27 November 2018

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Check Us Out on Facebook

We are very excited that our school now has a Facebook page

Please spread the word as we are hoping this will provide parents with a more effective means of communication and ultimately increase parent participation with in our school while promoting what our school does to our wider community.

The reality is that like all schools we are struggling to engage parents as volunteers within all areas of our school. We are always looking for parents to, join our P&C, assist in the tuckshop, work as mentors or assist within classrooms. The small group of committed parents that do attend our P&C meetings are wonderful and it is amazing what they achieve for such a small team. It would be great to gain new ideas and to share the work load by increasing our parent presence in the P&C. Each year we farewell some of our amazing volunteers as their children move to High School so it is important that we are constantly recruiting new parent volunteers, it is hoped Facebook may assist us with this challenge.

Facebook will also help us to communicate and promote all the wonderful things that we do and students achieve at school that often go unnoticed.

Often there are things that parents would love communicated that we are unaware of. Now that we have this form of social media available please ensure you pass on your ideas of things you would like to see us communicate more.

Country Fair – RE/MAX Fireworks - Col Finley Band -------- only 4 Sleeps

Please ensure you attend our P&C’s biggest fundraiser of the year this Friday and bring your neighbours, relations and friends. Commencing at 3:30pm Friday, Remax Fireworks at 7:30pm, close at 8:00pm.

Our P&C and staff have been working hard to ensure this will be a profitable and successful event.

Classes may require parent assistance on stalls and parents able to assist set up commencing at 9:00am and then again at 1:30pm to assist class stall set up.

Prepaid Unlimited Rides arm bands still available

They will be distributed to students in class towards the end of the school day on Friday. Any not collected will be available from the Information table on the night. Unlimited arm bands and individual ride tickets can be purchased on the night.

Silent Auction

Check out our great range of silent auction prizes under the sports shed.

A variety of delicious food available

Including sushi, pizza, pasta bolognese, pies, sausage rolls and other tasty treats at the Tuckshop. We have Ice Cream Sundaes, Hot Dogs, Fairy Floss, Coffee, Nachos and more from our class stalls. Plus the P&C and Apex are kindly operating a BBQ with steak burgers, sausage sizzle and drinks from under the sports shed.

Apex Bar

5.00 - 8.00pm a limited supply of wine and beer is available.

Fun stalls

Drinks Toss, Lollipop Hoopla, Cake Stall, Book Stall, Temporary Tattoos, Chocolate Toss and $100 raffle, Lucky Dip and don’t miss our new Cheese Platter Stall – located near the bar!

Please bring your fabulous cakes in on Friday night – with an ingredients note thanks

EFTPOS Facilities

Are available at the Information table on the night. This will be for payments only – sorry, no cash out.

Hay Bales will be for sale for $5.00 each – preferably to be removed at 8pm Friday night.

If you can help on the night, please contact Mandy on 0400 388 607 or see us at the Information table at the sports shed for all enquiries.

Congratulations Lou Walsh and Year 3 Waste Warriors

Maleny State School has been chosen by the Sunshine Coast Council as the WINNER of the 2018 Schools War on Waste Film Competition in the primary school category. The Maleny State School Waste Warriors have shown great innovation with their War on Waste. The processes involved in the collection and processing of the four waste streams, along with signage on bins that encourages both recycling and reusing are fantastic strategies rolled out by the Waste Warriors. For our amazing efforts, the Maleny State School has won a Replas Buddy bench.

Well done Lou for creating this wonderful opportunity for our students to be involved in. It is an area that our community is passionate about and one that we would like to see continue at Maleny State School.

Inter-house Maths Challenge

Congratulations to Kuluin our 2018 Maths House Champions. Last Thursday our whole school from Prep to Year Six participated in a number of individual and group fun maths challenges as part of our Inter-house Maths Competition. Student participation and efforts throughout the day are to be applauded. A huge thank you to Mrs Lees for coordinating this event and to all the staff that assisted in making the day a success. Children were excited to see Mr Flamank return to school whilst on long service leave to compare this event. You are a champion Mr F and we are most grateful for your assistance and the positive promotion of maths with our students.

Uniform Shop 2019 Opening Times

Mon 21, Wed 23 and Fri 25 Jan 2019
8:00am – 10:00 am
School commences on Tuesday 29 January 2019.

Volunteers are required to assist sell uniforms, please leave a message for Corinne (who is organising helpers for these days), at the office.

Remember all helpers are volunteers giving up their holiday time to assist families get organised for the start of the year. Thank you for showing them your appreciation.

Donate old uniforms or school bags

Good quality used uniforms are needed by our uniform shop. This includes hats, black shoes, school bags, shirts, jumpers, etc. Please drop these into the office or uniform shop.

We ask parents of year 6 students if they are in the position to gift any quality uniform items back to the school to assist future families. Your generosity is much appreciated.

Black Shoes – White Socks

Please ensure your children help to make our school look and feel great in 2019. It is an expectation EVERY student in every year level will have BLACK SHOES (joggers) and WHITE socks to commence the year.

No Tuckshop

Please note there will be No Tuckshop on Friday of the last week of school (14 December 2018). This will allow convenors to ensure the tuckshop is not carrying excess food over the holiday break and is organised and ready to trade at the beginning of 2019.

Year 5 Camp

This week our Yr 5 students are at Mapleton Camp on Monday to Wednesday. I look forward to joining them in activities throughout the week.

Leaving Maleny in 2019

As we are currently organising our class formation for 2019 it is important that we are advised ASAP if students won’t be returning to our school next year. Please email or call Desley in the office.

Have a Great Week
John

From the Deputy Principal

Daily Rapid Reading Volunteers for 2019

I am seeking at least 2 volunteers to facilitate a Daily Rapid Reading Program in 2019 to a number of classes. Each volunteer would need to be able to be available for 4 mornings from 9:00-11:00, Monday through to Thursday and commit to this for the year. As a Daily Rapid Reading Program volunteer you would be trained by me to facilitate the program. If you are interested or would like to know more information about the program, please ring me, Paula, on 5499 8333.

Paula Heiniger

Students of the Week: Week 5

Highest Class Attendance for Week 5

Students of the Week: Week 6

Highest Class Attendance for Week 6

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.

SWPBL (School Wide Positive Behaviour Learning)

Our Buzz Phrase for the last two weeks of school is a Be Responsible Rule - “Make Good Choices”. This rule should help students stay focussed as we finish the school year and start to think about new classes and holidays. Students are expected to continue to follow the four be rules, try their best and be positive role models.

Many students will be rewarded for making good choices on our School Rewards Day – Thursday 6 December.

Be Epic Students (students who have collected 30 stamps for positive behaviour) will have the opportunity to participate in a movie morning.

Be Awesome Club members (students who have collected 20 stamps for positive behaviour) will participate in games during the middle session. Be Epic students will also receive this reward.

Be Super students (those who have collected 10 stamps for positive behaviour) will receive classroom rewards.

Enjoy your rewards!

Kuluin: Interhouse Maths Challenge Champions for 2018

Kuluin won the title of Interhouse Maths Challenge Champion for 2018 after they survived a close contest from the other houses in our recent Interhouse Maths Challenge. All of our students from Prep to Year 6 were challenged with a variety of both individual and team questions that were set by their teachers. The day enabled our students to become engaged with Mathematics and at the same time they enjoyed the friendly rivalry of an Interhouse competition.

Yr 5-6 Team Winners – Kuluin Team 1 - Ben, Aliea, Sean, Kael, Jake
Yr 3-4 Team Winners – Barrun Team 1 - Ebony, Byron, Jardi, Lily, Zac, Abel
Yr 1-2 Team Winners – Tibrogargan Team 2 - Keely, Archer
Prep Team Winners – Barrun Team 2 - Klara, Lylah, Seline, Oliver, Brock

Congratulations to everyone for a great day, thank-you to all staff involved who assisted on and/or before the day, with a special mention to Mr Eric Flamank who came in on his holidays to be M.C. for the day. Looking forward to next year’s Math Interhouse Challenge Day!

Year 5A & 5B

SCRATCH ASSESSMENT

Over the last term students have been working in groups to create a Scratch game to teach young players how to be prepared for a disaster or how to be healthy. Students enjoyed the coding experience and created some incredible maze games with special features. Some of these include user input to answer questions, moving enemy sprites like cyclones or doughnuts which would end the game as well as collectable sprites which would increase a player’s score. Some games were even made for single and multi-players. Here is an example of one.

Leadership Positions

Recently elections were held for the 2019 Leadership positions of School, House and Music Captains for the current Year 5 students wishing to nominate. The successful candidates will be informed very soon and then those students will be presented with their badges early next year. Congratulations to all students involved in this process, they all made their teachers very proud.

Year 5 students are also very excited to be going to camp at Mapleton in week 8 to work on teambuilding activities and to challenge themselves personally with various physical activities.

Deb Darcy & Eric Faulkner

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.

War on Waste

Maleny Waste Warriors Win “War on Waste” Sunshine Coast Council Film Competition!!!!!!

The garden club was thrilled to hear that our amazing Waste Warriors won the Sunshine Coast Council Film Competition. We are very proud of our school’s great effort to reduce our waste at our school by increasing our recycling and converting our food scraps into compost to use in our school garden.

Many thanks to our dedicated Waste Warriors – William, Ranger, Cameron, Jesse, Zac, Indi and Emma for their great effort, Our school is very proud of you all!

New Produce to Taste Test

The Garden Club has been taste testing different beans growing on our many beanstalks and we are watching our corn cobs form.

Lou Walsh

Chappy News

Spending Time

As each year passes in my children’s lives, I see more and more how important it is to spend time with them and invest into their lives. Often as parent’s we can forget that our greatest and most significant job on this earth it to be a good parent. This takes courage, time, patience, consistency and clarity of mind. I see the power in my words, as I speak out the strengths and gifts that my children have, to change the course of their lives. Sometimes we can be so focused on the problem/s, that we forget to acknowledge the good that is in our child. This week I encourage you to set aside time to sit and really listen to your child. Look into their faces and let them know that you are hearing them and want to hear them. Make family time the utmost priority – even if you may not feel like it.

Chappy Becky

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 link below by 5pm Wednesday for Friday pickup or class delivery.

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