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Albany Hills State School Herald Tuesday 9 June | Week 8, Term 2 UNDER 8s ’ MORNING While it was not quite our usual extravaganza, our children in Prep to Year 2 had lots of fun celebrang being under 8 last Monday. In a modified version of Under 8s’ morning, class teachers organised a range of acvies for their own classes, which all students thoroughly enjoyed. Prep 2021 Children who were born between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016 are eligible for Prep in 2021. In lieu of our usual Prep informaon sessions, our school has developed a range of online resources to allow prospecve parents the opportunity to find out more about our school. Informaon, including videos can found on our school website. Virtual school tours can also be booked with Beth Henderson or Kae Falcnik. If your child will be starng Prep next year, or you know someone who is enrolling their child at Albany Hills, please make sure we have the enrolment form. It is important that we have an accurate picture of our Prep enrolments to assist us with our planning to ensure we are able to best meet the needs of our new students. Please remember you must provide a birth cerficate before a child can be enrolled. I would like to thank Kae Falcnik, Chappy Glenn and Beth Henderson for their hard work to make this resource possible. They have put a lot of me and effort into planning and organising these resources to ensure a smooth transion to school for our future families. Lost Property It is only the first week of winter and already our lost property tubs are overflowing with jumpers. Please ensure your child’s name is marked in an easily found posion on all of their belongings so that they can be returned to their owner. Semester 1 Reporng As you will be aware, the disrupon to school rounes as a result of the Queensland government’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has resulted in changes to the teaching, learning, assessment, and reporng at Albany Hills. The Department of Educaon has modified the requirements for reporng student academic achievement for Semester 1, 2020. Schools will provide a report using the informaon that they have available from Term 1 and Term 2, 2020. This will be modified from the usual planned assessment program. The informaon below provides a summary of how Semester 1 report cards will look for students at Albany Hills: A High Performing Independent Public School hps://albahillss.eq.edu.au | Facebook | Contact us JUNE 15-19 Wellbeing Week 19 Silly Sock Day 26 Last day of Term 2—Free Dress JULY 13 First day of Term 3 20 Junior Concert Band starts today 20 Beginner Strings Ensemble starts today 1.15 AUGUST 10 Moreton Bay Region Public Holiday Wellbeing Week is coming next week! June 15-19
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Albany Hills State School Herald
Tuesday 9 June | Week 8, Term 2
UNDER 8s’ MORNING
While it was not quite our usual extravaganza, our children in Prep to Year 2 had lots of fun celebrating being under 8 last Monday. In a modified version of Under 8s’ morning, class teachers organised a range of activities for their own classes, which all students thoroughly enjoyed.
Prep 2021 Children who were born between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016 are eligible for Prep in 2021. In lieu of our usual Prep information sessions, our school has developed a range of online resources to allow prospective parents the opportunity to find out more about our school. Information, including videos can found on our school website. Virtual school tours can also be booked with Beth Henderson or Katie Falcnik.
If your child will be starting Prep next year, or you know someone who is enrolling their child at Albany Hills, please make sure we have the enrolment form. It is important that we have an accurate picture of our Prep enrolments to assist us with our planning to ensure we are able to best meet the needs of our new students. Please remember you must provide a birth certificate before a child can be enrolled. I would like to thank Katie Falcnik, Chappy Glenn and Beth Henderson for their hard work to make this resource possible. They have put a lot of time and effort into planning and organising these resources to ensure a smooth transition to school for our future families. Lost Property It is only the first week of winter and already our lost property tubs are overflowing with jumpers. Please ensure your child’s name is marked in an easily found position on all of their belongings so that they can be returned to their owner.
Semester 1 Reporting As you will be aware, the disruption to school routines as a result of the Queensland government’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has resulted in changes to the teaching, learning, assessment, and reporting at Albany Hills.
The Department of Education has modified the requirements for reporting student academic achievement for Semester 1, 2020. Schools will provide a report using the information that they have available from Term 1 and Term 2, 2020. This will be modified from the usual planned assessment program.
The information below provides a summary of how Semester 1 report cards will look for students at Albany Hills:
A High Performing Independent Public School https://albahillss.eq.edu.au | Facebook | Contact us
JUNE
15-19 Wellbeing Week
19 Silly Sock Day
26 Last day of Term 2—Free Dress
JULY
13 First day of Term 3
20 Junior Concert Band starts today
20 Beginner Strings Ensemble starts today 1.15
AUGUST
10 Moreton Bay Region Public Holiday
Wellbeing Week is coming next week! June 15-19
SILVER TICKETS
Congratulations to our well deserved ticket winners for this week.
Luca PJP
Anya 1S0
Jeordi 2LB
Charlotte 2SS
Laicey 3CB
Jasmine 4JL
Jasmine 4PB
Seth 4PB
These will be emailed to parents in Week 2 of Term 3 (Thursday 23 July) and will be available on QParents the same day.
The report card will be modified and will include evidence from a reduced number of summative tasks completed in Terms 1 and 2. Achievement will be reported on English, maths, science and physical activity with a descriptor for each learning area of what was assessed. Description will be very clear and succinct. There will be no effort ratings.
Prep children will not receive achievement ratings.
Extracurricular activities will not be included.
A behaviour rating will be provided for students in Years 1-6. A behaviour comment will not be provided.
Teachers will write a brief general comment for each student.
A statement will be provided on the report card to indicate the context of reporting this semester due to COVID-19.
The window for holding formal Semester 2 Parent/Teacher interviews in Term 3 will be longer. This will allow for earlier conversations if required. The format for these meetings will depend on the Term 3 Operating Guidelines for Schools in terms of physical distancing requirements for adults.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s teacher. While we are not offering face to face meetings at this time, teachers do value the opportunity to communicate with families either by email or a phone call.
Principal Chris Hansen
Deputy Principal News.. .
**WELLBEING WEEK IS COMING: JUNE 15-19**
Wellbeing Week, held once each semester at Albany Hills, is a time for staff and students to reflect upon, learn about and take care of our health, emotional and mental wellbeing.
One activity planned for the end of Wellbeing Week is Silly Sock Day on Friday 19 June. Students are encouraged to join in the fun by wearing their craziest, brightest or favourite pair of socks. This is not a full free dress day, just silly socks. Usual uniform rules apply, including full black shoes please.
No gold coin required.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITE AGREEMENT REMINDER
Third Party Website Agreement information was sent home to parents via email and in hard copy last week. Please return the single page consent form to your child’s teacher by Friday 19 June.
We require a form returned for every student please.
Third Party Consent Form to be returned by Friday 19 June
Steve Wiedman Beth Henderson Jodie Farley Deputy Principals
ICAS News...
IMPORTANT UPDATE ABOUT ICAS
The current health directive from the state government states that we must limit interactions at school between year levels. This unfortunately means that, at this stage, ICAS may not be going ahead for 2020 as we do not have the resources to support students sitting the test under those conditions.
If that directive changes prior to the registration closing date of 29 July, we will adjust this decision accordingly. Please note that if we do open ICAS to students at that stage, there will be a much shorter registration period. We will update families as directives are revised.
Ms Meiklejohn Head of Curriculum
Science News…
THE SUN WAS SHINING IN YEAR 3 THIS WEEK
Year 3 have been investigating how Earth’s movement causes changes such as day and night, and shadows. They created the Earth out of modelling clay and used torches to act as the sun.
FORMS & DOCUMENTS
Third Party Consent Form DUE FRIDAY 19
COVID-19 Updates
P&C Membership Form 2020
HRE Parent Letter
Medication Record for Emergency Medication
Medication Record Sheet for Routine or Short Term Medication
Uniform Price List
PREP STUDENTS INVESTIGATE WATERPROOF MATERIALS
Our Prep students have been learning that you ‘investigate’ when you ask questions and look carefully to discover the facts. The students have been having fun experimenting with materials and working out which are waterproof and why.
Anita Roberts Science Enrichment
Student News…
HATCHING CHICKENS DURING LEARNING AT HOME
During the COVID-19 “Learning at Home”, I put 12 eggs in an incubator to see if they would hatch. We got
the eggs from a produce store. To make them hatch, I had to roll the eggs 180 degrees every single day,
three times a day.
It takes 21 days for the chickens to form and then can take up to 12 hours to hatch. Before they hatch you
can hear them cheeping inside their egg. This is called ‘pipping’. When the chickens hatch, they can go 72
hours without food and water because they get all the nutrients they need from the egg.
I was very excited when nine of my 12 eggs hatched. When the chickens hatched we put them under a
special light to keep them warm.
Next term in Year 5 we will be learning about animal adaptations as part of Science.
By Issac 5LB
CONTACT US
Albany Hills State School
Keong Road
PO Box 378
Albany Creek Qld 4035
Phone: 07 3264 0777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.albahillss.eq.edu.au
Student Absences: 07 3264 0760
The Herald: [email protected]
VIRTUAL CROSS COUNTY
In the final three weeks of home schooling, Met North School Sport hosted a virtual cross country.
Students had to run their age group distance. For me it was 3 kilometres and I had to use an app to record
my official time. l, along with 11 other students from our school, participated in the event. The champion
school will be the school who had the most entries. Winning students will receive a medal and certificate. I
think it was a great idea to have a virtual cross country for people like me who really enjoy running.
By Nicola 5LB
Community News...
UPDATES FROM ASPLEY HIGH
Year 7 2021 @ Aspley High – Get connected and stay connected
Aspley High is continuing enrolments for year seven next year. Register for updates, information and
enrolment forms by emailing: Year7-for-
[email protected] or phone Cheryl on
3863 9222
If you would like to register to join our virtual
and COVID safe enrolment events, please email
Aspley SHS now has a Facebook Account
Aspley SHS is excited to announce that we now
have a school Facebook account. We hope you follow the page so you can stay connected and keep up to
date with all the great events and activities which Aspley SHS has to offer. The Facebook page will also be a
great way to find out more about enrolment information.
The link below will take you to the official school page.
https://www.facebook.com/AspleySH/
TUCKSHOP DONATIONS
If you are not able to donate your time and
would like to help the Tuckshop, we are after
donations of pasta and jatz crackers. Pop
your donations in your child’s tuckshop box.
Thank you so much
Sharon
Tuckshop Coordinator
