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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222. Email: [email protected]

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Dear Students, Parents/Caregivers and Friends

Thank you, Parents/Caregivers, for ensuring students were dressed in their blue and black school uniforms for school photo day! Only one shirt needed to be changed and half a dozen pairs of socks to be pushed down. There were no ‘milk moustaches nor peanut butter beards’ either. Congratulations Team Moura SS!

See further in the newsletter for information about school photos and how to order class photos if you have not already done so.

Another proud principal moment came on Parade on Monday while watching the choir singing in front of a very respectful and considerate audience. I look forward to this super audience behaviour at next week’s Community Concert. Watching the Choir sing, and Band perform, in front of Kianga Hall full of people is also going to be another proud principal moment.

Best wishes are extended to our Moura Mustangs AFL team as they head to Theodore tomorrow for the finals of the DV AFL competition. I had the pleasure of watching a few minutes of last week’s home game. There was team work, positional play, happy subbing in and out, playing on despite injuries, checking in with the coach, encouragement for team mates, sportsmanship and so on. It was disappointing that I had to return to NAPLAN online training and not get to watch more of the games.

With all the excitement about the extra activities in the next week for the Coal n Country Festival, we still need to maintain our focus on our core business of teaching and learning. Students are busily completing mid-term assessment tasks so attendance and maintaining focus on learning is very important at present. Some examples of the teaching and learning happening in classes can be found further in the newsletter.

The ‘Olympics’ theme of our Festival float is timely considering we have just welcomed home our Olympians and are about to cheer on our Paralympic sportspeople. This is a perfect time to promote the values of the Olympic movement – excellence, friendship and respect. They constitute the foundation on which the Olympic Movement builds its activities to promote sport, culture and education with a view to building a better world.

The core values of the Paralympic movement are:

Courage: It encompasses the unique spirit of the Paralympic athlete who seeks to accomplish what the general public deems unexpected, but what the athlete knows as a truth.

Determination: The manifestation of the idea that Paralympic athletes push their physical ability to the absolute limit.

Inspiration: When intense and personal affection is begotten from the stories and accomplishments of

Specia l poin ts o f in teres t :

• C o a l & C o u n t r y Ac t i v i t i e s

• At t e n d a n c e

• P r e p E n ro l me n t s

• W r i t i n g H o u r S a mp l e s

• T h a n k Yo u An g l o

• P r e p F N ew s

From the Principal’s Desk

Moura Minor

“We strive for great things”

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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile. – Anonymous



Paralympic athletes, and the effect is applying this spirit to one's personal life.

Equality: Paralympic Sport acts as an agent for change to break down social barriers of discrimination for persons with an impairment.

ATTENDANCE – EVERY DAY COUNTS

As you can see from the table there continues to be some shifts in attendance – some up and some down. A huge congratulations to Year 3H for achieving the highest attendance rate for Weeks 1-5 in Term 3!

We now only have 7 of our students with 100% attendance. Congratulations to you for being so healthy and for having a strong commitment to learning.

Students with less than 85% attendance will receive closer attention about the reasons for absences. With 51 students or 19% (52 students for the end of Term 2) at less than 85% attendance, many questions need to be asked – What are the explanations for absences? How can these students improve their attendance? How can we as a school community help these students? Good attendance is a team effort!

DRILL PRACTICES

A lockdown drill was held late last week. We were very impressed with how everyone on site responded – thank you. Just a couple of classes needed to be reminded about the importance of remaining quiet for the whole period of the drill.

COAL AND COUNTRY FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

Community Concert: See the information further in the newsletter. A letter has also gone home to all families. If you have any

questions about your child’s class dance, please contact the relevant class teacher.

Festival Parade: The theme for the Moura SS float is ‘Olympics’ so students who wish to participate are welcome to come as their favourite Olympic sportsperson or come dressed in their sports uniform. An Activity Consent Form will be sent home outlining details of what to bring, where to meet before and after the Parade etc. Once again, a huge thank you to our P&C representative Mrs Krista Becker for coordinating this activity for our school.

STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT

Focused Teaching

Approximately 15% of all students in any school

or classroom may require additional support to

meet behaviour expectations, even after being

provided with differentiated and explicit teaching.

These students may have difficulty meeting

behavioural expectations in a particular period of

the day or as part of a learning area/subject, and

focused teaching is provided to help them achieve

success.

Focused teaching involves revisiting key

behavioural concepts and/or skills and using

explicit and structured teaching strategies in

particular aspects of a behaviour skill. Focused

teaching provides students with more

opportunities to practise skills and multiple

opportunities to achieve the intended learning and

expected behaviour.

Support staff, including teachers with specialist

expertise in learning, language or development,

work collaboratively with class teachers at Moura

State School to provide focused teaching.

Focused teaching is aligned to the Expectations

Matrix, and student progress is monitored by the

classroom teacher/s to identify those who:

• no longer require the additional support

• require ongoing focussed teaching

• require intensive teaching.

Moura State School has a range of Student

Support Network staff in place to help arrange

and deliver focused teaching to students who

need more support to meet expectations. In

addition, the school invests in the following

evidence-informed programs to address specific

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skill development for some students:

• You Can Do It!

• Functional Based Assessment

• Zones of Regulation

Intensive Teaching

Research evidence shows that even in an

effective, well-functioning school there will always

be approximately 5% of the student population

who require intensive teaching to achieve

behavioural expectations. Intensive teaching

involves frequent and explicit instruction, with

individuals or in small groups, to develop mastery

of basic behavioural concepts, skills and

knowledge.

Some students may require intensive teaching for

a short period, for particular behaviour skills.

Other students may require intensive teaching for

a more prolonged period. Decisions about the

approach will be made based on data collected

from their teacher or teachers, and following

consultation with the student's family.

For a small number of students who continue to

display behaviours that are deemed complex and

challenging, then individualised, function-based

behaviour assessment and support plans and

multi-agency collaboration may be provided to

support the student. This approach will seek to

address the acute impact of barriers to learning

and participation faced by students who are

negotiating a number of complex personal issues.

WELLBEING—Week 6

This week the topic was ‘The Power to Cope

– Resilience’. After sharing the book entitled

A Big Guy Took my Ball by Mo Williams,

students focused on making a plan to cope

with bullying. The message was about

everyone of us can be powerful. We might

not control those around us, but we can have

power over our thoughts, our feelings and our

reactions. When we use our resilience, we

can learn to cope with situations that might

sometimes feel terrible, horrible or awful and

see that we CAN stand it. We CAN get

through it. Just because it is bad, it doesn't

make it the end of the world.

Thank you, Mrs Townsend, for helping our

students to develop strategies to look after

their wellbeing.

ON THIS DAY

19 August: 1907 The West Australian rabbit-proof fence is completed. The longest man-made structure in the state, it runs for 1170 km from the Zuytdorp cliffs north of Kalbarri to east of Ravensthorpe.

1961 The inaugural episode of Four Corners airs on the ABC.

Yours in Education

Laurel

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Prep F Mac

Prep/1 S Gideon

1 J Evelyn

1/2 F Annalise

2 S Grady

2/3 W Cohen

3H William M

4 H Nahli

4/5L Chelsea

5 H Benson

6 H Rylan

6 M Charlotte

HPE Jnr Emily

HPE Snr Liam

Students of the Week

Ordering

Procedure

NO CASH

LAST

ORDERS

TODAY, 19th August.

The office will no longer accept cash payments.

You can view the latest catalogue and order online:

https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-

parents/

Parents can also download the LOOP app through

Apple Store or Google Play.

Noah H, Tanzie, Jaxon, Ty, Charley,

Tyson, Aniya, Elizabeth, Chloe A,

Kiara, Heston, Declan, Chase, Rubi.

Bee Awards At our school, we want students to

Be Safe

Be Learning

Be Courteous

Be Responsible

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COMINGS AND GOINGS– 269

QLD HEALTH School Dental Service is

now offering FREE Dental

Treatment for your children at the

Moura Hospital Dental Clinic.

Please telephone 0407761890 to

make an appointment.

Please call the office 10 minutes before you

collect your child. Please be aware that if

appointments are during break times (11-

11.45am and 1.30-2pm), it may be difficult

to locate your child, and it will

be best to have them waiting at

the office at the START of the

break.

https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/

https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/



SILVER CERTIFICATES

Elizabeth

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15th—21st August

Billie, Zali, Heston, Rhys G, Ms Fry

BRONZE CERTIFICATES

Riley

LAST DAYS to record your books as

the challenge finishes 27th August.

Please hand completed forms into your child’s

Classroom Teacher.

https://readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au/how-

to-register

School Photos Can still be ordered

ONLINE http://www.silverrose.com.au/schools/online-ordering-netpix/

Enter the order code XMOSS21

Orders placed after 24th August will incur a $9 late

fee. Sibling photos MUST have been pre-ordered.

We were treated to a performance by the Choir on Monday at Parade. Thank you Mr Martens and singers!

https://readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au/how-to-register

https://readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au/how-to-register

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P&C News

Picture Product Fundraiser

Template delivery days are each Friday until 3rd

September. Orders and payments are checked every

Thursday and purchased templates are then handed out

to the eldest student in the family each Friday.

Please hand the ORDER FORM into the office and PAY

online. The link for payments is:

HTTPS://pay.pictureproducts.com.au/MOUCTA/86164

Template delivery dates are:

• Friday 20th August

• Friday 27th August

• Thursday 2nd September (due to student free day)

COMPLETED TEMPLATES ARE DUE BACK TO THE

OFFICE BY 10th SEPTEMBER to be sent away. Products

will be delivered by the end of the year, as production takes

11 weeks!

Uniform Drive

Moura State School is seeking donations of school shirts,

black shorts, black pants and blue/black jumpers

(without hoods). Also, broad brimmed hats, socks,

shoes and brand new underwear. If you have anything

to donate, please drop it off at the office.

Coal & Country Festival Float

Moura State School will have an Olympics theme float in

the Festival Parade. Students wishing to participate can

wear anything sporting—even your school sports

uniform!

Tuckshop

Volunteers are welcome to join us Friday mornings as we prepare student lunches. Arrive anytime from 8:30am (please sign in at the office). Please make sure you have completed and paid for your order before closing the QKR app. We have been having some students say they have ordered but we don’t have a record of the order. This causes a lot of stress to the student. We recommend having the receipt emailed to you each time so you know the order has gone through.

ORDERS CLOSE 8:15!

Next General Meeting

Tuesday 7

thSeptember 9:30am

Thank you to Anglo Dawson Social Investment Program for contributing $2500 towards the

purchase of new outdoor seating.

This grant has enabled us to purchase outdoor seating allowing students and staff an oppor-

tunity for outdoor learning and play.

We value Anglo Dawson’s ongoing support of our school community.

HTTPS://pay.pictureproducts.com.au/MOUCTA/86164



DATES TO REMEMBER

August 2021

24 UNSW Spelling Assessment

25 UNSW Science Assessment

25 Community Concert

27 Premier’s Reading Challenge (completed forms due to teachers)

31 UNSW Maths Assessment

August/September 2021

30th August—2nd September - Year 6 Camp

September 2021

3 Pupil Free Day

6 Dawson Valley Speak Competition

6 NAIDOC Activity

7 P&C General Meeting 9.30am

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Prep F News This term in Science the

Preppies are using their senses to explore and observe the weather in their environment. Prep F know that the weather can change, affecting the activities they do and what clothing they wear. They are also learning about the impact of daily and seasonal changes on plants and animals. What better way to investigate than dressing up and exploring?

Writing Hour Last week, Miss Ward’s writing hour group spent

time working on a 6-sentence story. Enjoy the following

examples of some of the students great work.



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Dawson Valley AFL Tournament Last Friday, Moura hosted round three of the Dawson Valley AFL tournament. The first game saw the mighty Moura Mustangs take on the undefeated Theodore team. With Rylan giving great service from the ruck to Samuel, Jack and Max, the Mustangs took control of the first half. Thanks to Billie with 2 goals and a goal each to Nick and Samuel, Moura went into the half 4.2.26 to Theodore’s 2.2.14. With a lead at half time, we moved players around the field to give everyone a go and the team did exceptionally well in the second half with Ebby kicking 2 goals and a goal each to Archie and Max. The Mustangs were victorious

over the previously undefeated team to win 8.3.51 to 3.3.21 resulting with Moura having a 5 goal win.

The second game saw us take on Woorabinda and they had some big bodies! Woorabinda were too fast and strong for our Moura team. Woorabinda led at half time 5.4.34 to our 4.3.27 with goals to Ebby, Jack, Kaleb and Billie. The Mustangs got within 2 points early in the second half with goals to Spencer and Kaleb, but Moura never troubled the scorers again in the game and

Woorabinda ran out to win the match by 31. Final score Woorabinda 10.10.70 to 6.3.39.

Tomorrow we will play against Theodore at Theodore SS. Any support and encouragement from the sidelines would be most

appreciated. Hopefully next week our report will detail how the team won the grand final!

Moura Coal & Country Community Concert

Get your dancing shoes on! Next Wednesday (25/8/2021) evening is the annual Coal & Country Festival Community Concert.

Doors open from 5.30pm at the Kianga Memorial Hall with gold coin donation upon entry. The entertainment will begin at 6pm.

Students in the first half of the show are to be seated with their teacher at the back of the hall by 5:45pm, so we can be prepared for the 6pm start. Kindy students will be in the back dressing room. Students from older classes performing in the second half of the concert, will be asked to meet their teacher out the back of the hall during the intermission.

Hot food and drinks will be available for purchase in the courtyard with EFTPOS facilities.

Program

6pm- Concert starts Introduction by MC’s

Moura Kindergarten

Prep F

P/1S

Friday Afternoon SEP

1/2F

2S

2/3W

Primary and High School Band

Intermission-15-20mins 3H

4H

Ballet Solo

4/5L

5H

6M

School Choir 6H

Town Choir



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Contact the office for paperwork or to organise an inspection

Will be available for purchase at

the Coal & Country Festival.

To pre-order contact

Lacey Townsend on 0427974180



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