Term 2 Week 1 2016 - Moura State School

Moura Minor
comprehension skills using QAR/SCORE strategies
being taught across all year levels, Writing –
spelling and consistency in teaching of writing in
all year levels.
14th April, 2015
In this edition:
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Improvement agenda progress
Maths Corner
Uniform Policy
Chappy News
Dear Students, Parents/Caregivers and Friends
Welcome to Term 2 2016!! Our feet hit the ground
running on Monday morning and they will not stop
running till the end of Week 11!
What will Term 2 bring apart from the annual
inter-house athletics carnival, Under 8’s Day,
report cards, Year 3 and 5 NAPLAN testing, Biloela
Show Holiday, Biloela Eisteddfod, ANZAC Day?
There will also be P&C meetings, visits from Sensei
Reiko, professional development, Readers’ Cup,
work experience student, pre-service teachers
completing their pracs. Late May will also see us
have a school review with a team of reviewers
visiting the school for three days, but more
information about this in future newsletters.
Of course our most important activity for the term
is TEACHING AND LEARNING! Our improvement
agenda will continue to focus on Maths – number
facts and proficiency strands, Reading –
In order to keep up to date with what is happening
at school, please ensure you read every newsletter
and mark on your calendars when things are
happening. Attending P&C meetings is another
way to keep informed about school happenings.
The start of the new term sees a name change for
two of our classroom teachers as they enjoyed their
special days during the school break. A special
welcome back to Mrs Vonhoff and Mrs Baker as our
Prep F and 2M class teachers, and congratulations!
Best wishes are extended to the 10-12 year old
students who are participating in the DV Cross
Country trials at Bauhinia SS tomorrow. Do your
best and enjoy the experience!
Best wishes are also extended to Jared Clark as he
heads to Gladstone on Sunday/Monday for the
Capricornia Soccer trials, and to Mitchell Morris
and Noah Saxby as they participate in the
Capricornia trials for AFL in Moranbah on Monday.
IMPROVEMENT AGENDA PROGRESS
Improvement figures thus far for the year in our
improvement agenda areas are as follows:
“Striving for great things”
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Reading: All classes have specific reading lessons
at least 3 times per week with Year 4-6 classes also
introducing reading group times.
Writing: Based on the narrative sample collected
at the end of Term 1, 52% of our Year 1-3 students
are already achieving above the relevant Semester
1 mean scale score benchmark for their respective
year level. Better still, 35 of our Year 4-6 students
made gains in their mean scale score between the
narrative sample collected in Term 3 2015
compared to the narrative sample collected in
Term 1 2016. 19 of those same students gained
over 100 points in their mean scale scores!!
Congratulations to all teachers, students and
support staff for your great efforts with writing!
ATTENDANCE – EVERY DAY COUNTS
CLASS
TERM 1
WEEK 5
TERM 1
WEEK 9
CLASS
TERM 1
WEEK 5
TERM 1
WEEK 9
Prep F
97.07%
96.02%
3/4K
98.35%
96.52%
Prep/1S
95.03%
94.08%
4G
93.91%
93.38%
1/2F
95.82%
94.89%
4/5C
97.3%
96.14%
2M
94.78%
94.62%
5/6D
98.52%
97.00%
3S
96.17%
95.48%
6S
97.07%
97.39%
83 students (ie 33% of the total enrolment) still
have 100% attendance. This shows a great
commitment to school life (and are really healthy
students!).
At the same time last year the overall school
attendance rate was 93.6% and this year it is
95.4%.
Thank you thank you thank you for ensuring Every
Day Counts!!
WINTER UNIFORM
As we head into the cooler weather during Term 2
it is timely to remind everyone about our winter
uniform requirements. The table below is copied
directly from the Moura SS Prospectus 2016.
UNIFORM
GIRLS
BOYS
DAILY
UNIFORM
Royal blue ‘Polo’
shirt
Royal blue ‘Polo’
shirt
Royal Blue and
White
wind
jacket
NO
HOODS
Royal Blue and
White
wind
jacket NO
HOODS
Obtainable from
local
clothing
retail stores
Royal blue or
Black
‘Polo’
jumper
because
WPH&S
Black
pants
SPORTS
UNIFORM
Obtainable from
local
clothing
retail stores
of
skirt
or
White socks and
enclosed shoes
The Policy is ‘No
Hat, No Play’
(Includes all HPE
and
outdoor
activities)
because
WPH&S
of
Black pants
White socks and
enclosed shoes
House
colour
‘Polo’ shirt
House
colour
‘Polo’ shirt
Royal blue “Polo”
jumper
Royal blue “Polo”
jumper
with
emblem
school
Black
pleated
skirt or pants
HATS
Royal blue or
Black
Polo
jumper
White socks and
joggers
with
emblem
school
Black pants
White socks and
joggers
Blue brim Hats
(No
caps)
(Legionnaires
Caps with
Blue brim Hats
(No
caps)
(Legionnaires
Caps with
School Emblem optional
School Emblem optional
flaps
acceptable)
are
flaps
acceptable)
are
** Jeans are not part of the school uniform and are
not to be worn to school. No strings on hats
because it is a safety issue.
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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LUNCH PACKAGING
NO tin cans or glass!!! Despite the glass containers
being wrapped in another material, breakages are
happening.
Thank you for your support with ensuring lunch
packaging is safe.
PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS
A big thank you to parents and teachers who have
taken the opportunity this week to meet or chat
with each other about student learning. These
have made a difference with the students’ progress.
Parents are welcome to meet with teachers to have
a chat about their child’s learning at any time
throughout the term (and vice versa).
Appointments are to be made through the school
Office staff.
Bronze Certificates: Bronze certificates were
awarded to 181 of our Year 1-6 students who had 7
weeks in Term 1 of being safe, responsible,
courteous and learning. That is 82% of our
students, and….the best part was that 100% of the
Year 6 cohort received their bronze certificate –
TOP EFFORT!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if
you just sit there. - Will Rogers
Yours in Education
Laurel
MATHS CORNER
During Term 1, Moura State School embarked on a
journey to improve our mental computation skills
by developing a greater understanding about the
mental strategies we use to help us work out
operations. Already this term, we have seen some
classes almost double their initial results in
addition. Our teachers worked very hard during
the first term on addition and subtraction and will
focus this term on our upper school getting to work
on becoming more fluent in our multiplication and
division problems.
Traditionally
most
adults have been
taught to practise
times
tables
by
writing a list of
equations, such as
the list shown here.
RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR PLAN FOR STUDENTS
However, research tells us that understanding
multiplication facts has more to do with identifying
arrays and regions, as they help young minds
develop a better visual understanding of the
relationship between related facts and the
connections to perimeter and area. For example,
when we think of 3 x 6, we can see it as double 6,
plus one more group of 6. The Region model also
help us see the relationship between two
operations. Ie 3 x 6 is the same as 6 x 3, which
reduces the amount of facts we need to remember
by almost half. Using a multiplication grid, such as
the one shown below also helps us see this
relationship. We look forward to building our skills
in these areas further during term 2!
Mr Alex Price
Master Teacher
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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Coming and Goings
Enrolments total 253
BIRTHDAYS
10th – 16th April
Jaeda Townsend, Tayla Roberts, Shaylee
Carlo, Hamish Macrae, Lara Coombe, Conor
Leeson.
Bronze Certificates
April 15th
DV Cross Country Bauhinia
April 15th
ANZAC Day March Forms
due in to office
April 25th
ANZAC Day Holiday
May 2nd
Public Holiday – Labour
Day
May 4th
P & C Meeting 7.15pm
May 10,11,12th
May 13th
May 25th
NAPLAN Testing (Yr 3 and
5)
Biloela Show Holiday
Under 8’s Day
Darrell Blyton, Klancy Brown, Kendra Broadhurst,
Preston Coates, Luke Edwards, Neve Gassman,
Elise Howell, Connor Hay, Alicia Rasmussen,
Charley Williams, Hunter Worzfeld, Eden West,
Declan Ziebell, Paige du Plessis, Isabella
Hutchinson, Reegan Saxby, Lillian Becker, Ace
Berndsen, Zachary Blyton, Banjo Brown, Dennii
Bull, Shanae Dales, Billie Davidson, Charlotte
Dawson, Reagan Hartley, Sophie Jameson, Mia
Koczorowski, Max Mallinson, Patrick McDonald,
Arkan Nizom, Dakota Ord, Phoenix Powell, Lara
Pritchard, Rylan Reynolds, Tayla Roberts, Carter
Smith, Rylan Stratford, Nixon Sutton, Finnley
Watson, Pippa Wolski, Spencer Ballentine, Griffin
Bennett, Oliver Bennett, Shaylee Carlo, Giselle
Dickson, Rosabella Elgowhary, Chad Eyles, Sean
Ginez, Annaka Hanson, Bella Hutchinson, Sophie
Hutchinson, Brendan Kincaid, Stirling Macrae,
Saxon McPherson, Cooper Poppe, Cassian Radke,
Chase Richmond, Jace Saltner, Harrison Weier,
Sethe Zimpel, Elizabeth Armstrong, Megan Clark,
Bryce Clark, Alexis Cooke, Noah Dowden, Mollie
Evans, Oscar Hills, Shona Hodgson, Emmasen
Hutchinson, Jack Hutchinson, Troy Karakryiacos,
Meg Mactaggart, Chloie McGeachin, Angelique
Saltner, Lara Swaffer-Selff, Georgina Walker, Ashley
Warren, Aieden Watson, Ashlynn Wrigley, Nathan
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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Adams, Ben Beyers, Laura Collins, Mattais Cutting,
Scout Dickson, Selena Edmistone, Jack Edwards,
Maree Forster, Arianna Hanson, Eden Heath,
Harrison Hepburn, Charlie Howell, Shakira
Ingleton, Louis Kachel, Ethan Lace, Hamish
Macrae, DJ Mardon, Clare Marendaz, Milton
McGeachin, Rachel Morgan-Jones, Kyla Owens,
Thatcher Powell, Lane Wolski, Ethan Hawkins,
Rian Hartwell, Emmett Sutton, Tyron Saltner,
Jordan Austin, Reef Brazaitis, Isabelle Campbell,
Jared Clark, Jordan Edmistone, Dusty Fitzpatrick,
Hayley Fitzpatrick, Ryan Francis, Shawn Hawkins,
Anna Hepburn, Fletcher Hicks, Nicola Hutchinson,
Sammie Johnson, Andie Lang, Kai Mardon, Ally
Marendaz, Nathan McQuillan, Gemma Meier,
Rebekah Morgan-Jones, Mitchell Morris, Remi
Oberle, Shontai Sauer, Noah Saxby, Jack Theodore,
Leslie Waldron, Rena Werth, Henry Ballentine,
Cooper Bernsden, Patricia Blyton, Janique Dales,
William Hogarth, Heidi Hutchinson, Tom
Mactaggart, Charlie McLaughlan, Ashley Meier,
Harry Simmonds, Heidi Smith, Heidi Swaffer-Selff,
Ben Walker, Garreth Walkube, Sophie Watson, Jill
Werth, Noah West, Fraser Bradshaw, Bond
Brazaitis, Lara Coombe, Laura du Plessis,
Indyanna Eriksen, Macy Francis, Oliver Hicks,
Conor Leeson, D-Lee Hawkins, Riley Macrae,
Sarkara McLeod, Tate Neumann, Tahley Oberle,
Miah Powell, Peter Stephenson, Rylee Vaughan,
Bella Weier, Blake Weier, Tyler White, Alexander
Zimpel, Alex Walker, Aurelia Heath, Madelyn
Davidson, Ebony Lambert-Barker, Brendan
Conway, Coen Saxby, Ashley Keddie, Ned CoadyLohmann, Belle Fitzpatrick, Harrison Corr, Mia
Dawson, Xavier Elgowhary, Cassie Cooke, Sam
Gassman, Maddison Johnson, Saige Bellert, Alice
Theodore, Donata Melino, Damon Lyons, Shania
Carlo, Tristan Senica.
Position Vacant
School Banking Coordinator.
If you would be interested in taking over this
positon, please contact the school. Training will be
provided.
Show your support for students with autism in
April
Do you know that there are more than 12,000
students with autism enrolled in Queensland state
schools?
April is Autism Awareness Month and our school is
committed to working with families and services to
support students with autism and ensure that they
get
the
best
possible
start
in
life.
This year the Queensland Government launched
Australia’s first Autism Hub to provide students with
autism, their families and schools across the state
with
more
support.
Located in Brisbane, the $2 million centre offers
expert advice, training and resources to parents,
educators and health professionals. Seven regional
autism coaches have also been appointed, ensuring
professional support is available statewide.
For
more
information
visit
www.education.qld.gov.au/autismhub.
Reminder to be safe when travelling on or near
buses
With another school term underway, we’d like to
remind all students and parents to please be safe
when
travelling
on
or
near
buses.
A significant number of school students in
Queensland travel on buses to attend school. All
students have the right to a safe and enjoyable
journey, and their safety is our number one priority.
Ensuring students safe travel on or near buses is a
shared responsibility which brings together the
efforts of students, their parents/carers, schools, bus
drivers and bus operators. When travelling on or
near a bus, there are some safety tips you should
follow
to
ensure
a
safe
journey
—
http://translink.com.au/sites/default/files/assets/r
esources/travel-information/school-travel/safetytips-for-students.pdf.
A Code of Conduct for School Students Travelling on
Buses is also available to provide students and
parents/carers with information about how to travel
safely on buses. To view the code and more
information, visit http://translink.com.au/travelwith-us/school-travel/getting-to-and-from-school.
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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CHAPPY NEWS
Hi Everyone!
My name is Chloe Bader and I am the School
Chaplain here at Moura State School. I will be here
at school on Mondays and Tuesdays. I will be
supporting students and staff at Theodore SS on
Thursdays and Fridays.
A little bit about myself: I moved to Moura from the
big smoke of Brisbane. I am originally from
Christchurch, New Zealand. I moved to Australia
when I was 15 years old and love it here.
As a School Chaplain I am here to provide social,
emotional and spiritual support to students,
parents and staff. Also to run programs that focus
on the needs of the students. I will be helping out
with Homework Club on Monday afternoon and
helping out with Breakfast Club on Monday
mornings too.
This term I am planning to do some great fun arts
and crafts with the students during the lunch
breaks. This week we started making sock puppets.
The students have had fun making them and
putting on puppet shows. All the socks were
donated from family and friends in Brisbane. In a
couple of weeks I plan to do Mother’s Day cards
with the students.
Bus Families
Please notify the office if you know your child
will not be on the bus certain afternoons
through the week so we can update our bus
rolls.
ANZAC DAY March
Forms are due in to the office by
TOMORROW 15th April if your child wishes to
march with the school.
Meet at the Puma Service Station at 9.30am for a
10am start. Students will need to be dressed in
their Moura State School uniform-Blue shirt and
black shorts/skirt.
Students will also need to wear enclosed shoes, a
broad brimmed hat and a named water bottle. We
also suggest applying sunscreen to your student/s.
Students need to be collected straight after the
ceremony which will be at the RSL.
See you again on Monday!
Chappy Chloe 
Homework Club
Homework Club will start back next Monday,
18th April.
Moura
Breakfast
Club 2016
Breakfast Club 2016
Time: 3:10pm – 3:45pm
Where: Miss Green’s classroom.
Parents must collect a note from the office
and return it by Friday 22nd April if their child
wishes to participate.
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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Tennis Lessons
Tennis lessons for all children in Prep & older are
now available.
Lessons are on Tuesday & Wednesday afternoons
& will start in week 3 of term.
Please text/call Nichole on 0413 431 401
or email [email protected] to book your
spot!
Moura Tennis Club Inc.
Every Tuesday Ladies Tennis at 12 Nott Street,
starts from 9am, Ball fee $3:00
We have great facilities, a closed in area for young
children
All levels of players welcome.
Wednesday nights Mixed Social Tennis from
6:30pm
Sundays: courts are free all day for the
Community
Contact : Jenny Wragge
0428 735 449
Moura State School
Teacher Aide Vacancy
Permanent Part Time
A vacancy exists for 1 part-time teacher aide to work
with students with disabilities at Moura State School.
This position is 10 hour per week. Applicants are to
submit a short written response (maximum two x A4
pages) to the “How you will be assessed” criteria along
with a current resume. Application packages including
selection criteria can be collected from the school office
or on the following link:
https://mourass.eq.edu.au/
Applications close on
29th April 2016 at 3:30pm
Applications can be returned, marked “Confidential” to:The BSM
Moura State School
PO Box 182
MOURA Q 4718
Or email [email protected]
Applicants must address the Selection Criteria to be
considered for the position and they will remain current
for 12 months.
Education Queensland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Government
regulations
prohibit smoking within the school grounds. Confirmation of employment is
conditional upon the preferred applicant being issued with a Suitability Card
from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian.
.
Callide Valley Show Art Competition
The Callide Valley Show Society have invited the
students of Moura State School to enter the art
competition. Entries can be accepted for Painting,
Drawing, mixed media, miniature, collage and
charcoal from Prep to year 6. All entries to be on
approximately 37cm x 27cm drawing paper,
unframed and without backing or laminating and
no canvas.
Exhibitors name and address must be on the back.
Entries must be handed into the school no later
than Friday 6th May along with 50 cent entry fee
per piece of artwork.
Contact Michelle Lang for further information.
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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SCIENCE FACTORY 2016
Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260
Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email [email protected] Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm
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