Issue 3 Aug 14.pub - Wooroolin State School

Term 3, Issue 3
14 August 2015
[34 Frederick Street/PO Box 12, Wooroolin]
[Ph: 41642230/Fax: 41642148]
Apologies for the late distribution of this fortnight’s
newsletter. My attendance at the Zone Athletics and
a visit from our Assistant Regional Director, Ms
Debbie Hails interrupted the completion of the
newsletter on time this fortnight.
Firstly, congratulations to the high number of Wooroolin students who competed at Zone level this
week in the South Burnett trials. Angus, Eleanor,
Troy, Darryl and Karl – you’ve made Wooroolin
Proud! The trials provided an excellent opportunity
for small schools students to mix with larger schools
and compete at a higher level. Thank you to Mr
Smith who was present as Murgon State School and
Kingaroy and Barambah cluster small schools’
coordinator for this event. Thank you also to Mr
Edwards who supported the event as a judge.
Congratulations also to all our Year 3s and 5s. The
2015 NAPLAN results have been received and
issued to parents. Our school’s Literacy and
Numeracy graphs are attached. Look for the green
sections under ‘School’ and please compare this
with the ‘National’ results. Our data shows a very
pleasing comparison, with many students excelling
across a range of subject areas. I will be unpacking
the data and these charts at the next P&C meeting if
you would like to hear more. Students have been
familiarised with the format and how to interpret their
individual results. For those parents who would like
more information, please contact me to arrange a
meeting. If, after the open classrooms, you
requested a formal parent-teacher interview, could
you please call the school to arrange this.
Classroom teachers would be able to give you more
detailed information on your child’s progress.
Interviews are also an excellent opportunity to build
rapport and engage with your child’s learning and
our teachers.
During her visit today, Ms Hails was able to spend
time in the classrooms. She viewed the Resilience
Group work where our students are learning about
‘being a good sport’ and viewed a maths warm-up
session in the lower classroom where Ms Mason
was consolidating knowledge about ‘time’ using our
Neopanels (smartboards). Ms Hails spent time in
the senior room where she viewed student work on
poetry. Several students were able to share their
work with her and answer questions about the
curriculum and what they were learning. Ms Hails
was impressed with their writing and book
presentation.
a Parent Information Session on Wednesday 19
August between 3.15pm and 4pm. This session will
be an opportunity to meet and talk with our Guidance
Officer, Mr Barry James who will talk about support
for students with Diverse Needs. We will also cover
our progress this year on Positive Behaviour for
Learning and our Kidsmatter programmes. Please
respond on the attachment if you are interested in
this.
Our school focus on reading will continue this term
with the introduction of a programme called CARS
and STARS. This programme will help to develop
your child’s skills in comprehending and connecting
with texts. Students have engaged with a series of
tests and this baseline data will be used to identify
‘gaps’ in learning. Over the next 5-6 weeks,
students will build their working knowledge of a
range of comprehension skills such as ‘summarising’
and ‘finding the main idea’. At the conclusion of the
programme, we will retest and analyse the growth.
Last week our school conducted the Term 3
Evacuation Drill. Evacuation and Lockdown drills
are a regular and mandated part of school life. Our
school recently invested in an electronic system
which was used in the evacuation drill last week.
Students are familiar with the procedure and
responded immediately with an evacuation to the
oval. We vary the drill times so that students are
familiar with the process both in and out of class
times. We will be conducting a Lockdown drill in
Week 7 as part of our workplace health and safety
mandate. Past experiences of students undertaking
a ‘lockdown’ process have included storms, snakes
and cattle out. The school’s Evacuation and
Lockdown Policy will be made available on our website and in hard copy from the office on request.
There are quite a number of other in-school
programmes being offered in the latter part of this
term. Students will receive a series of coaching
lessons from an NRL coaching team. Our
Behaviour Support Teacher, Ms Annette Buckley, is
also running short sessions on “Being Part of a
Team”. Ms Buckley will focus on self-help strategies
to identify safe and unsafe behaviours; ‘red’ and
‘green’ thoughts; and identifying safe practices and
people. Our cluster of schools is offering students
an opportunity to compete in a Cluster Spelling
Bee. This will take place at the end of term. More
details will follow. Mr Smith has approached me with
a proposed ‘Dance Off’ with Moffatdale school.
Students from Moffatdale and Wooroolin will join at
the Wooroolin Hall and use their dance skills for a
dance party. Parents are very welcome to attend
and join in. This is an exciting event for both schools
and will build friendships outside our cluster.
Student Council are continuing to drive a successful
fundraising agenda, raising over $200 from the
recent Movie Night. It seems their dream of an endof-year excursion to Seaworld will become a reality!
At the next Student Council Meeting, students will
decide on a dollar value to support the senior
student camp. Although final calculations cannot yet
be confirmed, it is likely the camp will cost between
$280 and $300 per person. This includes travel,
accommodation, food and activities. Parents are
welcome to make payments by instalment. Camp
must be fully paid two weeks’ prior to camp as
payments have to be made to providers at this time.
Carol Price
Principal
Continuing our work on building partnerships and
providing information to parents, the school will host
Upcoming Events:
Monday
Tuesday
Week 5
10 Aug—16 Aug
SHOW HOLIDAY
Band Practice
Zone Athletics
Week 6
17 Aug—23 Aug
Guitar Club
Week 7
24 Aug—30 Aug
Guitar Club
BOOK WEEK
Wednesday
Zone Athletics
Thursday
Friday
Band Practice
Playgroup 9.00am—11.00am
Chess Club (Lunchtime)
Guitar Club
Band Practice
Student Council Meeting
Band Practice
Playgroup 9.00am—11.00am
Chess Club (Lunchtime)
Guitar Club
Band Practice
NRL Clinic
Band Practice
Playgroup 9.00am—11.00am
Tuckshop
Book Week Activities—11.30am
Chess Club (Lunchtime)
P&C Meeting—3.30pm
Guitar Club
Sat/Sun
Information for Parents
CO-OPERATION
BE RESPONSIBLE:
-
Working together
Follow class routines
Term 3 — Weeks 5 & 6 Curriculum Overview:
Junior Class
English:
Prep—Rhyming Book
Year 1/2—Writing “How to make a Milkshake”
assessment
Maths:
Prep—Days of the week, introduce clocks
Year 1/2—Months of year and calendars, half past
o’clocks
Senior Class
English: Poetry assessment—Analysis of two poems,
Limericks/Rhyming couplets
Maths:
Yr 3—Symmetry
Yr 4—Symmetry
Yr 5—Symmetry/tessellations
Yr 6—Symmetry/tessellations
History: Ahn Do—a Vietnamese refugee
Science: Water survey
History: Local heritage walk next Tuesday
Science: Properties of Materials—absorbency, flotation,
biodegradability
Whole School Spelling Focus Week 5
Whole School Spelling Focus Week 6
Unit 25
or,ore,a,aw,au—horse core ball paw sauce
Unit 26
v,ve—vase sleeve
P&C
2015 Committee
President:
Kurstin Lanser
Ph: 41690835
Secretary:
Leanne Barnes
Ph: 41641189
Treasurer:
Vanessa Schick
Ph: 41642333
Tuckshop Convenor:
Rita Brown-Grant
Ph: 41641198
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Please keep collecting your stickers every time
you shop at Woolworths and drop them in the
box provided in store or to the school office.
NEXT GENERAL MEETING
Thursday
27 August—3.30pm
Term 3 Dates
Thursday
27 August
&
Tuesday
15 September
Around the School
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Just for Fun
Name:
Clay Skvaridlo
Age:
7
Pets:
8 dogs & 11 cats
Favourite colour:
Purple
Favourite food:
Pasta & Hotdogs
Favourite sport:
Soccer
Favourite toy:
Racing Cars
Favourite thing to do at home:
X-Box 360
Saturday 15 August -
Leiteisha
Saturday 29 August -
Clay
Favourite thing to do at school: Computer
What do you want to be when
you grow up:
Astronaut or Superman
COLOUR BY
NUMBER
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M P
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(Montanna, Troy &
Isabella’s Pop)
Thursday
Lunchtimes
1.15pm—1.45pm
Best for Ages 9 & upwards