31 Aug 2021 Issue 35

254 Pease Street, Cairns QLD 4870 ● PO Box 493H Edge Hill QLD 4870 ● Email: admin@edgehillss.eq.edu.au “The Department of Education and Training trading as Education Queensland International (EQI) – CRICOS Provider Number 00608A”

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3 September Pupil Free Day

17 September Last Day of Term 3

CONTACT

NUMBERS

School Office 4037 9555

Student

Absence Line 4037 9566

Text Absence 0418 138 789

School Shop 4037 9512

Tuckshop 4037 9572

Outside School Hours Care Enquiries &

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Dental Clinic 1300 300 850

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I have been here for two weeks and I have learnt so much about the wonderful Edge Hill State School and learning community. I admire greatly the work the teachers are doing with students and I am in awe of the welcoming and respectful behaviours that the students embrace in their interactions every day. We all agree that COVID Normal is great and everyone was relieved to rid ourselves face masks. The return to more normal operations across Queensland has meant some of the planned Term 3 activities are now able to go ahead – just more localised. Our school choir will complete in Choral Fanfare but will be performing at the St Monica’s Cathedral next Thursday 2nd of September. A State Adjudicator will be present to judge the students and the performance will be recorded. Finalist from years 4, 5, and 6 will be competing at the Rotary speaking competition next week, and netballers will compete in the Fowler Cup.

I attended my first P&C meeting on Wednesday evening. This was a good meeting and the committee are very focussed on how they can improve the school facilities and provide services that support the community to engage in education. Keep an eye out for activities and events that you can be involved in to support the school community and continue to make Edge Hill SS the great place it is for learning.

I also raised with the P&C a concern about some

negative and repeated interactions by a very small

number of parents who are not showing respect to

teachers and other staff when they are arriving to collect

children from school. We understand that sometimes

people are busy, or that they may be upset about

something that has occurred between students during

the school day. The staff here are dedicated to the safety

and wellbeing of everyone who attends and works at the

school. We make every effort to investigate and resolve

issues as they occur, and of course contact parents as

necessary. We ask that everyone remain calm and work

together for the best outcome when issues do occur.

This is a great model for students so they learn how to

manage their own problems. However, negative

behaviour from parents will not be tolerated. Posters

and messages about parent conduct will be put up in

classroom and around Admin to remind everyone what

we expect from you.

Ken Schaumberg

A/Principal Edge Hill SS

Principal’s Pen continued

We have a School Council meeting coming up in Week 9. We currently have a vacancy for an appointed member on the school council.

The Edge Hill State School Council meets four times annually to support the broad strategic vision and direction of the school. The School Council monitors the school strategic plan, approves and monitors the implementation of strategic plans and policies of the school and provides advice to the Principal about the strategic direction of the school. The School Council membership is made up of the Principal and P&C President who are both official Members, an elected Staff Member, an elected Parent Member and two appointed members.

To be eligible for appointment as an appointed member, a person must:

a) not already be a member of the school council;

b) not have been convicted of an indictable offence, unless the Minister gives approval under the Act;

c) have knowledge and experience that would assist the school council to perform its functions; and

d) reflect the local community context.

The official and elected members present at a meeting of the school council may decide:

a) who is to be asked to become an appointed member; or

b) to seek nominations from persons wishing to become an appointed member, before deciding who is to be asked to become an appointed member.

A person becomes an appointed member of the school council if:

a) the school council asks the person to become an appointed member;

b) the person agrees to become an appointed member; and

c) the school council makes a decision to appoint the person at a school council meeting.

Each appointed member holds office for a term, not longer than two years, determined by the school council prior to deciding to appoint a person as an appointed member.

If you are interested in joining the school council please email an Expression of Interest to the Principal:

principal@edgehillss.eq.edu.au

Next week (week 8) will be a short week with a Student Free Day on Friday 3rd of September. The last day of term will be September 17 - only 3 weeks away.

PREP, YEAR 1 & YEAR 2 NEWSPREP, YEAR 1 & YEAR 2 NEWS Book Week – Teachers made the week so much fun and engaging, dressing up as their favourite characters and

students sharing their favourite books. Students in 1B designed new covers for their favourite book.

Prep E & F Science: They made the best and most creative hats for either a rainy or a sunny day! They explained

what materials they used, the properties of the materials and why they were suitable for the hat they made.

Year 1 Fire Education:

On Wednesday we had a visit from the Cairns Fire Fighters to help us learn about fire safety. It was great to meet

our local fire officers and see what they look like when they are all dressed up in their protective gear.

Year 1 are learning to remember the fire safety rules and learning their address and what to say when they call 000. Fire safety is important. Do you have a fire evacuation plan at your home? The fire fighters will return in a few weeks so the children can see all their equipment, use the fire-hose and climb up into the fire truck. This visit was very timely, as the whole school practised a ‘lockdown’ and a ‘fire evacuation’ this week. Ask your child the difference between the two alarms.

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PREP , YEAR 1 & YEAR 2 NEWS continued...PREP , YEAR 1 & YEAR 2 NEWS continued...

The Prep cohort recently received a heap of new resources for their outdoor gross motor

program and lunchtime activities. Prep D tested out some of the new items on Fun

Friday at our weekly obstacle course. There was a new basketball hoop, scooter boards

and swing and trapeze sets and they were a real hit!

Our gross motor program has many benefits for developing

bodies such as:

• assisting confidence and self esteem

• boosting their ability to risk assess

• encourage physical literacy

• promote brain development

We are all very excited waiting for work to start on our new Prep playground. Watch this space!

Year 2 will conclude their Science Unit ‘All mixed up’ this term. They have investigated different mixtures and whether or not these mixtures can be separated. They have had lots of hands on experimenting with different liquids and ingredients. They will finish their unit with making ‘Rocky Road’. Students will use the following ingredients; milk chocolate, lolly snakes, smarties, marshmallows, coconut, icing sugar and rice bubbles. Once the ingredients have been combined in the mixture students will investigate whether they can be separated. After we have completed our investigation students will have the option to ‘eat’ their small portion.

PREP , YEAR 1 & YEAR 2 NEWS continued...PREP , YEAR 1 & YEAR 2 NEWS continued...

Year 2 - BeeBots, Cubetto, and Algorithms made for some really exciting activities in the Innovation Centre. What a really fun time we all had learning about creating an algorithm for the Cubetto to move. Students used commands such as; forward, turn right, turn left, backward.

Kathy STREET

Deputy Principal

Years Prep, 1 & 2

1B Students of The Week

YEAR 3 & 4 NEWSYEAR 3 & 4 NEWS

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been presenting many Reading Challenge Certificates to Year 3

and 4 students. Congratulations to all of those students on a fantastic effort. This year’s Reading

Challenge theme has been “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds”. The Reading Challenge is about

promoting and encouraging family reading and improving links between home and school. I trust that

you have been encouraging your child to read daily. The benefits of children reading every day are that it:

boosts vocabulary and literacy skills, improves writing skills, builds confidence and independence, broadens

minds and develops empathy, sparks imagination and stimulates curiosity. Readers are leaders!

Pokémon cards are quite popular at the moment. The messages we are giving students in relation to the

cards are:

• Students can go to the library during both breaks to ‘battle’ and/or look at

each other’s cards.

• If you bring Pokémon cards to school it is at your own risk

• NO trading / buying / giving away cards

• Cards must be kept in your bag during class time

• Teachers will not be dealing with lost or stolen cards or unfair “trades”

I had the pleasure of being invited to Year 3 classes to attend their

“Multiplication Fair”. It was wonderful to see how excited and proud the

students were to challenge their classmates and solve multiplication word

problems they had created themselves. Students had to use a number of

strategies to solve the problems. I encourage you to ask your child about

arrays, mad triangles, number lines and using manipulatives to represent

groups. Check out our Facebook page for more photos from the fairs.

Year 4s are really enjoying being back in the pool on Wednesdays and Fridays. The focus this term is Water

Safety and survival skills for deep water. Swimming is part of the Physical Education Curriculum and all students

are expected to participate. Please provide a note to the teacher if your child is unable to swim.

Year 3 Students of The Week

YEAR 3 NEWSYEAR 3 NEWS

YEAR 4 NEWSYEAR 4 NEWS

This semester Year 4 is doing a Health unit on strategies to keep healthy. We are predominantly looking at what is a balanced diet and why we need to have a balanced diet. This includes the five food groups in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and learning what each group gives our bodies. Students may at some stage bring home a record sheet of what they are eating in one week. Later in the unit we will also look at food labels and how to read the information contained on food packaging. You may want to discuss these and related concepts with your child. This unit is done sometime in semester 2 and classes will be at different stages at any particular time.

In English this term students are writing an imaginative text based around a cultural story. They are getting exceptionally good at using, ‘Show don’t tell,’ with compound sentences. This shows how a character is feeling and sets the mood of the story. For example, ‘I feel scared,’ is changed to, ‘My legs were shaking like a leaf and my heart was beating like a train.’ These types of sentences make their writing so much more exciting and it makes them excited to write too. Next the students are creating a multimodal text for their story. Images, illustrations they have created and from

a bank of images, are uploaded to Powerpoint. They then manipulate their images, considering the visual

elements to that match the mood of their text. If they want they can then add sound too! Using ICT’s in this way

makes for imaginative and interesting ways to meet the General Capability in our curriculum and students are so

proud of their polished published work.

3F and Ms Way went on a bear hunt ‘for book week!

‘Going On A Bear Hunt’

You can read the story below and have your own bear hunt at home. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Iou5LV9dRP0

YEAR 5 NEWS YEAR 5 NEWS

As the weather begins to warm, please make sure your child has applied sunscreen, has a hat and drink bottle to

stay hydrated throughout the day.

The Year 5 students are currently preparing and writing their poetry analysis where they identify language features and text structures within a poem and how this affects the audience. In Maths we have been learning about measurement including capacity, area, perimeter and volume. HASS has been busy with the Gold Rush and getting prepared for our end of term celebration for Gold Rush Day. Students are encouraged to dress up (not compulsory). In Bike Education, students have had the opportunity to go outside the school and ride their bikes safely using their new knowledge. In Science and Technology students have learnt about the International Space Station and how science inventions help us in our everyday life. Students have also been designing and creating their Mars Rover using pasta!

Today (31st of August), the year 5 teachers will be offering their Parent Teacher Interviews in the PAC.

As the term is quickly winding down, the year 5s should be working on their Awards of Excellence applications.

Some students will be earning their Bronze this term.

On 16th September, 2019 (Thursday week 10), we will be holding a Year 5 Gold Rush Day. This is part of our

semester 2 HASS program. The aims of the activities are to provide opportunities for students to experience life

as miners in the 1850s (around the time of the Eureka Stockade). Students are invited to dress up in a 1850s

style mining costume (European or Chinese) or like a governor, governor’s wife or an olden day trooper. Best

dressed awards for each class will be handed out on the day.

YEAR 6 NEWS YEAR 6 NEWS

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What we need:

• Large to very large pots - 2nd hand is perfect ( min 50—80cm diameter) • vary sizes of width and length of PVC pipes - off cuts from a job • PVC elbows • clean rocks • plants that like water • bright coloured water based exterior paints suitable for plastic (non toxic) • base coat/primer for pipes and pots Donations can go to the office or classroom .

From the School Captains,

Hendrix, Frankie, Cassidy and Anton

YEAR 6 NEWS YEAR 6 NEWS

Last Tuesday, students began their dance collaboration with Cairns High School. By all accounts, all students

enjoyed their first session with the Year 10 students choreographing & teaching our classes. What amazing

progress was seen in just one lesson! We look forward to seeing more budding ‘dance stars’ this week!

Volcanoes have certainly been ‘on show’ within our cohort! Students have begun presenting their research on

their chosen volcano. We have observed some fantastic presentations so far! Some students have also created a

3D model, complete with an impending eruption! Some Year 6 classes are also creating a seismograph.

This term, students have been studying Author’s Style in English and are currently writing their assessment piece.

Students have been entertained with two stories by the same author, Elizabeth Honey. They will present their

findings within a panel discussion format and will be challenged with clarifying questions from other panellists.

.Jamie Gosling FNQ Schools Football Competition

We have so many keen football stars here at Edge Hill State School that we have been able to register three

teams into the Jamie Gosling Football Competition this year!

Teams will be travelling to the Holloways Beach Sporting Complex on Wednesday 1st September to compete

against other schools from across our region. Our school won the competition in its inaugural year in 2019 and

finished 3rd last year, so we are very excited to compete again and try to regain the title! Good luck to all

players, it will be a fantastic day for everyone involved.

Marlin Coast Netball Competition

We would like to wish our netball girls all the best in the upcoming Marlin Coast Netball

Competition on Thursday 2nd September. This competition is played by a huge number

of teams from across the region, from Tully to Weipa. Our school has had amazing success

in the past, winning it for 4 years in a row! Good luck to our teams for this year and your

quest to achieve 5 straight wins. We are sure you will have a great day whatever the result,

and represent your school with pride.

“Mini Roos” Football Program

Continuing with our soccer news, our grade 3 and 4 students have started training with the ‘Mini Roos’

Football Program on Thursday mornings. This program is running until the end of term and students are

learning the game of football in a modified game-based program delivered by qualified coaches. It is wonderful

to see so many students out on the oval before school participating in this program and enjoying being active.

Keep up the good work.

Lunchtime sport activities run by

the PE House Captain

Prep—Year 3 games and

sports activities

Cindy MARRON

Dean ASHTON

Carmel BAKURSKI

It has been fantastic to have all the choirs, ensembles and orchestras rehearsing again after 2 weeks off due to lockdown and restrictions.

Year 1 and 2 choir now rehearses every Monday morning in X block 8.10am-8.40am and the combined Year 3-6 (Gold and Maroon) choir rehearse every Wednesday morning 7.45am-8.45am in the Innovation centre from next week - Week 9.

This week will be the final week for the Gold and Maroon choir to rehearse separately.

as the Maroon choir will complete their Choral Fanfare journey on Thursday morning when they perform for adjudicators and videographers at St Monicas Cathedral. The adjudication and filming of each choir will not be in a ‘concert’ environment. Unfortunately, there will be no audience with each school asked to arrive at their set time, warm up, perform, be adjudicated, and leave the venue ensuring that we are abiding by all the relevant COVID guidelines. However, it is the finals and this choir have worked extremely hard to get there.

Thank you to the students and families involved in the Maroon choir for their patience and support throughout this competition.

Students are reminded that they arrive at school by 8.30am on Thursday dressed in their Maroon choir finals performance uniform. Plain black trousers, plain black shoes, plain black socks. If t-shirts are not available to pick up until Wednesday, we ask that students arrive in their usual school uniform shirts and they will be able to change at school. Students, please need to have packed their usual school uniform in their school bag a water bottle and a packed lunch with nothing in it that needs refrigeration.

Junior Concert Band rehearses every Monday morning 7.45-8.45am in the PAC. This band provides a performance platform for all beginner woodwind, brass and percussion students. Thank you to the music captains and Year 6 percussionists that have attended to assist these students with set up and routines.

Year 2 and 3 students will be given the opportunity in classroom music this week to bring home an expression of interest letter regarding joining our instrumental programs next year.

Year 2 students can choose a string instrument and Year 3 students a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument. If letters do not make it home please contact Miss Curtis on rcurt35@eq.edu.au and one will be sent electronically. Families are reminded that these are only an expression of interest and do not guarantee a place.

At the beginning of this term a mid-year recruitment took place for our woodwind and brass program. Unfortunately, due to teacher illness and restrictions this recruitment has still to be finalised. Successful students will be notified soon and will begin lessons next term.

Miss Curtis has been pleasantly surprised during musical rehearsals and is glad that students remembered most of the choreography and lyrics after 2 weeks off.

All rehearsals are on as normal and students are reminded to check the timetable on the music room window every Monday morning to ensure rehearsals are not missed.

Any questions or queries please contact Miss Curtis on rcurt35@eq.edu.au.

Thank you The Music Department

Rachel CURTIS

MUSIC TEACHER

ROTARY SPEAKING CONTEST

Our reps for the Finals are below.

Key info is here:

• VENUE: CAIRNS SHERIDAN HOTEL

• DATE: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST

TIME: 6.00 pm (with students required to be there by 5.45 pm) Each speaker will be able to bring ONE SUPPORT PERSON ONLY

Mr Adam Hooper Head of Teaching and Learning

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P & C NEWS

Position Vacant

P&C Operations Manager – Permanent Part Time

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and highly organised person to assist the Executive committee of the

P&C Association at Edge Hill State School. Wage as per the Parents and Citizens Award – State 2016.

The position will be permanent part time, 15 hours a week.

Experience within a P&C or other incorporated entity advantages, but not necessary. If you would like further

information on the role, please email pandc@edgehillss.eq.edu.au

Applications must be submitted before close of business, 3:00pm Friday 17 September 2021.

EDTV

A small number of $1 to $5 items will be available for purchase on Thursday morning from 8:15am to 8:45am, in the covered area. Please bring small change to reduce the need for cash handling. Possibility that $10 mystery bags will be for sale if not sold out prior.

The P&C and Edge Hill State School would like to say a very big thank you to Yvonne Gardner.

Yvonne has been part of the P&C team for over 14 years, as the president and more recently as the operations manager. Her knowledge and expertise has been invaluable, and she will be greatly missed by the team. We wish

her well in the future.

This week’s Yo My Goodness

winner is :

Jah—Lion 2D Please come to the Tuckshop to collect your

delicious prize

Regards from the Tuckshop Team

Dory, Tanya & Kath

To view our

Tuckshop

menu: click on

the sandwich!

We are a Flexi School

Download the app here to order online

COMMUNITY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS

If you would like to order Icy Poles for your child’s Birthday , please do it via Flexi schools. Go to Icy Pole Bucket, and then add the no. of icy poles required!

The school uniform shop opening hours have changed.

New Opening Hours are:

Monday 8:15—9:30

Tuesday 8:15—9:30

Wednesday CLOSED

Thursday 8:15—9:30

Friday 8:15—9:30

Please ensure you sign on with the Covid App near the door.

**No Sushi until Term 4

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

Edge Hill Reading Challenge LIBRARY NEWS

Edge Hill Reading

Challenge Update!

LANGUAGE NEWS

Japanese News

This term we have welcomed two new Japanese teachers, Mrs Renee McAtamney and Mrs Michelle Smith, to Edge Hill State School. McAtamney Sensei is teaching Year 5 Japanese, and Smith Sensei is teaching Year 3.

A reminder for Year 5 and Year 6 that students can revise, practise, and even extend their Japanese language learning using the online language learning suite - Education Perfect. If students need passwords reset, they can see McAtamney Sensei or me, Stevenson Sensei. They can also email me on rstev85@eq.edu.au

Taiko Drumming - Year 4 Opportunity

We have a small but dedicated group of taiko drummers who have been meeting weekly, when they have been able to, since late 2019. Before some of our members move on to high school in 2022, they would love to share what they have learned with the next group of EHSS taiko drummers.

If your child is in Year 4 and interested in finding out more about taiko drumming, remind them to please let Stevenson Sensei or Mrs Curtis know.

Library Volunteer Opportunity

Have you been looking for a way to help our school? Maybe you have super skills with book covering and sorting or would just like to come along and lend a hand.

Recently we have acquired many new books and library resources! We are so excited to get these into the collection so that students can start to use them as soon as possible.

Not a ninja with adhesive book covering? Don't worry, we have plenty of other ways that you can help!

Parents and carers are invited to come to our Library Working Bee on Wednesday 15 September between 9am - 2:30pm. Come for the whole day if you would like to- or call in for a shorter time! It is up to you! All are welcome.

We will even make sure there is tea, coffee and refreshments available on the day!

For catering and planning purposes, please let us know if you will be able to make it on the day by emailing rstev85@eq.edu.au

Looking forward to a productive library session and to seeing our wonderful new resources in use in classrooms and at home.

Regan Stevenson

Congratulations

1D

6E

Reading Challenge finishes at

the end of week 9. You still

have plenty of time to finish

your Challenge maps. “Reading for curiosity is better than reading

for self-improvement.” Shane Parish (Author)

COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

Thank you to Brumby’s Bakery

at Edge Hill for their generous

support of our school.

Danny Reid Phone: 07 4041 1415

Fax: 07 4041 0716 Mobile: 0412 401 921

23 Anderson St Manunda, Cairns

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