14 June 2016

Newsletter Articles

Leadership Team Report

Hi Everyone,

I will be absent on long service leave for the next two weeks.  My family and I are heading to Far North Queensland to explore the cape.  In my absence Helen Grogan will be Acting Principal and Stacey Seed Acting Deputy Principal.  I’d like to wish you all a great sports day in the last week of term and a restful holiday.  Looking forward to seeing you all in Term 3.

Report Cards

Report Cards will be sent home on Wednesday 22nd June.

Canberra Trip

Final Canberra meeting for parents in the hall 4.30pm to 5:00pm Wednesday 15 June.

University Visit

Year 5 students will be going on a trip to the TAFE/ University – Gympie Campus on Thursday 21st July to raise career aspirations of students.  The students will be involved in Nursing, Technology, TAFE, Science, Hairdressing and other activities.  No cost, this is a great day.

Sports Day

Sports Day is Thursday 23rd June.  Programs will be available shortly. 

Field Events – Thursday 16th June – 2006, 2005, 2004 students – shot put, long jump and discus

Field Events – Friday 17th June – 2007, 2008 students – shot put, long jump and discus

These events are only for the students who made the qualifying distances.

High jump will be completed by Mr Walters in lunch times.

Long distance races – 12:15pm – bottom oval, Tuesday  21st of June

Students born 2009, 2010 – 1 lap
Students born 2007, 2008 – 2 laps
Students born 2004, 2005, 2006 – 800m

If you do not have your lunch orders in please return as soon as possible as orders were due back last week. Please return your order form, with the correct money, to the school office by this Thursday 16 June.

Volunteers are required to help on Sports Day. Some of the jobs that need covering are the BBQ, food preparation and the big one is helping hand out the lunches in the breaks to students. We understand that you would like to watch your child compete in their events and spend time with them on the day. Please know that we are totally flexible and if you can donate time in the canteen either preparing or handing out lunches, you are fine to leave at any time to watch your child compete. Please consider helping as it has many benefits such as meeting new people, helping raise money for the school and providing a service to our students. Please leave a comment on Facebook or leave your name at the office if you are able to help in any way for any amount of time.

Dance Fever Lessons

If your child is not attending Dance Fever Lessons you will need to make an appointment to see the principal as soon as possible. Dance Fever is curriculum based (as is swimming) and will be in the report card for Semester 2.

Child Protective Behaviour Sessions

Sessions will be run in school time with the Prep, year 1 and year 2 classes with the Guidance Officer – Narissa Jowett.

Kind Regards,

James Watt and Helen Grogan

Events Calendar

Parade Awards

The following students will receive awards on Parade Friday 17 June at 9:00am in the Hall

Thumbs Up Certificates

20 TOKENS: Sage H (1L), Zavia VZ (3S), Harry W, Aurora W (1L)

40 TOKENS: Eli H, Scarlett H (1L), Cody F, Clay W, Abbie W (3S), Xavier B, Zarlia B, Akyrah W, Lainey W (2G), Madeline B (5/6L), Will R (5/6L), Eva T (5/6L), Tashma A(5/6L), Emily B (5/6L), Levi B (5/6L), Daniel H (5/6L), Ethan H (5/6L), Kobe L (5/6L), Lara D (5/6L), Logan D (5/6L), Harry B, Ruby D, Asha W, Sophie N (2B), Lilian M (2/3N)

60 TOKENS: Indi A, Izabel B, Lainey L, Ella O’B, Ebony W (1BZ), Camryn W (2G)

Behaviour Level Nominations Term 2, 2016

Congratulations to the following students who will receive Behaviour Level Awards on Parade, Friday 17 June at 9:00am in the Hall.

School Photos

Our School Photos will be taken on Friday August 12th 2016.

• Envelopes for ordering will be sent home this week
• Please use a separate envelope for each child
• Children need to be in their school uniform (green shirts) on this day.

For the convenience of our school community, school photos can be ordered and paid for online using a secure online platform (see flyer inside your envelope).

PLEASE NOTE: Orders placed online DO NOT require an envelope to be handed in.

Envelope Orders: photos can also be purchased in the traditional manner using an envelope, with cash/cheque enclosed. Please send your envelope to school on or before photo day.

The preference of our school is that orders and payments be made online, as this reduces the administration and associated security issues related to the return of cash & envelopes on photo day.

To place your order visit the AdvancedLife website and enter the code- FWQ 37K K51. This code can also be found printed on your envelope. Please be aware that-

1. All online orders should be placed on or before our day of photography.
2. The online code above may also be used to order sports and other group photos.

All orders placed online will be delivered to the school for collection.

QParents is Coming

In Term 3 Jones Hill State School will be offering parents to take part in our new online application that provides parents and carers of Queensland state school students with a convenient new way to access their child’s student information.

Parents will have secure, online access to their child’s student information, anytime, anywhere, through a smartphone, tablet or computer.

QParents allows parents to connect instantly with their child’s school to access and manage their child’s student information, including:

• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence
• Behaviour information
• Academic report cards
• Class timetables
• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history, and making payments online
• Viewing and updating personal student details, including medical conditions and address
• Enrolment details

QParents will assist both staff and parents in sharing and responding to information in an efficient and effective way.

QParents won’t replace the traditional ways you communicate with our school, but it will provide another way to communicate with us.

More information about QParents can be found at;

Premier’s Reading Challenge 2016

• The Premier’s Reading Challenge is on again starting 16th May and finishing 26th August.
• Reading Record sheets will be given to every class this week and the teachers will send them home. Please record the books your child reads on the sheet – it must be signed by the parent.
• The Prep teachers will complete the reading record sheet at school.
• The children who complete the challenge receive a certificate – this is a great way to reward our readers!

Happy Reading,
Stacey Seed

NRL Development Cup

We are Proud!

On Wednesday the 1st of June the Jones Hill under 12’s rugby league team participated in round two of the NRL Development Cup. The team played fifty solid minutes of rugby league against Nanango resulting in a twenty six point draw. As there was no overtime or golden point offered to determine the absolute winners of the match, it came down to the team who scored the first try. This decision is simply based on chance and not the raw strength and skill of a team. Unfortunately it was Nanango that scored the first try, the referee’s decision was final. Despite the outcome, our players played hard for themselves, they played hard for their team and most importantly they played hard to represent their school. To each and every player, the Jones Hill school community thanks you and acknowledges you as being true competitors in one of the toughest sports on our planet.

I also want to say a special thank you to the parents and family members for providing support and transport for the players, your time and efforts are highly appreciated.

Yours respectfully,
Guy Littler

Jones Hill under 12’s rugby league team (2016)

Assistant Coaches:
Levi G (waterman)

5/6C: Flynn O, Oliver S, Joseph G, Liam B. Corben B, Jordan B
5/6K: Connor S, Jett R, Declan J, Brady D, Hayden S
5/6L: Sam P, Tashma A, Levi B, Ethan H

The Mad Food Science Program

The Mad Food Science Program™ is a fun, interactive educational incursion that uses quirky experiments to get children to understand key health messages.

The main objectives of the program are:

• for children to take responsibility for what they put in their mouth
• for children and parents to understand how food affects concentration and behaviour in the classroom
• for children to start conversations about healthy food choices at home with their parents
• for parents and children to make better food choices together - both at home, and in the school lunchbox
• to help overcome the parent-child power struggle about food

The Mad Food Science Program™ is a 90-minute hands-on session held at your school, in groups of up to 85-90 children at a time.

It features thought-provoking conversations, engaging experiments, and a taste-test for every student. Students regularly change their behaviour around food immediately after attending the program.

Concepts covered include the following:

• Understand your body, why it is different to everyone else’s and responds differently to different foods
• Learn how food can affect mood and concentration
• Explore the differences between real food and “pretend food”, and why our bodies need more real food
• What do packet labels actually mean, and how to read them
• Why it’s important to talk about food with parents

Each student will receive a complimentary handout - donated by our National Partner Worldwide Printing Solutions.

The School also gets access to 20 weeks’ worth of free lunchbox tips to send out via the school newsletter / social media, which continue the conversation about healthy eating within the school community.

Mad Food Science Days:

Wednesday 15th June
9:00 till 10:30am – 2/3N, 3S, 3/4C
11:45 till 1:05pm – 2L, 2G
1:35 till 3:00pm – 5/6L, 5/6K, 5/6C

Thursday 16th June
9:00 – 10:30am – 1L, 1B, 1BZ
11:45 – 1:05pm – 4H, 4/5W
1:35 – 3:00pm – PC, PJ

Parent workshop – Wednesday 15th June – 5:00pm in the hall. Free child minding in the library.

Jones Hill State School Adopt-a-Cop Program

During parade last Friday we introduced our new Adopt-a-Cop, Constable Lars Nezbit, to our school Community. The Adopt-a-Cop program was implemented in 1985 to build positive relationships between police and members of the school community through the voluntary appointment of Adopt-a-Cops to schools and other relevant organisations. The program is an integral part of policing and reflects a greater emphasis on police partnerships with the community.  Currently there are over 950 Adopt-a-Cops performing duties in over 1100 Queensland schools. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Lars to Jones Hill School.

BPoint

Jones Hill State School currently offers parent/caregivers an online payment system which provides schools with a secure and efficient method of collecting payments. Unlike BPAY, BPOINT allows payments to be made with an invoice number, eliminating any extra work the school staff may have to undertake in allocating payments from parents. It is the preferred payment method of the school due to the efficiencies that automated receipting brings to schools. The picture below outlines the information that you need to complete the transaction from your invoice provided by the school. The BPoint link is to be made available on our website or visit

P&C News

THANK YOU

Michael and Helen Holmes from Nextra Newsagent has presented the P&C with a cheque for $605.45 being for our commission on the sale of back to school books for 2016.

We would like to thank them for their kind donation.

We would also like to thank the parents who supported us by dropping their child’s book list in at the end of last year for their support.

Tax Deductible Donation - Building Fund - Air Conditioning

Thank you to the generous families who have donated to our new building fund to help us pay for air conditioning.  We have now received over $1000 in donations!!  Donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE and there's still time to donate before the end of the financial year.  Please use the donation form below or pick up one from the school office.

SCHOOL DISCO - FRIDAY 17TH JUNE

The P&C is holding a disco in the school hall on Friday 17th June. Time 6pm - 8.30pm. Cost is $5 per student or $10 per family. The disco is only for Jones Hill State School students. It will be supervised by the P&C committee and any parent volunteers. Food and drink will be available for purchase on the night. All proceeds go to the P&C which supports the school.

*** If any parents are able to assist with supervising or helping in the canteen please contact Sasha on 0409 429 242 or Janessa on 0438 832 973***

NON UNIFORM DAY – FRIDAY 17 JUNE

Instead of a gold coin donation we would like you to bring items suitable for our Jazzy Jar Stall at our Fete.

We only require the items at this stage. These items will be placed in jars at a later date.

Some examples of items:

• Puzzles
• Pencils
• Crayons
• Sharpeners
• Stamps
• Novelty rubbers
• Plastic Army men
• Farm animals
• Bouncy balls
• Hair accessories
• Golf balls & tees

FETE UPDATE

Fete preparations are moving up a gear! Our Oct 14th Fete will include some interesting stalls and soon we will start gathering items to sell. Can you help by providing items for any of these stalls?

• Jazzy Jars Stall (Bottle Stall) - Students can bring along something for this stall on the next non-uniform day
• Plant Stall - Could any green thumbs out there consider preparing some plants for the plant stall?
• Book Stall - Simply donate any books you no longer need
• White Elephant Stall - Anything goes! (well, almost anything)
• Toy Stall - Start sorting out those old toys

There is no need to send any items to school yet. We will inform you when to send them to school.

Lounge for Staffroom

We are looking for a lounge/s and a coffee table for our staffroom.  If you have these items, would like to give them away and they are in fair condition, please contact the office and we will arrange a pick up time.

National Rugby Week

Parents, please contact the school by Friday this week if interested.