IPSWICH NORTH
AWARDS AT PARADE
Academic Awards
Principal Awards
STATE SCHOOL
EACH WEEK
MONDAY
Breakfast Club
Parade
Religious Instruction
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Principal’s Message
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
TUESDAY
Breakfast Club
Instrumental Music
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast Club
Music
Behaviour Awards
Health
3 - 6 Swimming
THURSDAY
Welcome to the 2017 school year at Ipswich North State School! The beginning of the
new school year is an exciting time, and the start to 2017 has been no exception
(including the wonderful “three days on, one day off, one day on” week last week!). I
trust the holidays provided everyone with special times with friends and family, and the
opportunity to recharge and refresh for the year of learning ahead.
Our staff actively engaged in a range of professional learning and development
activities over the Student Free Days and I commend and acknowledge them for their
positive and professional attitude. Our staff continue to be one of our school’s great
strengths.
We have begun 2017 with 45 Prep students, and the creation of an eleventh classroom.
A very warm welcome to all families new to Ipswich North State School. Our school has
again continued to see enrolment growth and we have commenced 2017 with 264
students and 11 classes.
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IMPORTANT
DATES
Parent Information Evenings
“MEET AND GREET”
Parents and carers will have two opportunities to visit their child/ren’s classrooms to meet with their
child/ren’s teacher. These evening are used to share information with you about the year ahead, including routines, expectations, learning and curriculum and as such, we ask that you only visit the
classrooms that your own children are in. Please see the timetables below:
GROUP 1 (Prep W and Prep M) – Tuesday Feb 7th at 3:15pm – PW room
GROUP 2 (Year 1F and 1/2H) – Thursday Feb 9th at 3:15pm – 1/2Hroom
GROUP 3 (Year 2H and 2/3I) – Wednesday Feb 8th at 3:15pm – 2H room
GROUP 4 (Year 3 and 4) – Monday Feb 6th at 3:15pm – 3/4M room
GROUP 5 (Year 5W, 5/6M and 6C ) – Tuesday Feb 7th at 3:15pm – 5W room
06 FEBRUARY
Senior Shirt deposits
due ASAP!
13 MARCH
Street Science begins!
15 MAY
School Photos
Staffing Update
Welcome back to all returning staff and welcome to new staff members who were not
part of the Ipswich North State School team in 2016. We welcome:
Toni Hinton (Year 1/2 )
Amy Bruce (Year 4)
Brad Marsh (Year 5/6)
Alyson Raciti (HPE and Health)
Llyris Knock (Guidance Officer)
A Great Start to 2017!
My sincere thanks and appreciation to all our staff, students, parents and carers who
have ensured such a smooth start to the new school year. It has been wonderful to see
routines remembered quickly and learning already taking place. We are fortunate to
have such a well-deserved and great reputation in and around the community with a
very knowledgeable, professional and approachable staff, supportive parents and
carers and awesome students. With high standards and high expectations, I am
confident 2017 will continue to see our school grow and achieve, as we all work
together towards our school motto: Learn, Believe, Succeed.
Ipswich North State School Dress Code
As the new school year commences, I encourage all parents and carers (and students
as appropriate) to revisit the Dress Code to confirm what the uniform expectations are
at our school. If you are unsure of these expectations, a copy is accessible via our
website or available from our office.
It is very important that everyone at our school has a shared knowledge and
understanding of our policies and procedures. I thank our students, parents and carers
for ensuring that our school uniform is worn with pride and Ipswich North State School
presents as well as we do – clearly one of the reasons for our continued great
reputation in our community (and beyond).
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Drop off, Pick up and Parking
Around our School
Tuckshop will be starting back for 2017 on the 9th February! Tuckshop will be open
on Thursday and Friday again this year, and our lovely tuckshop ladies are in the
process of finalising a yummy new menu!
We are always on the lookout for more volunteers to help the P&C with tuckshop, as
the more people we have, the more days we could potentially be open!
Ipswich North State School is a relatively small/medium school. With 264 students enrolled this year,
mornings and afternoons are a time of significant congestion on the streets around our school. We are
continuing to work with Brisbane City Council to review and improve car parking, pick up and drop off
arrangements for our school and while this is underway I would ask all parents, carers and students, to
ensure they continue to observe appropriate safe behaviours at drop off and pick up times.
I would ask all parents and carers to review and use the zone most appropriate for them, and also
consider the following:
Mystery Reader!!!
OFFICE NEWS
Please remember
to contact the
school for ALL
student absences
before 9:00am.
Ph: 3813 5801
E: absent@ipswich
northss.eq.edu.au
Receipting Days
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Money must be
dropped into the
payment box on all
other days.
Every Monday Morning at 8:15am we are going to have a
Reading session in the Library. Each week we will have a different special guest come to read us a story. It might be a
teacher or staff member or parent or even a special member of
the community. So if you enjoy listening to stories come to the
Library this MONDAY at 8:15am to see who our first special
guest is!
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There is limited car parking available in the small car park on Fitzgibbon Street.
If using this car park, please ensure you walk out of and into this car park safely,
using the paths provided
Consider parking a few streets away and walking a little further.
The safety and wellbeing of our students are our primary concerns and I again thank all parents and
carers for your co-operation and attention to these matters.
Before School Home Reading
If you would like to read your home readers to one of our teachers we will be in the Library on a
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday morning before school at 8:15am. You can pop down with your
home reader and we would love to hear you read.
Religious Instruction
Religious Instruction will be starting back this year on the 06th February,
as we have changed to the new day of Monday! RI classes will run from
2:15pm to 2:45pm every Monday, with classes being divided into Junior
(Year 1 & 2), Middle (Year 3 & 4), and Senior (Year 5 & 6) groups.
Please note, Prep students do not participate in RI.
If your child participated in RI in 2016, they will continue to do so until the
office is contacted to say otherwise. If you would like your child to
participate in RI for 2017, please see the office for a form.
When you visit us we will have a special bookmark we will be filling in. Once you have had 10 visits
you will get a certificate on parade for super reading. After 25 visits you will get a special surprise.
We look forward to seeing you there next week!
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