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From the Principal

Delicious and DeLIGHTful – Lantern Parade

Thank you to Ms Sharples and Mrs Commens for organisingand assisting our students with their lanterns ready for theparade last Saturday night. This event was part of the Deliciousand DeLIGHTful festival. Mrs Harvey created the large whaleand star fish that led the parade with the help of her daughterBree, Mrs Troe, Mrs Sanderson, Mrs Torney, Clayton Sternes,Miss Thompson and Josh - well done for contributing towardssupporting our school. It was lovely to see students, parentsand staff marching together as they showed their lanterns.Congratulations to all students involved in making small lanternswhich enabled Dalby SS to receive a trophy for the ‘greatestrange of sea creatures’ on the night.

Well done to our Show Choir who also performed on Saturdayat the Delicious and DeLIGHTful Festival. Thank you to MrMcPherson and Mrs Rodgers for leading and mentoring ourstudents in the Show Choir. Our students were greatambassadors representing our school through a strong, qualitychoral performance. Thank you to parents who supported ourShow Choir at this community event.

Extra-curricular and School events:

This weekend, we have studentsparticipating at the Regional OptiMinds atGatton Campus (Queensland University) andthen the following weekend is the CreeksideMarkets on Saturday 1st September. Parents of studentsinvolved in these community or school events will need to keepa close eye on any information that is delivered home relating toevent dates, time, location and expectations related to these

events. It is also a good idea to read the date claimer in thenewsletter.

Due to the next few busy weeks, managing time, sleep, healthand well-being of students is important. Hence, I have listedbelow a few tips to consider:

Special moments with children are extremely important andmaking the time to do this develops strong, positiverelationships.

Creekside Markets – Saturday 1st September

Next week, we have our Creekside Markets on Saturday 1stSeptember. It is our school’s major fundraiser for the year.There will be a variety of stalls, both from local vendors andfrom around the state. The P&C and Dalby State School haveorganised a range of entertainment that will occur during theday. The stalls range from country craft, plants, cakes andsample bags. Food and beverages are available on site. MrsJilly Tyler, our Creekside Market Coordinator and her helperswill begin marking the oval later next week, preparing for theCreekside Markets. Please come along and support our school.

Father’s Day Stall:

Thanks to the P&C who are organising the Father’s Day Stall forour students. Students are able to access the Father’s Day stalland purchase goods for this special day. A great fund raiserfor the P&C. Please note on our date claimer that Year 2 willaccess the father’s day stall on Monday 27th August, becauseYear 2 students are attending a school excursion on Tuesday28th August. All other students will access the father’s day stallon Tuesday 28th August.

Reading

Reading is still an important agenda at our school and I wouldlike to encourage parents to continue to encourage your childto read or look at opportunities to enhance your child’s readingability.

Suggestions to support your child’s reading at home:

For more information, see your classroomteacher or our school librarian.

Lastly, thank you to parents for supportingour Book Week Parade this week. Well doneto Mrs Wallin (School librarian) for organisingthis event as part of Book Week.

If you have any questions, please see me in the administrationbuilding.

Warm RegardsMona

News from the DeputyWelcome to week 6.

PBL

Week 6 Behaviour ExpectationWeek 6 Behaviour Expectation

Week 7 Behaviour ExpectationWeek 7 Behaviour Expectation

RAISING CHILDREN

http://www.raisingchildren.net.au/

The above website has a wealth of information including tipsand tricks on the sometimes difficult task of raising children. Iurge all parents to take some time to look at the informationprovided. The information below is taken directly from the“Behaviour management for your child” section.

1. Keep an update schedule – this can be done byusing various apps on phones or calendars

2. Work ahead –ensuring that as a parent continue totalk to the classroom teacher or administration onyour child’s progress, homework, assessmentrequirements, extra-curricular requirements etc.

3. Ensure your child is getting a good night’s sleep,eating healthy meals and exercising

4. Prioritise what is important when it comes to schoolwork, again checking in with your classroom teacher

5. Make time to relax and have fun with your student

• Set aside a regular time for reading to your childrenevery day

• Surround your children with reading materials

• Have a family reading time

• Encourage a wide variety of reading activities

• Develop the library habit

• Be knowledgeable about your child’s progress

• Look for reading problems

• Get help promptly for reading problems – by seekingsupport from the classroom teacher

• Use variety of aids to help your child readings

• Show enthusiasm for your child’s reading

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Children’s behaviour – it can delight, stun, confuse, frustrate oreven anger you. When your child behaves in challenging ways,it’s good to have a range of behaviour management options.

About behaviour management

Behaviour management is about guiding your child’s behaviourso that she learns the appropriate way to behave.

A positive and constructive approach is often the best wayto guide your child’s behaviour. This means giving your childattention when he behaves well, rather than just punishing himwhen he does something you don’t like.

But it’s normal for children to behave in challenging ways atdifferent stages and in particular situations. So trying tounderstand your child’s behaviour is an important step inmanaging it. This way you can choose a reliable behaviourmanagement option that’s well matched to the causes of yourchild’s behaviour.

And if you use behaviour management strategies at the sametime as you nurture strong family relationships, you’re well onyour way to helping your child learn about appropriatebehaviour.

Understanding: the first step to child behaviourmanagement

Dealing with children’s behaviour is one of the most challengingaspects of parenting.

Understanding the causes of your child’s behaviour is the firststep in meeting this challenge. So before you choose behaviourmanagement options, it’s a good idea to check a few things.

First, if your child’s behaviour changes suddenly, checkwhether your child is healthy and getting enough sleep.Sometimes challenging behaviour is the first sign that childrenaren’t well. If you’re not sure, take your child to the doctor orchild and family health nurse for a check-up.

Next think about your child’s development. It’s good to keepin mind that different kinds of challenging behaviour are normalat different stages of development. For example, tantrums arevery common in toddlers and preschoolers, because at this agechildren have big feelings and not enough words to expressthem.

Third, consider whether there have been any changes in yourfamily life that might affect your child’s behaviour. For example,it’s normal to see challenging behaviour after the birth of a newbaby, starting school or a death in the family.

Understanding the developmental reasons and emotionsbehind your child’s behaviour doesn’t mean you can ignorechallenging behaviour, but it does help you work out how torespond. Also, knowing what’s typical at different stages and indifferent circumstances helps you know whether you need extrahelp with your child’s behaviour.

ATTENDANCE

This term classes are working towards earning raffle tickets inthe end of term attendance draws. Each week the class in eachboth the upper and lower sector will receive 3 tickets in thedraw, the class with the second highest attendance will receive

2 tickets and classes who have days of 100% attendancereceive a ticket for each day. Certificates and photos of thewinning classes will be displayed on the Attendance walloutside the Library. Good luck to everyone!

Gold Attendance Silver Attendance

Lower Sector 1E 2D

Upper Sector 3A 4B

A reminder that our attendance target remains at 94%. Don’tforget ‘Missing School = Missing Out’. Dalby State Schoolhas an obligation to follow up on students who are absentfrom school. This is done by a variety of different methodssuch as text messages, phone calls, letters or home visits.

Year to DateTerm 3, Week 5

Prep 91.4% 87.4%

1 91.5% 92.6%

2 92.3% 91.2%

3 92.7% 94.4%

4 92.7% 92.8%

5 91.6% 91.4%

6 89.2% 88.4%

Whole School Target Year to Date Attendance

94.0% 91.8%

Until next weekBen EdmundsDeputy Principal

Sharp Tactics

Delicious and Delightful

The bubbles were flowing, the coral alight and thelanterns such a beautiful sight.The whale and the starfish stole the show,With a school of fish, octopus and jellyfish below.

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It was a night of entertainment for the community to see,Dalby State School “Under the Sea”.

Congratulations to all students, parents and staff who took partin the Delicious and Delightful festival under the Dalby StateSchool Banner. It was wonderful to see the number of siblingspre and post primary school age marching with DSS. We cameaway with the trophy for Most Sea Creatures.

A big thank you to Mrs Sharon Commens for the organisationof the children’s lanterns and Mrs Karen Harvey and her helpersfor the organisation and making of the large lanterns.

Optiminds

This weekend our Opti-Cats are heading to Gatton for theirOpti- Minds Challenge.

The students and facilitators have been working on theirchallenges for a number of weeks and are very excited to beheading down for the event.

Dalby State School has a long history of involvement inOpti-Minds, in fact our school has participated in the challengesthe longest number of years for this region. This is due to thededication and enthusiasm of our facilitators to provide a rangeof opportunities for our students.

To all the Opti - Cats, we wish you all the best at the challengeson Sunday and would like to remind you to follow theOpti-Minds motto - be “Unashamedly Excellent”.

Sammi Sharples

Master Mutterings

Word Inquiry: helping your children with spelling.Part 6

When children struggle to spell or read a word, an automaticresponse is often to suggest ‘sound it out’. When this doesn’twork, it can be frustrating for both the teacher and the student.Children need to build an understanding of how English wordsare built.

Words have stories.

Just as we use words to write stories, so do words have theirown stories? Investigating how a word came into our languagetells us why it is spelled the way it is. Have you ever wonderedabout why there is a <k> in words like knight? Well in OldEnglish the <k> was pronounced with the <n>: /kn/.

Gradually pronunciation changed but the spelling remained, notonly as a nod to history, but so it is easy to tell whether youmean knight or night, not or knot, no or know or even nit orknit. We all love hearing stories so find some stories to tell yourchildren about our words.

Penny De Waele(Master Teacher)

Dates to remember

Term 3 2018

Monday 27th August Father’s Day Stall – Year 2 only

Father’s Day StallTuesday 28th August

Year 2 Excursion – EmpireTheatre

Beginner Band Rehearsal 8.15amWednesday 29thAugust

Prep A and Prep B Excursion –Amaroo

Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00am

Concert Band Rehearsal 3.00pmto 4.30pm

Thursday 30th August

Prep C and Prep D Excursion -Amaroo

Saturday 1stSeptember

Creekside Markets

Wednesday 5thSeptember

Beginner Band Rehearsal 8.15am

Thursday 6thSeptember

Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00am

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Concert Band Rehearsal 3.00pmto 4.30pm

Saturday 8thSeptember

Relay for Life

Tuesday 11thSeptember

P & C Meeting – Groom Hall6.30pm

Wednesday 12thSeptember

Beginner Band Rehearsal 8.15am

Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00amThursday 13thSeptember

Concert Band Rehearsal 3.00pmto 4.30pm

Wednesday 19thSeptember

Beginner Band Rehearsal 8.15am

Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00amThursday 20thSeptember

Concert Band Rehearsal 3.00pmto 4.30pm

Friday 21stSeptember

Last day of Term 3

Term 4

First day of Term 4Monday 8th October

Swimming program starts

Students of the Week

Fredneal 1B Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Clare 1B Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Holden 1C Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Saige 1C Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Bailey 2A Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Isabella 2A Student of theWeek

Excellent Reading

Arabella 2B Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Zoe 2B Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Ruby 2D Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Jasper 2D Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Sophie 3/4D Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Keegan 3/4D Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Tyler 3B Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Kaden 3B Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Macee 3C Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Lily 3C Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Novak 4B Student of theWeek

Making PositiveChoices

Toby 4C Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Bailey 4C Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Quinn 4C Student of theWeek

Making PositiveChoices

Samuel 6A Student of theWeek

HPE Student of theWeek

Riley 6B Student of theWeek

School Values Award

Hayley 6B Student of theWeek

School Values Award

Archie PrepA

Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Jerome PrepA

Student of theWeek

HPE Student of theWeek

Bridi PrepA

Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Loki PrepA

Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Declan PrepB

Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Zhekiah PrepB

Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Luke PrepC

Student of theWeek

Making PositiveChoices

Benjamin PrepC

Student of theWeek

ClassroomParticipation Award

Annie Prep/1D

Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

Brody Prep/1D

Student of theWeek

Curriculum Award

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Sport News

Jump Rope for Heart Jump OffJump Rope for Heart Jump Off– McGregor Flames– McGregor Flames

Oxley SunsOxley Suns

Cunningham CyclonesCunningham Cyclones Leichhardt LightningLeichhardt Lightning

Swimming Program Term 4

The Dalby State School Swimming Program will start for allstudents on Monday 8 October and finish on Monday 3rdDecember.

The Swimming fee this year is $40 per student which includesthe swimming program and bus transport. This needs to bepaid in full by Friday

21st September. Students will not be able to participate if fee isnot paid in full or a payment plan is arranged with front office.

Students who have a current pool pass are eligible for a $16discount. The pool pass must be presented to the front officeto be photocopied for discount to be applied.

Some makeup lessons may take place and if necessary thesewill be advised via the school newsletter- Mon 22nd Octoberis a Student Free Day and these lessons will be made up onMonday 3rd December.

Swimming is a very important part of the school HPEcurriculum. It is important for all children to participate wherepossible.

Children will be evaluated on their progress.

Below is the Swimming Timetable for Term 4:

Swimming Week 1 - T4 (Any changes will be

advertised in the Newsletter)

T4 -Week 1 – 8 Oct, Week 2 – 15 Oct, Week 3 – 22 Oct,Week 4 – 29 Oct , Week 5 – 5 November, Week 6 – 12 Nov,Week 7 – 19 Nov, Week 8 – 26 Nov, Week 9 – 3 Dec.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday

9:30-11:00 3A, 3B

(9:30onwards)

PA, PB

(9.30onwards)

1A, 1B

(9.30onwards)

2A, 2B

(9.30onwards)

11:00-11:45 M/TEA M/TEA M/TEA M/TEA

11:45-1:15 3C, 3/4D PC, P/1D

1C, 1E 2C, 2D,2/3E

1:15-1:45 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

1:30-3:00 5A, 5B,5C

5/6D,6A, 6B

4A, 4B, 4C -

All Students are required to wear a swim/rash shirt as per theEducation Queensland policy. Students will not be permittedin the pool without appropriate swim wear. It is advised thatstudents bring goggles, swimming cap and long hair is tied up.

Classroom News

1C News

We started off our week with much excitement! 1C wasawarded the “cleaners trophy” for week 5. 1C have beenworking very hard to keep the classroom neat and tidy. 1Calso received a silver award for attendance. It was great tosee everyone in 1C at school. 1C will now go in the drawfor an end of term pizza party. We have our fingers crossedthat we will have many more days of 100% attendance beforethe end of the term. Many students have reached 700 dojopoints and enjoyed lunch with an adult of their choice. Weare amazed at our how well our class garden has grown.1C students are still very keen to water the garden, and thesearch for snow peas and strawberries happens daily. 1C havebeen busy learning about stories from the Dreamtime and havebeen retelling them through illustrations, orally and in writing. Ihave been amazed at the great use of describing words andinteresting verbs used in retells. 1C recorded the daily weatherfor a few weeks and discovered how the day sky can change.After a few nights of star gazing, it was discovered that the nightsky changes as well. 1C are now looking at the different typesof landscapes and the features of them. In the next few weeks,1C will be making a day time sky and landscape diorama.The mathematicians in 1C have discovered the concept oftime, o’clock and half past, making 2 digit numbers lots ofdifferent ways and what would be the best object for measuringcapacity. A lot of counting was involved when we made our 100bead strings.

Dunbi the Owl by Tilly Hunt

A long time ago near the coast some children found Dunbi thefirst owl. It was in the sunny dry brown bush. The mean childrenthrew Dunbi the owl into the air. They pulled out Dunbi’s

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beautiful soft blue feathers. Wanalirri shook with rage. The lizardpainted himself and gathered up the clouds. All the childrendrowned except a man and a woman. The man and the womanjumped onto the kangaroo’s long brown tail. They made a newtribe and they will never hurt owls again.

Dunbi the Owl by Georgia Summerville

A long time ago some children found Dunbi the first owl. Ithappened near the coast. Some naughty children pulled outDunbi’s pretty feathers and they poked blades of spikey grassinto him. Wanalirri shook with rage. He told the lizard to painthimself and gather up the clouds and make it rain. There was ahuge storm and all of the people drowned in the swirling waterof the giant flood.

Tiddalick by Gabrielle Houschildt

In the Dreamtime there was a big giant frog named Tiddalick.He drank up all of the water in the land. They lived in theAustralian bush. Tiddalick swallowed all of the water becausehe was so so so thirsty!

QParentsIf you haven’t yet registered for QParents……. Now is the time.Finance has just been turned on. This will make viewing andpaying invoices easier for families.

On the payments screen, you can view invoices withoutstanding payments as well as paid invoices for your child.You can also make online payments against outstandinginvoices with Visa or MasterCard. These payments areprocessed through the Commonwealth Bank's BPOINT facility.Click the "To Pay" checkbox next to any invoice to make apayment. It is possible to make partial payments, or to paymultiple invoices at the same time.

By the end of the week you will receive an invitation email withyour unique access code that is required at Login. You are alsorequired to enter your child’s EQID number. This is a 10 digitnumber with a letter at the end. This number can be found on arecent invoice or tax receipt from the school. If you are unableto locate this number you can call the front office on 46723666to obtain this.

The initial set up for Qparents must be completed on acomputer or laptop. Once set up is complete you candownload the app to use on any smartphone or tablet. Thefront office staff can help assist families who do not have accessto a computer or laptop.

Lift

Learning Is Fun Together

Monday, Wednesday and Friday from9.00am-11.00am

in Groom Hall.We ask that you bring with you:

a snack for morning tea; water bottle; a hat;and a fee of $2 a child or $5 for 3 or more children.

Creekside MarketsWe are in need of donations for the Sample Bags

Year Level Donation Request

Prep Multi packs of biscuits

(eg - Scooby Doo, Tiny Teddies, Shapes etc)

Year 1 Multi packs of Lollipops, Chuppa Chups, Red Skins,Fruit Frizzers, Life Savers, Lollies etc.

Year 2 Multi packs of Drinks

(eg Poppers, Pop Tops, Cans of Soft Drink)

Year 3 Multi packs of Chips

Cheezles, Twisties, Burger Rings Popcorn, etc

Year 4 Multi packs of Chocolates

(eg - Mars, Milky Way, Smarties, M&M’s, Crunchies,Freddos etc)

Year 5 Multi packs of Small Novelty Items

(eg cars, balls, yo-yo’s, marbles, slime, hairaccessories, jewellery etc)

Year 6 Multi packs of Stationery Items

(eg - Notepads, pens, pencils, crayons, rubbers,stickers etc)

Magpie SeasonMagpie Swooping Season is here again and we have some tipsfor Parents and Students on how to stay safe.

TuckshopTuckshop days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Don’tforget you can order your tuckshop online with Flexischools,to set up an account log on to the link below and follow thesteps to register. The traditional brown paper bag orders will stillbe accepted but need to be filled out at home with the moneyplaced in the bag and delivered before 9am to the Tuckshop.

http://www.flexischools.com.au/

Tuckshop Volunteers Needed

The Tuckshop is in real need of Volunteers on a Wed and Fri.Even if you can only spare an hour or 2 once a month it wouldbe greatly appreciated.

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