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12 December 201812 December 2018

Principal’s NewsAs our school year comes to a close I wishall of you a safe and happy festive season.The school year concludes this Friday at3.00pm. Students return to school onTuesday, January 29, 2019. Our schooloffice will re-open on Monday, January 21.We look forward to seeing you and yourchildren for another exciting year in 2019.

A message from Mr Miller…..

The children enjoyed yet another fun and competitiveinter-house swimming carnival this year. The carnival, held onMonday this week, produced the following results:

Age Champions

12 Boys - Tristan S12 Years - Girls Clare O11 Years Boys - Charlie R11 Years Girls - Charlotte R, Lucy W, Kya H10 Years Boys - Ethan D10 Years Girls- Stella S9 Years Boys - Emilio Z9 Years Girls - Tamika R

House Results

Hogan 161Elliot 130Gould 128Cuthbert 113

Congratulations to our age champions and all those whocompeted.

Class Celebrations and Free Dress

Students are welcome to wear free dress this Thursday, whichis also their class celebration day. Please be mindful of sunprotection on this day and ensure children wear closed-inshoes.

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JSS 50 Year Anniversary

50 Year Anniversary Sales

The office is selling a book of information, pictures and wordsfrom past and present staff and students that was sold for the50 Year Anniversary of the school. The books are available nowfor $25 and postage is available for an extra $10.

There is a book available in the office to preview.

School Banking

SCHOOL BANKING

There will be NO SCHOOL BANKING onFriday, the last day of term 4. SchoolBanking will resume Term 1 2019 TBC

Home stay families requiredIn 2019 we will be hosting students from China for one week(10 - 16 February 2019). If you would like to be a part of thiswonderful experience, where the students have fun practisingEnglish conversations with you and share their culturalexperiences, all you need to do is register at Jindalee Stateschool office.

An allowance of $250.00 per child is paid weekly to you forhosting a student. Our aim is to send two International studentsto each family or if you prefer to have one of the adults fromChina stay with you, please let us know.

You will be required to provide:

For more Information please contact:Belinda MackintoshInternational Student CoordinatorPhone: 3725 5777Email : bmack153@eq.edu.au

Student News

Principal’s Award

PREP A

Josaia T and JosephineR

2H

Chloe A and Jeremy F

5HI

Charli D and Chloe T

PREP C

Frey S and Haley L

2M

Jayden B and Sarah M

5K

Hayden M and Zena T

PREP L 2MI 5KB

Eva M and Joshua S Alysia M and Lukas G Matin R and Maya G

PREP NF

Adelaide K and Isaac P

3B

Krish M and Tiah R

5N

Amy H and Oriana F

PREP T

Isaac W and Sienna C

3C

An N and Molly L

5S

Hayden R and Jenna P

1C

Erika D and Tyson G

3HF

Dion D and Kianah A

6B

Alyssa B and Pranavi H

1CR

Elena N and Joshua T

3R

Ella M and Max W

6BL

Matthew E and Vivian B

1H

Henry S and Lyla W

3T

Hannah W and LachlanS

6H

Orlando S and Ruby E

1NF

Javier B and Evelyn C

4D

Amaya M and Sofia B

6L

Gabrielle H and Kaylee-AnnN

1W

Beau M and Natalie D

4F

Lachlan K and Megan B

6S

James B and Jimmy N

2BB

Angela R and Lara S

4P

Chelsea S and Emilio Z

2C

Hamish B and Lucy L

4T

Layla C and Raphael T

Student Leaders Projects

In week 8 on Wednesday afternoon, 21eager parents filed into the music room.Sure, they’d all heard the marimba bandperform, but what exactly have their childrenbeen involved in? What’s it all about? Well,this was my focus, to show them. As mystudent leadership project, I organised anevent to involve our parents in this unique opportunity. I mean,how many people actually get the opportunity to play themarimbas? It takes skill - as our parents soon learnt - and hardwork, and all people see is the finished product. So, I invited theparents of the kids in marimba band to come and share the funexperience with us, hoping to get around 9 parent replies.Obviously, the turn out I got completely exceeded myexpectations. I started off the afternoon with a shortpresentation, explaining the basic facts and history of marimba,and also the skills developed and benefits of being involved inmarimba. We went on to performed for the parents. Then, itwas the parents’ turn! I taught them a piece that I composed.They were quite nervous, but willing to give it a go. There were alot of laughs, many confused faces, but in the end we got ittogether. Everyone had a lot of fun. We shared afternoon teaafterwards. I hope everyone who attended enjoyed themselves,learnt a lot, and went away with a better understanding ofmarimba.

• Three meals a day, plus morning tea and afternoontea

• A friendly, supportive environment

• English as a primary language spoken at home

• Transport to and from school

• Afternoon/Evenings Sightseeing opportunities

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Hi, my name is James, and I am one of Jindalee’s 10 schoolleaders. Like all the other leaders, I had to do a project, andI decided to do a Games Day for Year 4 and 5 students.Students could bring their own games, and I made certain rulesabout what games to bring, to make sure they could learnsomething. After a lot of organising, my project was on track,and I went around to all the year 4 and 5 classrooms to pitchthe event. On the 4th of December, at second break, as I hadorganised, a few leaders came down to help out. We waitedfor the storm, the queue of people lining up to play games,however only a few made it to the event. Even though only afew children participated, we all still had a great time, and thosestudents enjoyed the games very much. All in all, it was great tosee that my project was positively impacting people’s lives, soall the hard work and organisation was worth it.

Hi, my name is Lily, and I’m one of the Music Captains. Formy project I ran a healthy eating day, named 'Healthy Heroes'.At first break, members of the student leadership team wentaround eating areas from Prep to Grade 2 and checked everystudent's lunchbox. Students who had at least one healthyitem in their lunchboxes received a token. That token was theirticket into the movie "Ratatoullie", at second break that day,as a reward. The amount of students who had healthy food intheir lunchboxes was amazing. The effort put into preparing thisproject was definitely worth it.

My name is Charlie and my student leader project was a BuddySystem, where Year 4-6 students went down to a Prep - Year2 classrooms, to help with the students work such as readingor writing. This has hopefully given the younger studentsconfidence to come and talk the older students. My project

also helped the teachers as they had a helper in the classroomduring their busy day. Thank you to all teachers and studentswho were involved in my project.

As my student leader project, I held a cupcake stall for theGrade 5's and 6's to raise money and awareness for CurrumbinWildlife Hospital Foundation, a local foundation at the GoldCoast, and in desperate need of help. This year, they've hadover 10 000 injured or ill animals. It's been a pleasure to donateto this cause and me able to tell people about the work theydo. The best thing about the day was the number of deliciouscupcakes donated and the money we raised. Every cent of the$347.60 raised will be given to the Currumbin Wildlife HospitalFoundation.

2019 Student Leadership TeamFollowing the announcement of our 2019 School LeadershipTeam, we delighted to inform our school community that ourleadership positions have been decided. Congratulations to our2019 Student Leaders who have been selected for the followingpositions:

School Captain: Chloe TSchool Captain: Jozio AMusic Captain: Latesha DMusic Captain: Jada WSports Captain: Mia BSports Captain: Oliver HCommunity Relations Captain: Lachlan FCommunity Relations Captain: Charlotte TSpecial Events Captain: Lucy WSpecial Events Captain: Brianna M

We know these students will fulfil their roles with diligence andenthusiasm, and wish them all the best in the year to come.

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Mrs Cooke, especially, is looking forward to working with thiswonderful team of leaders.

We would also like to acknowledge and congratulate our 2018current Student Leaders. These leaders have done anincredible job in their roles this year. They have been strongleaders, both individually and as a team, and their projects havebeen outstanding. Nothing has been too much trouble for thesestudents, no matter the task at hand.

We wish Elizabeth, Charlie, Clare, Lily, Tristan, Isla, James,Jacob, Olivia and Lachlan all the best for high school, and knowthe knowledge and experiences they gained as school leaderswill hold them in good stead in the future.

SPORT

Swimming Carnival

Monday 10 December, years 4, 5, 6 andnominated year 3 students participated invarious swimming events. Each student did their very best. Welldone to those who placed.

Cricket

On the last Friday of November our Jindaleesenior teams got the opportunity to go awayto the South East Queensland Finals forCricket. Meant to only be the girl’s team, butdue to a last minute school pulling out, our boys who were nextin line for the Region were entered to the Championships.

In temperatures upwards of 35 degrees both teams playedincredible cricket on the picturesque pitch of Allan Border Oval.At the end of the round robin both teams finished with 2 winsand 1 loss, meaning both progressed to the Grand Final.

The girls played against St Patricks, who was undefeated fromall competitions, defeating teams by 200+ runs at times. Thegirls batted first and set a respectable score, however aftersome big hitting from some of the St Patricks’ girls they chaseddown the Jindalee target. A fantastic effort from 10 girls whohad really never played that much cricket prior to the initial Galaday back a few months ago.

The boys came up against Nudgee, a school renowned for itsRugby and Cricket. With scholarships and academy programsset up year round, with a boys team currently undefeated.Jindalee played with grit, determination and a lot of heart.However, they were unfortunately beaten. A huge effort from ateam that wasn’t even in the competition some 48 hours prior.A very worthy second place in the state championship.

Worthy mentions to girl’s player Neveah Ninyette, who hit twoballs on top off the Matthew Hayden Stand and boy’s player

Lachlan Ferguson for being the only player in the competition totake a hat trick.

Jindalee took home second place in both the boys and girls forSouth East Queensland and became the first public school tofinish that high in both competitions for a number of years. Welldone teams.

National Championships for Cheerleading

On the weekend of the 24 and 25 November the NationalChampionships for Cheerleading and Dance was held downthe Gold Coast. Teams from all around Australia and NewZealand come to compete.

Congratulations to all the students from Jindalee whocompeted at the competition.

Sophie M with her National Title Trophy congratulations Sophieon becoming an Australian Champion.

Chess

Gardiner Chess Tournament

On November 7, eight students fromJindalee State School went to BrisbaneBoys College for the 2018 BrisbaneIndividual Age Championships. There were students fromschools all across Brisbane competing in this ChessTournament. Students played several games of Chessthroughout the day against opponents from varying schools.The competition was awesome and our Jindalee students triedtheir absolute best. They were a credit to our school.Congratulations to Ometh for your achievement of a medal forthird place! Congratulations also to Anuj for your Merit Award. Ahuge congratulations also goes to Sehasa, Amaya, Isaac,Dean, Arul and Raman for your amazing perseverance,enthusiasm and performance on the day. Jindalee State Schoolare proud of you all. We look forward to another fantastic yearof Chess in 2019.

P & C

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JSS P&C General Meeting2019 TBC

The JSS P&C would like to thank everyone inthe school community for their support in2018. It’s been another busy and successfulyear, with numerous events held and projectscompleted. By far the most colourful projectthis year was the new junior playground -which from all accounts, has been verypopular.

We are now looking to 2019, with some exciting changes andevents already being planned. We will host a ‘Tissues & TimTams’ gathering for parents on the first day of school, which isa great way to meet other parents and share the rollercoasterof emotions of that first morning. Our Tuckshop will be gettinga makeover during the holidays and needs a new name - checkour Facebook page for more info and to have your say.

Don’t forget to ‘Like’ our Facebook page (@jsspandc) to keepup to date and be a part of what is happening around theschool. You can also sign up to our Support Squad (via thelink on Facebook) to register for the P&C email list, whichwill eventually replace the previous ‘Parent Rep’ system ofcommunication.

The P&C are the Parents and Citizens of Jindalee State School- that is you. You can be part of a great group of people doinggreat things for our school - there are so many ways you canget involved. To find out more, download our new flyer (below)- you will find info about 2019 events, Uniform Shop hours tillJanuary and other interesting bits and pieces.

From Jindalee State School P&C, we wish you a safeand wonderful Christmas.

The Athlete's Foot

Cash back for Jindalee State SchoolP&C

Did you know that if you purchase shoes from The Athlete’sFoot, Mt Ommaney or Indooroopilly and mention Jindalee StateSchool, the P&C receives $5 for every pair of shoes?

Harvest Rain Talent AcademyDoes your child love singing, dancing and acting?

In 2018, Harvest Rain Talent Academy will be offering weeklymusical theatre classes at Jindalee State School!

It's a creative, safe and nurturing environment for school agedstudents who love to sing, act and dance. Students willexperience weekly workshops and classes led by a regularteam of skilled teachers who will help your child build theirskills and confidence through our fun and high energy creativetraining program.

Want to know more?

Come along for a FREE and no obligation trial class, meet theteam and experience the fun first hand!

To sign up or for more information, visit the link below.

http://www.hrtalentacademy.com/

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