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Quinalow Prep-10 State School
1-5 Progress Street Quinalow 4403 Principal: Mr Andrew Skippen
[email protected] www.quinalowss.eq.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4692 9333 Fax: (07) 4692 9300 P & C Executive - Rebecca Campbell (46927757) [email protected] Jen Sommerfield (0437 921151) [email protected] Sam Lowery (46927726) [email protected] Tuckshop Convenor Anne-Maree McHugh (46921377)
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DATES TO REMEMBER
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
15, 16, 17 May - NAPLAN
18 May - Movie Night
22 May - Parent Forum
7 June - Dalby Eisteddfod
8 June - Interhouse Athletics
12 June - P&C Meeting
22 June - QDSA Athletics
One last reminder – next week is NAPLAN week. All students in Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 will take part in the tests on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We will be doing the tests first thing in the morning.
Don’t forget the NAPLAN Breakfast next Tuesday, Wednesd ay and Thursday for all students.
On Friday 18 May it is Walk Safely To School Day. Now in its 19th year, the community event seeks to promote road safety, health, public transport and environmental awareness. I encourage all families who are able to walk to school on the morning of 18 May. Families who live a distance away could even have parents park their cars up at the local library and walk down to school with the kids.
We will also participate in the 2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge this year. Attached to this newsletter parents and students will find a double sided reading log, for those students who choose to participate. Reading starts on 14 May and the challenge finishes on 24 August. To complete the challenge P-4 students must read 20 books and year 5-9 students must read 15 books. The Premier’s Reading Challenge is all about reading for pleasure. The more involved parents and families are in the reading process with the children the more enjoyable it is. Talk about books with your child, enjoy a story together at bed-time, listen and ask questions about what your child is reading…. Enjoying reading together is a great opportunity to bond with one another.
Any students and families wishing to participate can get cracking next week, by filling in the record. It can be returned to the office on 24 August or soon after. If students fill the provided record form, more will be available at the office. Happy reading!!
Being close to the middle of the term now is a good opportunity to talk with your child about maintaining their good behaviour. We have had a negligible number of incidents this term which is absolutely fantastic. It would be wonderful to see this continue but that will not happen without the support of parents and families. Celebrate your child’s successes at school and help them articulate the meaning behind our 4 expectations Always Learning, Always Respectful, Always Resilient, Always Safe.
Lastly, the total school attendance percentage for this term is 92.8%. Considering the large amount of sickness we have had in our school I think this is quite acceptable –a reminder to families that illness usually is the only acceptable reason for time away from school. I have been working on organising some ‘Attendance Postcards’ which will be sent home at the end of each term for those students who have had excellent attendance (above 95% for the term).
I can’t believe it’s MAY already!
Andrew
Mother’s Day Stall
- open tomorrow in
the library
Community Movie
Night
Showing - The
Greatest Showman
& Ferdinand
Details on back
page
I need to inform families that we are introducing a ‘First Break Reflec�on Time’ slip into our behaviour management systems at
Quinalow.
We already had Reflec�on Time as a listed duty for First break. However this new system formalises the process for teachers and
students, ensuring a consistent response to MINOR behaviour problems where support from administra�on is required.
Any parents with ques�ons about this are very welcome to see me.
From the classroom
Prep/Year 1 - Week 4 already and we have covered an amazing amount of work. In Maths, the students have been learning about analogue and digital time. They have been working on o’clock and half past times. Three o’clock in the afternoon is one of their favourite times! This week the preps are learning about 2D shapes and the year 1’s have been studying 3D shapes and their attributes.
Today the children read the book ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ and then wrote a descriptive passage about their main character. The reading is progressing well in the classroom with the students really enjoying participating in reading activities. It’s also great to see so many homework books coming in on Friday. Remember to bring your homework and library books on Friday, please.
Year 2/3 - This term we are studying the classic children's story, "Charlotte's Web". It is a great text to use to study features of a narrative, procedure structures and written conversations. Our theme for this term is all about spiders! Argh! We have already brainstormed our prior knowledge and have learnt some very interesting facts, for example spiderlings eat each other when they are young! Maybe this is just as well as we really would be over run by spiders. Our English, Science, Design Technology and Arts KLA's are all focussing on spiders.
We have been practising writing narratives and persuasive texts in preparation for NAPLAN, as well as practising NAPLAN style reading questions.
Happy Mother's Day to all Mums this Sunday, we hope your children spoil you!!
This week on Tuesday we had our visi�ng
Principal Project Officer for the
Curriculum, Pedagogy and Learning Team
on site working with students and
teachers to model 'bumping up' wri�ng.
We took a piece of wri�ng, iden�fied
weak vocabulary choices and worked up
to improve the sentences and using more
precise vocabulary. Very worthwhile
sessions for our 2/3, 5/6 and secondary
students and teachers !
Our Easter celebra�on last term. The hot cross buns were delicious.
Year 4 - We are already in week 4, where has the time gone? Almost half way through term 2, wow !!!!
English: Last week the students finished creating their humorous poems and they just begun to present the poems to the class. Students continue working in the word webs to extend vocabulary in class and in their homework. During reading groups we have been focusing on breaking up into syllables, multisyllabic words.
Maths: Students have been working on improper and equivalent fractions and locating them on a number line. We have discussed and identified specific vocabulary related to the different number facts word problems. Students have also identified the characteristics of the different 3D shapes.
Science: Students have read different books about living things and the life cycles. It has been a great opportunity to have a whole class, small groups and pair discussions.
Mother’s Day Celebration: We are very excited to host a small celebration to all the mothers in our class this coming Friday. Just bring along a smile and we will do the rest. Be ready for some performances, games, nibbles and much more. Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday.
REMINDER - Choir Practice next Monday 14 May
from 3.00-5.00pm. Afternoon tea is supplied.
Please return permission notes.
P & C News
Thank you to everyone who helped at or donated
items for the Bowls Day on the weekend. It was a
fantas�c day.
Don’t forget the community movie night, all the details
are on the back page.
Next P&C Mee�ng will be held on Tuesday 12 June at
3.15pm in the media room.
Tuckshop News
Congratulations to Curtis, James, Dylan, Ben, Bailey, Karlie, Holly, Lilly, Will & Noah
Special of the Week
Lasagne $3.50
Tuckshop Roster
14 May - Tracey Kerrigan & Anne-Maree
Homebake - Danielle Kajewski
21 May - Hayley Hopkins & Anne-Maree
Homebake - Kait Ballon
Payment must be paid in full when ordering tuckshop.
NAPLAN Breakfast
Donations of juice, eggs, spaghetti & baked beans.
Helpers needed from 7.45am - 9.15am
Thank you to the people who have already volunteered to help but more helpers would are needed.
Further enquiries contact Anne-Maree on 46921377
Little Athletics
Little Athletics will be running this
term on Friday afternoons from
3:00pm-4:00pm. Children must be
accompanied by an adult. If you
would like to assist with activities,
please see Sam Lowery (46927726)
or Bec Campbell (46927757).
WANTED -
OLD STOCKINGS
The cleaners are looking
for old stockings, if you
have any please leave
at the library.
There is still some great gifts available.
Open tomorrow, Thursday in the library
at lunch, afternoon tea & after school
(Not open before school)
Prices range from $1-$7
Student Council Initiative
Competition Time ☺ How many homophones can you find?
Homophones are words that sound the same but
have different meanings and spellings, for example
“there”, “their”, “they’re”…
The competition is on – which family can come up
with the most amount of homophones by Monday
14/5/2018…the results will be published in next
weeks’ newsletter and the winning family will
receive extra dojos for each child in their family☺
Have a great week looking up homophones!
Community
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Mother's Day Dance
Maclagan Hall
Saturday 12th May
Doors open 7.30pm
Admission $10.00
Music by Mystique
Supper supplied
Maclagan Hall Commi?ee
General Mee�ng
14th May at 7.30pm
GIVE AWAY PUPPIES
Mum is kelpie X, Dad is mastiff X cattle dog
Phone - 0418 877 726
Now showing on
Friday 18 May, 6.30pm
at Quinalow School
Outdoor cinema - The Greatest
Showman (PG)
Indoor cinema - Ferdinand (G)
BBQ operating from 5.30pm
Hot & cold drinks,
popcorn and sweets on sale
Come along, bring a chair and
blanket, relax and choose a movie
Funds raised will go towards the
Year 7-10 excursion
JACKO’S HAWAIIAN BOWLS DAY 2018
We are so happy to say with all your help on Saturday we
raised $9050 for the Cancer Council Queensland & St
Andrew's Toowoomba Oncology Unit!!
This takes our total raised to over $20,000!
We couldn’t be prouder of you all and the huge effort
everyone made to do this. Thank you!
See you all in 2019!