TULLAWONG TALES TERM 1 2019 - WEEK 8 EDITION 4

ADDRESS:

Tullawong State School

60 – 94 Smiths Road

Caboolture Qld 4510

TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

Office:

5431 4666

Fax:

5431 4600

Absentee Line:

5431 4660

The Hub (Special Ed Unit):

5431 4681

Tuckshop:

5431 4629

Uniform Shop:

5431 4631

EMAIL:

admin@tullawongss.eq.edu.au

WEBSITE:

www.tullawongss.eq.edu.au

FACEBOOK:

www.facebook.com/TullawongSS

Great State

Great Opportunity

PRINCIPAL’S SAY

Last week was a time for reflection about school, community and the world. New

Zealand showed us the best and worst of human beings. What it reminded me of

was the need for us to be more understanding of those from different

backgrounds. Differences can be religious, colour, ethnicity or income. No matter

what our differences are, we all have the capacity of all human beings … to make a

choice of how we respond to any situation. If we want our children to live in safety

and harmony, if we want them to be happy and resilient, then we need to manage

our emotions and think with our heads but act through our hearts. We cannot

change the world in a week, but one kind word at a time, one thoughtful action at a

time, will pave the way to a better world.

As we approach the end of the first term of 2019 it is also a time to reflect on our

progress as a school. The last year has seen tremendous success for our staff,

students and parents. We are really kicking some big goals and I am very happy

with the outstanding results we are achieving.

Our SET Survey which is a school-wide evaluation of our positive behaviour

program implementation showed an increase from 67.8% to 87%.

In English, 40% of our targeted students improved from a D to a C rating.

This is a massive improvement. We had a general improvement of over 30%

and that is truly outstanding.

60% of our IEALD students improved from a ‘D’ to a ‘C’ which was the

highest improvement for the region and one of the highest in the state.

Our suspension data decreased and we improved out smart goals for the

positive behaviour for learning.

Our NAPLAN performance increased to show that we are moving toward

positive comparisons with like schools across Australia.

These results are outstanding, but we need to stay focused to enable our students

to continue to aim high and develop the skills needed for the future. These results

would not be possible without everyone working together and I am encouraged by

the parent and community involvement in our school.

I encourage you to talk with the staff and come into the school whenever possible

to be involved in your children’s education. Your involvement and collaboration is

critical to their success.

I hope you all have a happy and safe Easter break and I look forward to seeing

more outstanding results in Term 2.

Finally with Easter approaching it is a good time to reflect on the need to be

understanding of other peoples’ views and to resolve conflict in a non-violent way.

Keep up to date with

what’s going on at

Tullawong State School

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SWOOP CAFÉ

Monday to Friday

8:00am to 10:30am 12:30pm to 3:00pm

Meetings held

last Monday

of the month

Hall Meeting Room

6:00pm

Uniform Shop Hours:

Monday – Friday

8am to 10am

1pm to 2:30pm

STUDENT SUPPORT

STAFF

Guidance Officer

Pam Whitby

Chaplain

Ronni Castles (Mon–Wed)

Indigenous Co-ordinator

Tara Santo

The Easter break is always a good time to think about the important things in life -

love, family and peace. We can all show more love for each other and contribute to

more peace in the world. Even if we come from different religious backgrounds or

belief systems, there is no denying the universality of the values it is important to

take time to reflect on the start to the year. Peace is easy to talk about and we all

talk about the need for peace in the world. However, it requires us all to act and

prevent little issues building up and resulting in violent or verbal outbursts.

Unfortunately a lot of the movies children watch and much of what we see on the

news involve violence. Young people need to see adults being able to sit down and

resolve issues without resorting to name-calling, yelling and hitting. Let’s all work

together and show our children the best of our humanness. Thank you for your

support this term.

Regards

Iqbal Singh

Principal

CLASS PHOTOS

YEAR 1, 2 & 3

Take Action Every Day – Bullying No Way!

“When things go wrong, resilience is what helps you to cope and get through hard times. Sometimes it makes

you even stronger than you were before” (Kids Helpline). Learning to deal with speed bumps is an important part

of growing up. Young, school age children need time to:

1. work out the “speed bumps” and “road blocks” that come

their way. What happened? What was I thinking?

2. learn how they are feeling. They need to learn how to

regulate their emotions. Emotional support is usually needed.

3. use strategies to go over the speed bumps and around the roadblocks. Try one or

more High 5 strategies then think about how that worked.

Kids Helpline website has easy to use resources for children of all ages to build social emotional learning.

"By dealing with challenges you can learn resilience and find inner strength you didn’t know you had!" (Kids

Helpline)

Helen Williams

Deputy Principal

Years 1 – 3

YEAR 4, 5 & 6

Bunyaville was a hit!

Recently the year 4 students visited the Bunyaville Environmental Education Centre to study the interactions

that happen between plants and animals in a natural environment. The students had a blast, got a little tired but

had many fantastic experiences being scientists working in the field. The following is one of the field reports

written by the students.

Year 4 Field Report – written by year 4 students

Today in the forest we found some notes from animals giving us information about animals and how they are afraid they are losing their environment. We saw a wallaby down near the cabbage palm and a snake, yikes! We saw orange and white fungus growing on a log, lots of rocks including quartzite which has white crystals. We also saw kookaburras, termite nests, and scratches on trees from possums and koalas. We saw lots of signs that plants and animals interact. Some of these were ants on trees looking for food. There was a crack in a tree that looked like a possum home. There were lots of big termite nests on the ground and high up in the trees as well as a massive beehive of European honey bees. We examined insect eggs attached to trees and some of them had creatures inside. One group of students got to study a green praying mantis, well camouflaged, waiting on a bush from its prey – other insects. We also examined lots of spider webs connected to lots of plants and some had caught their prey. We also learnt how we could help plant and animals to survive at Bunyaville and in other bushlands. Some of the things we learnt include;

Not cutting into trees with rocks Humans should not disturb plant and animal habitats Don’t pull leaves off plants as that can harm the environment and is being rude to Mother Nature Leave animal eggs where you find them Even if you don’t like an animal make sure it is still looked after, walk away if you are scared

These are words we used to describe the forest today: Interesting, cool, fun, lovely, amazing, awesome, beautiful, mysterious, terrific, peaceful and intriguing. These words describe how we felt in the forest: curious, excited, adventurous, cheerful, smart and tired!

CELEBRATIONS OF LEARNING

Each term this year our classes will be celebrating the learning that happens at Tullawong. The following

celebrations will be happening over the next couple of weeks. Look out for invitations and we hope to see you

here.

The following grades will be celebating:

Year 4 - week 9 Friday 29 March 1:30pm – 2pm

Year 5 - week 10 Thursday 4 April 1pm – 2pm

Year 6 - week 10 Friday 5 April 11am

Jackie Savill

Deputy Principal

Year 4 – 6

DATES TO REMEMBER 25th and 27th March Class Photos

28th March Prep – Year 3 Athletics Carnival

29th March 9 – 12 years Athletics Carnival

1st to 3rd April Year 6 Camp

4th April Prep – Year 3 Cross Country

5th April 9 – 12 years Cross Country

5th April Last day Term 1

23rd April School resumes

FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICER

ANXIETY

Does your child suffer from a crisis of confidence? Currently, around 11% of children have problems coping with anxiety, which is the most common emotional

disorder children experience.

Macquarie University psychology lecturer Dr Carolyn Schniering states that anxiety problems are the most

common emotional disorders that children experience.

Anxiousness is part of life

It’s important to understand that anxiety is not something to be afraid of. It’s a normal emotion and an

important part of how we engage with the world.

Experiencing some anxiousness in new social situations or some specific situations such around water is quite

normal and, in some regards, healthy.

It’s not healthy when anxiousness stops kids doing things they want, are normally able to do or interferes

excessively with their school or pre-school experiences.

Research shows that children from a young age who display high levels of anxiety, and who have a parent who is

excessively anxious or depressed, are seven to 11 times more likely to develop anxiety.

Some children are simply more prone to experiencing excessive anxiousness than others.

These kids are typically classified as worriers, shy types and more sensitive souls who wear their hearts on

their sleeves. (I’ve parented one of these types and I learned first hand that some situations they experience need to be handled with more parental care and attention than you'd normally give!)

These children are not necessarily going to experience debilitating anxiety, however they do benefit from a

parenting style that is empathetic but at the same time empowers them to tackle their fears. That is, be

BRAVE.

Here are some ideas to help:

1. Skill kids towards bravery: Help kids face their fears by skilling them (“Look around for a friendly face when you go to scouts.’’) You need to put your coaching hat on to build skills and self-confidence,

which defeats anxiety.

2. Scaffold towards bravery: Rather than avoidance allow kids to face their fears in stages (“Let’s go to the party for an hour, then I’ll pick you up.”) By breaking things down into smaller stages kids feel that

they are more in control. Lack of control is behind a great deal of anxiousness in adults, as well as kids.

3. Be empathetic, not sympathetic: Empathy shows you understand how they feel; however sympathy can

be maudlin, leading you to pay excessive attention to the fear as well as and letting them off the hook.

Kids need a supportive adult who says (but not necessarily in these words), ‘I know how you feel but I also know you can do this.’

4. Create opportunities for independence: Competency is the enemy of anxiety. Building children’s self-

help skills and their independence outside of the home has a snowball effect on how they feel about

situations that they usually fear.

5. Model bravery: Your calmness, patience and willingness to methodically work your way through new

situations has a calming effect on kids (good leadership is basically about staying calm in stressful situations), as well as showing them how fear of unknown, new social situations, and even specific fears

such as going to the dentist, can be handled positively.

Most kids grow out of their anxiety given attentive, brave parenting.

As a general parenting strategy I recommend that you take a strength-based approach (which is what I’m banging on about all the time) and focus on building children’s strengths and assets to help them overcome

fears ....... at the same time recognise that some children may need some extra assistance from time to time as

a result of their anxiety.

Bravery, like confidence, is catching

Pam Whitby

Guidance Officer

GIRLS AFL GALA DAY

The junior and senior girls AFL played fantastically at

Gala Day. They had a few wins across the 2 days. The

sportsmanship, attitude and behaviour of all the girls is

to be commended.

YEAR 1 CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

Dear Parents/ caregivers, We would like to invite you to our “Celebration of Learning” on Thursday the 4th of April. The children will be participating in the cross country race starting at 9:10 and finishing at 9:40 approx. We will then head straight to the hall for our “Celebration of Learning” Easter activities concluding at 10:40. We are looking forward to celebrating with you! Thank –you Year 1 Teachers

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Our Instrumental students are starting to form some good habits. They are

remembering their special time to come out of class for their lesson and even more

importantly, they are setting up a good practice routine at home. This is so

important for improving their playing. It develops muscle memory so that their

brains don't have to work as hard on the basics - they are free to play more musically and enjoy making music.

Music joke of the week:

Q. What kind of music does a mountain like?

A. Rock music!

Karen Dyer

Instrumental Music Teacher

STUDENT ABSENCES

ABSENCES:

To notify student absences please select one of the following:

Phone the student absence line: 5431 4660

Phone the school: 5431 4666 and select Option 1

Written letter from parent/carer

If we are not notified of an absence by 10:00am we will text parents/carers as a reminder.

It is essential you reply to this text with student’s name, class and reason to stop follow up texts being sent

and an unexplained absence being recorded.

LATE ARRIVALS:

All students arriving after 8:40am must obtain a late slip from the office.

Students will be marked absent until a late slip has been generated. You may receive a text to notify you of

your student’s absence if there is a delay in obtaining a late slip.

EARLY DEPARTURES:

All students being picked up before 2:35pm must be signed out at the School Office by a parent, carer or

nominated person on the student’s emergency contact list prior to being collected from class.

LONG ABSENCES:

For absences longer than 10 days parents must complete an Application for Exemption form which will be

submitted to the Principal for consideration and approval. These forms are available from the School Office.

He/She is only missing

just . . .

That equals . . . Which is . . . From Prep to Year 12

is . . .

10 minutes per day 50 minutes per week Nearly 1.5 weeks per year Nearly half a year

20 minutes per day 1 hour 40 minutes per

week

Over 2.5 weeks per year Nearly 1 year

30 minutes per day Half a day per week 4 weeks per year Nearly 1 ½ years

1 hour per day 1 day per week 8 weeks per year Over 2 ½ years

CHAPPY CHAT

FROM THE P&C

AGM & GENERAL MEETING

The P&C AGM will be held on Monday 25th March at 6pm in the Hall Meeting Room followed by our general

meeting.

If you have an idea where you would like to see our fundraising money go, please contact myself on 0421 223

360 or drop a note in the suggestion box at the tuckshop or please come to a P&C meeting. All are welcome to

attend.

VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers are needed and always welcome. Please see me in the tuckshop or contact 0421 223 360 for more

information.

MOTHERS’ DAY

This year’s Mothers’ Day Stall will be held on the 9th May. All classes will visit the community room throughout

the day to buy a special gift for mum, carer, grandma, aunty or just a wonderful person in their life.

All gifts are $5.00.

Donations would be greatly appreciated to the value of $5.00

A Mothers’ Day raffle will also be on offer from Tuesday 23rd April until Friday 10th May. Tickets will be

available from Swoop Café and the tuckshop. $1.00 per ticket. The winner will be drawn on Friday 10th May.

TUCKSHOP AND SPORTS DAY MENU

Please find attached the Tuckshop menu for Term 1 and the upcoming Sports Day menu and order form.

HOW MANY EGGS ARE IN THE JAR?

$1.00 PER GUESS

WINNER ANNOUNCED

THURSDAY 4TH APRIL

Angelene Hamilton

P&C President

Tullawong Indigenous

Playgroup

Every Tuesday during Term

9:00am – 11:00am at Tullawong State School ‘The Hub’

For more information please contact

Tara on 5431 4648

Our Playgroups are open to ALL members of our local community

Tullawong Family

Playgroup

Every Thursday during Term

8:30am – 10:30am at Tullawong SS ‘The Hub’

For more information please contact

Trish on 5431 4666

Please bring a hat, water bottle and morning tea

Our Playgroup is open to ALL members of our local community

Helping Hands

Outside School Hours Care

0447 028 132 tullawong@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au

From the coordinator: What’s been happening: What’s coming up:

As the term wraps up, we have had

a lot of reflect throughout our

time together. It has been a term

of development and growth both

for the children and for Miss Peta

and myself.

Currently we are supporting the

children to follow the school’s

three expectations: Respect,

Responsibility, Be Ready.

The children are looking forward to

the Easter Vacation Care and with

the smell of cheap chocolate

bunnies in the air we have been

getting more and more excited for

the holidays.

If your children do not currently

attend and would like to come to

our before, after school or

vacation care program you can now

register online at

www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au

Or for further assistance give our

friendly accounts team a call on

1300 612 462

Have a fantastic week!!

From Alex Clegg and the team.

During this term we are developing a

circus theme, and the kids have

loved putting up our Tullawong circus

wall and creating different circus

activities for Vacation Care.

The kids became really excited for

having chocolate and strawberry

milkshakes as a special treat!

We also have been enjoying our new

quiet reading area!

Vacation Care is quickly coming up

and we are all getting very excited

for Easter!

We are looking forward to a visit

from Miss Yates and maybe the

Easter bunny too.

Please do not hesitate to come see

us in the office (based in the

school hall) or call on 0447 028

132.

We are more than happy to answer

any of your questions and help

wherever we can.

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