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July 25 Senior Megaband ~ Marian 25 Fire Education Prep & Year 1 30 P - Y1 Exc ~ Possum Magic August 5 MD Cricket Trials 10 P&C Fair 14-16 Cap Athletics Carnival 14 P&C Meeting 6pm 19 Chess Tournament Rnd 3 19-23 Book Week 23 Book Week parade 23-30 Y4-Y6 Bike Ed 28 Mirani SHS Parent info Date Claimers Spotlight General Informaon Office Hours 8am—3.30pm Parade Every Monday at 8.50am Newsleer every 2nd Thursday PCYC Aſter School Care 4942 3296 Absence Line: 4959 4366 Issue 11 25 July 2019 McColl Street, Walkerston 4751 Telephone (07) 4959 4333 E-mail [email protected] Web hp://walkerstonss.eq.edu.au School Opinion Survey’s are being handed out this week. Please complete online by 23rd August. Taking 2020 Prep - Y6 enrolment enquiries now! Principal’s Report— Having come just over halfway through the year, we will soon be distribung the School Opinion Surveys to each family in the school via the oldest child. The survey is designed to anonymously get the views of parents, staff and children about how the school meets each stakeholders’ needs. The survey report provides me with very valuable informaon, which I analyse each year, and use to help idenfy what is working well for our community, and set improvement targets for the following year. If you have difficulty in accessing the online survey at home, we can provide a laptop or iPad for you to use at school to complete your survey. It really does provide a wealth of informaon from our stakeholders, so I’d like to encourage all parents to complete the online survey. This year, we have enrolled in a pilot program with Life Educaon (who bring the Healthy Harold van each year) called Healthy Eats. The program is all about encouraging kids to eat and enjoy the world of fruit and veg. The Australian Government Food Guidelines recommends children eat two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables every day. Currently, only seven percent of North Queensland kids are eang enough fruit and veg. This puts them at risk of obesity, infecons, and poor growth and development. To encourage the children to eat more healthily, classes 3/4C, 4A, 5A, 5B, 5/6C and 6A will be parcipang in a compeon. Each day for the next 4 weeks, children will be recording how many serves of fruit and vegetables they consume each day, with the class with the highest consumpon winning a prize from Life Educaon. On Friday, August 23 we will be hosng the annual Walkerston community Book Week Parade. The involvement of all families and the effort people put into their costumes is always amazing. The theme for this year’s parade is, “Reading gives you super powers”. The P&C Fair is also coming up in a few weeks. The Fair is the P&C’s major fundraising event. This year, the P&C’s main project for the school will be revamping the outdoor learning environment outside the Prep classrooms, so your aendance and support will have a direct impact on the learning and engagement of all our children. Much more than that, though, it is a fantasc event which brings the whole community together, so I look forward to seeing you there! It may seem like a long way off sll, but we are busily working with our local Early Childhood Centres and Secondary Schools to prepare students for smooth transions into 2020. Over the next two terms, we will be hosng Kindy children in our Prep classrooms, and be receiving visits from Mirani State High and Mackay State High. These visits will be aimed at providing informaon to the students about their upcoming moves into the next stage of their learning, but also for the secondary schools to see what learning experiences our children currently engage in, so these can inform teacher pracce at high school. I look forward to working together through what’s already a very busy Term 3! Our You Can Do It targets for weeks 3 and 4, Term 3: Enters and leaves rooms in a quiet manner. Does not give up too quickly when trying something new. Connie Confidence says to: Pete Persistance says to:
Transcript of Date laimers Our You Can Do It targets for weeks 3 and 4 ... · 7/25/2019 · children currently...
July
25 Senior Megaband ~ Marian
25 Fire Education Prep & Year 1
30 P - Y1 Exc ~ Possum Magic
August
5 MD Cricket Trials
10 P&C Fair
14-16 Cap Athletics Carnival
14 P&C Meeting 6pm
19 Chess Tournament Rnd 3
19-23 Book Week
23 Book Week parade
23-30 Y4-Y6 Bike Ed
28 Mirani SHS Parent info
Date Claimers
Spotlight
General Information
Office Hours 8am—3.30pm
Parade Every Monday at 8.50am
Newsletter every 2nd Thursday
PCYC After School Care 4942 3296
Absence Line: 4959 4366
Issue 11
25 July 2019
McColl Street, Walkerston 4751 Telephone (07) 4959 4333 E-mail [email protected] Web http://walkerstonss.eq.edu.au
School Opinion Survey’s are being
handed out this week. Please
complete online by 23rd August.
Taking 2020 Prep - Y6 enrolment enquiries
now!
Principal’s Report—
Having come just over halfway through the year, we will soon be distributing the School Opinion Surveys to
each family in the school via the oldest child. The survey is designed to anonymously get the views of parents, staff and children about how the school meets each stakeholders’ needs. The survey report provides me with very valuable information, which I analyse each year, and use to help identify what is working well for our community, and set improvement targets for the following year. If you have difficulty in accessing the online survey at home, we can provide a laptop or iPad for you to use at school to complete your survey. It really does provide a wealth of information from our stakeholders, so I’d like to encourage all parents to complete the online survey.
This year, we have enrolled in a pilot program with Life Education (who bring the Healthy Harold van each year) called Healthy Eats. The program is all about encouraging kids to eat and enjoy the world of fruit and veg. The Australian Government Food Guidelines recommends children eat two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables every day. Currently, only seven percent of North Queensland kids are eating enough fruit and veg. This puts them at risk of obesity, infections, and poor growth and development. To encourage the children to eat more healthily, classes 3/4C, 4A, 5A, 5B, 5/6C and 6A will be participating in a competition. Each day for the next 4 weeks, children will be recording how many serves of fruit and vegetables they consume
each day, with the class with the highest consumption winning a prize from Life Education.
On Friday, August 23 we will be hosting the annual Walkerston community Book Week Parade. The involvement of all families and the effort people put into their costumes is always amazing. The theme for this year’s parade is, “Reading gives you super powers”.
The P&C Fair is also coming up in a few weeks. The Fair is the P&C’s major fundraising event. This year, the P&C’s main project for the school will be revamping the outdoor learning environment outside the Prep classrooms, so your attendance and support will have a direct impact on the learning and engagement of all our children. Much more than that, though, it is a fantastic event which brings the whole community together, so I look forward to seeing you there!
It may seem like a long way off still, but we are busily working with our local Early Childhood Centres and Secondary Schools to prepare students for smooth transitions into 2020. Over the next two terms, we will be hosting Kindy children in our Prep classrooms, and be receiving visits from Mirani State High and Mackay State High. These visits will be aimed at providing information to the students about their upcoming moves into the next stage of their learning, but also for the secondary schools to see what learning experiences our children currently engage in, so these can inform teacher practice at high school.
I look forward to working together through what’s already a very busy Term 3!
Our You Can Do It targets for weeks 3 and 4, Term 3:
Enters and leaves rooms in a quiet manner.
Does not give up too quickly
when trying something new.
Connie Confidence says to: Pete Persistance says to:
McColl Street, Walkerston 4751 (07) 4959 4333 E-mail [email protected] Web http://walkerstonss.eq.edu.au
Cultural News
Megaband – Well done to those students who participated in Senior
Megaband today. It was a wonderful concert. A lot of time and
dedication from both students and parents go into the instrumental
program and we thank you for that.
Musical – It is 6 weeks away till Walkerston State School brings to
you “The Tale of Cy”. Tickets will be available on the night or from
the office as of August 16.
Students involved in the musical please make sure you are attending
as many rehearsals as possible as we are putting the finishing touches
together.
Fair- A note will go home tomorrow about the fair. We are fortunate
that the P and C would like to showcase our talented students. Please
return the note even if you are unavailable (there is an option on the
note) as this will help Miss Kay with set-up.
The school would like to wish Lacey and Nate Bloye all the best in their performance on Saturday night with A’Choir’d Pitch and Opera Australia. It is wonderful to see our students sharing their talents in the community.
McColl Street, Walkerston 4751 Telephone (07) 4959 4333 E-mail [email protected] Web http://walkerstonss.eq.edu.au
Student of the Week Awards for Week 1
Class PA Luka Allan—For always trying his best and not giving up when things get tough.
Class P1C Aleeza Axiak—For her fabulous start to a new school and a new term!
Class 1A Ben Chivers—For a great start to the year. Keep it up Ben!
Max Kover—Wow! You have impressed us with your wealth of knowledge this week. You are a walking encyclopaedia!
Class 1B Brax Murphy—For great concentration and working hard to complete learning activities.
Charlie Turner—For showing great thinking skills during our Information Report writing.
Class 2A Cooper Knight—For being an animal expert when retelling facts!
Madison Richards—For confidently playing the role of Simba in our performance.
Class 3A Aden Eiser—For starting Term Three in an enthusiastic manner. Keep it up!
Class 3B Mikayla Agius—For taking care with the formation of her letters using entries and exits. Keep it up Mikayla!
Class 34C Meliana Craig—For always showing a confident and positive attitude in Maths! Keep up the great work!
Class 4A Locky Blackburn—For preserving in English to improve his writing.
Class 5A Brianna King—For her active engagement and participation in Maths this week.
Class 5B Byron Knight—For making a huge effort at school and at home in Maths. Great work!
Dayna Craig—For making a huge effort persisting with Maths in class and at home. Great work!
Musical Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors. Without your kind support we would not
be able to put these opportunities forward.
Platinum Musical Sponsors
Gold Musical Sponsors
We would like to thank Les Craig Couriers, Elders Real-estate,
Oshea’s Hotel Motel, Walkerston Bakery, Tandy Group,
Macrosphere and Matts Flying who have all pledged to donate
for our school musical.
McColl Street, Walkerston 4751 Telephone (07) 4959 4333 E-mail [email protected] Web http://walkerstonss.eq.edu.au
We have been contacted by the Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University who are offering the Cool Kids – Taking Control Program for 7-11-year-old children who
have been bullied by their peers and also experience anxiety.
The program is designed to teach your child about bully-ing and anxiety with the intent to help them better man-age these experiences in social situations. These lessons will be delivered via the internet with parental guidance. Your child’s progress through the program will be sup-ported by a member of the research team at the Centre for Emotional Health.
To assess the eligibility of your child to take part in this program, the researchers kindly ask you to fill out this quick registration form via the link tinyurl.com/CKTC-intake.
If you have any further queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
