12 August 2020

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Dear parents and caregivers,

Gympie High School Scholarship Winners

We are happy to announce that three of our year 6 students Mackenzie (Music), Kate (Academic) and Cooper (Sport) will be on receiving a Scholarship from Gympie State High School for 2021. Congratulations to you all, we know you have worked hard to achieve this award and will do well as you head off to High School.

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

Sick Students

It is essential that you keep your child home from school if they are unwell. In accordance with Queensland Health Directions parents or carers of any child showing signs of illness will be asked to collect them immediately from the school. If your child is being tested for CO-VID, please inform the school by contacting the office on 54 890555. We thank you for your support and understanding with these procedures.

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.

LEARNING: PC – Maria; PM – Jakob; PR – Charlie; 1/2C – Logan; 2B – David; 2/3W- Chelsea; 3B- Xavier; 3D – Leilani; 4MD – Tyler; 5CL – Mitchell, 6C – Matthew; 6G – Tiah; 5R (Japanese) – Rhianna
RELATIONSHIPS: PB – Archie; 1L – Asha; 4S – Sienna; 5R – Lilly
RESPECT: 4/5W – Jack
JHSS ALL VALUES: 1H - Abbiegail

Behaviour Levels

GOLD – 2B – Bella; 4MD – Adelayde; 6C – Scarlet, Brent
PLATINUM – 6C - Kaitlyn

Token Awards

The following students will receive their token certificates this Friday.

40 Tokens: 2B – Levi; 2/3W – Shelby
60 Tokens: PB – Noah, Sam, Chase; PC – Ayla, Lila; PM – Isabella, Theo, Jakob; 1H – Edith, Bella, Alec, Cooper, Aiden; 1L – Bonnie, Nate, Asha, 2B – Isabella, Michael; 2/3W – Breeanna, Garrett, Zac; 3B – Xavier, Daniel; 4S – Finley, Louis, Cooper; 4/5W – Chloe, Orson, Lillyenna, Jack, Jase; 5CL – Ella, Sophie, Zeke; 5R – Emmett, Isla, Madelyn; 6G – Abbey, Chayse, Lainey
80 Tokens: PC - Mila; PR – Ruby, Marli; 1H – Amayah, Abbiegail, Amity-Rose; 2/3W – Kyran; 4S – Sienna, Tom; 4/5W – Ruby, Angus; 5CL - Riley

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

Due to the ever changing Covid-19 pandemic virus and recognising the safety concerns of our students and our staff, we are cancelling our Canberra Trip this year. The great news is that we have been able to secure a Rainforest and Reef Trip to Cairns in November for all those who were attending the Canberra Trip. There will be a parent meeting this Thursday night in the year 5 room at 5pm. We encourage all parents to attend to hear about the new itinerary and plans for the trip.

PREP 2021

Enrolment

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.

Prep Transition Program

We will host our first transition session for 2021 Prep students on Thursday August 13. The Pop Up Adventure Play morning will be held in our Prep Playground and will run from 9am to 10am. Please bring a hat and water bottle. To see our full transition program please click on the link below.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE 2020

Let’s keep reading!

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

The challenge has two 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:

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

RELAY FOR LIFE

For the last eight years Jones Hill School has entered a team in the Gympie Relay for Life event.

This year, Gympie Relay for Life will be joining the state-wide virtual Relay, which will be streamed online on 10 October. This Relay will focus on what makes Relay for Life so special to all those involved and bring Relayers across Queensland together to fight back against cancer.

We know many of our students will still want to be involved by fundraising to help the Cancer Council with research and support those with Cancer and their families.

The school will be holding a mini relay event on Wednesday September 16 from 1pm to 6pm. To register your child for this event click on the link below. Registration is free, however it would be great if all participants could raise at least $20 to donate towards this worthy cause.

Register here:

JONESY’S 5 CENT CHALLENGE

The first week of our Jonesy’s 5 cent challenge has gone very well with 2/3W ahead with $41.25. Money will be collected through to the end of August. Which class will win the trophy? Remember any denomination is accepted.

WANTED

If you have any of the below containers or similar with lids (black or white) please drop them to the school office.

JAPANESE CORNER

With Sensei

Minna-san Konnichiwa,

Students are still managing to do really SENSEI-tional work with their Hiragana Belts. I will be giving out a few more KURO-OBI (Black Belts) this week. If there is one thing that I would like you to take away from Japanese lessons it is summed up perfectly with the following Japanese phrase:

I no naka kaeru taikai wo shirazu.
The frog in the well doesn’t know of the great ocean.

Try new things. Sample a different kind of food or experience a new sport, hobby or pastime. Try and watch a different TV show or read a different kind of book. Try meeting or talking to someone you wouldn’t usually talk to. Trying different things broadens our horizons and expands our way of thinking. Don’t be the frog in the well, see what the great ocean has to offer!

There are so many things in this world just waiting for you to discover.

Stay Japanesey

SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT

Transitions - Learning/Safety/Respect/Relationships

We have been learning to be safe and respectful when moving from place to place with others.

Being safe and respectful means:

• Walk safely between play areas and buildings
• Stay together as a class group when moving around school
• Know correct procedures for transition times e.g. bells, lining up
• Be organised and on time
• Respect bell times and lining up routines
• Move quietly and show respect to other classes
• Respect adults and follow instructions

Show consideration for others when lining up or moving around school

Before and After School Routines - Learning/Safety/Respect/Relationships

Play quietly and safely in the covered areas from 8:00am.

Get things ready for your day.

Go to the toilet and have a drink.

Be at lining up or your classroom when the 8:50am bell goes.

WALK around the school.

Follow all school rules while on school grounds before and after school.

Toilets - Learning/Safety/Respect/Relationships

• Be quiet
• Walk
• Don’t stop to chat or play
• Be safe and clean
• Wash your hands
• Respect other people’s privacy

LEMS NEWS

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.)

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100 DAYS OF SCHOOL

Our year one classes celebrated 100 days of school on Monday. Students enjoyed a special party and completed fun activity sheets. All students listed 100 words they now know. Class teachers, Mrs Cuschieri and Mr Shannon came to school dressed to celebrate the occasion.

P&C NEWS

Family Photo Fundraiser

Would you like a beautiful family photo to hang on your wall or maybe a gift for Nanna and Poppy? Book a session at our Family Photo Fundraiser on Saturday and Sunday, August 29 and 30. Local photographer Tracey Devereaux is offering 15 minute session for only $25. This fee will go directly to our school P&C and help support all of our students. You will receive a 6x8 print of your choice. If you wish to purchase more images cost are only $35 each or a full gallery of 20+ images for $350. Tracey offers Afterpay and lay-by is also welcome.

For booking please contact our school office.

Read-a-thon

Jones Hill students will be participating in a Read-a-thon, fundraising for our P&C. All students who raise $10 or more will receive a prize (Show bag). The Read-a-thon will be run during Book Week 24th August – 28th August. This is a great way to encourage our children to enjoy reading and to share in their love of books. Read-a-thon money and forms need to be at the school office by September 7 to claim a prize.

There will also be competitions running in the library, during Book Week with some great prizes for the winners. Students can start getting sponsors (click on the link for the Read-a-thon information and forms) and let’s get ready for some super reading during Book Week!

FROM THE TUCKSHOP

NEW TUCKSHOP MENU

Currently our tuckshop is operating Wednesday, Thursday, Friday first break only. As of August 11 we will resume four days with the reintroduction of Tuesday tuckshop.

Please remember that orders can be placed at the tuckshop or online. Instructions for online ordering are on the back of our new Tuckshop menu. Copies are available from our school office or see the link below.

Cody and Trina – Tuckshop Conveyers

MEET THE STAFF

Hello everyone. I’m Lisa Rose and I started teaching here at Jones Hill last year. This is my 14th year of teaching and I am very lucky to be teaching Arts (music, dance and drama), Choir and African Drumming here at Jones Hill. I also teach Arts at 3 other schools in the area.

Our family moved to Gympie in late 2018 after living in Brisbane for many years in a little house on a tiny block, right in the middle of a busy suburb. We now have a farm house on 40 acres of land with two dams and a creek. We have three horses that live in our paddock, a miniature dachshund named “Shady” and two cats. We also have lots of chickens, ducks and guinea fowl. Our property is home to lots of wallabies (and their super cute babies), a beautiful variety of birds including cockatoos, quail and pheasants, some very noisy possums and a few pesky goannas.

When I’m not teaching or home with my family I love drumming on my djembe, going on walks (especially the river walk), doing archery and catching up with my friends.

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.

HOT SHOTS TENNIS EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

Gympie and District Tennis Association Coach Brett Cottrill will commence Hot Shots Tennis program from Tuesday 11th August at Jones Hill State School. Groups will be held on) Tuesday (11th Aug start) (yrs 3to 6), Wednesday (12th Aug start) (Prep, yr 1 and 2) 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. (Lessons will run into term 4 to complete the block)

To register for the program please contact Brett Cottrill on 0417746795 or return the completed form back to the office by Tuesday 11th Aug.

We accept the Fair Play 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 have recommenced at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre Cartwright Rd Gympie from 3.30pm to 5.00 pm.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to Tracey Devereux who did a fabulous job taking promotional photos for our school. We are very excited and looking to seeing the finished product.

JAMES NASH SCHOOL NEWS

Scholarship applications for 2021 are now open. Sixteen scholarships across various areas worth $300 each are on offer for Year 7 students joining our school in 2021.

Find an overview and application form online at our website.