28 March 2018

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Hi Everyone,

We have reached the end of what has been a very busy term one! Particular congratulations to our 73 Prep students who have settled in beautifully. Also our year 6 leaders who have started 2018 with great ideas and plans.

HOLIDAYS

As Friday is a holiday we will have no parade this week. Our last day of school for Term 1 is Thursday March 29. Monday April 16 is a Pupil Free Day and school resumes for all students on Tuesday April 17. If you would like to enrol your child/ren in holiday care for the pupil free day on Monday 16 April, please visit the Camp Australia website and register. Have a safe and happy Easter break.

MORCOMBE FOUNDATION PRESENTATION

Last week 150 students attended a talk with Bruce and Denise Morcombe about staying safe. Three of the messages were around having a plan, walking home listening to your body signs about danger and having a family code word for other people picking you up if parents can’t. RECOGNISE - REACT - REPORT

QUEEN’S BATON RELAY

On Monday March 26 the year 4 to 6 students attended the Queen’s Baton Relay and participated in some Commonwealth Games Sports including long jump, relays and modified javelin. We listened to Caitlyn Shadbolt perform and went to watch Amber S from our year 6 leadership team carry the baton with pride and school spirit. The Jones Hill year 4 to 6 students cheered for Amber as she became part of history as the baton made its way on its journey to the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. We are very proud of Amber and she is a worthy ambassador for young children everywhere.

COMMONWEALTH BATON RELAY

GOODBYE TO A WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER

Chris Beckmann has been working in our tuckshop voluntarily for the last two and a half years. Chris has been a tireless worker and has made many friends with staff, students and parents. This Thursday is Chris’ last day as she heads off to enjoy time with her husband, travelling around Australia. We would like to thank her for all her hard work and wish her all the best in her travels.

ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

Due to increasing enrolment growth and Jones Hills’ great reputation, we are approaching our enrolment capacity and as a result we will now be implementing the school’s new Enrolment Management Plan for our catchment area. A school catchment area is the geographical location where a state school’s core intake of students must live.

Any student, whose principal place of residence is within the school’s catchment area, is (subject to the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006) entitled to enrol at the school. Under the Act, the student must be living within catchment at the time of enrolment application in order to be eligible to enrol. This means that new enrolments must have proof of residency. The school Principal will reserve places for students who move into the catchment area throughout the school year.

There are circumstances which allow the school to enrol students from out of the catchment area. The following groups of students will be entitled to enrol, even though they may reside outside the school’s catchment area.

• Siblings of current students at the school in 2018
• Students whose parent or legal guardian is employed by the school
• Children and young people who are subject to child protection orders grant guardianship or custody to the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (Child Safety Services)
• Students who live outside the catchment area and are verified with a disability can enrol in the school to attend the specialised disability program if it is the closest program to their home and meets their individualised needs
• Students who have been excluded from another school, dependent upon the conditions related to the exclusion, subject to agreement of the Regional Director.

Salvation Army Breakfast

Recently our School Leaders and I attended the annual 2018 Gympie Salvation Army School Information Breakfast held on Tuesday 27 March. The Salvation Army is best known for their fundraising drives and in particular the Red Shield Appeal. It is our hope to promote the great work done by the Salvation Army and continue to build on these important community relationships.

KNITTING CLUB

In preparation for Winter Trees on Mary Mrs Gills will be running a knitting club. Students from years 4 to 6 are welcome to join starting Monday week 2, Term 2. We would greatly appreciate any donations such as wool (especially the school colours), knitting needles, French knitting dolls, crochet needles.

2019 PREP

Do you or a friend have a child who will be attending Prep in 2019? We are having our first Prep Transition morning on Thursday May 3. Please see the flyer below for full details. To help make sure you don’t miss out on any of the upcoming events please register your child for Prep now by seeing our administration staff.

CANBERRA NEWS

There are only 12 weeks until the 2018 Canberra trip. This letter is to update you on the latest about this exciting trip.

LOWES have agreed to supply us with an embroidered black jacket at half cost price. These jackets will be at the school for sizing in the near future. There will be no cost to the parents due to the outstanding efforts of the fundraising team.

This wonderful fundraising team have raised enough money to pay for the following;

• Black, embroidered jackets for all the students
• A USB that each student will receive with photos of the trip on
• Bus transport to and from the airport
• A small contingency fund for items needed on the trip
• Around $80 off each students fee

All participants have received permission, menu and medical forms. Please return these forms ASAP. All information needs to be returned to the camp in week one of next term.

If you are not on a payment plan, please make sure your payments are up-to-date and all outstanding fees will need to be paid before June 24.

Flu Vaccine. This is not compulsory but advisable that those attending our camp to have the flu vaccine to ensure that your child avoids becoming rather ill thus affecting their enjoyment of the trip.

A meeting for parents will be held in the third or fourth week of next term. At this meeting we will discuss the final details for the trip. It is essential that all parents/caregivers attend this meeting. Items such as departure and arrival times at the school, contact details, spending money, mobile phones, cameras and behaviour expectations will be discussed.

Kind Regards,
James Watt and Stacey Seed

EVENTS CALENDAR

NAPLAN QUESTIONS

Here is a few NAPLAN questions for you to try:

BULB FUNDRAISING

A reminder that the brochure for our Bulb Fundraising campaign went out to students last week. Garden Express Fundraising offers a large variety of different types of bulbs that are easy and fun for the whole family to plant and grow. All funds raised will go towards our Music department to help purchase new music vest for the students. All orders and payments are due to the office by the 18th of April 2018. No payments can be processed after this date. Please contact the office if you have any inquiries regarding our Bulb Fundraising.

LEMS PHONICS NEWS

Reading and Spelling Rules

Students will be revising learnt Reading and Spelling Rules during the final week of Term 1. Students in Year 4, 5 and 6 will also learn Rule 9 and 10, whereas students in Year 1, 2 and 3 will learn Rule 9 and 10 at the beginning of Term 2. Students in Year 4, 5, and 6 will learn Rule 11 in the first week of Term 2.

Rule 9: Use ‘k’ for the /k/ sound if preceded by a single vowel saying its second sound.

Exercise: Complete the following words. Explain why you added ‘k’ and code the words if you can.

Rule 10: English words cannot end in ‘i’, ‘u’, ‘v’ or ‘j’. (A different phonogram must be used instead or Silent Servant ‘e’ must be added.)

For example: happy, blue, have, cage

Exercise: Correct the following spelling mistakes.

Rule 11: Vowels usually say their second sound when Silent Servant ‘e’ is present.

Exercise: Code the following words and explain why the vowel is saying its second sound:

Syllable Rules

Let’s learn the next 3 Syllable Rules.

Syllable Rule # 4: Divide prefixes from the base word.

Syllable Rule #5: When two or more consonants come together, divide between the first and second consonant.

Syllable Rule #6: When the vowel has a short (first) sound, divide the word after the next consonant.

P&C NEWS

HOT CROSS BUN DRIVE

All orders will be available for pick up on tomorrow, March 29.

EASTER RAFFLE

Our Easter Raffle was drawn today. The lucky winners are:

SCHOOL BANKING

School banking is run from the Gum Tree Café from 8:30am to 9:00am every Thursday.

MEET OUR STAFF

JULIE MITCHELL

I am Julie Mitchell. I have been teaching with the Jones Hill team since 2014 and have been working with our Preps since 2015. For me, it is a privilege to watch our students begin their formal learning journey and to see their enthusiasm and love of learning grow throughout their first year of school.

Outside of the classroom, I am ‘Mum’ to my three children. My boys are 14 and 12 and are now both in high school. My daughter is 4 and will start Prep next year. We enjoy living on acreage, along with our very spoilt cat and chickens. On the weekends we spend many hours outdoors swimming and surfing together on our fantastic local beaches.

KELDA KRAFFT

Hi, my name is Kelda Krafft. This is my second year as a teacher aide at Jones Hill School. It is very rewarding watching the children learn and grow in front of your eyes.

I am not new to the school, I have been a parent here for the last 8 years. I have 3 children, one in grade 2, grade 4 and grade 7. I love to be an active part in the school environment and volunteer where needed. I am a member of the school P&C, fundraising coordinator and uniform liaison for the school. When I am not at school I am often found at a sporting field around town. During the summer months I am on the baseball field with our local kids playing for Redbacks baseball.

JASON HUBNER

Hi my name is Jason Hubner

My family moved here to Gympie in April 2016 from Toowoomba. I have 2 girls that attend Jones Hill State School and my wife is the Adopt- a -Cop for the school as well as being a Scenes of Crime Police Officer.

I grew up in a small coal mining town called Moura in Central Queensland and was a trades qualified Boilermaker in the mines. I have been a teacher aide since the start of 2016 and I am enjoying my time here at Jones Hill. I love my rugby league and I follow the St.George Dragons in the NRL.

TINEKE FISH

Guten Tag

My name is Tineke Fish and I teach German to the Year 5 and 6 classes at JHSS.

I grew up in Brisbane. My parents came from the Netherlands and I grew up bilingual in Dutch and English. Several generations back some family members came from Germany. I learnt German at school and because I could speak Dutch, German was easy for me to learn. After school I majored in German language and literature as part of my Bachelor of Arts degree at Queensland University.

I have visited the Netherlands and Germany quite a few times both as a child and as an adult, sometimes staying for months at a time so I understand European culture quite well.

I enjoy teaching German because I use a combination of songs, games, partner conversations, computers, online learning and artwork as well as the regular bookwork.

Danke, Frau Fish

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

This is our last week to collect Coles Sports for School Vouchers. Please drop all vouchers in to our school office.

EASTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY JUNIOR TENNIS HOTSHOTS FUN TOURNAMENTS

Gympie Junior Tennis coaches will be conducting 2 Hotshots Fun Tournaments for any junior players from beginner to advanced level on Tuesday 10th April and Thursday 12th April (2nd Week) at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre on Cartwright Rd. All children that attend school coaching and hot shots programs are suited to these events. Great prizes and a lucky player prize drawn at each tournament. Members and non members welcome.

The tournaments will run from 8.30am until 12.30pm and cost will be $25.00 / player for 1 event; $45/ player 2 events including pizza or sausage sizzle.

Family Discounts and multiple tournament entry discounts apply.

Entries close 10.00am on the day prior to the event with Brett Cottrill 0417 746795 or Matt Watkins 0417 070129.