Raglan Street, Mt Larcom QLD 4695

Ph: 07) 4970 2333 Student Absences: 07) 4970 2366

Website: http://mtlarcomss.eq.edu.au

Newsletter Date:

29 August, 2019

Term 3 Week 7

Mt Larcom State School & Secondary Department

Save the Date:

Playgroup - Every

Friday 9.30am -

11.30am

6th September—5 a

side Touch Football

12th September—

The Twits GECC P-6

16-20 September—

9/10 Work

Experience

20th September—

End of Term 3

Principals Notice 1

Term Calendar 2

In the classrooms 3-7

Student Notices 8-9

Community Notices 10

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to Week 7 newsletter. Thank you to all who supported our P and C Trivia night

on the weekend. The evening was a great success and the MLSS Teachers table claimed

first place! Our Interact club has also had a successful week after their fundraisers on

Friday with many of our students enjoying the free dress day and BBQ. We would like to

thank all our Father’s this week for all they do ahead of Father’s day this weekend. We

hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and enjoy your gifts.

Please remember families, every day counts! Going to school is a legal requirement.

Under the law, you must make sure your child is enrolled and attends school on ALL

school days unless you have a reasonable excuse. You must not keep your child away

from school for minor reasons. Student attendance this week was 91% .

Would you please note if your child will be absent from school, we would appreciate you

contacting the office by 9.30 a.m. so that we can record their absence.

Pauline Porch - Principal

Primary School Parade Wednesday, 28th August, 2019

Congratulations to

Travis, Rhys and Josh

for receiving Primary

“Student of the

Week” Awards. Great

effort keep up the

good work!

Well done to

Grace, Ashton, Jim,

Chloe, Evey and

Lincon on achiev-

ing ‘You can do it’

Awards this week!

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Term Overview August, 2019

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

30 1

2

3

Up

4

5 6

5 a Side Touch

Football

4-6

7 8

9 10 11 12

The Twits

GECC P-6

13 14 15

16

16-20 Year 9-10

Work Experience

17 18 19 20

End of Term 3

21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Scene Project

2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 Gladstone Est

Vocal Pri & Sec

10

10-18 Science

week

11

12

Show Holi-

day

13 Gladstone

Eisteddfod

Choir Primary

14 Gladstone

Eisteddfod Choir

Secondary

15 16

SCIENCE DAY

MLSS

17 18

Botanic to

Bridge

19

BOOK

WEEK!

20 21

The Young King

at the GECC

22 23

Freaky Friday

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

September, 2019

Children could be asked any of the following questions

when they have finished reading a book.

Did you enjoy the book? Why?

How did you choose it?

Who were the characters? Which was your favourite and can you de-

scribe them?

How long did it take you to read?

Could you make a better ending?

Did you come across any unusual words or words you don’t understand?

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In the classrooms…..

Visual Art with Mrs Rothe...

This term our Visual Art class has been studying Pop Art and how popular culture influences art. During our

studies we have looked at the work of Andy Warhol and appropriated some of his work; namely can designs

and celebrity portraits. Students had the opportunity to design their own soft drink label and give their best

pitch to the class. We have enjoyed transforming our favourite celebrity portraits into Pop Art too. It has been

excellent to see the creativity of our students and the engagement they have in the learning of this subject.

We look forward to creating a Pop Art Self-Portrait as our assessment piece for this term.

Secondary School Parade Friday, 23 August, 2019

Congratulations to Kayla and Emma who received “Student of the

Week” awards on Parade. Keep up the great work!

Congratulations to Charlotte and Chloe on being finalists in

the Queensland School Poetry & Song Competition recently

held in Brisbane.

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In the classrooms…..

Primary Student Council...

The Primary Student Council have put their thinking caps on this term and have

come up with some fantastic ideas. These include a Crazy Hair day and a Sausage

Sizzle. We are working together to come up with some dates for these exciting days.

Interact Rotary Luncheon…

Wednesday, August 28, our Mt Larcom Secondary Depart-

ment Interact Club were invited to lunch with our sponsor

Rotary Club, the Midday Rotary Club, in Gladstone. We

were made welcome by the club members and introduced

personally by Mrs Gail Sellers, who helps us at all of our

fortnightly meetings. After sharing a beautiful lunch at the

Gladstone Bowls Club, Kayla, our president presented a

brief report on our goals, activities and fund raising efforts.

Freaky Friday wrap up…

Thank you to all our students who participated in the Interact fundraisers last week. It was a great

day full of fun costumes and BBQ lunch. Total funds raised were $109.00! Well done everyone.

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In the classrooms…..

2020 Prep Enrolments…

We are now taking Prep Enrol-

ments for 2020! Please ensure

you register your interest early

to secure your position. Contact

the Office Administration for en-

rolment packs and interviews

on 4970 2333.

Road Safety Week...

This week is Road Safety week! After hearing from our local policeman Senior Constable Lipke to help

promote safe driving and use of the road the primary school students created posters for the Mount

Larcom Puma Service Station. The posters were displayed for passing drivers as a reminder to always

stay vigilant and safe on our roads.

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In the classrooms…..

P and C Trivia Night….

The evening was a huge success. We made $1200 profit. At the same time a local busi-

ness was also supported. We would like to thank everyone who supported us as well as

the Mt Larcom Royal Hotel for their support. Thank you Jess Murdoch for helping get

donations as well as Kym McCabe for donating the slab of wood and Kymberley Powell

for the beautiful hand made Dream catcher. A huge shout out to all our sponsors being

Bendigo bank, Cement Australia, Penguine Random House, Dicey's Bar, Dan Murphy's,

Gladstone camping centre, Tackle world, Price Line Chemist, Calliope Roosters, Glad-

stone Central News Agency, Bunnings, Office works, Australia zoo, Spirit of Hervey bay

whale watching, Poppy and Rose Photography, Naturally SAS hair and beauty, Nails

now, Birds nest, Party Lite and 4cc Radio. We couldn't have done this without you. Last-

ly....A huge congratulations to our teachers taking 1st place!!

Performing Arts with Mrs Rothe...

The Performing Arts class have been learning about improvisation and competing in some Theatre Sports games. The

experience of The Scene Project and the improvisational activities in class have enabled students to grow as performers.

I am most impressed with the students’ ability to develop entertaining and engaging characters and scenarios.

Students have also been set the challenge of reviewing one of the live theatre performances they have attended this

term; The Shot or The Young King. Writing a review is a great opportunity for students to critique the work of profession-

als in order to learn and develop as young performers. I encourage students to attend as much live theatre as they can

and support the local performing artists. Queensland Theatre will be performing The Longest Minute at the GECC on

Sunday 13th October. For more information please visit: https://gladstoneentertainment.com/event/the-longest-minute/

Science...

In Year 7, Abi has gone above

and beyond with her science

studies! She has created a 3D

model of our solar system at

home out of styrofoam balls,

skewers and paints. It is great

to see students taking learn-

ing into their own hands and

getting creative. Well done,

Abi!

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In the classrooms…..

Roosters reign supreme…

Over the weekend students Jake Brown, Jai

Branford and Alex Lillyman participated in their

Grand Final for the Calliope Junior Roosters Rug-

by League. Coached by Mr Embry, the boys

played a hard fought match to win back to back

premierships! Congratulations on your result

and demonstrating high levels of sportsman-

ship.

Greenhouse construction…

Students continued construction of the new greenhouse in their Agricultural Studies this week with

the assistance of our new grounds keeper Ms Sutton and Mr Hannet. We have also welcomed some

new members to MLSS with 8 new lambs safely arriving this week.

Queensland Secondary State Bowls

Championships…

This week Bailey Maynard and Billy Masters

have been competing in the QLD Secondary

State Bowls Championships. They have com-

peted at a high level and had some very close

games. So far the boys have won 1 from 4

with competition to continue today. Good luck

for the rest of the competition!

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Student Notices...

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Student Notices…..

Primary years 3-6 Camp

Our primary school camp is currently being planned and is a packed 3 days and 2 nights of activi-

ties at Capricorn Caves and Cooberie Park Wildlife Sanctuary. The Itinerary is currently being written

and the students have an action packed few days ahead of them. Keep up your fund raising efforts,

as a percentage of all that you are able to raise goes directly to your camp fund, so these fund rais-

ing efforts directly benefit your child. The Camp will take place from Wednesday November 20 and

students will return to school on Friday November 22. Contributions to your child’s camp fund can

be made through the school office at any time, the school is trying to give parents plenty of notice

to assist in managing this cost.

Cadbury School Fundraiser With our students, families and the community continuing to support our Cadbury School Fundrais-

er we have now extended sales until September. Boxes are still available however they continue to

move quickly so don’t miss out!

P and C news... Father’s Day

Stall SALE!

Thursday 29 & Fri-

day 30th

August

Before school

under the Primary

Building

Gifts from $1—$5

All stock must go!

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QCWA Cent Sale Mount Larcom Branch QCWA will hold a Cent

Sale in their King George Street Hall on Sat-

urday September 7th, doors open at 1pm for

a 2pm start.

Great prizes, raffle, lucky door, afternoon tea

served. Cent sale tickets 50c each.

Mt Larcom News & General Store is for Sale

W.I.W.O.

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