Caring - Sharing - Learning Together

3rd May 2018

PRINCIPAL’S

MESSAGE:

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ANZAC DAY

Education in the News: Recently, there has been increased speculation about educational practice with the release of the ‘Through Growth to Achievement Report’ by the Federal government. This media intensity will grow as the Fed-eral government consults with State Education Ministers later in the year. My professional learning over many years highlights the importance of new ideas. However, we must equally acknowledge proven practice and value local priorities. Over the past years, Mountain Creek has produced positive trends in National assessments. More importantly, there is a strong alignment between the com-munity’s expectations and curriculum programs within the school. These pro-grams cater for academic excellence, physical prowess, cultural and artistic pathways and supporting emotional needs. I look forward reflecting on emerging research about our National education system and links to the important work that teachers and parents do with chil-dren every day to support a broad range of learning outcomes. NAPLAN: As we move in the month of May, NAPLAN processes begin for stu-dents in Year 3 and Year 5. Families are reminded that NAPLAN will occur dur-ing Week 5 of Term 2. Our students will complete the National Assessment Pro-gram for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) from Tuesday, 15 May 2018 to Thursday, 17 May 2018. The Friday will be used for catch up tests in cases of absence. As can be inferred in my previous article, every week at Mountain Creek State School is about enjoying learning. This includes the NAPLAN week, so please ensure your children view it as a regular school routine to enjoy. If you have any questions or concerns, you can read the NAPLAN information for parents. Mother’s Day Stall: Please remember our wonderful P and C Association will be running a Mothers’ Day stall during Week 4. Funds raised will be banked to support air-conditioning plans. We will be starting the stall off on Wednesday 9, May 2018 for the special Preppies over in the Prep area from 8am. Everyone is welcome to come along Thursday, 10 May and Friday, 11 May 2018 from 8am outside the Tuckshop.

Last week students and staff rep-resented the Mountain Creek State School at the ANZAC march and parade at Cotton Tree. Our community demonstrated strong community spirit. Our school captains along with many other Mountain Creek stu-dents attended the march and wreath laying ceremony at the Cotton Tree Memorial on Mon-day. Harry and Evie placed the wreath on behalf of Mountain Creek State School. ANZAC Day commemorates the anniversary of the ANZAC tradi-tion when Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli.

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ANZAC DAY THANK YOU: Last week over 120 students and staff represented the Mountain Creek State School at the ANZAC march and parade at Cotton Tree. Our community demonstrated strong community spirit. This spe-cial day helped us to serve our community and acknowledges the many fallen soldiers and support personnel who have made Australia a safe and successful nation. Rob Van den Heuvel Principal

NEW CURRICULUM HUB

After lots of planning and patience we now have a wonderful ‘Curriculum Hub’ in the Resource Centre. This area will be used as a meeting place for school leaders, teachers and school community members. Here staff members can col-laborate around curriculum activities and directions for the future. It is the first time that teachers at Mountain Creek School have had their own purpose built space for curriculum planning.

Event Date

Labour Day Holiday Monday 7 May 2018

District Cross County Tuesday 8 May 2018

Mothers Day Stall Tuesday 8 May to Friday 11 May 2018

Parent Rep Meeting Thursday 10 May 2018

NAPLAN Years 3 and 5 Tuesday 15 May to Friday 18 May 2018

Under 8’s Week Monday 21 May to Friday 25 May 2018

Fun Run Friday 31 August 2018

2018 TERM 2 DATE CLAIMER

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SCHOOL CROSSING REMINDER

The safety of students travelling to and from school is one of the most im-portant issues for school communities. Please remember to use our school crossings when crossing the road outside the front of the school and at the back of the school on Hermosa Street. Students are asked to Be Safe, Be Responsible and Be Respectful at school which also applies to road rules.

Sharon, Gerry and Bonnie are our three resident Crossing Supervisors who make it their job to get you across the road safely. Please greet them with a big smile and listen to their instructions before crossing. It is a very busy time at school pickup and drop off so parking in designated parking bays helps keep the drop off zones safe. We ask parents and carers NOT to double park in these areas and to only park in allocated car parking bays. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated to help keep the community safe.

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY FRIDAY 18 MAY 2018 Now in its 19th year, National Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual event when all primary school children will be encouraged to walk and com-mute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safe-ty, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. Our school will have 2 desig-nated meeting points with teachers supervising so we can all walk into school together as a big group. Parents and care givers are welcome to join with us. Once here, the tuck-shop is offering a healthy breakfast to finish the walk. Fur-ther details will be in the next issue of our Newsletter . Healthy breakfast men-us, available from Tuckshop ,will be distributed to students next week. We usually have a big turnout. So please join us in walking safely to school.

TERM 2 PREP PLAY DATES WEEK PLAY DATE IMPORTANT NOTES

4 Wednesday 9 May 2018 Playdate 9—11 am

5 Thursday 17 May 2018 Playdate 9—11 am PREP TOUR 11.30 am

6 Monday 21 May 2018 Playdate 9—11 am Under 8’s Week

7 Wednesday 30 May 2018 Playdate 9—11 am

8 Tuesday 5 June 2018 Playdate 9—11 am

9 Monday 11 June 2018 Playdate 9—11 am PREP TOUR 11.30 am

10 Wednesday 20 June 2018 Playdate 9—11 am

11 Wednesday 27 June 2018 NO PLAYDATE—PLANNING FOR TERM 3

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Mountain Creek State High School - https://mtncreekshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx

Year 7 General Enrolments for 2018 Applications due Friday, 25 May 2018

TRANSITION DAY—YEAR 6 INTO YEAR 7 (Applications must be received by Friday, 17 August 2018 to participate in this day)

Student Orientation/Transition Day at high school* Thursday, 6 September 2018 (10.30-4.00pm)

Catch up Orientation sessions (for students who missed main orien-tation day)*

Thursday, 29 November 2018

ZENITH AND STEM PROGRAMS 2018/2019

Combined Zenith and Stem Program Parent Information Eventing Monday 21 May 2018 (5.30 pm)

Zenith and Stem Program applications close Friday, 25 May 2018

Notification of Acceptance Term 4 2018

YEAR 7 SCHOLARSHIPS 2019

Year 7 Scholarship Applications due Friday, 20 July 2018

Notification of success Term 4 2018

Chancellor State College - https://chancellorsc.eq.edu.au

Year 7 General Enrolment for 2018 due Friday, 7 September 2018

Exemption enrolments for students residing out of catchment open Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Enrolment packs for 2019 available from Monday, 23 July 2018

Parent Community Information Session Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Student Orientation/Transition Day at high school* Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Maroochydore High School - https://maroochyshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx

Year 7 General Enrolment for 2018 due Thursday, 6 December 2018

Parent Community information session TBA

Student Orientation/Transition Day at high school*

Students Auditioning for Special Programs Thursday, 23 August 2018 (TBC)

*Please be aware for a child to be invited to high school orientation/transition days their 2019 enrolment must be finalised. Please note that these dates are accurate at the time of publishing and may change at any time.

YEAR 6 TO 7 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION

Our local state high schools run a variety of transition activities that give Year 6 students and their families opportunities to become familiar with their new school, processes and procedures, teaching and leadership staff and to meet future fellow students in the year prior to their commencement at high school. If you have not yet thought about your child’s enrolment into high school in 2019 I would suggest that you begin by visit-ing the High school web sites and checking their catchment maps to determine if your child is within their catch-ment. Below are website details, other important enrolment dates (where available).

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This term, we are studying materials and their

properties. To gain a solid understanding of

what this means, 4T and 4W have been exper-

imenting with Ms T’s super special slime. We

got to twist it, bounce it, vibrate it, blow bub-

bles with it, turn it into a glove and generally

have a GREAT time. This unit has many oppor-

tunities for exciting, hands on learning and it

really is just about the BEST fun to be had.

YEAR 4 SCIENCE IS THE BEST SCIENCE!

PREP GET DIGITAL

I figured it out! Kind of... these are pictures of Prep B kids practising how to use our iPads to take photos so that they have evidence of their learning for their scrapbooks. Today in maths we were revising patterns. Well done to our mini digital learners

Recently, one of our parents, Mr Dominic VROLIJKS, was kind enough to donate a 3D printer to our school. We are currently looking at what innovative ways we can utilise this fabulous re-source into the curriculum and specific lessons. This fits in very nicely with the new Education Queensland initiatives around STEM delivery in the curriculum and the future job opportunities for our students in this rapidly growing industry. Check out the Sunshine Coast Maker Space with Dominic Vrolijks who is the founder of The Mak-er Space, https://www.scmakerspace.com.au, and has over 20 years trade experience and has been working in the R & D and product development space for the past 15 years. His passion for innovation, technology and his ability to turn a concept into a tangible item is evident in the range of products he has helped to manufacture. He has also worked in collaboration with the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) and the USC Innovation Centre, as well as Sunshine Coast Council, local busi-nesses and entrepreneurs to open the Maker Space. The Sunshine Coast Maker Space allows locals to capitalize on physical opportunities in the digital economy.

WOW - 3D PRINTER DONATION

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AROUND THE SCHOOL

ANZAC DAY ASSEMBLY

Last week we held our Anzac Day Ceremony to remem-ber the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Gallipoli. It was a beautiful ceremony which included the school choir singing the National Anthems and stu-dents from each class laying a wreath. Mrs Erikka Meades was our special guest representing the Returned and Service League of Australia—Kawana Sub Branch. Mrs Meades had a long and proud career serving our country and we were very honoured to welcome her to our school, on this special occasion. This year we’ve strengthened our ongoing connection with the Kawana Waters Sub Branch and become a part of the Kawana World War 1 link project. This project enables us to honour soldiers from the Landsborough Shire Roll of Honour because during world war 1 our ar-ea was part of the Landsborough Shire. This year elect-ed student leaders laid a sprig of rosemary as a symbol of remembrance and to represent the soldiers from the Shire Roll of Honour.

P AND C

INFORMATION

MOTHERS DAY STALL STARTS WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2018

It’s nearly that time of year when we celebrate all things great about our Mums, Grandma’s or that someone special, so the P and C will be running our fabulous Mothers Day stall again with a great range of beautiful gifts available to pur-chase… Jewellery, mugs, photo frames. Prices starting at $1.00 - $10.00. We will be starting the stall off on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 for the special Prep-pies over in the gated area from 8am. Everyone is welcome to come along Thursday, 10 May and Friday, 11 May 2018 from 8am outside the tuckshop.

P AND C MEETING

CHOCOLATE DRIVE FUNDS NOW OVERDUE

Our next P and C meeting is this Thursday 17th May 2018, 6:30pm in the staffroom. If you would like to come along and be part of this great team we would love to see you!

Thank you again for the wonderful effort in selling chocolates to assist the P and C in raising funds via the Chocolate Drive to install air-conditioning in classrooms. This event has closed and for those who have not yet returned raised funds, they are now overdue. Please return any money along with any unsold chocolates to the school office as soon as possible. This will assist our volunteers to complete this fund-raising event. Once the money has been collected and counted we will notify you of the amount we have raised.

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P AND C INFORMATION

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COMMUNITY

NEWS

Rhee Taekwondo FREE Trial Classes

Ring - Ken Sherwell 0401 001823

Mountain Creek Hall Monday and Wednesday 6-7pm

Please support our café as it is operated by our P and C Association

If you are looking for a healthy ‘take-away’ at the end of a busy day Café Connect can offer you

Café Connect now has more Gluten Free options available

REMINDER Please NO school children in the café

before school without an adult

Family Frittata $25.00

Family Lasagne $40.00

Quiche $25.00

Whole cakes $30.00