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Newsletter #4 • Week 8, Term 1
14 Mar RSC visit Yr 6 into 7
20 Mar School Photo Day 1
21 Mar School Photo Day 2
29 Mar End of Term 1
17 April Start of Term 2
17 April Prep enrolments for 2019
25 April ANZAC DAY holiday
Dates to Remember
From the Principal’s Notebook National Day of Action against Bullying & Violence:
At Parade on Monday over 720 students took a stand to say that only kind words and com-
passion for one another is the expectation for behaviour at our school. Every single day we
encourage our students to demonstrate positive behaviour and demonstrate our global rules
of Be SAFE, Be RESPECTFUL and Be RESPONSIBLE. Our students
also use the Friendly 5 and STOP, WALK, TALK as successful
strategies to support our positive school cli-
mate. We have created a Bullying NO WAY
pledge wall in our library that is already popu-
lar with our students coming in regularly to
view it. This week we will be attempting a
whole school NO WAY on our oval that will be
aerial photographed to show our united com-
mitment to creating a bullying and violence free school and
wider community. We are encouraging all students to wear
orange on Friday 16 March in support of this great initiative where we can imagine and take
the next step in creating a world without bullying or violence.
ABSENCES: 4058 9260 [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS: 8:15am - 3:30pm
GENERIC EMAIL: [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EMAIL: [email protected]
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS:
Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 – 9am
OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE: 4058 0252 [email protected]
FRESHWATER P&C OFFICE: 4055 2946 [email protected]
SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC:
1300 300 850
SCHOOLWATCH:
13 17 88
Useful Contacts
IMPORTANT NEWS
School Photo Days
Tuesday 20th &
Wednesday 21st March
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Ph: (07) 4058 9222 E: [email protected]
Year 6 Camp This year we have moved our Year 6 camp to Term 1.
Previously this has occurred in Term 4. We have made this
change so our senior students are given the opportunity to build
on their resilience strategies, work with others and establish
effective relationships with staff and their peers. I was lucky
enough to spend the day and have dinner with the students. The
students had an outstanding time. Thank you to our teachers
and parent volunteers for supporting our camp.
School Interviews Online
We have streamlined our parent teacher interviews to an online
system. Our interviews are, in the main, scheduled for Week 9.
As our teachers will have back to back times, we would like to request that all families strictly adhere to the time
frame. If more time is required, please request an additional meeting with your teacher. Thank you for connecting
with our staff to contribute to your child’s learning journey.
Dan Hollis, Principal
SCHOOL PHOTO DAYS School photo day is next week, Tuesday 20
th and Wednesday 21
st March 2018. Order forms for each child have
been sent home through your child’s classroom teacher. Sibling order forms are available at the School Office. PLEASE CONSIDER ONLINE ORDERING OPTIONS IF POSSIBLE. Online ordering reduces paper waste and reduces the risk of forms being misplaced. Follow the prompts on the paperwork provided by NQ Photography and use the code they provide. If you are dropping a form into the office for collection please do so before the photo day (not on the day) and remember that the Office does not carry change. Instrumental music students, and Sport Captains/Vice Captains are reminded to bring their music / sports shirt for their separate photo. Below is the day and time your child/ren will be photographed. Tuesday 20th March Wednesday 21st March
Time Class Time Class
8:10 String Orchestra 8:10 FSS Band
8:30 Staff Photo 8:30 School Captains
8:45 Sports Captains 8:45 Student Council
9am 4SSW 9am 4SM
9:15 PGW 9:15 5LD
9:30 PRD 9:30 2/3SW
9:45 PJS 9:45 2AY
10am PTE 10am 1ADS
10:15 1EB 10:15 2KD
10:30 2TDW 10:30 2KW
11:30 4NSW 11:30 1KD
11:45 3RO 11:45 5JH
12pm 6NLM 12pm 1KDD
12:15 6NT 12:15 3CG
12:30 3AM 12:30 4SC
12:45 6NB 12:45 5BW
1:30 4AH 1:30 3SB
2pm 5AH 2pm 6JPM
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FRESHIE CAFÉ NEWS Hello everyone, Thank you to Angela MacD for your assistance over the past few weeks.
Treat of the fortnight:
CHEESE STICKS 3 for $1.00
Have a great week and happy caféing The Cafe Team
FUN RUN IN TERM 2—Friday 20th April Our school traditionally holds a Fun Run in the early part of the year. This year the Fun Run will be held on Friday 20 April, the first Friday of Term 2. The Fun Run serves our School Community in three ways:
1. It promotes school spirit in a fun and healthy way as Marlins, Crocs, Eagles and Taipans compete for
House points… all participants contribute!
2. It acts as a selection event for the upper school to represent FSS at the Barron River Cross Country trials to be held at St Andrews on 27 April
3. It is used as a fund raiser for the FSS Physical Education Program and sporting equipment for use by
students.
As a reward for participation all students will receive a juice frozie at the end of their run. Sponsorship cards with detailed information will be sent home next week. If every student raises $13.50, we will amass around $10000! All money raised by students is to be returned to the P&C office near the Uniform Shop. The Fun Run is a colourful school event. Parents and carers are encouraged to come along to support the school and cheer on their kids. Mrs Knight & Mrs Haug (P&C)
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Ike Martinez for being selected in the Peninsula 10-12 Years Swimming team. He will now represent the Region at the Queensland State Schools 10-12 Years Swimming Championships in Brisbane later this month. Well done and good luck Ike.
HEAD LICE VIGILANCE We have a couple of classes under attack from dreaded Head Lice. Please, please constantly check and treat your child’s hair for these pests. After initial treatment, check daily using conditioner and a lice comb for at least a week. Up-to-date information is available at the Qld Health website www.health.qld.gov.au/headlice JAPANESE NEWS This week we welcome our second Japanese Assistant Teacher, Koshio Sensei. Please say a friendly “Konnichiwa” to him when you see him around the school this month. He will be staying with us for 3 weeks.
The Japanese are great sports lovers. As well as traditional sports like sumo, karate and judo, baseball and soccer are very popular sports. Whole families tend to spend a day out watching a game so the children are familiarised with if from an early age. The nation is excitedly awaiting the 2020 Olympic Games which they are hosting in Tokyo. Students have been working hard this term settling in to learning Japanese. For some students it is surprising for them to learn that they already knew quite a lot about Japan and its language. TV shows like Pokemon, Yokai Watch and Beyblades originated in Japan. Food like sushi, soba noodles and kakigori (shaved ice) are also from Japan and readily available in Australia. Mitusbishi, Toyota and Honda are famous brand names of Japanese companies. Can you think of any other Japanese things that you and your family know?
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Week 7
PGW MEESHA C
PRD LILY M
PJS LUNA B
PTE JADE P
1ADS ADAM G
1KDD LEXI D
1KD MICHAEL W
1EB EMILY H
2KD OLIVIA V
2AY GRAYCE P
2KW LUCAS I
2TDW ICHIKA S
2/3SW SHUNTARO S
3CG OLIVER A
3SB ETHAN E
3RO NINA A
3AM CHARLOTTE B
4NSW WILL E
4SM AYLA T
4SC LAILA B
4AH STANLEE H
4SSW ISABELLE D
5AH KYTE G
5JH KAHLEN D
5BW BEN W
5LD MATHEW C
6JPM WHOLE CLASS
6NT WHOLE CLASS
6NB WHOLE CLASS
6NLM WHOLE CLASS
Music 4SSW
PE JACK S 3AM
Japanese SKY P 4AH
Week 8 PGW CURTIS M
PRD KOBI W
PJS ELITA M
PTE ZACHARY C
1ADS IVY C
1KDD SKYLAH H
1KD JASPER B
1EB JUDY M
2KD SOL N
2AY OLIVER C
2KW MAXIM M
2TDW LUCY V
2/3SW AMELIA T
3CG BRIANNA S
3SB CHLOE C
3RO SOPHIE S
3AM NIKOLAS A
4NSW POPPY B
4SM NATE C
4SC ERIK N
4AH MOS A
4SSW JOSIE D
5AH NA
5JH TYLER D
5BW ROBERT B
5LD TOBIAS B
6JPM XANTHE B
6NT GEORGIA J
6NB NA
6NLM NA
Music 5JH
PE SAM B 6NT
Japanese JOSH L 4SC
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations
PBL Focus Rule: Be Responsible—Week 7 & 8
Expectation: Be Responsible in the classroom
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OUR P&C PARTICIPATES IN COLES ‘SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS’ PROGRAM On behalf of Freshwater State School our P&C will be participating in the Sports for Schools program being run by Coles. Every $10 spent at Coles supermarket during the program will earn a Coles Sports for Schools voucher. The more vouchers our school collects, the more gear we could receive. Please
take your vouchers to the P&C Office and post them in the box provided.
GENERAL NOTICES
CAIRNS CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL 2018 – screenPLAY Kids who love filmmaking and want to take their little careers to the next level can enter a film into screenPLAY and have their films shown on the BIGSCREEN at the 2018 Cairns Children’s Festival on Sunday May 20 Let your imagination run wild! Is your story scary or funny, serious or true, is it about music or is it about somebody or something special in your life? Rules: Filmmakers must be 12yrs or under (films can be created by individu-als or groups) Music used within the film must abide by all copyright laws Films must be no longer than 5 mins including titles and credits Films can be submitted as either a downloadable Vimeo link (720p or 1080p) – or delivered as mov or mp4 files on a USB to the Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre Films must be submitted with an application form
Please submit form either in person to the Botanic Gardens Visitor
Centre or by email to [email protected].
REDLYNCH CYCLONES SOCCER REGISTRATIONS WELCOME How: Register www.myfootballclub.com.au or www.redlynchsoccer.org.au Where: Cyclones Football Club, next to Freshwater Christian College Girls also welcome to register
TYCs AMAZING AUTUMN SCHOOL HOLIDAY DRAMA PRO-GRAMS 5yrs – 17yrs Get set for a season of mind-blowing theatrics these school holidays with TYC’s Amazing Autumn Drama Program (5yrs – 16yrs). Partici-pate in our 4-day programs and get set for a wild ride! Convert your-self into an 8 BIT Avatar and explode into the graphics of the Arcade World in Awesome Arcadia: Let’s Get Digital (03/04–06/04) or let the journey of discovery in another realm begin and find out what and who is waiting for you on the other side in Day Of The Dude: Jour-ney To Another Realm (10/04–13/04), If you’re feeling the music or can’t help tapping your toes to your favourite song, why not join us for our 5-day Super Scripted series production Time Lord: The Musical (09/04-13/04) with a full length performance showcase on Saturday 14th April. So step into the spotlight with TYC’s Awesome Autumn Holiday Drama Programs these school holidays and grab your Early Bird Saving by March 25, 5pm. Limited Availability. For more infor-mation or to book today visit our website www.theyoungcompany.com.au, phone 40414066 or email [email protected] CAIRNS REDS BASEBALL COME & TRY Teams in all jnr & snr age groups welcome. Beginners welcome. Where: Walker Rd Sporting Precinct, Edmonton When: Saturday 10th March from 3pm to 6pm www.cairnsreds.com www.facebook.com/CairnsReds/ [email protected]
