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Issue 04 – 18 March 2021

Frenchville State School acknowledges the Darumbal people as the traditional custodians of the

place we now call our school. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and are proud to

be supporting and encouraging emerging Indigenous leaders every day.

At times, our students need to ignore the behaviour of other

students, or talk to them in a friendly way or more firmly

depending on the situation. The situation may require them to

walk away. An example of this is when, during play, the student

becomes too heated and agitated they need to walk away, have

a drink and calm before re-entering the game. There is also the

strategy of REPORT. One of the difficulties we face as a school is

when students do not report incidents and go home and report.

As a parent, please talk through these strategies with your child.

You will need to model them and practise them constantly for

students to use them with ease. Please continue to work with

your child to report incidents on the day.

Most of the incidents that occur at school are ‘one off’ mean

moments or conflict between friends. In today’s world most

incidents are labelled as bullying but, in reality, it is often one of

the other. We do take any reports of bullying seriously and

investigate. Further information of the bullying process is

available in our Student Code of Conduct available on our

website.

Katrina Jones

Principal

Principal’s NewsTomorrow we acknowledge the National Day of Action against

Bullying and Harmony Day. We are very proud of the diverse

background of our community and what this brings to the

culture of our school. Every day our staff are working with our

students on respectful relationships with each other. As I have

mentioned before in newsletters, we have invested significant

time and resources into developing our Student Learning and

Wellbeing Framework which is unpacked and taught in our

classrooms. Our Student Code of Conduct is based on three

expectations:

Respect – How we interact with others across different settings

and situations.

Responsibility – Our learning behaviours to ensure we are

engaging, listening and putting forth our best effort.

Safety – Learning and following the skills to keep ourselves and

others safe.

Part of our school program is the High 5 strategy where we

teach our students to solve problems respectfully.

Student Absence Line

It’s important to notify us if you child will be ab sent from school for the

day. Please call: 4931 5366

18 Mar Prep Vision screening

Free Drees Day – Wear Orange, gold coin

19 Mar Friday Sport, Season A

22 Mar Indigenous screening Prep-Yr 6

23 Mar Assembly P-3, 2.15pm

24 MarSchool performance payment due by 10am

“Brilliant at Being Resilient”, $5

25 Mar Dance Party – P-2 5.30-6.30pm, 3-6 6.45-8pm

26 MarSchool Performance

“Brilliant at Being Resilient”

29 Mar Parent teacher interviews – book online

30 Mar Parent teacher interviews – book online

Assembly 4-6, 2.15pm

Fortnightly Date Claimers

School PerformanceNo late payments will be accepted.

Free Dress Day – Wear OrangeTomorrow is free dress day. We will have a combined

celebration for Harmony Day and Bullying NO WAY!

Please come dressed in orange theme colour for

Harmony Day and Bullying No Way day. Together we

will celebrate the amazing diversity we have here

amongst our students at Frenchville.

Performance Date Payment due

Brilliant at being Resilient 26/03 24 March by 10am - $5.00

SHEP (State Honours Ensemble Program)

Frenchville RepresentativesCongratulations are extended to Charlie Cran and

Nathaniel Harrison on their selection in the State

Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) for French Horn and

Violin. We hope Charlie and Nathaniel enjoy this

wonderful opportunity.

Representative Sport SelectionRecently some Frenchville students have participated in

representative sport trials. The following students were

selected in their respective representative sides.

Congratulations to all.

Rugby League

10yr: Nate Meilland, Jacob Fuller, Blake Fuller, Asher

Watene, Xavier Fogwell

11yr: Levi Williams, Kiale Fetoai

12yr: Andrew Watene

Hockey

10-12yr Boys: Quinlan White, Alec Robertson

10-12yr Girls: Abby Hutchins, Amelie Butler

Swimming

10-12yr Boys: Jack O’Brien

2021 Cross CountryOur annual Cross Country will be held on Tuesday 30 March

during the morning session. Students will have a choice to

enter either a Cross Country fun race or a championship race.

The fun race is for students from year 3 to year 6 wanting to

participate without the expectation of being competitive.

Students who are 9, 10, 11 and 12 years old will have the

opportunity to run competitively in the championship race.

The 9 and 10 year olds will run 2km and the 11 and 12 year

olds will run 3km. Every student must participate in one of the

races outlined above unless advised otherwise due to medical

reasons.

Nominations

Students will need to nominate during PE lessons to participate

in the championship race. During PE lessons, students will need

to demonstrate their ability to effectively run long distances

and attend before school training or training outside of school.

Parents are reminded this event is part of the Health and

Physical Education curriculum for this term. Please ensure your

child wears either the schools broad-brimmed hat or bucket

hat, sunscreen and brings a water bottle.

Spectators

Due to restrictions we request that only parents/carers of

competitors in the championship race spectate. Please respect

all COVID safe rules of maintaining distance and staying away if

unwell.

The race times are as follows:

8.50am 9 and 10 year olds move to marshalling area

9.00am 9 and 10 year old girls race

9.10am 9 and 10 year old boys race

9.15am 11 and 12 year olds move to marshalling area

9.20am 11 and 12 year old girls race

9.26am 11 and 12 year old boys race

9.45am Fun run

10.00am Presentations the return to class

Due to time constraints, we will sound the air horn 4 minutes

prior to the next race starting. With 2 minutes to go, we will

sound the air horn twice. Any students who are still in the first

half of the track will need to move off the track and go back to

their tent. Anyone on the last half of the track is able to

complete the lap then head back to their tent.

Frenchville SS P& C Association

Our P&C meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Al l parents are

welcome. P&C Email: [email protected]

Parent Talk - https://pandcsqld.com.au/members/publications/parent-talk/

Tuckshop NewsRoster Commencing Monday: 22 March 2021

Roster Commencing Monday: 29 March 2021

Parent Teacher Interviews -SOBSThe parent teacher interviews will be held over two

afternoons – Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 March from 3pm-

6pm. Interviews are held at this time of the school year as we

believe home and school is a partnership and knowing where

your child is at allows you to be involved in their learning for

he rest of the year. As per last year, the booking system will be

electronic. Interview times will be 15 minutes and specialist

teachers can also be booked during this time. If you have a

number of children, please allow for spaces between your

interview times so that you can get to the next location in

time.

To book a parent teacher interview please follow the

link https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=70658

A parent help book has been attached with this

newsletter and is available on our website

https://frenchvilless.eq.edu.au/support-and-

resources/forms-and-documents/documents

NB Returning parents may need to edit the year levels

of their children in order to select the right teacher.

Monday: Help needed

Tuesday: R. Holbeck

Wednesday: C Newbery

Thursday: P. Hixon

Friday: S. Vesey & S. Kluver

Monday: Help needed

Tuesday: R. Holbeck

Wednesday: Help needed

Thursday: P. Hixon

Friday: S. Vesey & N. Janetzki

Year 6 Easter RaffleYear 6 students have all been given tickets to sell in this year’s

Easter Raffle. We have approximately 30 great prizes that have

been put together by a wonderful band of helpers. Thank you

Marc and Fern Carr, and Scott and Penny Byrnes who gave up

their time during the week. A special thank you to Mrs Bedward

for using her own time to put together the 300 raffle books. If

you would like to support this major camp fundraiser, tickets can

be purchased at the office, or directly from one of our year 6

students. Year 6 families are reminded that ALL ticket books

(sold or unsold) are to be returned no later than Monday 29

March.

Sport Fixtures – 19/03/2021Soccer

12:40pm Frenchville Yr 5 v St Anthony’s Norbridge 6

1:30pm Frenchville Yr 6 v St Anthony’s Norbridge 6

AFL

12:45pm Frenchville Falcons v St Mary’s KP 2

12:45pm Frenchville White v St Anthony’s KP 1

SPORT VENUES

Norbridge Park (Soccer): Reaney Street, North Rockhampton

Kele Park (AFL & Softball/Teeball): Kalare Street, West Rockhampton

Softball / Teeball

12:45pm F’ville Yr 6 Girls v Crescent Lagoon SS 3

12:45pm Frenchville Yr 6 Boys v Parkhurst 1C

12:45pm F’ville Yr 5 Girls v St Joey’s PA Navy 3A

12:45pm F’ville Yr 5 Boys v Crescent Lagoon 2A

Single-Use Plastics BanSingle-use plastics are a serious problem for the environment

and students in our school know that full well. Around 300

million tonnes of plastic waste are produced every year and

about half of all plastic is designed to be used only once and

then thrown away. The Palaszczuk Government has introduced

legislation to ban specific single-use plastics, beginning with

straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and polystyrene takeaway food

containers and cups commencing from 1 September 2021.

Single-use plastic items that are an integral part of packaging

(such as a straw attached to a juice box) will not be banned.

The ban also provides for people with temporary or permanent

disability and healthcare needs in our community to still be able

to access single-use plastics. Schools will also be able to access

single-use plastic items should any students have similar needs.

Our community has embraced the introduction of the

Container Refund Scheme and the ban on single-use plastic

bags, and we are taking the next step.

We can embrace sustainable alternatives, including paper

straws, bamboo cutlery, paper plates and reusable stirrers.

For more information, please visit

https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/

waste/recovery/reducationplastic-pollution or contact Member

for Keppel, Brittany Lauga MP on (07) 4913 1500.





Curriculum UpdatesAs we near the end of Term 1, teachers are starting to

gather evidence of learning. Some of this is summative (to

report to parents on) and some is diagnostic (to inform the

next steps in teaching). As part of this process, teachers are

spending after-school meetings moderating student work

samples in English. This involving ensuring consistency of

judgement across the cohort. Students are also given

feedback on written and oral assessment pieces of how to

improve their next piece of work.

Literacy LiftingChoosing books for children can be difficult particularly for

students who don’t enjoy reading. It is really important to

keep trying. Sometimes children will find things appealing

that we as adults don’t rate or think are suitable. Students

that struggle with reading might engage with a comic style

book or graphic novel. Many traditional stories are now

being produced as graphic novels alongside a number of

great new authors/illustrators in this field. At Frenchville, we

are slowly increasing our collection and they can be easily

identified on the shelves by their pink tag.

For the reluctant reader, a graphic novel may be

the first step in enjoyable engagement of your

child in print.

Library News - Lunchtime Activities

The library at FSS, located within the TWiST building, is a

cool and interesting place to be at lunchtime. As well as our

special Hogwarts-themed activities, there are lots of other

activities. Tuesdays and Thursdays are Tech Days where

students with BYOx laptops may use them. Some old iPads

are also available on this day for students to improve their

device skills. We also offer one day a week where a huge

range of board games (purchased by Student Council 2019)

are available to use. Colouring in, construction play, dolls,

puppets are also available daily as well as a quiet corner to

read in.

TWiSTed TalesBook ClubMost of Issue 1 Book Club has arrived and been distributed

to classrooms. There are a few back orders and missing

items and they will be given to students as soon as they

arrive.

Knightly TalesReading Knights counts the number of nights that students

read – this is to encourage the development of reading as an

everyday habit. We encourage a minimum of 10 minutes of

reading / sharing of stories. Each night that your child reads

should be recorded in their Reading Knights booklet.

Completed pages need to come to the TWiST to be recorded

and badges given out.

NumeracyGames with Playing Cards - Make 10Use a deck of playing cards (remove picture cards).

The aim is to make combinations that add to 10.

•One player deals out 10 cards in a row.

•The first player then looks across the row of cards to find a

combination of cards that add to 10. (Any number of cards is

allowed eg 6+4, 7+A+2)

•Only one combination can be removed. The aim of the

game is to collect as many cards as possible, so combinations

that require more cards are favoured.

•Once a combination has been removed, the dealer replaces

those cards with new ones from the pack.

•Play continues until there are no more cards or until

players can no longer make combinations that add to 10.

•Players then count their cards to determine the winner.

Hogwarts HappeningsStudents are currently enjoying the lunchtime activities.

Word of the Week:

Week 6 - brandished - Our sentence winner was Cameron B

with this amazing sentence: Harry brandished the sword of

Gryffindor at the basilisk.

Potion Making Competition:

Create a magic potion worthy of Hogwarts.

Submit your potion recipe and what it is used for. Samples of

potions may also be submitted – be as crazy and creative as

you like. Entries will be judged Monday 29th March and

prizes will be given out on Wednesday 31st March at

Science Day.





Curriculum Snapshot

It has been a rocking great time for

the Year 5 and 6 students as they

learn the recorder playing songs from

Rock and Roll Recorder.

The Year 5 and 6 students have enjoyed

exploring a variety of rhythm structures

and are busy composing their own 16

beat rhythms to perform with

percussion instruments.

Year 2 students are loving working together

to analyse and record basic rhythms from

songs that they know.

Music

What fun the Preps are having as

they learn action songs and nursery

rhymes.





We have 72 String students from

Year 4 to 6 making a great sound

this year.

StringsThe Senior students rehearse together on

a Wednesday morning before school.

Our pieces we have been working on are:

• Sword Dance

• Boogie Bass

• Battle Stations

We have lessons during the

day on Wednesday and

Friday.

Some of the pieces we can

play now are:

• Old Mac Donald had a

Farm

• London Bridge is Falling

Down

• Goblin Feast

• Doodlin Digits

First Year: Year 4The beginning students have

been learning to hold the

instrument in correct playing

position and plucking their

strings.

Our favourite piece is the Ant

Song to learn the different string

names.

We can’t wait for Mrs Everitt to

finally let us use our bows!

Karate StringsWe have been challenged to work on

our pieces to achieve belts to become

String Karate (Level 1), String Ninjas

(Level 2) and String Masters (Level 3)

We are excited to see our names up on

the wall!

You can check out how many coloured

belts we have on our cases!

Violin

Viola

Cello

Bass

Curriculum Snapshot Instrumental Music - Strings





Our third year Senior Band students are rehearsing before school on Friday

mornings, working on “Can Can”, “Funky Town”, “Tempest” and “Zephyr”. Chappy,

who plays trumpet, offered to join us. The students love having him play along with

them in the band.

Our second year Intermediate Band students are rehearsing

before school on Thursday mornings, working on “Ozzie Mozzie”

and “Zombie Stomp”. Chappy also joins their weekly rehearsals,

playing euphonium.

Our first year Beginner Students are learning how to assemble,

clean, hold and blow their instruments correctly. All beginner

classes will be ready to take their instruments home before the

holidays…..or sooner!

Instrumental Music - BandCurriculum Snapshot





Dance Party – Thursday 25 March 2021

We are all looking forward to our first dance party of the year. Dance parties are organised by our P&C for student and community

enjoyment. Whilst there is a charge to attend, the night is more about community than fundraising. We enjoy seeing the delight on

student faces as they engage with their teachers in a social setting at school.

Parents are welcome to attend however, we ask that you follow social distancing guidelines and stay home if you are unwell.

Thursday 25 March 2021 in the School Activity Centre

Prep – Year 2 (only) 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Year 3 – Year 6 (only) 6:45pm – 8:00pm

Cost: $5 single or $10 Family (Parents and small children free)

THEME: ACADEMY AWARDS. Come dressed as your favourite actor or movie character.

Sausage sizzle also available, $3 for sausage on bread, with all funds going towards Senior Camp.

Conditions: Any tickets purchased for the cancelled 2020 Dance Party will be honoured. If you have misplaced your ticket from 2020,

don’t fret, a list has been kept and will be provided to the parent helpers. Tickets must be purchased through this form/newsletter

by Wednesday 24 March 2021 or at school outside the tuckshop in the mornings from 8:00am-8:40am on 22 – 24 March. Tickets

purchased through the newsletter and left at the office will be issued by parent help on the morning of ticket sales.

Parent help is urgently required to sell tickets and collate ticket sales. Please see admin if you can help.

No tickets will be available at the door.

We would appreciate children being collected by 6:30pm and 8:00pm respectively. Years 3-6 children are not permitted at the “littlies”

dance party and no supervision can be provided for years 3-6 children arriving before 6:45pm.

Rules for the evening: Children will not be allowed to leave the School Activity Centre until collected by a parent. We would ask that

you come in and collect your child. Any unacceptable behaviour will be managed by staff. Poor behaviour may lead to a child being sent

home early. Electronic devices such as phones and iPads are not allowed at the dance party and will be collected by staff if seen and

kept for the duration of the dance party if they are found switched on or being used during the event. Large bags which can be used to

conceal objects will not be allowed in. No phone cameras or other recording devices may be used by students.

Parents of younger children are welcome to stay and enjoy the dance party with their children, keeping in mind the social distancing

guidelines. Parents who wish to assist with supervision (all ages) are welcome to do so.

Chips & drinks will be on sale for $2.

Prep – Year 2: These can be paid for by parents at the door (children’s hands are stamped for what they purchase).

Years 3-6: Bring money to buy from the canteen on the night

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Child/ren’s Name Class Child/ren’s Name Class

Ticket amount $_______________

Dance Party Help: Adults are needed for various duties at the dance party. Please complete your details below if you can help out on

the night. Either return this form to the office, or simply email with you name and the time you can assist.

Adult Volunteer Name: _____________________________

Prep – Year 2 5:30pm-6:45pm Year 3 – 6 7:00pm-8:30pm





Community Notices

Central Qld Athletic Club will be holding 2 Come & Try/Club

Days on Sunday 7th & 14th March at the CQ University Oval,

Bruce Highway from 1.15pm. Athletes of all abilities 4yrs to

Masters are welcome. New athletes entitled to 2 Free Trials.

For information phone Carolyn on 0407763552.

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