Thangool State School

Date Claimers

July

13th - First Day Term 3

21st - School Photo Day

September

4th - Student Free Day

18th - Last Day Term 3

We acknowledge the Gangulu people past and present on whose land we walk, we work and we live.

2 Aerodrome Road, Thangool, Qld, 4716

PO Box 5, Thangool, Qld, 4716

Phone: 07 49 900 333

www.thangoolss.eq.edu.au the.principal@thangoolss.eq.edu.au

Facebook: @ThangoolStateSchool

Principal: Mrs Fiona Byrne

School Motto: Try to Improve

Mission Statement

Working together our focus is to continue

to support and nurture the whole child’s

well-being and learning, celebrating

growth and success in an inclusive

environment that is valued by all, as we

pursue excellence with consistency of

practice.

Wednesday 24th June 2020 Term 2 Week 10

From our Principal’s Desk….

Well we are almost at the end of a semester that will go down in history. Again, I would

like to thank our parents and community for your patience, understanding,

flexibility, resilience, willingness to embrace change, positive approach, open

communication and being simply the best families in what are unprecedented times.

I hope the 2 week holiday break from school work gives all families a chance reenergise

after an extremely busy semester.

The Outdoor Classroom (Nature Playground)

During the holidays, we will be having the ‘Kids Shed’ revamped thanks to our successful

CS Energy grant. During this time, our mud pit will also have a small facelift as well as our

cubby/humpy area. With the success of our Pie Drive as well as meal deals, we have

purchased new playground equipment ready for use in term 3.

In term 3 we are trialling at 1st break opening our Prep fort and sandpit area up to our

P-2 students. We will review this in week 5 of term 3.

Survey

This year the school opinion survey is slightly different, gathering information around

COVID-19 as well as general information about our school. We would love you to take 5

mins to complete to give us feedback on what we are doing well and where we can

improve. All feedback is appreciated.

To access the survey, please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web

browser:

Parent survey –https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay.aspx

School start time

Our teaching and learning program begins at 9am. We ask that students arrive before

this time so students are ready to start work to ensure they get the best learning and to

minimise disruption to other students in the class. Thank you for working with us to en-

sure the best learning outcomes for everyone.

Thangool State School Improvement Agenda

2020

Successful Learners through a focus on

Writing.

Thangool State School From our Principal’s Desk continued…..

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.

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

information will be modified from the planned assessment program as many students did not attend school for the last

week of Term 1, and they participated in a home based learning program for three to five weeks in Term 2.

The Semester 1 student reports will be emailed home on Friday 26 June. The level of achievement has been determined

using the available information about student learning and achievement from Term 1 and Term 2. Please do not

hesitate to contact your student’s teachers or me if you require further information.

Wild Whacky Wednesday

What a wonderful way to celebrate the end of term. Staff and students had so much fun today and the Wild Whacky

outfits were AMAZING! Thank you for joining in the fun….absolutely love this school and the amazing students and

families!

Prep 2021

If you have a child who is due to start prep next year could you make contact with our office to ensure we have them on

our books for 2021. Enrolment packs are available at the office. Alternatively, if you are parent of our school you may

want to spread the word we are taking enrolments for 2021 and what a great little school we are!

See you all in 2 weeks ready to start the 2nd half of our year!

Fiona

Thangool State School

Whacky Wednesday Fun

Chappy Chat

Hi parents,

Wow! What a rollercoaster term this has been!

I did a really good PD a few weeks ago around online safety, run by the Australian government.

Some of the statistics they showed were quite startling. In a survey they did in 2017 across

Australia, almost 30% of the kids (aged 8-12) used the internet to talk with a stranger. 21% of the

kids shared their online information and/or passwords with people other than their parents. And

as far as our teens go, their statistic far outweighed the kids.

I don’t know about you, but these statistics really scare me. In a world that is increasing in its use

of technology and online social platforms, it is so important for our children to be taught how they

show use and interact in these spaces. Why we can do some of this at school, I believe it’s up to

you, parents, to teach them in the way you want them to go. Between now and into their teen

years, you have to opportunity to guide them and teach them how they should engage in this

online world. The eSaftey website had some great resources and guides for all ages, so if you’re

unsure about what to do, can I encourage you to check it out. It really helped me and opened my

eyes, and I’m sure it will do the same for you. https://www.esafety.gov.au

As you head into school holidays next week I hope you’re able to enjoy some down time as a

family, without having to think about school work. You really are amazing, you know that right?

And we are so blessed to have as a part of your school!

Thank you for everything you do. Go and make today amazing!

Chappy Laura

Chappy Chat continued

Family Fun

Lights! Camera! Action!

Do your children have a favourite movie?

Using things from around your house, why not dress up and recreate a scene from one of

their favourite movies/TV shows. You could film it for some home videos or just enjoy the

moment together. Make sure everyone in the family has a role to play.

If you find it hard to pick just one movie to re-create, why not write a few down

and pick one out of a hat? You can keep the other ideas aside for another time.

Cornflour Gloop

What you need:

6 tablespoons water

4 drops of food dye

½ cup of cornflour

Plastic bowl and spoon

Instructions:

1. Put the water into a cup or bowl. Add the food colouring to the water.

2. Add the cornflour and swirl the contents of the bowl around to mix the ingredients.

Allow to stand for a few minutes. Give the mixture a stir.

3. If the mixture is too runny, add more cornflour, if it is too thick add some water. It

should have the consistency of thick honey.

4. For a different experience, put the gloop into snap lock bag

Paola’s Thangool Page Term 2 Week 10

Student of the Week

Week 8 & 9

Prep: Ayden: Wonderful design technology ideas.

Grade 1:

Grade 1/2: Griffin: For his amazing persuasive writing and beautiful handwriting.

Hunter: For his superstar behaviour and earning lots of GOTCHAS

Grade 2/3:

Grade 4:

Grade 5: Brendan: For always showing kindness and support for your classmates.

Isabella: For your kindness and compassion to other students. Thank you.

Grade 6:

Paola’s Rule of the Week - We Care, We Learn, We Are Safe!

Week 10:

Paola’s Thought of the Week

Kindness Calendar

Week 10: Make a thank you card for the Principal.

Paola’s Technology Tip

Thangool State School P&C News

Working together to provide educational opportunities for every student!

Date Claimers

Welcome Back to 2020.

Uniforms: Our New hats have finally arrived. They are $15.00 each and only available

from the Uniform Shop. Size available S/M, M/L and L/XL. Red and Black for Kroombit

House and Gold and Black for Kariboe House. We now have full stocks of uniform polo

shirts and jumpers.

Uniform Orders can still be filled please email them to admin@thangoolss.eq.edu.au or

cwhit600@eq.edu.au

School Banking: School Banking needs to be brought in on Wednesday morning and

handed to the teacher aide on duty. Banking books will return home on Thursday. If you

would like to participate in School Banking, please head into the Commonwealth Bank and

open an account. The staff will give you the banking deposit book to use at Thangool

School. School Banking has been suspended by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia until

further notice. Thankyou for your patience during this time.

Tuckshop

There will be no tuckshop until further notice

Stay safe and well everyone.

P&C Committee 2020

Congratulations to the new P&C Committee for 2020. We

look forward to another rewarding year.

President:- Amanda Hicks

Vice President:- Amanda Goody

Secretary:- Cathy White

Treasurer:- Leisa Vickers

Fundraising:- Ebony Nancarrow

Uniforms:- Amanda Mastroieni

RREAP Parent Rep:- Amanda Burnett

Grants: Emma-Jane Burnham

Thangool State

Our School Photos will now be taken on

Tuesday 21st July 2020.

Please see update regarding class

photos.

If you still have the envelope from last

time, please feel free to use that one.

If you have any questions regarding the

photographs please contact Country

School Photos by phone or email.

JavaScript must be enabled.

This is what your child’s class photo will look

like this year.

Thangool State School