4 August 2021

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Amidst the latest COVID outbreak, Jones Hill has been celebrating some great successes.

Last week our Business Manager, Mrs Tammy Pengelly won a the SBMAQ School Community Award for outstanding dedication and contribution to the position of Business Manager within her school community. This was presented at the state-wide conference last week. Congratulations to Tammy a well deserved award.

Our Concert band won first at the Eisteddfod this week, with our strings ensemble taking out second. A great result for their hard work, dedication and family support getting them to all the early morning practices. Congratulation to the students, Mr Berry and Ms Smith.

The Concert Band will be performing on parade this Friday.

Wakakirri performed on Friday night in Caloundra and did an outstanding job. They have worked so hard and been supported by our dedicated staff and their families. On the night they took out the award for “Best Individual Costume Design.’

Last week Jones Hill also won the Regional Showcase award for ‘Towards Zero.’ This award recognises the outstanding work of our staff and students in ensuring all students achieve their best. This will be presented on parade this week.

BOOK WEEK READ-A-THON

During Book Week students have the opportunity to raise funds while reading. If you raise $10 or more you can choose a PRIZE. All money raised can be entered on the QKR!. Any amount can be entered. Once your reading record and sponsorship form are complete, please return to the office. Book Week is August 23rd – 27th.

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 – Charlie; PM – Lilliah; 1B – Archie; 1C – Noah; 1H – Charlie; 2K/R – Piper; 3B – Carson; 3D – Hannah; 3S – Shaeya; 2KR (Japanese) – Nate – 4B – Chelsea; 6GU – Jaz; 3D (Japanese) - Lochlan

RESPECT: PR - Katelyn

ALL VALUES: 2B – Mason; 4MD – Noah; 5/6C – Jazmyn; 6C - Amelie

TOKEN AWARDS

20 TOKENS: 5/6C - Cooper

40 TOKENS: 1C – Aidan, Jace, Theo; 1H – Jake; 2B – William; 3S – Shelby; 4B – Levi; 5/6C – Ruby-Rose, Jaspar; 6C - Lucas

60 TOKENS: PR – Amelia; 1B – Hayden; 1C – Emerson; 1H – William; 3B – Isabella, Annabelle, Summer, Kate, Charlotte, Clayton, Carson; 3D – Ethan, Sunny; 3S – Michael; 4MD – Aubrey, Lawson, Linkin, Indianna; 5/6C – Manny, Jack, Sharn; 6C – Zeke, Jaxson

80 TOKENS: 1C – Finn, Ayla; 1H – Levi, Lila; 3S – Amelia, Peyton, Makayla, Breanna

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

2022 YEAR 5/6 CANBERRA TRIP

Students attending the 2022 Canberra Trip will have now received their second invoice installment ($300). This payment is due by the end of term 3.

If you have any questions at all regarding the Canberra Trip 2022, please don’t hesitate to contact us on 54890555 or admin@jonehillss.eq.edu.au.

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
• Read-a-thon – August 23 to 27

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;

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

Koala Kids Vacation Care – CCS Update

With the September school holidays fast approaching we are preparing and updating all our Vacation Care enrolments. We have noticed that many CCS enrolments for our Koala Kids families have ceased due to inactivity. If your child/ren are attending Vacation Care for the September school holidays, please check your Xplor app for your CWA or your MyGov app for your CCS enrolment. If you notice that your CCS enrolment has ceased or you are unsure, please contact the office of 54890 555 or email for more information.

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

POP UP ADVENTURE PLAY MORNING

Our next Prep transition morning will be held on Thursday, August 12. The Pop-Up Adventure Play session will run from 9am to 10am in our Prep playground. We hope you can all attend. Please follow COVID procedure – one parent/carer per child, sign in using our QR Code and use provided sanitiser.

To see our full Prep Transition Program please click on the below link.

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.

Please note we have a limited tuckshop menu for this week due to lack of staff. There will be no wraps, pizzas or butter chicken.

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

Our Jonesy’s 5 cent challenge is going well. Keep those coins coming in for this very worthy cause. Remember any denomination is accepted. The class that raises the most money will be presented with the annual trophy on parade, September 3.

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).

P&C NEWS

Only 15 Tickets remaining. Our second school disco will be held on Friday August 13. Please Note: Tickets are to be purchased with the OKR App.

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

YEAR 4 CAMP

In week 2 our Year 4 students had a fantastic adventure as they attended school camp at the Barambah Environmental Centre. From bushwalking, weapons and cooking damper on the fire, to gold mining, star gazing and chopping wood, the students were put through paces as they discovered what life was like in previous generations. Students then developed their teamwork skills through the low ropes course and worked on their personal skills as they organised themselves for meals, activities and cabins. The students’ resilience was tested in the subzero temperatures but everyone banded together and soon warmed-up once the activities began. Congratulations to 4B who narrowly won the sock wrestling championships for 2021, with both classes showing great tenacity and sportsmanship. Throughout the camp our students were fine representatives for our school, demonstrating the values of respect, learning, relationships and safety and the Barambah staff were full of praise for the way they conducted themselves. We should be very proud of them all. An enormous thank you to Mr Hubner, Mrs Jones and Mr Worth who braved the cold conditions and helped us on camp and to Mr Watt, Mrs Seed and all of the office staff for helping us in our preparations. We couldn’t have done it without you and your assistance was much appreciated.

NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY

JAPANESE CORNER

Minna-san konnichiwa!

Maybe I am a little biased, but I for one have thoroughly enjoyed every second of the Olympics. It is amazing to see both the Aussies and the Japanese doing so well. Whether it be Gymnastics, weightlifting, running, shooting, jumping, throwing or whatever, it is a marvel to witness what we, as humans can physically accomplish.

One sport making its appearance for the first time at the Olympics is Karate. I have really enjoyed telling the munchkins about the meaning of Karate and its origins. Karate literally means 'empty hand' (Kara= empty and te= hand) and was invented in the 1870s when the King of Okinawa, the southernmost area of Japan suddenly banned the use of weapons in the area. In response, the locals founded Karate as a way to protect themselves, their family and their possessions. A century and a half later it is now an Olympic Sport.

If you have a child in Years 3-6, see if they can tell you about what the word Karate means and the origin of Karate.

Here is to Australia (and Japan) winning even more Gold Medals!

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?

ART COMPETITION FOR CHILD PROTECTION WEEK

Students have the opportunity to enter the Gympie Kids Creativity competition for Child Protection Week. This could be a drawing, painting, collage, short story, poem or even your own song lyrics. Get your entry in before Friday 27th August – you can leave your entry at your school office, drop it off at Gympie Community Place, 18 Excelsior Rd, or take a photo of your entry and email it to llagympie@gcp.org.au Click on the link below to download your entry form.

BASEBALL

HOT SHOTS TENNIS EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

Gympie and District Tennis Association Coach Brett Cottrill will commence Hot Shots Tennis program from Monday 9th August and Friday 13th August at Jones Hill State School. Groups will be held on Monday (9th Aug start) (years 3to 6), Friday (13th Aug start) (Prep, years 1 and 2) lunchtimes from 11.00am to 11.40am for a MINIMUM BLOCK OF 7 WEEKS. Costs will be $85.00/pupil, $160.00 for 2 children or $210.00 for 3 children in the same family

To register for the program please contact Brett Cottrill on 0417746795 or return the completed form back to the office by Monday 9th Aug.

Name: __________________ Age: ________
Grade: ______________ Phone/s: ________________________
Parent/Guardians Signature: _______________________________
Email: __________________________________________________

We accept the Fair Play Sporting Vouchers.

Please make cash payment or cheques payable to Brett Cottrill.

Direct Deposit: B A COTTRILL. BSB 014585 ACCT 583359786 including students name as reference.

Note: After school Hot Shots games and Fixtures have recommenced at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre Cartwright Rd Gympie from 3.30pm to 5.00 pm.