From the Principal Welcome back to our final term for 2020. The team are looking forward to the many successes to be celebrated in term 4. I would like to thank Mr Mackenzie and the team that looked after PSPC during my recent Long Service Leave. During my absence the installation of the air conditioning units were completed and I know our students and staff are enjoying the addition of these units in the classroom spaces. Timely completion with the hot summer months before us. We have had a few changes to our staff over the past weeks also. Miss Bridgette O’Donnell has taken up a position as Acting Deputy Principal at Picnic Creek State School for term 4, we wish her well in this new adventure. Mrs Louise Sheppard has returned part time from Maternity leave and is supporting our Support teachers (Literacy/Numeracy) to provide intervention for students this term. Miss Heidi Parkinson, administration officer will leave us this Friday to support a family business, we thank Heidi for all the work done to support the PSPC community in her short time here. Book Week was postponed from earlier in the year and is now on 17th October—23rd October. On Wednesday 21st October, we are having our annual Book Week dress up day. Students can come dressed up as their favourite characters from a book. PSPC will be a polling booth at the upcoming State Election on October 31st 2020 for your convenience. We look forward to a wonderful final term. Dates to Remember: Wednesday 21st October—Bookweek dress Up day Friday 30th October – Day for Daniel – wear Red, gold coin donation Friday 30th October – Teacher Appreciation Day Wednesday 11th November – Remembrance Day Donna Gosling| Principal
Issue 15- Week 2, Term 4, 2020
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From the Deputy Principals
Attendance Week 1 Our current attendance rates (school targets 95%)
Positive Behaviour for Learning Focus
Learning to Read Phonics— Part of teaching children to read involves teaching them which sounds the letters make. However, this can’t be taught effectively until they have well developed phonological awareness. That is, hearing the sounds in words. Teaching children letters and sounds before they have developed phonological awareness is pointless. For example, they need to know the sound ‘d’ in the word dog, before teaching them the letter ‘d’ and that it makes the sound ‘d’. Once your child can name the sounds in a word orally, for example, the word ‘dog’ has a ‘d’ ‘o’ and ‘g’ sound in it, then they can learn the letters and the sounds that match the letters. Teaching letters (graphemes) and the sounds (phonemes) has a sequence. We start with the consonants, then the vowels and their corresponding sounds. Then we move onto the blended letters and sounds and the middle vowel sounds in words. There are 44 different sounds in the English language (phonemes) represent by mixtures of 26 letters (graphemes) in the alphabet. We begin teaching phonics in term 2 of Prep, after we have taught phonological awareness. This teaching continues until the end of Year 2 when all students should know phonics completely. Stuart Mackenzie, Matt Weir & Kellie Fletcher | Deputy Principals
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Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
88.4% 84.9% 87.2% 88.6% 84.1% 88.3% 84.9%
Every day counts
From the Positive Behaviour Committee
As part of our PBL journey, one of our main focuses is to have our school rules—We Are Safe, We Are Kind and We Are Active Learners, and our School wide Behaviour Expectations visible to all. Over the holidays we were very excited to see the installation of our PBL signage throughout the school. We en-courage everybody to read over them with your children.
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Week 10 Student of the Week award winners
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Week 10 PBL award winners
Prep A – Olivia
Prep B - Devyn-Cruz
Prep L – Jackson Cruz
Prep P- Jordana
Prep R - Michael
Prep S – Alba
Prep T – Skye
1B- Luca
1K – Matthew
1M -Ella 1P –Tyrell
1S – Ava
1W Scarlett
1/2O – Zaden
2PM- Ella
2AW – Melinda-Jane
2D - Shreeya
2L – Archer
2P - Susannah
2L – Larissan
2R - Lexi
3H – Darios
3J – Blake, Calais
3K – Paiman
3M – Riley
3P- Leila
4C – Aisea
4J – Bentley
4M - Kaleah
4P-Shyla
4S - Ashlee
4W – Rylee
5B - Riley
5D – Kymarni
5K – Mahzaib
5P – Ayden
5S – Aria
5/6M - Hiks
6D – Xavier
6S – Sophia
6T – Tamzyn
6W- Rajinder
Prep A - Arianah
Prep B - Quinn N
Prep L - Kaydan
Prep p- Jonah
Prep R - Scarlett
Prep S – Paris
Prep T – Kai
1B - Jax
1K – Savana
1M –Jarrah
1P- James
1S-Memphis
1W Poppy
1/2O – Charlotte
2AW – Noah
2D - Don
2L – Madison
2P - Brooke
2PM – Soumil
2R - Kaylana
3H – 3H
3J – Halo
3K – Janzen
3M – Jaylen
3P - Tamai
3T- Annabelle
4C – Hanna
4J - Harley
4M - Mia
4P –Scarlett
4S - Ashlee
4W – Bailey
5B – Evie
5D – Ella
5K – Nicollas
5P – Mariah
5S – Lacey
5/6M - Mia
6D - Lilly
6S – Summer
6T – Rebeca
6W - Matthew
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Week 1 Student of the Week
Prep A - Grant
Prep B - Quinn N
Prep L - Kaydan
Prep p- Jonah
Prep R - Mason
Prep S – Frankie
Prep T – Kaleb
1B - Caitlyn
1K – Savana
1M –Jarrah
1P- James
1S-Jakob
1W- Zamran
1/2O – Owen
2AW – Rikki
2D - Don
2L – Charlotte
2P - Avania
2PM – Mia
2R - Hadassah
3H – Shyla
3J – Robert
3K – Harper
3M – Jakob
3P - Cayden
3T- Joshua
4C – Hanna
4J - Harley
4M - Hayne
4P –Scarlett
4S - Ashlee 4W – Bailey
5B – Mikaela
5D – Sahib
5K – Nicollas
5P – Mariah
5S – Haylen
5/6M - Willow
6D - Caitlyn
6S – Summer
6T – Rebeca
6W - Matthew
Week 1 PBL award winners
Prep A – Lincoln
Prep B - Devyn-Cruz
Prep L – Jackson Cruz
Prep P- Jordana
Prep R - Jarrel
Prep S – Asher
Prep T – Eknoor
1B - Ivy
1K – Matthew
1M -Ella
1P –Tyrell
1S – Hayley
1W_william
1/2O – Cruze
2PM- Jack
2AW – Dakota
2D - Shreeya
2L – Archer
2P - Tyreece
2L – Bree
2R -
3H –
3J - Nikkita
3K – Laila
3M –
3P- Ashley
4C – Aisea
4J – Charlize
4M - Antwon
4P-Corey
4S - Samuel
4W – Rylee
5B - Riley
5D – Tyler C
5K – Elliana
5P – Ayden
5S – Marcus
5/6M - Jordan
6D – Wynter
6S – Sophia
6T – Tamzyn
6W- Jozo