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Quinalow Prep-10 State School

1-5 Progress Street Quinalow 4403 Principal: Mr Andrew Skippen

admin@quinalowss.eq.edu.au www.quinalowss.eq.edu.au

Phone: (07) 4692 9333 Fax: (07) 4692 9300 P & C Executive - Rebecca Campbell (46927757) rebeccacampbell71@gmail.com Jen Sommerfield (0437 921151) jjstudstock@bigpond.com Sam Lowery (46927726) lowery.sam04@gmail.com 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!