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Friday 24th May 2019
Prospect Creek State School Dawson Highway
PO Box 180
Biloela Q 4715
Phone 07 4992 1490
Fax 07 4992 1902
E-mail [email protected]
Web Address https://prospectcreekss.eq.edu.au
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The Prospectus
Hi Parents,
Coming Up.
24th May- Port Curtis Athletics.
25th May- Wusty’s Run.
28th May -Prep Vision Screening.
30th May- School Photos.
12th June- Staff at Before Moderation Professional Development.
21st June- Year 6 transition day at Biloela State High School.
25th June- PCYC Day.
26th June- Parade for behaviour awards.
28th June- Last Day of Term 2.
15th July- First Day of Term 3. The first half of Term Two is always difficult as there are many public holidays but this does not stop our teaching and learning. The students will be completing their assessments in the next few weeks. Today Cooper, Nic and Mitchell participated in the Port Curtis Athletics. We look forward to hearing how they went. Last Wednesday, we participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime. Every year the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) picks a picture book, that is written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator. This book is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. The book picked this year was Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove and we were lucky enough to have Chappy Selma read it to us. Wustys Run Wusty’s Run is this Saturday and Sunday. This is one of our main fundraisers for the year. If you are available please come and give us a hand. Damien Kee Technology Day Next Tuesday, the students in years 3-6 will be travelling to Wowan State School to participate in the Damien Kee Technology Day. Students must be at school by 8:15am and they will return by 3pm. This allows those students who normally catch a bus to school to still do so. Students will need to wear full school uniform and to bring the following items:
Waterbottle – ESSENTIAL. Students MUST have their own waterbottle.
School Hat.
Morning Tea and lunch (Unless you have ordered tuckshop) Do not send food
items that require refrigeration) Kind regards, Kara Riley
Attachments:
Chappy Dinner
Flyer
That Dam Run
flyer
Zac P
5th June
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Changes to School Photos
There has been a change to the school photos from Tuesday 28th May to
Thursday 30th May.
School Photo’s
Daily lessons in resilience for kids
By Michael Grose
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Recently, I saw a mother give a simple, yet profound resilience lesson to her three year old. The toddler fell into his dog’s bowl, saturating his t-shirt and giving himself a fright. His mum quickly helped him saying, “Oh well!” The three-year-old bravely parroted his mother, saying, “Oh well!” and dashed off to play.
Every day there are opportunities for parents to give their children lessons in resilience. Promoting personal resilience focuses on helping kids cope with life’s hurts, disappointments and challenges in the present, while building strengths for the future.
Adult reactions matter
It’s in our reactions to these and other every day mistakes, mess-ups, muck-ups and hurts where the big lessons in resilience are taught and reinforced.
The lessons for the three-year-old were simple but profound. “Oh well” meant:
Stuff happens
Don’t look for fault or blame
Keep your perspective
Pick yourself off and continue with what you were doing
How to react
The resilience lesson for this mother was equally as profound. When a minor mishap with a child or teenager occurs:
Match your response to the incident
Stay calm and be positive
Don’t look for fault or blame
Remember, stuff happens
Resilience lesson for parents – “Oh well”
Every day there are opportunities for parents to give their children lessons in resilience.
A child misses being picked for a team that he had his heart set on joining. “Oh well. Let’s see how you go next time.”
When a boy experiences rejection in the playground at school. “Oh well. You’ll find that some people don’t want to be your friend.”
When a teenage girl doesn’t get the mark she thinks she deserves in an assignment. “Oh well. Sometimes we don’t get the marks we think we deserve.”
Match your response to the challenge to promote resilience
There are times when “Oh well” won’t cut it.
When a child is bullied he needs your continued support.
When a student’s continuous efforts at improvement are constantly met with criticism then you may need to act on his behalf and meet with a teacher.
When a child always struggles to make the grade and is never picked for a team then you may need to help him make different choices.
These types of situations also present opportunities for daily lessons in resilience, but they require more parental support and teaching.
The resilience lessons learned are deeper and include concepts such as ‘things will eventually go your way,’ ‘there are times when you need to seek help’ and ‘this too shall pass.’
Promoting personal resilience focuses on helping kids cope with life’s hurts, disappointments and challenges in the present, while building strengths for the future.
Daily lessons in resilience are everywhere. You need to be ready to make the most of these valuable lessons when they come your way.
Parenting Ideas
The next one we will look at is ‘Responsive’.
Age Appropriate Pedagogies
Behaviours
Responsive Children may: • understand that they are part of the classroom decision-making process • take responsibility for their learning: planning, doing and reflecting • feel safe and respected • develop ownership of, and responsibility for, the classroom environment.
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We looked at the CAFÉ Strategy: Use the Pictures. Here is some information to help you reinforce what is being taught at school.
Reading
In Term One, our focus in writing was writing a persuasive text. All students had amazing growth between their first test and their second test, which was five weeks later. The year’s 3-6 fantastic progress is shown below.
Writing Growth
Prospect Creek State School
12935 Dawson Highway
PO Box 180, Biloela, QLD 4715
Phone: 4992 1490
Fax: 4992 1902
School Mobile: 0477 760 014
Email: [email protected]
Principal: Kara Riley
Port Curtis Athletics—Friday 24th May
Wusty’s Run—Sat 25th May
Prep Vision Screening—Tues 28th may
School Photo’s—Thurs 30th May
Yr 6 Transition Day—Friday 21st June
PCYC Day—Tues 25th June
Behaviour Awards parade—Wed 26th June
Break Up Day—Friday 28th June
First Day Term 3—Monday 15th July
DATES TO REMEMBER
Week 4 Ilyssa—Helping & guiding younger students with their clay work.
Jessica—Demonstrating leadership skills when working with younger students in our class.
Week 5
Rachael—Remaining calm & positive during testing.
Evie— For using your knowledge of letters & sounds to decode tricky words during reading groups.
