17112009 - Ipswich Grammar School
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Issue<br />
17<br />
November<br />
2009<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Bulletin<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Ph: (07) 3813 9630<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Absentees: (07) 3813 9666<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Fax: (07) 3280 1384<br />
Prep Ph: (07) 3280 1387<br />
BASC Ph: 0439 077 650<br />
Email: sperrem@igs.qld.edu.au<br />
dmacknish@igs.qld.edu.au<br />
basc@igs.qld.edu.au<br />
November<br />
21 Junior <strong>School</strong> Support Group<br />
Xmas Pool Party<br />
23- Year 5 Camp<br />
25<br />
24 Year 4 Overnight Camp<br />
26 Junior <strong>School</strong> Speech Night<br />
27 Conclusion of Semester 2<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Office Hours<br />
8.00am – 4.00pm<br />
Yard Duty Commences 8.00am<br />
Secondary <strong>School</strong> Office Hours<br />
8.00am – 4.30pm<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
From the Head of Junior <strong>School</strong>’s Desk<br />
Moving into the final week, it seems that Term 4 should only just have begun.<br />
However, we are well into the process of rounding the year off with reports almost<br />
completed, class placements completed and Speech Night rehearsals almost<br />
completed.<br />
One of our special teachers calls it a day at the end of this year. For Mrs Burns,<br />
teaching has been a passion for the last fifty years. One only needs to walk past her<br />
classroom to witness her devotion to her young charges. She continues to squeeze<br />
every last teachable moment out of these last few days of the year to make a<br />
difference for her boys.<br />
We are blessed to have had Mrs Burns conclude her teaching career at IGS. Having<br />
been coaxed out of a previous retirement, I know that she will remain a close IGS<br />
friend in future years, visiting occasionally and maybe assisting in small periods of<br />
relief work and maybe even leading some performance groups. However, next year<br />
holds other challenges as Mrs Burns embarks on directorial duties in the local <strong>Ipswich</strong><br />
Little Theatre Company. Having been a passion for many years, finally this is the<br />
chance to be able to commit the enormous amounts of time and energy to this other<br />
love alongside Mr Burns.<br />
We will miss Mrs Burns’ energy, enthusiasm, intelligence, guidance, wit and devotion.<br />
She has touched so many in her few short years teaching at IGS.<br />
We will be holding an evening in Mrs Burns’ honour and would be delighted to have<br />
any parents, past students and staff members who would like to wish Mrs Burns well<br />
attend.<br />
Invitation<br />
After 50 years in the profession, Mrs Shirlee Burns is retiring. Having assisted so many<br />
students, parents and staff, it is now time to celebrate Shirlee’s achievements and wish<br />
her well in her new endeavours.<br />
Date: Tuesday 1 December<br />
Time: 6.00-7.30pm<br />
Venue: Staff lounge (first floor of main administration block – The Ladley Building)<br />
Finger food and non-alcoholic drinks to be served.<br />
Invitation extended to all parents, past students, staff, friends and past acquaintances<br />
of Mrs Shirlee Burns to help celebrate her retirement from fulltime teaching.<br />
R.S.V.P. by Wednesday 25 November to Mrs Kym Horsey on 3813 9630.
Speech Night<br />
A reminder of some of the crucial details for Speech Night on Thursday 26 November:<br />
Time:<br />
• Final rehearsals will take place from 5.00-6.00pm (Listed below).<br />
• Doors open to audience members at 6.00pm.<br />
• All boys to report to their teachers in their class seating areas by 6.15pm.<br />
• Commences 6.30pm.<br />
• Aimed to conclude approx 8.15pm.<br />
Dress:<br />
• All students to wear full formal school uniform (without hats).<br />
• Year 4 students to wear ties.<br />
• Year 5 & 6 students to wear ties, trousers and blazers.<br />
P-1 Early Collection:<br />
Parents in Prep and Year 1 should have notified their son’s class teacher by now with an indication if they will be<br />
taking advantage of the early collection opportunity. This will take place in the program following the Headmaster/CEO<br />
Address and as the Year 4-6 award recipients are marshalling. All P-1 boys who are being collected by parents will be<br />
escorted to the paved courtyard between the Auditorium and the Great Hall, beyond the confines of the Auditorium<br />
precinct, where they will await parents under supervision. Please be mindful that the formalities will continue and it is<br />
requested that parents moving to collect their P-1 students do so with minimal noise and disruption.<br />
Should parents wish to drop off passengers directly at the Auditorium, cars will be able to enter the school grounds via<br />
the Darling Street entrance , drop off at the Auditorium and then proceed out to Woodend Road to seek parking.<br />
Giving Tree:<br />
The Giving Tree again will operate. These gifts will be distributed via one of <strong>Ipswich</strong>’s local charity programs. Boys are<br />
asked to bring a small gift, wrapped with the age and whether it is for a boy, girl or adult written on it, for depositing<br />
under the tree. These will be put to very good use when distributed to families less fortunate than our own over<br />
Christmas. This is an opportunity to ensure that our boys are able to think of others at this time. Many boys look to<br />
purchase a small gift from their own pocket money, further reinforcing their generosity. The Giving Tree will be set up<br />
at the front of the Auditorium so that boys can place their gifts under it upon arrival.<br />
Final rehearsals:<br />
The following groups are required to attend final performance rehearsals from 5.00pm:<br />
• Year 6 speakers<br />
• Year 5 Band<br />
• Junior IGS Singers (Choir)<br />
Camps<br />
Camps for Year 4 and 5 are approaching rapidly and boys are being made acutely aware that only students who meet<br />
the behaviour criteria (Levels 1, Bronze, Siler or Gold) will be invited. These camps provide an exciting and enjoyable<br />
social end to the year and enable the boys to develop relationships with other boys beyond their own class as the get<br />
ready to move into the next year level in 2010.<br />
Class Lists<br />
Class lists for 2010 have been compiled over the past two months in consultation with the class teachers. These<br />
teachers have discussed the social, emotional and academic needs of each student and sought to place them<br />
strategically according to these requirements. These lists are now final and each family should receive a letter in the<br />
next few weeks outlining the staffing make up for 2010 and the teacher to whom their son has been allocated. It is<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> policy not to post whole class lists to families.<br />
Final Day of the <strong>School</strong> Year<br />
Please note that school concludes on Friday 27 November at 12.00pm. While Year 2-6<br />
students usually wear their sports uniform on Fridays due to their participation in sporting<br />
activities in the afternoon, I ask that all boys wear their grey uniforms for this final half<br />
day. Buses will depart in line with the half day allocation.<br />
The placement of the JS Speech Night on the Thursday evening before the conclusion of<br />
school is purposeful in order to finish the year on a crescendo. As the final morning is only<br />
a half day of finishing off and celebrating with students prior to the final Assembly, those<br />
parents of younger boys who wish to keep their son home following the slightly later<br />
evening the night before are more than welcome to do so.
Meanjin Young Writers’ Camp<br />
I would like to commend Patrick Moroney (6C) for attending the recent Meanjin Writers’ Camp at Brookfield. He spent<br />
three days working alongside like-minded peers with a passion for writing and being mentored by writers of the ilk of<br />
Ross Clarke, Simon Higgins, Pat Flynn and Sue Gough. I know that Patrick learned much in this time and look forward<br />
to his next adventure narrative.<br />
Patrick particularly connected with Simon Higgins, whose books often have a Japanese context infused with cultural<br />
information and samurai references.<br />
2010 Term Dates<br />
Term 1 - Monday 25 January (all P-6 half day) – Friday 26 March<br />
Term 2 - Tuesday 13 April – Friday 18 June<br />
Term 3 - Tuesday 13 July – Friday 17 September<br />
Term 4 - Monday 4 October – Friday 26 November<br />
Student Awards – presented Friday 6 November/13 November<br />
Flyn Park<br />
- 500 Reading Club<br />
Aidan Paull<br />
- 500 Reading Club<br />
Louis Tonel<br />
- 1000 Reading Club<br />
Matt Van De Weyer - 1000 Reading Club<br />
Martin Koorts<br />
- 1000 Reading Club<br />
Liam Brown<br />
- 1000 Reading Club<br />
William Rosemond<br />
- 1000 Reading Club<br />
Jack Shaw<br />
- 1000 Reading Club<br />
Alex Auschra<br />
- 2000 Reading Club<br />
Blake Smallwood<br />
- 2000 Reading Club<br />
Jack Denton<br />
- 3000 Reading Club<br />
Mark Holme<br />
- 3000 Reading Club<br />
Joshua Dalton-Peacock - 5000 Reading Club<br />
Jeremy Herron<br />
- fantastic reading and spelling results.<br />
Lucas Roux<br />
- working hard to revise your spelling.<br />
Riley Bichel<br />
- informative report writing.<br />
Kye Burton<br />
- terrific work in Mathematics.<br />
Harrison Jarrard<br />
- super reading and comprehension.<br />
Three C<br />
- FUN FUN FUN on the sleep-over!<br />
Mackenzie O’Donnell - his excellent SOSE study – a real winner!<br />
Bradyn Cawood<br />
- his sensational sense of humour<br />
Lachlan King<br />
- consistent quiet work ethic<br />
Hayden Randall<br />
- effective work ethic and patience when helping others<br />
Ben Carter<br />
- always striving to do his best in all subjects<br />
Oscar Park<br />
- improvement in Maths results<br />
Angus Whitburn<br />
- exceptional 3D floor plan for his project<br />
Luke Palmer<br />
- outstanding classroom behaviour this term<br />
Jeffrey chou<br />
- great effort and achievement in his exams<br />
Mitchell Currie<br />
- great positive attitude to school<br />
Mitchell Smith<br />
- 1000 club<br />
Morgan Whitehouse - showing great maturity and putting in tremendous effort with exams<br />
Alexander Smith<br />
- being a quiet achiever going about his work with such gusto<br />
Liam Cassidy<br />
- applying himself to his work and writing an excellent SOSE assignment<br />
Thomas Howard - presenting all four sharing time tasks on time in Term 3<br />
Yusuf Memon<br />
- excellent behaviour in the computer rooms and utilising computer time well<br />
Hamish Thomson<br />
- excellent behaviour and manners during reading groups<br />
Mitchell Biggs<br />
- outstanding leadership as a class co-ordinator<br />
Jack Hansen<br />
- working to best of ability in all subjects<br />
Jamie Cameron<br />
- a concentrated effort to refrain from calling out in class<br />
Jesse Greive<br />
- attention to detail and remarkable exam results<br />
Nick Swain<br />
- maintaining a positive mature attitude resulting in exam success<br />
Ben Laidlaw<br />
- a thoughtful response to a scientific investigation<br />
Matt Stower<br />
- being ready and organised for class<br />
Kyle Palmer - being an all-round fantastic member of the 2E.<br />
Harrison Rule<br />
- cooperating well with others in group situations.<br />
Finlay Rush<br />
- having a great sense of humour and a fantastic smile.<br />
Sancak Durmaz<br />
- improved sentence writing and punctuation skills.<br />
Michael Holmes<br />
- displaying a positive attitude and trying his best always.<br />
Calais Parsonage<br />
- a great improvement in his reading and comprehension.<br />
Bradyn Cawood<br />
- 50 minutes of reading<br />
Jack Dent<br />
- 50 minutes of reading
Jack McLeary<br />
Jack Dent<br />
Mackenzie O’Donnell<br />
Dylan Boettcher<br />
Blake Smallwood<br />
Zac Wendt<br />
Craig Beater<br />
Michael Krause<br />
Lachlan Goodbun<br />
Oliver Laidlaw<br />
Wolfgang Wallace<br />
Niel Hamman<br />
Riley Wilton<br />
Mattison Gibson<br />
Ben Mate<br />
Angus Whitburn<br />
Haedyn Rawson<br />
Riley Tear<br />
Jordan Sigmund<br />
- 50 minutes of reading<br />
- 1000 minutes of reading<br />
- 1000 minutes of reading<br />
- always aiming to be the best that he can be<br />
- an outstanding project on the Industrial Revolution<br />
- working even with stitches in his head. (Great Inventions Research)<br />
- being a consistent worker and a good sport<br />
- excellent examination results<br />
- excellent examination results<br />
- changed attitude to class work with good results<br />
- working consistently in all areas<br />
- great dynamic dialogue in creating your narrative<br />
- 5000 minutes of reading this year<br />
- an improved effort with his homework this term<br />
- his cheery disposition in class<br />
- excellent 3D floor plan (from a junior school leader)<br />
- having pride in his work and striving to create an interesting report on China<br />
- working very well in Maths to solve division problems<br />
- working hard – you have got a huge amount done in a week – well done!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
David Macknish<br />
Head of Junior <strong>School</strong><br />
TUCKSHOP NEWS<br />
On Saturday 14 th November, the ladies from the tuckshop attended the Queensland Tuckshop of the Year Awards.<br />
These Awards are held annually through the Queensland Smart Choices Program, with nominations from all over the<br />
State, which included Primary, Secondary and Private <strong>School</strong>s. Our Tuckshop at IGS was short listed in two<br />
categories, Tuckshop of the year and Convener of the Year. As this was the first time we had entered, to be short<br />
listed was a very proud achievement.<br />
Maureen would like to thank her Staff, the IGS Staff, volunteers and Students for their support over the year and look<br />
forward to next year. To all the volunteers who have helped throughout the year, please note, our Christmas Morning<br />
Tea will be held on Tuesday, 24 th November from 10am. All are welcome. Please RSVP to 3280 1350 by Monday<br />
23 rd November. Maureen Sweeney<br />
BASC NEWS<br />
We have recently completed our budget for the 2010 year. This has helped us identify some issues that may affect<br />
the service provided in the near future. One of these being a much needed fee increase to help us with Compliance,<br />
Licensing, wages, running costs, equipment and administration of the Service. It has been 3 years since we<br />
commenced the Before and After <strong>School</strong> Hours Care facility in 2006 and we have not increased our fees during this<br />
time however, the costs of running this service have increased considerably. We advise that as from January 1 2010<br />
our fee for each session will increase. Parents receiving Child Care Benefit will have their fees adjusted accordingly.<br />
The new fee structure for 2010 will be as follows:<br />
Care Type Previous Fee New Fee Permanent New Fee Casual<br />
Before <strong>School</strong> Care $3 per ½ hour $4 per ½ hour $5 per ½ hour<br />
After <strong>School</strong> Care $3 per ½ hour $4 per ½ hour $5 per ½ hour<br />
Vacation Care $30 per day $35 per day $40 per day<br />
½ day Care $15 per ½ day $20 per ½ day $25 per ½ day<br />
Excursion costs during vacation care are charged extra depending on the activity. Details are available upon booking.<br />
Permanent fees are for regular weekly bookings. Casual fees are for bookings taken with less than 24 hours<br />
notice – and sufficient spaces are available.<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong> BASC would like to thank families for their continued support in 2010. For any queries<br />
please contact Sue Corke – Director BASC on 0439 077 650. Bill Allan - Secretary to Board of Trustees
29 TH ANNUAL MEANJIN WRITER’S CAMP 2009<br />
On Thursday 5 th to Sunday 8 th November, I attended the 29 th Annual Meanjin Writer’s Camp at the Queensland<br />
Conference and Camping Centre in Brookfield. From the 150 applications, 70 students from Years 6 to 8 were<br />
selected to attend. There were five Authors who attended, Simon Higgins, Pat Flynn, Terry O’Connor, Ross Clarke<br />
and Sue Gough. The Authors ran workshops with about 15 students to the one Author. We had to choose two<br />
writer’s workshops, one for Friday and most of Saturday, and a second Author for another session on Saturday<br />
afternoon.<br />
I chose to attend Simon Higgins’ workshop and boy, was he fantastic!. Firstly, he told us about dramatic openings,<br />
then ways of defining characters, good ways of planning stories and then he talked about the publishing industry. My<br />
second Author was Terry O’Connor, a journalist who has recently published a book celebrating Queensland’s 150 th<br />
Anniversary. Friday and Saturday nights were presentation nights. On Friday, we presented drama acts and then on<br />
Saturday we presented some of our written work. Mr Macknish, whose daughter Emma, also attended the camp,<br />
came on Saturday night. He is currently the President of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association, Brisbane<br />
Council.<br />
I would like to thank Mr Macknish for suggesting I attend this camp, as it was a fun and great experience for young<br />
budding Authors. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in writing to apply to attend next year (I will be).<br />
Patrick Moroney (6C)<br />
FROM THE JUNIOR SCHOOL ART ROOM<br />
Only 1 week to go until the end of another very busy term and indeed, year in the Junior <strong>School</strong> Art room.<br />
Most of the boys are finishing off the last of their projects – Year 6’s are working with recycled materials to make<br />
Robots, the Year 5’s are completing their Kites which they will (hopefully) be flying in the coming week or so, and the<br />
Year 4’s are putting the finishing touches to wire figures and photo frames.<br />
The last batch of Junior <strong>School</strong> Artist of the Month for 2009 have been selected.<br />
These Year 6 boys have not only worked consistently well throughout the year, they have produced some outstanding<br />
Lino Prints and Masks.<br />
Congratulations to the following boys:<br />
October<br />
Ricky Nguyen, Lachlan King, Jamie Livingstone, Patrick Moroney, Jake Morris and Liam Clarke.<br />
November<br />
Aiden Bichel, Charlie Morton, Aiden Saarman, Justin Wise, Lachlan Grieve, Alexander Gradin, Lachlan King, Jamie<br />
Livingstone, Harry McFarlane and Justin Wales.<br />
A display of their work will be on view in the Junior <strong>School</strong> office during the next few weeks. Happy Holidays!<br />
Mrs M. Brown - Art Teacher<br />
YEAR 4-6 INTERHOUSE SWIMMING CARNIVAL<br />
Finally we were able to complete the carnival which was halted due to appalling weather back in March. The beautiful<br />
blue skies and warm water proved a big contrast to the last time we attempted to run the carnival.<br />
Congratulations to all for the friendly, yet competitive, spirit in which the competition was completed. Throughout the<br />
course of the day, Eugene Koorts and Martin Koorts set a total of eight new school age records. Fantastic! No surprise<br />
then when it was announced that they each had achieved their respective age champion goals.<br />
Final results:<br />
1 st - Cameron- 638pts<br />
2 nd - Kerr-488pts<br />
3 rd - Hawthorne-468pts<br />
4 th - Lawrance- 460pts<br />
Age Champions:<br />
U9: Eugene Koorts<br />
U10: Liam Harrigan<br />
U11:Martin Koorts<br />
U12:Oliver Pye<br />
Congratulations, boys.
Year 3 Sleepover Acrostic Poems<br />
Water everywhere<br />
A lot of fun<br />
Terrific<br />
Exciting to finish it<br />
Really easy sliding down the slide<br />
Daring<br />
Rectangles are on it<br />
Amazing<br />
Great<br />
One teacher made it, Miss Caton<br />
Nothing cooler!<br />
By Alex Dobson<br />
Ghosts lurking in the school<br />
Haunted boarder’s towers<br />
On Friday night<br />
Strange noises<br />
Teachers got really scared<br />
Walking around the school<br />
A terrifying, spooky night<br />
Lots of mysterious things happenings<br />
Kind of awesome<br />
By Joshua Dalton-Peacock<br />
Pillows are soft and fun<br />
In the morning<br />
Lots of fun<br />
Lots of pillows crashing against people<br />
On the beds we jumped around<br />
We got Miss Caton down on the ground<br />
Fighting the teachers was fun<br />
In the classroom<br />
Getting hit by pillows<br />
Having a great time<br />
The pillow fight was fun!<br />
By Brooklyn Tear<br />
Great fun<br />
At the courtyard<br />
Mighty handball<br />
Every boy played a game<br />
Small balls and big balls everywhere<br />
By Cale Lewis<br />
So hard on the rocket<br />
Lots of water in the pool<br />
Extremely awesome<br />
Excellent food in the dining hall<br />
People could go on the water dragon<br />
On the big screen we watched Bolt<br />
Very cool on the ghost walk<br />
Everybody liked it<br />
Rocket and Water Dragon were so good<br />
By Sancak Durmaz
SPORT RESULTS (Friday 6 November)<br />
Basketball<br />
Senior A v Central 1 WIN 36-11<br />
Senior B v Silkstone 2 WIN 25-12<br />
Junior A v Junior C WIN 44-4<br />
Junior B v Silkstone 2 WIN 25-12<br />
Junior D v Brassall 1 WIN 12-8<br />
A great week for the boys. Great defence and attacking passing. Looking forward to the Finals next week.<br />
Cricket<br />
Junior B v Karalee WIN 10/49 – 8/76. A good effort to win in the rain.<br />
AFL<br />
Junior v Churchill WIN 16.8.104 – 0.0.0. Jack McKay fantastic in defence. James Ploetz with 3 great goals.<br />
Congratulations to Mitchell Currie – first goal of the season.<br />
SPORT RESULTS (Friday 13 November)<br />
Basketball<br />
Senior A v Lowood 1 WIN 41-4<br />
Senior B v Lowood 2 Won on Forfeit<br />
Junior A v St Mary’s WIN 24-6<br />
Junior B v Mt Crosby LOSS 6-24. A good effort by the boys, but beaten by a better team.<br />
Junior C v Junior D WIN 18-17. Almost an upset of the season. Great game boys<br />
Good luck to the Senior’s and Junior’s off to the finals next week.<br />
Cricket<br />
Junior A v Junior B (In progress). Junior B team (year 5) put Junior A (year 6) into bat on a hot, humid and<br />
overgrown Blair wicket. Junior B’s delivered an enthusiastic bowling attack taking 7 wickets for 127 runs. Junior A<br />
batsmen M. Thomas and J. Bagby scored a great partnership. All are looking forward to completing this exciting<br />
innings next week.<br />
Touch Football<br />
Senior A (Win 10-1). Senior B (Loss 5-7). Junior A (Win 7-3) and Junior B (Win 6-4).<br />
AFL<br />
Junior v Raceview LOSS 2.9.21 – 5.1.31. Sam Corby determined in defence. Martin Koorts always involved in the<br />
action. Quinton Hunter used his height to good advantage.<br />
TENNIS NEWS<br />
Queensland Tennis<br />
As part of our ongoing Tennis programme at <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong> we have joined forces with Tennis<br />
Queensland to host a Tennis Hotshots event at our <strong>Grammar</strong> Park Courts. This event is for all our players and will<br />
take place on Friday 20 th November, 2009 at 9am. A bus will transport the boys from the Junior <strong>School</strong> at 8.45am<br />
to the Tennis Centre where Ms Efia Hill from Tennis Queensland, myself and two other Coaches will conduct a<br />
Hotshots Tournament and lunch for all players. There will be prizes and lots of fun for all boys.<br />
Our <strong>School</strong> is the first to offer this programme and it is an excellent chance for each player to be part of. A bus will<br />
return the boys back to school by 12 noon. Best of all, the day is free with lunch provided by our days sponsor<br />
Tonel Holdings and we thank Leanne and Dom for their magic support.<br />
We hope to run this day every term and keep Tennis at <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong> progressing. Please help make<br />
this day big and fun by putting your name down at the Junior <strong>School</strong> Office or by contacting me if you would like to<br />
attend.<br />
Brisbane International Tournament<br />
During the school holidays, Brisbane is hosting the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament with players such as<br />
Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Anna Ivanovic and Kim Clijsters to name a few. So on Monday 4 th January 2010, I<br />
am planning on taking a bus load of boys who would like to go as well as parents. The bus will leave <strong>Ipswich</strong><br />
<strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong> at 9am and return at 4:30pm. Cost is $30.00 per person and parents are welcome to attend on<br />
this day as it would be great for all Tennis fans.
Boys will have a day not just to watch matches, but to observe the stars practising up close and gain autographs.<br />
Some of our boys are ball-boying. All those interested, please contact me or register at the Junior <strong>School</strong> Office<br />
before 20 th November, 2009.<br />
Yours in Tennis<br />
David Glinster (0411 455 567)<br />
JUNIOR SCHOOL PARENT SUPPORT GROUP NEWS<br />
1. A reminder to all parents about this weekend’s family pool party (Saturday 2-5pm with a gold coin donation<br />
per person for entry). Sausage sizzle, drinks and snow cones for sale. If you haven’t yet replied, please<br />
notify Reception ASAP so that the group can include you in their catering considerations.<br />
2. The Junior <strong>School</strong> Support Group is considering producing an ‘IGS Junior <strong>School</strong> Community Directory’.<br />
This directory would showcase businesses owned by families in the Junior <strong>School</strong>, and give each business<br />
the opportunity to promote their business in a different forum.<br />
Firstly, we are seeking interest from our ‘community’ to ensure that this project is viable, and would be<br />
supported.<br />
If you are interested, would you please complete the form below and return to Reception by Friday 27<br />
November.<br />
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Junior <strong>School</strong> Community Directory 2010 - Expression of Interest<br />
I would like to express an interest in being included in a Junior <strong>School</strong> Community Directory in 2010<br />
should the project go ahead. Please contact me early in 2010 should the directory become a viable<br />
reality:<br />
Name: ______________________________________________<br />
Business name: _______________________________________<br />
Business type: _______________________________________<br />
Contact numbers:<br />
_________________________________<br />
Please return to Reception by Friday 27 November
Dear Parents,<br />
This year the Before/After and Vacation Care children will be adopting<br />
3 families from the Queensland Times Adopt a Family for Christmas<br />
appeal.<br />
The Families that we have chosen to support are:<br />
1. Emergency food hamper for a family of 4<br />
2. Gifts for a Mum, Dad, boys aged 7, 6, 5<br />
3. Gifts for a Dad and boy aged 7.<br />
The children attending vacation care on the 8 th<br />
December will be<br />
participating in a fundraiser – “Be a Rock Star for a day”<br />
Funds raised from this will be used to purchase the gifts for the families<br />
which the children will go shopping for.<br />
We would appreciate any suitable food items to make up our<br />
emergency food hamper.<br />
These can be left in J20 – BASC Room.<br />
The Queensland times will collect the gifts from us and photograph the<br />
children presenting them.<br />
Let’s make it a Christmas to remember – Please support our local<br />
families who are less fortunate than ourselves.<br />
The BASC children and staff thank you for your valued support and<br />
wish you all a very merry Christmas.