News from Around the School

NCCD Information Sheet for Parents, Carers and Guardians

Here is an information sheet provided for you in a few different languages to help understand the collection of Data for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD).

Year 3's excursion

On Friday 17 June the Year 3’s walked to Coles at Central Square. We have being learning about money so we went to the shops to spend some money. Each group had $20.00 and a list of items to buy. All the items we bought are being donated to St Vincent de Paul’s. We thank all the parents and grandparents who came to help. We learnt a lot and had fun as well. 

- Suzanna Gracias

Year 3 Teacher

QoP Gardening Club

Thank you to Bunnings in Altona for supporting our Gardening Club.  They donated seedlings and mulch for our kitchen garden. The Gardening Club meets every Wednesday to prune, water and plant with Ms Craig. 

Mr Carlisle works with students on Friday. They have been hard at work attaching frames to protect the beds from birds and insects.

Music Around the World!

This term in music, students have been exploring some traditional cultural music from places around the world. We have had fun learning to play instruments, dancing to traditional songs and re-telling cultural stories from places such as Mexico, Africa, Australia and Hawaii. Our year Preps have been very busy learning how to play many of the percussion instruments we have in our music room, as well as exploring body percussion! 

In the photos below you will see the Year Ones playing clapsticks to some traditional indigenous songs with indigenous instruments. The Year Two's had fun dressing up and playing  percussion instruments to 'La Cucaracha'. Some also learnt how to strum a ukelele.

Dan Philip - National Karate Championships

Mr Craig had received word that Dan Philip S in 6A will be competing in the National Karate Championships.  Karate Queensland is hosting the 2022 Australian Karate Federation Competition this year.  Dan will be heading off to Rockhampton Queensland this August 5- 7. We wish Dan all the best and look forward to hearing how it went!  Good Luck Dan from everyone at Queen of Peace!

A Liveable City

Year 5 and 1 students have been working hard, learning about, designing and building a liveable city as part of the current FLI unit 'Places'. With the help of some STEM kits from SciencePlayKids and Minecraft Education, children have created virtual and 3D models of a liveable city. Check out the photos below showcasing their awesome work!

Uniform Shop

Orders should be placed online via quickcliq.com.au.  Any orders placed the first week of Term 3 will be packed Monday 18 July.

Don't Forget...

Parents, you are able to view the school's google Community Calendar of events. Please ensure you check in regularly to keep up to date with school happenings. Refer to the final section of this newsletter 'Calendar & Events' for further information and the link. The QoP Community Calendar can also be accessed via the school website.