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27 May 202027 May 2020

From the PrincipalCongratulations to the students, staff and parents/carers on asmooth transition back to school this week. Our students haveenjoyed spending time with their friends, re-establishing classexpectations and routines and ensuring Every Minute Counts!It has been wonderful to see our students settled back intoschool with enthusiasm, confidence and smiles on their faces.

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your supportduring this tricky time. It wasn’t always easy. We appreciatedthe help you gave to your child/ren. A job well done!

The Term 2 Operating guidelines for Queensland State Schoolsstates that we are unable to have assemblies, interschoolactivities including sporting competitions, camps, excursions,or musicals and arts events which would usually involve closeor physical contact or large gatherings. This reflects the adviceof Queensland’s Chief Health Officer and the Australian HealthProtection Principal Committee (AHPPC). I will continue to keepyou updated on when school activities can resume.

In the interest of staff and student health and wellbeing, areminder of the following new procedures:

Revised Morning Drop-Off Routine

School starts at our normal time of 8:45 am for all students.Students are to be dropped off at the Sanctuary Drive – eitherin the J-Block car park or the Kiss and Drop Zone. Parents/carers are not to enter the school site and are to follow socialdistancing rules, as they await to drop off, or, collect children.The Kiss and Drop zone and J-Block carpark will have schoolstaff supervising from 8:25 to 8:45 am to assist our studentsinto the school grounds. You can drop the children off at the

Community Hall but please walk them to the school gate ratherthan letting them cross Mount Cotton Road on their own.

Do not drop students to school prior to 8.00 am, as there isno supervision prior to this time and there may be a risk toyour child’s safety for you to leave your children unattended. Ifyou require supervision for your child outside of school timesplease contact Helping Hands (Ph: 0448 070 462 or Email:mountcotton@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au).

Children to wait in the following areas:

New Afternoon Pick-Up Routine

Our Preps and Year 1s will continue with a shortened day andneed to be picked up at the J-Block car park/Kiss and DropZone. This scheduled finish time will be reviewed at the end ofTerm 2, in light of updated public health advice.

J-Block Car Park and Kiss and Drop Zone:

2:30 pm – All Preps – pick up supervised by their classteachers2:40 pm – All Year 1s - pick up supervised by their classteachers2:50 pm - Year 2s and 3s who have siblings plus anyYear 4s, 5s and Seniors.

With our new car park arrangement, parents can turn right intothe J-Block carpark. Please be patient and do not create your

• Senior > Line Up Area (outside the hall)

• Year 5 > Eating Area outside 5A and 5C

• Year 4 > Near Playground (Top Oval)/Year 4 veranda

• Year 3 > Under C Block

• Year 2 > Under C Block

• Year 1 > Bottom Floor of J Block (Year 1 eating area)

• Prep > Near Prep C (Mrs Bailey’s room)

own lane. There will be a crossing guard on the zebra crossingassisting children to the new Kiss and Drop zone. Please do notpark in the Kiss and Drop Zone.

Community Hall Parking:

Our Years 2 to 6 parents/carers can park in the community hall.Students are to sit on the oval seats and parents can come tothe ramp, the gems will go to them. For the safety of students,I do not want them crossing the road on their own.

2:40 pm – Year 2s and Year 3s without siblings.2:50 pm – Any 2s and 3s with siblings plus Year 4s, 5sand Seniors.

Helping Hands (HH):

For students attending Helping Hands:

2:30 pm – Helping Hands staff will pick Prep students upat 2.30pm2:40 pm – Year 1, 2s, 3s. Helping Hands staff will pickup Year 1s from the classroom at 2:35 pm. Our Year 2sand 3s will make their own way to Helping Hands at 2:40pm.2:50 pm – Our Year 4, 5 and Seniors will make their wayto Helping Hands at 2:50 pm.

In Summary:

Grade

Level

Pick Up Arrangement

Prep 2:30 pm finish

J Block Car Park or Kiss and Drop Zone

Helping Hands – students will be picked up at 2:30pm.

Bus students – students will be supervised by theirclass teacher until 2:50 pm.

Year 1 2:40 pm finish

J Block Car Park or Kiss and Drop Zone

Helping Hands – students will be picked up at 2:35pm.

Bus students – students will be supervised by theirclass teacher until 2:50 pm.

Year 2

Year 3

2:40 pm finish

If children attend Helping Hands they will attend from2:40 pm.

Year 2 or Year 3 students without siblings, can bepicked up from the bottom oval at 2:40 pm.

2:50 pm finish

All Year 2s and 3s with siblings will finish at 2:50 pm.

All Year 2s and 3s that catch a bus will finish at 2:50pm.

Year 4, 5and Senior

2:50 pm finish

They can depart via the J-Block car park, the Kissand Drop Zone or the Community hall.

If they catch the bus, they need to make their way tothe bus line.

If children attend Helping Hands they will attend from2:40 pm.

Please ensure your children know the arrangement for pick upeach afternoon. We will have staff supporting students at bothschool gates. On behalf of all staff, I sincerely thank you for yourpatience and support over the next few weeks.

P&C Day:

On Friday 22nd of May, we celebrated P &C Day to thank our hardworking P&Cmembers for the tireless work they do eachyear to improve our educational facilities,resources and student outcomes.

Jess, Lauren, Fiona, Mel, Jen and Kylie, a huge shout out toyou amazing ladies - we are so lucky to have you as our P&CExecutive!

Premier’s Reading Challenge:

I am delighted to invite all Mount Cotton State School studentsto join in the 2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Reading plays an important part in students’ lives during theirschool years and beyond.

It allows children to actively engage their imagination and opensup a world of educational opportunities.

Last year, 168,000 students from 937 schools took part in thechallenge, reading an astounding 2.31 million books. What anincredible result.

The reading period for the 2020 Premier's Reading Challengecommences on Monday 11 May and closes Friday 28 August.

This year the Premier has invited all state and non-state schoolstudents to take on the challenge:

Experiencing books can include shared reading, listening tostories, or reading picture books. The aim for the 2020challenge is to engage more students reading more books thanever before.

Students wishing to take part in this year’s challenge canregister by talking to their class teacher who will give them arecord sheet for recording books read.

Every student who completes the challenge will receive aCertificate of Achievement signed by the Premier. Students

• Prep to Year 2 should read or experience at least 20books,

• Years 3 and 4 should read at least 20 books, and

• Years 5 to 9 should read at least 15 books.

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who participate but don’t complete the challenge receive aCertificate of Participation from the school. It will be my greatpleasure to present these certificates during the Premier’sReading Challenge celebration weeks of 2 – 13 November2020.

For more information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge,please visit:

https://readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au/

You can play a big part in your children’s future by encouragingthem to be part of this positive initiative.

I look forward to seeing as many of our students as possibletake part in the 2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Uniform Blitz: - Our Winter Uniform!

Prep:

Years 1 to 6:

Kind regards,Meagan Stewardmstew40@eq.edu.au

From the HOSESWelcome back to learning at school. This week has been agreat success so far and it has been lovely to see everyone’ssmiling faces again.

Playtime Support

Mount Cotton State School supports all our students atplaytime with various supported play activities. The RainforestRoom supports our Students with Disability by providing asupported play environment every day during first break. TheRainforest Room rotates through specific activities each dayof the week such as board games, colouring, constructionactivities, creative play and technology. We encourage ourstudents with disability to bring a friend when coming to play inthe Rainforest Room, but to ensure the noise level and visualstimulus doesn’t become too overwhelming, we do limit thisto one friend. Has your child joined in on one of our school’slunchtime activities?

Annett WellardHead of Special Education Services

Library NewsWelcome back to all our students. Library lessons andborrowing have commenced for our Prep to Year 2 students.All books that are returned will be quarantined before returningto general circulation.

Our students in Year 3 – 6 will be able to access readingmaterials through Wushka and the Sora App (Online library), fortheir reading enjoyment until further notice. Your safety is ourpriority.

Please return any library books or classroom readers that youmay have with a Mount Cotton barcode. Your assistance tolocate these and return to the library is greatly appreciated.

Book Club

Scholastic Book club will recommence this week. Issue 4 willbe sent home with the youngest in the family.

When ordering -

Option 1 – send your order form to school (to the Library) witheither cash or cheque (cheques payable to Scholastic AustraliaBook Club) payment making sure the details for student’s nameand class are filled in clearly.

Option 2 – LOOP (Linked Online Ordering and Paymentsystem)

Order and pay directly to Scholastic via the link below ordownload the app. You will need to specify your child’s classand fill in their first name and initial of their last name. Orders willstill earn commission for the school. Order forms do not haveto be returned to school as they are processed with the schoolorder.

https://www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

The due date for orders is Wednesday June 10.

If you do not wish your child to collect the order - for ordersthrough the school - please write ‘HOLD’ on the order and wewill contact you. For orders made online please use the emailaddress below to advise the Library of your contact details oruse the ‘GIFT’ option.

• Navy blue jumper

• Navy blue long sleeve polo shirt with emblem

• Maroon tracksuit pants

• Maroon long-length pants

• Maroon tights

• Maroon jumper (preferably with MCSS embroideredemblem)

• MCSS Maroon & white polo shirt – short or longsleeve

• Maroon track pants or long-length pants

• Maroon stockings / tights may be worn underculottes or dress - not under sports shorts

• (Important Note - full-length or ¾ length leggings inany colour are not to be worn under shorts ordresses at any time)

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Happy Reading – “Don’t judge a book by its cover. Read itand see what you discover!”

Donna WilkinsTeacher-Librarian/ICT Coordinatorlibrary@mtcottonss.eq.edu.au

CHAPPY CHATA warm hello from Chappy Chantall! …. Aswell as a big shout out of “WELL DONE” toeveryone involved in educating our kids athome or school during these unprecedentedtimes.

I am super excited to meet all of our MtCotton State School students this week. It isa special week in more than one way, this is also SU QLDChappy week. Chappy week is a time to raise awareness of thevalue of school chaplains within the community.

Here is a quick snapshot of what School Chaplains do:

I am available at MCSS 4 days a week - Monday, Tuesday,Thursday & Friday. It is important to note that any pastoral careconversations will always take place with parental permission.I am excited to form part of the school support team and bethere for our “gems”, school staff, as well as all the families.

SUBWAY MEAL DEAL

Subway envelopes are on their way homethis week.

Due back to the office: Thursday 4th June2020

Subway Delivery: Tuesday 9th June 2020

Kind regardsChappy Chantall

Tuckshop NewsWelcome back everyone!

I've been thinking about what to make for my children’slunches, as a treat, and the following recipe is fast to puttogether, smells great while cooking and tastes great:

Orange and Poppyseed Cake

185g self-raising flour35g oats40g poppy seeds185g unsalted butter160g honey

80g cranberry jam (or jam of your liking)2-3 tsp orange zest80ml orange juice3 eggs lightly beaten

Mix together flour, oats and poppy seeds. Measure butter,honey, jam, orange zest and juice into a saucepan and melt thebutter & honey. Add liquid to the dry ingredients and add eggs.Stir until just mixed and bake in 180 degrees Celcius oven for60 min.

New Items

For the students and staff who like the frozen yoghurts, I have anew flavour for you to try, it's Blueberry and Cookie Dough.

I am looking forward to seeing lots of familiar faces again at thetuckshop.

Kind regardsIreneTuckshop Convener

Student of the Week

Congratulations to the following students ontheir achievement!

Name Class Award Week 4

Cobie B PA Creative

Mackenzie J PB Clever

Quinn T PC Responsible

Patrick K P/1D Resilience

Patrick McC 1A Responsible

Billie M 1B Respect

Milla C 1C Respect

Sophie K 2A Resilience

Zach F 2B Responsible

Ben C 2C Responsible

Jaxson L 2D Responsible

Ella R 3A Clever

Ava M 3B Clever

Harrison T 3C Respect

Matteo S 3D Clever

Stephanie W 4A Creative

Tadhg M 4B Resilience

Harrison McC 4C Resilience

Ryda B 4D Responsible

Summer G 5A Resilience

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Name Class Award Week 4

Zane T 5B Responsible

Ella H 5C Responsibility

Amelia F 5/6D Clever

Levi O Senior A Responsible

Mackenzie B Senior B Clever

Name Class Award Week 5

Maria N PA Resilience

Rhys H PB Responsible

Henry N PC Clever

Isla-Jade M P/1D Resilience

Oden O 1A Clever

Chase S 1B Responsible

Kaylee W 1C Caring

Zach C 2A Responsible

Saxon C

Layla C

2B Responsible

Miccah E-S 2C Responsible

Shaiden N 2D Responsible

Grace J 3A Resilience

Penelope S 3B Responsible

Wilhelmina C 3C Resilience

Harper McG 3D Clever

Harvey F 4A Responsible

Regan B 4C Responsible

Bayley C 4D Responsible

Oliver McL 5A Clever

Lillian H 5B Responsible

Tyson B 5C Resilience

Ethan C 5/6D Resilience

Jimmy G Senior A Caring

Bindi E-S Senior B Responsible

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Parenting Ideas

Understanding Techno Tantrums

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