MOSSMAN STATE SCHOOL

www.mossmanss.eq.edu.au

PO Box 163, Mossman Q 4873 ph. 07 40999333 fax 07 40981491 Principal: Randal Smith

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and pay respects to Elders, past, present and future.

Thursday, 9 November 2017 Dates to remember 10th November- Remembrance Day 10th November- Year 5 Leadership Interviews (10am) 10th November- 10am Great Galaxies Show Music Camp @ Miallo (Strings) 17th November- Prep Open Day 17th November- 10am Year 5 Leadership interviews 23rd November- Prep market morning 24th November- Prep Open Day

Principal News Dear Parents and Carers. A reminder that the Great Galaxies performance will be held in the RIC this Friday at 10am. We ask all students attending to bring a gold coin donation to help offset the costs of the show. We thank our P&C for supporting performances of this nature at our school. This Friday and the next, we have our M Factor auditions for the many talented students who have nominated for our annual talent show. Following these auditions, performances will be short-listed for our M Factor finale in Week 9. Currently Mrs Case and I are holding our Year 5 leadership interviews for our prospective 2018 school leader. We have been very impressed with the calibre of our applicants at this stage. Interviews will be finalised next week, before applicants are short-listed for the next step in the leadership process. Leadership speeches will be presented at assembly in Week 8, before voting by the student and staff body begins. We are very excited to be holding our gymnastics lessons at the Mossman Gymnastics Club as part of our HPE program for the following 4 weeks. Each class will attend the gym and participate in their gymnastic lessons with Mr Martin and two fully qualified gymnastics instructors. SEP students will travel with their year level classes. The one-hour session will include a warm up, rotations on the apparatus and equipment, fun gymnastics games and activities focusing on skill development, fitness and strength, with a cool down at the end. Each session will be tailored to the age and skill level of each group. Lessons will run from Tuesday 14th November to Wednesday 6th December at the following times:

All students received permission forms to attend gymnastics lessons this week, please ensure that these forms are returned to the office prior to your child’s first gymnastics lesson next week. Next Tuesday at 11:45am, we have an Indigenous Languages Workshop at our school in order to present our response to the findings from last term’s Indigenous Languages Forum. These workshops are looking at the feasibility of running Indigenous Language classes at our school. All interested stakeholders and Traditional Owners are welcome to attend. Our classes have begun the planning and preparation for their dance items for our Presentation Night on Tuesday 5th December. A huge thank you to Ms Ludon for all of her efforts with each class performance. We look forward to seeing the final product of all of their efforts this term. Please keep this date free as it is a wonderful night to celebrate the achievements of our students throughout the year. Each class will be presented with Academic Excellence awards, Most Improved awards and Exemplary Behaviour awards. There will be further presentations on the night for specialist areas as well as the announcement of our 2018 student leaders.

Kind regards, Randal Smith

Time Tuesdays Wednesdays

9-10 5A 2/3

10-11 1/2 6A

11:45-12:30

3/4 2/3A

12:30 – 1:30

1A

2-3 4A Prep

Students of the Week 6: Prep: Ryan for attempting to write letters to a character independently. Prep: Quinn for doing a great job with her reading. Year 1A: Diezel for being a calm, kind and respectful student. Year 1/2: Isla for her excellent problem solving skills using the CUBE strategy in maths. Year 1/2: Charlie for his persistence in having a go when his first attempt didn’t work and for his show and tell that was linked to history and enthusiastic learning. Year 2/3: Jamaal for successfully taking on and using feedback to improve his writing. Year 2/3: Ty for an outstanding effort in writing this week and getting his creative ideas on paper. Year 2/3A: Wylem for creating an exciting ending for a narrative, using impact. Year 2/3A: Coco for creating an exciting ending for a narrative, using impact. Year 3/4: Julian for having a smiley week. Year 3/4: Ebony for being an awesome learner. Year 4: Ethan for focused learning during reading groups this week. Year 4: Bianka for focused learning during reading groups this week. Year 5: Danielle for achieving high Probe reading level results. Year 6: Marlie for her outstanding entertaining writing this week. SEP: Beau for studious work and avoiding distractions.

Week 5 Attendance: Congratulations to 2/3A who have pipped 1/2 at the post to take out the top attendance award for the month of October with an outstanding attendance rate of 95.65%! This was only just ahead of our usual leaders, 1/2, with another excellent attendance rate of 95.24%. Both classes have attendance rates well above the State Average of 92%. Our current attendance rates for October are:

1. 2/3A 95.67%

2. 1/2 95.24%

3. 1A 93.79%

4. 5A 90.58%

5. 3/4 90.48%

6. 4A 89.68%

7. 6A 88.29%

8. 2/3 87.5%

9. SEP 85.2%

10. Prep 80.2%

October Pennant Awards: Our monthly pennant awards were presented on parade today. Congratulations to 2/3A who were awarded the Highest Class Attendance Pennant for October and the Junior Class Conduct Pennant for their sensational efforts during Mr Fleming’s visit. The Senior Class Conduct Pennant was awarded to 6A for their outstanding behaviour during their Low Isles excursion last Friday. Junior and Senior Highest Quality Bookwork Pennants for October went to Prep and 3/4. Congratulations to Tahnae and Shelby in Prep and Alia and Ezi in 3/4 for their wonderful examples of the bookwork standards that we expect at our school.

Year 4A 4A students read the quest novel “Rowan of Rin” by Emily Rodda. Their task was to explain how Emily Rodda represented Rowan in the final chapter.

Rowan of Rin The title of the quest novel is Rowan of Rin and the author is Emily Rodda. The important event I have chosen is Chapter 13 when Rowan and Jonn reached the top of the mountain, found the answer and finished Rowan and Jonn’s quest in the dragon’s lair. When Rowan leans into the dragon’s mouth, he delicately tugs on the bone because he realises it’s in pain. I know this because in the book he says “”recognises dumb animal pain.” It also shows he is brave and loyal because he had a chance to run away, but he did not take it. Emily Rodda uses verbs, noun groups and prepositional phrases such as “he screamed, waiting for the claws that meant death.” He also spoke in a “low voice.” This shows he is scared. Rowan also uncovered his eyes fearfully. He told the dragon to “be still.” He knew it would listen because it was in so much pain. I think this is an important event in the story because it’s when he solves the whole quest and the stream flows once more. Even Jonn admitted that Rowan did it all. He said “It was Rowan that brought me home.” Taite McLean

Rowan of Rin The title of the quest novel is “Rowan of Rin” and the author of the quest novel is “Emily Rodda.” The important event I have chosen is Chapter 13 when Strong Jonn and Rowan had met the dragon at its lair. The dragon had a ginormous bone stuck in its throat. The dragon was really aggressive. Rowan was the bravest heart because he walked into the dragon’s mouth to get the bone out of its throat. Rowan threw away all thoughts of home e.g. compass, map and saved Strong Jonn from the dragon eating him. “You have not been eating” Rowan crooned as if he were talking to Star. This tells me that Rowan is scared but talking to the dragon as if he was talking to Star. “Rowan the dragon is trying to scare you off” says Strong Jonn. This also tells me that Strong Jonn thinks that Rowan won’t make it himself. He thinks that Rowan should go before the dragon loses his patience. Emily Rodda uses words to describe Rowan such as “poor skinny little rabbit” that describes that she says that Rowan is skinny, little and poor. I think that this event is important because this is the event that tells you the answer and tells you how the

water came back to the village. I think that Emily Rodda makes Rowan weak and useless at the start so that the reader thinks that Rowan wouldn’t make it up the mountain. By Lani Enoch

Rowan of Rin The title of the quest novel is Rowan of Rin and the author is Emily Rodda. The important event I have chosen is chapter 13 when Rowan and Strong Jonn were at the dragon’s lair. The dragon has a bone stuck in its throat and is very aggressive. Rowan leaned into the dragons “red dripping mouth” and gently dislodged the bone. This shows Rowan is a brave caring boy. Meanwhile Strong Jonn is pinned to the wall. Strong Jonn tells Rowan to leave and let him die but Rowan refuses. Emily Rodda uses verbs, prepositional phrases and noun groups to represent Rowans behaviour. The verbs “screamed” and “uncovered his eyes fearfully” show Rowan is terrified of the dragon. Rowan realises the dragon’s scars showing us that Rowan understands the dragon’s pain. Afterwards the

dragon scorched the ice making the water gush down the tunnel taking Rowan and Strong

Jonn with it. This is an important event because

it solves the problem of there being no water in Rin. Star does not drink until she knows Rowan is safe. This shows she is loyal and cares for Rowan There is now

water in Rin and the Bukshah will not die of dehydration. “Star

lowered her head at last, to drink. By Jai Schwarzer

Rowan of Rin

The title of the quest novel is Rowan of Rin and the author is Emily Rodda, the important event I have chosen is chapter 13, The Answer. Rowan had lots of courage when Jonn said “Rowan it’s trying to scare you of, get out for Jiller’s sake if not yours. But Rowan would not give in. Emily Rodda uses verbs, prepositional phrases and noun groups that describes Rowan’s actions feelings and thoughts such as “Rowan screamed and uncover his eyes,” this shows that he is scared. “The icy floor of the lair” tells us that it is cold. “Rowan saw it, and in amazement he recognised it for what it was: dumb animal pain. He slowly got to his feet, never breaking his gaze. What ails you? He said quietly, in the voice he used for the bukshah.” this shows that he has a special connection with animals.” Back away slowly and go.” This shows Rowan is brave by using his language. By Milla Soltwedel

YWAM YWAM (Youth With a Mission) from a variety of countries, visited Mossman Religious Instruction class last week and acted out a skit about being in God’s family. They are soon heading to PNG to volunteer on a medical ship there. They have been helping with the school reading program in the mornings. We are extremely grateful for the time these people have put into our school’s Reading Club each morning. Thank you!

Douglas Netball Association Get Out and Get Active Program: The Program will run for four consecutive weeks commencing in week 2 of Term 1. The program is open to primary school children aged 10-13 years and girls and boys are encouraged to participate. The sessions will run 10 minutes after school has finished and there will be no cost to participate in the program. Proposed dates and the supervising Association coaches are as follows:

Should you have any queries or seek further information please do not hesitate to contact by telephone 0407 081 198 or email dnacomitte@gmail.com Yours faithfully, Sharon Beechy President Douglas Netball Association.