29 March 2019

Volume 1, Issue 5

Inside this issue:

From the Principal 1

From the Deputy Principal 2

From our Specialists 3/4

Yr6 Spark Lab 5

Prep 2020 and CGEN 8

From the P & C 9

Class Reports 6/7

Paid Adver-sing 10

Coming Events

Parent Teacher Meetings Monday 1 April 2019

…. PBL Rewards Day

Friday 5 April ….

Easter Hat Parade Friday 5 April 9.15am in the Hall

Prep-Yr3 at the All School Parade ….

Wear Blue for Autism Friday 5 April

Gold Coin Donation ….

All School Parade Last Day Term 1

Friday 5 April ….

Easter Monday Public Holiday Monday 22 April

…. First Day Term 2 Tuesday 23 April

…. ANZAC Day Ceremony

9.30am –10.45am ….

ANZAC DAY Public Holiday Thursday 25 April

…. Labour Day Public Holiday

Monday 6 May ….

ICAS Digital Technology Comp Tuesday 7 May

…. Mothers Day Stall

Thursday and Friday 9th and10th May

Absence Line 3906 4360

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Parents as first teachers

Thank you to all parents who have continued to support their children’s education by making sure they attend school on time every day in full school uniform, having had a enough sleep, a healthy breakfast and with a yummy lunch free of packaged food. These simple acts ensure your child has a great start to their learning day.

I also want to say a huge thank you to the Coolnwynpin SS P&C. The P&C executive dedicate countless hours each week to organising and supervising fundraising events. This week’s AGM saw the 2018 Executive re-elected for 2019 and I look forward to sharing another year with them.

It is timely that I advise all parents and carers that the P&C support the school in a range of ways, including some consultation on matters on which I have to make decisions. However, the P&C do not act as my adviser or make decisions on my behalf. There were a number of comments on Facebook lately, criticizing the P&C regarding decisions I had made and with an expectation that they should have influence over them. This is not the case.

As a parent or carer of a child at Coolnwynpin, you have the right to discuss decisions I make with me and I welcome that input. Parents regularly request a meeting with me about a range of issues that have impact on their child or the school in general. They are productive conversations and I welcome them.

In contrast, some parents use Facebook to criticize the P&C, staff and myself without knowing the facts and often do it in a vindictive and spiteful manner. These types of comments do not help. They are not productive and have no influence over my decisions. The people who write them are wasting their time. That behaviour does not serve any good purpose nor create change.

The school community of Coolnwynpin SS have a reputation as caring, supportive and welcoming. My staff and I enjoy very positive relationships with you where we are freely able to discuss any issues or concerns you may have, as well as, celebrate successes and our children’s achievements. This relationship impacts on your child. Please continue to build this positive relationship by not engaging in the negativity that is created through Facebook complaints.

Janet Tucker

W :: www.coolnwynpinss.eq.edu.au

Event Yr Level Excursion date Amt Final Pmt Due

Beginners Music Week Various 10th-14th June 2019 $95 3 May 2019

Band Levy Members $70 First instalment by 5 April 2019

Instrument Hire Members $70 First instalment by 5 April 2019

Payment Reminders

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Parent Teacher Meetings Next Monday evening 1 April, parents and careers who have made an online booking will attend a Parent/Teacher meeting. The meetings to be held in the School Hall will commence at 3:15pm and conclude at 7:30pm. We have changed these meetings to Term 1 and Term 3 in 2019, so that parents can be confident that any concerns that your child may be experiencing can be addressed in a timely manner. Parents will still receive a formal report card at the end of Semester 1 and 2. I would encourage parents who will be attending for the 15 min meeting, to seek information from your child’s teachers around the student’s strengths and any possible areas of concern. I believe that a Semester 1 or 2 report should have no surprises for parents as class teachers will have opportunities to convey student progress multiple times. NAPLAN Next Tuesday April 2 between 9:00am - 11:00am, Year 3 and 5 students will participate in a NAPLAN Online practice test. The test is designed to allow students the opportunity to practice in the platform in readiness for the official NAPLAN tests to be held nationwide in May. Parents/caregivers will have received a letter allowing them the opportunity to withdraw their student from this practice test if they so desired. On the day, the students will be interacting with either desktop or IPad machines during this 45 min practice test. Mother/Daughter Evening On Wednesday 26 March, a group of mothers and daughters from our school community took the opportunity to enjoy a pleasant evening. The School community event was organised by Chappy Jules primarily as a meet and greet. The significance of women in our community was highlighted and that special relationship between mothers and daughters was highlighted and celebrated. I am also reliably informed that the cakes were absolutely delicious. Parking Parents are reminded not to enter the staff car park on Telaska Court. There have been a number of cars spotted dropping students in this carpark, which is incredibly unsafe as waste trucks and other commercial vehicles use this park for deliveries and other services. Also a reminder for parents to use courtesy around the use of the carpark on Ney Road. Only parents with a disabled parking permit are allowed to park in the school grounds as they escort their child for class. My only motivation for these reminders is the safety of our children. Holidays As this will be the last newsletter before the holidays - I would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy and Safe holiday. I look forward to your continued support during Term 2. Regards Paul

FROM THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER Coolnwynpin State School District Cross Country Team Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the Bayside District Cross Country Carnival last Thursday 21 March at Capalaba Regional Park. All of our students should be extremely pleased with their performances. Congratulations to all of our students for achieving PB’s! CARNIVAL DAY DATES 2019 Semester 1 Day 1 - Tuesday June 1 (Wet Weather – Tuesday June 25) Day 2 -Tuesday July 23 (Wet Weather – Tuesday July 30) Semester 2 Day 3 - Tuesday August 20 (Wet Weather – Tuesday August 27) Day 4 - Tuesday October 22 (Wet Weather – Tuesday October 29) Please note that there will be a trial process for team selections this year. Yours in Sport Yvette Butterworth

SPORT Semester 1

Touch Football

Soccer Competition 1

Soccer Competition 2

Netball

SPORT Semester 2

Team Handball Nucombeball & Volleyball

Oztag

T 20 Cricket

2019 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION SCHEME The voluntary contribution goes directly to the School and is used across many areas of our school. Your contribution is invaluable in providing those ‘extras’ that the school budget cannot provide and that make your student’s school experience even more enjoyable and comfortable. Coolnwynpin State School P & C Association has endorsed the 2019 Annual Voluntary Contribution Scheme at the rate as follows depending on the number of children enrolled at Coolnwynpin SS: 1 student - $45 2 students - $75 More than 2 students - $110 These funds will allow the ongoing maintenance and replacement of classroom air conditioners, replacement of playground equipment, provide additional outdoor seating, shade sails and maintain our Breakfast Club. Be assured that this contribution is not a resource levy. Your child will not be denied access to any resources should you choose not to contribute to this scheme. However your contribution will allow your child/ren to have cool/warm classrooms, better play and eating spaces, and enjoy a free breakfast at least once per week. All contributions will be receipted via a cash sale function and no invoices will be issued. Contributions are greatly appreciated in full, or in part, at any time during the year. For your convenience, we accept cash, cheque, credit card and EFTPOS at the Office at any time. We do not offer BPay facilities at this school. Direct Deposits can be made via the internet using the details below: Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Capalaba BSB: 064-172 Account #: 0009 0127 Account Name: Coolnwynpin State School General A/C Reference: VC – student/family name

To encourage maximum participation in the scheme, the P & C Association is donating an incentive prize. All families who contribute to this scheme before the end of Semester 1 (28th June 2019) will go into the draw to win a Family Movie Pass.

FROM THE HEAD OF CURRICULM Welcome to week 9! HOME READING LOGS Has your child received their BRONZE or SILVER Reading Experience Reward yet?

STRIVE Words (VOCAB) Have your children told you about their STRIVE (VOCAB) lessons? STRIVE (Structured Tier two Robust Instruction of Vocabulary Experiences) is a whole school approach to the explicit teaching of tier two vocabulary in the classroom. Tier two words are high frequency words with a sophisticated meaning that can be used across a variety of contexts and require direct instruction. The words are identified from the texts being used during English. This week our STRIVE words are:

Ask your children if they can use their words in a sentence or show you the action that represents the word. Don’t forget to check out the latest promotion at Big W! Kelly Donaldson

Prep Elusive, Frightened, Adventure

Year 1 Breeze, Panting

Year 2 Gasped, Shivered, Wailed

Year 3 Drowsy, Favour, Frustrated

Year 4 Ghastly, Comparison

Year 5 Hauled, Abruptly, Companions

Year 6 Incredible, Stunned

FROM THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER The Senior Band will be performing at our ANZAC ceremony next term on Wednesday 24th April. The Senior Band will need to meet me with their instruments and band folders in the Instrumental Music room at 8.30am on this day.

Aaron Tickner

FROM THE HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

Next term, on Wednesday 1 May, a parent/carer afternoon will be held in L Block. The focus of this session will be Verifications. Explained will be the Education QLD guidelines. This afternoon is open to all parents in our school community. It will commence at 2.15 pm, finishing at 3pm.

Penny Stewart

READING EXPERIENCES REWARDS LEVEL READING REWARD

BRONZE level 15 reading experiences Sticker presented by class teacher

SILVER level 50 reading experiences Pencil presented by class teacher

GOLD level 100 reading experiences Bookmark presented by class teacher

PLATINUM level 200 reading experiences Certificate presented at Assembly

YR6 EXCURSION TO SPARK LAB Last week year 6 students travelled to the Brisbane Museum for an educational visit to the interactive spark lab exhibition. Early in the morning, before Mrs Brown had her coffee, we all gathered at Birkdale station. We piled onto the Cleveland train and bumped our way to South Brisbane station. Along the way Mr Palstra received a worrying message, the Museum had been evacuated!!

We arrived to find emergency services gathered around the Museum. We were worried we would have to go home and miss out on a fun trip. However the ingenious and energetic museum staff came to the rescue, inviting us to explore the Queensland Art Gallery while they made sure it was safe to head back into the Museum.

The kind and passionate gallery staff showed us some amazing indigenous Australian art. We were intrigued by a huge painting that was displayed lying on the floor. At first we thought it was just a pattern but as we sat and looked from a different perspective the painting came alive rippling like desert sand dunes. We also saw paintings by the famous Australian Albert Namatjira and also from his great grandson Vincent Namatjira as well as some fun interactive displays.

We then got the all clear that we could head back to the museum. Inside the spark lab we explored all the amazing exhibits. We took crazy pictures on the shadow wall, hauled ourselves into the air on pulley chairs, made mist move, built electrical circuits and everyone got very dizzy on the spinning chair. We also had some great presentations on chemistry at the science bar and we looked at cyclones and weather in our world on the giant interactive globe.

After an action packed morning it was time for lunch with the dinosaurs. Then we climbed up all the stairs to level 4 and the discovery centre. Here we got to get up close and hands on with some museum displays. We saw a huge variety of life like preserved animals, hundreds of colourful butterflies and strange insects, played guess who with animal skulls and all the while we were being watched by a pair of green scaly snakes. Unfortunately we had come to the end of our time at the museum although there was still plenty more to explore.

We gathered our belongings and headed back to the station. On the train ride home we felt a little sad our adventure was over, but we remembered all the fun things we did and all the new things we had learnt. We recommend that everyone go and check out the museum and particularly spark lab, it is an amazing experience and you have heaps of fun while learning.

6A and 6B

3B REPORT 3B has had a brilliant start to the year. This term, we have been learning the art of persuasion in English. The students have created persuasive paragraphs using several devices including modal verbs, modal adverbs and evaluative adjectives, to convince each other that an iguana is the perfect pet. We have also looked at the importance of being a great friend. Our discussions have focused on the qualities that make a person a valued friend and how we can all work together to stop bullying. Our Science unit has been a fascinating adventure into the world of animal classification. We have become scientist, looking at the features of animals and discovering why animals are grouped together. 3B also won the first Koala Fair donation competition. We had an amazing day, dressed as our favourite characters. Thank you for the astounding effort that was made by the students and parents. Fiona Cox

3A REPORT 3A has had an amazing start to 2019! In English the students have been learning to comprehend and write persuasive paragraphs. The students had to persuade me that 3A should have a class pet using the OREO paragraph structure. They loved this writing task and tried hard to persuade me to get chickens, snakes, cats, dogs, a fish and the list goes on. After reading so many great persuasive paragraphs we now have a new addition to the classroom, a Siamese fighting fish, named Oreo Splash! We have our linked our new class pet into other learning areas in the classroom such as living and non-living things in Science and the students are taking full responsibility caring for Oreo Splash. In Maths we have been studying chance and probability. We used the popular Coles Stikeez fruit and vegetable figurines to determine the probability of choosing a particular Stikeez from a jar. We tallied up our results and created a graph showing the outcome of our investigation. Liza Hamilton

National Day of Action against Bullying- 15 March 2 019 ‘Let’s stand together and say No to Bullying’ was heard echoing from the school hall as 4B chanted their message loud and clear to the Coolnwynpin community. Together with 5A, the students proudly recited their poem to an audience keen to show support for such an important cause.

The speeches and video that followed explained what bullying was, the impact of bullying on the wellbeing of others and the role of the bystander. Orange was the colour of the day and the take away message was ’Bullying is Never Okay!’

3C REPORT The flavour of the day in 3C is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle AND Repurpose. As part of their Design Technology unit the children have been focussing on Repurpose – taking something that is no longer viable and repurpose it and give it a brand new life. The students of 3C collected old boxes and lids, destined for the rubbish and repurposed them into a drafts/checkers game.

Helen Chapman

FROM THE PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION WINTER UNIFORMS are an order only system, Sportfirst are now taking orders and orders close on 1 April 2019 Collection will be available before school resumes on 22 April 2019 Prices Winter Fleece Jacket size 4-16 with CSS logo $29.50 Winter Fleece Jacket Adult size with CSS logo $32.00 Trackpants Fleece size 4-16 $25 Trackpants Fleece size Adult $28 Please note Sportfirst Capalaba will be closing on Sundays starting the 31st March 2019 New hours will be MONDAY-FRIDAY 9am-5pm SATURDAY 9am-3pm Please call into SPORTFIRST Capalaba to place your order. CALL OUT TO ALL CRAFTERS Hi my name is Wendy Conway I am helping the P&C this year with the Mother’s Day & Father’s day stalls, and I need your help. I am asking for any craft items of any sort as donations eg: odd balls of wool, fabric, buttons, lace, ribbons. Whatever you think may be helpful! Any donations can either be dropped off Monday mornings to M block during our craft session, dropped off in the kids classroom donation baskets or pick up can be arranged. I would also like to put a call out to all crafters out there as I am starting up a craft day to make up items for the stalls Please come along & share a cuppa and some ideas with me and enjoy crafting at the same time. Hope to see you there Wendy Conway Craft day will be held on Monday mornings 9am- 11.3 0am in M block.

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