No. 33 10 November 2016

Leisa Neaton, Principal 2016 Date Claimers

November November December 14 Senior Assembly 24 Free Dress Kmart Wishing Tree 5 Report Cards emailed to parents 15 Junior Assembly 28 Yr. 3-6 Awards 1.45pm 6 Battle of the brains 10.30-2.15 16 Tear 3-4 Assembly 29 Yr. 1-2 Awards 2.00pm 6 2017 Class lists published 16 Knights Reading Ceremony 30 Volunteers Morning Tea 7 Year 1 Concert 9.30am SAC 22 Instrumental Music Information Night 1 Dec Prep Open Morning 9-10am 7 Sports Parade 2pm SAC

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Asbestos Removal Over The Break – Please Stay Out of the School Grounds All community members need to be aware that we will have a considerable amount of asbestos removed over the Christmas holidays due to the renovation of the admin block on the corner of Geordie Street and Frenchville Rd. Due to the danger associated with asbestos removal, nobody can be onsite at this time. A large fence will be erected on site as a barrier, and air monitoring will be in place, but the whole school campus is not accessible at this time for obvious safety reasons. This will have an impact on outside of school hours care arrangements as we cannot operate Schools Out on our campus at this time. We will provide further communication next week about arrangements. We apologise for this inconvenience but safety matters are our prime concern at this time.

Frenchville’s Nomination for 2016 Capricornia Business Awards

We are pleased to announce that our school has been nominated for the

2016 Awards in the category of Staff Development.

Winners will be announced this weekend.

Don’t forget Spotlight Concert tonight Wednesday in the Sac at 6.30pm. More information inside this newsletter.

PPrreepp 22001177 As per the Enrolment Management Plan, only students whose principal place of residence is within the school’s catchment area will be eligible for enrolment at the school. Siblings of students, who will be at the school in 2017, are also deemed eligible for enrolment. We are therefore requesting that younger siblings of students who are eligible for prep in 2017 complete the enrolment forms and lodge with the office as soon as possible. A reminder of the age rules for prep 2017: If you have a child born from 1 July 2011 – 30 June 2012 he/she is eligible for prep enrolment in 2017 at Frenchville State School. Please complete an enrolment form and return it to Frenchville State School. FOR ENROLMENT FORMS: www.frenchviss.eq.edu.au . Leaving Frenchville in 2017? If your child will not be with us for the 2017 school year we would appreciate a call or note to our office so that we are able to accurately plan our 2017 classes. We have people eager to take any spots on our waiting list. Banking News Thursday 17 November will be the final week of school banking this year. This is also the last day for banking rewards to be ordered. Reward items still available include the Outback Pat bag tag, Bush Fly fan, Wriggly glow worm, and Skip Rope Jump (in low supply). There are a few items also available from last year including the Outer Space Savers money box, and the ET DVD. P&C Meeting Thursday Night 6.30pm in the Staffroom Agenda items include: -SAC fridge replacement -Update on Frenchville Hydration Project and Gaming Fund Application -Asbestos removal Admin Block -Dance Party Debrief Best Wishes to Our Indigenous Students for the 2016 Annual Indigenous Student Awards These annual awards recognise outstanding achievement of Indigenous learners in the areas of academics, sport, citizenship and also the categories of Senior and Primary School Student of the Year. Representatives from our admin team will attend the special 10th Anniversary of the Awards this Friday night. Congratulations to all of our students nominated. Congratulations to our 2017 North Rockhampton State High School Bursary Winners Kaylea Webb-Jenkins has been awarded the Cultural Bursary and Keenan Pendlebury-Bone the All Rounder Bursary. Well done. Remembrance Day – Friday 11/11/16 The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month is a significant day in our History. Originally known as Armistice Day it was the day of surrender of the German Forces in 1918 in World War One. Later it became Remembrance Day to honour all those who gave their life in order to give us the democratic freedom we have today. Thankyou to Mr Dundas Taylor who will participate in our Remembrance Day minute silence ceremony. Lest we forget. Frenchville recognises and remembers the sacrifice of those who have served and who continue to serve in our armed forces. Thankyou. Health Alert In the interests of keeping the school community informed we have had a reported case of scabies in the last week. Please seek support from a medical practitioner if you have concerns about signs and symptoms. Dance Party Thanks Today we want to give a huge shout out to parent Kelly Mills. Kelly is one of the faces of our school discos and dance parties. She has purchased the chips and drinks for this event for many years, which is a major job with up to 1000 cans of softdrink at times, all carried in Kel’s car and organised for our students’ enjoyment. Kelly’s youngest child Liam finishes with Frenchville at the end of this year and so the dance party last Friday night marked Kelly’s final contribution to this much loved part of our school calendar. A huge thank you Kel for all you have done for us over the years. Total money raised from the Dance Party was $3466.46 Thanks also to Karen Smith and her band of helpers for ticket sales and to Marita McArthur for her Parent Club support. Thanks to our staff team for providing supervision, to Mr Smith for DJing and to our facilities staff for setting up. Thanks also to our sausage cookers – all money raised from sausage sizzle goes towards year six camp 2017. Thanks for our Tuckshop Staff and Volunteers Who can imagine our schools without tuckshops? School tuckshops play an important role in school life and provide students with nutritious, tasty and affordable food. Tuckshop Day is held each year in November and gives school communities the opportunity to show their appreciation for the work tuckshops workers do. We’d like to take this opportunity to recognise this day and thank our tuckshop convenors Chris Hills and Rhonda Green and our parent, grandparent and community volunteers for the high level of service they provide each day. Firestorm Magazine Once again we are in the process of producing our annual school magazine, FIRESTORM. The “Firestorm” is full of annual highlights from Frenchville, including a page for every class. The photographic and editorial content has largely been done by our junior Firestorm reporters. The final copy will be professionally printed. The general project consent form families complete on enrolment provides sufficient permission to use students’ names, images and/or work in the publication. Without a form on file your child/children cannot appear in the magazine. The signed permission form does not guarantee inclusion in the publication. Order Forms will be in next week’s newsletter.

School Jumper s $22.00

School Jackets $26.00

Book Club Book Club orders due 14 November. Music News Congratulations to Amy Woods from 3KC. Amy performed with the Musical Union Youth Choir along with the Australian National Boys Choir during the September school holidays and was part of the cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical, which was on last weekend in Rockhampton. Well done for all of your hard work Amy.

Frenchville Spotlight Concert

6:30pm Wednesday 9 November Our talented students will be performing in our Frenchville Spotlight Concert Wednesday 9 November in the School Activity Centre, commencing at 6:30 pm. Entry will be a gold coin. The program this year includes the Junior and Senior Concert Band, Junior and Senior Choir, Paganini Strings and the String Orchestra. Students who are performing in the Spotlight Concert need to report to the following locations at 6:00pm .

CONCERT REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER FRENCHVILLE STATE SCHOOL

ALL STUDENTS TO BE AT SCHOOL BY 6:00 PM

Item Group Meeting Time Where Students Are to Report? Staff Members 1 Paganini Strings 6:00 pm Rooms 201 & 202 Relocatable 2 Mrs Everitt & teachers

2 Taylor Francis 6.15 pm SAC Ms Earle-Morrison

3 Junior Concert Band 6:00 pm Prep WH Room (classroom closest to the SAC) Mrs Ilott, Mr Samuels & teachers

4 Senior Choir 6:00 pm Mrs Hubner’s music room Mrs Rae & teachers

5 Flute Ensemble 6:00 pm Prep WH Room Mrs Ilott

6 String Orchestra 6:00 pm Rooms 201 & 202 Relocatable 2 Mrs Everitt & teachers

7 Junior Choir 6:00 pm Mrs Rae’s music room Mrs Hubner & teachers

8 Senior Concert Band 6:00 pm Prep WH Room (classroom closest to the SAC) Mrs Ilott, Mr Samuels & teachers

Students need to arrive in Frenchville music uniform - Boys : royal blue striped shirt, Frenchville royal blue shorts, long white socks, black shoes Girls : royal blue striped shirt, royal blue pleated skirt/skorts, long white socks, black shoes, hair in Pollyanna style (half up and half down), hair ribbon must be royal blue. Please come along and support our talented students. Entry: gold coin donation please.

SOFTBALL BASKETBALL

Yr. 6 Girls Frenchville 1 v Berserker KP9 12.30pm Frenchville 2 v Frenchville 1(QuarterFinal) Hegvold 1 Yr. 6 Girls Frenchville 2 v RGS1 KP5 1.00pm Frenchville 5 v RGS Jardine Hegvold 1

Open Boys Frenchville 1 v Parkhurst 2 KP6 2.00pm Frenchville 3 v Lighthouse Lightning Open Boys Frenchville 2 v Bouldercombe 1 KP7 2.00pm Frenchville 4 v The Hall Yellow Hegvold 2

2.00pm Frenchville 6 v Glenmore Green Hegvold 3

TEE BALL CRICKET

Kele15 Frenchville 1 v Bouldercombe 2 Year 6 Frenchville v The Hall at Kalka Shades 4 Kele12 Frenchville 2 v Bouldercombe 1 Year 5 Frenchville BYE T20 Frenchville Blue v Parkhurst at McLeod Park T20 Frenchville White v Berserker Green at McLeod Park

TTuucckksshhoopp Roster commencing Monday: 14 November 2016 Monday: B Makings Tuesday: K Hawkins Wednesday: L Swadling Thursday: K Smith Friday: J Connolly, S Vessey Christine Hills, Tuckshop Convenor

CCoommmmuunnii ttyy NNoott iicceess Frenchville State School accepts no responsibility for errors with community notices as information is provided by community organisations. Cheerleading Try Outs Saturday 19 November 10am-2pm. Ages 4+ for information contact cqthundercheersquad@hotmail.co Rockhampton Art Gallery Towers of Tomorrow with Leg o Bricks 10 December -5 March 2017 rockhamptonartgallery.com.au/leg

Sport Update: The weather bureau is predicting a heat wave on Friday with temperatures tipped to be at 40 degrees. We may need to rethink our sports participation if these temperatures eventuate. In any case, students need to come prepared with hats, water bottles and to be regularly drinking water. We will provide ice if sport goes ahead. Updates will be posted on Facebook.