Principals Report

AmbroseStateSchool

Ambrose High Five -

• Be A Listener

• Be Responsible

• Be Respec�ul,

• Be A Learner

• Be Fair

Phone: 4975 1165 Fax: 4975 1432

Absentee SMS Only: 0476 838 157

Email: principal@ambrosess.eq.edu.au

Web Address: h3ps://ambrosess.eq.edu.au/pages/

default.aspx

Newsle�er Deadline is Tuesday A�ernoon

jholb4@eq.edu.au

IMPO RT ANT REMI NDERS:

• School absentee phone

TEXT ONLY: 0476 838 157

• Tuckshop workers for next

week will be Anthea Ad-ams and Natalie Birthisel. (TBC)

Key Dates

• 06 Jun – Ambrose School Athletics

• 07 Jun – Colonial Australia • 07 Jun – Return Pie drive

order forms • 7-8 Jun – Gladstone Show • 14 Jun – Under 8’s Day at

Yarwun • 14 Jun – 6-a-side soccer • 19 Jun – Pie collection • 22/23 Jun – Mt Larcom Show

Term 3 • 12 Aug – Public Holiday • 14 Sep – School Auction

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,

This week our rule of the week is about mak-

ing correct choices at school. I’ve spoken to

the students about good consequences and

bad consequences. Everything they do re-

quires a choice and a decision to be made

around it. At Ambrose we encourage good

choices so that students can receive a good

consequence.

I would like to extend a huge thanks to our

amazing P&C who have funded the costs of

our recent Saiki Sister City visit and covered

the costs of the Mt Larcom Colonial Day.

A specials thanks to Mr Graham Adams who

once again has kindly donated @me to repair

the discus safety net that was accidently

knocked over in a tragic lawn mower accident

by Mrs Collis.

Another special thank you to Marmor Quarry

for once again dona@ng a large quan@ty of

sand for our long jump pit.

Rewards Day Term 2

This term teachers have decided on running a

cinema day for rewards day. The amount of

student high 5’s/dojo points will determine

which cinema a student will be invited to.

There will be a gold class cinema - 4 items,

silver class cinema 3 items, bronze class cine-

ma 2 items and general admission cinema 1

item. Each class will contain a @cket and some

bonus item/s.

Reading

Please ensure you are reading regularly with

your children. Reading can be both your child

reading to you and you reading to your child.

Reading can be done anywhere at any@me.

Please take the @me to read and share with

your children.

Our a3endance target for all our Ambrose

students is 95% - 100%. Every single day

counts. Research clearly states that every day

a child is at school, the be3er they perform at

school and they achieve more success with

their learning. We encourage all our students

to aim for 95% - 100% a3endance in 2019.

Parents please ensure you are mee"ng your

Week 7 Term 2 05 June 2019

legal obliga"ons to ensure your child is at

school when they are well, every nominat-

ed school day this year.

Mondays and Fridays are the schools worst

a3endance days. Please help the school to

turn this around in 2019. The whole school

averages 96% a3endance which is excellent,

however on Monday and Fridays this per-

centage drops to 90%-93%.

Current a3endance is as follows:-

P – 94% same as last week

1 – 92% same as last week

2 – 93% same as last week

3 – 98% same as last week

4 – 95% same as last week

5 – 96% same as last week

6 – 93% same as last week

Communica@on is very important. An invita-

@on is extended to all our families, to con-

tact me if you have any concerns, worries or

issues you would like to work through.

Please come and speak to me. I cannot fix

any issues or problems if I am not aware of

them. Working together ensures the suc-

cessful learning journey of your children.

With the cooler weather upon us, remem-

ber the classrooms are not the warmest.

Please remind your children to bring a coat /

wear warm clothing.

Andrew Collis

Principal

Student of the WeekStudent of the WeekStudent of the WeekStudent of the Week

Prep/1/2 — Pippi Potter for helping Ms Kimberley learn the class routines. Year 3/4 — Rafe Corbett for working hard on his assessment and always looking to improve his re-sults. Year 5/6 — Alicia Creed for growing into her leader-ship role in the school and being a positive model for all Ambrose students.

Ambrose Ambassador Awards

Be fair when playing with others

Prep/1/2 – Slade Robson

Year 3/4 – Katie Birthisel

Year 5/6 – Riley Zeimer

Uniform Shop The uniform shop will now open the first Monday of every month from 8.30am to 9am. Please contact Kerri on 0411 153 054 if you require uniforms outside this time to make alternative ar-rangements.

Positive Award

As part of our behaviour management, we are encourag-ing students and staff to write positive comments or ac-tions they have noticed a student or staff member per-forming. Each week on parade, blue tickets will be drawn.

We would like to recognise these people this week -

Hayley Fagg, Josie Campion, Nella x 2, Zeeta Geiger, Stevi Camerson, Danielle Masters, Millie Sell and Alicia Creed.

From the past two weeks—Harmony, Zeeta Geiger x 2, Millie Sell x 2, Riley Cameron, Jed Gordon x 2 and Char-lie Kelly.

Students / staff are encouraged to write their positives (relating to our High Five where possible) and place them in the box in the office so we can hear about all the great things happening in our school.

AMBROSE STATE SCHOOL

P & C Execu"ve

President – Graham Adams 0427283246

Vice President – Candice Kozloff 0417632628

Secretary – Jenna Fagg 49751672

Treasurer – Kim Shields 0427795491

P & C NEWS PIE DRIVE Pie and lamington orders and money are

to be returned by Friday 07 June.

Pie collec@on is Wed 19th June. Thank

you for your support.

SHOW BALL HELP NEEDED

The P&C will once again be serving supper at the

Mt Larcom Show Ball being held Saturday 15th

June.

We require plates of sweet and savoury foods.

These can be leJ at the school on Friday and at the Mt

Larcom Hall Saturday morning.

We also require helpers to serve and clean up.

This is a busy weekend and any help would be very much ap-

preciated.

Contact Anthea if you are able to help out or for more

informa@on on 0458751391.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

Extra helpers would be appreciated in the tuck-

shop tomorrow at sports day, to give everyone a

chance to see their children par"cipate in some

events.

Tomorrow there is a prize for

the best dressed adult. You will

win a hot drink and a Langmorn

scone with Rundle jam.

SPECIAL NEXT WEEK

Delicious homemade chicken soup

served in a cup. $3.00

Volunteers are needed to help with Tuckshop Days. Our tuck-

shop is entirely run by volunteers for the benefit of our stu-

dents. No experience required. You will find it is quite reward-

ing. The students just love seeing volunteering parents/carers

at the school. Alternatively, you can donate home bake or

fruit for sale in the tuckshop.

Michelle Cameron

VOLUNTEER TUCKSHOP CONVENOR

4975 1802 / 0427 724 791

Email – rjmacameron@hotmail.com

Chappy Chat As parents/caregivers we are often helping our children regulate their emotions in those difficult moments when their world is collapsing. But what about us? We are in the trenches focused on keeping everyone calm, whilst not completely losing it ourselves. We need a plan too. We need strategies to handle OUR big feelings. So that we can model what it looks like for our kids. As you know...they will always do what you do, not what you say! Here are 5 ways to deal with FRUSTRATIONS as a PARENT… by big Life Journal ACCEPT YOUR CHILD AS THEY ARE

♦ See and know them for who they are rather than who we expect them to be. ♦ Tell them from the start that you will love them… and repeat it all the time. ♦ Be awake to who they are; feeling seen is an essential part of feeling loved. ♦ A great way to connect with your child is via their love language, this way you can make them feel seen and ap-preciated. (physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service)

ALLOW YOUR EMOTIONS ♦ All feelings are okay! ♦ When a strong feeling arises, observe it. Pause and take a breath. ♦ When frustration arises, use the helpful practice

S.T.O.P. S – Stop what you are doing T – Take a few deep breaths O – Observe your thoughts and feelings as they are P – Proceed with whatever you were doing before

KNOW THE “90 SECOND RULE” ♦ When we resist a feeling, we inadvertently remain stuck in the same feeling. ♦ When we accept the feeling, it’s gone in under 2 minutes! ♦ It the critical 90 seconds of an emotion, be sure to communicate your strong feelings to your child and how you plan to cope with them. “Mummy is feeling very tired and grumpy right now”

PARENT FROM A PLACE OF GRATITUDE ♦ Practising gratitude improves mental and physical health, increases empathy and improves sleep. It even changes the brain! ♦ Each time you’re about to say, “I have to” … replace it with “I get to”… ♦ “I have to take my daughter to dancing” versus “I get to take my daughter to dancing”. ♦ “I have to put him to bed” versus “I get to put him to bed”. APPLY GROWTH MINDSET TO YOUR PARENTING ♦ No one is born knowing how to parent. When frus-trations overtake you, use it as an opportunity to grow from the experience, and decide what you’d do differently next time. ♦ When it all seems too difficult, remembering the feel-ing of things being hard is the feeling of your brain grow-ing.

Remember… even parents need

Self -calming strategies!

Earn & Learn Our tally is 6749 points—so far.

Thank you to the families and local community

as well as the wider community in Gladstone

who have been suppor@ng us by leaving your

s@ckers in our collec@on boxes at the school office, Kin Kora,

Valley and Kirkwood Woolworths stores as well as our local

post office at Mt Larcom.

This promo@on ends on 25 June.

We will purchase resources for the school using the points

accumulated throughout the promo@on.

Your support is very much appreciated.

ATTACHMENTS TO NEWSLETTER. Book club brochures—please return orders & money to the

school by 12 June. You can also order on the loop online. If you

have any ques@ons, please contact me.

Thanks Sam Tankard.

Free Prep Vision Screening paperwork. Please return by Friday

21 June.

This vision screening will be done at Ambrose State School in

Term 3. Date to be confirmed.

SPORTS

BENERABY SIX-A-SIDE SOCCER

Thanks to Mrs Michelle Cameron who had been coaching our

mixed team—Stevi, Zeeta, Charlie K, Archer, Treay, Kaleb, Sa-

rah and Max. This compe@@on is on Friday 14 June. Permission

notes are a3ached to the newsle3er.

Community Notices BUSH KIDS PLAYGROUP

We meet every Monday morning during the school year

at 9:30am out side Ambrose State School library. Bring a

hat, water bo3le and morning tea. Parental supervision

is a must.

For more informa@on, please phone Lisa on 0448 800 225 or email

bushkidsplaygroup@gmail.com or on Facebook—Bush Kids Play-

group for more informa@on.

QCWA AMBROSE BRANCH Please join us for indoor bowls morning on the last

Monday of each month, from 9 am to 12 noon. For

more informa@on please phone Flo on 49751132.

QCWA Ambrose Branch will hold a Cra� and a Cuppa at 9.30 am,

on the 1st Tuesday of each month. All welcome. Gold coin dona-

@on entry. For more informa@on contact Lisa Rolph-Smith on

0448800225.

Cent Sale & Hoy Games

12 June—Wednesday, 24 July—Wednesday, 14 August—

Wednesday, 21 September—Saturday, 09 October—Wednesday,

16 November—Saturday, 14 December—Saturday—Christmas

theme.

Please note that some dates may change due to unforeseen situa-

@ons. We will endeavour to inform you of these changes as soon

as possible.