What’s Happening

Mon 6 Jun Tue 7 Jun Wed 8 Jun Thu 9 Jun Fri 10 Jun

School

Lockdown Drill

Northside Junior Strings Camp School Council

nominations

open

Year 3 Star Lab

Northside Beginners

Blitz Concert

Mon 13 Jun Tue 14 Jun Wed 15 Jun Thu 16 Jun Fri 17 Jun

Parent Teacher Interviews (Prep to Year 6)

Brisbane

Astronomy Club

6.30pm-8.30pm

Sporting House

meetings

Performing Arts Celebration Concert. 6.30pm.

Yr 6 - Jump Rope for Heart.

Inter-House

Cross Country

(Prep - Yr 6)

Mon 20 Jun Tue 21 Jun Wed 22 Jun Thu 23 Jun Fri 24 Jun

Parent Teacher Interviews (Prep to Year 6)

Art Competition Assemblies.

Beginners Blitz Parent Concerts

Student Reports Issued

P&C Association Meeting 7pm

Inter-House Athletics Carnival ( Field)

Casual Dress Day Inter-House Athletics Carnival (Track) Prep to Yr 6

END OF TERM

EDITION: 7th June, 2016

2 Principal’s Post

5 Principal’s Gallery

5 Library News

5 Music News

5 Sport News

7 P&C Association News

School Administration (Office)

Open Mon to Fri, 8.00am – 4.00pm

Payment days: Wed & Fri: 8am – 11am

Recess Times

Prep – Year 2: 10.30am – 11.10am

12.45pm – 1.25pm

Years 3 – 6: 11.00am – 11.40am

1.15pm – 1.55pm

School Assemblies

Mon: 8:55 – 9:30am (Yrs 3–6)

Wed: 8.55 – 9:30am (Prep–Yr 2)

Tartan Tuckerbox (Tuckshop)

Monday: 1st break only

Open Tuesday to Friday

Flexischools orders avail. Mon-Fri

To volunteer: http://vols.pt/ju7d2T

Uniform Shop

Open Mon & Thu, 8.15am to 9.30am

Standard Uniform (Mon – Thu)

Tartan or red polo shirt

Bottle green pants shorts / skorts

Bottle green socks & black leather shoes

Red bucket (for Prep Year) or Bottle green reversible broad-brimmed hat

Winter: bottle green jacket, jumper and track pants

Friday (Sports)

House shirt or red polo shirt if playing inter-school sports

Bottle green pants shorts / skorts

White socks (with red and bottle green stripes) and sports joggers

School hat

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Tartan Times McDowall State School An Independent Public School since 2013

Achieving better outcomes for all students

Office 3872 5333

Absence 3872 5366

OSH 3353 5755

Tuckshop 3872 5304

Fax 3872 5300

Email admin@mcdowallss.eq.edu.au

Website www.mcdowallss.eq.edu.au

A Lesson in Art Appreciation

Year 4 students proudly showed off their exceptional artworks

last week, at the Annual Picasso Art Show. Well done for

whole-heartedly producing some truly striking and original

pieces of art. Thank you also to the many parents,

grandparents, siblings and friends who joined us for some

tasty breakfast treats and of course, to admire the art!

Tartan Times – 7 June 2016 Page 2

Principal’s Post

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS:

BUILDING FOUNDATIONS

Executive function skills are developed over

time, starting from the first year of life. More

complex skills are built from preceding

simpler skills. Executive function skills are

highly interrelated, relying on elements of

the others. For example: It takes working

memory to hold two rules in mind and inhibitory control to

ignore one of the rules in order to flexibly switch between rules

as the demand requires. Interrelated function skills develop

when children are provided the proper scaffolding by adults.

DEVELOPMENT of EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS

“Enhancing and Practising Executive Function Skills with Children

from Infancy to Adolescence” by the Centre on the Developing

Child. Harvard University.

In infancy, interactions with adults assist babies focus

attention, build working memory and manage reactions to

stimulating experiences. Through creative play, games and

school work, children practise integrating their attention,

working memory and self-control to support planning, flexible

problem-solving and sustained engagement. By secondary

school, students are expected to organise their time

independently, keep track of assignments and manage

projects through to completion.

To develop these capacities, children need practice in:

(a) Reflecting on their experiences.

(b) Talking about what they are

doing and why.

(c) Monitoring their actions.

(d) Considering possible next

steps; and

(e) Evaluating the effectiveness of

their decisions.

Adults critically provide support or

‘scaffolding’ for the development of

these skills, first by assisting

children complete challenging tasks

and then by gradually stepping

away to allow children manage the

process independently, and learn

from their mistakes, as they are

ready and able to do so.

Executive Function Activities for 5-7 years

Games exercise childrens’ executive function and self-

regulation skills and allow them to practise these same skills.

Children enjoy games that have rules. They seek a constant

challenge. Games should be demanding but not too difficult.

As familiarity increases, the adult role should decrease.

Children are to remember and enforce rules independently,

(where possible).

Card Games / Board Games

(a) Games that require

players to remember the

location of particular cards

are great at exercising

working memory. E.g.

Concentration. At a more

complicated level are

games requiring tracking

types of playing cards as

well as remembering their

locations. Eg. Go Fish, Old Maid, etc.

(b) Games in which the child can match playing cards, either

by suite or number, assist in practising cognitive flexibility.

Eg. Crazy Eights, Uno, etc.

(c) Games that require fast responses and monitoring are

effective in challenging attention and inhibition. Eg. Snap

and Slapjack.

(d) Any board game that involves strategy provides

opportunities to make and hold a plan in mind for several

moves ahead, consider the varying rules that govern

different pieces and adjust strategy in response to

opponent’s moves. Strategising requires that a child’s

working memory, inhibitory control and flexibility must all

work together to support plan-based effective play. Eg.

Sorry! Battleship, Checkers and Chinese Checkers.

Physical Activities / Games

(a) Games that require attention and quick responses assist

children practise attention and inhibition. Eg. Freeze

Dance, Statues, Musical chairs, Duck Duck Goose. Some

games require a person to be ‘It’ to mentally track others’

movements, challenging working memory. Eg. What time

is it, Mr Wolf? Games like the Magic Word Game require

that children wait for a ‘magic word’ to start an action.

(b) Fast moving ball games such as

Four Square, Dodgeball and

Tetherball require constant

monitoring, rule following,

quick decision-making and

self-control. Simon Says is a

game for attention, inhibition

and cognitive flexibility as the

child must track which rule to

apply and switch action, as

appropriate. Eg. Do As I Say

Not As I Do.

(c) Structured physical activities such as organised sports

should be played. Games require co-ordination and

aerobic exercise. Eg. Soccer. Such games support better

attention skills and control of actions.

DATE CLAIMER

Parent Seminar with Dr Anita Collins PhD

Thursday 28th July, 6pm-7pm, School Hall

“How Music Education supercharges your child’s development and how you can make the most of it!”

Tartan Times – 7 June 2016 Page 3

Movement / Song Games

(a) Copy games, in which the person imitating has to hold in

mind the model’s actions, draw on working memory. Call

and Response songs provide a similar auditory challenge.

E.g. Boom Chicka Boom and The Old Lady Who Swallowed

A Fly.

(b) Songs that repeat and add on to earlier sections (either

through words or motions) challenge working memory.

E.g. She’ll be coming around the mountain and Packing for

Grandma’s house. Older children can enjoy the challenge

of alphabetising the list.

(c) Singing in rounds is a challenge for older children that

requires the use of working memory and inhibition. E.g.

Row, row, your boat is a simple starter.

(d) Complicated clapping rhythms practise working

memory, inhibition and cognitive flexibility.

Quiet Activities Requiring Strategy and Reflection

(a) Puzzle and Brain Teaser Books that include mazes,

simple word finds, matching games, etc exercise attention

and problem-solving skills (requiring working memory and

cognitive flexibility).

(b) Logic and reasoning games in which rules about what

is possible need to be applied to solve puzzles, start to

become interesting and provide great working memory

and cognitive flexibility challenges. Think Fun,

Mastermind, on-line game sites.

(c) Guessing games require players to use working memory

and flexible thinking to hold in mind previous responses

while children develop and discard potential theories. Eg.

20 Questions, Guess My Rule often played with blocks of

different colours, sizes and shapes so that children try to

guess which attribute or set of attributes, defines the rule

for the set.

(d) I Spy and similar book / on-line games require children to

think about categorisation and use selective attention in

searching for the correct type of object.

Executive Function Activities for 7-12 years

Games and activities need to provide challenges and practice

for executive function and self-regulation skills. Complexity

must steadily increase commensurate with age.

Card Games / Board Games

(a) Games that require players to track playing cards exercise

working memory and promote mental flexibility in

planning and strategy. Eg. Hearts, Spades, Bridge.

(b) Games requiring monitoring and fast responses

challenge attention and quick decision-making in children

of this age.

(c) Card games requiring matching by either suite or number

continue to test cognitive flexibility. Poker and Mahjong

may challenge older children.

(d) Any game involving strategy provides important practise

with holding complicated moves in mind, planning many

moves ahead and then adjusting plans – both in response

to imagined outcomes and the moves of opponents. With

practice, children can develop great skill at classic games

of strategy like Go or Chess while challenging working

memory and cognitive flexibility.

(e) Complex games that are often found enjoyable involve

fantasy play, requiring holding in working memory

complicated information about places visited in an

imaginary world, rules about how characters and materials

can be used and strategy in attaining self-determined

goals. Eg. Minecraft.

Physical Activities / Games

(a) Organised sports become very popular for many children

during this period. Developing skill within these sports

practises ability to hold complicated rules and strategies

in mind, monitor their own and other’s actions, make quick

decisions and respond flexibly to play. There is evidence

that high levels of physical activity, particularly activity

that requires co-ordination, like

soccer, can improve all aspects

of executive function.

(b) Jump rope games can become

very popular. Becoming skilled

at jump rope, Double Dutch,

Chinese jump rope and other

such challenges, requires

focused practice, attention

control and working memory to recall the words of the

chant while attending to the motions.

(c) Games that require constant monitoring of the

environment and fast reaction times also challenge

selective attention, monitoring and inhibition.

Music, Singing and Dance

(a) Learning to play a musical instrument tests selective

attention and self-monitoring. In addition to the physical

skill required, this activity challenges working memory to

hold music in mind. There is also evidence that the

practice of two-handed co-ordination supports better

executive function.

(b) Whether or not, children learn a musical instrument,

participating in music classes can still require them to

follow rhythmic patterns, particularly when improvisation

is required. Eg. Clapping or drumming. This will challenge

their co-ordination of working memory, attention,

cognitive flexibility and inhibition.

(c) Singing in parts and rounds is a fun challenge, requiring

a similar co-ordination of working memory, monitoring

and selective attention. As a child’s music skills develop,

adults should present them with steadily increasing

challenge.

(d) Dancing provides many opportunities to develop

attention, self-monitoring and working memory as

dancers must hold choreography in mind while co-

ordinating their movements to music.

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Brain Teasers

Challenging puzzles that require information to be held and

manipulated in working memory.

(a) Crossword puzzles should be made available to children of

all skill levels. They draw on manipulation of letters and

words in working memory as well as cognitive flexibility.

(b) Sudoku provides a similar challenge but works with

numbers and equations rather than with letters and words.

(c) Classic spatial puzzles like Rubik’s Cube require children

to be mentally flexible and consider spatial information in

devising potential solutions.

(d) Cogmed and Lumosity provide computer game puzzles

and challenges that are designed to exercise working

memory and attention.

“GONSKI … MAKING A DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE!”

The Gonski Report was commissioned

by the Federal Government in 2010

and the investigative panel was

chaired by businessman David Gonski.

The report findings were presented to

government in November, 2011. The

report was released to the public and

is available online.

https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/review-of-funding-

for-schooling-final-report-dec-2011.pdf

Please peruse it and make your own judgement. Since then,

the Commonwealth and States have been deliberating over

what to do with the recommendations. The Gonski Report is

yet to be fully implemented and some politicians seek to ‘wind

back’ what has been partially implemented.

Key conclusions were:

(a) Australia must aspire to have a schooling system that is

among the best in the world for its quality and equity, and

must prioritise support for its lowest performing students.

(b) Every child should have access to the best possible

education, regardless of where they live, the income of

their family, or the school that they attend.

(c) No student in Australia should leave school without the

basic skills and competencies needed to participate in the

workforce and lead successful and productive lives.

The McDowall State School is funded by both State and

Commonwealth resources to deliver a ‘core’ / ‘base’ level

curriculum to students. The McDowall SS is operated by the

State Government. Extra resources, facilities, services and

student experiences are funded by the P&C Association, parent

fees and financial contributions; and local business donations.

Parents can access www.myschool.edu.au to view the full

operating cost for McDowall State School. Parents will note

that the McDowall SS is assigned an ICSEA Rating of 1,115

(Average being 1,000) for disadvantage. This means that

some ‘special purpose grants’ to the school are reduced

accordingly as it is believed that parents and community are

better positioned to fund and support school operations

(Needs-based resourcing). Eg. Learning Intervention,

Extension, Guidance Officer time, Behaviour Management, etc.

School General Grants (not including Special Purpose Grants.

Eg. Maintenance, Cleaning, Wages, ICT, Facilities, Rates, Grounds,

etc.)

Year General

Grant $

School

Enrolment

$ per Child

per Year

2012 $108,112 862 $125

2013 $113,438 915 $124

2014 $117,760 957 $123

2015 $113,944 924 $123

2016 $118,366 968 $122

- Figures drawn from the Education Queensland

Annual Budget Advice.

- Acreage subdivision and Year 7 transition to High

School is reflected within School Enrolment

numbers.

School General Grants are provided by Education Queensland

and are flexibly used to deliver the best possible ‘core’ / ‘base’

level education for students within a safe learning context. The

Education Queensland funding formula is: $21,080 + $100.50

per student pa.

As an Independent Public School, the Principal and School

Council, endeavour to achieve legitimate ‘savings’ from

‘special purpose’ grants and use an ‘economy of scale’ to

increase McDowall SS investment per child each year.

The current Commonwealth Education Funding Agreement

(Gonski) with States expires in December, 2017. This

agreement signed with the previous State Government 4.5

years ago included: (a) Funding for 250 Independent Public

Schools to be established in Queensland (b) The establishment

of a ‘Master Teacher’ position with associated support funding;

and (c) Investing for Success funding.

McDowall State School became an

Independent Public School from

2013 and mixed annual IPS $50,000

with other school-based funds to

build the PC Covered Area, the Oval

Covered Area, extend the Main

(existing) Covered Area concrete

platform, purchase $65,000 of

musical instruments and construct

the Performing Arts Classroom.

McDowall SS appointed a ‘Master

Teacher’ to assist classroom

teachers to refine and extend their

teaching knowledge and capabilities from 2014. McDowall SS

has used ‘Investing for Success’ funds over the past three

years to provide: (a) A Language, communication, vocabulary

programme across P-2 which is overseen by an employed

Speech Language Pathologist (b) An additional 30hr/wk

teacher-aide on each P-4 Year Level (c) An additional 30hr/wk

teacher-aide across Years 5-6 (d) 24hrs of administration

time; and (e) $6,500 of teaching aids. The State Government

(of the time) decided that these Commonwealth funds were to

be provided directly to all State Schools as expenditure

decision-making was thought best made locally, not

bureaucratically.

Tartan Times – 7 June 2016 Page 5

The following Commonwealth (Gonski) funds are being

expended at McDowall State School in 2016:

IPS School Grant = $50,000.

Master Teacher Salary = $119,446.

Master Teacher Support = $25,000.

Investing for Success = $374,397.

All staff employed under these Commonwealth (Gonski) funds

are ‘temporary’. These investments in student education will

be discontinued from December, 2017 if this funding does not

continue or if it does continue, it is redirected by the State

Government.

McDowall State School (including Principal) retains a strong

‘apolitical’ stance. Even so, parents should be mindful that

McDowall SS is at a ‘cross-roads’ at which electoral decision-

making (both Commonwealth & State) will directly impact on

future school services. This is NOT a political issue. This IS a

school funding issue. Parents and extended family, should ask

focused and direct questions of all political candidates and

existing politicians to ascertain their position on the many

factors that will influence McDowall SS operations and its

ability to deliver the best possible formal educational service

on behalf of your child/ren.

Enough parents, asking the right questions, may confirm or

change the policy position held by those who aspire to

represent us, who-ever they may be. Democracy = ‘Demos’,

the people decide! Governments are appointed by ‘the people’.

Once determined, this Principal, will, to the best of his

continued ability, with what-ever funding levels that are

assigned, continue to operate McDowall SS within government

policy and procedure, for the betterment of all our enrolled

students.

Principal’s Gallery

Each week, classes are afforded the opportunity to showcase

some of their excellent student work in the “Principal’s Gallery”

located within the School Administration foyer.

From 6th Jun 1J2 From 13th Jun 1J6

From 11th Jul 6C4 From 20th Jun 2G4

Library News

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Many McDowall State School classes from Prep through to Year

6, are participating in this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge.

The Reading period began on 16th May but it is still not too late

to register. Please check with your child or their class teacher

if they are registered to participate in this year’s event. If your

child is not registered through school and you would like them

to participate, please approach Ms Davis in The School Library.

National Simultaneous Storytime

On Wednesday 25th May, McDowall State School students

participated in the annual Simultaneous Storytime, a national

event organised by the Australian Library and Information

Association (ALIA).

This year’s title was ‘I Got This Hat’ by Jol and Kate Temple.

Both this event and the Premier’s Reading Challenge aim to

encourage students to read and to enjoy literature. So, grab a

funny hat, borrow the book and enjoy reading with your child!

Children’s Book Week – Short-listed Books

The Children’s Book Week short list from which this year’s

winning books will be decided was announced recently. The

winners in each category are announced just prior to Book

Week and it’s always an exciting time waiting to get the

results.

Library Volunteers Are Always Welcome

Each week in the School Library there are a huge range of

tasks that must be done, such as helping with Book Club or

covering books. If you could spare some time before or after

school drop off or pick up, please let us know. We’d be thrilled

to see you! If it’s more convenient, we’re also happy for you

to take books home for covering. Free book covering lessons

are included!

Music News

On 23rd May, four ensembles from McDowall State School

competed in Fanfare 2016. Held every second year, Fanfare is

a festival of Queensland State School bands and orchestras.

Fanfare provides students with the opportunity to compete

against other schools and perform in front of an audience

outside of their immediate school community.

Register Online for the Challenge

http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/readingchallenge

Artwork from 1J1 & 1J4

Tartan Times – 7 June 2016 Page 6

All our ensembles performed beautifully and our Wind

Ensemble, Concert Band and Cantabile Strings were all

awarded Silver Achievements. Presto Strings were

awarded a Gold Achievement (the only one in the section)

and have been one of only five ensembles from across

Brisbane Metropolitan Region selected to play in the

finals on Monday evening.

A big congratulations to all students who participated in

Fanfare. You should be very proud of yourselves. I was

extremely impressed with all performances and it was

wonderful to see each ensemble supporting one another.

I’d also like to thank our amazing conductors - Mrs Payne, Mrs

Erin Gyte and Mrs Jabs. They all put in a tremendous amount

of work to ensure that our students performed so well. Well

done everyone!

CONTACT: Ms Woodruff – Music Teacher.

Sports News

TENNIS

Hot Shots Tennis Promotion (Prep – Year 3)

We had a great response to this promotion with 100

registration forms returned. The equipment and t-shirts are

due to arrive at the end of June.

ATHLETICS

Well Done

Well done to Niamh B, Lana W and Kate B who competed in

the Regional Cross Country on 31st May. The girls ran solid

races against 80 other competitors in each age division. Lana

(10yo) placed 29th, Niamh (11yo) 16th and Kate (12yo) 24th.

Running Club

Running Club is now only being held on Friday mornings on the

school oval at 8am. We’re training for some big events such as

the School Cross Country and Inter-House Athletics Carnival.

Discus Finals

Trials for discus were recently held during PE lessons. Only

students born in 2004, 2005 & 2006 were eligible. The finals

will be held at lunch recess over the next two weeks. Finalist

lists and times for the finals are displayed on the Sports

Noticeboard outside the Tartan Tuckerbox.

School Athletics Trials – 10 Years+

In preparation for the Inter-House Athletics Carnival (22nd and

24th June, 2016), the following athletics trials for students born

in 2006, 2005 and 2004 (10 – 12 years old) will be conducted.

TIME ACACIA GREVILLEA MELALEUCA BANKSIA

FRIDAY 3RD JUNE 2016

12.15pm Shot Put Long Jump High Jump Running

2.00pm Long Jump High Jump Running Shot Put

FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 2016

12.15pm High Jump Running Shot Put Long Jump

2.00pm Running Shot Put Long Jump High Jump

NORTH DISTRICT GALA DAYS

Well Done Everyone

Well done Year 4 to 6 students who participated in this term’s

North District Gala Sport Days. Students embraced the spirit

of competition, but more importantly, the value of working

together as a team and good sportsmanship.

School Jerseys and Equipment

If your child borrowed a school jersey or equipment for the

Gala Sports Day competitions, please ensure it is cleaned and

returned to their coach asap.

CONTACT: Mr Paul Henderson - PE Teacher

McDowall State School Track & Field Policy

Selection of School Representative Team

1. Competitors will be selected on their personal performances at the School Inter-house Athletics Carnival .

2. The top two performances in each of the eligible age groups on the Carnival days will be invited to represent McDowall SS at the North District Track and Field Championships.

3. Once a competitor takes part in any event on Carnival days, their personal performance in that event will be recorded toward their selection into the School Athletics Team.

4. Only competitors who miss the event through exceptional circumstances (e.g. illness, injury, school related event, etc.) and supported by evidence (e.g. medical certificate) will be considered for selection after the Carnival. This will be at the discretion of the HPE committee with each circumstance judged on its own merits.

5. If an exceptional circumstance is accepted and approved, the competitor will be invited to trial in the relevant event(s) under competition rules. If their performance betters that of one of the selected competitors, they will be eligible to represent the school at the displacement of that competitor previously selected.

6. Therefore, competitors should be aware that if they finish 1st or 2nd at the School Inter-house Athletics Carnival, they are not guaranteed a position on the School Athletics Team.

Be sure to catch these Instrumental Music performances:

Beginners Blitz Parent Concert

Monday 20th June from 1pm-3pm in the School Hall.

Celebration Concert

Thursday 16th June at 6.30pm in the School Hall.

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P&C Association News

www.mcdowallss.com

Executive Update

This, by far, has been the toughest month in my role as

President since I took on the position in February last year. As

you would all know, the P&C Association Executive has been

undertaking a wide scale audit / review of all sub-committees,

industrial matters, financial matters and business reviews over

the last 12 months.

This month, saw the final stage of that audit / review with a

review of the OSHC management structure. After consultation

with our industry expert, QCAN, the P&C Association Executive

took the very difficult decision to make a position redundant

as it was reportedly ‘supernumerary’ for the size of our service.

We have been working closely with OSHC staff to work through

this difficult time. Over the last year, we have invested heavily

in OSHC to:

Create three new Lead Educator positions to improve

educational programming, nutrition and sustainability.

Introduce a new Administration Assistant to reduce the

administration burden on senior staff.

Upgrade IT and connectivity.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to guide

employee behaviour.

This redundancy will offset the costs of all those service

improvements. It will not impact on our goal to meet the

National Quality Framework standards in the next Assessment

and Rating cycle. Please be kind to our OSH team during this

time of change.

Environmental Learning Area Working Bee

Thanks everyone who helped out at the working bee for our

Environmental Learning Area. We had 15 adults and 20 kids

who volunteered and achieved everything we had hoped to do.

I'm sure you'll agree it's looking fantastic!

Special thanks to our Groundsman, Ben, for volunteering his

Sunday afternoon to help. Lastly, a huge thanks to Tracey and

George W for leading the project.

Trivia Night – Saturday 6th August 2016

Get your table groups ready. Will last year’s winners retain

their title of McDowall Trivia Champions?

$15 per person.

Theme: ‘School’s Out’.

Contact: Kathy Wright 0412 039 142

OSHC News

A New Face at OSHC

After receiving 266 applications for the

permanent part-time Administration

Assistant role in OSHC, 11 candidates were

offered interviews. We are pleased to

announce that Claire Walker has been

offered and accepted the role and will start

on 6th June, 2016.

Claire is a local McDowall resident with a child starting at

McDowall State School very soon. She comes with an

impressive range of skills and experience to help move our

service to the next level. I am sure you will welcome her

warmly to our family.

An Long Standing Face at OSHC

Heather Lawler, our permanent part-time

Educational Leader is leaving our service

after nearly five years of employment.

Please join us in thanking her for her

endeavours in providing our children and

families with a safe and fun environment.

We wish her well in her future endeavours.

Walk Safely to School Day

Thank you to all students, parents,

teachers and volunteers for making our

National Walk Safely to School Day on

20th May such a success!

Congratulations to all the prize winners

of the colouring-in competition and

walking groups.

Tartan Times – 7 June 2016 Page 8

AFL

Coach: Mr Proud

Team Win Loss Draw

Juniors 3 - -

Seniors 2 1 -

Notable players

Juniors Archer W, Bo T, Blake M

Seniors Wilhem C, Jakob T, Morgan B

Hockey

Coach: Ms Blackwell

Team Win Loss Draw

Junior Green 1 1 -

Junion Red 1 - 1

Seniors 2 - 1

Notable players

Junior Green Alice T

Junion Red Noah K

Seniors Malachi H

Netbal l

Coaches: Ms Ward (Yr 4), Mrs Bowen (Yr 5)

and Mrs Russell (Yr 6)

Team Win Loss Draw

Yr 4 Red Non-competitive - not scored

Yr 4 White

Yr 6 Blue Blue team came 3rd overall on the ladder and the

green team came 5th overall Yr 6 Green

Notable players

Yr 4 Red All played well.

Yr 4 White Great effort from all girls

Yr 5 Green All played well.

Yr 5 Red Fantastic team spirit. Well done.

Yr 6 Blue All girls played well and gave their best.

Yr 6 Green

Soccer - Boys

Coaches: Ms Morgan & Mr Kurtz (Yr 4), Mr

McDonald (Yr 5) and Mr Pedwell (Yr 6)

Team Win Loss Draw

Yr 4 - 1 - 2 -

Yr 4 - 2 2 - -

Yr 4 - 3 1 - -

Yr 4 - 4 1 - -

Soccer – Boys ( c ont ’d )

Coaches: Ms Morgan & Mr Kurtz (Yr 4), Mr

McDonald (Yr 5) and Mr Pedwell (Yr 6)

Team Win Loss Draw

Yr 6 Green 1 2 -

Yr 6 Red 3 - -

Yr 6 White 1 2 -

Notable players

Yr 4 - 1 & 2 Jacob D, Mason T

Yr 4 – 3 & 4 Dustin H, Levi W

Yr 5 Green All played well.

Yr 5 Red Great work everyone.

Yr 6 Green Sam K, Pierce M, Rory W

Yr 6 Red Matthew C, Koby G, Levi A

Yr 6 White Liam O, Jake D, Aaron K

Soccer – Girl s

Coaches: Ms Hurst (Yr 4), Ms Cottam (Yr 5) and

Ms Wedmaier (Yr 6)

Team Win Loss Draw

Yr 4 Red A Non-competitive - not scored

Yr 4 Red B

Yr 5 A 1 1 1

Yr 5 B 0 2 1

Yr 6 A 2 2 -

Yr 6 B 1 4 -

Notable players

Yr 4 Red A All played well.

Yr 4 Red B Great games.

Yr 5 A Montanah T, Jasmine T, Georgia K

Yr 5 B Imongen A, Harmonie A, Ericka J

Yr 6 Blue Remy B, Olivia D, Mia S, Jorja S

Yr 6 Green Alexis C, Sophia F, Nalyn M, Niamh B

Vol leybal l

Coach: Ms Kyle (Yr 4) & Ms Henderson (Yrs5/6)

Team Win Loss Draw

Juniors Non-competitive - not scored

Senior boys 1st overall in competition

Senior girls 1st overall in competition

Notable players

Juniors Zade B, Manal M, Ryan M

Senior boys Oskar, Rohan

Senior girls Lucy, Sydney

Gala Day 3 Results – Friday 27th May 2016