EAGLE JUNCTION STATE SCHOOL

FLYING EAGLE No. 18 – 24 June 2020

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

Wednesday 7.30am Senior String Ensemble 1.45pm Junior Assembly

Thursday 7.45am Junior Choir (Years 2 & 3)

Friday 8.45am Senior Assembly

Special Occasions

Fri June 26 End of Term 2

Mon July 13 Term 3 begins

Fri Aug 14 Public Holiday

From the Principal Virtual Senior Assembly Last Friday we held our first Senior Virtual Assembly for our Year 3-6 students using Microsoft Teams.

The virtual assembly was a huge success with very positive feedback from both students and teachers. It was wonderful to once again to be able to share key messages and celebrate student successes with our senior students.

One of our Year 6 students made the point at morning tea that the virtual assembly was positively different, but a step closer to getting back to normal school routines. I would also like to thank our school captains and music captain for helping with the presentation of the virtual assembly. We look forward to our next virtual assembly this coming Friday.

Parent School Opinion Survey Last Wednesday, 17 June, you should have received an email with a link to complete the 2020 Parent School Opinion Survey. Parents and Caregivers are invited to participate in this year’s survey and have a say about schooling during the COVID-19 lockdown. You are also given the opportunity to provide feedback about our school more generally.

Participation in the survey is anonymous and you are encouraged to take this opportunity to have your say. The survey form has been designed so that it can easily be completed on a computer or smartphone. The online survey will be available until Friday, 17 July 2020, and should take less than five minutes to complete.

Please contact the school if you have any questions about the survey.

Farewell Mrs Hoskins After 25 years teaching at Eagle Junction State School, Mrs Hoskins will be taking leave from EJSS at the end of this term to embark on an exciting adventure teaching at an international school in Hong Kong for 2 years. We wish her all the very best and trust that her next 2 years will be a rewarding one. She will be greatly missed and look forward to her eventual return.

I would like to thank the EJSS community for their support in what was an unprecedented first half of 2020. Our students, staff and families can be very proud of what has been achieved. The students certainly used the EJ Learning Powers during the first five weeks of Term Two whether they were learning at home or learning onsite.

Have a great holiday and we look forward to seeing everyone well rested and eager to begin a new term on Monday 13 July.

Adam Mathewson

Keep a watch on our school over the holidays!

School Watch 13 17 88 Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000

Please note that some regular events have recommenced.

Please check the newsletter for

more information.

From the Deputy Principals Year 3—Year 6 I would like to wish everyone all the best for their Queensland holiday. Semester One 2020 has certainly had some challenges. The photos below illustrate the work some of our Year 3 students have been doing learning about the wonders of Space. I congratulate them on the efforts they put into these projects. Year 4 students have been learning about animals and their habitats and have also produced some amazing Information documents and some dioramas at home.

I have been enjoying reading our student report cards and congratulate all students on their commitment to their learning. Special thanks also to our wonderful parents for their support throughout this semester. I look forward to Term Three and a new beginning. Most importantly stay safe and stay well.

Student absent from school? Please ring the absence line

by 9.00am 3637 1166

Class Student Award

3A Isabella Gauci Anabelle MacDowell

For a creative and informative science presentation about the moon For striving to apply teacher feedback to bump up her writing

3B Shlok Patel For presenting an engaging and well prepared Science Presentation

3C Aarav Roopchandani For applying his ideas in a new context while learning about calculating change in mathematics

3D Amelia Martyr Effectively using noun groups and evaluative language to create an entertaining narrative

3E Emily Graham For being a super problem solver when faced with a challenging situation

3F Heidi Joseph For great attention to focus and attention to detail when writing a narrative about friendship

4A Joshua Ahrens Fernance For displaying positive work habits and exceptional behaviour

4B Alyssa Baird For being collaborative and curious during small group activities

4C Ethan Johannes For improvement in focus in class activities and demonstrating resilience

4D Ayla Popara For consistently demonstrating the EJ Learning Powers

4E Amy Rees For persistence in problem solving in maths

5A Jackson Gyaw For giving constructive and specific feedback to a peer during writing

5B Elizabeth Kerwin For demonstrating focus and persistence and being brave by sharing her ideas with her class

5C Jayho De Geer For working collaboratively with peers to solve complex mathematical problems

5D Jorja Tayler For regularly demonstrating focus and persistence in class

6A Lillian Houston Darshan Jayabalan

For consistently displaying an exceptional effort with all her learning in the classroom For displaying an exceptional effort with his classroom

6B Kai Mills Sophia Hope

For a focused and persistent approach to learning For mastering order of operation with great success

6C Hayden Ball Viet Nguyen

For improvement across all subject areas For improved attitude and effort with school work across all subject areas

6D Sheandrea Arrieta Tion Townsend

For being brave by giving her opinions in class discussions with confidence For focusing on his school and assessment work to achieve a high standard

Awards for Assembly—June 19

Jann Simmonds

Prep-Year 2 As the term draws to a close, it is a good opportunity to reflect on the learning journey this semester and celebrate your child’s achievements and progress. For our Prep students, many have learnt to read and write in their first semester of schooling – a great achievement for our youngest learners! Students in Year One and Two have continued to build on their learning and regularly astound their teachers with their progress and achievements.

Some of our early years students, focused on reading and writing and using feedback to improve their writing.

Report Cards Report cards will be emailed directly to parents on Tuesday 21 July. Teachers are currently gathering data and making judgements to give an accurate description of every student’s learning achievements throughout the semester. Sharing your child’s report card with them and capitalising on the opportunity to reflect on their progress is a crucial factor in establishing expectation and front ending success for next semester. It is important that you share this document with your child and discuss the positives and where to from here. 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.

2021 Enrolments - Revised Dates Please note our revised dates for 2021 Enrolments. The Open Day will not be held this year. Upon submitting completed paperwork, in catchment enrolments will receive a log on card to book a Prep enrolment interview online.

From Tuesday, 14 July 2020 In catchment - Enrolment Packs can be collected from School Office or

downloaded from School website: eaglejunctionss.eq.edu.au

Monday, 3 August 2020 In catchment enrolments accepted at school office

Out of Catchment Waiting List open - please contact the school office prior

Monday, 12 October to 30 October 2020 Prep interviews with Junior School Deputy Principal for automatic enrolments

Thursday, 29 October 2020 - 6.30pm ** Prep Information Evening

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 - 9.30-10.30am Orientation Day Prep 2021 - Group 1 (Family Name: A-L)

Session for children.

** Parents tour of the school

Thursday, 12 November 2020 - 9.30-10.30am Orientation Day Prep 2021 - Group 2 (Family Name: M-Z)

Session for children

** Parents tour of the school ** Pending COVID-19 School Operating Guidelines

Fleur Provost

Music News After a very long break from singing, it is with excitement that we announce that both the Junior and Senior Choirs will be resuming in Week One of Term Three. Please note that rehearsals will take place in the hall for the duration of Term Three.

Senior Choir: 7.30am every Tuesday morning in the hall

Junior Choir: 7.45am every Thursday morning in the hall

Vocal Ensemble Auditions Congratulations to all the students who auditioned for the Vocal Ensemble this week. Selections were based on the student's ability to:

Sing with accurate pitch

Sing with a clear, round tone

Accurately and confidently sing in harmony

Perform with confidence and enthusiasm Auditioned students will be notified of selections in the coming days. Rehearsals are likely to take place every Friday morning at 8.00 am in the Music Room starting Week One Term Three. (to be confirmed)

Lorna Sue and Christine Shume

From the Head of Teaching and Learning

Planning Days Over the last two weeks, our teams of hard-working EJ teachers have met to plan the curriculum for Term Three. This involves becoming familiar with the content to be covered and the assessment to be completed for all learning areas.

In year level teams, teachers reflect on the success of teaching and learning previously and work to maximise the effectiveness of planning for the upcoming term. Teachers also use this time to share resources, quality ideas for learning experiences, differentiate for all learners and discuss consistency in teaching and assessment practices. This process ensures all students in a year level are taking part in high-quality teaching and learning.

Our teachers are continuously improving and building on their range of skills and practices. Teachers at EJ approach this planning process with enthusiasm and joy at all times. We are all looking forward to a great Term Three of learning at EJ.

Science: Push and Pull in Year Two Year Two have been designing a toy that moves with a push or pull. They also described a change to the toy and explained how it affected the toy’s movement.

The students in 2E definitely showed that Science is fun! I hope you all have a lovely break and I look forward to seeing you in Term Three.

Angela Dawson

Are all your student’s details correct?

Please advise the school if any of your details have changed so we can update our records.

For example: change of address, contact phone numbers, email address, medical information.

Please reply to admin@eaglejunctionss.eq.edu.au with any changes making sure you include your student’s name.

Library News Mrs Forsyth and I would like to remind the school community that we will be keeping our books over the holidays until our usual class borrowing time in Week 1 Term Three. We hope you have a wonderful break! Here are some links to sites to keep students reading and involved over the holidays:

https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/

https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/books/dav-pilkey-at-home/

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/games/cat-kid-comic-club/

http://play.magneticpoetry.com/poem/Original/kit/

https://www.msreadathon.org.au/pencil-case

https://diy.org/

https://codeclubau.org/projects/

https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

https://wonderopolis.org/what-are-you-wondering

Finished your books? Try some of these activities:

Vanessa Tuck and Jean Forsyth

Ways to send images through are listed below: Email: ejss125years@gmail.com

OR mail (USB stick) to: Jean Forsyth - EJSS Library 49 Roseby Avenue, Clayfield QLD 4011

It would be appreciated if you could also include these details with each photo (if known):

Year of photo

Name of teacher/s & students in photo

Location (if outside EJSS)

Any other relevant information (eg School Ball, School Fete, music performance, etc)

Community News