Oonoonba State School Newsletter Address: Fairfield Waters Drive, Idalia Q 4811 / PO Box 1077, Oonoonba Q 4811

Phone: 4799 8333 / Fax: 4799 8300 / Student Absence Line: 4799 8366

Email: admin@oonoonbass.eq.edu.au

Website: www.oonoonbass.eq.edu.au Library Catalogue: www.oonoonbass.cmeweb.libcode.com.au

Principal: Anne-Marie Day Deputy Principal: Trevor Milton

Head of Special Education Services: Ralphine Sauer

Term 2, Week 5 —Wednesday May 16, 2018 Our Vision……

‘CONNECTING AND

ENGAGING THROUGH LEARNING’

Our Belief………..

“Our Students are worth whatever it

takes”.

DIARY DATES May

Thursday 17th

Naplan Yr 3 and 5

Friday 18th

Walk Safely to School Day

Congratulations! Travis Hastie of 6WM who

is now part of the Under 11 N.Q. Rugby

League Team.

Dear Parents and Carers, We are now in Week 5 of the term and our students are deep into their curriculum units of work and

their learning which will be reported on by the end of the term including Term 1 learning as well as

Term 2. Season one of interschool sport has been completed for those students in Year 5 and

Year 6 who participated and our Year 3 and Year 5 students have begun the NAPLAN Tests yes-

terday. The pleasant change of weather was welcome although by the end of the day it warms up.

All of these events tell us that the year is moving along quickly.

All the best to our students who are participating in the NAPLAN tests this week.

5 Questions for Students

Have you asked your child these questions recently to find out how they are progressing with their

learning?

What are you learning?

How are you doing?

How do you know?

How can you improve?

Where can you go for help?

Our teachers have been working with other schools in Townsville (Mundingburra, Heatley and

Bohle) which helps us to better align what we do at Oonoonba with other schools so that when re-

porting is completed we can be assured that our standards are aligned to standards in other

schools. This rigor is important. We are also working through research about Visible Learning for

Literacy which helps us to better understand practices that work best to accelerate student learn-

ing.

Newly appointed Director- General of the Department of Education

Director- General, Tom Cook has taken up his new appointment and I have provided a quote from

his first newsletter to principals. Tom commenced his educational career as a Queensland state

school teacher, then worked in the Commonwealth and Victorian education departments.

“Education truly is the most transformative force in society, both for the individual students whose

futures we invest in and the society and economy to which they will contribute. All of you play your

part in delivering a world-class service, whether you work in a school or in any of the critical support

roles that are essential to the functioning of the state’s educational settings.

Over recent years, Queensland has recorded substantial improvements in state schooling perfor-

mance and improving access to high-quality early childhood education. High quality curriculum,

capable teachers, empowered leaders, and a policy and funding environment that supports educa-

tion are essential to sustaining this”.

We look forward to working under the guidance of our new Director- General.

Chappy Week

Next week from 20-27 May is Chappy week. Our Chappy Ros Parker does a great job and I would

like to take this opportunity to thank Chappy for all her work in our school in supporting families and

staff as well as programs. The federal government has recently released in the budget continued

funding for this very important program in schools. When you see Chappy don’t forget to thank her

for her work. Chappy is going to be doing some craft activities and games this week with students

who are wanting to join in.

Regards, Anne-Marie Day, Principal

This week’s

attendance

winners were

Year 2

Student of the week—Congratulations to the following students who will receive ‘Student of the Week’ certificates at parade on Monday.

Emma Roberts 6WM Deegan Munn 6WM Angus Joliffe 1M Lucas Kesteven 1M Evelyn Rollinson 1M Angus Joliffe 1P

Matilda Barry 1P Darcy Kasper 1P Alicia Longhurst Prep O De’Vante Lowattta Prep O

Bailey Saunders 1FE Sarah Wantanabe Prep P Ronan Monaghan 1F Lila Heron 3M

Evangeline Carlos 3M Kai Derbyshire 3M Denis Hromek 3G Mitchell Williamson 3R

Chloe Portch 3R

News from Music

After many weeks of rehearsals the time has finally come for our band and strings group to perform at Fanfare this Sunday the

20th May. Our Strings group, aptly named the Fine Tuners have combined with students from Wulguru State School and will be

performing at 9am at the George Kneipp Auditorium at James Cook University. String Students will need to be there around 8am

for their 9am performance. The band students will need to be there by 3pm in the afternoon for their 4pm performance. Please

arrive in plenty of time for the students to have a warm up and settling down period. All students will need to wear blue school

shorts/skirts, black shoes with shite socks and their school music shirts. Long hair will need to be tied back neatly. String students

will get their shirts on Thursday from Ms Brown. Band students will get their music shirts when they arrive on Sunday at the

auditorium . Parents, family and friends are most welcome to stay and watch the performances. Entry is by gold coin donation. It

is highly recommended that students stay for a little while and watch other groups perform as well.. If you have any concerns or

questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your music teachers or the school.. All the best to all our students, I’m certain that you

will do Oonoonba proud.

Till next time, Yours in Music

Mrs Gough, Mr Temple and Ms Brown

FROM THE DEPUTY’S DESK

Next Monday 21 May, William Ross State High School will be holding an ‘Open Day’ from 4:00pm-6:00pm. There are a number of interactive activities planned and it is a great opportunity for students and parents to visit the school, participate in the activities, see the school setting and meet members of staff. Today, students in Years 4-6 have taken home a pamphlet with some more information about next Monday afternoon.

2018 NAPLAN

The 2018 NAPLAN Literacy and Numeracy Assessments have begun this week for students in Years 3 and 5. Each day, time and assessment activity is listed below:

If a student from Year 3 or Year 5 is absent on these days, we will endeavour to ‘catch them up’ if they are present at school from Wednesday 16 May and before 2:50pm on Friday 17 May.

Have a good week!

Tuesday 15 May Wednesday 16 May Thursday 17 May

9:00am-9:40am

Language Conventions

Year 3: 40 mins

Year 5: 40 mins

9:00am-9:45am

Reading

Year 3: 45 mins

9:00am- 9:50am

Reading

Year 5: 50 mins

9:00am-9:45am

Numeracy

Year 3: 45 mins

9:00am- 9:50am

Numeracy

Year 5: 50 mins

10:05am-10:45am

Writing

Year 3: 40 mins

Year 5: 40 mins

Chappy News

This week, we had our first Breakfast Club for students undertaking the NAPLAN tests. It was wonderful to hear the excited sounds of the students enjoying the breakfast and socialising.

The Breakfast Club was funded through community donations through the “Champion your Chappy” crowdfunding website and the support of local business. We would like to thank Capital Wesleyan Methodist Church Fairfield Baptist Church, John, Tania, Del and Andrea for their financial support. We would also like to thank Woolworths Fairfield Central and Mal’s Pies & Pastries for their donations of food.

Chappy Ros (rpark146@eq.edu.au)

P&C Matters

P&C Matters

Entertainment Books: Have you seen the new Entertainment Book?? Check out the ‘look book’ and see the amazing offers – share the link with friends and family and help to raise funds for our school. Look book: https://ww.online.flippingbook.com/view/990828/ For those with a book: to keep your book, simply send in cash or click on the link to make payment. To return your book, simply pop it into the tuckshop. * Buy digital and hard copy here: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/270d222 Mother’s Day Stall: Thanks to everyone who supported our Mother’s Day stall, we hope that you all loved your pressies. We sold out of nearly every-thing and made a whopping $800 for the P&C! Thanks to all of our volun-teers who came in to help. Tuckshop News: Red Food Day: Our next Red Food Day is coming up on Friday 25th May. Popcorn Chicken and Frog in Mud. Drop your order forms and pay at the tuckshop or pay via Flexischools. All order MUST be received by 12pm Tuesday 22nd May. Our last Red Food Day sold out so don’t miss out and make your payment asap. There will be no other lunch options available on this day. If you have time to volunteer either on the day or to help prepare before the day register your name here: https://www.volunteersignup.org or pop into the tuckshop to see Jayde. Volunteers Needed: Have you got a couple of hours to spare? It could be a couple of hours a week, a fortnight or a month. Our biggest need is on Thursdays and Fridays from around 9-11.30am, but we would love some help the rest of the week too. No experience necessary and all training giv-en in a fun, relaxed environment. Pop in to meet Jayde or send an email or PM to the places listed. Next Meeting Date: Thursday 24th May at 6.30pm in the Teacher’s Staff Room. We would love to see any new faces (and our returning members) to come and see what we do – you will never be coerced into jobs or taking on tasks!! And there is usually chocolate! Like our Facebook page to keep up to date with what’s happening in our school. https://www.facebook.com/oonoonbastateschoolpandc/ Come along to have a say in the things that matter for your children. New

members are always welcome.

Your P&C Association pandc@oonoonbass.eq.edu.au

Star 1063 is back on the hunt for Towns-

ville’s best teacher! Nominations begin

9.00am Monday the 4th of June 2018.

So many great prizes—Win your class an

Apple Homepod + a visit from the palaeon-

tologist from the Museum of Tropical North

Queensland also your school could win a

whopping $2000 commercial spend with

star 1063.

NRL DEVELOPMENT CUP! GO OONOONBA, WE WON!

Oonoonba State School had a great start to the NRL Development Cup with a win over Heatley State School 12/10. Our next

game is Monday May 21st at 7.30pm. We will be playing Good Shepherd Catholic Community School at the Brothers League Club

again so come watch our team.