MCSS Newsletter - Issue 1 - 2015.pub

Mudgeeraba Creek State School
NEWSLETTER
OFFICE:
ABSENCE:
FAX:
Friendship, Achievement and Respect
(07) 5565 0333
(07) 5565 0360
(07) 5565 0300
PO BOX 465
MUDGEERABA QLD 4213
Academic Excellence in a Country Atmosphere
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mudgcreess.eq.edu.au
JANUARY 2015
From the Principal’s Desk
Issue: 001
IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome to Mudgeeraba Creek State School. In 2015 we welcome returning families
and extend a special warm welcome to our many new families who have made us the
school of choice for 2015.
On behalf of the P&C I would like to extend an invitation to our new families to attend
a sausage sizzle to meet the P&C on Wednesday 18 February between 4.30pm and
6.30 pm prior to the P&C meeting that evening - we look forward to seeing you at
school outside the staff room on that evening.
We hope you like our ‘new look’ newsletter that endeavours to promote a more
professional image for our school and brings us in line with many other schools who
produce their own newsletters. Change always takes a bit of getting used to but we
hope you find the updated calendar and additional information more helpful.
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Principal’s Address
SWPBS
From the Admin
Calendar of Events
Japanese News
OSHC—Camp Australia
Tuckshop
P & C News
The School Locker
Community News
Another year has arrived and as we venture into our new year we continue to strive
for engaged learners, robust reading and quality learning environments.
This year I welcome Susan Bowen, the school’s Master Teacher to our curriculum
team. Susan will complement the strengths of the team by providing support in
Mathematics.
WEEKLY TIMETABLE:
Whole School Assembly:
9am Monday
The team’s responsibilities are outlined below:
CBA Student Banking:
CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP
TEAM MEMBERS
Deirdre von Guilleaume
ROLE
8.30am-9.15am Thursday
(Commencing Week 3)
Uniform Shop Hours:
Carol Randall
Oversees all curriculum implementation, Art
and Science of Teaching (ASoT) Lead
Teacher, ASoT Coaching Team Leader
Learning to Learn/Gifted and Talented Mentor,
Science and ICT Lead Teacher
Literacy Lead Teacher, History
Lesley Dekker
Words Their Way Coach and Lead Teacher
Payment Window Hours:
Susan Bowen
Numeracy Master Teacher and Lead Teacher
Pamela Lidstone
SWD Differentiation Lead Teacher
8.15am-9.30am Tuesday
8.15am-9.30am Friday
Nicole Page-Dhu
8.15am-10.30am Monday
1.45pm-4pm Thursday
Phone: (07) 5559 2059
Tuckshop Hours:
8.30am-4pm Monday to Friday
Phone: (07) 5525 3198
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
In 2014, we successfully received outstanding ratings for our Discipline Audit. In 2013, our Teaching and
Learning Audit addressed areas for improvement of which we have undertaken significant headway.
In 2015, we continue our explicit improvement agenda most notably in the following areas:
English- Consolidation and deepening of knowledge and practice in Daily Five and CAFÉ as a
targeted teaching of reading approach; school wide implementation of the Words Their Way
approach in spelling, implementation and consolidation of a robust oral language
programme-Book Club- in Prep and Year 1.
Maths- Implementation of school wide approach- Daily 3 - and introduction of Maths Journals
Art and Science of Teaching (ASoT) - the schools pedagogical framework underpins the way we do
business. Consistent approaches to classroom layouts, setting of goals, core language in the
classroom and the focus on the 41 elements of effective teaching is the foundation of our
teaching and learning approach.
Learning to Learn - The teaching and learning of Higher Order Thinking Skills, as with ASoT,
underpins our teaching practice. The targeted movement of more students into the Upper 2
Bands (U2B) in NAPLAN and a strategic and explicit approach to the teaching of these skills will
be implemented throughout the year.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
I would like to thank every parent and carer for the excellent way our students are dressed this year.
The school is always very good but this year we have almost 100% of students with the correct black
shoes so a BIG thank you. Also, the students are enjoying the attractive headbands and hair ties in
school colours that are available at the uniform shop - they all look so striking. A reminder that shoulder
length hair is to be tied up and adhering to school uniform rules contributes to students achieving their
FAR points each week. Thank you once again for making this wonderful effort and instilling a sense of
pride for your child in the school.
MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION SESSIONS
Please refer to the Calendar for year level date claimers.
STAFFING
The Mudgeeraba Creek team is a committed group of professionals who work tirelessly to continually
review, reflect and improve our school. This week we farewell Ms Sandi James, our Guidance Officer.
Sandi has been at our school for over three years and been working in her field for over 40 years. Sandi
has decided to retire and I wish to publicly acknowledge her fantastic work and many hours of dedicated
service she has given to students over the years. We thank Sandi and wish her well in her retirement.
Ms Linda Stindl will be Sandi’s replacement with immediate effect.
We also welcome the following new staff to our school this year:
Brooke Edwards –Prep ES
Kathrina Tillston-Year 3K
Alison Alderson-SEP Teacher
Penny Chesters-SEP Teacher
Susan Bowen-Master Teacher
Darren Borg- Grounds Office (Mr Schultz is on leave)
Elizabeth Chandler- Strings Music Teacher
Please find overleaf a comprehensive list of 2015 staff. This list is current at time of going to publication.
Deirdre von Guilleaume
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
2015 ADMINISTRATION
POSITION DESCRIPTION
NAME
Deirdre von Guilleaume
PRINCIPAL
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
Nicole Page-Dhu
HOSES
Pamela Lidstone
GUIDANCE OFFICER
Linda Stindl
MASTER TEACHER
Susan Bowen
ST:L&N
Carol Randall
BEHAVIOUR (BAT)
Michael Rhodes
BUSINESS MANGER
Gaylene Oppermann
ADMIN OFFICER
Lynne Bateson
ADMIN OFFICER
Anastasia Varcoe
ADMIN OFFICER
Rebecca Parnell
ADMIN OFFICER
Louise Gossling
2015 specialist staff
CLASS
NAME
DAYS WORKED
ROLES
PE /NCT
Peter Szogi
Mon-Fri
PE/School Sports Coordinator
Japanese
Kerry Forrest
T,W.Th
Japanese Coordinator
Music
Josh Shelton
0.8 M,T,W,TH
Performing Arts Facilitator
Instrumental
Multi
Instrumental
Strings
Titans
Learning
Centre
Heath Florey
0.3
Junior & Senior Band
0.2-Mondays
Junior & Senior Strings
M,T,W
NCT
Provider
Speech
Pathologists
Elizabeth Chandler
Wendy Thomas
Kaia Clarke
W, Th, F
TLC Coordinator and TLC 1
teacher
TLC 2 teacher
Kaia Clarke
M,T
NCT provider P-2
Kirsten Geraghty
0.2-Tuesday
Prep SLP-Oral Language
Laura White
0.2-Tuesday
P-6
Regional AVT HI delivery
AVT HI
Janelle Bressow
1.0
AVT HI
Fran Cummins
1.0
Pamela Lidstone
1.0
SEP
0.8 M,T,TH,F
Head of Special Education P-2
SWD
P-2 SWD
0.4 TH,F
Yrs 4-5 SWD
0.6 W,TH,F
Yr 6 SWD
Allison Alderson
0.4 M,T
Yrs 3-4 SWD
Linette Hagen
0.4 M, W
Yrs 3-4 SWD
Sally Chalker
Mercedes GamboaMilne
Penny Chesters
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
2015 Class teachers
CLASS
Prep C
Prep DJ
NAME
Katie Carter
Dominique Barrett
DAYS
WORKED
Full week
0.6-M,T,W
Jenny Stevens
0.4-TH,F
Prep W
Margaret Wagner
Full week
Prep ES
Brooke Edwards
0.8 M,T,TH.F
Sally Chalker
1GL
Jane Grace
Lesley Dekker
1TF
1ML
0.2-W
0.8 M,T,TH,F
0.2 T
Camilla Towers-Florey
0.6 M,T,W
Peta Fahy
0.4 TH, F
Mac Uyar
0.8 M,W,TH,F
Lesley Dekker
0.2 T
1L
Tracey Leigh
Full week
2G
Denis Gray
Full week
2D
Adrian Dickie
Full week
2M
Kylie Mooney
Full week
2/3B
Pieta Brieditis
Full week
3H
Megan Hayes
Full week
3S
Donald Stewart
Full week
3K
Kathrina Tillston
Full week
Jackie Davis
Full week
4H
David Hancock
Full week
4D
Janelle Davidson
Full week
4Y
Helen Dickie
Full week
5T
Ben Tickner
Full week
5H
Sally Howarth
Full week
5E
Sally Edwards
Full week
6B
Lyn Barrett
Full week
6U
Tracy Ulyate
Full week
6D
Greg Deeth
Full week
3/4V
6MT
Melissa Meyn
M,T,W,TH
Kirby Taylor
F
SWPBS & FROM THE ADMIN TEAM
School Wide Posi ve Behaviour Support
Focus of the Week:
Follow instruc@ons from school staff
FROM THE ADMIN TEAM
Prep 2016 Enrolments
It is never too early!
IS YOUR INFORMATION UP-TO-DATE?
Please register your Expression of
Interest at the front administra9on
office or email our Enrolment Officer
at [email protected] or
phone 5565 0333.
Parents are asked to ensure that all information held at School Administration
remains current. Should there be a change to medical conditions, family
circumstances, parenting orders, court documentation affecting a student and/or
change made to emergency contacts details, please formally advise the front office.
MEDICATION
School staff are not permitted to dispense medication nor implement medical
procedures, as a parent may do so. This will only be done, at the discretion of the
Principal. Parents must complete documentation (available from front office) and
provide written instruction/s either from the doctor or via a chemist label (with
doctor’s name on it) attached to the medication. All medication must be delivered to
the front office. For some conditions, the family doctor will need to provide a
Medication Action Plan (ie. Asthma and Anaphylaxis). Medication is not to be stored
in a student’s bag or classroom without the Principal’s approval.
SCHOOL BANKING
School Banking is a fun, engaging way for young Australians
to learn lifelong money-management skills.
Quote of the
Fortnight
‘A good teacher can
inspire hope, ignite the
imagination, and instill a
love of learning.’
Brad Henry
How it works
Parents open a Youthsaver account for their children
• Kids can then bank at participating schools for a fun,
hands-on experience that encourages good savings
habits
• They receive a Dollarmites token every time they make a deposit to their
savings account at school, regardless of the amount
• Once they have 10 tokens, they can redeem them for a variety of reward items,
including a handball, scented pencils, swimming bag and sea streamers
• The more tokens they save, the more items they can redeem throughout the
year
Participating schools benefit by receiving a commission on every deposit made at
the school and $5 for every Activated Account via the program – a great fundraising
activity
School Banking is run by our wonderful volunteers Jenny Justo and Melissa McKay.
School Banking for 2015 will commence on Thursday 12 February, 2015. Please
ensure all bank books are handed in to the office by 9:00 am each Thursday.
Should you wish to open a Commonwealth Bank Account, a representative from the
Bank will be visiting the school on Monday 10 March between 9am-10am, and
again between 2.30pm– 3.15pm. They will be located at the top of the front entry
stairs.
FROM THE ADMIN TEAM
BEFORE SCHOOL TENNIS PROGRAM
This year, Mark Krivokuca a fully qualified Level 2 advanced (ATPCA) tennis coach will be running a morning tennis
program at our school. Mark has played tennis professionally and has also travelled and trained with some professional
tennis stars like Bernard Tomic, Ben Mitchell and Luke Saville. He has been coaching for 9 years since leaving the Pro
Tennis Circuit.
Mark will be focusing on teaching the proper tennis techniques with a philosophy on quality learning;
this means classes will be capped at no more than 6 students per class to allow more quality time to
hit and help accelerate student skill and development in tennis. There will only be limited tennis spaces available.
If your child is interested but they have not received a flyer, please contact Mark on 0424 364 144 for
all enquires, or email - [email protected] for program and fee structure.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION 2015
Religious Instruction is generally made available to all Years 1-7 classes by church endorsed volunteers. The class teacher
retains general responsibility and supervision for the class during these lessons, but does not participate within the
instruction. Religious Instruction is not usually denominationally specific, being ecumenical in nature. Parents not wanting
their child/ren to be involved in Religious Instruction should forward written notice to the class teacher as soon as possible.
These students will be provided with consolidation / revision school work and supervised by a teacher in another classroom
during the Religious Instruction session. Any parent seeking more information about Religious Instruction should contact
School Administration.
CONCERNED? WHO DO I CONTACT?
In such a dynamic school community, communication and information sharing is critical. Inevitably, there will be times when
someone will be unsure, confused or perhaps displeased. Should anyone be concerned over an issue, it is always best to
speak with the person, most closely involved with the decision or incident, in seeking clarification or issue resolution. On
most occasions, when this discussion occurs, miscommunication is found to be the issue, and the matter is quickly resolved.
We all want the same thing! We all want the best outcome for students! We must though work within a framework of
rationality and possibility.
1. Speak with the class teacher or staff member involved, first. They know the issue so can best discuss details with you.
2. If your concern could not be resolved in this way, make an appointment to speak with the Deputy Principal or Principal.
Time will be made available as soon as possible for follow up. The class teacher or staff member may be invited to also
attend the interview. We want to quickly get to the ‘heart of the issue’ and resolve it. As a staff, we work as a team to
achieve the highest possible educational service standards for our students.
3. If your concern could not be resolved in these ways or perhaps the matter is of an extremely serious nature, make an
appointment with the Principal. Again, she will make time available to speak with you as soon as practically possible.
Depending on the nature of the issue, other staff will be invited to attend the interview so that clear, open and honest
communication is maintained.
As stated, most issues can easily be resolved through the provision of additional explanation. We are happy to respond in
this way. Give us a call. We are keen to resolve any issues that may arise. Additionally, we are always keen to hear
compliments and of the good work that staff perform, so that we can pass these on.
STUDENT ABSENCE LINE
Every Day counts—We urge all parents to minimise holidays, special days and all unnecessary appointments to be
scheduled in school time. On the day your child is absent please call the school and select the absentee line recording
name, class and reason for absence. Should your child be absent for 3 or more days written notification is required. You
must provide a written letter to the office or email [email protected] advising of the reason for the absence. If
the absence is for a period of more than 10 days, exemption paperwork must be completed – which is available in the front
office.
FROM THE ADMIN TEAM
LIBRARY NEWS
Welcome back! I hope 2015 has started off for you and your family in a very positive way. I am
currently seeking volunteers to cover books. We are fortunate to have a large selection of new
readers for the Upper School AND I would be most appreciative of any help. If you have a spare
hour or so please come up to the Library anytime Monday-Thursday, no experience needed, I
will show you how to contact the books. Thank you to the two mums who have already offered
their services.
* Children in Prep-Year 5 need a suitable LIBRARY bag (not a plastic shopping bag) to borrow
* All children are to borrow on their designated Library day
* Books are loaned out for 2 weeks before they become overdue
* Must renew loan after 2 weeks if the book is not finished; The Librarian must sight the book before a renewal will
occur.
Kind regards ~ Shauna Rowe
LOST PROPERTY
Lost property is located outside the Tuckshop in the bins provided. As we want all misplaced items returned to the rightful
owners, please label ALL items brought to school, this includes hats, drink bottles, jumpers etc.
All items of value are handed in frequently to the office, please always check at the office if you have lost keys, money,
technology or glasses.
PARKING
Please observe all of the council signs and road rules around our school in regards to parking and safe practice. We have
already had near misses with student and toddler safety at risk due to unsafe driving . Police patrol the school zones
regularly. Please also don’t hesitate to report dangerous incidents and the car registration number plate to the front office
who forward on to the police.
Rules to remember:
• Drop off zones are only for drop off, please observe the times listed on the signs. These zones are there for the whole
school community to drop and pick up in a safe area, never leave your car unattended in these times.
• Hardys Road Car Park has plenty of parking available and is only a short walk into the school.
• Tarrant Drive is not preferred for drop off or pick up, never park on the footpath, in the Church and Childcare car park or
on the yellow lines.
COLLECTION OF STUDENTS
Your Office Administration Staff are here to help and assist you but there are some things you can do to help us. Please
discuss and finalise all details about school collection before school as we aim to minimise disruption to classes.
All students who have not been collected by 3:15pm from the bus shelter will be taken to our on-site after school facility
Camp Australia. Please contact Camp Australia on 0412 075370 if you need emergency after school help.
BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROCEDURES
We would like to remind parents that all students (and parents/carers if they accompany students) are to wait in the Main
Undercover Area if they arrive at school before 8.50am. Please do not congregate outside classrooms as teachers are
preparing for the school day and attending meetings at this time. Prep parents and carers are the exception to the rule until
further notice. They will be advised by their class teacher as to when the students are settled enough to wait in the
undercover area. Students who need to be at school (apart from those travelling on buses) before 8.30am need to attend
the Before School facility in the hall.
We request that students vacate the school grounds by 3.10pm at the latest in the afternoon. Students awaiting pick up by
parents/carers are to wait in the bus shelter which is supervised by a staff member. These students are expected to follow
the same rules as the bus children such as sitting down and following instructions from staff. Students who have not been
collected by 3.15pm will be sent to the After School Hours Care facility in the hall.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
What:
When:
Where:
Years 1 to 6 Parent / Teacher
Interviews
Wednesday 11 February
In Classrooms
Years Prep to 2 - 5pm-6pm
Years 3 to 6 - 6pm-7pm
School Leaders Badge Ceremony Monday 16 February
9am
and Morning Tea
The Performance Centre
P&C Welcome to new families bbq Wednesday 18 February
and P&C Meeting
4.30pm –6.30pm
Meeting at 6.30pm
Outside staff room
District Swimming Carnival
Thursday 19 February
Pizzey Park, Miami
Prep Family Fun Day
Friday 27 February
Prep Classrooms and
Playground
Prep / Parent Teacher Interviews
Monday 2 March to Friday
13 March
(as per scheduled times)
In Classrooms
Commonwealth Bank Account
Opening Sessions
Tuesday 10 March
8am-9am
2.30pm-3.15pm
Top of Main Entry Gate
Stairs
Tour Date Visit Utsunomiya
Higashi High School
Tuesday 10 March
Interschool Chess Competition
Wednesday 18 March
Student’s Interim reports issued
Wednesday 1st April
Prep Easter Hat Parade
Thursday 2 April
Last Day of Term 1
Thursday 2 April
First Day of Term 2
Monday 20 April
Worongary State School
The Performance Centre
JAPANESE NEWS
Welcome back and a Happy 2015.
It is the Year of the Sheep according to the Chinese Zodiac,
also used by Japan and many Asian countries. In Japan, they
say 'あけまして おめでとう ございます’which , as a direct
translation, translates to 'Congratulations on the Opening of the
Year'. It is a much celebrated festival in
Japan and much
loved by children as they receive money gifts from family and
close friends of the family. New Year in Japan is a special
family time too, with family members who live away from home,
all coming back to celebrate and bring in the new year.
This year at Mudgee Creek, Year 4, 5 and 6 classes will learn
Japanese. Year 4 have a 30 minute lesson each week, Year 5
have a 60 minute lesson and Year 6 have a 60 minute plus a
30 minute lesson. I am looking forward to some fabulous
lessons with all of the classes and look forward to teaching
them the first alphabet; Hiragana. This week's classes so far
have been keen, enthusiastic learners and a delight to teach. I
hope that this continues for the whole year.
Remember for many great resources, links, songs, videos,
recipes and more, you can check Japanese Joy;
www.japanesejoy.com
Sayounara from Ms Forrest
OSHC—CAMP AUSTRALIA
Mudgeeraba Creek State School OSHC
Welcome back everyone!
Wow it’s hard to believe that the school year is upon us again. During
Holiday Club we have been lucky enough to meet lots of new families
especially preppies ready to start their journey here at Mudgeeraba
Creek State School. For those of you who are thinking that you may
require care for your children in either before, after school or holiday
care , please follow the enrolment and booking process on our
website below.
We have had a busy few weeks during holiday club. Here is a
snapshot of just some of things the children got up to while they were
here:
Craft: Christmas decorations, clown hats, fill the Christmas stocking,
paper bangars, safari binoculars, salt & sugar painting, matryoshka
dolls, chinese new year craft.
Active Group games: Fill up your bucket, handball, catch the
reindeer, lions & tigers, jungle scavenger hunt, sand clump dancing,
bean bag bonanza.
Science activities: Static electricity, make a volcano, morse code,
how windy is it?
Group activities: Circus pictionary, bag of tricks, Christmas memory
game, Santa says, tongue twisters, button golf, cooking, card tower
challenges.
Incursions: Build a birds nest, make your own picture frame, gift
making, cricket, African drumming
Excurions: Putt Putt & Penguins of Madagascar
Student Banking
Kind regards,
Miss Lucya and the Mudgee Creek Team
Please visit your parent portal at www.campaustralia.com.au or call our
Customer Service Team on 1300 105 343 for any bookings or
cancellations.
TUCKSHOP NEWS
Exciting
New
Menu
is currently
being developed!
If you have any suggestions
for healthy food choices,
please send feedback to:
Phone: 5525 3198
Fortnightly Roster
MONDAY
HELP NEEDED!
TUESDAY
HELP NEEDED!
WEDNESDAY
HELP NEEDED!
THURSDAY
HELP NEEDED!
FRIDAY
HELP NEEDED!
MONDAY
HELP NEEDED!
TUESDAY
HELP NEEDED!
WEDNESDAY
HELP NEEDED!
THURSDAY
HELP NEEDED!
FRIDAY
HELP NEEDED!
VOLUNTEERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED!
[email protected]
If you are able to volunteer any of your @me in
the Tuckshop—even if it is just for half an hour
during lunch break mes so that children don’t
miss out on being served, please call the Tuckshop
on 55 25 31 98. Alterna@vely, drop by the
Tuckshop for a chat with the Tuckshop Convenor,
Joanne Allan.
P & C NEWS
THE SCHOOL LOCKER
Phone: 5559 0259
COMMUNITY NEWS
Gold Coast Health Oral Health (Dental) Services
Gold Coast Oral Health Services are offering free dental check-ups to children in years
This service will be provided on-site by the Mobile Dental Van. Hours of operation for this clinic are 8am – 4pm Monday to Friday
(by appointment).
To arrange an appointment for your child telephone:
The Oral Health Client Service Centre
)1300 300 850
Monday – Friday 8.00 am – 4.30 pm
Excluding Public Holidays
Child Dental Benefit Schedule Vouchers are accepted. When your child’s $1000 cap is reached, there will be no out-of-pocket
expenses provided your child meets *eligibility criteria.
* Eligibility – All Queensland resident children aged four years or older who have not completed year 10 of secondary school.
Further information on public funded oral health services can be accessed via URL: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/goldcoasthealth/
html/services/oralhealth.asp
COMMUNITY NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
GOLD COAST TOUCH
ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
PO BOX 5290 GOLD COAST MAIL CENTRE 9726
PHONE/FAX (07) 5532 1419 EMAIL: [email protected]
JUNIOR TOUCH COMPETITION
(BOYS & GIRLS)
OWEN PARK, QUEEN STREET, SOUTHPORT
TEAM NOMINATIONS ONLY
(NO REPRESENTATIVE TYPE TEAMS)
NOMINATION FEES
8’s AND UNDER & 10’s AND UNDER
$740-00 PER TEAM
5 A-SIDE (HALF FIELDS)
12’s AND UNDER & 14’s AND UNDER
$840-00 PER TEAM (6 A-SIDE)
MINIMUM AGE - PRIMARY SCHOOL
COMPETITION COMMENCES
SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015
GRAND FINALS SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2015
TEAM NOMINATIONS CLOSE
FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2015
WANT TO BE A
CHEERLEADER?
WE ARE LOOKING FOR GIRLS
AGED 5 TO 18+ TO
BECOME MUDGEERABA
SPRIDEETTE CHEERLEADERS
FOR THE 2015 RUGBY
LEAGUE SEASON.
CONTACT 0422 467 148 FOR
FURTHER DETAILS