17 June 2020

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Dear parents and caregivers,

PREP 2021

If you have a child attending Prep in 2021 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.

Social Distancing Restrictions

Although students are able to be near each other in classrooms, we are still under the direction from Qld Health to adhere to social distancing rules for adults. Therefore, we are restricting adult contact in school, by asking parents/carers to not enter classrooms and to drop off and pick up children in safe locations, outside the school gates. Thank you for your assistance in helping to keep everyone safe.

Hygiene Measures

We will continue to implement strict hygiene measures to keep our students and staff safe. The following hygiene procedures will be followed at school.

• regular handwashing and hand sanitising, particularly before and after eating, and after going to the toilet
• encouraging students and staff to cough or sneeze into their elbow
• increased cleaning of school classrooms, particularly high frequency touch points including water fountains or bubblers
• regular cleaning of play equipment and materials
• water bottles for personal use

Report Cards

Due to the learning at home and at school situation at the end of term 1 and half of term 2, the reporting process will be adjusted. Report cards will be sent home on Friday 31st July (week 3, term 3) and teachers will be reporting on term 1 assessments that were completed and term 2 modified assessments.

Report cards will also have achievement and effort ratings only for English, Mathematics, Science, PE, Music and LOTE (Japanese). Comments will be included for Behaviour and Overall Comments. Absences will not be included on the semester 1, 2020 report card.

High School Enrolments

Gympie High State School and James Nash State High School are requesting Jones Hill year 6 student enrolments and expression of interests by the end of term 2, Friday 26th June. Parents and students are asked to collect an enrolment package from their teacher. Both high schools offer scholarships and these applications need to be submitted to the high school. Students and parents can ask their teacher about the scholarships. More detailed information about each high school is in this newsletter.

We would suggest that parents follow the high schools on Facebook and visit the websites. This allows you an insight into the high schools, their culture, how they operate, upcoming events, transition dates for 2021 year 7 students and date claimers.

Containers Please

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.

Kind Regards,

James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal

EVENTS CALENDAR

STUDENT AWARDS

Behaviour Awards

The following students will receive their behaviour certificates and behaviour level awards this Friday. Presentations will be live streamed on Facebook.

LEARNING: PC – Ashton; PR – Liam; 1H- Cooper; 1L- Hailo; 3D – James; 4S –
Louis; 5CL – Ebony; 5R – Madelyn; 6G – Casey; 5R – Madelyn
LEARNING AND RELATIONSHIPS: 2B – Amelia
RESPECT: PM – Alec
RELATIONSHIPS: 1/2C – Caleb
JHSS ALL VALUES: 2/3W – Annabelle; 3B – Clara; 4/5W - Tilly

Behaviour Level Awards

Silver Level

2B – Layla, Michael

Token Awards

The following students will receive their token certificates this Friday. Presentations will take place in their classroom.

20 Tokens

PC – Wyatt; 1H – Delilah; 1L – Cohen, Lorie, Ryder, Hailo, Jack, Skye; 2/3W – Marshal, Shelby, Ethan, Cody, Lily; 6G - Audrey

40 Tokens

PC – Lila, Amity, Marie, Ashton; PM – Emma, Jace, Theo, Jakob, Theo, Parker; PR – Jaxton, Sebastian; 1H – Jake, Amelia, Bethany, Blake, Cooper, Aiden, Mason, Milly; 1L – Luke, Charlie; 1/2C – Dece, Olivia; 2B – Amelia, Sophie, Michael; 2/3W – Chelsea, Corey, Hayley; 4MD – Ross, Charlize, Jacob, Linkin, Cooper; 4S – Xander, Riley; 4/5W – Chloe, Caleb; 5R – Jesse, Samantha-Maree; 6G – Flynn, Myles, Chaesel, Rylee

60 Tokens

PR – Ruby, Natalie, Marli; 3B – Mitchell; 4MD – Jai, James, Luca, Belle, Adelayde; 4S – Tylah Ann; 4/5W - Angus

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

Jones Hill Koala OHSC Service

Jones Hill Koala OHSC Service is asking for expressions of interest for our out of school hours care. This person should be self-motivated and passionate about childcare, be highly flexible and adaptable to changing situations.

Hours: Varied

• Before School Care: Monday to Friday 6:00am-9:00am
• After School Care: Monday to Friday 3:00pm-6:00pm
• Vacation Care
• Permanent, temporary and casual

Remuneration: Wages are paid as per the P&C State Award 2016

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide children with a safe, secure, welcoming and nurturing environment.
• Assist in the planning and preparation of interesting, educational and fun activities for the children in care.
• Effective supervision of children.
• Complete necessary paperwork required in the role including child observations and reflections.
• Work collaboratively within an established team to ensure the best outcomes for children and families.
• Participate in professional and personal development.
• Promote the service within the local community and be a role model by upholding the values of Jones Hill State School.

Job Requirements

• Have a Cert III or Diploma qualification in a field of childcare or be working towards.
• Knowledge and understanding of the National Quality Framework, My Time Our Place or Early Years Learning framework and National Laws/Regulations or ability to acquire.
• A passion for the education and care of school aged children.
• Effective oral and written communication within the workplace.
• Applicants must have a Paid Working with Children Suitability Card or be willing to obtain one.
• The successful candidate is required to have, or be willing to obtain, First Aid Qualification – HLTAID004: Provide an Emergency First Aid Response in an Education and Care Setting.

Please return your applications via email to BSM@jonehillss.eq.edu.au or via post to 21 McIntosh Creek Road, Jones Hill, 4570 marked ‘private and confidential’ before July 15, 2020.

Years 5 and 6 Canberra Trip

Due to the change of date, new permission forms for the years 5 and 6 Canberra Trip will be sent home this week. The Canberra Trip has been postponed until Sunday 23/08/20 to Friday 28/08/20. Please keep payments going.

Second Hand Uniform Sale

We will be holding a second hand uniform sale over the next two days (Thursday and Friday 18 & 19 June).

Most items will be $2 and will includes shirts, shorts, skorts, hats and jumpers. We have a small amount of brand new items (older styles or school logo) which we will sell for $5 each. These include hats, dresses, shorts, uniform and sports house shirts.

Items will be displayed outside our school office from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm.

Please remember to social distance whilst in the school grounds.

YEAR 6 MEMORY TILES

All year six students will have received a form for year 6 memory tiles. These tiles will be placed on the steps leading up to the year 6 rooms and will be a permanent reminder of their time at Jones Hill School. All artwork and cash payment must be returned to the school office by Friday June 26.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE 2020

Let’s keep reading!

All students are invited to join in the Premier’s Reading Challenge.

The challenge has 10 weeks to go, finishing on Friday August 28. All students who participate will receive a certificate.

The Reading Centre has partnered with Channel Nine to deliver reading @home TV to support language and literacy development for children in Kindergarten to Year 3. Although students are now back in the classroom, these lessons are a great reading resource. Episodes are available on the department’s YouTube channel so they can continue to be used by students and parents.

For more information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge, please visit the link below:

Please click the link below for a copy of the Premier's Reading Challenge record sheet.

LEGO CLUB

Year 1 and Year 2 students have been very busy planning and creating their best Lego Robot. The Library’s Multi-Purpose room has become a hub of truly amazing Lego creations over the last few weeks. Our School Youth Worker, Mr Josh Tasker has been co-ordinating this fun-filled activity on Thursdays.

A competition to see who can build the best Lego robot is being run and the winner of each year level gets a prize!

Lego Club runs over two Thursdays for each year level. Year 2 finish up this week, with Year 3 starting up Week 1, Term 3. So get those thinking caps on and start planning with your friends, some awesome designs.

All Lego is provided by the school.

MEET THE STAFF

Kelly Rozynski

I am a local of the Gympie region having grown up in Imbil. I attended Mary Valley State College until grade 10 and James Nash for years 11 and 12. I went to university in Toowoomba.

I have been teaching for 11 years with five of those years being here at Jones Hill State School. I have also taught at Doomadgee State School and Cloncurry State School. My favourite thing about being a teacher is spending time with children and watching them grow and improve over the school year.

I also enjoy travelling overseas and have been to 20 different countries. In 2017, my sister and I spent 12 weeks travelling around the world and went to a range of countries including Greece, France, Canada, USA and Mexico.

When I am not at work I am usually spending time with my family, mountain bike riding or kayaking. I have a dog named Rosco and a cat named Murphy.

JAPANESE CORNER

With Sensei

I would just like to start off by saying how tremendous all of the students are doing with their Hiragana Belts. We see most students have received their AKA OBI (Red Belt) and are already looking to go much further beyond this. It makes me so proud to see the students take such a passionate interest in the language that is so close to my heart.

The way to becoming a great reader of Japanese or anything in life is best summed up by this Japanese idiom:

ichi nichi ippo

One day one step

This Japanese idiom encourages us to take one step a day toward our goals. As long as you are working towards your goals, it doesn’t matter how long it takes, just as long as you are moving in the right direction.

Students: keep up the truly SENSEI-tional work with your Hiragana Belts. You are doing a truly awesome job!!

Have a great holiday, everyone. See you in term 3.

Stay Japanesey
From

MATHS AT JONES HILL STATE SCHOOL

Start:

Below is a warm up game that is fun to play and a great way to practice operate/calculate skills. This warm up focuses on students’ efficient use of mental addition strategies. Students can use efficient strategies for adding single and 2-digit numbers and personal strategies for playing the game.

Students may use inefficient strategies for adding in the beginning, including the use of finger counting. As students grow in confidence, they will begin to use more efficient strategies.

Guiding Questions:

How can you add your numbers efficiently?
Is there a strategy that helps you to get more repeated answers?

Cross Out Singles

Big Idea: Operate/Calculate
Suits: Years 2-6
Materials: Paper, pencils, whiteboard, 6 sided die

On the whiteboard or a piece of paper, draw a 3x3 grid with a circle above each column, to the right of each row and one diagonal. Each player does the same on their paper.

To Play: Explain that:

• The teacher/leader will roll the die. After each roll, players enter the number rolled in to any one of their boxes.
• There will be nine rolls. Players will enter numbers on the grid until all spaces are filled.
• Players add the numbers in each row, column and diagonal, writing the sum for each line in the circles.
• Players will tick sums that appear more than once, and cross out sums that occur only once (singles). See below.
• Sums that are ticked are added to produce a ‘total score’ for the game. The player with the highest score wins.

This game can be modified and extended or simplified for younger learners by:

• Using a 6 sided die marked 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
• Changing the board to a 2x2 grid
• Ticking the sums that occur more than once. The player with the most ticks wins.

Extend the game by:

• Playing with a 10 sided die
• Changing the board to a 4x4 grid
• Using fraction and decimal dice

SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT

The School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) focus for week 9 is learning in the classroom and other learning settings.

This means:

• Be an active listener and follow instructions
• Take pride in personal effort and achievement
• Follow adult directions
• Follow classroom rules

The SWPBS focus for week 10 is Respect and Relationships in the playground.

Respect in the playground means:

• Take care of school property and equipment
• Acknowledge the rights of others
• Play by the rules
• Listen to teachers and adults
• Use respectful language and actions

Relationships in the playground means:

• Play fairly
• Include others
• Accept differences
• Learn to get on
• Use problem-solving skills to resolve playground issues

LEMS NEWS

Week 4

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.

(Adapted from LEM Phonics Pathway to Literacy, 2005)

P&C NEWS

Pie Drive

Our Pie Drive forms went out on Friday to the eldest in the family. Order forms are also available from the school office or see the link below. Please return all forms and money by June 24. Delivery date will be Thursday July 23.

FROM THE TUCKSHOP

Week 6 to 10 Tuckshop

Tuckshop will continue to operate on a pre-order basis until the end of this term. Parents are still able to pre-order online. Prep to Year 3 will pre-order tuckshop for Thursdays each week and Years 4 – 6 will pre-order each week to have tuckshop on Fridays.

Term 3 Tuckshop

We have a new tuckshop menu starting after the holidays. All families have received a copy of the menu today or see the link below. Please remember that tuckshop will open first break only on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Cody and Trina – Tuckshop Conveyers

YEAR 7 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION

Gympie State High School

Enrolment information packs for Gympie State High School are available for year 6 students who will be attending in 2021 from their classroom teacher. These packs including date claimers, information on the 2020 Highlights Program, Intention to Enrol Forms and important date claimers.

Gympie High School Scholarship Program information is also available from year 6 class teachers for those students who are interested in applying.

Year 5 High School Highlights Program

Jones Hill School year 5 teachers will also have 2020 Gympie High School Highlights program forms for any students who are interested in attending.

James Nash State High School