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28 July 201628 July 2016

From the Principal

M.E.S.S 25th Anniversary

1991 – 2016

The celebrations of 25 Years of Amazing M.E.S.S. has begun!To showcase the amazing students and staff – both past andpresent – we will be providing an opportunity for all parentsand families to join our celebrations. All students have begunrehearsing a group performance for the night. Performances willbe scheduled over two nights.

What you need to do:

The evening will be filled with food, fun and recognition of theamazing journey in education and the family and communityspirit that makes Morayfield East State School a celebratedschool of high performance and expectations.

Look out for a more detailed note coming home with your childthis week!

CALLING ALL PAST STUDENTS AND STAFF!

The time has come to showcase YOU! Our current studentswould like to see parents and ex-staff of their amazing school.We are looking for ex-students and staff to be interviewedabout what their time at M.E.S.S was like. If you’d like to be apart of this experience, please email phunt47@eq.edu.au

The Staff are extremely busy and excited about semester twoas they engage children in wonderful learning experiences. Ourinternal school data is very impressive, indicating thetremendous achievements that are occurring throughout everysector area. Our visitors continually comment on how greatthe school looks and acknowledge that they immediately feel avery positive warm feeling as they walked through the school.The work that is being coordinated by the Lead Teachers ishighly commended and is a testament to the great team workand collegial approach that we have towards imbedding thecurriculum.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our verydedicated and focussed staff at Morayfield East State Schoolfor their wonderful achievements last semester. I would also liketo acknowledge those hard working volunteers who make sucha huge difference to our children’s school life –

“Thank you” - such small words but they come from hugehearts!

• Willunga and Namoi – Thursday 8th September 2016

• Mangiri and Yarrah – Friday 9th September 2016

• buy tickets for the night that your child will performbased on what house colour they are in (your child isonly required on their house performance night)

• Turn up and help us celebrate! Tickets are $5 each (4tickets per family). M.E.S.S students who areperforming do not need to purchase tickets

• Tickets will go on sale Tuesday 9th August untilFriday 12th August

• the parents who volunteer in the classroom forreading and other activities

• the parents who volunteer to work in the tuckshopunder the guidance of Lisa our Tuckshop convenor

• the P&C volunteers – under the leadership of Bec,who work tirelessly raising money and makingdecisions to make our school environment a betterplace

Chaplaincy

On Tuesday the Staff had a lovely morning tea to thank Gail forher dedicated work with the school community over the pastfew years. It was a fabulous opportunity for us as a staff, topersonally thank her for her love and support.

We wish her the very best in her new job.

We are currently interviewing for a new Chaplain so watch thisspace.

Keeping Our School Safe

We have spent many hours of hard work planning and makingour school look great and be a fabulous place to work in.

A strong reminder is issued to our community that the schoolgrounds are out of bounds outside school hours. Childrenand adults are not allowed to use school facilities unless givenpermission by the Principal. Be vigilant and help us.

Our school watch number is 13 17 88.

Please ring if you feel something is wrong.

Attendance - TARGET 93% CURRENT RATE -91.8%Attendance Data

Our whole school target is 93% attendance. Classes that are ator above target are highlighted.

Week 1

ClassClass % Rate% Rate

PDE 93.06

PDS 94.98

PFF 89.36

PJB 91.78

PKC 92.19

PSP 89.16

1AP 91.11

1LS 86.93

1LT 94.39

1LU 94.02

1PY 92.25

2LH 93.87

ClassClass % Rate% Rate

2NS 95.09

2SF 90.16

2TP 92.56

2VM 89.97

2/3LB 93.71

3CC 91.85

3CG 90.09

3KC 94.43

3LD 94.61

3RK 90.64

4AP 89.48

4JK 91.16

4LM 92.76

4MC 92.92

4NM 93.68

4RH 91.48

5BH 94.43

5KM 90.51

5MT 92.15

5PM 92.68

5WS 92.09

6KF 91.14

6PO 91.97

6SJ 87.79

6SS 92.57

6TR 93.28

Week 2

ClassClass % Rate% Rate

PDE 92.89

PDS 94.89

PFF 89.35

PJB 91.63

PKC 92.2

PSP 88.81

1AP 91.52

1LS 87.08

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ClassClass % Rate% Rate

1LT 94.29

1LU 93.71

1PY 92.44

2LH 93.83

2NS 94.44

2SF 90.22

2TP 92.49

2VM 90.29

2/3LB 93.67

3CC 91.86

3CG 90.12

3KC 91.22

3LD 94.25

3RK 90.57

4AP 89.5

4JK 91.24

4LM 92.7

4MC 93.02

4NM 93.8

4RH 91.7

5BH 94.52

5KM 90.75

5MT 91.97

5PM 92.55

5WS 92.51

6KF 91.26

6PO 91.01

6SJ 88.05

6SS 93.25

6TR 93.6

Deputy Principal’s Report

Community Spirit

Many thanks to our school community who turned out in forceto support our students at the P-1 Athletics Carnival. I am sureyou will agree it was a beautiful day enjoyed by children, staffand parents. It was particularly touching to see how many ofour parents joined in the fun by dressing in our house colours.

2017 Prep Enrolments NOW OPEN

We encourage all parents with students enrolling in Prep nextyear to pick up an enrolment pack from the office this week. Ouroffice staff will then book you in to one of our Parent InformationSessions and book your interview time.

Key Enrolment junctures:

Please see the attached flier for more information.

Emergency Drills

Emergency drills are conducted at school at least four timesa year. The drills help students and staff be familiar with thealarms and routines and maximise safety. Teachers take thetime to explain the purpose of the drills with students so thatstudents remain calm, relaxed and attentive during themovement and sounds of each practice drill.

Each Term the school will practice one of the emergency drills:Fire/evacuation or Lockdown. The evacuation point is the mainoval. During a lock-down children will remain in their classroomsuntil an all-clear is given. The school office is locked during drills;entry is not permitted until the alarms stop and the all-clear isgiven.

Parents visiting the school must sign in at the front office. Thisallows us to cross-check the presence and safety of eachperson on campus before a drill can be completed. If, onapproaching the school, you hear the alarms, please do notenter the school grounds until the alarms stop and the all-clearis given.

Morayfield State High School Enrolments for2017

If you are intending to enrol your student at Morayfield High nextyear, enrolment packs are now available for collection from thehigh school’s administration office.

• 4 August 2016 - Parent Information Session 9.00 –10.00am

• 9 August 2016 - Enrolment Interviews Begin

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Date Claimers

12 August Gala Day

16 August P & C Meeting – everyone welcome

17 August Payment Due for Prep Incursion $10.00

22 August Prep Incursion – Ocean Life EducationProgram

26 August Gala Day

P & C Disco – Cowboys & Indianstheme

30 August Father’s Day Stall – see class teacherfor times

31 August Father’s Day Stall – see class teacherfor times

5 - 16 September Swimming Years 1 & 2 (approx. cost$65, this will be confirmed next Term.Pre-payments being taken now)

13 September P & C Meeting – everyone welcome

15 September Whole School Parade – 9am, everyonewelcome

18 October P & C Meeting – everyone welcome

22 October P & C Disco – Spooky theme

15 November P & C Meeting – everyone welcome

25 November Carols by torch light

30 November Volunteers Morning Tea

6 December Whole School parade – 9am, everyonewelcome

7 December Year 6 Graduation

Sports Report

AFL Qld School Cup

Congratulations to all the AFL players who last Wednesdaytravelled to Maroochydore to represent our school against the

best teams from the Sunshine Coast South area. Our girlswere up against Talara Primary College and were absolutelyawesome. From the opening bounce our girls dominated tolead 8-0 at quarter time, and increasing this lead until the finalhooter sounded with Morayfield East State School the victors,22-2. This was a real team effort with a number of players reallyimpressing. Keep up the great work girls. Your next opponentsSt Thomas Moore await at Maroochydore on the 10 August.

Our boys took on the highly acclaimed Stella Marist CatholicCollege and gave a great team effort. Our opposition was fullof club afl players, some with regional team experience but ourboys refused to give up. After trailing 12 – 8 at half-time wefought back in the third quarter to lead 17 – 12 at 3/4 time.However the class of Stella Marist overran us in the end to runout winners 33 – 17. I was really proud of the effort from ourboys, their never give up attitude which nearly got them home,and their sportsmanship.

It was one of those days that makes you proud to beassociated with Morayfield East.

Caboolture District Athletics

Good luck to our athletes as they head off to the DistrictAthletics at Centenary Lakes next Tuesday & Wednesday. Weare missing a few of our stars through other commitments butI am sure their replacements will step up and do a great job forus.

Parents please beware of the changed TRAFFIC CONDITIONSon Morayfield Road Bridge over the Caboolture River. This isbound to cause some delays so please allow extra time whendropping off or collecting children. Please see the attachment.

Gala Day Term 3

Our students are busy trialling for teams in netball, touch, rugbyand cricket for our first gala day on Friday 12 August. Teamsshould be finalised early next week.

Congratulations and good luck Josie Rossallen

Josie has been doing Muay Thai for 18 month's at a localMorayfield club called Kaos. Last year Josie competed in theNational Championships, where she finished 2nd in Australiafor her weight division. As she has done quite a few fightsnow around Queensland she was selected to join the Australianteam. So now, Josie is off to Bangkok, Thailand to representAustralia in the World Youth Championships in August for 10days. She has worked extremely hard to get where she is, thisincludes 11-14 hours of training each week, Monday to Friday.Even though Josie does this much training she is a dedicatedstudent at Morayfield East State School and her duties of beinga Sports Captain, String Ensemble member and participating inmany team events has not stopped her pursuing her goals.

• Every Friday parade for Prep, Years 1 and 2 at9.00am in the school hall. Everyone welcome

• Every Friday parade for Years 3 & 4 at 1.00pm in theschool hall. Everyone welcome

• Every Friday parade for Years 5 and 6 at 2.00pm inthe school hall. Everyone welcome

• Tea and coffee is provided prior to our weekly9.00am parade for all parents. Please come alongand catch up on the school happenings

• Everyone is invited to a Parent Café which is aninformation session for all parents every Friday afterJunior Parade

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Josie RossallenJosie Rossallen

The Enriched Learning Centre

Student Learning

At Morayfield East State School we work collaboratively withstudents to track their progress in learning. Across the schoolwe know that by displaying student learning goals, tracking theirprogress and celebrating growth in student learning, we cansupport our students to make positive educational gains.

Across the school our teachers are providing regular formativefeedback, tracking student progress and establishing learninggoals for writing. At home you can help support your child’sprogress by helping them practise their punctuation, sentencestructure, vocabulary choices, spelling and handwriting. Everylittle bit helps!

Upcoming Events

Book Fair and Book Weekaren't far away!

Student Support ServicesIt's been a busy term so far with much happening in and aroundthe school, including a few external providers coming in foradditional programs (Bursting Angry Bubbles, Friends for Life)as well as staff running social skilling programs - Friends for Lifeand a evidence based program around role sharing with Lego.

We have a new member on staff supporting the Year 3 studentsMonday to Thursday and Prep students on Friday - PetaMottlee. Peta has a wealth of knowledge in working withstudents with diverse learning needs both in Queensland andthe Northern Territory.

We are continuing with facilitating students to become moreactive in the lunchtime clubs that are occurring every first break,to diversify interests and create new friendships from these.Many students are also continuing to access supported/supervised play in the playground/oval.

SWPBS - Gotcha prize for this term is a family pass to InflatableWorld. Our target for Gotcha's is 8000 this term, with studentsto be rewarded with a Silly Sock day on achieving this.Teachers have been reinforcing expectations on before andafter school routines within classrooms in the first weeks ofschool resulting in positive outcomes in behaviour.

Chaplaincy - We have sadly said goodbye to our beautifulChappy Gail this week. She has been an invaluable memberof our support team for many years and will be greatly missedby staff and students. We hope to have a new Chappy in thecoming weeks to continue her great work.

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Guidance Officer News

It wasn’t me!

When children don’t tell the truth it can be very worrying forparents. It is easy to become upset about the lie and tooverlook what it means to the child. There are many reasonswhy children may not tell the truth. Almost everyone tells liesfrom time to time for a variety of reasons, from avoiding hurtingsomeone else’s feelings to getting out of an awkward situation.It is important to understand the reasons why a child might liebefore you react.

In this edition we will look at why children lie, and then providesome tips to help you address lying in the next edition.

Why children lie

These ages are only guides – it depends on the child’s own rateof development.

Imaginary friends

Some children at about three or four have an imaginary friend.They talk to and play with this friend when they are upset andsometimes blame the friend when they do something wrong.This is part of normal growing up and usually graduallydisappears as the child grows older. There is no need forconcern unless the child seems really withdrawn and unable to

get on with other children and adults. You can help by seeingthat your child has lots of opportunities for fun and enjoymentwith other children.

Chappy ChatI had my last official day as Morayfield East's chaplain onTuesday 26 July and will start my new job as a RestorativeJustice Case Worker next week. I am sad to leave this beautifulschool community and all the amazing students, staff andfamilies I have met here. I have been overwhelmed by the hugepile of beautiful cards, letters and kind words I have receivedfrom students, teachers and parents. It makes it harder to leavebut I know in my heart it is someone else's turn to be yourChappy.

I hope you welcome them and help them know what you needand would like from your school Chappy as well as help themachieve these goals.

It has been my great pleasure to be this school's Chappy. It isa good school and I think its becoming a great community. Iknow many families here have challenges they are dealing withand applaud the parents and young people who do their bestto pull together and make the best of what they have and seekhelp when they need to as well. I have loved watching andbeing a part of people helping out when it's been needed. Ihope and pray you continue to do just that and care for othersand yourselves in the best ways and continue to build a positiveand resilient Morayfield East community.

I plan to support the school through supporting the chaplaincyservice.

Strawberry Tuesdays are planned to continue so you will stillhave a chaplain three days a week. It's a great fundraiser anda healthy way to support families and chaplaincy all at once.Please help as you can to ensure chaplaincy continues at theschool. Chaplaincy has a long history in this school. I hope youhelp keep it alive and well and contributing positively to theschool community.

If you see me around the area please feel free to say hello!My husband and I are planning to participate once again in thelocal Chaplaincy Fun Run on 28 August. We would love to seeyou there. It helps raise funds for chaplaincy as well as being ahealthy family activity!

My prayers and love for this school will continue. All the verybest! Much love

Gail

Community Notices

Moreton Bay Regional Council is running the free Spring in YourStep program from Monday 10 October to Sunday 4 December2016.

• Children under three years or so do not understandthat thinking is private. They believe that their parentscan read their minds. A two year old in a shop maysay, “Why did you lose me, Mummy?” because shethinks that her mother knows where she is evenwhen she is out of sight. Telling lies has no meaningfor under threes.

• Three to four year olds are learning that other peopledon’t know what they are thinking. Children of thisage enjoy practising their new knowledge and skillsso they test it out by telling “stories” e.g. “The bigbad wolf did it”. It is normal for young children to lie,blame someone else or make up a story.

• Children in the early years of school usually want toplease their parents more then they want to do the“right thing”. Children of this age are not likely to tellthe truth if they think it will make their parents cross.It is better not to ask them whether they didsomething than risk them lying. For example, ratherthan saying “Did you spill the milk?”, you could say, “Isee there’s been an accident with the milk. Let’s geta cloth and I’ll help you clean it up.”

• By eight or nine (when they understand about FatherChristmas not being real) children also have someunderstanding of the difference between truth andfantasy. The child’s sense of right and wrong usuallydevelops by about nine or ten years of age.

• Older children, and especially adolescents, have aneed to keep some parts of their lives private and notshare them with parents. If parents ask too manyquestions, the older child or adolescent may lie toprotect privacy.

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Spring in Your Step is an eight week program offering groupfitness sessions in local parks throughout the Moreton BayRegion. Motivated fitness providers will be delivering a varietyof fun and fresh cardio fitness activities that are designed toencourage adults and families of all fitness levels to get moving.Yoga, Tai Chi, Zumba and Family Fitness classes are anexciting addition to this year’s program.

Bookings are essential and commence at 9.00am on Tuesday13 September 2016. A full schedule of activities and programdetails can be found at

http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/spring

Affordable Music Lessons – Piano, flute, theory

I provide music lessons for all ages in Burpengary East frombeginners to advance. Please call Emma on 0432 782 775.

Healthroom News

Communication between Outside School HoursCare Services and Schools RegardingMedication

Please note that if your child attends outside school hours care(OSHC) including Family Day Care or Long Day Care Services),and requires medication to be administered at OSHC, it is arequirement under the Early Childhood Education and CareRegulations for the care provider to keep a medication recordof time and date medication was last administered.

As the last dose of your child’s medication may have beenadministered at school, school staff will only be able to providethis information to the service if the parent/carer consent hasbeen obtained.

Therefore if your child does take medication at school andattends OSHC please ensure you have provided the schoolwith a letter giving consent for the school to provide thisinformation. When sending your letter please ensure youaddress it to the attention of the Health Room.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call Healthroom staff on 54 288 446.

News from Outside School Hours Care

From the coordinator

Dear parents and Families of Morayfield East State School.

What a great start we have had to the first month back toschool.

The children are happy and engaged, interested in extendingon their learning and having a wonderful time.

If you have been thinking about enrolling, please contact theoffice or myself directly to get an enrolment pack.

Kind Regards,Sarah Young0438 897 804 ormorayfieldeast@helpinghandsnetwork.com.auCoordinator

Congratulations to our Junior Coordinators: Hiba Mcrackenand Amelia Richardson

Congratulations to our Sustainability Officers: Gabriel Emeryand Chelsea Harper

What’s been happening

This fortnight, many exciting things have been happening atHelping Hands. The students here are loving exploring theircreativity in a different way – making paper aeroplanes. This hasbeen something the children have been interested in for a whilenow and every day the designs get more complex and theirplanes fly further.

We have also been putting particular focus on our sustainablepractices. We now have compost bins for the kitchen and thechildren. We have also implemented Sustainability officers tohelp us keep up with all the things we need to do, such aswater the gardens, put the compost bins out. The children areintrigued by the worms and other insects that have made ahome in our outdoor compost bin.

Over the last few weeks, the children have also shown aninterest in knitting, so we have been busy teaching the childrenhow to knit. They are really enjoying it.

What’s coming up

Vacation Care: We are currently taking bookings for SeptemberVacation Care. You can pick up an enrolment form from theoffice, or directly from me, here at the service.

We would love for you to come to Helping Hands if you are notalready attending. We have plenty of spaces so why not pop infor a chat a have a look around. Hope to see you soon!

WE PROVIDE BREAKFAST AND AFTERNOON TEAEVERYDAY AS WELL AS FANTASTIC ART, CRAFT, SPORTAND COOKING EXPERIENCES THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILLLOVE!

Before School Care from $19 per session*After School Care From $24 per session*

Vacation Care from $48 per day**Based on your income for 1 child in care per session after

CCB and CCR

COME IN AND CHECK OUT OUR PROGRAM!

P&C News

Next Meeting:

The first P&C meeting for this term will be on Tuesday 16August @ 3.15pm in the School Hall. Please come along tocheck out what we are up to, get involved or just for a coffeeand a chat. Children are welcome also.

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If you have any questions about getting involved with the P&Cor feedback or would like to help with any of our up and comingevents please contact us messpc_2015@outlook.com.

Dates to note this term

5 August - Spell a thon donations and forms due backto tuckshop9 August Meal Deal - payment due by 3 August26 August - Disco

Spell a thon

All spell a thon tests were conducted in the week of 18 July andit is now time to return all forms and money to the tuckshop.Please can you have these back to the tuckshop no later than5 August. There are some great prizes to be won for the highestfundraisers:

1st prize $100 gift voucher2nd prize $50 gift voucher3rd prize movie vouchers

For every $5 raised you will earn a 50c tuckshop voucher

If every student can raise just $5 we will raise approximately$5,000 for the school!

If you have misplaced your form more are available from thetuckshop or can be printed from our facebook page.

If you have any questions about this please call the Tuckshopon 5428 8423.

Meal Deal

This terms Meal Deal is on 9 August and is American themedserving Hotdogs, flavoured milk, iceblocks and a small gift forjust $7. Order forms have gone out and need to be returned tothe tuckshop with payment by 3 August. If you need anotherform these can be collect from the tuckshop or payment can bemade over the phone please call the Tuckshop on 5428 8423.

We hope that everyone has seen the facebook posts about"The MESS Big Trailer Raffle" and thanks to everyone whohas been able to make donations to contribute to making theprize a great one for the lucky winner at the end of the year.Donations are still being accepted so if you have a brand newitem or grocery item you can donate please drop it off to thetuckshop. If you know or own a business who would like tocontribute please let us know.

We have been very lucky to have our sponsors, Realty andMongrel Trailers on board for this fundraiser and would like toagain thank them for their support. We have also had somegenerous donations from Golden Circle Outlet, SubwayBurpengary, Mark Ryan MP, OfficeWorks, Aussie World, RACQand thank them for their support also.

Disco

The disco will be on 26 August and cowboy/girl and Indiansthemed. Keep an eye out for flyers and further updates onfacebook.

25th Anniversary Tea Towels

If you missed out on ordering a tea towel we do have some instock. $15 each. Please see the tuckshop.

All proceeds from our fundraisers go straight back intobenefiting the school.

We are always looking for volunteers to help for these events soplease if you can spare some time we would really appreciateit. Please see Lisa at the Tuckshop or emailmesspc_2015@outlook.com .

Tuckshop News

Uniform & Tuckshop

If you would like to volunteer at the tuckshop all help is verymuch appreciated, see Lisa at the tuckshop or emailmesspc_2015@outlook.com with days and times that youcould help. Please come along and meet the wonderful peoplewho help out at the tuckshop - it's always a lot of fun and agreat way to meet new friends.

Dental NewsThe Fluoride Varnish Program is starting upagain this week with all year 4 and 5 Classesand year 3CC and 3LD having an Oral HealthTalk.

Consents forms for participation in the Fluoride Varnishprogram were handed out this week to all year 5, 4 and theremaining year 3 classes who were not seen last term. If yourchild has not received a form please check with the classteacher or dental van staff and return forms ASAP as thefluoride applications will start in week 4.

The days of operation in the Dental Van will increase from 5thAugust and the dental van will be open daily from 8am-4:30pm.

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