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From the Principal

St Lawrence State School

6 Macartney Street, St Lawrence, 4707 Ph: 07 4956 9134

Principal: James Morley Email: [email protected]

K N O W L E D G E , T R U T H H O N E S T Y 1 5 D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 7

END OF YEAR CEREMONY

Thursday, December 7th, marked our End of Year Ceremony. It was

truly a wonderful event full of laughter, smiles and a couple of

tears. Congratulations to our award winners – Ryan Dabelstein (St

Lawrence Bowls Club Sports Award), Alex Brotherton (Bill and

Norm Hannan Encouragement Award) and William Morley (St

Lawrence Recreation Group Academic Award). You are all worthy

recipients and represent our school positively for our community

to see. Congratulations also to Ryan for being elected as school

captain in 2018. Welcome to our incoming Prep student, Kinely. I

hope next year is as wonderful as we expect it should be. Thank

you to the community for coming along and sharing this night with

us. I hope you enjoyed the night. Thank you to Leesa and Tony

who provided dinner for us once again and making it a special

night. Enjoy the festive season.

From the Principal





RYAN

Ryan has attended St

Lawrence State School

since he was in Prep. He has

worked with a number of

teachers and will next year

take on the role as school

captain. The process that

was undertake for him to be

elected as school captain

was rigorous and asked him

to challenge himself to

prove he was worthy of the

prestigious position of

school captain. He rose to

the challenge and I look

forward to working with him

in 2018. Congratulations

also o winning the St

Lawrence Bowls Club

Sports Award. Enjoy your

holidays.

From the Principal





ADAM

Adam has had a great year

in 2017. He has delivered

some of the best pieces of

work from any of our

students throughout 2017.

His HASS task this term on

Proserpine was simply

amazing and you can view it

on the school Facebook

page. His poem from the

End of Year Ceremony,

Uninhabited, was performed

beautifully with his well-

timed shriek adding hugely

to his performance. His

speech in March at our

speech night, We Need a

Doctor in Town won him an

award within our cluster.

Let’s hope 2018 can bring

further success.





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ALEX

Alex has made some

massive gains in 2017. Alex

began prep with us at St

Lawrence State School at

the beginning of the year

and has made the most

significant improvement

over the course of the year.

Alex shows a great deal of

pride in his work. When he

completes a task he picks it

up and wants to show

everyone what he has done.

He is proud of what he has

done and wants others to

share in his achievements.

Congratulations to Alex on

being the inaugural recipient

of the Bill and Norm Hannan

Encouragement Award.

Enjoy your holidays.




KHLOE

Khloe is another of our

preps from 2017. Khloe

has been a wonderful

student at school and

follows instructions to

complete her tasks. She

has also made significant

improvement in her

studies. She made greater

than expected gains in

both her literacy and

numeracy assessments

that are completed. A

particularly large gain for

Khloe was in her

swimming where she

travelled further in the

short time we attended

lessons than any other

student. Enjoy your

holidays Khloe.

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WILLIAM

William is our final prep

student from 2017. William

had an incredible

attendance rate in 2017 and

only missed two and a half

days all year. He proved

throughout the year that his

enthusiasm in his learning

will take him a long way as

he saw immense

improvement in his speech

over the course of 2017. He

has improved from being

unable to read to completing

a level 10PM reader. He

also set himself as a role

model after being awarded

the St Lawrence Recreation

Group Academic Award.

Well done on a great first

year of school.

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JAKE

Jake has had exceptional

attendance throughout

2017. The tasked he has

applied his best efforts

have been truly wonderful

to read. His recent HASS

piece on the changes to

transportation over time

showed wonderful design,

content, deeper thinking

and sentence structure.

His efforts to stand up and

present his adaptation to

Row Your Boat at both the

Marlborough Poetry

Recital and at our End of

Year Ceremony speak to

how well Jake can perform

at school. Enjoy the

holidays and see you for a

big 2018.

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DECKLEN

Decklen has continued his

reading progress which

had him jump from being

unable to read at the start

of 2016 to completing a

PM15 by the end of 2016.

He won the

Encouragement Award in

2016 and has continued to

show large jumps in his

reading level. Decklen is

now able to complete a

PM26. This is a huge gain

in the space of two years.

Decklen also presented

his adaptation to Row your

Boat very successfully at

the End of Year Ceremony

as well. Enjoy your break

and see you for a big year

in 2018.

STAFF and P&C

Mrs Wendy Counsell (Business

Manager/Cleaner/President)

Mrs Counsell is one of the key reasons why

St Lawrence State School is making such

amazing leaps. She works incredibly hard

in all of her roles to make sure the students

have the cleanest environment to learn in;

the best educational tools to learn with;

and the best P&C body to support learning.

Without Mrs Counsell, the educational

experience for our students would

certainly not be the same. Thank you for

always going above and beyond. You are

an inspiration to us all.

Mrs Maryanne Dalglish (Teacher Aide)

Mrs Dalglish has a huge impact on our

students and the levels they reach

academically. Mrs Dalglish works tirelessly

to ensure that every child receives one-

on-one time to address areas identified to

improve on. Our students have made some

very large gains throughout the year and

they have Mrs Dalglish thank for their

gains. Enjoy your well-deserved break.

Miss Amy Herley (Speech Language

Pathologist)

Miss Amy has been working with a number

of our students to help them with their

speech. Our students have made significant

improvements. Thank you for your

commitment and driving from Mackay

every Thursday. You will be missed but

good luck in Rockhampton.

Ms Stacey Pownall (P&C Member)

Stacey has been helping our P&C

throughout the year in preparation for her

eldest daughter attending in 2018. Thank

you for giving your time and energy and

always striving to help St Lawrence be

everything it can be.

Mrs Allison Brinkworth (Cluster Teacher)

Mrs B has been a wonderful addition to our

little family at St Lawrence State School.

She has provided excitement for our

students in their learning. The benefits of

having Mrs B teaching at our school will be

long-felt. Good luck at Narangba Valley. I

hope you enjoyed your time here at St

Lawrence as much as we all enjoyed

having you here each week.

STAFF and P&C

Ms Jody Torkington (Teacher Aide/Grounds

person/Treasurer)

Jody works tirelessly at St Lawrence State

School as both a staff member and as a

P&C member. She keeps our school

looking clean and tidy while also helping

our students one-on-one in their

educational requirements. As the P&C

treasurer she makes sure that every event

we hold is run to plan to make sure we can

provide the best opportunities to the

community to help our students receive

anything they need to help them enjoy and

thrive in their school experience. Thank

you for your commitment and hard work.

Mrs Kari Morphy (Chaplain)

Chappy helps our students to manage

themselves to become more effective

people. She is using Franklin Covey’s 7

Habits of Highly Effective People to ensure

that our students can achieve whatever it

is they choose to reach for. Chappy is an

extremely valued member of our little

family. Thank you for everything you do

within your role, and everything else you

do above and beyond.

Mrs Sharmayne Chirgwin

(Volunteer/Secretary)

Sharmayne gives up her own time to help

our students with their reading. Sharmayne

comes in weekly to provide assistance and

one-on-one reading to our school

students. This is greatly appreciated.

Sharmayne is also the secretary of the P&C

and helps out with our events that we hold.

She has been integral in putting together

the recipe books that Mrs Counsell worked

so hard to get up and running. Sharmayne

provides tuckshop for us and always

promotes the school to others. Thank you

for your time and energy Sharmayne.

Mrs Sian Morphy (Relief Teacher/Vice-

President/E-Kindy Facilitator)

Mrs Morley has provided her time and

assistance constantly throughout the year. As

our E-Kindy facilitator she ensure that our

young children have a passion for education

from a young age. As a relief teacher she

ensure that our children receive the

educational experience they deserve and she

is always helping with all the different

endeavours the P&C undertake. Thank you for

your time, energy and commitment.

Reading Matters

Reading is the most fundamental skills that school endeavour to teach children. It is a skill

that is developed to provide opportunities for children, provide fun and laughter, develop

empathy and consideration for others or to provide information and knowledge. It is

extremely important. To help our parents with the selection of stories for their children, St

Lawrence State School will provide new reading logs for students next year. Within these is

a recommended reading list for different age groups. I have attached these lists below as

they may help with Christmas shopping as the holidays approach.

The Importance of Reading Lots have learning has happened throughout this year, But now it’s time to consider the upcoming year. Consider the films they watch and the words that are said And consider the books your child can say they have read. Consider your actions or things left not done Remember to make sure your child has some fun. The holidays may be stressful but there’s no need to fear Because they eventually end and they start the new school year. We want you children to be successful at school. And reading is something that makes them cool. Readings helps students make much needed gains It’s like food for the belly but goes into your brains. New words, new marks, new beginnings, new ends A wider collection of thoughts to share with good friends. New characters, new plots, new twists and new turns Every book they read helps them to learn.

This holiday season as you treat them with your love and your care, Remember screens shouldn’t be the only things at which they stare. A book is something that children can spend many hours Imagining beasts, princesses, animals or super powers. Tales from the past that may no longer be frequently told Memories from those that have now grown old. A love story to show how kind and thoughtful people can be An adventure to explore the things no one can see No matter the story the gains will be great So make them pick up a book Before they lose interest And it is too late! Below is a list of books that would be great for gifts, prizes or treats Or to mark an occasion or a remarkable feat. Encourage them and guide them or read to them at night Make sure they know that books do not bite. These books that are listed below are samples of great texts to explore These are just some but there are many more. Next year they will be challenged to complete the whole lot It won’t be their homework but will be worth a shot.

ATTENDANCE AWARDS

READING AWARDS

CROQLAND

Every Day Counts at St Lawrence State School. This is something we have worked very hard

to develop at St Lawrence. Well done to six of our students, Jake, Adam, Ryan, William, Alex

and Khloe who have 100% attendance in term 3.

Reading every night is extremely important. The words

you use, the ideas you discuss and the skills you practise

make this a perfect opportunity to improve at school.

Reading with your children also promotes a healthy

interest in literature. Well done to William for reaching

175 nights of reading and Decklen for reaching 125 nights

of reading in 2017.

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