28 February 2023

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Timetable for Maleny State School Swimming Program for weeks 2-8

Principal’s Report

Maleny Community Country Fair

Join with Maleny, Conondale and River schools on Friday 24 March (3:30pm – 8:00pm) only 17 school days away.

We have boosted our stalls and rides this year including Apex Prawn Skewers, Dodgem Cars, Laughing Clowns, Lucky Ducks, Petting Zoo, Fireworks, Food Stalls, Bar and so much more.

As we are expecting 2000 people purchase your Rides, wristbands and stall tickets to avoid waiting in big queues. This is a cashless Fair so purchase your raffle and stall tickets on the link below to avoid delay on the day. Most stall tickets will cost $4 a turn.

Thank you to parent Ben Messina for our major raffle prize seen below, absolutely stunning and currently being displayed in our office. A big thank you to all other raffle donors listed below.

Single Draw

This prize is valued at $2,720!

The Raffle will be drawn at 7.30pm on 24th March 2023 and the winner announced at the Maleny Country Fair.

The winner will receive:

• One Tree After the Storm - 150x50cm Float framed artwork valued at $1,195 (Donated by Ben Messina Landscapes Gallery)
• Dance Class of Your Choice x 2 valued at $320 (Donated by Heartspace Performing Arts Centre)
• Midweek Escape (includes dinner for two and a night's accommodation) valued at $250 (Donated by Maleny Hotel)
• Dinner for Four voucher valued at $200 (Donated by Maleny Hotel)
• Silver Service Dinner for Two at Queensland's Parliament House valued at $200 (Donated by Andrew Powell MP)
• Family Farm and Factory Tours x 2 (2 adults and 3 children per ticket) valued at $130 (Donated by Maleny Dairies)
• 1 Year Subscription valued at $120 (Donated by Sow 'n Sow)
• Family Day Pass valued at $105 (Donated by Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World)
• Gift Voucher for Emmanuelle's Beauty valued at $100 (Donated by Easton Lawyers)
• Gift Voucher valued at $100 (Donated by Maple Street Co-Op)

Country Fair Donations Required

Second Hand Books - drop into the office

Homemade Cakes and Sweets – please list ingredients drop in on Fair day

Wanted to Borrow for event.

A couple of Chest Freezers required to keep food items frozen (ice cream, chips) call the office if you can assist.

Clean Up Australia Day

This Sunday is Clean Up Australia Day, we will be cleaning up our school this Friday. We are very proud of how clean we keep our school and this is often commented on by visitors.

The Great Obi Clean Up occurs quarterly and is taking place in Maleny this Sunday 5 March from 7:30am to 9:30 am.

LOCATION: 5 Coral Street, Maleny QLD, Australia
Council: Sunshine Coast Regional Council (QLD)
Site Type: River/Creek
Meeting Point: Tesch park next to the library. Coral street, by the roundabout.
Site Supervisor: Joanne Turner

P&C AGM Meeting

Our P&C AGM will be held on Wednesday 8 March at 8:50 am in the OSHC Room. Younger children are welcome, where parents can occupy them and be responsible for them. Please join us face to face or online, new faces are always welcome and encouraged. Further notification of this meeting will be emailed in the future. Our Country Fair is in Week 9 (Friday 24 March) and will be an important focus of this meeting.

Have a Magic week in Maleny.
John

From the Deputy Principal

Religious Instruction

Religious Instruction lessons will begin this week for Yrs 1-6.

Queensland state schools embrace a multitude of cultural, religious and non-religious beliefs. Under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, schools are to provide Religious Instruction (RI).

RI is required to be consistent with legislation and Department of Education policies and procedures.

All RI Instructors must hold a blue card and participate in compulsory Student Protection and Code of Conduct training. RI instructors are only entitled to deliver the RI program outlined and approved. A school staff member will be present during the delivery of RI lessons.

Participation in RI is not compulsory. Any student (except Prep students) may participate in RI if a parent has provided written instructions to the school.

Students are allocated to RI based on information provided by parents on the completed Application for student enrolment unless other written instructions have been provided to the school.

Note: This consent remains in effect unless the parent informs the school otherwise in writing.

At Maleny SS each of the instructors provide a Cooperative Arrangement Religious Instruction Program under the provisions of s.76 of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (The Act) and the Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2017.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.

Change of Date: Bullying No Way Day!

Due to NAPLAN being on when ‘Bullying No Way day’ and ‘Harmony day’ are on, we have made a school decision to shift the day to the Friday of the Country Fair, that way none of the Yr3s and Yr5s miss out. We will have an assembly in the morning of 24 March – our Yr 4s are going to sing at the Country Fair a song chosen to celebrate these days, Ms Abbott will also be getting the Preps and Yr1s to do a song at this assembly.

Thanks everyone, mark it in your calendars

Paula Heiniger

Students of the Week: Week 4

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.

PBL (Positive Behaviour Learning)

Be RESPECTFUL - “Everyone Belongs”

We love this focus at Maleny State School as it enhances our already kind and belonging culture. When we focus on Everyone Belonging, we think about:

• I am kind.
• I am inclusive.
• I use polite and positive language online and in person.
• I treat others the way I want to be treated.
• I encourage and support others.
• I listen to others and accept their ideas.
• I take turns and include others.
• I show good sportsmanship.

PBL Team

Physical Education

2023 Glasshouse District Swimming Carnival Report

On Friday 17 February the Glasshouse District Swimming Carnival was held at the Beerwah Pool. Maleny State School sent an enthusiastic team of 12 swimmers to compete against 17 other schools in our district. Throughout the day, swimmers from all schools swam strongly with many great times being recorded.

A very special thank you goes to the Maleny State School P&C who provided all school representatives with our school swimming caps to compete in. Our school looked amazing with their school caps.

Maleny State School swimmers showed great determination and endeavour in all races. This helped them secure 3rd place just behind the winners, St Michael’s College and Mooloolah State School. All Maleny swimmers are to be congratulated for their achievements and outstanding sportsmanship.

Personal Achievements:

12yr Girls overall Age Champion: Isabella
12yr Boys Runner Up Age Champion: Conor

A special congratulations goes to Conor, Riley and Isabella who have been selected in the Glasshouse District team and will compete at the Sunshine Coast Regional Trials on 9 March in Burpengary

2023 Glasshouse District Representatives (as 23/2/23)

Touch Football: Oscar
Swimming: Conor, Isabel & Riley
Australian Rules Football (AFL): Lincoln, Oscar & Hamish

Non School Sport Achievements

Congratulations to Ella and Levi who competed at the 2023 Nordic Sports Regional Athletics Championships at the University of the Sunshine Coast Athletics track at Sippy Downs on Saturday 4 February & Sunday 5 February.

Both were very successful in their chosen events with either Personal Best (PBs) and medal placings which allowed them to qualify for the McDonald's State Championships in Townsville on Friday 24 -Sunday 26 March.

Ella placed 1st in High Jump (scissors) and a PB in 400m sprint. Levi's PBs were for 60m Hurdles and 100m sprint, which he also placed 3rd for both & 4th to qualify for high jump (also scissors). Best wishes for the upcoming events.

Shane Turner – PE Teacher

Year 4A & 4B

Writing our Chapter For The Twits

The Yr 4s have been busy planning a chapter to write for The Twits. We brainstormed different types of pranks and have shared lots of laughs together. We have been using our Learning Wall to plan our writing and to check off criteria to achieve our individual goals. The purpose of the writing the chapter was to entertain others. We found it useful to complete a story map to help sequence our ideas.

4A has been using the Witness Box to try role playing of different characters. The judge kept order in the court and Mr and Mrs Twit both had to explain their actions before the jury decided who was guilty.

In Science we have been learning about weathering and testing different soils.

Both classes have been visiting the rainforest to take notes on special attractions. We started taking photos in our groups to upload and use in our persuasive PowerPoint presentations.

Lou Walsh & Trish Mackay (4A) Sarah Martin (4B)

Year 5A & 5B

Design Technology

This term 5A and 5B have been busy investigating various packaging and services. They have been looking at the purpose or reason for the service as well as special features and materials used in the packaging. Soon students will start designing and creating their own packaging to provide people with herb. To accompany the packaged herb students will provide helpful care information and a recipe which they have researched.

Visual Arts

Over the last few weeks students have been looking at how heroes and villains are portrayed. This has involved modern day versions as well as ancient Greek and Roman mythical creatures. This week students will start designing their own hero/villain using design elements to create a 3D model/sculpture.

Debbie Darcy (5A) Tammalee Johnston & Amy Schroder (5B)

Innovation Centre News

Book Club

Hi Maleny State School Families

Your child should receive our first Book Club catalogue from their teachers. These catalogues are distributed once per term and all orders (no matter how small) generate Scholastic Rewards which allow us to order free books and resources for Maleny State School.

Orders are distributed directly to your child during school. If you wish to keep your order for a special occasion, then please select the GIFT option when ordering. You will then be contacted directly once the order arrives and pick-up can be arranged from the office or library without your child being aware!

Don’t forget to check out the Gold Coin Books you can find in each catalogue.

*** ORDERS DUE – Monday 20th MARCH ***

Payment can be made by:

1. Credit Card using scholastic.com.au/LOOP

• Simply grab your child's Book Club catalogue and either sign in or register your account.
• Click on ORDER and then select Maleny State School and your child's class.
• Add your child's first name & last initial PLEASE NOTE: Your child's details will never be shared with 3rd parties OR used for marketing purposes - this is for distribution purposes only.
• Enter the item number from the Book Club catalogue.
• All orders are sent directly to the school for submission to Scholastic. Books will still be delivered to your child's classroom.
• Afterwards, there's no need to return paper order forms or payment receipt details back to your school!

2. Payment by Cheque/Money Order/Credit Voucher

• Cheques made payable to Scholastic Australia
• Cheques/money orders/vouchers are to be attached to the completed order form and returned in an envelope to the white Book Club box in the LIBRARY.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NO CASH ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Thanks

Kerri – Book Club Co-ordinator

Adrian Greig- Innovation Teacher

War on Waste

Report from Imogen (Sustainability Captain)

Garden Club and Sustainability News

This fortnight in Garden Club we have seen changes in our garden including the clearing of beds and the rotation of crops, introducing a fresh generation of seedlings to our garden. We also have planted three new Davidson Plums in our rainforest which hopefully will continue to look as amazing as they are now! Speaking of the rainforest we have refreshed our signs at the entrance and throughout the forest itself. We also have added a new gardening system which is straw beds! Yep, we cut a hole in a hay bale, believe me it’s not easy (thanks to Mark (our lovely groundsman) for the help!).

We have also been able to get an awesome gardening book by Hannah Maloney, called The Good Life – How to Grow a better World. Many thanks to the Bandicoot Book Club members for donating to the Garden Club so we could buy this.

There was also this year’s first Great Obi Clean Up organised by one of the school’s mums Joanne Turner. A great morning out with my family with a sausage sizzle at the end. There is another one coming in March a great way to support our platypus – stay tuned!

A big thanks to Mrs Walsh and all the Garden Club members who participated throughout this fortnight. We appreciate all the help we can get!

By Imogen Ilett, Sustainability Captain

Our New Signs for the Rainforest

Thank you to the P & C for funding and purchasing our Jinibara Language signs for the rainforest.

We have been very busy doing some weeding in the rainforest and adding some Davidson Plum seedlings.

In our school garden the garden club members have been weeding, adding topsoil and mulching the beds. We have added new vegetables and herbs to the garden including – garlic, corn, broccoli, beans, carrots, lemon verbena and beetle leaf.

Our new compost chests are on their way and we will be looking for some volunteers to help install these in the garden area.

Kind Regards
Lou Walsh

DENTAL NEWS

The dental van will be moving to Maleny High School on Thursday 2 March 2023.

Your children’s treatment should be completed if dental forms were returned & appointments kept. If you have any queries about your children’s treatment please feel free to call us. We can arrange an appt at the high school if your child missed out.

If your child has a toothache or concern prior to our next visit to your school, please contact the dental van or the Nambour School Dental Clinic for an appointment.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff, teacher, parents and students for your patience and co-operation, and making us feel welcome during our stay here at Maleny Primary School.

Stay safe & healthy. Don’t forget to brush & floss😊

Dental Van Staff
PH. 0419 736 942 (Dental Van)
PH. 54412763 (Nambour School Dental Clinic)
Email: SC-Nambour-OralHealth@health.qld.gov.au

School Photo Day – 9 March 2023

Chappy News

Changes

We all experience change, there is no getting away from it. There have been some changes at school, new year level for students, a new teacher or two, new uniform shop, new tuckshop menu, even a change of name to the Mewar Café. However, many things have stayed the same at Maleny State School which is wonderful too as it gives us a sense of stability.

I have decided to change around my lunch time programs a little. Wednesday and Thursdays at first break we are now having Lego club. Students are invited to come along and play with a plethora of Lego and create a build that correlates to the theme of the week. They are also free to do free Lego play if they aren’t wanting to take part of the activity. Why Lego some may ask? Well a few reasons. This activity is good for fine motor, socialisation, negotiation, sharing and creativity skills, just to name a few. Lego gives some of our students opportunities to show skills and confidence in an area other than gross motor or athletic skills. We have had a good roll up thus far to this club and a lot of amazing Lego builds. Fridays at first break we are having ‘Random acts of kindness’ club. We are seeking out opportunities for kindness to others. So far, we have made some cards with notes of encouragement for others.

These are only little changes that are not life changing, but it prompted me to think about bigger changes that we may be experiencing. My son has just started Year five at Maleny State School. That is a big change for our family after 6 months of home schooling and moving from Logan last year. He has coped fairly well however it is a day by day thing for him, some days are better than others.

Change can be a good thing, it also can be a challenge, depending on the circumstances. How do you cope with or embrace change? I encourage you to learn about and model some good practices in this area to pass on to your children, they learn from you in these types of circumstances. Experts say the top strategies in this area are a positive mindset, connection to friends and family, self-care, planning as much as you can and working out what you can control and what you cannot. Talking about changes coming up with your family also helps them to be mentally prepared. Anyway, my aim is to continue to practice these skills as we go through changes, I encourage you to think about them as well.

A request from Chappy this time. Breakfast club needs some bits and pieces. Are you able to donate a jar of jam, a tin of milo, a packet of disposable cereal bowls or some serviettes? If so, can you please drop them to the school office for us? Thank you.

Chappy’s quote for the day “Change is inevitable, growth is optional” John Maxwell.

Chappy Chris

P & C News

Next P&C Meeting

AGM - Wednesday 8 March at 8.50am

The Mewar Café (formally Tuckshop)

The Mewar Café (formally Tuckshop) is now open and ready to receive orders from families, staff, visitors and volunteers!

My School Connect

Orders can be made on the online ordering system My School Connect.

• Online orders close at 8:30 AM each morning.
• Snacks, Drinks and Frozen items can be purchased over the counter.

Opening Hours

Mewar Café will be open every weekday during Term for these hours:

• Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM (both meal breaks)
• Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM (first meal break only)

Sushi/Inari

• Please note, to receive Sushi/Inari on a Tuesday, online orders must close at 1:00 PM the day before (Monday). Sorry, late orders cannot be accepted as the Sushi & Inari are made fresh overnight and leave the supplier at 3:00 AM for delivery to the Mewar Café in time for first lunch!

Current Flexischools users will need to close their account and request refunds online for any credits held in their account. Please allow 7-10 Business days to receive any refund. All enquiries are to be directed to Flexischools.

For instructions, support and to learn more, visit Mewar Café.

Rebecca, our new Convenor, and her team always welcome feedback to improve this new service and menu items. You are welcome to visit the Mewar Café to talk to one of our team or send an email to: tuckshop@malenyss.eq.edu.au

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop's regular hours are Friday mornings between 8.30am and 9.00am. Payment options are EFTPOS or cash at the uniform shop only. Alternatively, orders can be placed online via the link below by 5pm Wednesday for Friday pickup or class delivery.

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 8:30-9:00am on Fridays, bring along a friend and be part of our happy team 

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.

Community News

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You can keep updated with Maleny Community News and the Maleny Local Shopper at the NEW link:

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