PRINCIPAL: MR STUART BELL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: MS SUE EASTWOOD PHONE: 5480 2777 A/BUSINESS MANAGER: MR TREVOR WARD

Principal’s News Happy Holidays

I would like to wish all staff, students

and families a safe and relaxing

holiday. Term one has been great and

congratulations to all our students on

the significant progress they have made in the last 10

weeks.

Term 2 is going to be as busy as ever with NAPLAN

testing for our Year 3 and 5 students, ANZAC Day and

the Gympie Show, to name a few of the things going on

already. Term 2 is also an 11 week term as we head

into the cooler months.

Student Free Day Monday the 16th April

Please remember that Monday the 16th April (first day

of Term 2) is a student free day. This is an additional

Student Free Day from previous years due to the

Commonwealth Games. Students are to return on

Tuesday the 17th April ready to get stuck into a great

Term 2.

Commonwealth Games Baton Relay

It was great to have the opportunity to get a glimpse of

the Commonwealth Games Baton as it ended its

Gympie leg. The students were entertained as they

waited for the Baton to arrive at the One Mile Ovals.

After a quick lap of the students, the baton was then

added to the convoy as it made its way down to the

Gold Coast.

Keep a watch on our school these holidays

With the holidays fast approaching, we need you to look

out for after-hours crime in our school. If you see

something suspicious, please don’t attempt to

intervene. Call School Watch on 13 17 88 and let the

local police or State Government Protective Security

Service deal with the matter.

The School Watch program is a partnership between

the Department of Education and Training, the

Queensland Police Service and the State Government

Protective Security Service. It aims to reduce

vandalism, theft and arson in Queensland schools.

Keep the number handy and let’s work together to help

create a safer school community.

Attendance

Congratulations to Prep D for having the best

attendance for last week and great effort to Prep for

having the best attendance with 96.8%. Also great

effort to our Year 3 students for also reaching our target

with an attendance rate of 96.1%. Remember every day

counts and I look forward to reporting on the best

attendance of the last week of Term 1.

Mr Stuart Bell

School Watch

Look out for strange activity at our School

If you see anything Phone School Watch

13 17 88

Dates to Remember

Date Function Location

29th Mar Last day of Term 1

16th April Student free day

17th April First day Term 2

27th April Cross Country One Mile Ovals

School News 27th March 2018

From the Deputy’s Desk RI

Religious Education begins in

Term2 on a Wednesday afternoon

for Year 4 and Year 6. Students will be allocated to

groups (of attending or not attending) as per the

information provided during enrolment. If you would like

to update these details please contact the office.

End of Term Rewards

This week all students who met the criteria of 95%

attendance and no RTC visits during term 1 (from 19th

February when it was announced) were invited to

attend the end of term reward. This allows each

student no more than 2 ½ days away each term.

Attendance

LARS has been visiting our top attending classes all

term. It has been pleasing to see our Prep and Year 3

cohort meeting our attendance target so often.

PBL

Our focus for Term 1 has been on our Check-In

process (the faces). Ask your children about the faces

and strategies to help us remain at 3 or 4. We will

continue with our Check In process and add

discussions around the Line of Opportunity. You may

have seen this written on the floor at the entry in a

number of the classrooms.

It has been a very busy Term One and we wish you all

a safe and enjoyable break. See you next term!

Have a great holiday

Ms Sue Eastwood

Student Absences

Recording your child’s absence is an important task

when your child is away. We have a student absence

line for your convenience.

Please Call 07-5480-2760

Note:- Student absences of more than 10 days duration

require an approved student exemption form. Please

see the office.

PE News –

Mr Martin Cross Country

Our One Mile Cross Country will be

on Friday April 27 (week 2 term 2)

from 9am – 11am at the One Mile Soccer/Cricket ovals

across Brisbane Road. If your child wishes to be

competitive it is important to try to keep training. Please

encourage your child to keep training or at least keep

active over the Easter break. I will be running the

Gympie District course starting from the Cricket

Clubhouse at 5pm on April 4, 9 and 11 if any students

are interested.

A simple program to follow would be to run 3 times a

week (playing a team sport and training can help build

fitness also).

• One session could be to find a hill or hilly track to

run. Learning how to keep going up a hill and then

recover on the way down is useful.

• A second session could be to find a 400-500 metre

course and run that at 90%.This can be timed and run

again trying to maintain or beat that time over several

more attempts.

• Thirdly it is good to do a long run and just enjoy

running. Children turning 10 will run 2km and those

turning 11 and 12 will run 3km so a long run would be

at least that distance.

Andrew Martin, PE Teacher

P&C News – The Great Gympie Duck Race is on again. Buy a Duck

for $5 and head on down to the Mary River at Kidd

Bridge park at the Touch grounds on Saturday 28th April

from 11.00am – 1.00pm and join in the fun of the day.

50% of the tickets sold at One Mile SS goes to Gympie

Central P&C and the other half goes to One Mile P&C.

There will be food, drinks and stalls, so grab a duck and

go QUACKERS!

Tickets are available at the tuckshop. Also there will be

a One Mile Duck racing down the river in school

colours.

Malcolm Dodt P&C President

Music Notes Mrs Airey What a busy term! Our extra-

curricular music groups are all well under way and we

look forward to an upcoming performance soon so that

we can show you all what we've been up to!

Our preppies are learning all about beat and rhythm,

and have been learning lots of different songs and

rhymes in music lessons.

Our year 1s and 2s have been learning about what an

ostinato is, learning how to play a C chord on the

ukulele, and strumming to a steady beat whilst singing.

They have also created some of their own 4 beat

rhythmic patterns with paddle pop sticks (some pictured

here). Some students even challenged themselves and

used paddle pop sticks in the Boomwhacker colours

that represent some of the solfa pitches we've been

studying so

that their

rhythms

could also

have a pitch!

Years 3 and

4 have been

learning to

play the

recorder! If

parents

would like to

purchase

their child a

recorder they can purchase a Yamaha recorder from

either of our two local music shops. We have plenty at

school that are sterilised prior to each lesson with

Milton sterilising solution but having one at home to

practice on would be wonderful! I think the school

holidays is a wonderful time to practice! 😉 Students

have been learning how to read and play notes B, A,

and G from the treble staff and are working on covering

the holes completely and whispering to produce a

pleasant tone.

Year 5 is focusing on ukulele as their weapon of choice,

learning how to sing and accompany themselves whilst

playing chords C, F, and G, and also learning all about

our pentatonic scale which is used the world over.

They've also been looking at compound time and

simple rounds such as 'Whispering Wind'.

Our Year 6's instrument focus is guitar and they've

learnt several different chords and are working on

accompanying themselves on guitar as they sing.

They're loving 'Achy Breaky Heart' and also singing

partner songs such as 'The Canoe Song' and 'Land of

the Silver Birch' and also 'Oh Sinner Man' and 'Drunken

Sailor'. They are also learning about the Major scale

and compound time among other music concepts.

I look forward to continuing the work we have started

this term, and helping our students to deepen their

understanding and extend their music skills throughout

next term!

Keep making music, One Mile mini-musos! 😊

Kate Airey Music Teacher

End of Term Reminder

have you checked lost property?

clothing, lunchboxes etc are in the play

shed

jewellery, glasses and precious little

things are in the office

Anything not collected gets donated to

charity at the end of Term

Tuckshop News *New tuckshop hours* are:

Closed Mondays

8.30am – 12.00noon Tuesdays and Wednesdays

8.30am – 1.00pm Thursdays and Fridays

The Tuckshop is always looking for volunteers, so if you

are able to help in any way, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note:

1st and 2nd break orders are to be ordered by 10.00am or placed in Class boxes.

No food or drink will be sold over the counter at 2nd break

Ros Tuckshop Convenor

Hi Banking Buddies Have a great Easter and I will see you all

back in Term 2

Banking day is on Thursday of each

school week.

Term 1 Colouring-in Competition winners

Prep D Zara M

1T Jaxon F

2C Flynn M

3CS Laila W

4T Asha M

5L Ruby K

Prizes will be given out in Week 1 of Term 2.

New Bank Books

When you make your last deposit in your book I will

replace with a new one for you, so you don’t have to

worry about going to the bank to receive a new one.

In case I forget…

If by any chance I forget to take your deposit slip out of

your book (I apologise now), could you please send

your book back the next day? Your money still goes

into the bank and I will fix your deposit up straight away,

or leave in till the following week and I will do double

deposits for you.

Diana Read School Banking Co-Ordinator

Come join us for a free and informal morning of fun and games Safe outdoor play area Group story/music time Range of organised activities for babies, toddlers and young children It’s free, just bring along your child’s morning tea Tea and coffee is provided for parents

If you’re interested in joining the One Mile Playgroup you can contact the office on 07 5480 2777. The group does not run through the school holidays

Coles “SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS” vouchers.

Please bring any vouchers from Coles and put them in the box located in the office or drop them into the box at Coles,

Goldfields Plaza.

Easter School Holiday Junior Tennis Hotshots

Fun Tournaments

Gympie Junior Tennis coaches will be conducting

2 Hotshots Fun Tournaments for any junior

players from beginner to advanced level on

Tuesday 10th April and Thursday

12th April (2nd Week) at The Reg English

Memorial Tennis Centre on Cartwright Rd. All

children that attend school coaching and hot shots

programs are suited to these events. Great prizes

and a lucky player prize drawn at each

tournament. Members and non members welcome.

The tournaments will run from 8.30am until

12.30pm and cost will be $25.00 / player for 1

event $45/ player 2 events including pizza or

sausage sizzle.

Family Discounts and multiple tournament

entry discounts apply.

Entries close 10.00am on the day prior to the

event with Brett Cottrill on 0417 746795 or

Matt Watkins on 0417 070129.

Holiday Fun coming up during the Easter Holidays

Whether you are into Lego, painting, cooking, sfx

makeup or cartooning, there are lots of activities

on offer around the region for children and youth

over the Easter holidays.

Jump onto holidayfun.com.au for a full list of

what’s on, or grab a brochure from the Library,

Gallery or Council outlets.