October 24th, 2018 Week 3, Term 4, Semester 2

TAMBO STATE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Phone 07 46 217333 Fax 07 46217300

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NEWSLETTER Year 5/6 Camp

October 24th, 2018 Week 3, Term 4, Semester 2

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Every Student Succeeding!

Date Claimer:

06 November Show Holiday

13 November Year 2/3 day trip to Barcaldine

28 November Speech Night

Appropriate Footwear for School:

Parents are asked to ensure students wear appropriate footwear to school. This is generally a sneaker or sport shoe that provides good support for the student’s growing foot. These shoes also prove to be safe around other students when there is a rush and do not inflict painful damage to others.

Cowboy boots, thongs or strappy sandals are not acceptable footwear for school.

Prep Students Pick Up and Drop Off:

Just a reminder that a parent or adult carer must drop off all Prep student to the Prep and pick them up from the un-dercover area each afternoon. This applies to all Prep students except for those who come on uses where other ar-rangements have been made.

Parenting Ideas:

In The Car:

Young children sometimes have to spend quite a bit of time travelling in cars. It’s a great time to talk and sing and play games which help them to think and learn.

If you can, play games in pairs so each young child has an adult or older child in their team.

Try ABC games like My name is Alice and I like apricots and I live in Africa.

Play ‘animal, vegetable and mineral’ and only answer yes, no or maybe to everyone’s questions. Versions of ‘Celebrity Heads’ work well too.

‘I Spy” can be played from an early age with a bit of adaption. Say: I spy something that begins with the sound ‘sh’ and goes baa.

Take it in turns to teach each other songs. Your child can teach you a new song from playgroup or the latest Wig-gles number.

If your child likes taped stories they can use a MP3 player/Ipod at times during longer car trip. This means the sound quality is good for them and you don’t have to listen to Dot and the Kangaroo for the tenth time. Sometimes do listen to stories and songs together and talk about them.

Have competitions to spot the first stop sign, the next shop or the next red car or the first sight of the ocean.

If you are travelling around town, point out interesting signs and signs in different languages. Explain that you can’t read that sign either.

School Behaviour Focus:

Throughout the year teachers will be focussing on specific behaviours in their classrooms in relation to our “Be” rules.

This week’s focus is “Be Respectful.” Students are asked to enter and exit rooms in an orderly manner.

Weekly Attendance Rate:

The attendance rate for Week 3, Term 4 was 87.3%. I encourage parents to notify the school of student absence due to the new round of illnesses currently circulating throughout the town. Parents it would be beneficial to provide a doc-tor’s certificate for absences longer than 3 days.

Parents you must notify the school of the reason for your child’s absence. If the school is not notified we are re-quired by legislation to telephone you. If your child is going to have a prolonged absence you need to contact the school regarding this.

by Mrs Sharon Mac Donnell - Principal

October 24th, 2018 Week 3, Term 4, Semester 2

TAMBO STATE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Phone 07 46 217333 Fax 07 46217300

Year 1—Alex Bauer Year 2/3—Paddy Walker

Year 4—Georgia Ryrie Year 5/6—Jaye-Jaye Cooper

High School—Jack Bowen

Dates to Remember:

9/10 November Christmas Bonanza Markets

SCHOOL NEWS

NUDE FOOD DAY EVERY WEDNESDAY

All students are encouraged to participate in Nude Food Wednesday at our school. Students bringing nude food in their lunchboxes have the opportunity to get points for their sporting house.

Visitors to the School:

Parents and visitors please note that if you are visiting the school for any reason that you should proceed to the office and sign in first.

All volunteers in the school must have completed compulsory training now before they can volunteer in classrooms. Please contact Kerry at the office for times of training over the next few weeks.

Teachers and staff will ask you if you have signed in if they are unsure of why you are here.

School Priorities:

Our sign advertises that the school has a number of priorities that it strives to keep at the fore-front t of your child’s education. These include literacy, numeracy and working memory. To achieve these priorities we have to work on the main factor that underpins learning in many are-nas –READING.

Our main priority is READING!

Did you know that one of the best ways to expand a child’s vocabulary is through wide reading?

Younger children who are read to regularly have higher levels of vocabulary knowledge. (Snell, Hindman, & Wasik, 2015)

Older children who read regularly are exposed to words that they might not hear in every day speech. Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2013)

New Attendance Laws:

Commencing at the beginning of this term, the school must now have parent/guardian notification of a child’s non-attendance on the day they are not at school.

Therefore, if your child is sick or absent for any reason, you must contact the school by phone, email or signed and dated letter to let us know the reason your child is away on the day they are away. You cannot get your other children to give us a verbal reason.

If we have not been notified then the school must make contact with you by phone or by a home visit to clarify why the student is absent.

Please help us with the implementation of this new law into the school.

October 24th, 2018 Week 3, Term 4, Semester 2

TAMBO STATE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Phone 07 46 217333 Fax 07 46217300

Date Claimer

November 6th— Show Holiday

November 9th/10th— Christmas Bonanza Markets

November 13th- Year 2/3 Barcaldine Excursion

November 28th— Speech Night

November 29th— Year 10 Graduation

Opening Night is Friday 9th November between 6-8pm

This special viewing allows you an exclusive opportunity to view

and purchase items prior to the event

Cost $10 per person

Complimentary Glass of Wine/ Soft drink while you shop.

Saturday 10th November from 8am—1pm

MARKET DAY

Free Entry

P & C Café will be open with Coffee, Tea & delightful

homemade goodies for morning tea/lunch.

CASH/VISA CARD AVAILABLE for purchases