From the principal 1-2

Upcoming Dates P&C News

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Student Awards

From the music room

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Parenting Ideas by Michael Grose

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Community

Noticeboard

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

FROM THE PRINCIPAL.....

SPRINGBROOK STATE SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Springbrook SS

2327 Springbrook Rd

Springbrook Q 4213

Phone: 55483333 Fax: 55483300

E-mail: admin@

springbrookss. eq.edu.au

Website:

www.springbrookss. eq.edu.au

Principal:

Kellie Fletcher

P & C Term 3

Thursday 3:15pm

3rd August

24th August

Newsletter Date: Friday 21st July, 2017

My first two weeks here have been wonderful. I love the warmth and the energy of the school and the students here are some of the kindest students I have met. I enjoy watching them interact and take care of each other like one big family. It has been a pleasure getting to know them personally and find out all about their academic development, as well as their personal stories. Thank you to the school community, that is the staff, students and families for welcoming me so warmly and helping me to settle into Springbrook State School. We have an exciting term ahead with many events. I look forward to seeing you all during the term.

School Review

We look forward to welcoming two reviewers from the SIU on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th of July. The reviewers will be speaking with staff, students, parents and members of our school community and we look forward to hearing their recommendations for moving forward successfully on Friday.

School Camp - Tallebudgera

It is not long now until camp for our senior students. Thank you to parents for promptly returning your forms and advising us of your child’s special require-ments. We are looking forward to enjoying the many experiences camp has to offer.

School Musical—Alice

Our musical preparations are underway and the students are very excited about the upcoming musical this term to be held at Robina State High School on Friday 8th September at 6pm in the Performing Arts Centre. Children will be required to arrive at 1pm for a rehearsal prior to the performance.

A note is being sent home today about the character your child is playing and the costume that they will require. I understand that many parents have al-ready organised these.

Rehearsals have begun and the children are working hard learning their lines, the song lyrics and the dances that they will be performing. Our wonderful staff here are working hard to co-ordinate the props and resources required. Please support your child to practise their lines, the songs and the dances at home.

We are having a parent meeting next Thursday afternoon, 27th July at 3.15pm in the seniors classroom. We look forward to seeing you there. We will need lots of volunteer support to make this event a success. Look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Please make sure to invite your families to this wonderful event.

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School Opinion Survey

The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted 31 July to 25 August 2017. All families, school staff and a random sample of students will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what this school does well, and how this school can improve.

Access details for the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be sent home with students next week.

Parents/caregivers are welcome to complete their survey online at the school, and school computers will be available . Survey queries or requests for translations can be directed to myself by phoning the school or email me at kflet24@eq.edu.au.

Staff Development

Over the past two weeks the staff have been engaged in scanning and assessing our whole school literacy data. We will be beginning a cycle of inquiry through our regular staff meetings to determine a plan of action to improve our literacy pedagogy and meet our determined student needs. We will begin tracking the student progress and reflecting on our impact as teachers through the use of the Literacy Continuum. This is a tool that has been issued to all schools by the Department of Education and Training Qld, that explains the development of students’ literacy across 8 aspects including reading texts, comprehension, writing, vocabulary development, con-cepts about print, phonics and phonemic awareness.

Our teachers have completed targeted teaching plans for reading in collaboration with me to ena-ble them to identify student needs in reading and target their instruction during reading groups to meet those needs.

Fire Drill

This week our staff and students participated in a fire drill. I am happy to report that everyone evacuated their classrooms and assembled quickly and sensibly to our assembly point on the oval.

Hinterland Science Day

Later this term in week 8, Thursday 31st August, our students will be participating in a science day held at Ingleside State School. Please mark this day in your diaries with more information to follow.

Senior Design and Technology— Parachutes

Our senior students have been creating their own parachutes today with wonderful Mrs Price, our relief teacher. They de-signed their parachute and then tested and measured it’s effective-ness by flying them from the adventure playground. They were able to make adjustments after the first fight and improve their design and parachute be-fore attempting a second flight. Everyone enjoyed this lesson immensely.

Kellie Fletcher

Acting Principal

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7/8/17 Book Week

31/8/17 Hinterland Science Day at Ingleside SS

6/9/17 Hinterland small schools Netball &

Soccer carnival

8/9/17 Alice Musical—Robina SHS

End of term Learning Profile meetings

15/9/17 Holidays

3/10/17 Term 4 starts

27/07/17 ‘You Can Do It’ after school drawing

27/07/17 School Review

28/07/17 School Review

Robina SHS Principal Tours

31/07/17 Years 3-6 Camp

School Opinion Surveys open

3/08/17 P&C Meeting

24/8/17 P&C Meeting

Our next meeting for this term is scheduled for Thursday 3rd August at 3:15pm in the school library. On the agenda is voting for a new P&C sec-retary and future fundraising initiatives for the remainder of the year. We hope you can make it and that we see you there!

P&C Executive, Springbrook State School

DATES TO REMEMBER…

FROM YOUR P&C…

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STUDENT AWARDS Big congratulations goes to the following students for their excellent efforts and results in following our school rules of, Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner.

Students of the Week

Ethan M: for always being responsible and following instructions

Isaiah D: For effort and determination in class

Mathletics BRONZE Certificates

Charlie– 1160 points

Mathletics SILVER Certificates

Britt - 1310 points

School Banking Rewards

Charlie Jordan

Jimi Jordan

Gotcha Raffle Draw:

Juniors: Robbie, Isaiah, Zyah, Vaughan

Seniors: Abigail, Lashae, Aimee, Britt

FROM THE MUSIC ROOM...

For the past two weeks our students have been learning a Latin American piece of salsa music called Oye Como Va, by composer Tito Puonte from Cuba, with our talented music teacher, Josh Shelton. They have been making great sounds with their tuned and un-tuned percussion instru-ments. Check out our website for the video.

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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

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