EAGLE JUNCTION STATE SCHOOL

FLYING EAGLE No. 37 21 November 2018

49 Roseby Avenue Clayfield QLD 4011

Phone: (07) 3637 1111 Fax: (07) 3637 1100

Email: admin@eaglejunctionss.eq.edu.au

Website: www.eaglejunctionss.eq.edu.au Student Absences Line: (07) 3637 1166

Student Absence Phone

3637 1166

Diary Dates

Regular Events

Monday 7.20am Snr Concert Band

Tuesday 7.30am Chess 7.45am Senior Choir (Years 4, 5 & 6)

Wednesday 7.30am Senior String Ensemble 1.45pm Junior Assembly

Thursday 7.45am Junior Choir Rehearsal

Friday 8.45am Senior Assembly

Special Occasions

Wed Nov 21 10.30am Volunteers’ Morning Tea

Fri Nov 23 Jeans 4 Genes Day

Nov 26-28 Prep Incursion

Wed Nov 28 2.30-6pm Book Collection

Thurs Nov 29 8-10am Book Collection

Fri Nov 30 Christmas Stall

Mon Dec 10 7.00pm P&C Meeting

Tues Dec 11 7.00pm Awards Evening

Thurs Dec 13 Year 6 Graduation/Final School Assembly/Class Celebration Day

Fri Dec 14 Final day of school

2019

Mon Jan 28 Public Holiday

Tues Jan 29 Term 1 commences

From the Principal Volunteers’ Morning Tea Today our school staff said “thank you” to the many people who have worked with us throughout 2018 at the Volunteers’ Morning Tea in our library. There are many people who assist us in a variety of ways, from supporting children in class rooms with reading, to swimming lessons, P&C activities, sport, music and accompanying classes on excursions. As a staff, we would like to personally thank you. Your efforts have made a difference to your children’s achievements in 2018.

Congratulations Student Leaders I would like to congratulate the Year 6 Student Leaders who were involved in showing the 2019 Prep families around our school last week as part of the 2019 Prep Orientation Day. Our school leaders provided the parents and family members with an in-depth tour of our school. The parents could not speak highly enough of our school leaders and were very impressed with their maturity level and sense of pride that they have for their school. Well done to the students involved. You certainly made me feel very proud to be the principal of EJ.

2019 Student Leadership Applications Due Students in Year 5 who are interested in taking on a leadership position next year are reminded that their leadership application forms are due to be submitted to me no later than Monday 26 November. Shortlisting for School Captains and Vice Captains will then take place. Students shortlisted for School Captain and Vice-Captain will then present their leadership speeches on Tuesday 4 December. School Captains and Vice Captains will be announced to the school community on Friday 7 December. A formal announcement will also be made at the 2018 Awards Evening. All other leadership positions will be determined in the first weeks of Term One 2019.

2019 Student Enrolments Please inform the school office if you will not be returning to EJ in 2019. We will soon begin allocating children to classes based upon out predicted 2019 enrolments. Thank-you to the parents who have already made contact with the office.

Statements have been sent to families with amounts

outstanding. Please pay immediately.

Thank you.

EJ’s Got Talent Quest On Friday 7 December, our school will be hosting the annual EJ’s Got Talent Quest. The event allows our students to show off their many talents to their peers and wider EJ community. Below are the details for the 2018 event:

Year 1-3 classes: 9.00am – 10.30am Year 2-6 classes: 11.00am – 12.45pm Entry is $2

Over the coming weeks each class will be hosting their own auditions. The top individual class auditions will progress to the final of EJ’s Got Talent. Parents and community members are most welcome to attend this fun and entertaining event. The Student Council have once again decided to donate all money raised to the Vellore Hospital in India. Our school has had a long association with the Friends of Vellore Hospital Foundation. This foundation provides medical treatment for people who cannot afford much needed surgery and medication. We look forward to seeing you at EJ’s Got Talent on 7 December.

Lost Property I would encourage parents and children to visit our lost property over the coming weeks as we have a large number of clothing, lunch boxes and water bottles that need to be collected. Your assistance with this matter is greatly appreciated.

Important Dates for Remainder of Term 4 Below is a list of important date claimers for the remainder of the 2018 school year:

Volunteers’ Morning Tea 21 November Book Fair 22 – 28 November 2019 Student Leadership Applications Due 26 November Religious Instruction Breakup 27 November Christmas Stall 30 November 2019 School Captain Speeches 4 December 2019 School Captains Announced 7 December EJ’S Got Talent 7 December Semester Two Report Cards emailed home 10 December P&C Meeting 7.00pm 10 December Awards Evening – Aviation SHS 11 December Year 6 Graduation Ceremony 13 December Final Assembly 13 December Break up Day 13 December Last Day of Term 4 14 December

EJ Choir Involvement in New Sound Book A reminder that all order forms for the new sound book, 'Sing with Mizzie – Nursery Rhymes’, a collaboration project with Eagle Junction State School, need to be completed by 23 November. This fun singing book was done in collaboration with the EJ music department and EJ students. You will hear the recordings of EJ children’s beautiful voices throughout the book, and part of the proceeds of every single book sold, through the life of the book, will be donated back to the school’s music program! Your support with this initiative is greatly appreciated.

Adam Mathewson

From the Deputy Principals Years 3-6

The power of conversation If you feel like your children don’t share as much information about school as you would like them to, you are not alone.

Psychologist Dr. Justin Coulson has written a useful piece on this topic, with some suggestions for alternative questions to ‘how was your day?’. A genuine curiosity about their learning, and how they learn, should lead to greater insights about their day. If they can explain to you something that they learnt that day, that is a great way to cement that new knowledge or skill. I hope there is something in here that helps!

https://www.happyfamilies.com.au/blog/my-son-wont-talk-about-his-day/

Congratulations to our award winners!

Warm regards

Jann Simmonds

Class Awards—Assembly—

3A Charlotte Gotze 5A Sasha Tomley

3B Seth Paynter 5B Tara Massey, Lachlan Masson Ameera Battye

3D Ben Armitage 5C Vishal Sripaul, Kabir Josan

4A Mia Gilmour, Ivy Inu 5D Harriet Hooper, Misha Sakhla

4B Aditya Bhat 6A Oscar Meconi-Harrold

4C Charlie Riethmuller 6C Isaac McCarthy, Emma Douglas

4E Callum Brunello, Sophia Hope Levi Gillespie

6D Isabella Sanfilippo, Jack Dawson

Senior School -Class Awards

Prep — Year 2 The term is flying by at an amazing rate. Teachers and students are working hard to collect evidence of achievements in learning in time to report back to you formally in Week 10 through the end of year report card. It is evident we are reaching the end of a school year in many ways. It is that magical time in classrooms where teachers and students can see the culmination of a years’ worth of learning and the joy of mastering skills and concepts that have been a curriculum focus. In the last few weeks I have had both teachers (immensely proud of their class) and students eager

to share with me a final draft of writing or a special written task they have completed. It is great to be able to take part in these class and individual celebrations of learning. Writing, just like reading is reliant on children making consistent links to the skills and processes taught. The more frequently they write the faster basic skills become automatic. Building writing mileage is just as critical as reading mileage. However, unlike reading, the writing process is reliant on children having ideas and stimulus to begin the task. Anyone who has ever experienced writers block will know that sometimes just getting started is the hardest part. Andy Griffiths, the popular children's author, has developed a book that helps children over the 'getting started hurdle'. Designed for teachers, students and young aspiring writers, Once Upon a Slime contains 45 fun writing and storytelling activities, such as lists, instructions, cartoons, personal stories, poems and pocket books. Examples from Andy's books are used to demonstrate techniques to inspire readers and writers to have as much fun playing with ideas, words and pictures as Andy and Terry Denton (Illustrator) do when they get together to create their crazy books. Who better for kids to learn about real writing from than a real author? Suggestions and examples like fake news articles, crazy quizzes, creating superheroes, jokes, cartoons and even a random idea generator will give children a platform to think about their own creative writing. Encouraging children to play with words and images is a valuable activity for parents and teachers to do. A great idea for a quiet, productive activity over the holidays!

Electronic Report Cards Report cards will be emailed directly to parents on Monday 10 December. Please ensure you have added Application.ONESCHOOL@dete.qld.gov.au to your list of safe senders to ensure report card emails aren’t sent to your junk email.

Fleur Provost

Junior School Certificates of Recognition

Music Notes

'Nursery rhymes and songs have a huge impact on children’s language and communication development. Children relish in listening to songs

full of rhyming, rhythm and repetition. By singing songs containing these core elements it is helping boost children’s language, communications and literacy development.'

www.earlyyearscareers.com

Sound Book: 'Sing with Mizzie - Nursery Rhymes' The voices of current EJ students are featured in the latest Mizzie the Kangaroo series -

'Sing with Mizzie - Nursery Rhymes'. Earlier in the year, students from the Prep Choir, Year 1 Choir, Junior Choir and Senior Choir recorded several nursery rhymes to be included in this book. We are very excited to now see the book published and on shelves. To order, fill in the order form at the end of this newsletter or collect an order form from the office.

Senior Choir To Perform At Clifford House The Friday morning Senior Choir group will be performing at Carinity Aged Care - Clifford House, on Friday 30th November. Permission notes for this excursion need to be returned to the 'Music Notes' box in the Music Room as soon as possible.

Lorna Sue and Christine Shume (Classroom Music Teachers)

From the HOC What is STEM? You’ve probably heard that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills are important to jobs in the future. It might sound daunting, but there is good news: you don’t have to be a scientist to help your child develop these skills.

Here are some tips: Encourage Like any subject area, having a positive attitude to STEM will make a big difference to your child’s

learning. If you hear them say, ‘I’m no good at maths’, help them to remember the areas they have become good at—and praise the effort that helped them get there: ‘Do you remember how you worked hard on your times tables and mastered them? I’m sure you can do the same with division.’ Show the relevance Maths and Science are part of everyday life, so there are lots of ways you can draw connections between the classroom and home. Remember that kids love to achieve, and the more they can demonstrate their knowledge, the more motivated they are to learn: ‘You are so good at fractions now, why don’t you help me divide the leftover cake fairly.’ Exposure Your child can pick up a lot of STEM learning without even realising it. Do they love reading books about planets or volcanoes? Great, they’re connecting with science and technology. Do they create bridges or buildings using blocks in computer games or apps? Excellent, they’re using physics and engineering concept s. Do they watch television programs about animals, scientific myths, or space exploration? Fantastic, those are rich in STEM too. Inspire There are lots of occupations (and pastimes) that require STEM skills and knowledge, including most of the fastest growing ones. Even in primary school, you can help your child see the connections. For example, when your child learns something new in science, talk to them about where that knowledge might be useful, or who might use it: ‘I wonder who needs to understand the water cycle in their job? What about farmers? Or weather forecasters?’ If you are interested please take a look at the STEM Hub for Parents and students: https://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/file/5da759ed-285d-4132-b8e8-58198109fb03/1/index.html. Have a great week.

Angela Dawson

Order online - Munch Monitor Information on the Eagle Junction SS

website in Facilities/Tuckshop www.munchmonitor.com

Thanks to everyone who helped or donated lollies for our Red Day. The students thoroughly enjoyed the day. Leaving EJ at the end of the year? Please come to the tuckshop and request a form that needs to be completed and returned to Munch Monitor so your account can be closed. It is important that your account is closed. Year 6 students will be given this form before the end of the term.

Your Tuckshop Team Kerri White

2019 Book Pack Collection Don’t forget 2019 book packs can be collected from the school hall at the following times: Wednesday 28 November 2018 Between 2.30 and 6.00pm Thursday 29 November 2018 Between 8.00 and 10.00am

Student Council News Jeans 4 Genes Day @ EJ All students are invited to participate in Jeans 4 Genes day on Friday November 23. What to wear: Wear your favourite jeans or jean shorts to school with your regular school uniform shirt. What to do: If you come to school out of uniform you should:

donate a gold coin,

donate a pair of jeans for charity,

or donate a coin and donate a pair of old jeans to charity. Money raised from the gold coin donations will be sent to Jeans for Genes, Australia. Jeans for Genes is an organisation that supports people with genetic diseases. Often called disorders, syndromes and other terms, genetic diseases can be confusing, but put simply—they are conditions caused, at least in part, by changes in our DNA. Random errors that occur naturally, or exposure to radiation and harmful environmental substances like asbestos, can cause changes in our DNA. Genetic diseases are not contagious like the flu or the measles and there are more than 6000 known genetic diseases. The used jeans we collect will be donated to local charities supporting families in need.

Please make sure the jeans you donate are in good condition, clean and neatly folded.

Weekly Sustainability Tip Sustainability Tip: Recycle your old sports shoes

Shoes for Planet Earth are a non-profit organisation who provide recycled sports shoes to communities in need all around the world. Their main goal is to minimise the consumption of non-renewable resources while encouraging a healthy lifestyle, improve hygiene and disease control within these communities. There are designated drop off points where you can donate your shoes. My FootDr in Stafford Heights is the closest drop off point to the school. For a full list of drop off points and further information on the organisation, please visit https://www.shoesforplanetearth.com

Candice Wyatt (Vice-Chairperson—Sustainability Committee)

Please Note in 2019 School will resume on

Tuesday 29 January

EJ Network Social Side

YEAR/CLASS WHEN WHERE WHAT

Year 5 End of Year Party Saturday 24 November 2.00—4.00pm

Chermside Aquatics 375 Hamilton Road Chermside

$8.70 per student Tickets on Munch Monitor Bring a plate to share and BYO drinks

Year 3 Parent Drinks Thursday 29 November 6.30pm

One Fifty Ascot Bar 150 Racecourse Road Ascot

Parent drinks

P&C Christmas Stall—Friday 30 November Christmas Stall Gift Wrappers Needed Christmas stall gift wrapping has started but we need a few extras to get it done as quickly as possible. Pick up and drop off

from me (Clayfield/Kalinga). Please email or text me if you can help.

Christmas Stall Shop Keepers Please contact me if you can help on the day from 8.30am—11am. Shift workers welcome. It is loads of fun and it is terrific to see all the students enjoying their shopping experience.

Donations of Stock Wanted If you own a business and would like to donate any stock, please contact me. Stock can have company logos.

Amanda Russell alrussell@westnet.com.au / 0459 401 255

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