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No 5 Term 2, 2020

June 24, 2020

PRINCIPAL: Cheryl Harvey

2588 Gayndah Road Windera 4605

Ph: 41686153

Email: admin@winderass.eq.edu.au

Windera State School– the hub of the community with everybody working together.

Hi all,

The strangest term of my teaching career is nearly over. Students who have been able to, attend

class regularly since their learning at home seem to have no detrimental affects to their learning.

The most important part of learning for any child is consistency. If your child is away from school it

is important to educate them with reading, writing and maths in the real world. If you continually

talk to your child about what you are doing, what you want them to do and help them be successful

with their home tasks, you are helping their school learning. If you talk to your child and help them,

listening to teachers and accepting help with work should seem natural for your child. Please keep

educating over the holidays by making nearly every experience with your child a learning experi-

ence.

School Photos– I took school photos on Wednesday, June 17. All students took home individual

photos. There were also class photos of students and students and staff. If you would like copies to

print out or have printed, please send a USB to school with your child and we can return it with the

photos included. Parents will have to organise their own photo quality printing.

Student lunches- I have noticed an increase of processed and packaged food in student lunchbox-

es. I understand that there are times when parents are busy and not able to provide the usual

lunch for students. However, a regular lunch for students should include some fresh ingredients to

make up their daily requirements. Children’s daily dietary requirements are 1 1/2 serves of fruit, 4

1/2 serves of vegetables, 4 serves of grains, 1 1/2 serves of meat or poultry and 2 serves of dairy.

Research has shown that students are able to learn better when they're well nourished, and eating

healthy meals has been linked to higher grades, better memory and alertness, and faster infor-

mation processing. Please help your child’s learning by ensuring they have adequate nutrition.

Cheryl Harvey.

Be Respectful Be a Learner

Expectations are explicitly taught to students each Monday and revised each morning after the values song.

Students not displaying the expected behaviour are reminded of the actions they need to take to be fulfilling

the expectation. The expectation for the ninth week was-

I get ready for learning before school.

Student of the Week awarded in week 9 was Olivia Duke for Looking after school

gardens and younger students.

Great Work Award- Karl

Arts award- Mackenzie and Cohen

The expectation for this week is– Stop. Look. Listen and think.

Student of the week awarded in week 10 was Imogen Lewis for putting effort into all classroom tasks.

Wow Awards for writing were awarded to – Joshua, Jed and Imogen

Arts Award– Joshua and Sammy

The Aussie of the Month for June is Crystal Duke.

All students will have reading books for the holidays. Reading is not compulsory. Students who read to maintain

or improve their reading ability will be rewarded by becoming better readers.

Although students do not HAVE to read it is important for students in the youngers years of schooling to continu-

All students at Windera State School have a right to-

Learn Be Safe Be treated with Respect

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this Friday.

Remember- Orders are to be in

on Thursdays.

Please ring Domi on 0401653073

if ordering late.

Due to Cloyna students visiting the

school on Tuesday, July 14, there

will be tuckshop on Tuesday in

week 1, term 3. Orders must come

in on the first day back at school.

Fri 26 Final Day of school term

July

Mon 13 School resumes

Tue 14 Tuckshop

Wed 15 Prep– Vision Screening

Tue 21 P&C/ Centenary Meeting

6:30 pm

Wed 22 First Newsletter of the term

Fri 24 Tuckshop

P&C News

Next P&C General Meeting / Centenary Meeting: The next meeting of the Windera State School P&C Association is on Tuesday, July 21 at 6:30pm.

Pie Drive: See attached form. Orders and money to be in by Firday 24 July

send them to school with your child/ren on the first day after the holidays.

Name student belongings (reminder)– Not all coats and hats are named. Please check your child’s belongings and

if not named, either write your child’s last name or first name so when their gear is left lying around the school we know who

to return it to.

Report Cards– Report cards will be officially issued to students on Friday. Parents have been given the opportunity to see

teachers after school on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Remember, parents voted on whether report cards would have

comments. A majority of parents voted in favour of no comments. This reporting style will remain for this year and next. If,

after receiving your child’s report card, you feel you would like to see a teacher, contact the school after the holidays for an

after school parent interview time.

Final week of school– This week has been a special week for students. On Tuesday students from Cloyna visited and

all students participated in athletics rotations. On Wednesday students completed the practical part of their technology as-

sessment. After explaining in their written assessment how technology has altered food preparation, students made some

lunch for themselves. Students also built robots as part of a Design Unit and then students had their own Windera Athletics

Carnival. All students ran in races with students of similar ability. All students received ribbons for their efforts in races, relays

and long jump. Friday was tuckshop day, special end of term library day and reward prize day.

Happy Holidays! The end of Term has come up so quickly. It’s holiday time again,

but hopefully we can enjoy a bit more normal life than last hols. Here’s one of my favourite recipes that

you may like to cook over the break. They are great for picnics or putting into lunchboxes when school

starts again. They are so simple to make, can be made ahead, frozen and then added to lunchboxes

when they are needed. Baking your own, can save a lot of money. Give them a try and see how good

they taste. Have a great holiday break and see you in Term 3.

Mini Cheese and Bacon Muffins

Put 1 cup of Self Raising flour, 1 ½ cups grated cheddar cheese, ½ cup bacon bits, 1 teaspoon

fresh parsley or chives in a bowl.

Crack an egg in a measuring cup and fill it up with milk.

Add this to the bowl and mix all ingredients together with a spoon.

Grease a muffin tray and spoon the mixture into it.

Bake at 180 – 200 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes or till

golden.

7-12 year olds

WHEN:

Wednesday, 1st July

1st session: 9:00-10:15am Tiny Towns

2nd session: 11:00am-12:15pm Cacti Still Life

Thursday, 2nd July

3:30-4:45pm Letter Art

WHERE: Wondai Art Gallery STUDIO

COST: $20 per child, per session OR $35 per child for 2 sessions

ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED!!!

[Check out SB Kids Art Facebook page for ongoing information.]

Must BOOK and PAY AHEAD! CONTACT Pat 0434 026 625

Only 8-10 spots in each class…don’t miss out!