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Kippa-Ring State School Phone (07) 3897 5333 5333

KIPPA-RING STATE SCHOOL

Newsletter

Term 1, Week 7 7 March 2018

Dear Parents/Carers, Students and Members of the Kippa-Ring State School Community,

STUDENTS CONTINUE TO EXCEL One of our great joys is following the successes of past students. As school principal, I have the opportunity to attend special events at Clontarf Beach State High School and Redcliffe State High School. At Redcliffe High’s recent Student Leader Investiture, past students from our school were once again to the fore.

Jai Jackson (Year 11) was the MC for the morning.

Michael Brazier is School Captain

Katherine Harris is Junior School Captain.

Ben Cooper and Millie Kerr are Senior Leaders.

Congratulations on these excellent achievements! We wish each student a most successful year, as leaders in their school community.

PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Kippa-Ring State School

Parents and Citizens Association will be held on Tuesday 20 March,

from 5.30pm.

Location = Resource Centre. Please enter via the staff car park.

We are seeking feedback on the best time that suits families,

to maximize participation in future meetings.

Suggestions vary… 8.00am, 9.00am, 2.00pm, 3.00pm, 5.30pm and

7.00pm. Perhaps you have a different suggestion? During 2017,

meetings were held in the Resource Centre and commenced at 5.30pm.

Please let us know your preference for starting time? Contact a

staff member or the office asap. Your input is appreciated.

“Students, Parents and Teachers - Partners in Learning”

2018 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FEE A special thank you to families who have supported the 2018 Voluntary Contribution Fee of $30.00 per student. This works out to 71 cents per school week! Whilst this seems a very small amount, when all families support the scheme, it can add substantial value to classroom resources.

Please seriously consider supporting the scheme, by completing

the form as soon as possible; and before Friday 23 March 2018.

CLASS AWARDS

“TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More.”

AWARD LOTE

Chinese

Health &

Phys Ed

Performing

Arts P - 3

Performing

Arts 4 – 6

Tidy

Class

Week 5

5L

6L

PrepT

4DC

2M

Week 6

5C

1P

2M

5L

PrepS

Class awards are presented at school assembly. Parents and friends are

encouraged to attend this whole school activity, which is held in the

school hall from 2.15pm each Monday afternoon.

2017 YEAR 6 AWARDS

At the conclusion of the 2017 school year, the following students

achieved awards. Congratulations to…

Student Awards

Citizenship Award Dakota Dawson

Outstanding Indigenous Student Award

Gabby Lyons

Sports Award Gypsy Farrell-Awhy

Zyon Tighe

Moreton Bay Regional Council Civic Award

Mia Hallam

Academic Award (Dux) Rakshikaa Muttucomaroe

Lillian Van Litsenburg Student of the Year Award

Rakshikaa Muttucomaroe

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

“Be grateful for luck, but don’t depend on it.”

Best wishes,

Alan Brooks – Principal & Rebecca Campbell - Deputy Principal

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Thursday

15 March Wednesday

28 March


SCHOOL POLICIES & PROCEDURES

WHAT’S NEWS? – SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS

Date Topic Date Due

29 January 2018 Voluntary Contribution Fee Friday 23 March

29 January 2018 Prep Student Resource

Scheme

Overdue

1 February Year 5 & 6 Interschool Sport Due in Full

Wednesday 28

March

6 March Year 5 & 6 School Camp letter 16 March

ARE YOU AN ATTENDANCE H.E.R.O.?

Here

Every day

Ready

On time.

No late arrivals; no early departures

= maximum learning time!

STUDENT ABSENCE LINE Notification of any student absence is a legal requirement of parents /

carers. Please call our student absence line on…

3897 5360 or send a text message to 0429 314 309.

The school will send a text message if there is an unexplained absence.

STUDENT CONTACT DETAILS

Have you moved over the holidays?

Have your contact details or those of your emergency contacts

changed?

If so, it is essential to update them with the school. Please call into the

Office and fill out a “Student Contact Details Update” form, or call us on

3897 5333. Thank you for your assistance with this important matter.

YOU CAN DO IT! PROGRAM

YOU CAN DO IT!

In 2018, we will be continuing our school wide focus on the “You Can Do It!” Program.

The goal of You Can Do It! is to provide children with the foundations for achievement in school, work and the world of tomorrow. We will be focusing on five important foundations that will help your child do the best he or she can at school and at home:

Confidence Persistence Getting Along Organisation Emotional Resilience

Underpinning each of these foundations are the Twelve Habits of Mind which are defined as an automatic tendency to think in a certain way (this can be either positive or negative).

By thinking in that way, the young person experiences certain emotions and behaviours that will either lead to academic achievement and social-emotional-behavioural well-being when his/her Habits of the Mind are positive or, when negative Habits of the Mind exist, under-achievement and poor psychological health.

The triangle below illustrates the links between the Positive Habits of Mind, the Social Emotional foundations of You Can Do It!, and the environment in helping young people to reach their full potential in academics, relationships and overall well-being.

The You Can Do It! Program will commence in Term Two and our school

wide focus will be Confidence.


PARENT’S & CITIZEN’S ASSOCIATION.

Term 1 is in full swing and I trust everyone is settling in well, and have

been enjoying the new adventures 2018 has been throwing our way.

The P & C Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been set for Tuesday 20

March at 5.30pm, in the Resource Centre. This will be followed by the

very first P & C meeting for 2018.

This is your opportunity to get involved and participate in decision

making opportunities, events planning and make new and lasting

friendships, all to benefit your children.

All executive positions will become vacant. If you are interested in

becoming President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Fundraising

Coordinator or Year 6 Graduation Committee, position descriptions are

available. Come along to these meetings, have some fun and meet

some new people.

Without volunteers running these committees, services such as the

Uniform shop and Tuckshop could not function. Looking forward to

seeing you all there.

TUCKSHOP NEWS Carmel Bennett -

Tuckshop Convenor

Open Tuesday to

Friday @ the 8.25am

play bell.

Please use 2 separate

bags, if you are

ordering for both

breaks.

Mini Quiche - $1.00

Mini Pizza (Ham &

Cheese or Vegetarian) - $2.00

Thursday “Meal Deal” is Mini Pizzas (Ham & Cheese or Vegetarian)

@ $2.00 each.

Water & Juice are now being sold at the low price of $1.00 each.

Home Baking this week: Banana Muffins, Chocolate Slice, Mini

Quiche & Custard Cookies

Slushy Flavour: Blackcurrant & Watermelon

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS Carmel Bennett – Convenor

Open: Monday mornings, from 8.00am to 10.30am.

Polo Shirts in sizes 4, 6 & 14 will not be available for purchase until

April/May due to our manufacturer being on holidays. We

apologise for the inconvenience.

Reversible Bucket Hats are now available at $15.00 each.

It is important to know your child’s ‘house’ colour. Now available in

bigger sizes.

If anyone can help out with some good condition size 4 & 6 polo

shirts, and would like to donate them to us, we will be able to help

out some of our new “preppies’ who weren’t able to get a ‘Kippa’

polo shirt. This would be extremely appreciated.

Anyone with an outstanding layby account are asked to come in

and finalise your bill. Thank you!

SPORTS NEWS

SPORTING CONGRATULATIONS!

Queensland Oztag has notified the school of the recent success of one

of our students, who has been picked to compete at the upcoming Qld

Oztag Tri Series Tournament to be held on 15th - 17th June 2018. This

event will be attended by 78 teams, from both Queensland and New

South Wales.

Ellicyr (Year 6) will be a representative in the Qld City Centurions

U11 Girls Squad. Congratulations, Ellicyr!

From this event, Queensland Oztag’s Selectors will select the

Queensland Merit Team.

Yours in Sport

Robbie Russell - Sport Development Officer| Queensland Oztag

AROUND THE SCHOOL NEWS

BULLYING – NO WAY! – Thursday 15 March

TUCKSHOP ROSTER

Thursday 8th March Nicole

Friday 9th March Susan, Stacey

Tuesday 13th March Beccy

Wednesday 14th March Rachelle

Thursday 15th March Nicole

Friday 16th March Susan, Donna,

Stacey

Tuesday 20th March Beccy

Wednesday 21st March Nicole


INDIGENOUS PARENT GROUP

KIPPA’S DEADLY MATHS CHALLENGE

Kippa-Ring State School is organizing a “Deadly Maths Challenge”.

We want to make maths fun and are inviting our Kippa families and

friends to come and share some maths activities with their student.

Each class has been allocated a 40 minute session to participate.

We are inviting parents, family and friends to join

their student to complete some of the activities.

Please arrive at our hall 10 minutes before the allocated time, to sign in

the visitor’s book, on a table near the entrance. Our students are really

looking forward to sharing this event with you.

BOOK CLUB

Book Club Issue 2 was handed out to students last week. Please

remember that all orders are to be placed ONLINE only, by Friday 16

March.

Your order will still be sent to the school, for distribution.

CHAPLAINCY NEWS

SUPA CLUB

SUPA Club has started on Wednesday afternoons from 3.00 pm –

4.00pm, and will run until 14 March. This is a free, voluntary program

after school for students who want to discover more about faith from a

Christian perspective in a creative, safe place.

We have a lot of fun as a group and this term we'll be playing a lot of

games/ team sports. We always share a free afternoon tea for all the

students. Parent permission needs to be granted before students can

attend this activity and it's for year 5 and 6 students.

TIME TUESDAY

20 MARCH

WEDNESDAY

21 MARCH

8:50 - 9:30 3D 3T

9:30 – 10:10 PS 6L

10:10 – 10:50 PT 6MD

11:30 – 12:10 2H 4PM

12:10 – 12:50 1J 4DC

12:50 – 1:30 2M 5C

2:10 – 2:50 1P 5L


PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

Parent Support Group is provided for parents who need some support,

friendship or a listening ear on how parenting

is going.

Scott is trialling a parent support time, Friday

mornings this term from 8.00am - 8:30am in

the Chaplaincy room upstairs near the Year 6

classrooms.

Come have a cuppa and share the good things

and some of the struggles we all face as parents. We will meet this

Friday, so please come along and make a new friend.

HEARING SCREENING

This year Kippa-Ring State School is again providing a Hearing Screening

Program, a service conducted by the University of Queensland Health

and Rehabilitation Clinics (UQHRC)-Audiology Clinic to school aged

children.

Research indicates that hearing difficulties may have a significant effect

on a child’s ability to learn. Children with a hearing loss may experience

speech and language delays, educational difficulties, behavioural

problems and often require increased educational support.

A child’s hearing may also change over time so it is important to

monitor a child’s hearing even if they have passed a previous hearing

test.

Our school has funded a hearing screen for

the past two years for our students and

believe it was so beneficial that we have

decided to fund it again this year.

This is an excellent opportunity for your

child to have his/her hearing tested at no

cost, as the school will be paying all costs involved with the screening.

We would like all our Prep students to participate in this screen and

forms have been sent home.

The testing will occur on Thursday 22 March and will consist of the

following:

Screening hearing test for both ears under headphones.

Screening of the function of the middle ear for both ears.

Recommendation/s based on results obtained.

Testing takes approximately 10-15 minutes per child and will be adapted

according to the child’s age and responses.

The testing will usually be performed by Master of Audiology students

under the direct supervision of a qualified and experienced Audiologist.

A summary of the results will be sent home with the child in the form of

a booklet. Recommendations could include: further testing at the

University or similar clinic or a referral to a General Practitioner for

medical intervention.

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

COLES FOR SPORTS VOUCHERS

Collect Vouchers for our School!

We are still collecting Cole’s vouchers to receive more sporting

equipment for our students.

Vouchers can be collected until 3 April.

Please support us by placing your Coles vouchers in, either the box

labelled ‘Kippa-Ring State School’ at Coles Kippa-Ring, or in the box at

school in the Resource Centre.

All vouchers must be received at school by Friday 1 June so

we can tally them and place our order.

Please ask your friends, family members and neighbours too. Every

dollar spent helps us to gain more sporting gear for our school

programs and play options.


WHO’S WHO @ SCHOOL

We love showcasing our Kippa Kids but we thought we would start introducing and showcasing our fantastic staff as well. First up is Mr Hart. Mr Hart is new to Kippa this year and he teaches Year 2.

Mr Redfern is also new to Kippa this year and he is teaching Instrumental Music – Strings while Ms Newton is on leave.

Ms Lodington is new to Kippa as well. She is teaching Year 3 in Term 1 while Miss Dickens is relieving on another position.

WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

WEEK 6

WEEK 7


CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY

Kippa-Ring State School students did their part in helping clean up the

school for the “Clean Up Australia” day campaign on Thursday 1 March.


Our Senior Leaders did the school proud the following day, when they

walked across to Bumper Bumpers to help out the children there with

their “Clean Up Australia” day.

Well done to everyone involved on this day

LATE SCHOOL PHOTO ORDERS

School Photos were taken on Tuesday and many students

made a special effort to present well on the day.

If you didn’t get around to ordering your student’s school

photos, there is still time to do so. Just go to the

photographer’s website – advancedlife.com.au to order.

Our School code is N6NGNY8HE. Late fees may be

incurred.

INTERSCHOOL SPORT CANCELLED – Friday 9 March

Interschool sport has been cancelled for Friday 9 March

due to wet sporting grounds from our heavy rainfall this

week.

COMMUNITY NEWS

BAI RUI TAEKWON-DO ~ Autumn Sign on

A self-defence martial art for all ages, including a personalised class for

students with physical or intellectual disabilities. It is a great way for

families to do something together and meet so many new friends.

Classes are held in the Pine Rivers Special School Hall, located on the

corner of Lawton Pocket & Gympie Roads, Lawnton. Special needs

classes run on Tuesday afternoons from 5.30pm. Other classes are held

on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

For more information, please phone Jan on 0434 359 311 and to view

students with special needs in action, visit:

http://www.specialneedstaekwondo.org/

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – LODGES ON GEORGE

We are looking for lovely volunteers to be kind enough to donate their

time helping us support our residents here at Lodges on George within

our friendly and supportive lifestyle program.

BUS TRIPS, ART CLASSES, BINGO, YOGA, HIGH TEAS, PAMPER

SESSIONS, MENS / LADIES GROUPS and SPECIAL EVENTS are just

some of the programs where you can help provide a fun and

meaningful way to support our residents.

Or maybe you have a skill that you would like to share.

For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact Samantha, our

Lifestyle coordinator on 3283 1355.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

‘Students, Parents and Teachers - Partners in Learning’

Term 1, 2018

Mondays from 2.15pm: School assembly – School Hall – Parents and friends welcome! Fridays from 8.30am to 10.15am – Play Group – Performing Arts room – All welcome!

Week 7 Tuesday 6 March

Wednesday 7 March

Friday 9 March

School Photos – LATE orders can still be placed online ONLY! Extra fees apply.

SUPA Club ~ Resource Centre after school.

Say ‘No’ to bullying day – “Orange Spider” order forms due to Office

Week 8 Wednesday 14 March

Thursday 15 March

Last SUPA Club for Term 1

Say ‘No to Bullying’ Day – wear orange

Week 9 Monday 19 March

Thursday 22 March

Redcliffe SHS Transition Day ~ Year 6 Students

Hearing Screen for Prep Students

Week 10 Monday 26 March

Tuesday 27 March

Wednesday 28 March

Wednesday 28 March

Thursday 29 March

Friday March 30

Key Colour Free Dress Day ~ Wear Orange to celebrate ‘Organisation’

Cross County Carnival at school

Easter Bonnet Parade ~ Prep to Year 2

Clontarf Beach SHS Transition Day ~ Year 6 students

Last day for Term 1 ~ School returns Tuesday 17 April

Rewards Day

Good Friday – Public holiday

Forward Planner

Tuesday 22 May

Wednesday 27 June

Wednesday 8 & Thursday 9

August

24 August – 9 November

Monday 27 – Wednesday

29 August

3 – 7 December

District Cross Country

School Athletics Carnival

District Athletics Carnival

Round 2 of Inter-school Sports

Year 5 & 6 camp at Mapleton, Sunshine Coast

School Swimming Program

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