Primary News

Parking

We have observed increasing instances of illegal and inappropriate parking during the drop-off and pick-up times in the surrounding streets of the College.

Ensuring the safety of our children and the comfort of our neighbours is a priority that requires our collective effort. Unfortunately, improper parking practices are creating hazards for both students and local residents. These issues include obstructing traffic flow, reducing visibility for drivers and pedestrians, and increasing the risk of accidents. Additionally, our neighbours are facing difficulties due to blocked driveways and restricted access, which affects their daily routines and quality of life.

Licence plate numbers are being reported by residents to local Council and Police.

We kindly remind everyone to adhere to the parking regulations and guidelines in place. This includes:

• Avoiding parking in restricted zones (yellow lines) or partially blocking driveways• Utilising designated drop-off and pick-up areas only
• Observing all traffic signs and signals to ensure safe and smooth operations during busy times
• Please find further explanations of Traffic Rules here, from Brisbane City Council.

Your cooperation is essential in maintaining a safe environment for our children and respecting the needs of our local community. We encourage all parents to park in designated areas and if you are walking into the Campus to drop off or collect your child, please do not park in or opposite Circular Drive.

Let us all work together to uphold these standards and demonstrate our commitment to the wellbeing of our school and neighbourhood. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Ekka Show Holiday

A reminder next week there is the Ekka Show Public Holiday on Wednesday 14 August, please note the College will be closed on this day.  

Flu Season

As we are now in the colder months, there is a likely increase of respiratory illnesses in our community, including COVID-19, Influenza (flu), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and many other viruses. The most common symptoms of Respiratory Viruses are a cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches including muscle or joint pain, feeling tired and fatigued, fever and chills, and/or loss of appetite. 

A reminder the Flu Vaccination is recommended for 6 months and older, and COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for 5 years and older.  For the safety of our whole community, if your child has symptoms, please also keep them at home until symptoms are resolved.

Combined Junior Music Festival

All Corelli musicians (Years 4 to 6), all Primary Wind Orchestra musicians and Campo delle Voci students (Years 5 and 6) are invited to attend our annual Combined Junior Music Festival to be held this year onTuesday 13 August at Somerville House.

A Subway lunch will be provided, so parents are asked to use the following link to submit any dietary information. Additionally, please approve your child’s attendance on Parent Lounge.

Short Story Competition

We have a very exciting competition leading up to Book Week this year! The competition will be held in the LRC. Does your child LOVE making up stories or letting their imagination run wild? Then this competition might be for them! This year for Book Week, we are holding a short story competition across the Primary School. There will be three categories, Prep to Year 1, Year 2 to Year 4 and Year 5 to Year 6. Each category will have prizes for the winners and each winner will have their short story published in The Collective!

To enter the competition, your child will need to do the following: 

1. Write an original story based around this year’s Book Week theme: Reading is Magic. This can include anything to do with magic or magical elements, it is totally up to your child’s imagination! 
2. Make sure their story has a beginning, a middle and an end.
3. Email their short story to Ms Harris (kharris@clayfield.qld.edu.au) or Mrs Ash (kash@clayfield.qld.edu.au) by Friday 16 August.  

The winners will be announced at our Book Week Character Parade on Friday 23 August. We cannot wait to read your wonderful stories. Happy writing! 

Book Week Character Parade

We look forward to our much-enjoyed Book Week Character Parade for Pre-Prep to Year 6 on Friday 23 August. Students may come dressed as their favourite book character (closed in footwear, appropriate for the playground must be worn). If students have HPE on that day, please bring your PE gear. The Theme for this year's Book Week is Reading is Magic!  

Date: Friday 23 August 

Time: 9:00am – 9:45am

Where: Assembly Hall (all families are welcome)   

Larrikin Books Book Fair

Thank you to all those parents who support our book fairs and book clubs by ordering from the wish lists and magazines which come home. We have been able to order a large number of excellent teaching resources from the Scholastic rewards generated, with something for every classroom.   

A reminder our next Larrikin Books Book Fair will be here during Book Week (Week 7), we look forward to seeing you there! Remember we will be having our second Scholastic Book Fair just before Christmas, perfect for stocking fillers! 

Street Science Incursion

This week we are hosting the team from Street Science for a series of presentations and workshops for all our Primary Students. Street Science cover topics that are curriculum based in hands-on ways, ensuring that even our oldest students don’t lose sight of the magic and wonder of Science!

Science Week 2024

Science Week is just around the corner and will be held next week, and this year’s theme is 'Species Survival: More Than Just Sustainability!' This theme invites us to explore and engage in a variety of educational activities designed to enhance our understanding of Science. From special guest speakers, thought-provoking discussions to interactive Science experiments and hands-on STEM projects, there will be something for everyone! 

Festival of Fathers

The Festival of Fathers is just around the corner! Join us as we honour our Father and Father-figures with a special breakfast event. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Code Camp

The Big Chop

On Friday 4 October, Meghan Guthrie-Quinn and Tia Tyler (Year 11 students) will be running the Clayfield Big Chop! The Kids Cancer Project’s Lose Your Locks Campaign encourages people to sponsor others to cut their hair. By taking part in the Big Chop, or sponsoring others, you will be helping researchers develop kids' cancer treatments, give kids their childhoods back or allow their confidence to be restored with a life changing wig. The minimum donation of hair is 20cm. If your child is interested in having their hair cut by our on-site hairdresser, please fill out the survey form attached.  

If you would rather keep your locks, we would love for you, your family and friends to donate to our Clayfield Big Chop Campaign Page, all of the funds go towards the Kids' Cancer Project. Thank you for your support! 

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