11th November 2020

688th Edition The Quilpie Cryer ‘Voice of the Far South West’

Phone: 07 46560333

www.quilpiesc.eq.edu.au

cryer@quilpiesc.eq.edu.au

QUILPIE STATE COLLEGE Opened 10th September 1918

Acting Principal: Mr Hayden Park School Captain: Jayce Varley & Zoë McNall House Captains: Yasmin Vallins, Jaylen Hodges & Lochie Edwards

Upcoming Events November

9th-13th

NAIDOC week

12th

2nd Prep Transition Day 19th

Year 10 Graduation 21st

Colour Fun Run 26th

3rd Prep Transition Day 27th

Swimming carnival 30th

Awards Night December

2nd

Last day of Term 4 Reports sent home

Holidays begin

NAIDOC week

It is NAIDOC week and we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity for students to participate in a range of activities and to support our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The theme for the week is: Always Was, Always Will Be, recognising that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65 000 years.

Swimming carnival

A letter was sent home last week providing information a b o u t o u r u p c o m i n g swimming carnival on Friday, 27th November. Our carnival will operate under a Covid plan which means there are a number of requirements we must meet. Alina will operate the canteen this year but students are required to pre-order food. Order forms are included in this edition of the Cryer and will also be sent home separately. Please note that families must sit separately from competitors.

Dr Cameron Stelzer visits QSC

Author Dr Cameron worked with students in Prep-Year 10 this week. Students had great fun learning the tricks of the trade from a professional and came up with some great i l l u s t ra t i on s in t he i r workshops. Thank you Dr Cameron, it was great to have you visit our school.

Remembrance Day

Today students attended the Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Town Hall, paying respect to those who have served in conflicts right around the world on the day WW1 ended.

Top Opal Miners

See inside for a photo of our top opal miners during the first 5 weeks of term 4!

Transition to Prep

It was wonderful to welcome our pre-prep children and families along for our first transition morning. We look forward to helping families ensure a smooth start for their child at school in 2021. Enrolment packs can be collected from the office. Our next transition morning is tomorrow from 9 am to 10:30 am. We look forward to seeing you there!

Colour Fun Run!

Our P&C committee will be holding a Colour Fun Run n e x t S a t u r d a y , 2 1 s t November, starting from 3pm. I encourage everyone to come along for an afternoon of fun, with merchandise, food and and drinks available for purchase. It is $10 to run—be prepared to get wet and coloured!

School Captains for 2021

Students nominating for school leadership positions have been provided with their application forms. They need to prepare a speech to present to the students and community members on Friday, 20th November. Following the speeches, students and staff will vote on our new school leaders who will be announced on Awards Night at the end of term.

Deck refurbishment

Thank you to Jay Dunne for a great job replacing the deck on F-Block and helping ensure the safety of our students.

Read to excel,

Hayden Park

Acting Principal

Quilpie State College

Be Safe Be Respectful Be a Learner

Next edition of the Quilpie Cryer: 25th November 2020

PRINCIPAL’S PEN Mr Hayden Park

2020 school year

Please note the dates of the school terms in 2020:

Term 1: 28 Jan—3 Apr

Term 2: 20 Apr—26 Jun

Term 3: 13 Jul—18 Sep

Term 4: 6 Oct—2 Dec

2020 school times

First bell: 8:55 am—students not to arrive before 8:30am.

1st break: 11am—11:45am

2nd break: 1:30pm—2pm

Last bell: 3 pm

Priority 1: Increase school-wide reading achievement—Target: 80% of students achieving at or above regional benchmark Priority 2: Implement the full Australian Curriculum—Target: 90% of students achieving A-C in all Learning Areas

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Student Achievement at QSC

PBL focus week 5 & 6: Be Safe—We give others personal space

Thank you to our guest readers at Book Week

Fabulous costumes for Book Week!

Our top Opal Miners during the first 5 weeks of Term 4.

Students of the week…

Student Council cooked breakfast for staff

on World Teachers Day...

 

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!

Money is something that we know 

is used in everyday life. 

 Miss Carroll’s mum has been busy 

collecting all of the Coles and 

Woolworths minis and sent them 

out to us!  

 

We have been budgeting and 

creating shopping lists to help 

support our learning. We 

researched the prices of all the  

items and learnt how to represent 

the money values in various ways. 

We have put together shopping  

lists and correctly counted change 

from our ‘financial transactions’     

at our classroom store. 

THRASS CHAMPIONS!

THRASS is an acronym for Teaching Handwriting, Reading and Spelling Skills. It is a system for    

teaching the building blocks of reading and spelling. Each week we explicitly teach how to break down the 

students spelling words into the correct THRASS spelling choices. The student progress with spelling was 

evident with their PAT results that showed students had improved significantly from the previous year.  

What a term it has been and it is already week 6! We have been working hard across the board all year but 

term four is always a busy time.  

 

During English, we have been reading and listening to a range of humorous poems. The students have 

worked hard to gain an understanding of unique poetic features such as nonsense words, spoonerisms, 

neologisms and puns! Not sure what these are? Be sure to ask our Year 3‐4 experts and they will pass on   

their newfound knowledge.  In Science, we have been looking at the movement of Earth and building our 

understanding of day and night, sunrise and sunset and shadows. The students have identified features of 

Earth and compared its size with the sun and moon. They each created a presentation to communicate their 

understandings and findings about the regular changes on Earth and its rotation. Digital Technologies has 

been a focus point for us this year. We have been expanding our knowledge of basic computer programs  

such as PowerPoint and Excel. They have used their new skills throughout all their subjects and have    

proven to be quite the group of tech savvy students.  

YEAR 3 & 4

WE ARELOOKING FOR

YOU!

M U L G A M A T E S E A R L Y L E A R N I N GC E N T R E

Do you love dancing or playing sports? If yes thensend us your interest to join our team to teach our

young ones.

To know more, call us on 07 46561182 or send usan email at mulgamates@fgpmoreton.org

Quilpie & District Swimming Carnival

Student Canteen Order

Name:____________________________

House: ___________________________

Item Price Qty $

Pizza – Bacon & Cheese $3.00 Sausage Roll $3.50 Meat Pie $4.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato Sandwich $5.00 Ham & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 Chicken & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 DRINKS Price Qty $

Orange Pop Top $2.00 Apple Pop Top $2.00 Apple and Blackcurrent Pop Top $2.00 Water $2.00 Gatorade - Blue $5.00 Gatorade - Red $5.00 Chocolate Milk $2.50 FRAPPE Price Qty $

Mango $3.00 Three Berry $3.00 Chocolate $3.00 Caramel $3.00 Strawberry $3.00

Due to COVID planning requirements, all

food must be pre-ordered and will be

handed out to students on the day.

Individual slips required per child

Orders are due 20th November 2020 with

payment.

Orders to be in a clearly named envelope

to school office with payment per family.

NB: There is a canteen order for teachers

and parents available and pre-orders also

required.

Quilpie & District Swimming Carnival

Student Canteen Order

Name:____________________________

House: ___________________________

Item Price Qty $

Pizza – Bacon & Cheese $3.00 Sausage Roll $3.50 Meat Pie $4.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato Sandwich $5.00 Ham & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 Chicken & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 DRINKS Price Qty $

Orange Pop Top $2.00 Apple Pop Top $2.00 Apple and Blackcurrent Pop Top $2.00 Water $2.00 Gatorade - Blue $5.00 Gatorade - Red $5.00 Chocolate Milk $2.50 FRAPPE Price Qty $

Mango $3.00 Three Berry $3.00 Chocolate $3.00 Caramel $3.00 Strawberry $3.00

Due to COVID planning requirements, all

food must be pre-ordered and will be

handed out to students on the day.

Individual slips required per child

Orders are due 20th November 2020 with

payment.

Orders to be in a clearly named envelope

to school office with payment per family.

NB: There is a canteen order for teachers

and parents available and pre-orders also

required.

Quilpie & District Swimming Carnival

Student Canteen Order

Name:____________________________

House: ___________________________

Item Price Qty $

Pizza – Bacon & Cheese $3.00 Sausage Roll $3.50 Meat Pie $4.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato Sandwich $5.00 Ham & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 Chicken & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 DRINKS Price Qty $

Orange Pop Top $2.00 Apple Pop Top $2.00 Apple and Blackcurrent Pop Top $2.00 Water $2.00 Gatorade - Blue $5.00 Gatorade - Red $5.00 Chocolate Milk $2.50 FRAPPE Price Qty $

Mango $3.00 Three Berry $3.00 Chocolate $3.00 Caramel $3.00 Strawberry $3.00

Due to COVID planning requirements, all

food must be pre-ordered and will be

handed out to students on the day.

Individual slips required per child

Orders are due 20th November 2020 with

payment.

Orders to be in a clearly named envelope

to school office with payment per family.

NB: There is a canteen order for teachers

and parents available and pre-orders also

required.

Quilpie & District Swimming Carnival

Student Canteen Order

Name:____________________________

House: ___________________________

Item Price Qty $

Pizza – Bacon & Cheese $3.00 Sausage Roll $3.50 Meat Pie $4.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato Sandwich $5.00 Ham & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 Chicken & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 DRINKS Price Qty $

Orange Pop Top $2.00 Apple Pop Top $2.00 Apple and Blackcurrent Pop Top $2.00 Water $2.00 Gatorade - Blue $5.00 Gatorade - Red $5.00 Chocolate Milk $2.50 FRAPPE Price Qty $

Mango $3.00 Three Berry $3.00 Chocolate $3.00 Caramel $3.00 Strawberry $3.00

Due to COVID planning requirements, all

food must be pre-ordered and will be

handed out to students on the day.

Individual slips required per child

Orders are due 20th November 2020 with

payment.

Orders to be in a clearly named envelope

to school office with payment per family.

NB: There is a canteen order for teachers

and parents available and pre-orders also

required.

Need a Dental Appointment?

Please give us a call and we will listen to your needs and provide you with care. You can be offered an appointment or given the option to be placed on our waitlist and

appointments can be made for dental emergencies and check ups.

The Dentists at Roma and Charleville visit other towns across the South West Hospital and Health Service providing full dental services.

To be eligible you will need: Health Care Card; Pension Concession Card; Commonwealth Seniors Health Card; Queensland Seniors Card or a Veterans Affairs Card.

You can be seen as a Fee-Paying patient for emergencies or other care if there is no access to a Private Dentist in your area.

Call 1300 215 659 or 46 24 2716South West Oral Health Service

Quilpie & District Swimming Carnival

Teacher/Parent Canteen Order

Name:____________________________

Mobile: ___________________________

Item Price Qty $

Pizza – Bacon & Cheese $3.00 Sausage Roll $3.50 Meat Pie $4.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato Sandwich $5.00 Ham & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 Chicken & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 DRINKS Price Qty $

Orange Pop Top $2.00 Apple Pop Top $2.00 Apple and Blackcurrent Pop Top $2.00 Water $2.00 Gatorade - Blue $5.00 Gatorade - Red $5.00 Chocolate Milk $2.50 FRAPPE Price Qty $

Small $3.00 Large $5.00 Flavour choice _______________ Milk – Full/Skim/Almond/Lactose Water based Whipped Cream Yes/No

See back of order form for variety of flavours

Due to COVID planning requirements, all food must be pre-ordered and will be handed out to students on the day.

Individual slips required per person

Orders are due 20th November 2020 with

payment.

Orders to be in a clearly named envelope per

family to school office with payment.

NB: Parents and spectators will be notified by text

when their order is ready. Orders to be collected

from the kiosk table.

Teacher orders will be delivered via AAA staff

member.

Quilpie & District Swimming Carnival

Teacher/Parent Canteen Order

Name:____________________________

Mobile: ___________________________

Item Price Qty $

Pizza – Bacon & Cheese $3.00 Sausage Roll $3.50 Meat Pie $4.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato Sandwich $5.00 Ham & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 Chicken & Cheese Sandwich $5.00 DRINKS Price Qty $

Orange Pop Top $2.00 Apple Pop Top $2.00 Apple and Blackcurrent Pop Top $2.00 Water $2.00 Gatorade - Blue $5.00 Gatorade - Red $5.00 Chocolate Milk $2.50 FRAPPE Price Qty $

Small $3.00

Large $5.00

Flavour choice _______________

Milk – Full/Skim/Almond/Lactose Water based Whipped Cream Yes/No

See back of order form for variety of flavours

Due to COVID planning requirements, all food must be pre-ordered and will be handed out to students on the day.

Individual slips required per person

Orders are due 20th November 2020 with

payment.

Orders to be in a clearly named envelope per

family to school office with payment.

NB: Parents and spectators will be notified by text

when their order is ready. Orders to be collected

from the kiosk table.

Teacher orders will be delivered via AAA staff

member.

Frappes can be milk or water based

We offer a variety of milk types

All Frappes are topped with whipped cream

or not

Please indicate on your order form what you require

for your Frappe

FRAPPE FLAVOURS

Coffee

Chocolate

Caramel

Strawberry Chai (Vanilla)

Chai (Cinnamon)

Vanilla Irish Cream

Cranberry Lime Tahitian Lime

New Zealand Apple Wild Mint

Raspberry

Flamed Orange Butterscotch

Peach Black Tea Banana

Pick two Frappe Flavours to spice up your

Large Frappe

Irish Cream/Coffee

Strawberry/Irish Cream

Strawberry/Mint

Dirty Chai – Chai/Coffee

Caramel/Chai

Tropical – Banana/Mango

Frappes can be milk or water based

We offer a variety of milk types

All Frappes are topped with whipped cream

or not

Please indicate on your order form what you require

for your Frappe

FRAPPE FLAVOURS

Coffee

Chocolate

Caramel

Strawberry Chai (Vanilla)

Chai (Cinnamon)

Vanilla Irish Cream

Cranberry Lime Tahitian Lime

New Zealand Apple Wild Mint

Raspberry

Flamed Orange Butterscotch

Peach Black Tea Banana

Pick two Frappe Flavours to spice up your

Large Frappe

Irish Cream/Coffee

Strawberry/Irish Cream

Strawberry/Mint

Dirty Chai – Chai/Coffee

Caramel/Chai

Tropical – Banana/Mango

                Raffle  & Lots of Fun & Prizes   

When:  Sunday 6th December 

Where: Quilpie Shire Hall    

          Time: 10.00am  

Cost: Adults $5.00       Children Free  

        COMPETITION       

  MINI XMAS TREE    

Bring along your Decorated Mini Xmas Tree             

(no taller than 30cm) ‐ Children’s & Adult Prizes 

 

CRYER SUBMISSION DETAILS 

E‐mail to:   cryer@quilpiesc.eq.edu.au    

Fees: Full page  = $25.00 

  ½ page   = $13.00 

Adver sements must be in by 9.00am on the Monday

before the next edi on.

Quilpie State College reserves the right to withhold material

which it deems inappropriate. The school is not responsible

for edi ng material submi ed for publica on. 

The next edi on of the Cryer will be available:  

Wednesday 25th November 2020

Please Note: All adver sements must be submi ed  

electronically. 

Faxed or handwri en submissions will no longer be accepted.

Receive your Cryer by email:

Email cryer@quilpiesc.eq.edu.au asking to be placed 

on the email list. 

COMMUNITY CONTACTS

Lifeline (Youth Support Coordinator)

13 11 14 1300 991 443 0427 730 780

Kids Help Line 1800 551 800

Early Intervention Parenting Worker 4650 5179

Mens Link 1300 789 978

Legal Aid 1300 651 840

Quilpie Hospital 4656 0100

Quilpie State College 4656 0333 www.quilpiesc.eq.edu.au

Rural Family Lifeline Family Counsellor

1300 991 443

0428 384 814

Quilpie Shire Council 4656 0500

Social Worker 4650 5324

Family Support Worker Charleville Neighbourhood Centre

46 54 3324

Read to Excel!

Quilpie Swimming Club starts back on Wednesday the 15th October at 

the Quilpie Swimming Pool.  

 

Swimming club is open to all children, regardless of their ability and 

experience.  

 

Nomina ons can be made at 5:15pm and races will start at 5:30pm.  

 

There will be sausages on bread for sale at the end of the night for $2.50 each.