Welcome all to a new year at Montville State School. On behalf of the staff, I would like to welcome returning families and extend an especially warm welcome to the new families joining the Montville State School community.

As of today our total student count is 79 students. With these numbers we are able to form 4 classes:

P/1 13 students — Ellen Baker

2/3 18 students — Suzanne Poindestre (Mon), Colleen O’Rourke (Tues-Fri)

3/4 25 students — Adam Montgomery (Mon-Tues), Nicole Bierton (Wed-Fri)

5/6 23 students — Leigh Carter (Term 1), Leigh Carter and Emily Smith (Term 2-4)

We have a number of staffing changes in 2019:

Student Welfare Officer — Wallace Williams

Music Teacher — Jacinta Foale

Kitchen Garden Co-ordinator — Agarta Butterworth

Learning Support — Colleen O’Rourke

2019 Priorities

Reading & Community Engagement

The new school leaders have been doing a fantastic job modelling the correct behaviours and it was great to see all students at school ready to learn and following our 3 school rules Care for yourself, Care for Others and Care for the Environment.

We will be holding our Leader’s Induction next Friday 15 February at 2:00pm in Frammo Hall (U/C Play Area). Our State member Mr Andrew Powell will be on hand to present our leaders with their badges, all parents and community members are welcome to attend.

A school can only be as strong as the community around it. On behalf of the students I would like to say a sincere thankyou to all of the parent and community helpers who have helped get our school looking in top shape, ensured all our students have uniforms, maintained the kitchen gardens and have already assisted in the classrooms. Remember -If you or someone you know would like to assist in classes or around the school could you please let us know– we would love your help!

Parent Information Sessions

On Thursday 14 February we will be holding a parent information night for all parents to come in to the classrooms, meet the teachers and see what will be happening in each particular classroom this year. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend.

There will be 3 sessions available; 3:00 pm, 3:30pm and 4:00 pm to allow for families with students in two or more classes. You do not need to book a session.

Thank you all for the positive start to 2019. I look forward to an exciting 2019 school year.

Regards, Adam Montgomery

Principal

Edition 1 2019 Term 1 Week 2

School Hours: 8.40am first bell

10:45 –11:30 morning tea 1:15—1:45 lunch time

2.45pm home time bell

Office Hours: Mon—Fri

8am—3.30

MONTVILLE VIEWS Together We Learn

Main Street, Montville Qld 4560 Phone: 5452 1333 admin@montvilless.eq.edu.au

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Our Vision

“At Montville State School, we value creativity, diversity and sustainability. We aim to ensure every student is included, engaged and successful. We provide learning opportunities that are fun, challenging and supportive for all students. We seek ways to enhance student learning and well-being by welcoming families and the local community to be actively involved in our school.”

From The Principal

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Scholastic Book Club- issue 1 out now

Don’t forget to look for the Book Club Issue

catalogue that will be coming home in your

child’s schoolbag.

Book Club provides a fun and convenient way of bringing the best in children's

literature into your home. It’s packed full of exciting books from best-selling

authors, popular titles and series that kids love, as well as products and books

that make perfect gifts for younger siblings who may not be at school yet.

Ordering from Book Club is easy—simply go online and place your order and

then Scholastic’s ‘book elves’ take care of the rest. Before you know it, your

child will have a lovely surprise to take home once their order gets delivered to

their classroom.

When ordering from Book Club, you are not only helping your children, but you

are also helping your school—20% of your spend goes back to your school in

valuable Scholastic Rewards, which are used to buy classroom resources.

To celebrate the start of the New Year, any family ordering from issue 1 will

also receive a free All About Me Activity Journal to help us kick-start our 2019

plans.

I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas break and are all

up and ready for a new start in 2019.

I welcome you all back to another exciting year of

DRR. We will be starting DRR on week 4 the 18th Feb-

ruary.

This term we will be focusing on the Year 3's and 5's,

therefore we will be doing Naplan comprehension. I

will be doing up the new roster next week. Could you

please let me know if you are planning to be away this

term and if you are still happy to do the same days as

last year. Hope to hear from you all soon and thank you.

Cathy Kelly

Daily Rapid Reading (DRR)

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School News

Date Claimers

Date Term 1 2019

13 Feb Book Club

Orders Due

14 Feb Class Info

Sessions

15 Feb School Lead-

ers Induction

7 Mar School Photos

8 Mar Small Schools

Volleyball

13 Mar Montville SS

Cross Country

Due Wed 13 Feb

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Yr 5/6 Class News

Creative Start to 2019 for

Year 5/6 students

Students from the Year 5/6 classroom spent the first week of Term 1 2019 demonstrating some of their artistic abilities. Students worked in pairs to design and paint a calico cur-tain that have now been hung in their classroom. Each cur-tain contained a word that would be relevant to them-selves, their classroom and their learning. (Laughter, Trust, Sharing, Respect, Challenges, Caring, Goals, Teams,

Thinking, Progress, Learning and Fun). These curtains are proudly displayed in their classroom

and students agree they have helped to make their learn-

ing environment more inviting. A very creative start to the

year – congratulations year 5/6 students. A big thankyou

to all the parents, aides and volunteers who helped to

paint, sew and hang these great pieces of art for us .

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Looking for-

ward to a very

positive and

productive

year.

Leigh Carter

“Students have been working on

routines, organisation skills and

learning how to work and

communicate as groups and teams”.

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From the Business Manager

Student Resource Scheme (SRS)

Resources are currently being issued.

Thank you to those who have paid or

made payment arrangements.

If you have any questions about the

SRS, making payments or you would

like a payment plan using centrepay

please let me know.

You are encouraged to join Qparents. We currently have just 15% of families that have joined.

Qparents improves accountability between parents and schools by providing parents with timely access to their child’s infor-mation online. It allows parents to engage more deeply in their child’s schooling.

https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/login

School Photos—Date Claimer Thur 7th March

Photo envelopes will come home shortly. You can

pay through the photogra-

pher online or send cash in

the envelope on the day :

https://bit.ly/2HW48Ah

If you have questions about anything at all

all I’d love to hear from you.

Warm Regards

Sally

Business Manager

Yr 5/6 Class News Cont...

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Get Started in Sport Vouchers—Concession card holders:

https://bit.ly/2WL9rG2

Community Engagement

Montville State School Guitar Teacher

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