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15 Katrina Crescent South Kolan

4157 7531 or 4152 9233 hobbitfarm@optusnet.com.au

McCRACKEN Water Cartage COOL CLEAR WATER

Andrew and Julie 612 Pine Creek Road McCracken Givelda QLD 4670

0477 006 886 Domestic and Commercial Water Supplies Council and Health Dept. Approved

Craig Neary Plumbing & Gas

4157 8134

0414 522 424 neary34@iinet.net.au ABN: 22 912 441 882

KOLAN SEPTIC SERVICE

429 Birthamba Road South Kolan

Servicing South Kolan, Sharon, Bucca, Gin Gin, Rosedale, Mount Perry and surrounding areas

• Septic Tanks • Grease Traps • Holding Tanks • Local rates apply

*Call Ken on 4157 7662 or 0419 491 342

RJ & SL WITCHER Fencing, Tree Lopping, Landscaping, Kanga Mini Loader,

Garden Clean Ups, Painting and Concreting

Free Quotes and Friendly Service

(07) 4157 8038 or 0427 546 045

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GENERAL &

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KOLAN SOUTH INFORMER 19 March

2018 No 9

2297 Gin Gin Road, South Kolan Qld 4670 Phone: (07) 41 577361 Fax:( 07) 41 577289 E-mail: admin@kolasoutss.eq.edu.au Website: www.kolasoutss.eq.edu.au

Kolan South Established in 1878

Kolan South State School strives for a Quality Education for All Students ~ Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Safety

Parent / Teacher Meetings Best wishes this week to teachers and parents for the mee�ngs that will mostly be scheduled to occur this week. There will be some held next week. Thanks to parents for the very good response to invita�ons.

Free Dress Day on Thursday

This Thursday, 22 March will be a free dress day to support

Mrs Dot Soppa in her quest to raise funds for the Leukaemia

Founda�on.

Dot will be joining a number of staff at Sharon School in ‘Shave

for a Cure’ on Thursday, 29 March, the last day of term.

We are reques�ng families to support Dot by making a

dona�on for the free dress day of at least a gold coin.

Below is a sponsorship guide for personal online support,

otherwise we will look forward to dona�ons on Thursday for

the free dress day.

Many thanks for your an�cipated support.

T-Ball Carnival Success

Congratula�ons to Year 4, 5 and 6 students

who par�cipated brilliantly on Friday in the

district T-Ball carnival. The students were great

ambassadors for Kolan South. They competed

tenaciously and with excellent sportsmanship.

Last Swimming

This Friday, 23 March, will be the final session of swimming for

our swimming students in Year 1, 2 and 3/4. Well done to

students, teachers and parents for the efforts over recent

weeks. Our students have also been shining stars at swimming

lessons.

Strings Workshop

A number of students will a8end a beginner

strings workshop this Friday, 23 March. Best

wishes to all students who are par�cipa�ng.

140th Anniversary Fair

As you will see in the calendar below, our next Fair mee�ng

will be held next Tuesday, 27 March.

Thank-you to those parents who have already shown support

for the fair by a8ending mee�ngs or pledging support in

some other way.

Soon there will be a request for volunteers to help out in the

various areas at the Fair.

Disco The end-of-term disco is on next Wednesday, 28 March. We are keeping the theme open. Students are welcome to come in casual dress or in their own dress-up crea�on.

Check over the page for disco details. There will be canteen informa�on added next week.

Attendance Merit

Below is the a8endance levels for our year levels.

Congratula�ons, Year 4!

Jeff Searle

Principal’s Messages ~ Thank-you to teachers and parents for making Parent/Teacher meetings happen this week.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Mar 19 - 23 Parent / Teacher Mee�ngs Mar 22 (Thur) Free Dress Dona�on Day for Dot Soppa Mar 27 (Tue) Fair Mee�ng 3.30pm Mar 28 (Wed) Easter Hat Assembly Student Disco 6.00-8.00pm Mar 29 (Thur) Last day of term April 16 (Mon) Student Free Day April 20 (Fri) Interhouse Cross Country

*140th Celebra�on Fair—Saturday, 19 May, 2018

Our weekly Assembly is on every Thursday at 9.00am. All Parents are welcome.

See you there!

PLEASE SPONSOR ME

VISIT: worldsgreatestshave.com

CLICK: the big green SPONSOR bu8on

SEARCH FOR: Dot Soppa All dona�ons over $2 are tax deduc�ble

WEEK 9 ATTENDANCE ORDER OF MERIT

Order A8endance Year Level

1 96.2% Year 4

2 95.6% Year 5

3 95.5% Prep

4 94.3% Year 6

5 94.1% Year 3

6 94.0% Year 2

7 91.3% Year 1

Nicholas :Nicholas :Nicholas :Nicholas : Amazing effort in learning his sight words and knows the 12 Golden Words. Samantha :Samantha :Samantha :Samantha : Amazing effort learning her sight words and knows the 12 Golden Words. Nikki : Nikki : Nikki : Nikki : Improved learning attitude. Lachlan :Lachlan :Lachlan :Lachlan : Powering through his sight words. Hudson : Hudson : Hudson : Hudson : Trying hard in swimming lessons. Arlea : Arlea : Arlea : Arlea : Super efforts in weekly spelling tests. Kyla : Kyla : Kyla : Kyla : Excellent results in Maths. Teanna :Teanna :Teanna :Teanna : Excellent focus on learning. Brandon :Brandon :Brandon :Brandon : Excellent focus on learning.

MarchMarchMarchMarch

23 Lawson , 26 Maddison 29 Paige , Eliza

AprilAprilAprilApril

10 Kyla , 15 Toryn , 16 Hannah 18 Matthew, 19 Jaxx , 23 Mia 24 Brandon , 25 Curtis , 28 Sumarh 29 Cooper

The POSITIVE Box From Ordinary to Extraordinary

• Thank-you so much to Mrs Foster for always being at special events and capturing memories then taking lots of �me to print them for the students.

• Thank-you to Jaxx’s mum for coming in and reading with our class every Tuesday morning (from the Year 3/4 class). Thank-you also to all of our parent volunteers. You are fantas�c!

• Thank-you to Aimee, Moni and Ryer for being kind friends by including others in your game even though they did not understand the game.

• Thank-you, Nala, for picking up rubbish from the garden.

• Thanks to Brenton for helping Liam when he hurt his foot.

Coles Sports for Schools PromotionColes Sports for Schools PromotionColes Sports for Schools PromotionColes Sports for Schools Promotion

Another sensational week of voucher collecting! Week 5 we collected 2,730 vouchers, giving a total of 10,326. Magnificent! Thank you to the Year 5/6 girls and Teacher Aides for giving up their time to help count the vouchers. Love your work!

There is a collection box at school and also at Coles Stocklands (next to Brothers Sports Club), which is collected once a week to add to our tally. So, keep those vouchers rolling in. Remember to tell your family, friends and neighbours that Kolan South is participating.

Happy shopping!

Mrs Zielke with Ma�lda

Kolan South

‘S�u��n Disc�’ Wed 28 March 2018

St George Hall

6.00 to 8.00 pm

$2 ADMISSION

Canteen Items & Prices

Next Informer

See you there!

Student Absence No+fica+on Thank you to all parents for contribu�ng to reduce the

numbers of unexplained absences at Kolan South.

When advising the school of your child’s absence, it is

preferred that either a telephone call be made to the

school or, if the student has a sibling, a note be sent to

school.

We do not accept reasons verbally given by a sibling on the

day of absence. If you know in advance your child will be

away, there are a number of op�ons:

• Student Absent Note (available from Administra�on)

• Telephone call to the school

• Note to class teacher

*Thank-you, parents, for your assistance.

TENNIS HOLIDAY CLINIC

A TENNIS HOLIDAY CLINIC for children, will be

conducted at Rotary Park Tennis complex,

George Street, South Bundaberg by

Bundaberg Tennis Academy Coaches, Murray Whitbread

and Kevin Banner

When:

Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th April

Times:

8.30am – 10am (Junior Beginners 5-12 years)

2.30pm–5.00pm (High School / Intermediate/Advanced).

To Register and for enquiries, please phone

Kevin: 4152 0753 or 0409 520753. Bookings are essen�al!

Cub Scouts

Are you a Cub Scout at Heart? Some of your friends

are!

Within the wonderful community of Kolan South State

School, we have two Cub Scout leaders who can help

you start your journey. Joeys can start from six years

old and Cubs from seven.

Emily “Raksha” Ayling is a fully qualified Cub leader at

Kepnock Den, located at 11 Ellio8 Heads Rd, Kepnock.

Cubs meet each Thursday from 5:30pm.

Raksha is also the Wide Bay and Burne8 Regional Cub

representa�ve. You can contact Raksha on 0419 016

777 for more informa�on.

Donna “Hathi” Senescall is a Cub leader in training at

Gin Gin Den, located at 56 Ellio8 St, Gin Gin. Joeys and

Cubs meet each Monday from 4pm. Hathi can be

contacted on 0411 242 191 for more informa�on.