From the Principal

CROSS COUNTRY Our annual cross-country will be on Tuesday the 24th March. Students have been preparing during PE lessons and some students participating in before school training with Mr Hohn on a Tuesday morning from 8am. Parents and community members are invited to attend this event to help cheer on our students. Tuckshop will be available for students, parents and community members. SUPPORTING READING AT HOME Reading has been and continues to be our schools focus for school improvement in 2020. There are ways in which you can also help your child with their reading confidence, fluency and understanding when reading at home. Students at Kingsthorpe SS are taught SCORE. Today we will look at the S from SCORE, which begins before we start reading a text.

READING TIP: Skim & Scan - Think about what you already know about the text. All good readers skim and scan before they read a text more closely. Skim to gain a general idea of what the text is about. Scan to quickly locate important information in a text. Look and talk about the TV - Title and Visuals (Illustrations) o Ask your child if this reminds them of anything else?

o Ask your child what they can see on the cover?

o What do they think it is going to be about? (predict) Look through the book together and ask questions such as – o What can you tell me about the story from the pictures?

o What do you think might happen in the book? Skimming ad Scanning doesn’t take long – but it helps make sound predictions about a text – It

helps a reader get ready to read!

NAPLAN ONLINE 2020 The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is held during May each year and in 2020, the tests will be held from Monday11th of May to Friday the 22nd May. This year students will complete most of this testing online, rather than the traditional paper tests. Please note these dates in your diaries and calendars to avoid making any appointments on the testing days. NAPLAN is a national assessment program for all schools and all Year 3 & 5 students are expected to participate. The purpose of this testing is to provide information on how Australian students are performing in the areas of numeracy, reading, writing, and language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar). It is one tool for parents and schools to gauge student performance and it tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. The NAPLAN results in conjunction with school reports (both formal and informal) give an indication of your child’s skills and knowledge. The data from the test results gives schools the ability to compare their students’ achievements against national standards.

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2020 Newsletter

Moving to an online testing environment offers many benefits, including: introducing ‘tailored testing’, which gives students questions better suited to their ability, resulting in more

precise results improving student engagement through computer-based tests reducing the time it takes to provide feedback to schools, students and parents. Withdrawing Students from NAPLAN Students may be withdrawn from the testing program by their parent/carer. This is a matter of consideration by individual parents/carers in consultation with the school. Please inform the school by Wednesday the 8th May if you want your child withdrawn from testing. Any students who are absent for any of the tests will have the opportunity to catch-up these tests during the testing period. If you wish to know more about NAPLAN please visit the website http://www.nap.edu.au/.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION – BULLYING NO WAY! Students have been learning about the definition of Bullying, how to respond to Bullying and ways to prevent Bullying from occurring. Students have also been empowered to focus on the important role that they each have in standing up and saying no to Bullying and violence, and learning about the changes we can make to create safer communities. National Day of action is occurring on Friday the 20th March. Students will be given tips on how to deal with bullying and where they can access help and further support. For more information – check out the following website https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/

Kingsthorpe State School

P&C Association Outside School Hours Care

Natasha Withers - Co-ordinator

Phone: 0411 101 414 50 Goombungee Rd Email: kssoshc@hotmail.com Kingsthorpe

On Call Casual Team Member Needed

Our OSHC team at Kingsthorpe State School is in need of a reliable

and self-motivated casual for immediate start!

Applicants must have/be studying a minimum of

Cert III in Childcare plus hold a current

Positive Notice Blue Card and First Aid Certificate

If this is you, please email your resume to

kssoshc@hotmail.com

Kylie Jones 0411 086 398

We would like to acknowledge Amy Jenkins and her efforts and contributions toward our OSHC Team during the past 5 years. We wish her all the very best with her future endeavours, she will be greatly missed.

Farewell Amy Jenkins

Thank you to Lachlan Stark for kindly

offering to mow while the school

mower has been out of action

having repairs. Lachlan was abele to tidy up a few areas on Tuesday afternoon

and we thank him for helping out . Our mower was repaired and

returned on Wednesday but

unfortunately on the first lap

round the grounds further

problems were discovered and

the mower is now undergoing

further repairs.

All ear phones ordered

through Browns Office

Choice have been

delivered to the school.

They have been named

and are ready to use for

classroom activities.

Have you seen

this scooter?

Please phone

the office

46992333

Dates to Remember

PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Expectation for Term 1 Week 6

Use kind actions, words and manners .

Get along with others .

Be Safe Be Respectful & Be Responsible

BE SAFE

P.E Award— Year 5/6 Sportsperson— Savannah

Super Cup— Year 1S Golden Dustpan— Prep T

Music— Year 3/4 Japanese— Year6

Congratulations to students recognised by their teachers and classmates with

Student of the Week Certificates on the 27th February, 2020

Prep H Cassandra

Prep T Aryana

Year 1 S Emmerson

Year 1B Annabelle

Year 2 Alayna

Year 2/3 Addyysyn

Year 3/4 Lily

Year 4

Year 5 Max

Year 5/6 Luke

Year 6 Isabella

Friday 6th March Kingsthorpe State School Playgroup

Friday 20th March All School Free Dress Day—Student Council (gold coin donation)

Tuesday 24th March Cross Country

11th May-22nd May NAPLAN testing year 3 and 5