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1032 Lowood-Minden Road,MINDEN,QLD,4311,Australia
Phone: 5425 7222
Website: https://mindenss.eq.edu.au
Email: [email protected]
Issue Term 3 Week 7 – 25/08/16
Dates To Remember
* P&C Meeting 3:30pm 12/09/16
* Term 311/07/16 – 16/09/16
* Senior Assembly 26/08/16
* Science Fair 26/08/16
* Father's Day Stall
01/09 & 02/09/16
* Junior Assembly 02/09/16
* Minden Markets 11/09/16
* Prep Open Day 14/09/16
* Free Dress Day 16/09/16
From The Principal
Welcome
We have had a new staff member join our school community. Mrs Michelle Steiner has taken on the role of Teacher Aide three days per week. Michelle comes with significant experience in the field especially with supporting students with disabilities and learning difficulties and will be a valued addition to our team.
Book Week
Teachers and students alike have had a blast this week as we celebrated Book Week. Story-telling in the Library was a huge hit each lunch break while the rotational activities on Thursday morning proved both educational end enjoyable. Thank you to all the students and their families who went to great lengths to dress up as their favourite book character.
Literacy and Numeracy Week
Next week, students will get to enjoy a range of numeracy activities including challenges to celebrate Literacy and Numeracy Week.
Prep Open Day
Families wanting to know about Prep at Minden can come along to our Open Day on Wednesday 14th September. 2017 Prep children will get to experience a range of typical activities in the classroom while parents will be provided with a brief overview of what our school offers and how to prepare their child for Prep. Our four “Step into Prep” transition afternoons will be held in term 4.
School Rules focus
For weeks 6 and 7, classes have been focussing on “I Am Respectful”. Adults are looking for children who actively listen (using our whole-body listening approach)
and follow instructions the first time. Do you encourage this at home?
Moderation of Student Work
Last Tuesday afternoon Minden teachers, along with three teachers from Fernvale State School, participated in a professional learning session designed to help teachers grade student work samples in a consistent manner using a criteria matrix or “Guide to Making Judgements.” Feedback indicated this was a challenging but professionally rewarding exercise.
Moderation is an education department process aimed at building teachers’ teaching and assessment ability which ultimately improves student learning.
Attendance
Thankfully, we appear to be over the worst of cold and flu season with many children returning to school. Our average daily attendance rate is currently 88.8% - well below Education Queensland’s target of 95%. Year 3 have fared quite well and have an average daily attendance of 92.9%.
Camp
It’s almost here! Minden year 5 and 6 students, along with students from four local schools will attend Tallebudgera School Camp in week one of next term. It is essential that final payments are forwarded prior to the end of the term.
Swimming
Minden has booked Woodlands again this year for our swimming program. This will commence in week two of next term and run through to week nine. The next newsletter will have details regarding costs and requirements.
Minden Crossroads Upgrade
In a few weeks’ time, representatives from Transport and Main Roads, Somerset Council, and regional Workplace Health and Safety will meet at our school to discuss the impact of the upgrade on the car park and potential safety hazards. We are hoping the outcome will significantly improve access, short and long term parking as well as traffic flow
School Review
The department of Education and Training introduced performance reviews for Queensland state schools in 2015. The reviews are conducted by the department’s School Improvement Unit. The reviews do not rate or compare schools but provide independent and quality feedback to help schools continue to improve outcomes for students. All schools have a review at least every four years. Key findings for the review are made available to parents and the community on the school’s website. Our school is scheduled for a review form 8 - 12 September.
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Student Council
Free Dress Day Friday 16 September. Please remember to bring a gold coin donation per student.
Parents And Citizens Association News
Parents and Citizens Association Meeting: 3:30pm 12 September 2016. Hope to see you at our next Minden Markets on Sunday 11 September.
Upcoming Events
> Father's Day Stall – 1 and 2 September
Father’s Day is fast approaching. If you are able to help with donations or have some ideas in regards to items you would like to see sold on the day, please contact the P&C or come along to our next meeting and share your ideas.
> Ice Block Day – Chaplaincy – 9 September
Money raised goes towards funding the chaplaincy service.
> School Disco – 28 October
Start getting your dancing shoes ready, the school disco will be fun for all the family.
> Christmas Carnival – 25 November
We are starting to plan this year’s Christmas Carnival and looking for businesses that are able to come along on the day and provide fun entertainment for the kids and adults. If you would like to take part, please contact the P&C through the school.
> TuckshopSellout Sale – 30 November to 2 December
These days we will sell out any stock left over in the tuckshop.
> Ice Block Day – Chaplaincy – 6 December
Money raised goes towards funding the chaplaincy service.
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Uniform Shop:
Open days and times:
Monday - 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Wednesdays - 9:00am - 12:00 noon
Fridays - 9:00am - 12:00 noon
Please contact: Mel Forgan 0407349132
Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)
Operating Hours
Monday - Friday before school opening at 6:15am and after school closing at 6:00pm.
For bookings or details please see the OSHC educators, call our main office (07) 4638 7965 or email [email protected]
School Chaplain
School Chaplain
What a busy term it has already been. I hope that as a school community we are on our way back to being healthy once again and wish those of you who are still battling illness a speedy recovery. There are many things coming up. Please read below and mark these into your calender.
Ice Block Day - 9th September
Ice block day is coming up at the end of this term. You should have recieved an order form on Friday of last week. If you did not, please see the ladies at the office. It will need to be returned by, Friday 2nd September at the end of the school day.
The Blooming Treasures - NEED YOUR HELP!!
On Thursday 1st September we are holding a 'mini' working bee to prepare the raised garden beds and move the green house frame to it's new location. We will need between 8-10 willing and able adults. Children are welcome to help, there will be jobs for them to do also.
Many hands make light work!
** Working bee will run from 3pm - 5pm **
*** Before this date, we require 4 small plant holes dug for the fruit trees that were generously donated to our students. The ground is quite hard and we may need digging equipment. ***
If you can help call the school office 5425 7222 or email me directly on [email protected]
Breakfast Club
I Would like to give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to Mrs North and her team of students that stepped up to run the breakfast club in my absence, while I attended my annual work conference. We are blessed in our school to be able to provide this breakfast once a month. We are also blessed to have parent volunteers like Mrs North who are prepared to help this breakfast run smoothly. Our next breakfast club will be on Thursday 1st September. Breakfast will be served from 8:15am until 8:45am. If you are available to lend a hand, we will see you from 8am.
Coffee & Dessert Evening
This Friday evening, 26th August at 7pm the Lowood Chaplaincy Committee is hosting a Coffee & Dessert Evening as a fundraiser towards the work of chaplaincy in the Lowood and District areas. Minden School's Chaplaincy service is supported under this committee.
It will be held at the Fernvale-Lowood Uniting Church, 1503 Brisbane Valley Highway, Fernvale. If you require more information, please see the attached flyer. I look forward to seeing you there!
DATE CLAIMER - SCHOOL DISCO - 28TH OCTOBER 2016
THE THEME IS THE LETTER 'M' - MORE INFORMATION IN THE COMING WEEKS.
If there is anything that I can help with, please contact me at the school office or send me an email. I am at Minden, on Thursday and Friday each week.
Rebecca Hewett
School Chaplain
Minden State School
5425 7222
General School News
Assembly Gotcha Awards
12/08/16 Elliott, Jessica, Brooklyn.
Congratulations!
Classroom News
Prep News
Prep News:
*Presentation – Term 3’s presentation will be in week 9 (Tuesday 8th September 2pm).
*Munch Crunch – Remember our break is a short one, small pieces of fruit or small prepared appropriate snacks allow students to finish snack in time available.
*Lunchboxes – please make sure your child has enough food for a snack in the 2nd break. Healthy foods with limited sugar content assist your child to learn.
*Homework – Your help with homework tasks (High Frequency Words, reading, spelling and sentence writing) help your child to learn and work towards benchmarks that will assist them to be confident and engaged learners. Homework is due back each Friday, please remind your child to be responsible and bring folder into the classroom.
*School absences – remember to inform school or Dojo if your child is away. I appreciate those parents that Dojo promptly when their child is absent.
*Positive behaviour – if your child comes home with a stamp or sticker this means they have had a great day and worked hard. Students without stamps/stickers need to work harder in class.
*Book week – we had a great day enjoying stories on Thursday, students had a fun day dressing up.
*Please ask if you are unsure about anything…
Thanks for your support….
Mrs Williams, Mrs Ploetz and The Prep Students
Year 3
Year Three has been very busy in the last few weeks. Mrs Hingst and Sharon (a lab technician) came out to school to take samples of bacteria and to place Agar plates to be incubated. This was to allow the bacteria to develop so the students could examine it under the microscope at the Meat Processing Plant at Coominya. The year 3's found this quite amusing especially when some of the students were encouraged to take their shoes off or take a swab from their ears or nose. The samples were then labelled and sealed to prevent contamination.
With the help of lots of parent helpers, we were able to start our adventure. When we arrived we were taken out to a patio area where we had morning tea and Sue explained to everyone what we were going to do and all the safety rules. Everyone including the adults had to take off all their jewellery including watches and were not allowed to take pens or anything else with us. We were divided into three groups and were shown through the meat processing factory and the lab. In the laboratory we not only looked at our samples (which were kind of scary) but had a spray put on our hands. We then had to wash our hands. After they turned the lights off and showed us our hands under a special light. This showed how well or maybe not so well we washed our hands.
The factory makes lots of meat patties for MacDonalds and Hungry Jacks –also for lots of overseas companies. When we left they gave us a sample bag.
We then went to a park in Lowood for lunch and a play and walked around Lowood and looked at some of the old buildings.
Thanks to Keystone Foods and parents for making this day possible.
Meanwhile back at school, students are busy learning about timetables and solving time problems and in English are working on their retells for the Lorax. Our blanket is coming along with one square finished and another five in progress. Chess is also becoming a favourite.
Year 5 Science Challenge
Last Wednesday, 17th August, four Year 5 students attended Faith Lutheran College to participate in a science challenge. Kiara, Bella, Zac and Aiden took part in three
science investigations pitted against other schools from within our region. They had to investigate tasks set by teachers from Faith and then report their findings. All four students conducted themselves very well and, although we didn’t win the day, took on their roles as scientist as if they do it every day. It was a great day and we hope to be invited back next year.
Mr Smith
Curriculum Awards
Prep
Special Awards:
Charlotte - Charlotte is using her beginning strategieto write a sentence
Aiden - Aiden has completed Pre Primer (Dolch) High Frequency Words. Great work Aiden.
Lilyana - Lilyana has completed Pre Primer (Dolch) High Frequency Words. Keep up the great work Lilyana.
Stacey - Stacey has completed Pre Primer (Dolch) High Frequency Words. Keep up the great work Stacey.
Layla - Layla is having fun with Maths. Great work Layla!
Heidi - Heidi is working hard in maths. She is having lots of fun!
Douglas - Douglas is showing interest in class learning and putting in more effort.
Jacob - Jacob is beginning to enjoy classroom learning, keep trying Jacob.
Year 1
Special Awards:
Seth - For creating an amazing character with great language choices!
Zye - For an excellent improvement in handwriting!
Cailin - For an outstanding improvement in reading! SUPER READER!
Year 2
Special Awards:
Lillie - For always displaying excellent responsibility at school. Well done!
Ashleigh - For trying hard to improve her work ethic in the classroom. Great effort!
Mikaylah - For showing consistent improvement with her handwriting. Excellent effort!
Matt - For working super hard on his Math activities. Great job!
Year 3
Special Awards:
Kohen - Displaying all of the school rules with a visiting teacher.
Kobi - Displaying all of the school rules with a visiting teacher.
Ryley - Beginning to participate in class discussions.
Deegan - Displaying a positive attitude towards his writing.
Birthdays
Hailey, Cheyenne, Dean, Reichelle, Piper, Sheridan.
Happy Birthday from everyone at Minden State School!
Community Notices
Minden Markets
Minden Markets 6:00am - 12:00pm Sunday 11 September
2016
Minden State School
1032 Lowood-Minden Rd, Minden. Qld 4311
Knick-knacks & Bric-a-brac, Specialty Stores, Handmade Goods, Baked Goods, Fresh Produce, Food and Drink, Entertainment, Activities for the Kids and ....much much more.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MindenMarkets
Email: [email protected]
Mt Tarampa Little Athletcis
Mt Tarampa Little Athletics Sign On Day Friday 26 August at 4:30pm at our little athletics oval.
Competition and training is every Friday at 4:30pm.
Events will commence on 2 September.
Contact Verna Smith 54621498.
Futsal
Lowood State High School Date Claimers!
LSHS Date Claimer!Tuesday 29 November Year 6 Parent Orientation 6pm - 7pm
Monday 5 December - Orientation Day
School Photos - Week 2, 2017
Year 7 Camp - End Term 1, 2017
Parents Wanted!
Parents Wanted!
Can you help?
I am a mum of three and am conducting research with Griffith University, Gold Coast, as part of my PhD. I am looking for parents of children aged 6 - 11 to participate in research
exploring parenting behaviours. Your responses can help us make children safer!
All you have to do is visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parentsap6-11 and complete the survey.
The survey is completely anonymous - you do not have to leave any contact details.
All parents who fill out the survey will go in the draw to win one of three $100 Coles/Myer vouchers - just follow the instructions at the end of the survey to go in the draw.
Researchers:Prof Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck ([email protected] +617 5678 9085) and Julia Rudolph ([email protected] +61(0)411404511
Ethics: This research has Griffith University Human Research Ethics Committee approval (GU Ref No: 2015/861).
Coffee & Dessert Evening