Dear Parents/Caregivers

Last week we held our ANZAC Remembrance Parade in our hall on

Friday morning. It was a shame that parents couldn’t attend this Parade

as Mrs Clark organised a remembrance parade of the highest calibre.

Our students were beautifully behaved and showed genuine respect

with most wearing a poppy sold to them by our Student Representative

Council (SRC) and some other students also participated in the Nerang

RSL march representing our school.

588 Worongary Road

Gilston QLD 4211

Ph: (07) 5501 2333

Absent Line: (07) 5501 2360 Email:office@gilstonss.eq.edu.au

www.gilstonss.eq.edu.au

Office hours 8:00am-3:30pm

Gilston SS

Grapevine

Dates for your Diary

Keeping Parents

Informed

Date 28 April 2021

Edition 6

Fri 30 April

Interschool sport Yr 5 & 6

Round 2

Mon 3 May

Public Holiday

Labour Day

Wed 5 May

Prep 2022 Parent Group Tour

10:15am—11:00am

Wed 5 – Thurs 6 May

Mother’s Day Stall

Fri 7 May

Interschool sport Yr 5 & 6

Round 3

Mon 10 May

Parade

Y3-Yr6 QW Y6

Tues 11May—Fri 21 May

NAPLAN Online

Mon 24—Fri 28 May

Book Fair

Wed 26—Thurs 27 May

School Photos

Fri 28 May

Under 8’s Day (P-2)

From the Back of The bike!

Mr Stavar (HPE) once again demonstrated he has control of the weather as he again organised a

successful school cross country on Tuesday.

Parents were allowed to attend this event and it was pleasing to see so many proud parent faces as all

students tried their hardest at the event. Our P & C was flat out serving coffee and cake and really

appreciated the sales on the day. With the cross country being the first school event this year, it was not

surprising to see such parent support with the majority of parents being Prep parents. Thank you to Kylie

and her PCYC team who helped out on the day.

Parents are reminded that students are not to bring prohibited items to school. Sometimes items can be

put into student bags without the parent knowing .I ask that you monitor this if you do not already.

Yes, our electronic school sign is now operational and with most students being dropped off and picked

up from the front school gate, the sign should go a long way to improving communication between the

home and school. Make sure you grab a look as you drive by.

Just a reminder that Monday 3 May is a public holiday (Labour Day) and school will recommence on

Tuesday 4 May.

Craig Douglas

Principal

Congratulations

Duncan!

Cross Country 2021

Deputy Chat… Lower Primary Deputy (P-2) Kelly Clark School Photos – SMILE!

Students will receive their photo envelope over the coming weeks. Our annual school photos are

scheduled to take place on 26 and 27 May. Families wanting sibling photos are to collect an envelope

from the front office once envelopes arrive. Photo orders can be placed online prior or students can

hand their assigned envelope with the correct money to their classroom teacher on their scheduled

photo day. If you pay prior, please send your child’s assigned envelope with them on their allocated

photo day.

The school photo timetable is as follows:

Under 8’s Day – Prep – Year 2

Under 8’s Day is on and parents are invited to attend (social distancing required) on Friday 28 May from

9am – 11am. Under 8’s Day to is about acknowledging the importance of learning in the early years of a

child’s life. Many hands-on activities will be available for students to participate in throughout the

morning. Donations for activities are always required. Please keep an eye out for these donation

requests from classroom teachers. The P&C will be operating a canteen from the Hall kitchen. Parents

are welcome to purchase snacks for themselves to enjoy throughout the morning. The morning will

culminate with students participating in a picnic in designated areas. We look forward to engaging in a

fun-filled morning of learning.

WEDNESDAY 26/05 THURSDAY 27/05

TIME CLASS TIME CLASS

8:15am Staff

9:05am 1W 9:10am Prep E

9:20am 1R 9:25am Prep T

9:35am 1BR 9:40am Prep N

9:50am 1BA 9:55am Prep S

10:00am 2A 10:10am 2AU

10:10am 2S 10:20am 6P

10:20am 3D 10:30am 6D

10:30am 2D 10:40am 6M

10:40am 3F 11:00am LUNCH

10:50am 3G 11:40am Sports Captains + House

Captains

11:00am LUNCH 11:50am Language Captains

11:50am 3V 12:05pm Music Captains

12:00pm 5B 12:15pm Cultural Captains

12:10pm 5F 12:25pm School Captains

12:20pm 5T 12:35pm Student Representative

Council

12:30pm 4CJ

12:40pm 4B

12:50pm 4CM

Deputy Chat… Upper Primary Deputy (3-6) Kylie Gibson

NAPLAN

During Week 1, our Year 3 and 5 students completed their NAPLAN practice test. This gave

students the opportunity to become familiar with the online platform and style of questions.

Teachers will continue to teach the students how to use the platform leading up to the testing

in May.

Curriculum Leader... Renee Paech

Welcome back to Term 2!

All parents and caregivers will shortly received an email, with Term Two Parent Information, similar to

below, for your child’s year level. These can also be found on our school website. Please take the time to

read through what your child will be learning about this term and take note of the important dates and

events to add to your calendar.

Goals Setting Term 2

With the start of Term 2, students will be looking at their goals for Reading, Writing and Maths. These goals

are established collaboratively with the teacher and student identifying areas for improvement. Some

goals may be continuing as students work with their teachers to achieve success in those areas. Be sure

to check in with your child and ask them if they can articulate their goals.

Below are a few simple questions you could ask your child to give some context to assist with explaining

their goal.

“How are you going with your writing?”

“What are you writing about in class?” (Poems, Narratives/stories, information reports)

“What is something you do well at when writing?) (creative ideas, punctation, paragraphs, cohesion)

“What is something you want to work on with writing?”

“How can you work towards becoming confident with building that particular skill?”

Whole School Attendance Target for 2021 is 96%

Current Attendance Levels Congratulations Prep

88-89% BLUE 90 - 93% RED 93 - 95% BROWN 95 - 99% GREEN 99 - 100% GOLD

PC4L-Positive Culture for Learn-

ing...

Beehives that have been filled…

Year Prep – 3

Year 4 - 6

Behaviour Focus – Be a Learner

-Be confident and Have a go

-Be on time (before school; after lunch etc)

-Follow expectations during school activities (excursions, camp, sport etc)

The Behaviour Team.

Captain’s Call... Niels and Siena

Welcome back everyone!

Term 1 flew by and now we’re suddenly in Term 2!

To start off our term we’ve done Interschool sport, Cross Country and the school leaders were honoured

to march and represent Gilston State School at the Nerang RSL Anzac Parade.

Congratulations to all students who participated in Cross Country and Interschool sport. Everyone did

amazing!

Make sure you remember your hat and appropriate school shoes. Continue to stay safe all around the

school and listen in class.

PS PN PT PE 1W 1R 1BR 1BA 2A 2AU 2D 2S 3V 3D 3G 3F

3

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4CJ 4CM 4B 5T 5B 5F 6M 6D 6P

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P 1 2 3 4 5 6

93.43 92.67 92.45 91.72 92.36 91.14 92.91

GIST-Gilston Inclusion Support Team... Pauline Lewis and Leilani Haydock

“Autism is a complex lifelong developmental disability which can cause differences in

communication, interacting with others and experiences in everyday situations.” (https://

autismqld.com.au) Autism is on a spectrum as everyone with Autism is different. Acceptance and

Understanding is extremely IMPORTANT, diversity and difference is what makes every human being

UNIQUE!

Parents can find further support and information through the Autism Hub - https://

autismhub.education.qld.gov.au

Guidance Officer Week

The role of the Guidance Officer within our school is to support student welfare, families, work with

class teachers, school support personnel and other professionals within Queensland Education and

outside agencies.

Here at Gilston, we are extremely grateful to our wonderful Guidance Officer, Kathy Bellamy and we

thank her for her work and contribution to our school!

Early Years Coordinator Leilani Haydock

Keep a look out for our donation requests coming home soon!

Save the Date!!

Under 8s Day

28 May!

From the Office - Finance & Admin... Jan Wallace, Tracylee Leonard, Cindy Smith & Jo Hoger

Forms and Documents

Talk about it Year 5

Talk about it Year 6

Unexplained Absence Letters

Please sign and return the unexplained absence letters that are sent home so the office can keep

accurate records of the correct reason for any absences. This is extremely important as these

absences are recorded on all students report cards.

Newsletter Competition Win a voucher for a free burger and drink from our Tuckshop.

Be the first to phone the office on 5501 2333 with your answer when the text message is sent out with

this edition’s question! Good luck!

School newsletter advertising-CHEAP AS CHIPS!

Would you like to advertise your business in our school newsletter or know someone who would?

We have over 400 families!

Gilston Grapevine Newsletter Advertising

Please contact admin on 5501 2333 or office@gilstonss.eq.edu.au to discuss details

Term 2 per edition 1/2 page = $25 Full page=$50 Cut off date –

Friday prior to

Newsletter

release date

Activity Year Level Cost Due Date

Instrumental Music Selected

students

$25 Levy

$50 Percussion

$125 Hire & Levy

Overdue—Friday 12 March 2021

Talk about it Year 5 $27 Thursday 20 May

Talk about it Year 6 $35 Thursday 20 May

Competition winners 2021

Edition Name Question Answer

1 Isaac Name 3 things needed for crossing supervisor Blue Card, Medical Cert &

training

2 Mia Where will the Fundraising Group meet? Heritage Building

3 Katie How many people allowed at the 3 Way

Conferences including Teacher/s 4

4 Layla What is fun and entertaining PCYC puppet shows

5 Asha

What are the 3 elements of engagement listed in

the Parent and Community Code of Conduct

Policy?

Communication,

Collaboration & School Culture

Music... Alison Miller

The Year 5 and 6 choral excellence students performed at the Anzac assembly last week. They sang

a beautiful song written about the soldiers who fought in WWI called “Always Remember”. We also

had choral excellence students leading the national anthems of Australia and New Zealand.

Indigenous Champion... Shirley Rodger

Jingaree Jimbelungs (Hello friends), welcome back to Term 2 .

Did you know on the Kombumerri calendar April is the start of a new season known as

“woodooroo wongara’ meaning Tea Tree flowering. The weather is becoming wetter and

cooler, and the Mullet are fat.

Source – Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre.

STEAM... Jody Slade

Movie Making with Year 2

The Year 2 students had to make a movie about the learning that they had done around the topic

of Cyber Safety. With the use of an iPad and the software iMovie, the students were able to answer

questions in an interview format, add sound effects and background music to their interview. This

was a fun way for the students to engage in their learning.

Physical Education...

Spotlight on Learning... Year 1

The Year 1 classes were very happy to return to their classrooms with freshly painted walls and

carpet! 1R have been busy learning about 2D shapes and 3D objects, completing interactive

activities in the Seesaw App to demonstrate their knowledge. Students also excitedly engaged in

hands on learning by sorting objects into the different types of materials they are made from in our

new Science Unit. Finally, we created some simple artworks featuring Poppies to commemorate

ANZAC Day.

Spotlight on Learning... Year 6P

Multiplication Bean Bag Toss

6P making good use of the

new P & C ground display.

Gilston Greats...

Prep T Natalia, Ritchie, Lacey

1W James

1BR Billie

1BA Memphis, Indiana

2A Chad, Mason, Mia

2D Lucas, Hudson

3V Archer, Savvy

4CM Georgia, Oliver

5T Austin

NAME– Michelle Bennett

POSITION– Teacher Aide

TIME @ GILSTON– 20 years!

WHAT I LIKE BEST ABOUT MY CAREER? Love

working with the Preppies. I love their

enthusiasm and innocence.

FAV FOOD– Pretty much everything haha!

(except seafood)

FAV COLOUR– Red and orange

FAV MOVIE-Pretty Woman and Midnight Express

PETS? One dog named Shadow

HOBBY? Baking, reading and camping

WHY I LOVE GILSTON SS– I love that it is a small country school and having

worked here for 20 years. I have made amazing lifelong friends with staff and

parents!

Staff Snapshot

Physical Education... Scott Stavar

INTERSCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS

RUGBY LEAGUE

OPPOSITION TEAM

RESULT SCORE

PLAYER OF THE

MATCH

Year 5A MUDGEERABA WIN 26-22 TYSON N

Year 5B MERRIMAC LOST 0-36 JYE D

Year 6 ST BRIGID’S WIN 14-12 RYAN B

BOYS SOCCER

Year 5A MERRIMAC WIN 5-2 MASON S

Year 5B WORONGARY DRAW 1-1 JETT W

Year 6A MERRIMAC WIN 9-0 ALEX M

Year 6B ST BRIGID’S A LOSS 0-9 LUCAS

GIRLS SOCCER

Year 6 Green GCCC WIN 6-2 STEPHANIE

Year 6 Gold MERRIMAC WIN 8-4 MIRACLE D

NETBALL

Year 5A ST VINCENT LOST 0-16 HOLLY W

Year 5B MERRIMAC LOST 0-20 AMELIE C

Year 6A MUDGEERABA WON 22-9 JAZY S

Year 6B MARYMOUNT LOST 2-18 AALIYAH S

Cross Country Age Champion s 2021

The top 6 runners from 10-12 year races will represent our

school at the Oceanic District Cross Country on Wednesday 5

May. A letter will be sent home soon.

BOYS GIRLS

9 YEARS Jayden H Ava M

10 YEARS Nate W Alina J

11 YEARS Theo S Jazy S

12 YEARS Jaih S Darcey P

CROSS COUNTRY FINAL HOUSE POINTS

1ST DUNCAN 298

2ND ZIMMERMAN 275

3RD LATTIMER 246

4TH HINZE 240

Library News… Jenny Brown & Irene McGregor

Book Club

Issue 3 brochures have been distributed to students classes. This Issue will close on 10 May at

3:00pm. Orders will be given to students when they arrive at school. Please remember orders are

only sent back to school as a whole delivery after I close the Issue online, on 10 May.

Book Fair

Keep an eye out for our first Book Fair of the Year. This will start on Monday 24 May in the school

Library. It will be set up and ready to go on the Monday morning. Parents and Carers are welcome

to come in any time during school hours and browse the Book Fair. Watch this space for more

information in the next newsletter.

Keep those overdue loans coming in. We appreciate your support with finding, replacing or paying

for the lost books.

Reading is cool for school.

Loving these long weekends and happy reading.

It’s Cool2Read@Gilston!

PCYC news… Kylie Morris

We hope everyone had a nice break and ate lots of chocolate eggs and hot cross buns over

Easter. We had a busy fun time during the holidays and keeping the children entertained.

Are you aware of some of the activities we offer at PCYC? We have Homework Club, life skills where

the children learn basic cooking and sewing skills, sporting activities and lots of group games. Also

Garden Club along with a weekly program that is child lead. This term we are going around the

world and looking at different cultures, food and languages.

If you are interested in your child attending, come down to the hall and speak with one of the

friendly PCYC Staff members.

P&C News

President - Vanessa Speed pandc@gilstonss.eq.edu.au

P & C News... Vanessa Speed— President

MOTHER'S DAY STALL

Mother's Day is on Sunday the 9 May.

We will be holding our Mothers Day stall on Wednesday

5 and Thursday 6 May. Your teacher will let you know when your child will be

attending the stall. Please send money in a zip lock bag with the child's name and

class written on it and a shopping bag for your child to use to bring the gifts home.

We will have any left over items for sale at the Rotunda on Friday morning 6 May

8:30am - 9:00am.

We will need volunteers to help out with the stall so if you can spare some time to

help out please contact us via the Facebook or email addresses below.

COLOUR EXPLOSION FUN RUN

The COLOUR EXPLOSION FUN RUN is back!!! It's been a few years since we have

held a Colour Explosion Fun Run so make sure you mark this in your diary. We are

holding our colourful fun day on Thursday 3 June. More information will be released

soon. We will need lots of volunteers to help out to make this an unforgettable

experience for the kids, so if you can spare a few hours please get in touch with us

via email gilstonpandc@outlook.com or our Facebook page www.facebook.com/

pandcgss/

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

Looking for something really special for Mum for Mother’s Day? Does your Mum

have everything?

What about a gift that lasts all year?

Click on the link to find out more....

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1446u93

P&C MEETING

The next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 17 May @ 6:30pm in the Staff Room.

Come along, be involved and have a say.

We desperately need a Secretary and Vice-president. Without these positions filled

it means we cannot effectively run the Tuckshop, Uniform Shop and conduct

Fundraising. Currently the President, Vice-president and Treasurer are trying to

share the load but it takes us away from other things we should be doing to benefit

the school. If you would like to be a part of a great team, please contact us via our

Facebook page or email us on the email address below.

SCHOOL BANKING

The Queensland Government has announced the Commonwealth Bank's

Dollarmites School Banking program is being removed from state schools.

In light of this we will cease our school banking immediately.

We thank you for your support over the years.

Keep up to date by following our Facebook page www.facebook.com/pandcgss/

If you have any questions please email us at gilstonpandc@outlook.com or

contact us through our Facebook page.

Events

Wed 5 - Thurs 6 May

Mother’s Day stall

Monday 17 May

P & C Meeting

at 6:30pm - Staff room

Thurs 3 June

Colour Explosion Fun Run

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Gilston Gourmet... Tuckshop

TUCKSHOP

We are experiencing more and more parents calling to place their childrens lunch order

after the 9:15am cut-off. While we understand that everyone is extremely busy, we are

unable to be taking orders for lunches while we are preparing.

We are now serving Emergency Lunch Packs to anyone that has not placed their order by

9:15am. This pack will consist of a Vegemite or jam sandwich, a small muffin and an apple

at a cost of $4.00 (allergies will be catered for as best we can). The office will take your

order and payment will be required through your Munch Monitor account. Please ensure

there are sufficient funds in your account. Alternatively, the Tuckshop will contact your for

your credit card details later in the day.

We had a great response to our email asking for volunteers but we still need one or two

people to help on Tuesdays. No experience is necessary, come in, have a coffee and a

chat. If you can spare some time after drop off on Tuesday to make a few batches of

muffins, make popcorn or fill fridges please drop in and see Janine or email us at

gilstonpandc@outlook.com. We look forward to meeting you.

Also, please remind your children that they are not allowed to purchase items from the

Tuckshop for their friends at break time. This is a school rule that we all must follow.

UNIFORM SHOP

Uniform Shop Monday 8:15am – 9:15am.

Interschool Sports Socks

Year 5 & 6 parents! Interschool Sport has begun with some wins and some losses, but

everyone had fun which is a big part of playing sport. We have sold out of the Sports Socks

but we have some on order and are hopeful they will be delivered before next Friday. Once

they are back in stock you can order on Munch Monitor or pick some up from the Tuckshop.

Winter Jackets and Trackpants

There is definitely a chill in the air in the mornings so make sure you get the kids a jacket and/

or trackpants before the cold weather really sets in. We have limited stock so order on

Munch Monitor or come in to the Uniform Shop Monday mornings 8:15am - 9:15am. If you

are ordering on Munch Monitor, please keep in mind the jackets are larger sizing’s so you

may want to consider going down a size.

All Munch Monitor orders will be placed in the pigeon hole of class teachers on Tuesdays

and Thursdays.

Uniform Shop Orders can be placed at the

tuckshop or online through Munch

Monitor https://

www.munchmonitor.com/

Account/Login

Open Mondays 8:15-9:15am

Tuckshop

gilstontuckshop@gmail.com

Closed Mondays

Open Tuesday to Friday currently first

break only

Tuckshop Orders Orders can be placed at the tuckshop each

morning, or online through Munch Monitor https://

www.munchmonitor.comAccount/Login

School ID: gilstonss Password: munch4211

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