Principal (Acting) Katrina Hayward

HOC (Acting) Mark Eisenmenger

Administration Sue Heit

Uniform Shop NB Inspirations 4168 9013 November 10 Remembrance Day 17 Closing date for Teacher Aide applications 16 Awards Night 23 Year 10 Graduation 24 Year 10 Last Day December 8 Last Day Term 4 (Dates in italics are community events)

Principal’s Report Awards Night Our awards night will be held next Thursday night. This is always a fantastic night celebrating the wonderful achievements of our students here at Proston State School with academic, sporting and other special awards. We hope everyone will come and enjoy the night regardless of whether or not your student is getting any awards. We will be having a guest speaker and a performance by some of our Prep to year 6 students. I hope to see you all next Thursday. Prep Enrolment Children that will turn 5 years old by June 30 next year are eligible to start Prep in 2018. Please do not wait until 2018 to get your enrolment information in. Please call into the office or give Sue a call on 4169 4333 to arrange for an enrolment pack to be sent out. eKindy Enrolment We only have a couple of places left for eKindy next year. When all places fill up we will create a waiting list. If you have a child that you would like to enrol in eKindy please pop up to the office and grab an enrolment form or call the office to arrange for a form to be sent out. Outstanding Balances

Now is also the time to start finalising your student accounts. All students should have a zero balance by the end of the year. If you believe you still have money to pay please see Sue in the office or call her on the school number. Proston State School also has Centrepay and BPoint facilities if you would like to set up a payment plan. Attendance

Attending school is just as important in the last term as it is in the first term. Students are currently completing a lot of assessment work. These assessments give us an indication of progress made by students and they also give teachers an idea of where to start in 2018. There is a strong correlation between student attendance and student progression. If your child is away from school please call us to explain the absence. Katrina Hayward (Acting) Principal

Awards

Night

November 16

Town Hall

7:00pm

2017 NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 10

NOVEMBER 9

PROSTON STATE SCHOOL P: (07) 4169 4333 94Rodney Street P&C Association Meeting will be the third Tuesday of

F: (07) 4169 4300 Proston, each month at 5:30pm in the school library. All welcome!

www.prostonss.eq.edu.au QLD 4613

Students of the Week

Free Dress Day Thursday November 16

So that everyone has a clean uniform to wear to Awards Night, it is free Free Dress Day next Thursday – no gold coin donation required.

Proston Swimming Pool Follow us on Facebook (Proston Swimming Pool) for events, Aqua aerobics/training/BBQ/Pizza nights and extended opening hours. Key Dates: 21 Oct, 4 & 18 Nov, 2(Xmas Party), 16 &30 Dec Operation Hours: Mon – Fri: 6-8am & 3-6pm Sat/Sun/Holidays: 1-5pm P: 4168 9132 or 0437 373 577

Chappy’s Chat Hi All, This week I have been chatting with students about lunch box food and the importance of eating foods high in protein and nutrients. Children are continually growing and this means that their bodies need the necessary building blocks to grow strong and healthy. It is very important that they eat the right type of foods because it is their future health that is at stake. Having had four children at school myself, I sometimes would dread packing lunch boxes. Every day I faced the same problem: what to pack for lunches! It is so easy to give into the expensive option of packaged foodstuffs. You can save yourself so much money if you plan a little bit ahead. In each newsletter I will share my favourite lunch box recipes with you. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have and that it makes life easier for you when packing school lunches. Chappy Janelle

Mini Cheese and Bacon Muffins:

Put 1 cup of Self Raising flour, 1 ½ cups grated cheddar cheese, ½ cup bacon bits,

1 teaspoon fresh parsley or chives in a bowl.

Crack an egg in a measuring cup and add enough milk to fill it.

Add this to the bowl and mix all ingredients together with a spoon.

Grease a muffin tray and spoon the mixture into it.

Bake at 180 – 200 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes or till golden.

Cool down muffins and pack them into lunch boxes or freeze them for packing into

lunch boxes later.

Enjoy! CHAPPY Janelle

GREAT TO

FREEZE

and use later

for school

School Banking School banking is now held on Thursday rather than Friday. If your child would like to participate, open up a Commonwealth Youthsaver account for them and then send in their bank book on Thursdays.

Prep News The Pre Preps have come for two visits now. They have had fun joining the class for their transition. They have read a story with the teacher and completed an activity about the story as well as playdough, painting, obstacle course, and dancing. If you have a child that is eligible to come to Prep next year they are welcome to come along on Wednesday 15th and 22nd of November from 8:50 to 10:50. It would be great for them to come and join in and see what it would be like in the Prep classroom. They will get to know the teacher and teacher aide as well before their big start next year. Yours in Education Mrs Sue Jones

Star News We have been working hard on ordering numbers and two digit addition. We have also completed our Arts Project and made some interesting musical instruments from recyclable materials. Students have also completed their Literacy assessment and their Digital Technology assessment. We are completing a range of assessments until the end of term so it is essential students come to school every day to get the best results. I have uploaded all paper VIVOs in a bulk upload so if you have any at home and would like me to upload them feel free to bring them in. Students need to earn 300 VIVOs in term 4 to attend the end of year reward. There will be more on the reward day in the next newsletter. Mrs Holland

3/4 News It is a busy time in the 3/4 class with the next two weeks moving into assessment time before we start to wind down for the year. This week, students have been working on their Dance choreography as well as their Geography project about Boondooma Dam. For this Geography project, the 3/4 class went on a field trip out to Boondooma Dam a fortnight ago, with the purpose of collecting data about how and why Boondooma is significant, and why we should protect it. It was a terrific day of learning and fun. We were very fortunate to have Mr Ardrey drive us on his bus, as he was able to impart detailed knowledge and history about Boondooma Dam, having worked on the dam himself during its construction. Thank you Mr Ardrey for sharing your knowledge with us all, it really added to the field trip! We were also lucky to meet some generous holiday makers visiting the dam, who approached us and asked if we had any school based projects that they could donate a "loose change" jar towards. We thought the Kitchen Garden could certainly put the money towards purchasing some new garden tools, so a big thank you to James and Trang!

Miss Linton

Music Count Us In A huge thank you goes out to the students, parents, family, friends and community members who attended The South Burnett Combined Schools’ “Music: Count Us In” performance in Kingaroy, at the Town Hall Forecourt on Saturday 4th November. Music: Count Us In has been running for 11 years now, however this is only the third time it has been presented as a massed choir performance in the South Burnett region. It was a very well supported event that resulted in 181 students from 8 local schools joining together as one big massed choir. Proston S.S was represented by 10 students - Sharron McConnell; Leighton Blanch; Darren Blanch; Kellie Blanch; Milla Brown; Polly Brown; Seth Cree; Sequoia Cree; Eleojo Akeje and Brewster Burfoot - well done kids! Be assured it will be a happening thing again in 2018 – with the aim being to exceed 200 students performing at the same time! Mrs Ginny Salmon (Music Teacher)

Daniel Morcombe Program: React Our students have been learning to recognise if they are safe or unsafe in the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum. Our safety lessons will now be focusing on the second safety message: react. When children recognise that they are in an unsafe situation, we encourage them to think about what they could do to be safe again. They will have opportunities to think about ways to react using real-life scenarios. Our students will also learn that breaking the rules (e.g. saying no to an adult who is behaving inappropriately) is sometimes necessary so that they can become safe again. Please take the time to talk with your children about what they have been learning about safety and, in particular, the ways they could react if they are unsafe to make themselves safe again. Talking with your child about ways to stay safe will help them to develop life-long safety skills.

Enrol for Prep 2018 It isn’t too early to enrol for Prep 2018! If your child turns 5 by 30 June 2018, they are eligible to enrol for Prep in 2018. Please contact the office for an enrolment package and information as soon as possible.

Teacher Aide Position Available Proston State School P – 10 is looking for a teacher aide to fill

the role of eKindy facilitator for 2018.

Currently, this is for 2 days per week, Tuesday and Thursday, from

8.30am til 3pm.

The suitable applicant will need to have good communication skills

as they communicate directly with both the Brisbane School of

Distance Education (BSDE), BushKids and eKindy parents.

They will also need to have good computer and technical skills as

they need to facilitate the online sessions using a computer and the

internet.

Applicants will also need to be self-motivated and self-managing as

this position requires you to work on your own with a small group

of students.

If you are interested in this position and feel as though you have the

right qualifications and personal attributes, please send your resume

with a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Proston

State School P – 10 at 94 Rodney Street, Proston or you can email it

to khayw29@eq.edu.au. Call the school on 4169 4333 if you

require further details.

Resumes and cover letters to be sent in by Friday the 17th of

November.

Thank You

Katrina Hayward (Acting Principal)