Wow, hard to believe that half of the year has somehow gone by already! It’s Winter Solstice today (shortest day of the year). I know that some of the coldest days of Winter are ahead of us, but to me it’s always a great psychological moment to know that the days will gradually get longer now. I’m afraid I’m not a Winter person!

School Interhouse Athletics We hit the ground running again next Term with the Inter-house athletics scheduled for Friday of Week 2 (21st July). This is being held so early because Quinalow District Athletics will be held in Week 4 (Wednesday for field events and Friday for track events). The shift from a Thursday to Friday for our school athletics is due to a Thursday clash with the annual St Anne’s luncheon. Hopefully we get some rain before then so that we can actually mark some lines that we can see!

Justin Anlezark Visit Justin and our classes braved the cold, blowy conditions on the oval on Monday morning for some great tips on Shotput and Discus techniques. Justin also spoke at length to our students on goal setting and particularly on nutrition. Did you know that to burn off a small square of chocolate, you would need to run around our oval about three times? Eating a certain brand of ‘energy bar’ would require us to run to Oakey and back to burn off. Justin told us that our bodies do need some fat, but only about 30g per day. Most of what we eat in processed foods or takeaways is simply full of fat, salt, or sugar. Please take this into consideration when planning your children’s lunchboxes for school.

‘Skooliez’ Our Year 3-7 students are looking forward to seeing the matinee performance of ‘Skooliez’ put on by Oakey State High School at the Oakey Cultural Centre this Thursday, from 11.30 a.m. We have been offered free tickets for these classes and we have organised a bus to get there. No cost at all to our students! All that is required is for parents of students in these year levels to return the permission form forwarded last week. We will have an early lunch before going to Oakey and children will be allowed an afternoon tea break upon return to school.

Theatre Restaurant I have heard rave reviews for ‘Chase Me Comrade’ from all I have spoken to who attended. Thank you all to everybody who put in so much of their own time to make this theatre restaurant the great success that it was. I will shortly place a number of photos taken from the event onto our school web-site at: www.jondaryass.eq.edu.au Have you visited our site yet?

To the wonderful parents, families and community at Jondaryan State School. It is with a heavy heart that I write my final newsletter to you all this week. The six months of my posting here comes to an end on Friday of next week, and with that I will leave you back in the hands of your fearless leader once again, the much loved Miss Stansbie. I am sad to leave, mainly because I will miss being surrounded by your wonderful children each day. But I am also extremely proud of the work we have done and the hard times we have faced while I led your school, and if you will indulge me I would love to reflect on them now. When I first arrived at the school I was greeted by a group of year 4 – 6 girls who would soon be in my class. They commented on my clothing and how they liked my sense of style, and told me they couldn’t wait for my arrival the next week. Within the next few days I read a series of letters the kids had written to me, introducing themselves and telling me all the things they loved about their school. I was excited and energised to begin at the school and enjoyed my first drive out in the crisp morning air, through the grain, cattle and solar farms of my commute. I began the next Monday and had a wonderful group of staff to guide me through the daily comings and goings of the school, each with their own little bits of wisdom which would eventually help me as I changed environment, town, and class type for my new adventure, as Principal of Jondaryan State School. My class and I settled together nicely and we picked up right where they left off. We would have fiery debates over language used in texts and explore patterns in numbers, we enjoyed playing sports together as a class and had some amazing discussions as we all learned together, taking pride in the work and interest in the topics. Everything had gone smoothly, and I thought about how lucky I was to be in such a wonderful school, with such a talented class of children. (I still think this now!) The next three months would prove to be the most rewarding and challenging of my career so far with an unprecedented pandemic causing us to change the way we worked, the way I led, and the way the kids learned all at once. I don’t know how we would have made it through without the patience and the support of the parent community. Over those months I received countless phone calls and messages from parents with appreciation for the work being done, and with the acknowledgement that teaching is “actually very hard, and how do you have the patience for this every single day?!”. I commend you all for your commitment to your children’s education during that time, it will truly be something the kids will always remember and has changed the way teachers will work from now on. Once everything calmed down again we were overjoyed to have the children return to school, their bright and happy faces greeting us in the morning and driving away with a wave in the afternoons. The chatter and squeals of children in the playground filled our ears once again and we got to enjoy the thing teachers love the most; standing in front of a room full of little people learning and being creative, watching (metaphorical) lightbulbs appear as they grasped new concepts. The next couple of months would be a daily routine of maths, English, art, sport and playtime and became one of the happiest times of my life as a teacher. It was extremely rewarding being able to care for and educate your children, so thank you for raising them to be so wonderful. I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the parents and carers of the school for welcoming me, guiding me, being open and honest with me and supporting me while I led your school. It has been the most challenging and interesting time of my career and I have made some lifelong connections in the process.

I am looking forward to returning to the school for the 150 year celebration in a couple of years’ time, and welcome you all to keep in touch with me. I will always want to know where your children are and how they are going! (You

can email ghans45@eq.edu.au)

Until next time, Miss Hansen.

Principal’s Pen Points: Term: 3 Week: 2 7th August, 2020

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J O N D A R Y A N

S T A T E S C H O O L

Scott Road

Jondaryan

Qld. 4403

Phone: 4692 2139

Fax: 4692 2243

Acting Principal:

Gabrielle Hansen

Email:

ghans45@eq.edu.au

Web address:

www.jondaryanss.eq.edu.au

‘Strive for the Best’

Phone School Watch

if you see any suspicious activity at our school

131 788

Established 1872

Calendar of Events

Mon/Tues After school sport 3 - 3:25pm

Fri 14 August Yr 3 –6 Touch @ The Bun

Fri 14 August Miss Hansen’s last day

Mon 17 August Welcome back Miss Stansbie

Fri 4 September PUPIL FREE DAY

Due to Covid 19 restrictions Playgroup sessions are not being held.

31st July: Miss Lategan gave her Student of the Week award to Iggy in Prep for being a great friend. Miss Hansen presented a certificate to Akishia in Year four for her consistent hard work in class . 7th August: Bryce in Year 1 received his award for working hard in English, Abbey in Year 6, for her hard work in maths.

31st July: Isla in Yr. 2 and Heidi in Yr. 5. 7th August: Everly from Prep and Lillyanah in Yr. 6

31st July: raffle prize went to Ryan for being helpful and welcoming our new student . 7th August: Harry won the raffle for his hard work in maths.

31st July: Sight word certificates were presented to Bryce, Mason, Logan, Hannah, Hamish, Laylah & Athena 7th August: McKenna, Everly, J and Logan were awarded their sight words certificates. Our preps are progressing great with their sight words. Well done!

31st July: Bronze Mathletics certificates were presented to Justin, Abbey & Lillyanah. Abbey also received a silver level award.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection and contribution to land, waters and

communities. We pay our respects to traditional culture. We acknowledge the local Indigenous tribes of Darling

Downs; the Jagera, Giabal and Jarowair and their elders past, present and emerging.

Please don’t

enter the

school ground

without prior

notice. Thank you

PLAYGROUP Playgroup is held Wednesday afternoons from 2—3pm. It’s free and all children from birth to school age are welcome to come along for some fun activities and socialising. PLAYGROUP IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE

STUDENT BANKING

We will be doing Students Banking again in term 3. Banking day will be on Fridays. Please place your bank book in the school draw before school start!

FOCUS ON FARMS 2020 Photographic competition— 5th Annual competition Open to all TRC residents Entries open July — August 2020 For entry details: Web: https://gdcclg.wixsite.com/group

Facebook: Gomaren & Doctors Creek Catchment Landcare Email: gdcclandcaregroup@outlook.com Mobile: 0475 311 525 (Jean)

MOBILE LIBRARY VISIT The Mobile Library is back on the road; it visits our school every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 10:35 to 11:35am. People from the town and surrounding area are welcome to attend. The library bus allowed a maximum of 4 customers at any one time. On entering the library, customers details are recorded on a Contact Tracing Register sheet. All records are confidential and destroyed after a period of 56 days. The Library will be at the school next Tuesday. You can reserve items on the tr.qld.gov.au website or alternatively, call 0427 622 136 to place a request.

OAKEY DENTAL VAN NEWS Dental Staff wish to inform parents

and carers that the Dental Van

located within the grounds of the

Oakey State School will be closed

until late August 2020.

Treatment of patients will begin on

26th August 2020.

We thank you for your patience during this interesting

time of Covid 19, staff absence and staff re-

arrangements.

If your child requires assistance due to dental trauma

or acute dental infection whilst the van is closed,

please call the EMERGENCY number: 1300 082 662.

JONDARYAN WELCOMES NEW POLICE OFFICER

This morning our newly appointed local police officer, Senior Constable Brian Stenner, was introduced to our students at parade. Snr. Constable Stenner will be visiting the school next Thursday to run some information sessions with our students.

We wish Brian all the best servicing our community. If there is a Police matter you wish to discuss with Senior Constable Stenner, he can be contacted on 0428 715 126.

SCHOOL PLAYGROUND UPGRADE COMMENCING SOON!

Site approval has been granted and the order has been place to add some new exciting play equipment to our school playground. It is anticipated that installation work will be carried out during the September school holidays. I’m sure the students will enjoy the new equipment. This improvement has been made possible from grants & contributions from:

Local Schools Community Fund New Hope Coal Jondaryan State School P&C Association

Email: baartzelectrical@gmail.com 778 Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan FAX: (07) 46 922 234 M/S 497, Jondaryan Qld 4403 LIC: 70835 ARClic: L080833 ABN: 72 960 650 472

0419 753 413

Buying Angus and Wagyu Feeders, As well as feed grains year round.

Contact our office on 07-4692 2277 or Steve Martin on 0437 569 765

Mark Beckman Acland Manager

M: 0427 955 002

Mark.Beckman@qube.com.au

ZERO HARM

173 Bridge Street OAKEY

PHONE: 4691 1493

Open 7 Days

It’s about the future

Find out more by visiting our

Community Information Centre

in Oakey or visit aclandproject.com.au

royandwendy@dodo.com.au

Situated on the Warrego Highway, Oakey. 4401 Phone:

07-4692 0000

Jondaryan Masonic Lodge No. 350 (Established 1927) Interested in becoming a member? Freemasons warmly welcome adult men of all ages,

races, religions, cultures and backgrounds. For more info: https://

uglq.org.au/ or email: jondaryan350@hotmail.com