KAWUNGAN COURIER Helping Each Other Achieve Excellence Issue 3 Thursday, 5th March 2020 2019 2018

Kawungan State School Email: principal@kawunganss.eq.edu.au Grevillea Street Phone: 07 4197 9111 KAWUNGAN QLD 4655 Fax: 07 4197 9100

KEEPING IN TOUCH

Striving for Excellence The Principal award for this week was presented to students who are ‘Striving for Excellence’. Congratulations to those individuals who received this award, it is great to see our students aspiring to be the best they can be. On parade this week, we talked about the importance of striving for excellence and highlighted to the children 4 things that could help them achieve this:

1. Believe in yourself 2. Develop a plan 3. Learn from others who have achieved

excellence, reflect on what these people have done.

4. Work hard……..hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard!

Book Fair There is information inside this edition regarding the book fair currently on display in the library. Library staff have done an amazing job setting this up and I would encourage everyone to check out the opening times and have a look. AFL Gala Day - 28/02 What a fantastic day of AFL we had on Friday! Considering many of our students didn’t have much experience playing AFL we did quite well. Congratulations to our boys and girls ‘A’ teams who brought home the trophies. Good luck to our students who will be heading to Maroochydore later in the year for the next round of competition. Thanks Mr Dalton and Mrs Robertson for training our students and Mrs Barker for managing the teams on Friday. A big thanks to the parents who helped out also, especially Mr Miller and Mrs Brokate.

Mark Jones PRINCIPAL

P&C NEWS The Kawungan Lunchbox

“Helping each other to achieve healthiness” EFTPOS available. Open Tuesday – Friday from 8:15am

Forms went out this week for our Easter Treat Deal. Please have your orders and money back to The Lunchbox by Friday 20th March if you would like your children to be a part of this special Easter fundraiser. Thank you. AGM + Chocolate = You! On Monday 9th March at 6.30pm we will hold our AGM. All positions will be declared open and you can join us as we welcome in a new committee. It's a wonderful way to meet some of our amazing dedicated volunteers and find out what is going on around our beautiful school. You don't have to take a position but you can make a difference by showing your support for those that do. Come and join us for a cuppa and join in on some of the important conversations that have helped create the fun, positive and successful merry band that we know and love as the P&C family. Kettle goes on in the back of the library at 6.30pm. Hope to see you there! P.S. we have chocolate! The Uniform Shop We are open every Monday and Friday 8:30-9:30am . EFTPOS available. If you would like to purchase items outside of our volunteering hours please grab a form from the office and we can deliver your purchases to your child’s classroom. Parent Cafe Thanks everyone who has popped in and joined us for a cuppa this year. It's lovely to see some friendly familiar faces and always great to meet some new ones. Come and join us in the Uniform Shop 8:30-9:30 each Friday. Children under school age are welcome. Picture Products All forms and payments are due this Friday 6th March. Templates are due week 9. Thank you to the families that have already placed their orders. Fun Run Is Here How exciting, it's fun run time again. All sponsorship forms and information have gone home to families so it's up to you now to start looking for ways to earn those sponsorship dollars. Have fun and go, go, go!

SCHOOL NEWS Principal’s Awards “Being Helpful and Kind to Others”

PK Liam, Izaac

PA Ellie, Tanner

PW Josie, Korbin

PU Adelaide, Mattia

PN Kyah, Harrison

1K Kooper, Aurora

1A Noah, Wyatt

1W Olivia, Mia

1U Miriam

1N Bella, Seth

1G Paige

1/2S Charlotte

2K Eli, Paityn

2A Alexis, Jaxson

2W Lucas, Isaac

2U Ajay, Jennifer

2N Hayley, Archie

2G Hannah, Chase

3K Isaac, Jasmine

3A Kinci, Alicia

3W Connor, Aila

3U Bentley, Maddison

3N Rhylie, Ashton

3G Arialle, Xavier

4K Max, Molly

4A Amelia, Harlan

4W Rebekah, Darcy

4U Roman, Kallie

4N Scarlett, Ava

5K Yvette , Madison

5A Jessica, Siana

5W Rohan, Samantha

5U Charlotte, Ben

5N Maiya, Jack

5/6S Vhan

6K Rachael, William

6A Vaughn, Jack

6W Sophie, Lucas

6U Emily, Ebony

6N Georgia, Mackinlay

NAPLAN Online 2020 This year Kawungan State School Year 3 and 5 students will complete NAPLAN using online test administration. The only session that won’t be online will be the Year 3 Writing. As such, we are making sure that students are ready for this by ensuring they feel comfortable using the technology to answer the questions. Students will conduct practice tests leading up to NAPLAN on 12th - 21st May, 2020. There is also a public website for any parents to visit

who wish to have a look at how their child will view the tests. The address is: https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment. On the left hand side is a section titled ‘Public Demonstration Site’. If you have any further queries or concerns, please contact Deputy Principal, Mr David Lawton or Deputy Principal, Mrs Rachel Burke. Prep N WOW! What a great start to the year for our new prep students! In Prep N, we have been learning all about the school rules:-

Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible We made a ‘Class Rule’ book and students take the book home to show their parents. Before we can learn to read and write, we have to have phonological awareness. Therefore, in Prep N we have been doing many activities to build these skills, for example; clapping/counting syllables, recognising rhyme and identifying the first sound in words. Here we are developing these skills!

Another important area to develop in the early years is our fine and gross motor skills. Fine motor skills are small movements, such as picking up small objects

and holding a spoon. Gross motor skills are the bigger movements, such as rolling over, sitting and kicking. Here we are developing these skills!

So much fun in Prep

PE NEWS Music Uniforms If your child is in Senior Choir, Strings or Concert Band, can you please ensure that they have a music shirt. Order forms were sent home this week and are due back on Monday, 23rd March. We will be ordering new shirts very soon and we only order once a year, so it is very important that you place an order to ensure that your child does not miss out. Email Mr Gillard sent an email to all families in Senior Choir, Strings and Concert Band. If you did not receive this email please email Mr Gillard at sgill71@eq.edu.au so that you can be added onto the mailing list.

LIBRARY NEWS Book Fair Book Fair is now on at Kawungan Library! We are open for selling on Monday 9th March until Wednesday 11th March, from 8.15 a.m. to 8:45am, during First Break 11:15 to 11:45am and 3:00pm to 4:00pm. A great selection of books, posters and stationary is available for purchase by cash or EFTPOS. Every purchase helps earn learning and literacy resources for our school. Every child has a chance to win a $10 Voucher to spend at Book Fair. All they have to do is place their signed “Wish List” in the boxes at the Library by Tuesday afternoon 10th March, and they’re in with a chance. Parents of the draw winners will be contacted. Fingers crossed your child is one of the Lucky ones!

Fraser Coast Libraries Our Fraser Coast Library has some amazing activities on offer. Check out the fliers at the end of the newsletter for further details.

PE NEWS Below are the significant dates for sports and HBDS this term.

Sports Dates Term 1

13/03 First round HBD Netball trials 17/03 HBD Basketball and Touch trials 20/03 call back HBD Netball trials 24/03 HBD Soccer, Hockey, RL, Tennis 27/3 Year 5/6 Gala Day 01/04 School Fun Run (whole school)

Jump Rope for Heart

Year 4 Jump Off

session

Tuesday 12:30-

1:20pm 10/03

Year 5 Jump Off

session

Tuesday 2-3pm 10/03

Year 6 Jump Off

session – wear red,

gold coin donation

Friday 2-3pm 13/03

We already have over $1800 raised, thanks to the families who have signed up online! We are well on our way to reaching our goal of $3000! All fundraising is to be completed by

Friday 6th March so we can announce our fundraising efforts at the Jump

Off sessions in week 7. Those students who have raised funds offline need to bring their forms in by Friday with the funds raised to the office. Our top 3 fundraisers at the moment are Ava (Yr 4), Shiloh (Yr 4) and Cameron A (Yr 5) who combined have raised over $700! Our top 3 classes are 4N ($700), 5U ($400) and 6K ($180).

Wear red Friday 13/03/20 and bring a gold

coin donation!

This is a whole school free dress day, if not

wearing red just wear school uniform.

5/6 Gala day – 27/03 The 5/6 gala day is on 27th March. Students will start training for this on Friday afternoons. Notes have gone home this week and are due back next Friday 13th March. If your child is playing Rugby League or hockey please ensure they bring their mouthguard to the training sessions and on the day. The sports on offer are: netball, touch football, soccer, tennis (limited numbers), rugby league and hockey. Fun Run (whole school) This will occur in the last week of Term 1, on Wednesday 1st April. Training sessions start in week 7 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings before school at 8:15am for any students in Years 3-6. Those students who are in the boys and girls ‘A’ teams for AFL are expected to be at these training sessions.

COMMUNITY NEWS Helping Hands Kawungan Care

Helping Hands Network operates in the Kawungan State School hall/grounds. We pride ourselves on providing your child/ren with fun, play-based learning experiences before and after school as

well as during the school holidays. Whether your child attends the Kawungan OSHC daily or only occasionally, each visit is an exciting and engaging adventure. Contact our Kawungan coordinator, Mac on 0429 836 879 or email kawungan@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au to make an enquiry. Brochures are also available at the school office.

School’s Officer, full-time temporary position until 26 March 2021 unless otherwise determined. Position Status Temporary Position type Full-time Closing date 15 March 2020 Yearly salary $49178 - $57318 Job Duration Temporary period until

26 March 2021 unless otherwise determined

Contact person Kacey Zirkel Contact details 4197 0110 Apply here: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-NCR339263-20T