31 July 2019

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Last Thursday night staff, parents and students had the privilege to watch some of our very talented students perform in Wakakirri at the Caloundra Events Centre. We were so proud of our students who thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Jones Hill School received Best Individual Make Up and Hair Award, Best Minimal Use of Sets, Props and Costumes Award and a Participation Award. Congratulations to all of the children, their families and Mrs Crow, who made this event such a success and one they will always remember.

BREAKING NEWS – WAKAKIRRI WINNERS!

Gympie Eisteddfod

Well done to all of our students who performed at the Gympie Eisteddfod this week. The Strings Assemble received 2nd place and the Concert Band gave an impressive performance. The children have spent hours practicing and we commend them on such a wonderful effort.

Year 3 Barambah Camp

The year 3s were very excited as they headed off to Barambah Camp this morning. They will be involved in hiking, astronomy, star gazing, sustainability activities, hut building, low ropes course and team building activities. We hope they stay warm and know they will have some great hands on learning experiences.

School Opinion Surveys

The annual School Opinion Surveys will be conducted 29 July to 23 August 2019. 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 our school does well and how our school can improve.

Access details for the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be sent home with students this week. The survey can be completed via computers, tablets or smart phones with internet connection. We greatly appreciate your time and responses to the survey.

Containers Please

Since the start of the year, Jones Hill SS has collected 3886 containers. 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. 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.

Prep Enrolments for 2020

If you have a child attending Prep in 2020 and would like them to attend our school, please contact our school administration staff. This may be done by phoning us on 54890555, calling into the office or via email on admin@jonehillss.eq.edu.au. Our staff can answer all of your questions and are happy to help. We do accept out-of-catchment enrolments and last year all of our out-of-catchment students were able to attend Jones Hill State School. By adding your child to our current waiting list you will receive information regarding our Prep Transition Programs and information sessions.

Spare Clothes

If your child has required a change of clothes and has borrowed shorts from the office, can these please be washed and returned as soon as possible. If anyone has any spare or unwanted shorts they would like to donate to the school it would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal

EVENTS CALENDAR

PARADE AWARDS

The following students will receive awards on Parade Friday August 2 at 9:00am in the Hall.

Token Awards

20 Token Awards

5MW – Indi

40 Token Awards

PC – Hayden, LeBron, Ryder, Asha, Alivia-Lee, Mia
1S – Marcus, Ethan, Joseph
1/2H – Cooper
2W – Linkin
3MD – Lillyenna
4W – Jaxson
5MW – Saffron, Ryan, Kane
6C - Deacon

60 Token Awards

P/1R – Alec, Ruby, Ava, Makayla
1S – Isabella, Sunny, Summer
1/2H – Angus, Letisha, Sophie, Chase, Sienna
2S – Aubrey
2W – Savannah
3MD – Finley, Tylah-Ann, Chloe, Rani, Lilly, Mia
3R – Tilly
4W – Charlotte, Amelie, Lainey, Sophia
5MW – Drajon, Bailee, Callym, Lara, Audrey
6C – Rochelle, Keira

80 Tokens Awards

1B – Tahlia
1/2H – Sadie, Hannah-Grace
3MD – Madison, Layne
6C – Liliana

Silver Behaviour Awards

4N – Joshua

Gold Behaviour Awards

4W – Layla
4W – Jaxson

SWPBS NEWS

Week 3’s behaviour focus is, being respectful in the classroom by not being disruptive. Students are responsible for their own actions and therefore when they cause a disruption it is a choice they have made to be disrespectful.

Students should be choosing the following behaviours.

• Be an active listener and follow instructions.
• Follow adult directions.
• Respect personal space and property of others.
• Be co -operative and join in all class activities.
• Completing set work.
• Respecting the rights of others to learn.

Week 4’s behaviour focus is relationships in the classroom and other learning areas. Developing a good relationship with others is an important life skill needed for being a productive member of society.

Having good relationships means:

• Co-operating and compromising
• Accepting differences in culture and ideas
• Helping others
• Participating with others
• Listening to others opinions and accepting they may be different to yours

Rob Callaghan
Teacher – Grade 6

LEMs

Phonics Focus: Which sounds should students learn?

The Phonograms.

The English language has 42 sounds represented by 75 phonograms. In LEM Phonics, phonograms are divided into: Single Phonograms, Multiple Phonograms and Successive Seventeen Phonograms.

Because some phonograms can say more than one sound, a number code is used to represent which sound that phonogram is saying in a particular word. All vowels say more than one sound.

What you can do at home:

Mark the correct number above each underlined a.

cat make fast talk ball was want class

Mark the correct number above each underlined e.

he rent re⸳cent bell rec⸳ord fe⸳male get ev⸳er

(Adapted from LEM Phonics Pathway to Literacy, 2005)

Julie Mitchell
Teacher – Prep

WAKAKIRRI 2019

Last Thursday thirty-seven students travelled down to Caloundra on the bus for our Wakakirri performance. It took us 1 hour, 13 minutes and 15 seconds. Once we arrived at The Events Centre, we had our lunch in the gardens outside and watched the other schools arrive. After this, we were introduced to Nerida, our Wakakirri representative and watched a short video about the judging. We also learnt that the word ‘chookas’ meant ‘good luck’. After we were shown to our dressing room, we had the opportunity to watch some other schools practice before it was our turn on stage. We had two dress rehearsals on stage with lighting and effects and the judges really enjoyed our story of Charlotte’s Web.

During the afternoon, we walked to the Caloundra foreshore and had our pizza dinner. There we had a hair, make up and face painting production line carried out by the teachers and parents. We even had a run through in the park where we had a captive audience of onlookers. Upon returning to The Event Centre we got dressed into our costumes and walked on the ‘red carpet’ and had our photos taken by a photographer. Wilbur, Charlotte and one of the spiders also got to meet the judge and here we found out that we were performing sixth. While we were waiting our turn, we were able to watch the other schools perform. By the time it was our turn on stage, we were so excited!

At the end of the show, we were awarded a participation certificate and we won the ‘Best individual hair and makeup’ and ‘Best minimal use of sets, props and costumes’ awards.

We had a big day, but enjoyed every minute of it. If you get the opportunity to participate in Wakakirri, we definitely recommend you do!!

Savanna (Grade 6), Tawni (Grade 6) and Camryn (Grade 5)

BOOK WEEK

Book week will be celebrated in our school community from August 17 – 23 and this year’s theme is ‘Reading is My Secret Power’. I’m sure you are already thinking about your costume for the dress up day. This year we would also like to try something new to encourage our students to participate in the Book Week festivities. It would be wonderful to see children create a ‘Book Response’ for their favourite book. Book responses can take many forms. Here are some ways that you might like to show how much you loved reading your book.

• Draw/paint a picture about the story.
• Create a Lego model scene.
• Write a letter to the author explaining why you enjoyed the book.
• Write a poem that captures everything you enjoyed about the story.
• Create a diorama, a miniature 3-dimensional scene that recreates a setting.
• If you read a biography or historical-fiction novel, make a timeline to show the main events of the story. Use drawings, clipart, or magazine cutouts to illustrate events along the timeline. Then draw a map showing the location(s) where the story took place.
• Make a game based on a book you recently read.
• Make a model/mask of your favourite book character.
• Write a book report.

The event is open to all ages and grades. It’s all about creativity and a love of books!! If you would like more ideas please see Mrs Blake (1S) or Mrs Walters (Library). We are very excited to see how you choose to celebrate your favourite book.

Mrs Blake and Mrs Walters

MEET OUR STAFF

Sue Curran – Prep Teacher

Hello there. My name is Sue Curran and I’m very happy to be a part of the Jones Hill team. I have been teaching Primary School children since (even I have to sit down for this) 1989! Admittedly there was a break of 5+ years in this time to cuddle three newborns and nurture my family. I was privileged to teach Prep with its introduction in 2007 at Gympie Central SS. I then moved to Gympie South SS where nine very fast and happy years have led me here. It’s true to say, over these years, I’ve taught the equivalent of a whole school of Preppers and I still thoroughly enjoy the challenge and fun. It is a job that is all consuming, never boring or dull and so very rewarding. Thank you for your warm welcome.

CANBERRA TRIP 2020

An invoice for the second payment for the Canberra Trip 2020 has now been sent home. We are hoping to have the final cost and a set itinerary any day now. The fundraising crew have been working very hard and have the buses to and from the airport totally covered. Well done to you all.

QUEENSLAND READY READING

The Ready Reading program invites parents and community members to make a difference in their local community by volunteering in schools to support children’s reading.

Reading is a powerful tool to help children grow their vocabulary, language skills and imagination. It helps them to develop life-long skills that will support their future growth and learning.

The Department of Education’s Reading Centre and Volunteering Queensland are working together to help improve literacy for children in Queensland by training up to 3000 volunteers to share their knowledge and time to foster a love of reading.

Register your interest to become a Ready Reading volunteer.

MINI COLES COLECTABLES

3MD are looking for any Mini Coles Collectable shopping items for their classroom. These little collectables are handy to use when they explore money, especially change and for graphing. Please drop any you have spare or aren’t collecting to the office, it will be greatly appreciated.

CATCHMENT AREA CLARIFICTION

Joint Statement from James Nash State High School and Gympie High State School

James Nash State High School and Gympie State High School are managed by in catchment enrolment plans, which accept students based on their home locality to each school. As a result, your home address determines the high school your child will attend.

To check which catchment you are in, please follow the below instructions:

1. Visit http://www.qgso.qld.gov.au/maps/edmap/
2. On the left hand side of the screen, click on the second option ‘Secondary
3. Catchments – Year 7-10’
4. On the left hand side, type in your address in ‘Find my Address’
5. Enter your home address in and this will provide the secondary school catchment for your child.

Both high schools offer ‘Programs of Excellence’ which provide opportunity for a small number of out-of-catchment students to make applications to the alternate high school. These programs are:

James Nash State High School:

• Academic excellence
• Academy of Creative Arts
• Rugby union

Gympie State High School:

• Specialised School of Excellence for Maths and Science (SSOE)
• Rural Industries School of Excellence (RISE)
• Interactive Digital Media Program of Excellence
• Centurions Sporting Academies Program – Sporting Excellence (Rugby League,
• Futsal and Volleyball)

Catchment areas are based on the home address of the student, not the school they currently attend.

RELAY FOR LIFE

JONESY’S 5 CENT CHALLENGE

Each year Jonesy, our school Relay for Life Mascot, runs a class competition to raise funds for the school’s Relay Team. Money is collected in the classrooms from August 1 to August 31. The class that raises the most money will be presented with the annual trophy on parade, September 6.

So start collecting your small change ready for the August challenge. Any denomination accepted.

TEAM MEMBERS NEEDED

For those interested in joining our School Relay for Life Team the ‘Super Early Bird’ ($10) price ends this Friday, August 2. Registration for students will increase to $15 after this date. To register simply click on the link below then find the Jones Hill Team and follow the links.

Above is the school’s entry in the Gympie Relay for Life competition, ‘Paint the School Purple’. It certainly has brightened up the front of the tennis court.

If you have a face book account please help us by voting for our display. Please go to the Gympie Regional Relay for Life page and find the photo of our Paint the School Purple entry. Simply share, like and comment the photo of our 'Hope Garden'.

CAMP AUSTRALIA NEWS

Jules and Jess - Camp Australia your OSHC Service

P&C News

Muster Volunteers Needed

We are urgently looking for volunteers to work at this year’s Gympie Muster, August 21 to 25. It involves providing and scanning wrist bands at the main gate leading into the entertainment area. There is no money handling involved. To fulfil this role, we require at least six (6) people over the age of 18, per shift. The shifts are from Wednesday through to Sunday from 7am to 10pm.

Shifts are 6 hours long. Obviously we will try and provide you with your preferred shift/s, but please consider early morning and night time shifts as well; as these are the hardest to fill. If you are able to help the P&C with this fundraising event, please sign up.

Volunteers who do a shift for Jones Hill SS, are able to get a ONE DAY PASS to the Gympie Muster ($5 donation). So come along, sign up and join the muster fun.

This fundraising activity is worth $3500 to our school, and that is a lot of raffle tickets you don’t have to buy and we don’t have to sell. Your help is needed and greatly appreciated.

Available shifts -

• Friday August 23:
  - 7am-1pm - 4 people
  - Noon-6pm - 5 people
  - 5pm-10pm – 1 person
• Saturday August 24:
  - 7am-1pm – 6 people
  - Noon-6pm – 4 people
  - 5pm-10pm – 1 person
• Sunday August 25:
  - 7am-1pm – 2 people
  - 10am-4pm – 4 people.

Please contact the office on 54890 555 if you are available to work a shift.

P&C NRL Game Raffle

Raffle tickets went out last term for the Jones Hill State School P&C NRL Game Raffle. First prize is two tickets to watch the Brisbane Broncos Vs Penrith Panthers game on August 16 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Tickets will need to be returned to the office by Wednesday July 31 whether they are sold or not. The raffle will be drawn August 2 at parade.

Tuckshop Volunteers

The tuckshop is looking for volunteers to work Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00am till 11.30am. If you are able to help out please call the school’s office on 54890555. The tuckshop is open from Tuesday till Friday, first break only.

150 YEARS FOR ONE MILE STATE SCHOOL

The oldest school in Gympie, One Mile State School is turning 150 this year! On Saturday the 14th of September from 12 midday One Mile School will be putting on an historical fete with gold panning, horse and cart rides, food and craft stalls, show rides and much more! If you are a past student or staff member of the school, One Mile would like to invite you to be a part of a special event on the day! Please email omss150@outlook.com or contact the school on 54802777 for further details.

GYMPIE HOT SHOTS TENNIS

Gympie and District Tennis Association Coaches Brett Cottrill and Matt Watkins will commence Hot Shots Tennis program from Thursday July 25 at Jones Hill State School. Groups will be held on Thursday July 24 for grades 3 to 6 and Friday July 25 for the Preps and grades 1 and 2 at lunchtimes from 11.00am to 11.40am for a MINIMUM BLOCK OF 7 WEEKS. Costs will be $85.00/pupil, $160.00 for 2 children or $210.00 for 3 children in the same family.

To register for the program please contact Brett Cottrill on 0417746795 or return the completed form back to the office by Wednesday July 24.

We accept the Get Started Sporting Vouchers.

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: After school Hot Shots games and Fixtures start are on every Thursday at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre Cartwright Road Gympie from 3.30pm to 5.30 pm FREE MEMBERSHIP !!!