20 August 2025
LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT
Mathematics and English Challenge
We would like to congratulate our year 5 and 6 students who travelled to Gympie West State School last week and competed in the Mathematics and English Challenge. The students had some very difficult questions that challenged their thinking. The students also had to work as a team in both a mathematics problem solving relay and a narrative writing relay. We are so proud of the way all of the students conducted themselves, showed respect to supervisors from other schools and gave the difficult challenge their best effort.
Congratulations to our English Team B who came second in the Narrative writing task with only one point between first and second places. The team worked together to create a narrative about survival where the characters had to scale the Amazon after a plane crash and traverse anaconda infested forests with dangerous hippos and crocodiles chasing them. Congratulations to all our amazing students for taking on this difficult challenge.
CHOIR PERFORMANCES
Don’t miss our upcoming Choir performances at parade.
- Senior Choir Friday, August 29.
- Junior Choir Friday, September 12.
We look forward to showing you what we have been learning.
BOOK WEEK DRESS UP
At Jones Hill we love reading and have some excellent readers who enjoy books, digital texts and other forms of literature. We will be celebrating Book Week by Dressing Up this Friday 22 August. The theme this year is: Book An Adventure! Remember to get your costume ready and join in the fun! The Gympie Regional Library will be here to share literature and authors books with some of our classes.
SCHOOL FUN RUN - CRAZY COLOUR DAY
We are super excited to announce that we will be holding our event on Friday, October 17 on our school ovals! This is an inclusive fundraiser we would love everyone to be a part of! There are new prizes and incentives. We will still be raising funds in the lead up to our event for Technology resources across the school and our Year 6 Graduation with a target of $20 000 so we’re asking all families to pitch in!
Please see full details in the below link.
Kind Regards,
James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal
WEEK 4 VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
Team Green vs. Team White
3-0 win to Team Green (Set 1: 25-6, Set 2: 25-12, Set 3: 25-10)
Team Green Captain: Jakobie
Team Green Player of the Match: Cooper
Team White Captain: Felicity
Team White Player of the Match: Ally
Team Black: bye
NAIDOC FAMILY FUN DAY
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: Taitym; PR: Azaria; 1B: Charlotte; 1F: Amelia; 1D: Declan; 1/2S: Havana; 2A: Archer; 2C: James; 3C: Charlie; 3D: Hudson; 4B: Lara; 4J: Amity; 4K: Knight; 5E: Miley; 5S: Parker; 5/6C: Ryleigh; 6B: Chloe; 6K: Amity-Rose; Japanese 5S: Marli
Token Awards
20: Tokens – 4K: Elliott, Drue
40: Tokens – PM: Fallon, Wyatt; 1F: Emerald; 2C: Alex, Ayla; 3C: Aubree; 5E: Skylah; 6B: Cody
60: Tokens – PM: Nate, Harrison, Isla, Vivi, Ahmad, Bryn, Jorden: PR: Alice, Kade; 1F: Ilikya, Haven-Leigh, Maverick, Oliver; 2C: Levi, Eliana, Ariel, Ivey, Finn, Wynsloe, Samdrup; 3C: Kyron, Jade, Elena, Alice; 3D: Alyssa, Hudson, Torben, Hudson; 4J: Riley, Kiah; 4K: Liliah, Kahleesie, Jack, Jackson, Knight; 5E: Isabella; 5S: Noah, Diesel, Carter; 5/6C: Ryleigh; 6B: Zali, Silas, Alivia-Lee, Ashtyn, Ava; 6K: Troy, Amity-Rose
80: Tokens – PR: Kenzie, Koa; 1D: georgia, Delcie, Harper; 3C: Charlotte; 3D: Aria, Kenya, Ella; 4K: Jackson, Isabella, Carter, Kyloe, Quinn, Austin, Cameron, Finn, Isla, Benjamine, Willow, Amy, Ava; 5E: Natalie, Mila; 5S: Jacey, Isla; 5/6C: Maddeline, Jemma, Theo, Thomas; 6K: Luke, Aiden
Behaviour Level Awards
Platinum: 5E: Lila, Natalie, Maggie, Leo
EVENTS CALENDAR
TERM 3 DATE CLAIMERS | |
August 22 | Book Week Dress Up – ‘Book an Adventure!’ |
August 27 | Year 1 Duckpond excursion |
September 1 | Father’s Day Stall |
September 2 to 4 | Yr 4 Tunnel Ridge Camp |
September 4 | 2A Grandparent’s Day 9am to 11am |
September 8 | 2026 Preps – Music, PE & Storytime Rotations 9am to 10am |
| September 16 | Yr 4 Carnival Chaos |
September 17 | Broncos Challenge - Day 2 |
September 19 | Touch Football Comp - Bundaberg |
October 17 | School Fun Run - Colour Fun Day |
VOLLEYBALL
Week 5 Volleyball Results
JHSS Team Green vs. CCCLost 1-2 (Set 1: 20-25, Set 2: 25-21, Set 3: 21-25)Team Green Captain: CooperTeam Green Player of the Match: Ruby
JHSS Team Black vs. Gympie WestWon 3-0 (Set 1: 25-20, Set 2: 25-20, Set 3: 25-11)Team Black Captain: MadeleineTeam Black Player of the Match: Carter Team Black Most Improved: Kristian
JHSS Team White vs. Victory CollegeLost 0-3 (Set 1: 9-25, Set 2: 19-25, Set 3: 6-13)Team White Captain: IndiaTeam White Player of the Match: Ryleigh
KOALA KIDS OSHC
CHECK IN AT THE HALL
Check In at the Hall is on every Friday (weather permitting).
- Walk and Talk – Fridays from 8.10am – 8.30am on the bottom oval. Hats are essential.
- Picnic and Chat - 8.30am – 8.45am
We look forward to seeing you there!
GUM TREE CAFÉ NEWS
Richelle and Trina – Tuckshop Convenors
CODE CLUB
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.
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