12 March 2018

Newsletter Articles

Date Claimers

• 16 & 23 March: Glasshouse District Softball Competition
• 13 & 20 March: 1-2-3 Magic @ 9:00am
• 14 March: Auditions for Musical Pirates! We're Pirates!
• 14 March: Maleny State School P&C AGM @ 6:30pm
• 16 March: National Day of Action against Bullying & Harmony Day Free Dress Day and Special Parade (Gold Coin Donation)
• 21 March: Harmony Day – Yr 3 Performance
• 22 March: School Photo Day
• 22 March: Disco – Harmony Day Theme, Wear Bright Colours
• 28 March: Glasshouse District Girls Rugby League
• 16 April: Pupil Free Day
• 20 April: Maleny State School Cross Country
• 24 April: Anzac Day Assembly
• 25 April: Anzac Day
• 30 April: Glasshouse District 10-12Yrs Cross Country
• 7 May: Public Holiday
• 1-2 June: Maleny Show
• 25 June: Maleny State School Junior Carnival (Prep – Yr 2)
• 26-27 June: Maleny State School Senior Athletics Carnival (Yr 3-Yr6)
• 9-10 August: Glasshouse District 9-12Yrs Athletics Carnival
• Throughout Term 3, Tuesdays @ 3:00 – 4:00 afterschool rehearsals Pirates! We're Pirates!
• 2 & 16 September: Sunday Dress Rehearsals Pirates! We're Pirates!
• 19 & 20 September: Performance Dates Pirates! We're Pirates!

Diary Dates

Principals Report

Harmony and Anti Bullying National Day of Action Free Dress $1 donation – Friday, 16 March 2018

These two events fit beautifully together and as a school we will celebrate them both this Friday. All classes will be participating in a number of activities over the next two weeks to promote respectful relationships, build resilience and develop strategies to deal with bullying.

We ask students to wear bright colours as free dress (sun safe) this Friday to support our anti bullying and harmony day message. Gold coin donations will go to Welcome2Maleny which is a local group that supports refugees on the Sunshine Coast. Welcome2Maleny donates stationary, school uniforms and school supplies to refugee students living on the Sunshine Coast.

We will hold a special assembly on Friday morning at 9:00 on the 16 March to share our schools strong stance on Anti Bullying. All classes will be participating in special activities over the next couple of weeks to ensure our children are clear on what bullying is and how harmful it can be as well as developing skills to assist them in reacting appropriately if they are bullied.

Harmony Day Celebrations

Wednesday, 21 March is Harmony Day. As part of our Harmony Day celebrations this year all of our Yr 3 classes will unite with the Ananda Marga River School and the Maleny State High School to perform songs in the Maleny Township at 9:15 (in the middle of town between real estate and Peace of Green).

Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. The message of Harmony Day is ‘everyone belongs’, the Day aims to engage people to participate in their community, respect cultural and religious diversity and foster sense of belonging for everyone.

Our diversity makes Australia a great place to live.

The Day is held every year on 21 March and coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

School Photos (Ensure shoes are black and socks are white)

School Photos will be on Thursday, 22 March please ensure students are at school on time and have full and correct formal uniform on this day, not sports shirts. Note: all Sports captains will need to wear formal uniform for initial class photo and bring sports house shirt to change into for special House Captains photo.

Disco - Harmony Theme, Wear – Bright Colours Thursday 22 March

Prep – Yr 3 - 5:00 - 6:15 (For Safety - Parents must collect students from inside the Hall, 15 minute change over. All P-3 students must go home and not stay for the Senior Disco. Little ones that have stayed in the past become stressed, sometimes hurt and require one on one adult supervision).

Yr 4 – Yr 6 - 6:30 – 8:00 (Students are to be collected from inside the hall on time, late pickups will be called and politely reminded to collect as we are often waiting for parents that have pick up times wrong)

Cost: $4.00

Parents support is required in the Tuckshop at both Discos. Please just walk in to the tuckshop, introduce yourself and you will quickly learn how to serve or prepare food.

AGM P&C Meeting Wednesday, 14 March @ 6:30pm

New members welcome - all Executive Positions are declared vacant each year.

We would love to see many more faces come along to meetings to ensure our P&C is truly representative of our whole school parent body.

Milkin It for Chappy

This event was bigger and better than ever before and was most enjoyable for the hundreds of people that attended. Congratulations to Chappy Becky and event coordinator Misty Bland for organising such a high standard event that is becoming part of Maleny culture and uniqueness. The site of the event is simply stunning and wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of the Maleny Dairies of which we are incredibly grateful. If you didn’t attend, this is a great event to invite your friends from out of town and book a table for next year. Trust me you won’t be disappointed.

Have a Great Week
John

From the Deputy Principal

Bullying No Way Day of Action!

On Friday 16 March 2018, Australian schools will stand united in their communities to celebrate the eighth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA).

The National Day of Action is Australia’s key anti-bullying event for schools and in 2018, schools are called to imagine a world free from bullying and share their BIG IDEAS.

We at Maleny State School believe strongly in putting a stop to bullying that classes will be use the week leading up to the ‘National Day of Action’ to highlight the anti-bullying message. Classes will be taking part in a number of activities within their class and displaying their culminating activity in their classrooms as a reminder of the anti-bullying messages that have been discussed over the week.

Increased Police Monitoring!

The local Police will be increasing patrols over the next couple of weeks. Please make sure that you are:

• Using the pedestrian crossing
• Walking bikes, scooters, skateboards on footpaths
• Not parking in Bus Zones

Students have also been advised about:

• Student behaviour out in public to and from school eg. at the park, in local shops and bus travel code of conduct

Every Day Counts – School Attendance

We remind parents of the importance of sending children to school every day. Being at school every day counts, with one day absent each week quickly adding up to two months of missed lessons in a year.

Unless your child is ill, it is expected that your child will be at school learning every day of the school year.

More information on the importance of regular school attendance is available at

From the Office

Payments

Payments can be made by any of the following methods.

1. Directly into our bank account noting the invoice number, initial and surname of the student for whom you are paying. Our Bank account details are:
   BSB: 064-462 Account Number: 10080359
2. Credit card using the bPoint reference number that is located on the bottom left hand side of your invoice. Credit card payments can also be made in person at the office.
3. Cash and cheque can be made by placing the cheque/correct change in a payment envelope and depositing it into the drop-safe in the office. Please ensure that the envelope is sealed so the cash does not fall out. Please write the student’s name, class, amount enclosed and what the payment is for, clearly on the envelope.

Office hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm on Monday - Friday.

Contact Details – Do we have your most up to date contact details?

There are times when we may need to contact parents and carers. Do we have your most up to date contact details? If not, please contact the school on 5499 8333 so we can update our records. These details include parent/carers’ name, address, phone numbers, email address and emergency contact details. Please remember to contact the school if any of these details change.

Music Notes

Pirates! We're Pirates!

Performance Dates: Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th September

Students in Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6 can audition for acting and singing roles in Pirates! We’re Pirates! Auditions will take place on Wednesday 14th March in the School Hall. Auditioning students will be asked to sing part of the song ‘All for the Many and all for the Few' and perform a few pages from the script. Students are required to return a completed audition permission form before taking part in the auditions

Acting roles include three Pirate Captains, three First Mates, three Pirate Crews, Eenie the Genie, Drumstikk the Parrot, Spirit, Charm, Paige and Street Stall Seller.

There will also be opportunities for Years 1 –Year 6 to be involved in our musical as dancers. Of course all performers will be singing on stage as this is a MUSICAL!

Questions? Please contact: Liz Shortland

Phone: 54998333
Email: lcrip9@eq.edu.au

Liz Shortland - Classroom Music Specialist Teacher

SWPBL (School Wide Positive Behaviour Learning)

Students have been working hard this term to follow our School 4 Be Rules and achieve rewards through the Be Super, Be Awesome and Be Epic Clubs. They have been keeping record of their achievements on a 4 Be Tracking sheet by trading 4 Be cards for stamps. Those students who have achieved the Be Super Club (10 stamps) will receive a classroom reward. Students who have achieved the Be Awesome Club (20 stamps) will be invited to attend a games session on the oval. Be Epic students (30 stamps) will be rewarded with a free swim. When Be Clubs have been finalised, a note will be sent home to Be Epic Club members with more information. Term 1 rewards day for the Be Awesome and Be Epic students is Thursday 29 March.

Fortnightly Buzz Phrases

Our current focus rule is a Be Respectful Rule - "Say No to Bullying" to link in with the National Day of Action against bullying. Classes will be discussing a number of issues around this topic in their class activities.

Our Buzz phrase for the last two weeks of term is " Quiet Talking, Quiet Eating". Students are encouraged to be respectful in the eating areas and tuckshop. They need to speak considerately and politely to those around them, keep eating areas clean and tidy and wait for teacher directions to line up quietly.

Prep A & B

Mrs Price, our Engagement and Well-being Teacher had her final visit to Prep for circle time. She talked to the children about the ways we interact with others. We learnt that most of us are similar to dolphins most of the time. Dolphins choose to play fair, use their manners and take care of others. They stay in control of themselves.

Sometimes even dolphins can act like sharks. They may forget to use their friendly words and faces or they may forget to keep their hands and feet to themselves. Sharks hurt others with their words or actions. Sharks may lose control of themselves.

Jellyfish keep their feelings to themselves instead of talking about them. Jellyfish may give into others when they don’t want to and they may cry or sulk without trying to deal with the problem themselves first.

At Maleny State School we encourage students to be dolphins and solve their problems using the High 5 Poster. It would be great if you could support your children with using this language at home.

Mandy Bauer & Lindy Hicks

Year 1A & 1B

Year 1's have been learning about the needs of living things in Science this term. To consolidate our learning, both classes have chicken eggs in an incubator and we have been anxiously counting down the days on our calendars until they hatch. Once hatched, our Scientists can delve deeper into the basic needs of living things. The eggs are due to hatch today, Monday, so hopefully there will be a lot of excited students this week and I know that cute baby chickens will provide lots of stimulus material for our daily writing as well!

Jo Dykes and Tammalee Johnston

Year 1/2C

It is hard to believe that we are in Week 8 of our first 10 week term for the year. Time does fly when you are having fun and this has been the case in 1/2C. Over the past few weeks we have been learning a lot. Science is one of the areas in which the children have excelled this term. In this unit, students have identified that living things have basic needs, including food and water, and have a variety of external features. We have researched how living things change as they grow and we now understand that the needs of living things are met in the different places in which they live and we will be suggesting actions to improve the health of a habitat for living things. We have enjoyed creating our dioramas and researching the habitats, life cycles and the impact of environmental change on habitats and wildlife existence.

In English we have enjoyed extending and challenging ourselves with our writing. Making sure our stories have Sizzling Starts – often achieved by using a sound effect, such as bang, boom or crash to entice the reader. In Maths we have been looking at skip counting (counting by 2's, 5's & 10's), investigating length, addition, subtraction and sorting to name just a few of the concepts we have worked on this term. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy Easter break. I look forward to seeing you all refreshed and ready for some major learning in Term 2!

Jenny Jenkinson

Year 2A & 2B

We have finished our Poetry unit and now investigating stories and characters in stories for unit 2. The children are all enjoying swimming and we have started computer lab where each class visits every fortnight to learn computer skills. Soon we will be starting to design and make our lunchbox in science so please keep those recycled materials coming in.

Sarsha Anthony, Jean Penny & Libby Ferguson

Year 3A, 3B & 3C

In English we have been busy working on the assessment pieces for our unit on Persuasive Texts. We have been most impressed at how the children are trying to use high modality words, exaggeration, rhetorical questions, evaluative adjectives and facts to make their writing more persuasive. All of these are very new writing techniques for the year threes to try but work in well with our Seven Steps Writing Strategies especially that of Sizzling Starts and Show Don’t Tell.

In Science we have been exploring characteristics of living things. We are currently undertaking an investigation called; “Is a seed living?” The children are making careful observations and watering their mung bean seeds every day. Lots of excitement and learning as the children see their seeds sprouting.

All the year three classes have been learning three songs for Harmony Day which they will sing along with all the other schools in the middle of Maleny at the vacant block between Maleny Realty and Peace of Green. So put the 21st March in your diary to come and show your support. More about Harmony Day will be in this month’s Hinterland Times.

Emma Back (3A Teacher), Anne Coogan (3B Teacher), Trish Mackay & Lou Walsh (3C Teachers)

P & C News

2018 P&C Annual General Meeting

As a parent you can be involved with the P & C in many ways:

• Holding an executive position
• Being a committee member
• Helping with fund raising & catering
• Attending monthly meetings

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND VALUED

To become a member of the P&C

Please fill out a Application for P&C Membership for 2018. These can be obtained from the School Office, from the P&C Secretary or downloaded here.

Completed forms can be returned to the Office or the P&C Secretary: Kylie McAuliffe on: llorac@outlook.com.au

To nominate for an Executive Position or Position on a Committee

You will need someone to nominate you for the position and a seconder. Nomination forms are available from the Secretary: Kylie McAuliffe on: llorac@outlook.com.au

Note: it is a requirement that all positions are held by members.

Our fabulous Tuckshop is looking for another group of volunteers to support the great services they provide - especially on Tuesday when we provide the very popular Sushi rolls. It is only for 3hrs once a month to greatly support our kids. More details can be collected from the office. Our rosters are very low - we need your help!

Uniform Shop

If you have one hour per month that you may be able to help us out in the Uniform Shop please contact the office on 5499 8333. Open from 8:30-9:30am on Fridays, bring along a friend and be part of our happy team

The Uniform Shop's regular hours are Friday mornings between 8.30am and 9.30am. Payment options are EFTPOS, cash or cheque at the uniform shop only. Alternatively, orders can be placed online at the website below by 5pm Wednesday for Friday pickup or class delivery.

Innovation Centre News

As always it is busy in the Innovation Centre. It has been very popular during lunch breaks with most spots filled with kids engaging in all sorts of activities.

Cozmo

Cozmo is a very cute little robot that has heaps of heaps of emotional traits that can be seen by his programmed actions and very expressive cartoon face. Not only can you play games with Cozmo but you have to look after him by feeding and tuning him. You can even get right into coding with a version of ScratchJr developed for the Cozmo robot to allow the user to control the little guy and get it to do all sorts of activities. The Youtube playlist below showcases Cozmo.

GEMS (STEM) RoboClub started in Week 6

The robotics club kicked off in Week 6. Eight students in all across years 5 & 6 started their sessions. Beginning with Club aims, program overview, discussions on teamwork and collaboration as well as the first upcoming challenge of the RoboSumo comp made up the first session. Held each Thursday afternoon the students will slowly develop some serious design and coding skills as they look to overcome some challenges with their team mates. Will they get everything right the first time? Absolutely NOT! The design process is filled with failure and is expected. It is how they will learn and the refine designs to get the best robots or solutions they can. Children will think of creative ideas, plan these out and implement/ build/ code the designs. Lastly, they'll see how they went and see how it can be improved again, starting the cycle once more. Later this year when the final allocation of a Robotics and Coding grant comes in an additional kit of 4 robots will allow for another 8 students to be invited into the program.

Finally, a big thankyou to Mandy McMahon and Kylie McAuliffe for stepping so capably in a replacing Shelley whilst she is on long service leave for the next few weeks.

Adrian Greig, Mandy McMahon and Kylie McAuliffe - Innovation Centre Team

School Photos – 22 March 2018

Chappy News – Gratefulness & Thankfulness

As a parent, one of the biggest priorities I have is teaching my children to be thankful for EVERYTHING and to focus on the things that they actually have instead of what they DON’T have. I have felt so happy as I’ve listened to them, because I am passionate about raising children who are able to see the good things in their own lives and be grateful for what they have. As a parent it is so vital that we teach our children what it means to be thankful; that we teach them to see what they have and acknowledge it as a blessing. It is also vital that I show my children how to look out for the needs of others and be pro-active in helping wherever it is possible. If we as parents cannot see the good in our own lives, how can we expect to teach our children how to recognise it in theirs? Food for thought.

I want to say a big thank you to all the people who came and supported the chaplaincy fundraiser, “Maleny’s Milkin’ It For Charity” on Saturday, 3 March. The day was a great success, with about 250 or more people attending in all their finest gowns and gumboots. We had an overwhelming amount of support from our local businesses and so many prizes were won in the raffle and auction. Overall, about $15,000 was raised to keep supporting my role at Maleny State School. Thank you!

Chappy Becky

1-2-3 MAGIC Parenting Course

Understanding our own and our children’s Behaviour.

We would like to invite parents to attend an upcoming series of 3 workshops designed to help parents with behaviour management strategies. Deb Price, a Behaviour Support Consultant with Education Queensland, will be sharing the

1-2-3 MAGIC Programme with parents. The workshops will include information on:

• Controlling difficult behaviour eg. arguing, fighting, tantrums
• Encouraging good behaviour eg. going to bed, doing homework, eating
• Strengthening your relationship with your child through the use of praise, active listening and shared fun.

The workshops will be held at Maleny State School in the meeting room next to the school library starting Tuesday the 6th of March and continuing over the following two Tuesdays, the 13th and 20th of March, 2018. Each session will run 9:00am-12pm.

Participants will receive a workbook linked to the programme at no cost.

Please note that the sessions are for all parents, regardless of whether your child attends Maleny State School or not. Arrangements will be made for the care of any non-school age child(ren).

Should you wish to attend please contact Maleny State School by emailing or phoning the school office on 54998333 or drop in personally to let office staff know you would like to attend.

Friends and family are welcomed.

Deb Price – Behaviour Support Consultant

Community News

Maleny State High School Open Day

Lions Recycle for Sight Australia

The Maleny Blackall Range Lions Club has been a keen contributor to this program for many years.

Every year, Recycle 4 Sight Australia collects thousands of pairs of used spectacles and sunglasses. The program distributes regraded spectacles to many parts of the world for distribution to poor people in need.

Lions Clubs have provided a collection box for your school, and would appreciate the support of residents in donating glasses no longer needed – for “a second life” in Africa, Europe, Middle East, and other countries in need.

Over the 15 years that the Australian program has existed, the program has delivered 2.5 million pairs of glasses.

We would appreciate donations of your unneeded glasses by taking them to the Lions box at the admin office. Thank you!

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