Carbrook Junior School Communications, 16 May 2024

Term 2 - Week 5

Term 2 - Week 5

Friday 17 May: Assembly

Term 2 - Week 6

Wednesday 22 May: National Simultaneous Story Time
Thursday 23 May: Stage 2&3 Athletics Carnival
Friday 24 May: Chapel, College Leadership Applications (due)

Coming Up

Sth Coast Regional Cross Country, Under 8s Day and Prep Tours

Dear Parents and Carers

If you have not yet had a chance to watch the short video posted by our Counsellor, Byron Hunt, do yourself a favour and check it out.

Counsellor Hunt - Am I Overparenting?

At Calvary, we have been exploring research by Dr Judith Locke in parenting styles and the impact on student resilience and success. Our aim is to partner with you and provide your children with the skills necessary to fail and try again. We know that with this failure comes learning and through learning comes confidence and even resilience to face even harder challenges.

If you would like to delve deeper into this topic, we would recommend reading The Bonsai Child by Dr Judith Locke.

Friendology

Our counselling team have been facilitating Friendology lessons in our classrooms. This is to help grow our students’ understanding of what healthy friendships look like, and how to respond when friendships are tricky.

If you are interested in learning the Friendology concepts and language so you can support your child at home, we invite you to take advantage of a FREE Parent Membership to access hundreds of resources that will allow you to learn the same strategies being taught in the classroom, reinforcing the important messages of empowerment, self-compassion, & kindness at home.

• Click here to view an overview of URSTRONG.

We believe that empowering our students with these skills will create a culture of kindness at our school and we hope that, together, we can support your children to have healthy, feel-good friendships.

Athletics Carnival

Our Stage 2 and 3 Athletics carnival in planned for Thursday 23 May. Please see details in the letter below.

We are looking for parent volunteers to help out at the Junior School Athletics Carnival next Thursday 23 May. Volunteers will follow their child’s age group around throughout the day and help the teacher leading each event, particularly the field events of Long Jump, Discus and Shot Put. Any parents willing to volunteer please email Brendon Linning at  brendon.linning@calvarycc.qld.edu.au with:

• your name
• availability for the carnival (e.g. full day, morning, afternoon)
• your child’s name

Under 8s Day & Prep Tours

Friday 31 May is a very exciting day for our little ones. Our Pre Prep – Year 2 students will enjoy a fun – filled morning as they explore a variety of hands-on activities, including a jumping castle, petting zoo, police visit and more. Under 8’s kicks off from 9am. Parent helpers are welcome and appreciated! We are running tours through the Prep room from 8:30am for the Calvary and wider community. 

Please see all the details on the flyer attached. There will be a sausage sizzle available, orders can be placed by using the link below.

College Leadership

Applications for leadership are due by week 6. Students in Years 3-6 who have applied for leadership will be presented at our College Leaders Assembly on the 7 June this Term.

To apply for a position, we ask students to write a letter to Mrs O’Donnell outlining the service that they are already involved in, frequency and impact that this has on the College. Letters can be brought to front Reception.

Mrs Zoe O'Donnell
Acting Head of Junior School - Carbrook 

Student Coaching at Calvary

Please click on the image below to read the latest blog from our Sports Department.

General Notices

Uniform Update

School Locker stores will re-open on Friday 24 May.

Following some significant stock losses, not all sizes of all garments will be available. Stock has been re-ordered and School Locker expects to be fully stocked by the end of June.

For the rest of this term, please send your children to school in any Calvary uniform garment you have that is in good repair. This will mean there may be days your child wears a formal jacket with a sports uniform or vice versa.

We ask that students wear their uniforms neatly and continue to respect shoe,  jewellery, hair and makeup requirements.

Thank you for your patience through this challenging time for School Locker.

Bus Notice

All students have now received their new 2024 Student ID cards.

All bus students are required to swipe their ID cards when boarding and disembarking from the bus.

Utilising student ID cards ensures:

• Accurate tracking of all students using the bus service, enabling correct charging.
• Provides parental tracking capabilities via the app, receiving email alerts when students board and disembark the bus.
• Enhanced efficiency during the boarding and disembarking processes.

Failure to utilize Student ID cards for bus trips during Term 2 will result in an administrative fee of $1 per trip as these trips must be manually entered.

In the event of the newly issued ID cards being lost, replacement cards can be purchased at Reception at a cost of $5.

Key points to remember:

• Rollcall accounts must maintain a positive balance for students to utilize the service. Credit can be added via the Rollcall app.
  
  
• It is preferable that a booking is made via the Rollcall app for every trip taken on the bus service. 

Cafe Specials - Week 6

Calvary Events

Our current College events can be found on our website: https://www.calvarycc.qld.edu.au/events/

Show Team Quiz Night & Silent Auction Fundraiser

Get ready for an evening of fun and friendly competition at the Calvary Show Team Quiz Night Fundraiser!  Mark your calendars because it's happening in just a few short weeks!

• If your family owns a business and would love to support our cause, we'd be thrilled to feature your donation in our Silent Auction Fundraiser! Simply drop us an email at show.team@calvarycc.qld.edu.au with all the details.
  
  
• Round up your squad and start forming your teams now! Plus, get creative because there's a special prize waiting for the best dressed team!
  
  
• Book online here or below: https://shorturl.at/bsuE2