Newsletter 12 27 April 2022

From the Principal

Dear Parents/Carers

On Friday, we held our ANZAC assembly. It was great to see so many parents and families attend the afternoon. A special thank you to Ms Oziganow for conducting the choir and to Mr Cipollone for playing the trumpet. Thanks also to Ms Grayson for delivering the ANZAC requiem for the assembly. It was a special afternoon. Finally, thanks to all families for supplying the flowers to decorate the class wreaths- our staff did a wonderful job of putting them together.

It was also great to see so many families at Hanlon Park for the P&C gathering after school on Friday.

Please be reminded that schools are now operating under COVID normal conditions, as below:

Visitors on school sites

Visitors attending a school site to work or volunteer must be fully vaccinated.

Visitors are kindly reminded not to visit a school if you are sick.

Parents and carers

Parents and carers are welcome on school sites and are not required to be fully vaccinated. You may be asked to check in via the Check In Qld app .

Parents or carers who are working or volunteering at a school site must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. You must come to the administration office to sign in and sign out. Before you are able to volunteer you need to complete the mandatory training - Key Messages guide 2022. This needs to be completed annually.

Adults are kindly reminded to maintain physical distancing at all times, especially at drop-off and pick-up time, in the car park, outside classrooms and at the school gate.

NAPLAN online

Practice Tests were conducted for students in years 3 & 5 on Friday morning. Students will be more familiar operating in the online environment during the test period. You may like to access this link to find further sample testing materials and other useful information about the testing suite (a reminder that the year 3 writing will still be using paper and pencil).

A reminder that this Monday 2 May is the Labour Day public holiday.

Enjoy the long weekend

Simon Vaseo

Principal

ANZAC Service

From the P & C

Uniforms 

Thank you for your patience. For any uniforms ordered, they will be delivered on Thursday afternoon to allocated spots. Currently, the Uniform Shop is online only, and volunteers are packing uniforms. 

Uniform shop Convenor

The P&C is looking for a Uniform shop Convenor to work flexibly, in a paid role three hours a fortnight. If you are interested in running our Uniform Shop, please get in touch via secretary@burandasspandc.org.au 

Winter Solstice and Buranda Fest Organising Committees

We are really excited to run this event, but we need help to run the Winter Solstice on Saturday 18 June this year.   We NEED YOU! 

Now funds have been secured for both the Winter Solstice and Buranda Fest, we are looking for volunteers who want to be involved in organising events. Please get in touch via email to secretary@burandasspandc.org.au if you are interested in getting involved.

Tuckshop Convenor

The P&C is looking for a Tuckshop Convenor to work flexibly 6 - 10 hours a week in the tuckshop.  If you are interested in running our School Tuckshop, please get in touch via secretary@burandasspandc.org.au

2022 P&C Meeting Dates 

Parent Reps & First Friday Club

Class Groups

We are setting up Parent Reps and Class What’s App Groups to help us connect and share information. We respect people’s privacy and it’s optional to join. We hope everyone will be part of it, so you don’t miss anything! Feel free to ask questions and help each other on the chat. It’s a friendly space and respectful interactions are always expected. If you would like to join the What’s App group for your class, please TEXT the parent rep below, and they will add you.

Parent Reps

Prep B/Prep/1 T – Zoe 0418 744 583 (Posy’s Mum)

1/2S – Position Available

1/2K – Brooke 0401 419 708 (Ayla’s Mum)

2C – Position Available

3C – Position Available

3/4O – Ludivine 0432 257 248 (Jules’ Mum)

4W – Deanne 0422 060 199 (Daisy’s Mum)

4/5H – Laura 0403 818 440 (Harry’s Mum)

5/6C – Gitte 0401 555 472 (Jacob’s Mum)

6BA – Fiona 0413 780 537 (Jemima’s Mum)

For those classes with positions available, please text Laura 0403 818440 if you would like to be Parent Rep. It takes minimal time to administer and oversee the What’s App group. Thanks to everyone for building our community connections.

Hanlon Park Meet Up

Our Hanlon Park gathering on Friday afternoon was a great success. The kids had so much fun, and it was great to see parents making new connections and swapping phone numbers. Big thanks to parent Karmichael, who organised an epic game of footy. Thanks also to Mr Vaseo, who took time out of this busy afternoon to drop in and say hello.

There was multiple requests for a regular gathering, so we will restart the First Friday Club, which was cancelled due to Covid in 2020. See attached flyer.

Community