Attendance

At North Shore State School our goal is to ensure every

students has the opportunity to be exposed to a year

worth of learning. A key component of this goal is

knowing that Everyday Counts. We encourage all

students to attend every day that they possibly can to

ensure they are exposed to the explicit teaching that

our staff provide. Our whole school attendance target is

95%.

Can I remind all parents and carers that our learning day starts at 8:45am

sharp. Unfortunately we have a number of students who are consistently arriv-

ing 5 or 10 minutes late. Over the long term, those students will be missing out

on a significant amount of key learning time as a result. A reminder that our

school offers student supervision from 8:10am to 8:40am for those parents who

need to drop their children off earlier. All student who arrive after 8:45am are

required to present to the office for a late note. I would like to ask that parents

do not go directly to classrooms to drop off their students after 8:45am. All stu-

dents arriving directly to class after 8:45am will be asked to return to the office

and report for a formal late slip. It is also important that all our school communi-

ty are patient with our administration staff as we often have large numbers of

students and families arriving late to school. Student also arriving late need to

provide our office staff with a reasonable explanation to ensure they are not rec-

orded as unexplained on our system.

I would also like to remind parents that students absences and their reasons

need to be reported to the school as soon as possible. All student absences need to

be confirmed with a reason. Every fortnight our student attendance team meet to

review data and follow up with letters of explanation for student absences that

are unexplained. I encourage all parents and carers to complete the forms and

return them to the office. We will then update our records to ensure that you do

not keep receiving the same letter from our school.

With your support we can continue to work together to provide the opportunities

for students to have the education they deserve.

Red Track

Congratulations to all our students who competed at our Inter- School Athletics

competition on Wednesday. This year we were in the C schools category that had

us competing against much larger schools than us. I have been informed that our

students behaviour and sportsmanship were exemplary.

Regards

Patrick McDonnell

Principal

North Shore State

School Newsletter

Principal’s Message

North Shore State School

9 Langford Street

Burdell

4818, QLD

Phone: (07) 44128555

PO Box 199

Deeragun,

QLD, 4818

Website:

northshoress.eq.edu.au

Email:

admin@northshoress.eq.edu.au

07/06/2019

We now have our own Facebook

Page named

North Shore State School.

Please ‘like’ and ‘follow’ us to keep

up to date with what is happening

in our school community.

Upcoming Events

Student of the Week

Choir Fanfare Monday 10 June

Season 2 Sport Commences 13 June

P & C Meeting Wednesday 19 June

P &C Trivia Night

Friday 21 June

Prep A Aaliyah S Prep B Gabriel S

Prep C Ciara M Prep D Maxwell B

Prep E Isla N 1A Zaviar F

1B Ethan D 1C Emmett B

1D Spencer H 2A Lilly H

2B Emma A 2/3C Brandon M

3A Ethen F 3B Sharlette H

4A Shaelee H 4B Amaani A

5A Elise J 5B Tiffany G

6A Ava P 6B Tallen L

PE Class on the Week Prep E The Arts Class of the Week 3B

Class of the Week

Defence News

Staying connected with what’s happening in the Townsville Defence Community is as easy as joining the DCO

mailing list! But just in case you haven’t gotten around to that just yet, here’s what’s coming up:

13 June Coffee Connections – Hudson’s Coffee, Kirwan

16 June Dogs Day Out

27 June Coffee Connections – Odyssey on the Strand

29 June My Dad & Me Playgroup – Making Pizzas

Also, don’t forget to register for the new ForceNet for Families app. A secure communications platform for De-

fence members and families to keep up to date with important events. Join now by visiting forcenet.gov.au. And

download the app from Google Play or the App Store.

Stay Safe

Natasha Pauline

DEFENCE MENTOR

Trivia Night

We are very excited about our Trivia Night we are hosting in June, so if you love a little competition then grab

your team together and come along for a great night out. Please see below our Trivia and registration Flyer.

Garden Party Event

For our Ladies, our Garden Party event is the highlight of our year and the tickets will be going on sale on June

24th so keep an eye out on our page for more details.

News from the P & C and the Tuckshop Ladies!

It is very important that our school administration staff be notified of all stu-

dents’ absences, as well as the classroom teacher. All student absences can be

reported through our administration office by phone on 4412 8555 or emailed to

absences@northshoress.eq.edu.au.

Student Absence Notifications

Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme

North Shore State School operates under a Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme. A $50 per student contribu-

tion will enable us to provide students with access to current technologies including laptops, Ipads and interactive

whiteboards to ensure children are provided with optimum digital learning opportunities. Funds will also assist in

supporting Teaching and Learning in both the classroom and the playground.

Contributions can be made at the office by Cash, Eftpos – credit/debit card or can be made by direct deposit using

the following details:

BSB 064-796

Account number 10047751

(please note your child’s name in the description/reference field).

Woolworths Earn and Learn

This year, North Shore State School have registered to take part in the Woolworths Earn and Learn

campaign. For every $10 you spend at Woolworths between now and the 25th June you will receive 1

sticker. These stickers can be placed in the North Shore State School boxes located at Woolworths

stores in North Shore and Deeragun. We have also placed a box in our school office so children can

bring their stickers into school too. At the end of the campaign these stickers can be redeemed for re-

sources. Ultimately, the more stickers we get the more resources we can claim for our children. So

next time you shop at Woolworths in either of these stores look out for our box and help us get some

exciting new equipment for our school!

In each Learning Village there is one fridge provided per two classrooms, for the storage of student lunches.

Can we please ask that insulated lunch boxes/ eskies are kept in school bags and only plastic containers or small

lunch bags are placed in the fridge.

Thank-you

Storage of Student Lunches

Entertainment Books Make sure you don’t miss out on your copy of the Entertainment Book. Support our student council

The New Entertainment Memberships are here … www.entbook.com.au/9x54077

They are packed with amazing offers, including family activities, casual dining and tasty treats. Pay online

through our order page and receive $20 Online Woolworths Gift card AND $50 Cellarmasters Voucher!!

20% of each Membership sold goes towards North Shore State School!

News from the P & C and the Tuckshop Ladies!

Place all your school orders online with Flexischools Flexischools is a well-established organisation allowing you to easily place all your tuckshop orders online at any time. Download the Flexischools app from the App store or Google Play click here https://wwww.flexischools.com.au/mobile-app) for details on how to set up your account. Once registered, orders from Wednesday 27/02/2019 will be available. If you have any ques-tions, please contact the Flexischools Customer Service Team on 1300 361 769, or you can contact them via their website. We hope this step forward will support families with a more convenient and efficient process of placing tuckshop orders.