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Principal Update

Good morning everyone,

Welcome to Week 4 of the term. Please enjoy reading about some of the happenings from the past week at Kingston State School.

I have included a copy of the Parent and Community Code of Conduct for your perusal. You will notice these in and around our school administration office. All staff have the right to be communicated to respectfully. As part of our work with our P & C, we will look at updating our Parent and Community Engagement over the rest of the year. I invite all parents and carers to attend our P and C meetings to work on this framework for our school.

Last week, at Kingston State School, we celebrated NAIDOC week. Our students engaged in a range of activities led by our staff at playtimes throughout the week. On Wednesday, we were lucky to have class workshops led by our friends at Gunya Meta, St. Vincent De Paul and Bama Tales. We thank those organisations for being so generous with their time and expertise. We also had a whole school NAIDOC Parade on Thursday, in which some of our classes showcased the work that they have been learning. We were also able to draw the names of our NAIDOC week colouring in competition! We look forward to sharing some photos of our learning with you all shortly.

Some dates for this week:

* 30th July - District Cross Country

* 31st July - SOLID Pathways Excursion

Thank you,

Mrs Marshall

School Support Officer

We are very lucky to have Julie working with us at Kingston State School. Julie works for the Queensland Police Service as a School Support Officer. The aim of the QPS School Support Officer program is to support primary school aged youth through intervention initiatives within the school environment. Please read below to learn more.

Community News

Join us at World of Cultures 2024!
World of Cultures returns to the Kingston Butter Factory in August - a festival that brings together our diverse city through food, music culture and atmosphere. It’s a great day out for communities and families to come together and celebrate Logan city and all it has to offer.

Everyone is welcome at this FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT:
• Diverse artist line up on an outdoor stage
• Food stalls from all corners of the globe
• Sport and art experiences to inspire and connect
• Youth Zone for the older kids
• Kids Zone including shows, painting, activities and more
• Vibrant local market stalls
August 24 | 4-8PM
Kingston Butter Factory
Get your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/4cn7zJF

Help Day, 2024

On Saturday 27th July, Kingston State School was the recipient of Help Day, 2024. Our friends at the Hope Centre supported us to make our school even more beautiful by donating their time and expertise to freshen up our gardens. They also helped us with an amazing art piece that will be unveiled in the near future. They were joined by Chappy Linda, Mrs Marshall and Dr Glenda from FamilyLinq. We are so appreciative of their efforts. Thank you, Hope Centre!

Help Day 2024

Inclusion Update

I would like to start by introducing myself. My name is Gen Sheehan. I’m new here at Kingston State School – acting in the role of Head of Special Education Services. It has been a big week 1 for me here and a big week 3, term 3 for everyone else! I am not only a staff member, but also a mum, to a wonderful 8-year-old boy, named Liam. With the early starts and late finishes, it’s been hard to find wellbeing time, for connection with him, or to help him with his school work.

Over the next few newsletters, I am going to add an activity to try with our kids, to assist with them building their working memory, literacy and numeracy skills. The first is below. This one is the first stage and without it, we can’t do all the other activities. This one revolves around hand writing and art, with some fine motor skills built in, if you are going to let your kids cut up the paper. It is also about spending time and building connections with our kids. I’ll be joining in, with Liam. Will you and your kids join in too?

Step 1 – Making the cards

Grab a 4 of pieces of A4 paper (or larger). Fold them in half, evenly – twice vertically and twice horizontally.
This will give you 9 ‘boxes’ on each paper.
On sheet 1 and 2, number the boxes 1 – 9 in large writing in the middle of the box.
On sheets 3 and 4, write the numbers using alphabet eg, one, two…, in large writing in the middle of the box.
Cut out the pieces of paper evenly.
You can decorate them if you want to turn this into a craft/art activity too. The decorations don’t have to match, just the numbers/writing does.
Shuffle the boxes and give each player an equal amount. Best played one on one, but can include other children too. If you have lots of children, you could use more than 4 pieces of paper and go higher than the number 9.

I hope this can help you have fun, learn with and help you and your children. If you would like to contact me in regards to Inclusion, please email me at gkarp1@eq.edu.au . I look forward to building strong connections here at KSS!