2025 TERM 3 WEEK 10
PRINCIPAL REPORT
It has been a busy but proud term for our community at Amamoor. Last week our Year 3-6 students participated along with 150 other students in an AFL Gala Day at Gympie Cats. It was pleasing to see their abilities and confidence build throughout the day.
Also last week on Friday, our whole school heading down to Mary Valley College for the annual Mary Valley Schools Poetry Competition. The range of poems and presentations were incredible across the four schools. All of our students did an exceptional job!
An extra congratulations to:
- Year 3/4 group receiving 3rd place
- Year 5 group receiving 2nd place
- Year 6 group receiving 2nd place
- Arlo receiving 3rd in Year 3 individual poem
- Oliver receiving 2nd in Year 5 individual poem
- Elsie receiving 1st in Prep – Year 2 self written poem
- Keon receiving 1st in Year 3-6 self written poem
This final week of school sees our students heading off to Roadcraft for road safety and bicycle curriculum. The students will also have an opportunity for practical student learning via the designated bicycle road circuit. On Friday, our lapathon colour run will burst into action on the oval. All family and community members are welcome to come and join in the fun! The P&C will also be hosting a pizza fundraiser for lunch. It is set to make our last day of Term 3 colourful!
As we lead into the holidays, spare a thought for some wellbeing support for friendships. It is wonderful to see how our students at Amamoor generally work and play in a way that shows respect and care for each other. The friendships that they form in school help support and influence them as they grow. The importance of friends looking out for each other is crucial in healthy relationships. Encouraging our children to talk about their friends, both the healthy and healthy friendships, gives us an opportunity to help influence healthy friendships.
Friendships are an important aspect of our everyday lives and help to maintain our mental wellbeing. With this in mind, it is vital to remember that developing and maintaining friendships involves the learning and maturing of many crucial skills and the building and refinement of personal attributes. These skills can take a long time to develop and master. Frequent practice can assist children to feel more confident in making choices around who they become friends with and how to manage challenges and disagreements within these friendships.
We need to embrace any opportunity to allow children to practice these skills. Below is an extract from Beyond Blue (2022) that list some of the skills that are important in developing safe and lasting friendships. Which ones will you practice with your child/ ren these school holidays?
- Self-control: Being able to wait for what they want, using words to express their feelings rather than acting disruptively or misbehaving, giving others a turn with toys.
- Welcoming: Being able to approach and respond to others positively – with a smile and greeting.
- Assertiveness: Being able to say what they’d like.
- Consideration: Being able to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, taking turns, being able to lead and follow what others want to do, being able to cooperate and share.
- Play skills: Being willing to take part in games and make suggestions for play.
- Communicating: Talking and listening to others in a friendly way, saying something to start a conversation.
- Helping: Being willing to help others.
- Prediction: Being able to understand how others might be feeling based on their behaviour, being able to predict how their behaviour might affect others.
- Thinking: About alternatives when things go wrong – for example, if other children want to play something different, thinking of whether to join them or finding someone else to play with.
- Coping: Being able to respond to rejection, disappointment or disapproval without experiencing too much distress or winning without gloating.
- Empathy: Being able to respond to others’ feelings with understanding.
- Flexibility: Being open to hearing or learning about other points of view or ways of doing things.
As children mature so to do their friendships. Working together we can support our children to have lifelong, healthy friendships. When discussing friends with our children using feedback of good, better and how is a great way to unpack a friendship problem. What is good about the friend/situation, what could be better and how can you make that happen?
OFFICE UPDATE
BLUE CARD CHANGES ARE COMING FROM 20 SEPTEMBER
These changes include:
- parent volunteers will require blue cards if:
- services or activities do not include their own child
- they attend overnight excursions or camps
- close personal contact may occur with another child may occur (such as assisting with toileting, bathing or dressing).
- external businesses providing services in schools or to children will need a blue card.
For more information about the upcoming changes, visit the Queensland Government website: https://www.qld.gov.au/law/laws-regulated-industries-and-accountability/queensland-laws-and-regulations/regulated-industries-and-licensing/blue-card-system-changes
Surf Skills Program Invoices - Term 4
Invoices for the Surf Skills Program in Term 4 have now been issued. This program is offered at a lower cost, and as such, please note that no refunds will be given if all four weeks are not attended.
LIBRARY
CHAPPY CHAT
SCHOOL WATCH
Our school is part of the School Watch Program. This initiative helps protect schools from vandalism, theft, and damage. If you see anything suspicious around the school grounds outside of school hours, please call School Watch on 13 17 88. Your support helps keep our school safe and welcoming for everyone.
OSHC
We will be open for Vacation Care on the September/October holidays, which is Monday the 22 September to Friday 3rd October.
Our opening hours will be 6.00 am - 6.00 pm (these may be adjusted to cater to families needs and attendance numbers) You are able to drop off and collect your child anytime within these hours.
The session fee is $65 for a service day, and as listed on the program. The fee is charged per day, not per hour, your fee will not change based on arrival and departures. The Child Care Subsidy will apply to the entire session fee. For example, if you have 90% CCS (5% withholding), a $65 service day will cost you around $9.75.
We will provide Breakfast, Morning Tea and Afternoon Tea. Children will only need to bring a packed lunch, but are welcome to bring more food if they are nervous about not liking the food we have on offer! The morning tea and afternoon tea for each day is listed on the program in blue. We are a Nut Free service so please do not send any nut products (e.g. nut bars, peanut butter sandwich, nutella).
Children also need to bring enclosed shoes, a bag for their belongings, hat, drink bottle and sun safe clothing.
To make a booking please request through the OWNA app, or send us an email at amamoor@kidzmob.com.au.
Please note, that if we have 5 or less children booked in for a Vacation Care day, the program will not go ahead and we will be closed. This is to ensure ongoing viability of the service. We will notify families if we are going to be closed at least 48 hours prior to the session start time.
COMMUNITY
