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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

SCHOOL RULES

5C TIP OF THE WEEK

Our School Rules are:

Be safe

Be responsible

Be respectful

Staying Safe at the Tennis/

Netball courts

Use courts at playtime for

tennis, netball or handball only

Nets and fences are not for

leaning or climbing on

Co-operation

Be a team player by:

Encouraging your team mates

Trying your best

Doing your part of the work

Holland Park State School

59 Abbotsleigh St, Holland Park,

Qld, 4121

Ph: (07) 3421 6222

Fax: (07) 3421 6200

Student Absences: (07) 3421 6260

Email: [email protected]

SCHOOL CALENDAR

15

June

Prep Science Show and

Workshop

14-

16

June

Year 5 Mapleton Camp

20

June

Senior Sports Day (main events)

22

June

Senior Sports Day (800m and presentations)

SCHOOL WATCH - 13 17 88

Important Messages:

Please now collect your late

slips at the old finance window

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Reporting

We are almost at the end of first semester and we will soon

be issuing written reports of your children’s progress in all

our key learning areas. The report you receive will give the

standard your child has achieved across five levels. It is

important to note that the rankings assigned to each key

learning area are not issued to match a bell curve. Rather,

before the process of teaching a unit of learning has begun,

teachers plan their assessment, and in so doing decide what

a student needs to demonstrate to gain an “A”, a “B” or a

“C” and so on. Teachers do this work together to ensure that

there is consistency across the year level, and indeed across

the school, in making the judgements which you will find in

your child’s report. While we seek consistency, it is

important to note that one student’s “C” may not be quite

the same as another’s. One student may have a “C” that is

on the cusp of “B” while another student’s “C” might be on

the cusp of a “D”. The best person to consult in regards to

this is your child’s teacher.

Five rankings, A to E, or their equivalent in the younger

years, do not tell the whole story. As a parent of a primary

student, I was always much more interested in the

assessment of my child’s effort. If a child is really applying

him or herself to reasonable capacity, then what more can

we ask? If, however, you believe that your child could do

better and the reasons for this are not evident, then we do

have people within the school with whom you might like to

talk. First and foremost is your child’s teacher. However, we

also have the chairs of our Special Needs and Gifted and

Talented Committees, Mimi Fites and Gail Young

respectively. In addition, our Guidance Officer, Steve

Reinke, is also available for consultation.

For other matters you may want to contact me or one of my

deputies. While, of course, I have responsibility for all

aspects of the school, I share the day to day management of

classroom issues with the deputy principals. In this, Edward

Danielewski manages Prep and Year 6, Gail Young, Years 2

and 4, while I have the Years 1, 3 and 5.

MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

One School Report Cards

Teachers are currently completing the semester 1 class reports for every child in the school. The

reports are comprehensive and provide you with an assessment of your child’s progress in the various

subjects studied this first semester. The reports will be available via Q Parents on Thursday 22 June

2017.

Parents who want a report card with a distribution of achievement indicating the spread of A to E’s in

that year’s cohort can request an electronic copy or paper copy using the email address as follows:

[email protected]

I am aware that teachers have had interviews earlier this semester to discuss the children’s progress

and following this initial progress report there ought to be no surprises on the report card.

Nevertheless, where necessary, teachers will arrange interviews regarding some students; parents

also may request an interview.

Please take the opportunity to read the report with your child and discuss its contents, focus on

success and consider ways of improving in areas requiring attention.

Chess Team Success

Congratulations to our 15 chess players who participated in Tuesday’s chess tournament on their

success.

Over 266 students from a range of schools attended this tournament at Churchie and one of our

teams came First in the division B competition. Well done to our chess players. Under Mrs Schilg’s

guidance chess has continued to grow with a strong membership.

Early Departures-Holidays

If you plan to leave on holidays before the end of the school term it is important that you notify the

school office regarding your intentions.

Year 5 on Camp

We wish our year 5 students and their accompanying teachers well when they set off on their annual

camp to Mapleton on the Sunshine Coast in the second half of next week. The camp provides for a

wide range of challenging activities, taking children out of their comfort zone in a controlled manner,

and encouraging them to grow in character and confidence.

Regards

Edward Danielewski

Deputy Principal

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Kokoda Challenge Brisbane

In a great display of student leadership, Joel H. and Eric G. led a school team in the Kokoda

Challenge Brisbane. Out of 52 school teams we came a very creditable 5th. Thank you to Matt

Gibney who took part with our students.

Cold and Flu Season

With the cooler weather now upon us, it is cold and flu season. While students’ education is very

important, it is also important that students remain at home to recover from any virus and stop the

spread of the virus by close contact with their friends and also school staff. Please see the attached

information sheet from Queensland Health.

Anthony Gribbin

Principal

COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER

(1) QParents – Remember to sign up for

QParents if you haven’t already registered. This

will be the only way to view student report

cards. QParents is a well-established program

that allows you to keep in touch with the

school, i.e. advising the office of any absences,

changing addresses, medical conditions,

etc. Please email me if you have any queries.

(2) Prep Enrolments for 2018 – Please bring

your 2018 Catchment and/or Sibling prep

enrolment forms into the admin office as soon

as possible. If you already have siblings at

school, remember to bring an original birth

certificate or passport with your application.

For new catchment enrolments, please don’t

forget to bring a birth certificate or passport

and proof of residency documents with your

application. If you have any queries regarding

enrolments, please don’t hesitate to contact

me.

Karen Oliver

Email: [email protected]

PHILOSOPHY WITH YR6

KOKODA CHALLENGE

On the 6th of June, 2016, more than 15 Holland

Park State School students went to Churchie to

participate in the interschool chess tournament.

The second Holland park team came first in the

B division however no other Holland park teams

made it onto the leader boards. Holland Park

had one team in the premiers tournament, and

3 teams in the B division. This was a very

successful day filled with fun.

Joel H

6KD

On the 3rd of June Mr. Gibney, Eric G and myself

participated in the Kokoda challenge Brisbane.

This event started at 8 o’clock and we finished

just after half past ten giving our team a time of

2hrs 32mins. Our team came 5th out of 52 school

teams and 9th out of 92 other teams that

participated in this 15km hike. Our team was

also the first primary school across the finish

line. If I had to sum up

the entire event in one

word it would be

“amazing”.

Joel H

6KD

In Philosophy in 6SE, we have been learning

about counter-examples. We decided to

challenge the generalisation that “all beautiful

people are happy.” Here are some of our ideas:

“Being beautiful can make you self-conscious.

You might think you have to be perfect and that

makes you worry about your looks even more.”

Charli

“You might think that you only have friends

because you’re beautiful and that might make

you sad.” Tia

“Celebrities might be beautiful but if they can’t

get away from the paparazzi, they won’t be

happy!” Ruby

“Who decides what beautiful is?”

the group responded:

“How you are raised matters- your experiences.”

Jemma

“Some people make you change your idea

because you don’t want to be different.” Max

“Some people are scared to have a different idea

- they’re afraid to not be liked.” Amanda

Emma concluded with:

“When you’re content with your life, you’ll be

happy. Beauty plays no part.”

Is she right? What do you think?

Samantha Everett M.Ed, B.Ed

INTERSCHOOL CHESS

Statements have recently been emailed to all

families. Some families have credits on their

account. Please carefully read you statement as

you may have a credit balance. There will be a

small “-“ in front of the credit amounts.

Please do not pay this amount. The credits may

be utilised against future excursions. Please

state on the permission form that you would like

to use credits from your account.

Thank you

Val Foster

A03 Finance Officer

FINANCE

mailto:[email protected]

HPE WITH MR WALKER

Senior Sports Day House Challenge

Tuesday 20th June (main events)

Thursday 22nd June (800m and presentations)

The Sports Day House Challenge will be held in Week 10 Tuesday 20th and Thursday 22nd.

Please see the attached program for this event. All parents/carers are welcome to come along.

We look forward to sharing this active and fun day with you!

The preparations for Sports Day are well underway and we have had a fantastic response to

the time trials with 232 times recorded for 200m and 118 times recorded for 800m. What a

great effort from all of our sprinters and students that assisted and supported their House

mates at each of the trials. Please ensure that all students are well hydrated, use sun screen

and follow any medical management plans. Go Bowen, Go Lavarack, Go Wilson!

AFL Trials

U12 Girls 20th June

Please see Mr Walker for trial information. [email protected]


Sports Day Program—2017

11.45am Students to assemble on the main oval in their house areas

11.50am Session Two to commence.

Session Two Tuesday 20th June 11:50am SHOT PUT AND LONG JUMP FINALS THE TOP FOUR STUDENTS FROM EACH HOUSE FOR

EACH AGE GROUP WILL COMPETE IN THE FINALS (PRELIMINARY FINALS HAVE BEEN COM-

PLETED DURING PE LESSONS)

Shot Put Records

Long Jump Records

Start of Sprint finals

End of Session Two at 1.10pm (approx.)

LUNCH BREAK

LONG JUMP SHOT PUT

Start

Time Age Group Start

Time Age Group

11.45am* 9 Years Boys 2008 11.45am* 9 Years Girls 2008

10 Years Boys 2007 10 Years Girls 2007

11 Years Boys 2006 11 Years Girls 2006

12Years Boys 2005 12 Years Girls 2005

12.30 – 5 MIN BREAK FOR CHANGEOVER

Start

Time Age Group Start

Time Age Group

12.30pm* 9 Years Girls 2008 12.30pm* 9 Years Boys 2008

10 Years Girls 2007 10 Years Boys 2007



BOYS AGE GIRLS

2001 Jamie Crowther 10.27 m

(1kg) 9 Years 1998 Angelina Marinos 8.83 (1kg)

2000 Kava Huke Huke 9.21m 10 Years 1996 Danica Tardiani 6.73m

2001 Kava Huke Huke 10.27 m

(2kg) 11 Years 1998 Jessica McGoldlrick 8.93m (2kg)

2002 Kava Huke Huke 12.80m

(3kg) 12 Years 1999 Jessica McGoldrick 8.80m (3kg)

BOYS AGE GIRLS 2000 Jonathan Ereaut 3.42m 9 years 2002 Louisa Lee 3.04m

2008 Adam Sas 3.82m 10 years 1994 Cortney Thomson 3.48m

1993 Benson Stanfield 3.98m 11 years 2000 Elizabeth Sanders 3.90m

1992 Ian Furber 4.65m 12 years 1999 Chelsea Pennington 3.91m

1.55pm Students to assemble on the main oval in their house areas.

2.00pm Session Three to commence

HPE WITH MR WALKER CONT’D

Sports Day Program—2017 11.45am Students to assemble on the main oval in their house areas

11.50am Session Two to commence.

Session Two Tuesday 20th June 11:50am

House Challenges Bonus 5 points per event

Tug-o-war

Strongest team gets the House points single illumination random draw

Year 4 boys Bowen, Lavarack, Wilson

Year 4 girls Bowen, Lavarack, Wilson





Bean Bag Toss

Teams compete against each other at the same time. The team that has the most bean bags

in the basket gets the House points

30 seconds rounds x 3 rounds each







Mer-kolap

(Indigenous game)

Teams compete against each other to collect the most amount of points







Sack races

(no points)








SPORTS DAY PROGRAM – 2017

1.55pm Students to assemble on the main oval in their house areas.

2.00pm Session Three to commence

Session three Tuesday 20th June 2.00pm

Event Age group Event School Record

1. 9 Years Boys 2008 100 Metre Final 1992 Jay Anderson 11.86secs 80m

2. 9 Years Girls 2008 100 Metre Final 1995 Elizabeth Brodie 11.63secs 80m

3. 10 Years Boys 2007 100 Metre Final 2000 Sam Carson 14.44 5secs

4. 10 Years Girls 2007 100 Metre Final 1995 Renee McDonald 15.21secs

5. 11 Years Boys 2006 100 Metre Final 2014 James Metcalfe 14.00secs

6. 11 Years Girls 2006 100 Metre Final 2014 Bridie Webber 14.49secs

7. 12 Years Boys 2005 100 Metre Final 1992 Ian Furber 13.05secs

8. 12 Years Girls 2005 100 Metre Final 1995 Rania Khalil 14.53secs

Event Year Level Group Event

9. Year 4 Boys 4 x 100 Metre Re-

lay Shuttle Relay

10. Year 4 Girls 4 x 100 Metre Re-

lay Shuttle Relay


lay Shuttle Relay


lay Shuttle Relay


lay Shuttle Relay


lay Shuttle Relay

Javelin throw

(no points)








DAY TWO - THURSDAY 22nd JUNE 8.55am 11.00am

THURSDAY 22nd TROPHY PRESENTATION 10am

Event Age group Event School Record

9 Years Boys 2005 800 Metre Final 1999 Sam Carson 2 min.08.27mins

600

9 Years Girls 2005 800 Metre Final 1999 Jill Dwyer 2 mins.18.7mins 600

10 Years Boys 2004 800 Metre Final 2006 Aaron Oatway Booth 2.45 mins

10 Years Girls 2004 800 Metre Final 2000 Jill Dwyer 3.05.87 mins

11 Years Boys 2003 800 Metre Final 2002 Chris Sanders 2 min 43.80 mins

11 Years Girls 2003 800 Metre Final 2000 Elizabeth Sanders 2.58 mins

12 Years Boys 2002 800 Metre Final 2006 Matt Carr 2.32 mins

12 Years Girls 2002 800 Metre Final 2006 Michaela Jacks 2.50 mins

13 Years Boys 2001 800 Metre Final 1993 Matthew Ashby 2.41 mins

13 Years Girls 2001 800 Metre Final 1993 Georgia Bushell 3.00 mins

Event Category Trophy

1. First Four place getters Athletics Ribbons

2. Champion Athletes Age group Boys &

Girls

3. Champion Boys House Shield

4. Champion Girls House Shield

5. Champion House Hiley-Hooper Shield


Year 6 students have been selected and provided with the opportunity to participate in weekly

training meetings to prepare for mathematical quizzes.

Weekly, students work in teams and are skilfully taught by Mrs Williams HPSS Numeracy intervention

teacher and Mr Jonathan Campbell year 6 teacher. Students engage in important mathematical

concepts at these training sessions. The students are taught major strategies as they develop

flexibility for problem solving.

This lunch time activity stimulates enthusiasm and enjoyment of mathematics. Students involved

were required to complete a maths quiz individually on the following date 16 May 2017 and will also

participate individually on the following dates with a math quiz : 13 June ,25 July, 16 August, 6

September

We wish all students success with Maths Olympiads and thank Mrs Williams and Mr Campbell for

their involvement in the training of the students.

We have included one of the problems from the training session for you to view and try to solve.

MATHS OLYMPIAD PROBLEM SOLVING

MATHS OLYMPIAD PROBLEM SOLVING CONT’D

HOLLAND PARK PIANO STUDENTS ACHIEVE DISTINCTIONS

Keyboardkidz, one of Brisbane’s leading piano schools, recently had a few of its students sit for

piano exams at the end of Term 1. Congratulations to the following students learning at Holland

Park State School for their stellar results:

Well done to all participants for having a go and doing so well. If your child is interested in learning

piano, Keyboardkidz runs lessons out of Holland Park State School. Visit Keyboardkidz.com.au to

book your two free trial lessons.

If you have any further queries, don’t hesitate to let me know.

Kind regards,

Lewis Jones | Office Assistant

Student Exam Result

Neri S Elementary Exam - Contemporary Distinction

Joseph C Preparatory Exam - Contemporary Distinction

Example 1

Each letter in the following cryptarithm represents a different digit from the others.

What is the greatest value that WHAT can have?

Gail Young

Acting Deputy Principal &

Stephanie Williams

Intervention Teacher

On Tuesday, Holland Park State School went to Churchie to compete in an Inter – School Chess

Competition.

Twenty-two of our students competed against 266 students from other schools. It was the first time

for some of our students, who competed really well.

Holland Park 1

Sidney M, Joel H (Chess Captain), Toby H, Eli M

These boys played up in the Premier division, it was a very

competitive comp, the best of the best. They did very well

and showed great sportsmanship.

Lea-Anne Schilg

Chess Co-ordinator

HOLLAND PARK STATE SCHOOL CHESS TEAMS

P&C

It's Tuckshop Cook-Up Time!

Our tuckshop cooked meals are so popular that we're ready for another cook-up!

If you would like to help cook our next lot of tuckshop meals and you've available from 12:30pm -

2:30pm next Tuesday 13th June, please let us know by dropping us a line at

[email protected]

Volunteers chefs will be preparing:

Gluten and dairy free fried rice

Gluten and dairy free butter chicken

Gluten free chicken & bacon carbonara

Vegetarian stir fry with rice

Thank you to the volunteers who have assisted in the past with cooking up these popular dishes for

our school community!

Building Fund Donation Request

Working with the school, the P&C is undertaking a review of the old dental building near the school

oval. We envisage that the additional, transformed space will allow the school’s existing programs to

extend both in capacity and imagination across multiple disciplines including arts, music, performance

and science. We also hope that this space will allow an increase in the capacity for Out of School

Hours Care.

The work planned is budgeted to cost $25,000 and this year we’ll be using donations to the HPSS P&C

Building Fund to fund this. By now you may have received your invitation to contribute via the

classroom, class parent rep, or perhaps you've seen it on Facebook. Just in case you haven't, a copy

has been attached to this newsletter for your convenience.

In order to receive your tax receipt for this financial year, be sure to have your donation in by

Monday 26th June to receive a tax receipt for this financial year. Tax receipts will be issued via your

child’s classroom.

Thank you to those who have already made their donation - your contribution is valued and

appreciated!

If you have any questions please drop us an email on

[email protected].

All families who contribute before 30 June 2017 will also go into the

draw to win a $200 voucher from The Athletes Foot.



Jnr Snr

2CS 100% 5EB 79%

PTS 70% 4KJ 76%

PJC 60% 6JC 71%

2HB 59% 6KD 70%

1MG 38% 5GO 68%

P&C

Active School Travel

Scooter skills training - starts next week!

To help with safe scooting, Active School Travel is bringing Scooter Skills Training to years prep to 3

in the last week of term 2:

Friday 16 June - Year 3

Wednesday 21 June - Year 2

Thursday 22 June - Prep

Friday 23 June - Year 1

Students are asked to bring their own scooter and helmet if they have them. Spare scooters will be

available on the day. You should have already received your information/permission slip from your

child's teacher. Please contact the office if you need another copy, and remember to return the

completed form to the office as soon as possible.

Scooter and bike skills training is supported by Brisbane City Council and the Department of Transport

and Main Roads Community Road Safety Grants.

Remember to check Facebook regularly for updates.

The Active School Travel working group is currently working on sourcing sponsors for future reward

gifts for students as well as seeking community supporters for special events during the year. If you

wish to join our AST working group or are involved with a business that can benefit from being

involved in our AST program, please let us know by emailing: [email protected]

Road Safety education coming soon!

AST is also bringing road safety to years 4 to 6 in last week of term 2. The RACQ Streets Ahead

Program provides age-appropriate presentations on passenger, pedestrian and bicycle safety. More

information is available at: https://www.racq.com.au/cars-and-driving/safety-on-the-road/educational

-programs/primary-school-program

The RACQ Streets Ahead Program is supported by Brisbane City Council.

Keep an eye out in term 3 for bike skills training for years 4 to 6, and the Streets Ahead Program for

prep to year 3.

Congratulations to this week's AST Class Winners:


https://www.racq.com.au/cars-and-driving/safety-on-the-road/educational-programs/primary-school-program

https://www.racq.com.au/cars-and-driving/safety-on-the-road/educational-programs/primary-school-program

Cyber-Safety Parent Information Sessions

Date Claimer - 20 & 21 July 2017

As part of the roll-out of the P&C funded iPads for classrooms and Robotics Club, the P&C are proud to

present Cyber-Safety Parent Information Sessions to provide parents with important information to

help navigate the ever-changing world of technology.

Our speaker, Brett Lee, is a former Queensland Police Office who spent 16 of his 22 years on the force

as a Detective in the field of Child Exploitation. Brett has been personally involved in online

investigations, arrests and prosecutions of offenders whose medium for preying on children was the

internet. He believes the key to protecting the most vulnerable people in our society, our children,

from online dangers is education and will offer simple but important information to help parents with

online safety. You don't have to be an internet whiz to know how to keep your

children safe online!

These free sessions are available to HPSS parents on either the evening of Thursday

20th or Friday 21st July. Be sure to put the dates in your diary NOW so you don't

miss this important opportunity!

Further details will be provided early next term.

Estee Lauder Company - VIP Sales Event

Saturday 22 July

Feedback from previous Estee Lauder VIP events has suggested that the end of the year rush makes

it difficult for families to attend this event in November, so we've moved it forward!

The Estee Lauder Company Corporate Store will now be open to HPSS VIPs on 22nd July from

10am until 4pm! This store is not open to the public and products are significantly discounted!

Visitors will have access to skincare, nail care, make-up, men's and women's fragrances, and gift

packs from brands including Estee Lauder, Clinique, M.A.C, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone, La Mer, Tom

Ford, Coach, Aveda, Aramis and designer fragrances.

Ticket details will be available soon, in the meantime be sure to put the date in your diary and tell

your friends and family! You can bring as many friends as you wish, provided they all have

tickets. Stay tuned for further details.

Next P&C General Meeting

26 July 2017

7:30pm

School Library

Planning Ahead…

We are still in search of convenors in preparation for 2018. Remember there is always plenty of

support for every P&C event and check-lists are available to make things easier for new

convenors. The P&C Executive and Members are always available to lend a hand and offer support

and are only an email or phone call away at any time!

Processes and systems are in place for our ongoing events in order to make sure organising future

events is simple for future convenors. If you think you may be able to be a convenor or assist the

convenor for any P&C event in 2018 it is a good idea to flag it with the P&C early so that you may be

able to 'shadow' this year's convenor to get a feel for things. This is a great way to find out what is

involved before committing! Let us know by emailing us at [email protected].

If you haven't joined up yet, it is NEVER too late. Download your Membership Application form from

the school website: https://hollparkss.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/PandC and bring it with you to the

next meeting. Application forms are also available at each meeting. New Members ALWAYS

Welcome!


https://hollparkss.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/PandC

COMMUNITY NEWS

TUCKSHOP

TUCKSHOP ALWAYS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

IF YOU’RE AVAILABLE ONCE A MONTH FROM 9AM—11:30AM

PLEASE CONTACT MELISA ON 0408628800 BY TEXT WITH YOUR DETAILS

Tuckshop no longer accepts bags over the counter.

All orders must be made online.

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