From The Principal Sizzling Start to Term 3 We have had a wonderful start to Term 3 and I am very impressed with how quickly students have settled back into school routines. Classes are working extremely well, particularly in our focus areas of reading and writing this Term. Hopefully you have heard about Sizzling Starts in writing from your children over the last few weeks. If not please attend this week’s parade to find out more and hear some examples of our students writing. Our Literacy coach Mr Brent Heiniger has been running a Sizzling Starts Competition with all classes. Sizzling Starts look at ensuring our writing engages the reader right from the very first sentence. Even our Preppies are doing a great job using action words to start their sentences and loving it. NAPLAN Individual Student Results This week year three and year five students that participated in NAPLAN tests in May will bring home their individual results. If you have any questions around the interpretation of these tests please don’t hesitate to discuss them with your child’s teacher, myself or Paula. Please remember these tests are a point in time test (they indicate what your child achieved on a particular day at a specific test). They are in general a good indicator of where your child sits in relation to other children of the same year level in Australia and provide useful diagnostic data to our school. This data enables us to focus our teaching on future specific content areas and teaching strategies. Eligible for Prep If your child is turning 5 by the 30 June 2016 (i.e. born between 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011) they are eligible for Prep next year. Prep is the first year of school and provides the foundation for your child’s education. foundation for your child's education (http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/FoundationYear?layout=1 ).

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Date Claimers 4 Aug – Sunshine Coast Junior

Eisteddfod

7 August – Final Payment due for Yr 6 Canberra Trip

11 August – ICAS Mathematics

20 August – Glasshouse District Cricket Trials

24 – 28 Aug – Yr 6 Canberra Trip

4 Sept – Interschool Touch Football

8 - 9 Sept – Regional Track & Field Trials

11 Sept – Interschool Touch Football

18 Sept – Gary Crew Readers Cup

18 Sept – Interschool Touch Football

18 Sept – End Term 3

5 Oct – Public Holiday

6 Oct – Term 4 Commences

23 Oct – Country Fair

26 Oct – Choir & Recorder Ensemble visit to Erowal

Diary Dates

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 4 (3 Aug – 7 Aug)

2.20 Parade

Sunshine Coast Junior Eisteddfod

Junior Maths GEMS RI Lessons

Writing GEMS

Maths GEMS

IMPACT Writing Yr 4

8.30-9.30 Uniform Shop

Final Payment due for Yr 6 Canberra Trip

Week 5 (10 Aug – 14 Aug)

2.20 Parade

ICAS Maths

RI Lessons Writing GEMS

Maths GEMS

IMPACT Writing Yr 4

8.30-9.30 Uniform Shop

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Telephone: (07) 54 998 333 Fax: (07) 54 998 300 Absence Line: (07) 54 998 366 Internet: www.malenyss.eq.edu.au

16 Bunya Street PO Box 983 Maleny Qld 4552 Email: the.principal@malenyss.eq.edu.au

Issue No: 12 3 August 2015

Every Day Counts – Missing even 1 day can make a difference. 1 day off school each fortnight = missing more than a year of learning over 12 years. Each day’s learning builds on what has been learnt before.

Student Absence Line – Ph 54998366 If your child is away from school for any reason please call the absence line and leave a message or alternatively send an email to admin@malenyss.eq.edu.au

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1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

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1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014

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Maleny Prep Information Sessions Parents and Carers are encouraged and invited to attend Prep information sessions on: Wednesday 19 August 6:00pm at Goodstart Early Learning Maleny and Thursday 20 August 6:00pm at C&K Maleny Community Kindergarten Transition to Prep To ease children’s transition from home, kindy and day care to Prep we will hold a series of transition days to prep. These days will be held on: Wednesday 4 Nov 9:00 -10:30 Wednesday 11 Nov 9:00 – 10:30 Wednesday 18 Nov 9:00 – 10:30 Students are required to have enrolled before attending our transition days and must attend with an adult. Glasshouse District Sports Congratulations to all our students that represented our school at the District Track and Field last Thursday and Friday. Students that have made the District team to compete in the Regional Track and Field will be announced at Tuesday’s parade. Welcome Back Sharon We welcome Sharron Furlong back as our on-site Special Education Program Coordinator this week after a period of absence. Sharon’s husband was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on ANZAC Day and Sharon has been on leave to care for Mark who we are pleased to say is recovering well. We continue to wish Mark well with his continuing recovery process. P&C I am so impressed with the quality of parents that make up our P&C and the time they devote to making our school better for your children. It is great to see some new faces coming along to meetings. Many parents that come along often say, “I never realised how much our P&C contributes to the school in terms of services (Uniform shop, Tuckshop, Book Club, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Country Fair, events etc.), resources, funds and support to the community”. Please come along and be part of an enthusiastic and positive team at our next meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday the 12 August.

Parent Teacher Interviews It has been great to see so many parents taking advantage of our parent teacher interviews over the last couple of weeks. These face to face meetings build on parent, teacher, child relationships and allow a more personal communication and information exchange around your children. If you missed this opportunity please don’t hesitate to make an appointment with your child’s teacher in the future.

SWPBS - This week we are focussing on the rule Be Responsible. The 4 Be catch phrase is “Quiet Feet, Quiet Mouths” This means:

I keep noise to a minimum

I walk on concrete

I use a talking voice

I move around the school quietly

I follow adult directions

I model sensible behaviour

I give way to adults

I move quickly and quietly between classrooms / lessons

I return from play in a respectful manner

I leave and enter parade respectfully

Woolworths Earn and Learn If you are a Woolworth’s shopper be aware they are once again running their Earn and Learn promotion. For every $10 you spend you will get 1 Earn & Learn Sticker. Stick them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and pop it into a Collection Box at our school or Woolworths. The number of stickers collected by our school store will translate to the amount of educational resources provide to our school. Farm Fest Champions Congratulations to Keelee, Seanna and Kael T who came second in the two hour team challenge at Farm Fest. The girl’s worked together as a team in preparing, grooming and presenting a cow for the ring as well as watering, feeding and maintaining the cow’s bedding. They won a trophy and $300 prize money for our school. The three sisters also participated in and placed highly in the junior handling classes which also contributed points for their school’s overall score. I was amazed by what these three girls could teach me about cattle and the confidence they displayed in handling their animals.

From the Deputy Principal Deputy News

Reading

Hopefully you have had a chance to ask your child/ren which comprehension strategy they have been focussing on in

class and what it means. For some of our classes they are looking at Synthesising. It involves putting together

information from the text with their own prior knowledge to develop new ideas and understandings. It can mean using

your new knowledge to create something like a model or a plan. Synthesising is one of the hardest strategies for

students to learn as many students can use their own prior knowledge and find new knowledge, but the next step of

doing something with that new understanding is hard for them to piece together.

Questions you can use at home to help your child/ren synthesise include:

Has your thinking changed since reading this text?

How can you use what you have read to create your own ideas?

After reading this text has it made you think? What is your new understanding?

How else could you use your information?

Can the connections you made reading this text help you to create a generalisation about the information in the text?

Can the connections you made reading this text help you gain a new perspective on…?

How did what you know change after you read this text?

How does the information from this text fit in with what you read in…?

When you look at your notes on this topic, what do you think about it?

Writing

As you know we have a school wide focus for writing. For week’s 4 and 5 is: Tightening

Tension TIGHTENING TENSION Students are being assisted to engage the reader’s heart and emotions and gradually build up tension by making each step in the text they are writing more difficult and saving the best moment for the climax. The secret to tension is the real possibility of failure and starting small and allowing the story to escalate to a powerful climax. Students will be trying to appeal to all of the reader’s emotions. Showing their readers what to see, hear, touch, taste, smell and feel.

Lost Property

If you are missing belongings please take the time to check out our lost property area, which is under the stairs of B

Block (the stairs closest to Mr. Faulkner’s room) There are many jumpers, hats and lunch boxes waiting to be

reclaimed. At the end of the term any property not claimed will be donated to Charity.

Mountain View Challenge

At Tuesday’s parade, Mike and Helen from the Lions Club spoke to the children about the upcoming Mountain View

Challenge. For further information about registering for this event please go to the following website.

http://malenyblackallrange.qld.lions.org.au/projectsmvc

Maleny State School is the current trophy holders of the Primary Schools Challenge.

Classroom News News from Year 3 / 4 Well we are all very excited as we are investigating space for science. We have completed some experiments where we could see why day and night occur. Many of the students are bringing in interesting books and models of the solar system. We learnt a rhyme to remember the order of the planets from the sun. We also waited all week for the sun to come out so we could set up a sundial and we drew the shadow and recorded the time during the day. Another interesting activity was when we looked at our own shadow and watched how it changed in length over the day. We also worked in small groups to test materials to see if they were transparent, translucent or opaque. In English we are reading traditional stories from Asia and looking at the message that is being given. Matthew and Campbell worked very hard to complete their own bionic robot. The class was very impressed. Kind Regards Lou and Trish

4B News We have had a wonderful start to term 3 - congratulations kids!

The children have been doing their ‘Sizzling Starts’ and have been producing some sensational starts indeed! There is also the school Sizzling Starts competition that we have been entering into. In maths we have had a huge focus on fractions, so if you are cutting up a pizza, cake or baking at home talk about the fractions because our understanding is constantly improving and would love to share it with you. Art- We are in the middle of creating posters for our 4 Bee Rules and they are looking great, so keep an eye out for them in our room. Year 5 News In year 5 we have been learning about Poetry. We have looked at national anthems from 3 different countries, odes and ballads. Ask us about these Poetic Devices:

Rhyme (words at the end of lines that have the same sounds e.g. Don’t be a fool, go to school),

Rhythm (the beat e.g.- Tick, Tock, goes the clock),

Alliteration (the same letter/sound at the start of words which are close together e.g. Funny furry fox),

Neologisms (made up words e.g.- schwiz ),

Personification (giving a nonliving thing the ability to do things- the wind howled)

Similes (compares 2 words using “like” or “as” e.g. - as intelligent as 5A or Tallis runs like a cheetah.)

Onomatopoeia (words that sound like the sound that they make e.g.- Kerplunk and ) In Science we are investigating light. So far we have experimented with light sources, shadows and the amount of light transparent, translucent and opaque objects let through.

Written by Kayla, Hannah, Chloe and some extra information from 5A.

Year 6 Senior Shirts We are pleased to share our new senior shirts with you, don’t they look great?

Sports News

2015 Glasshouse District Athletics Trials

Recently, at the Glasshouse District Athletics Carnival, 52 students from Maleny State School impressed everyone with a fantastic display of individual and team prowess. The Maleny athletes performed very well achieving great results across the two day carnival. Determined efforts in many of the events saw our athletes record personal best times and distances in many disciplines. This resulted in a swag of top placings in strongly contested events. The relays were a real highlight with Maleny athletes coordinating their change overs well and showing blistering pace in each leg to give their teams the winning edge. All these fantastic efforts resulted in Maleny State School coming 4th overall out of 10 schools. Maleny came 2nd in the march past award and placed 3rd in the aggregate trophy, for the average point’s trophy, for the best results based on school population. Well done Maleny! Congratulations to the following students from Maleny who achieved Age Champion or Runner Up awards. Age Champions: Sam D (11yr boys) Runners-Up: Isabella P (9 yr girls) & Noah B (10 yr boys) The next step for some of our 10, 11 and 12 year old athletes is to participate in the Sunshine Coast Regional Athletics Trials at the Sunshine Coast University on Tuesday 8th September & Wednesday 9th September. We wish the following athletes who have qualified, all the best at the trials: Noah B, Riley T, Max H, Dan J, Taleta M, Kirra S, Sam D, Dylan C, Ben

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Music News

Music Notes

This term I have again hired ‘Humarimbas’ for the students of the senior classes to practise and develop their

practical music skills. The ‘Humarimba’ is a musical instrument’ and invention of musician Linsey Pollak.

The instrument is essentially a modified type of marimba which uses people as the frame of the instrument.

Not only is it fun to play, but a very social activity as the music making is designed to have up to four people

performing different parts/ harmony on the instrument at once.

The students in the junior school will be exploring music elements while studying various well known

orchestral works.

School Concert

This year’s School Concert will be held during the last week of this term, on Wednesday 16th

September. The

evening’s entertainment will include year level performances, solo and small group acts. Please add the date

to your Diary and support our children’s artistic endeavours!

Regards

Liz Shortland (nee Cripps)

Classroom Music Teacher

Student of the Week Week 2:

6A Ja & Dylan 3A Mia & Blair

6B Georgia & Zi 2A Vinnie & Tylar

5A Siena & Dominique 2B Darcy & Amber

5B Jera & Natalie 1A

4A Ben & Abby 1B Tom & Polly

4B Jasper Prep A Audrey & Joseph

3/4 Helen & Matthew Prep B Kirbeh & Linkoln

Prep C Riley & Hattie

P & C News Chocolate Drive coming soon – to upgrade playground fitness equipment Look out for letters coming home soon and via email asking for your support to sell a box of Freddos for the Chocolate Drive. Monies raised will go towards a much needed upgrade of the playground fitness equipment. One of the most lucrative fundraisers around, every box sold earns $20 for the P&C. If we sell 200 boxes, we get $4,000 towards new equipment. Let’s do it! Father’s Day Stall – 3 September P&C will be running a Father’s Day stall fundraiser on Thursday 3 September. Like the Mother’s Day stall, children can purchase a special something for dads, carers or grandads. Gifts will be mostly $5 or $10 each. No donations required for this one. We need you! The P&C run various activities throughout the year and always needs the help of volunteers (in addition to Tuckshop and Uniform Shop). Our upcoming fundraisers - Chocolate Drive, Father’s Day Stall and the Country Fair – all need people to help on stalls, collect money etc. If you can help share the load, even for just a couple of hours, please email your name, and phone number to pandc@malenyss.eq.edu.au as soon as possible so we can get in touch as needed. IGA CBC members - quote your CBC number. Don’t forget to quote your Community Benefit Club (CBC) number at the IGA every time you shop, with 1% of purchases going to support the school if nominated. We can raise large amounts with little effort if people get behind it. Next P&C Meeting – Wednesday 12 August 6.30pm in the School Library. All parents and community members welcome. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month at 6.30pm. Anita Edmonds P&C President pandc@malenyss.eq.edu.au

Chappy’s Thoughts Keep Pressing On! I read a quote the other day by a man called Oliver Goldsmith and he said, “Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but rising every time we fall.” I’ve seen so much truth in that statement in my own life personally and it is something that I feel passionate about encouraging children in. In my role as chaplain I often have opportunities to encourage children to keep trying, to keep giving their best even when they are confronted with failure. I think as parents we are always going to be faced with situations that test us. Not only does the person who gets it wrong have to get up and try again, but there is a necessary acknowledgement of forgiveness that needs to be shown to encourage that ‘getting up.’ As a parent I am learning to demonstrate to my children the power of forgiveness and giving them opportunities to try again at whatever they failed at. Unless children are encouraged and shown the importance of rising every time they fall, they will struggle into their adult years to believe they are capable of achieving greatness. So whatever you may have failed at, get up and try again, and try again and try again! Karaoke on a Wednesday is proving a very fun activity. Please remind your children who are interested to fill in the sign-up sheet on the Hall door. Any parents, who are interested in helping with games on a Tuesday or Karaoke on the Wednesday, please come and see me. I would love parent involvement. Have a great week.

P&C Uniform News Our Uniform Shop is open Friday mornings between 8.30am and 9.30am. Orders can be placed online through the Flexischool system at www.flexischools.com.au or directly with the Uniform Shop. Orders will be filled straight away if stock is available and can be collected from the Uniform Shop on Fridays between 8.30 and 9.30am. All Flexischool orders are to be in by 5pm Wednesday so they can be available for Friday pickup or class delivery. Uniform Hats are now $15.00.

From the Office Payments Please deposit all payments directly into our bank account noting the invoice number, initial and surname of the student for whom you are paying.

Our Bank account details are: BSB: 064-462 Account Number: 10080359

Cash, cheque and credit card payments can be made by inserting the cheque/correct change in a payment envelope or writing the credit card details on the front of the envelope and depositing it into the drop-safe in the office. Please ensure that the envelope is sealed so the cash does not fall out. Please write the student’s name, class, amount enclosed and what the payment is for, clearly on the envelope. Office hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm on Monday - Friday.

P&C Tuckshop News

P&C Tuckshop News Thank you to Woolworths once again who donated some large boxes of fruit a couple of weeks ago so that every class got a share.

The Tuckshop Menu was updated over the school holidays and a copy sent home at the beginning of Term 3. View current menu.

New on the menu is Macaroni Cheese – always a favourite!

Wednesday breaky special – Pancakes with maple syrup $2.50 (8-8.45am no orders)

Friday lunch special – Butter chicken with rice $5.00

Flexi Schools is our preferred ordering system and is simple and easy to use. To register go to http://www.flexischools.com.au/

Can you help at the Tuckshop? – only 3 hours a month. We need at least 2 volunteers per day to help Tuckshop Convenors Kate and Gunnar. Training is provided and you can do a trial to see if you like it. To find out more, drop by or call Kate or Gunnar at the Tuckshop on 5499 8318 or email Kate - hoofpick@bigpond.com.au.

Tuckshop Roster Tuesday, 4 Aug - Lainie H & Marnie L Wednesday, 5 Aug - Kelly T Thursday, 6 Aug - Chappy Becky Friday, 7 Aug - Mandy A Tuesday, 11 Aug - Aki L & Jade C Wednesday, 12 Aug - Sonya S Thursday, 13 Aug - Peter M & Marty Friday, 14 Aug - Nicole C Tuesday, 18 Aug - Katherine M & Kate

Community News

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO

LEARN HOW TO BUILD A PIZZA

OVEN?

MONTVILLE STATE SCHOOL

&

MONTVILLE VILLAGE

ASSOCIATION

BUILD A

COB PIZZA OVEN

WORKSHOP

Saturday, 5th

September

9 a.m. start

@ the Montville Village Hall

Morning Tea & Light BBQ Lunch

included

Book your place by contacting the Hall

Co-ordinator – Ruth on 0429 997 771 or

Leanne Matthews 0417 733 768 for more

information

$90 per person – only 20 places available

GREAT FATHER’S DAY IDEA!

SIGN ON DAY Sunday 16th August

10:00am to 12:00pm at Maleny CC Nets at Maleny Show Grounds.

The Maleny Cricket Club is looking for players to fill their Junior and Senior

teams.

Under 10s – Friday night games, 6pm to 8pm.

Perfect for players just starting out in the game. Soft balls used. Modified rules.

Ages 5 to 9 year olds.

Under 12s – Saturday morning games, 7:45am to 12:00pm.

One Day Games 25 overs per side.

Boys must not turn 12 before 1st September 2015. Girls must not turn 14 before 1st September 2015

Under 14s - Saturday morning games, 7:45am to 12:00pm.

Mixture of one day (30 overs per side and two day games (50 overs per side played

over two Saturdays)

Boys must not turn 14 before 1st September 2015. Girls must not turn 16 before 1st September 2015

Under 16s - Saturday morning games, 7:45am to 12:00pm.

Mixture of one day (30 overs per side and two day games (50 overs per side played

over two Saturdays)

Boys must not turn 16 before 1st September 2015. Girls must not turn 18 before 1st September 2015

Seniors – Saturday afternoon games, 12:30 to 6:00pm.

Mixture of one day (40 overs per side and two day games (Played over two Saturdays)

Players from 13 to 70 years (and older) to fill our B and C Grade teams.

Register on the day or online at playcricket.com.au (search Maleny CC)

For further details contact Steve on 0402221239

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Ph 0427663615

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