ROBERTSON STATE SCHOOL

Principal’s Update By Margaret Berry

LOTE AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT -

LOTE CLASSES BEGIN FOR

PREP - YEAR 1 NEXT TERM

Attached to this newsletter is a

vision and staffing of our newly

formed LOTE and International Programs

Department in the school.

Prep and Year 1 classes will

begin LOTE (Mandarin) lessons

next term. Mrs Joy Wang will join Ms Joy Hsieh in delivering

a 30 minute lesson of LOTE to

the Preps and Year 1s. This is

an exciting development in our

school and in line with our

Strategic Plan to deliver LOTE from P - 6 and develop

relationships with a sister

school. Watch this space!

YEAR 2 STUDENTS CREATE KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

As a culminating literacy

activity for the term, Mrs

Feeney’s 2F class produced

some amazing keynote

presentations using their iPads. Children were able to

publish their information

reports in an attractive and

creative manner.

This is just one example of

multi-modal learning that is

occurring across many of our

classrooms this term.

Congratulations 2F.

CHESS SUCCESS Congratulations to the

Robertson Chess team who

earned a first in the open

division and places in the

novice division at the

Somerville House Invitational. A smaller Robertson team

scored second in the

Interschool competition at

Churchie this week. See the

full story in Chess news.

TUCKSHOP OPENS MONDAY

– FRIDAY TERM 2

The P&C has extended the

opening hours of the tuckshop

from Monday to Friday next

term beginning week 2. See Tuckshop news for more

information.

HAPPY EASTER AND

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS With two weeks break it is

good to have some downtime

and family fun. I would like to

wish all families a Happy

Easter and a relaxing holiday.

School resumes Monday 11 April.

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ICT News

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Sponsors

Staff News

Tuckshop News

Update Contacts

You Can Do It

Newsletter

24 March 2016

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EASTER PARADE

Deputy News By Cartia Balladone IMPROVING READING

Holiday Reading The Easter holiday is a great time to encourage your child to pick up a few good books. Holiday reading as a leisure activity and as a family is a great way to keep their hard-earned reading skills from slipping.

Get your younger readers to take a day trip to the local library. You may be tempted to select their books, but don’t. Let them have free choice of what they want to read. This will keep them motivated and interested in reading.

For those reluctant readers audio books could be a great option. The

local library will have options for all ages. Any positive engagement with texts will help them retain their reading skills.

PREP EXCURSION The Prep students participated in their first excursion for the year to the Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre. The students were exploring the seaside and in particular the flora and fauna which is unique to these ecosystems.

We would like to thank our teachers for getting this excursion organised and the parent volunteers for their assistance.

ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH EFFORT Over the term students from Prep to Year 3 have participated in the

junior assembly. This assembly gives the junior school an opportunity to share what we are doing in our classrooms and learn more about our school from an early years perspective.

One of the highlights on any junior assembly is presenting the Achievement Through Effort awards. This award is given to one student in each class who has consistently and independently demonstrated our school motto.

This term students have been acknowledged for their reading and writing skills, participation in classroom and outdoor activities,

as well as improved participation in homework or extra-curricular activities.

Well done to the students who have received one of these awards this term.

Deputy News By Lesley Boshammer

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS I hope that those of you who attended our evening on

Wednesday heard wonderful things about your child and their educational journey.

Our next round of interviews will take place on the second Wednesday of Term 3. Interview times will open online around the middle of next term.

NAPLAN INFORMATION SESSIONS Thank you to those of you ho attended the NAPLAN sessions. I hope that you had your questions

answered and understand how we prepare the children to sit this national test.

CANBERRA TRIP – YEAR 6 I am very excited as I met with the organisers of this year’s tour on Tuesday and the itinerary is probably one of the best I have seen in my fourteen years at Robertson.

This year we are booking through EducaTours. This company was recommended to us by other schools as being expert at what they do.

Due to the time of the year that we are travelling, we are unable to fly in or out of Canberra so we will be going via Sydney. This is quite exciting as the children will get to visit Taronga Park Zoo, have a ride on a ferry and a tour through the Sydney Opera House before travelling on to Canberra.

We will be staying at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and eating in the same dining room with the athletes – what a wonderful opportunity for the children.

The trip will now be six days in length (Sunday 4 September –

Friday 9 September). I enquired about leaving on the Monday however this will not make the trip all that much cheaper as the Monday flights are a lot more expensive than the Sunday flights.

The final cost has been confirmed at $1140.00 per person. The

response has been great so far. I will need to confirm numbers after the holidays so that we can secure our flights so please return your child’s forms and pay the deposit so that they don’t miss out.

CALENDAR

TERM 1 MARCH

Fri 25 GOOD FRIDAY

Public Holiday

APRIL

Mon 11 Start Term 2

Assembly 2:15 pm

Thu 14 Story Telling 2:00pm–3:00pm

Mon 18 Assembly 2:15 pm

Tues 19 Yr 5 Excursion – St Helena Island P & C Meeting 7:00 pm

Wed 20 Teddy Bears’ Hospital – Prep

Thur 21 City ANZAC Ceremony

Story Telling 2:00pm-3:00pm

Fri 22 School ANZAC Ceremony 2:00 p,

Mon 25 ANZAC DAY Public Holiday

Fri 29 Gala Day 2

May

Mon 2 Labour Day Public Holiday

Tues 3 District Cross Country

Wed 4 Mother’s Day Stall

Thurs 5 Mother’s Day Stall

Tues 10 Naplan Yr 2 Excursion Beenleigh Historical Centre

Wed 11 Naplan Yr 2 Excursion Beenleigh Historical Centre

Thur 12 Naplan

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ICAS Form

QParent Form

LOTE & International

Programs

Update Contacts Please contact the office if you are not receiving emails from your child’s teacher. It is important to keep the school up to date with your most current email address in order to assist communication.

We are getting a few bounced emails from the mailing list and can’t work out who’s not getting our communications.

QParents

Could you please complete your QParents form and return to the

office as soon as possible.

Music News What a wonderful Junior Easter

Parade the Preps, 1,2s and

Songbirds entertained us with

today, the hats were great, and

the Aussie Musical lovely fun!

Special thanks to our Songbirds

Piano Accompanist, Mrs Chen,

who gives up her Friday

afternoons so joyously and

always with a smile for the

choir! We are lucky to have such

lovely volunteers at our school.

Josephine Vanderbyl

Music Teacher

STRING NEWS Could all instrumental students

please ensure that they have

returned their ‘Project Consent’

forms to the Green Mailbox in

the Music Room. These were

due in the last week of term but there are still some outstanding.

Please return them ASAP!

Musician of the Week: Cantabile The Whole Choir

Songbirds All boys and

Shreeyani

Wannabees Elizabeth C and E-Shane

Corelli Kaytee V

Paganini Lyra L

Vivaldi Tobey W

LOTE News

Nǐ Hǎo! 你好

The LOTE extension

program will resume from

Term 2. This program is a

fee-free program offered to

our students after school

during school terms. The

policy of the enrolment is

“first come, first served”. The

purpose of the program is to

enhance and promote students’ Chinese learning

in speaking, listening,

writing and reading. All

students from Year 4 to Year

6 are eligible to enrol in this

program. The timetable of

this program is a 30 minute

lesson on Tuesdays and

Fridays in 2016. The class

size is up to 12 students.

Students can enrol in this

program term by term

depending on their interest

and availability. The enrolment time for term 2

will be open from Monday 11

April to Friday 15 April.

More information will follow

soon.

Last Friday the LOTE team

and Mrs Kallioinen attended

the AO (Accredited Officer)

workshop for study tours

provided by EQI (Education

Queensland International) at

Education House. The

purpose of this workshop was to provide the training

for qualified officers/leaders

to manage future school

based study

tours/professional visits

from overseas countries.

Throughout the whole day

training, the LOTE team

gained much knowledge

about how to accomplish the

future opportunites for

organising overseas study

tours.

Today’s sentence

Happy Easter! 复活节快乐 Fù

huό jié kuài le

Xièxie! (谢谢)

Ms Hsieh (谢老师)

Curriculum News

ICAS 2016 NEWS Next term we will commence the

2016 round of ICAS

competitions. These are external

activities that individual

students may choose to do. On

completion of the competition,

the answer sheet is sent to the

University of New South Wales

to be marked and the results are

then sent to each child, with a

certificate, through the school.

SCHOOL ABSENTEE LINE 3452 4166

Please call this number for all student absences.

In the past, our students have

been very successful in these

competitions.

Due to time constraints with our

busy curriculum, these

competitions will be offered out

of school hours. They will run

from 7:45am on the given

morning, with all students

completing the test in

classrooms under supervision. All tests will be finished by

9:00am. As we are using regular

classrooms for the competitions,

students who arrive after the

test has started, cannot be given

extra time.

Years 2-6 can register for the

English, Maths, Science and

Spelling competitions, while

Years 3-6 can also register for

Digital Technologies and

Writing. Please note that the

Digital Technologies test is administered as a pencil and

paper booklet with multiple

choice answers. If you’re

interested in looking at

examples of the tests, please go

to

https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/i

cas/preparation .

Please note the dates, subjects

and costs for each competition.

A note will be sent home with

your Year 2 - 6 child this week.

If you would like your child to

compete in any of these competitions, please complete

the form and return with

payment to the school office by

Wednesday, 20 April 2016. No

payments will be accepted after

this date and payment cannot

be processed if the form is not

returned to the office.

Cathy Coleman

Curriculum Coordinator

ICT News GET MICROSOFT OFFICE 2016 FREE OF CHARGE Did you know your child can get

Microsoft Office 2016 free of

charge, just for being a student

at Robertson State School? All

you need is your child’s school

email address to sign in.

Ask your child to follow these

simple steps to get Office:

For PC and Mac, visit

portal.office.com, login using

your school email address,

click through to install and

follow the onscreen process.

For tablets and

smartphones, download

from your app store and sign

in with your school email

address.

Visit

www.education.qld.gov.au/office

2016 for instructions on how to

download and install Office

2016 to your personal home

computers. If you have any

trouble, contact Mr Grant

ICT@robertsonss.eq.edu.au.

NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

CURRICULUM Did you know that there is a

new curriculum area? In Digital

Technologies students are

actively engaged in the process

of defining problems and

opportunities, designing,

implementing and evaluating

digital solutions, and creating

and sharing information that meets a range of current and

future needs. These solutions

and information are created

through the application of

computational and design

thinking and technical skills.

For more information around

this new curriculum are please

visit the ACARA website below.

http://www.australiancurriculu

m.edu.au/technologies/introduc

tion

PARENT ICT SURVEY Thank you to the more than 150

parents who have participated in

our Parent ICT Survey. We have

already gained valuable

information regarding the state

of ICT in our school and will use

this data to continue to improve

the way we deliver ICT at

Robertson SS. The survey

should take less than 10 mins to

complete and will be available

until the end of term. If you

haven’t had your say yet please

follow the link below.

Parent ICT Survey

FACEBOOK & TWITTER Did you know that Robertson SS

has a Facebook page and Twitter

account?

https://www.facebook.com/Rob

ertsonStateSchool &

https://twitter.com/Robertsons

sqld

Mr Grant

ICT Coordinator

Chess News

The Robertson chess team of

Lucas S, Daniel T, Marcus S and

Dillon F, competing in the Open

Division of the Somerville House

Primary School Chess Competition, won first place,

taking this win by just half a

point ahead of another strongly

competitive neighbouring

school.

Congratulations also to our

team playing in the Novice

Division of Ethan H, Jade P,

Zhexi T and Daniel Gu who as a

school representive team came

third in this competition and

placed fifth overall in the chess

tournament behind some composite teams.

Representing Robertson in the

Junior Beginners Division were

Alvin S placing within the top 10

competitors and Joseph X.

Also this week, a team of 7 boys

competed at the Term 1

Interschool Chess Competition

held at Anglican Church

Grammar (Churchie) coming 2nd

by half a point.

Well done to all our chess

players!

Mr Grant

Chess Coordinator

Competition Date

Digital Technologies Yrs 3 - 6 17 May

Science Yrs 2 - 6 31 May

Writing Yrs 3 - 6 14 June

Spelling Yrs 2 - 6 15 June

English Yrs 2 - 6 2 August

Mathematics Yrs 2 - 6 16 August

Tuckshop News Tuckshop Opening Times 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Friday

www.flexischools.com.au

THANK YOU TO ALL

VOLUNTEERS IN TERM 1 Thank you to all the volunteers

who helped in the Tuckshop this

term. Your help is so valuable

to us and our school community

and is very much appreciated.

We look forward to seeing you in

Term 2.

If you would like to join our

team of volunteers any day

Monday to Friday between 9:00

am and 11:15 am please contact

me via email at

rsstuckshop@gmail.com or by

phone on 3452 4111. Helpers

are needed either weekly or

fortnightly.

TUCKSHOP OPEN 5 DAYS IN

TERM 2! Our tuckshop will now open on

Mondays from Week 2 in Term 2. This will provide an extra day

of service to our school

community and will be

especially convenient after the

weekend to kickstart the week's

lunches.

Volunteers are needed for

Mondays. Please contact me by

emailing me at

rsstuckshop@gmail.com if you

can help.

OPENING TIMES FOR TUCKSHOP IN TERM 2 The Tuckshop reopens from

Tuesday 12 April in Term 2.

Online ordering will be available

and you can place your orders

in advance over the holidays

from this date forward. Please

place orders by 9:00 am on the

day you require the order to get

it in on time.

Wishing everyone a very safe

and happy Easter break.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Term 2.

ROSTER

11 April – 15 April

Monday Closed for Restocking

Tuesday Ekta Bindra Sweta Verma

1 x Volunteer Needed

Wednesday Tina Thrasybule Sandi Beckman Dipa Kothekar

Thursday Wendy Beattie Tonia Chernih Candy To

Friday Melody Hung Bonnie Wang

1 x Volunteer Needed

Happy Easter! Mary Maric

Tuckshop Convenor

Ph: 07 3452 4111

Marketing News

Our Annual Business Breakfast is coming up on April 20, 2016

at 7:00 am. This breakfast is a

great way to increase your contacts by meeting many new

and like-minded local business

owners. If you are a business

owner and would like to attend,

please contact me for more

details.

Do you own a business and

want to help your school with

the added bonus of getting

advertising for your business at

the same time? If the answer is

yes, please see me for

sponsorship and advertising information. Sponsorship can be

as little or as big as you would

like.

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK If you can't accept losing, you

can't win. Only someone who is

willing to lose can see the

potential to win by constantly

trying first.

Mel Kennedy

Communications and Marketing Manager

Chaplaincy News SILLY SOCKS FREE DRESS

DAY Thanks to everyone who wore

free dress last week. You raised

over $700. This money will help

fund the work that the chaplain

does here at the school. The

winning class who raised the

most money was Prep B with

$43 (a cool prize is on its way),

followed by Prep L with $36 and

third place was tied between 1W

and 2F, raising $33.

May you all have an wonderful

Easter full of joy and hope, and

may your holidays be refreshing.

Chaplain Ben Chapman

‘Bringing hope to a young

generation

HIGH TEA FUNDRAISER FOR

CHAPLAINCY The Robertson State School

Chaplaincy Support Group will be hosting a high tea on Sunday

15 May to raise funds for our

wonderful Chaplaincy Program.

Please mark the date in your

diary and look out for more

information closer to the time. If

you would like to be involved

with planning the event or can

help with food preparation,

decorations, donations of raffle

prizes or in any way at all please

contact Vicki Lewis on 0408 066

387 or by email at vixnmatt@bigpond.com. Many

hands make light work!

ROBERTSON STATE SCHOOL

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COMMUNITY NEWS

SPEECH AND DRAMA TUITION

THURSDAY & FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLASSES.

Speech and Drama Tuition. Prep – year 6

Classes are now full on a Thursday afternoon.

We have vacancies on a Friday afternoon also in the music room. Qualified Speech teachers. Please enrol online –

www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au or call 38215755.

WHIZ KIDZ – SCIENCE HANDS - ON EXPERIMENTING = LEARNING THAT`S FUN

Is your child driven by curiosity?

Does your child love science?

Does your child ask lots of questions?

Your child will have fun, enjoy learning and come to

understand how the world works!

SUPER SCIENCE CLUB PROGRAM - Fortnightly on Saturdays – 11:00 am – 12:30 am (Years 1 - 5)

CONCEPTS (Term 2) 1. PENDULUM OF DEATH – Things that swing are

constantly converting energy. Is there a volunteer for the Pendulum of Death!

2. BURIED TREASURE (crystals) - There are thousands of different crystals, everything from salt to diamonds. Grow the crystals of your choice for fun and enter

them for judging in the crystal growing competition - if you dare!

3. TOTAL RECALL – Brain work - remembering to remember and remembering to forget!

4. WEATHER WATCH - The atmosphere`s movement and how it creates the Earth`s constantly changing weather.

5. HILLARY HAMBURGER - Without plants all animals on Earth would die. The digestion of foods is linked to the chemistry of foods.

WHO – Years 1-5 WHEN – Fortnightly from Saturday 16 April WHERE – School Hall Foyer (access via Estoril Street) FEE – $125 (normal length term) (Cash, money order or cheque payable to D. Bennett) ENROLLMENT - Your child must be properly enrolled to be accepted. For the enrollment package and a full program – contact Donna Bennett before Session 1- see below EMAIL – scedau@optusnet.com.au - MOBILE - 0427 644490

Now that everyone is back at school with all their Booklist items for the year, Schoolstuff is entering their low season. From 15 February through to 4 October, they are open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. There are three simple methods for filling orders through

Schoolstuff:

ONLINE: Go to www.schoolstuff.com.au at

any time to place your order. You can either

have your order despatched to your chosen

address or it can be collected from our

warehouse. Orders are despatched on

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.

PHONE: Call us on 33917000 and we will

place the order for you.

RETAIL STORE: Visit our store at 81A Caswell

St East Brisbane for an instant service. Our

staff will pick and pack your order for you

while you wait. The store is open Tuesdays,

Wednesdays & Thursdays 9:00 am -4:00 pm

throughout the year, including school

holidays.

Robertson State School

NEWSLETTER

24 March 2016

Principal’s Update校長通訊

LOTE AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT - LOTE CLASSES BEGIN FOR PREP YEAR 1 NEXT TERM

中文與國際項目部門——下學期中文課將延伸至學前班與一年級

此次通訊附有新成立的中文與國際項目部門的規劃與成員信息。學前班和一年級將於下學期開始開展中文課程（普通話課程），時長為30mins，

由Ms Joy Hsieh與Ms Joy

Wang授課。學前班至六年級全面開展中文課是學校發展計畫的一部分，這將有利學校與中國締結姐妹學校，期待我們新部門的發展！

YEAR 1 STUDENTS CREATE IBOOKS 一年級學生製作電子展示

作為本學期最後的文學活動，Mrs Feeney

2F班級的學生用iPad上的Keynote製作了電子展示，這樣孩子們可以將信息報告做得更加有趣和有創意。這只是我們學校多元化學習的一個例子，

幹的漂亮2F!

CHESS SUCCESS 象棋比賽圓滿結束

恭喜Robertson的象棋團隊取得的佳績！他們在Somerville House

Invitational獲得了公開組的第一名和新手組的第三名（總排名第五名）的好成績。此外，我們的象棋隊在校際比賽中獲得了第二名的好成績！更多

信息請看以下通訊。

TUCKSHOP OPENS MONDAY – FRIDAY TERM 2 第二學期福利社將週一至週五營業

家長會延長了福利社的營運時間，下學期福利社一週將營業五天，更所信息請查看福利社通訊。

HAPPY EASTER AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 祝大家復活節快樂

希望孩子和家長們將度過一個輕鬆愉快的假期，祝大家復活節快樂！下學期於4月11日星期一開學。

Deputy News副校長通訊 (by Ms Cartia Balladone)

IMPROVING READING 閱讀訓練

假期間的閱讀：假期中，家長可以鼓勵學生們選一些好書閱讀。閱讀作為一項閒暇的活動可以很好地幫助孩子保持和提高好不容易獲得的閱讀能力

。家長們還可以領孩子去當地的圖書管，請不要幫孩子挑選圖書，讓他們可以有自己的選擇。當地圖書館還提供面向不同年齡的有聲圖書，任何形

式的文本閱讀都是有益處的。

PREP EXCURSION 學前班遠足

學前班學生參加了今年第一次遠足活動，他們參觀了Moreton

Bay環境教育中心，探索了海邊的植物與動物群，親身體驗這樣的生態環境是非常難得的經歷。感謝老師們對此次遠足活動的組織以及家長們的協

助。

ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH EFFORT 努力成就獎

這個學期，學前班和三年級的學生參加了低年級集會，集會上我們從低年級的角度分享了課堂活動和學校模式等相關信息。低年級機會上還頒發了

努力成就獎，每個班級有一名學生獲得該獎項。此外，這個學期學生們努力訓練了閱讀與協作能力、參加了一系列課堂與室外的活動，並參加了多

樣的課後學習活動。

Deputy News副校長通訊(by Ms Lesley Boshammer )

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS 家長教師面談會

希望星期三來參加面談會的家長們從老師那兒聽到了關於學生學習的好消息！我們下次家長教師面談會將於第三學期的第二個星期三舉行，時間預

訂於下學期期中開始。

NAPLAN INFORMATION SESSIONS NAPLAN家長信息會億

感謝所有參加NAPLAN家長信息會議的家長們，希望大家對於如果準備接下來的全國考試有了更多的瞭解。

CANBERRA TRIP – YEAR 6 六年級堪培拉之行

很高興見到了此次活動的組織者，今年的堪培拉之行的行程是我在Robertson十四年來看到的最好的！今年我們將通過EducaTours預定，其他學

校向我們推薦了這家公司。由於時間限制，我們無法直接往返堪培拉，所以我們將經轉悉尼。這樣，學生們將有機會在到達堪培拉之前參觀悉尼的

Taronga Park

Zoo，乘坐輪船經過悉尼歌劇院。我們還將住在澳大利亞體育協會中，與運動員在一個區域吃午餐，這對於學生來說是甚好的經歷！此次遠足活動

為六天（9月4日星期日至9月9日星期五）,本來想讓孩子們周一出發，但是週一的機票比周日要貴很多。費用最終確認為$1140.00，目前學生的回

應很好，我需要在假期之後確認參加人數，這樣我們可以提前定機票，所以請在規定時間前完成相關表格並且付費，確保孩子的名額。

Calendar 日曆

第一學期

三月

18日星期五 學前班遠足—Morton Bay EEC

20日星期日 象棋比賽—Sommerville House

21日星期一 和諧日

25日星期五 Good Friday公共假日

四月

11日星期一 第二學期開始

集會時間2：15pm

14日星期四 講故事活動 2：00pm-3：00pm

18日星期一 集會時間2：15pm

19日星期二 五年級遠足—St Helena Island

家長會會議 7：00pm

20日星期三 泰迪熊醫院—學前班

21日星期四 市區ANZAC慶祝

講故事活動 2：00pm-3：00pm

22日星期五 學校ANZAC慶祝

25日星期一 ANZAC DAY 公共假日

29日星期五 校際運動會2

五月

2日星期一 勞動節 公共假日

3日星期二 區長跑活動

4日星期三 母親節攤位

5日星期四 母親節攤位

10日星期二 NAPLAN考試

二年級參觀Beenleigh歷史中心

11日星期三 NAPLAN考試

二年級參觀Beenleigh歷史中心

12日星期四 NAPLAN考試

SCHOOL ABSENTEE LINE 請假電話

請假電話：3452 4166

Update Contacts 更新聯繫方式

如果您無法收到老師的郵件，請聯繫辦公室更新您的聯繫方式。實時接受學校的信息、保持與學校的聯繫非常重要。

QParents

請填好QParents的表格儘快交至辦公室。

Music News音樂科通訊(by Miss V)

學前班、一二年級和低年級合唱團今天為我們獻上的精彩遊行與演出！特別感謝低年級合唱團的鋼琴伴奏Mrs

Chen，她貢獻每週五下午來幫我們的孩子們伴奏，有這樣的義工我們覺得很幸運！

STRING NEWS 弦樂通訊

請所有器樂學生將“項目同意表格”交至音樂教室的綠色盒子裏，截止日期為本學期最後一週，沒有交的請儘快！

Musician of the Week優秀的音樂科學生:

Cantabile 全體成員

Songbirds 所有男生和Shreeyani

Wannabees Elizabeth C和E-Shane

Corelli Kaytee V

Paganini Lyra L

Vivaldi Tobey W

LOTE News 中文科通訊 (by Ms Hsieh)

中文課拓展項目將從第二學期重新開展。中文科扩展课程是本校课后开展的免费中文课程，招生原则为“先到先得

”。扩展课程的目标是提高和促进学生中文口语、听力、写作和阅读水平，欢迎4-

6年级的学生报名。中文扩展课程时间为星期二和星期五各30分钟，每个班级最多容纳12个学生，学生根据兴趣和能力每学期需重新报名

。課程報名時間為4月11日星期一至4月15日星期五。

3月18日上个星期五，中文科团队和Mrs

Kallioinen在教育大楼参加了EQI提供的AO（国际游学注册官员）的陪训课程，此次课程的目的是为接待海外游学团队（学生或专业人士

）项目陪训合格的执行官员。在满满一天的培训中，我们的团队成员收益良多，了解了如何为学校接待海外游学团队。

Curriculum News 課程部通訊

ICAS 2016 NEWS

下學期將開展ICAS競賽，學生可以有選擇地參加。完成比賽後，答題卷將送至新南威爾士大學進行批改，然後學生會從學校得到比賽結果和獎狀。

在過去的比賽中，我們的學生都表現非常出色。由於我們的課時十分緊張，所以比賽將於課外時間開展。學生將於制定的一個早上7：45在教室中

開始答題，並於9am結束，晚到的學生沒有多餘的時間進行答題。2-6年級的學生可以報名參加英語、數學、科學和拼寫競賽，3-

6年級學生還可以報名參加電子技術競賽（以書面選擇題的形式）。如果您有興趣看樣卷，可以查看https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/prep

aration。請注意競賽的日子、科目以及費用，更多信息將於本周發給學生。如果您想讓您的孩子參加ICAS競賽，請填好表格並與費用一起交至辦

公室，截止日期為2016年4月20日星期三，逾期將不接受繳費，如果繳費了但是沒有交回表格，報名也無法通過。

競賽 日期

電腦 3-6年級 5月17日

科學 2-6年級 5月31日

寫作3-6年級 6月14日

拼寫2-6年級 6月15日

英語2-6年級 8月2日

數學2-6年級 8月16日

ICT News 信息與通信技術通訊

GET MICROSOFT OFFICE 2016 FREE OF CHARGE 免費的微軟2016

您知道Robertson的學生可以免費獲得免費的微軟2016嗎？您需要做的只是用學校郵件進行註冊。為了幫助學生的學習，教育與教育部門將為所有

州立學校的學生提供免費office2016,學生可以使用Word寫作，使用Excel製作表格、使用PowerPoint製作展示、使用OneNote記筆記等等。你可

以在最多5台PCs和Macs上安裝完整的最新版本Office軟件，只要學生在州立学校就讀就可以使用免費使用這些軟件。如何獲得Office軟件：

無論PC還是Mac，請訪問portal.office.com，使用學校郵件註冊，根據提示進行安裝；

平板電腦和智能手機，可以從應用商店下載，並用學校郵箱地址登錄。

請訪問www.education.qld.gov.au/office2016查看更多如何安裝Office2016的步驟，如果您有任何問題，請聯繫Mr

Grant，ICT@robertsonss.eq.edu.au。

NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES CURRICULUM 新電子技術課程

在新電子技術課程中，學生可以更好地分析問題、發現機會、設計方案和分享信息等更多信息請訪問http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au

/technologies/introduction。

PARENT ICT SURVEY 學校技術使用的家長問卷

已經有150多位家長填寫了家長問卷，還沒有填寫的家長請點擊以下連接完成問卷，問卷估計佔用您10分鐘的時間，問卷於本學期末截至。https:/

/www.surveymonkey.com/r/GNTV3YT。

Facebook & Twitter

您知道學校Facebook和Twitter的地址嗎？

https://www.facebook.com/RobertsonStateSchool

https://twitter.com/Robertsonssqld

Chess News 國際象棋通訊

由Lucas S, Daniel T, Marcus S和Dillon F組成的Robertson象棋隊在Somerville House Primary

School舉辦的象棋比賽的開放組比賽中以0.5分領先鄰校強隊，取得了第一名的好成績！此外，恭喜參加新手賽的of Ethan H, Jade P, Zhexi

T和Daniel G比賽中獲得了第三名的好成績，最終名次為第五名，落後於一些混合的隊伍。代表Robertson參加低年級初學者公開賽的學生是Alvin

S和Jospeh X，其中Alvin S獲得了前十名的好成績。最後，我們有7名男孩子參加了在Anglican Church

Grammar舉辦的第一學期校際象棋比賽，並取得了第二名的好成績！恭喜所有的象棋選手們！

TUCKSHOP NEWS福利社通訊(By Mary Maric)

星期二 – 星期五9:00am – 2:00pm (星期一休業) www.flexischools.com.au/?r=1 .

THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS IN TERM 1 感謝所有第一學期幫助我們的義工們

感謝所有本學期幫助過福利社的義工們，您的幫助對我們來說非常重要！希望在學個學期繼續看見大家！如果您想加入我們的團隊，在星期一至星

期五早上9：00am至11：15am任何一個時間幫助我們請洽rsstuckshop@gmail.com或致電3452 4111。

TUCKSHOP OPEN 5 DAYS IN TERM 2! 第二學期福利社一週營運五天

從第二學期的第二周開始，福利社週一也營業，這樣福利社一週將營業5天，因此我們週一急需義工，如果您有時間幫助我們請聯繫rsstuckshop@

gmail.com。

OPENING TIMES FOR TUCKSHOP IN TERM 2 福利社第二學期的營業時間

福利社於4月12日星期二開始營業，綫上預定也是從這天開始，每天的綫上預定最晚為早上9：00。希望大家度過一個愉快的復活節假期，下學期

見！

Marketing News 市場部通訊

OUR ANNUAL BUSINESS BREAKFAST年度商業早餐

時間：2016年4月20日7：00am。這是當地商業人士互相見面的好機會，如果您擁有自己的生意並且想參加我們的商業早餐，請聯繫我獲得更多

信息。

如果您想在幫助學校的同時並且為自己的生意做廣告，請聯繫我獲得更多贊助與廣告信息。

Chaplain News駐校主教通訊(by Ben Chapman)

SILLY SOCKS FREE DRESS DAY 穿便衣日

感謝大家踴躍參與上週的穿便衣日活動，學校一共集資了超過$700。這筆錢將用於學校的主教項目建設，冠軍班級為Prep

B，共集資$43，你們很快就能收到獎品了！希望大家度過一個愉快的復活節。

HIGH TEA FUNDRAISER FOR CHAPLAINCY

Robertson的主教項目將在5月15日星期日舉辦早茶活動來集資，請記住這個日期來參加我們的早茶，如果您可以幫助我們準備食物、裝飾場地，

請聯繫Vicki Lewis，0408 066 387，vixnmatt@bigpond.com。

Aims of You Can Do It! Education 教育

你可以做到？YCDI是幫助孩子們取得更高成就的項目，它幫助孩子們提高社交、情緒和行為上的能力並且發掘每個孩子的不同潛力。

COMMUNITY NEWS社區通訊

KEYBOARDKIDZ 鋼琴課

報名請洽 3219 0808

NORTH SHORE 課後輔導班

報名請洽--- 3343-1883/ 0422 001 399

上課時間：每週二和週四，3：30-5：30pm

Speech and Drama Tuition Thursday & Friday afternoon classes

演講和戲劇課程 星期四&五下午

地點：音樂教室，2月4或5日。將會有兩班教學，教學內容一致，時間3:00pm-4；15pm。

綫上報名：www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au，或致電3821 5755。

melissa@ltkspeechanddrama.com.au www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au P: 07 3821 5755 M: 0416 147 129

PO Box 779, Mt Gravatt QLD 4122

French Immersion Program 7-10歲數學、科學、歷史、地理等的法語授課

開放日：2月25日星期四或3月10日星期四

信息分享會：3月16日星期三，6:30pm，C區

地址：Mansfield State High School, corner Broadwater and Ham Roads，從Broadwater Road的停車場進入

聯繫方式：Mr Kerin Gordon，Head of Department, Languages，phone: 3452 5356

Schoolstuff.com.au 購買學校用品

開放時間：星期二、三、四，9：00am-4:00pm

購買方式：綫上www.schoolstuff.com.au;

電話購買33917000；

零售店，81A Caswell St East Brisbane，開放時間為全年星期二、三、四，9：00am-4:00pm，包括學校假日。

韻律體操

韻律體操的時間表可見英文版通訊中

地點：Robertson State School，更多問題請洽