Oonoonba State School Newsletter Address: Fairfield Waters Drive, Idalia Q 4811 / PO Box 1077, Oonoonba Q 4811

Phone: 4799 8333 / Fax: 4799 8300 / Student Absence Line: 4799 8366

Email: admin@oonoonbass.eq.edu.au

Website: www.oonoonbass.eq.edu.au

Principal: Anne-Marie Day Deputy Principal: Trevor Milton

Acting HOSES Inclusion: Donna Mildren Business Manager: Michelle Rick

Term 3 Week 6 - Wednesday August 19 2020

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week is National Science Week. Congratulations to the 15 students who were selected to attend WRSHS Excellence

in Science Program starting this week. After School Oonoonba SS will celebrate science week later in the term due to

Life Education “Let’s Talk about it” presentations for Years 5 and 6 occurring this week.

Positive Partnership Meetings

Engagement with parents and school communities is a priority for every school. It improves student self-esteem,

attendance, behaviour and achievement; and is a key part of our school’s improvement plan. It relates to one of the

domains that schools are reviewed for when the School Review is conducted. OSS will have a review in 2021. Thank

you to the 267 parents who have made time to discuss with your child and their teacher what they need to be doing to

improve.

To support parents and carers of young people, the department has released the evidence-based Spark their Future

website. This website provides engaging, non-confronting information and support to help parents keep their child

engaged with learning and education pathways.

Articles have been developed through extensive research and in collaboration with subject matter experts, including

guidance officers and behaviour experts, and other agencies, such as the Queensland Family and Child Commission and

the non-state schooling sectors, to develop joint articles featuring education and youth policy leaders.

Articles are targeted at parents of teenagers, when disengagement is most prominent, and upper primary students,

when signs of disengagement begin to emerge.

COVID-19 testing

The latest advice from Queensland Health states that if a member of your household is sick,

you are not required to stay home, unless you have received health advice to do so. Any staff

member or student who is sick should stay home and if they have any COVID-19 symptoms,

no matter how mild, they should get tested.

We will continue to encourage parents to stop, drop and go. We ask that adults not congregate inside the school

grounds or outside. Further information about COVID-19 testing is available on the Queensland Government website.

Oonoonba SS is turning 100 years old this year

Yes Oonoonba SS was first established in 1920. Of course this school is not 100 years old as it was built in 2002.

However, the school’s birthday is 15 November 2020. We are planning activities around the time of our birthday and

you will hear more about it from now on.

One of the important links we have with the old school is our bell. I had the bell relocated from the old site when I was

appointed principal in 2003. One of the parents at that time built the brickworks for it to be secured to. Of course, the

bell is significant for us at this site too as it was rung when we returned to the site after the floods on April 05 2019.

If you have any photos or history about the school please email newsletters@oonoonbass.eq.edu.au or contact the

office.

Our Vision……‘CONNECTING AND ENGAGING THROUGH LEARNING’

Our Belief………..“Our Students are worth whatever it takes”.

Prep Information Session

We are already preparing for the 2021 year. If you have a child ready for prep in 2021 we are holding our

information Session on next Wednesday from 5.45pm. The information session will start with a virtual tour of the

Prep rooms. This is held in our Resource Centre, followed by the Parent Information Session at 6pm.

Due to our COVID-19 plan and the need for social distancing we will not be able to host any children and all visitors

will need to follow COVID-19 expectations.

Regards

Anne-Marie Day

Principal

SAVE THE DATE:

Oonoonba State School

15th November 2020

Celebrating 100 Years 1920—2020

Fathers Day Stall Due to social distancing restrictions the P&C Father's Day Stall

will be going live via Flexi Schools on Monday 24th August

until Father's Day -limited stock available

Hi again from the Tuckshop, We had yet another busy week in the tuckshop, with Fri-day hitting 120 orders! Karen and I were run off our feet Just a few reminders: Flexischools cut off time for orders is now 8:30am. This means if you wish to order in the morning for same day service, you will need to do so by 8:30am. If you haven’t signed up for flexischools already, be sure to do so as you can also purchase uniforms using this online ordering system. Watch this space as our Father’s Day Stall will go live on Flexischools also in the coming days! If you have some spare time, we are always looking for volunteers in the tuckshop. Without the ongoing help and support from our very few volunteers the operation of our tuckshop just would not be possible. I hope everyone is having a great week! Mel.

Student of the week—Congratulations to the following students.

Certificates will be announced at Parade on Monday of Week 6 Term 3

P & C Newsroom………….. The Oonoonba SS P&C Association is on FACEBOOK!

Visit our page regularly to keep up with what’s happening at school and don’t forget to like us while you’re there!

www.facebook.com/oonoonbastateschoolpandc

We also have a Tuckshop page

www.facebook.com/OonoonbaTuckshop

Term 3 Fundraisers

Father’s Day Stall – Online (Coming Soon!) Entertainment Books - ONLINE

ONLY

NEXT P&C MEETING!

Date: Thursday 20th August, 2020

Time: 6:30pm- 8:30pm (staff common room)

Items for this meeting’s agenda to be emailed to the P&C executive committee:

pandcoonoonba@gmail.com

Dana Leviston — President P&C Association

Week 5 Winners were:

FROM THE DEPUTY’S DESK William Ross State High School will welcome fifteen of our Year 5 and 6 students to their school this afternoon for the first session of the WRSHS Excellence in Science Program.

The program runs fortnightly over 10 weeks and will comprise of five sessions each 1.5 hours in duration. On a Wednesday afternoon from 3:30-5:00pm, students will participate on the following dates: 19 August, 02 September, 16 September, 14 October and 28 October. The sessions will be held in the school’s Science Block. On the 28 October final session, students will share their learning and present their projects.

Our students make up half of the group, as only 30 students in total from across Annandale, Woodstock, Wulguru and Oonoonba state schools are able to attend. 35 of our students sent in nomination forms.

We wish the following students all the best in the program: Kael Bonney, Freya Cromwell, Jordyn de Jongh, Lachlan Flemington, Amaya Gode, Lila Heron, Kaydance Marshall, Ryan Miller, Ellis Shears, Talesha Grant, Charlotte Mitchell, Lili-Jay Monk, Louise Shearman, Willow Smith, Scarlett Warwick.

Year 6 into Year 7 Transition News: William Ross State High School

Other important dates for events at William Ross State High School are as follows:

Year 6 into 7 Parent Information Evening 5:30pm start Tuesday 08 September

Year 6 into 7 Enrolment Block 2 Monday 14 September to Friday 18 September. State High School Transition Day Term 4 most probably in Term 4 Week 9 and TBC

Online learning with Literacy Planet - Final Call!

Parents/carers please for your child, read, sign and return the third party permission form promptly to the school office. Thank you to those who have returned the blue note so far.

Have a great week! Trevor Milton Deputy Principal Deputy Principal

News from Mr Green………………………………. Representative Sport: With the resumption of some representative school sport this term, we have seen some students selected for Northern and Townsville District Teams. Congratulations goes to Keely Andrews for making the Northern Basketball Team and Rachel Kristensen for making the Townsville Hockey Team. Athletics Carnival: Unfortunately, a decision last week was made by Townsville School Sport to cancel the Interschool (RedTrack) Athletics Carnival due to the restrictions around Covid-19. As a school we will still be holding an Athletics Carnival this year with more details to follow later. Thanks, Billy Green Health and Physical Education Teacher | Sporting Schools Coordinator

Defence News………... Hello,

This week the children helped plant our Rosemary garden around B Block PLA, they did an amazing job and I am

looking forward to watching it grow. Last week I emailed about KidSMART at this time I have a lot of interest so I will

be looking at running a one day program this term on the 14th of September for Deployment and a 4 week program

next term from the 12th of October for Posting out. These will be run after school from 3pm till 4.30pm. If you are

interested please send me an email so I can send home permission forms. If you are posting out at the end of the year

could you also please email me so I can prepare their farewell booklets. Till next time take care.

Donna Warde

DSM dward106@eq.edu.au

2020 Calendar—Term 3

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 6 17 Aug

Parade for

students only

All Week

Talk About It

Years 5 & 6

All Week

Talk About It

Years 5 & 6

All Week

Talk About It

Years 5 & 6

All Week

Talk About It

Years 5 & 6

Week 7 24 Aug

Marine Biologist

Visit Year 4

25 Aug 26 Aug

Get Ready for Prep

Info Session 5.45pm

27 Aug 28 Aug

Week 8 31 Aug

Ray Thompson

TRP Ambassador

visiting Parade

1 Sept 2 Sept 3 Sept

Junior Landcare

Workshop 4C

4 Sept

Student Free

Day

Chappy News

Students, don’t forget to enter the Townsville City Council Festive Flag competition. If you would like to participate, entry forms are available from myself or Miss Donna at the “Open Door” (B Block PLA) or the Townsville City Council website.

(https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/about-townsville/christmas-together/festive-flags-competition ) The competition closes on Friday, August 28 2020.

Chappy Ros

rpark146@eq.edu.au

MARK THIS DATE: STUDENT FREE DAY - FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2020

Pack a Nude Food

lunch every

Wednesday or even

better EVERY DAY!!

Nude Food Tip

Use a reusable food pocket or sandwich wrap instead of a

plastic container to pack sandwiches, rolls and wraps.

Make your own beeswax wraps or

purchase locally made ones from the

markets!

CONGRATULATIONS to

our Week 5 Winners!

Whole School Nude Food

Winners: 21M

Most Improved Class: 6P

News from Music We are back......... Yes choir has started up again on Wednesdays in the Music room. Because of limited space in the room we are limiting numbers at this stage to only 25 students so it is a case of whoever gets to the music room first on Wednesdays will be singing that day. We have seen a lot of Year 3 students remembering to turn up and they are enjoying learning how to sing in a group. We are starting to use some of the repertoire that was kindly donated to us last term. Instrumental students are continuing with their lessons and the majority are remembering to turn up on time with their instruments and music. If your child is having trouble remembering their time, remind them to check the door of the instrumental room as the timetables are up on the window of the door. Keep practicing on a regular basis as "Practice will make you better than what you were before". Until next time. Yours in Music Mrs Gough, Mr Temple and Mrs Jung.

Hands on Wildlife Incursion—Week 5, Term 3 (Year 2)

On Monday Ranger Dan visited Year 2 classes and 2/1M to talk to us about Australian animals. We met Fred the bearded dragon. I learnt he eats fruit and that he is a reptile. We also met Nessy the long neck turtle. I learnt she uses camouflage to protect herself from crocodiles. Then I met Phoenix the olive python. I learnt that olive pythons can grow up to 4 metres long. Next we met Rex the saltwater crocodile. I learnt that salt water crocodiles can grow up to 7 metres long. Finally we met J.T. the squirrel glider. I learnt they can glide 50 to 60 metres apart. by Isabel Harper 2/1M On Monday Ranger Dan visited Year 2 classes and 2/1M to talk to us about Australian animals. We met Fred the bearded dragon. I learnt that he eats fruit. Next we met Phoenix the olive python. I learnt he can grow up to 4 metres long. Then we met Nessy the long neck turtle. I learnt it has a camouflage spot and can tuck its whole neck into its shell. After that we met Rex the saltwater crocodile. I learnt he can grow up to 7 metres long. Finally we met J.T. the squirrel glider. I learnt he eats fruit. By Joshua Kinsella-Doran 2/1M

Fully funded allied health training breakthru Community College are currently offering a fully-funded, nationally recognised Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance (HLT33015) to all eligbile Townsville residents.

This course is ideal if you are:

Unemployed and looking to return to the workforce Available for face to face in-classroom training Interested in a career as a health care professional

Limited spots available

Seats are limited and enrolment is subject to eligibility checks. If you’re interested in starting a fulfilling new career as an allied health professional, please reach out to Tracy Dawson for more details.

“Get Ready for Prep” Parent session:

Wednesday 26th August 6pm – 7.00pm

5.45pm Prep Room Virtual Tour in Resource Centre

COVID RESTRICTIONS REQUIRE THIS EVENT TO BE BY RSVP TEL: 47 998 333

Thank you to Eat Up Australia for supplying ingredients for Emergency Lunches at OSS.

Eat Up was established in 2013 in country Victoria, and now supports over 500 schools across Vic, NSW, Brisbane and Townsville, having delivered to date over 950,000 lunches for children who otherwise miss out. We started supporting Townsville at the start of 2020 and had assistance from volunteer groups such as Ergon Energy, Country Women's Association, Queensland Country Bank, CQU and St Margaret Mary's. We are fortunate to have our Wonder White bread donated by Goodman Fielder and Coles and fundraise for other ingredients and fuel for our vans.