4 June 2018

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Throughout Term 3, Tuesdays @ 3:00–4:00 afterschool rehearsals Pirates! We're

2018 Voluntary Financial Contribution

Principals Report

Maleny Show

It was great to see such perfect weather for our Maleny Show over the weekend. I am always in awe of the number of hardworking volunteers and the time and effort they give to make our show such an exciting and successful event. All of this goes on in the background generally before the gates are open and often goes unnoticed. To every volunteer and the Maleny Show Society I congratulate you on another magnificent show. Our school’s display was based on the theme ‘Agriculture’ and featured our schools ‘War on Waste’ including our recycling, composting and gardening program. Also showcased were some great art and writing samples from our students from Prep through to Year Six. A huge thank you to students and staff that contributed and coordinated this magnificent display.

Semester One School Reports

Student reports for Semester One are currently being prepared by teachers and will be distributed in the last week of Term. Remember a ‘C’ rating means your child is achieving the outcomes expected at their year level. The biggest percentage of students will achieve this result. Please read the standards on the front of your child’s report card for a better understanding of what a specific grade means. Please don’t hesitate to clarify any questions you may have with your child’s teacher.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent teacher interviews (years P-6) will be held in week 2 of next Term with the exception of 4A which will be held in Week 10 of Term 2. If you need to meet earlier please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher to arrange a meeting. Parents will be sent an email in Week 11 describing the Online Booking tool we use to coordinate our interviews. If you do not have internet access please call the office or see your child’s classroom teacher to assist you make this booking.

The Peter Rabbit Movie Matinee (PG) – Saturday 21 July

Doors open 1.30 pm
Movie Starts 2 pm
Maleny Community Centre
Entry $5 (children under 3 Free)
Tasty treats available for purchase
All proceeds Maleny State School P & C Association

Please come and support this initiative and spread the word to family and friends. We need at least 8 volunteers on the day to set up chairs, sell tickets and food between 12-2pm. Please email pandc@malenyss.eq.edu.au if you can help on the day and/or supply a cake/slice. All proceeds go to the P&C Association.

P&C

Please join us at our last P&C meeting for the term on Wednesday 13 June at 6:30pm. The more voices the more representative and creative our decisions will be. Our Country Fair is only just over a Term away and a Fun Run is being planned for next Term. Topical local issues will be discussed and new ideas are always welcome.

Knitfest - Outer Space

Donations of felt and wool required now

This year we are decorating our school fence with an Outer Space theme. As there is only 3 weeks to go please feel free to work on any items at home that can be attached to hessian spread over our front fence and drop them into the office.

SWPBL (School Wide Positive Behaviour Learning)

Rule of the fortnight – Be a Learner Buzz Phrase Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn

• I use whole body listening
• I listen without interrupting
• I raise my hand if I have a question or don’t understand, but I wait until the person speaking has finished
• I listen to learn
• I listen to myself and others

Have a Magic week in Maleny. John

Casual School Crossing Supervisor Position

A casual position exists for a Casual School Crossing Supervisor at Maleny State School, you may also need to relieve at other schools.

The School Crossing Supervisor may be required to work five days per week in all weather conditions. The hours of work for School Crossing Supervisors are normally 1.5 hours a day and usually comprise of one hour in the morning and ½ hour in the afternoon.

The successful applicant is dependent on:

• The favourable outcome of a health assessment carried out by a Government Medical Officer or a duly qualified Medical Practitioner according to the guidelines in the “Notes for Medical Practitioner” on the School Crossing Supervisor Scheme – Health Assessment Form.
• Holding a Positive Notice Blue Card (or be prepared to apply for a Blue Card if successful).
• If you are successful in your application for this position, you can only commence employment with Transport and Main Roads if you hold a current Blue Card or are renewing your Blue Card and have submitted either a Blue Card Application form or Authorisation to Confirm Current Blue Card form to the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian.
• It will be necessary for the successful applicant to carry out mandatory training with the Queensland Department of Transport.
• Applicants are required to advise in writing of any charges that have been laid against them or any offence of which they have been convicted of.

To apply for this position, please collect an application package from the school office and return the ‘School Crossing Supervisor Employment Application’, Advertised Position Application and your suitability for the position addressing the selection criteria as listed in the ‘Position Description’ to;

Private and Confidential
The Business Manager
Maleny State School
16 Bunya Street
Maleny, QLD 4552
Email: bsm@malenyss.eq.edu.au

Applications close at 3.00pm on 22 June 2018.
For further information please phone the Road Safety on 07 54521827

From the Deputy Principal

The Australian Curriculum – Information for Parents

It is parents, families and carers who have the most influence on their children. When families are actively involved in their children’s education, children usually enjoy school and achieve better results.

The Australian Curriculum website provides information for families and carers about their children and the Australian Curriculum.

The Australian Curriculum sets the goal for what all students should learn as they progress through their school life – wherever they live in Australia and whichever school they attend.

Download The Australian Curriculum: an overview for parents to learn about how the Australian Curriculum is organised, including information about the learning areas, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities.

At Maleny State School we plan, teach, assess and report using the Australian Curriculum. The planning resource that our teachers use is the C2C (Curriculum into the Classroom Resources) devised by Queensland State Schooling.

Paula Heiniger

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.

Year 4 A, B & C

The term has been travelling very fast and students are now in the midst of assessments. They have all particularly enjoyed the practical component of the Design Technology Unit, where students made their lunch item using old and new technologies. The taste test at the end was the favourite of course whilst critiquing their designs!

Classes are currently researching their chosen endangered animal species focussing on its life cycle, relationships with elements within its environment, identifying known threats and what can be done to assist its survival. Students have shown great interest in gaining new knowledge about some of our known endangered species.

Media Arts has been another popular unit, where students are creating a similar version of a traditional story on ‘Book Creator’ for a younger audience. Students are required to work in teams and demonstrate an understanding of and use of images, sound and text when creating their digital storybook. The results are looking fantastic!

Remember every day counts, with your child’s attendance at school, as we are learning something new every day and we don’t want your child to miss out!

Kylie Hulm, Susie Hume, Kerry Lees and Kerry Hadson.

Year 5A & 5B

MINECRAFT CATASTROPHE

(written by the Year 5 classes)

This term Year 5 have been building their own Minecraft world. We thought that it was simply about town planning and zoning, but we soon found out that there was another diabolical plan behind this exercise. For a week we planned where to place our buildings to make it beneficial for the community. Then for the following weeks we started construction on our buildings and creating our world. There were farms, houses, factories and industries, hospitals, resorts, high-rises, amusement parks and military bases to name a few. We had to ensure that we had areas for residential, commercial, green spaces, industrial and special purpose zones. BUT THEN… Cyclone Debbie hit (a category 4 cyclone). As the storm hit the town, citizens had to flee (luckily they were all actually in bed fast asleep at their own homes while Mr Greig unleashed his torrent of destruction. He was also the evil mastermind behind this disaster, along with Cyclone Debbie AKA Miss Darcy.)

The next day colossal amounts of damage from the floods ruined our world. Surprise and shock shot through us as we found that water had overtaken our land. House by house, property by property destroyed and drowned. Whilst some lucky properties and buildings survived the deluge, others were left deep below the rising cold water, especially the Coffee Shop which the owners could not even locate.

As the world flooded, only those buildings built above the height of 68 level survived. Many were devastated by the flash flooding, the result of Cyclone Debbie, who had mysteriously hit a second time. Shrieks of disbelief and dismay echoed around the computer lab as the reality started to sink in.

Deb Darcy & Eric Faulkner

Students of the Week: Week 5

Highest Class Attendance for Week 5

Congratulations 1A

Students of the Week: Week 6

Highest Class Attendance for Week 6

Congratulations 4C

SWPBL (School Wide Positive Behaviour Learning)

Buzz Phrase

Our School Wide Buzz Phrase for weeks 9 and 10 is a Be Safe Rule - “I Choose to Defuse”.

This means that students are learning to solve problems in a calm and controlled manner. They use their words when someone or something is upsetting them. They are able to walk away from a situation to a safe place. They have people they trust that they can talk to.

Students at our school are encouraged to do the High Five to help them to diffuse situations. They are also asked to think of five people who they can trust to report problems to.

Rewards Day

This term’s Rewards Day is Thursday 28 June. Students have been busy collecting stamps on their Four Be cards for positive behaviour and will be rewarded for each Be Club that they have achieved.

Pirates! We're Pirates! Musical

After School Rehearsals for the ACTORS in our Pirates! Musical have begun.

We would like to thank Bec Paltridge who will be our Director this year, leading us in all things Acting and Staging. The remaining Tuesday ‘After School’ rehearsals for Term 2 are Tuesday 5 June, Tuesday 12 June and Tuesday 19 June.

Thank you to Miss Dawn from Maleny Dance Academy who has kindly choreographed two dances for our Pirate Musical and to Miss Samantha from Pure Dance Studio (Palmwoods) who has helped me to create the Year 3 dance.

For students in Years 1-6 who are interested in being part of our Musical as a dancer, come along to the lunchtime rehearsals for your Year Level. The timetable for Dance rehearsals will be displayed on the music room door and in each classroom.

Questions? Please contact: Liz Shortland
Phone: 54998333
Email: lcrip9@eq.edu.au

Liz Shortland - Classroom Music Specialist Teacher

Development Cup Rugby League Competition

Recently, 13 boys from Year 5 and 6 travelled to Beerwah to participate in the Glasshouse Division of the Development Cup Rugby League competition. The lads played three games of Rugby League throughout, which was a huge effort, as they had no reserves. Big tackles were made, tries were scored, skills were learnt and all had a great day.

Maleny’s first game was against Glasshouse 2. The game got off to exciting start with Nizam steaming down the sideline to score a runaway try. Tom followed up with two tries, and when Lucas smashed over the line, the boys had secured a 20 – 8 victory.

The second game was against Glasshouse 1. Tom again dominated the scoring claiming two tries, while Ben showed us his speed and agility to step his way through the opposition to claim a four pointer. When the final hooter sounded, Maleny had won 18 to 12.

The final game was a nail biting affair against Landsborough. The score seesawed, with each team dominating for different parts of the game. Tom, Ben and Nizam each scored a try. Great goal kicking allowed Maleny to scrape home to victory by 16 to 14.

Tom was named Maleny’s player of the day receiving a prize pack from the NRL. The boys’ results are even more outstanding by the fact that no one in the team plays regular Rugby League and many of the boys were playing for the very first time.

Maleny were named winners of the day and will now progress to the next stage of the Development Cup taking on the winners of the Caboolture Division.

The boys would like to thank all the parents who came and supported them on the day and supplied transport to and from Beerwah.

Innovation Centre News

Code Club

Year 3 students were invited a few weeks back to join into a lunch time Code Club. Held each Tuesday at first lunch Code Club is focused on developing their skills in Scratch 2 coding program. It is a visual block programming language, perfect for younger students to get started on their way to programming games and interactive stories. We had 27 children sign up for the club and all were well on their way to building their first interactive Rock Band! Already students are learning new skills like file management, naming conventions and general problem solving and de-bugging.

GEMS – Digital Arts

The Year 4 students in the GEMS Digital Arts group are well on their way to designing their initial ideas on building musical instruments. Lots of possible ideas are flowing thick and fast. Building starts next week of their working instruments made from recycled materials and some digital components. For some inspiration check out this Youtube video of musical instruments made with the Makey Makey system.

Book Fair

Book Fair is fast approaching. Only a few weeks now. The Fair officially opens on 12 June and closes on 13 June. Many books can be taken from the Book fair directly. Popular titles where all copies have been sold will go on back order and be delivered usually within 1 week of the fair. More details to come. Online orders are the preferred method for payment. However, card payments are allowed at the store on the open days.

Mr Greig and Ms Shelley - Innovation Centre Team

National Simultaneous Storytelling

Prep to Year 2 students were recently treated to a visit from Candace who works at the Maleny Library. Candace came to the Innovation Centre to read the story "Hickory Dickory Dash" as part of the National Simultaneous Storytelling initiative.

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.

Chappy News

Do The Next Right Thing

Lately I have been thinking about how important it is to continue doing good or making right decisions even when I don’t feel like it. For example, if you have ever made a commitment to finish a diet it takes self-control and discipline…even when you don’t feel like. Sometimes life can be like a diet. You are waiting to see the rewards of your good decisions but it doesn’t always happen. In that moment you have the choice to either throw in the towel, and if it’s a diet we’re talking about then that may look like an ice-cream binge (not that I would know anything about this :) OR continue doing the next right thing despite what your feelings and emotions are telling you. Something I have learnt in life is that our emotions can sometimes be the greatest liars. If I always listened to my emotions I would never have a clean house; reasonably behaved children or even friendships for that matter! So often we want to just “react” in a situation…for example. Maybe it is an attitude you’re struggling with. Maybe it’s a person/partner that you feel deserves the ‘sharp end of your tongue’ – HOWEVER, choosing to do the next right thing despite how you feel is so character building for yourself that it’s well worth it. Often in life we don’t see the fruit of our work, but like a seed that takes time to grow, keep choosing the next right thing and have faith that one day you will see success and beauty in whatever it is that you may be battling with this week. Have a blessed and peaceful week and take encouragement that everyone struggles with this issue at various points in their life.

P.S. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT I RECEIVED THIS WEEK FOR CHAPPY WEEK. It meant so much to me xx

Save the date for this Garage Sale

All proceeds to Maleny Primary School Chaplaincy
Date: Saturday 4 August 2018
Place: Maleny Uniting Church, Maleny/Landsborough Road, Maleny

How you can help

• provide goods for sale;
• volunteer to help: before and on the day;
• tell friends and neighbors
• come along and get some bargains

Sponsored by the Maleny Uniting Church

Chappy Becky

P & C News

Next P&C Meeting 13 June @ 6:30pm

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 by 5pm Wednesday for Friday pickup or class delivery.

Under 8's Day

Our school will be celebrating Under 8's Day on Wednesday 20 June from 9:00 am – 10:30 am. This year's theme is "Children Exploring Language and Culture".

This will be a free event for all children and families in the community to enjoy a morning of interactive experiences - craft, music, stories, dress ups, art, flags, face-painting, construction, photos, obstacle course and more! They may even get to explore the inside of some emergency service vehicles.

Some things to know:

• Prep – Year 2 children are all participating.
• All school children will start in their classroom so rolls can be marked first.
• School uniforms are to be worn on the day.
• It would be great to have lots of parents attend as there will be lots of children moving around the Early Years play areas.

Donations Required:

Plastic shopping bags, socks, paper towel rolls, boxes for box construction (all sizes), old socks, beads, playdough. Please send into your child’s teacher.

How you can help:

We are looking for dress ups from around the world. If anyone has any cultural items, props or clothing that could shared with us for the day it would be greatly appreciated.

If you would like to set up a theme related activity for the children on the day you are more than welcome to participate.

We'd also love some help with face painting on the day.

Please let your child's teacher know if you can assist with any of the above. Thank you!

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.

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