ROBERTSON STATE SCHOOL

Principal’s Update By Margaret Berry WELCOME TO TERM 2 IMPROVEMENT AGENDA 1 - 2% IMPROVEMENT IN READING

AND WRITING After undertaking the four day great hike on the World Heritage Fraser Island on the holidays, it confirmed for me that Australia abounds with natural beauty and wonder. Seeing the magnificent rainforest trees growing on the largest sand island in the world, and swimming in the beautiful fresh water Lake McKenzie at the end of a long walk with a heavy back pack, refreshed me for the term ahead. Holiday experiences are a great source of inspiration for both staff and students. Reading and Writing are our key

literacy improvement agendas. Each student in the school has an everyday writing book and they

will continue to develop writing stamina and move to the more technical requirements of writing in their literacy blocks.

Reading data for each class has been analysed and teachers are working with the master teacher and Deputy Principal to established reading goals and reading behaviours that improve student performance.

We have restructured the school timetable to better address a non-interrupted time for literacy and numeracy. Parent access to their students’ weekly timetable will soon be available for those who have joined the Qparents email group. Together with parents this term our theme is “to achieve more than we thought was possible” in literacy and numeracy.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS During the holidays some of the recommendations from the Traffic Management Group have been put into operation in the Estoril Street car park. Clearer directional arrows and drop off, pickup and parking areas have been painted.

So far, teacher aides and teachers on duty have seen a significant improvement in parent and student safe driving and walking behaviours. Well done! Parent member of our Traffic Management Group, Geoff Peck,

has used his wonderful map making skills to develop a clear representation of 2 minute and 15 minute drop off zones on Musgrave Rd. For this term we want to encourage respectful and safe parent driving behaviours to adhere to these traffic rules. Parents can you please study the map above and join in our school campaign to improve traffic management for the safety of our children.

BUSINESS BREAKFAST WEDNEDAY 20 APRIL Next week local business representatives are invited to a our annual business networking breakfast. This breakfast is sponsored by our Local, State and Federal politicians. Dr Mertens, Lecturer from QUT will speak on ‘How Small Businesses Disrupt Global Economies’. If you have an interest in business networking and sponsorship of the school and would like to attend the breakfast please contact Mel Kennedy by email mkenn213@eq.edu.au.

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Jorja who has won a place in the Queensland swimming team to compete in Darwin in September. See full

story in PE News.

NEWSETTER CONTENTS

(Click on links) Calendar

Chaplaincy News

Chinese Newsletter

Community News Deputy News

ICT News LOTE News QParent News

Sponsors Tuckshop News Update Contacts You Can Do It

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PLEASE NOTE THE 2 MINUTE DROP/ PICK UP AND 15 MINUTE PARKING ZONES

Robertson State School Musgrave Road Traffic Zones

Deputy News By Cartia Balladone

REDLANDS EISTEDDFOD

Congratulations to Mrs Gray and the String Quartet who

performed at the Redlands

Eisteddfod. The eisteddfod

was on Wednesday 13 April at

the Redlands Performing Arts

Centre in Cleveland.

The students demonstrated a

high level of commitment to

their rehearsals and

represented the school with

pride. Thank to Mrs Gray and our families for your continued

support.

Congratulations to Jimin,

Gianna, Karen and Asher on

receiving 2nd place for their

performances.

Congratulation to Roger, Lyra,

Tahlia and Clarissa on

receiving 3rd place for their performances.

YOU CAN DO IT! EDUCATION

You Can Do It! Education (YCDI) is a school-home-

community approach to

helping young people achieve

to the best of their ability and

experience positive social-

emotional well-being. It is being used as a framework

and tool by thousands of

schools throughout the world

to help develop the 5

Foundations leading to a variety of positive outcomes in

children and young people,

including health, feeling safe,

achievement, positive

contributions and economic

well-being.

The goals of this YCDI program are represented in the

accompanying triangle. At the

top of the triangle – Objectives

– are the goals we have for all

children. We want all children to achieve to the best of their

ability, and to experience

positive social-emotional-

behavioural well-being.

The middle level of the triangle

– Education – represents

typical efforts in education to help children with different

problems to achieve the

objectives listed at the top of

the triangle. The bottom of the

triangle – Foundations – represents a new and critical

focus for teachers and parents

seeking positive ways to

influence their children’s

development. Based on

research, the YCDI model for supporting the development of

young people rests on the

assumption that fundamental

to a young person’s growth is

his/her ability to be confident, persistent and organised, to

get along and to be emotionally

resilient.

Deputy News By Lesley Boshammer

Welcome back to Term 2. This term is another very busy

one – please watch the

calendar for all of the

upcoming events.

SCHOOL ANZAC CEREMONY

Our school will commemorate

ANZAC Day on Friday 22 April with a ceremony led by the

Year 6 students. This will

take place in the Activities

Centre commencing at

2:00pm sharp. Everyone is invited to attend.

COMMEMORATION

SERVICE AT ANZAC

SQUARE

Mrs Berry and I will be taking

the school captains and

student council into the

combined students service at

Anzac Square on Thursday 21 April. The school captains will

lay a wreath on behalf of the

school.

IMPROVING WRITING

If we don’t have the words, we can’t write them! Part of being

a good writer is having

vocabulary that enhances

what is being said.

Developing vocabulary is very

important for everyone. It impacts on not just our

writing but also on our oral

communication as well as

helping us with reading

comprehension.

A game I used to play with my

children when they were younger was to choose a word

of the week from the

dictionary. It had to be a

word that they didn’t know.

We would look at the meaning and discuss it and how to use

it when speaking.

We would then try and see

who could use the word

correctly the most often

during the week. The winner got to choose the word for the

next week.

This simple practice made

learning fun and also helped

develop a knowledge of words.

Why not try something similar

with your family – there are no age restrictions. The earlier

children develop good

language the better. For

example in my house “right” is

a direction not an indication

of having done something properly. The word used in

this case is “correct”.

To this day, my children still

mirror this language and have

done since they began to

speak.

So why not challenge your family to develop vocabulary

and see who can come up

with the most interesting word

and be able to use it correctly.

CAMP DEPOSITS

Camp deposits are due by the end of this week. Please

consider letting your child

experience these wonderful

Objectives Achievement

Social – Emotional-Behavioural Well-Being

Education Modified Curriculum and Instruction

Positive Behavioural Support Special Programs

Community Involvement

Foundations Getting Along, Organisation, Persistence

Confidence and Resilience.

learning opportunities outside

of the school and classroom.

CALENDAR

TERM 2 APRIL

Mon 18 Assembly 2:15 pm

Tues 19 Yr 5 Excursion – St Helena Island P & C Meeting 7:00 pm

Wed 20 Business Breakfast 7.00 am Teddy Bears’ Hospital – Prep

Thur 21 City ANZAC Ceremony

Story Telling 2:00pm-3:00pm

Fri 22 School ANZAC Ceremony 2:00 pm,

Mon 25 ANZAC DAY Public Holiday

Fri 29 Gala Day 2

May

Mon 2 Labour Day Public Holiday

Tues 3 District Cross Country

Wed 4 Mother’s Day Stall

Thurs 5 Mother’s Day Stall

Tues 10 Naplan Yr 2 Excursion Beenleigh Historical Centre

Wed 11 Naplan Yr 2 Excursion Beenleigh Historical Centre

Thur 12 Naplan

Inserts:

QParents Could you please complete your QParents form and return to the

office as soon as possible.

Update Contacts Please contact the office if you are not receiving emails from your child’s teacher. It is important to keep the school up to date with your most current email address in order to assist communication. We are getting a few bounced emails from the mailing list and can’t work out who’s not getting our communications.

Music News

All music groups are busy rehearsing for upcoming

performances this term.

Please ensure your child is

on time to their appropriate

rehearsals. Also, we ask you to notify us if your child is

absent from their required

rehearsal by texting the

Music Mobile Phone

Number : 0409 263 402.

Music socks are available at the Uniform Shop at

theTuckshop on Monday

afternoons or Thursday

mornings. These are required when performing

as part of the dress

uniform.

Robertson Music Bags are available for $15 from Uniform Shop. This is a

good way for your child to

keep their music organized.

A reminder that only children are permitted to drop off and collect their

music instruments in music

store rooms. Only parents

of the large Tubas and

Double Basses are

permitted to collect these instruments. This is a

security measure.

LOTE News

Nǐ Hǎo! 你好Nǐ Hǎo! 你好

Welcome back! (huān yíng huí

lái 欢迎回来！)

The LOTE extension

program will resume from

Week 2 this term. This

program is free for our

students after school during

school terms. The purpose

of the program is to

enhance and promote

students’ Chinese learning

in four macro skills

(speaking, listening, writing

and reading). All students

from Year 4 to Year 6 are

eligible to enrol in this

program. The policy of the

enrolment is “first come,

first served”. The timetable

of this program is a 30

minute lesson on Tuesday

and Thursday in 2016. The

class size is up to 12

students. Students are

required to enrol term by

term depending on their

interests and availability.

The enrolment time for

Term 2 is open from

Monday 11 April to Friday

15 April. Please contact Ms

Hsieh if you have any

queries. The information is

below:

When: 3:10 pm – 3:40 pm

every Tuesday (with Ms

Wang) & Thursday (with

Miss Zhang)-from week 2 to week 9

Where: Teaching Block 3

close to the LOTE office (in

2M classroom)

What to bring: Stationery and

a folder

2016 CHINESE SPEAKING

COMPETITION organised by

the Confucius Institute at

QUT will be held on

Saturday 28 May 2016.

Year 5 and 6 students are

eligible to enrol by 13 May.

If your students would like

to take part in the

competition, please see Ms

Hsieh to collect the full

information of the

competition by the due day.

Our prep students started

learning LOTE this term.

The below photos were from

PA class with Ms Hsieh and

Miss Zhang on Monday.

SCHOOL ABSENTEE LINE 3452 4166

Please call this number for all student absences.

Today’s phrases:

Good morning! 早上好 zǎo

shàng hǎo;

Good afternoon! 下午好 xià wŭ

hǎo;

Good evening! 晚上好 wǎn

shàng hǎo

Xièxie! (谢谢)

Ms Hsieh (谢老师)

Library News

BOOK CLUB

Issue 3 order forms have been

distributed this week to classes. Orders are due by

3:00 pm on Friday 29 April.

Cash orders can be placed at

the office, or orders can be

placed online.

BORROWING

Borrowing has recommenced

this week. Could you please

ensure all students have a

library bag to protect their books and return their books

on time. Invoices for

replacement fees for books

more than 30 days overdue

will be sent home soon. Please

ensure the fee is paid at the office to enable children to

continue borrowing.

BOXES PLEASE

We would love donations of any LARGE cardboard boxes

please. Refrigerator or large

TV size would be perfect.

Please deliver these to the

library between 8:30 am and

3:15 pm.

STORYTELLING

Our storytelling program for

pre-prep children commences

Thursday 14 April. All younger siblings of currently

enrolled students are invited to

join us every Thursday from

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm in the

library. Children of all ages

are welcome; including babies, toddlers and those beginning

prep in 2017. If you have any

queries, please contact Ms

Ennis at cenni3@eq.edu.au.

Claie Ennis

Librarian

Student Council News

ANZAC DAY SERVICE

The Student Council would

like to invite all parents and

students to join us for the Sunnybank District ANZAC

day march and ceremony. The

commemoration will be held

on Monday 25 April at 7:30

am. A letter with detailed information has been sent

home to all families and you

are welcome to join the

Student Council on this

special event.

SPIDER DAY

During the last week of term 1

the Student Council held their

first fundraiser for the year

and it was a huge success! We raised almost $300 which will

be used to support our

sponsor child Gifty who lives

in Ghana. A big thanks to

everyone who supported the

cause and to the Student Council who did an excellent

job making literally hundreds

of spider drinks, taking money

and serving customers while

under pressure. We look

forward to keeping you updated with upcoming

events.

Anthony Gallaher

Student Council

Curriculum News

ICAS 2016 News This is a reminder that Years 2 - 6

can register for the English,

Maths, Science and Spelling

competitions, while Years 3 - 6

can also register for Digital

Technologies and Writing. Please note that the Digital Technologies

test is administered as a pencil

and paper booklet with multiple

choice answers. If you’re

interested in looking at examples of the tests, please go to

https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/ic

as/preparation.

Please note the dates, subjects

and costs for each competition.

Competition Year Level/Paper

NEW A B C D

Computer Skills

Tue 17 May $8.80

N/A 3 4 5 6

Science

Tue 31 May $8.80

Year

2

3 4 5 6

Writing

Tue 14 Jun $18.70

N/A 3 4 5 6

Spelling Wed 15 Jun

$8.80

Year 2

3 4 5 6

English Tue 2 Aug

$8.80

Year 2

3 4 5 6

Mathematics Tue 16 Aug

$8.80

Year 2

3 4 5 6

A note was sent home with your

Year 2 - 6 child last term.

If you would like your child to

compete in any of these

competitions, please complete the

form and return with payment to

the school office by next Wednesday 20 April 2016. No

payments will be accepted after

this date and payment cannot be

processed if the form is not

returned to the office.

Cathy Coleman

Curriculum Coordinator

ICT News

QPARENTS

QParents is now live!!!

Each family’s nominated

account holder (QPAO) should

have received an email with a unique invitation code and

details of how to register for

access to QParents. You will

need to undertake online

identity verification and provide personal information

like your name and mobile

phone number to gain access

to the program. If you have

not received this email please

contact the school office.

The QParents app allows

parents of Queensland state

school students to access

information about their child and to communicate directly

with their school.

It will give you secure online

access to information such as:

attendance details

report cards

timetables

You will also be able to update

your child’s details and let the

school know of changes to

normal routine, such as when

your child is unwell or has to leave early.

More information about

QParents can be found here.

Mr Grant

ICT Coordinator

PE News

SCHOOL SWIMMING STATE

CHAMPIONSHIPS Robertson was proud to have two students at the titles having both Lilli and Jorja swim over three 3 days, from 20 to 22 March. The girls placed highly in the events they entered, with Jorja participating in 6 finals and Lilli being in an amazing 9 separate events. Jorja has made it into the Queensland Schools Swimming Team again and frustratingly Lili missed out by 0.01 of a second from making the same team. Jorja will now join the Queensland team in Darwin in September for the National Swimming Championships. Congratulations Jorja and oh so close for Lilli, well done.

Tuckshop News Tuckshop Opening Times 9:00

am - 2:00 pm Monday - Friday

www.flexischools.com.au

Welcome back to Term 2!

The holidays passed so quickly and we're back for another round in Term 2.

TUCKSHOP OPEN MONDAYS The tuckshop will be open 5 days a week from Monday 18 April 2016. Ordering is available via

the flexischools website www.flexischools.com.au

We will be needing volunteers to help on Mondays between 9:00 am and 11:15 am. If you are available to spare some time to help please let me know at the tuckshop or email me at rsstuckshop@gmail.com

ROSTER 18 April – 22 April

Monday 2 x Volunteers Needed

Tuesday Jayne Tacon 1 x Volunteer Needed

Wednesday Dipa Kothekar

Sandi Beckman

Thursday Wendy Beattie Candy To

Friday Adele Tenant 1 x Volunteer Needed

Mary Maric

Tuckshop Convenor

Ph: 07 3452 4111

Marketing News ROBERTSON STATE SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE We have an official Facebook page. We invite our community

to like and share our posts. The

page name is Robertson State School and has a photo of our school logo on our page. Our hope is for the school community to easily be able to view, interact and exchange information in a professional and respectful manner. All derogatory and negative comments will be removed. Thank you for your assistance, we look forward to your likes and shares.

ANNUAL BUSINESS BREAKFAST Our Annual Business Breakfast is coming up next week on

Wednesday 20 April at 7:00 am. This breakfast is a great way to increase your contacts by meeting many new and like-minded local business owners. If you are a business owner and would like to attend, please contact me for more details.

Do you own a business and want to help your school with the

added bonus of getting advertising for your business at the same time? If the answer is yes, please see me for

sponsorship and advertising information. Sponsorship can be as little or as big as you would like.

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK Our work should be mainly education, both moral and intellectual education for all of those learning about life.

Mel Kennedy

Communications and Marketing Manager

Chaplaincy News YOU CAN CHAT WITH YOUR CHAPPY Some we need a little extra help to deal with the social and emotional challenges of school life. There

are just 6 words that I want you to remember: "YOU CAN CHAT WITH YOUR CHAPPY" I am at the school on Wednesdays and Thursdays for students and teachers, and sometimes parents if needed. You can find me through the yellow door at the end of Teaching Block 2 (that's the special needs area near the library). Or you can make an appointment at the office on the days that I am unavailable. Chaplain Ben Chapman

"bringing hope to a young generation"

MOTHER’S DAY HIGH TEA FUNDRAISER FOR CHAPLAINCY – DATE CHANGE Our high tea fundraiser will now be held on SATURDAY 7 MAY from 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm in the Music Room. Tickets are $20 each and are AVAILABLE NOW! Invite your mum, bring the whole family or just spoil yourself. Contact Vicki Lewis on 0408 066 387 to secure your seats for what is sure to be a delightful afternoon of delicious treats and wonderful

musical entertainment.

P & C News

Next P & C meeting will be next

Tuesday 19 April at 7:00 pm in

the Board Room at the back of

the Activity Centre.

All Welcome.

ROBERTSON STATE SCHOOL

• You Can Do It! Education (YCDI) is a system for helping all children achieve to the best of their

ability and to develop social-emotional-behavioural well-being. Through a set of unique educational programs, YCDI supports the development of every child's unique potential.

It provides all children with the Foundations for Achievement and Social-Emotional-Behavioral Well-Being

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COMMUNITY NEWS

SPEECH AND DRAMA TUITION. PREP – YEAR 6

We have two spots available in the Speech and Drama program for this term in the

Friday class.

Thursday class is fully booked.

This term children are consolidating their group performances to present work at a group examination in June. This is a great class to build and improve

communication skills and develop confidence and learn performing arts skills from

Qualified Speech and Drama teachers.

Please enrol online – www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au or call 3821 5755. Forms are also on the noticeboard.

WHIZ KIDZ – SCIENCE HANDS - ON EXPERIMENTING = LEARNING THAT`S FUN

Is your child driven by curiosity?

Does your child love science?

Does your child ask lots of questions?

Your child will have fun, enjoy learning and come to understand how the world works!

SUPER SCIENCE CLUB PROGRAM - Fortnightly on Saturdays – 11:00 am – 12:30 am (Years 1 - 5) CONCEPTS (Term 2)

1. PENDULUM OF DEATH – Things that swing are constantly converting energy. Is there a volunteer for the Pendulum of Death!

2. BURIED TREASURE (crystals) - There are thousands of

different crystals, everything from salt to diamonds. Grow the crystals of your choice for fun and enter them for judging in the crystal growing competition - if you dare!

3. TOTAL RECALL – Brain work - remembering to remember and remembering to forget!

4. WEATHER WATCH - The atmosphere`s movement and how it creates the Earth`s constantly changing weather.

5. HILLARY HAMBURGER - Without plants all animals on Earth would die. The digestion of foods is linked to the chemistry of foods.

WHO – Years 1-5 WHEN – Fortnightly from Saturday 16 April WHERE – School Hall Foyer (access via Estoril Street) FEE – $125 (normal length term) (Cash, money order or cheque

payable to D. Bennett) ENROLLMENT - Your child must be properly enrolled to be accepted. For the enrollment package and a full program – contact Donna Bennett before Session 1- see below

EMAIL – scedau@optusnet.com.au - MOBILE - 0427 644490

Robertson State School

NEWSLETTER

14 April 2016

Principal’s Update校長通訊

WELCOME TO TERM 2 歡迎大家來到第二學期

IMPROVEMENT AGENDA 1 - 2% IMPROVEMENT IN READING AND WRITING 閱讀與寫作提高1-2%

在世界遺產費沙島的四天假期更讓我肯定了澳大利亞的自然魅力，壯觀的熱帶雨林和純淨的McKenzie湖讓我整裝待發迎接新的學期，不論對於員

工還是學生來說，假期經歷都是很好的啟發！閱讀和寫作是我們發展日程上的重要項目，我們學校每一個學生都有一本專門用於每日寫作的本子，

並且堅持每日寫作提高寫作技能。我們分析了各班級的閱讀數據，老師們也和資深教師與副校長一起制定閱讀目標並且提高學生的閱讀習慣。學校

還重新調整了時間表，避免對文學與數學時間的干擾，已經加入Qparents電郵群的家長很快將收到新的課表。

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS 交通管理團隊的新措施

假期中，我們的交通管理團隊在Estoril

St上實施了一些新措施，指示箭頭更加清晰，接送區域和停車區域也重新規劃了，截至目前為止，執勤的助教老師和老師們都反映交通上有顯著的

提高！交通管理團隊的家長成員Geoff Peck利用他高超的地圖繪製技能為Musgrave

Rd設計了2分鐘和15分鐘的接送區域，同時學校呼籲家長們可以遵守這些交通規則，並與學校一起為提高學生交通安全做出努力！

BUSINESS BREAKFAST WEDNEDAY 20 APRIL 4月20日星期三商務早餐

下星期將舉辦面相當地商業人士的商務聯誼早餐會，該活動由當地、州政府和聯邦政府官員贊助。QUT講師Dr

Mertens將就“小企業如何影響全球經濟”發表講話，如果您對學校贊助和商務聯誼感興趣，請聯繫Mel Kennedy，mkenn213@eq.edu.au。

Congratulations 恭喜

恭喜Jorja晉級了九月將在達爾文舉辦的游泳比賽，具體信息請關注體育部通訊。

Deputy News副校長通訊 (by Ms Cartia Balladone)

YOU CAN DO IT! EDUCATION（YCDI） 努力成就教育

努力成就教育基於學校與家庭共同的努力，幫助學生發掘最大的潛力、取得更高的成就。這一模式被全球很多學校應用，通過提高學生的五大基礎

能力促進安全、成功、貢獻與經濟上的全面發展。YCDI項目的目標是促進學生發展成為社會上、情感上和行為習慣上的全人，我們希望所有的學生

都可以達到這個目標。教育措施是達成以上目標的途徑，措施包括課程大綱、行為習慣教育與支持、特殊教育項目、社區活動等。此外，家長和老

師需關注培養學生的基礎能力，如與人相處的能力、組織能力、毅力、自信以及適應能力。

REDLANDS EISTEDDFOD Redlands音樂節

恭喜Mrs

Gray和弦樂四重奏在Redlands音樂節上的精彩演出，此次音樂節與4月13日星期三在Cleveland的藝術中心舉辦，學生們的刻苦排練令人稱讚，同

時感謝Mrs Gray和家長們對此次活動的支持。

Deputy News副校長通訊(by Ms Lesley Boshammer )

歡迎大家來到第二學期，這又將是一個繁忙的學期，請關注日曆上標注的即將開展的活動。

SCHOOL ANZAC CEREMONY 學校ANZAC慶祝活動

學校將與4月22日星期五舉辦ANZAC慶祝活動，地點為活動中心，時間為2：00pm整，歡迎大家參加。

COMMEMORATION SERVICE AT ANZAC SQUARE 澳新軍團廣場的紀念活動

Mrs Berry和我將帶領學校代表與學生會成員參加4月21日星期四在澳新軍團廣場舉辦的紀念活動，我們的學校代表還將代表學校獻上花圈。

IMPROVING WRITING 提高寫作

如果我們不知道要說什麼，我們將無法寫作。想要成為一個好的作者，擁有足夠的詞匯量非常重要。擴大詞匯量不僅可以提高寫作能力，也可以提

高口語表達能力，還有閱讀理解能力。當我孩子小的時候，我讓他們每週從字典中選一個他們不知道的詞出來，然後討論這個詞的意思以及用法，

然後我們看這一週誰可以更準確的使用這個詞，贏的孩子可以選擇下一週的生詞，這樣簡單的練習可以讓學習變得更加有趣！您也可以在家長嘗試

一些類似的遊戲，這些練習沒有年齡限制，孩子越早熟練地運用語言越好。比如說在我家，“right”是方向，如果想說“正確”要說“correct”。到

目前為止，我的孩子們仍然堅持著家裡的語言習慣，所以您在家裡也可以通過遊戲提高孩子的詞匯量和語言能力。

CAMP DEPOSITS 遠足繳費

遠足繳費截止於這週末，這是孩子們走出課堂學習的好機會。

Calendar 日曆

第二學期

18日星期一 集會時間2：15pm

19日星期二 五年級遠足—St Helena Island

家長會會議7：00pm

20日星期三 商務早餐 7：00am

泰迪熊醫院—學前班

21日星期四 市區ANZAC慶祝

講故事活動 2：00pm-3：00pm

22日星期五 學校ANZAC慶祝活動 2：00pm

25日星期一 ANZAC DAY 公共假日

29日星期五 校際運動會2

五月

2日星期一 勞動節公共假日

3日星期二 區長跑比賽

4日星期三 母親節攤位

5日星期四 母親節攤位

10日星期二 NAPLAN考試

二年級參觀Beenleigh歷史中心

11日星期三 NAPLAN考試

二年級參觀Beenleigh歷史中心

12日星期四 NAPLAN考試

SCHOOL ABSENTEE LINE 請假電話

請假電話：3452 4166

Update Contacts 更新聯繫方式

如果您無法收到老師的郵件，請聯繫辦公室更新您的聯繫方式。實時接受學校的信息、保持與學校的聯繫非常重要。

QParents

請填好QParents的表格並儘快交至辦公室。

Music News音樂科通訊(by Miss V)

所有的音樂團隊都在繁忙地排練著，請確保您的孩子準時參加排練，如請假請短信音樂部電話：0409 263 402。

音樂襪子在校服社有售（校服社於星期一下午或星期四早上營業）。

Robertson音樂文件袋與校服社有售，單價$15。

請注意：只有學生可以去音樂教室存放和領取樂器，家長只可以幫助移動大喇叭和重低音提琴。

LOTE News 中文科通訊 (by Ms Hsieh)

中文擴展課程將於本學期第二周開展，課程目標是提高學生提說讀寫四方面的能力，所有4-

6年級的學生都可以報名參加，名額“先到先得”。上課時間為星期二和星期四，每個班最多容納12個學生，報名時間為4月11日星期一至

4月15日星期五，更多信息請洽謝老師。

上課時間：星期二&星期四，3：10pm-3：40pm，第二周至第九周

上課地點：2M教室，第三教學期，靠近LOTE辦公室

帶什麼：文具和文件夾

2016年中文口語比賽將由孔子學院主辦，時間為2016年5月28日星期六，地點為QUT。比賽面向5年級和6年級學

生，報名於5月13 日截止，具體信息請洽謝老師。

本學期開始，學前班也開設了中文課，英文版通訊中有PA中文課的照片。

Library News 圖書館通訊

BOOK CLUB 圖書俱樂部

第三期圖書俱樂部已經發給各班了，預定截止日期為4月29日星期五下午3:00。現金預定可交至辦公室，所有預定可於綫上進行。

BORROWING 借閱

本周開始可以在圖書館借閱，請確認每個學生都有一個書袋用於保護圖書，遺失和逾期未還的繳費通知將會發給家長，請儘快繳費從而保障學生可

以繼續借閱圖書。

BOXES PLEASE 急需紙箱

圖書館現急需大的紙箱，例如冰箱或者電視機的紙箱，如果您有，請於8：30am至3：15pm送至圖書館。

STORYTELLING

第二學期我們將面向明年即將入學學前班的孩子舉辦講故事活動，歡迎所有在校學生的弟弟妹妹們來參加，時間：每週四2：00pm-

3：00pm，圖書館。沒有年齡限制，可以是明年進入學前班的學生，也可以是年幼的寶寶。有任何問題請洽Ms Ennis cenni3@eq.edu.au。

Student Council News

ANZAC DAY SERVICE 澳新軍團日活動

學生會邀請所有家長和學生一起參加Sunnybank區舉辦的澳新軍團日慶祝活動，活動時間為4月25日星期一7：30am，關於活動的具體信息將發

給家長。

SPIDER DAY 冰激淋飲料日

上個學期的最後一週，學生會進行了今年的第一次集資活動，活動一共集資了接近$300用於資助居住在非洲加納的孩子Gifty，感謝所以支持這次

集資的學生和家長們！

Curriculum News

ICAS 2016 News 2016年ICAS競賽新聞

2-6年級可以報名參加英語、數學、科學和拼寫比賽，3-

6年級可以報名參加電子技術和寫作比賽。請注意，電子技術考試為筆試的形式，題型為多項選擇題，樣卷請查看https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.a

u/icas/preparation。英文版通訊中附有日期、費用等信息，更多信息於上學期末已經發給學生了，如果您想讓您的孩子參加這次競賽，請填寫表

格並於2016年4月20日星期三前交至辦公室，逾期不接受任何報名與付費。

ICT News 信息與通信技術通訊

QPARENTS

Qparents已經開始運行！！每個家庭註冊的那個郵箱應該已經收到了如何註冊Qparents等信息的郵件，您需要進行綫上身份認證，如果您沒有收

到郵件請聯繫學校辦公室。Qparents系統讓家長可以直接在綫上瞭解學生信息並與學校交流。綫上可瀏覽的信息包括：出勤信息、成績單與課表。

您還可以在綫上更新孩子的信息，讓學校即使知道學生日常的變化，如請假等。更多信息請查看https://qparents.qld.edu.au/%20-

%20/about。

PE News 體育科通訊

SCHOOL SWIMMING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 州游泳比賽

Jorja參加了3月20日至22日的州游泳比賽，再次成功晉級成為昆士蘭學校游泳隊一員，將參加9月份在達爾文舉行的全國游泳比賽，恭喜Jorja！

TUCKSHOP NEWS福利社通訊(By Mary Maric)

星期二 – 星期五9:00am – 2:00pm (星期一休業) www.flexischools.com.au/?r=1 .

Welcome back to Term 2! 歡迎大家來到第二學期！

假期過去得真快，歡迎大家來到第二學期！

TUCKSHOP OPEN MONDAYS 福利社星期一營業

福利社從4月18日星期一開始一週營業5天，所有預訂可以通過www.flexischools.com.au。

We will be needing volunteers to help on Mondays between 9:00 am and 11:15 am

星期一早上9點至11：15急需義工，如果您有時間幫助我們，請來福利社找我，或者電郵我rsstuckshop@gmail.com。

Marketing News 市場部通訊

ROBERTSON STATE SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE 學校臉書主頁

我們學校開設了官方的臉書主頁，希望我們的社團成員可以為我們點贊，主頁的名字為Robertson State

School，主頁照片為學校的校徽，建立網絡主頁的目的是讓社區成員可以更直接地閱覽學校信息和學生的成就。

ANNUAL BUSINESS BREAKFAST 年度商業早餐

時間：2016年4月20日下星期三7：00am。這是當地商業人士互相見面的好機會，如果您擁有自己的生意並且想參加我們的商業早餐，請聯繫我

獲得更多信息。

如果您想在幫助學校的同時並且為自己的生意做廣告，請聯繫我獲得更多贊助與廣告信息。

Chaplain News駐校主教通訊(by Ben Chapman)

YOU CAN CHAT WITH YOUR CHAPPY 你可以和我聊聊

如果你需要一些社交上或情緒上的幫助，請記住“你可以來和我聊聊”，我星期三和星期四在學校，我的辦公室在第二教學區（在圖書館旁邊的特殊

教育區），如果我不在學校，你也可以在辦公室預約我的時間。

MOTHER’S DAY HIGH TEA FUNDRAISER FOR CHAPLAINCY – DATE CHANGE

母親節下午茶集資——日期有變化

我們的下午茶集資將於5月7日星期六2：30pm-

4：30pm在音樂教室舉行，入場券已經可以購買，單價$30。歡迎我們的家長和學生們來參加，請聯繫Vicki Lewis，0408 066

387來確認您的入場。

P & C News 家長會通訊

下次家長會會議為4月19日星期二下午7：00於活動中心。

Aims of You Can Do It! Education

你可以做到？YCDI是幫助孩子們取得更高成就的項目，它幫助孩子們提高社交、情緒和行為上的能力並且發掘每個孩子的不同潛力。本學期的關注

點為“毅力”。

COMMUNITY NEWS社區通訊

KEYBOARDKIDZ 鋼琴課

報名請洽 3219 0808

NORTH SHORE 課後輔導班

報名請洽--- 3343-1883/ 0422 001 399

上課時間：每週二和週四，3：30-5：30pm

Speech and Drama Tuition Thursday & Friday afternoon classes

演講和戲劇課程 星期四&五下午

地點：音樂教室，2月4或5日。將會有兩班教學，教學內容一致，時間3:00pm-4；15pm。

綫上報名：www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au，或致電3821 5755。

melissa@ltkspeechanddrama.com.au www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au P: 07 3821 5755 M: 0416 147 129

PO Box 779, Mt Gravatt QLD 4122

韻律體操

韻律體操的時間表可見英文版通訊中

地點：Robertson State School，更多問題請洽3279 4977，info@splitz.com.au

WHIZ KIDZ – SCIENCE

HANDS - ON EXPERIMENTING = LEARNING THAT`S FUN 課後科學活動

科學工作坊於每兩周的週六開展，11：00am-12:30am，從4月16日星期六開始

地點：學校會堂前廳（從Estoril Street進入）

費用：$125（一學期），收現金和支票

報名：請洽Donna Bennett，scedau@optusnet.com.au，0427 644 490。