5 August 2022

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Staff Car Park

As of Monday, 8th of August there will be major works occurring within our staff car park. This work will continue throughout Term 3. The number of parks available to staff will be significantly impacted for both our school and Southport Special School. Only authorised cars will now be able to utilised the car park and those cars need to display the parking permit on their dashboard. The gates to the staff car park will be closed from 2.00pm until 3.00pm as a precautionary safety measure. This will also assist the flow of traffic in our pick-up zone.

For students and families who walk to school, entering/exiting via the path from the Kumbari crossing, it is important to please stay on the concrete path around the edge of the carpark and not to walk through the carpark.

Students who ride a bike or scooter to school must dismount prior to entering the school grounds. It is also important for all students who ride to wear a helmet.

School Opinion Surveys

Just a friendly reminder, the School Opinion Surveys for parents will close on 12 August 2022.

An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey has been emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 11 July. The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022. Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it.

Prep Enrolments

While many things continue to be a little different in 2022, one thing that remains constant is our planning for our 2023 Prep Students. To help us with classes and numbers for next year, we ask that any families with 2023 Prep age students please return your completed enrolment paper work, including original birth certificate, to the office ASAP to secure your place.

Enrolling early not only allows us to plan our staffing and classes as accurately as possible, it also provides the opportunity for your 2023 Prep child to participate in our transition and information sessions which are extremely valuable in assisting with the transition into school.

Keeping Healthy

As we are now well and truly into the winter months, it is more important than ever that high hygiene protocols are followed to ensure that we can all stay as healthy as possible. If your child is showing signs or symptoms of a cold/flu or is feeling unwell please ensure to keep them at home to stop the spread of infection. Please notify the office of your child’s absence.

Julie-Anne McGuinness – Principal

BROADWATER DISTRICT ATHLETICS 2022

On Monday 1st August and Tuesday 2nd August, Musgrave Hill competed at the Broadwater District Athletics Carnival. We had 33 of our students qualify to attend the carnival. All students showed great sportsmanship, respect and comradery.

Despite a wet running track and the occasional shower on the first day, our Musgrave Hill students had some amazing results. The stand out performances of the two days were:

• Arjun
     o 1st 100m Final 12 year boys (13.33 seconds)
     o 1st 200m Final 12 year boys
     o 5th Long Jump Final 12 year boys
• Willow
     o 6th Long Jump Final 12 year boys
• Bella
     o 5th 800m Final 12 year girls
• Eziah
     o 1st Shot Put Final 11 year boys
     o 1st Discus Final 11 year boys
• Eli
     o 3rd 100m Final 11 year boys
     o 3rd 200m Final 11 year boys
     o 3rd Long Jump Final 11 year boys
     o 2nd High Jump Final 11 year boys
• Ana
     o 5th High Jump Final 11 year girls
• Jacob
     o 1st 100m Final (1 of 2) 10 year boys
     o 9th 200m Final 10 year boys

A huge congratulation to all students that competed. Your efforts were amazing.

David Croucher - Health and Physical Education Coordinator

ENRICHMENT @ MUSGRAVE

This week a letter went home inviting all students from Prep to Year 6 to enter the STEAM Fair Competition. This competition will be a part of our STEAM Challenge Day on Wednesday 14th September. All entries will be on display, judged by our panel of experts and then winners will be announced in the last session on the day.

All entries into the STEAM Fair will need to be brought to school on Wednesday the 7th of September. They will need to be delivered to the Hall between 8:15 and 8:40am.

Students can select from one of the categories below:

Each category will have specific task parameters that will need to be adhered to.

To register your interest and receive a STEAM Fair Competition Booklet please complete the form that was sent home this week and return it to your class teacher by Wednesday the 17th of August.

We can’t wait to see what is presented!

Mrs Candiece Ledwidge – Enrichment Coordinator

INDIGENOUS CHAMPION NEWS

Colours used in Aboriginal art ‘feat. Prep Purple, 5 Aqua’

Colours used for creating Aboriginal art, such as ochre or iron clay pigments, were originally obtained from the local land. Yellow, white, red, and black from charcoal was first produced and later smoky greys, sage greens and saltbush mauves were added. Although the Aboriginal people have used ochre for body paint, and to draw on bark, rock walls, in dirt and sand for many thousands of years, it was only in the 1930s that the first Aboriginal paintings were produced. The canvas artwork we see today is only about 50 years old.

Aboriginal dot paintings usually use ochre and acrylic paints, with acrylic paints commonly used in modern artworks. Blue tones are usually used to represent the ocean, and warm tones such as brown and orange are used to represent the earth. Prep Purple looked at different indigenous artists and had a go at dot painting the wedge tail eagle in flight, as a talented representation of the original custodians of the land where Musgrave Hill State School is located.

Many Indigenous cultures believe that Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle who created the land features and animals of south-east Australia and gave its people life, by breathing into moulded clay figures. Bunjil symbolises respect, honour, strength, courage and wisdom.

Stencils of the hand have been noted as the earliest personalised symbols found on Aboriginal rock art sites. They were a means of marking territory and portraying a person’s individuality. They were (and still are) a way of recording that the Aboriginal person (or group of people) was at that specific place and time, when the hand print was created, similar to the way group photos are taken today.

5 Aqua created their individualised, pre-printed hand symbol using the predominant theme of the Aboriginal flag. The colours of the Aboriginal flag are black, red and yellow; with the black colour symbolising the Aboriginal people; the red colour representing the earth and the ceremonial significance of the colour of ochre; and the yellow circle representing the sun.

Some of our more enterprising 5 Aqua children interspersed the colours of the Torres Strait Islander flag within their poster. To the people of the Torres Strait Islands the green colour is a represention of the land; the black colour a represention of the people; the blue colour a representation of the sea; and the white colour a representation of peace.

5 Aqua additionally decided to KickstArt the 2022 NAIDOC theme of ‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!’ during our NAIDOC day celebrations. Part of the 2022 NAIDOC theme was to celebrate, honour and learn more about key moments and individuals who called for action to bring about systematic change for Aboriginal and Torres Islander communities. 5 Aqua took a creative approach to the 2022 NAIDOC theme and used artworks to produce a colourway design for footwear. This was their fashion statement!

At Musgrave Hill State School we believe that Aboriginal art has been predominant in reviving Aboriginal culture, by knocking down existing barriers of misunderstanding and prejudice. Aboriginal art has revitalised our appreciation and understanding of the Aboriginal culture, and has helped us build substantially stronger bridges of appreciation between people of all ages and cultures.

Yolanda Simpson – Indigenous Champion (based on information obtained from various internet sources)

CLASSROOM CAPERS

3 Navy

Mrs Graham & 3 Navy

3 Violet

At the end of Term 1, 3 Violet studied Poetry. We looked at different poetic devices and also different types of poems. We enjoyed writing our own Cinquain poem about a thunderstorm. We also illustrated the use of Onomatopoeia in some art work.

This term, 3 Violet have been exploring cultural stories by learning about and reading Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories. Students have embraced learning about the meaning of the narratives, why they are important and what we can learn from them. Year 3 are looking forward to our upcoming excursion to Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre.

Mrs Meagher & 3 Violet

A WORD FROM OUR BUSINESS MANAGER

2022 Student Resource Scheme

Thank you to all parents who have paid for their student resources.

The final instalment for 2022 SRS was due by the end of July.

Reminder notices will be sent out each month from August to December to remind those parents of their outstanding amounts.

If you require a copy of your invoice, please contact the office.

If you are having problems with payment, please come to the office and we can discuss a payment arrangement.

Mrs Connolly – Business Manager

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

TUCKSHOP NEWS

Great news kids! - you can now bring in your spare change or pocket money to buy an ice block, drink, muffin or chips at First and Second breaks.

All lunch orders still need to be made via the Qkr! App by 9am each day. The ‘Musgrave Way Award’ can also be used by simply attaching the $5.00 award to a note with your order, if your order is more than $5.00 please add coins to make up the balance. Please make sure your child lets their Teacher know or remind them to drop it off to me in the Tuckshop when they arrive at school.

If you have any enquiries at all please don’t hesitate to call the Tuckshop on 5644 5555.

Uniform News

Great news!!!! Our uniform stock has finally arrived. All backorders have now been delivered to classrooms, so if you still haven’t received all your items please contact the Uniform Shop.

New orders received through Qkr! are fulfilled after lunch each day and placed in the Teachers pigeon holes. If you haven’t received your order 24 hours after purchase please contact the Uniform Shop.

New operating hours for the Uniform Shop:

We are open the following days and times to allow parents to come in:

Monday - 1:30-2:50pm
Tuesday - 1:30-2:50pm
Wednesday - 1:30-2:50pm

If you do require an appointment outside of these times please call the Uniform Shop so we can accommodate you.

P&C News

Our Father’s Day gifts are on Sale now on the Qkr! App. We have a ‘Dad’s Fitness Pack’ $10.00 or a ‘Thank You Dad Present’ $5.00. All orders will be sent to the child’s class on Thursday 1st September ready for Dad’s Special Day. The cut off for purchases is Wednesday 31st August 5:00pm, so make sure you don’t miss out.

P&C meeting – Our next meeting will be held this month, please keep an eye on the Facebook page for a confirmed date and time. If you have any enquiries regarding the P&C please email PandC@musgravehillss.eq.edu.au.

Sally McWilliams - Tuckshop and Uniform Convenor

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY NEWS

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Coombabah State High School

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