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33 Renwick RoadProserpine QLD 4800Subscribe:Subscribe: http://proserpiness.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe
Email:Email: [email protected]:Phone: 07 4940 6333
15 March 201715 March 2017
Date Claimers
TERM 1 Date What's On Information
Week 8
Year 2 Swimming - 2AW, 2JP, 2MF and 2TB
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Newsletter
Thursday 16.03.17 P & C FeteMeeting @6:00pm
P & C Meeting @6:30pm
ResourceCentre
Crazy Hair Day –Student Council
Gold CoinDonation
Friday 17.03.17
Weekly Assembly 2:15pm MPC
Week 9
Sunday 19.03.17 Compulsory ChoirRehearsal – ChoralFestival Yr4/5 & 6
2:00pm –5:00pm
20.03.17 Compulsory ChoirRehearsal – ChoralFestival
25th RegionalChoral Festival –MECC
10:30am –2:00pm
7:30pm –9:00pm
Monday
20.03.17 Whitsunday Trials– U12s RugbyLeague
ProserpineState School
TERM 1 Date What's On Information
Year 2 Swimming - 2AW, 2JP, 2MF and 2TB
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday 22.03.17 Arts Council – TooCool for Bullies
24.03.17 WhitsundayNetball Trials
Bowen
24.03.17 Weekly Assembly 2:15pm MPC
Week 10
Newsletter Week
27.03.17 Whitsunday TennisTrials
Bowen
28.03.17 Final SwimmingLesson for Year 2
Tuesday
28.03.17 School Photos
Friday 31.03.17 Week Assembly 2:15pm MPC
End of Term 1 2017
TERM 2 Date What's On Information
Week 1
Monday 17.04.17 Easter Monday –Public Holiday
Tuesday 18.04.17 Term 2 2017Commences –Welcome Back
Week 2
Newsletter Week
TERM 1 Date What's On Information
Monday 24.04.17 ANZAC DayCeremony
Tuesday 25.04.17 ANZAC Day PublicHoliday
Week 3
Monday 01.05.17 Labour Day PublicHoliday
Principal’s News
2017 Queensland Principals’Conference
At the beginning of March I attended the 2017 Principals’Conference held on the Gold Coast. This year 1,239 StateSchool Principals attended the biennial conference.
Upon reflection after attending the Principals’ Conference thefollowing words sum up how I feel about our improvementagenda at Proserpine State School.
Affirmed, Supported, Motivated
Affirmed – that our improvement agenda of implementingexplicit instruction as our teaching framework is improvingstudent learning and is research validated.
Supported - due to the recognition from the Department ofEducation and Training Director General Dr Jim Watterston whoshowcased our Explicit Instruction Handbook as best practiceof school improvement.
Motivated – to making a difference - to provide every studentwith learning opportunities that will significantly impact on theirfuture – this is our moral obligation.
Director General Dr Jim Watterston showcases Proserpine StateSchool Explicit Instruction Handbook as best practice at the 2017Principals’ Conference.
My School Website
Last week the My School website released the 2016 NAPLANdata. I encourage our school community to review ourperformance as we are very proud of our improved studentlearning outcomes. Our priority focus over the last two yearshas been reading.
https://myschool.edu.au/
The My School data clearly shows significant improvementsin reading in Years 3 and 5. Proserpine State School, with96% percent of students participating in NAPLAN, is the most
improved school in Reading in the Whitsunday Cluster andNorth Queensland Region.
Rob TempletonPrincipal
Deputy Principal's News
Student Attendance – Everyday Counts
Thank you to those families who always inform the school of achild’s absence. However we are still having incidences wherethis is not happening. All schools are expected by EducationQueensland to monitor student absences and have a target forattendance in their Annual Operation Plan. Ours is to have 95%attendance for the year.
All unexplained absences are followed up at our school bysending via ID Attend Absence Notifications through textmessages. If this happens parents are then required to replyexplaining why the student is absent. We also send out formsrequiring a reason attached to absence dates. These forms areto be filled in and returned to the school office where they arethen recorded as explained absences.
We have noted that there has been an improvement in thejunior school attendance since the start of this year and wouldlike to now see an improvement in the upper school. Our weeklyattendance award on assembly is highly valued by students andteachers.
I have included a link to a parent fact sheet on attendanceprovided by Education Queensland, as well as a document thathighlights the impact of student absences on a child’s years ofeducation.
If you would like any further information on student attendanceplease don’t hesitate to contact me.
Visit below for more information on student attendancerequirements.
http://education.qld.gov.au/everydaycounts/fact-sheet.html
TLC day
Last week students in years 1-6 participated in this term’sTLC, technology day. Each year level had a design brief todesign, create, test and evaluate an item they made. Some ofthe objects created were pyramids, paper planes, dioramas,costumes from newspaper and slushies.
Students demonstrated great enthusiasm and creativity! Enjoythe photos.
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Arts Council
On Wednesday March 22 we have our Arts Councilperformance, Too Cool For Bullies, presenting at our school.
All students who have up to date Student Resource Schemepayments will be attending. We chose this presentation toreinforce our school messages around bullying and to furthersupport National Action Day Against Bullying messages.
Throughout the show there will be a focus on the following twoacronyms which both use the word STAMP. The use of thisword will be familiar to all Student Councillors who attended theGRIP Leadership Conference in Mackay as it was also referredto during activities.
For Prep to year 2:
S – Stay Away
T – Tell Someone
A – Always Help
M – Make Friends
P – Play Nicely
For years 3-6:
S – Stop. Tell the bully to Stop.
T – Tell Someone
A – Always Help
M – Make Yourself Bully Proof
P – Persistence. Keep going till the bullying stops.
School photos
Please see below for an information email for parents fromAdvanced Life, our school photography company. There aremany benefits of online ordering - no lost envelopes, creatingan order trail that reduces post shoot enquiries - and benefitsthe school by reducing cash on the premises.
PROSERPINE STATE SCHOOLSchool Photography Date:28/03/2017
http://www.advancedimage.com.au/keycode/keycodefinder.aspx?keycode=E4ZA9HBHN
ONLINE ORDER CODE
E4Z A9H BHN
Dear Parents
School photography day is coming up very soon. Group andportrait photographs can be purchased by following the linkabove or by using the envelope.
Important Information:
Advancedlife would like to express our appreciation toPROSERPINE STATE SCHOOL for placing your trust in us.Please remember we offer a 100% money back guarantee onour products to ensure your peace of mind. We would alsolove to receive your feedback or resolve any issues you mayexperience as fast as possible, to ensure your satisfaction. Ifyou have any questions, comments or feedback relating toyour advancedlife experience please contact us [email protected].
Have a great two weeks everyone
Alison BradfordDeputy Principal
Curriculum Matters
Improving Student Outcomes – Writing
As Mr Templeton has communicated in the previous newsletter,improving our students’ writing is a primary goal for us thisyear. Over the past four weeks, the whole school has beenlearning to write using 2A Sentences i.e. each sentence has twoadjectives before a first noun, followed by two adjectives beforethe second noun.
Our next whole school sentence we arelearning is a Simile Sentence, using words‘like a…’ or ‘as…a…’ to create a vividpicture in the readers’ minds, and compareone object to another. This is occasionallydifficult for kids as they choose animprobably comparison. For example, He
smelled like a ruler. (Don’t laugh…this is a real life example!)
It would be excellent if, at home, you too could use simileswhen talking with your family. The possibilities are endless…
• School photos purchased online DO NOT requireenvelopes returned to school
• Late fees/additional charges will be applied forpurchases after photo day
• Photos will be returned to your school for distributionapproximately six weeks after photos are taken
• Past years’ photographs including sports,co-curricular and representative groups available atschool’s advancedlife & your advancedyou photosites (follow the link above)
• at the dinner table: “I’m not enjoying this steak. It’s astough as old leather.”
• getting ready to go out: “You look as fresh as adaisy.”
• when you wake up: “I slept like a log.”
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2017 Middle Leaders’ State Conference
Last weekend, Mrs Tricia Botta (Master Teacher) and I hadthe privilege of attending the Middle Leaders’ State Conferencein Brisbane. Professor Douglas Fisher ‘Making Literacy Visible’had some extremely interesting information for us which alignedwith our school goal of improving students’ writing. Below arethree examples of students who read outside of the school day:
Clearly, students who read more widely and frequently, acquirea greater vocabulary, which will help them to become betterwriters. The research undoubtedly shows that reading “keepsthem moving and achieving more.” Professor Fisher alsoquoted John Hattie and emphasised that “every studentdeserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design.” Thisis why, at our school, professional learning and coaching arepractices both supported, and expected, of all our teachers bythe administration. We seek to become ‘by design’ the bestteachers we can possibly be for our students.
Congratulations!
Dean Forsyth in Year 4 is SO excited abouthis narrative writing that he has beenindependently writing his own stories athome in a special book. Dean then brings itto school seeking feedback to improve.What a motivated learner!
Have fun with your similes!
Lee-Anne DoughertyHead of Curriculum
SWPBS (Schoolwide Positive BehaviourSupport)
This Friday is National Day of Action againstBullying and Violence and although wemust be conscious of bullying every day ofthe year, this day is used to highlight toeveryone the very real presence of bullying. Not only does itoccur in schools but also in workplaces and in public so it iseveryone’s business.
Every child in the school will receive a wristband with the ‘Takea Stand’ message on it and a variety of activities will take placein classrooms and on assembly.
In our school we use a process of STOP WALK TALK toempower students to stand up to bullies.
If a student does not like what another student is doing theyare encouraged to ask the person to STOP the behaviour in amanner that is firm and assertive.
If the other student persists we encourage students to WALKaway - again if the perpetrator persists they are encouraged toTALK by reporting to a teacher or administrator. We also askstudents to be proactive bystanders and to report any bullyingbehaviour that they are witness to.
Parents and students are encouraged to log onto the BullyingNo Way website for information and strategies in dealing withbullying.
https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/nationalday
On this site there are a couple of great animations to explainbullying and how to deal with it and also how to respond as abystander.
Ann Gardel – Behaviour Support Teacher
Music
Just to reiterate
Here are three educational reasons why music is amust in every child’s life.
• trying to find the matching Tupperware lid: “It’s likelooking for a needle in a haystack.”
1. Music encourages confidence and self esteem.
2. Music improves co-ordination and reflexes.
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“Tell me, I forget; Show me, I remember; Involve me, Iunderstand”- Carl Orff
There is always something wonderful happening in Musicclasses.
CHORAL FESTIVAL CHOIR
The children are starting to become excited at the prospectof singing at the Mackay Entertainment Centre on Monday 20March when all their hard work will be showcased. We have asmall choir of 22 students attending but they have a confident,full sound which is lovely to hear.
A final note will be given to the students on Thursday to remindeveryone of the details for both Sunday and Monday.
Audience tickets are available to purchase from the MackayEntertainment Centre at a cost of $24.50 / $12.00 concession.These tickets sell out fast.
Being part of a massed choir in the Choral Festival is awonderful experience and a joy for an audience to listen to.
JUNIOR CHOIR
This choir for Years 2 & 3 will start after Easter and ANZACceremonies in Term 2.
Yours in song,
Elspeth ScotfordMusic Teacher
Sports
Tennis
Well done to our students that went to the Proserpine DistrictTennis Trials last week.
Sebastian Trenerry, Kai Collins, Zach Blazely and Brin DalbySebastian Trenerry, Kai Collins, Zach Blazely and Brin Dalby
Congratulations to Kai and Zach for being selected forProserpine District team to play in Bowen on 27 March at theWhitsunday trials.
Swimming Lessons
Year 2
Year 2 Swimming Term 1 for 2017WEEKS 7 – 10
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays2AW, 2JP, 2MF and 2TB
Student Resource Agreement Forms and payment MUSTbe made prior to commencement of swimming lessons
Trevor NosworthySports
Student of the Week
Week 6 Week 7
Class Name Class Name
PNC Imogen Howard PNC Alisara White
PKE Alex Valmadre PKE Ethan Davies
PCD Beau Peterson PCD Keirra-RoseBaird
1DB RheubenRichardson
1DB Luke Dwyer
1JB Ellie King 1JB SethHinschen
1MV Daley Cooper 1MV JacobBatman
1SS Emily Horsford 1SS VanessaCarter
2AW Charli Young 2AW Sarah Day
2JP MackenzieCantamessa
Pania Corowa
2JP Ella Wells
2MF Abby Peck 2MF Seth Haack
2TB Dylan Reynolds 2TB Riley Snow
3CH Lillian Kelly 3CH Danni Muller
3MM Klair McDermott 3MM JacobMcDonald
3SL Jordyn Mackay 3SL AliviaFaltinsky
4/5LT Tavion Dennis 4/5LT Fyn Gunn
4BK Peter Simpson 4BK LahniLinneweber
4TC Rylan McDonald 4TC Thalia Foster
3. Music helps your child with organisational skills andself discipline.
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Week 6 Week 7
5KP Evan Walker 5KP CharlieEmmerson
5MW Emily Lee 5MW Will Turner
5SC Lilly-Anna Eather 5SC JosephO’Leary
6HM Holly Smith 6HM Lara Moss
6JW Zachary Blazely 6JW Harry Brandt
6RG Luke Pini 6RG LeahBorghardt
LDougherty
SahaireaCorowa-Watts
LDougherty
HunterHarrison
What’s Happening & General
Crazy Hair Day – this Friday!
Update from the Student Council
This week the Student Council will host the first of theircommunity fundraising events for the year. The decision wasmade to hold a ‘Crazy Hair Day’ to support the LeukaemiaFoundation’s yearly Worlds Greatest Shave fundraising day.
Thank you to Telecia Tame for putting the proposal forwardwhich was supported by the rest of the Student Council whowere willing to do something to help the fight against cancer.
Our Crazy Hair Day will be held this Friday, March 17 and thosestudents who give a gold coin donation can either come toschool with a crazy hair design that can include colour, or havetheir hair coloured by teachers using child friendly hair spraysupplied by the Leukaemia Foundation at morning tea time,11:15am to 11:40am on the oval.
Parents are also welcome to share in this event as well.
Gold coin donations are to be passed to classroom teachers.We are sure our assembly this week will be a colourful event.
Preppies - Playground Fun
Preps are well and truly settled and into the swing of learningtheir letter sounds and numbers. They have fantastic fun in theiroutdoor play four days each week. They have various activitiesoutside each week focusing on their fine and gross motor skillsalongside working together, cooperation , sharing, taking turnsand being friendly.
Teachers and teacher aides supervise and support children intheir learning outside after morning tea every Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. After lunch they have quiet time,reading books, puzzles and yoga.
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Rookies 2 Red
A few more photos of our students have a great time with theRookies 2 Red during their lunch times.
OSHC – Outside School Hours Care
For further information or register your child:
Phone: 1300 105 343Email: [email protected].
or go to our website below
http://www.campaustralia.com.au
Student Resource Scheme
We would like to thank those parents who have returned theirStudent Resource Participation Agreement and payment to theoffice by the due date.
We would like to advise if you have not returned your StudentResource Participation Agreement and payment, this is nowoverdue. Your child/ren WILL NOT be able to attend any extracurriculum activities until payment / payment arrangement ismade.
We are asking parents/carers to complete the StudentResource Participation Agreement Form (which indicates yourparticipation or non-participation in the scheme). Familieschoosing not to participate in the program will be requiredto supply resources accordingly.
The provision of curriculum resources by parents will be aprerequisite before invitations are extended to students toparticipate in extra curricular activities such as District/RegionalSport, Choir, and Eisteddfods etc.
Preferred Payment option is via BPOINT. Information has beensent home regarding how to use BPoint.
http://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete
Other payment options are by Cash, Cheque, Credit Card orCentrepay. You can also pay via our QParents App.
Families experiencing financial difficulties/hardship in meetingthis payment are welcome to negotiate a payment schedulewith the Business Services Manager.
QParents
Access your child’s student information online and stayconnected with your school.Access to report cards, attendance records, invoice andpayment details, online payments.
Visit below to register online
https://qparents.qld.edu.au/
Contact the school’s office if you require further information
Facebook Page
For the latest news and any important school alerts please LIKEthe Proserpine State School Facebook page.
It is a key point of information regarding changes to schoolroutine, upcoming events, good news stories etc.
To visit the page click here:
http://www.facebook.com/ProserpineStateSchool
2017 P & CP & C Fete Meeting – Thursday 16th March 2017 @ 6:00pm
P & C Meeting - Thursday 16th March, 2017 @ 6:30pmResource Centre
All Welcome – The P & C committee love seeing newfaces.
TuckshopThe winner of our Lunch Raffle will be drawn on Parade thisFriday 17th of March. So if you want to be in it, this week is yourlast chance to get your tickets, either from the Student Councilor from the Tuckshop.
Another idea is to put an extra 50c or $1.00 in your child’sTuckshop bag with a message stating that the extra money isfor raffle tickets. Obviously this isn’t possible to do through ourflexischool service.
Cheers to all from the ladies at “The Little Boots Café”
For easy online ordering just register below or contactflexischools on 1300 361 769.
Alternatively, you can collect further information from theladies at the tuckshop.
http://www.flexischools.com.au
Uniform Shop
Opening hours for 2017
Monday 8:30am – 9:15amThursday 2:45pm – 3:15pm
If you can’t make the opening hours, order forms are availablefrom the office or you can download an order form from the linkbelow.
Thank you for the donations of pre-loved clothing. Moredonations would be greatly appreciated.
We sell on a CASH ONLY basis to keep the cost of uniformsdown. Thank you for your support.
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Lost / FoundWe have had a wedding ring handed into our office, which wasfound in the Prep area of our school. If you have lost a ring orknow of anyone that has, please ask them to contact the office.
Community Notices
Whitsunday Transit
Coastcare School Holiday Program
Conway Fun Day
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Free Community Event
Proserpine Junior Soccer
Mackay Fostering
Total Life Chiropractic
The Pathfinders National Aboriginal BirthCertificate Program
Pathfinder is a not for profit organisation funded by theDepartment of Prime Minister and Cabinet to provide free birthcertificates for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peopleaged between 0 to 21.
An estimated 300,000 Australians have not had their birthsregistered and 500,000 do not have a birth certificate. As aconsequence, many people struggle to fully participate inAustralian society without this simple but vital document. Theyexperience difficulty enrolling in schools and in accessingmainstream services, such as opening bank accounts, joiningsporting clubs, voting, and applying for a job, a driver’s licenceor a passport.
http://www.pathfinders.ngo/projects/aboriginal-birth-certificate-project/
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