26 October 2016

Newsletter Articles

PRINCIPAL

World Teachers' Day

Every day, Queensland teachers are making a difference educating and inspiring young people across our state.

World Teachers' Day is an opportunity to acknowledge our teachers and say thanks for the significant contributions they make in our classrooms and communities.

Celebrated in more than 100 countries world-wide, World Teachers' Day was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1994 to recognise the role of teachers in society.

World Teachers' Day is held internationally on 5 October. As the day usually falls during school holidays, Queensland celebrates on the last Friday of October each year.

In 2016, World Teachers' Day will be celebrated in Queensland on Friday 28 October.

Please take this opportunity to let your teachers know how much you appreciate all they do for your children. If you like you could give your teacher an official thank you certificate.

Please take a while and see if you can answer this question.

“What would the world be like without teachers?”

Day for Daniel - Friday 28 October 2016

Day for Daniel is about educating children and adults about keeping kids safe through child safety and protection initiatives. It aims to help empower our children to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not right. ‘Wear Red and Educate’ is the theme of for Day for Daniel as we strive to have schools, kindergartens, businesses and communities across Australia take action and conduct child safety activities in their local communities to help in Keeping Kids Safe.

Students, parents and staff are all invited to wear RED for Day for Daniel. Please ensure that students still wear appropriate closed in shoes, school hat and non-revealing and appropriate clothing.

Did you know?

The laws in Queensland are changing and from 2017 it is compulsory for all children to undertake a full-time Prep Year before they can begin Year 1. Find out more at the Education website:

If you haven’t yet enrolled your child please ring Worongary State School on 5502 4444 for an enrolment interview.

Apps for your iPad

Out & About

By Queensland Government-Department of Education and Training

Description

Give your child a flying start in literacy by helping them practise their sight words with this bright and fun app when you are out and about.

'Out & About' has been developed by the Department of Education and Training and is aimed at Prep to Year 2 students to help them master the first 100 sight words to which they are typically introduced.

'Out & About' has been designed for parents to give to young children to fill their time in a fun and educational way.

The words in this kit are grouped into ten word sets. Students select a word set and say the word that appears. If they cannot remember the word, they can touch the word on the screen, listen to it and then swipe to the next word on the list. Once they have mastered all the words, they can move on to the next set.

In no time, your youngster will be ready to zoom through entry-level books.

This app also contains additional games and ideas for parents to help their children recognize sight words.

Take a Stand Together

By Queensland Government-Department of Education and Training

Description

The ‘Take a Stand Together’ App was developed by all Australian education authorities, working together to create safe and supportive school environments free from bullying, harassment and violence.

‘Take a Stand Together’ provides students with tips and advice which they can apply to different bullying situations.

Students can:

• Watch short animated stories about bullying and choose what to do from a range of responses.
• Create their own avatar and choose a positive anti-bullying message so they can take a stand against bullying. Students have the option to post this to social networking sites or add the avatar to a friend in their phone’s contact list.
• Read bullying facts and advice for different types of bullying situations.

Young kids love to use their parents’ phones – install it on your phone and let them investigate at their own pace.

Providing your child with tools to respond to different bullying situations helps build their capacity to deal with bullying at school and online.

The Allen Adventure

By Queensland Government-Department of Education and Training

Description

‘The Allen Adventure’ app was developed by all Australian education authorities, working together to create safe and supportive school environments free from bullying, harassment and violence.

This fun app is an interactive story about the new kid in class whose name is Allen. He's an alien from another planet, and wants to fit in and make friends... but he discovers it’s not always that easy! The app’s objective is to teach children social and emotional skills and how to identify and deal with inappropriate behaviour.

Read and sing along as Allen learns about how kids think and feel on Earth. There’s lots of fun ways for kids to interact and explore as they find out about joining in, sharing and managing their own feelings.

For young children this app is a positive experience. It encourages pro-social behavior and shows kids what to do if their classmates are mean. In this way it can empower little kids and help to prevent bullying.

‘The Allen Adventure’ is a great preparation for children in kindergarten and early school years.

It’s for children 3 to 8 years - and aliens of all ages.

SPEAK (Speaking Promotes Education and Knowledge)

By Queensland Government-Department of Education and Training

Description

Speak.jpeg The ability to communicate effectively through speaking and listening is essential for a child and builds a strong foundation for successful learning.

‘SPEAK’ provides lots of fun, free activities, ideas and information for parents, carers and educators to support and nurture language development in children from 0-6 years of age. There are multiple activities within each age group to help boost your child’s speaking and listening ability.

The information and activities were developed by the Department of Education and Training with the help of speech pathologists, educators and health professionals.

‘SPEAK’ is for everyone who wants the best start in life for their child and provides a fun, convenient way to make chatter matter!

P&C Budget Meeting

Staff and parents are invited to attend the 2017 P&C Budget Meeting on Thursday 27 October at 3:15pm in the Principal’s office. Please feel free to attend or to send suggestions to the P&C at Worongary SS pandc@worongaryss.eq.edu.au.

Attendance

It is very pleasing to see that attendance is improving. Last week a number of students came down with a stomach bug, but nonetheless attendance improved. Our goal is to have every child in class, on task and learning.

Please contact us if there are any ongoing reasons why your child is unable to attend school or if you are finding that you require assistance with getting them to school.

Dojos

The awarding of Dojos is a highlight at each assembly.The children enter the stage with pride and display their well-earned badges on their uniforms. Congratulations to all recipients. Our goal is for every student to gain at least their Bronze badge by the end of the year. Keep up the excellent behaviour students, you are obviously following the school rules of:

‘I am Safe’ - ‘I am Respectful’ - ‘I am a Learner’

Behaviour

Term Focus

Term 4 Week 4 and Week 5 Focus

Prep 2017

We had a wonderful start to our Get Set for Prep transition program. We had over 100 eager children visit us last Thursday to join in with activities led by our Prep teachers, Mrs Rosenlund and Mrs Huggard and Prep Teacher Aides, Miss Louise and Miss Fran. The students were very enthusiastic and they said they had a fun time. We look forward to the remaining 4 weeks in the lead up to the end of the year.

Remaining Get Set for Prep dates:

Thursday 27 October and Thursday 3, 10 & 17 November

Triple P Parenting Session 3

Worongary State School, in association with Little Explorers, is inviting interested parents to attend the final Triple P Parenting session, Raising Resilient Children.

TOPIC: Raising Resilient Children
DATE: Tuesday 15 November
TIME: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
VENUE: Worongary State School Hall
BOOKING: Please register at least 48 hours prior by going to:

If you are having difficulties registering, please contact the school.

Morning Routines

A reminder to parents and students who are waiting outside of classrooms before the bell goes at 8:50 am that there is no play before school. We have had a number of incidents where students have been hurt when running around walkways and play areas. Students are requested to sit with their supervising parent/adult before moving to class on the bell.

If students do not have a supervising adult with them, they are required to move to the Central Games undercover area upon arrival at school where a staff member is on duty from 8:30am.

Year 1 Excursion Fleays Wildlife Park

Due to unforeseen circumstances the dates for the excursion to David Fleay Wildlife Park have changed. The changes only affect 1G, 1B and 1R. These classes will now be on Tuesday 1 November, 2016. 1Y and 1M will attend on Thursday 3 November.

All payment details remain the same with the final date for cash payments being 10.00am on Tuesday 25 October. Internet payments close on Friday 21 October.

Regards Marilyn Moballe, Principal

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Musical Showcase

There will be a Music Showcase on Tuesday 8 November at 3:30-4:30pm in the hall where the Band, Strings, Rosella and Lorikeet choir will be doing their final performances for the year. Come friends, students, parents and family, all are welcome.

Lunchtime concerts will commence in Week 7, Monday second break for the Rosella's and Wednesday second break for the Lorikeet's. These performances will take place during student’s lunchtime and are specifically for the student's pleasure and enjoyment during their lunch break and not for family or people in the community.

End of year parties in the music room during second break will take place in week nine. Thank you parents for the time and effort you put into preparing your children for rehearsals, and practising their songs.

The Band Program at Worongary State School offers Woodwind (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone), Brass (Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, French Horn) and Percussion (Snare, Bass Drums and Mallet Percussion).

If any student in year 3, 4 or 5 is interested in playing an instrument in the Band Program in 2017, please either email the instrumental music teacher (casht28@eq.edu.au) or see Mrs Hapi in the music room to get a form.

EXCURSIONS

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

LEARNING VINE AWARDS

SPORTS RESULTS

14 October 2016

21 October 2016

P&C

DISGLOW – Wednesday 16 November 2016

The P&C are hosting the final disco for 2016. The theme is DISGLOW! Come dressed in your brightest fluoro colours. It is a COMBINED disco with all year levels discoing together (P-6) from 4:30pm – 6:30pm. The Year 6 students will then have an extra hour to themselves from 6:45pm – 7:45pm. Prepaid and meal deal money will be collected on Wednesday 9 November.

Disglow Payment Options

Meal Deal + Entry $6.00 and must be ordered on Wednesday 9 November 2016. The meal deal contains 1 slice of pizza (cheese or Hawaiian flavour only) plus 1 can of soft drink.

Prepaid Entry $3
Entry at the Door $4

Food, drinks, glow products and treats will be available for purchase on the night. We look forward to seeing you there.

CHOCOLATE DRIVE Money

We have a number of families who have not yet paid for their chocolate box. An invoice has been issued to these families. Could you please arrange for payment ASAP directly to the Tuckshop. This money is part of a successful fundraiser that the P&C arrange each year and it is important for everyone to return the money to ensure its continued success.

P&C Meeting

Our last P&C meeting for the year will be held on 8 November at 5:30pm in the school staffroom. It was great to see some new faces at the last meeting. Each and every person has a different perspective and ideas which is what the P&C is about. Please join us on Tuesday 8 November or consider coming along to a meeting next year.

Tuckshop & Uniform Shop

Breakfast Menu

The Breakfast Menu is up and running. It’s been great to see the children ordering some yummy tummy fillers from this new menu. If you haven’t already seen the breakfast menu, please refer to the attached flyer.

Halloween Meal Deals

Our ‘Spooky’ and ‘Tricky’ Halloween themed Meal Deals are selling well. If you haven’t ordered one yet, have no ‘fear’ because they are available until Monday 31 October (while stocks last). See the attached Meal Deal flyer for details. Trick or Treat.

World Teachers’ Day

This Friday is ‘World Teachers’ Day,’ a day where teachers are celebrated and recognised for the outstanding work they do. As a token of appreciation, the P&C is getting in early by providing a lunch for teachers this Thursday. On behalf of the P&C I would like to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to all the wonderful teachers here at Worongary State School. We hope you enjoy your lunch and time of recognition.

Warm Days

As the weather heats up, please remember that we have plenty of yummy, healthy frozen treats available, like:

• Frozen Pineapple pieces and Frozen Grapes
• Icebergs (cubes of frozen yoghurt and fruit)
• Frozen Orange wedges for 20c each

These items are all available from both online and manual ordering and may also be purchased over the counter by students in years 2-6, during Big Lunch.

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 Shop Back to School Hours 2017

The Uniform Shop will be open for ‘Back to School’ sales in 2017 before school recommences. Layby orders and online orders can also be collected at these times, so save these dates in your calendar:

Thursday 19 January 2017 - 2pm-7pm
Friday 20 January 2017 - 7am-12pm

In addition to these days, we are also offering extended hours for the first two days of the term before returning to the regular hours on Wednesday 25 January. Opening days and times for the first week back are:

Extended Uniform Shop Hours

Monday 23 January 2017 - 8:00am-10:00am
Tuesday 24 January 2017 - 8:00am-10:00am

We then return to the regular open hours (as above) from Wednesday 25 January 2017.

How to Order Uniforms for Prep 2017

Option 1: Purchase at the Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop is located upstairs from Central Games in Modular F. Uniforms can be purchased here during opening hours. Please see above for our opening hours.

We recommend bringing your child along for sizing.

Option 2: Purchase Online

Online purchasing is available for future Preps. Go to the school website and follow the link to Uniforms Online where you can set up an account. If you choose to purchase online, the following collection options are available:

• Order online and have the uniforms collected by a sibling already at the school.
  The nominated sibling will receive a note in their class Tuckshop basket to advise when the order is ready for collection.
• Order online and collect from the admin office at your convenience.
  We will call you when the order has been processed and is ready for collection.
• Order online and collect at the Get Set for Prep programme.
  We will call you when the order has been processed and is ready for collection.

Please add a note in the comments section to let us know your preference.

If you have any queries please call the Uniform Shop during the opening hours outlined above.

Lost Property

The bright yellow Lost Property bin located outside the Tuckshop is currently overflowing with uniforms! If your child has lost an item over the last couple of months it would pay to check the Lost Property bin to save the unnecessary purchase of new items.

Regards Michelle Lee, Tuckshop and Uniform Convenor

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