Dear Families,

School Fete

Thank you to all involved in the organisation of the School Fete. It was my first Yeronga State School Fete and was so heartened by the inclusive and joyous atmosphere of the day. A highlight for me were the student performances. The opportunity to perform in front of an audience is a core component of the performing arts curriculum not to mention the empowering experience for our young people to practise then perform in front of parents and community. I was deeply moved and honoured to welcome Uncle Des Sandy to conduct the Welcome to Country followed by the performance of our Kalari Kids. Such a respectful and joyous opening of this significant community event. I wish to make special mention of the 43 students who submitted art works to the 150th Principal Art Archive. The works were a testament to the ideas, creativity and aspirations of our Yeronga State School Students and will remain as a treasured feature of children’s art in our new administration building. There was something for everyone including my little grandchild who accompanied me in the afternoon. Congratulations and endless gratitude to Juliet Brooks and her calm and diligent event management. We are blessed!

National Reconciliation Week

Last week saw the commencement of National Reconciliation Week. Running from 27 May to 3 June, these dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey: the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision. This year's National Reconciliation Week theme is “More than a word. Reconciliation takes action”. National Reconciliation Week follows National Sorry Day on 26 May, a day to remember and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were forcibly removed from their families. We respectfully reflect on the sad and painful history of the Stolen Generation and recognise the resilience of these survivors and their descendants, including many of our staff and students.

Teachers and students are in the midst of end of semester assessment and reporting. It is really important students are at school every day unless sick. We are noticing increasing illness at this time and I take this opportunity to remind everyone, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Social distancing, face masks (where distancing is not possible), handwashing and hygiene continue to be of upmost importance. Your cooperation is appreciated. Many of our Yeronga families continued to be separated from family and loved ones as a result of the Pandemic. The impact of this on the wellbeing of our families, staff and students is of concern to me and the leadership team. If any of our families are suffering and need of support please consider the resources available through Head to Health. Head to Health, provided by the Australian Department of Health, brings together apps, online programs, online forums, and phone services, as well as a range of digital information resources from some of Australia’s most trusted mental health organisations. Whether you are trying to improve your own sense of wellbeing, looking for help with something that is bothering you, or helping someone you care about—Head to Health is a good place to start. Nothing does more for wellbeing than connection. If you are feeling alone please consider touching base with our school chaplain Jennifer Bennett. Chappy Jen is wonderful ear to those in need and can put families in touch with community organisations or assist with organising school based help where applicable.

Last newsletter I mentioned the Yeronga State School Parent and Community Code of Conduct. Please take the time to read through the expectations for our school.

Eunice Webb

Principal

Zones of Regulation

Zones of Regulation is being used across the school to help students learn how to self-regulate. The Zones of Regulation creates a system to categorize how the body feels and emotions into four coloured zones with which the students can easily identify. Each fortnight, students learn about the Zones in their classes and set a goal to work towards for the next two weeks.  Consistent language across the school and home environments help students to generalise the skill of self-regulation. Students will be familiar with the following diagram and you may like to adopt these principles and the language at home.

• Blue Zone: Used to describe a low state of alertness. The Blue Zone is used to describe when one feels sad, tired, sick, or bored.
• Green Zone: Used to describe the ideal state of alertness. A person may be described as calm, happy, focused, or content when he or she is in the Green Zone. The student feels a strong sense of internal control when in the Green Zone.
• Yellow Zone: Used to describe a heightened state of alertness. A person may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, or fear when in the Yellow Zone. The student’s energy is elevated yet he or she feels some sense of internal control in the Yellow Zone.
• Red Zone: Used to describe an extremely heightened state of alertness. A person may be experiencing anger, rage, explosive behaviour, panic, extreme grief, terror, or elation when in the Red Zone and feels a loss of control.
  
  

Student Council Movie Day

On Friday 11^th June, the Student Council is holding a movie day and pyjama day.  Students are asked to wear their snuggly PJ’s to school and bring a gold coin donation for the student council fundraiser. 

Preps/year 1/ year 2 will watch a movie in the morning session (9-11) and years 3-6 will watch a movie in the middle and afternoon sessions (12-3). Students can bring 1 pillow to make sure that they’re EXTRA comfy for movie time.

Student councillors are still nominating movies and fundraising ideas and will be casting votes in their classes this week.

Nude Food MONDAY 7 JUNE

Monday is our first Nude Food Day for 2021! Send your child to school with a nude lunch (no throw away packaging) and they could win some great prizes for their class or themselves. Be sure to label all containers with your child's name and class!

Uniform Reminder

As we are moving more into the colder months it is a timely reminder for children to wear the school approved winter uniforms – navy tracksuit pants and school jumpers with the school emblem or plain navy jumpers with no branding, stripes or hoods. 

Please also ensure children come to school with their wide brim slouch hat or school bucket hat so that they can access the playgrounds at break times.

Bike Safety Program

Yeronga State School will be hosting the Bike Safety Program in the last week of Term 2.  The children will engage in various learning/s around bike and road safety.  The Prep – Year 4 classes will be engaging in a presentation and will be required to bring in a bike helmet if they have one.  The Year 5 – 6 classes will be engaging in a session that requires them to bring a bike and a helmet.  If your child does not have a bike or a helmet, please be aware that they are still able to engage and participate in the sessions.

These bike safety sessions aligns with Active School travel for the following reasons:

• Active transport to school can increase concentration by up to four hours
• The health benefits of cycling far outweigh the risks
• 15 mins of exercise can improve a child’s mood
• In Australia, it is recommended that 5–16 yr olds do 30 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous exercise every day

2021 Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing Survey - Information for parents and carers

Why are we doing the survey?

We know that wellbeing and engagement are important parts of your child’s life at school. The department and your school are looking at ways to collect information on these important areas so we can support our students in the best way possible.

The Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey is designed to measure how state school students view their wellbeing and engagement.

Results from this survey will tell us about students’ levels of wellbeing and engagement. This information will allow us to better support our students and meet their needs.

When will the survey take place?

The QEW Survey will take place on the 15^th and 16^th June

What is the survey about?

The survey measures many aspects of students’ wellbeing, engagement, and experience at school.

What is involved in participation?

Teachers will arrange for students to take part in the Survey online during class time. It will take about 30 minutes to complete. If your child requires additional assistance, teachers and/or support people are able to assist them.

Does your child have to participate?

Participation in the survey is voluntary. Choosing not to participate will not affect your child’s education in any way.

Your child will also be asked if they would like to participate before starting the survey. They will be free to stop or withdraw at any time.

If you do not wish for your child to participate in the QEW Survey, please contact your school.

Your child will still get a link to the survey in their email even if you opt-out, but they won’t be able to get into the survey without the access code given only at the time of completing the survey.

How will your child’s information be kept confidential?

The information collected through the survey will be kept confidential. No personal information will be shared with anyone outside of the Queensland Department of Education. The Queensland Department of Education will store the data according to strict guidelines. The collection of information is in line with the Educational General Provisions Act (2006) and the Information Privacy Act (2009).

How will your child’s responses be reported?

Student’s answers will be de-identified. They will only be reported back to the school as part of their year levels’ results. No one at your child’s school will be able to see their individual responses.

Where can I get more information?

More information, including FAQs, can be found on the Education website: 

https://qed.qld.gov.au/publications/reports/statistics/schooling/stu

dents/queensland-engagement-wellbeing-survey

You can contact the QEW Survey team by email: QEWSurvey@qed.qld.gov.au.

Triple P Session - FREE PARENTING SEMINAR

Help Your Child Handle Ups and Downs, Including Online

Stef Kirk and Tracy Freeman

Fete THANK YOU

Congratulations and THANK YOU to our entire school community for a fantastic Fete on Saturday, 22 May. Every two years this amazing event brings together families, parents, kids, teachers, and our local community for loads of fun and to celebrate everything that is great about our school. With the outstanding weather and this year's Fete also a celebration of the school's 150th birthday, it was extra special.

Thank you to:

• the 2021 Fete Committee and our Fete Convenor, Juliet Brooks, Jacqueline Schougaard, Helen McKee, Anna Rimpau, Joanne Cosgrove, Amy Bewley, Megan Clarke, Amy Smith, Geoff Smith, Stephen Swan, Wendy Ahern, Nicole Deayton, Sarah Fosker, Nev Leggo, Necole Wolf, Kate Regnault, David Shortt
• generous sponsors
• all the parents, family members, YOSHC staff and friends who volunteered as stall convenors and on stalls on the day
• teachers who prepared our kids for their performances and helped in many ways on the day
• our kids for their great performances, and
• our school and community for buying raffle tickets, ride passes, kids' artwork, donating money, second hand items and delicious baked goods, and supporting the terrific stalls.

Fete Feedback Survey  

With memories of the 2021 YSS Fete still fresh in our minds, the Fete Committee is seeking our feedback to help the organisers of the 2023 Fete to know what we liked and what we think could be improved for future Fetes. Please take a moment to share your views via the 2021 Fete survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021yssfete

P&C meeting: Next Tuesday, 15 June

Our next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday, 15 June, at 7.00pm. You are invited to the Resource Centre (Library) to hear what is going on in the school community and will be among the first to hear the results of the 2021 Fete! All welcome.


Kym Mansfield and Hamish Townsend
Yeronga State School P&C Co-Presidents
ysspandcpresident@gmail.com

Councillor Nicole Johnston has provided a $100 Presents of Mind voucher for the best performing class of the term.  Individual active school travellers will go into the draw to win a water bottle. 

It has been wonderful to see so may people walking, scooting and riding to school this term, keep up the good work!

Tracy Freeman

COMBINED WINTER SHOWCASE

This year, our Combined Winter Showcase will be held on Friday June 18 at Yeronga State High School. This is our largest musical concert of the year with all of the musical groups performing (Junior Band, Senior Band, Junior Strings, Senior Strings, Chamber Strings, Junior Choir and Senior Choir). All students who are members of these ensembles are expected to attend and support each other.

Due to COVID restrictions that are currently still in place for school music events, we are currently finalising our COVID-safe plan (which includes meeting and starting times). This will be finalised by the end of this week and so you will hear from your child’s ensemble teacher soon to learn about the time that your child is expected to arrive at Yeronga High to tune/warm up.

EXTRA PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

Thank you to those students who nominated to perform as ‘background music’ musicians before assembly each week. I will be in contact with you soon regarding your audition times/days. If your child is interested in becoming a ‘background music’ musician, they are still most welcome to come and see me for an audition form.

Also, remember that Yeronga’s Got Talent is returning this year and will be held on the evening of 30 July before Chappy’s Movie Night. Students, start organising your acts now!

MUSIC EXAMS

Congratulations to Edward in Year 6 who recently completed his AMEB Grade 5 Tuba exam and was awarded a B+. Grade 5 is a very high level to be playing at in primary school and Edward has achieved a fantastic result that he should be very proud of.

MUSIC WEEK

In Term 3 from July 26 – 30, Yeronga State School is gearing up to celebrate ‘Music Week’ by showcasing the amazing musical talent that we have within our community. Over this week, all of our musical ensembles will be performing in and around the school and we will conclude the week with Yeronga’s Got Talent in the evening.

Additionally, I am well aware that many of our Yeronga families have extensive musical backgrounds and experience and so family members/friends of students, if you are keen to join in the celebrations by volunteering to perform as acoustic “street entertainment” before school (8:30 – 8:50am) as students arrive for the day or, during a lunch break (11:15 – 11:40pm / 1:25 – 1:40pm) on any day during this week, I would love to hear from you via email at leeas0@eq.edu.au. Solo acts and duos/trios/quartets ensembles etc. are all welcome.

Lauren Easey

Music Teacher

Junior A Soccer Boys (Gala Day Report)

Last Friday the Junior A Soccer Team travelled to Stretton State College to play three games against the Algester, Sunnybank Hills and Stretton. All three of these schools have much larger populations than Yeronga but this did not phase the team.

After two comprehensive wins early in the day, the Gala Day Championship came down to the final match. Two undefeated teams playing off in the final round. We had watched the Sunnybank Hills team throughout the day and knew they would be a strong opposition. After a very fast opening 10 minutes Team Yeronga started finding the back of the net. By half time the score was 3 -0 to Yeronga. To Sunnybank Hills credit they came out extremely hard at the start of the second half. Again, after repelling several attacks Team Yeronga scored two more goals to seal the title.

Congratulations to all the boys on playing entertaining and smart football. Everyone played their role and this showed in a great team performance. The Team will now move into a knock out style competition as the representative of the Sunnybank Gala Day group.

TeeBall 

The final Tee Ball gala day saw Yeronga 1 come away with 3^rd place.  With 12 teams in the competition, this was a great result. 

Both Tee Ball teams played well, showing much improvement in running between bases and fielding techniques.  We had some strong hitters with Helena coming away with a good home run. 

Unfortunately, Team 2 weren’t able to come away with a win on the day after playing some experienced teams with some sneaky fielding strategies.  The girls should be commended on their team spirit, support of one another and improving level of skill on the field.  All games were close and some excellent batting and running saw us get home 25 times across the day.

Team 1 made it home 34 times across the day and won 2 out of their 4 games.  The girls were communicating well when fielding and displayed some clever team work and strategies to get many runners out. 

Thank you to parent helper Sarah Cordingly for sharing her expertise and enthusiasm with the girls. 

Hamish Curness

District Sport Representative Congratulations 

Rugby Union

Well done to Tom C and Maggie S who were selected in the District Rugby team.

Football

Congratulations to Adam P & Luka S who were selected in the District Boys Football team. Extra congratulations to Luka who went on to gain selection in the regional team.

Congratulations to Georgie B, Ivy P, Hana P, Laura P and Martha W who were selected in the District Girls Football team. Extra congratulations to Georgie who went on to gain selection in

Touch

Congratulations to Lily S who was selected in the District Touch team.

Cross Country

Congratulations to our District Representatives who ran at regionals. They are; Georgie B, Violet C, Finn C, Leo C, Nicholas P, Finn S, Matthew T, Aggie W & Martha W.

Senior (Years 3-6) Athletics Carnival Format Change

Due to the growth experienced by the school over the last few years we have changed the carnival format to include as many students in the competition as possible and provide a representative pathway. It will now be a two day carnival comprised of a Championship Day ( Field Events & 800m) made up of the top 3 competitors from each house, turning 9 to 12 this year, selected through the athletics trials, and a Race Day (100m, 200m & Relays) for all to participate in. The rough timetables for both are presented below.

Also very importantly the 1500m will be held on Friday 11/06/2021 from 8am. Please peruse the timetable below and have students competing at the top oval 20 minutes before the commencement time for their event. The children involved have been informed.

Please remember that we are always grateful for parent help as it is essential to the smooth running of these events. If you would like to help please contact Cameron Bateman via email; cbate12@eq.edu.au.

ATHLETICS  CARINVAL  DAY CHAMPIONSHIP / FIELD EVENT  14 June  2021

9.00am-11.00am        Girls born 2009 – 2012 - 800m Finals

                                    Boys born 2009 – 2012 - Field Events

11.45am-2.15pm        800m Finals – Boys born 2009 – 2012

                                     Field Events - Girls born 2009 – 2012

Race Day 15 – 06 – 2021

9:00 – 10:00 - 100m Boys and Girls Seeded Heats / Finals

Girls - South Side (Shed side)                                                                             

Boys - North Side ( Honour Avenue Sice) 

10:00 am  – 11:00 am Boys and Girls 200m Heats and Finals

11:45 -  12:45 - Relays

Junior (Prep to Year 2)  Athletics Day - Thursday 17 June 2021 

Rebel Sport Community Givebacks

Just a quick note to publicise our involvement with this scheme and how it works. For some time now Yeronga State School has been part of the above mentioned scheme. The scheme gives the school credit for purchases of equipment at Rebel as anyone who purchases equipment nominates Yeronga State School as the recipient of Community Kickbacks. I have purchased cricket equipment, Footballs and Netballs with this credit. It is an easy way to contribute resources to our school especially if you enjoy spending time and money in sports stores like myself. Thanks to all of those who purchased at Rebel over the break. We have a very useful amount for equipment.

Important Draft Sporting Dates Term 2, 2021

8/06/2021 – District Rugby League (Girls)

11/06/2021 – 8am Yeronga SS 9 to 12 Years 1500m

14/06/2021 – Athletics Championship Day (Yrs 4-6) (Reserve day: 21/06/2021)

15/06/2021 – Athletics Race Day (Yrs 3-6) (Reserve day: 22/06/2021)

17/06/2021 – Junior (Prep to Year 3) Athletics (Reserve day: 24/06/2021)

25/06/2021 – Yeronga State School Senior Cross Country (9-11)

25/06/2021 - Yeronga State School Junior (Prep to Year Two) Cross Country (11:45 – 1:15)

Important Draft Sporting Dates Term 3, 2021

19 &20/07/2021 – District Athletics

21/07/2021 – District Girls Cricket

22/07/2021 – District Boys Cricket

27/08/2021 – Gala Day 1

14/09/2021 – YSS Ball Games (Reserve Day 17/09/2021

Running Club

Running club will continue this term on Tuesdays, from 3:15 to 3:45 and Thursdays from 7:45 to 8:15. Mr Sutherland will hold his sessions on Fridays from 7:45 to 8:15. Remember that all of these sessions will occur on the main, or years 3-6, oval.

Cameron Bateman

Yeronga SHS Y-Tour Enrolment Information Sessions information

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to our Y-Tours. We welcome families to explore our facilities, meet our leadership team, student leaders and experience the Yeronga difference. This is a great opportunity for prospective parents to discuss subjects, the school and any enrolment information.

All are welcome to attend. Morning/afternoon tea will be provided.

Please click on the link below to fill out a registration form if you'd like to attend our Y-Tour Enrolment Information Session.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE Y-TOUR

If you have any queries, please email us at office@yerongashs.eq.edu.au or contact our office at 3249 1400.

Thank you and have a great day ahead.

Yeronga SHS Enrolment Interview Sessions information  

Please click on the link below to fill out a registration form if you’d like to attend one of our Enrolment Interview Sessions.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR A ENROLMENT INTERVIEW 

Please bring the following along with your child:

- completed enrolment application

- past report cards- proof of citizenship (passport, travel documents, birth certificate)

For all queries, please contact our office at 3249 1400 or email us at enrolments@yerongashs.eq.edu.au

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