Peanut Free School Please do not pack peanut products in your child’s lunch box. If you have any questions about lunch box options, please speak to your class teacher who can provide advice. Learning Fair Thank you for all your wonderful feedback from our recent Learning Fair. This year we have full implementation of our Parent and Community Engagement Framework and are excited to offer these opportunities to our families as partners in education. The purpose of the Learning Fair is for you to visit your child’s classroom, look through their books, engage in conversations about learning with your child and meet other parents. Every classroom in the school is open and we encourage you to visit the other year levels too. The teachers are working very hard and are proud to show you the great work our students are achieving under their guidance. Our next open afternoon Learning Fair will be held on Tuesday 19th May from 3:30 – 4:30. We hope you can make it. STEM Learning Open Day On Friday 27th March, Prep – Year 6 students will be engaging in hands on, exciting STEM activities and we would love our families to join in on the fun and learning. Par-ents are welcome to join us from 9:00 – 11:00 in their child’s classroom and we hope to see you there! Puggles After a recent facility upgrade, Puggles Play Learning will return to Kalbar State School on Tuesday 21st April in the Hall from 9:00 – 11:00 for all children birth – 5 years old. We look forward to our families returning to this great program. Please tell your friends about it too. PEP Our new Prep Experience Program (PEP) will begin on Wednesday 22nd April for all children born from 1st July 2015 – 30th June 2016. This FREE program will be run by our local early year’s specialists, Mrs Jennifer Cowan and Mrs Sue Stephan. The infor-mation poster is attached with all the information you need. This program is open to our wider community regardless of which school the child will enrol in. We look for-ward to seeing our families there! Parent Reading Volunteers Are you keen to help our students develop the lifelong skill of reading? We are looking for parents, carers, family and community members to read with our students. You do not need any previous experience, just patience and a willingness to learn. Our Curriculum Coordinator, Mrs Jennifer Cowan, will provide training and support. We are looking for people to read for 15 minutes blocks from 9:00 – 9:30 Monday to Fri-day. If you would like to read for 15 minutes once a week, that is great. We also wel-come those who can read more than one day per week and / or those who can read for 30 minutes on a given day. We appreciate whatever time you can offer our school. Please be advised you may not be placed to read in your child’s class, pending the

Kalbar State School Newsletter • Issue No. 4 (13 March, 2020)

Date Claimers March 17 P&C Meeting 7pm 19 Yr 3-6 Swimming 23 Swimming Carnival 23 Teacher Interviews begin 27 STEM Display April 2 Inter School Swimming

Carnival 3 Run4Fun Colour

Explosion 21 Puggles Resumes 22 PEP begins 23 Cross Country 24 ANZAC Ceremony 2:30pm 25 ANZAC Day March 28 School Photos May 7 Mother’s Day Stall TBC 12 – 18 NAPLAN 13 – 15 Emu Gully Camp Yr 6 14 Prep Vision Screening 15 NRL 9’s Carnival 19 Learning Fair Open

Afternoon June 19 Science Learning Fair

Morning 26 NRL Oztag Gala Day July 22 ½ Day Athletics 24 Full Day Athletics September 18 Soccer/Netball/Tennis

Gala Day October 16 Cricket Gala Day

needs of the various classrooms and your preferences. We also want to maximise your child’s focus during class time. If you are keen to participate, please contact Mrs Cowan, on 5469 9333 or jmcow0@eq.edu.au. Please see the attached flyer. P&C Meeting Our next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th March from 3:15pm in the staffroom. This meeting will go no later than 5:45pm. Students who will be at the meeting with their parents and are on school grounds after hours are under the supervision of their parents at all times. It is most appropriate for parents to provide quiet activities that can be completed within eyesight of the staffroom. For student safety, students must not be running around the school or playing on school equipment. Thank you for your understanding. Primarily Rock Our school rock band ‘Primarily Rock’ has begun rehearsals in the hall every Thursday morning before school. If you would like to hear some great music and watch the amazing talent of our students, feel free to pop your head in and listen. We can’t wait to get our band out and about on community gigs later in the year! Parent Teacher Interviews From March 23rd – April 3rd, our staff will be making themselves available for Parent Teacher interviews. Please watch out for this important letter in your child’s school bag in the coming days. Time slots are given on a first come, first served basis so please return your letter to school as soon as possible so we can best accommodate your availability. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your classroom teacher. P&C Colour Fun Run Our P&C are coordinating an exciting Colour Fun Run for our students to have fun while gaining fitness for our annual Cross Country Carnival in Term 2. It will be held on the last day of the term – Friday 3rd April. Please read the P&C news for further information and support this exciting day. Local Government Election Our school will be a polling booth for the local government election on Saturday 28th March. NAPLAN Online From Tuesday 12th May – Monday 18th May, our Year 3 and 5’s will complete NAPLAN online. Our students will complete 1 test a day from Tuesday – Friday with Monday used as make up opportunities if your child is absent. Including set up time, each test will go for approx. 60 minutes and they will complete their normal classroom routine for the remainder of the day. I have emailed home an information document for parents including privacy information. Paper copies can be found in the front office too. I support parent’s decision to withdraw their child from NAPLAN for personal and learning reasons and the withdrawal form is available from the office. Withdrawal from NAPLAN also includes withdrawal from the practice test. Our school will conduct a practice test on Tuesday 31st March where our Year 3 and 5’s will complete the writing test and an omnibus test (a mixture of reading, conventions of language and numeracy) for approx. 60 minutes each. These tests familiarise our students with the test format, ensures student IT competencies are appropriate and confirms our schools internet capabil-ities for the official test day. Our staff, along with every state teacher in Queensland, will participate in the Queensland Teacher Union’s ballot to boycott NAPLAN this year and we will find out further information towards the end of this term on the implications of this ballot for our school. If you have any questions about NAPLAN, please do not hesitate to call me on 5469 933 or speak to your class teacher.

Year 6 Emu Gully Camp Year 6’s have the opportunity to attend a camp to Emu Gully from Wednesday 13th May – Friday 15th May. A note with payment information has been sent home this week. Visit by Registered Nurse for Free Prep Vision Screening Good vision is important for a child’s educational, physical and social development. Vision screening is therefore vital in early childhood, particularly for conditions such as ‘lazy eye’, which if not detected early can lead to blindness. A Registered Nurse will be visiting the school on 14th May 2020 to commence vision screening for all Prep Year children. If you wish to have your child participate in this free vision screening program, please complete and sign the consent form sent home with your child and return this to your child’s class teacher as soon as possible. These will be sent home by the 20th April and are due back to the school by the 24th April. You will be advised in writing of the outcome of your child’s screening. Please note that if your child has had a vision assessment in the past 12 months it is not necessary for him/her to participate in this screening program. If this is the case, please complete the consent form and indicate that you do not wish for your child to participate, and ensure that you follow the schedule of reviews recommended by your eye health professional. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask your classroom teacher. Save the Dates – Term 2 ANZAC Day ceremony Our ANZAC Day ceremony will be held on Friday 24th April from 2:30pm in our school shed. Families and community members are most welcome to join us for this special school event. ANZAC Day Community March The ANZAC Day community march will be held on Saturday 25th April and Kalbar State School students are invited to march with staff on this special occasion. Further information about the community march will be made available once we have it confirmed. School Photos School photos will take place on Tuesday 28th April. This includes a group Year 6 photo. As soon as we have the payment infor-mation from Silver Rose Photography, we will send it home to parents. Cross Country Our whole school Cross Country Carnival will be held on Thursday 23rd April from 9:00am on our top oval. Families and commu-nity members are most welcome to attend. NRL 9’s carnival The NRL 9’s carnival will be held on Friday 15th May. Please see Aaron Lutter for further information.

NAPLAN online Our school will open the NAPLAN online test period from Tuesday 12th May – Monday 18th May. Year 3 and 5 parents have been sent further information in regards to this. At this stage, our NAPLAN online implementation timetable includes:

Session Tuesday 12th May Wednesday 13th May

Thursday 14th May Friday 15th May Monday 18th May

Morning Session Year 3 Writing Test *Paper Test (40 minutes)

Year 3 Reading Test (45 minutes)

Year 3 Conventions of Language Test (45 minutes)

Year 3 Numeracy Test (45 minutes)

Year 3 and 5 catch up tests – exclud-ing Writing

Middle Session Year 5 Writing Test (42 minutes)

Year 5 Reading Test (50 minutes) *Year 5 writing catch up (if appli-cable)

Year 5 Conventions of Language Test (45 minutes)

Year 5 Numeracy Test (50 minutes)

Angela on Long Service Leave for 2 weeks I will be on LSL from Tuesday 5th May – Friday 15th May. An internal expression of interest has been provided to teaching staff to apply for this position. Once this is confirmed, I will communicate my replacement to our families. Mother’s Day Stall Our annual Mother’s Day stall is anticipated to be held on Thursday 7th May. The P&C always appreciates volunteers to help with this. Year 6 Emu Gully Camp Year 6’s have the opportunity to attend a camp to Emu Gully from Wednesday 13th May – Friday 15th May. A note with payment information has been sent home this week. Learning Fair Open Afternoon We will hold another open afternoon on Tuesday 19th May from 3:30 – 4:30. We hope you can make it! Science Learning Fair – open to all parents and community members Join us for exciting, hands on learning in the area of Science on Friday 19th June from 9:00 – 11:00. NRL Oz Tag Carnival for Years 3-6 Students from Yeas 3-6 will be invited to attend the NRL Oz Tag carnival on Friday 26th June. Report cards sent home Reports will be sent home on Wednesday 24th June. Angela Chant Principal

On Wednesday, 11th March, Griffin and his mum, Genevieve appeared on the Today Show as part of the Buy From The Bush market day on March 1 held at Tommerup’s farm at Kerry. Griffin was a natural in front of the cameras, explaining the versatility of his produce. Well done Griffin!

Scholastic Book Club booklets have been delivered to students to take home. This is the first Book Club for the year. We will participate in one Book Club order per term. All orders and payments need to be returned to the school LIBRARY by Wednesday 18th March 2020. Cash Correct monies must be enclosed with the order form in a sealed envelope with child’s name and class on the front. Credit using Book Club Loop – follow instruction on back of order form The School is in the loop! When you order and pay by LOOP, do not fill in the order form or return anything to the school Cheques All cheques MUST be made out to Scholastic BookClub and enclosed with the order form in a sealed envelope with child’s name and class on the front. EFTPOS is NOT available at the school When orders arrive they will be processed and handed to the students Friday afternoon of the week the order arrives.

The next Buy From the Bush

market will be held on May 31.

Guten Tag! Good Day! During this term the students have been learning how to talk about their families in German. We discussed their family heritage, where their names came from as well as all the different types of families from (die kleinfamilie, die Großfamile und Patchwork-familie) small, big, or blended families. The 5/6 classes are about to do their first digital assessment about their family. It would be ideal if they could include an image of their immediate family which could be added to their Power Point Report. If you have a photo that is not digital we can copy it at school. Alternatively, students can draw an image for their report. I have made contact with a Primary School in Berlin, Germany called (Rosa Parks Grund Schule) Rosa Parks Primary School that is keen to make contact with us regarding our students sharing their work to practise their German as well as the German students practising their English. Their website is www.rosa-parks-grundschule.de Any work provided by our students to be shared will be transferred between the relevant teachers only and always adhering to protecting the privacy of our students which means that students must have current media perm ission. Permission forms will be sent home regarding this.

I look forward to seeing some of their final work. Bis spater ( See you later) Frau Kuiper (Mrs Kuiper)

RI Book Payments It has come to my attention that there is concern over the RI book fee not being invoiced. As the Connect book fee only applies to the children participating in RI, it would be very time consuming and possibly inaccurate to invoice only those children. RI participation forms are still trickling in. For this year, please send $3.50 in cash to the office or come in and use Eftpos.

Tracey Smith Business Manager

It was my pleasure 2 weeks ago to attend the camp for all Year 6 students in our cluster held at MOEC. It was great to see friendships starting to develop between students from different schools in preparation for the transition to High School next year. I would like to say a HUGE THANKYOU to the students, parents, grandparents and staff who contributed in any way to the Chappy Challenge on Saturday 7th March. We were blessed with perfect weather, as well as a safely run event without any mishap or injuries. All who participated had a great time and helped raise much needed funds for Chaplaincy in our district. Thank you. I am at school on Tuesday morning and Friday each week. Please come and have a chat when you see me. Kind Regards, Karen Turner Thought - ‘Each day is another opportunity for a fresh start.’

SCHOOL RUN4FUN COLOUR EXPLOSION We’re turning our events from bland to GRAND this year by adding an explosion of colour. A School Run4Fun Colour Explosion™ will be held on Friday 3rd April, as a pre-event/training run for the Cross Country to be held in Term 2. Students have now received a Sponsorship Form with instructions on how to raise money and order prizes, as well as information on exactly what a Colour Explosion is. Students who raise as little as $10 or more will receive an incentive prize for their efforts. But why not aim higher? You have the option to choose up to five (5) prizes and this will set your fundraising goal. Family and friends are your greatest supporters, so ask them first for your support. You will reach your fundraising goal in no time. Remember, the more we raise the more we can provide for the students through vital school projects.