12 November 2009
Contact our school
Kauri Place Forest Lake Qld 4078
Ph: (07) 3714 1222
Fax: (07) 3714 1200
OSHC: (07) 3714 1253
Email: the.principal@
forelakess.eq.edu.au
Web: www.forelakess.eq.edu.au
Our Sponsors
Please click on any of the advertisments below to contact the business via email
 Year 2
Thursday 12th November
“Inspect Insects”
Year 1
Monday 16th November
“The Traditions of
Christmas”
Bookfair
Monday 16th Nov –
Friday 20th Nov
Resource Centre
Disco
Friday 20th Nov
Hall
Gala Music Night
Wednesday 25th November
Hall
Year 7 - Graduation
Wednesday 2nd December
Hall
Update on administration positions for the remainder of the year
Our Principal, Mr Faragher has been undertaking an acting position as Executive Director
(Schools) in District Office which was to conclude on Friday 30 October. We have been informed
that he will not be returning to his normal duties as Principal until the commencement of 2010. As a
result, the following personnel will be in acting positions in the school’s administration:
Principal: Kay Hogan
Deputy Principal: Kylie Meyer
Deputy Principal: Jodi Dew Mon-Wed; Samantha Colbert (Tue and Wed)
Head of Curriculum: Tracy Hume and Wendy Harling
Other administration duties: Chris Hart (Mon-Wed)
Smart Classrooms Award
We are very proud to announce that on Friday 30 October as part of World Teachers’ Day, Tracy
Hume
was awarded the 2009 Smart Classrooms Regional Award for Moreton East District. Tracy
is one of 26 teachers across Queensland to be recognised for improving student learning
opportunities through the use of information and communications technologies (ICT).
Well done, Tracy!
Bandanna Day for CanTeen
CanTeen is a national support organisation for young people (aged 12-24 years) living with cancer.
CanTeen was founded in 1985 by a group of young cancer patients supported by health
professionals. The touchstone of CanTeen is the belief that young people, through meeting and
talking with one another, are better able to cope with the uncertainities of a cancer diagnosis.
CanTeen relies on the generosity of the Australian public to continue to provide the programs and
services they offer to their growing member base across Australia. Bandannas are the symbol of
CanTeen - why bandannas? Certain forms of cancer treatment result in hair loss and many young
people choose to wear a bandanna during this time. It is for this reason that the bandanna was
chosen as a symbol for CanTeen.
Friday 30 October was Bandanna Day. We raised over $700 for CanTeen by selling bandannas at
school.
Rhiannon Kerr, one of our year 7 students, is currently living with cancer. Her fellow year 7
students, along with lots of other students and teachers, wore their bandanna on Friday 30 October
to support CanTeen and to show support for Rhiannon.
 Music Fest 2009
Recently our musicians performed very well at Music Fest 2009.
Senior Strings: Silver Award - Prestige Music Fest
Junior Strings: Silver Award - Prestige Music Fest
Advanced Band: Bronze - Brisbane School Band Fest, and
Silver – Prestige Music Fest
Intermediate Band: Gold – Brisbane School Band Fest, and
Silver – Prestige Music Fest
Beginner Band: Silver – Brisbane School Music Fest, and
Bronze – Prestige Music Fest
Well done everyone who performed – great achievements!
Queensland Youth Choir Auditions
The Queensland Youth Choir is looking for new member to join us for places in our 2010
performance ensembles next year. The Queensland Youth Choir provides a singing and
performance training program for young people from age five through to twenty-five. QYC is an
excellent learning environment for promising young singers, enabling them to develop their choral
abilities and socialise with others who share the same passion for music. Auditions will be held on
the 21st and 22nd November, applications must be received by 5pm on the 18th November.
An application form and further audition details are available from www.qldyouthchoir.com.au or
email admin@qldyouthchoir.com.au.
B105 Christmas Appeal
For some children and their families this Christmas will be spent in hospital. To help make their
hospital stay more bearable, the B105 team is calling on FLSS to help make a difference to the
lives of sick children. In the 15 years that B105 has been running this appeal, they have worked
wonders for many sick children through the generosity of communities like ours. Wonders like
funding research projects which are helping children with cystic fibrosis to live longer and the
purchase of vital rehabilitation equipment to improve the mobility of children who have sustained
injuries to their limbs, spinal cord and brain.
So, to help B105 work wonders for sick children this Christmas, we will be having a “Touch of
Christmas Day” on Friday 04 December. We would like to see children add a touch of Christmas
(or a celebration touch) to their uniform on Friday 04 December and for doing so, bring along a
gold coin as their donation to the Appeal. The addition to their uniform could be: the wearing of
holly in their hair, wear reindeer antlers, red and green socks, a Christmas badge etc. Children are
to wear their school uniform (this day is NOT a free dress day); the only exception would be the
wearing of red/green socks. If the “Christmas” theme is not appropriate for your child/children,
perhaps the wearing of something that symbolises “celebration” could be added to their uniform for
that day, so that we can celebrate the difference we will be contributing to for sick children.
Thank you from the teachers
Our teachers would like to thank the P&C for the gift of chocolates for Teachers’ Day – they were
very much appreciated!
Education Tax Refund
The Australian Government announced in the 2008-09 Budget, that families will be able to claim a
50% Education Tax Refund from 1 July 2008.
Eligible families will be able to claim a 50% refund every year for eligible education expenses up to:
$750 for each child undertaking primary studies (maximum refundable tax offset of $375
per child, per years); and
$1,500 for each child undertaking secondary studies (maximum refundable tax offset of
$750 per child, per year).
It has been determined that Prep Year is a part of primary schooling in Queensland, therefore
parents can claim eligible Prep Year education expenses in their Education Tax Refund claim.
NOTE: Please refer to the following ATO site for more information on the ETR:
Win a $30,000 staff room makeover for Forest Lake State School!
To coincide with World Teachers' Day, Queensland Teachers' Credit Union is giving your school
the opportunity to win a makeover for your school's staff room.
To enter, simply visit staffroomforimprovement.com.au and vote for your school. The more people
to vote for our school the better chance will have of winning.
The competition closes on Friday 20th November so time is quickly running out so get voting
 today!
Queensland Teachers' Credit Union Ltd
Sanitarium Weet-Bix TRYathlon
Kids TRYathlaon challenges students from 7 to 15 years old to swim, ride and run through variable
distances set according to age. No matter what their skill level, shape or size, every child is
rewarded equally for their efforts and they beam with pride as they collect their medallion
presented by Australian sporting heroes.
The Brisbane TRYathlon will be held on 11 April 2010.
Online registrations are open now at www.weetbix.com.au
Flyers about the TRYathlaon are also available from the office.
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Ipswich Motorway Upgrade: Wacol to Darra – delivering improved safety, reliability
and traffic flow through the transformed Centenary Highway Interchange.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads is currently undertaking works to upgrade the
Ipswich Motorway between Wacol and Darra. This upgrade is progressing well and to allow further
progress and to provide a safe driving environment for motorists, the following traffic changes are
required:
1 to 13 November 2009 - the Sumners Road off-ramp from the Centenary Highway
northbound will be closed nightly between 8pm and 4am from Sunday 1 November to
Friday 13 November 2009 (excluding Friday and Saturday nights). Check the attached
advertisement for detour details.
8 to 13 November 2009 - the Sumners Road on-ramp onto the Centenary Highway
southbound will be closed nightly between 8pm and 4am from Sunday 8 November to
Friday 13 November 2009. Check the attached advertisement for detour details.
15 November 2009 - the Akenside Street off-ramp at Wacol will be relocated to its former
position (to the west of the current location).
13 to 15 November 2009 – Wacol Station Road will be closed from 8pm on Friday 13
November until late afternoon on 15 November 2009 for excavation works. The closure will
be between Ipswich Motorway Service Road and Akenside Street. Check the attached
advertisement for detour details.
15 to 20 November 2009 – The ramp towards the City and Oxley from the Centenary
Highway northbound will be closed between 8pm and 4am from Sunday 15 to Friday 20
November 2009. Check the attached advertisement for detour details.
Late November 2009 - a new exit ramp will open for motorists travelling from the Centenary
Highway southbound to the Ipswich Motorway westbound (towards Ipswich or
Toowoomba).
When this new ramp opens, motorists travelling towards Ipswich or Toowoomba on the
Centenary Highway southbound will need to move to the right-hand lane when approaching
the Centenary Highway Interchange.
Late November 2009 – The Kelliher Road off-ramp from the Centenary Highway
southbound in Richlands will reopen. The permanent closure of this off-ramp will still take
place in January/February 2010 as part of Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor (Horizon
Alliance) project.
 Please pay attention to signage.
For more information, call the project team on 1800 605 410.
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Take the low carbon diet
Everyone has a part to play in addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
The Queensland Government’s Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland has set a target to reduce
the State’s household carbon footprint by a third by 2020.
One way that Queenslanders can reduce their individual carbon footprint is by participating in the
Low Carbon Diet program.
The program provides information and resources to encourage Queenslanders to work together to
reduce their carbon emissions and contribute to the global climate change solution.
The 30-day program helps people save money, energy and our environment by challenging
households to reduce their carbon emissions by 2000 kilos a year.
Some simple actions that households can take include:
only using the dishwasher when it’s full;
washing your clothes in a cold water wash;
hang washing on the line rather than using a dryer;
turning off the lights;
changing to energy saving light globes (CFLs); and
encouraging others to live ClimateSmart.
If your household is serious about wanting to address the impacts of climate change
in Queensland, now is the time to take action – register your interest for the Low Carbon Diet by
visiting the ClimateSmart website at
Active School Travel Celebration
The culmination of the work of many schools in Brisbane, for Active School Travel, was held at the
Convention Centre on Saturday 7th of November. Children enjoyed fun activities and some won
lucky door prizes, such as bicycles. Prizes were awarded for the competitions held during the year
and our finalists' artwork was on display, as were the entries of many schools in Brisbane.
The Lord Mayor spoke about the project which began in 2004 as a community project to help our
growing traffic congestion in Brisbane, especially around our schools. So to all the parents,
teachers and students who have helped to double our active travelling results this year, thank you
very much. It is for the safety and health of our children as well as our environment, that this
initiative has been introduced into Forest Lake.
A special thank you to the children and teachers who helped in our display at the stall. The year 7
students created the art display as well as the Multi Media Presentation, under the direction of the
teachers.
 If you think you are too small to be effective, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito!
Anita Roddick
Congratulations to the following students who received an award on assembly:
SEP Leaders for the week:- Duy Le, Stephen Bargewell, Adrian Streat, Jill Nguyen, Joshua
Wilson.
SEP: Callum Mullard SEP1, Stacey Lovell SEP2, Samuel Boyd SEP3. Joshua Mareales SEP3,
Lachlan Cook SEP4, Duy Le SEP5.
Year 1: Adele Tui-Whittaker, Andy Dang, Akuhata Te Kiri-Roma, Susan Bagoly, Khoa Nguyen,
Ammie Hunter-Bowell, Michael De Wit, Lilianne Tran, Jessie Ha, Blake Friels, Xanthe Watson,
Dakota Ashley, River Sosene, Kaleb Beran, Chanuli Gunasekera, David Mai, Maryanne Pham,
Aaliyah Field, Kynan McCrystal, Jake Fennelly, Kimberly Scheiwe, Vishaka Turner and Sean
Greenaway.
Year 2: Jacob Martin, Sam Leckie, Roy Craig, Dakota Pene, Dan Le, Caitlin Thomas, Tyler
Heagney, Isaac Kazich.
Year 4: Joshua Moore, Megan Myburgh, Ashton Bossy, Nalarni Pomfret-Gilligan, Jackson Rawiri,
Matthew Fennelly, Matthias Smalley, James Anderson, Amber McInally, Zac Taylor, Daly Totman-
Rutledge, Hamish Hughes, Dean Turner, Kyle Chapman, Bronte Shepherd, Holly Purdy, Melina
Dewey, Alan Duong, Daniel Perkins, Alyssa Gurman, Brooke Andersen, Kimberly Bell, Heather
Mumby, Katrina Lagerwaard, Aaron Bryett, Shyndlyn Sosene and Erin Ritchie.
What an amazing effort you all did towards Operation Christmas Child! As a school we sent 54
boxes and heaps of extra boxes and bags that were overflowing, to Samaritan’s Purse who will
send these gifts overseas to poverty stricken children in various countries throughout the world.
There was $207.60 sent to help post these boxes which is a fabulous effort for our first whole
school time of doing this giving. It has begun a fabulous tradition of our own school community
caring for others beyond ourselves. This is “loving your neighbour as yourself” Well done and thank
you.
Also a special thank-you to mums, Dianne Higgins, Claudia Bajaj and Nicole Nielsen, who helped
repack the 54 boxes and prepare them for sending that last Thursday afternoon.
Scripture Union holds various camps over the school holidays and I have some brochures in my
office(C Block) with details of ages, dates and costs.
My official working days are Wednesday and Thursdays where I assist with choir, play with and am
available to children in the breaks for puzzles and string games, and chats, as well as Club 67 on
Thursday break for years 6 and 7s where we learn life-skills from Bible-based games and
discussions. The remainder of my time is allotted to assisting in various classrooms as a support to
children in their daily classroom activities.
My phone number is available from the office if you have a need to contact me, even outside work
hours.
A date for your diaries, Combined Churches are holding Christmas Carols at the Lake Stage in the
school holidays on Saturday 20th December. More information will be available later.
Have a peaceful term.
Chaplain Lyz
Ways to support your child’s resiliency
The resiliency wheel is a quick guide to assist you in encouraging resiliency and coping in your
children:
 The Resiliency Wheel
The left side of the wheel is an amalgamation of the three elements for building resiliency identified
by Bernard in her synthesis of research on resilient students. These elements deal with building
resiliency within the environment:
Care and Support: Includes unconditional positive regard, support, and encouragement. This part
of the wheel is the most significant, as this is where the relationship begins.
High Expectations: This includes making sure that young people understand that we believe they
can be successful in their own right; as well as providing the resources for them to do so.
Opportunities to participate: This includes giving young people the opportunities to demonstrate
their competence and eagerness to contribute to the classroom functions in meaningful ways.
The elements on the right hand side of the wheel are adapted from the works of Hawkins, Catalano
and Miller, and highlight the protective factors that they believe mitigate risk and deal with risk
within the environment.
Prosocial bonding: This includes increasing positive connections between children, their peers,
and adults within the environment.
Clear boundaries and expectations: This includes policies and rules which govern a student’s
behaviour. They need to be consistently fair, whilst developing a youths input.
Life skills: Includes skills of decision making, communication and stress management. Schools
need to prepare students, for life after school.
All good wishes
Debra
Debra Mainwaring-Betts
Guidance Officer & Educational Psychologist
Senior Softball – FLSS Boys play FLSS Girls at Bowhill Road
Senior Cricket FINAL – play St Mark’s at St Mark’s – 1 day match.
 Touch Football – At time of publishing, we had not been notified, but, because of rain last week, we
think the draw will be:
Girls Touch Football (1) – play St Marks
(2) – play Oxley
Boys Touch Football (1) – play Richlands East – GRAND FINAL
(2) – play Murri School
Thank you to everyone who brought in cans for recycling. They were: Keely Jamieson P1, Jacob
Laube P1, Corrina Worsnop P4, Liliana McLennan 1C, Callum Jamieson 2B, Chris Gore 3D, and
Maddi Denholm 4E. Faithe Byrnes P4, Ryan Misa 1C, Shriya Suman 2A, Patrick Brynes 2C, and
Nalarni Pomfret-Gilligan 4B.
Please note on your menu that soup & hot chocolate is not available in Term 4.
Items no longer available in the tuckshop due to manufacturers deleting product:
Dodstar
Fuze drinks
Street’s Thickshakes
Tuckshop Helpers: I have arranged a date & venue for our Christmas get-together. Please pop in
& see me for further information.
Thank You
Ruth Ross
Monday 16th November
Stephanie Wise, Leanne Daldrey
Tuesday 17th November
Rosie Pene
Wednesday 18th November
Lynn Bagoly, HELP PLEASE!!
Thursday 19th November
Uo Brown, HELP PLEASE!!
Friday 20th November
Sylvia Pitcher, Penni Devenish, Deb Donderwicz,
Shannon Graham
Monday 23rd November
Tracey Blackburn, Leanne Daldry
Tuesday 24th November
Lynsay Cumpstay
Wednesday 25th November
Thao Pham, HELP PLEASE!!
Thursday 26th November
Amanda Carlton, Lisa McBean
Friday 27th November
Sylvia Pitcher, Penni Devenish, Deb Donderwicz,
Shannon Graham
DISCO
$100 worth of Toyworld vouchers to be given away on the night.
 Our last disco for the year will be held on Friday 20th November. The Theme is “Surf’s Up”. We
are planning a great night filled with prizes and giveaways. Each paying child receives a lucky
door ticket upon entry and goes into the draw to win a $50Toyworld voucher. There will be one
given away at each disco. More tickets are available for purchase inside during the disco to
increase your chance of winning. We also have great glow products. Please note that the senior
disco finishes at 9.00pm not 9.15pm as previously advertised. We need helpers for this event to
go ahead; all help is greatly appreciated and contributes to a fun night for all involved. If you are
able to help out please follow the link to the helper form, fill it out and return to the tuckshop.
COOKIE DOUGH DRIVE
We have some tubs of cookie dough left over; these are available for purchase from the tuckshop.
CHOCOLATE DRIVE
There are still families who have not yet returned their outstanding chocolate money. We would
like to have this finalised by the end of term. If you have not already paid, please return payment
ASAP. All outstanding chocolate money is due back now. Ensure your child’s name and
class are clearly marked and place in a snaplock bag (these are available at the tuckshop) and
place the money into the locked box at the tuckshop.
IDENTITY DIRECT CATALOGUE
You will shortly be receiving a fundraising catalogue from Identity Direct. It contains lots of great
Christmas gift ideas and plenty of labels to make back-to-school easier. Please consider
purchasing something from this catalogue as the school will receive 20% commission from all
sales to go towards fundraising. You will be receiving more information shortly.
A BIG THANK YOU
We would like to thank the following businesses for their support and involvement in our recent
Shop Local Expo and Car Boot Sale.
Impress Hair Skin & Beauty
4a 85 Joseph Banks Ave
Mob: 040030495
Johnno’s CamperTrailers
Hire and Sales
Call David
Mob: 0429095959
Ph: 33729719
Master Hire
Equipment Hire
Richlands
Ph: 3375 5555
Bank of Qld
Forest Lake Village
David Armstrong
Ph: 3372 4855
Silver Lining Counselling & Support
Anne Shinde
Ph: 38797748
Training Professionals
Stephen Harding
Mob: 0407 779 843
Clairvoyant
Helena
Ph: 0435 217 402
Kenshinkan
International Karate
Forest Lake Dojo
Aussie Pape
Mob: 0421 580 910
A Class Accounting and
Business Services
Stephen Ross
Ph: 3372 7392
The Lakes Handy Man & Garden
Maintenance
Ph: 38791501
Thermal Solutions
Justin Turner
Mob: 0423 211 590
M&J Ellengrove Nursery
Considine St Ellengrove
Ph: 3271 2585
Tupperware
Stefanie Duff
Mob: 040030495
Gekho
Pam Vandenberg
Ph: 38015347
The uniform shop is open Monday and Fridays 8.45am to 10.45am.
I have put together some starter packs; these are mainly aimed at new students but are available
to everyone. Having different sizes in the packages is fine. These packages cannot be altered or
changed, but because existing students probably already have a home folder I am happy to
change the home folder to another pair of socks.
This is the only exception to the packages; the rest of the package has to remain the same.
Girls Package 1
Girls Package 2
2x Dresses
1x Dress
1x Sports Polo Shirt
1x Blouse
1x Sports Short
1x Culotte or Skirt
1x Hat
1x Sports Polo Shirt
1x Home Folder
1x Sports Short
3x Pairs of socks
1x Hat
Normal Price - $172.00
1x Home Folder
Package Price - $145.00
3x Pairs of socks
Normal Price - $195.00
Package Price - $165.00
Boys Package
2x Shirts
2x Day Shorts
1x Sports Polo Shirt
1x Sports Shorts
1x Hat
1x Home Folder
3x Pairs of socks
Normal Price - $196.00 Package Price - $165.00
Pencil Cases - $5.50 Roll on Sunscreen - $6.50
School Bags - $32.00 – These have a 12 month warranty on them.
Chair Bags - $9.00 Art Smocks - $17.00 School Socks - $6.50
Remember there is only 6x weeks left of school and only 11x trading days for the uniform shop so
some in and beat the January rush.
UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS
Normal Hours – Monday and Fridays 8.45am to 10.45am
Week Starting 7th December
Monday 7th and Thursday 10th 8.45am to 10.45am
OPENING HOURS JANUARY 2010
Thursday 21st – 9am to 2pm
Friday 22nd - 9am to 2pm
Saturday 23rd - 9am to 2 pm
OPENING HOURS 1ST WEEK OF SCHOOL 2010
Wednesday 27th – 8.30am to 10.45am
Thursday 28th – 8.30am to 10.45am
Friday 29th - 8.30am to 10.45am
If you cannot make it into the shop you can order by credit card over the phone and I will deliver
the items to your child’s classroom. If you are phoning through an order could you please phone
after 10am, as it is very busy first thing in the morning. (Phone 3714-1256)
Lay-by, EFTPOS and credit card facilities are available.
Yvonne
 Christmas Wonderland Book Fair
T’was the month before Christmas and all
through the shelves
Not a creature was stirring
Except the Library elves.
“We would love some new books
to start the New Year.
Let’s have a book fair
Now that Christmas is here”!
………………………………………………………
When:
Monday 16th – Friday 20 November
Where:
Forest Lake State School Library
Times:
8.00 -9.00am
11.15 – 11.45 am
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
……………………………………
 FOREST LAKE STATE HIGH SCHOOL
UNIFORM SHOP
OPENING HOURS
November 7, 2009
9am to 3pm
2009 normal opening hours on school days
8am to 10am each school day
January 2010
Monday 18th to Friday 22nd – 9am to 12am each day
Monday 25th - 8am to 11am
Tuesday 26th – closed Australia Day
Wednesday 27th-Friday 29th – 8am to 11am
Then back to normal hours
2010 normal opening hours on school days
8am to 10am each school day
STUDENT EXCHANGE AUSTRALIA
In late January 2010 Student Exchange Australia will welcome a new group of international
exchange students to Australia.
Our new arrivals will live with a host family and attend school for a semester or a year.
As we plan for their arrival, we are keen to hear from suitable families who might be interested to
host a student. (Please note that all our host families are interviewed in their homes and carefully
checked for suitability.)
Student Exchange Australia is a not-for-profit secondary exchange organisation which is registered
with education authorities in each State and Territory. You can find out more about our
organisation by visiting www.studentexchange.org.au.
If you have any questions you can either respond to this email or call our office on 1300 135 331.
FREE COME AND TRY ROWING DAY
Centenary Rowing Club is hosting a free “Introduction to Rowing” morning for Year 7 Forest Lake
srudents on Saturday morning 14th November at 7.00 am behind the Scout Hut at Jindalee.
What you will need:
 Basic swimming ability
Hat and sunscreen and water bottle
Wear shorts and T shirt
Enthusiasm to learn a new sport
There will be follow up coaching lessons on: 21st Nov; 28th Nov; 5th Dec; 12th Dec. with the
possibility of extending lessons into the first week of the school holidays.
The fees for these lessons will be $30 Insurance & Reg. plus $40 (for the 4 lessons @ $10 ea).
(Extra lessons in the school holidays would be $10 each)
Please contact Jim Higgins on: 38794726 or 0401669716
Or email: jimhiggins55@hotmail.com
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