Primary Bulletin

Semester 1 Gallery Walks

Thank you to all parents and caregivers who were able to attend the recent Primary Gallery Walks. The Gallery Walks were a wonderful opportunity for the students to showcase their learning with their families offering time for feedback and reflection. 

Happy Holidays

Our Primary School has had so many exciting activities and events this Semester and we would like to thank our whole community for your support. Wishing all our students a wonderful holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back to school in Term 3. For those of you taking advantage of this longer break and going abroad, we wish you safe travels and happy times. 

Britton Shield Football

Thank you to Ms Amy Lewin for her organisation and preparation of the boys who played in the recent Britton Shield Football competition. They were up against some intense competition and showed determination throughout each game. Thank you to Mrs Beauchamp, Mr Reedy and Mrs McPherson who assisted on the day.

Semester 1 Reports

At the beginning of the holidays, you will receive your child’s Semester 1 Report. The report is one of the avenues that the College uses to inform parents of each student’s achievement and progress both academically and socially. It is intended to provide caregivers and students with the information necessary to support and enhance learning, to focus positively on progress and to suggest goals toward which each student should focus. 

When you receive the report, it is important to read through the key at the front of the report, which outlines the different categories for Approach to Learning, Achievement Level and Skills/Concepts. Please take the time to share the report with your child and identify areas of strength, celebrating achievements and growth. Focus goals for Semester 2 are equally important and we encourage you to talk through these together, so we have a collaborative approach to learning goals for the year ahead. 

We would particularly like to draw your attention to the Approach to Learning criteria within the report. This result reflects your child’s attitude, behaviour and effort in the classroom. There are three levels of attainment – Above Expectation, Meets Expectation, and Below Expectation. 

As a staff, we have discussed what it means for a student to meet our expectations in each year level, and what it might look like for a student who regularly goes above and beyond our expectations in each of these areas. We would expect that most students in each class will be meeting the expected levels of attitude, behaviour and effort. 

Those of you with children in the older Primary grades may be used to seeing ‘above expectation’ in every subject area, and this may not be the case in the upcoming report. We encourage you to give positive feedback to your child if they are meeting our expectations in each subject area, as we do set high standards for attitude, behaviour and effort in our classrooms at Clayfield College. We also encourage you to reach out to the teacher if there is an area in which your child is falling below expectation, and to celebrate any subject area in which your child is going above expectations in their approach to learning. 

Semester 1 Academic Assembly and Leaders Assembly

We look forward to celebrating our students’ achievements at the Semester 1 Academic and Leaders Assembly on Tuesday 15 July (Week 1). This special occasion will recognise students who have earned Academic Merit and Academic Excellence awards for their Semester 1 studies, as well as those who participated in the Da Vinci Decathlon. Families of award recipients will be notified prior to the event.

Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences

Reminder: Parent Lounge/PTI Bookings opened 6:00pm Sunday 8 June and close 9:00pm Friday 20 June

Reminder for App Notifications and Subscriptions During Term 3

A helpful reminder, to manage your notifications and subscriptions to reflect your child/ren’s sports etc for Term 3.  You can manage your notifications and subscriptions to ensure you are only seeing what is relevant to your family.  Please refer to the following link below. 

Queensland Debating Union Primary Debating

Primary Debating for students in Years 5 and 6 will continue in Terms 3 and 4.  

We are looking for new debaters from Year 5 to join our existing teams. No prior experience necessary! Debate preparation runs after school on Thursdays, and the four competition events are also Thursday evenings at local venues.  

For further information or to sign up, please email Miriam Bryan – mbryan@clayfield.qld.edu.au

Code Camp

After-School Coding is returning to Clayfield in Term 3 for students in Years 2 to Year 6. After-School Code Camp allows kids to hone their coding skills and keep practising through weekly sessions over the term! 

Students produce multiple games and apps using the exciting online platform, Code Camp World! Each week students choose the features they want to build and advance their problem-solving skills to build these features using code. They take ownership over their projects and collaborate with their peers to make awesome apps! 

Click the link below to enrol and enter EBAS15 at the checkout for a discount! 

Readers Cup Competition

On Wednesday last week, five Year 6 students represented the College at the Brisbane Central Readers Cup, hosted by Somerville House. The students were challenged to read five newly released novels over the course of the term. The competition was set up into five rounds of 10 questions. The students worked together, answered thoughtfully and placed strongly out of a field of over 30 schools. 

Congratulations to Amelia Dash, Nadia Mansour, Lia Lee, Michala Prasad, Ayla Davari for your excellent teamwork throughout the day. It is wonderful to see that the love of reading is well and truly alive here at Clayfield College. 

Grandparents Day

More details to come!

Term 3 External Providers Sport/Activity at Clayfield College

Please see attached Term 3 external provider schedule and the following exciting news from Code Camp. 

Year 6 Canberra Tour: Term 3 - Week 10

Our Year 6 students will embark on an exciting educational tour to Canberra from Monday, 15 September to Thursday 18 September. This experience will provide them with valuable insights into Australia’s capital, including visits to key cultural and historical sites. Further information will be provided soon.