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VOL. 4| MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2020

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FEBRUARY

Year 12 visit to Flinders ShireCouncil meetingMid West 13-19yrs Netball trials -Julia Creek - CANCELLEDNorth West 10-19yrs Swimmingtrials - BarcaldineP & C General Meeting - 5:30pm

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This week the Education QueenslandAutism Coach, Cassandra McDonald willbe visiting our school on Thursday toconduct observations, run professionaldevelopment and work with students,families and teachers around ensuringwe are providing every opportunitypossible for students to succeed withtheir learning. Have a great week! Mr Dan LindenmayerPrincipal

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Health Hearing ScreeningSchool PhotosP & C AGM - 5:30pmNorth West 13-19yrs Netballtrials - HughendenYear 12 visit to Flinders ShireCouncil meetingMid West 10-12yrs Netball &Rugby League trials - Julia Creek

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Term 1 finishes Term 2 startsInterhouse Cross CountryMid West 10-12yrs Touch &Soccer trials - Julia Creek

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Welcome to Week 4 of Term 1! This week our Year 12 students have commenced attending theFlinders Shire Council meetings as they have done in previous years.  Itprovides an opportunity for the future leaders of our community tosee how these meetings operate, ask questions and present a reportabout the happenings at our school so far this year. Unfortunately, lastweek, our Guidance Officer Emma Ryan was unable to travel toHughenden, but this week she is! Emma will be here at the end of thisweek to work with teachers, students and families.

Our Whole SchoolAttendance goalis: 90%Our attendance sofar this year is:

Congratulations to Jayden, Jean, Sally, Zxavien,Kahliam, Kahlia, Nikolai, Jackson and Bryson whowere presented with Student of the Week awardson parade.

Golden Boot

Congratulations to our Prep class for beingawarded the Golden Gotcha for Week 3.

STUDENTACHIEVEMENTS

Students of the Week

CURRICULUM IN YEAR 1/2 MATHS Year 1/2 have been working hard investigating data. They havebeen asking questions, collecting data, creating picture graphsand analysing the results. Students have been exploring ourclass’s favourite colours, animals, food and how we all get toschool.Miss Courtney Rio

CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM

Golden Gotcha The Golden Gotcha is awarded to the class with the highest percentage ofgotchas for the week.

The Golden Boot is awarded to the sports house with the highest percentageof gotchas for the week.

Congratulations to Roosevelt for being awardedthe Golden Boot for Week 3.

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Student Resource Scheme fees are due for payment now

and subject fees are due to be paid in full by June 26, 2020.

PLEASE NOTE: All previous years outstanding fees mustbe paid for before money can be taken for current subjectfees. Fees can be paid either in cash or by direct debit.

Hughenden State School

BSB: 064 809

Account: 00090037

PLEASE NOTE: Students must have all fees paid up to

date before representing the school in sport or

participating in extra curricular activities eg. excursions,

school camps

Please contact the school to organise a payment plan or

discuss fees further.

HUGHENDEN SUPERSTARS

P & C CORNER

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First meeting for the year will be on Thursday, 27th February at5:30pm followed by our AGM on Thursday 5th  March at 5:30pm inthe Crier Meeting Room in B Block at the school. We will be startingto plan this year’s Fete and Monster Raffle being held in May – ifanyone has any new ideas, please come along to the meeting and haveyour say!

PBL - POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR LEARNING

Liz Carroll attended a PBL (Positive Behaviour Learning)workshop last Wednesday in Charters Towers where shemet with other PBL leaders from schools in our region andthe PBL regional coach. There was a real focus on studentssocial and emotional wellbeing and outlined how to alignour current behaviour matrix with the AustralianCurriculum’s Social and Personal capabilities, includingsocial awareness and self-management strategies.

SCHOOL FEES REMINDER

Congratulations to these newlyaccredited and

updated Netball

Umpires!

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Thank you to the ladieswho travelled out from

Townsville to run an umpirecourse for these netballers!

Thank you to Hughenden

Netball Association fortheir support of school

netball!

Button batteries are small round silver batteries that look like coins to

small children. They pose a serious choking hazard because of their size,

which makes them easy for kids to put in their mouths and accidentally

swallow, or to push them into their ears or nose. If a battery is swallowed or

put up the nose, it can cause severe burns or death. Read all the

information below and share with others to help keep children safe.

Check items Button batteries are found in common household

items including: children’s toys flashing novelties (e.g flameless candles)

remote controls thermometers, car key, watches, calculators, scales,

musical greeting cards, glucometers, hearing aids, reading lights cameras.

Make sure the battery compartments are secure. Buy safe products.  Only

buy products that either: require a screwdriver to open the battery

compartment, secured with a child-resistant locking mechanism require

two independent and simultaneous movements to access the batteries. 

Button battery products should be robust enough to be dropped without

breaking.  Keep out of reach.   Store spare button batteries in a cupboard

out of children’s reach and dispose of used button batteries immediately. 

Flat batteries can still be dangerous because they contain enough charge to

generate an electrical current once ingested. Seek immediate medical

attention. If you suspect your child has swallowed or inserted a button

battery, contact the Poisons Information Helpline immediately on 13 11

26.  If this is not possible go straight to the hospital emergency room.  Do

not let the child eat or drink and do not induce vomiting.  It takes as little as

two hours to cause severe burns once a button battery has been ingested

and remains lodged in the body so you need to take immediate action. 

There may be no symptoms, but look out for: coughing or noisy breathing

chest pain or grunting drooling or vomiting bleeding or

discharge unexplained food refusal or fever or vomiting nose bleeds—

sometimes this can be blood vomited through the nose bleeding from the

gut—black or red vomits or bowel motions.  Tell family and

friends about button battery safety, including prevention, recognising

symptoms and taking action. Button batteries must be kept out of reach at

all times.  Report products that use unsecured button batteries to the

ACCC.  Find a list of recalled button battery products from Product Safety

Australia.

DID YOU KNOW?

Another focus was buildingpositive relationships withstudents and how genuine healthyrelationships between staff andstudents is a proactive way ofmaximising the success of ourstudents. I very much look forwardto working with our PBL Team andstaff in incorporating thesestrategies into our PBL focus.

Reminder!Students who nominate for any sports must have their formsfilled in, signed and returned with any monies required by duedate and time. Failure to do so will mean your place in theteam will be cancelled. Please read all paperwork carefully prior to committing toyour place in a team at both school, district and regionallevels.

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SPORTS NEWS

NETBALL

The 13-19 years Mid West Netball trials which were to be

held in Julia Creek on Wednesday, February 19 have been

cancelled due to insufficient numbers to need a trial.

Congratulations to Bailey, Jessica, Danielle, Reighella and

Charlee who have been invited into the Mid West team and

will compete in the North West Regional trials in Hughenden

on March 13 & 14.

SWIMMING

The North West Regional trials are being held in Barcaldine

on February 21 & 22. Congratulations to Bronte, Charlotte,

George, Reighella, Rylee, Adrian, Kelly and Jake who have all

accepted invitations into the Mid West team.

Any students who are interested in nominating for any of thefollowing sports need to see Vicki by the due dates below forfurther information.  There are no district/regional trials andstudents will be required to attend other regional trials forselection into their regional teams.    Students must be of askill/experience level to be able to compete competitivelyagainst other students at a state level.  Nominations are due by Friday 21st February10-12yrs Basketball10 -12yrs Boys AFL 10-19yrs Golf17-18yrs Rugby Union - boys Nominations are due by 6th March10-12yrs Netball - girls & boys11-12yrs Rugby League - boys & girls Nominations are due by 20th March10-12yrs Girls Hockey10-12yrs Tennis14-15yrs Rugby Union10-12yrs Soccer10-12yrs Touch10-12yrs Golf10-12yrs Softball Nominations are due by 27th March10-19yrs Cross Country14-15yrs Rugby Union - boys Nominations are due by 31st July10-12yrs Cricket Nominations are due by 31st July13-19yrs Athletics Nominations are due by 31st July13-14yrs Boys & Girls Cricket

SPORTS NOMINATIONS

Our Year 12 students attended the Flinders Shire Council meeting today and introduced themselves to our current Mayor,Councillors and staff.  Throughout the year, each month two Seniors will attend each Council meeting and give a report on what ishappening or what they would like to see happen and at the same time report back to students.  They were intrigued by theformalities of how the Council meetings are run and the processes that must be adhered to.  They learnt that agenda items arediscussed in the Monday’s meeting and in the Tuesday’s meeting they move and second each of these items.  Some of the items onthe table were the new and higher two lane Alderley bridge that will be constructed, the new water reservoir about to beconstructed as a backup for the current town water tower, the capping of the bores and the water that is saved by doing this, theFlinders Shire Council Drug & Alcohol Education program and the Cards 4 All program which will be available soon for allresidents over 18 years of age. Our Seniors each introduced themselves and spoke a bit about their interests and their leadership roles.  Mayor Jane then ledsome discussion about the Hughenden Recreation Lake and what their thoughts were about the Lake.  The Mayor then explainedthe reasons for the inflatable jumping castle being removed, swimmers jumping off the jetty and the depth and dangers in thewater.  The discussion then led to the vandalism occurring at the Lake and our Year 12’s were asked to speak about this to theirpeers, friends and family to explain that cameras are being installed so that the vandals can be identified.  Our Senior studentswill also be reminding students that dogs are not allowed in the play area and that they must be on a leash at all times. Today’s meeting was very informative for our Seniors and was a great way to start their Flinders Shire Council visits for 2020!

THIS WEEK'S

HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS

YEAR 12FLINDERS SHIRE COUNCIL VISIT

LAST WEEK'S

HIGHLIGHTS

PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONSThank you to everyone who came along last week to our ParentInformation Sessions. It was a fantastic opportunity for teachers to shareexpectations around learning and the school environment as well asbeing an excellent chance for parents to become involved in their child'slearning.HIGHLIGHTS

YLEAD WORKSHOPSThe yLead team were in our school last week from Monday, February 10 until Wednesday, February 12. Following theSchool Induction Ceremony, Amy and Matt, worked with our School Captains, Leaders and House Captains to focus on theirleadership roles. This then led onto working with students from Year 5 through to Year 12 with the main focus beingleadership and resilience! Students learnt through various activities that leadership is about more than being a captain andmore than just about a badge. It’s about all the little things you do each day, with or without a badge, to care for theenvironment and people around you. Leadership is about being active and the importance of trying new things, and workingtogether, not everything is a competition. Students talked about their strengths and looked at how these strengths can makeyou good team leaders. Students learnt they need to not just be aware of their strengths, but also to actively use them tosupport those around them. Break big goals into small goals and stay focussed. Always have respect and accept others forwho they are!

Team work = Character + ActionY-Lead

Bounce BackBreatheSwitch

Building resiliencePositive mindset/growth mindset

 Strategies for cooling off, building up strategies for

teamwork and thinking it over  

Bouncing back is like a bouncing ball we bounce back. 

If you don’t like something, change it.  If you can’tchange it, change your attitude.

 The more you practise the better you become.  Bad luck.

Try again. Let’s go.  Good job.

Thank you to everyone who came along and worked and supported the BBQ which was a great way to kick off the fundraisingfor our Year 5-9 Camps!

LAST WEEKS

HIGHLIGHTS

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