Current Newsletter - Scarborough State School

Term 1 Week 2
3 February 2015
NEWSLETTER
Scarborough State School | Cresco | Pride of the Peninsula
From the Principal
The dust from day 8 has now well and truly settled. As part of the school restructure we lost the
services of Mr Trudell (year 3), reallocated Ms Emblow (year 4 to year 3) and created a year 4/5
grouping with Ms Burtenshaw and Ms Reinke. As can seen, be the impact from day 8 was widespread
and not undertaken lightly. I am extremely appreciative of the staff, students and parents who have
demonstrated resilience and flexibility. On behalf of the students, staff and parents, I thank Mr
Trudell for his work at our school and wish him all the best at his new school - Burpengary Meadows.
Mrs L’Estrange (Deputy Principal) is on leave and we welcome Louise Simms as Karren’s replacement.
Our school’s Annual Improvement Plan has been distributed via our smartphone app and is also
available from the documents section of our website. Essentially the plan outlines the areas of focus
for the coming 12 months in achieving our 3 main areas for improvement:
1. Improve Student Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes
2. Improve % of Students in Upper Two Bands
3. Build Teacher Capacity
We welcome any feedback, comments, suggestions or questions.
We will be holding our Meet the Teacher sessions in the week commencing 23 February. Sessions start
at 3:15pm.
• Monday 23 - Year 5 (in L1) and Year 6 (in G1/ G2)
• Tuesday 24 - Year 4 (in B Block) and Year 3 (in I2)
• Thursday 26 - Year 2 (in I1) and Year 1 (in A1) and Prep (in Q1)
The session for our year 4/5 group is to be advised (but will be in the week commencing 23 February).
The table on the next page outlines our current class structures:
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Class
Teacher
Room
Email
PA
Nicole Hall
Q01
[email protected]
PB
Dehaan Everaardt
Q10
[email protected]
PC
Michelle Milner
P01
[email protected]
PD
Renee Lockwood
O03
[email protected]
1A
Lyndsay Starkey
A01
[email protected]
1B
Kaela Bazeley
A02
[email protected]
1C
Cheryl Robinson
A03
[email protected]
1C
Mieke Munko
A03
[email protected]
1D
Rebecca Gill
A04
[email protected]
1E
Kylie McNamara
A05
[email protected]
2A
Shona Harper
N01
[email protected]
2B
Margaret Popkin
N02
[email protected]
2C
Michelle Rabbitt
I03
[email protected]
2D
Petrina Fitzpatrick
I01
[email protected]
2E
Gail Thomson
I01
[email protected]
3A
Trish Steele
I05
[email protected]
3B
Robyn Sheehy
I06
[email protected]
3C
Renee Emblow
I02
[email protected]
3D
Sharon Sade
I02
[email protected]
3E
Wendy Horrocks
I03
[email protected]
4/5A
Wendy Burtenshaw
L2
[email protected]
4/5A
Kathryn Reinke
L2
[email protected]
4B
Rowena Maxwell
B07
[email protected]
4C
Kate Murray
B06
[email protected]
4D
Sara Ostrofski
B04
[email protected]
4E
Ann Connors
B03
[email protected]
5B
Dianne Spencer
F01
[email protected]
5C
Andrew Larkin
F03
[email protected]
5D
Kathey Cebula
F04
[email protected]
6A
Gary Drew
G01
[email protected]
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Class
Teacher
Room
Email
6B
Kirsten Simpson
G02
[email protected]
6C
Mick George
H02
[email protected]
6D
Hailea Petersen
H04
[email protected]
Operational Procedures
On Tuesday 10 March we will be offering students in Prep to Year 2 the opportunity of participating in
the Bravehearts Ditto's Keep Safe Adventure Show - more information at:
http://www.bravehearts.org.au/pages/product-information.php
This will be a free event for students of parents participating in the Student Resource Scheme. All
other students will be required to pay to attend.
School assemblies will be held of a Tuesday afternoon (2:30 - 3:00pm) for years 3 to 6 and Wednesday
afternoon (2:00 - 3:00pm) for Prep to Year 2.
Students and parents (or high school students) are to wait in the designated areas when they arrive at
school. Prep – Year three are to wait under “F Block” (directly behind the administration block and
Years 4 – 6 to wait under “G Block” (the block adjoining F Block). Students are to wait in these areas
for safety reasons.
At 8:30am the first bell rings and students are able to visit the office etc as required. Students are to
remain close to their classrooms and wait quietly. When the 8:40am bell rings it is expected that
students will be ready to commence the day’s activities. We advise all parents and students that
outdoor equipment (Adventure Playgrounds etc) are out of bounds before school and after school i.e.
NO PLAY BEFORE SCHOOL!
The school gates will be closed at approx. 9:00am and re-opened at approx. 2:30pm each day. All
parents are required to “Sign-In” at the office during the day if they visit the school.
At the end of the day students are to leave the school grounds as soon as possible to allow cleaners
and staff to get on with the jobs they have to do.
All students are required to hand in their mobile phones to the office, before school, in a plastic bag
with their name and class on the front. These can be collected from the office at three o’clock.
From the Deputies
School Photos
School photos will be taken on Wednesday, 25 February and Thursday, 26 February. MSP will again be
the photographers. Order envelopes will be sent home with students approximately one week before
the photographs are taken. The school does not handle the orders or payments for the photos.
Inter-school Sport
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Students in years 5 and 6 will have the opportunity to participate in inter-school sport, this term. The
district competition commences on Friday, 27 February. This year students will have to compete for a
place in a team. Students who are not placed in a team or who choose not to participate in the district
competition, will remain at school on Friday afternoon and participate in sports activities at school.
Student Discipline
Please be aware that we expect all students to follow our school rules. They are based on safety and
respect and are in place to ensure that all students are in a supportive environment. Students who
breach the rules may be subject to consequences. One of the supportive consequences is time-out. At
time-out, students are with a teacher during lunch breaks. Students are able to discuss the rule breach
and think about alternative actions. Time-out is an important part of our school’s Responsible
Behaviour process for students. Because of its importance, students must attend if they are referred
to time-out. Any student who misses attendance without a satisfactory reason on two occasions, may
be subject to a two-day suspension.
Music News
All classes from year 3-5 will be playing the recorder as part of their classroom music lesson. This
instrument helps the students to learn music skills such as playing in groups, and note reading, which
are prerequisites to more formal instruction in the instrumental music program. If your child does not
have their own instrument, a spare, sterilised recorder will be supplied until they have their own.
Year 6 classes this year will be playing ukulele as well as xylophone and other classroom percussion
instruments. There are enough ukuleles for 1 instrument between 2 students. Students are not
expected to supply their own ukulele. If you would like to bring your own ukulele to music it must be
brought to Mrs Goldsworthy for tuning the day of your lesson. Lessons for year 6 will be on
Wednesday.
VOCAL GROUP
To all the super keen vocalists who have been enquiring about when vocal group will be starting, our
first rehearsal will be 27th February. That will be a Friday morning in Mrs Goldsworthy’s music room
from 8-8:30am.
Instrumental Music Students.
IMPORTANT
Beginner instrumental students will have their first lesson this week. If Music fees and forms have
been returned, you may take your instrument home for REGULAR practice.
Parents, please note that school insurance will only cover accidental damage to instruments on the
school grounds. If you would like additional protection for the instrument in your care contact your
insurance provider. Most importantly, do not leave your instrument in a hot car and take care of
where it is stored when at home.
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All instrumental students must have a black display folder for their ensemble/band music and
lesson handouts. This folder must be brought to every lesson and rehearsal. A lot of time is wasted
when teachers have to hunt for another part because a student has left their folder at home or in the
classroom. Looking at the music of the person sitting next to them will not always work.
Ms Munns has returned to Scarborough to teach our band students and will be at our school on
WEDNESDAYS. Senior band will begin rehearsals from week 2 Wednesday 4th February at
7:30am.
Attending Band or Ensemble rehearsal is a requirement for continued enrolment in Instrumental
music. Failure to attend this rehearsal may lead to your dismissal from the Instrumental music
program. If you are unable to attend rehearsal due to sickness, a note to the instrumental teacher is
required.
Ms Lawton will be teaching String instruments this year and will be at Scarborough on MONDAYS.
Ensemble rehearsal will begin in week 3 from Monday 9th February, in the afternoon from 3-4pm.
• Lessons for all continuing students will start from week 2.
• Beginner students starting an instrument for the first time in 2015 will have their first lesson in
week 3.
• If your lesson time clashes with swimming, you must see your instrumental music teacher before
school to arrange to attend a lesson at an alternate time so you can be at your swimming lesson.
Early communication can help to solve a problem before misunderstandings and frustrations occur. A
quick email will help resolve an issue when the Instrumental teacher is at another school. Here are the
email addresses of the music staff so you can contact them should the need arise. Save this
information in a safe place for future reference.
Mrs Goldsworthy
—
[email protected]
Ms Munns
—
[email protected]
Ms Lawton
—
[email protected]
Please be aware that Ms Munns teaches at 4 different schools and Ms Lawton is at 6 different schools,
so it may take some time for them to return any communication.
Music Captains
Speeches for the position of Music will be heard in the music room behind the hall next week during
first break. If you have prepared a speech for this leadership role please be ready to address the music
teachers and instrumental music students Wednesday 17th February.
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⽇日本語のクラスのニューズ
Japanese Class News
This week in LOTE (languages other than English), the Year 2s have been reading “Kintarou”.
Kintarou is the story of a Japanese boy with immense strength who wrestles with bears and becomes a
samurai. The Year 2 classes thoroughly enjoyed colouring in a picture of Kintarou in his red “haragake”
after reading the story!
The Senior School has been focussing on Japanese introductions this week. Learning about the 「Aは
(wa) Bです (des)」grammar pattern. Ask your child to introduce themselves to you in Japanese – they
know how! Remember: boys use “boku” and girls and adults use “watashi”! 元気でね！Take Care.
~Sensei
From the Office
Proof of Age
It is a legal requirement that a member of the office staff sight a Birth Certificate, or a receipt
indicating that a Birth Certificate has been ordered during the student enrolment process. There are
still 8 students in Prep, 1 in Year One, 2 in Year Two and 3 in Year 4 for whom this requirement has not
been met.
Parents are reminded that Student Resource Scheme forms are to be returned to allow invoices to be
generated and for you to be registered for the scheme. Parents who have opted not to be a part of the
resource scheme will be ‘billed’ for the items covered by the scheme.
P and C News
PELLIE’S TUCKSHOP NEWS
Just a reminder to those parents of the the school community that currently have children in Grade 1
this year. Please remind your child that if they have ordered a Slushie for either first or second
break that they need to return to Tuckshop with the bag to collect. Be aware that he Slushie IS
NOT sent down with their food order.
VOLUNTEERS AFTERNOON TEA
Our Tuckshop girls are holding an afternoon tea this coming Thursday 12th February 2015 at the
Tuckshop. If you are interested in volunteering we invite you to attend this event and any of your
questions will be answered along with an information session. We will also provide free tea & coffee.
Please come to Tuckshop at 2:30pm
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