Term 3, Week 3
Principal's notes
Greetings parents and families
I wish to advise you of changes affecting Year 4/5/6 and the school in general.
My GP has advised me to go on leave for the rest of this term at this stage. I have made the difficult decision to step aside as principal while I take the time off to heal, rest and recover, and hopefully get back to feeling 100%.
My school supervisor will appoint another principal into the role at Greenlands as soon as practicably possible. In the meantime, if you have any concerns or queries, please direct them to your child’s teacher, or email Admin@greenlandsss.eq.edu.au .
I'm very sad to be leaving Greenlands, especially when there are so many exciting things happening! I'm looking forward to hearing all about the Pick of the Crop and Breakfast Club programs starting!
I won't be reading or responding to emails during my time away, so please contact Mariel in the office, or your child's teacher, until a new principal is appointed.
Thank you for all your support
Amanda Jones
'On The Trail' launch with Josh Arnold
Excitement was at an all-time high on Thursday 11th July when we welcomed country music legend, Josh Arnold, back to Greenlands School to perform our school song, On The Trail, alongside our students who helped write the lyrics, perform the song and appear in the music video.
We give many thanks to the parents, grandparents and wider school community who came along to celebrate the launch and see the video clip on the big screen!
We are so proud to be a part of Josh's iconic Small Town Culture project and to know that our beautiful school and students have featured in something that will become a treasured part of the history of Greenlands State School for future generations to enjoy. The promotion that our school receives via the sharing of this video is immense, with coverage via YouTube and Facebook reaching audiences far and wide.
Pick of the Crop program
We had a visit from Lucinda from the Queensland Government's Health and Wellbeing program called Pick of the Crop. This program is designed to promote positive food culture in schools by way incorporating a whole-school healthy eating program to increase opportunities for Queensland primary school children to learn about and consume vegetables and fruit.
With agriculture being such a prominent part of our local industry, this will be a fantastic initiative for the students to take part of. As part of this program, we are planning to move the current vegetable garden closer to the main building so that the students can actively observe and participate in the growing process. We will also be collecting food scraps to feed to our new worm farm and using the castings to help grow our veges.
Granite Belt Athletics Trials
Last Thursday 25th July, students who placed at the B Schools Athletics Carnival were invited to attend the Granite Belt Zone Athletics Trials at Stanthorpe State High School.
Congratulations to Ella, Riley, Chloe, Jack, Layla and Milla who qualified to attend - well done on your efforts.
A HUGE congratulations to:
* ELLA PAVEY - 11 years AGE CHAMPION and
* RILEY THOMPSON 11 years RUNNER-UP AGE CHAMPION
Best of luck to all competitors moving forward to Darling Downs trials
Year 6 - Important Dates coming up @SSHS
Prep Enrolment Open Morning
Wear GREEN & GOLD for our Olympians!
Friday morning BREAKFAST CLUB!
We are thrilled to be in partnership with YMCA to offer their FREE Breakfast Club program to all students on a weekly basis.
EVERY FRIDAY morning, from 8:20am to 8:45am. we will be serving toast and fruit as part of the program, to help fill hungry tummies.
A service like this is only made possible by volunteers, so a HUGE thankyou to MIRIAM FINCH for offering to run our Breakfast Club every Friday. Your help is very much appreciated. If you have a spare moment on a Friday morning, we would love your assistance so please get in touch if you would like to volunteer.