17 August 2016

Newsletter Articles

PRINCIPAL

NAPLAN

I am very pleased, and proud, to announce that Worongary Year 3 and Year 5 NAPLAN results

this year are excellent. Students and their teachers have worked hard and have achieved a very high standard. Full information will become available on

A summary of our 2016 results indicate that Worongary State School is statistically similar to or above the Nation in National Minimum Standard in all of the tests:

Year 3 Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy
Year 5 Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy

A summary of our 2016 results show that Worongary State School students achieved statistically similar or above the Nation in the Upper 2 Bands in:

Year 3 Reading, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation
Year 5 Reading, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy

All students should have received their individual reports, if you have not received yours please contact the office.

Athletics Carnival

Worongary students continue to excel, academically and in athletics. Congratulations to our 2016 team, a lot of personal bests, a school best, ranking third. Well done to all students selected to represent their school at Districts.

Eisteddfod

Worongary just keeps getting better and better. I was thrilled to receive this email from Cindy Ashton, (Senior Instrumental Music Teacher). "I just thought I would share our Eisteddfod news with you all. The Concert Band received 3rd Place. There were 11 bands in the section and our students did a fantastic job performing and representing the school."

Well done students and thank you.

P&C

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our hardworking and dedicated P&C team. I urge you to support them in their efforts. You are all invited to attend the P&C meeting on the second Tuesday of every month at 5.30 pm in the staff room. You can also help by donating some time to help in the canteen or uniform shop, or by helping at the upcoming Fathers' Day stall or at the disco next term.

We are all very busy, if you cannot give some time please do help by supporting the fundraising efforts. Thank you all for your support of the recent Chocolate Drive. The Drive has now finished. Please return all money raised or chocolates not sold. If the chocolates are not returned the P&C will have to issue an account for the full cost of the box issued.

Bingo

I am sorry to announce, that due to low attendance rates, this Friday, 19 August, will the final

Bingo at Worongary State School. This was hoped to be a regular way to raise funds for the P&C. Thank you to Kerri Sullivan and her team.

Dojo Awards

Congratulations to all our students who have received their Bronze Dojo Badge, our target is that every student will achieve this award before the end of the year, a special congratulations to all those students who have received their Silver Dojo Badge, I am looking forward to awarding the first Gold Dojo Badge very soon.

Respect our Staff

As parents and carers we always want to ensure that our children are happy and learning

at school. Sometimes issues arise where, as a result of our different beliefs, expectations and experiences, there are inevitably going to be times where conflicts or disagreements occur in schools.

The safety of our students and staff is the number one priority and everyone in the community plays a part in ensuring learning environments are safe.

All members of the community are encouraged to work together to prevent abuse and violence directed towards school staff. This is not just courtesy, it's the law.

If you think that there is an issue that needs discussing, or you are dissatisfied with something, please do not hesitate to make an appointment to speak with the teacher or raise the issue with the relevant member of administration. It is not appropriate to address a staff member directly without notice if you wish to raise such an issue. It is highly inappropriate to speak aggressively or rudely to a staff member at any time, especially in front of students and other adults.

If a person is deemed to be 'hostile' the Principal can prohibit entry to the school grounds, without the direct permission of the Principal, for up to 60 days with a possibility of prohibiting for up to 12 months.

It is essential that we, as adults, model to students how to manage conflicts or differences of opinion.

Attendance

Student attendance is an indicator of success at school. While we do recognize that students, just like adults, do become ill and are unable to attend some days, it is important that they are present every day they are well. This includes being on time for the commencement of every school day, and remaining until the end of the day. Our times are 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, with the first bell at 8.50am.

If you are unsure of your child's current attendance rate please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher via Dojo or email or in person to find out. Our target is 95% attendance, students who attain 95% or greater attendance are acknowledged every term.

Parent Interaction with Students

Over the course of the term we have had some incidences were Parents have approached other people's children on school grounds to question them about incidents, reprimand them for their behaviour or tell them not to go near their child. If you have an issue that needs to be resolved please report it to the classroom teacher and they will investigate the situation or engage members of the administration team to do so if necessary. It is not appropriate for a parent or guardian to approach anyone else's child on school grounds regarding these matters.

Please be aware that this behaviour is not acceptable and is a breach of The Code of School Behaviour which states that;

All members of school communities are expected to:

• conduct themselves in a lawful, ethical, safe and responsible manner that recognises and respects the rights of others.

If a parent/guardian continued to behave in this manner or behaved in a way that was perceived to be aggressive they would fall under the Queensland Government Hostile People on School Premises, Wilful Disturbance and Trespass Policy. This could mean being issued with a direction of movement, a 30 day good behaviour direction or in extreme cases a 60 day ban from the school site.

Year 4 Camp

As you would already be aware the Year 4 Currumbin Farm Camp is fast approaching and will be held for 4G & 4Y on Monday 12 September – Wednesday 14 September and for 4B & 4R Wednesday 14 September – Friday 16 September. The last day for internet payment is 30 August, credit card payment (prior to 10am) is 2 September and payment office (between 8am – 10am) is 2 September.

It is requested that in preparation for camp, that you discuss with your child the importance of demonstrating positive and appropriate behaviour at school in the lead up to camp and whilst they are away participating in this activity. A requirement of attending Currumbin Farm Camp is to consistently demonstrate safe, compliant and respectful behaviour. As in all out of school activities a risk assessment has been completed and it is imperative that all students attending the camp demonstrate behaviour that is in line with the Worongary State School Responsible Behaviour Plan.

If your child's behaviour is inappropriate in the lead up to camp, a meeting or phone call will be established between administration, the classroom teacher and our behaviour specialist to discuss possible removal from attending the camp. In addition if your child's behaviour is inappropriate at camp, Parent/Guardians will be contacted to collect their child from the camp venue.

If you have concerns regarding your child attending the camp please see their classroom teacher.

Gold Coast Show Public Holiday

Friday 26 of August is a public holiday for the Gold Coast Show.

Behaviour

Term Focus

Week 6 and 7 Focus

Prep 2017

Important Dates:

Prep Parent Information Sessions (the same information will be provided at both sessions)

Tuesday 13 September 9:15am – 10:15am
Thursday 6 October 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Get Set for Prep (children will attend 5 sessions)
Thursday 20 & 27 October and Thursday 3, 10 & 17 November

Please look out for more information about these activities in the Get Set for Prep Newsletter

Choir Eisteddfod

We wish our Lorikeet and Rosella Choirs the best of luck for their upcoming Eisteddfod. Rosella Choir will be performing on Monday 22 August and Lorikeet Choir will compete on Tuesday 23 August. I know that both choirs have been rehearsing studiously and we look forward to hearing the outcome of their hard work.

Prep Excursion

Prep students will be heading to Hosanna Farm in Stokers Siding NSW on 1 September.

After students arrive at the farm, they will have morning tea then break up into groups to visit a number of activities.

Station 1: rabbits and guinea pigs
Station 2: goats, horses and pigs
Station 3: chicken coop
Station 4: Egg story
Station 5: garden
Station 6: Cows

All stations include a 15 minute interactive talk.
Students will depart the farm after lunch.

The bus will be leaving 8:45am and returning by 3pm. Please see the final dates for payment below.

Internet Payment – Final Date for Payment Tuesday 23 August, 2016

Internet payments can be made by using the details below and must be made at least 3 days prior to the due date to allow for the payment to show in the school account by the due date.

School's Bank Account Name: Worongary State Primary School General

• BSB Number: 064-451
• Account Number: 10012741
• Description of Payment: Enter first five letters of students surname space first three letter of their given

name space excursion reference code (prepfarm)

Credit Card Payment – Final Date for Payment Friday 26 August, 2016 prior to 10:00am

Credit card payments may be made at any time over the phone before 10:00am on the due date.

Payment Office – Final Date for Payment Friday 26 August, 2016 between 8:00am and 10:00am

Cash payments can be made at the school payment office on Tuesday and Friday between 8:00am and 10:00am.

Regards Marilyn Moballe, Principal

Curriculum and Pedagogy Coaches

Griffith University Science Competition Update

Thank you to all the students who have indicated they are interested in entering the 2016 Science Competition. We have a wide range of scientific ideas across all the year levels which is pleasing to see.

To complete the process, students who have shown interest will be asked for entry confirmation. This means they confirm they are able to complete the project on time. Mrs Taylor will visit students so that nominations can be confirmed and registered online by the school on Thursday 18 August. To avoid disappointment students can withdraw their entry before this date (18 August) and should consider re-entering next year if they need more time.

Once students have stated they are committed to finishing, entries are due at the school on Thursday 25 August. All finished entries will be delivered by the school to Griffith University on Monday 29 August. Please remember every entry will need a scientific notebook and letter of authentication stating that the work submitted is their own.

Entry confirmation Thursday 18 August
Entries collected Thursday 25 August
Entries delivered Monday 29 August

Thank you for your support in this year's Griffith University Science Competition

Regards Donna Ermer & Megan Taylor Curriculum and Pedagogy Coaches

FINANCE

CASH AND BANKING DETAILS

The office payments window is open on Tuesdays and Fridays between 8.00 – 10.00 am. Cash payments can only be accepted during these times.

Credit card payments can be accepted over the phone during office hours up until 10.00 am on the due date.

Please remember that internet payments for excursions and activities close three working days before the cash/card due payment date. This is to allow for bank processing times. Late payments for excursions/activities will not be accepted. Please use the following details for internet transfers:

Account Name: Worongary State School General Account

BSB: 064-451
Account No: 10012741
Description: Enter first five letters of students surname space first three letter of their given name space reference code SRS.

BPoint payment information is located in the lower left-hand corner of invoices and debtor statements. To ensure your payment goes to the correct invoice, please make sure that the four sections of the BPoint screen are completed. Only one invoice can be paid at a time using the BPoint option.

STUDENT RESOURCE SCHEME 2016

Thank you to those families who have paid the SRS in full for their children. We have a number of parents who have not adhered to their commitment as per the signed SRS Participation Agreement. Any parent with outstanding SRS fees will now need to contact the Business Services Manager.

Payments can be made as per the school banking details shown above.

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION

Religious Instruction (RI) is an elective subject and it is not included in the 2016 Student Resource Scheme. Parents who had indicated their student was participating in Religious Instruction were invoiced for $6.90 during Term 1. RI Activity Books were issued to all these students so that their participation in the RI class activities would not be limited.

There are a number of parents who have not paid the $6.90 for RI and we ask that outstanding amounts be paid this week.

Regards Charmaine Johnson, Business Services Manager

Resource Centre

9.10 – 12.45: Individual Class Dress Up Parades (as per list below)
Choir Performances
9.30am: Lorikeet Choir in Prep Playground
10.30am: Rosella Choir in Junior Covered Area (outside Mod A)
11.30am: Combined Choir in Central Covered Area (near Tuckshop)

Tea and coffee available for purchase at Tuckshop
After watching individual class parades, enjoy a personal guided tour
(courtesy of your grandchildren) through our Worongary Art Gallery in the Hall,
showcasing artwork (media and visual) from every class.
The Resource Centre is also open to view our Book Week Displays and students' colouring competition entries.
Share a plate in your grandchild's /children's classroom
(times to be advised by class teachers).
**Due to space constraints for parades, please consider other visitors and leave the parade area as soon as possible

Class Parade Times

Regards Jann Connor, Librarian & Technology

BEHAVIOUR

Please discuss with your children the need to continually focus on our three school rules. I am a Learner, I am Safe and I am Respectful. In particular, safe and respectful play during break times. In the past fortnight there has been a spike in physical misconduct. We always have staff on duty and procedures are followed. We appreciate your support in discussing this focus with your children.

Regards Kya Clarke, Behaviour

FROM THE SPORTS DESK

Year 5 Girls' Soccer

After winning the Gold Coast Schools' crossover final against St Andrews Lutheran College, our Yr 5 girls headed to Brisbane for the SE Qld Schools Soccer Tournament along with Mr Townson, Mr Milne and a handful of parents. Unfortunately Mrs Janes, also the girls' coach, couldn't be with the team on this day.

The girls had 4 games to play, each being 20 minutes of solid play with no breaks. We went down in our first game 1-0 to a feisty team from Patrick Road SS. Mr Townson fired up the girls during the break and the team took to the field with their game faces on and came back roaring to win our next 2 games against Moreton Downs SS and Sunnybank Hills SS with scores of 2-1 and 1-0 respectively.

The girls were on a high as we faced our last game against Wondall Heights SS in the round robin -it was do or die to book a spot for the finals. Although the girls played their best, we drew which meant we lost our opportunity to play against the feisty bunch we had first played earlier in the morning. We missed a spot in the finals by one measly point!

The entire team represented Worongary extremely well in both their sportsmanship and behaviour on and off the field and were a credit to the school. A huge thank you to Mr Townson and Mrs Janes- who did another excellent job coaching for the season. Next year we will be fitter and stronger and will be eyeing off that trophy!

Rugby Union State Champions

Congratulations to Reico R who represented Worongary State School at the Rugby Union State Championship. They were successful in winning the State Championship defeating Sunshine Coast 21-15. Well done Reico!

FROM THE CLASSROOMS

Year 2 Red and 2 Yellow have been exploring living things and learning about life cycles in our science unit this term.

We have been having fun observing the life stages of a plant by growing broad beans in class.

Our classes will be climbing the beanstalk in no time.

As an enhancement to our understanding of History, Year 2 visited the Beenleigh Historical Museum and Village and Maid of Sker to further our understanding of how life and technology has changed over time. The children were excited to relive a day at school in the 1890's, to visit the saw mill and hear stories about how hard life was when Europeans settled in Australia, do laundry without machines and look at the olden day fire engine.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Music Corner

Choirs- Rosella choir have performed at the Senior assembly on Monday 15 August in preparation for their Eisteddfod performance at the Arts Centre on Monday 22 August at 12:30. All are welcome to attend this performance at the Arts Centre. Thank you to the parents who have paid the excursion fees and sent in their parental permission slips. Extra rehearsals will take place on Thursday 18 August at 8:00, Thursday 2:10 - 3:00, Friday 19 August 8:00 and finally Monday 22 August at 8:00 the day of the Eisteddfods. Lorikeet choir rehearsals will be Tuesday morning 16 August as normal and lunchtime and Wednesday 17 August at 2nd lunch break and Tuesday 23 August at 8:00am (normal practice) and the day of their Eisteddfod.

Strings - congratulations to our wonderful String players who performed for the first time for most players at an Eisteddfod. When I asked one student how the experience was he replied, "it was epic." I thought that was classic.

Regards Boni Hapi, Music & Arts

EXCURSIONS

PLEASE NOTE ALL EXCURSION NOTES ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
NO LATE PAYMENTS WILL BE RECEIVED.

LEARNING VINE AWARDS

Tuckshop

Friendly Reminders

I would like to remind you all of a few important things:

• There are no EFTPOS facilities in the Tuckshop. Cash only over the counter and Online ordering is available as the alternative to cash.
• NO CREDIT: As per P&C Qld regulations, we are unable to provide credit to anyone and thank you in advance for not asking, as refusal may offend. We are however able to accept payments in advance, to hold on account, in preparation for those days that just won't run smoothly!
• NO LUNCH: If for some reason you realise that your child has no lunch at school e.g. forgotten to order online/child left lunch at home then you have the option to either bring your child some lunch or arrange for a family member to do so. If neither of these options are feasible, your child will be sent to the school admin office who will contact you to arrange for a basic emergency lunch to be provided to your child. Please do not call the Tuckshop directly.
• As a Tuckshop servicing a school of just under 800 students, we are very busy – especially with our new breakfast menu on the horizon. If you choose to order tuckshop manually, it would be very helpful if children could put orders in the tuckshop baskets in their classrooms rather than dropping them off to the Tuckshop before class, as many have been doing lately.

Canteen Week Celebrations

Meal Deals: Canteen Week flew by at a record pace and our meal deals flew out the window, with some proving more popular than others.

Gold medal went to 'Friday for USA'
Silver medal went to 'Thursday for Italy'
Bronze medal went to 'Tuesday for Australia'

Special Visitors and Volunteers: Thank you to the following parents and members of staff for taking time out of your day to hand out frozen treats and help us get through the week - your presence in the Tuckshop is always a pleasure and your help much appreciated.

Representing the Principals: Mrs Kerry White
Representing the Teacher Aides: Princess Michelle
Representing the Pedagogical Coaches: Ms Megan Taylor
Representing the Parents: Lizzy M and Narelle R

Competitions: Thank you to the students who put in the time and effort to enter our Canteen Week Colouring-In and Drawing Competitions. You all did such a fantastic job. The results are now in and the winners are:

Prep-Year 3 Colouring Competition: Hope M – Prep Blue
Year 4-6 Drawing Competition: Kai S – 5 Blue

Representing Worongary State School in the Statewide ASCA Competition: Hope M – Prep Blue

Congratulations Hope and Kai! You have each won a $10 Tuckshop Voucher for your efforts!!

Special mention and thanks also go to the ladies in the Admin Office who once more put on their Judging hats for both the coloring-In and Drawing Competitions.

Gold Coast Show Meal Deals

The Gold Coast Show is just around the corner and our Show Meal Deals are back! Please see the attached flyer for details.

Volunteers

For any Mums, Dads, Grandparents and Carers interested in becoming a Tuckshop volunteer on a weekly, fortnightly or even monthly basis, we encourage you to come visit us and find out more. There is always something to be done in the Tuckshop and if you love a fast paced and fun environment this could be for you. Come give it a go and see what it's all about.

"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart"
- Elizabeth Andrew

UNIFORM SHOP

Opening Hours
Monday: 8:00am-9:00am
Wednesday: 2:15pm-3:15pm
Friday: 8:00am-9:00am
Direct Dial number: 5502 4409

Uniform News

Hair Accessories

Hair accessories are now available for purchase from the Uniform Shop. Products and prices are as follows:

Note: Hairties and clips are for everyday use. Mini Corkers are for use on House Sports Days.

Winter Stock

Please be aware that, as we near the end of the Winter season, we are unable to restock certain items that sell out. Every effort will be made to accommodate your child with the next best size and your understanding is most appreciated.

Online Ordering

If you haven't already used online ordering and would like to give it a try you can register an account with Schoolshop Online by following the links on the school website.

Key things to note about online ordering are:

• Online ordering is great for busy parents. Orders can be placed online at your convenience.
• Any orders placed online will be processed on the next uniform shop day (Monday/Wednesday/Friday) and a note will be sent to your child's classroom via the Tuckshop basket so they know when to collect it from the Tuckshop. Please let your child/ren know to keep an eye out for the note. Also please be aware that due to the Uniform Shop hours being in the afternoon on Wednesdays, orders processed on this day can be expected to reach your children on the following Thursday.
• Please ensure that you include your child's details as well as your own on the form i.e. name and current class.
• Please be sure to update your child/children's class for each new school year. The account profiles for Tuckshop and Uniform shop are not linked.

Regards Michelle Lee, Tuckshop and Uniform Convenor

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Free programs for parents term 3 2016

A FREE group for parents/carers of young children 0-6 who have a disability, global developmental delay or chronic medical condition.

Look at what Helpings Hands are doing in after school care!

Benowa State High School is taking applications now to sit the Academic Exam for Year 7 -2017 Excellence Program

Are you interested in playing cricket please see information for Junior sign on for Mudgeeraba Cricket Club?

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