26 August 2020

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Dear parents and caregivers,

Cairns Trip Update

For students in years 5 and 6 who were previously attending the Canberra Trip, the itinerary is being finalised for Cairns.

Parents will receive the updated itinerary and map of the accommodation this week following our Cairns Trip parent meeting.

Any parents yet to finalise their child’s attendance will need to do so by Friday 28 August.

Students who are on the waiting list will be offered spots on the trip once they become available, hopefully by the end of next week.

Thank you to everyone for their patience and taking up this great opportunity.

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 COVID, 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: PB – Noah, PC – Harry, 1L – Bonnie; 1/2C – Ravyn-Lee; 2B – Peyton; 2MD – Marcus; 2/3W – Cody; 3B – Bella; 3D – Maddison; 4MD – Belle; 5R – Saxon; 6C – Kyiah, 5LC – Charlotte (Japanese)
RELATIONSHIPS: PM – Theo
JHSS ALL VALUES: PR - Marli

Behaviour Levels

SILVER – 5R – Rafferty, Jack
GOLD – 5R – Emmett
PLATINUM – 5R – Layla, Izabel, Amelya, Isla, Samantha-Maree, Sophia, Florence

Token Awards

The following students will receive their token certificates this Friday.

40 Tokens: 1L - Jack
60 Tokens: PB – Nataly, Peter; PC – Amelia, Bom, Sienna; PM – William, Emma, Carter; PR – Jaxton; 1L – LeBron, Taj; 1/2C – Mia, Sienna, Haiden; 2B – Lewis, Alani; 2/3W – Jaxson, Corey, Sunny, Hunter, Lachlan; 6C – Matthew, Fred, Mason

80 Tokens: PB – Evelyn, Bridgette, Maggie; PC – Lila; PR – Laylah, Nate; 1L – Isabelle, Emily, Silas, Ashtyn; 2B – Stella, Peyton; 3B – Jakob, Lillianna; 3D – Temujin; 4MD – Rieland, Jai, James, Jazmyn, Mia, Naomi, Luca, Belle, Archie, Adelayde; 4S – Lilly; 6C – Amelia, Tahleah, Georgia, McKenzie, Jasmine

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

Breakfast Club

Breakfast club will be held every Thursday at 8:30am under the old Administration building.

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.

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 days 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

Class Totals Friday August 21

Only a few days to go! Which class will win? Classes can collect money until Monday, August 31 so keep those coins coming in and help this very worthy cause.

MATHS AT JONES HILL STATE SCHOOL

What do you notice?

What do you notice questions are used with each year level in mathematics. They are activities that give students time to think and are designed to encourage student responses.

Students observe and think about the image without discussion for about one minute. Students then share their observations and thinking.

What do you notice?

LEMS NEWS

Phonics Focus: Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness is gained through a series of stages and strategies. The LEM Phonics Phonemic Awareness Strategy 4 is Phonemic Isolation. This is the ability of a student to recognise individual sounds (phonemes) in words and where a sound is positioned (initial, middle, final) within a word. The Australian Curriculum provides understanding of how literacy progression develops through stages and lists the following indicators which identify a student’s ability to work within the level.

• provides a word when given a starting phoneme (p, picture).
• consistently says the first phoneme of a spoken word (good, g).
• listens to a group of words and indicates those that start with the same phoneme and says other words that start with that phoneme.

What you can do at home:

• Sound sort: Select a phonogram (e.g. /r/). It is important to identify the phonogram by the sound /r/ rather than the letter name. Provide picture cards which begin with a range of sounds (e.g. picture of a house, rat, ant, rug, banana). Ask the student to sort the pictures into a pile that start with the selected sound and a pile that do not. Brainstorm other words that could be added. Move on to sorting final sounds and then middle sounds.

• Sound Master: Say aloud a group of words beginning with the same sound (e.g. goat, good, gate, girl, get). Ask the student to identify the first sound of each word. The student should say the sound /g/ and not the letter name (gee). Brainstorm other words that could be selected.

• What’s the Sound Mr Wolf? Play the game like, ‘What’s the Time Mr Wolf’. Mr Wolf asks, “What’s the first sound in tree?” What’s the last sound in snail? What’s the second sound in spider?”.

(Adapted from, https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/national-literacy-and-numeracy-learning-progressions/national-literacy-learning-progression/reading-and-viewing/?subElementId=50892&scaleId=0)

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

Hi, my name is Kath Rhodes and I have worked at Jones Hill State School as a teacher aide for about eight years. I have a daughter Amalie who is 16 years old and in year 11. Our house is full of animals, two dogs, two cats, chooks, birds and a wide range of wild birds that we feed.

My daughter and I like to go away in our holiday time to places that have an ocean view with friends and family. I like to cook and when I am in the mood a little gardening is always good.

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.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to Tracey Devereux who did a fabulous job taking 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.