3 March 2021

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

STUDENT LEADERS 2021

Students in year 6 had the opportunity to run for School Captains and House Captains. They proudly, presented a speech to the year 4-6 students and we commend every student’s effort to speak in front of their peers. The year 4-6 children were part of the election process, voting for the School Captains and House Captains.

At the Leadership Parade last Friday, we presented badges to our School Captains, Orson and Lilly, House Captains – McPaul, Emmett and Layla, Radford – Lainey and Angus, Doran – Ebony, Florence and Seth and to our Leadership Team. We wish you success in your positions this year and know you will represent our school with pride.

NAPLAN

Year 3 and year 5 students will be participating in the NAPLAN Online testing this year, in the areas of Writing, Reading, Language Conventions and Numeracy. The testing will be conducted over two weeks, 11th – 21st May. We will be preparing the students with practice sessions in the computer LAB during term 1 and early term 2.

As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics – skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.

This year, Jones Hill State School will be completing NAPLAN Online. This is a tailored test that adapts to student responses, providing better assessment and more precise results. Students in year 3 and 5 will be able to use the online platform to complete the NAPLAN test. For more information please click on the following link:

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 or as arranged by the teacher. Thank you for your assistance in helping to keep everyone safe.

Hygiene Measures

We will continue to implement consistent hygiene measures to keep our students and staff safe. The following hygiene procedures are in place 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
• individual water bottles for personal use

Kind Regards,

James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal

EVENTS CALENDAR

STUDENT AWARDS

Behaviour Awards

The following students will receive certificates at parade this Friday. Presentations will be live streamed on Facebook. As of Friday, February 26 we will welcome parents of award recipients to attend parade. Please sign in on arrival, sanitise and use provided seating.

LEARNING: PC – Harvey; PM – Amy; PR – Knight; 1B – Chase; 1C – Theo; 1/2S – Alanna; 2B – Silas; 2KR – Isla; 3B – Clayton; 3D – Hayley; 4MD – Lily; 5/6C – Hayden; 6GU – Rhianna; Japanese PC – Rhianna; 6GU – Mitchell
RELATIONSHIPS: 1H – Austin; 4B - Xavier
RESPECT: - 5W – Ross
ALL VALUES: 3S – Amelia; 5R – Sami; 6C - Izabel

TOKEN AWARDS

20 TOKENS: PM - Addelynn, Ally, Noah, Benjamin; PR – Bailey, Frankie; 1B – Ashlynd, Maggie, Mila; 1C – Finn, Ayla, Thomas, Sienna; 2B – Hayden, Hallie Ashtyn; 3B – Angus, Charlotte, Clayton, Annabelle, Haiden, Carson; 3D – Grace, Mia, Dece; 3S – Amelia, Sophie, Beau, Peyton, Makayla, Breanna; 5R – Sami, Tom, Kaden, Connor, Caleb, 5/6C – Hayden, Lollee, Madison, Sophia; 6GU – Sienna, Ruby.

BEHAVIOUR LEVEL AWARDS

SILVER: 3S – Jasmin
GOLD: 3S – Beau
PLATINUM: 6GU - Rhianna

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

Wildlife HQ Zoo Excursion

1B, 1C, 1H and 1/2S are visiting the Wildlife HQ Zoo on Wednesday, March 10. Please return medical, permission and lunch forms with payment by Friday, March 5.

Student Absence

KOALA KIDS OSHC SERVICE

KOALA KIDS OSHC COORDINATOR

Hi, my name is Phil Sutevski. My family has just recently relocated to the Sunshine Coast from Bungendore NSW. I have over twelve years experience in childcare which has included being a coordinator for a YMCA Queanbeyan OSHC service, Assistant Program Director for YMCA Camp Lakewood in the USA as well as various roles in childcare centres. I was also the President for Bungendore Tigers Junior Rugby League and helped establish a youth centre for Bungendore. I believe strongly in nature play, building community engagement and providing an environment that nurtures children's learning and focuses on their social/emotional wellbeing. I look forward to meeting you all soon and can't wait to join this great school.

VACATION CARE

It's hard to believe we have nearly completed Term 1 and with school holidays just around the corner, we are excited to announce that the upcoming Easter Vacation program will soon be available! We know many parents find school holidays time difficult as they juggle their work commitments with students off school, and so our Service is very pleased to be able to offer our Vacation Care program where students are cared for by our amazing educators in a fun and supportive environment.

Our upcoming Vacation Care program promises another great range of activities, with some exciting incursions. There'll be game days, baking days, gardening days, amazing art and craft every day...and much more!

Vacation Care costs $57 per day and booking forms will be sent home in the next newsletter.

To enrol your child for OSHC please click on the link below.

For further information contact OSHC Koala Kids – email: oshcare@jonehillss.eq.edu.au

or phone 0482675161

GUM TREE CAFÉ NEWS

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

Birthday Buckets are available for $20 from the tuckshop for your child’s special day. Please allow two days’ notice.

Orders may be made online or using the paper bag systems. Our new menu will be out soon.

Please click on the link below to view the menu and for online ordering instructions.

Richelle, Trina and Cody – Tuckshop Conveyers

STUDENT CHARITY QUEST

My name is Summer Ross from 3B. I have recently decided to donate my hair to a charity. I will be cutting my hair at the end of the year when it has reached the right length. Variety charity collects donated hair to make wigs for sick people. Variety charity also collects donations for sick, disabled and disadvantaged children. With the help of my peers, friends and family I would like to raise $250 to help with their great work.

Variety charity makes life a little brighter for the families of the sick, disabled and disadvantaged. For further information about this charity or to make a donation please visit my page

I welcome others to participate and join me in growing your hair and to grow awareness to this charity.

Thank you, Summer Ross

JAPANESE CORNER

Minna-san Konnichiwa,

Our Year 5 and 6 students have been learning about how valuable space is in Japan. This is the space problem in a nutshell:

The official population of Tokyo is over 17 million and the land area of the Tokyo metropolis is only 2 194km2 meaning the population density of Tokyo is 7 748 people per square km.

Compare this to Gympie where there are roughly 7.5 people per square km. This means that the population of Tokyo is a thousand times more dense than Gympie. So, if you live in a house with 5 people, you would actually be sharing your land area with 5 000 people.

I have attached a quick video of Shibuya scramble: the world’s busiest crossing. (1min)

I have also attached a video of the 'People Pushers', the attendants with the white gloves whose job it is to push commuters onto busy Tokyo trains during rush hour. (1min)

Please enjoy your wide-open spaces that this area has to offer.

Stay Japanesey

SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SYSTEM

Our positive behaviour lessons last week were focussed on our before and after school routine. Before school, students are expected to place their bags at their classrooms then walk to their eating area and sit down quietly. When the 8:30am bell rings, students can go into the classroom, library and play quietly and safely in the undercover eating areas.

In the afternoons, students quietly walk from the classrooms to the areas that they are being picked up from. This should be a safe transition with students walking and following instructions.

When students follow this routine, are in the correct areas and display expected behaviours we have a great start and end to the school day.

This week we are practising how to transition during lockdowns and evacuations. This practice time is important for all classes to practice and know how to transition quickly and orderly to ensure that everyone is safe. Classes will be discussing what lockdowns and evacuations mean and how their class will follow the processes involved.

LEMS PHONICS

Syllables

Learning syllable rules helps us to break words into small manageable chunks. That way we can work words out piece by piece. Every syllable of a word must contain a vowel, both written and sounded.

Vowel sounds are produced by the hump of the tongue placed in different positions. Each time a vowel is produced, the jaw drops. The dropping of the jaw also indicates a syllable. The number of times the jaw drops in a word can tell us how many syllables are in the word.

For example, the word ‘dig’ has one vowel and the jaw drops down once when it is said, this word has one syllable. The word ‘together’ has three vowels and the jaw drops down three times when it is said, this word has three syllables. When writing a word and separating the syllables, we place a dot in the syllable break. To break up the word ‘together’, we would write it as:

to.geth.er

Please note, at Jones Hill State School, we use a dot for syllable breaks instead of a line, as this can be confused with letters. When saying the word, we indicate the syllable by putting our hand under our chin and feeling the jaw drop or moving the hands in a downward motion as each syllable is spoken. We do not clap our hands for syllables as the sound of the clap makes it difficult for students to hear the sounds of the letters we are saying.

Have a go at the following words. Remember to place your hand under your chin, say the word carefully and feel your jaw drop for the vowel sounds. This will tell you how many syllables there are.

MATHS

The following activity is a fun game for students to practice their number facts that add up to 10. It is called Race to Ten. Race to Ten provides students with the opportunity to practice their number bonds to ten. It also provides opportunity for students to subitise and partition. This is an excellent activity for reinforcing a range of strategies including, doubles, near doubles, counting on, counting back, making up to the nearest 10.

You will need a 6-sided dice, counters (these could be small blocks or other) and a ten-frame drawn on paper or card.

The players take turns to:

• Roll a die
• Collect the matching number of counters
• Place the counters on their ten frames
• State how many they have and how many more are needed to make ten, e.g. I have 3; I need 7 more to make 10.

The winner is the first person to reach exactly 10.

Players will need to keep rolling until the desired number is rolled.

The game can be extended to include the use of a ‘twenty frames’ (double ten frame).

The task can be changed by:

• Working back from 10 using subtraction
• Using a blank die with only 1, 2 and 3 written on it.
• Using a ten-sided die
• Players only using even or odd numbers that are rolled.

Guiding questions:

• How did you add the counters?
• Can you count on from the counters that are already there?
• What are some of the combinations that add to exactly 10?

P&C NEWS

The Annual General meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 23.

GRANDPARENTS SOCIAL GROUP

GYMPIE DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES

We meet at the guide hut at 19 Shanks St, Gympie

• Aurelia Guides for ages 7-12 Thursday 4-6 pm.
• Ohana Rangers ages 12-17 Tuesdays 3.30 - 6pm
• Olaves 18-30 years - meet as required

New Leaders also welcome for Thursdays and possibly Mondays - no experience necessary, training provided. Please visit our facebook page Gympie District Guides for more info and contact details. Fair Play vouchers accepted.

You might also like to have a look at guidesqld.org and girlguides.com.au to learn more about what opportunities girl guides provide.

Leonora Cox
Ohana Ranger Guides
0425 850 360 - leonora.cox@gmail.com

SAND CASTLE COMPETITION

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.