Binjour Plateau State School 18401 Burnett Hwy Binjour 4625 Ph. 4161 31 58 Mob 0429124897

Email: principal@binjplatss.eq.edu.au

Term 3 Week 7-8

Dear Parents and Community

Members of Binjour Plateau State

School, Although there are only a couple of weeks left of

school, it has been a very progressive term.

I especially have noticed our awesome Prep stu-

dents and how far they have come. This term

they have really embellished their learning and it

is showing.

Coming up in Week 9-10

Principal Away

In week 9, the I will be away on a variety of Pro-

fessional Developments. This will involve planning

and moderation, to ensure the work that is being

marked is being marked fairly and consistently.

Additionally, a follow up Principal PD from the be-

ginning of the year(Wednesday to Friday). Joni-

na Deen will be replacing on Tuesday and

Wednesday, then Mrs Toms and Mrs Moorrees will

do their usual days.

Additionally, if any incidents occur during the

time away, please ensure you contact the staff

on that day. Otherwise, I am also available on

the school mobile if you need to discuss the con-

cern if a common ground was not reached.

Homework Policy

A Binjour Plateau State School homework policy

has been developed for families perusal. The pol-

icy has considered feedback from the survey at

the beginning of the term and also developmen-

tal policy. I welcome any feedback that you

have to ensure our homework policy suits Binjour

students.

Project Club

Remember the movie night is on tonight (7th Sep-

tember). Well done to our project club and Mrs

Callahan who have been working hard towards

the organisation of it all. We look forward to this

evening! See you there!

Uniforms: New Supplier (P&C)

From the uniform poll, we have gone with the

majority supplier. Before an order is placed, we

would like to gauge with families who is interested

in purchasing uniforms and which sizes. On page

5 the order form is attached. If you could please

complete this and return it back to school as

soon as possible so the P&C is able to place an

order.

Arbour Day (Tree Planting)

Our tree planting day will take place on Friday

the 19th of October, term 4. The Oppermann

family will be kindly donating a citrus and the Pro-

ject Club have requested a Blood Orange. More

information will follow in the next newsletter.

Prep-2 Poetry Rehearsal for Assessment

Next week, Prep-2 will be given a poem to prac-

tise at home for their final English assessment task.

Students will have time to practise during school

time, however it is an opportunity for families to

assist their child in becoming familiar with the po-

em and to also practise their volume, tone, ges-

tures and facial expressions, that match with their

chosen poem. Students are more than welcome

to get into character for their poem, these will be

presented on Monday the 17th of September.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parents will receive a note home next week to

choose a date and time that suits to discuss their

child’s learning and next steps. Please feel free

to email or return the form back to school before

Friday 14th September.

If you have any questions, feedback or concerns

regarding your child’s learning or about the

school, I am always happy to discuss these. I am

available via phone or email. If you wish to meet

with me, I am available in the mornings before

and also in the afternoons.

Thank you for your support and have a great

week!

Louella Lodewyk

Teaching Principal

English In Prep to 2 this week, students have completed

their poetry comprehension task. For the next fort-

night, students will be completing their final task

of presenting a poem to their class. The poem

they have chosen will be going home at the be-

ginning of Week 9.

Year 4-6 students have been drafting their narra-

tive poem, in preparation for their multimodal

transformation. Additionally, students have been

reviewing complex sentences.

Maths Preps this week, have been consolidating their

learning of the numbers 1-20, they have also

been introduced to adding single digit numbers.

The year 1/2 students have been introduced to

fractions (halves, fourths and eighths). Addition-

ally, students have been consolidating their learn-

ing of three digit numbers.

Digital Technology

Over the past fortnight, students in Prep-2 have

been collecting various types of data and dis-

playing it using the software, Microsoft Excel. In

the next couple of weeks, students will be collect-

ing their own choice of data to input into their

graph and display this on Microsoft OneNote (a

sharing space on our school network that stu-

dents can only access).

Year 4-6 students have been identifying parts of a

network and binary code to understand how the

messages travel from the computer to the printer.

Science and Health Over the past couple of weeks, students have

been completing and finalising their assessment

tasks.

HASS (Geography) and The Arts In the past fortnight students have been looking

at the voting system and items in the past and

present.

In Art, students have been viewing and respond-

ing to sculpture, understanding papier Mache

and relief art.

5 Questions for students (Year 4-6) The following five questions guide the teach-

er and the students as to how they doing

with their English assessment task. It also dis-

plays how assessment literate the students

are and where the teacher nexts steps, in or-

der to continue to develop their assessment

literacy. Below are the responses given when

asked the 5 Questions.

‘What are you learning in English?’

We are learning creating a multimodal

transformation from a narrative text ‘How are you going?’

Good I think. ‘How do you know?’

I am understanding the questions and

the GTMJ.

For example using language to con-

vey meaning which means you need

to use different language for different

parts of your story. ‘What can you do to improve?’

Go back to my work and read the

feedback Mrs Lodewyk has given me.

For example some thinking questions

‘How is this historical?’ ‘Where can you go for help?’

Mrs Lodewyk, GTMJ, The learning wall

and my previous work.

CURRICULUM

Reading– What we are learning!

Our reading sessions, what they look like!

Students are based in reading groups of sim-

ilar reading levels. Each staff member has

an assigned group of students and a lev-

elled text. Four 20 minutes sessions are pro-

vided over the week. Each session has a dif-

ferent focus that looks at the type of text

they are reading, the purpose of the text

and the audience it appeals most to. Addi-

tionally, students reading is listened too dur-

ing each session, while also going through

comprehension skills.

Week 7 and 8 Year to Date

Attendance One priority target for 2018 is to achieve and maintain an average of 90%. Please remember to inform the school via text, email or phone call if your child is going to be away.

EVENTS COMING UP….

P&C Meeting

Wednesday 10th October 2018

7:00pm @ Binjour SS

All Welcome!

BINJOUR UNIFORMS

Children/Child’s Name: _________________

Please complete the size and amount you require. Samples of siz-

es are at the school and it is recommended that your child try the

samples to ensure you request the correct size.

The cost of the uniforms will be approximately $27.50.

Please return back to the school as soon as possible, either via this

form or email.

Size Amount

8

10

12

14

XS

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9 10 PLANNING DAY @ BPSS

11 MODERATION @ GAYNDAH SS (Mrs Lodewyk) MRS DEEN RE-PLACING

12 MRS Lodewyk away (SIMposium Principal Training) MRS DEEN RE-PLACING PROJECT CLUB MEETING

13 MRS Lodewyk away (SIMposium Principal Train-ing) MRS TOMS Moderation – in house Planning Day

14 PARADE MRS Lodewyk away (SIMposium Principal Training) MRS MOORREES TUCKSHOP Spa-ghetti, Garlic Bread and Juice

10 17 Parent Teacher Interviews

18 Parent Teacher Interviews

19 Parent Teacher In-terviews

20 Parent Teacher Interviews

21 Parent Teacher Interviews

BINJOUR BEARS PLAYGROUP from 9:30-11:30am (TBC) Parade Newsletter N. Gibbs (SEP) TUCKSHOP Mini Pizza, Slice and Juice

TERM 4

1 8

9

10 PROJECT CLUB MEETING P&C Meeting 7:00pm

11

12 Parade N MRS LODEWYK AWAY Reading PD

2 15 MRS LODEWYK AWAY Reading PD Mrs Littleton Replacing

16 MRS LODEWYK AWAY Reading PD Mrs Littleton Re-placing

17 PROJECT CLUB MEETING

18

19 Parade Newsletter Out Tree Planting Day

3 22 Student Free Day

23

24 PROJECT CLUB MEETING

25

26 Parade

BINJOUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS