Newsletter From The Principals Desk

Arts Night

The school and P&C are organizing an Arts Night on the 2nd of November

from 6-8 in the tuckshop area; students will showcase the work they do in

school. We are asking that people bring a plate to share and BYO drinks. On

past experiences these have been great nights!

Water bottles

As the weather warms up it is a great idea for students to bring a water

bottle they can keep at their desk.

Wear Red and Educate — Day for Daniel on Friday 27 October 2017

We are proud to be joining with schools throughout Australia in the

annual Day for Daniel on Friday 27 October 2017. Our adopt a cop Shelly will

be talking to the students on Thursdays assembly.

Day for Daniel aims to raise awareness about child safety and protection

and promote a safer community for children.

The day also aims to educate children regarding their personal safety and

empower them to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not

right.

The theme of Day for Daniel is Wear Red and

Educate — something that we will be doing to

help create a safer community for

all children.

Regards,

Donald Pritchard

Principal Halifax SS

Date 19th October, 2017

Issue 17

Halifax State School 17 Victoria Terrace, Halifax QLD

4850

P: (07) 47777132

F: (07) 47777389

E: admin@halifaxss.eq.edu.au

Important dates

20th

October – School Swimming

27th

October – School Swimming

30th October – Country Swimming Carnival

1st November – Yr 5 High School Transition Day

3rd

November – School swimming

10th

November – School swimming

17th

November – School swimming

23rd

November – City v Country Swimming

Carnival

24th

November – School swimming

27th

November –Yr 6 High School Experience Day

8th

December – Final day of school

Our School Rules

Courtesy

Cooperation

Commitment

Consideration

THIS WEEKS FOCUS

YCDI – Persistence

SCHOOL RULE: Commitment

Absent Letters and phone calls

Please call the school in the morning if your

child is going to be absent for the day.

by Janelle Cox Updated November 25, 2014

Studies show that children need to practice reading everyday in order to improve their reading skills. Developing and

teaching reading strategies to elementary students will help increase their reading ability. Often when students get

stuck on a word they are told to "sound it out." While this strategy may work at times, there are other strategies that

may work even better. The following is a list of reading strategies for elementary students.

Teach your students these tips to help improve their reading ability.

READING STRATEGIES

Look at the picture and prepare your mouth to say the word. Read the sentence again from the beginning. Skip the word and come back to it. Sound the word out slowly. Break the word into parts. Ask yourself, does the sentence make sense? Does it sound right? Ask a friend or teacher.

This week’s Behavioural Article 1. Encourage a regular mindfulness practice.

Mindfulness creates structural and functional changes in the brain that support a healthy

response to stress. It strengthens the calming, rational prefrontal cortex and reduces activity in

the instinctive, impulsive amygdala. It also strengthens the connections between the prefrontal

cortex and the amygdala. When this connection is strong, the calming prefrontal cortex will

have more of a hand in decisions and behaviour. See here for fun ways that children can

practice mindfulness.

2. Exercise.

Exercise strengthens and reorganises the brain to make it more resilient to stress. One of the

ways it does this is by increasing the neurochemicals that can calm the brain in times of

stress. Anything that gets kids moving is stellar, but of course, if you can make it fun that

pretty much grants you hero status. Here are some ideas, but get them thinking and they’ll

have plenty of their own:

• throw a frisbee;

• kick a ball;

• give a hula-hoop a spin;

• dance stars;

• walk the dog;

• superhero tag (the tagged one stands in the middle of a circle on the ground, a

superhero saves them by using their superhero powers to fly with running feet through

the circle);

• detective (in the park or backyard … first one to find five things that are green; or five

things starting with ‘s’; or seven things that could be used for dress-ups; or ten things

that smell gorgeous – ready, set, go!).

Recent Events

Swimming

Students enjoyed a refreshing start to swimming lessons. Students have been divided into 3

groups. As students improve they may be moved into higher groups.

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Students of the Week 3 Congratulations to

Jack Mali-Ann

School Swimming is still on tomorrow at this stage. The Pool

Owners will contact us tomorrow to confirm if lessons are still

on so if all children can bring their gear as for a normal

swimming day.

GOTCHA WINNER

Congratulations to

Bridie