A/Principal: Mr. Mark Pennycuick

Contact Details: Ph: 07 54235117 Fax: 07 5423 5114

Address Details: 8521 Brisbane Valley Highway, Harlin

Postal Address: MS 550 Toogoolawah. 4313

Newsletter Date: Thursday 30th May Term 2, 2019

Harlin State School Name: ……………...

Newsletter

School Watch number

13 17 88

From the Principal’s Desk Congratulations to the students selected in the team to compete in the next level of athletics at Kingaroy this week. I was proud of how many students qualified and am very pleased with the feedback I have received regarding positive attitudes towards competing. There are many events coming up over the next few weeks. Information and permission slip regarding the Technology Challenge and Readers Cup have been given to the senior students. These events involve students from years 5 and 6 only. The other key events before the end of term include, the Harlin-Linville sports carnival, Linville-Benarkin Bike ride and the Somerset Cup. I will be taking long service leave in the last two weeks of term. Karen Hussey will be the acting Principal for this period and Ms Fisher will cover the year 5/6 class. The Premier’s Reading Challenge is on again, please see the letter attached to the newsletter today. If you have any questions, please see your child’s teacher or Mrs Enks. The final P&C meeting of the term is on the 12

th June here at the school. I look

forward to seeing you there.

Can I please ask parents to check that jumpers are clearly labelled with

names. This will assist in the re-homing of lost property. Thanks in advance.

Have a great Week!

Mark Pennycuick

Principal

OUR SCHOOL VALUES

* BE SAFE * BE RESPONSIBLE * BE RESPECTFUL * BE RESILIENT

Office hours: Monday 8:30am to 12pm; Tuesday 8.:30am to 1pm; Wednesday 8.30am to 1pm ;

Thursday 8.30am to 1pm

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DATES TO REMEMBER

TERM 2 2019

JUNE 4

(TUES)

REGIONAL

CROSS

COUNTRY AT

MARYBOROUGH

JUNE 12

(WED)

P&C MEETING

6PM

JUNE 13

(THURS)

READERS CUP

AT FERNVALE

SS HALL

JUNE 21

(FRI)

CLUSTER ROBO

CUP AT TSHS

FOR YR 5/6

CLASS

JUNE 25

(TUES)

HARLIN SS /

LINVILLE SS

ATHLETICS DAY

AT LINVILLE SS

WHOLE

SCHOOL TO

ATTEND

JUNE 27

(THURS)

BIKE RIDE

FROM

BENARKIN SS

TO LINVILLE

JUNE 28

(FRI)

SOMERSET CUP

AT TSHS FOR YR

5/6 CLASS

LAST DAY OF

TERM 2

JULY 15

(MON)

FIRST DAY OF

TERM 3

AUG 12

(MON)

EKKA SHOW

HOLIDAY FOR

SOMERSET

REGION

From the Prep/Year 1 Classroom It’s been a fun fortnight in Prep/1! The students had a wonderful time participating in Under 8s Day at

Toogoolawah State School. I was very proud of the way all our students behaved at Toogoolawah State School. See

the photos below for some of the fun activities that the students participated in.

Last Wednesday, the students participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime and received a participation

certificate. The book for this year, Alpacas with Maracas, was a hit with the students! Since the book contained

lots of rhyming words, we used it as a stimulus to write our own four-line poem. Mrs Enks surprised the students

with their own small bag of alpaca fleece which they used to decorate their funky alpaca. Thank you Mrs Enks!

Mrs Packenham

From the Year 2/3/4 Classroom

Thank you to those parents who attended parent teacher interviews last week. It is always a pleasure to discuss

the progress and achievements that students are making in class. Please note I am happy to organise a mutually

convenient time to meet with parents and/or caregivers at any time throughout the year.

Our reading focus has been on non-fiction texts and the students have busy fact finding in reading groups and in

science with Mrs Hope.

All year levels have now completed their HASS (Humanities and Social Science) units of work. Year 2 have

identified, described, interpreted and represented geographical information about places at personal, local and

national scales. Year 3 and year 4 have located, collated and sequenced information, expressed points of view and

written a narrative about Anzac Day.

Anzac Day On 25 of April 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed at a place now called Anzac Cove on the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula to fight the Turkish army. They were faced with a horrible situation. The beach where they landed was very narrow. Before they landed the Turks gunfire killed many of them. Anzac Day is important to the town of Villers-Bretonneux because the people were saved by the Australian soldiers in World War one. People pay their respect to the Turkish and the Australian soldiers by going to a dawn service at 4:00 am and sing the ode to the sound of the bugle. 44,000 people (Anzacs) died at Anzac Cove. Written by C.J. (Year 3) Anzac Day

On 25 April 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed at a place now called Anzac Cove. The Turks were on the mountains. When the Anzacs got there the Turks were already shooting at them. The Anzacs were pushing and the Turks were pushing back. The soldiers were struggling because the Turks had the high ground. They were courageous and strong. The Anzacs commemorate Anzac Day, they remember friends who didn’t come back. They feel sad and angry that the war ever existed but at the same time proud. They go to dawn services and the bugle is played. They march. Written by Harry (Year 4)

Mrs Hussey

Cade (Year 3)

Connor (Year 3)

From the Year 5-6 Classroom.

In Maths, we will be completing assessment over the next couple of weeks – with a focus on measurement of and

problem-solving with angles. In our number work we have had a focus on identifying factors of numbers using

divisibility rules eg. Numbers are divisible by two if the number is even, numbers are divisible by three if the

sum of the digits is a multiple of three. Try asking your son or daughter if they know how to tell if a number is

divisible by four …

The Year 5/6 class is electric! Last week we role played the flow of electrons around a circuit. The annotated

diagrams that students produced after we discussed the role play were FABULOUS! It was fantastic to see not

only the detail of the drawings, but also the notes that supported the diagrams – they really showed their

understanding of circuits. This week students created an electrical circuit that included a switch. Great work

Izzy and Charles on problem-solving when your switch didn’t do what you expected! Again, the diagrams were im-

pressive – I can see real growth in how students are explaining their understanding.

Literacy – I have challenged students to write a narrative in five sentences. It might not sound like much, but

the idea is to focus on quality rather than quantity. Over the next few weeks I will be working with students on

ways to improve their sentences so that their stories really “pop”. Last week we looked at combining sentences,

or inserting more information into sentences. We also focused on how we start out sentences, putting the most

interesting information in theme position. Miss Fisher

From the Library On Wednesday we participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime which involves 9890 schools,

kindergartens and many other organisations across Australia reading the same story at the same time. This year

the book was called Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove. The event, now in its 19th year, aims to promote the

value of reading and literacy. A special thank you to Charlie Foster for reading the book and his trusty sidekick

Matt for turning the pages.

Mrs Enks

P&C News Tuckshop: WEEK 10:

Due to other events, tuckshop in Week 10 will be held on WEDNESDAY 26th JUNE instead. This is the “Pizza &

Lolly bag” tuckshop. Lolly bags are available (one per child: cost $1), but the column on the order form isn’t there.

Please add in lolly bag to your form if you wish to order one.

Book club: Issue 4 will be due on Friday 14th June (two weeks away). Order forms should have made it home

earlier this week.

Pub Raffles: If you have a free Friday evening this term, consider coming out to the Harlin Hotel to help us sell

raffle tickets, (or come out for dinner and buy some raffle tickets!) If you can fill a spot on the roster, please call

Jody Robinson 0428247008

Meetings: Our next general meeting will be held on Wednesday 12th June 2019, 6pm at Harlin SS. All welcome.

(Please note the change to a Wednesday night, rather than a Tuesday)

If you have agenda items for the next general meeting, please email ndeer3@eq.edu.au or text Ngaio 0407986155

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Safe Respectful

Responsible Resilient

Week 6: Being RESPONSIBLE – include others in play and learning Talk to other classmates in class and in the playground Ask politely to join in with others Allow others to join in Explain clearly to others the rules of the game/activity Be friendly and encourage everyone to have a go Treat others how you would like to be treated

Week 7: Being RESPECTFUL – respect belongings of self and others Use your own equipment appropriately Use others’ and the school’s equipment with care Return items the way you found them Be proud of your work and the work of others Report damaged equipment to a staff member Leave rooms clean and tidy Leave eating areas clean from rubbish

At Harlin we are: