Striving for an engaged and motivated school community, fostering individual achievement, social responsibility and well being

Contact details PH: 4625 8555 Jane Street Dirranbandi QLD 4486 www.dirranbass.eq.edu.au Student absences line PH: 4625 8566 Absence SMS line 0418 164 912 Principal Mrs Andrea Killen Email the.principal@dirranbass.eq.edu.au

P&C Executive President: Amber Stewart Vice President: Jen Miller Secretary: Tanya Moore Junior Secretary: Jess Persse Treasurer: Tamara Burke dirranbandipandcsecretary@outlook.com

What’s Inside this issue: Pg 1 Student Awards

Pg 2 From the Principal

Pg 3 SRC Cake Stall NAPLAN Breakfast Paul Kelly Concert Pg 4 From the HOC Pg 5 Opti-Minds Chappy Profile Pg 6 Book Fair Pg 7 Community Notices

Dirranbandi P-10 State School

Dazzler

“Success Follows Effort”

2018

Term 2

May 4

STUDENT

AWARDS

Congratulations to our ‘Students of the Week’ -

Maranda, Julia and Parker

Wow! 50 Gotchas, well done Theo

Great work ‘Active Learners’ - Shawn, Mia, Eve

STAFF Teachers Liz Bromwich Kirsty Cookson Jessica Davis Keeley Glass Monica Hadenfeldt Kylie Hegarty Rogan Kinnear April McLaren Jen Miller Mollie Rodgers Secondary Coordinator Kylie Hegarty PH: 4625 8534

Student Services Coordinator

Monica Hadenfeldt PH: 4625 8500 Head of Curriculum Jen Miller PH: 4625 8501 Instrumental Music Luke Todd Business Manager Michelle Burke Teacher Aides Tamara Burke Sheldon Dawes Darcie Fenech Bronwyn Hopkins Angela Hourigan Kathleen Ruttley Shelley Smith Amber Stewart Cleaners Keith Blunden Katie Macmillan Leonarda Tramacchi Groundsman Boyd Hopkins

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Every Day Counts Our school attendance for the school year to date is 88.1%. School attendance for last week was 83.6%. As a school we would like to see students aiming to have 95-100% attendance. That is no more than 10 days in a school year and only 2 ½ days per term. Some attendance data for last week:

best day attended was Tuesday 88%

worst day attended was Monday at 78.4%

the year level, with the best attendance for last week was Year 3 and Year 4 with 100% For students maintaining attendance at 90% or above we are offering an additional layer of support, through the Academic Success Guarantee initiative. Additional support is targeted at supporting students to meet or beat their personal learning goals for writing. Please encourage your child to be at school. Every day of learning counts! Congratulations to the new P&C Executive Thank you to parents and staff for attending the P&C special meeting, held on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting was to finalise the appointment of the P&C executive for the 2018 school year. Congratulations to the following Parents and Community members elected to executive positions… President: Amber Stewart Vice-President: Jen Miller Junior Vice-President: Karen Sullivan Secretary: Tanya Moore Junior Secretary: Jessie Persse Treasurer: Tamara Burke Also discussed at the meeting was the upcoming Paul Kelly and Friends Concert. Some proceeds from this concert will go directly to supporting our Ag Studies Program. The Ag Studies Students, with the support of the P&C, will be running a water and soft drinks stall. We would like to encourage all parents and community members to support this fabulous event on Saturday 2 June. Hope to see you at the concert. Be sure to purchase a Paul Kelly labelled water or a soft drink from the students! Important Dates… Friday 4 May School Cross Country Monday 7 May Labour Day Holiday – NO SCHOOL MONDAY Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 May NAPLAN for Years 3,5,7 and 9 NAPLAN Breakfast – All welcome Wednesday 16 May PBL Meeting, 3:15pm. Parents Welcome Monday 18 May Balonne Cross Country (Begonia SS) Congratulations To...

Students and staff on completing an Emergency Evacuation Fire Drill in an organised and sensible manner this week. It is important that as a school we practice Emergency Evacuation procedures to ensure that we are able to respond promptly and safely in the case of an emergency. Well done everyone!

Class attendance winners Year 3-4 with 100% attendance! Thank You To …

Parents, Staff and community members for attending our P&C special meeting. Congratulations to our newly appointed P&C executive.

Pete Petros who worked with our staff and students on building our THRASS knowledge and skills

this week.

Simone O’Brien, a domestic violence survivor, who came to talk with our high school students and staff about her story and reasons for taking a stand against violence. Thank you for sharing your inspirational story. Thank you also to support services from our local community and for the valuable input you gave to the session.

Remember…

Our School Facebook page. You’ll find important messages about School events and photographs of School happenings on our page. Have you ‘liked’ us recently?

Have you booked your Paul Kelly tickets yet? Proceeds from the Paul Kelly Concert will go towards our Ag Studies Program.

No school on Monday – Labour Day Public Holiday Andrea Killen

School Improvement Priorities for 2018

In 2018 our school improvement priorities are to improve student outcomes in:

Reading

Attendance – Every Day Counts

2018 Term 2

Week 4 Monday - 7 May Labour Day Holiday Tuesday - 8 May Sporting Schools, Tennis Community Netball Wednesday - 9 May Tuckshop Sporting Schools, Softball 1,2,3 Magic Workshop Thursday - 10 May Homework Centre Friday - 11 May Playgroup

Week 5 Monday - 14 May Book Fair Starts Premier’s Reading Challenge Begins Tuesday - 15 May Sporting Schools, Tennis NAPLAN Book Fair Community Netball Wednesday - 16 May Tuckshop NAPLAN PBL Meeting 3:15pm Book Fair Sporting Schools, Softball 1,2,3 Magic Workshop Thursday - 17 May NAPLAN Book Fair Homework Centre Local Markets at RTC Friday - 18 May Book Fair Last Day Playgroup

PBL FOCUS’ I am responsible when I am …

An Active Learner Safe

Respectful

Think before I act / react

PAUL KELLY AND FRIENDS CONCERT Update and Things to Know

Please refer to this weekly column to keep you informed and ready for the concert.

The countdown is on!

When?: Saturday 2nd June, 3pm onwards

Where?: Dirranbandi Showgrounds

Why?: Career Pathways for Ag Studies education Who are the Preatures?

* The Preatures are a four-piece rock band from Sydney

* The band started in 2010

* They have signed record deals with Australian , USA and UK companies

* The song, “Take a Card” has been on of the most played tracks on Triple J radio

This weeks question—Are the members of The Preatures, brothers and sisters?

Answer to last week’s question last week - YES… Ian Moss likes playing the guitar with his shoes

off. In fact “Barnes remembered young Mossy as “A boy from the bush who didn’t wear shoes but

played fantastic”.

Ag Students Update: Certificate 1 in Agrifoods:

In the module of work—Work Safely we are observing safe work practices

By reading and following instructions, notices and workplace safety signs.

It is highly important to wear protective clothing and equipment when

completing tasks. Tickets:

Must be purchased online at www.paulkellyandfriends.com

If under 12 years your ticket is FREE - You still need to go online to print your FREE ticket

Identification is required by everyone and must be presented at the front gate. We would like to thank the Dirranbandi Show Society and all involved for their initiative, enthusiasm,

and dedication to hold this fantastic event.

SCHOOL DENTAL VISIT The dentist will return Tuesday.

Appointment cards will be sent home with your child/ren. Parents will need to

accompany their children on their first visit. If you have not returned your form,

please do so ASAP. Remember: This is a FREE service.

SRC CAKE STALL Dirranbandi Market Day

Saturday May 12th Donations of baked good would be greatly

appreciated. Baked items can be delivered directly to the stall on

Saturday morning or to the school Friday.

SECONDARY SNAPSHOT Housekeeping: Have you seen the letter, for secondary students about the vendor ticket for the Paul Kelly and Friends concert? If you have any questions, please contact the school. This “green” permission note is due back to school as soon as possible. Also look out for more permission notes … Ag excursion and St. George State High School musical invite. Congratulations to our highschool students for their ANZAC display.

FROM THE HOC

THRASS - This week we have been very fortunate to have had Pete Petros, trainer from the THRASS Institute, visit for three days and work with all of our teachers and teacher aides in consolidating and enhancing the our understanding of the complexities of the English language and how to teach it through using THRASS as a tool. Pete first came to our school in January for a two-day in-service and teachers have been implementing components of THRASS throughout Term 1. The last few days have provided teachers with the opportunity to fine tune their own thinking and see THRASS in action with Pete modelling lessons in classes. A parent information session was also offered to all parents. Key components have focussed on phonemic awareness and word work with students including but not limited to: Knowing the 44 phonemes of the English language Breaking words down to their individual phonemes at all year levels in order to encourage and support correct pronunciation

of words taught. Understanding and applying the phonographic principle Consolidation of terminology including grapheme, phoneme, graph, digraph, key grapheme trigraph, plosives, fricatives,

voiced consonants, unvoiced consonants, homophone, homograph, homonym, monophthongs, diphthongs, diphones, triphones, allophones, non-phonetic spelling and more. Focus was given to how these components impact on the patterns used in words

Understanding the key grapehemes on the THRASS chart in order to make informed choices when spelling The importance of understanding syllable breaks and the impact they have on the vowel phonemes within a word The experience has enabled our staff to continue to refine their craft of teaching within all classrooms across our school and we look forward to seeing our students grow in their use of the tool to improve their literacy skills. Around the School - While this week has been very THRASS focussed however I have had the pleasure of seeing: All students from Prep through to Year 10 demonstrating Responsible, Respectful, Safe, Active Learning behaviours with

relief teaching staff that have worked across our school this week. Prep students working on consolidating their knowledge of representations of numbers 0-10. I was fortunate to have Connor

show me his excellent work which he had completed accurately and could tell me how he knew which numerals to match to the finger pictures, including his ability to ‘just know’ that 4 fingers was ‘4’. This is called subitising which is an important foundation skill for working with numbers.

Prep-Year 2 students engaging in focussed curriculum lessons with Prac Teacher, Miss Sandy Andrews Year 3-4 students in reading groups using e-books

Year 5-6 students in reading groups working on comprehension and vocab through both traditional pencil and paper activities as well as online learning through IXL English.

CHAPPY BRITT PROFILE Hi Dirranbandi, My name is Chappy Britt and I am so excited to be part of the Dirranbandi State School Community. So far the students and staff have been so welcoming and it has been fun building relationships with each of them. I’m looking forward to spending time with the children in the their lessons, playing basketball and handball in the playground, running programs and outside school events as well as spending time with everyone. I am a qualified secondary teacher, but I’m far more involved in caring at a pastoral level. If I can help support your children in any way, whatever it be, social, emotional or spiritual, please do not hesitate to speak with Mrs Killen who can relay your message on to me.

Q and A: Chappy Britt Fact File Where were you born? South Africa. What’s your favourite dessert? Kit Kat Chocolates. Do you have any siblings? No, I’m an only child. When did you come to Australia? When I was 15 years old and in Grade 10. What’s your favourite colour? All the blues of the ocean. What’s your favourite scripture? Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

MISS MCLAREN’S TERM 2 - TERM OVERVIEWS 7/8 Science - This term students are looking at forces and motion. Students will identify a range of different forces and how they are used in the working world to move machinery. Students will also focus on their experimental design and scientific writing. 9/10 Science - This term students will cover two topics in science. They will investigate the periodic identifying scientific ideas about atoms and their subatomic particles. They will investigate different isotopes and radioisotope conducting a range of experiments and investigations to strengthen their scientific writing. They will also investigate tectonic plates and the development of volcanos, mountains, tsunamis and earthquakes. 9/10 Sport Studies - Students are investigating physical activity and how it links to health and the community. Students will discover the benefits and barriers people face when it comes to keeping physically active through school surveys and will be developing posters to be displayed around the community to promote the use of outdoor spaces and equipment. Health & Physical Education - P-2 HPE - In health this term students will be exposed to health messages related to the health benefits of physical activity, nutrition and good personal hygiene habits. Students will be able to describe how to keep themselves and others healthy in different situations. In PE, students will participate in a number of movement challenges when using different sporting equipment and parts of their body. Students will start to identify what happens to their body when they are physically active before moving onto athletics in the second half of the term. 3/4 HPE - This term in health students are looking at the combination of heritage and culture and how they contribute to identity. Students will participate in activities to explore communication skills of respect and empathy and how they support positive interactions. In PE, students will look at the athletic sequences and fundamental movement skills used on athletic events to prepare for the coming athletics carnival in Term 3. 5/6 HPE - In health this term, students are investigating how physical activity creates opportunities for different groups to work together, students will identify how physical activity contributes to individual and community wellbing. Students will investigate the current physical activity participation within the school and explore how technology can support participation rates. In PE, student are finishing off their motion skills from term 1 and will be moving forward to fitness circuits and athletics towards the end of the term. 7-10 HPE - The topic for health this term is drugs and alcohol. Students will look at drug classifications and investigate both short and long term effects for a range of different legal and illegal substances. Students will practice harm minimisation strategies and also look at information sources for where to find help and how to choose trusted websites. In PE, students are using the sport of Touch Football to investigate the different components of fitness and how they can be modified to improve performance when participating in particular sports. Students will then change focuses to athletics towards the end of the term.

Would you like to be involved in an exciting opportunity?

Do you have a passion for problem solving? We need YOU to be part of the Dirranbandi Opti-MINDS team!

Who?: Students from Year 4 to Year 9 When?: Sunday 26th August (and weekly lunchtime preparation sessions) Where?: St George State School What?: Teams are required to work together on a creative

and original solution for a Long Term Challenge (up to six weeks) without assistance from anyone outside the team. The team can choose an open-ended challenge in either Language Literature, Science Engineering or Social Sciences. Students present their Challenge solution to a panel of judges and an audience on Challenge Day.

The teams must also participate in an unseen Spontaneous Challenge on Opti-MINDS Day.

An information session for students will be held on Tuesday at 2nd break in the conference room. Hope to see your there - Miss Bromwich

YEAR 5-6 NEWS by Chloe Brown In the 5-6 Class this week we have been making things out of paper in art and in science we have made circuits, with the switches we made ourselves.

DATE CLAIMER: PBL Meeting on Wednesday May 16th at 3:15pm in Miss Glass’s classroom. Parents are very welcome to attend. At this meeting we analyse our student behaviour data; celebrate student improvement and develop an action plan to address behavioural problems.

Dear Parents, We are hosting a Scholastic Book Fair!

Our Book Fair theme for 2018 is Paws for Books: Come. Stay. Read a Great Tale!

Readers will find purr-fect books and have a dog-gone good time at this season’s Book Fair!

Book Fair will start Monday the 14th of May and finish Friday the 18th of May. The Fair will be open 8:30am to 9am and 3pm to 4pm Daily.

Parents and community members are VERY welcome!!

Research shows that parental involvement at home, independent reading at school, and the power of book choice all help make frequent readers. In fact, the Australian Kids and Family Reading Report shows that an overwhelming 91 % of kids aged 9–11 and 93% of kids aged 6–8 agree that their favourite books to read are the ones they have picked out themselves. A Scholastic Book Fair is the perfect place for your child to discover new books and ignite their love for reading. Every purchase you make earns learning and literacy resources for our school! Parents, please consider donating a book to our “Classroom Wish List” where books purchased are put into our school library. Such books will enrich the education of children for years to come. Your generosity will be recognized with a bookplate identifying your family as the donor. All donations are greatly appreciated. More books means more choice, which means kids get to read the books they want to read. The right book can ignite a passion for reading, so we encourage families to work together to create a reading culture at home. Reading expands the mind, nourishes the imagination, and opens a world of possible. Every Scholastic Book Fair is packed with a multitude of genres, including fantasy, classics, reference, award-winners, humour, nonfiction and mystery. We believe the best selection encompasses books suitable for both girls and boys within each age.

So hop on down to our ‘Paws for Books’ Book Fair and chews a good book!

COMMUNITY NOTICES

JRL DIRRANBANDI HOME GAME Saturday May 12th

School Oval

ST GEORGE JUNIOR SOCCER CLUB Sign on Day

Saturday 12th May 9am-11am St George State High School Oval

Soccer will also commence on this Day Registration Fees are $50 and Uniforms are for Sale

Registration can be completed online www.myfootball.com.au Contact Gummy Lamb on 0457 059 324 or email stgeorgejuniorsoccerclub@gmail.com

for further information. DIRRAN LOCAL MARKETS

Local produce and crafts of Dirranbandi

Rural Transaction veranda 10am till 12 noon

Thursday 17th May Contact RTC - 46258411 or

Pam - 46250826

FOR SALE Sturdy wooden, painted double dog kennel

Tin roof Raised off the ground Measuring 1200cm x 3350cm

$300 o.n.o Phone 0477001725

COMMUNITY NOTICES

DIRRAN COMMUNITY NETBALL Every Tuesday at 5:30pm

Ages 13 Plus welcome Membership needs to be paid

+ $2 for each game

DIRRANBANDI RESTORES WORKSHOP

Dirranbandi Arts Council Inc. is holding a furniture restoration workshop on 26 & 27 May, 2018 at the Dirranbandi Showground with tutor Paul Westerweel. To register your interest and for further details please contact Gerry Grant. Ph. 46258245; email dunwold@bigpond.com

We acknowledge the support of RADF for this workshop.

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Balonne Shire Council partnership to support local arts and culture.