Welcome

Welcome back to another term. I hope

that everyone had a terrific break and

had some time to do something special

with your family. I have heard many

holiday stories and it sounds like some of

you had a very busy few weeks.

Grants

Over the holidays I applied for a number

of grants for our school. We have been

lucky enough to receive a Sporting

Schools grant which is going to help

cover the costs of having some dance

lessons at school and I am also trying to

get some Oztag coaching too.

We have also received a STEM grant for

$9000, which will go towards our school

camp. This grant will cover additional

activities such as 3D printing, robotics

and coding activities in Brisbane.

Trait of the Week

This term we have introduced a trait of

the week. These traits are life skills which

our students need to help them be

successful learners. Each class will talk

about the weekly trait and complete

activities. Then each Monday students

will be awarded on parade for

demonstrating the trait in class or in the

playground.

This weeks trait is: Positive Attitude

Prac Student

We welcome Brianna Cook to our school.

She will be completing her practical for

university in the prep room each Tuesday

for this term. I am sure she will

thoroughly enjoy her time with Mrs Scott

and the Preps.

SPORT:

District Athletics

This Friday the 21st we will be hosting

the district athletics carnival. All

students will be participating in this

day, with the older students rotating

through their events while the

students under 8 will participate in

some fun rotations. All students

regardless of age will compete in a

sprint. We look forward to having lots

of parents on the side line cheering

our students on.

Cross Country

Congratulations to Tarah who

represented Wide Bay at the State

Cross Country trials over the weekend

in Brisbane. Tarah did exceptional

well and placed 38 out of 61

competitors.

Softball

Good luck to Connor who will be

representing Wide Bay in

Toowoomba next week for the State

Softball trials. I am sure you will

compete with enthusiasm and

sportsmanship.

Big Day Out

On the 28th of July our year 4-6

students will participate in the Big

Day Out. This is a excellent yearly

event which brings students together

from a range of schools to participate

in different activities to build life

skills. This year students will be

travelling to Cania for the day. A

permission note will be sent home

and needs to be returned before the

28th.

Thursday 20 July 2017

CALENDAR

July

20 - NRL School Visit

14 - Monto District

Athletics

28 - Big Day Out, Yr 4-6

August

2 - NB Track & Field—

Childers

14 - Show Holiday (no

school)

15 - NB Cricket—Gayndah

23 - WB Track & Field—

Childers

31 - Arts Council—Monto

September

1– School Disco

8– Year 7 transition day

(yr 6 students)

10-12 -WB Cricket—

Bundaberg

October

23-27—Year 4 –6 Camp

Monto State School

3 Leichhardt Street

Monto Qld 4630

Week 2 Trait—Positive Attitude

Week 3 Trait—Accountability

Actions we will see at school:

Students arriving to school happy

and saying good morning to staff

and students

Students who ask questions in

class about their learning

Playing the interacting with

others at school in a safe and

friendly manner

Attempting school work and

seeking help when it is required

Students who smile and are

friendly

Actions we will see at school:

Students who are organised and

start the day ready to learn

Students who take responsibility

for their own actions

Students who are honesty

Students who remember to bring

all equipment is school

(homework & musical

instruments)

Check out all the changes happening around our

school!

Our year 1/2s and Miss Woods are all settled into

their new room and loving the extra space they

now have.

Our Prep class are enjoying their new room

and loving their outdoor learning space.

D J Steel were very busy over the holidays cleaning up our drainage problem by removing the

trees and putting in a new drain. They also removed the wall that divided the year 5/6

rooms which has made a massive difference to our teaching and learning zone.

Parade Awards—Term 3, Week 2

Prep News GEOGRAPHY

THIS TERM OUR FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO

LOOKING AT OUR LOCAL PLACES AND

THEIR FEATURES. WE WILL BE LOOKING

AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAPS,

DRAWING SIMPLE MAPS AND TALKING

ABOUT BIRDS-EYE VIEWS. WE WILL

ALSO BE DISCUSSING HOW SPACES CAN

BE USED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND

IDENTIFYING WHAT MAKES A PLACE

SPECIAL TO US AND WHY.

SOUNDS WORDS SOUNDS WORDS

A BIG FOCUS THIS TERM IS ON USING ALL

THE SOUNDS AND WORDS WE KNOW TO

BECOME INDEPENDENT READERS AND

WRITERS.

PLEASE REGUALARLY CHECK IN YOUR

CHILD’S READING FOLDER FOR NEW

WORDS AND BOOKS AND KEEP UP THE

GOOD WORK.

THINGS TO KEEP WORKING ON

Days of the week

High Frequency Words

All Letter names

Reciting the alphabet

Prep English

This term we are looking at Rhyme.

So…. this is a great time to bring back any of the old nursery rhymes you may be familiar

with and recite them with your child and see if they can recognise the rhyming words.

Some children get stuck with this so please persist. Gently remind them that it’s the end of

the word that has to sound the same. Even nonsense words are fine when making rhyme.

Great work with the number practice during the holidays. We can already see that some

children are making great connections between numbers, their names and counting.

A big focus this semester is on the idea of addition. The process of joining two groups

together to see how many altogether. This task is made easier for children to comprehend when using every day tasks. EG When setting the table — I have 3 plates and you have 2 how many do we have altogether? We need 4 chairs but there are only 3 here how many do we need to get? There are so many opportunities for you at home to put some simple

addition into practice so why not have a go for yourselves!

OUR RECENT AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE :

Hunter Zieth & Silas Mason for both showing a great

effort to write independently in the classroom.

Well done to all these great workers!

Year 1/2 Superstars Science

This term students will be investigating the day and night sky in different landscapes and the importance of conserving Earth’s resources. This fortnight:

weather conditions and

changes

farm and forest landscapes and

their features

The importance of water and

soil and how it is used

The weather and its effect on

different activities

Geography

This term students will be investigating places and their features. This fortnight:

personal places (bedroom,

playground, classroom)

Features of personal places

Local places (town)

Features or local places

Describing location and

position of features

Importance of features

Spelling and Sounds

Week 3: ‘ar’ ‘er’ ‘ir’

Week 4: ‘or’ ‘ur’

Remember to continue to review the Jolly Phonics sounds and sight words each night.

Literacy Information Texts

Students explore the purpose, structure and features of an information text

Students compare narratives and information texts

Creating interesting sentences using noun groups

Editing own work

Information text focus: Penguins and Ducks

Reading:

Decoding: “stretchy snake”

Comprehension: “Inferring”

Numeracy Number and Place Value

Number patterns

Representing and locating 2 and 3 digit numbers

Single digit and two digit addition

Split strategy

String of numbers

Students of the Week Oliver and Jamie-Rose

Year 2/3 Troops

MONTO DISTRICT

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

IS ON FRIDAY 21ST JULY

Week 2: ar, a

Week 3: s,ss,se,ce,x (ks)c

Week 2: Positive Attitude

Week 3: Accountability

ENGLISH

STAR STUDENTS!

Jasmine

Parfitt

Lana

Chapman-

Walker

Lillian

Hagan

Lucas

Stark

This term in English we are exploring Poetry. We are looking at many different types of

poems, including: narrative, humorous, scary, nonsense, informative and word play ones.

During this unit, the students will be required to analyse, re-write and present various

poems. They will also focus on rhyme and rhythm.

Grammar focus:

Revising antonyms (opposites) and synonyms (similar words)

Revising homophones (e.g blue, blew)

MATHS In Maths, we have been revising whole number concepts and

partitioning with 3 and 4 digit numbers. The Year 2 students

have been learning to solve addition sums that require

“trading”.

This week, we are comparing fractions and using them in a

number line.

TRAIT OF THE WEEK:

WELCOME TO TERM 3!

Year 4/5 Superstars Spelling Focus

* ar , a

* s, ss, se, ce, x(ks), c

Literacy Focus

* Multimodal Texts

* Examining features of

multimodal texts

Maths Focus:

Year 4 and 5

Identifying and representing numbers to 6 and 7 digits

Written strategies for addition and subtraction using place value

Multiplication and division fact families and extended facts

Multiplication and division using place value

Reminders

* Mrs Hockey will be

back in week 4

* Homework due Fridays,

except in weeks 2 and 3

homework is due

Thursday!!

A big thank you to Mrs Dent for helping out in the

classroom as our Teacher’s Aide for the past two weeks.

English Focus:

This term the students have been exploring different types of multimodal stories. They have been examining their text structure, language features, audio and visual features, characters, stereotypes and ethical dilemmas. With a little more investigation the students will choose an ethical dilemma that they will then plan a character and plot profile for, create a storyboard and then create a digital short story. Their short story will be approximately 8 to 16 frames that will run for about 30 to 60 seconds.

Geography:

Already this term the students have been learning about the cartographic conventions of maps using the term BOLTSS. We have looked at Europe and North America and where they are located, as well as their major countries and some human and environmental characteristics. In our most recent Geography lesson, we learnt about area reference and spatial distribution to describe and represent the location of human and environmental characteristics.

Year 5/6 Champs

Maths Focus

Week 3 Week 4

Investigating income and expenditure Calculating percentage and discount

Investigating simple financial plans Interpreting simple maps

Connecting fractions, decimals and percentages Identifying location using alphanumeric grids

Identifying single Transformations

Holly- For writing a detailed and well planned

acrostic poem.

Brianna Smith– For creating an exceptional acrostic

poem with wonderful vocabulary and poetic features.

Reading Strategies:

Understanding text

structure—Poetry

Comprehension:

Authors Purpose

Riddle:

What runs

around a house

but doesn't

move? Welcome back to another term!

This term in English we will be studying poetry. The students have been revising the poetic features of a poem and

over the past two weeks have studied Odes and Anthems. They have also written some amazing acrostic poems,

some examples of these are on the next page.

In Science we have begun investigating how light travels. We have had some fantastic discussions about how we see

colour and how this changes if you are colour blind.

FENCE

Wk 3 Wk 4

Year 5 Prefixes —

‘semi’, ‘multi’,

‘peri’, ‘circ’ and

‘trans’

Words ending in

‘c’

Year 6 Hard and soft ‘g’ Prefixes — ‘in’,

‘non’, ‘pre’, ‘uni’,

‘bi’ and ‘tri’

Year 7 Latin roots: bene,

mal, ante-, post Greek and Latin

roots- magni, min, equ, omin

Good Luck at

Athletics on

Friday!!

Dixie my Calf— By Cooper

Dixie is the most devious little devil

I lover her with all my heart

Extremely beautiful

I hate you then I love you

Extremely playful sometimes even hateful.

Brumby—By Carrie

Black and grey shadow racing on the ground

Rumbling of the hooves make the mountains echo

Untamed, wild and free as they eat along the flats

Mares, fillies, colts and stallions gallop as fast like feral cats

Bay, roan, chestnut remember all the rest

You have got to love a brumby, they truly are the best.

Brumby My Horse—By Brianna

Best horse I have ever met

Round you up to see your face

Under the sun shine we gallop

Me and you will stick together

You will never dies, you’re just fine.

My life is yours

You and me will never fall

High we stand above the rest

Our love will never end, you’re the best

Rest of them doesn't matter you’re mine

See I told you, who cares if you’re a brumby

Exiled from the high country to my paddock.

Ricky my Horse—By Aylah

Really devious

Itching for mischief

Cheeky as a monkey

Kind and caring

You are my pony.

Dolphins—By Lilly

Devious as can be

Oceans as blue as the sky

Lovely and caring like a friend

Physical exercise needed to stay alive

Happy and fun like playing fun games

Intelligent and

Naughty, sometimes even cheeky you are

So beautiful I want to be your friend.

Wild Brumbies — By Kiralee

Windy wonderful creatures

Intelligent and graceful

Lovely, gorgeous and ghost like

Devious they are.

Brumbies in the high country

Right where they’re meant to be

Under the cover of the caves

Mercy, mercy they will say

Beneath the leaves of the autumn

Ill but beautiful

Endless love will never end

Such a friendship, never to be broken