Date Claimers

Wednesday 27 June 2018

PO Box 97M Manunda. 4870 Office Hours: 8.00am - 3.45pm Ph: 40379777 Fax: 40321397

Dentist: 1300 300 850 School Watch: 131788 http://www.cairnswestss.eq.edu.au

STUDENT

ABSENCE LINE

Phone: 40 379766

Text: 0429 272 048

25-29 Jun NAIDOC WEEK

29 Jun Rabbitohs visit- Hall 11:00am—12:00pm

29 Jun Last day term 2

16 Jul First day term 3

20 Jul Cairns Show Holiday

Hello again

End of Term 2 – I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the staff at the school for another exceptional term of teaching and learning. The term has been jam packed with activities and the students have certainly gained a lot of new learning. As we approach holidays, please take the time to talk to your children about being safe whilst on holi-

days! I look forward to seeing all the smiling faces back for the start of term 3. The first day back at school is Monday July 16.

STAFF on Leave in Term 3 – I will be on 3 weeks long service leave at the start of term 3. I have relatives arriving from Denmark and am taking time to spend with them. I will still be in Cairns so you may see me around. Mrs Dovaston will be acting Principal for the first 3 weeks of next term. Mr Gleave will be acting Deputy Principal for the 3 weeks I am away. Mr Ottone will be on Long Service Leave for the first 6 weeks of term 3. He is taking time off to study and complete his Masters in Guidance. Mr Ottone will return for the last 4 weeks of the term before taking further leave in term 4. Mrs Nixon will be the acting Deputy Principal, Student Services – Year 3 – 6 Stu-dents for semester 2. Mrs Olsson will replace Mrs Nixon as acting Head of Student Engagement for Semester 2. Ms Tania Luxford will replace Mrs Olsson in year 6O for Semester 2. I am sure that you will be very supportive of these school leaders as they step up to lead our wonderful school.

On behalf of the staff and students of Cairns West State School we would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all the wonderful people who assisted in making our NAIDOC week a success. In particular we would like to acknowledge the following people:-

Wuchopperen, Indigenous Job Centre, Yarrabah Dance group, Queensland Police Services, Mrs Dalassa, Mr and Mrs Takai, Murray Island Choir, Mr and Mrs Stewart, Gumba Gumba, Rabbitohs, International hockey players and the many men and women who shared their stories for our Hall of Fame and Careers day.

We would also like to acknowledge the hard work that the NAIDOC committee have done, with spe-cial mention to Mrs Lexelle Bray, Ms Kathy Coleiro and Ms Jacquie Price, without your guidance and commitment, this week would not have been possible. You have shared your culture and guid-ed our school to ensure we had a successful NAIDOC celebration. Thank you for your time and efforts, we are all grateful. Thank you also to the many wonderful volun-teers who have given up their time and energy to assist us with activities and to show us more about our indigenous cultures. Your contributions have made the week a memorable one…..

Until next time….Mike

HAPPY & SAFE

HOLIDAY TO ALL OUR

FAMILIES

The Importance of Sleep

With school holidays quickly approaching

and our kids wanting to push the bounda-

ries with bed time, I would like to take this

opportunity to share some information

from the Generation Next conference that I had the privilege of

attending last month.

Dr Chris Seton explains that children have three pillars of good

health – regular exercise, good nutrition and GOOD SLEEP.

Good sleep may be linked to improved outcomes in Maths,

Science and English and is critical for our kids to maintain a pos-

itive mood and be more successful in warding off the effects of

anxiety and depression.

Dr Seton explains that 12 hours of UNINTERRUPTED sleep each

night for toddlers to 8 year old children is ideal and that 10

hours each night for 9 – 18 year old young people the minimum

amount. Some ‘tricks’ to support quality sleep in our children is

having a regular bedtime, implementing a routine such as read-

ing a story before bed and using the bed ONLY for sleeping ra-

ther than play and using electronic devices.

The importance of good sleep is a critical factor in supporting

our kids and ourselves in being the most effective people that

we can be! Mr Denny Ottone Deputy Principal

2018 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL - BARLOW PARK

1A & 1R winners NAIDOC door competition

WINNERS 2018 NAIDOC WRITING COMPETITION

Prasamsa Biswa - 6F

Joshua Motton - 5N

Saru Gautam - 5F

Sujal Gurung - 5N

Nancy Gela - 5N

Bhima Karki - 6O

Ms Jasmine Johnstone our year 1J

teacher will be leaving us at the

end of this week. We would like to

wish her all the very best in her

new school in Mt Isa.

Ms Aleisha O’Toole PO will also be

leaving us at the end of this term

to await the arrival of her baby.

Our very best wishes to you and

your partner as you embark on

parenthood.

Winning

Sports

House

ASHMORE

well done

PBL Corner

Cairns West State school is a ‘School

Wide Positive Behaviour Support’

school which fosters the social,

behavioural and academic development

for all at our school..

Our school rules are;

Be Respectful

Be Safe

Be A Learner

CWSS has its' own Facebook page,

CAIRNS WEST STATE SCHOOL

Please like this page as it will be a useful tool to keep up to date

with what's going on in our school. It will feature upcoming events, school notices, links to community, photos and much

more. Find us on Facebook.

School Times

Play Bell 8.00

Morning Bell 8.15

Morning Session 8.30—10.30

Healthy Eating Time 10.30—10.45

First Play Time 10.45—11.15

Middle Session 11.15—12.45

Second Play Time 12.45—1.15

Afternoon Session 1.15—2.30

PCYC Cairns West School Age Care

Cnr Hoare and McCormack Street

07 40322109 - 0437 170 515

cairnswestsac@pcyc.org.au

Hi Everyone,

We have Vacation Care packs availa-ble for collection or we can send it to you via e-mail for your convenience,

Please remember to complete your ‘update details’ form on your My Gov account to ensure a smooth transi-tion on July 2nd, if you need some as-sistance please ask…

Regards, Sharon.

SSIS/PBL FOCUS for WEEK 11

Prep parades were cancelled due to other activities happening

1A Jaiden Bagie, Taliyah Grogan 1J Jevaun Warren, Lairaka Kusu 1R Vincent Lowatta, Lakiah Underwood 1W Ethan Baister, Nisha Karki 2B AJ Bowie, Jet Koffal 2M Stephen Blanco, Teija-Mae Bernard 2N Geraldine Wilson, Tionne Banu-Kynuna 2P Xzavier Pep, Gaileyana Wasiu

2Y Geena Paudel, Javis Drummond

3C Faye Nawarie, Ella Stephen 3D Jonathon Takai 3J Linus Basse, Jana Street 3K Antonio Aruba, Neru Bann-Binjuda 3M Charlareko Kebisu, Nesta Smith 4H Monique McPherson, Nassia Martin 4M Veronica Namai, Dylan Pope 4P Bob Blanco, Claudius Banu, Andy Turk 4T Dominique Talbot, Elizabeth Ludwick 5B Kysharni-Rose Martin

5C Thaarah Deemal, Fred Sagigi 5F Hector Arnol, Obediah Lenoy 5N Amos Gaulai, Ira Yeatman 6H Christopher Wren, Kianna Mallie 6M Nevaeh Filitonga, Jahmal Simon 6F Zatie Miskin

Student of the Week - week 9 & 10

Successful Students Afternoon tea

These students will enjoy an after-noon tea with the Principal. The following stu-dents have been given an invitation for their families to join them:- Ngarima Temu (1A) Mauani Ansey-Passi (1J) Shartntaye Donahue (2B) Norah Schlesak (3J) Naianga Tamwoy (4M) Orlando Barlow (4T) Irys Scott (5B) Fred Sagigi (5C)

This week we would like to CONGRATULATE the following students for their

efforts in demonstrating positive behaviour:

Well done to Wallace Charlie and Taakoi Benioni on their selection into the Peninsula Touch team.

Congratulations to Afaleah Kennel who was just named shadow player for Qld in Hockey!!!

Congratulations to Francis Morove who travelled to Port Moresby to play in the PNG Squash Champion-ships on the weekend.

Francis won the C Grade Division - (yes, he had to play against men and other boys, he said.)

Parents for Week 11 please revise all the skills

children have been learning so far this term.

The students in SEP have been reading the book

'Grandpa's Slippers'

Jaye, Katua, Bruce, Jesse, Ethan are all wearing lovely soft cosy slippers.

Well done to all the students who com-peted in the recent Athletics day. It was a fantastic day with parents and families adding to the great atmosphere. Many thanks to all the teacher aides and teach-ers who helped make this day amazing.

A very special mention to our AGE CHAMPIONS who are listed below.

12 yo Boys - Wallace Charlie

12 yo Girls - Jalynn Baira

11 yo Boys - Taakoi Benioni

11 yo Girls - Afaleah Kennell

10 yo Boys - George Jackson

10 yo Girls - Elishama Sauvai

9 yo Boys - Derek Ahwang

9 yo Girls - Tessa Kanai