PRINCIPAL: MR STUART BELL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: MS SUE EASTWOOD PHONE: 5480 2777 BUSINESS MANAGER: MR TREVOR WARD

Principal’s News Students of the Month This Friday on Parade, we will acknowledge the great work of our students with our Student of the Month Awards. It would be great to see as many parents as possible at

parade to help us celebrate the achievements of our students.

New Building Update

We are very close to being able to use our new admin building. At the moment we are only waiting for the ‘Activewear’, this means the internet, network and phone systems to be finished. We will be gradually moving items into the new building in anticipation of the Activewear being installed as soon as possible.

The refurbishment of A block will continue once we are

able to use the new Admin Block for all our office

requirements. A fenced area has been erected outside

the old Admin Block to store equipment while the

refurbishment takes place.

Chess Tournament Thursday

Next Thursday the 12th of March four teams of students

will be representing One Mile SS at the Wide Bay South

Chess Tournament being held at Maryborough. This will

be the first opportunity I’ve had to see the students

compete and I am very much looking forward to

watching the range of students from grade 1 through 6

compete. Thank you Mr Hinkley for organising the

students and running chess club each week.

Attendance

Unfortunately No Year levels achieved our attendance

target of 95% last week. Remember Every day counts

here at One Mile State School

Stuart Bell

. From the Deputy’s Desk

Positive Behaviour for

Learning (PBL)

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Last week we had the Regional Coordinator for PBL and

our External Coach visit to talk to students, parents and

staff about our PBL processes. This is one of the

measures in place to check our implementation and

identify areas where further work is required.

Our Expectation continues to be from ‘Learner’ and as

we head into assessment is focussing on I produce my

best work.

Religious Instruction

Religious Instruction will commence for Year 4 & 6 next

week on Thursday afternoons. Students are identified

as participating or not according to the Enrolment

agreement you completed or any subsequent update.

Please let the office know if you wish to change your

option.

Sue Eastwood

Earlyact Pink

Stumps Day Last Friday at parade we celebrated One Mile State

School’s awesome support for the McGrath Foundation.

Our school presented a cheque to Sharon Shelford,

who is the Gympie McGrath Foundation nurse, for

School News 5th March 2020

$1000.00. Wow! This came from the Pink Stumps Day

free dress donations and the profits from the fairy floss

sales. Great job everyone!

Even though there was no cricket on the day due to rain,

Mr Hinkley assured us all that the Cricket Australia rules

say if there is a cancellation, the reigning team is the

winner. So well done staff!!!

Thanks to the awesome fairy floss makers: Mrs Dodt,

Ms Morley, Mrs Tierney, Mrs Sauer, Mrs Cantle, Maddy

Morley, Nic Morley, Mal Dodt and Montanna Dodt.

Thank you to a super school community for their

wonderful generosity. We have made a big difference!

Our Earlyact Committee present the cheque to Sharon

Shelford (Gympie’s McGrath Foundation nurse)

Earlyact Rotary

Bushfire Appeal

Last Friday at parade we celebrated One Mile State

School’s awesome support for the Rotary International

Bushfire Appeal. Our school presented a cheque to Dr

George Springall (President of Gympie Cooloola Rotary

Club) and Robin Yule (Youth Ambassador Gympie

Cooloola Rotary Club) for $1391.60. Wow! This came

from the Bushfire Relief free dress donations and the

profits from the sausage sizzle. Thank you to the OMSS

P & C for donating the sausages. This donation went a

long way in raising the final total that was donated.

Thanks to the awesome Mr Derrick. He cooked 354

sausages on the day. At parade

last Friday we made him the

OMSS BBQ KING!!! He was

presented with a crown and a

trophy for his efforts.

Thank you to a super school

community for their wonderful

generosity. We have made a big

difference!

Administration News EFTPOS is now available at the Office. For your

convenience, you can also pay your invoices

through QParents and BPoint.

If you haven’t received an email asking you to

join QParents, please check your junk mail or

contact the office.

Student Absences Recording your child’s absence is an

important task when your child is away.

We have a student absence line for your

convenience. Please Call 07-5480-2760 Note: - Student absences of more than 10

days duration require an approved student

exemption form. Please see the office.

P E News 12 Minute Run Interschool Sport is taking up a large

amount of time for the year 5 & 6

classes. As such, it has been decided

that there will be no time in class time

for these students to run the 12

minute run while interschool sport is

on. If your child is in year 5 or 6 it would be great if they

could make at least one of our morning runs at 8.15am.

Students are encouraged to jog/walk/run at their own

pace and attempt sustained running. This will improve

their health and prepare them for the cross-country.

Some notable performances are Isaac in prep running

4 laps (2km) and Gemma in year 6 running 6 laps (3km).

Please support your child by getting them to school for

one of these runs each week if possible. DO NOT

FORGET the permission note for leaving the school

grounds for training and cross-country day are due this

by the end of this week (my apology for the incorrect

date on the form).

Swimming

Next week is the last week for all swimming! This

includes HPE class swimming as well as before,

afternoon and lunch time swimming (there will be a

make up extra lesson for Monday and Thursday after

school swimmers as they missed a lesson. This will

occur in the afternoon, Monday 16-03 and Thursday 19-

03.

District Basketball & Touch

Please note that nominations for District Sport

(basketball and Touch footy) are due this Friday March

06. The students below have nominated. Students

cannot trial unless they have nominated by this Friday.

Touch - Jonathon W, Elijah B, Dylan J, Dayna S,

Hannah W

Basketball - Jacob S, Caitlin K, Connor C, Bailey W,

Jet J, Locklan M

Andrew Martin

Dates to Remember

Date Function Location

Friday (Over 5 weeks)

21/02, 28/02, 06/03, 13/03

& 20/03

Year 5&6 Inter School Sport

Various locations

Thursday 12th March

Wide Bay South Chess Tournament

Maryborough

Monday 16th March

P&C Meeting OMSS at 6pm

Wednesday 18th March

Whole School Photos

OMSS

Thursday 2nd April

Year 2&3 Rugby League Gala Day

TBA

Parents & Citizens News Our next P&C meeting will be on Monday, 16th March.

The P&C are always interested to hear about ideas

you might have for improving the school.

Don Maskall - President 0407 588 437

Email the committee on

pandc@onemiless.eq.edu.au

Tuck Shop News

Volunteers Needed The Tuckshop is once again asking for volunteers to help feed our One Mile students. If you are able to spare some time and can help in the Tuckshop we would be very grateful.

Donations Needed The tuckshop is in need of the following items. Brown Paper Bags Alfoil

All donations are gratefully appreciated!

Uniforms Available for purchase (cash only or Qkr App) at the Tuckshop

See you in the Tuckshop soon

Roz

Tuckshop Convenor – 5480 2716

Hi Banking Buddies

School banking is on Thursday

For students that have made a deposit last week or today, have received the first colouring in competition for the year. Fire Girl (for girls) and Fire Boy (for boys.) One of the staff in the school will be selecting the 2 winners. Your pictures need to be returned by Thursday, 12th March 2020, either with your bank book or handed in to the office.

Term 1 Rewards Terry Denton’s Activity Book (Bumper book of silly things to do) or Mini Soccer Ball (size 2)

There are also some 2019 rewards left. When you receive your slip on your 9th deposit I will add a slip for 2020 and 2019 into your bank book. Please select only 2 in preference 1 – 2 in case one is not available. On your10th deposit you will receive a Gold Token for you to keep at home.

School banking is Thursday Only Each week you need to place your bank book into the grey banking bag in your class. It comes to the office in the morning with your class communication bag.

Lost Banking Book If your child has lost their bank book please contact your School Banking Co-ordinator for a replacement or visit any Commonwealth Bank Branch. If you have a little brother or sister that are not at school yet and they would like to open their own account, they are more than welcome to put their deposit book into the grey banking satchel in your class with yours. They will also receive the rewards. Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at One Mile State School.

Diana Read

School Banking Co-ordinator

Every Thursday

9 am – 10.30 am

Entry and parking via Phoenix Street or McLeod Lane. If you’re Interested in attending our playgroup please

contact the office on 07-5480-2777

***This program does not run during the school holidays