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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Hello Parents / Carers and Members of our School community

Welcome back to another Numinbah Valley school term and the commencement of the last 10 weeks of 2019. While we have no students leaving us this year we have two new starters in the new-year. This will build our enrolment to seventeen giving us a student in every year level for 2020 that we have not had for several years. Camp Term three finished well with our annual school camp to Lake Ainsworth. Our stu-dents enjoyed a variety of new and exciting experiences during the three days putting together some awesome memories, sharing in fun, engaging activities and learning about themselves and their peers. My initial feedback from students was very positive in reference to the range of activities, the accommodation and im-portantly, the food. It has always been our intention for the whole school to partici-pate in these annual camps to share the experiences and particularly the memories. Even prior to this camp students were reliving previous camp experiences at various venues building the anticipation and excitement as our departure date approached. Two thousand and nineteen was no different. The camp began with marine studies followed on Thursday morning with the boys going for a long walk along the beach. After breakfast our group participated in rock climbing and archery while making and cooking damper was the activity that completed the second day. So after com-bining with the other schools during the full-on, non-stop night games we had some very tired little vegemites. The dining room was well organised over our two days and cleverly facilitated by camp staff. Numinbah Valley students all had more than adequate to choose from during each meal and absolutely plenty to eat. Friday morning was beautiful and sunny with kayaking on the lake in a well-organised, safe environment. Our group loved this activity as did Mrs Yaun and Mrs Maguire. Dur-ing camp, our students, to their credit, generally conducted themselves in an order-ly and well-behaved fashion following instructions from camp staff in a prompt and respectful manner. I want to thank Mrs Yaun and Mrs Maguire for their efforts in supporting students during camp going above and beyond ensuring all our participants had a fulfilling experience. Facilities As you may have noticed we have had some work done to improve the visual ap-peal at our school’s entry and the adjacent gardens, paths and outside seating area. It is anticipated that in due course we will look at having a shade structure erected over that seating area to facilitate both an outdoor learning area and a games hub. We have discussed the P&C contributing to the overall cost and will be consulting closely with them and the school community around establishing new gardens attending closely to the type of plants to enhance the overall visual appeal. All sug-gestions are welcome as we move into the warmer weather and give the current beds some time to settle.

IN THIS EDITION

Principal’s Report

Classroom Connect

P&C News

Camp Photos

Community Notices

COMING UP

October

18 P&C Meeting

26 RAW Challenge

27 RAW Challenge

28 Grandparents Day

November

13 Japanese Dinner

15 P&C Meeting

22 Swimming Carnival

December

6 P&C Meeting

7 Christmas Tree

13 Last Day

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Week Beginning 14 October 2019

Numinbah Valley State School NEWSLETTER

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Facilities - Continued In addition, we have put the wheels in motion ordering an extensive variety of colourful line marking across the concrete surfaces around our school. These include snakes and ladders, activity track, hopscotch, number grid, compass-clock and our school logo. This will not only brighten up the school but will also provide our stu-dents with a range of engaging visual games and learning activities to support their learning during playtime. Swimming Lessons / Carnival As most of you are aware, swimming lessons have commenced on Tuesdays, for six weeks. Please ensure you have made arrangements for you child/children’s transport to and from the Nerang Aquatic Centre. Lessons commence at 2:00pm requiring departure from school no later than 1:25pm so that arrival is punctual and stu-dents are ready to go. Parents are responsible for collecting students from the Nerang Pool promptly at 3:00pm. If you need to car pool, start the process early rather than leaving it till last minute. Our annual swimming carnival for 3-6 students will be conducted on Friday 22nd of November at the Mudgeeraba Pool, not the Nerang Pool. This event is convened by the Springbrook State School and as in pre-vious years combines the four hinterland schools, Currumbin Valley, Ingleside, Springbrook and Numinbah. It will also be interesting to see how our return to Mudgee Pool goes after two years at the Nerang complex. Classroom During this term our student’s work in English will revolve around poetry. Students will analyse texts by ex-ploring the context, purpose and audience and how language features and language devices can be adapted to create new meaning. Students will write and present to a familiar audience, an adaptation of a poem, using appropriate speaking skills. Students read a rhyming text and explore ways in which the language features and devices can be highlighted in performance through the use of pace, pitch, tone, volume and gesture. The ap-plication of this unit aligns very closely with the skills necessary for our fortnightly oral presentations. Mathe-matics during term four will look at location, symmetry and aspects of number and number sense in varying levels of complexity across the six year levels. During term three we covered fractions, probability and meas-urement, dependent on year level and again in varying degrees of complexity and scope. Absenteeism For those parents and carers who find it necessary for their child or children to remain home during a school term it is crucial that the school is advised providing a plausible reason. Taking holidays during a school term while sometimes unavoidable, can be detrimental to a student’s progress. While acknowledging that each de-cision is compelled by illness or a never ending list of priorities it is important for your child/children’s records to be updated and a reason documented for their absenteeism. Unexplained is the only reason we can submit if you neglect to provide us with a reasonable excuse for your child’s absence. Japanese Dinner Our dinner, traditionally held during term four will be on Wednesday 13th November at Shogun Restaurant on Ferry Road in Southport. Normally we will be in for the early bird special commencing at 5:30 pm allowing plenty of time to ensure a reasonable early night for a school night. We will be sending information home soon and will anticipate confirmation of numbers a fortnight prior. It is always a great night and I look forward to a great family roll up to share the evening with our students. Swimming Lessons Yearly swimming lessons are funded out of the school’s budget and are part of our curriculum offering at Nu-minbah Valley. Our whole school enrolment is scheduled to attend each Tuesday afternoon for a period of six weeks and we are invoiced regardless by the Nerang Aquatic Centre. If your child does not attend swimming lessons, we will have to start invoicing parents for the costs as of next year.

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SCIENCE

Juniors: Toy factory

In this unit, students will understand how a push or pull affects how an object moves or changes shape. They un-derstand that science involves asking questions about and describing changes in the way an object moves or can be moved and how this knowledge is used in their daily lives. They pose questions and make predictions about changes that can affect how an object moves, and investigate and explain how pushes and pulls cause move-ment in objects, comparing their observations with predictions. They use informal measurements to make and compare observations about movement and sort information about the way toys move. They then apply this sci-ence knowledge in explaining how pushes and pulls can be used to change the movement of a toy or object they create.

Senior: Magnetic Moves

In this unit the students understand the forces exerted by magnets of different size, shape. They will conduct investigations to identify and group the materials which are attracted to magnets. They will consider the strength of magnets of different shapes and the impact of magnetic forces over differing distances and the way magnets attract and/or repel each other. . They will pose questions and make predictions about the magnetic forces operating through different materials. They will observe the magnetic fields surrounding magnets and the pull exerted by gravity. This science unit integrates with the Technology unit and students will create a game which includes the use of magnetic forces.

TECHNOLOGY

Seniors: Pinball paradise

In this unit students will investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system, make a pinball machine, and design a games environment in which it can be used.

They will explore the role of people in engineering technology occupations and how they address factors that meet client needs. Students will apply these processes and production skills to:

investigating materials, technologies for shaping and joining, and how designs meet people's needs

generating and refining design ideas for a pinball machine and a games environment

producing a pinball machine that meets the design brief

evaluating their design and production processes

collaborating and managing by working with others and developing sequenced steps.

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ART Junior Visual Art

This term in our Visual Arts unit, Up, Down and all Around, the students will explore methods of abstraction and imaginative processes to communicate experiences, observations and personal connection to places. They will be creating with drawing, painting and collage techniques.

HASS

Juniors

In term 4 students will draw on studies at the personal and local scale, including familiar places, e.g. the commu-nity hall. They will recognise that the features of places can be natural, managed or constructed and identify and describe the natural, constructed and managed features of places.

They will represent local places using pictorial maps and describe local places using the language of direction and location.

Seniors

This term the students will identify the purpose of structures in the local community, such as local government, and the services these structures provide for people and places. They will investigate how people use, and are influenced by, environments and how sustainability is perceived in different ways by different groups and in-volves careful use of resources and management of waste. The students will propose actions for caring for the environment and meeting the needs of people.

HEALTH

Juniors

This term the students will identify and practise emotional responses that reflect their own and others' feelings. They will examine and demonstrate ways to include others in activities, and practise strategies to help them and others feel that they belong.

Seniors

In term 4 students will participate in partner and group activities to explore the communication skills of respect and empathy and how they support positive interactions. They will investigate how heritage and culture contrib-ute to identity

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P&C Meeting Friday 18th October at 3:30pm in the Classroom. Your attendance would be greatly appreciated as there are nu-merous events coming up in which we need everyone's support and assistance. A team effort is so important in ensuring a successful event and to ease the load off each busy parent.

RAW Challenge Volunteers Our next RAW Challenge fundraiser is next weekend the 26th & 27th October. This is one of the biggest fundrais-ers for the year and we need you! Numinbah Valley Hall Committee and P&C both work together by providing volunteers to assist at the RAW Challenge and also running a bar for this event. Please let Danni or Amelia know ASAP if you can spare a day or 2 during the weekend.

Tuckshop Another term another menu! Thank you to Mrs Yaun, Mirella and Belinda for cooking up yummy meals, as well as Sam, Eve and Jen for volunteering in the Tuckshop. It is really important we have as many contributors as pos-sible to keep tuckshop going and to keep prices down. If there aren’t enough volunteers to cook, prices will need to go up in order to purchase ready made food.

Garden Club Garden club is continuing on a Monday at 1pm. The students were so excited to plant their summer veggies on Monday, these included 2 varieties of cherry tomatoes, 2 varieties of cucumbers, corn and rosemary. The onions are going very strong and should be ready to pick in the coming weeks. Next week we will be planting a passion-fruit vine, watermelons and pumpkins.

The kids have been excited to see the progress of the worm farm each week as they munch away all the yummy scraps and grow in size.

If any parent would like to give an hour of their time to assist during the year, please let Amelia know. It is so easy, you don’t need to be a green thumb! After next week, it will just be watering, weeding and nurturing the young seedlings.

Grandparents and Grandfriends Day These invitations went home with your kids earlier this week for Monday 28th October at 1pm. Please pass these on to your children's Grandparents or any special family friend who they would like to attend. This day will include afternoon tea, sharing stories and a fun activity for them to complete together. Parents are also wel-come to come along and join in the fun.

Cent Auction Please note that due to a lack of time and assistance, the 2019 Cent Auction needs to be postponed. It is now booked in for February.

Christmas Tree 2019

This years Annual Christmas Tree event is just around the corner! Always a very exciting time for the school and students. We will need your assistance to pull this together so please ensure you are at this weeks P&C Meeting.

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