Miles State School Newsletter - 22 July 2020

What's in the Newsletter

• Mrs Price's Ponderings

• Dates to Remember

• Premier's Reading Challenge

• Library News

• P & C News

• Classroom Capers - Miss Shani Cavanagh

• Student of the Week

• Community News

• This week's road safety tips and Drop Off and Pick Up points

• Contact Us

• School Values

Mrs Price's Ponderings

Welcome to Week 2!

This week sees the return of the implementation of our Spelling Mastery program, with some of our

Year 2 students engaging in this program for the first time with Miss Hazard. This program occurs

three times a week where Spelling rules are explicitly taught; which assists students to use these when

attempting to spell words across all curriculum areas. A reminder to families that all students have

nightly reading as our compulsory homework for students. This is important foundation for all aspects

of learning. It is great to see students tracking their reading for the Premiers Reading Challenge. It is

fabulous to see our excited Prep’s show me on their board where they are when I go into their

classroom. Well done!

Attendance: School Target: 90%, Week 1: 82.9%

Our attendance trophy was awarded to P/1C for the highest attendance in week 1

with just over 90%. Our overall school attendance is well below our target so let us

work together to see an increase this week across our whole school. A reminder

below about the importance of making every day count.

Behaviour Expectation: “I follow instructions straight away”

This week students will develop the ability to make good decisions and self-discipline to be able to follow instructions given

to them by staff when required. In a school setting, students are given instructions for 2 purposes:

1. To keep them and everyone safe

2. To assist in their learning

To be successful in demonstrating these students will:

• listen to all teachers instructions in all settings

• begin the task straight away

• follow the instruction without making comment unless seeking clarification on what has been asked of them in a

respectful manner

Staff use the following tips to assist students in being able to follow instructions.

Aerosol Cans: A reminder to all students and families that Miles State School is an aerosol free

zone. Students are not permitted to bring aerosol cans of any kind into the school

grounds. This is for the health, safety and well-being of all of our Miles State School

community.

Student Code of Conduct Community Engagement Survey:

Parents and Caregivers are invited to participate in a survey to have input into our Student Code of Conduct document,

which is replacing the School’s Responsible Behaviour Plan for Students. We have begun to implement changes across our

school, particularly around having clear expectations for students and positive acknowledgment systems for students

demonstrating these.

Participation in the survey is anonymous and I encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say. The survey form

has been designed so that it can easily be completed on a computer or smartphone. The online survey will be available from

this week –all families have been emailed the link below and will be open until Friday, 31 July 2020, and should take less

than ten minutes to complete.

To access the survey, please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser:

Parent survey – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R8TGF5R

Please contact our school if you have any questions about the survey or would like a hard copy to complete. Thank you to

those families who have already completed the survey emailed this week.

We appreciate your continued support in assisting students in travelling the crossroads to success at Miles State School.

Have a great week,

Rowie Price

Dates to Remember

Thursday 30, July - LOOP Book Club due

Friday, 7 August - Miles State School Athletics Day

Week commencing 10 August - Semester 1 Report Cards to be issued.

P & C Meeting every second Tuesday of the Month 5:30pm - Admin Meeting Room - All

Welcome. Tuesday, 11 August P & C Meeting 5:30 PM

2020 Premier's Reading Challenge

The 2020 Premier's Reading Challenge is happening. Get your sheets back to Mrs Guymer or your

class teacher once you have finished filling them in.

Library - Book Club - Due 30 July - Loop Only

Miles State School P&C

Miles State School P & C, now have a Cash for Cans ID. If you would like to donate your cash for cans to the P & C, the ID

number is C10275939. The pink truck comes every Saturday to Moraby Park just across the bridge. All you need to do is

write the ID number on the bag or box of your cans or bottles and the money will be deposited into the P & C account.

Volunteers are needed to help run a tuckshop at the Miles State School Athletics Day. More hands make light work.

Please contact: Donna - donnamatthey@hotmail.com - or leave a comment on the Miles State School P&C information

page, on Facebook.

Come along to our next P & C meeting to find out what we are working towards this Term.

Tuesday, 11 August 5:30PM in the admin meeting room. Everyone is welcome.

Classroom Capers - Shani Cavanagh

P/1C has had a great start to Term Three, with all students displaying positive growth mindsets towards their learning. Here

are a few things we’d like to share with the learning we have done so far:

• In English, we are beginning to look at information reports and identifying the difference between statements which are

factual and make believe. We will looking at native Australian animals in the near future!

• P/1C has also shown lots of excitement with our science unit of the sky and landscapes. We have been taking daily

observations of some features we can see in the sky – e.g. the sun, a blue sky, birds and we even saw a tiny plane fly over

our school!

• In Technology, we have been looking at food and where it comes from. We are fascinated by the process of food growing

on a farm, being harvested and being packaged up ready to be sold in grocery stores.

• Hip Hop has started this week. We have a Prep – Year Two crew and a Year Three – Six crew ready to bust a move! Our

dances that we are learning now are in preparation for the Spring Concert at the end of term.

Have a great week everyone!

Miss Cavanagh & P/1C

Student of the Week

Prep – Hixton H. – For being responsible - showing increased independence in routine tasks! What a great job!!

Year Prep/1 C – Leehayden V. – For being so dedicated to your reading! Your hard work is paying off. ☺

Year 1/2F – Abigail C. – For engaging in class discussions and making worthwhile contributions. Top work!

Year 2/3H – Bailey B. – For always being respectful and following instructions straight away.

Year 3H – Henry K. – For a fantastic start to Term 3. Keep up the great work.

Year 4H – Ainsley V. – For being a respectful and responsible class member. A wonderful start here at Miles.

Year 4/5F – Jett L. – For his improved behaviour and attitude towards his school work. Keep it up!

Year 5/6C – Cooper F. – Excellent persistence and confidence in maths tasks!

Year 6N – Ty M. – Great persistence with your reading☺

Miles Community News

Check out our Facebook Page. Search for Miles State School and press like. Find out all that is

happening in our wonderful school.

This week's road safety tips

Contact Us:

Miles State School

Phone: 4628 0333 Email: admin@milesss.eq.edu.au

Office opening hours: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Cnr Pine & Constance Streets, Miles Qld 4415

PO Box 63, Miles Qld 4415

1 - Mrs Wendy Hay - Email: whay18@eq.edu.au

Administration Officer

2 - Mrs Claire Goodchild - Email: cgood137@eq.edu.au

Business Manager

School Values