THURSDAY’S TIDINGS

‘The Weekly Newsletter of Gympie Central State School’

Lawrence Street, Gympie Q 4570

Telephone: 5480 2111

Student Absence HOTLINE: 5480 2166

Email: the.principal@gympcentss.eq.edu.au

Web: www.gympcentss.eq.edu.au

Principal: Geoff Pelling

Office Hours: 8:15am - 3:30pm

SCHOOL WATCH

Tel: 13 17 88

Look Listen Report Term 3 Week 2 26 July 2018

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From the Principal…

School Opinion Survey The annual School Opinion Surveys will be conducted 30 July to 24 August 2018. All families, school staff and a random sample of students will be

invited to participate. Letters will be forwarded home to the oldest child in each family at the beginning of next week. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what this school does well, and how this school can improve. Eisteddfod Week Good luck to all our children performing in the Eisteddfod next week. Our Strings Ensemble will be performing on Monday morning. Our Strings Duets will be performing on Tuesday afternoon. The Choir will be competing against other schools on Thursday morning. Thank you to Mrs Meads, Mrs Patrick and Mrs Condon for all their hard work in preparing our children. Good luck Guys! P & C Meeting Our next P & C meeting will be held on Monday, 30 July at 4.00pm in our school library. Our main focus will be fundraising efforts and how we are travelling to date in 2018. All parents are welcome and it would be great to see some new faces at our meeting. Swimming Lessons Reminder: Full payment of $20 only for senior swimming is now due. Junior Swimming lessons are planned to start in the last three weeks of this term. The cost of the lessons for Years 1, 2 and 3 will be $20 for 6 lessons and $10 for 3 lessons for Prep children. Letters will be forwarded home soon.

UPCOMING EVENTS

JULY

30th July to 2nd Aug Senior Swimming Lessons (4/5H & 5B)

Monday, 30th Eisteddfod Week P&C Meeting, 4pm

AUGUST

Monday, 13th Questacon Science Circus

Wednesday, 22nd Maths Team Challenge

Wednesday, 29th School Photo Day

SEPTEMBER

Mon 3rd to 20th Junior Swimming Lessons

Wed 12th to Fri 14th Year 6 Camp - Lake Cootharaba

Sunday, 16th The Great Gympie Duck Race

HEADLICE Please ensure

you check your child’s hair regularly and treat if necessary.

Student Banking Tomorrow

Senior Shirt (Size 12 only) $25 Only

BOOKCLUB ORDERS DUE 3rd August

SENIOR

SWIMMING DATE / TIME

Mon 30 July

Tues 31 July

Wed 1 Aug

Thurs 2 Aug

12.15pm 4/5H 4/5H 4/5H 4/5H

12.45pm 5B 5B 5B 5B

GYMPIE CENTRAL STATE SCHOOL PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATION President: Rachel Coull Vice President: Kate Catlin Secretary: Kylie Pozzebon Treasurer: Heidi Turley

Tuckshop / Uniform Convenor: Stephanie Butler School Banking Coordinator: Anita Kruger/Warrick Foggitt

Fundraising Coordinator: Caroline Osborne

“P & C Meetings are held on Monday evenings in weeks 3 and 7 of each school term”

OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE (OSHC) Before/After School &

VACATION CARE

Gympie Central SS Tel 0437 665 966

EFTPOS Just a reminder that we have EFTPOS facilities available in the school office for payment of all school excursions and activities.

We accept Mastercard, Visa and all Australian bank, building society and credit union cards.

Schools are not authorised to accept Mastercard or Visa payments for transactions of less than $10.

Schools are not authorised to provide a ‘cash out’ option. Please note that the P&C do not have EFTPOS facilities at this stage, so all payments for uniforms and tuckshop will still need to be made via the tuckshop by cash or cheque only. Thank you.

2019 Prep Enrolments We are beginning to plan for our parent information sessions and orientation days to be held later this term. In order to plan our sessions we would like to collect the names of children who will be enrolling in our prep program for next year. Please contact the office via email, phone or in person to register your interest. Questacon Science Circus The Questacon Science Circus will be visiting our school on Monday, 13 Ausust. The cost will be approximately $4.50 per student. Letters will be sent home next week. Please see information on the You Can Do It Program over page. Cheers, Geoff… Year 6 Camp to Lake Cootharaba—12-14 September REMINDER: Camp documentation and invoices have

been forwarded home this week (invoices today). Please return forms as soon as possible. Payment is due by 5 September.

Premier’s Reading Challenge REMINDER: The Premier's Reading Challenge is an annual state wide initiative for state and non-state schools and home-educated students up to Year 9, as well as children (aged up to five years) enrolled in an early childhood centre, and individual home readers. The Premier's Reading Challenge is not a competition but aims to improve literacy and encourage children to engage in reading for pleasure and learning. Registrations are now open for the 2018 Premier's Reading Challenge. The reading period for Prep - Year 9 students began on Monday, 14 May 2018 and finishes on Friday, 24 August 2018. Students wishing to take the challenge can register individually on the website. http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/readingchallenge/registration.html

Breakfast Club Tuesdays & Thursdays

HOT CHOCOLATE 50c Thursdays - 2nd Break ONLY

Fundraiser for Relay for Life

TUCKSHOP GROCERIES

jatz

saos

cordial

milo

tomato sauce

ROSTER

FRIDAY, 27 July

Jodie Woodgate

MONDAY, 30 August

Grocery Donations Needed

WEDNESDAY, 1 August

Groceries: Sam Saraber

******* REMINDERS ******* Please write your order clearly using blue or black pen.

Name, Class, 1st Break or 2nd Break

Noodles, cups of soups, etc need to be handed in to the

Tuckshop before first break. Please note there will be a

50c fee to cover costs.

Mondays - Open First Break ONLY

( NO HOT FOOD AVAILABLE 2nd BREAK MONDAYS)

Wednesdays & Fridays - Open Both Breaks

Tuckshop & Uniform Shop Operating Times

YOU CAN DO IT PROGRAM Over the coming weeks, our school will be implementing the ‘You Can Do It’ program. Its unique contribution is in identifying the social and emotional capabilities that all young people need to acquire in order to be successful in school, experience wellbeing, and have positive relationships including making contributions to others and the community (good citizenship). Hopefully you find this article useful in working with your children. Teaching Persistence: How to Build Student Stamina Teaching persistence in the classroom is an important part of setting up learners to succeed. Students who have mastered persistence are able to work through challenges, deal constructively with failures and adversity, and achieve the goals they have set for themselves. It’s a lot like running a marathon. The runners who make it to the finish line are the ones who persist in showing up for practices and trainings, learn to anticipate slumps and pace themselves, engage in positive self-talk during tough times, take steps to effectively prevent and treat injuries, and adjust expectations to fit reality – even if “finishing” means having to crawl the last mile. Like a runner who has not trained to run longer distances, learners can’t persist in their learning if they haven’t developed the stamina they need to keep going when things get tough. Teaching persistence depends on first developing student stamina as a way of conditioning learners to handle sustained effort. To help learners build stamina and persistence, it’s important to create the right learning environment: Help Learners Develop a Growth Mindset Learners need to know that they have the ability to grow and change, and that effort is the key. Praise them when they focus their efforts toward specific, clearly defined goals. When you say things like, “Those extra 10 minutes of reading each day are paying off – you are decoding unfamiliar words much more easily now,” you help learners make the connection between effort and achievement. The goal is for learners to become intrinsically motivated to engage in effortful learning now and in the future. When kids say to you, “I am not good at …..” add one word, “I am not good at ….., YET.” Push a Little Bit – and Know When Enough is Enough Sometimes learners just need a little bit of encouragement to get past a hurdle. A few supportive words, like, “Think of how good you will feel when you finish those last two addition problems and you know you did the whole worksheet all by yourself!” can make all the difference. On the other hand, a learner may need to know that it’s okay to take a break and come back to a particular task when he’s feeling less frustrated. In that case, it’s important that the learner really does come back and complete the work to get the experience that he truly can “do more” when he persists. Model Persistence Most learners love to hear personal stories from their teachers. Telling your learners about your weekend plumbing project that didn’t go as planned – and how you got through it and completed it – is a great way to help learners see that everyone feels like giving up sometimes. It also models for them how to overcome those feelings and reach a goal – without coming off as preachy. Teach Positive Self-Talk Some learners need a lot of help knowing what to say to themselves to stay motivated. If a learner’s typical internal dialogue consists of statements like, “This is too hard,” or “I don’t know how to do this,” it may come as a revelation to discover that there are other options. Giving learners specific wording, like, “I know I can do this if I keep at it,” or, “If I’m really stuck I can ask a friend or my teacher for help,” can begin to change the way they think and act when faced with a challenge. Expect More Let learners know that you have high expectations and that you have confidence that each and every one of them can meet those expectations. Be sure they have access to the tools they need to be successful, and that they know how to use them. Make the Most of Technology Online tools like the Fast ForWord program can help learners make the connection between effort and achievement. The Fast ForWord program gradually builds learner stamina for enduring increasing degrees of cognitive load. The exercises develop reading and language skills at the same time as they boost memory, attention, processing, and sequencing ability. It gives learners immediate feedback on their performance and automatically adjusts the difficulty level for just the right degree of challenge. Fun reward animations help learners see when they have achieved a goal to help them stay motivated. Call Out the Brain It’s never too early – or too late – to teach your students about how the brain learns. Introduce the concept of brain plasticity – the idea that the brain changes in response to how it’s used – as a way of reinforcing the idea that learning is achieved through focused, sustained effort. Help them understand that every brain is capable of making dramatic changes and leaps in learning. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat Students learn persistence in the same way that they learn sight words or multiplication tables – through repetition. Strategies like modelling persistence, connecting effort to achievement, and pushing students to do a little more than they think they can aren’t a one-time deal. But when repeated over time, the cumulative effect will likely be increased stamina, improved persistence, and intrinsic motivation for ever greater learning. Sourced from: http://www.scilearn.com/blog/teaching-persistence-how-to-build-student-stamina.php

Gympie Central SS - Relay for Life

CALLING ALL STUDENTS FROM PREP to Yr 6! Our Relay for Life team are looking for as many students to sign up and join us to march around

the soccer ovals to help raise money for cancer research. To sign up visit www.relayforlife.org.au Select the register tab, then select team.

Type in Gympie Central State School and then hit join. If you have any problems please feel free to give Caz a call on 0475467812.

SIGN UP FOR RELAY FOR LIFE BEFORE THE END OF JULY AND ENTER THE CODE ‘SCHOOL’ AND ONLY PAY $15

5c Thursdays!!! Each classroom has a special container for students to put 5c pieces in to help

raise money for Relay for Life. The containers will be counted each Thursday morning and the class with

the highest amount will win the trophy for their classroom to display for the week.

The P&C are selling HOT CHOCOLATE from the Tuckshop for 50c each. (2nd Break Thursdays ONLY)

** Be Respectful ** Be a Learner ** Be Safe **

Awards Presented on Parade - Friday, 20th July 2018

Prep S Ty-Rheyse Respectful listening at class time. Well Done!

Samuel Pleasing effort at “having a go” like Connie Confidence. Keep it up!

Prep/1O Koah Wonderful participation and effort in rotations

Nicholas Great sounding out in sentence writing

1S Jhett Fantastic focus and behaviour to start the term. Well done!

Sienna Excellent behaviour ,both in the classroom and playground. Well done!

2R Zarna Always following instructions

Niomi Improving her reading results

2/3S Toby Great effort sorting sentence types

Alexander Improved strategies when calculating money & change

3H Gage Being a learner who shows excellent listening skills. Well done Gage!

Makayla Being a learner who can listen and draw a scene from a traditional story.

4B Evelyn A great start to term 3. Welcome back

Flynn For a great effort in your learning this term.

4/5H Sam A huge effort in spelling with fantastic results.

Taylor Demonstrating a positive attitude and lovely manners in his new class.

5B Thane Demonstrating a good attitude to his learning in the first week of Term 3.

Lusitania A great first week back and a big effort in Maths.

6L Jade For good perseverance and understanding when working with fractions.

Jacob For good perseverance and understanding when working with fractions.

HOT SHOTS TENNIS COACHING

Gympie and District Tennis Association Coach Matt Watkins will commence the Hot Shots Coaching program on Friday 27th July at Gympie Central State School. Lessons will be held Friday mornings from 8.00am to 8.40am. The program is for a minimum block of 7 weeks. Costs will be $80.00/pupil or $1500.00 for 2 children in the same family. Loan racquets are available each week.

Please return this form to the office or register with Matt by Friday 27th July.

Name…………………………………………………...………..……..…….Age……….…. Grade……….…. Phone/s………………...……………………………………

Parent/Guardian Signature…………………………………………..……….Email……………………………………………….………………

To Register for Term 3 contact Matt Watkins on 0417070129.

Cash payment or Cheques payable to Brett Cottrill please.

Direct Deposit: B A COTTRILL BSB 014585 ACCT 583359786 students name as reference.

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Tennis Gympie Primary School Challenge Years 1 to 6

Tennis Gympie will be holding the 4th Primary School Challenge for 2018 at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre on Cartwright Road on Thursday 2nd August from 3.30pm to 5.30pm

The cost is $10 per player, $15 for 2 players from the same family or $20 for 3 or more players from the same family including a free sausage sizzle. The challenges will be based on our Hot Shots Tennis in Schools programs and Holiday Fun Tournament events and all players will be placed into groups of appropriate skill levels (eg Red, Orange and Green Ball Levels).

Heaps of fun and prizes and a chance to represent your school.

Note: Players from the winning school must play a minimum of 4 challenges to be eligible for a medallion.

Gympie Touch Association Inc

JUNIOR TOUCH FOOTBALL

FUN, FITNESS, SKILLS & TEAMWORK

Sign on Dates – 23rd & 25th July (late sign ons still welcome)

Where - Touch Club House, Albert Park

SIGN ON BETWEEN 3:30pm - 6:00pm

Drills & Skills – Wednesday 25th July

Games Start – 1st August

Season 2 Dates * 25th July – 28th November *(18 Weeks)

New Age Groups - Under 7’s, 8-10 years, 11-12 years & 13-14years

School teams very welcome or join a mixed team

Cost only $60.00 per child per Season (School Semester)

This includes end of Season Pizza and Popper Break-Up & Presentations

PLEASE EMAIL ENQUIRIES TO gympiejuniortouch@gmail.com

Facebook: Gympie Touch Association

Be Respectful

Be a Learner

Be Safe

Change of Contact Details

Emergency Contact Details (if Primary Caregiver cannot be contacted)

Parent/Caregiver Name: ________________________________________

Signature: __________________________ Date: _____________

If you have had a change in contact details recently please complete this form and return to the school for updating on our system. Thank you.

Child’s Name

Parent/Caregiver Name (relationship to child eg mother; father)

Current Home Address

Current Postal Address

Home Phone

Home Mobile

Work Phone

Work Mobile

Name 1. 2.

Relationship (eg Aunt)

Home Phone

Home Mobile

Work Phone

Work Mobile

Other information:

GYMPIE CENTRAL STATE SCHOOL

Lawrence Street, Gympie Qld 4570 Principal: Geoff Pelling Phone: 5480 2111 Email: the.principal@gympcentss.eq.edu.au Web: www.gympcentss.eq.edu.au

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