9 March 2022

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Hi Everyone,

After the ups and downs of last week, we are hoping for a more settled week. Thank you for your support during the many events of the last two weeks.

We hope that everyone is recovering from any damage caused by the flooding and looking forward to dryer times.

This week we saw the easing of the Qld Government’s Back to School Plan.

Masks are no longer required to be worn indoors. If staff or students would like to continue wearing them, they can.

We welcome parents back into classrooms. If you have organised to be a parent helper in your child’s class you will need to sign in at the office, use the Check In app to show staff your vaccination status. Classroom Volunteers will also need to see office staff for a copy of the Volunteers Induction Guide. This is not required if you are just dropping off and picking up your children.

If staff or students are exhibiting flu like symptoms we are still required to send them home and will provide a Rapid Antigen Test.

Parades will return to normal and we welcome parents to attend. Excursions and camps can now also go ahead.

We are really looking forward to some more normal activities for the rest of the term.

LEADERSHIP PARADE

The 2022 Student Leadership team will be inducted at a special parade to be held on THURSDAY, March 17 at 9am. During this parade our School Captains, House Captains and Leadership team will be presented with their badges. Parents are welcome to attend this parade. There will be no parade on Friday, March 18.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos will now be taken on Tuesday, March 15. Photo orders will need to be place prior to this day. Class and Portrait photos can be purchased by following the link below or by using the envelope that has been sent home with your child. This year Class photos will be made up of individual student portrait photos not a single group photo.

Click on the link below for more information.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• School photos purchased online DO NOT require envelopes returned to school
• NO sibling photos will be taken
• Students must wear full school uniform
• Late fees/additional charges will be applied for purchases after photo day
• Photos will be returned to your school for distribution approximately six weeks after photos are taken
• Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups available at school’s advancedorder site (follow the link above) and your child’s advancedyou photo site

Advancedlife would like to express our appreciation to Jones Hill State School for placing your trust in us. Please remember we offer a 100% money-back guarantee on our products, for your peace of mind, and are also here to resolve any issues you may experience to ensure your satisfaction. If you have any questions, comments or feedback relating to your Advancedlife experience, please contact us at: enquiries@advancedlife.com.au

NAPLAN ONLINE

NAPLAN is used by governments, education authorities and schools to determine whether young Australians are meeting important goals in literacy and numeracy.

All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are expected to sit the NAPLAN tests, which are held in May each year.

NAPLAN gives a snapshot of how children are performing in reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and numeracy. It complements other effective classroom assessment and reporting practices.

Online testing

In 2020, federal, state and territory education ministers agreed that all schools will transition to delivering NAPLAN online by 2022.

Benefits of online testing include:

• 'tailored testing', which gives students questions better suited to their ability, resulting in more precise results
• improving student engagement through computer-based tests.

2022 Test dates

NAPLAN testing window — 10–20 May 2022.

For information regarding the NAPLAN testing timetable, contact your child’s school or visit ACARA’s NAPLAN test timetables website.

Test times and materials

This document summarises the session time of each test and lists the materials allowed.

Format of the tests

For all eligible year levels (Years 3, 5, 7 and 9) there are 4 test domains: writing, reading, conventions of language and numeracy. Below is a summary of the format for each test.

• Writing: Students are given a stimulus and asked to construct a response to the task. Their response will be based on a particular text type (narrative or persuasive). Students in Years 3 and 5 will receive different writing stimuli to students in Years 7 and 9, both of the same genre. All Year 3 students sit the writing test on paper.
• Reading: Students are given a range of texts to read. They respond to the test items using a range of response types such as multiple choice, hotspot and drag and drop items.
• Conventions of language: Students will respond to grammar and punctuation as well as spelling items. The response formats will be multiple choice, short response and other interactive response types such as hotspot and drag and drop items.
• Numeracy: Students will respond to numeracy items. The response formats will be multiple choice, short response and other interactive response types such as hotspot and drag and drop items. Students will also have access to online numeracy tools (ruler, protractor or calculator), depending on their year level. For Years 7 and 9, the numeracy test includes a non-calculator section and a calculator-allowed section.

More information

For more information about NAPLAN:

email naplan@qcaa.qld.edu.edu.
Last reviewed: 14 January 2022

2023 ENROLMENT

Do you have a child who will be starting Prep in 2023? Please fill out the form below and return it to our school office or email to jhurr5@eq.edu.au to add their name to our enrolment list.

Kind Regards,

James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal

EVENTS CALENDAR

CLASS AWARDS

The following students will receive Behaviour Awards for displaying the school values of Respect, Learning, Safety and Relationships. Parade will be filmed for parents to view on Facebook.

PC: Lilly; PM: William; PR: Aubrey; 1B: Bailey; 1D: Hayden; 1S: Sammy; 2A: Noah; 2E: Lucas; 2F: Bridgette; 2/3B: Jakob; 3D: Hallie; 3S: Isla; 4B: Carson; 4G: Bella; 4/5C: Xavier; 5PD: Kyran; 5/6C: Mason; 6K: Billy; 6R: Rieland; Japanese: Thomas (2F), Breanna (4/5C)

BOOK FAIR

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Hi Everyone,

YEAR 5 AND 6 CAIRNS TRIP

Our itinerary has been finalised for our trip to Cairns, June 12 to 16 and the final payment has been sent home. All payments must be finalised before 29 April, 2022. This includes all school fees being up to date as well. There will be a parent meeting in the Year 5/6 rooms on 22 March at 5:00pm. Please try to make this meeting as there will be a lot of information and hopefully all permission forms will be ready to be sent home. There will be time for parents to ask questions. Please see the attached itinerary.

To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion, the Queensland Government, through the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program, provided a subsidy to the school of $150.00 per student who will attend the excursion.

Koala Kids OSHC Service

If you wish to enrol your student for our Out of School Hours program please follow the link below.

Vacation Care

April Vacation Care will run from Monday, 4 April until Thursday, 14 April. Information will be sent home soon. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding Vacation or OHSC Services. Our email address is oshcare@jonehillss.eq.edu.au .

P&C NEWS

Our annual meeting has been postponed until Tuesday, March 22. It will be held at 6:30pm in our school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

CLASS MATH ARTICLE

What makes 4? by Prep C

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
My Mum drives a motor car.
Two wheels at the front-
Two wheels at the back,
There she goes, bumping down the track.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
My Mum has four wheels on her car.

GUM TREE CAFÉ NEWS

The Gum Tree Cafe will be open four days a week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at first break only.

• Orders are to be placed online only using the QKR! app.
• All orders need to be placed before 9am.
• A reminder that two days’ notice is required for Birthday Buckets.

Richelle and Trina – Tuckshop Conveyers

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.

LITTLE LIFESAVERS

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