PROUDLY SERVING SURAT COMMUNITY

Issue 05 24th February, 2017

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Weekly Awards

School Leaders

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Principal’s Note

Hello and welcome to my Principal’s Note for Week 5.

It is hard to believe that we are half way through Term 1.

The weeks are quickly slipping away at what seems to be

a rapid rate. Term 2 will be here before we know it.

As always, it has been a pleasure to visit classrooms and

observe the learning experiences and interactions which

have been evident throughout the first five weeks of this

term. Student engagement is currently the best I have

ever seen for this time of the year. Well done to all stu-

dents and staff for making every minute count. With five

weeks of Term 1 remaining, it will be great to see our

current school climate maintained through until 3pm Fri-

day of the last week.

Attendance

The 2017 School Attendance Target is 95%, for Week

4 our school’s attendance rate was

96.7%.

Week 4 Attendance Data: Prep –

96.92%, Yr 1/2 – 94.29%, Yr 2/3 –

93.85%, Yr 4 – 97.33%. Yr 5/6 – 100%,

Yr 7-10 – 98.18%.

Highest attendance for Week 4: Year

5/6 100%!

Regular attendance leads to enhanced

achievement and learning progress. Let’s

ensure all students attend school to reap

the rewards of consistent participation

and engagement. Unless your child is ill,

it is expected that your child will be at school learning

every day of the school year.

Absence

Next week, all state school principals including myself,

will be attending the State Principals’ Conference from

Wednesday to Friday at the Gold Coast. In my absence

Mrs McLean (Wed – Thur) and Mrs Nolan (Fri) will be

Officer in Charge.

Well Done

Well done to students on their recent representation of

our school and district at the South West Swimming Tri-

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als this week in Charleville.

Thank You

P&C, for your ongoing commitment and hard work

for our school and students.

Mrs Gray, for your ongoing commitment to providing

Religious Instruction lessons for our students each week.

Staff, for continuing to go above and beyond each

and every day for our school.

Enjoy the weekend!

Remember, “The Surat State School way is to commit

to our learning, strive for excellence and succeed in

all that we do.”

Enjoy the weekend!

Mr Justin Washington

Principal

Playgroup

Our school is hosting a community playgroup on Mon-

days from 9.00-11.00. Playgroup is open to children from

0-5 years of age. At playgroup, parents and caregivers

spend relaxed time with their children making friends and

support networks. Meanwhile children develop physical-

ly, socially, emotionally and intellectually, as they discov-

er new experiences, gain self-confidence and make new

friends too.

For more information, please contact Mrs Sally Broad-

head via the School’s Office.

RREAP Funding

The Rural and Remote Education Access Program (RREAP) helps

schools and school communities improve the educational outcomes

and opportunities of students who are disadvantaged because of

their geographical isolation so that students' learning outcomes

match those of other students. RREAP funds are available to as-

sist Queensland state schools and school communities to support

and enrich a curriculum that is appropriate for the educational needs

of geographically isolated primary and secondary school stu-

dents. Community-based organisations within the Maranoa Re-

gional Council, working in partnership with RREAP schools to pro-

vide extra-curricular programs to school students, are eligible to

apply for RREAP funding. Please contact your local school for in-

formation about funding & application guidelines.

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P&C News

Prawn Night

Congratulations to all the wonderful Sponsors, Business-

es, the Prawn Night Committee and all those involved in

helping make our first ever major fundraiser - Surat State

School P&C Prawn Night - a great success! We hope

everyone had a fantastic night! This night would not have

been possible without such support, and a list of Spon-

sors, Businesses and supporters are listed. We are very

grateful and thank you very much. We also wish to

acknowledge the support of the Surat State School

teachers and staff, school families, our local community

and district. Well done and thank you! Thank you also to

Mrs Betty Mickelborough, Rowann Varty and Jen Stewart

for their support.

Hospital Fete

The P&C are running the BBQ at the upcoming Hospital

Fete - Saturday, March 11th. If you are able to lend a

hand please let us know. Thank you.

Tuckshop

Please note: NO TUCKSHOP until further notice

Unfortunately we have had an inadequate response from

parents to enable tuckshop to proceed at this stage. If

there is a particular day of the week which may be more

suitable for parents please let us know. If you have any

other ideas please do not hesitate to contact us.

AGM Notice

AGM Notice - Our next meeting will be our Annual Gen-

eral Meeting which is to be held on Monday, 20th March

at 3.15pm in the High School Building. All executive posi-

tions will become vacant and are open for election at our

AGM. These positions include; President, Vice-

President, Secretary and Treasurer. If you are interested

in nominating for a position, a Quick Guide for P&C Ex-

ecutive Officers is available on the P&C’s Qld website

(www.pandcsqld.com.au) and provides an overview of

executive positions.

P&C Committee

email: pandc@suratss.eq.edu.au

Important Dates - 2017

FEBRUARY

25th Maranoa Netball Assoc Juniors Sign

On

MARCH

4th Maranoa Netball Assoc Juniors Sign

On

11th,

18th,

25th

Maranoa Netball Assoc Juniors

Training & Grading Days

20th School Photos

31st Last day of Term 1

APRIL

17th Easter Monday

18th Term 2 Resumes

22nd Maranoa Netball Assoc Juniors Fix-

tures Start

25th ANZAC Day

MAY

1st Labour Day Holiday

5th Cross Country

Week 6 Behaviour Focus

Being Respectful - Use manners when communicating

Roma & District Junior Rugby League

Congratulations Campbell Schutt & Hunter Price (U10), Alec Ziesemer (U11) and Iva Price (U12) on being selected for the Roma & Dis-trict Junior Rugby League teams for the 2017 Season.

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Student of the Week - Week 4

Prep Harlow Twidale - For consistently follow-

ing the four school expectations.

Year 1/2 Aurora Twidale - For always trying your

best in class.

Year 2/3 Darcy Harth – For being respectful and

using his manners.

Year 4

George Broadhead - For working hard to improve his knowledge of multiplica-

tion and division fact families

Year 5/6 Lachlan Murray - For a mature and

committed attitude towards learning.

Secondary Abbey Coveney - For demonstrating

responsibility for her own learning

Positive Behaviour for Learning Award

Tori Price - For being respectful and always greeting

and responding respectfully and appropriately.

Every Thursday Night

Names in by 6.30pm

Play 7pm

All Welcome

The Arts – Years 4 - 8

‘Don't think about it

Just move your body

Listen to the music

Sing, oh, ey, oh

Just move those left feet

Go ahead, get crazy

Anyone can do it

Sing, oh, ey, oh.’

That’s exactly what we have been doing this term in the Arts. Years

4 to 8 have all been focusing on Dance so if your child has been

coming home and ‘dancing in the street’ than this would possibly be

the reason why!

Year 4 have been all about dancing to celebrations so that we can

‘celebrate, good times, come on!’ with the class learning their perfor-

mance piece over the past two weeks. If you have a Year 4 dancer

be sure to ask for a demonstration of their celebration dance.

Year 5/6 have been all about symmetry in dance focussing on three

types of symmetry; reflectional, transitional and rotational. We start

choreographing this week and as Year 5/6 will be reflecting, transi-

tioning and rotating with one another there shouldn’t be anyone

saying ‘I’ll keep dancing on my own.’

Up in the high school, Year 7/8 are delving into dance cultures. Spe-

cifically, we are studying the dance style of ‘Stepping’ incorporating

plenty of stomping, stamping and body percussion. So if you see the

Year 7/8s, make sure you tell them that ‘you can dance, you can

jive, having the time of your life’ and we will keep watch to see if any

Dancing Queens (or kings for that matter) emerge.

All we know in the Arts this term is that ‘I feel better when I’m danc-

ing, yeah yeah…..’

Mrs Close

Gifted & Talented Program 2017

Opti-minds Challenge 2017

The Opti-minds Creative Sustainability Challenge is an

inclusive team challenge which EMPOWERS participants

to THINK, CREATE & COMMUNICATE. Opti-mindsis a

creative problem solving event for teams of participants

from Prep to Adult within 4 divisions. The Opti-MINDS

Challenge is an opportunity for all those with a passion for

learning & problem-solving to showcase their skills & tal-

ents in an exciting, vibrant & public way. Opti-minds’ aim

is to enhance the potential of all participants by develop-

ing diverse skills, enterprise, time management & the dis-

cipline to work collaboratively within a challenging & de-

manding environment.

We are pleased to share with you that Surat State School

has registered for the Opti-minds Challenge this year!

Selected students will be invited to participate in the team

challenge, and commit to some rigorous training in the

lead up to the event. More information will be available

closer to the time.

We also have a few other ideas on the agenda for our

Gifted and Talented students this year including a Public

Speaking Competition and a Regional Robotics Contest.

More information will become available as these ideas

come into fruition. If you have any queries about our G&T

program, please contact Libby McLean

lmcle138@eq.edu.au.

Kind regards,

G&T Team

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Surat Tennis Club Inc.

As most of you aware, we have begun the 2017 Fix-

tures. We are playing every Monday night at 7:30 and

have had quite a good response from our players.

It’s not just about the tennis though, it’s a great way to

be able to catch up with people you may not get the

chance to see all the time. Without our Players and

Members, we are unable to keep this special club go-

ing for our Community, which is why we would love

your support!

If you’re looking for something to do on a Monday

night, please feel free to come down to the Club and

say hello – we are always looking for extra players!

Memberships are $20 each, and you don’t need to be

a player to be a member. You can be a social member

instead!

If you’re unable to make it to the Club but would love to

support us and be a Member our bank details are:

Surat Tennis Club Account Number: 10169295 BSB: 064-428 Reference: 'Your name'

Thank you for your support – and we hope to see you

on the Court!

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Surat Tennis Social Night

Join us for a hit of Social

Tennis – 6:30pm 3rd March!

There will be plenty of

Food & Drinks on offer!

We can’t wait to see

you all there!

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