“Striving for great things” Page 1

Moura Minor

24th

May, 2018

In this edition:

Attendance-Every Day Counts

Under 8’s Day

National Simultaneous Storytime

Dear Students, Parents/Caregivers and Friends, What a fabulous day for our Prep to Year 2 students for Under 8’s Day on Tuesday – rugby league, emergency services team, aboriginal art, Japanese origami, Auslan signing, European folk dancing, pyramid construction! A huge huge thank you to Mrs Kathy Finlay for her coordination of this activity. And many thanks then to everyone who supported her – staff, volunteers, parents etc. Top job all round with the bonus being that the students really enjoyed it and learnt some things about other cultures and languages. Having Cupcake Day in support of the Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea also proved to be a wonderful activity for Under 8’s Day. Congratulations Student Council, and a big thank you to the bakers! Listening to our school Band perform their Eisteddfod pieces yesterday in front of an audience of peers, staff and parents was very rewarding. I know you will do Moura proud tomorrow in Biloela. Thank you to Mr Chris Allen for your commitment to our school as

the Instrumental Music teacher. And many thanks to the parents who will provide the transport for the students to get to and from the venue. Next Monday it is the Verse Speaking crew who will be participating in the Biloela Eisteddfod. Best wishes are extended to you too. I have had the pleasure of listening to the practices and have noted the improvement and commitment being made. Many thanks to Mrs Michelle Lang, and Ms Joelene King, for being your ‘coaches’. Students have already been coming and going to the Biloela Eisteddfod for various music and singing sections with many successes being noted. Well done to you all. And speaking of successes I have heard along the grapevine (or read) of successes of some of our students at Beef Week and at local shows (eg Theodore Show in the horse events). Great examples of students striving for great things in arenas not related to school activities. Congratulations! The Year 5 and 6 robotics crew are into full swing with their ‘training’ with Miss Elly Fiedler. The Year 6 students are showing extra commitment to their work by getting to school for an 8:00 am start on Wednesday mornings. Well done, Elly and crew. Plenty of hard work still to do in the lead up to the CQ Robotics Challenge on Friday 10 August. ATTENDANCE – EVERY DAY COUNTS A huge congratulations to Year 5H for achieving the highest attendance rate for Weeks 1-5 of Term 2! Actually, all classes should be congratulated as they

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have either improved or maintained their attendance rates.

CLASS TERM 1 WEEK 5

TERM 1 WEEK 10

TERM 2 WEEK 5

Prep F 94.36 93.86% 95.68%

Prep/1H 94.5% 91.92% 92.46%

1/2C 93.57% 91.44% 92.92%

2W 96.18% 94.66% 94.65%

3U 94.9% 95.5% 95.25%

3/4B 96.72% 93.86% 94.0%

4/5S 94.18% 93.24% 93.44%

5H 96.23% 95.14% 95.75%

5/6K 93.04% 90.27% 90.87%

6F 96.08% 94.73% 94.73%

We have 43 students (18 students for the same period in 2017) who still have 100% attendance with Year 5H having the largest number of 100%ers (ie 7) with Year 3U and 6F close behind with 6 students each with 100% attendance. Way to go Years 3U and 6F! Of course there are many other students who have only had one or two days of absence. They are to be congratulated too. Students with less than 85% attendance (17 students compared to 31 students at the same time last year) will continue to receive closer attention about the reasons for absences and making a plan to ensure greater attendance. <85% attendance at this stage of the year equates to approximately 12 days of absence. SCHOOL UNIFORM With the cooler starts to our days many students are wearing long sleeves. Please be reminded that the jumpers/coats/skivvies need to be black or blue, have no logos/writing on them and definitely have NO hoods. Long pants need to be black or blue too. NO jeans. RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR PLAN FOR STUDENTS Resilience means knowing how to stay calm and being able to stop yourself from getting extremely angry, down, or worried when something “bad” happens. It means being able to calm down and feel better when you get very upset. It also means being able to control your behaviour when you are very

upset so that you bounce back from difficulty and return to work or play. Examples of Resilience: • When someone treats you unfairly, inconsiderately, or disrespectfully, you can stop yourself from getting too angry and lashing out • When you make mistakes, do not understand something, get a bad school report, or are teased or ignored, you can stop yourself from getting very down and withdrawing • When you have an important test or activity to perform, you can stop yourself from getting extremely worried • When you want to meet someone new, you can stop yourself from getting extremely worried • When someone is putting pressure on you to do the wrong thing, you can stop yourself from getting extremely worried about what that person will think if you stand up and say “no” Resilience Skills to Strengthen Resilience: • Finding something fun to do • Finding someone to talk to • Relaxation • Exercise • Being assertive • Changing negative to positive self-talk • Not blowing things out of proportion • Figuring out how to solve the problem Rational Ways to Think to Increase Resilience: • “It’s Not as Bad as You Think It Is” thinking – for example, “It’s not the worst thing that could happen to me.” • “I Can Stand It” thinking – for example, “I don’t like it, but I can stand it.” • “Accepting Myself” thinking – for example, “When I make mistakes or people don’t want to be around me, I know that I am not a loser. I am still me, capable and likeable.” • “Taking Risks” thinking – for example, “It’s OK to make mistakes when learning new things.” • “Being Independent” thinking – for example, “I don’t care that much what people think of me. It’s important to do what I want and to be me.” • “I Can Do It” thinking – for example, “I’m more likely to be successful than to fail.” • “Being Tolerant of Others” thinking – for example, “When people do the wrong thing or when they are different from me in custom or appearance, I do not condemn them as being bad or inferior.”

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• “Working Tough” thinking – for example, “To achieve success, everyone has to do things they do not feel like doing.” www.youcandoiteduction.com.au THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. – Blaise Pascal Yours in Education

Laurel

May 25th Fri Biloela Eisteddfod

-MSS Band Performance May 28th Mon Biloela Eisteddfod

-MSS Verse Speaking May 29th Tue UNSW Science

June 5th Tue Reptile Safety Show Prep – Year 3

June 18th Mon P & C Meeting 1.30pm in the MSS Library

June 20th Wed Athletics Day

June 29th Fri Last Day Term 2

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Prep F Marlee Saltner Prep/1 H Olivia Nuske 1/2C Libby Hutchinson 2W Bobby Gilliland 3U Klancy Brown 3/4B Lillian Becker 4/5S Jacinta Gray 5H Lilly Bishop 5/6K Ben Walker 6F Tate Neumann

BIRTHDAYS

20th May – 26th May

Stevie-Lee Gosling, Ebby Mosslar-Galele,

Kourtney Lee, Alana Connolly

Staff – Miss Bowkett

Sports News

Good luck to Sam Gassman who will be

representing the Rockhampton District at

the Capricornia Cross Country trials in

Calliope on Tuesday next week.

Sam has been training hard.

Good luck Sam!!

BEE AWARDS

At our school, we want children to

Be Learning Be Responsible Be Courteous

Be Safe

Bee Award recipients this week:

Dustin Vervuurt, Cooper Becker, Jyah Saltner,

Harlow Wardle, Lily Travers, Benson Worzfeld,

Kendra Broadhurst, Carter Smith,

Charlotte Dawson, Banjo Brown,

Joshua Wood, Baylee Bentley, Tahley Oberle,

Eden Heath

COMINGS AND GOINGS - 252

Absences/Change of Details

Please notify the office with regards to absences

and change of contact details as we may need to

contact you in an emergency.

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Bus Variations and Student Absences

Phone 4997 5260

Please phone to advise your child/rens absence from school. This

number is also the one to phone for any variations to bus travel. Please use this number to notify the school out of hours or during

school time. Messages can be left.

DAWSON VALLEY DROVERS

– Kids’ Games

Any children wishing to have a game of

Rugby on Saturday 02 June (Ladies Day) are

invited to be at the Stockyard by 3:00 pm.

These children’s games will be held prior to

the Reserve Grade game that starts at 4:00

pm.

More children’s games will be happening on

Saturday 16 June, Saturday 14 July and

Saturday 21 July (Old Boys + Sponsors Day).

Check out the Dawson Valley Drovers

Facebook page for more information.

Thank you to the MSS School Band for the

mini concert on Wednesday!

We wish you all the best at the Biloela

Eisteddfod tomorrow!

Good luck to the MSS students participating in the Verse Speaking at the Biloela Eisteddfod

on Monday!

P&C News

Mother’s Day Stall Thank You! Thank you!! Our Mother’s Day Stall was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who purchased and helped man the stall. We have had so much positive feedback that we have decided to hold a Father’s Day Stall. More info to come.

Request for Donations of Baked Goods We have been asked to cater afternoon tea for the Camerata Orchestra Concert at Kianga Hall on Friday 8th June. We will need donations of baked goods for the refreshments. More info next week.

Next Meeting Our next meeting will be held on Monday 18th June at 1.30pm in the Moura SS Library. Don’t forget to sign in and out at the office.

Thank you to everyone who supported

the Student Council’s Biggest

Morning Tea Cupcake Day!

A total of $491.20 was raised and will

be donated to the Cancer Council.

A huge thank you also to all of the

Year 6 families who contributed by

baking the delicious cupcakes!

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Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm Page 5

Under 8’s Day

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National Simultaneous

Storytime!

Every year on the same day primary school

students around Australia participate in

National Simultaneous Storytime by

reading the same book. Now in its 18th

successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant,

fun event that aims to promote the value of

reading and literacy, using an Australian

children’s book that explores age-

appropriate themes, and addresses key

learning areas of the National Curriculum

for Foundation to Year 6.

This year’s book was Hickory Dickory

Dash by Tony Wilson and illustrated by

Laura Wood. Moura students across the school

participated by reading the story together

and completing related activities. They

thoroughly enjoyed the repetitive rhyming,

the story tension and characters.

More information about the NSS or to

watch the book being read by actor, singer

and Playschool legend, Jay Laga’aia log

onto https://www.alia.org.au/nss.

We love our reading at MSS!

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