Edition 3 - Week 7

Principal's Message

On Wednesday, our school had its first evacuation practice.  Staff and students were extremely responsive, following procedures to ensure everyone arrived at our meeting point quickly and safely.  This practice was well advertised and prepared for, being our first attempt.  As the year progresses, we will move to practising evacuations with little to notice as a means of assessing how well we respond in the event of an actual need to evacuate buildings.  Teachers prepared students in advance of this event and we sounded the alarm during our parade on Tuesday to ensure everyone was prepared.  As parents/carers you can discuss the importance of practising evacuations at home and school to ensure we keep ourselves in the event of a fire or other incident requiring an evacuation.

Our next emergency response practice will be a lockdown.  This will occur either later this term or early next term.  As we did for this week’s evacuation practice, staff and students will be well informed and prepared.  Lock down practices are often more confronting for students as they are usually in response to a hostile situation.  Again, you can play an important role in assisting your child to understand the importance of practising what to do in the very unlikely event of needing to place our school into a lockdown situation.  During a lockdown, the song Hakuna Matta will play.  This may be familiar to students if they have seen The Lion King.  This song has been chosen as it is a happy tune and means ‘no worries’ - the message we want to send to our staff and students.

Last Wednesday was National Simultaneous Story Time.  I had the pleasure of reading this year’s book, Family Tree to 1A, 3/4B and 4A.  Other classes chose to read the story together or watched my recorded reading of the story.

Deputy Principals' Message

Students are busy working towards their end of term and semester assessments.  To maximise teaching and learning due to the disruptions experienced this semester, Semester One Report Cards will be sent home in week one of Term Three.  Parent-Teacher interviews will take place early in the term to discuss student progress. We are excited to welcome parents and carers to classrooms on Wednesday 22 June to celebrate this semester’s learning.  More information will be shared in the coming weeks.

Message from Executive Services

Cleaner Position– Everleigh State School 

Permanent Position 30 Hours  

Everleigh State School is seeking energetic, honest and reliable cleaners to join our team. 

As a cleaner you will, contribute to the efficient and effective operation and environment of the site by providing a high level of cleaning support and ensure that the duties prescribed for the position are completed to an acceptable standard as determined by their supervisor. The successful applicants will be engaged in single or split shifts. The start and finish times will vary, however, will be between 6.00am and 6.00pm. If the successful applicant(s) are engaged in split shift arrangement, a split shift allowance will be paid each day a split shift is worked.  

About the Role

As the cleaner you will have responsibility for the following:  

• Cleaning windows, pictures, doorknobs, taps, sinks, drinking fountains, lavatory basins, glassware, glass doors and cupboards. 
• Cleaning and sanitising toilet facilities and sick bays.  
• Cleaning and maintaining equipment. Cobweb and mildew control, utilising extendable equipment as necessary.  
• Cleaning of concrete, bitumen, asphalt and paved surfaces including the use of blowers.  
• Disposal of rubbish and litter control including removal of material from drains and gutters between and/or surrounding buildings.  
• Dusting, including student and office furniture, equipment and fans.  
• Hosing. Removal of graffiti.  
• Sweeping and vacuuming.  
• Vinyl/timber floor maintenance, including buffing, stripping and polishing. 
• Other appropriate cleaning duties as directed by the Facilities/Business Manager.  

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities. How you will be assessed:  

• Prior experience working in a school environment highly desirable but not essential  
• Ability to understand the work environment by learning quickly to use and maintain cleaning equipment, materials, and chemical supplies.  
• Ability to carry out cleaning duties within a cleaning team under the daily supervision of a team leader.  
• Capable of applying Workplace Health & Safety standards. 
• Awareness of the need for security in relation to buildings, personal property and equipment.  
• Good interpersonal and communication skills. 

How you will be assessed 

Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities: 

  1. Supports strategic direction 

Ability to understand the work environment by learning quickly to use and maintain cleaning equipment, materials, and chemical supplies 

2. Achieves results 

Capability to apply Workplace Health and Safety standards, especially in the use and application of cleaning equipment and materials. 

3. Supports productive working relationships 

Ability to carry out cleaning duties with limited supervision and cooperatively participate as a team member when required. 

4. Displays personal drive and integrity 

Awareness of the need for security in relation to rooms and buildings, personal property and equipment. 

5. Communicates with influence 

Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work with all members of the school community both individually and as a member of a team. 

 Application Process 

Applicants are required to submit a maximum 2 page response to the above Selection Criteria, current CV (maximum 3 pages) and contact details for two referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor). When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services. Applications close 3pm 16th June 2022. 

Enquiries/applications should be directed to:  
 
Robyn Gardener 

Business Manager 

Ph: 07 2899 5111  E: rgard26@eq.edu.au 

Student of the week Awards

Congratulations to the students who received Student of the Week awards in weeks 6 and 7: 

• PA: Ethan, Olli 
• PB: Harfateh, Mia 
• PC: Cooper 
• PD: Reuben 
• 1A: Snawar, Ashleen 
• 2A: Marley, Archie 
• 3A: Dhruveer
• 3/4B: Oscar, Gracie 
• 4A: Isaac, Armarli 
• 5A: Isaac, Jayanne 
• 5/6B: Joel, Corina 

HPE Matters with Mr Johnson

Dear Parents/Carers,

The Senior Sports Day (Year 3- Year 6) will be held on Wednesday 15^th June at Everleigh State School. Our primary objective is to provide all students with the opportunity to participate to their level of ability.  This day is a participation event and trial where students are encouraged to have a go and try to achieve set benchmarks.  Please try to enjoy the participation of the students and encourage performance to the best of their ability.  Place-getters will be determined in sprint races and field events. This year we will divide the students into 4 age groups ( 8yrs, 9yrs, 10yrs and 11/12yrs ). This gives our 8yrs an opportunity to try and trial the senior activities maybe for the first time. The students will rotate through the 4 key track and field events. Some of our events will be modified as we are a new school with limited facilities and structures, such as Long Jump. Break out activities like relays, athletic circuits and ball games will be for groups who have finished early or are warming up.

Student Requirements: A water bottle, lunch, snacks, sunscreen, hat, any asthma puffers and clothing appropriate to sporting activities. Students are encouraged to wear clothing reflecting their Sports House. Jogger style footwear is encouraged in all events.

Sun – Yellow          Earth – Red                Water – Blue          Wind – Green

(All times are approximate and may be adjusted slightly)

The Junior Sports Day ( P-Year 2 ) will be held on Friday 17^th June. Our primary objective is to provide all students with the opportunity to participate to their level of ability. This day is full of colour and good cheer. Place getters will only be determined in sprint races. Junior students will be allocated points during tabloids if they demonstrate a fair attempt. They will experience a variety of throws, jumps and novelty activities. There will be 6 stations 1) Hurdles 2) Sack race 3) Egg and spoon 4) Ball bounce 5) Javelin throw 6) Frisbee throw   

Student Requirements: A water bottle, snacks, sunscreen, hat, any asthma puffers and clothing appropriate to sporting activities. Students are encouraged to wear clothing reflecting their Sports House. Jogger style footwear is encouraged in all events.

Sun – Red           Earth – Yellow               Water – Blue          Wind – Green

(All times are approximate and may be adjusted slightly)

Let’s enjoy the athletics season!    

Yours in Sport,

Dave Johnson    

HPE Teacher

Update from Everleigh YMCA

As the weather is getting cooler, please ensure your children have their jackets on and that they are labelled. Please also remember all children still require a hat for outside play. 

Vacation Care will be upon us before we know it. As we count down the weeks it gets more and more exciting. We have been working hard to put together a vacation care program built on children’s input and the feedback from families from our last vacation care. This vacation care period will include one excursion and 5 exciting incursions. Our completed program will be out for you to view week 8 and you can commence bookings then.  We do have a limit of 60 places per day so when we give the go ahead, please book your places early to save disappointment.  

If you are requiring BSC, ASC or Vacation Care you will need to enrol with YMCA first. This is a two step enrolment. Please follow the link below to start your enrolment with YMCA Everleigh. We look forward to you and your family joining us. 

https://www.ymcachildcare.com.au/outside-school-hours-care/everleigh