great time to discuss how your child is going at school. Mrs Penfold On Leave While Mrs Penfold has been on leave, Mrs Pack-er has been filling in. Mrs Packer is working on Thursday and Friday dur-ing the weeks Mrs Penfold is away. Website Updates Recently there have been some updates to our school website. The 2017 School Annual Report has been uploaded and can be accessed from the home page. Our Investing For Success plan has also been uploaded. The most recent Responsible Be-haviour Plan can be found in the documents section. NAPLAN Review Please read the infor-mation further on in the newsletter and click the link to have your say. Until next month,

Karina

Welcome to our June newsletter. Winter clothing Please make sure that all winter clothing is clearly named. Students are en-couraged to place their winter clothing in their bags when they remove them, however occasion-ally students leave their clothing around the school. If the clothing is clearly named it can easily be returned. Tennis Coaching and Athletics Training Tennis coaching has con-cluded for this term, it will recommence again in Term Three, Week Six. Athletics training com-menced in Week Six of this term and will continue until the carnivals. Cross Country On the 4th of May the Small Schools and Tara and District Cross Country and Ball Games Carnival was held. Our students tried their best and came away with the Ball Games trophy. Lucy, Harry M, Jane, James and Artie have been selected to be part of the SW team. Student Absences Please note that as per the ‘Roll marking in state schools guidelines’, the

following circumstances will be considered absenc-es for which there is NOT a reasonable excuse giv-en: Unexplained absence – When no explanation for a student absence has been offered to the school by the parent. N.B. schools can only record explana-tions given by parents, not siblings or family friends. Leisure activities – Un-dertaking a leisure activity such as shopping, visiting friends and relatives, non-school related sporting events, or fishing, is not considered a reasonable excuse for an absence from school. It is important for all par-ents to carefully consider student absences from school, whether full or part day, as this is one of the areas that is reviewed when our nine day fort-night workplace reform is submitted each year. Parent Teacher Inter-views Thank you to everyone who has met with or se-cured a time to meet with your child/ren’s teacher. This time of the year is a

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12 June—Bush Dance

19th June - P&C General Meet-

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29th June - Last day of term 2

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P&C Update

Annual Implementation Plan Update We are still in the Act phase

of the Inquiry Cycle. Follow-

ing is a paragraph which

states the importance of

quality vocabulary before

children even begin school:

Almost all children are expe-

rienced users of language

when they begin school, but

reading requires more com-

plex, and often more abstract

vocabulary than that used in

everyday interactions. Chil-

dren who have had many sto-

ries read to them during their

preschool (0 to 5) years will

have been exposed to a much

broader and richer vocabulary

than that contained in every-

day conversations – and will

arrive at school prepared for

the language they will meet as

they continue their literacy

journey. Many of the differ-

ences in vocabulary among

pre-schoolers (Prep students)

reflect differences in children’s

home language backgrounds,

not learning problems or defi-

cits, but children without the

kind of vocabulary knowledge

valued by traditional educa-

tional settings will begin school

at a disadvantage, and that

disadvantage will result in

poorer long-term progress in

literacy achievement (Hart &

Risley, 1995; NELP, 2008).

General Meeting

Tuesday 19th June

3.30pm

T E E L B A T R I B U N E

Awards, Certificates and Special Mentions

South West Softball

Jane, Kaitlin and Lucy recently

attended the SW Softball carni-

val in St George. This was a

great opportunity to showcase

their softball talents.

Teelba Token Award Recipients

We have recently had a large

number of our students record-

ing 200 tokens in their bank

books. These students have

chosen a book from Bookclub

as their reward. Take a look at

the token club signs at the top

of the stairs to see who is

now in the ‘club’!

Mrs Penfold’s Trip

Mrs Penfold has sent

through some information

about her American trip so

far. She has been to: Hol-

lywood, Beverley Hills,

Manhattan Beach, Las Ve-

gas, Hoover Dam, King-

man, Seligman, Williams,

Flagstaff, Winslow, Albu-

querque and New Mexico.

This was only about half

way through her trip!

Another learning snap-

shot:

Prep students playing

games to practice and

learn their sight words.

Positive Behaviours

for Learning News

SOAR is the acronym that

encompasses our behavior ex-

pectations:

Show trustworthiness

Own behavior

Act responsibly

Respond respectfully

Each week we revise and prac-

tice one or two rules from our

Positive Behaviour Matrix. Stu-

dents receive Teelba Tokens for

following the rules in the matrix

and they get to bank their tokens

every Wednesday. Students

can choose to ‘spend’ their to-

kens by purchasing a prize from

the 50, 100 or 200 token boxes.

When students purchase from

one of the token boxes they

become part of the ‘club’ associ-

ated with that box and write their

name on the charts at the top of

the steps.

Prep to Year Two News

P a g e 3 J u n e 2 0 1 8

In the P-2 classroom, we

have been doing lots of

assessment particularly

reading assessments. It

is lovely to see students

progressing forward, with

some students’ even

achieving school and re-

gional mid-year bench-

marks.

For technology this term,

the students have been

learning how to use the

‘Book Creator’ app. This

app allows the students

to create a digital book.

We have been practising

taking photos, adding

text, changing the text

size and appearance, as

well as changing the

background colour of the

pages. The students will

be using these skills for

their genius hour presen-

tations.

Thank you to the P-2 par-ents who have met with me already or have meet-ings booked to discuss their child /children’s pro-gress. If you cannot make your time, please call or email to let me know and we can reschedule for another time.

All students in Years 3—6

are busy learning.

Here are the P-2 class do-

ing lessons in the Year 3-6

classroom while their own

classroom was being used

for NAPLAN testing.

Year 1 and 2 completing a

phonemic awareness les-

son.

Our students participate in mathematical word problems on a regular basis that are based on current events. These word problems are emailed each week and give the students the opportunity to answer mathematical problems about events they have heard about in the news the week before.

The students are currently learning to use a green screen app. This app al-lows them to stand in front of a blank screen and select an image or video to be playing in the background while they

record a video. This app will prove to be very useful with genius hour presentations.

The students have already complet-ed one assessment in English this term. The units that the students are studying have them completing two units of work during the term that build on each other. Year 3 and 4 are reading fantasy and quest nov-els. Year 5 and 6 are writing and analysing news reports.

Our ukuleles have arrived and stu-dents have been learning how to play them in our music lessons. The unit we are studying will facilitate students learning to play the ukulele, including basic chords, strumming patterns, singing, and simple pick-ing. The ukulele serves as a path-way for music literacy and general musicianship. It is also lots of fun!!

Year Three to Six News

Learning Snap Shots

All students are

invited to work

individually or

with their family

to solve the

maths problem

below, bring

your answer to

school on a

piece of paper.

If it is correct

you will go into

the draw to win

a prize! (All

entries in by

Friday 22nd

June.)

Focus On...

Staying Safe Online

Safety at any age

There are some general safety tips that all children, regardless of age, should fol-low when online.

Never use your real name or give out personal information. Tell an adult if something makes you feel worried. Make sure there is a padlock symbol in the website address bar on internet

browsers, and that the website address begins with “https” (s stands for “secure”).

Choose safe passwords. They should be between 12 and 14 characters, and include numbers, symbols and upper- and lower-case letters. Don’t go for a dictionary word or something obvious like your surname - one option is to pick a phrase and use the first letter of each word.

Double-check information to make sure it’s true. Don’t open messages or files from people you don’t know. Never meet up with strangers. Don’t tell people you have never met where you are going. Report cyberbullies (using a report button, or by telling someone). (https://www.tes.com/sponsored/edf-energy/how-make-sure-your-students-stay-safe-online-whatever-their-age-sponsored)

NAPLAN Review

The Queensland Minister for Education has publicly announced an evaluation of NAPLAN in the Queensland context. This evaluation has now commenced. NAPLAN is just one indicator used in Queensland to assist in our school improvement agenda. As NAPLAN has now been in operation nationally for a decade, Minister Grace is keen to hear the views and experiences of Queensland parents, school leaders, school communi-ties and other key stakeholders. As the first step in this evaluation, Dr Gabrielle Matters and Dr Robert Lake have been ap-pointed to seek the views and experiences of Queensland parents. A public parent survey is now open for the next several weeks and can be accessed here: https://qed.qld.gov.au/programs-initiatives/naplan-2018-review.

Please take the time to access the survey and share your views and experiences.

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