19 March 2025

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

SPORTS REPRESENTATIVES UPDATE

Well done to all Jones Hill students who represented the school last week at District trials for AFL and Netball. Congratulations to Ava, Lila, Madison and Madeleine for selection to the Gympie District Netball teams. These four athletes now move on to represent Gympie at the upcoming Wide Bay trials.

JONES HILL CROSS COUNTRY

Our annual Cross Country will be held on Thursday, 3 April. Races will start at 9:00am on the bottom oval.
Preps will race first followed by students born 2015, 2014, 2013 AND 2012.
Students born 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016 will have their races in the afternoon starting at 1:45pm.
Students are encouraged to wear their sports shirts. Doran – yellow, McPaul – blue and Radford – red. Please ensure you have a hat and water bottle.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

At the end of this term, teachers will be giving parents/carers the opportunity to attend a Parent Teacher Interview to discuss your child’s progress. This is a great opportunity to discuss how your child has started the new year, what they have been learning in class, your child’s progress and to talk about their learning goals. This is also a time to celebrate achievements and to discuss any concerns that you may have.

PROJECT RISE

Resilience, Inspiration, Social-emotional skills, and Empowerment

Project Rise is an exciting new program that involves small groups of students participating in cooking and gardening activities with the aim to increase confidence, develop resilience and enhance social/emotional regulation all while working with food. Our activities include gardening and growing fresh food, preparing and cooking delicious dishes, sharing a meal together and co-operatively cleaning up. During Project RISE time we discuss issues that are important to us, problem solve together and support and encourage each other while having fun and eating yummy food. Keep an eye out for all the Healthy food options students will be cooking and preparing over the coming weeks.

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STUDENT ABSENCES

SCHOOL VISITOR

Our students and staff were very lucky this week to have a very close visit from one of our local Koalas. He did not stay very long before he climbed to a safer viewing point at the top of the tree where he continued to watch the children enjoy their playtime.

Kind Regards,

James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal

EVENTS CALENDAR

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STUDENT AWARDS

The following students will receive awards for displaying the school values of Respect, Learning, Safety and Relationships.  Parents are welcome to join us at parade. Parade will be filmed and uploaded to Facebook.

Class Behaviour Awards

PM: Grace; PR: Calvin; 1B: Hailey; 1F: Lacey; 1/2S: Ella; 2A: Milla; 2C: Carma; 3B: Mason; 3C: Aubrey; 3D: Scarlett; 4B: Phoebe; 4J: Belle; 4K: Ajreem; 5E: Mason; 5S: Diesel; 5/6C: Maria; 6B: Lorie; 6K: Edith; Japanese 5/6C: Blake

Token Awards

20: Tokens – PM: Evie, Vivienne, Willow, Nina, Eleanor; PR: Remi, Isabelle, Thea; 1B: Hailey, Nash, Bentley, Elora, Archie, Charlotte; 1F: Ava, Amelia, Maverick, Bobby, Weston, Lacey, Addyson, Abigail, Bailey, Bryan, Araya, Matilda; 2A: Sonny, Charlotte, Tasman, Ruby, Grace, Corinthian; 2C: Wynsloe, Finn, Riley, Levi; 3B: Kelsey, Isla; 3C: Kenzie, Dexter, Zavier, Arianna; 3D: Ellie, Onyx, Jake, Tyler; 4B: Charlie, Jaden, Lincoln, Lara; 4K: Felicity, Delilah, Kylo, Quinn, Lillian, Sophie, Finn, Jackson, Benjamin, Caleb; 5E: Lila, Sapphire, William, Isabella, Noah, Hayden, Mason, Mila; 5S: Noah, Alec, Lucas, Bom; 5/6C: Ryleigh, Bella-Rose, Harvey, Blake, Emerson; 6B: Asha, Lorie, Charlie; 6K: Edith, Cohen, Amity-Rose, Mason, Hailo, Hallie, Piper, Aiden, Destiny

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

CANBERRA PAYMENTS

A reminder that all payments for this year's Canberra excursion are due by the end of this Term (April 4).  If you require help with payments or wish to discuss a payment plan, please contact our office staff.

PACER 

The Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER) is an initiative of the Australian Government that provides some financial assistance for students in Years 4-12 across our country to travel to Canberra, our capital.

Under PACER, pupils who learn about civics and citizenship in the classroom see their knowledge brought to life when they experience our capital first-hand. 

Taking the knowledge gained in the classroom and seeing it in person gives our children an understanding of our democracy and how our nation got there historically.  This year our students will be immersed in learning opportunities at Parliament House, the National Electoral Education Centre, the Museum of Australian Democracy, the Australian War Memorial, National Gallery of Australia, and National Capital Exhibition Centre plus many more venues during their Canberra trip.

Students being exposed to democracy ensures that young Australians are actively informed about our nation’s government and our country’s past, present, and future.

Koala Kids OSCH Service

LOWES

PREP 2026

Do you have a child who will be attending Prep in 2026? (Born between 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021).  Please email jhurr5@eq.edu.au with the following details and they will be added to our enrolment list.

• Child’s Name, Birthday, Gender and current Kindy Name
• Parent Name, Phone Number and address
• Siblings at Jones Hill and Class (if any)

To view our 2026 Prep Transition Flyer please click on the link below.

GUM TREE CAFÉ NEWS

Richelle and Trina – Tuckshop Convenors

NATHIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH

NATIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH is an initiative that represents the heart of our business— literacy being the key to learning and achievement. We believe that all children, with the help of their families and reading role models, can benefit from a lifelong love of reading.

This year marks the 29th Scholastic’s National Family Reading Month (NFRM), which encourages families to read together on a regular basis to create strong reading habits. Most of us know how important reading together is and its long-term value to our children’s success in school and in life. However, we also know it is not always that easy to put into practice with our busy schedules and increasing competition with screen time.

That is why we ask you to take the 31-Day Challenge— to inspire you to make reading together for at least 10 minutes every day a focus, to create positive, long-lasting reading habits and lifelong readers!

NFRM will launch on, THURSDAY 1ST OF MAY 2025, AT 11AM AEST AND 1PM NZST where it will be livestreamed all across Australia and New Zealand via Facebook and YouTube. Mr Luke will read his book Guess What We Are Doing Today? together with illustrator Chris Kennett and kick off the 31-Day Challenge, as we
READ EVERY DAY! READ MORE IN MAY!

You are invited to go to our website to download more assets and join the 31-Day Reading Challenge with us. Visit scholastic.com.au/nfrm for downloads, reading tips and exclusive content from Mr Luke.

Let’s encourage the 31-Day Reading Challenge and celebrate National Family Reading Month together!

GYMPIE DISTRICT SCHOOL SPORT

Gympie District School Sport invites students turning 10 (born 2015), 11 (born 2014) or 12 (born 2013) to trial for District Sport teams.  Please be aware the following conditions apply when nominating:

• No late nominations will be accepted.
• Only students who regularly participate in the sport should nominate, they should have a high skill level (for their age) and an understanding of the sport.
• All transport to and from the trials is the parents' responsibility.
• A receipt of nomination / medical form will be given to the students when notes are handed in at the school office – this must be taken to the trials and given to District Officials.

Please see Mrs Munn in the office for more details or email admin@jonehillss.eq.edu.au

Calendar of Trial dates

Term 2
Week 6
Cricket nominations 30/05/2025

Week 7
Cricket TRIALS Wednesday 4/06/2025

Week 8
GIRLS Rugby League nominations 13/06/2025

Week 9
GIRLS Rugby League TRIALS 18/06/2025

MARY VALLEY BLUE LIGHT DISCO

EVERYDAY COUNTS

CONTAINERS PLEASE

The Jones Hill SS community is doing their part to reduce landfill and keep our waterways clean.  Thank you to all of our families and students for supporting this very worthy cause.

Keep bringing in your containers for recycling.  All plastic bottles, aluminium cans, tetra packs can be dropped off to the office.   Glass bottles can be brought in by adults only.