SUNBURY STATE SCHOOL

Tuesday 24th July 2007

 

Dates to Note:

26th July

Tenders Close 3pm

27th July

Sports day

2nd Aug

2.00pm Safety House meeting in the Staffroom

21 Aug

Years 3,5,7 Literacy/Numeracy Tests

22 Aug

Years 3,5,7 Literacy/Numeracy Tests

21st Sept.

Pupil free day for Prep, Years 1,2 & 3 students

 

ATTACHMENTS

·          Maryborough Squash & Fitness Centre

 

POSITION VACANT

We currently have a permanent cleaning position (16¼ /week) vacant at this school. An application package detailing position description and position profile may be obtained from the school office or by emailing: admin@sunburyss.eq.edu.au

 

Applications in writing addressing the selection criteria should be submitted to:

The Registrar

Sunbury State School

545 Alice Street

Maryborough Qld 4650

 

Applications close 3pm Friday 3rd August and will remain current for 12 months.

 

BOOKCLUB and Payments

Book club orders and money are due back at school by Thursday 26th July, 2007.

 

Your financial commitment to paying for class packs and school camps should take priority of purchases made through book club!

 

Thanks to those families who have already attended to their financial obligations to the school.  Statements have been sent home again this week to keep families up to date with their accounts at the school, even if recent payments have been received.  Thanks you for your prompt attendance to this matter.

 

MEDICATION

Parents please note that if your child/ren require medication to be taken at school we need a medication form to be completed and also we need to sight the box .  This includes Panadol, Nurofen, etc.

 

Year 3,5,7 Statewide Tests in Literacy and Numeracy

The Statewide Tests in Literacy and Numeracy for children in Year 3, 5 or 7 in all state schools and most non-state schools will be held on Tuesday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 22.

 

SPORTS CARNIVAL

We look forward to seeing you at our sports carnival this Friday. 

Programs will be sent home on Thursday.

 

There are lots of ways you can help you child prepare by taking an interest:

¬       ask your child in year 5,6 & 7 about their personal best performances in the throwing and jumping events,

¬       practice relay baton changes with all ages groups,

¬       have a running race with your child,

¬       practice the start of a sprint race,

¬       go for a jog together.

 

Programs will be sent out the day before sports day, which you can bring on the day.

 

%      Families are welcome to share their lunches together in our undercover area.  All people will be asked to leave the oval during the lunch break - including children and parents. 

%      In fairness to all, parents and spectators are asked to refrain from being near the finish line and from being too close to the sprint tracks.

%      The judges’ decision is final – any concerns should be raised immediately with the overall carnival judge – Mr Robinson.

%      Please be aware of the safety barriers near and around the shot put areas.

%      No one is permitted to bring aerosol cans or colour sprays to school.  Nikko/Textas are not to be used for body graffiti.  Children are permitted to colour hair/faces only if it is done at home.

%      All adventure playground equipment is “OUT OF BOUNDS” to “ALL”.  A Safety Barrier will be placed around this area.

%      Streamers are permitted only if kept totally dry.

%      Parents must be responsible for any young children in their care.

 

Please remember our “No Smoking” policy.  Refrain from smoking anywhere on school grounds.

 

Any helpers for the tuckshop on the day would be greatly appreciated – this will help reduce the waiting time during lunch breaks. Please let Annette at the Tuckshop know if you are able to help.  All that is needed is an hour or so of your time during the day.  

 

Remember the emphasis of our sports day is fun, participation and making the best effort possible. Come and join in with the fun. 

 

LIBRARY NEWS

Sunbury Library Book Sale – Our Library book sale is coming up later this term.  Ex-Library books will be sold for as little as 20 cents each.  If you have any books at home that you would like to donate for the sale, please send them to the Library.

 

We will soon have more class reading books to cover.  If you can offer some assistance with book covering please see Mrs. O’Brien in the Library.

Karen O’Brien

 

HOME READING

Congratulations to the following students for reaching our home reading targets.  Thanks to the families for supporting this success.

50 Nights

Ben Kampf

75 Nights

Jay Grimshaw              Matthew Bryson

100 Nights

Hope Maher

125 Nights

Robbie Harding             Breanna Head Eboney Harris                  Rachael Meaby

150 Nights

Cohen Shelford                  Kyle Booker

Melissa Mason                Breanna Head

Brittany Winter                   Jeremy Sinn

175 Nights

Rachel Sharp                      Isaac Craig

Tegan Frehmann           Kyron Willmott

Mitchell Zipperer           Nicole Harding

 

CLASS NEWS

PREP/1

We are writing a letter to Maryborough City Council to request a yellow-topped recycling bin.

Year 1/5E

With Sports Day on Friday, homework will be wanted Monday.  The children have been set a challenge to develop a room plan which will accommodate the new computers and our other furniture!

Year 2CW

We are currently making puppets as part of our fairy tale theme.  Over the next few weeks we will be exploring different kinds of puppets, including sock puppets.  You can help our learning by donating clean, old socks for art and craft.  Thank you for your support.

Year 4R

Come and see our display in the Office foyer showcasing some of the work done in Terms 1 & 2 and the beginning of Term 3.

Year 5P

Solar boats “powering” ahead!  Designs are interesting made out of recycled materials.  The children are writing up experiments and writing a hypothesis about the results.

 

 

Text Box: DON’T COVER THE PICTURES! Are you helping or hindering your child’s reading development? We are thrilled with how many parents regularly read with their children at home, as this is a critical part to their reading development. Sharing stories, being read to and listening to your children read are all very important activities that should happen daily. However, we are always concerned to hear from children, that “Mummy or Daddy cover up the pictures” – especially when they are having trouble reading the words – “to make them read better!” Consider this: when you get an instruction manual that shows you how to build or make something or how to set up a new piece of electronic equipment, do you cover up the diagrams and pictures, or do you use them to support your understanding of what you are reading? Reading is all about comprehending and gaining meaning. When we take away the pictures, we are removing a very important “meaning clue” that actually helps the child to get meaning. Please don’t cover the pictures! Year 7

For those students who wish to do homework online it can be found at www.sunburyss.eq.edu.au.  If students wish to e-mail their homework back, Mr. Rossiter’s email address is jross90@eq.edu.au and Mr Bolton’s’ is gbolt4@eq.edu.au.  Grade 7 spelling lists for the upcoming spell-a-thon can also be found on the school’s website.

 

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

All Concert Band members received a newsletter regarding the Eisteddfod performance this week.  Students are to come to school by 8.15am on Wednesday for their last band rehearsal before the Eisteddfod.  Students to be at the Brolga theatre by 10am.

Please return permission notes to the office as soon as possible. 

Gayle Young

 

Parents please note:  A note is going home today with all String students.  Please check with your child if they have brought it home.

Eve-Ann Hodgkinson

 

How much food?

If children are in child care for eight or more hours a day, they should have about half of all the food they eat in a day while they are in child care.  The food they take with them should be about the same amount as that they have for breakfast and the evening meal together.  The actual amount eaten will depend on each child’s age, appetite and activity.

A sample lunchbox for full childcare:

Morning tea:

·          One small cup of milk (fresh or UHT)

·          One piece of fruit

Lunch:

·          Baked beans, chicken, ham, tuna or egg sandwich with cheese or lasagne and salad

·          Carrot and celery sticks

·          Water

Afternoon tea:

·          ½ scone

·          1 small cup of milk

 

From There’s more to food than eating. Food foundations for children birth to either years. Pandemelon Press 1999

 

Is Your Child Overweight?

The Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of Queensland is designing a version of the Positive Parenting Program to help parents of overweight children aged between 5 and 12 years.  We are currently conducting a survey to find out about the challenges that these parents face. 

 

If you are a parent of a 5 to 12-year-old overweight child, we would love to hear from you!

 

Sharing your experiences (confidentially) is valuable in helping to develop strategies to assist parents in the areas that are needed. Results of this study will also be available to participants. If you would like to be involved in this research, the survey   

can be completed online at http://experiment.psy.uq.edu.au/parentingchallenges.  If you have any questions about this research or would like a paper and pencil copy of the survey, please contact Kate at parentingchallenges@psy.uq.edu.au or on 0412196493.

 

TUCKSHOP volunteers

Wednesday 25th July

Aileen Clifford

Fran Selby

Tanya Mason

Tuesday 31st  July

Leanne Cooper

Yvonne Mollee

Wednesday 1st August

Aileen Clifford

Kylie Fletcher

 

 

THURSDAY SPECIAL

Beef & Vegetable Stir-Fry plus Milo $4.00

 

FOR SALE BY TENDER (P&C and School items listed below)

 

P&C

After upgrading our tuckshop equipment, we would like to tender some older items surplus to our needs.

·          1 only Pie Warmer with glass doors, holds 100 pies.  Thermostat needs replacing.

·          1 only 320L Westinghouse Chest Freezer, works well.

 

SCHOOL

·          1 set of  Kitchen cupboard from pre school refurbishment.  Approximately 3m long and 1m high with 3 sets of double doors and sink in middle of cupboard. Possibly  suitable for outdoors or shed.

 

These items are available for inspection in our shed.  Please see Mr. Stimpson.

 

Tenders for all items

Education Queensland reserves the right not to accept the tender, no warranties implied or given. 

 

Envelopes to be marked ‘CONFIDENTIAL – OFFER FOR ADVERTISED ITEM”  with item name. 

 

Tenders will close 3pm Thursday 26th July, 2007 and can be dropped in to the School Office.

 

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Maryborough Softball Association – Nutrition with Leanne Hammond

A short talk by Leanne Hammond on Nutrition and Recovery for Elite athletes, QAS Nutritionist, handouts, and Supermarket workshop.

The MSA Board and Representative Coaches feel strongly that all players, parents and officials of current and future Maryborough Representative teams would benefit greatly by attending this workshop.

Where:    Woolworth’s Supermarket,

Adelaide Street, Maryborough

When:     Wednesday 25 July

Times: U14 Representative Players and Officials -3.30pm

U16 Representative Players and Officials - 4.45pm

U19  & Open Players and Officials - 6.00pm

Cost: $10 per head,

R.S.V.P. by Monday 23 July, to the Secretary, Wendy Mathiesen, on 41233079, text 0401300376 or email on: wmath4@eq.edu.au

 

St. Helens School Celebrates 125 Years

Come along to St. Helens State School on Saturday 4th August to help us celebrate.  Official opening 9am, rides at 12noon, souvenirs, memorabilia, displays from the hot rods, vintage bikes and remote control cars, early horse drawn transport & machinery, horse and wagon rides, raffle.  Catch up with old friends.  A licensed bar will run and hot food will be available throughout the day.  Unlimited ride tickets are available from the Office at St. Helens for $18.00 before the day or $20.00 on the day.  Phone Kim on 0427 062 187 or Naree on 4120 2222 for more details.