FROM THE PRIN IPAL - wowanss.eq.edu.au fileFROM THE PRIN IPAL 23 August 2018 The students have...
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Address: Don Street, Wowan, Qld, 4702 Phone: 07) 4937 1133 Fax: 07) 4937 1003 School’s website - hps://wowanss.eq.edu.au/Pages/ default.aspx Email: [email protected] Office Hours: Dates to Note: 27 August 3-6 Technology Day - Jambin 28 August Wowan Speaking Compeon 30 August UNDER 8s Day Wowan Pie drive deliveries 4 September Goovigen Speaking Compeon (selected students only) 13 - 14 September Swimming Lessons - TBA 17 September PCYC Day - Biloela 4-6 Rockhampton Choral Fesval (selected students only) 18 - 20 September Swimming Lessons - TBA 21 September Last Day of Term 3 1 November Year 6 Graduaon - Biloela 8 December Wowan Community Christmas Tree FROM THE PRINCIPAL 23 August 2018 The students have parcipated in many addional opportunies this term that help to build the holisc child, a love of learning and life long learners. Most recently the years Prep to 3 travelled to Rockhampton to see the show “Josephine wants to Dance”. A big thank you to our P&C for providing the funding for the ckets to enable us to go. The whole school parcipated in Archery Lessons and showed that at Wowan State School we all have good aim! On day one we learnt how to hold a bow, shoot an arrow, and how to parcipate safely. On day two we played pop the balloon. The balloons were pinned to the targets and there were lots of cheers for each other when a balloon was popped. The police also made a visit to school with the scent detecon dogs. We were amazed when the dogs were able to locate the hidden object amongst the items presented to them. A big thanks to Senior Constable Newson for organising the visit and to Officer Cam- eron for bring his dogs out to Wowan. The enre school also parcipated in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathe- macs) day at Jambin State School. The students became inquirers and sciensts for the day. Many thanks go to Jambin State School Staff for organising and hosng the event held in Science Week. Yesterday, we came to school in our pyjamas as part of book week celebraons and to raise money for the “Pyjama Foundaon”. We had fun learning in our pyjamas for the day. The school community raised $60 for the Pyjama Foundaon. Thank you everyone for your support and donaons on this day. Speech Pathology Week is held in the week 19 August to 25 August. This week provides an opportunity to recognise and promte the speech pathology profession and the work done by speech pathologist with over 1.2 million Australians who have a communicaon or swal- lowing disorder that impacts on their daily life. Communicaon is a basic human right and Speech Pathology Week seeks to promote this fact. A huge thank you to Amy Herley for all her work at our school with our students and staff . 2018 SCHOOL OPINION SURVEYS The 2018 School Opinion Survey period is now open. The suite of surveys are undertaken each year by the Department of Educaon to obtain opinion informaon from parents/ caregivers, students and school staff. The surveys are undertaken online. Access details for the Parent/Carer Survey was sent home with students a fortnight ago. The Parent/ Carer Survey will remain open unl Friday 24 August. AGE APPROPRIATE PEDAGOGIES Thank you everyone for your paence and understanding when our parent infor- maon session on AAPs needed to be postponed. The new date for this valuable and informave session is Tuesday 11th September at 9am in our school library. We hope to see you there.
Transcript of FROM THE PRIN IPAL - wowanss.eq.edu.au fileFROM THE PRIN IPAL 23 August 2018 The students have...
Address: Don Street, Wowan, Qld, 4702 Phone: 07) 4937 1133 Fax: 07) 4937 1003 School’s website - https://wowanss.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx Email: [email protected]
Office Hours:
Dates to Note: 27 August 3-6 Technology Day - Jambin 28 August Wowan Speaking Competition 30 August UNDER 8s Day Wowan Pie drive deliveries 4 September Goovigen Speaking Competition (selected students only) 13 - 14 September Swimming Lessons - TBA 17 September PCYC Day - Biloela 4-6 Rockhampton Choral Festival (selected students only) 18 - 20 September Swimming Lessons - TBA 21 September Last Day of Term 3 1 November Year 6 Graduation - Biloela 8 December Wowan Community Christmas Tree
FROM THE PRINCIPAL 23 August 2018
The students have participated in many additional opportunities this term that help to build the holistic child, a love of learning and life long learners.
Most recently the years Prep to 3 travelled to Rockhampton to see the show “Josephine wants to Dance”. A big thank you to our P&C for providing the funding for the tickets to enable us to go.
The whole school participated in Archery Lessons and showed that at Wowan State School we all have good aim! On day one we learnt how to hold a bow, shoot an arrow, and how to participate safely. On day two we played pop the balloon. The balloons were pinned to the targets and there were lots of cheers for each other when a balloon was popped.
The police also made a visit to school with the scent detection dogs. We were amazed when the dogs were able to locate the hidden object amongst the items presented to them. A big thanks to Senior Constable Newson for organising the visit and to Officer Cam-eron for bring his dogs out to Wowan.
The entire school also participated in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathe-matics) day at Jambin State School. The students became inquirers and scientists for the day. Many thanks go to Jambin State School Staff for organising and hosting the event held in Science Week.
Yesterday, we came to school in our pyjamas as part of book week celebrations and to raise money for the “Pyjama Foundation”. We had fun learning in our pyjamas for the day. The school community raised $60 for the Pyjama Foundation. Thank you everyone for your support and donations on this day.
Speech Pathology Week is held in the week 19 August to 25 August. This week provides an opportunity to recognise and promte the speech pathology profession and the work done by speech pathologist with over 1.2 million Australians who have a communication or swal-lowing disorder that impacts on their daily life. Communication is a basic human right and Speech Pathology Week seeks to promote this fact. A huge thank you to Amy Herley for all her work at our school with our students and staff .
2018 SCHOOL OPINION SURVEYS
The 2018 School Opinion Survey period is now open. The suite of surveys are undertaken each year by the Department of Education to obtain opinion information from parents/caregivers, students and school staff. The surveys are undertaken online. Access details for the Parent/Carer Survey was sent home with students a fortnight ago. The Parent/Carer Survey will remain open until Friday 24 August.
AGE APPROPRIATE PEDAGOGIES
Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding when our parent infor-mation session on AAPs needed to be postponed. The new date for this valuable and informative session is Tuesday 11th September at 9am in our school library. We hope to see you there.
Mobile Library
Mobile library visits our school every second Tuesday. The next visit by the mobile library will be Tuesday 11th September.
School Banking day Thursday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit.
Assembly Assembly is held Tuesday morn-ings at 9am in the school’s li-brary. All parents and community members are welcome to attend.
P&C Uniform Price List Blue and Yellow Shirt $26.00 Hats $18.00 All uniforms are available to be purchased from the office Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursdays between 8:30am - 2:00pm. Money can be direct deposited into the P&C bank account. The P&C's banking details are below:
Acc: Wowan SS P&C BSB: 064-710 A/C: 926463
Please use your name and what you purchased as reference eg. MACKELLAR A SHIRTS
UNDER EIGHTS AT WOWAN
Under 8s are almost upon us! This year Under Eights celebrations will be held at Wowan State School on 30th August, 2018. The day is set to become a favourite day in term 3 for our littlest students. Come along and join us on the day from 9.30am, we’d love to see your there! See our flyer in this newsletter.
BOOK WEEK
We have been celebrating book week at Wowan this week. Our Book Week parade will be tomorrow, Friday 24 August and this year we will parade along Don Street up towards the RSL hall. I can’t wait to see what everyone is dressed up as tomorrow!
WOWAN SPEAKING COMPETION
Next Tuesday 28 August, 2018 at 9am on assembly the year 5 and 6s will be presenting speeches prepared for the annual speaking competition. Parents of all students in-cluding those in other grade levels are more than welcome to come along and join us in listening to the speeches of our year 5 and 6 students.
SCHOOL GARDEN
The students would like to garden before school as well but to facilitate this we re-quire parent volunteers to help us make this happen. If you are interested in helping out in the garden one morning a week please phone the office: 4937 1133 and we can discuss some options. You would be helping out our students, getting some morning exercise and fresh air and feel good about doing something for the students.
DONATIONS REQUIRED
We are currently asking for donations of washed tin cans of any size, and washed yo-ghurt containers of any size (with or without lids). These can be sent into school at anytime during the term.
PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE
How are you going completing your Premiers’ Reading Challenge? Time is running out. Get reading those books, fill in your Reader Challenge Record Form and return to school. All forms need to be back at school by Friday 24th August.
P&C NEWS
The P&Cs banking details are now included in our newsletter. If you need to make a payment to the P&C, the preferred method is by direct bank deposit however cash and checque payments will still be accepted. You will also find a list of prices from the Uni-form Shop. Uniforms can be purchased on Tues, Wed & Thurs between 8.30am and 2pm.
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING
Wowan State School is a PBL school. We actively encourage positive behaviors in and out of our classrooms. These behaviors create a happy, safe and caring learning envi-ronment. Our school guidelines are:
Be Respectful - Be Responsible - Be a Learner - Be Safe
At Wowan we believe that being safe and happy at school impacts academic success.
Our students are acknowledged for meeting these expectations on our Tuesday morn-ing assemblies. We encourage as many parents as possible to join us at our assem-blies to congratulate and celebrate the great work of our Wowan State School stu-dents. This week we have been focusing on BEING RESPECTFUL by greeting each other politely.
Nihongo News! Language Department News
こんにちは！Konnichi wa!
Wowan students in Years 5 and 6 enjoy weekly
Japanese lessons as part of the whole school
curriculum. These lessons occur each Tuesday
and Thursday and are delivered online via web
conferencing.
We have had a busy start to our Japanese lessons this semester.
Our current learning focus is ‘What is school life? ‘. Students have been
investigating what school is like in Japan and have started to make comparisons
between Japanese schools and their own school life here in Australia. We are also
learning a range of language to discuss school experiences.
Towards the end of Term 3, students will be required to create a written recount,
in Japanese, of their favourite school day. In Term 4, they will undertake a
reading comprehension task based on a letter from a Japanese school.
How can I help my child with their Language learning?
There are many ways! Here are some my top picks:
Encourage your child to share with you what they are learning in their Japanese lessons each
week! What interesting facts can they remember?
Ask your child to become the Sensei and have them teach you some Japanese words and phrases.
This roleplay will help them to consolidate what they are learning about in class!
Access a large collection of language learning websites, resources and games at my Learning
Pathway. Go to The Learning Place website: http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/
Next, select Middle and then Student Space. Here, type in the access key: L2853485. This will
take you to Weatherley Sensei’s Japanese Pathway. Lots of learning and fun to be had!
Here are links to several of the Hiragana script learning websites we use in class:
Usagi-Chan’s Genki Resource Page: https://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/hiragana-
timer.html
Kana Invaders : https://learnjapanesepod.com/kana-invaders/
Online Nihongo : http://www.onlinenihongo.com/
If you own a smart phone or tablet, there are plenty of great, FREE Hiragana (Japanese
script) and Japanese language learning apps.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Debbie Weatherley
Language Teacher
The Australian Electoral Commission
is currently preparing for the next
Federal Election. We are seeking in-
terested people in the Wowan area
to work on polling day.
If you are interested in working for us, please go online to www.aec.gov.au, click on the “Working at elections” ad and click on Register.
Also, if you have changed address and not yet updated your details on the electoral roll or need to check your details please go to our website: www.aec.gov.au or call 13 23 26.
