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McCRACKEN Water Cartage COOL CLEAR WATER
Andrew and Julie 612 Pine Creek Road McCracken Givelda QLD 4670
0477 006 886 Domestic and Commercial Water Supplies Council and Health Dept. Approved
Craig Neary Plumbing & Gas
4157 8134
0414 522 424
ABN: 22 912 441 882
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KOLAN SEPTIC SERVICE
429 Birthamba Road South Kolan
Servicing South Kolan, Sharon, Bucca, Gin Gin, Rosedale, Mount Perry and surrounding areas
Septic Tanks Grease Traps Holding Tanks Local rates apply
*Call Ken on 4157 7662 or 0419 491
RJ & SL WITCHER Fencing, Tree Lopping, Landscaping, Kanga Mini Loader,
Garden Clean Ups, Painting and Concreting
Free Quotes and Friendly Service
(07) 4157 8038 or 0427 546 045
ROD & SARA WITCHER
GENERAL & LIVESTOCK
FREIGHT
9m Tandem Tray Back
30’ Cattle Crate
All Areas.
M: 0427 579 617
Ph: 4157 7725 BUNDABERG
LIVESTOCK & GENERAL TRANSPORT
Mick & Jodie Hudson
P 4157 4212
M 0409 266 276
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KOLAN SOUTH INFORMER 25 Feb 2019
No 5
2297 Gin Gin Road, South Kolan Qld 4670 Phone: (07) 41 577361 Fax:( 07) 41 577289 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kolasoutss.eq.edu.au P&C Association meetings are advertised
Kolan South Established in 1878
Kolan South State School strives for a Quality Education for All Students ~ Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Safety
School Photographs Next Monday
Our School Photos are being taken next Monday, 4 March. Please refer to the information regarding ordering procedures sent home last week. Check with the school if you have any questions.
*Students should wear their best uniform next Monday. *White socks are preferable. Thank-you.
After School Program
After School Sport will also commence next Monday, 4 March, and will run for 5 weeks. The program will include running, fitness and athletics activities. The registration form has been included with today’s newsletter.
Day of Excellence
A number of students from Year 5 and 6 will participate in the Day of Excellence program being held at North Bundaberg High School, tomorrow. Best wishes to those students who have been invited to attend.
Class News
This week, we hear about some of what’s happening in Year 2/3/4. Thank-you to Mrs Helen Donald and students.
Jeff Searle
Principal’s Messages ~The next few days brings an end to summer, officially. Hoping some rain and cooler times ahead.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Term 1 Mar 4 (Mon) School Photos Mar 4 (Mon) After School Sport commences Mar 6 (Wed) P&C Meeting 7.00pm (including AGM) Mar 21 (Thur) Disco 6.00-8.00pm Mar 25 (Mon) Parent / Teacher Meetings commence April 3 (Wed) Easter Assembly April 5 (Fri) Last day of term / Interhouse Cross Country
Term 2 April 22 (Mon) Easter Monday April 23 (Tue) Term 2 commences April 25 (Thur) ANZAC Day
All parents are welcome to attend our weekly Assembly on Thursdays at 9.00am in the library.
Reading is Vital
Parents, please make reading a priority at home particularly for our younger children.
The research evidence is clear—the more a student reads, the greater their chance for success in life.
‘Evidence indicates a direct link between reading to children at a young age and their future schooling outcomes regardless of parental income, education level or cultural background.’
Thank-you to Mrs Dot Soppa, who was our special guest presenter at last Thursday’s Student Leaders’ Investiture. Congratulations again to School Captains, Lawson Cook and William Myer, School Vice-Captains, Nicholas Goodland and Tenayah McBurnie, and House Captains, Riley Parsons (Beatty), Kyla Pardon (Gibson) and Savannah Donald (Thompson). Nicholas is also our Corps of Drums Drum Major while Lawson will be the Lead Drummer.
Our Year 6 leadership class are a magnificent team of students. They are all looking forward to a final year at Kolan South full of highlights. Best wishes to all of them.
Ryan Fulford-Payne: Working hard in counting time. Rosy Thomas: Always working hard in class. Taylor Willoughby: Great listening and learning in Maths. Adrian Martin: Good participation in reading groups and Maths. Cassie McMullen: Consistently working to the best of her ability. Jaxx Summers: Trying hard in all areas. Laura Mann: Excellent reading results and consistent contributions. Savannah Donald: Excellent thinking in the ‘Sarcophagus’ problem.
February
27 Isobel Mann, Laura Mann
28 William Myer
March
3 Joshua Goodland, Nicholas Goodland
8 Kohbi Thomas, 15 Jaxson Mullins, 17 Ethan Kelly
23 Lawson Cook, 26 Maddison Dingle, 29 Eliza Piper
Fair Federal Funding to State Schools
In recent years, there has been a sense of
excitement and anticipation in the public education
community in Australia as the discussion around
national education has included (and seemingly
embraced) such terms as “needs-based” and “sector-
blind” funding. These concepts were well received by all
education sectors, but particularly those involved in
public education. Our public schools not only carry the
greatest share of enrolments but they educate the
majority of students with special needs.
Much of this focus originated with the Review of Funding
for Schooling, chaired by David Gonski. The review’s
final report, released in December 2011, recommended
fair, transparent and sufficient needs-based funding for
all students to ensure educational success.
Governments subsequently tried to turn this into
workable policy and after seeking feedback from various
stakeholders ended up with policy that whilst not perfect
was better than it had ever been before.
Sadly, this excitement and anticipation rapidly declined in
September 2018, because of special treatment afforded
to the Catholic and independent education sectors,
effectively creating new “special deals”. On 20
September 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, along
with Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan announced
“an additional $3.2 billion over 10 years to non-
government schools identified as needing the most
help” as well as “a further $1.2 billion … for a new fund to
address specific challenges in the non-government
school sector, such as supporting schools in
drought-affected areas, schools that need help to
improve performance and to deliver choice in
communities.” Unfortunately the same criteria was not
applied to secure extra funding for public schools.
This has caused a high level of concern amongst
those involved in public education in Australia.
Primary school leaders continue to call on state and
federal governments to work together to ensure that our
public school students are not disadvantaged by unfair
agreements with the Catholic and independent sectors.
Our state schools must be provided with the
necessary level of public funding to fully support the
learning needs of all our students.
Year 2/3/4 News In English, after reading some texts about a pigeon that persuades others to give him what he wants by demanding, shouting, whining, arguing and pleading, we made our own storyboards with a new plot.
In Science, we have been learning to classify. First we classified different cereals by using our senses to describe their features. Then we described living things after a field study in the school grounds. We found that living things grow, reproduce and respond to stimuli such as heat or light.
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