24 June 2021
Newsletter Articles
LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT
As a busy term 2 comes to a close, we would like to wish all of our families and staff at Jones Hill a very safe and enjoyable holiday. We have been very impressed with the work students have produced this term and this was evident in their report card results. If you are able, we would love to see you at Sports Day this Friday to cheer on the children and to have a fun day out. We look forward to seeing everyone back for Term 3. Stay safe and look after each other.
Sports Day
Our annual sports day will be held this Friday, June 25. The day will commence with a March past at 9am. There will be no parade on sports day.
Sports Day Programs are available for purchase from our school office Cost is $2.
Parents are welcome to attend sports day but please follow COVID restrictions and sign in on arrival using our QR Code.
Students can wear their coloured shirt for Sports Day – Doran is yellow, McPaul is blue and Radford is red. Don’t forget your hat and water bottle.
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
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TERM 2 DATE CLAIMERS |
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June 24 |
P&C Pie Drive Collection |
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June 25 |
Sports Day |
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TERM 3 DATE CLAIMERS |
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July 12 |
Term 3 Begins |
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July 21 – 23 |
Year 4 Camp |
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July 30 |
Wakakirri |
FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER
Hi Everyone,
QKR
Over the next two terms we will be moving to a new platform for ordering tuckshop and fundraising items for the P&C.
Qkr! with MasterPass is the secure and easy way to order and pay for school items, giving you the flexibility to place orders at a time and place that suits you.
Qkr accepts all scheme debit/credit cards to offer you a wide variety of payment choice.
The Qkr! app is free and easy to use. With Qkr you can:
- Order and pay for your child’s lunches, thereby reducing the need for your child to bring cash to school.
- Order and pay for raffle tickets, pie drives, Mother’s/Father’s Day Stall all from within the app.
- Easy order again feature: enables you to repeat a previous order from one day to the next.
- Order Ahead: use Qkr to pre order and collect your order from the dedicated collection point. (Currently only available in certain merchants).
- Access your eReceipts: you can easily review your Qkr order history in the app or from emailed receipts
Introducing Qkr - School payments from Qkr by MasterCard on Vimeo.
KOALA KIDS OSHC SERVICE
Vacation Care
The June/July Vacation Care will run from Monday, 28 June, until Friday, 9 July. Please find attached a booking form. Please return the booking form to the office, or request your preferred days via email before Monday, 21 June. The OSHC email address is oshcare@jonehillss.eq.edu.au. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding Vacation or OHSC Services.
Please click on the link below to see our June/July Holiday Program.
To enrol your child for OSHC please click on the link below.
https://prodadmin.myxplor.com/enrollment/index/QzNCZ3pRcnh2SkQwajk1b2daYnhYUT09
For further information contact OSHC Koala Kids – email: oshcare@jonehillss.eq.edu.au
or phone 0482675161
PREP 2022
If you have a child attending Prep in 2022 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.
GUM TREE CAFÉ NEWS
TUCKSHOP
The Gum Tree Café operates every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, first break only. There is no Tuckshop on Mondays.
A reminder that we require two days’ notice for Birthday Buckets. These have become very popular. At only $20 they are a great way to celebrate your child’s special day.
Richelle and Trina – Tuckshop Convenors
RELAY FOR LIFE
2021 Gympie Cooloola Relay for Life will be held on Saturday, October 30.
All students are invited to join our Jones Hill School Relay Team.
To register please follow the link below.
Super Early Bird (before August 6, 2021) - $10
https://secure.fundraising.cancer.org.au/site/TR/RelayforLife/CCQLD?pg=entry&fr_id=6524
For more information please contact Mrs Hurren (email jhurr5@eq.edu.au).
P&C NEWS
PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
The challenge has started and we can hear the pages turning! Keep up the fantastic reading everyone.
We encourage all students to take part in the reading challenge and read as many books as they can. All books can be counted. Teachers will be making a list of books read in class and this will be added to the student’s number of books read.
Keep reading everyone!
NDIS ASSISTANCE
The Assessment and Referral Team (ART) provides free assistance to eligible Queenslanders needing help with their NDIS Application.
Click on the link below for full details:
HOLIDAY WORKSHOP
At eDiscovery, young explorers and scientists collaborate with new friends and stretch their creativity through animating sumo robotic wrestlers and mapping and coding indoor micro drone adventures. In eDiscovery+ creatives will learn what it takes to become an actor, and budding 'gardeners' will grow colourful wildflowers.
This fun-filled school holiday program has something for everyone. Workshops fill fast, so don’t wait to book your place!
https://www.usc.edu.au/community/schools-engagement/on-campus/ediscovery-school-holiday-program
NATIVE PLANT DONATION FROM NATIVES ‘R’US NURSERY
A big thank you to Jacinta from Natives ‘R’ Us Nursery for donating $500.00 worth of plants to our school.
Natives ‘R’ Us are a Production Nursery with all plants at the Nursery in Traveston grown from cuttings from her own trees and shrubs. Please visit Jacinta and take a look at her vast range of plants available to enhance your garden.
Everything is grown onsite and raised in growing areas in full sun conditions, this is to ensure that they become hardy plants and our customers don’t have to “baby” them when they get them home.