21 October 2020

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Sports Day

Our annual sports day was held last Friday with all students and staff having a fabulous day. It was wonderful to see everyone dressed in their house colours. Congratulations to Doran who were the winners of the day.

Colour Run4Fun

The Colour Run4Fun is on tomorrow, Thursday October 22. Bookings are now closed. A reminder to those who booked online, prize ordering will close October 30.

Awards Night

We are currently finalising arrangements for this year’s award presentations. Due to COVID it will be run slightly differently this year with more information in upcoming newsletters.

Award winners will receive a trophy or medallion, gift card and certificate. We are seeking cash sponsorship donations of $30 per award. If you are interested in sponsoring one or more awards please fill in the form (see link below) or see our office staff.

Please click on the link below for a sponsorship form.

Rewards Day

On Friday 4th of December students will be given the opportunity to celebrate their behaviour results for 2020.

Years 4-6 Gold and Platinum students we be attending a day excursion to Bli Bli Aqua Park.

Years 2-3 Gold students will be attending a day excursion to the Gympie Aquatic Centre.

Years 1-6 Silver students will be attending a half day excursion to the Gympie Aquatic Centre.

Years 1-6 Bronze students will remain at school and participate in fun rotational activities.

Year 1-6 Orange and Red students will remain at school and be involved in building a plan for improved behaviour for 2021.

Gold and Platinum students from years 4 to 6 have received their Invoices, permission, medical forms and information. Students from years 2 to 3 (Gold) and years 1 to 6 (Silver) will be invoices and receive forms during the coming week. Students attending Bli Bli Aqua Park must also fill in and return a waiver. Please return payment and all forms before Wednesday 18 November.

Permissions are signed on the understanding that a student’s behaviour level may change during the time period leading up to Rewards Day. A drop or rise in behaviour level will change the Rewards Day activities that your child is eligible to attend.

New Student Free Days

New student free days added to Term 4!

In recognition of the outstanding efforts of school staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last two days of the school year, Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December, have been declared student free days. Our school will be closed on these days.

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 parents/carers keep children home from school if they are unwell. In accordance with Queensland Health Directives parents or carers of any child showing signs of illness will be asked to collect them immediately from the school. If a child is being tested for CO-VID, parents/carers need to inform the school by contacting the office on 54 890555.

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 – Donovan; PM – Misa; PR – Laylah; 1L – Indianna, Skye; 2B – Michael; 2MD – Chaise; 2/3W – Marshal; 3B – Savannah; 3D – Cooper; 4S – Ruby-Rose; 4MD – Cooper; 4/5W – Ruby (Japanese); 6C – James; 6G – Caden.

SAFETY: 1/2C – Dece.

RESPECT: 1H - Edith; 5CL – Luca; 5R – Sharn.

Behaviour Levels

SILVER – 1L – Mackinlee, Asha, Verissa; 2B – Reaghan.

GOLD – 2B – Carson, Isabella; 2/3W – Kaylah, Breeanna; 3B – Zeke, Archer; 3D – Zander; 4S – Lollee; 6C – Kyiah.

Token Awards

The following students will receive their token certificates this Friday.

40 Tokens: 5CL – Flynn; 6G – Thomas, Callym, Dean.

60 Tokens: PM – Nate, William, Aidan; PR – Charlie; 1L – Cody; 1/2C – Piper, Hannah; 2B – Levi, Cooper; 2MD – Violet,; 2/3W – Cody, Shelby; 5CL – Arne; 5R – Isabella, Aurora; 6C – James; 6G – Lara, Myles, Wade, Bailee, Ryan, Cooper, Rylan.

80 Tokens: PB – Noah, Samuel, Donovan, Rowland, Chase, Shaleigh; PM – Misa, Isabella, Alec, Theo, Isla, Kristian, Jakob, Theo, Parker; PR – Mason, Liam, 1H – Alec; 1L – Nate, Asha; 1/2C – Mia, Olivia; 2B – Layla, Amelia, Sophie, Wynter, David; 2/3W – Breanna; 3B – Zeke, Danika; 3D – Regan, Tate, Maddison, Amelia, Charlee; 4S – Ally, Daphne, Finley, Louis, Cooper, Bill; 5CL – Taylah, Ella, Amelie, Mitchell, Harry; 5R – Emmett, Rafferty, Lilly; 6C – Jayden, Lucas, Jayden.

100 Tokens: PB – Evelyn, Bridgette, Madeleine, Jemma, Maggie; PR – Marli, Natalie, Ruby, Laylah, Cohen; 1L – Isabelle, Silas, 3B – Indy; 3D – Temujin; 4S – Sienna-Grace; 5CL – Ebony; 5R – Amelya; 6C – Georgia, Mackenzie.

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

Koala Kids OSCH Service

This week Marnie Pearson will be leaving our Koala Kids OSHC service to peruse a different career. We wish her well in her endeavours. Koala Kids OSHC are very pleased to welcome Karlie Browne to our team. Karlie will soon be graduating as a teacher and we are excited to have her skills and enthusiasm in our service. Karlie is looking forward to meeting you all next Monday.

Below you will find a link for entering your bank details into your app and a link to help you access your CCS. It is very important that you get this done as soon as possible. If you having problems please us know in the office 54890555.

Here are instructions for the parents -

CCS

If you would like to enrol your child please click on the button below.

Dishwasher Donation

A very big thank you to Sunshine Coast Washers and Fridges for their donation of a dishwasher to our service. This will certainly make our job much easier.

Cairns

Hi All,

The Cairns Trip (November 1 to November 5) is fast approaching. How exciting! We have Covid-19 safe plans for all of our activities and all the venues that we will visit.

It is mandatory that the students wear their school uniform shirt to travel to and from the excursion. This means that on the Sunday we leave, students will be dressed in their school shirts and will arrive home in their school shirts. This is a requirement of the airline and it also allows us easy identification of the students.

A list of items to bring was sent home last term with the students and is attached below for your convenience. Students must wear sun safe clothes, including shirts with collars and sleeves. School hats should be worn. It is highly recommended that your child wears collared shirts (like polo shirts). Students are not to wear/bring singlets or tank tops with no sleeves. The sun is very harsh in this area of Queensland and sunburn/sun damage will happen extremely fast. Students also need to have a long sleeved rash vest or swim suit and clear face zinc. Students are to bring two pair of sandshoes and a pair of thongs.

Medication is to be dropped into the office by Friday, October 30. Please see the office if you would like to have your child carry travel sickness tablets.

Do not bring cameras, mobile phones, electronic devices, money, lollies, torches or jewellery. Cameras for the students to use will be provided by the school.

A COVID-19 Customer Questionnaire for the airline will be sent home on Thursday 29 October and must be filled out, signed and returned on Friday 30 October for travel on Sunday morning. Students who do not have this form will not be allowed to fly.

The buses will leave the school at 5:45am sharp on Sunday morning 1 November. Students should be at the school no later than 5:15am. This will allow time to pack bags, check for medication and board. It is very important that we leave on time so we do not have to rush through the airport.

We will arrive back to the Brisbane airport at approximately 10pm on Thursday evening. We will then travel by bus back to the school. The estimated time of arrive at the school is 12.30am but we will text parents on the night with more accurate times.

Due to the late arrival home Thursday, students are not expected to be at school on Friday.

Students will be given a water bottle and a blue bag tag. Please ensure that the tag is filled out and attached to the luggage. The water bottle is to be filled and placed in the child’s small carryon backpack (school bags are perfect for this).

Morning tea is to be provided by the parent for Sunday and to be packed in the backpack. Please ensure that these are wrapped in disposable packaging.

Teachers attending the trip will speak with the students over the next couple of weeks to talk about behaviour expectations, sleeping arrangements and most of all, the places we are visiting. Some of these activities will include; Cairns Aquarium, Daintree Forest, Mossman Gorge, Great Barrier Reef, Crocodile Farm, Kuranda Railway and many other activities.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the office on 54890555.

2020 Year Book

Orders for the 2020 yearbook are now being taken. Please send in orders (with money) soon or drop by the office to pay. Yearbooks are still $16 each.

Please click the link below to download a copy of the year book order form.

Student Resource Scheme

This week all families who agreed last year to the SRS will be invoiced. The price will remain the same at $120 for the fourth year in a row. The SRS is fully endorsed by the P&C with 98% participations. If you have changed your mind about participating in the SRS then please let the office know on 54890555. Booklist will be available from 1 December.

Breakfast Club

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

BUNDABERG TOUCH TOURNAMENT

The 2020 Bundaberg/Widebay touch tournament was a great success for our Jones Hill Mixed Touch Team. Our awesome players played four undefeated games to make it to the Grand Final. The grand final was an exciting and high performance match played against Victory College. Jones Hill won the grand final winning by one point and received the District Shield. Jones Hill team member, Mathew was awarded an outstanding player medal for his efforts in the grand final game.

On behalf of the Jones Hill State School I want to thank Natalie Bates (Coach), Tanya O’Hanlon, Kirsty Delisser and parents for transporting and supporting the players. I also want to acknowledge and congratulate the players for their hard work at training, being outstanding players on the field and for following the Jones Hill expectations outside the school environment. Our school is certainly proud of the following players: (6C) - Fred, Matthew, Georgia, Lucas, (6G) - Cooper, Chayse, (5R) - Emmett, Izabel, Madelyn, (5CL) - Ebony, Lainey, (4MD) - Jai and Rieland.

Guy Littler, HPE Teacher

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. By adding your child to our current waiting list you will receive information regarding our Prep Transition Programs and information sessions.

FROM THE TUCKSHOP

The Gum Tree Café operates every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday first break only.

Our new term 4 menu has now started, copies of the menu are available from our school office.

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

MATHS

Number Talks

A Number Talk is a short, daily routine that provides students with meaningful ongoing practice with computation.

A Number Talk is a powerful tool for helping students develop computational fluency because the expectation is that they will use number relationships and the structures of numbers to add, subtract, multiply and divide.

A number talk is an opportunity for children to learn that they can figure things out for themselves in the way that makes sense to them.

Activity ideas:

Roll a dice three times; create as many number sentences as you can with these digits.

For example: 3 6 1

Multiplication:

Have a go at these problems. How could you work them out?

2 x 125

4 x 25

6 x 100

6 x 20

6 x 125

Fifteens

Draw a three by three grid, with the digits 0-9 written to the sides of the grid.

Players choose to pay with even or odd numbers. They take turns to write one of their numbers in the grid.

Numbers can only be used once.

The aim of the game is to make a line of three digits that add to 15 (horizontally, vertically or diagonally). The player to complete a line of 15 wins.

JAPANESE CORNER

With Sensei

Minna-san konnichwa,

We are having a SENSEI-tional time in Japanese learning about how to order a meal at McDonalds…… in Japanese! Not only are we learning the language but we are also learning about the cultural similarities and differences when ordering and eating food in Japanese. This fits in perfectly to this week’s phrase of the week:

Gou ni haitte wa gou ni shitagae: When you join another village, follow the rules.

A similar phrase in English would be: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This Japanese quote is a good reminder to be respectful to others, no matter where you are in the world or who you are talking with.

See you all in Japanese class.

From

SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR

Our School Wide Positive Behaviour Focus has been:

Safety in the Playground

Last week, the students of 2B learnt about safety in the playground. We brainstormed the following rules that would ensure a safe and fun atmosphere during playtime.

• Watch where you are going and be mindful of those around you.
• No running up the slide.
• Keep your hat on your head at all times.
• No climbing on the frame.
• Be patient and wait your turn on the Monkey Bars.

Students were excited to demonstrate how to use the playground safely in their lunchtime.

P&C NEWS

Pie Drive

Pie Drive forms have been sent home this week with the oldest in the family. Please have all forms and cash payment returned to the office by November 9 in a named envelope. Delivery date is Thursday, November 26.

Year 6 Graduation Items

All year 6 students will have received a form to order graduation items this week. Order forms with cash payment must be returned to the office P&C box in a named envelope no later than Friday, October 30.

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.

PICKLE BALL FREE COME AND TRY

The whole family is invited to come along and try a free Pickle Ball session between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday 21st October at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre on Cartwright Road Gympie.

Come and have a go at one of the fastest growing sports in the world, it`s a cross between Badminton, Tennis, Squash and Racquet Ball. Fun for all ages and abilities on a smaller court.

Hope to see you there for a fun filled night!!! Contact Dorothy Nord PH 0408745683 for more information or Brett Cottrill PH0417746795

GYMPIE HIGH ORIENTATION DAY