Main Street Email: admin@montvilless.eq.edu.au Montville QLD 4560 Phone: 07 5452 1333 Website: www.montvilless.eq.edu.au

MONTVILLE VIEWS TOGETHER WE LEARN

6th December 2018

This is the last newsletter for 2018 and I am amazed how fast the school year has gone.

We still have many things on our calendar so we can close the doors

and celebrate a successful 2018.

Thank You Volunteers

Tomorrow – Friday 6th Dec we will be hosting a Volunteers Lunch for all of our fabulous volunteers that have helped out at the school.

We are truly blessed to have such amazing support and we look forward to continuing these relationships in 2019.

Maryanne and Agarta will be cooking with the year 2/3 class to prepare the food.

Christmas Performance

On Monday some students will be attending a religious instruction excursion over at the church where there will be a performance, a craft activity and light refreshments.

A permission slip is required to attend. Any student who does not wish to attend or is without a permission slip will be able to do an alternative art activity at school.

Awards Afternoon and Graduation

On Wednesday 12 December we will be holding our 2018 awards and graduation afternoon. This event will be held in the undercover area and will commence at 1:30. Mr Andrew Powell MP, Peter Jenson from Maleny and Blackall Range Lions, John

Watson from Montville Masonic Lodge and Mr Ian Russell will be in attendance to present awards. This is a chance to celebrate a successful 2018, present awards to students from all year levels and also wish our fantastic leaders all the best as they leave Montville State School and head off to their various high schools next year. All are welcome.

2019 Stationary Lists and Student Resource Scheme

Notices informing parents and families about the resource scheme and stationary requirements for 2019 have recently gone home.

Parents are being asked to purchase stationary requirements for the classrooms and then bring them on the first day of school.

Uniform Shop

The P&C will be opening the uniform shop on Friday 25 January from 9:30 am for anyone wanting to purchase uniforms.

Focus

This year our focus has been on Reading and Community Engagement and we will continue to pursue these priorities in 2019.

On behalf of the staff and students I would like to say thank you for your support, have a safe break and I look forward to seeing all students back safe and healthy on Tuesday 29 January next year.

Regards,

Adam

Adam Montgomery | Principal

From The Principal

Book Lists & Student Resource Scheme As you know there has been a change to the stationary arrangements for 2019. Our stationary lists indicate what is required for each year level in 2019. A

copy of the stationary list, SRS form and an SRS letter outlining the details of the scheme went home with your child last week, if you need one please come by the office or they are available on our website: https://montvilless.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Pages/Documents.aspx

Reminder Please complete

and return to the school office.

If you have any questions about the SRS, making payments or you would like a payment plan using centrepay please let me know. Staffing Update Welcome and thank you to Lisa Maudsley who works in the office on a Tuesday this term and to Blake Carlin our Technical Officer for your hard work on Mondays this term. If you have questions about anything at all I’d love to hear from you. Warm Regards Sally

Sally Allen A/Business Manager Art Gallery and Concert The art auction was a huge success.Thank you to all who supported this great night!

School Report Cards Students will receive their report cards on Wednesday 12 December 2018 via an automatic email where possible. Achievement is best measured against our own potential. Each person is unique with varying talents, skills and academic aptitude. Our school reports highlight progress across the whole semester and students are commended on their effort. Reports help us reflect and consider learning successes and goals for the future. DATE KEEPERS

Fri 7th Dec Volunteers Lunch

Wed 12th Dec Awards Celebration

Wed 12th Dec Graduation Dinner

Fri 14th Dec Last Day of Term 4

Tue 29th Jan First Day of Term 1 2019 Fundraising For Canberra Tour 2019

Bring your items to the studio (Shop 2/ 144 Main St across the road from the school)

Go and enjoy a coffee with the money you’ve saved

Pick them up in one hour looking brand new

Help the kids get to Canberra

Book Club

School News

From the Business Manager

What a busy term Year 5/6 have had!

English Term Overview This term year 6 looked at discussing and debating which book they preferred (Fantastic Mr Fox or the BFG) in the end it was very equal. Year 5 looked at comparing BFG (the movie and book). Both year levels combined their skills to have fun writing Sizzling Starts and sentences using patterns. Congratulations to everyone in the class for their hard work in this area of the term.

Mathematics Term Overview Students in both year levels have been developing their skills and use of co-ordinates and Cartesian Planes. We have been practicing our speed and accuracy with our number facts and we are trying hard to do 100 number facts in 6 minutes, which has helped the whole class to improve with their skills when solving number problems.

HASS Term Overview Year 5 have been closely looking at urban planning and the impact of humans and environmental issues that affect where, why and how people live where they do in the local and state. Year 6 has been exploring more global issues and have focussed on Human Rights, Child Rights, Citizenship and Migration/Emigration. We have enjoyed having interesting and sometimes animated discussions around these areas.

Science Term Overview Year 5 and 6 explored, investigated and experimented with Solids, Liquids and Gases and found out that Matter does Matter.

Yr 5/6 Class News

Special Events All students must be congratulated for their fantastic efforts for our ART GALLERY presentations. At the beginning of the term we worked with a local artist Cathy O’Brien who showed the group how to make felt. For our efforts we produced three pieces of work – one was sold at Auction and the other two are proudly hanging in the Administration/Library building for all visitors to see. The students also produced amazing pieces of art using techniques called Zentangles and Pop Art. For the Year 6 cohort the proud moment for them having input into the production of the wall mural at the end of B Block (Year 5/6) building. We have to sincerely thank Judith, Maryanne and Claire for their expertise and guidance in the preparation and creation of the amazing ongoing piece of art. Today was also a special day for some of our year 5 students who presented their School Captain speeches to students, staff and their parents. Good luck to each one of you – I know you all have the potential to undertake such a special responsibility. (Rebecca, Chinta, Jasmine, Eve, Ruby, John, Jakub and Nellie. Today also sees students sharing lunch (a pizza party) with our local member Andrew Powell, which our class had the pleasure of winning. Special mention should go to work created by Ben and Celine. Congratulation however must go to Jasmine Carroll was announced as the overall winner of the Christmas card entries. Well done and thank you to all students who participated. To all families I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and belief in your children – the work achieved this semester by everyone of the class is to be commended. To the 17 x year 6 students leaving Montville at the end of next week I would like to wish them every success next year as they start their journey through high school. Remember “Aim High”! Leigh Carter Year 5/6 teacher

5/6 Class News Continued

Sunshine Coast Libraries Summer Reading Club: https://bit.ly/2AaHv41

RSL fundraiser for restoration of Montville Town Hall WW1 Memorial. Chocolate for sale $5 per block. Available at School Office

Community Engagement:

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Calendar of Events - Term 4, 2018

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

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October 8

9 10 11 Newsletter

12 Uniform Shop

Kitchen Garden Yr2

13 14

2

15 16 17

18

19 Kitchen Garden

Yr3/4

20 Bunning

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22 Student Free

Day

23 24 25 Newsletter

Behaviour Team Meeting

26 Uniform Shop

World Teachers Day

Day 4 Daniel Kitchen Garden

Yr6

27 28

4

29

30 31 November 1 School Review P&C Meeting

Outdoor

Classroom Day

2 Small Schools Ball Games Mapleton

Kitchen Garden Prep/1

3 4

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5 6 7 Swimming

Lessons

8 Newsletter

9 Uniform Shop

Kitchen Garden Yr2/3

10 11

6

12 13 14 Swimming

Lessons Prep Transition

Morning

15 16 Kitchen Garden

Yr6

17 18

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19 20 21 Swimming

Lessons

22 Newsletter

Art Gallery &

Performances

23 Uniform Shop

Kitchen Garden Yr5

24 25

8

26 27 28 Swimming

Lessons

29 30 Small Schools

Swimming Carnival

Kitchen Garden Yr3/4

Dec 1 2

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3 4 5 Swimming

Lessons

6 Newsletter

7 Uniform Shop

Volunteer Lunch Kitchen Garden

Yr2/3

8 9

10

10 Uniting Church

RI Christmas Event

11 12 Swimming

Lessons Awards

Celebration 1:30pm

Grad Dinner

Report Cards

Home

13 Yr 6 Excursion

14 Last Day

Bring a Plate Picnic Day no KG

15 16

Calendar of Events - Term 1, 2019

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Week Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Week 1

28 Jan

28 Australia Day

Holiday

29 P&C Morning

Tea

30 31 1 2 Working

Bee 7-11 am

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Week 2

4 Feb

4 5 6 7 Newsletter

8 Uniform

Shop

9 10

Week 3

11 Feb

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Week 4

18 Feb

18 19 20 21 Newsletter

22 Uniform

Shop

23 24

Week 5

25 Feb

25 26 27 28 1 2 3 Clean Up Australia

Day

Week 6

4 March

4 5 6 7 Newsletter

8 Small

Schools Volley Ball

Uniform Shop

9 10

Week 7

11 March

11 12 13 14 15 National Day

Against Bullying

16 17

Week 8

18 March

18 19 Small Schools Cross Country

20 21 Newsletter

22 Uniform

Shop

23 24

Week 9

25 March

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Week 10

1 April

1 Open

Classroom Afternoon

2 3 4 Newsletter

5 Uniform

Shop

6 7