newsletter-2016-03-01 - Texas P

1 March 2016
Term 1 Week 6
TUESDAY TELEGRAPH
2016 - The Year of the Mindful Learner
Ac on Not Words
Welcome to Fabulous Year Three!
We have started the year off really well and everyone is
working very hard.
In Maths we have been doing a lot of work with addition and
subtraction and we have made amazing progress with multiplication. Each time we master a lot of multiplication we add
a scoop to our sweet treats display and when we have eight
scoops each we will have an ice-cream party. We are all
becoming very skilled with skip counting in 6’s and this will
really assist us when we have to learn our six times tables.
In English we have been learning all about persuasive writing and learning about homophones. Why not ask a Year
three child what a homophone is? They should respond
with they are words that sound the same, however are
spelt differently
and have different meanings, e.g. whether and
weather. In Thrass we have been breaking down
our spelling words into their individual phonemes
(sounds), by using the phonic fist process. This is
where you raise
a finger for each
of the sounds in a word e.g. gnat is gn (n), a, t. If you are
not really sure what I am talking about (and it took me a
while to get it when we first learnt), please come in and
I’ll show you what we are doing.
In Art we have been looking at warm and cool colours and
how they are used to create different feelings in art. The
students have created spectacular pieces that are now hanging in the room for you all to
see.
Thank you to all the parents for having all of your child’s books organised for a great year
of learning!
From Year Three and Mrs T.
STAY SAFE in SCHOOL ZONES
Safety in school zones is everyone’s responsibility.
The speed zone at the front of our school is
40km/h
Between 7 – 9am and 2 – 4pm school days.
Please stay safe in our school zone!
PRIMARY NEWS
Prep
Ms Nettie
Prep visit the Manual Arts Room for Technology lessons each Tuesday. Mr Day
has already worked with the students to create wonderful name plaques. They
are using woodworking tools and learning skills to manufacture a truck this term.
Students will also learn how to work safely and
responsibly in the workshop. The students always put on their safety glasses and listen to
instructions from Mr Day.
*Congratulations to Lillie who received Student of the Week on
parade last week.
Year 4 News
Mrs Ramsay
Well done to the following Students of the Week:
Week 5 – Toby, Will, Madison, Deakin
We are continuing with our Assessment Task in English. Everyone was keen to plan and start their draft new chapter of
‘The Twits’. They all have great ideas and I am impressed at how great their imagination is. In the coming weeks, we will
be publishing these and we are hoping to make a class booklet with all our chapters included.
Each week we complete comprehension activities. Through testing, we have come to realise that we are great readers,
but need to work on understanding the text. We will continue to work on this in our weekly lesson and our reading groups.
As part of our positive behaviour reward system at school, students receive ‘stamps’. Once enough ‘stamps’ have been
collected, students can then go to the Trading Centre to trade their stamps in for prizes. Most students have already
had enough stamps to trade. The Trading Centre is open once a week.
Have a great week.
PRINCIPAL’S POINTS
Hi Parents
The term is flying by – Week 6 ….WOW! Students have become very involved in their work. Teachers have seen
a sharp increase in student engagement across the board – what a great start to the year!
We are testing students in Literacy and where necessary, we will develop an individualised plan to assist those
students requiring extra support. Through the Investing for Success Program, we are able to target Literacy
and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) gaps and work with students to help them improve.
I expect there will be many staff and students attending Amber’s funeral this Thursday. I am developing a plan
for the day that will be distributed to parents tomorrow (Wednesday). Please be assured I will make every attempt to keep the school running as per routine. As I wrote to everyone yesterday, my thoughts are with Amber’s family and ensuring that we continue to support our students, staff and families as we move through this
most tragic event.
Stay Safe – thank you for the continued support you give to our school and school community.
Mike
Student Representative Council Fundraiser
WHAT: Leukaemia Foundation
-
‘FUNKY HAIR DAY’
The
money raised by our school will help the Leukaemia Foundation look after people with blood cancers and help researchers find a cure.
WHEN: FRIDAY 11th March 2016
WHAT To WEAR: Dress in colours of
Please bring a
CREATE a
Gold Coin Donation
PINK and/or BLUE
to wear DRESS DOWN clothes
Funky Hair Style and make your hair as wild
and whacky as you can ….THEN, FOR an EXTRA
COIN DONATION
get your
GOLD
HAIR sprayed in
One of our brave students, Calvin Kent, has volunteered
to have his head SHAVED on this day! If you would like
to sponsor Calvin and help support families and continue
the search for cures, please go to the World’s Greatest
Shave website, hit sponsor and search ‘Calvin Kent’.
Expectation for Week 6 – Be Safe – End of day Routine
Bells signals end of day
Tidy the room
Stack the chairs
Cleaners’ Award - Week 5
Year 3
Year 6
Year 8
EVERY DAY COUNTS
⇒ 8 classes above 93%
⇒ AVERAGE—95%
2 Way meet
Don’t forget 2 WAY MEET has been
cancelled.
We are re scheduling the carnival for November
of this year.
Cross country club
Please note that there will be NO CROSS COUNTRY CLUB this Thursday
Basketball
Congratulations to the following people who gained selection into the Mac Zone basketball team:
S
P
O
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T
S
Jack T
Joe M
Addan P
Izak P
Harry H
Darling Downs Swimming
Congratulations to Jaime Colley who gained selection into the DD swimming team. Jaime will compete
at the state titles at the end of March in Brisbane. We wish her all the best
N
E
W
S
Mac Zone swimmers
Best of luck to the 6 mac zone swimmers competing at Gatton on Wednesday. We wish the following swimmers all the best: Alex P, Sam S, Braithen S, Halle B, Lily H and Holly C.
Swimming
Please note that this is our LAST week of swimming for this season. NO YEAR 1 and YEAR 2 swimming
this week.
A big thank you to all the wonderful teacher aides, volunteers and Danni who assisted
with swimming lessons over the term. I truly appreciate the time and effort you all put
in. Thank you and see you next swimming season.
Mrs Scott
Texas Netball Assoc.
AGM
Thursday 3rd March
6.30pm, after Time Trials
At the Texas Swimming
Pool
Enquiries: 0428 773 263
All welcome!
Texas and District Kindergarten
AGM
Monday 7th March
3:30pm
At the kindy
Texas Little Athletics
AGM
Tuesday 15th March
All Abilities Skate Park Texas
3:30pm
All Welcome
Texas P-10 State School
P&C Association
The Annual General Meeting of
the Association will be held on
Wednesday 9 March 2016
at 5.30pm in the Meeting Room
in the Administration Block
A membership application is attached to this newsletter
Everyone is welcome to attend
Texas JRL News
Congratulations to our Texas JRL players that
were selected in the Warwick & District Chargers
team on Sunday at the trials in Warwick.
Harry C in the u13 and John L in the u12 Boys
Rugby League sides and Tahnee in the U14 Girls
Rugby League side, they will represent W & D at
a carnival later in the year.
Just a reminder that our Texas JRL sign on
is on this Friday 4/3/16 @ the Texas Bowls
Club at 6pm BBQ dinner available.
Tuckshop News
Hello Panda and BBQ Smith Chips are
unavailable until further notice. Thank You
2016 CALENDAR
TERM 1
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
28 Feb
29
1 Mar
2
3
4
5
DD Primary
Swimming @
Gatton
2 Way meet
Swimming @
Texas
Mac Zone Tennis
@
WEEK 6
Inglewood
Texas JRL Sign On
@ Bowls Club at
6pm
6 Mar
7
8
WEEK 7
Primary Basketball @ Toowoomba
14
10
11
12
17
18
19
P&C AGM @ 5.30
Broncos Cup
training in Texas
1-3 pm
Kindy AGM 3.30
@ Kindy
13 Mar
9
Mac Zone Cricket
15
WEEK 8
16
Broncos Cup
Mac Zone
Gundy
N ball/League
Gundy
20 Mar
21
22
WEEK 9
23
24
25
26
Mac Zone Touch
Texas
Easter Service
Catholic Church
from 9:15
Good Friday
Easter
Broncos Cup
Saturday
Last Day of Term
Allora
Festival of Small
Halls
27 Mar
28
29
30
31
1 Apr
2
3 Apr
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 Apr
11
12
13
14
15
16
Term 2
School
Photos
WEEK 1
ABSENCES
For all student absences please phone Student Absence Line:
4653 3366
LATE TO SCHOOL
Any students arriving at school
between 9am and 9.30am must
present at the Office before going to class.
Uniform Shop
The uniform shop is open Wednesdays
from 3:15pm.
If you have any questions please contact Marea on 0408 010 951