Upcoming Events

June

24 Year 6 Gala Sports Day @ TSHS

24 Last Day Term 2—Tuckshop

July

11 First day Term 3

19 Parent Grammar Workshops—1:30pm & 7:00pm

22nd June 2016

june 22 2016

Staffing Update

Year 6:

We say THANK-YOU to Mr. Cole and Mr. Westecott for stepping in and teaching our Year 6 class this term. Both Mr. Cole and Mr. Westecott are regular Relief Teachers for our School and their willingness to look after the Year 6 students was very much appreciated. We say thank-you but not farewell, as we will continue to see these gentlemen around on various classes in the future as needed.

We look forward though to welcoming Ms. Gemma Jorin to the class at the beginning of next term. Ms. Jorin is looking forward to joining our school community and has already been in communication with the school in regards to curriculum and planning.

Year 2/3:

We also say a big THANK-YOU to Mrs. Anna Lahey for her hard work and care of the students in Year 2/3 during this first half of the year. Mrs. Lahey leaves us to go on Maternity Leave and we wish her and her family good health and all the best for their future plans. We have enjoyed having Mrs. Lahey as part of our team.

We look forward also to Mrs. Seymour coming back to being on our teaching team and welcome Mrs. Seymour back on class. Mrs. Seymour has been on extended leave caring for her young family. Teaching arrangements will be similar to Semester 1. Mrs. Thornton will be teaching Monday—Wednesday and Mrs. Seymour will be teaching Thursday and Friday

Master Teacher:

It is with sadness that I must announce that due to health issues Mrs. Angela Burgess is no longer able to continue in her role as Master Teacher at Esk and Toogoolawah State Schools. We thank Mrs. Burgess for her work with staff and students alike. She will be greatly missed and we wish her good health and best wishes in the future.

Mr. Crichton (Principal of Esk SS) and I have already begun the Merit Selection Process seeking a new Master Teacher for our schools.

Year 6 will be participating in a Cluster Gala Sports Day at the High School this Friday 24 June.

We are very grateful to Somerset Council as they have agreed to fund bus travel for all students attending the

day—so this year our student can travel in style. Students will be leaving @ 10.20am and returning in time for

usual pick up arrangements.

Page 3 PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE

SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY

When we return from our Winter Vacation period it will be time for everyone to again have the opportunity to participate in the annual School Opinion Survey.

This year all surveys will again be on-line. If you do not have access to the internet to complete the survey and you would like to be involved, please do not hesitate to speak with me as we can work through available options.

Following is information about the School Opinion Survey taken from the Education Queensland Frequently Asked Questions.

What is the School Opinion Survey?

The suite of School Opinion Surveys are undertaken each year by the Department of Education and Training to obtain opinion information from parents/caregivers, students and school staff. The surveys are designed to help schools identify what they do well and how they can improve. The School Opinion Survey suite is comprised of five individual surveys:

Parent/Caregiver Survey

Student Survey

Student Survey for Special Schools

Staff Survey

Principal Survey.

Is it compulsory to complete the survey?

Participation in the annual School Opinion Survey is voluntary. Respondents are strongly encouraged to provide their opinions, as the greater the response rate from survey participants, the more closely the survey results will be representative of the overall opinions held at each school.

How will individual responses make a difference?

Survey results will be used to assess and investigate on how well schools are going, and to identify areas for future development. If you are a parent/caregiver of a child at a school, your responses can be used by the school to provide a better learning environment for your child. If you are a staff member at a school, your responses can be used by your school to make it a better workplace.

Who will see the survey responses?

The login and password combination for the online versions of the survey and barcodes on paper forms are unique but are not linked to individuals. The login and passwords for online surveys, are used to ensure that forms are distributed to the correct school and to allow for school level analyses of the information collected.

All survey responses are treated confidentially and stored securely by the department in accordance with the

Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) . Access to individual responses is restricted to a small number of central office staff. Schools will only receive aggregated reports where sufficient responses are received to guarantee the confidentiality of individual responses.

The Survey opens July 11 2016—First day back. Letters of invitation and access codes will be sent home on Monday July 11.

SCHOOL WATCH OVER THE HOLIDAYS

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

We are always appreciative of the communities eyes and ears watching over our school during our holiday breaks.

Over the holidays there will be a number of events taking place:

Week 1: Cleaners and Facilities Officer will be working, Kids Games

Plus it is hoped that continued facilities upgrades will happen while students aren’t in class.

Sgt Cumner will be aware of all approved happenings on the school grounds so if you are concerned please report if you have noticed any suspicious activity.

Readers Cup

Congratulations to our amazing team of

readers who were placed 6th in the

Readers Cup challenge last week at

Lowood High School. Our team competed

against 19 state and private Primary

schools in our region.

Well done, Kate, James, Rhian, Joshua

and Jake!

Tuckshop News—Open this Friday!!! Just a reminder that we will have tuckshop this Friday 24th June.

As we will be starting a new roster for next term, we are asking for volunteers to work in the tuckshop or to help with

the home baking.

Thank you to everyone who has helped this term.

If you are able to help next term, please phone Julie Gourley on 0438120454 or see us at the tuckshop on Friday.

Behaviour Focus—

Persistence Congratulations to the following students who were

seen to be ‘Persistent’ this week:

Molly Jackson

Darcy Cubit

Stevie Homan

Lucy Morris

Levi Cannell

Adam McEwan

Gotcha Awards Congratulations to the following students who were the winners of the weekly Gotcha draw:

Being organised: Montana Morrison

Kasey Lawrence

Siarna Jones

Being persistent: William Treadwell

Being confident: Brooke Flemming

Congratulations to the following students who received an

award on assembly this week:

Prep

Benjamin Jardine Fantastic work in Geography

Kahlia Jones For being an organized, persistent and resilient student

Year 1

Peter Coleman For commitment to doing his best all the time

Clancie Dull For achieving 10/10 every week on her weekly spelling tests

2/3

Magenta Condon Showing gratitude to Mrs Harvey for supporting her with Maths

3/4

Millar Thomson Having a fantastic week and trying her hardest in every task she completed

Year 5

Millie Anderson Great sportsmanship during Athletics Day

Mrs Thornton

Drew Humphris For his leadership, organization and sportsmanship on sports day

Readers Cup

Certificate of Participation:

Joshua Wiseman Rhian McDonnell

Jake Henderson James Cumner

Kate Coleman

Digital Technologies:

Jake Henderson Completing the PhotoStory project on Deserts

Kayle Walker Great work on his desert project

CITIZENSHIP & ACHIEVEMENT

AWARD Kindly sponsored by the Toogoolawah IGA.

Caleb Westecott Caleb maintains the classroom and school rules at all times. He applies the High Five and You Can Do It! weekly learning focus both in the classroom and playground.

Caleb consistently cooperates with others during whole group and small group activities. He shows respect and consideration for others thoughts and actions when learning. He is keen to take on responsibility and assist others.

Caleb always has the required equipment ready to learn and maintains a tidy work area. He always demonstrates the ability to stay on task, organise and complete an activity within a given time frame.

Caleb's bookwork is consistently neat and organised. His homework is always complete and on time. Caleb’s goal is to accept change and have a go at new things which he demonstrated on athletics day when he stepped out of his comfort zone and did his best to enjoy himself and support his fellow team mates.

Caleb participated in all events and activities he was asked to do on Athletics day with a smile and to the best of his ability. Caleb is a charming, friendly and helpful member of the class who can be relied upon to carry out any task conscientiously. It is in Caleb's nature to please others which means he is always prepared to listen to advice and to act upon it as a means of improving his standard of work.

Well done, Caleb! Keep working hard to be the best you can be!

Accelerated Reader Congratulations to the following students who received a

Reading Certification level in the Accelerated Reader

program this week:

Ready Reader:

Dakoda Hancock

Tyler Pearson

Jack Bickers

Sophie Jardine

Isabelle Wright

Adam McEwan

Independent Reader

Chelsea Harvey

Rising Reader

Emily Anderson

Book Week It’s time to start organising your costume for our Book Week dress-up day!!

Theme: ‘Australia: Story Country’

21th August to 25th August, 2016 Book Week is a celebration of Australian Children’s literature and the authors. Australian children’s books are short-listed for the Book of the Year awards in the following categories: Early Childhood, Younger Readers, Picture Book of the Year and Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.

To emphasise the importance of this week, classroom activities will be undertaken and all students will complete an art activity based on one of the Children’s Book Council Short-listed books. These activities will be on display in the library during Book Week.

A Book Fair will be held in the library. This year the Book Fair will only run on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd August, not the whole week. The dress-up day will be on Monday 21st August and children can come dressed as a book character from your favourite book or in the theme of ‘Australia: Story Country’.

More information will be included in the newsletter next term.

Most Gotcha Winners

Congratulations to the following students who received the most

‘Gotchas’ in their class this term. The winners were presented with a free

pass to the Toogoolawah Pictures, which was kindly donated by the Too-

goolawah Progress Association..

Prep Lane Henderson

Year 1 Caleb Westecott

1/2 Gabriella Thornton

2/3 Lily Eggleston

Yr 5 Erica Bickers

Yr 6 Corren McLeod

Toogoolawah PICTURES

Sat., 25th June m

Doors: 7.00 pm Movie: 7.30 - 10.15 pm

Sat., 2nd July pg

Doors: 7.00 pm Movie: 7.30 - 9.40 pm

9th July - no movies

16th July - ‘Me Before You’

24th July - ‘Ice Age’

31st July - ‘Independence Day’

Child to High School: $6

Adult: $8 Family: $25

Library news

There will be no borrowing over the school holidays.

All library books are due back at school by tomorrow, Thursday 23rd

June. If your child has lost their book, please send a note to the library

staff, so they are able to update their records.

Toogoolawah State High School

Year 9 & 10 Drama Students Visit

Last Friday Prep, Year 1, 1/2 and 2/3 were treated to a drama performance by Year 9 and 10 students from Too-goolawah State High School. The high school students created short skits which were educational and entertaining.

The high school students created interactive performances which got the children involved. The students of Prep, Year 1, 1/2 and 2/3 would like to thank and commend both the Toogoolawah State High School students and Miss Stevenson on the hard work they have put into their engaging well-presented performances last Friday.

Inter-house tug-o-war

Congratulations Wivenhoe boys and girls who are champions of the interhouse Tug-O-War competition.

Go Queensland!!!

Chappy News Week 11 Term 2—2016

Thanks for an awesome 3 years!! Chappy Donita

http://kidsgamesqld.com.au/.

KidsGames2016 Register Now!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

Registrations are now open. Follow this link to

1st week School Holidays 28-30th June TUES, WED, THURS, 9:00—3:00 craft, games, discussions, singing, jumping

around, sport, food, fun and rockets!

1st child $25

2nd sibling $15

3rd Sibling $10

4th and more FREE

We’re under the

‘Somerset’ tab

Chappy Challenge : Make sure you get your answers in before School TUESDAY, or you’ll miss out!

What has a face and arms but no nose, ears, mouth,

eyes, or body? THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE

Last week’s answer: A Clock

U All

Congratulations– Wren Embry

Breakfast Club Term 2:next week Pancakes (This week we made French toast

for Jazzy—Happy Birthday —and everyone else who likes them!)

What a good looking team! Thanks guys for continuing Breakfast club in my absence.

Thanks to Axel, Grace ad Haley for

delivering breakfast to staff.

Thanks too, to everyone who

supports B’Club including Esk Fruit

and Deli!!

Thanks To MARK & PAULINE BULOW at CRESSBROOK NEWS for stocking the prize box!

Pictureproducts Fundraiser

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

My name is Roz Harvey and I will be running a Pictureproducts Fundraiser for the P&C.

Attached to this letter is a leaflet with some of the products that will be on offer.

The cost of each item will be as follows:-

Plates - $24.00

Clocks - $28.00

Ceramic Mug - $20.00

Plastic Mug -$18.00

Mousepad - $18.00

Tablemat - $18.00

600ml Water Bottle - $24.00

400ml Water Bottle - $18.00

2017 Calendar - $14.00

Pictureproducts are a wonderful way of keeping your child’s artwork and useful too!

They also make great presents for people who have everything.

I will be keeping the fundraiser open until the middle of August so if you cannot afford to

get all the items you would like at once, just send the money in when you can and each time

you do, the item can then be drawn.

A sample of a Pictureplate will be on display in the foyer of the office for you to look at. I

am at school every day if you want to talk to me about this offer.

Just fill in the attached order form and return to the school along with the money when you

are ready and the drawing can begin.

Roz

Order Form

Name_____________________________

Number of items required:-

Plates:-___________

Clocks:-__________

Ceramic Mug:-___________

Plastic Mug:-___________

Mousepad:-____________

Tablemat:-___________

600ml Water Bottle:-__________

400ml Water Bottle:-__________

2017 Calendar:-___________

More order forms will be available from the School Foyer if needed.

Roz

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