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Moura Minor

9th

May, 2019

In this edition:

Athletics Carnival Wrap Up

NAPLAN Information

Olympic Swimmer Visit

Dear Students, Parents/Caregivers and Friends, It has been wonderful to see, for a few mornings in the past couple of weeks, our students having a great time with their shopping at the P&C’s Mothers’ Day stall. The ‘shop’ has been a huge success with a wrapping service also being provided by Stephanie Fry and her team. Well done, Ladies! And a huge thank you to our families for supporting this fundraising activity. Enjoy your special day, Mothers! Thank you to the parents/caregivers who took the opportunity to meet with their child/ren’s teachers last week. Over 100 appointments were made with some still occurring this week. The communication between school and home and vice versa has a positive impact on student learning. Remember that if you missed making a time to chat with the class teacher, you are welcome to do so by giving the Office team a call to arrange a time. Tomorrow we will be hosting a visit by David McKeon, Olympic swimmer, as part of the Olympics Unleashed

program. Year 4-6 students will experience the Olympic spirit and passion for sport and active recreation. David will be encouraging students to ‘be their best’ in sport and active recreation. He will aim to bring out the ‘Olympic Spirit’ in all students to pursue their passion, whether that’s in sport, the classroom, the playground or at home. The Olympic values of friendship, respect, and excellence will also be incorporated in his presentation, and students have the chance to ask questions and get an autographed athlete card to take home. ATHLETICS CARNIVAL A huge thank you to all who were involved in the Athletics Carnival yesterday – students, families, staff, P&C members! Overall the day was a terrific one with many great stories to be shared about effort, having a go, cheering, supporting others, helping, team work and so on. The biggest thank you needs to go to Mr Chantler for his organisation of the day (and for keeping his cool when the very new laptop that was being used for recording decided to die mid-way through the day!). Congratulations to Flinders House for earning the Champion House trophy of the day and to Sturt House for winning the Spirit Trophy. Congratulations also to the Age Champions and Runners Up. A good sports is always made better when there are records broken and yesterday we had a new record set – Jackson Hutchinson for 9 years 100m (old 16.79sec, new 16.16sec). Well done Jackson!

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 2

Moura SS will be hosting the Dawson Valley Athletics Carnival on Friday 24 May. 10-12 year old students participating in the various events will be eligible to be selected to represent the school at the RDSS Athletics Carnival on Tuesday 04 June 2019.

AGE GROUP CHAMPION RUNNER UP

9 years

Lachlan Hewitt Paige du Plessis

Jackson Hutchinson Neve Gassman

10 years Rylan Reynolds Alicia Rasmussen

Spencer Ballentine Lillian Becker

11 years Sam Gassman Makalah Hewitt

Alexzanda Sheehan Jacinta Gray

12 years Damon Lyons Mia Dawson

Auz McCosker Heidi Swaffer-Selff

HATS For the second time this term we had EVERY student with a hat! The first was our school Anzac Day service and the other was yesterday for Athletics Day. Let’s do that every day!!! Thank you for being diligent about bringing and wearing your hats on these two occasions. It is not fun to miss out on play and class activities that happen outside the classroom so make sure you have a hat every day. YEAR 3/5 NAPLAN TESTING Year 3/5 students across the nation will be completing national literacy and numeracy tests on 14/15/16 May (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday). It is important that all our Year 3/5 students are in attendance on these days. Absent students have the opportunity to catch up with any missed tests on Monday 20 May. Miss Reynolds and the Year 6 students are organising breakfast for these students for testing days. A note about requirements for the breakfast has been distributed to relevant families. A note has already been distributed to Year 3 and 5 students asking for their breakfast orders. Information about NAPLAN tests is further in the newsletter plus an information pamphlet will be sent home with Year 3 and 5 students.

RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR PLAN FOR STUDENTS Getting Along means working well with teachers and classmates, resolving disagreements peacefully, following the rules of the classroom and making positive contributions to school, home and the community including protecting the rights of others and looking after the environment. Examples of getting along behaviour are being helpful when working in a group, listening and not interrupting when someone else is speaking, talking rather than fighting when someone acts unfairly, not breaking classroom rules, helping others in need, volunteering for a worthy causes and cleaning up the environment. Positive Habits of the Mind that help develop Getting Along behaviour in a young person include: • Being Tolerant of Others - accepting that everyone acts unfairly towards others some of the time, and not making overall judgments of people’s character (“good person,” “bad person”) based on their differences or behaviour. • Thinking First - thinking that when someone treats me badly I need to think about different ways I can react, the consequences of each, and the impact of my actions on the other person’s feelings. • Playing by the Rules - thinking that by following important school and home rules, I will live in a better world where everyone’s rights are protected. • Social Responsibility - thinking that it’s important to be caring, to try hard to do my best, to be fair to others, to make sure that everyone has the freedom to say what they think and feel without fear, to be honest and tell the truth, to have integrity by making sure that I do what I say I am going to do, to respect others and have nice manners, to act responsibly by making good choices, sorting out problems without fighting, caring about nature and other living things, and to be understanding and including others who are different. www.youcandoiteduction.com.au THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it. - C S Lewis Yours in Education

Laurel

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 3

NAPLAN TESTS On Tuesday 14, Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 May, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will take part in the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy, or NAPLAN, as it is commonly known.

Skills that will be tested include: reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy. These tests are done here at school and are considered just another part of the curriculum.

It is important for you and your child to know that NAPLAN is not a pass/fail test. It simply looks at what level students are achieving in literacy and numeracy against National Standards and compared with student peers throughout Australia.

NAPLAN cannot be studied for and students are not expected to do so. The best way you can help your child prepare for NAPLAN is to let them know that it is just a routine part of their school program, and to urge them to do the best they can on the day.

All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are expected to participate in NAPLAN testing.

Later in the year we will send you an individual student NAPLAN report that you can use to view and monitor how your child is progressing.

More information is available on the NAP website. If you have any concerns, please contact Laurel Bowkett, PRINCIPAL

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Prep F Lakshana Prep/1H Rubi 1S Kathleen 2W Jaxson 2/3U Ethan 3/4H Chelsea 4C Lillian 5H Kobe 5/6F Alexzanda 6R Tatenda

May 9th Thu

Year 5 Camp Meeting in the Library at 3.15pm

May 14th-May 16th NAPLAN Testing

May 16th Thu Prep and Year 1 Hearing

Screening Online Consent Forms Due

May 17th Fri Biloela Show Holiday

May 22nd Wed National Simultaneous

Storytime

May 24th Fri Biloela Eisteddfod – Speech & Drama

May 24th Fri Dawson Valley Athletics

Carnival

May 24th Fri P&C Day

May 24th Fri Year 5 Camp Money Due

May 28th Tue Under 8’s Day

May 28th – May 31st Biloela Eisteddfod - Music

June 3rd – June 7th Year 5 Camp

June 4th Tue RDSS Athletics Carnival

June 12th Wed P&C Meeting at 6pm

in the MSS Library

June 28th Fri Last Day Term 2

BRONZE CERTIFICATES

Jayden Fell, Xara Rawsthorne, Brendan Kincaid, Saxon McPherson, Zac Austin, Levi Whatman, Damon Lyons, Mackenzie Woods

There will be no Reading

Groups next week, Week 4,

due to NAPLAN!

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 4

5th May – 11th May

Cooper W-Prep F, Eamonn-Prep F, Indi-Prep/1H, Lisbeth-2/3U, Saskia-4C,

Brendan-5H, Kobe-5H

Absences/Change of Details

Please notify the office with regards to

absences and change of contact

details as we may need to contact you

in an emergency.

Students of the

Week

BEE AWARDS

At our school, we want children to

Be Learning

Be Responsible

Be Courteous

Be Safe

Bee Award recipients this week:

Ellie-Prep F, Marlee-Prep/1H,

Nevaeh-1S, Shyla-June-1S,

Harlow-2W, Kimara-2/3U,

Imogen-2/3U, Charlotte-4C,

Annaka-5H, William-5/6F,

Ashley-5/6F, Damon-6R,

Mitchell-6R

Year 5 Camp Meeting Thursday 9th May

MSS Library 3.15pm

It’s Back!

Woolworths Earn & Learn 1 May to 25 June 2019

Sticker collection boxes for Moura State School can be found at Woolworths Biloela and there is also one in our Admin office. Extra sticker sheets are available from the

office or can be downloaded from teaching.com.au

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 5

P&C News

NEXT MEETING Our next P and C General Meeting will be held

on Wednesday 12th June at 6pm in the MSS Library.

We look forward to seeing you there.

MOTHER’S DAY STALL The P and C’s Mother’s Day Stall will be

operating for the last day tomorrow, Friday 10th May

8.30-8.45am in the Chappy/Parent Room.

All gifts $5

Please like our Moura State School P&C

Facebook page to keep up to date with

upcoming events.

Sports News

Athletics Carnival Wrap Up

Congratulations to all participants at our

Athletics Carnival yesterday! It was a great

day with so many smiling faces throughout.

Thank you to the P&C for running the

canteen, the spectators for your support,

the teachers/teacher aides for your

assistance and of course the students who

competed well all day.

A special mention to our record breaker-

Jackson Hutchinson (9 years boys) 100m –

16.16sec (old record 16.79 sec)

A school team will be announced in the

coming days to compete at the Dawson Valley

Athletics Carnival on Friday 24th May being

held at Moura State School. The 10-12 years

top 3 place getters are eligible for selection

depending on distance/race time.

Overall House Champion went to Flinders,

with Sturt taking the Spirit Award.

Congratulations to our Age Champions and

Runner Ups!

Please notify the office of

any regular changes to the

afternoon bus travel plans

of your child/ren so that

bus rolls can be adjusted to

reflect these. eg Ballet on

Thursday afternoons,

Swimming on Tuesday

afternoons.

Every term you need to

update any changes to the

bus routine.

Thank you

To all the mothers in our school and wider

community, we wish you a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 6

ATHLETICS

CARNIVAL

2019

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 7

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:00am – 3:30pm Page 8

MOURA STATE SCHOOL AUSKICK

START DATE: Monday 13th May (First session & can be a “Come & Try” session) LENGTH: 7 weeks (Last session Monday 24th June) TIME: 3.15-4.15pm COST: $80 LOCATION: Moura State School oval

For more information call Scott on 0404 986 543 Visit play.afl/auskick to register!

Last Day

Tomorrow, Friday 10th May

Prep and Year 1 Hearing Screening

Consent Forms need to be completed

by Thursday 16th May. These forms

are available online, or paper consent

forms are available at the office.

Please visit www.hearandsay.com.au

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm Page 9

Gillespie Street, PO Box 182 Moura QLD, 4718. Telephone 4997 5222 Fax 4997 5200 Absence Line 4997 5260

Website http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Email principal@mourass.eq.edu.au Office open 8:30am – 3:30pm Page 10