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From The Principal
Maleny State School Annual Improvement focus areas
Writing
Attendance Maleny Kids Shine in ‘Kids at Sea’ It may have rained on opening night however I can assure you the stars were shining bright inside our hall at our ‘Kids at Sea’ musical on Wednesday evening. Over 100 students participated in the performance that attracted an audience of over 450 in total. As principal I watched in sheer delight feeling the same emotions as that of every parent in the hall. When the final curtain was drawn I felt like the proudest man in the room not only of our students but also of the enormous effort that staff, parents and community members have contributed over the last seven months and on the performance evenings. I congratulate you all and of course none of this would have been possible without the vision, expertise and organisation of our amazing music teacher Mrs Shortland.
Date Claimers 31 Aug & 7 Sept – Cybersafety
Web Conference for Students
7 Sept – Billy Moore Shield Rugby League Comp
5-9 Sept – Yr 6 Canberra Trip
14 Sept – P&C Meeting @ 6:30pm
16 Sept – Last Day Term 3
4 Oct – First Day Term 4
10 & 11 Oct – Prep Enrolment Interviews
12-14 Oct – Yr 4 Currimundi Camp
14 Oct – Country Fair
16 Oct – Lions Mountain View Challenge 2016
20 Oct – Class Preference Forms due
2,9 & 16 Nov - Welcome to Prep and Transition Days
7 & 8 Nov – Maleny High School Transition days for Yr 6
Diary Dates Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 8 (29 Aug – 2 Sept)
Father’s Day Stall 8:15-8:45
Tuckshop Open
Father’s Day Stall 8:15-8:45
2:20 Parade
Brekky Club Father’s Day Stall
8:15-8:45
Tuckshop Open
Father’s Day Stall 8:15-8:45
Tuckshop Open
Father’s Day Stall 8:15-8:45
8:30-9:30 Uniform Shop
Week 9 (5 Sept – 9 Sept)
Yr 6 Canberra Trip Tuckshop Open
2:20 Parade
Yr 6 Canberra Trip
Billy Moore Shield
Yr 6 Canberra Trip
Tuckshop Open Yr 6 Canberra Trip
Tuckshop Open
8:30–9:30 Uniform Shop
Yr 6 Canberra Trip
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Telephone: (07) 54 998 333 Fax: (07) 54 998 300 Absence Line: (07) 54 998 366 Internet: www.malenyss.eq.edu.au
16 Bunya Street PO Box 983 Maleny Qld 4552 Email: [email protected]
Issue No: 13 29 August 2016
STUDENT ABSENCE LINE 5499 8366
Father’s Day Stall
29 August - 2 September
8:15 – 8:45 at the Uniform
Shop.
Lost Property – We have a large
collection of clothing in the Lost
Property.
School Review To help Queensland state schools continue to lift their performance and improve outcomes for students, tailored school reviews were introduced in 2015 and conducted by the School Improvement Unit. The reviews replace the teaching and learning audits and will ensure that every school gets the support it needs. Every state school, including independent public schools, will be reviewed at least every four years. Our school will have our school review in the last week of this Term (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). This will be perfect timing as we will use the findings of the review to assist us in determining the direction and focus areas for our school to concentrate on over the next four years. Reviewers will interview staff, students, parents, local schools, P&C, our State and Federal Member of Parliament to assist them gain a full picture of our schools context, strengths and opportunities for improvement. Father’s Day Stall before school This Week This year our Father’s Day Stall will be held in the Uniform shop area BEFORE school between 8:15-8:45am on Monday 29 August, Tuesday 30 August, Wednesday 31 August, Thursday 1 September and Friday 2 September. It is hoped that parents may like to assist their students with their purchases. Assistance to serve at the stall is required and will be most appreciated. Students wishing to purchase gifts are asked to bring their money on one of these mornings to the Uniform shop area before school. This week’s writing focus in classrooms is Tighten Tension.
After our sizzling starts (interesting introduction) we must make the reader believe our hero will fail, the cyclone will destroy everything, the bad guy will win. However through determination, luck, and teamwork our hero wins. If it is a persuasive writing piece we are looking not just to state the facts but to build momentum, starting strong but saving our best argument till last. We often refer to this buildup of tension through our ideas as pebbles, bricks and boulders with the ideas getting bigger and more exciting as our writing progresses.
How can I help my child? Next time you watch a movie, cartoon or read a chapter analyse it together to see how the tension and excitement grows. This will help reinforce to children what Tightening Tension means. Take it one step further and write a paragraph together. Make your own scenario up, e.g. a scuba diver searching for a treasure chest. Attendance This term our attendance rate has been dropping after what was a great start to the year. Our aspirational goal is 95%, our current year attendance overall is 92.7%. Unfortunately with winter we do have an increase in colds, flus and sickness. Every day at school counts, please support us in ensuring students attend every day they are well including the last day of school this term.
P&C Meeting Our last P&C meeting for the term will be held on Wednesday 14 September. Please come along at 6:30pm, everyone’s ideas and support are welcome. Our Country Fair is in week 2 Term 4 so finalising the planning of this event will be a priority. Country Fair – Many Hands Make Light Work Week 2 Term 4 We need parents to assist to make this event run smoothly. If you haven’t been able to assist this year this opportunity is for you. Lots of volunteers are required so please register your availability with the office 54998333 or come to our next P&C meeting Wednesday 14 September. Thank You to Maleny C&K and Goodstart Early Learning Centre Last week our Prep teachers Mandy Bauer, Lindy Hicks, and myself visited the C&K Maleny Community Kindergarten and the Maleny Goodstart Early Learning Centre for two evening meetings. We discussed with parents our philosophies of the Early Years and the transition program that we deliver to ensure students feel comfortable, confident and familiar with their future Prep environment. If you missed these please ensure you have enrolled your child for Prep so that they are eligible to attend our Welcome to Prep Transition Days.
Register for Prep now! Don’t wait. It is essential that parents who have not contacted the office to register their child for Prep in 2017 do so now. Please do not assume we know you are coming. Registration can be completed in a one minute phone call (Ph54998333) or an email to [email protected]. Note: all students will require a birth certificate before commencing Prep in 2017. I look forward to meeting with you soon. If you know a family in the area that has a Prep eligible student for 2017 please encourage them to contact us immediately. Prep Enrolment Interview Dates:
Term 4 Week 2
Monday 10 October
Tuesday 11 October
Please Call 54998333 to book your 20 min interview with your child.
Welcome to Prep and Transition Days
We encourage any parents that have Prep eligible students for 2017 to enrol their children as soon as possible and
call the office to arrange an enrolment interview. Students need to be enrolled to attend our transition days on:
Wednesday 2, 9 and 16 November. Parents must attend these sessions unless children are coming with GoodStart
Centre staff.
2017 Classes
Class Preference Forms Due in by Week 3 Term 4
Please ensure you have completed a class preference form in writing by 20 October 2016 if you would like us to
consider any educational reasons about the placement of your children in 2017. I remind parents that we are a
relatively small school and most year levels have two full class cohorts. This does not allow for a great deal of
flexibility around which class or teacher some requests may ask for. Our staffing formula is based on student day 8
2017 enrolment numbers and as such it is crucial that 2017 Prep students enrol now, also if families are leaving
next year it is crucial they alert us now. All requests on time are considered but ultimately decisions are made to
benefit all students rather than specific individuals. We aim for balanced classes and a lot of time is put into making
classes up by teachers who consider numerous factors including academic, behaviour, social-friends, emotional,
students with special needs, disabilities, physical classrooms, legitimate on time parent requests. Sorry late
requests from parents will not be able to be considered. (Forms can be collected from the office)
Maleny High School Transition
Yr 6 students will transition to the Maleny High School on the following dates.
Monday, 7 November & Tuesday, 8 November.
Parents will need to make arrangements for students to get to and from the Maleny State High School on these
days.
Regional Athletics
Congratulations to Kaitlyn, Isabella, Tamika, Jared, Joshua, Kyan and Max who will represent the Glasshouse District
at this week’s Regional Athletics Trials at the Sunshine Coast University on Thursday and Friday.
SWPBS (School Wide Positive Behaviour Support)
This Week’s Rule: SWPBS - This week we are continuing to focus on the rule Be Responsible. The 4 Be catch phrase is “Quiet Feet, Quiet
Mouths”
Week 9 & 10 Rule: Be a Learner
Fortnightly Focus: Bounce Back
Building resilience is the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress. We need to help our children manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty.
Teaching focus:
Take some time out to Cool down
Seek help from a staff member
Use positive talk, I will be ok, I am ok , I will bounce back
Talk to someone (friend, teacher)
I can identify and manage my emotions
I am a problem solver
I use my support network to bounce back
Talk to someone
Evaluate problem on the Catastrophe Scale – is it such a big deal.
Have a Magic week in Maleny. John
From the Deputy Principal Writing: In the last Familygram I included information about helping your child with their writing at home. The following article provides some more ideas on ways you may be able to assist your children with their writing. How you can help at home: Support your child with these writing strategies. by: GreatSchools Staff | March 18, 2016 Be a writing role model Make sure your child sees you as a writer. Point out times that you use writing to communicate with others. Discuss authentic writing in the community such as articles and letters in the newspaper, on billboards or in written advertisements. Discuss the purpose of the writing and the target audience. When your child writes, you should write. You can schedule a day of the week that you will turn off the television and share your writing. Start a vocabulary notebook Teach your child new words each week and encourage him/her to use them. Make it into a game and give points for using the new words. Your child can keep a vocabulary notebook and get rewarded for the number of new words learned. The words will begin to appear like magic in his/her oral language and writing. Ask questions Always ask your child questions when he/she writes. Ask specific questions about your child’s writing such as: “How did that happen?” “How did that make you feel?” “Can you tell me more about that…?” “What are some other words you could use to describe…?” Help your child publish their writing Share their writing with others, place it on the refrigerator or encourage them to write for children’s magazines. When your child’s writing is published into ‘a book’, they will be on their way to becoming a lifelong writer and author. ICAS Testing: ICAS Writing Results
Participation Certificates
Credit Certificates
Olivia C Lachlan K Theo O Kayla A Jasmine C Hannah P
Helen O Matilda C Audrey H
Parenting Teenagers Assistance Workshops:
Classroom News News from Year 4
We have just completed our oral presentation of our historical recount where the students
have revealed their experiences and feelings as a convict, a child of a surgeon or an
Indigenous person at the time of the First Fleet.
This week we have been enjoying reading our quest novel, Rowan of Rin. We have been
looking at the personality traits of the different characters and how they cope with
challenges.
We are now focusing on the writing strategy of Show Don’t Tell. The students have selected
an emotion and completed a paragraph on a scenario which should create a picture in the listener’s head.. The rest
of the class then must guess which emotion it is. Anika wrote ‘ A tear trickled down my face. I looked at Mum and
fell to the ground. I hugged Dad and sat there in silence. I never thought this would have happened to Mum this
early.’ - Depressed. Mathew R wrote ‘As she walks past, my eyes half close and my face curves’ – Lovestruck.
In Health we are finishing off our Venn diagrams on etiquette and customs of our chosen country. The students are
creating very informative PowerPoints to share with their peers.
In Science we have continued to explore the properties of different materials. When looking at the properties of
metals we are using words like conductive, malleable, reflective and magnetic. We have also looked at the
properties of different fabrics and completed an absorbency investigation.
In Technology we have been looking at digital and waste footprints and the children have been using excel
spreadsheet software to present data.
Kind Regards, Lou, Jodie and Trish
Year 5 Periscope Play Last week the Yr 5 classes were investigating mirrors and reflection using periscopes. We constructed our own periscopes out of cardboard and mirrors. To make the periscope work we had to make sure that the angles of the mirrors were correct (about 45°). 5A enjoyed spying on Miss Desley in the office and out the window while it was raining. A Periscope is a piece of equipment used to see other people without them seeing you. It was used in the war so that soldiers could see what was happening from their trenches.
Year 5/6 and Year 1A Buddy Reading Over the last couple of weeks, our classes have been sharing our books during Buddy Reading time and this Friday we shared our Tightening Tension writing with each other. We love catching up at the end of the week!
Girls having a laugh in Buddy Reading
The girls sharing the Tightening Tension stories
Boys enjoying their reading
The boys group having a great chat during Buddy Reading
What a great way to end the week with Buddy Reading and sunshine!
Student Council News On Friday the 5 August, the students of our school were involved in planning saplings for National Tree Week. This exciting event was organised by Michael Thompson in conjunction with Mr Sherwell and the Student Council. We would like to thank Mr Thompson for organising the trees from Barung Landcare and the staff of Barung for their kind donation.
Students of the Week Week 5
6A Aveli & Ben 3B Evangelique & Scarlett
6B Bailey & Georgia 2A Chloe
5/6 Sienna & Andrea 2B James & Miranda
5A Nathaniel & Matthew 1A Taylah & Phoenix
5B Kieran & Bronte 1B Jarrah & Indiana
4A Jaelee & Anika 1C Lola & Kirbeh
4B Mathew & Helen Prep A Lila & Sam
3A Olivia & Larnie Prep B Lilly & Ashton
P&C Uniform News
The Uniform Shop's regular hours are Friday mornings between 8.30am and 9.30am. Payment options are EFTPOS, cash or cheque at the uniform shop only. Alternatively, orders can be placed online at www.flexischools.com.au by 5pm Wednesday for Friday pickup or class delivery.
Country Fair
Country Fair - Friday 14 October (2nd week back after the holidays!)
Showbag order forms and Rides Armband order forms are due by 12 September.
Please complete and place into the white P&C box in the office.
Tuckshop News Can you help? We require help from parents for about an hour after drop off in the morning to help with a specific task. Also, volunteers needed in general for Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is very important we have enough volunteers to ensure the viable running of the Tuckshop for our school. Your support is greatly appreciated. To find out more, drop by or call Kate or Gunnar at the Tuckshop on 5499 8318 or email Kate - [email protected]. The Tuckshop is open three days a week - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Flexi Schools is our preferred ordering system and is simple and easy to use. To register go to www.flexischools.com.au.
Tuckshop Roster Tuesday, 30 Aug - Aki L, Sally C & Maia Thursday, 1 Sept - Kellie D Friday, 2 Sept - Victoria T Tuesday, 6 Sept - Aki L & Jade (Helpers needed) Thursday, 8 Sept - Peter M & Marty D Friday, 9 Sept - Aileen J & Jean E Tuesday, 13 Sept - Aki L, Lainie H & Kylie M
KIDS AT SEA MUSICAL UPDATE Wow; what an exciting week!
I hope you enjoyed our performances of ‘Kids at Sea’.
Thank you to the many Parents and Maleny Staff who helped us during
our rehearsals and performances over the past week. I’d like to
especially thank parents Gillian James and Kylie McAuliffe for our
amazing set, Charmaine Lucas and Deirdre Blackley for our wonderful
costumes; Bec Paltridge and Candice Fearn for all your help Tuesday
afternoons with drama & dance and also to Will and Mandy Audley for
costume and rehearsal help.
Thank you also to Deb Darcy for all her support in rehearsals and general
organising and to Kerry Sherwell building our set.
Thank you to Community Members Teula De’Gars Principal of ‘Rehearsal
for Real Life’ for taking on the role as Acting Director, Ron Hilton & Maleny Players for providing staging, lighting
and being our lighting engineer, B’Different Dance Academy for providing many costumes, Endeavour Foundation
Shop also helping with costuming, David Shortland for audio production and Izzy for assistance during Term 3
rehearsals and performance night Backstage.
Liz Shortland
Bee Club News
Bee Club News
There’s only a few weeks left for students to earn stamps on their 4 be cards.
The rewards for Term 3 have been organised. These will take place on Friday 16 September.
Be Epic students (30 stamps achieved) will be rewarded with a Team Challenge day.
Be Awesome students (20 stamps achieved) will be rewarded with a movie session.
Be Super students (10 stamps achieved) are rewarded throughout the term with a classroom based reward
Keep on doing your best to follow the 4 Be’s .
Cybersafety Web Conferences for Students Cybersafety Web Conferences for students (parents welcome to attend) Over the next 2 weeks Maleny State School Year 4 – 6 classes will be participating in 2 x 45 minute state-wide web conferences (online). The sessions will be conducted by a trainer from the Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner. The aim of the Office is help young people have safe, positive experiences online and encouraging behavioural change where a generation of Australian children act responsibly online - just as they would offline.
eSafety 'Being a good bystander' 31 Aug 09:00 - 09:45 The presentation will assist students to consider the impact of their actions when posting photos and comments, be ‘good’ bystanders if they witness cyberbullying, discuss appropriate actions when being a good bystander. eSafety classroom: Cyberbullying
07 Sep 09:00 - 09:45 The presentation will assist students to identify ways to manage and prevent cyberbullying behaviour, seek support if they are experiencing cyberbullying, be ‘good’ bystanders if they witness cyberbullying, recognise bullying online, and deal with cyberbullying behaviour. Parents are also invited to attend in the school hall if they wish to learn as well. Over time more session will be scheduled in around the various topic
under the Cyber-safety theme. If you can’t make it there is a wealth of information available online via the Office’s iParent support website.
“Let’s face it, the internet is an integral part of young people’s lives. Used responsibly, the online environment is a great place for our children to socialise and maintain friendships, be entertained, download and watch music and movies, play games, to search for information and to learn.
The ever changing nature of the internet can pose challenges for parents who wish to keep on top of their children’s technology use. While children might seem to be tech savvy, they still need a parent’s guiding hand to help make sure their online experience is positive and safe.”
https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent
From the Office Payments Please deposit all payments directly into our bank account noting the invoice number, initial and surname of the student for whom you are paying.
Our Bank account details are: BSB: 064-462 Account Number: 10080359
Cash, cheque and credit card payments can be made by inserting the cheque/correct change in a payment envelope or writing the credit card details on the front of the envelope and depositing it into the drop-safe in the office. Please ensure that the envelope is sealed so the cash does not fall out. Please write the student’s name, class, amount enclosed and what the payment is for, clearly on the envelope. Office hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm on Monday - Friday.
Innovation Centre News Year 4s STEAM Cup Challenge Recently the Year 4 boys have been challenged with a plastic cup challenge. Considered a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) challenge children are tasked with building a plastic cup tower. However, it is not as simple as that. Children must work in teams and are restricted in some way. We have done 2 versions. The first, where students are not allowed to touch the cup with any part of their bodies, is explained in this teacher’s blog post (https://thewaterlilyway.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/team-building-activity-tower-of-cups/ ). They only have a rubber band and some string to work with. The second version is where children can touch the cups but ONLY with the tip of their pointer finger of 1 hand. All four students must be touching a cup to lift it. It’s harder than you think! There are many different versions of this game (do a search for STEAM cup tower challenges online and you’ll find lots) and is a great wet weather activity. Scratch Coding
Both Yr 3 and Yr 5 are currently working on Scratch computer coding activities. Both year levels have different challenges to work through. It is amazing to see just how well many students have taken to this coding/ programming to solve various problems. This program is free and available to be used on home computers if your child is interested in developing their skills even further. I previously mentioned a link on our school website that showcases Scratch which highlights what Scratch is, where to get it from, links to activities online and well and some other media around it. Visit the following link to the school website for more information -
https://malenyss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Parentresources/Pages/Ideas%20Content/Scratch-from-MIT.aspx Adrian Greig and Ms Shelley – Innovation Centre Team
Chappy News When Things Go Wrong Who do we blame when things go wrong? How do we respond in the midst of affliction? There are so many questions with no answers, so what do we do when a problem presents itself that doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason? Quite often as a Chaplain, I am confronted with people’s pain and questions. But as we all know, life is very rarely easy. What I have come to see though is that there is room for growth and there is room to love and support one another. If life were easy, how little we would appreciate things when times were good. We still have a choice about how we respond in the midst of difficulty and affliction and it is a discipline to choose to look at the good in everything. Today I encourage you to come alongside someone you know who is hurting and be the person to say one kind word, provide one cooked meal, give one big hug, make one quick phone call or buy one bunch of flowers. Show you care even when you don’t feel like it. You never know what a difference your one action could make in the life of another. UPCOMING CAMPS… Please see me if your child would like to be involved in the next holiday camp. I will be leading a camp in Beerwah during the first week of the school holidays. It will be a day “camp”. The cost is $15 per day and will include lunch, craft activities, messy games, stories and much more.
Community News
MALENY LITTLE ATHLETICS SIGN ON
SEASON STARTS... When: Saturday 3rd September Where: Maleny Little Athletics
Shed, Maleny High School Oval,
Bunya Street
Time: 8:15 for an 8:30 start til 10:30
Feel free to come along to the first couple of club days & sign on or experience the trial days on Saturday 3rd & 10th September for $5 per child to see if they enjoy it.
Tiny tots programme 3 - 5 year olds Qualified coaches levels 1 – 4, catering for ages up to 17 "Fun, Family & Fitness"
Contact: Sallyann Stewart 0421 410 558 Lorraine Bundesen 0408 982 241
See you there for an exciting new
season!
MALENY LIBRARY FREE HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SEPT. 2016 Date Activity Venue Ages Maximum Booking Mon. 19 Sept. 9:30-11:00 am
Pirate Station Argh! Come celebrate “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and make pirate crafts.
Children’s Area
3+ years None No
Tues. 20 Sept. 5:30-6:00pm
Twilight Storytime Wear your pjs for a fun and interactive family storytime.
Children’s Area
All Ages None No
Wed. 21 Sept. 1:00-2:30pm
Sploder Game Creation Learn to program your own animated game.
Computer Area 10+
years
7 Yes
Fri. 23 Sept. All Day Dahlicious Drop in for Roald Dahl word games, puzzle finds and colour-ins.
Children’s Area All
Ages
None No
Mon. 26 Sept. 1:30-3:00pm
Minecraft Animation Create your own stop-go movie using Minecraft Lego.
Meeting Room
7+ years 12 Yes
Tues. 27 Sept. 2:00-3:30pm
Lego Build Drop in to build creations with our Lego. Meeting Room
6+ years None No
Thurs. 29 Sept. 9:30-11:00am
Imagine Station Drop in and make anything you like out of recycled materials.
Children’s Area
3+ years None No
Fri. 23 Sept. All Day Dahlicious Drop in for Roald Dahl word games, puzzle finds and colour-ins.
Children’s Area
All Ages None No
Bookings open Monday 12 Sept. at 9am Book on our website www.library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or phone 54758989
*New Tyres *Mechanical *Auto Electrical *Roadworthy Certificates
1 Lawyer Street, Maleny
opposite RSL,
8am-5pm.
