support your child requires: quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary adjustment, substantial adjustment, or extensive adjustment).

The information collected by schools for the NCCD will ultimately be provided to the Australian Government Department of Education. In some cases, this will involve the school passing the information directly to the Department. In other cases, the school will provide it to its state or territory government agency (or other relevant body) in the first instance, and that agency will then provide the information to the Department.

While it is not possible for schools or families to ‘opt out’ of the NCCD, the privacy and confidentiality of all students and their families is treated with utmost importance. Data is collected within each school, and personal details, such as student names and other identifying information, are not provided to local or federal education authorities.

Year 6 Showcase – Pop-Up Gallery

In this unit, students explored what makes them “them” through a series of abstract art activities. Students created their own abstract artwork in 2D in response to their lived experiences through experimentation with media and form. Throughout the unit students engaged in both making and responding in alignment with the Australian Curriculum. The unit focused on how artists draw inspiration from what is around them and how that inspiration influences the way they make work, what they think about and how they develop as artists. The unit also introduced students to the principles of abstraction. This unit focused on the general capability of critical and creative thinking. Students investigated selected techniques, styles and a range of influences used by a several abstract artists in their artwork.

Students created a collection of abstract inspired artwork based on exploring your identity. It was a joy to witness the wonderful work created by our Year 6 class under the direction of Ms Tenney.

ESAFETY COMMISSIONER PARENT WEBINARS/RESOURCES

As our lives continue to grow and change due to the availability of Technology in our everyday lives, the eSafety Commissioner continues to support parents/caregivers with a wealth of resources and tips for families to engage in healthy technology use. Please see the schedule below for free webinars.

LIFE EDUCATION VISIT TO ST JOHN’S LUTHERAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

As part of our School-Wide Personal Health and Development Plan, students from Prep-Year Three will be involved in a school funded educational program run by Life Education Queensland. The Primary Program aligns to the Australian Curriculum Learning Area of Health and Physical Education. Please see the timetable below outlining the details of your child/ren’s class visit from Mrs Rebecca Jakins – Life Education Health Consultant and our favourite Giraffe – Harold.Thank you to those parents who registered for our Triple P ‘Building Resilient Children’ Parent Zoom session, which was conducted last week. If you were unable to attend, please follow the Triple P Link below to register for another complimentary Building Resilient Children webinar. Free parenting Courses | Triple P (triplep-parenting.net.au)

Details for access to Life Education Queensland’s – Parent Hub can be found here: https://lifeeducationqld.powerhousehub.net/ 

As previously outlined, further information regarding the Life Education ‘Talk About It’ program for students in Years Four-Six will be communicated later this term. A parent session will also accompany these presentations.

SSRC MEETINGS TERM 2 2023

Date Claimers for this term’s SSRC meetings are;

Week 5 – 18 May

Week 8 – 08 June

SSRC Meetings are held during morning tea (play and eating time) on Thursdays in the Library Courtyard.

CO-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE TERM 2 2023

HOMEWORK ENRICHMENT CLUB

Mrs Bester opens her room every Friday lunchtime and welcomes our senior school to finish off any outstanding homework for the week, enabling students to attend to their weekend sports, family time and time for relaxation. Please encourage your child/ren to come along and foster their sense of wellness of a weekend to ease their load.

Mrs Mader is also supporting Year three students with the opportunity to finish their homework prior to the busyness of the weekend.

LUNCH TIME CRAFT CLUB

This term we will be offering a lunch time craft club for junior students. To assist with this, we would love to collect items such as empty cardboard boxes, plastic containers (such as berry containers), craft items such as clean plastic lids, wool, material scraps. If you have any of these items, please drop them in at the school office or to Mrs Peta Burt in Year 1 Blue. Please ensure all items sent in are empty and clean. To ensure the health and safety of all students please do not send in egg cartons, boxes that have contained nuts (please check muesli bars and cereal to ensure they do not contain nuts), medicine packets, milk bottles or toilet roll tubes. Please contact the school if you would like to ask further questions, regarding suitable packaging for this club. We look forward to upcycling your used packaging!

DATE CLAIMER – ST JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH/PRIMARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY SUNDAY

Please mark this date in your calendar – Sunday 18 June. This date will see our Prep and Year Three students directly involved in our Community Sunday Worship. All students are more than welcome to participate, and further correspondence will be sent home shortly. What a wonderful way to worship as a school community in the name of our Lord.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any further questions.

Award-winning children’s author Chris Collin is visiting our school Tuesday 6 June 2023! Chris is the author, singer and narrator of musical picture books, including the wild and wacky Funky Chicken series and A Bug Called Doug. His latest title is an environmentally-themed book called The Things You Can Do with Blue Whale Poo! Yes, believe it or not, whale poop is crucial to healthy oceans and even the air we breathe! Chris’ philosophy is simple; encourage our kids to read and write by making reading fun! The presentation includes storytelling, puppets, video slideshows, singing and dancing! Chris will explain how a picture book is created. Some of our students will become illustrators for a day and may even get started on their very own creative project!

• Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space is in the Qld and Victorian Premiers Challenge Book List and was voted WINNER in the 2016 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards! This book is also a selected test for the Qld Dept of Education Partners in Reading Program.
• Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks is in the Premiers Reading Challenge Book List in Qld, NSW and Victoria and was shortlisted in the 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards.
• A Bug Called Doug is in the Qld Premiers Reading Challenge Book List and in the BSDE e-kindy curriculum.
• Funky Chicken Mission InCROCible is in the Premiers Reading Challenge Book List in NSW and Victoria.
• The Things You Can Do with Blue Whale Poo is in the Premiers Reading Challenge Book List in Victoria, and was short-listed in the 2021 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards.

You can download educational activity sheets specific to our books from the Funkybooks website. These FREE activities are great fun and available for anyone to use including teachers, parents and care givers! If you are interested in purchasing a signed copy of Chris’ beautiful books, just fill in the attached order form and money slip, pop it into an envelope and deliver back to the school per the steps below.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PLACE YOUR ORDER

PREFERRED OPTION – Order from the secure shopping cart at www.funkybooks.com.au – quote funky10 in the discount code box to get your author visit discount! (Note – postage fees apply for this option but it also means you get your order now before the visit!)

 OR

Deliver your completed Order Form in a sealed envelope to the School office labelled “Book Order – Chris Collins & your child’s name and class. ” Orders must be received by Monday 5 June 2023. If paying by cash, please be advised that correct money must be included as no change will be given.

Lost Property

We currently have a number of lost property items in the office waiting to be collected by their owner. We encourage students and parents to visit the office to check for any missing items. Any uncollected items remaining at the end of term are donated. In preparation for the cooler months, please ensure that all jumpers and long pants are clearly named so that we can return these items to their owner in a timely manner.

Learn n Play Tennis Sessions

Join Bundaberg Tennis Academy’s Tennis Australia Club Professional Coach, Kevin Banner & become a Tennis Hot Shot. Kevin will be conducting Learn n Play Tennis Sessions with lots of fun & games at the Tennis Courts at school for Grades 3-6 every Tuesday morning from 7:40 – 8:25am commencing in Week 3 (2 May 2023). Cost approx $96.00 for the 8 weeks.

Loan racquets are available and racquets are available for purchase. Limited vacancies with minimum of 6 players. Please register before attending and if you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact Kevin on 0409 520 753.

Kind Regards

Kevin Banner

Tennis Australia Club Professional Tennis Coach

Bundaberg Tennis Academy & Bundaberg Junior Tennis Assoc Inc

General P&F Meeting – All Welcome

Our next General P&F Meeting will be held on Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 5:30pm at the School. Everyone is welcome and we would love for you to join us. In the meantime, if you have any queries or suggestions, please email pandf@stjohnsbundaberg.qld.edu.au

We hope you can attend.

St John’s P&F Executive

Mothers Day Stall 2023

Thank you to all who supported our Mother’s Day Stall that was held on Monday 8 May. There were many hard, well thought out decisions made by students that day. We hope the recipients of these gifts have a wonderful day this Sunday.

A special thank you to all Volunteer’s who took time out of their busy schedule on the day and made this stall possible.  Your willingness to give your time and service is greatly appreciated as these events cannot proceed without you!

Christine Ewald

St John’s P&F President on behalf of the P&F Executive

As part of the upcoming educational Year 6 Camp to Luther Heights, the students are fundraising throughout the year to assist with their trip.

Year 6 are involved in the following events:

Pizza & Free Dress Day – Wednesday 31 May

Pizza Day order forms will be sent home next week with further details to follow.

Pie Drive – Collection Day Thursday 15 June

The very popular Chic’s Pie Drive will be returning for 2023 – order forms will be sent home this week.

School Disco – Friday 16 June, 5:30 – 7:30pm

Variety of market stalls as well as the Snack Bar will be run by the Year 6 students on the night. BBQ Dinner will be available for purchase through the P&F Committee.

We thank everyone for their support so far and look forward to bringing you these events for Term 2.

Year 6 Fundraising Committee

Uniform Shop – NOW OPEN

We are pleased to announce that the Uniform Shop is now open every week for packing and processing orders. The Uniform Shop’s opening hours are:

Tuesday – 2.30pm – 4.00pm

Friday – 7.45am – 9.15am

Please be aware that fittings are by appointment only and spaces are limited. If your child requires a fitting, please book using the Uniform Fitting Booking Link

Winter Uniforms

With the cooler months now on us, please check the sizing and requirements below of all of your winter uniform items.

Prep students require a Prep Pullover (Jumper) and Prep Track Pants. Please note: Tights are not part of the Prep Uniform.

Years 1 – 6 require the following:

If you know your sizing, please feel free to fill out and return the following forms to the school office: school@stjohnsbundaberg.qld.edu.au these will be packed during the Uniform Shops opening hours and we will advise when your order is ready to collect.

Prep Uniforms: Order Form

Boys Uniforms: Order Form

Girls Uniforms: Order Form

Please remember to label all items (especially jumpers and jackets) so that if they do make it to Lost Property we can ensure that it is returned promptly. 

Weekly Awards are presented each week at Chapel & Assembly from 8.45am, SMS notifications are sent prior to this advising of your child’s upcoming award – everyone is welcome to attend.

Please come along and join us before Chapel & Assembly for Coffee & Connect from 8am.