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PROUDLY SERVING SURAT COMMUNITY

Issue 16 25th May, 2018

COMMIT EXCEL SUCCEED

25th May, 2018


Principal’s Note

Hello and welcome to all our students and families. Another productive week of learning has passed and we are about to enter week 7 – where has the time gone? You may have no-ticed our sign “All students are welcome.” Every student suc-ceeding is the shared vision of Queensland state schools. This strategy underpins regional and school planning to ensure every student receives the support needed to belong to the school community, engage purposefully in learning and experi-ence academic success. To achieve this it is important that as a community and school we work together, communicate bet-ter with each other, develop and review our practice and per-formance. Starting on Monday 28 May, Miss Jasmine Hunt will be com-mencing her four week Internship with Mr Robinson. Miss Hunt is currently in her fourth year studying a Bachelor of Edu-cation. Feel free to introduce yourself to her to next week. Welcome to Surat Miss Hunt! A massive thank you to the Surat High school staff for the awesome 80’s Trivia night last Saturday – it was definitely a blast from the past. Thank you again to our community who came along to support this event. Our 5/6 class had a great morning out on Thursday, visiting the Surat Council Chambers as part of their learning on the judicial system and this Tuesday our 1/2 class are having a visit from our local fire brigade team to test our their fire safety skills. I love to see our students engaged in the local commu-nity. We do have a few spaces available in our School Instrumental program – if your child is in grade 4 or above and interested in joining our Instrumental program and school band, you can grab a selection form from the school office. Don’t forget that this coming Friday is our Jump Rope for Heart event. I have been practising my speed rope skills, which admittedly are not so fast anymore…but it’s the effort that matters. Keep jumping! Attendance

Being at school every day counts, with one day absent each

week quickly adding up to two months of missed lessons in a

year. Unless your child is ill, it is expected that your child will

be at school learning every day of the school year. The 2018

School Attendance Target is 95%.

Week 5 Attendance Data: Prep – 96.67%, Yr 1/2 – 97.14%, Yr

3 – 98.67%, Yr 4/5 – 93.33%. Yr 5/6 – 95.00%, Yr 7-10 –

95.00%.

Highest attendance for Week 5: Year 3 98.67% - Congratu-

lations!

Remember, “The Surat State School way is to commit

to our learning, strive for excellence and succeed in

all that we do.”

Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs Kristy Pethers

Acting Principal

SCHOOL SERVICES

Playgroup

Our school is hosting a community playgroup on

Wednesdays from 9.00-11.00. Playgroup is open to chil-

dren from 0-5 years of age. At playgroup, parents and

caregivers spend relaxed time with their children making

friends and support networks. Meanwhile children devel-

op physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually, as

they discover new experiences, gain self-confidence and

make new friends too.

For more information, please contact Mrs Sally Broad-

head via the School’s Office.

School Banking

School banking day is Wednesday. Bring your bank book

to the office every Wednesday if you participate in

School Banking.

For more information, please contact Mrs Sally Broad-

head via the School’s Office.

Instrumental Program

Our School Instrumental program (offered to grades 4-

10) and School Band, are jazzing up our Mondays under

the guidance of our instrumental teacher Miss Barnes. If

you require further information about participating in this

program please contact the School Office.

School Chaplaincy Service

Our school Chaplain, Mr Yanto Hall visits on Mondays

and Tuesdays. Sketch Club and Guitar Club are two op-

tional lunchtime activities on offer. Breakfast Club is on

Tuesday mornings.

Sporting Schools

Our Active After School Sport program is on Wednesday

afternoons from 3:00 – 4:00pm. This term our focus sport

is Netball. All students are welcome to participate. Thank

you to Mrs Gill, Miss Phillips and Mr Robinson for organ-

ising.

School Choir

School Choir is on Friday mornings from 8:30am –

9:00am with Mrs Pethers. Our choir is working towards

the Roma Eisteddfod which is a music based entry for

2018. Students participating in choir must have a signed

permission note (available from our school office) to at-

tend and must attend choir lessons regularly to be eligi-

ble to participate in the eisteddfod. Our school choir also

has the opportunity to perform at other local events and

places over the year. Choir is open to students in all

grades. Students need to bring a display folder to Choir

lessons.

Important Dates - 2018

MAY

29th ICAS Science Test

1/2 Fire Safety Education visit

Highschool Defence Force Australia Careers

Visit

30th SSP parent reading session

JUNE

1st Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off

6th BOOK CLUB Due

4th-8th High School Camp

18th Gideon’s Australia visit

13th ICAS Spelling Test

14th ICAS Writing Test

22nd Fun With Maths Prep - Yr 6

High school Sports Gala day

School Disco

25th-29th School NAIDOC celebrations Artist in Resi-

dence

28th Report Cards Home

Rockin’ Rewards

29th Last Day of Term 2

Under 8’s Day

Classroom Showcases

JULY

16th School Resumes

31st ICAS English Test

AUGUST

14th ICAS Mathematics Test

25th May, 2018


Premiers Reading Challenge

The Premiers Reading Challenge (PRC) is an annual state-wide initiative for state and non-state schools for students up to Year 9. The challenge is not a competition but aims to improve litera-cy and encourage children to read widely for pleasure and learn-ing. Surat State School are strong believers of reading, so we have taken this opportunity to help students remain enthusiastic about reading. Reading is vitally important for developing vocab-ulary and knowledge, improves spelling and comprehension and can improve confidence. Premiers Reading Challenge will be commencing this Monday the 14th of May. More information will be provided to students and parents shortly, so please keep a look out for it coming home!

SCHOOL NEWS & EVENTS

South West Schools Sport

Input is invited from School Sport Districts, Schools, P&C/Friends Associations and individuals (from within the South West School Sport Region) through the completion of a sim-ple survey instrument which is attached in this newsletter, available on line on the SWSS website at www.southwestschoolsport.eq.edu.au or through the ‘survey monkey’ website at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JR96F79 . Respondents are welcome to complete part or all of the survey either by paper form or on line survey by Friday 29 June 2018.

P&C NEWS

Look out for the P&C pie drive that will be perfectly welcomed

with the colder weather – order forms will be available next

week.

This year Surat P&C has been given the opportunity to run the

canteen at the Term 3 Roma Sports Day – this is a great fund-

raising opportunity for our school but can not happen without

you help. P&C are seeking interested helpers to assist with the

canteen on the day. More information coming soon. Please

give your expression of interest to Mrs Coveney or Mrs

Pethers in the school office.

Week 7 Behaviour Focus

Be respectful: being reasonable and ethi-

cal online

Sports Report

This week 10 Surat State School students attended the R&D Cross

Country Carnival at the Mitchell Golf Course. The results are as follows:

Archie Mclean: 12th, 11:17

Nakisha Brown: 3rd, 10:51

Jorja Murray: 11th, 13:13

Jadee Denton: 2nd, 15:20

Lincoln Wilson: 14th, 11:25

Hunter Price: 4th, 14:07

Will Chandler: 15th, 19:12

Tyler Wilson: 6th, 14:32

Tim Chandler: 6th: 15:06

Iva Price: 2nd, 14:11

The top 6 in each race were invited to the South West Trials depending

on the time run. Thanks to Mrs Price and Mrs Mclean for helping out on

the day and to all the parents who drove to the event. Our next major

sporting carnival is the Surat State School Athletics Carnival on the 3rd

August 2018.

Mr Robinson

http://www.southwestschoolsport.eq.edu.au

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25th May, 2018


Student of the Week - Week 6

Year 1/2 Lacey Nielsen - For showing commit-

ment to your writing.

Year 3

Eloise English - For demonstrating neat

and controlled handwriting during all

writing tasks. Keep up the fantastic

work!

Year 4/5

Zara Ziesemer - For continuing to show

attempts at solving difficult multiplication

problems.

Year 5/6 Tyler Elliott - For consistently working

to potential.

Year 7-10 Luke Thompson - For an improved effort

towards his work ethic.

Positive Behaviour for Learning Award

Jack Peterson - for upholding our school behaviour

expectations.

25th May, 2018


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