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Issue 8 – The Hall Happenings 25 June 2020Issue 8 – The Hall Happenings 25 June 2020

School Calendar

2626 JunJunLast Day Term 2

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1313 JulJulFirst Day Term 3

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1616 JulJulSchool Photo Day

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1414 AugAugRockhampton Show Holiday

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Principal’s Messages

That’s a wrap!

As the curtain draws to a close on Term Two, we reflect onhow COVID-19 has impacted our school community. This termhas seen the need for great sacrifice, flexibility in our waysof working and extraordinary resilience. I acknowledge thetremendous effort of our parents and caregivers throughout thelearning at home phase. Weeks 1-5 of term were considerablytaxing on families, particularly those parents who were requiredto juggle school work and employment at the same time. Isincerely thank parents and caregivers for your ongoing supportand your willingness to work side by side with the schoolthroughout this challenging period. I would also like toacknowledge and thank our staff members. Each and every

member of staff has worked throughout this term with theutmost professionalism, positivity and care. Finally, I appreciatethe resilience displayed by our students. Even when things werea bit too tricky or didn’t go to plan, it was pleasing to see thatour learners’ positive mind sets and willingness to ‘have a go’shone through. Well done everyone!

This term will certainly go down in history as being a termto remember, so make sure you all rest and recharge yourbatteries ready for Term Three.

Wonderful Wednesdays – Term Three

We are pleased to commence our Wonderful Wednesdays interm three, with all learners expected to wear their brand newHouse uniform every Wednesday. Today students were giventheir House polo shirts, with the reversible bucket hats beingdistributed next term. A big thank you to Mrs Judy Milner forall of her work behind the scenes to coordinate this project.

Next term we will be commencing a whole of schoolacknowledgment system, where each week, students earntokens for their respective House. Tokens will be awarded forstudents displaying our four school expectations – respect,responsibility, safety and being a learner. Tokens will becollected each week by our House Captains and a winningHouse will be revealed at each assembly. At the end of eachterm, the overall winning House will be announced at our endof term assembly. Thank you to our Positive Behaviour forLearning team for devising the action plan for this initiative.More information on our acknowledgement system will beannounced early in Term Three.

Finally, the votes for our House mascots have been tallied andthe winning entries will be announced on Friday. Well doneto all of the learners who participated in our House Mascotcompetition.

GO FITZROY! GO JARDINE! GO ARCHER!

Physical Distancing in Schools – Term Three

The Term Three COVID-19 Operating Guidelines have nowbeen released to schools and I would like to bring parentsand caregivers attention to the protocols regarding physicaldistancing within schools.

Schools are still directed to encourage staff, parents and otheradult visitors to observe physical distancing measures by notcongregating in areas inside or around the school. For example,it is important that parents and caregivers do not gather beforeor after school, in the car park, at drop-off and pick-up time,outside classrooms or at the school gate.

The school arrangements to practise physical distancing andminimise interaction between parents and caregivers within theschool and at school entry points for Term Three include:

The following processes will be in place during drop-off andpick-up time when Term Three commences. These processeswill be reassessed mid-term three.

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

learners

Bapaume Street Access

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and

Year 6 learners

Murray Street Access

Mornings (AM) Mornings (AM)

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

learners

Bapaume Street Access

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and

Year 6 learners

Murray Street Access

Afternoons (PM) Afternoons (PM)

• Restricting adult (including visitors, parents andcaregivers) access to school grounds, unless priorarrangements have been made through the principal.

• Staff supervision at school gates, including duringdrop-off and pick-up times and supervisedmovements between the school gate andclassrooms.

• Minimising adult access to office environments andrecommending contact be made to the school viaelectronic means or by phone.

• Parents will be asked toarrive after 8:15am (ifpossible)

• Students in Prep, Year 1and Year 2 will enter thegrounds via the accessgates on Bapaume Street

• Prep and Year 2learners will enterthrough the mainaccess gate

• Year 1 learners willenter through thelaneway access gate

• When students arriveeach morning, they will

• Parents will be asked toarrive after 8:15am (ifpossible)

• Students in years 3-6can enter via eitherMurray Street accessgate (bus shelter andbasketball court)

• Students in years 3-6who have siblings inPrep, Year 1 or Year 2will enter the school viaBapaume Streetcollection point

• When students arriveeach morning, they will

be greeted at the gatesby members of our staff

• Students will marshal onthe ‘grassy knoll’ at thefront of the Administrationbuilding

• From 8:15am eachmorning, students willhave access to food fromour Breakfast Club

• There will be two shuttles(students escorted totheir classes). The first at8:30am and the secondat 8:45am.

• Students arriving after9:00am will be asked togo to the office to sign in.

• Older students in year3-6 will also enter viathese gates if they havea younger sibling in P-2(they will go straightdown to the courtyard/library).

be greeted by member ofour staff, who will besituated on the ovalbetween the grand standand sports shed

• Students will marshaleach morning (Year 3/4 –Library; Year 5/6 –Courtyard)

• From 8:15am eachmorning, students in year3/4 and 5/6 will haveaccess to Breakfast Club

• Students will be able togo to their classrooms by8:45am

• Students arriving after9:00am will be asked togo to the office to sign in.

• Students will be escortedby their classroomteacher or teacher aide tothe grassy knoll at 2:55p.m.

• Students will marshal onthe grass while they waitfor their parents to arrive

• This area will besupervised from 2:55pmto 3:20pm (unless allstudents are picked upprior to 3:20pm)

• Older students in years3-6 will also exit viathese gates with theiryounger siblings in P-2

• Any student who has notbeen collected by3:20pm will be escortedto the office

• Parents are not permittedto enter the grounds,unless they have madeprior arrangements withthe principal (oradministration if they arerunning late)

• Parents are asked tocontinue to observesocial-distancing (1.5m

• All students in Years 3/4and 5/6 will leave theclassroom at 2:55pm(escorted by respectiveclassroom teachers)

• All 3/4 students leavingschool via the MurrayStreet access willmarshal withsupervising teacher/sat the Courtyard(outside Library)

• All 5/6 students leavingschool via the MurrayStreet access willmarshal withsupervising teacher/sat the 5/6 handball area

• Students in years 3-6who have siblings inPrep, Year 1 or Year 2will be permitted to goto the Bapaume Streetcollection point

• Both groups of studentswill be escorted by thesupervising teacher/s totheir respective accessgates

• Students will wait insidethe fence line while they

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Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

learners

Bapaume Street Access

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and

Year 6 learners

Murray Street Access

Note: There are no changes to the process for bus students.

Parents and Citizens Association Update

Congratulations to the new P&C Executive team and to allwho attended The Hall State School P&C Association AnnualGeneral Meeting (AGM) last Wednesday 17 June. Weappreciate this show of support for the work of our P&CAssociation in the school community. Congratulations andthank you to the following parents who have generouslycommitted their time as part of the 2020 P&C Executive. Wehave a mix of continuing and new members on the team:

Secretary Cecily Boulton

Treasurer Craig Harney and Peter Wyeth

Vice Presidents Jae Walters

President Vacant

Stepping down from the 2019 Executive team is Mary-AnneSullivan as Secretary and Peter Wyeth as President. Thankyou to both parents for the time you have dedicated to theseroles over the past few years. Your commitment to these rolesand the school has been commendable and is sincerelyappreciated.

The Hall State School P&C Association is still seeking aninterested parent who would like to be involved in the schoolby taking on the role of Secretary for the P&C Association. TheSecretary is nominated and elected by financial members atthe P&C Association’s Annual General Meeting. The Secretaryis responsible for carrying out the administrative tasks relatedto the decisions of the meetings as resolved. The Secretaryprepares, in consultation with the President, all meetingagendas. The Secretary is required to attend P&C Associationmeetings and take notes of the discussions in order to producea set of Minutes for subsequent distribution to members andfor receipt, possible amendment and adoption at the followingmeeting. Furthermore, the position includes receiving andtabling all correspondence as well as writing and dispatchingoutgoing correspondence as resolved/appropriate. TheSecretary also issues notice of all meetings and maintainsofficial records of the P&C such as the constitution, by-laws,rules of subcommittees, Incorporation Certificate, ABN details,list of financial (voting) members, Minutes, Attendance Book.

Any interested parents are encouraged to attend the nextGeneral Meeting on Wednesday 12 August 2020 at 5:30pm.

Head of Special Education Services (HOSES)

The permanent Head of Special Education Services(HOSES) position at The Hall State School was advertisedearlier this term and an extensive process was undertaken tofind the recommended candidate. The panel received manyapplications from across the state. The recruitment andselection process has now been finalised and I would like toannounce that Mrs Norelle Kasberger is the successfulcandidate. Mrs Kasberger has spent the last three yearsworking at Doomadgee State School in far North Queenslandand comes with extensive HOSES experience. Mrs Kasbergerwill be commencing in this role on Monday 13 July 2020.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Mrs LindyAnning for her great work in this role since commencing in April2019. Mrs Anning has worked tirelessly to provide students,staff and parents with consistent support and guidance. MrsAnning has been a valued part of our school community overthe past 15 months and I wish her all the very best in her futurecareer aspirations.

June/July Holidays

I would like to wish all of our students and their families asafe and enjoyable holiday break. If you witness any suspiciousactivity at or around the school over the holiday period, pleasecall School Watch - 13 17 88. The School Watch programis a partnership between the Department of Education, theQueensland Police Service and the Queensland StateGovernment Protective Security Service.

apart) when waitingoutside the grounds fortheir child

• This is not a time forparents to have adiscussion about theirchildren with staffmembers. If parentswish to discuss theirchild/ren, they will berequired to contact theoffice by phone or email(or email their child’sclassroom teacherdirectly).

• Please consider astaggered pick-up to limitcongestion at 2:55pm

wait for their parents toarrive

• This area will besupervised from 2:55pmto 3:20pm (unless allstudents are picked upprior to 3:20pm)

• Students riding bikes orwalking home will bepermitted to leave thegrounds in a safe manner

• Any student who has notbeen collected by3:20pm will be escortedto the office

• Parents are stronglyencouraged not to enterthe grounds, unless theyhave made priorarrangements with theprincipal

• Parents are asked tocontinue to observesocial-distancing (1.5mapart) when waitingoutside the grounds fortheir child

• This is not a time forparents to have adiscussion about theirchildren with staffmembers. If they wishto discuss their child/ren, they will berequired to contact theoffice by phone oremail (or email theirchild’s classroomteacher directly).

• Please consider astaggered pick up to limitcongestion at 2:55pm

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Term Three will commence on Monday 13 July 2020.

Regards,Mr Glenn OlivePrincipal

Student of the WeekCongratulations to the following students who have receivedStudent of the Week awards.

Class Week 8

PN Marcus W

PMD Jack I

P/1T Lilliana V

1/2C Indieanna

1/2JC Jackson D

1/2N Austin A

1/2R Kiara O

3/4B Mathew G

3/4H Tahlia C

3/4L Hawken G

3/4S Amelia W

5/6B Declan B

5/6C Mia D

5/6G Lahra R

5/6P Hallee K

Prep MD NewsPrep MD have been busy helping their friend Teddy. Teddyhas asked them to be scientists and conduct experimentsto help him understand materials and their properties. Thisweek the Preppies finalised their investigation by suggestingmaterials that Teddy could use to build a new house. Theirhouses were constructed to be strong, waterproof and keeptheir mini-Teddies safe outside over the weekend. Thumbs up ifyou kept Teddy safe; Thumbs down if you did not.

1/2R Science News1/2R have been learning about living things in Science thisterm. We have created habitats for our echidnas and rainbow

lorikeets and explored the impact of humans on their habitats.We have learnt about deforestation and land clearing for farmsand houses and the impact of this on the lives of the animals.

News from 5/6CSince returning to the classroom in Week 6, 5/6C students havebeen very busy with all their learning. We have attacked ourlearning with fantastic positive attitudes and excellent effort.

In Maths we learnt about angles, types of angle; how tomeasure angles with protractors; interior and exterior angles;finding unknown measurements of angles using our knowledgeof angles on a straight line and in a full 360 degrees; extendingrays, lines and intersecting angles. We completed many handson activities such as the ones in the photos. In this activity, welearnt how to label angles and the symbol used for an angle,and then we measured the interior angles of the shapes. Wethen had to work out what the exterior angles would measureat each vertex, using our interior angle and our knowledge. Wehave also been learning about Transformations, Tessellationsand Symmetry. Below are some Tessellations we created.

Science has been very hands on also. After learning about theproperties of light, we embarked on an investigation into howlight travels. Using a given template of a maze, reflective card,shoe box, Blu-Tack & a torch, we had to get the light fromthe torch to enter a small hole in one side of the box and outanother on the opposite side and end of the box. Sounds easyhowever, there were two walls in the way. After much planning,consideration and experimentation, we all were successful. Wethen investigated changing the appearance of the light. Againsounds easy, but because we were slowing down the photonsof light it was much trickier than we thought and definitely notas bright when the light exited the second doorway. We alsotested out Newton’s Wheel. Using the colours of the rainbowin each section of the circle and a bamboo skewer throughthe centre, we tested the effect of spinning the wheel faster orslower on the colour our eyes saw. The faster the wheel spunthe ‘whiter’ the light we saw, rather than each individual colour.How cool!

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We have also been working on completing our art project webegan with Rockhampton State High. Our Indigenous styledesigns for the theme ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ and theDream Time Stories that we read and listened to are almostcomplete.

3/4S Kindness WallIn a world where we can be anything, in 3/4S we are kind.This semester our classroom focus has been about spreadingkindness. This key ingredient assists children to feel good andhave a positive outlook on the daily activities that take place inour lives. To create our kindness wall each student had to writetheir name in the centre of a piece of paper and pass it aroundto their peers. A compliment was written and received by everymember of 3/4S. This was a great confidence booster and awonderful way to spread the love.

Parent access to the school groundsA reminder to parents that there is no access to the schoolgrounds without prior approval.

If you need to collect your child early please contact the schooloffice. Prior notice means we can have your children waiting foryou at the office for you to collect.

If you need to discuss a matter please contact the school officeand leave your contact details.

Unfortunately the current restrictions mean we are unable toallow birthday celebrations with cake/cupcakes brought intothe school. As restrictions ease we will keep parents updatedon when these celebrations can re-commence.

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School Photo Day – Thursday 16 July2020

A reminder that School Photo Day will be Thursday 16 July.

Order envelopes give you the option to order online or withcash in your student’s envelope. Please take care to follow theinstructions carefully. Students need to bring the envelope onSchool Photo Day and hand it to the photographer.

Additional order envelopes are available from the school officefor separated parents, blended families and grandparents.You will need to collect these on or before photo day and giveit to the photographer on photo day. Be sure to write “Mum’sorder” or “Dad’s order” on top of your envelope.

As school staff are unable to help with photography enquiries orpayments, please direct your questions and comments directlyto MSP Photography by phoning 4921 3355.

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