Thangool State School

Date Claimers

February

11th - Chappy Breakfast

8.15am

12th - Chappy Breakfast

12th - Free Dress—Toure De

Cure

14th - Valentine’s Day

17th - Badge Ceremony

17th - Parent Information

Session 3.30pm

18th - Chappy Breakfast

19th - Chappy Breakfast

25th - Chappy Breakfast

26th - Chappy Breakfast

26th - Meal Deal

27th - 28th - Yr 6 Leadership

Camp Myella

March

5th - P&C AGM 3.15pm

23rd-27th - Parent Teacher

Interviews

26th - Meal Deal

April

1st - Easter Hat Parade

2nd - STEAM Day

3rd - Cross Country

We acknowledge the Gangulu people past and present on whose land we walk, we work and we live.

2 Aerodrome Road, Thangool, Qld, 4716

PO Box 5, Thangool, Qld, 4716

Phone: 07 49 900 333

www.thangoolss.eq.edu.au the.principal@thangoolss.eq.edu.au

Facebook: @ThangoolStateSchool

A/Principal: Mrs Fiona Byrne

School Motto: Try to Improve

Mission Statement

Working together our focus is to continue

to support and nurture the whole child’s

well-being and learning, celebrating

growth and success in an inclusive

environment that is valued by all, as we

pursue excellence with consistency of

practice.

Wednesday

From our Principal’s Desk….

Welcome Back

Welcome to 2020 and the beginning of a new year at Thangool State School. We had a

wonderful first week with all students settling in well to their classrooms. It was great seeing

returning and new families. A huge thank you to our wonderful staff in ensuring our classrooms

were ready for our students and to our supportive parents for having everything ready to go for

your child.

School Mission Statement

Our school mission statement forms the basis of all decisions made by the school. Our first

question is always “what impact does this have on our students?” Please see our mission

statement below;

Improvement Agenda-Successful Learners through a focus on Writing.

This year our school will be focusing on writing. Mrs Lyn Geraghty will be leading our staff

through an inquiry cycle, looking at evidence and best practice to improve our students writing

across the school. This will build on our spelling focus in 2018/2019 and the professional

development staff have been involved in.

Thangool State School Improvement Agenda

2020

Inquiry Cycle - A whole school approach to

improving literacy through systematic

Curriculum Delivery of the P-12 CARF, expert

teaching teams and effective pedagogical

practices.

Thangool State School From our Principal’s Desk continued …

Year 6 Badge Ceremony

On Monday 17th February at 2:30pm, we will hold a special parade to introduce our year 6 leaders and present them with their

leadership badges. All parents and community members are invited to attend.

Parent Information Session

Following the badge ceremony we will hold our parent information session at 3:10pm. Please see schedule below. We do re-

lease some classes clash for parents and we apologise in advance. If you have children in timeslots that clash please feel free

to pop in before or after to see their teacher.

Kids Shed

We were recently successful with a CS Energy grant, $20 000 to revamp our ‘Kids Shed.’ This is very exciting and will kick start

our playground transformation. Until our revamp is complete, the Kids Shed has joined with maker space in our library. Each

lunch break will see our kids shed open with an activity for students supervised by a staff member.

Breakfast Program

Last year we were successful for a grant to start a Breakfast Club. Our Breakfast Program coordinated by Chappy Laura will

begin in week 3 on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Initially we will start with toast with special breakfasts advertised throughout

the term.

Spelling Mastery

Our school runs a spelling program 4 times per week where students from grade 1-6 are placed into spelling classes based on

their needs. As part of this program and stated on our booklists children require a spelling mastery book. Invoices for cost of

book have been distributed to students.

2020 Year 5/6 Camp

Our 5/6 Camp will be in term 4, week 1 at Camp Fairbairn. More details will come out later in the year.

Thangool State School From our Principal’s Desk continued …

Staffing 2020

Business Manager:- Ros Zischke

Admin assistant:- Helen Lovell (every 2nd Thursday) & Cathy White

Librarian :- Cathy White & Deb Carr

Teacher Aides:- Ronda Armstrong, Cathy White, Jenny Barron, Kristy Eitel, Deb Carr, Amanda Goody

Groundsman:- Bob Moschioni

Facility Officer:- Tim Boyd

Cleaners: Nazaria & Divina

CLASS TEACHER BUILDING NUMBER OF STUDENTS

PREP Ellen Brewer (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday) & Leanne

Lawson (Thursday)

Prep 22

Year 1 Sally Mableson

Block B

24

YEAR 1/2 Sharrie Van Italie(Mon-Thurs) & Dianne Harch (Friday)

Block B

24

YEAR 2/3 Anne Smith

Block C

24

YEAR 4 Sam Lonsdale Block C 23

YEAR 5 Lyn Geraghty(Mon-Thurs) & Leanne Lawson (Friday)

Block A

26

YEAR 6 Gemma Blair (Mon-Thurs) & Fiona Byrne(Friday)

Block A

24

LOTE Sally Moller Classrooms Year 5 & 6 Wednesday

Learning Sup-port

Lisa Tansey Office End room Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

Students with Disabilities

Dianne Harch Office End room Monday, Thursday

Technologies

Steven White Computer Lab Tuesday and Friday

HPE Ebony Nancarrow Technology Room

Tuesday and Wednesday

The Arts (Drama, Visual

Arts and Dance)

Rhona Bechaz Music Room Tuesday and Wednesday

IT Technician Steven White Monday every 2nd

week-even weeks

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From our Principal’s Desk continued …

Mud pit

Our mud pit is operational in terms 1 & 4. Please see table below for which week your child’s classes turn is. Students can come

dressed in mud pit clothes with school uniform and towel in school bag. Students wearing mud pit clothes is parental permission for

children to participate.

Have an awesome week everyone!

Fiona

Week Grade

1

2 Year 1

3 Prep

4 Year 1/2

5 Year 2/3

6 Year 4

7 Year 5

8 Year 6

9 TBA

(Attendance Winners)

Paola’s Thangool Page

Student of the Week

Week 1

Prep: Riley: For being a great

role model and helping the

new Preps settle in to routines.

Year 1: Adam: For having a

fantastic start to Grade One

and making great behaviour

choices.

Year 1/2: Abel: For starting

the new year off with a

brilliant attitude and a smile

on his face.

Year 2/3: Whole Class:

Thankyou for an awesome

first week. You all deserve to

be students of the week.

Year 4: Jamen: For always

being a responsible role model.

What a great start to the year.

Year 5: Jaycee: For being a

kind and caring class mate.

Welcome to Thangool SS.

Year 6: Philip: For taking

extra initiative in being a

Year 6 leader.

Paola’s Rule of the Week - We Care, We Learn, We Are Safe!

Paola’s Thought of the Week

Kindness Calendar

Paola’s Technology Tip

Paola’s Shout Out

Thangool State School

Brisbane International Schools Tennis Challenge

9th and 10th January 2020

Over the holidays, we had two teams from Thangool School competing in Brisbane at the Brisbane International Schools Ten-

nis Red Ball Challenge. Thangool Thunder (Mixed) and Thangool All Stars (Girls) played some amazing tennis against school

s from across Queensland and Northern Territory.

Thangool Thunder finished in 15th place out of 20 teams and Thangool All Stars finished 10th our of 15 teams. The teams

walked through the players tunnel , had their photos taken on Pat Rafter Arena and walked around the centre court. Amaz-

ing memories that will last a lifetime for these students. We are super proud of the sportsmanship that they displayed, their

determination (against tough competition) and the mateship towards each other. Well Done!

Thangool State School P&C News

Working together to provide educational opportunities for every student!

Date Claimers

February

7th - Tuckshop resumes

March

5th - AGM 3.15pm

Welcome Back to 2020.

Uniforms: Our New hats have finally arrived. They are $15.00 each and only available

from the Uniform Shop. Size available S/M, M/L and L/XL. Red and Black for Kroombit

House and Gold and Black for Kariboe House. We now have full stocks of uniform polos

again. Thank you for your patience.

School Banking: School Banking needs to be brought in on Wednesday morning and hand-

ed to the teacher aide on duty. Banking books will return home on Thursday. If you would

like to participate in School Banking, please head into the Commonwealth Bank and open

an account. The staff will give you the banking deposit book to use at Thangool School.

Tuckshop

Tuckshop will resume this Friday. A menu was sent

home earlier in the week. A menu will also be attached

to todays newsletter.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to work in

our tuckshop this term. There are still some spots avail-

able, if you can help out please go online and sign up

using the following link.

https://signup.zone/ThsSHrk7KximNJSnN

We look forward to another great year in tuckshop.

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2020 Calendar