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We have had a productive two weeks to start the 2020 school year, with classes settling into their routines. Congratulations to our students, parents and staff on enabling this smooth start to the year.
Class Parent Meetings
In Week 4, we commence our Class Parent meetings where you will have the opportunity to meet with your child’s/children’s teacher. We do this early in the year to set up the very important first line of communication. The link between home and school is vital in ensuring the success of your child’s experience at school. We encourage you to keep in contact with us about your child’s education and use the communication channels open to you.
The Class Meeting times are as follows:
Prep – Thursday 20 February 3.30pm
Year 1 – Monday 17 February 4.15pm
Year 2 – Wednesday 19 February 8.15am
Year 3 – Wednesday 19 February 3.30am
Year 4 – Monday 17 February 3.30pm
Year 5 – Tuesday 18 February 4.15pm
Year 6 – Thursday 20 February 4.15pm
The Wizard of Oz
The Combined Schools Musical for 2020 is ‘The Wizard of Oz’. Students in Years 4-6 are invited to attend this event. There will be limited places, so please respond promptly when notices are sent home later this week if your child wishes to attend. We look forward to seeing one of our students, Charlize, performing in this production as well as Mr Kerr in the orchestra.
Student Leaders
This Friday on parade, we will have the pleasure of presenting our 2020 School Leaders with their badges. Our leaders have started the year well, already presenting at parades and assisting in a variety of ways and meeting special guests at the school, such as Mr Colin Boyce, Member for Callide, who presented a new marque to the school this morning.
2020 ‘Celebrate Australia’ Art Competition
Our students are offered a range of academic, sporting and cultural opportunities throughout the year. At the end of 2019 many students entered the Celebrate Australia Primary School Art Competition through the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum. Last Friday on parade, Isla was presented with a prize for her artwork ‘Sunset over Uluru’. Congratulations!
Parent Workshop
Our first parent workshop for the year will be held on Wednesday 19 February at 9.15am in the Administration Building. The focus is ‘The Code’, which is the phonics program used in Prep-Year 2. All parents are welcome to attend.
If you have ideas about workshops you would like to attend throughout the year, please let the office know or have a chat to one of the leadership team.
Café Connect
This Thursday will be the first Café Connect for the year. Parents and family members are welcome to join Chappy Mel at Coffee Ink on Thursday morning for a cuppa and a chat.
Regards
Raelene Norris
Deputy Principal
5A have a fantastic start to 2020. This year we are privileged to start learning Japanese (LOTE) with Sensei. 5A has had fun learning about Japanese cuisine, how to use chopsticks, say some phrases and learning to write Hiragana.
We are excited to spend Semester one learning, choreographing and performing a dance to our class. In this unit students respond to, choreograph and perform a dance that uses symmetry as a stimulus to communicate a theme. Our dance moves are impressive!
The Positive Behaviour for Learning lesson this week is on ‘Snake Safety’. With the warm weather at present, it is not uncommon for snakes to be in the gully between the ovals and around the school grounds. It is for this reason that we teach our students to avoid the gully and always cross from the front oval to the back oval using the bridge. When it comes to snake safety, there are two simple rules:
- If you see a snake, leave it alone.
- Go and tell a member of staff straight away.
Please take a moment to go over this with your child/children.
Fantastic Fun Friday is on this Friday and the theme is ‘Technology.’ For those students who are bringing devices to school, they can be dropped off down at The HUB after 8.15am on Friday. Please ensure your child’s device is labelled. Afterwards, it will be delivered to their classroom towards the end of the day.
Lastly, be sure to ‘Like & Share’ Calliope News on Facebook. This year kids in years 3-6 will get the chance to be a part of making an episode – whether in front of the camera or behind the scenes as a part of the crew – and if your child would like to do so simply have them let their teacher know. Kids on Calliope News are representing the school, so good behaviour is a must to be in front of the camera.
Have a great week.
Brian Rowe
Student Welfare Teacher
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This week’s focus lessons
Prep: Oscar Organisation
- Students can talk about examples of being organised.
- Students can identify if someone is organised or not organised.
- Students will identify a personal and class goal for displaying an organised behaviour during the week.
Year 1: Charlie’s Confident Thinking
- Students will understand the importance of thinking in four important ways to build confidence that leads to more success in their schoolwork.
'I can do it!'
'It’s OK to make mistakes when learning something new'
'I’m proud of who I am'.
'It’s OK to tell others what I think and want'.
Year 2: Growth Mindset
- Students will understand the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset.
Some people have what’s called a ‘fixed mindset’. They think that when they can’t do something it’s because they’re not smart enough and that they will never be able to do it
Other people have a ‘growth mindset’. People with a growth mindset understand that in life some things are going to be hard to do or hard to learn. They understand that learning new things requires a lot of effort and they enjoy the challenge. They don’t give up when things get hard. Instead they are persistent and keep on trying. They may reread the question, try a different strategy or ask for help.
- Students will understand that mistakes are normal when people try new or challenging things.
- Students will understand that when they put in effort and keep on trying to learn, for example by trying different strategies, they can grow their brain and be successful.
Year 3: Growth Mindset at Work
- Students will understand that the brain is like a muscle that grows with effort and practice.
- Students will understand the meaning of a ‘growth mindset’ and how it differs from a ‘fixed mindset’.
Some people believe or act as though some brains are better than others. If you have a fixed mindset, you believe that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, you just can’t get better at something. If you have a fixed mindset, you don’t want others to know that you haven’t learned something yet, so you might pretend to know things that you really haven’t learned yet. You might be afraid to try new things because you might fail. If you do decide to give something a go and you make a mistake the first time, you may feel like giving up and may not want to try again.
- Students will be able to identify positive ways of thinking that support a ‘growth mindset’.
Everyone has a brain! Your intelligence and abilities can grow if you challenge yourself and exercise your brain by trying new things and doing your best all the time. You may not always succeed at first, but you can’t give up. You will make mistakes, but you must keep trying and learning from your mistakes. Mistakes help your brain to grow. Every mistake is a step closer to success. Don’t say “I can’t do that”. Instead, think “I can’t do that YET”. Keep your brain growing and learning.
Year 4: Persisting When It’s Hard Yakka
- Students will be able to state the meaning of ‘hard yakka’ (hard work).
- Students will be able to identify those aspects of their schoolwork they find to be hard yakka.
- Students will be able to state how the attitude of Working Tough can help them do hard yakka.
- Students will be able to use Working Tough self-talk to help them do schoolwork they find to be hard yakka.
School has its fair share of hard yakka (hard work). This doesn’t mean school is stupid, your teacher is hopeless or you are hopeless. It just means that sometimes schoolwork is not going to be fun or exciting for some or all students. At these times, it is important to do the work anyway. You can encourage yourself with the attitude called Working Tough, which means that that in order to be successful in the long-term, you have to sometimes do schoolwork that isn’t fun and exciting.
Year 5: Be a More Confident Public Speaker
- Students will understand that public speaking anxiety is normal.
- Students will gain some techniques for delivering confident oral presentations.
To deliver a good talk or speech, remember:
Engage with your audience.
Use positive body language (stand up tall, make good eye contact, use hand gestures to show enthusiasm).
Relax (breathe, know that it will be alright no matter what happens).
Use cards as a guide (don’t read).
Practise, practise, practise.
- Students will understand that the negative attitude of Needing Approval increases anxiety.
Needing Approval. Students who have this way of thinking believe that they need the approval of their classmates all the time and to be criticised or thought badly of is the worst thing in the world.
- Students will understand that the positive attitude Being Independent helps to maintain confidence and to decrease anxiety.
Being Independent as an attitude that reduces worry and develops confidence. It means thinking that while it’s nice for people to think well of you, you will survive no matter what happens including if people laugh or think you are not very good at public speaking.
Year 6: Down With Perfectionism
- Students will understand the relationship between ‘perfectionism’ – the attitude of Needing to Be Perfect – and excessive anxiety.
- Students will understand the meaning of the attitude Taking Risks and how it can help them worry less about making mistakes and to be more confident in trying new activities.
- Students will understand the different causes of making mistakes.
Sometimes, it may seem that teachers and/or parents expect our work to be mistake-free and perfect. This is a lot of pressure. Or we may have decided on our own that we need to do things perfectly as a way of proving that we are worthwhile and valuable. However, when we demand perfectionism, the opposite occurs. We often experience so much worry and low confidence that our work is not as good as it could be. Accepting the reality of making mistakes and not always being perfect is an attitude called Taking Risks. Risk-takers are generally happier and more confident because they accept themselves as not being perfect and simply strive to do their best and enjoy themselves along the way.
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You can do it! I think a great place to start is here with the word …
ATTITUDE
Charles Swindoll says “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.”
He states - ‘Attitude to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.’
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
It’s funny, as I am writing this article for the newsletter, my husband is replacing a leaking tap in the bathroom … only to find that none of the fittings we purchased fit correctly. (This is the 10% we have no control over). The other 90% is different, WE determine that!! #No water #been away all weekend #getting late #tea not started #washing half done in machine #cant have a bath #frustrated #going to be a late night! How we react and handle things in this situation will make a difference to the ending of this story!!!
Knowing and understanding the 90/10 principle, what changes will you make in your attitude to each situation that now arises? You will lose nothing if you try it. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. Understanding and applying this principle CAN change your life!!!
Remember, ‘Your only limit is YOU’
Love
Chappy Mel
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
As we start the new school year we would like to remind parents/carers not to pack the following items in student's lunchboxes for school:
- Ring pull tins of food like tuna or spaghetti as children can cut their fingers opening the tins
- Glass water bottles - glass water bottles are not permitted at school due to safety
Food Allergies - please be aware that we have students with a variety of food allergies. Students are not to share any food they bring to school.
Thank you for your cooperation - if you have any concerns please contact the school on 4975 8333.
In order to access your SZapp from your mobile device, you will be required to enter a 4 digit passcode: 0213.
We are excited, in partnership with our P&C, to have been selected as part of the School’s Breakfast Program funded through the Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors. The breakfast program will be offered over the next few years.
Key Information:
- Our P&C will on Tuesday-Thursday offer a breakfast cereal or equivalent for students.
- The target audience are students who may not have otherwise had breakfast.
- Food will be offered from the tuckshop area between 8:15am and 8:30am.
- Each day there will be a cereal offered.
- The milk will be full cream milk.
- As this is a free program to run over the next few years, the P&C has budgeted costings for the program.
If your child has any food/dairy allergies, intolerances etc, please ensure that they do not take food or ask an adult in the tuckshop if it is suitable for them.
If you are available in the mornings between 8:15am-8:30am please pop in and support Lisa in the tuckshop with this great offering for our students.
