Principal’s Report

IN THIS ISSUE 02/05/2018

2.03 • What’s On Locally • Photo Gallery • Kindy News • Assessment Calendars

President - Selina Hill Vice Presidents - Krystle Powers and Glen Slade Secretary - Tiana Gallaher Treasurer - Nikki Lahiff Fundraising Team - Renai McLean, Glen Slade and Krystle Power Tuckshop Convenor - Chantell Jensen

P&C Executive

Date Claimer

• Cross Country Tuesday 8th May • Camp Draft 11-13th May • Gympie Show Holiday

Day Friday 18th May

HPV Human Powered Vehicle and the Maryborough Techn ology Challenge Congratulations to our human powered vehicle team. These students have been training every week to prepare for their first event and now have decided that they need to train a couple of sessions per week to prepare for the 24 hour race in September. These students will be racing in the Maryborough Technology Challenge. We will also have teams competing in the solar powered boats, CO2 dragsters, push carts and the sumo wrestling robotics competition. School uniform The cold weather has arrived just in time for the Gympie show. Reminder that jackets are available to purchase from the office. The school jackets are both warm and wind resistant. The cost of the jackets is $30.00. Please see the ladies in the office for your child’s jacket. Below are a list of revised prices for our school uniforms.

Updated Uniform Costs • School Polo Shirts $32.00 • Microfibre Shorts $18.00 • Girls Blouse $24.00 • Boys Formal Shirt $27.00 • Hat $10.00 • School Jacket $30.00 • Tracksuit pants $25.00

Tennis coaching Mr Brett Cotrill will not be available for coaching this week however we will still have a hit at the tennis courts from 3:15pm for our juniors and 4:00pm for our more experienced. Mr Cotrill has left behind some basic drills that the students can practice. Providing we will have good weather for the rest of the term Mr Cotrill will be available every Friday afternoon. New Year 6 shirts You may have noticed a few students in year 6 and staff walking around in a newly designed t-shirt. Thank you to Ms Mawhinney who has organised these shirts and the very talented year 6 students who designed them. Camp Draft Reminder that the camp draft is on the 11-13th of May. We are still looking for more helpers. If you are able to give up some of your time on the weekend to help the P and C it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Renai on 0404404357. The fundraising team are also requesting baked goods to sell over the weekend. If this is possible please either contact Renai on the above number or drop the baked goods down at the Atthow Pavillion on the Friday evening or the Saturday morning. Thank you in advance.

Cross Country Good luck to all of our cross country runners who will be competing next Tuesday the 8th of May.

Principal’s Report Cont..

Curriculum at home Helping to develop number sense. Number sense essentially refers to a student’s “fluidity and flexibility with numbers,” (Gersten & Chard, 2001). He/ she has sense of what numbers mean, understands their relationship to one another, is able to perform mental maths, understands symbolic representations, and can use those numbers in real world situations. Number sense is important because it encourages students to think flexibly and promotes confidence with numbers. Students come to understand that numbers are meaningful and outcomes are sensible and expected (Burns, 2007). Conversely, students who lack a strong number sense have trouble developing the foundation needed for even simple arithmetic much less more complex maths. Below are a list of ideas that may support your child learn and strengthen their number sense and understanding of mathematics.

• Mathematics today is about understanding and fluency but it is also about problem solving and reasoning, not learing by rote.

• Saying "I was bad as maths too" is one of the worst things you can do as it lowers their own expectations of themselves. • There is always more than one way to get the right answer. Allow your child to explore other possible ways to solve an equation but get them to justify their thinking and if there is a misconception, then help your child work through that. Sometimes it is great to explain how you solve problems as it may give them another strategy that will work. • Children are taught mental strategies, like using number lines , to figure problems out in their heads, partitioning numbers or ever compensating numbers so that the numbers become easier to add or take away. • Ask "What is the question asking you?" • Practice the times tables, rainbow facts, doubles, near doubles as these are great foundations to build on. • Don't jump in with the answers. Allow your child some time to think through a problem. • Stay positive. • Talk to the teacher if your child needs more help as we know if we all work together students’ academic growth is much greater.

Boyd Mclean / Principal -

Kilkivan State School � 6 Council Street / Kilkivan Qld 4600 ℡ 5487 3333 | � bvmac0@eq.edu.au

A huge thank you to all families that are keeping up to date with their Student Resource Scheme Payments. It’s a small price to pay for all the wonderful resources that you children are receiving. Lost property is piling up again! Can parents please check through our collection for any missing items. Thank You Karen & Angie

OFFICE NEWS

We want your Batteries In an effort to raise funds for the P&C we have arranged a collection point at the Kilkivan Rural Store for Used Lead Acid Batteries from trucks, cars, motorcycles & and ride-on mowers. We will be selling these batteries to a recycling centre to go towards annual fundraising for the P&C. Your effort & generosity will be much appreciated.

Volunteer Call Out! The P&C are catering for the Kilkivan Camp Draft on Saturday 12th & 13th May at the Kilkivan Showgrounds. Your help will be much appreciated. Please contact Tiana for details. Tiana: 0448 583 291 Thank you. Selina Hill - President P & C Association

ICY CUPS

Year 7

HPV NEWS

The Year 6 class will be selling Icy Cups every Wednesday at morning tea in the 3-6 eating area for only 50cents! We are trying to raise money for our junior team to enter into the Pushcarts Category at this years Maryborough Technology Challenge. Please support us and bring along 50cents every Wednesday so that you can enjoy an Icy Cup and also help us with this fundraiser. Thank you Year 6 Class

ASSESSMENT CALENDARS

HPV Team

Craft Stall

Check out the amazing craft and buy a gift for someone you love. When: Week 3 second-break at playtime Where: Outside the library Prices: Nothing over $7.00

P&C NEWS

4 English Continued monitoring of spelling, grammar, punctuation & reading comprehension

5 English Continued monitoring of spelling, grammar,

punctuation & reading comprehension

Japanese Check Date – Self Introduction Speech

6 English Continued monitoring of spelling, grammar,

punctuation & reading comprehension

5 Japanese Check Date – Self Introduction Speech

Maths Exam Unit 3 - Friday

7 History Draft: Research Task: Significant Viking

individual. Investigate Leif Ericson (c.970 to c.1020) & how he was influenced by the beliefs & values of Viking Society.

Year 8

4 Maths House and Land Assessment – Due Tuesday

5 Science Radioisotope Assessment Due - Friday

Year 9

Year 10

4 Maths Graphmatica Assessment Due – Thursday (10A group)

5 Science Chemistry isn’t Magic - Exam (Thursday)

6 Maths Graphmatica Assessment Due – Thursday

(10BC group)

KINDY NEWS

Playing our part to build a national picture of child health In early 2018, our school, along with thousands of others across the country will begin preparations for the fourth Australian Early Development Census (AEDC). The AEDC measures five key areas of development in children during their first year of full-time school to build a national picture of health and wellbeing. Since 2009, the census results have helped communities, schools and governments plan services and target support for children and families. Teachers are trained to assess each child and answer questions. Children don’t need to be present so no class time is missed, and parents/carers don’t need to supply schools with any new information for the census. Teachers’ individual assessments are then analysed by the AEDC and reported as anonymous groups of children in the final report. We used the results to support … In other communities across the country, census results have helped communities to plan new playgrounds and parental services; schools are seeing improved student performance through new literacy programmes; and governments are using the results as evidence to develop better policies for children. Teachers have also noticed practical benefits in the classroom. Some said in previous years that completing the assessments made them more aware of the needs of individual children and the class as a whole. Others reported that the census results are useful in planning for transitions to Year 1 and for developing class programs. Participation in the AEDC is voluntary. Parents/carers don’t need to take any action unless they choose not to include their children in the census. To find out more about the census and how communities are using the data to help children and families visit the AEDC website: www.aedc.gov.au.

EARLY DEVELOPMENT CENSUS

Gympie Show Kilkivan Kindy are looking for volunteers to help out at the Gympie Show, 17, 18 & 19 May. Helpers will receive a free 3-day pass. Please contact Krystal on 0409011192 if you can help. Thank you Krystal Mayne Kindy President

HPE NEWS

Term 2 is up and running and so far it has been a busy start. We had 3 boys from Year 6 represent Gympie Zone Basketball at the Wide Bay trials, in which they played exceptionally well. Next week we have 25 students selected to compete in the Gympie Sport Cross Country. We wish them all the best at the trials. Our new tennis courts have been a great success with students utilising this facility in school ours with the high school students teaching Preppies tennis and it has been great to coach our netball team on a proper court. This term in PE we are practicing for our athletics carnival which will be held at the end of term. This week we have learnt specialised techniques for long jump and we had one student nearly jump 5m’s which is nearly to the end of our pit. We will continue to practice this event along with others so it is really important that students bring their broad brimmed hat, drink bottle and appropriate shoes and clothing.

Photo Gallery

Our Year 6 class wearing their new Polo Shirts. Awesome job for designing such a neat looking Shirt!!

Congratulations to the HPV Team for participating in the 6 hour Bundy Sprint HPV Challenge.

Congratulations Sofia, Justin and Taj for receiving this weeks $5 Tuckshop Vouchers.

Congratulations Ruby and Summer 75 nights of Reading, Sofia and Jorell for 25 nights of Reading, Chloe, Isla, Annie-May and Wyatt for passing Level 1 Reading and Talen for 25 nights of Reading.

Photo Gallery

Congratulations Chloe for knowing all the golden words, Mia for knowing all the first high frequency works and James and Blake for completing their goal charts.

Congratulations Ash for the effort you put into all classwork, Natarlis for working on your resume writing skills,,lane for being brave and organising your work experience over the phone, Melissa for bravely drumming at Anzac ceremonies, Kane and Charlotte for achieving 100% on your Japanese Number Quiz, Tybuddah for trying really hard in maths, Layla for moving up reading levels, Shontahla for having a great attitude, Rachel for showing great respect during our school ANZAC service, Ruby and Cheyenne for consistent top marks in Spelling, for being a supportive friend and being an excellent choir member, Macey for giving 100% in all tasks, Audrey for producing beautiful neat work and Le’Bron for putting in a great effort in all lessons last week..

What’s On Locally

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