Jubilation Jubilee Primary School Weekly Newsletter, Tuesday 21st May 2013

34 Manra Way, Pacific Pines 4211

PO Box 486, Helensvale 4212

Ph: 07 55028566

Fax: 07 55028522

Email: pgaven@bne.catholic.edu.au

Web www.jubileeprimary.qld.edu.au

Important Dates to Remember

Tues. 21st - Wed. 29th May

Prep - Yr 7

Life Education Van

Friday 24th May

Term 2 School Fees Due

Friday 24th May

School Disco

The Jubilee Centre

Thursday 30th May

Catholic Primary Cross Country

St Bridget’s School

Friday 7th June

Arts Alive Showcase

The Jubilee Centre

6.00-8.00pm

Thurs.13th & Fri.14th June

School Photos

Friday 14th June 7.00pm

P&F Trivia Night

The Jubilee Centre

Friday 21st June

Last Day of Term 2

Monday 8th July

1st Day of Term 3

@JubileePrimary

Last week we celebrated the volunteers in our society, and what a wonderful crowd they are. Our lives would be so different if it was not for the work done by the volunteers. On Sunday May 19th the church celebrated its beginning at Pentecost - the day God empowered His people to carry the wonderful message of the Gospel to the whole world. On Monday May 20th we celebrate Jubilee day , the beginning of our wonderful school. Yes, we all love to celebrate. One of the events that I love to celebrate, is the wedding of two people deeply in love. I was invited to join the family at the reception following a wedding recently. During the meal, the conversation around our table turned to the length of marriage these days. I soon realised that I was in quite special company. There were 5 marriages represented at our table. All couples were first time marriages and still intact. My relationship was by far the shortest. I had not at that time reached 40 years, but have now. The others were 44, 50, 55 and 63 years. So, in total we were 252 years or, on average, 50 years, married. I left that reception knowing that I had been in special company. It was a real joy to celebrate the lives and achievements of those couples who had set such a great example of living and loving in a world where relationships are considered transient and disposable, where partners are taken for granted and discarded if we choose to desire something else. Our ability to celebrate comes from our understanding of who we are, and that comes from our relationship with God. The most important thing to celebrate is God’s love. The God who sent His son to die for us, left His Spirit to empower us to live out His love.

Pastor Jim Hohnke

Living Rivers Uniting Church

WE ALL LOVE TO CELEBRATE…

Jubilee Primary School

Principal’s Weekly News

Dear Parents, Staff and Friends,

Bullying is a word that’s wrapped in emotion. For many people bullying is associated with bad childhood memories. It’s been estimated that around 40% of people have experienced some type of bullying in the past. Bullying is an insidious behaviour that transgresses children’s natural right to feel safe and secure. It can adversely affect their learning, emotional well-being, further peer relations and their sense of self.

Bullying takes many forms and guises including, physical and emotional abuse, intimidation, harassment and exclusion.

It now has a well-publicised cyber-dimension, which has moved the goalposts for many kids. In the past children could escape bullying behaviours they may have experienced by being at home. Cyberbullying now means that kids can’t escape the bully like they once could. Bullying is not the domain of one gender. Girls bully just as much as boys, but they do it in less physical ways. While boys use physical intimidation or verbal abuse to wield power, girls are more likely to use exclusion or verbal sarcasm to assert themselves.

Bullying should not be confused with teasing, rejection, random acts of violence or physicality and conflict. While children will often tease or fight, this bickering should not be confused with bullying. Bullying is about lack of power as one person is powerless to stop the teasing or physical abuse. Bullying is the selective, uninvited, repetitive oppression of one person by another person or group. If you think your child is being bullied, then handle with care, as children often don’t want to admit that they are on the receiving end of bullying. Some kids keep it close to their chests, so it helps to be on the lookout for warning signs such as: items being stolen, changing the route to school and withdraw-al from usual activities. If your child is being bullied:

1. Listen to their story: Children who are bullied need someone to believe their story. Take them seriously and avoid dismissing complaints as tell-tale. Use common sense to differentiate between bullying and more random, non-selective antisocial acts. Kids can be nasty to each other, yet this doesn’t constitute bullying. 2. Deal with their feelings: A child who is bullied probably feels scared, angry and sad. Boys are more likely to display anger and girls claim they feel sad. The degree of emotional intensity is an indicator of the amount of bullying. Recognise and validate their emotions. Let them talk

about how they think (remember boys respond better to ‘think’ language) and feel. It’s normal to feel sad, scared or just plain confused.

3. Get the facts: Get a clear picture of what happens, including who is involved, the frequency and what happens prior to any bullying. Get

your child to be as specific as possible by asking good questions. An accurate picture will help you determine your next course of action.

4. Give them coping skills: With a clear picture you can start giving your child some help about how he or she may deal with bullying includ-

ing using avoidance strategies, being more assertive and changing poor body language.

5. Get the school involved: Bullying is best handled when parents and teachers are involved. Approach your school through the appropriate

channels, make yourself aware of your schools’ anti-bullying stance, and be willing to work within these guidelines.

6. Help build your child’s support networks: Kids need a group of friends to support them when they experience bullying so look for practi-

cal ways to broaden friendship groups.

7. Build their self-confidence: Provide children with systematic encouragement. Let them know through your words and treatment of them

that they will get through this period.

It’s worth remembering that children who experience some form of bullying often come out stronger and more resourceful because they have

experienced difficulties and they know they can defeat them.

P&F DISCO

This Friday Night will see our first P&F School Disco of the 2013 School Year.

For all of you first time parents, please be assured that the night is a great one for your kids and as a staff we provide supervision, so there is

no need to worry!

I hope to see many of you there on the night, dropping off and hopefully picking up your children!

Jubilee Primary School

Principal’s Weekly News

What a great day our students had on Monday to celebrate Jubilee Day.

The feedback from students following the church participa-tion and performances in both year group sessions was fantastic. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the New Life Uniting Church and the Southland Christian Centre for their contribution to Jubilee Primary School’s 13th Birthday.

It was lovely to see so many family members and friends

enjoying a picnic lunch on the oval.

THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT!

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.”

― Mother Teresa

God bless you and best wishes for the

week ahead.

David Sewell

PRINCIPAL

APA Weekly News

with Brian

G’day everyone. Welcome to Week 6.

Happy Birthday Jubilee! Our week started on a very happy and positive note with our Jubilee Day celebrations yesterday. Our day opened with a very special worship and celebration, led by the pastors and youth team from Southland Christian Centre. At that service, pastors and repre-sentatives from out local covenant churches formally affirmed the covenant established by the pastors of our four founding churches and recom-mitted to the ecumenical mission of our school. Later in the day, the youth team from New Life Uniting Church led firstly our P-3 classes and then our Yr’s 4-7 classes in some exciting games and activities built around the theme of unity. The day was capped off by a picnic lunch on the school oval in which our students and teachers were joined by parents and grandparents. It was a wonderful celebration of Faith, Learning and Unity and all that is good about Jubilee School. We thank all those who contributed to and participated in the day, especially our co-ordinator, Mrs Joanne Riddell, our music magician, Mr Shane Parry, our teachers, our pastors and representatives and our parents and grandparents. Life Education Visit: Once again, we are very fortunate to have the Life Education van visit Jubilee and we’ve been fortunate enough to have this visit sponsored by a local community service group called Communities for Children - Northern Gold Coast, to whom we are extremely grate-ful. This sponsorship reduces the cost by more than half to be only $ 4:00 per student, which will be charged through the school fees system. This fee includes the interactive presentation by our instructor, Janet Connolly, a teacher’s guide and a student activity book. The timetable for the lessons is as follows:

JUBILEE LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAM, 2013

Date Session 1 Commencing at 9:00am

Session 2 Commencing at 11:20am

Session 3 Commencing at 1:45pm

Mon 20th May Jubilee Day A whole day of activities to celebrate our school.

Parent Information Session

Tue 21st May Class: 7F 1hr 30min Teacher: Mrs Christina Barron Module: “It’s Your Call”

Class: 7L 1hr 30min Teacher: Miss Sarah Hanley Module: “It’s Your Call”

Class: Prep J 1 hr Teacher: Miss Meg King Module: “Harold’s Surprise”

Wed 22nd May Class: 3U 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mrs Erin Lovos Module: “All Systems Go”

Class: 2F 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mrs Isobel Clarke Module: “Harold’s Mystery Tour“

Class: Prep F 1 hr Teacher: Mrs Disa Hill Module: “Harold’s Surprise”

Thu 23rd May Class: 6F 1hr 30min Teacher: Mr Troy Parsons Module: “Mind Your Medicine”

Class: 6L 1hr 30min Teacher: Miss Caitlin Deeth Module: “Mind Your Medicine

Class: Prep L 1hr Teacher: Mrs Zoe Parry Module: “Harold’s Surprise”

Fri 24th May

Class: 4F 1hr 30min Teacher: Mr Tony Sealey Module: “bCyberwise”

Class: 4L 1hr 30min Teacher: Mrs Chibi Gatwood Module: “bCyberwise”

Assembly – Whole School 2:15 – 3:00pm

Mon 27th May Class: 3L 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mrs Bec Burrell Module: “All Systems Go

Class: 2L 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Ms Jenny de Jager Module: “Harold’s Mystery Tour“

Class: 1F 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mr Paul Holmes Module: “Harold’s Heroes”

Tue 28th May Class: 5F 1hr 30min Teacher: Mrs Lauren Parkes Module: “bCyberwise”

Class: 5L 1hr 30min Teacher: Mr Dave Meiklejohn Module: “bCyberwise”

Class: 1L 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mrs Natalie Carlson Module: “Harold’s Heroes”

Wed 29th May Class: 4U 1hr 30min Teacher: Ms Marg Kelly Module: Module: “bCyberwise”

Class: 4J 1hr 30min Teacher: Ms Merridee Lynes Module: Module: “bCyberwise”

Class: 1U 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mrs Sally Davies Module: “Harold’s Heroes”

Thu 30th May Class: 2U 1 hr 15min Teacher: Mrs Lenai Brittain Module: “Harold’s Mystery Tour“

Class: 3F 1 hr 15 min Teacher: Mrs Karen Hallett Module: “All Systems Go”

Class: Prep U 1hr Teacher: Mrs Kristy Myatt Module: “Harold’s Surprise”

NAPLAN: Congratulations to all our Yr’s 3, 5 & 7 students on the completion of this year’s NAPLAN testing. The week ran very smoothly and all classes, even those not directly involved, were very co-operative and supportive of this process. Thank you everyone. Today I par-celled up securely and sent off our Jubilee student test booklets. Test reports come out to schools and students later in the year. University of NSW ICAS Tests, 2013: Nominations for these tests are now closed. The first of these to be conducted is Science, which will take place on Wednesday 5 June, with the English to follow on Wednesday 31 July and the Mathematics on Tuesday 13 August. Medications and Mobile Phones in Student Schoolbags: Just a reminder that students are not to have medications such as Nurofen and Panadol in their school bags. All medication needs to held and administered at the school office. We also remind you that students who bring mobile phones to school must hand them in at the school office or to their class teacher each morning and collect them each afternoon. Your support in this regard is greatly appreciated. Have a great Week 6 everyone ! Cheers,

Brian Mason, APA

Learning Enhancement News

Browse and Borrow our Books

We have recently purchased a number of books on special needs to start our new Learning Support Library. These books are all located in the Parent Meeting room in the learning support rooms. There are books on Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Cerebral Palsy, Coeliac Disease, Epilepsy, Autism, Asperger’s, Anxiety, ADHD, OCD and general learning difficulties. There are books for parents and picture books for children. It is only very small collection at this stage. We will purchase more resources based upon the feedback we get from our borrowers. Books can be borrowed for two weeks. There is a limit of one book per loan at this stage due to the small number of books available. You just need to fill in your details in the borrowing register. By doing this you agree to return the books in two weeks and replace any lost or damaged books. The best time to browse or borrow is before or after school as the meeting room is often used during class time. Borrowing starts next week. There will be tea and coffee available while you browse before and after school next week. Drop in and let us know what you think.

Carolyn Stewart

Support Teacher: Inclusive Education

Jubilee's Trivia

Night Booking forms for your table of 8 are available from the

School Office NOW

IMPORTANT

Save this Date

in your diary!

Friday 14th June

7:00pm sharp

Jubilee Centre

Weekly Update with Alistair Davies

District Cross Country Team 2013 Congratulations to the following students for their selection in the 2013 District Cross Country Carnival: Laura Alcott Ethan Corkran Jack Gambrill Holly Gray Jackson Armstrong Charli Costello Macy Evers Mia Hegarty Sam Bowen Maya Costello Emily Chase Lachlan Hogg Giorgia Brown Tanisha Ellems Brodie Christiansen Madison Hundric Taylah Joyce Kimberley Martin- Blakey Jacob McGeachie Mark Meredith Sierah Middleton Brodie Monaghan Ryan Nash Tabitha Parsons Jack Quinn Stephen Quinn Tara Radford Mitchell Radford Bethany Smith Harry Turner Izaac Jones Jaylan To’o

The carnival will be held on Friday 24th May at Runaway Bay Cricket fields. Students are to be at school by 8.15 am at the BCA. Catholic Cross Country Thursday 30th May. Final team and notices to be finalised Wednesday this week. Year 4 AFL Shine Program to commence next Monday 27th May. This is a wonderful 4 week program for our Year 4 students.

Week one is a meet and greet with Gold Coast Suns players about the importance of healthy food choices and an active lifestyle. Week two is an AFL skills session. Week three is a surf safety and awareness program delivered by senior Gold Coast City Council Lifeguards. Week four is a football carnival with other schools at Metricon Stadium on the 17th of June.

This program is free apart from a small charge to cover the bus to and from Metricon Stadium. Sports Tops some of these tops are still missing. Please return to your coach or to Mr Davies by Thursday this week. This is really important as there will be a sports top stocktake next week, it would be most unfortunate if invoices for tops need to be sent home. Yours in Sport and HPE,

Alistair Davies

Congratulations to the Jubilee students who

participated in last weekend’s Triathlon.

Well done to Cooper and Madi Boothman Laura Knox and Madeleine Howell.

Cooper & Madi Boothman pictured with Leisel Jones

Weekly Update with Alistair Davies

Resource Centre News

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Students have jumped into this with enthusiasm! This year we are aiming for 100% participation rate for Jubilee. We want to make it into the PRC Hall of Fame- as well as have all our students reading- just because they want to! Please keep encouraging your children to read every day!

Some exciting new ways we are promoting this are:

Friday Fiction– Each week a staff member will read their fav book to students at lunchtime on Friday in the library. We kick off with Mr Sewell this week reading Dreadful David by Sally Odgers and Craig Smith. The stars of FF will be advertised on the Library noticeboard.

Reader of the Week– Each class teacher will award a Reader of the Week. This award is specifically for students who are reading more than they did before, have improved in how much they are reading or have shown a noticeable improvement in attitude towards reading. The ROTW students will receive a beautiful certificate and be acknowledged on Assembly and in the Newsletter- watch this space!

Readers’ Raffle– Students will be given raffle tickets in class for demonstrating any positive reading behavior or attitude. These will go into the draw for winning a prize on assembly for Prep- Year 3 and Years 4 – 7.

Bookclub: Due this Thursday, 23 May. No late orders PLEASE!

Calling all book coverers:

We NEED you! In the RC, our uncovered books are piling up again. Help if you can please!

Yours in reading,

Deb Sketcher

IMPORTANT

Please ensure that any outstanding sport tops are returned to Mr Davies by the end of this week, as they are needed for our

upcoming District and Catholic Cross Country Carnivals.

Parents & Friends Association

News

FAMILY FUN DAY

SATURDAY 17th AUGUST

SCHOOL DISCO Kids come along and enjoy the fun and good music. Glow sticks and an array of drinks and snacks will be available on the night. Water provided free of charge. No hot food is available on the evening. Full supervision will be provided by school staff but for those Parents who would like to stay you can do so in the Meeting Room. No siblings will be allowed in the Disco area. Tickets are $5 and Pre-Tickets will be on sale from Wednesday 22nd May outside the Admin Building... 8.15am & 2.45pm... Kim Seed – Disco Coordinator - 0417 112 298

TRIVIA NIGHT NEWS Only 3 and half weeks until this year's Jubilee Trivia Night. It's time to organise your table of friends and book in for a night of trivia fun. This is a highlight on the Jubilee calendar. It’s one for the adults and it's definitely a night you want to attend. The theme for the evening is 'Hero's and Villain’s', so choose your take on this and carry the theme through to your table name, table decorations and even characters with prizes being awarded on the night. No pressure to dress up, it just adds to the fun. The form is in this week’s newsletter; send it in quick to secure the tables at the front. Book now!!! Linda Vayro- Trivia Night Coordinator 0410 553 245

YEAR 7 BOOK STALL We are looking for books and magazines for the book stall. We will happily accept picture books, novels, biographies and clas-sics etc. We would also like collectable magazines such “Donna Hay”, “Vogue”, “Burke’s Backyard”, “Airplane” craft and hobby mags. Baskets will be in your classrooms for your donations until the end of this Term (Friday 21st June) and the year 7’s will collect them weekly. So go through your bookshelves and donate any good quality books you no longer need. Anne Nash Book Stall Co-ordinator 0401 000 910

PLANT STALL

We are currently looking for a Coordinator to run our Plant Stall… If you think you can help on the day please email the P&F

ASAP.

Jubilee P&F Executive Team – jubileepandf@yahoo.com

President – Rhonda Verheijen 0419 728745; Vice President – Nancy Carter 0412 438184;

Secretary – Heidi Roberson ; Treasurer – Sharon Hutchison 0423 841068

P&F ORG NEWSLETTER Please visit the link below to view the P&F Organisations Monthly newsletter:

http://www.pandf.org.au/2013/20130308/index2.html

Tuckshop & Uniform Shop

NEWS

Wednesday 22nd May

Nikki Gorry

Thursday 23rd May

Simone McLellan-Jackwitz

Friday 24th May

Tracey Flower

Jane Torti

Saturday Sunday

Monday 27th May

Mary Mason

Tuesday 28th May

Christina Morrow

Lynette Engle

Wednesday 29th May

Thursday 30th May

Melinda Spargo

Friday 31st May

Zandra Zigic

Uniform Shop Opening Hours: Tuesday’s 8.00am - 10.00am

Thursday’s 1.00pm - 3.00pm

Orders email to Robert.Parker@bne.catholic.edu.au

Tuckshop Roster We are now seeking volunteers to assist in the Tuckshop for Term 2. If you are able to assist, even if only for a few hours please email Helen who will add your name to the Term 2 roster, hsheather@bne.catholic.edu.au

Support Network for Parents of

Children with Diverse Learning Needs or Anxiety Disorders

Connects Support Network is proud to present author Sally Thibault

Sally is the author of the much loved book David's Gift and also runs a facebook page "Asperger's Parent Connect". She has travelled extensively sharing her story and running Seminars to teach and support families on the journey of raising Diverse and Anx-ious Learner's. Sally has kindly offered her time to attend Jubilee and run an information session for Families within our Community. Please Join Us with Sally for this wonderful opportunity to be inspired and informed as we all journey with our Diverse Learners. Time: 9am -11.30am Date: Tuesday 28th May Note: Morning Tea will be provided and younger siblings are also welcome. RSVP: Monday 27th May Jonelle 0417013683 Dee 0413600273 Jane 0400115658

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