CHSS Newsletter 5 March 2015

NEWSLETTER
March 2015
FROM THE BUSINESS M AN AGER
Dear Families
Welcome to the 2015 school year. A special welcome to all of our new families and we are looking forward to sharing a long and mutually rewarding relationship with all of you. Thank you to everyone for entrusting your most precious gifts to us, as we all join in looking forward to an exciting year.
The big change for our school in this new year is our rebranding from Candlenut Steiner School to Cairns
Hinterland Steiner School. This change has been inspired by our reaching out to national and international partners. Other exciting additions include the introduction of Mandarin which Yashoda Mather is teaching. This is being brought to all of our students from Early Childhood through to Class 10 and all of the children have grasped this
challenge with enthusiasm. As part of our introduction to Mandarin, the Chinese New Year celebrations could not
have been more timely. We were invited by the Cairns Chinese CANCAID to participate in the Chinese New
Year celebrations, with Alan and Yashoda's help, Carly's class six gladly put their hands up for this exciting event.
They performed a well rehearsed act before participating as the zodiac signs in the parade. A big thank you to Yashoda and Carly and of course to our clever students who helped make these celebrations special. It is wonderful
to see our school reaching out in this way to our community and building important relationships. JaiDai, our Language Assistant, will be joining us very shortly from China. JaiDai will be with us until the end of the school year
and will work closely with Yashoda in ensuring the integrity of our Mandarin curriculum. Please introduce yourselves to her when you see her in the school as it is important that we make here feel welcome during her first
visit to Australia.
We welcome Jo Martens as our Learning Support Teacher. Jo is accompanied by her husband Ashley and her
beautiful sons Ty and Harris. Jo has made a seamless transition into our school and is looking forward to working
with your children to make their learning experience at CHSS rich and rewarding. Julia Czneck has taken on the
beautiful journey with class one. The children are settling in well and enjoying all the excitement of being in big
school. Madi Worsfold is our new gardening and Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden teacher. Madi has made a
wonderful connection with the students and has lots of great plans for the coming year. Craig Terrens has joined
the High School Faculty as a Math teacher and is working closely with the rest of his peers to bring some exciting
new concepts to our keen students. Leah has moved from her position in front office and is working with Robert in
Rose Apple Prep class. She will be with us until the end of term one at which time she is leaving us to commence
her own Home Day Care. We will miss Leah's smiling face in the front office. Nadeeka will be taking the front
office position on so please introduce yourself to her to assist her in getting to know you all. Our Sunbird teacher,
Shelley Bowen has given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Sana, and is enjoying some time at home with her. Shelley
intends to return to Sunbird at the beginning of term two and in the meantime Susan and Karen are having a
wonderful time welcoming all of our new little ones to CHSS.
John Burnett has been with us since the beginning of the year. He has spent rewarding time in classrooms offering
his guidance and wisdom to teachers and students alike. John is heading off to some other Steiner schools in
Australia until the beginning of next term when he will join us again for a short visit before heading back in term
three for another month.
You should have all received your invoices for the year by now. We are sure you all appreciate how important
cash flow is to a healthy school, so your regular payments are important. Please do not hesitate to contact myself
or Lynn in the office if you have any queries or need to discuss a payment plan.
We are also looking for any parents who can assist with accessing grants for the school. We would love to hear
from anyone who has submitted grants – preferably with sucThe meaning of life is to find your gift.
cessful outcomes.
Warm regards
Majella
The purpose of life is to give it away.
William Shakespeare
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SUNBIRD
What a wonderful start of the year it has been. Karen and myself have enjoyed meeting and getting to
know your beautiful children in our new Sunbird Kindy home. This week we had a visit from Shelley and
her new born Sana which was a special treat.
The children have been busy exploring the many treasures of kindergarten and making new friendships.
While friendships for some children are easily made, others need to take time to observe the play of the
other children before making small steps towards them. Much of this first term is spent establishing
rhythms. The children are so enthusiastic about Kindy and are quickly living into their day. On the whole
the children have settled in happily and are sharing cheerful farewells when they leave. The stories of
Tiddles and Taddles the tadpoles have come to life in our room with the children enjoying making
beeswax tadpoles and ponds for them to swim in.
Over the year the children will meet many of mother earths wonders through story, song, verse,
movement, imagination and artistic activity. The stories will follow along with the changing seasons.
In Kindergarten we aim to foster a mood of reverence and wonder in all things and we strive to work with
the three gifts of truth, beauty and goodness. Each word spoken, each activity or item chosen for our
Kindergarten and each deed that is carried out endeavours to inspire these three gifts for the children.
We look forward to sharing more time with your wonderful children and are excited about the year
ahead.
Much love Susan and Karen
L I L LY P I L LY
We have had a beautiful start to the year in Lilly Pilly room. The children have settled into the daily
rhythm well and look forward to the activities that we share. Painting, drawing, beeswax, and baking
have all been part of our daily rhythm and the children approach them with interest and enthusiasm. There has been lots of busy baking making crunchy buns, an activity that seems to be a favourite
with the children. We have spent the first weeks of school singing songs and performing actions
about the wet season. Tiddles and Taddles have featured in our songs and stories and the children
have had the opportunity to shape two little tadpoles out of beeswax among many other things
We have also enjoyed the Australian Dreamtime story about
Tiddlick during story time as well as a sweet Valentine Story. Tiddles and Taddles, were wriggling free.
The children really enjoyed making their Valentine heart
They didn’t know what they would be.
crowns and baking heart shaped cookies to give to their
mums on Valentines Day. During inside happy play the chil- Until one day, little frogs jumped away.
dren have been very imaginative with their play with a wide
Jumped away to play, croak, croak.
range of activities taking place from cubby house building to
Jumped away to play, croak, croak.
home corner play, building with blocks and wooden transport
to dancing princesses and visiting the doctor and birthing babies.
During outside happy play there has been lots of exploration in the garden and with the gifts of the wet
season many children have enjoyed the oozy mud and rain puddles as well as digging in the sandpit.
Baking mud pies and building sand castles and rivers are favourite things to do as well as galloping
around the playground like horses in a field.
Blessings to all Julie and Tekita
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ROSE APPLE
The wet season has been the inspiration for much of what we have been doing over the past few weeks
in story, song and play. We have had lots of opportunities to go out and explore how water ‘improves’
our play area. Many of the boys have been busy constructing a serious waterway with mountains and
bridges in the sandpit thanks to the arrival of our new spades, wheelbarrows and watering cans. Interestingly the girls, generally, have chosen to make little shelters or use the existing cubbies to keep out
the rain. Inside play has also been very creative with some lovely “shows” put on by several children
(see photo).
Last week we made archetypal paper boats which we had ‘waterproofed’ by making beeswax crayon
drawings on both sides of the paper beforehand. Halfway through the process some children commented that we had made ‘pirate hats’. This became a second project for some once we had completed our boats. It just happened to be raining when we took them out for their test sail, and, between the Class 5 classroom and the office we found the perfect river. We soon discovered that our
‘waterproofing’ left some room for improvement and it wasn’t long before we had papier mâché racing
down our swirling torrent which in no way diminished the fun. I am currently exploring alternative waterproofing methods. Any ideas?
Our stories of late have been inspired by prevalent creatures and weather that we have been
experiencing these past few weeks. Last week the children (and some parents) discovered a micro bat
hanging upside-down from the ceiling above our ‘moon boat’ although he didn’t stay for long once his
‘hiding’ place had been discovered. This gave rise to this week’s story which included several characters
including Hang-by-Feet, Hover-Wings, Flutter-By, Chirpy-Song and Wind-Roarer although, at time of
writing, the latter seems to have passed us by and is heading for Yepoon.
We have been on several bush walks over the past few weeks. Please ensure your child has
appropriate footwear and waterproofing. Umbrellas are not practical on the narrow rainforest tracks with
wait-a-while at almost every turn. Gumboots and raincoats are best.
And last but by no means least, I’d like to thank Heidi Fridolf (Liv’s Mum) and Shelle Maclean (Aeon’s
Mum) who have stepped forward as our class carers for this year. I am sure they would welcome any
assistance that may be volunteered by other Rose Apple parents. Fund raising for playground
equipment is one area we would like to focus on as well as an offsite class social before the end of term.
Love and Blessings from Robert, Shelley and Leah.
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Class One
Two angels came into our classroom at the beginning of grade 1, and gifted us with two so very wonderful tools the line and the curve. In the last few weeks we have been very busy exploring how all things are made from these
two simple archetypal shapes. Our beautiful language rich fairy-tale stories have taken us to enchanted castles,
evil witches, and brave princes and princesses. The children have practiced with great concentration to draw
forms derived from the latter to develop precision in preparation for their developing hand writing skills.
Every morning our classroom has been filled with seasonal songs and verses, and the children identify with great
delight the day of our working week, and its unique characteristics. Gardening and cooking, as well as Mandarin,
sports and library sessions have become for many children a favourite activity that they look forward to, and
cherish in their day.
We have been weaving our classroom net literally (ask your children, with rainbow wool), and many friendships
have been formed or reaffirmed. 'Sandy the gnome' is a beautiful healing story that celebrates kindness, and
consideration towards other people. The children have enjoyed drawing his beach cave with all its wonderful
treasures from the ocean, and have formed sand caves from modelling clay for their beeswax gnomes to live in.
Once they have fully dried they will be sent home to find a special place in your house or on your veranda.
Warm wishes from Julia Czernek
C l a s s Tw o
We were off and running as the new year started. The children arrived on the first day ready to work and learn. I
was amazed by the development and progress that occurred over the holidays. Many children had grown cheek
bones with definition and of course, had grown taller, but all were ready and willing to learn. So we began learning
new songs and verses as well as the work presented during our first English main lesson. The story of The Celtic
Dragon Myth was told and the daily main lesson work came from the story. The children were taught how to use
simple punctuation, such as speech marks, question marks and commas. They enjoyed dramatising sentences
that they had written with speech marks. They added their own descriptive words into sentences and were responsible for adding in the short vowel sounds into certain words. They children enjoyed this level of responsibility and
felt ownership and pride towards their work. Next we will move on to a maths main lesson which will be told
through Native American Legends, as two children travel the lands helping other villages store food supplies for
the winter. The children will be given plenty of opportunities to understand place value as the food will be stored in
sacks of 10 and baskets of 100. They will practice sequencing, adding and subtracting the food supplies.
Thank you to all of the parents who put in the effort and time to prepare their children for school each day. It is not
only very reassuring for me to know but also beneficial for the children to go home and be able to digest the school
day. When the children head home to a house that has order and rhythm they are able to unconsciously process
the days happenings, so I thank you for being fine parents and allowing this to happen.
I feel so blessed to work with a class of children that are so loving and caring. They really are thoughtful and considerate towards each other and it makes me feel honoured to be their teacher. They have welcomed our new
students, Clem, Hamish and Chelsea whole heartedly. Each morning we sing the following song to welcome
friends old and new.
Many happy days, from Haeley.
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“Make new friends but keep the old,
One is silver and the other gold.”
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Class Three
Welcome to Class Three!
The class three children have welcomed the new school year with enthusiasm and delight. They have
listened with intrigue and interest as the Creation Stories have been told. Each day we have painted
one of the days of creation.
“Let there be Light" and there was
light.
"Let there be earth" and there
was earth, trees and plants.
"Let there be man; and let him
be made in my image".
Through the stories we have been revising and consolidating our sight words, phonemes and
punctuation as well as being introduced to formal grammar. The children have enjoyed naming all of the
animals in the sea, air and on the earth with naming words-nouns. As well as, describing the animal's
actions, verbs. There have also been wonderful descriptive paragraphs written to describe the Garden of
Eden-adjectives. Enjoy the rest of the term.
Blessings, Regan x
Class Four
We started off the year introducing the children to the world of fractions and celebrated the unit of work
by firing up the pizza oven and eating our fractions. We finished off yesterday with flying chop sticks,
eating Chinese fried rice! We are now well on the way into animal and human, finding ourselves in the
animal world. We have wonderful accommodation for an array of insects that are collected including
breeding rhinoceros beetles, locusts shedding their skins and yabbies from the creek. We were also
lucky to have Lindsay’s new puppy pop in for a visit.
Thank you to those parents who have contributed their valuable time and energy to the new reading program we have begun the class is feeling very well supported and looking forward to the year ahead!
We are continuing last year’s project of building a hideaway cob house in the rainforest and are thankful
to have the wonderful guidance of Christian in this process of muddying up! Finishing off the term will
see us in the realm of the Norse Myths and thundering Thor.
Regards James
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Class Five
Dear parents,
Three weeks have already passed since the beginning of our journey in class 5. The classroom has
been beautifully decorated and the children and I have been enjoying the stories and the epics of
Ancient India. This Friday, we will compliment the main lesson block celebrating the Indian culture with
an Indian feast. The children will be cooking some yummy Indian recipes in kitchen garden, decorating
the table with an Indian theme and enjoying the beautiful food. The students have also been busy starting a new project of making a boat in woodwork; also making a very sweet and useful pencil-wrap in
craft; weeding and revamping some of the garden-beds around the middle oval in gardening; learning
two foreign languages: Mandarin and Italian and of course going swimming to the local swimming-pool
as part of the sport curriculum. Thank you to each one of you for your help and support. I am looking
forward to seeing you soon.
Blessings, Giuliana
Ye a r S i x E x c u r s i o n
In Habitat...exploring another culture
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Class Six
Welcome to Class 6! I can hardly believe that our journey is now taking us into the beginnings of
adolescence. I have already been through the range of emotions; absolute astonishment that the
children are nearly not children, anxious about the huge changes and enormity of this year, to great
excitement about what we will achieve this year. After spending the week at Gleneaon Steiner School,
surrounded by the wisdom of many great people, I am bursting with ideas and enthusiasm about Class
6. I am so thankful that I am able to learn from the years of experience that the amazing teachers have
and share it with the children.
We have two Main Lesson blocks this term, Rome and The Story of the Earth. In the Rome block, the
children will hear the stories of the rise of the Roman Empire, biographies of the major people who influenced this time, the great discoveries of the Romans and the daily life of the people who lived there. We
will be covering many literacy skills during this time including building vocabulary, direct and indirect
speech, revisiting grammar skills we did last year (before the introduction of more next term), spelling,
and reading and writing different texts types.
In The Story of the Earth we will be discovering different weather and climates of the earth, seasons, the
relationship between the mountains and the rivers of the world and Australia, different rock types and
the geology of our local area. It is the first time that we look at our world and see the climate and
weather patterns within it. We will look at the world map and start to connect the different continents as
well as Australia and our place within the world.
The Class Six child can go through many changes as the start their journey to adolescence and many
different issues and concerns will arise this year. I am sure that many of you are seeing these changes
already! I am hoping that we can continue to work together and that in the Parent Teacher nights we
can talk through what can be expected and how you can support your child through this year.
I am available for appointments to discuss school work or anything else on:
Monday 2:15pm – 3pm
Tuesday 2:15pm – 4:30pm
Thursday 2:15pm – 3pm
Friday 3:10 pm – 4:30pm.
Please feel free to email me if you would like to talk and none of these times suit you.
Technology is always creeping in and as the children get older it may feel that it is easier to allow screen
time during the week. However, I am hoping that everyone will stick to the commitment that you have
made and restrict the screen time to weekends only. Not only is it imperative for their school life, but it
also effects the other children in the class. If it is an issue in your family, I will be happy to go through a
rhythm with you to assist your child to be screen free during the week.
There is always homework to keep your child occupied! This year, I am going to continue doing projects,
ask the children to complete Main Lesson books and read every week night. The children will have a
‘diary’ that they will need to bring to school every day signed by a parent. Please limit homework to half
an hour each night (for school nights). If the children do homework five nights a week, they should have
no problem finishing off projects and handing in Main Lesson books on time. Again, please come and
see me if there is an issue with homework.
I know we are going to have a fantastic year, even though it will be full of many new and different
challenges. I hope that we are able to continue to work together to help the children reach their potential
this year. I don’t think I say it enough, but thank you for your continued support.
Love Carly
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Class Seven
We have a lot of new teachers and lessons this year. While it has been a bit difficult to adjust to the
changes I think it is refreshing and we are all enjoying it. Gardening has been great and we have a lot of
fun. Maddie is an awesome teacher, who makes everything we do exciting and different.
We have started learning Mandarin with Yashoda this term. So far it has been really challenging to
learn but, it is good to finally have the opportunity of learning a new language available to us. I have
been trying to understand Yashoda, which is really hard – but it’s also really fun. We also have a new
teacher for Craft this year. Michelle has three children at the school and she is teaching us to make embellished felted trivets. It is really easy, as most of us have done felting before, but it’s nice to recap
these kinds of skills.
We have also welcomed two new classmates, this year. Welcome to Alex and Kalani. So far this year,
in main lesson time with Arlene, we have been looking into the Middle Ages. I find the way of life back
then quite strange. There weren’t things like telephones, technology or electrical appliances and, they
couldn’t even go out and buy a book. If they could afford one it would take a monk a long time to copy
one onto vellum (leather). We have already completed our first project for the year. Over the last three
weeks, we have been working in pairs on Friday afternoons. Some projects include clay models of medieval figures or ornaments, drawings, carved wooden swords, bows and arrows, and even castles
made of paddle-pop sticks or cardboard. look forward to seeing what the rest of the year will bring and
hope everyone has a great year in 2015.
Trinity (Class 7 student)
Class Eight
Class Eight students have seamlessly transitioned into High School. The High School student body overall is blossoming, inclusive and growing. This term we welcome Seth Danford to our class.
The year began with a social afternoon at the Esplanade where the children brought ripsticks, skateboards and
bicycles and played down at the skate park, while parents and teachers enjoyed a relaxing barbeque. On 3rd February, we had our whole of High School Parent-Teacher Meeting, with a special focus on the progress of our Languages Other Than English (L.O.T.E - Mandarin) programme and plans for the student exchange with Chengdu
Steiner School in China. A further parent-teacher meeting was held on Wednesday 25th February for those parents who missed the first meeting or have further questions.
The class 8 students are building strong high school routines by demonstrating respect, organisation and motivation. Students are writing their homework into their diaries (sharing this information with their parents) and completing their work on time. They are arriving to class with everything they need and being self-directed learners
completing their work out of a sense of responsibility and maturity. I have had the pleasure of working with Class 8
for their current Main Lesson and have enjoyed the stimulating questions and beautiful articulate words in their
Climatology unit. The planning stage of the Class 8 Project has already begun and students are busy expressing their ideas. Students now move into the phase of finding a
mentor and working out cost and time requirements. It is so wonderful to see such individual and inspiring project ideas already coming to life. We are all really grateful for the
advice from Class 9 and 10 students who have shared their own experiences and
helped with supportive suggestions for a focused and realistic approach at this important early stage.
Illustration - Mia Bowen with a Hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules). This beautiful
insect was found by Indigo in the High School garden and Vikki (our Biology teacher)
took the opportunity to create an impromptu outdoor lesson.
Class 8 Guardian
Lisa Newton
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Class Nine
Our Class 9 students (along with students from Class 10) took part in the recent Chinese New Year
celebrations in Cairns as volunteers. The students were not only representing our school, they were also
representing CADCAI (Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc.) to evaluate the Festivities by means of a
survey. The students had to approach attendees/stall holders, and ask them to fill out a questionnaire related
to their experience at the event. Once confidence had been gained, some of our students even had a go at
speaking some basic Mandarin with Chinese attendees. The students did very well; it takes a lot of confidence to do what they did – well done!
Being at the Festival for almost its complete duration gave our students an opportunity to become immersed
in some Chinese cultural activity; important as our students begin to learn Mandarin and learn about China.
This was important too, as we consider our proposed exchange with students of Chengdu Waldorf School in
China. The proposed exchange would see students in Classes 9 and 10 travel to Chengdu to study at the
Waldorf School for 3 weeks in October this year. Their Chinese counterparts would travel back with our students to study for 3 weeks at Cairns Hinterland Steiner School before touring our region and travelling back
to Chengdu. This is a very big proposition indeed; one that we hope would set the stage for further exchanges with Chengdu (and potentially other schools) into the future. The Steiner Education Authority (who
provide the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework) recommend international educational initiatives such
as this to build strong relationships with Asia, helping Australians become more “Asia literate” as the influence of China and other Asian countries increases in the world.
The Class 9 students have just finished the
Conic Sections Main Lesson with Vikki, and are
just about to embark upon a Romantic Poetry
Main Lesson with Lisa. They will finish the
Term with Craig (our new Maths/Science
teacher) in the Lab studying Organic Chemistry.
All the best,
Alan
Conducting Surveys at the Chinese New Year Celebrations and
taking a hard earned break from talking with festival goers
C l a s s Te n
Welcome back to the final year of class 10’s schooling at Cairns Hinterland Steiner School, their journey
through high school has flown by very quickly and we are planning many wonderful events throughout
the year. Currently the class 10’s have been working with me on their History of Art II main lesson, focusing on a range of artists that played a major role in the Renaissance period. The students are completing a large scale lino print of Albrecht Durer’s Rhino Print that will then be displayed in The Arts
room. Their upcoming main lesson commencing next week will be Trigonometry with our new math
teacher, Craig.
The students have picked up from where they left off with their fundraising efforts of making and selling
slushies to the Primary and High school students at morning tea has already seen them raise close to
$1000, a wonderful achievement to see them self motivated and driven to raise funds for camp. Well
done.
The students are also in the early stages of planning their work experience and they will take part in this
at the end of term 2. The class 10’s are off to a great start and showing wonderful leadership qualities, to
the younger high school classes, we are looking forward to a fantastic year.
Thankyou Kerri—Class 10 Guardian
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Music
Hot on the heels of a Class 6 performance of “Xin Nian Kuai Le” - a Happy New Year song in Mandarin
and English at the Chinese New Year celebrations in Cairns recently, we will soon turn our focus
throughout the Primary and High School classes towards preparing for the Michaelmas Festival on
Thursday April 2nd.
Students throughout the Primary classes are currently singing and playing music across the Epochs and
beyond; from Celtic and Hebrew songs in Classes 2 and 3 to a Class 4 version of “Oats Peas Beans
and Barley Grow” that we more appropriately changed for the tropics to “Mangoes and Bananas Grow”
as per the suggestion of our students! That one we do with the marimbas and percussion instruments.
Class 5 are about to progress to Treble recorder and have been learning a multi-rhythmic Indian song,
while Class 7 have been learning about Medieval music. Class 1 music lessons are brought by Julia
and Reinhild.
In the High School, we are enjoying (mostly!) singing as a choir in 3 parts a scat-singing song and a choral version of “Lean on Me”. The Bill Withers classic has also formed the beginnings of our work in the
High School Ensemble groups where we will move from acappella singing to an instrumental version of
the song. Another busy Term!
Please contact [email protected] if you would like more information on the instrumental lessons
that are available for your child at our school.
Kind regards,
Alan
Gardening
My name is Madi, and while I have worked in quite a few school gardens in the past few years, I have
never had the pleasure of working within a school that embraces gardening so fully, so perhaps I should
start with how very happy I am to be here, and how thankful I am for the opportunity.
School gardening for me means so many things. It means dirty hands and moving feet. A chance
to get out from under desks and to feel free to move and talk as we learn. It means knowledge and practical skills that will stay with us for life, and that will mean we will always be able to grow and produce
wholesome and healthy food in abundance. It means teamwork, setting individual goals, problem solving, patience and seeing our hard work pay off. And we are lucky here… it also means eating the produce of our hard work when we go to into the Garden Kitchen.
I would love to hear from any parents who would like to come and play in the gardens. We are
working in several areas around the school with the different classes and there is always a variety of
tasks that we would love help with. Sorting seeds, dividing plants, making signs, and of course, weeding.
We do have an abundance of cuttings and seeds of certain useful plants and I am happy to share with
volunteers or to swap. If you have spare time or a herb, vegetable or support species you think we could
use, please get in contact via the office and make a time to come for a chat about volunteering or plant
sharing. And thank you so much to the parents who are already giving time to the garden, it makes such
a big difference to the classes and the space.
I am easing into this role slowly. Sarah certainly left big gardening boots to fill and did such an
outstanding job here for so long. I am getting to know the school and the amazing community of teachers and parents, getting to know the gardens and each of the children that come and learn here. I am
going home each day totally exhausted, but with a big grin on my face. I look forward to meeting you all,
and to watching the garden grow.
Madi
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Mandarin
Our new school Mandarin program
Class 5 learning about journey to the West and Dragons
Class Two running their own Chinese
lesson by week three... Yashoda:
"fenhongsi means pink" (modelling pink
wool) "how do you say cat in
Chinese?" (students exploring their own
creations, interests and questions).
Class Three creations to decorate their class for Chinese
New Year
Class 6, Chinese New Year celebrations in Cairns
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FABULOUS ENJO TEA TOWELS
The Early Childhood rooms,
Rose Apple, Lilly Pilly and Sunbird are holding an ENJO tea towel drive this term to raise money to
upgrade the nature play area. ENJO have a brilliant bamboo and cotton tea towel that is one of their
most popular products. An eco-friendly, super-soft and ultra-absorbent cloth made from bamboo fibre –
specifically designed for drying dishes, cutlery, cookware, glassware, pots and pans. Cotton and bamboo combination make it super absorbent and lint free. It makes a quick job of all kitchen duties.
The Tea Towels come in a stylish grey and white stripe, or red and
white stripe, or yellow and white stripe, or blue and white stripe and fit
into any kitchen decor. This quality tea towel is priced at a very reasonable $12. 00. The size is 82cm x 35cm.
This year there is an added incentive of a FREE Method Foaming
Handwash for every order of 10 tea towels or more.
There will be a sample tea towel in the office if you would like to see
how great they are.
To order tea towels, please call or come to the office to complete an order form, put it in an envelope or sealed zip lock bag with the correct
money and drop it in the box in the office by the last day of term Thursday 2nd April 2015.
Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts!
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Majella receiving the cheque
from Bendigo Bank.
Anyone interested in being
on the committee to manage
the school’s beehive, please
register your interest with
Madi.
This is a great opportunity to
learn more!
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Succulent cuttings
required to plant in our newly created succulent garden,
between the library and Class 3.
Please bring cuttings to the office, preferably nothing spiky!
Free Musical Performances
The Cantata “Holy Spirit, Breath of God” is currently being prepared for performances in Atherton, Mareeba and Kuranda at the end of the month. This cantata
draws on the texts of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament to trace the
movement of the Holy Spirit throughout time. This Spirit is described as “breath”. It
is the in-breathing of God’s Spirit that has moved individuals and inspired action
since time began and continues to inspire and create in the world today. The words
of this cantata have been compiled and written by Audrey Francis of Perth, sister to
Ruth Beasley of Kuranda, who has composed the music.
Soloists, one of whom is Alan MacLean from the school staff, a narrator, an instrumental ensemble together with the fifty strong choir, which includes Class 9 student
Taneesha Stallbaum, will perform at the school on Friday, March 27th at 7.30pm; in
the Uniting Church in Atherton on Sunday afternoon, March 29th at 4pm and in St
Thomas’ Catholic Church in Mareeba on that same Sunday at 7.45 pm.
There is no charge for admission but a donation towards expenses would be appreciated. The performance lasts approximately one hour.
For further information contact Ruth on 4093 0303.
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Naturally Gifted Kuranda
is looking for a new owner/s
~ CREATIVE
~ INSPIRATIONAL
~ INNOVATIVE
Well established little eco shop
located in the
Kuranda Original Rainforest Markets
Contact Shelle or
Louise on 4093 0957
POA
From the Office
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Please be aware of the school’s new
BSB number: 084004. Account numbers
are still the same.
Contact details: Please remember to
update your contact details with the office
if you move house, change phone
numbers or email address.
Remember to update your child’s
medical form is new health issues have
risen, or your emergency contact person
has changed.
Please write your child’s name on items
which come to school – bag, shoes,
lunchboxes and water bottles!
Free to Good
Home
Free to a good home
Three female guinea pigs,
with cage included.
Please call Karen on
0438 1707 29
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