21 July 2021

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Welcome Back

Welcome back to term 3 to all our existing and new families and students.  There are a lot of exciting events coming up this term including the Wakakirri Performance, Year 4 Camp to Barambah, Year 2 Mary Valley Rattler Excursion, Year 2 Camp at JHSS, Relay for Life, Book Week and Prep Transition Activities for 2022 Preps.  Some excellent learning opportunities for the students, great experiences and lots of fun.

Sports Day

Last Friday, we held out Annual Jones Hill Sports Day.  The children were great sports, by cheering for their House, each other and participating in races and field events.  Congratulations to the winning house, Doran with 1772 points, second was Radford with 1466 points and third place to McPaul with 1315 points.

Well done to all of the students, staff, P&C volunteers and parents who made the day a huge success.  Thank you to Mr Littler and Mr Rentz who spent hours setting up and packing up for Sports Day.  The staff chose the Good Sports Awards which were presented to Mackayla and Seth who can be proud of the positive attitude and spirit they showed throughout the day.

The Age Champions were closely contested and congratulations to the following winners.

2013 Boys – Angus 2013 Girls – Stella
2012 Boys – Joseph 2012 Girls – Savannah
2011 Boys – Mitchell 2011 Girls – Lily
2010 Boys – Tyler 2010 Girls – Isla
2009 Boys – Emmett 2009 Girls – Florence

Year 4 Barambah Camp

4B and 4MD are off to Barambah Camp this week Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd July. This camp is an environmental experience linked to the Australian curriculum, including environmental studies, low ropes course, hut building, pioneer skills, bush walking and star gazing. We know the students will have a great time, enjoy new learning and experiences.

Cybersafety Session

The Department of Education's Cybersafety and Reputation Management team (CSRM) advises, investigates and supports schools to manage online behaviours and digital reputation issues. This term the CSRM will be running a session at Jones Hill for year 4-6 students to deliver up-to-date information about positive social media use.

The CSRM team will be visiting Jones Hill State School on Friday 6 August to conduct sessions with students in Years 4-6 and are also offering a parent and caregiver information session on Thursday 5 August at One Mile State School. The parent session is an overview of cybersafety, trending platforms, online dos and don’ts, and useful settings to be aware of. This session goes for about 45 minutes, and will allow parents to ask questions throughout. Please RSVP online if you are planning to attend:

You can read more about the Department’s cybersafety program and resources on their Facebook page:

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

Behaviour Awards

The following students will receive certificates at parade this Friday. Our school parades will now be videoed and uploaded to Facebook. Parents of award recipients are welcome to attend parade. Please sign in on arrival using our QR Code, sanitise and use provided seating.

LEARNING: PC – Ava; PM – Ally; PR – Justice; 1B – Peter; 1H – Donovan; 2KR – Shane; 3B – Miah; 3D – Alani; 1B (Japanese) – Madeline; 5/6C – Jed; 6GU – Cooper; 5R (Japanese) – Tylor
RESPECT: 1/2S – Bethany; 3S – Michael; 5W – Belle
RELATIONSHIPS: 2B – Mason
ALL VALUES: 6C - Lucas

TOKEN AWARDS

20 TOKENS: PC – Amy; PM - Aiden; 5/6C – Jackson; 6GU – Naite, Cooper, Jonah
40 TOKENS: PC – Summer, Charlotte, Quinn Fleur-Bella, Rose, Kiah, Justice, Carter, Sammy, Charlie, Remy, Kasey, Isabella, Madison, Delilah; 1H – Cooper, Rusty, Bridgette, Jorden; 2B – Lorie; 2KR – Blake; 5/6C – Jacob, Eli, Florence, Linkin; 6GU – Chloe-Jane
60 TOKENS: PC – Bailey, Ferris, Harvey, Charlie, Ava; PM – Ella, Emelia, Georgie, Lilliah, Corbin, Alexia, Amy, Benjamin, Johnathon, Robert; PR – Quinn Jack, Isla, Stanley, Knight; 1H- Maria, Harry, Austin; 2B - Bonnie, Charlie; 2KR – Isla; 3S – Sophie, Jasmin; 3D – Dece, Ava, Grace; 5W – Tilly, Luca, Belle; 5/6C – Amelya, James, Lollee, Madison

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

QKR!

Qkr! Online Payment System

Qkr! by Mastercard

Jones Hill Primary School has a preferred online payment system for parents to pay for P&C events and eventually tuckshop.  This term we have commenced using QKR! as our preferred payment method for P&C events. You do not need a credit card to use Qkr!, it will work with debit cards as well.

The first two events you can use Qkr! for are;

• The school disco – Friday August 13
• Hot chocolate and cookie – Monday August 2

Qkr! pronounced ‘quicker’ is a convenient and secure system allowing you to pay for P&C events. Qkr is a Mastercard product and comes with all of their security.

Qkr can be used on smartphones, ipads, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

Qkr assists our school community by:

• saving time allowing parents/guardians to pay for P&C activities at any time of day or night, every day of the year;
• reducing the need for students to bring cash to school and parents completing credit card details on payment envelopes and forms
• reducing paper consumption;
• reducing the time school staff spend on administrative tasks;

Qkr! App – Make Payments Via Smartphones, iPads or Tablets

Step 1. Download the Qkr! by Mastercard app from;
- App Store for iPhone
- Google Play for Android

Step 2. Select Australia as Country of Residence

Step 3. Find our School – Jones Hill State Primary School

Step 4. Follow the prompts to set up your account.

Qkr! Website –  Make Payments Via a Computer

Using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox please  click here  to open Qkr on a desktop or laptop computer.

Qkr! Help

View our  Qkr! Help Questions and Answers

Please don’t hesitate to call the office if you need any assistance.

Introducing Qkr - School payments from Qkr by MasterCard on Vimeo.

KOALA KIDS OSHC SERVICE

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

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

JONESY’S 5 CENT CHALLENGE

Each year Jonesy, our school Relay for Life Mascot, runs a class competition to raise funds for the school’s Relay Team. Money is collected in the classrooms from August 1 to August 31. The class that raises the most money will be presented with the annual trophy on parade, September 3.

So start collecting your small change ready for the August challenge. Any denomination accepted.

JOIN OUR TEAM

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

For more information please contact Mrs Hurren (email jhurr5@eq.edu.au).

CANBERRA FUNDRAISER

Don’t miss our Hot Chocolate and Cookie fundraiser for our 2022 Canberra Trip. This is the perfect way to warm away the Winter chills. Orders to be placed using the QKR App.

Please click on the link below for help with the QKR! App.

P&C NEWS

Our second school disco will be held on Friday August 13. Please Note: Tickets are to be purchased with the OKR App. Limited Tickets Available.

Please click on the link below for help with the QKR! App.

JAPANESE CORNER

Welcome to Term Three everyone.

How exciting!!! There are only a few more sleeps until one of the world's largest sporting events kicks off (Yes, even bigger than Jones Hill State School Sports Day) the Tokyo 2020 (2021?) Olympics!!!!! One of the beauties of this particular Olympics is that because Japan is only one hour behind Queensland, most sporting events will be on at a reasonable hour.

It is interesting to note that in Japanese, Australia actually starts with the letter O, so when the athletes march out in the Opening Ceremony, Australia will be one of the middle to last countries to march out, rather than one of the first like at other Olympics.

I, like most sports lovers around the world, am very intrigued to see how an Olympics is run during a global pandemic. Even though there will be no crowds, there will still be millions of people around the world glued to their TVs, cheering the athletes of their respective countries. Of course, we will be cheering on the Aussies, but I hope that most you will find a place in your heart to cheer on the Japanese competitors as well.

Stay Japanesey

From

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

The challenge is still on, let’s keep reading! Our goal is for all students to complete the reading challenge and have read 20 books. The challenge finishes on 27th August 202. Over the last few years, Jones Hill State School has been on the Premier’s Reading Challenge honour list with all students completing the challenge, whether they read at home or at school. How exciting that we have read so many books. Please send in your reading log sheets as soon as they are completed.

What amazing book adventure will you being going on this week?

MATHEMATICS

This term, several year levels are learning about time. While telling the time may appear to be a relatively simple skill to learn or teach, the measurement of time is in reality much more complex. Once students start to learn all of the facets of time (digital, analogue, seconds, minutes, hours, time duration, days, months years etc.) it tends to be very confusing.

Along with knowledge of time, students need to develop an understanding of the language associated with time. For instance, 9:15 is often referred to as ‘nine fifteen’ whereas an analogue clock showing the same time is often referred to as ‘quarter past nine’. Students will need to be familiar with the language (written and spoken) to use with time.

Additionally, other mathematical knowledge which is used with time – fractions, place value with decimal places and sequencing. Teachers do a fantastic job at teaching time gradually from Prep with new skills learnt in each year level.

There are ways to help at home too. Refer to the time often, start simple with o’clock times and gradually add more difficult concepts. Use questions such as:

What time is it? What will the time be in one hour? When will bed time be? How long did it take to brush our teeth?

Parents can talk with the class teacher to find out what skills they could be focusing on at home to help students practice telling the time.

SWPBS

Students have been focused on Safety and Learning for the first two weeks of this term. Students have been reviewing how they can learn safely in different learning areas. Here are some points that they have been discussing:

• Use equipment safely
• Leave learning areas clean and tidy
• Follow instructions
• Walking
• Give everyone some personal space
• Cleaning up after yourself
• Moving around the room carefully and quietly

Students have also been reviewing how to be learning while in outdoor areas. Having lessons or small group work in outdoor areas can add interest into lessons. When working outdoors, students remember that it is important to follow the instructions that have been given, use equipment safely and continue to focus on learning. Transitions to outdoor areas are important so other classes are not disturbed. When everyone is working together we will have a great learning environment.

GYMPIE CRICKET