11 September 2019

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Hi Everyone,

In light of current dry weather and fire risks, the safety of our students, staff and families is our highest priority.

Our focus is keeping our school community safe and that’s why we are asking all parents and caregivers to please talk to their children about the dangers of fire.

You can take immediate action to reduce the risks of fireplay by:

• explaining to your child that fire is not a toy, but instead is a tool used by responsible adults
• teaching your children, if they find matches or lighters, to immediately hand them to adults or tell an adult if they see another child playing with matches and lighter
• using the checklist on this brochure to increase your family’s safety
• contacting Queensland Fire and Emergency Services to request the Fight Fire Fascination program (see page 2 of brochure).

Especially in this current weather environment, there is a very real risk to people and property.

Thank you for your support with this.

Shortly you will receive an invitation to take part in a parent teacher interview. This is a great opportunity to see how your child is progressing across the curriculum. We encourage everyone to book a time with their child’s teacher.

Tomorrow some of our students will take part in the Broncos Challenge at Albert Park. We would like to wish them luck for a great day.

Next week some year two and three students will participate in the rugby league gala day, also being held at Albert Park. The children are very excited and we know they will enjoy this event.

Last Friday students had a small taste of the fun to be had at the School Run4Fun Colour Explosion with staff coating them in the colour powder.

Students have already begun signing up and collecting donations and this week alone we are at $800!

Next year we will take our largest group of 83 students to Canberra. It will be a fantastic expereince for those year 5 & 6 students taking part. As part of the fundraising activities for the trip F45 have offered $20 for 14 days of fitness training. This is a special offer that will see all money go towards the fundraising effort. Thank you to F45 for this opportunity. You can secure your 14 day pass by downloading the F45 Training app and purchasing through the menu under ‘buy services’ OR come to the school office to collect a F45 card.

We would like to wish our students taking part in the Fraser Coast Technology Challenge on the weekend well. They are competing in the drone challenge.

We would like to thank all the parents that donated baked goods for our Bake Sale on Monday this week. We made a massive $680.00 to go towards the Canberra trip in 2020.

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.

Our next Prep Transition Mornings are in Term 4. Wednesday 16th October and 13th of November, 9:00am to 10:30am. The children will have a PE, Music and Library activity. A great way for your child to meet our teachers and become familiar with Jones Hill School.

Containers Please

Since the start of the year, Jones Hill SS has collected 5644 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.

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 September 13 at 9:00am in the Hall.

Behaviour Awards

LEARNING: Silas (PC), Olivia (PM), Chayce (P/1R), Marcus (1S), Amelia (2S), Leilani (2W), Sophia (3/4D).

RESPECT: Sophie (1/2H).

Relationships: Sianna (3R), Lilly (4N), Jayden (5MW), Rochelle (6C).

Token Awards

20 Token Awards

PC – Kaiel.

40 Token Awards

2W – James.
3MD – Eli.

60 Token Awards

PC – Shane, Milly, Bella, Luke.
P/1R – Nate.
1/2H – Xavier.
2S – James, Regan, Tyson, Amelia.
2W – Cooper.
3MD – Jacob.
4N – Orson, Zeke, Aurora.

80 Tokens Awards

PC – Alex, Katelyn.
P/1R – Makayla, Ava, Ruby, Abbiegail, Alec.
1S – Chloe, Lily, Ivie-Rose, Sunny.
1/2H – Delilah.
2S – Tate, Summer.
2W – Temujin.
3MD – Taylah, Chloe, Finley, Mia, Rani.
3/4D – Makayla, Lincoln, Taylah-Anne.
6C – Josephine, Thomas, Keira.

100 Token Awards

3MD – Jazymn, Layne.
3/4D – Rieland, Jai.
5MW – Lochlan.
6C – Dakota.

SWPBS NEWS

During Week 9 and 10 the SWPBS focus is on Classroom and Learning settings as well as the four Jones Hill Values.

What does being a learner mean?

• Participating to the best of your ability in all learning activities
• Following instructions given by staff
• Taking pride in your work, displaying effort and achievement
• Following school expectations and classroom rules
• Asking for help when required

Being proud means:

• You have done your best
• You are happy, your teachers are happy and your parents are happy with your achievement and effort.

How will you know you’re being an active learner?

You will:

• Learn new things
• Complete your work
• Feel proud and happy
• Receive feedback
• You can explain what you have learnt to others

Being an active learner is important as it helps us to learn and improve our understanding.

Rebecca Crow
Teacher – 5C

LEMs

Phonics Focus: Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness is gained through a series of stages and strategies. The Australian Curriculum shows Phonemic Awareness as essential for students to understand the relationship between speech and print and, therefore to read and write. The LEM Phonics Phonemic Awareness Strategy 3 is syllabication.

Syllabication: Is the ability to break a word into its separate syllables. All words have one or more syllables. A spoken vowel sound will manifest itself by a drop of the jaw as the word is said. This can be helpful to analyse syllables, as a clearly spoken word will have one drop of the jaw for each syllable.

Syllable awareness is a skill that can help students ‘tune in’ to the sound structure of words and can be practiced through syllable segmentation and syllable blending.

Syllable segmentation is breaking a word into its syllable chunks and is important for spelling words.

Syllable blending is listening to the syllable chunks in a word and pulling them together to make a word. This is important for reading words.

Every syllable must contain a vowel or a vowel sound. Syllable breaks can be found in spoken words each time the jaw drops open by placing your hand under your chin while a word is said aloud. For example, when we say wonderful, we can find the syllable breaks and code the word into won•der•ful.

What you can do at home:

• Code the words: Place your hand under your chin as you say each word aloud to find the syllable breaks. Identify the vowel or vowel sound in each syllable. Code the word by writing it showing the syllable breaks with a dot (fam•i•ly). Never divide a one syllable word.

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• Mirror, mirror: Use a mirror to see how many times your jaw drops as you say each word.
• Syllable Snakes and Ladders or Monopoly: Replace a dice with word cards. Make word cards (favourite animals, fruit, sports) and use the number of syllables in a word to move forward in the game (e.g. ap•ple has two syllables and earns two jumps forward).
• Syllable sort: Have students sort pictures from magazines into words that have 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 syllables.

(Adapted from, The book of rules: A comprehensive teacher’s reference of rules and examples for spelling, reading and pronunciation. Garrard, 2010.)

Julie Mitchell
Teacher – Prep M

MATHS FUN

Ladders (Maths Game)

The aim of the game is for each player to write 2 digit numbers and order them correctly.

Instructions:

• Each player draws a ladder with 6 rungs (7 spaces).
• Players take turns to roll the dice and use the digits to make a 2-digit number. For example: Player 1 rolls 6 and 8. He can make 68 or 86.
• Players write their chosen number in one of the spaces on their ladder.
• Players continue to roll the dice and add numbers to their ladder, keeping a sequence of smallest to biggest (bottom to top).
• The first player who fills their entire ladder is the winner.

There will be times when a player is unable to write a number on their ladder, they simply miss their turn. For example, a player with the ladder above rolls a 5 and a 6, there is nowhere to put 56 or 65, so they miss their turn.

Guiding Questions:

• What strategy did you use when choosing numbers to put on the ladder?
• How did you decide where to place your numbers?
• What are you doing now that you weren’t doing the first time you played this game?

Amanda Stubbins
Teacher – 2S

GYMPIE MATHS TEAM CHALLENGE

Fifteen year 6 students and five year 5 students competed in the Gympie Maths Challenge last week. They competed against many other Gympie schools with about two hundred competitors in total. The maths questions were very challenging and our students did our school proud in their attitude and efforts.

Rob Callaghan
Teacher – 6C

BOOK FAIR – STOMP, CHOMP AND READ!

Monday 14 October to Friday 18 October, in the Jones Hill SS Library.

MEET OUR STAFF

Kyleigh Bailey – Teacher Aide

Hello! My name is Kyleigh Bailey. I have been a teacher aide here at Jones Hill State School since 2017. Before moving to Gympie I lived NW of Dalby on a 4000 acre farming property.

I have 3 beautiful children, two who currently attend Jones Hill School and my eldest who is in her first year of high school. Outside of school, I enjoy spending time with my husband and children on our little farm with our 2 dogs, 4 sheep, 1 cow and 3 birds.

I enjoy every moment working here at Jones Hill School with the wonderful students and staff and look forward to many more years.

END OF TERM DANCE FEVER PERFOMANCES

To come along and watch the amazing kids of Jones Hill State School perform what they have learnt throughout this term with Alyssa and Kara from Dance Fever. If you are able to attend this celebration it would be greatly appreciated.

When: Wednesday the 18th September
Where: Jones Hill State School Hall
Times:

• 3R, 3MD & 3/4D – 9.30am-10.00am
• 2S & 2W – 10.00am-10.30am
• 6C & 6G – 10.30am-11.00am
• PC, PM & P/1R – 11.45am-12.25pm
• 1B, 1S & 1/2H – 12.25pm-1.05pm
• 4N & 4W – 1.35pm-2.15pm
• 5C & 5MW – 2.15pm-2.45pm

All you will need is a big smile and your dancing shoes. We look forward to seeing you.

Alyssa and Kara
Dance Teachers - Dance Fever

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES

This is just a reminder to please contact the school if your child is going to be absent. There are a number of ways you can notify the school of an absence. You can phone the office on 5489 0555, leave a message on the school absence line on 5489 0566 or you can enter the absence via QParents. By notifying the school this reduces the number of unexplained absences on your child’s record.

MINI MARIMBA PERFORMANCE

The Mini Marimba Group has been busy rehearsing this term and are very excited to be performing a few songs on parade Friday 13th September.

Lisa Rose
Teacher - Music

CANBERRA FUNDRAISING EVENTS

To book a time for a photoshoot with Tracey Devereaux please click the link below and fill out the order form and return to the office. We will have order forms available in the office if needed.

RUN 4 FUN COLOUR EXPLOSION

The time has come… The School Run4Fun Colour Explosion has kicked off!

Students have now been supplied with a Sponsorship Form and it’s time to fundraise! How exciting!

Students who raise as little as $10 will receive a prize for their efforts, but why not aim higher? The more money we raise the more we can provide back to the students to purchase information and communication resources.

Sign up now at the link below and create your child a Profile Page. Use the unique code on page five (5) of the Sponsorship Form and see if you’ve won FREE sponsorship donations. The other exciting promotion is the highest fundraising student in our school will go into a draw to win $2,500 Helloworld Travel Mount Ommaney Gift Voucher which can be used towards a cruise, flights, and/or accommodation. You can check your ranking on our school’s leader board online. Who will be our highest fundraiser? Only time will tell!

Happy fundraising!

@australianfundraising #colourexplosion #schoolrun4run #colourblast #schoolcolourexplosion #schoolfunrun #australianfundraising

Mrs Rebecca Crow
Teacher – 5C

WAKAKIRRI PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

You can now vote for Wakakirri People’s Choice Awards. The school with the most shares win! So far Jones Hill has 77 shares.

How to vote and share:

Visit the people choice page on the Wakakirri website and select Jones Hill State School from the list of schools, then click the button to share to Facebook.

Direct link to page:

Shares are not counted if someone shares your "share" to Facebook.
ALL SHARES NEED TO COME DIRECTLY FROM THE WAKAKIRRI WEBSITE.

CATCHMENT AREA CLARIFICATION

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 the link below.
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.

For more information, please visit the link below:

RELAY FOR LIFE

5 Cent Challenge

What an amazing result we have had this year. Our challenge finished with a new record amount of $1 860.85. Our winners for this year were Mrs Beyer’s 1B with a grand total of $489.60. Second place went to Mr Callaghan’s year 6 students with $234.15.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this challenge. This money will help many people who are undergoing Cancer treatment now and in the future.

Monster Raffle

Tickets in the Gympie Relay for Life Monster Raffle are now available from our school office. Tickets are only $2 each with the chance to win one of the nineteen prizes valued at over $5 000.

P&C News

Silent Auction – Coffee Machine

The Gumtree Café is holding a silent auction for its Merol fully automatic coffee machine. The coffee machine is currently not working. When in working order, the machine is capable of grinding its own beans, has an automatic milk frother and can make cappuccinos, espressos, lattes, macchiatos and short/long blacks. If you would like to make an offer, please write your name, phone number and bid on a piece of paper, place in a sealed envelope. Bids will be accepted at the school office until the end of term. The highest bidder will be contacted.

CAMP AUSTRALIA NEWS

Hello Everyone,

We can’t believe that we are in week nine already. We have just received new flyers for parents/guardians who are interested in enrolling their children next term into our before and after school care program. You will find these down at the hall near our program information.

Just a reminder to parents, we will no longer be holding any sessions in the library due to our numbers growing and the weather warming up. A big thank you to Mrs Walters and other school staff for allowing us to use this space for the time we have, it has been much appreciated, especially on the cold mornings.

We have many exciting activities coming up in the last two weeks of term including cooking chocolate muffins, making an 'Eco garden' sign for the school Eco garden, pasta craft, making balloon rockets, galaxy mobiles and much more.

During our last session of the term on Friday the 20th of September, we will be having water play. If your child is booked in for after school care next Friday, please ensure they have a hat and spare pair of clothes to change into after our water activities. Sunscreen will be provided.

Thanks everyone,
Camp Australia - Jessica and Team

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 !!!

GYMPIE 2019 SUMMER SIXES HOCKEY

COME &TRY DAY & SIGN ON DAY

Thursday 17th October from 4.30pm till 6.00pm. Bring a friend along to have a go. Gear will be provided including sticks, shin pads and balls. Register as a team (seniors only) or as an individual and we can place you in a team. Registration forms and information available from control room.

RULES: 6-a-side, no hitting, no lifted balls, quarter field, 25 minute halves, very social. Great for beginners, people just wanting a social game and current outdoor players.

WHEN: Juniors Mixed (Ages 9 to 12) – Thursday’s 4.30pm

Stick 2 Hockey (Ages 4 to 8) – Thursday’s 4.30pm

Seniors Mixed (Ages 13+) – Thursday’s 6.00pm or 7.00pm

STARTS: 24th October till 12th December – 8 weeks

COSTS: Juniors $45 per player, Stick 2 Hockey $30 per player & Seniors $65 per player.

If you are not a registered outdoor player in 2019, you must also complete an online Summer Sixes Registration Form & pay the relevant Hockey QLD Insurance fee ($6.00 in 2018) via the Hockey QLD website.

CONTACT: Ben Fitzpatrick 0448094420 or rcd@gympiehockey.org.au for more details.

HOLIDAY FUN

Holidays are just around the corner! Jump onto holidayfun.com.au for a full list of what’s happening around the region for kids of all ages. You are sure to find something entertaining, creative and fun.