Congratulations to Yr 1-2 Excellent writers….

Thinking about how they can realise our Caring value through kindness in yr 1-2,

Two students in particular wrote personalised and detailed responses to their book, identifying the themes.  

Congratulations Everett and Nikhil

Put first things first…

Ascot students have been learning about goal setting and this reminded me of the learning about Big Rocks and sand, making sure that we take the time to attend to what is most important in our life first.  Thanks to Sophia who helped me with the ‘show’n’tell’. 

So Proud..

It is lovely to see a child be so proud of their work that they want to show the leadership team.  Thank you Alex.

Piccolos Choir…

I was very excited to watch Piccolo’s choir and see just how engaging Mrs Pagano’s teaching is, and of such a big group.  Of course it was enabled by the delightful year 3 helpers.  Many thanks to them.

We have a girl…

Bec Davis and her partner Bryce welcomed Adeline Grace Stevens into the world on Friday 28/02/25 at 20:57pm. She weighs 3.03kg, is 47cm and has blonde hair!     They tell us that they are in our love bubble and all doing well. 

International Women’s Day

Well, it was all about the bloke last Saturday on what was meant to be International Women’s Day, 8^th March… that Alfie!!!

I wanted to pause and thank all the women in the life of our students.  For their care, love, generosity and the wonderful role models you provide which make our society better.. step by step.

 

Harmony Week

All members of our community are warmly invited to join us for our Harmony Week whoel school assembly.

Friday 21 March

9:15am

Covered Games Court

Kedron State High School INFUSE program  -

now open for applications for Years 3 and 4

This year, Kedron SHS is proud to deliver four exciting offerings for the INFUSE for Primary Program.

• Once again, the popular INFUSE STEAM (Engineering) will once again be offered to Year 3 & 4 students in Term 2 over a 5-week period.   The program sees students working through a project from the creation stage, to development to finally producing it themselves.  Any students who love or have an interest in STEAM will love this program.
• INFUSE Creative Writing is back!  Students will have the opportunity to build an interactive creative narrative.  In this program, students will hone their creative writing skills by creating a text-based interactive narrative, supported by multimedia elements, that invites their reader to explore the story in unique ways. This will be aimed at Year 5 students in Term 2 over a 5-week period.
• INFUSE Visual Arts also returns this term.  Year 3 & 4 students will have the opportunity in Term 2 to work in our Visual Arts student to create a take home piece of art that showcases their creativity.
• INFUSE History and Geography also makes a return.  Students will have the opportunity to delve into significant historical events, landmarks and people and their geographical contexts. Within the program, a mix of multimedia components and digital technologies will be used to enhance the exploration of historical events and geographical concepts in an engaging way.

The application process for Term 2 programs is open now! Please use the following link to apply for a spot in the 2025 INFUSE for Primary programme.

https://app.enquirytracker.net/request-application/08689e0e02614026a2a44e2a7e8d55b8/ItNCZ8HYtFeVPoOYGnM8

Let's Chat Education Program - Years 4/5/6

The school has partnered with Let's Chat Education since 2016 to support our delivery of aspects of the Health curriculum, in particular growing and changing bodies. Let’s Chat delivers workshops to students in Years 4, 5 and 6 at different points in the school year. Families will be notified ahead of time regarding the timing of the workshops.

The program is comprised of the following student workshops:

Year 4 - Healthy and Safe Bodies

Students gain awareness of how their body begins to change as they grow up. Identify private and public body parts and places and become familiar with warning signs and gain tools to be safe and healthy.

Year 5- Introduction to Changing Bodies

This workshop encourages students to explore and gain confidence to chat about the physical, social, and emotional puberty changes, using correct language. Students will be supported to identify physical warning signs that help keep them safe and ways to respond to unsafe situations as well as adults they can chat to.

Year 6 - Managing Changing Bodies

Students are encouraged to consolidate information about puberty by discussing the names and functions of the reproductive system and tools to manage those physical, emotional and social changes. We give tips and advice on ways to identify physical warning signs that help keep them safe and how to respond to unsafe situations as well as adults they can chat to.

All parents and carers in Years 4, 5 and 6 are invited to an information session with Mandy, founder of Let’s Chat Education, to learn about the program, and how you can support your children at home as they move towards tween and teen age.

Parent Chat

Monday 24 March

6:00pm to 7:00pm in the staffroom

Regards

Simone

As many of you who are already signed up know,  we are moving to QParents as our main means of School Business communication (we will be keeping SchoolZine for sharing- newsletter and notices)

QParents offers a convenient, safe and private app to help parents & caregivers manage important details of your children's journey. 

Below are all of the things you can do in QParents.  From Sem 1 2025 all school student academic reports will ONLY be available through the QParents app (they will not be emailed out), so now is your time to get signed in and set up your account.  Additionally,  we are using QParents now for all excursion and camps consents and payments.

You will need your school invitation code and your student’s ID number.  Please contact Sondra by email if you require any information – smcar17@eq.edu.au

https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/landing

The Ascot School Council held its first meeting for 2025 on the 24th Feb.  The Council is an elected group of parent, staff and community members and its purpose is to guide the strategic direction of the school to ensure the best learning outcomes for our students.

At the February meeting we welcomed the new Principal, Ms Cox, and a new parent representative, Balaji Suguna.  The Council reviewed and endorsed the 2025 Annual Improvement Plan, which focuses on implementation and achievement in the new Australian Curriculum for English and Maths.  We also reviewed enrolment and staffing trends, the school budget, and discussed the strategic planning coming up in 2025.

In 2025 there will be a School Review by the Department of Education, and we will be developing Ascot's next 4-year strategic plan.  We want to also capture the views of the broader parent and school community to feed into this process - keep an eye out for a survey coming in Term 2!

Francis Carroll

School Council Chair

These students impressed their teachers with their approach to learning in a variety of ways over the past week. Congratulations!

Week 5

Week 6

Congratulations to these students who are mastering our school expectations and earnt a Boarding Pass that put them into our weekly draw at Assembly. With thanks to the P & C for their support, our winners receive an ice block or home bake from the Tuckshop.

This newsletter section provides a great opportunity for local businesses to engage with our parent community. If you would like your business to be a part of this or for more information, please email us at comms@ascotsspandc.org.