14 July 2015

Newsletter Articles

Deputy Principal's Report

Welcome back to term 3, I trust everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable break. We have another busy term ahead starting with the Year 6 visit to 'Voices on the Coast' this Friday, 4/5W and 5N visiting the local University and the Year 3 children going to camp. Let's hope the weather warms up in the next week for our happy campers.

I would like to thank all the parents and family members who turned up to our athletics carnival and supported the children in their events, on the last Wednesday of the term. It was an amazing day despite the intermittent showers. Student attendance and participation was fantastic with staff enjoying the student's enthusiasm and great behaviour. A special thankyou to Mr Walters for organising and running the carnival. The ball games were a very popular addition to the day. A special mention to our announcer for the day, Miss Rozynski, she not only had the students organised but kept the team spirits high. Thank you to the P&C volunteers for running the canteen on the day, raising much valued funds for the school. Congratulations to the winning team Radford!

Reports were handed out at the end of term two. If you have any concerns or would like further information about your child's progress please make a time to meet with their teacher.

Swimming starts for Prep classes this Thursday. All permission forms and payments must be finalised by Wednesday this week. Please see Mrs Grogan if you would like to discuss the swimming program. Volunteers are welcome to help at the pool.

Today you will receive a letter inviting you to answer an online survey for our school. The annual School Opinion Survey will be conducted between 29 June and 31 July 2015. All families, school staff and a random sample of students will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what this school does well, and how our school can improve. We value your feedback. If you would like help accessing the survey or would like to use a school computer to complete the survey, please contact Helen Grogan at the office.

Kind Regards,

Helen Grogan
Deputy Principal

Before and After School Care

As we now provide this service students will no longer be allowed to stay under the administration building until 8.00 am. All students dropped off before 8.30 am must be taken to the hall for supervision with our before school care facilitator. Students who require supervision after school must also attend our after school care facility. We have implemented this service to ensure all students have the best duty of care and can access fun and meaningful activities whilst being supervised. Please see the Camp Australia attachment below for booking details. If you have any questions please contact me in the office. Please register your child.

Kind Regards Helen Grogan

Events Calendar

TERM 3 DATE CLAIMERS
22 July	Brainstorm Production – The Magic Words
23 & 24 July	3G & 3B Barambah Camp
5 August	Boys and Girls Cricket Nomination forms due
5 August	School Photos
1 September	P&C Father's Day Stall
5 September	P&C Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser
18 September	Last day of Term 3 – Term 4 resumes Tuesday 6 October

Thumbs Up Certificates

Parade Friday 17 July at 9:00am in the Hall

20 TOKENS: Harry D (4L)

40 TOKENS: Lara B, Tayla H, Tiana K, Asha N, Hannah P, Roxy S, Josephine Y (2N), Savannah A, Lily B, Lincoln S, Cody F, Clay W, Oliviah W (2S), Corben B, Liam B, Brady D, Joseph G (5N), Cooper R, Kirstie-Lee S, Will T, Zali W (6K)

60 TOKENS: Rochelle B, Liliana M (2N), Angel B, Savanna C (2S)

Principal's Award (presented at final parade in Term 2)

Hannah P – Writing award for her Australia Zoo Story
Will R – For working very hard in class
Ellie L – For her beautiful Panda Story, Princess Crystal
Rochelle B – Wrote and read her two stories, one about a Panda the other called Imagining
Larni R – Wrote and read a story about Magic
Alec O'S – maths award for his timetables, 3 digit addition
James W – Great spelling 100% correct
Charlize L and Emily C– For reading Poetry to Mrs G, they will read on parade after the holidays
Christine T – Working hard on reading and learning lots of sounds and words

School Photos

Photos will be taken on Wednesday 5 August 2015.

• 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.

Order and pay online for your school photos (see flyer inside your envelope) OR send your payment in the envelope to the school office by Friday 31 July.

National Collection of Data on School Students with Disability

Collecting data on school students with disability helps teachers, principals and education authorities support the participation of students with disability in schooling on the same basis as students without disability. All Australian Governments have agreed to work together on the annual collection of data on school students with disability.

Please be reassured that the Department will not provide another organisation with any data that can identify an individual student. While only data that cannot identify your child will be submitted outside of the Department, if you do not wish for your child's details to be included, or you have any questions please contact Mrs Seed on 54 890555. Additional information is available from: Department's website: http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/disability-data-collection.html

Winter Trees on Mary

Jones Hill School is decorating one of the trees in Mary Street for the Winter Trees on Mary project. We are looking for donations of stuffed toy Koalas to help with our decoration. If you have any Koalas you no longer need please drop them to the school office by Friday July 17.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

We are once again participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn program. If you shop at Woolworths you will receive 1 sticker for every $10 you spend. Attach the sticker to the special sticker sheets and place the full sheets in the specially marked box in the school office. Our school can redeem stickers for fantastic new resources. Find out more and print your sticker sheets by visiting www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

P&C News

SPORTS DAY

I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who helped make our Sport's Day Canteen a huge success. Thank you to those who donated baking, donated raffle prizes, helped in the kitchen, cooked the BBQ, sold raffle tickets, bought raffle tickets and supported our canteen. We really appreciate it.

Also a big thank you to Chris McLellan and his coffee van. Chris donated a percentage of his profits on the day to the school.

FATHER'S DAY STALL

Our Father's day stall will be held on Tuesday 1st September. All classes will be given the opportunity to visit the stall to purchase something. Items will range from 50 cents to $6.00.

If you are able to help out on the stall, even just for an hour please contact Sasha on 0409 429 242

BUNNINGS BBQ

Our next BBQ is on Saturday 5th September. Helpers are still needed. Please leave your name at the office or contact Denise on 0437 024 441 or Sasha on 0409 429 242 if you can spare a couple of hours.

Relay for Life

Jonesy's 5 Cent Challenge

Jonesy and Junior Jonesy our Relay for Life Mascots are back again collecting 5 cent pieces for the Queensland Cancer Council. The 'Class Jonesy Challenge' will run for the month of August and the class which brings in the most 5 cent pieces will win a trophy. Start collecting your 5 cent pieces.

Family Photo Day

We are having a Family Photo Fundraiser on Sunday September 6 with local photographer Tracey Devereaux. For $20 families will have a 15 minute mini session and receive a free 8x10 print of their choice. You may then view a private online gallery where you can choose to purchase extra images starting from $15. More information coming soon.

GHSS Junior Secondary Scholarship Program

Information and application forms for the Gympie State High School Junior Secondary Scholarship program for 2016 are available now from our school office. Applications close Friday 24 July 2015.

Tennis Coaching/Hot Shots

Gympie and District Tennis Association Coaches Brett Cottrill and Matt Watkins will commence coaching/hot shots program from Tuesday 28th July at Jones Hill State School. Groups will be held on Tuesday (yr 5, 6), Wednesday (yr 3, 4), Thursday (yr 2) or Friday (Prep, yr 1) lunchtimes from 11.00am to 11.40am for a MINIMUM BLOCK OF 7 WEEKS. Costs will be $70.00/pupil, $130.00 for 2 or $175.00 for 3 children in the same family. Loan racquets are available each week. Groups will be arranged according to skill and year levels.

Please return this form to the office by Tuesday 28th July with the following completed:

Name ____________________________________

Age _________ Grade _________________

Phone/s __________________________________

Parent/Guardians Signature___________________

Email ____________________________________

For more information phone Brett Cottrill 0417 746 795.

Please make cash payment or cheques payable to Brett Cottrill.

Direct Deposit: B A COTTRILL. BSB 014585 ACCT 583359786 including students name as reference.

NOTE: Gympie Junior Tennis sign-ons for term 3 at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre, Cartwright Rd Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 3.45pm to 5.30pm. FREE JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP