3 November 2015

Newsletter Articles

Principal's Report

We are now in our fifth week of our supervised crossing. It is great to see students and parents making use of this new service. There has also been a notable reduction in the speed of traffic through the crossing. Please continue to promote the safe use of the crossing with your children. Congratulations again go to our P&C who have supported us in advocating for these changes.

I was pleased last week to receive a letter from the state government advising us that we have also been successful in lobbying for the flashing 40 speed limit signs to go in place of the current signs. The timeline on installation is still to be decided, however this is another great step in the safety of our students. The crossing is also to receive some blister curbing. We hope to have updates in the near future.

Currently we are finalising our staffing for 2016 and will begin forming classes over the next few weeks.

If you are collecting your child from school before the end of the day please ensure you go to the office first and sign them out. The office staff will give you a receipt which teachers will request on departure. Alternatively students can be sent to the office to meet you and then signed out on your arrival.

Over the last two weeks we have been undergoing some minor works to upgrade the speed of the school internet. The cables have been laid and connected. We are in the process of having Telstra finalise the connection and we should be able to enjoy faster speeds for students logging onto the system soon.

Regards,

James Watt
Principal

Deputy Principal's Report

Day for Daniel Awareness

On Friday students from Jones Hill raised awareness for annual The Day for Daniel initiative. This is a National Day of Action to raise awareness of child safety, protection and harm prevention. It is about educating children and adults about keeping kids safe through child safety and protection initiatives. It aims to help empower our children to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not right. Mrs Zerner is particularly proud of the students from 5N and the leadership skills they demonstrated. They all took part in visiting the lower grades and led students through a short activity to raise safety awareness. The upper grades heard a talk from Mr Gresham, from Gympie Rhee Tae Kwon Do, about being safety aware.

Students wore red for a gold coin donation and 5N ran a cupcake stall to raise funds for the Daniel Morcombe foundation. Thanks to everyone who donated cupcakes, bought cupcakes and wore red. The day was a great success and we raised over $744 for the foundation to provide free safety and education material for schools and families.

World Teachers' Day Friday 30 October

World Teachers' Day was the perfect opportunity to acknowledge our teachers and say thank you for all their dedication and hard work they put into our students, classrooms and our school community. The teachers celebrated with a special cake for morning tea and were presented with badges which said 'Teachers make all the difference!' We also presented the teachers with badges that said, 'Teachers inspire the dreams of tomorrow' and this sums up very nicely how committed and caring the teachers are at Jones Hill School each and every day.

P&C Halloween Disco

Last Friday night the P&C held a Halloween disco in the hall. The night was greatly enjoyed by all those who attended and the behaviour of the students was exemplary! Thank you to all those who volunteered their time, it was greatly appreciated. Without you and your precious time, these events would not be possible.

Relay for Life

On Saturday 24 October, Jones Hill Schools staff and students once again participated in our Relay for Life team event which has the purpose of raising funds and awareness for the cancer council. A big thank you to Jennifer Hurren for heading up the Jones Hill team and organising the fundraising and the walk. This year the two Jones Hill teams raised $2800. Team members for 2015 were students Luke V, Josh L, Cadie W, Tiana H, Ella T, Libby S, Hayden B, Andrew V, Luke F, Will T, Tegan K, Mia W, Alexandria W and Zanthe F. The students were supported during the afternoon by staff members James Watt, Helen Grogan and Jodie Kyte. Overnight walkers were staff members Casey Mansfield, Katrina Beyer, Tanya O'Hanlon, Kelly Rozynski, Ann Walters and Jennifer Hurren. The final members of the team were members of Mrs Hurren's family Greg, Jenelle, Elissa and Joyce Irvine and friend Katrina Walker. Thank you to all those in the Jones Hill Dream Team, who participated in this important event and raised funds by challenging themselves to walk around the One Mile Oval from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning. There were many fun activities for everyone to participate in as well as the survivors walk and a very moving candle light memorial ceremony. Thank you once again to all involved in this very important event.

Kind Regards,

Helen Grogan
Deputy Principal

Events Calendar

TERM 3 DATE CLAIMERS
9 November	P&C Budget Meeting 6.30pm at Jones Hill SS Library
9 November	P&C General Meeting 7.00pm at Jones Hill SS Library
13 November	Rewards Day
17 November	Twilight Music Concert and Break Up 5:45pm
23 November	Swimming Carnival year 3 to year 6
27 November	Prep Information Night
3 December	Awards Night
4 December	Prep Open Morning 9am to 11am
7 December	P&C Thank You BBQ – 6.00pm at the Jones Hill SS Hall
9 December	Christmas Concert
20 December	Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser

Thumbs Up Certificates

Parade Friday 6 December at 9:00am in the Hall

20 TOKENS: Audrey M (1B), Tayla F (6C)
40 TOKENS: Michael B, Sam S , Everleigh T, Sharn T, Lucas W, Seth Z (PCM), Kaylun B (1C)
60 TOKENS: Indi A, Ebony W (PCM), Zarlia B, Lara B, Finley L, Dean P, Finlay Z (1C), Ellie L (2N), Ebony B, Trinity S, Jessie V, Blake C, Jemeika W (4L), Brandon A, Liam L (6C)
80 TOKENS: Kyiah P (1B), Micah H, Jayden R (1C), Carter A (2N), Oliviah W (2S), Hayden B, Jarrod B, Zanthe F, Libby S (6C), Will T, Cooper R, Takira C (6K)
100 TOKENS: Lainey W (1B), Taya J, Caitlin O, Tawni P (2S), Campbell G (3B), Elisabeth Y, Ella T, Emma V, Luke V (6C), Emily L, Dillan O (6K)

Awards Evening

The Jones Hill Awards Evening will be held on the evening of Thursday December 3 at 7pm in the hall.

Listed below are the award categories. If you would like to donate a prize for any of the awards please complete the form at the end of the newsletter and return to school by Friday 6 November.

Please also indicate whether you are presenting your award. You will be contacted to confirm what category you will be donating for and advise you who the recipient of the award is. Awards in the past have included books, pens, trophies, gift vouchers, cash etc.

The categories to receive awards are:

• Year 3 and 5 NAPLAN Champions (Filled)
• ECO Garden/Environment Award
• Learning Support Student of the Year - Girl (Filled) & Boy
• Special Education Program Student of the Year
• Sportsperson of the Year (Filled)
• Good Sport Award (Filled)
• Instrumental Music (Strings)
• Instrumental Music (Brass/Woodwind/Percussion)
• Academic student of the year - years 1 to 6 (Yr 6 Filled)
• Most Improved Student - years 1 to 6 (Yr 6 Filled)
• Classroom Volunteer (parent) of the year (Filled)
• Spirit of Jones Hill Award – one for years 1-3 (Filled) and one for years 4-6
• Most improved reader in years 1 to 6 (Filled)
• LOTE award
• P&C President's award (Filled)
• Principal's award (Filled)

Contact: Lola on 54890555 for any queries.

Instrumental Twilight Concert

All strings and instrumental students will have received for the Twilight Music Concert and Break Up. Please return permission notes by Tuesday November 10. The concert is on Tuesday 17 November in the large undercover area. Students are to arrive at 5:45pm sharp. Please bring a plate of food to share.

Regards Nat Thompson and Judy Luke

P&C News

Bunnings BBQ

Our next BBQ fundraising is on Sunday 20th December. 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.

Uniform Shop News

Our special uniform sale days are:

Friday 20 November 2015 - 8:30am to 1:30pm
Friday 22 January 2016 – 8:30am to 2:30pm

P&C Disco

The P&C would like to extend a huge thank you to all those who attended our Halloween Disco last Friday night. It was fantastic to see so many dressed up. A great night was had by all. A big thank you to all those who volunteered, your help is truly appreciated. We would like to say thank you to the Jonauskis family for their kind donation of prizes.

Also thank you to Mr Watt & Mrs Grogan for their fine judging of best dressed and Mrs Blake for helping supervise.

Found

Black jacket small size left after Halloween dance – please see the office staff

Give Away

3 Geese to give away – phone 5482 3157