13 July 2022

Newsletter Articles

LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT

Welcome Back

Welcome back to Term 3. We hope all of our Jones Hill families, staff and students had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday and are ready for a great Term 3. Over the holiday break, the new fence around the school was completed. Please note that some access points have been changed. There is no longer access for students and parents to walk in between the tennis court and the staff car park. There is a new access gate from the car park into the Prep Area and for students catching the bus, there is a new gate next to the bus shelter.

Report Cards

Your child’s report card for Semester 1, 2022, was emailed home this week, on Tuesday 12th July. The students efforts and progress with their learning has been excellent and they are to be commended on their achievements.

Sports Day

On the last day of Term 2, we had our annual Sports Day. A huge thank you goes to Mr Littler and Mr Rentz, who spent a lot of time preparing and setting up for the day. The children were very excited and had a great time competing and cheering for their house. Congratulations to Doran who won Sports Day with 2 062points, second was McPaul with 1 428 points and third went to Radford with 1 262 points. The Good Sports Award recipients were Bom and Thomas who never gave up and encouraged other students who were competing. The Age Champions was closely contested and congratulations goes to these students.

2009 – Jazmyn
2010 – Layne and Lollee
2011 – Kyran and Lily
2012 – Ty and Olivia
2013 – Angus and Stella
2014 – Hayden and Madeliene

Little Koalas Playgroup

This term, Jones Hill will be running a playgroup every Wednesday. The Little Koalas Playgroup will operate every Wednesday, starting on the 20th July. Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Adamson will be running the playgroup from 2pm-3pm in the PM classroom. If you have a little person, aged 0-5 years and would like to attend the playgroup, please come along and join in the fun. If you would like more information please contact Julie Mitchell on 54 890 555.

School Opinion Surveys

The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted in Term 3 and will close on 12 August 2022. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (5, 6, 8 and 11) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.

An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 11 July. The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022. Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it. The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.

Parents/caregivers who do not have access to the internet at home are welcome to complete their survey online at the school. School computers/tablets will be available.

Tuckshop

We would like to thank all the families that donated baked goods for Sports Day. The children and adults loved the treats and this raised $733 for the P&C.

Unfortunately, due to the cost of lettuce, this will be temporarily taken off some of the items on the tuckshop menu. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Kind Regards,

James Watt - Principal
Stacey Seed – Deputy Principal

EVENTS CALENDAR

PARADE AWARDS

CLASS AWARDS

The following students will receive Behaviour Awards for displaying the school values of Respect, Learning, Safety and Relationships. Parents are welcome to join us at parade. Parade will be filmed and uploaded to Facebook.

PM - Willow; 1D - Quinn; 2E - William; 2F – Rowland; 2/3B – Aiden; 3D – Bethany; 4/5C – Alana; 5PD – Emily; 5/6C – Miah; 6K – Jase; 6R - Madison

TOKEN AWARDS

20 Tokens: 2E – Aidan; 6K – Daphne, Ross, Tyler, Xander

40 Tokens: 1D – Knight; 2E – Amity, Ryleigh; 2F – Bom, Chloe; 4/5C – Xavier, Maeson, Chayce, Shaeya, Alana, Lachlan, Izzabella; 6K – Naomi, Mackayla, Ashton; 6R – Linkin

60 Tokens: 1D – Bailey; 2F – Lila, Thomas; 2/3B – Amayah; 6K – Maiya, Billy, Jai, Lillyenna, Matilda

Please note that due to supply difficulties, students receiving 40 token awards will only receive a certificate at parade. Reward prizes will be given out once stock arrives.

BEHAVIOUR LEVEL AWARDS

SILVER: 3S – Alivia-Lee, Emilia

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

MATHS FUN

Last term, the students in PR engaged in mathematical activities to:

• identify and describe the features of two-dimensional shapes
• sort two-dimensional shapes and describe each different sort
• make collections that have more, less and the same
• compare quantities to determine ‘How many more?’
• connect numerals, quantities and number words to 10

PLAYGROUP

Playgroup at Jones Hill State School

Do you have a child aged from birth to school age?

You are invited to stay and play at our ‘Little Koalas Community Playgroup’.

Beginning Wednesday, 20th July 2022.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

The Premier's Reading Challenge is running until August 26.

To complete the challenge:

• Prep to Year 2 must read or experience at least 20 books
• Years 3 and 4 must read at least 20 books
• Years 5 to 9 must read at least 15 books.

Every student who completes the challenge will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Premier. I look forward to seeing as many of our students as possible take part in the 2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

2023 ENROLMENT

Enrol Now

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.

PREP 2023 Transition Program

To view our full Prep Transition Program please click on the link below:

YEAR BARAMBAH 4

Just before the holidays the year 4 students went on camp to Barambah. We had two nights sleeping in cabins. The weather was very cold. Some of the things we did were whip cracking, low ropes and a walk up One Tree Hill. We learnt how to use a handsaw and went on a gold hunt. The camp was amazing and we had so much fun.

GUM TREE CAFÉ NEWS

Tuckshop

We would like to thank all the families that donated baked goods for Sports Day. The children and adults loved the treats and this raised $733 for the P&C.

Unfortunately, due to the cost of lettuce, this will be temporarily taken off some of the items on the tuckshop menu. Thank you for your understanding and support.

The Gum Tree Cafe is 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

RELAY FOR LIFE

Join Our Team

Gympie Relay for Life will be taking place in September this year. We would like to invite all students to become members of our 2022 team. To register for our team please follow the link below. If you would like further information please see Mrs Hurren or email jhurr5@eq.edu.au.

Hair-raiser

Mrs Hurren celebrates a milestone birthday this year. To celebrate she wants to do something wild.

If this little piggy bank can collect ten times Mrs Hurren’s age before September, Mrs Hurren will dye her hair to match the piggy’s hair for her birthday in October.

Rainbow Piggy will be in the office to collect your donations.

Jonesy’s 5 cent Challenge

Each year Jonesy, our school Relay for Life Mascot, runs a class challenge. This is our major fundraiser for our Gympie Region Relay for Life 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 6.

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

Taste Buds Fundraiser

We are excited to announce we are holding a Taste Buds Fundraiser. Tastebuds offer a range of Flavourful Spices, Savoury Salts and Rubs, Decadent Chocolate Powders and Versatile mixes. Tastebuds products are handcrafted and blended on the Sunshine Coast.

This is a fun, tasty and easy way for you to support our Relay for Life Team and the Queensland Cancer Council. 50% of all sales will go directly into our team fundraising for Gympie Regional Relay for Life. Orders are placed online and delivered straight to your door.

To check out the great range of products and to place an order click on the link below.

The website will also give you access to great recipes.

When finalising your order please use the following code to ensure the sale is allocated to our fundraiser. Code: joneshill

For more information the brochure link above

HOTSHOTS TENNIS COACHING PROGRAM

Gympie and District Tennis Association Coach Michael Morton will commence Hotshots lessons at Jones Hill State School starting from the May 9.

Lessons will be on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8:00am to 8:45am.

• Monday will be red or orange ball, ages 5 to 9
• Wednesday mornings will be green or yellow ball, ages 9+.

Price is $150 for the term (10 x $15) or based on what week you start in the term.

Registration

To register for the program please contact Michael on 0408 306 859 or Michael.tennisgympie@hotmail.com

Payments can be made directly to Michael either by direct deposit BSB: 084 602 Acct: 75 144 8789 student’s name as reference or by cash.

Thanks Coach Michael.

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.