Term 1 Week 5 22 February, 2018

Mission Beach State School

We would like to acknowledge the Djiru people and the sacredness of the land on which our school is built

From the Principal

Tully District Rugby League and Netball Carnival

Next Friday a number of our children will be travelling in to Tully to

participate in the district selection carnival for both of these sports.

Selected children will be invited to participate in a regional carnival as

part of a Tully District team. In previous years, Mission Beach has had

representatives in both of these sports at the regional level. I know they

will participate fully and commit to representing our school to the best of

their ability next week. Good luck to all participants.

Banana Festival

Response to our request for support to organise the Banana Festival for

2018 was not forthcoming to a level that would allow the successful

organisation without unreasonable load on a few people. Therefore it has

been decided that the Banana Festival will not be run this year.

As this is the major fundraiser for our P&C, a number of the support

activities normally provided by the P&C may have to be reduced.

Parent Contact Details

It is really important, for the welfare of your child(Ren), that your contact

details are kept up to date. When we need to contact parents for a child

and we cannot get hold of anyone, the child can become very distressed.

Please ensure that all contact details held by the school are current.

Out of Hours Access to the school

Just a reminder to parents that children are not permitted on the school

grounds out of normal hours unless accompanied by a responsible adult.

This also applies to high school students.

Our grounds can be used by you and your children at any time, as long as

these guidelines are met. Access permission is not required at this stage.

Lunches for Children

When you send lunches to school with your children, we expect them to

either eat the lunch you have provided or take it home so that you know

what they have eaten during the day. We discourage the sharing of food

so that you know what your child has eaten and that the food they have is

suitable for them. With increasing numbers of children in our school with

specific food allergies and/or intolerances this is becoming even more

important. Please remind your children that the food you send is for them

and them alone and that they should not be sharing food with anyone or

bringing anything that you have not provided for them.

Principal Mr Gordon Robertson

Business Services Manager Mrs Marina Sheen

Miss Lauren Kanowski

Administration Officer Mrs Sheryl Shaw

Guidance Officer Joanne Hoskins

ABSENCES

4088 8333

sshaw27@eq.edu.au

SCHOOL

4088 8333

FAX 4088 8300

OFFICE HOURS

7:45am – 4:00pm

GENERIC EMAIL the.principal@missbeacss.eq.edu.au

MBSS P&C President Miss Ledaine Clarke

MBSS P&C

meet the second Tuesday of

each month at 6pm

SCHOOL WATCH 13 17 88

WEBSITE

www.missbeacss.eq.edu.au

Bus Travel/Behaviour

The majority of our children travel to and from school on school buses. At the bus stops and on the busses,

the children are expected to self-regulate their behaviour. The driver’s job is to drive and not try to manage

children’s behaviour at the same time. Every time the driver’s attention is pulled away from his job, every

child on the bus is placed at risk.

I would request that all parents of children travelling on school buses remind children of the rules and the

need to behave appropriately on the bus and at all stops,

Children need to remain seated at all times when the bus is moving.

They must wait in their seats until the bus has completely stopped and the door has opened before

moving to hop off at any stop including school.

They need to speak quietly with the person beside them to reduce the noise level as much as possible.

They must get off at the correct stop and wait, if they are crossing the road, until the bus is far

enough away for children to see any approaching cars and for drivers to see them.

At school we try to promote respectful and responsible behaviour at all times and this includes when

children are unsupervised on school buses.

Please help us to make bus travel as safe and as comfortable as possible by reinforcing these simple rules

with your children.

If any parents are able to be present at bus stops, this helps to maintain good behaviour at these places

greatly.

Parents and Citizens Association Annual General Meeting

The next meeting of our P&C Association is on Tuesday, March 13 at 6:00 p.m. in the meeting room in the

hall. The AGM will precede a general monthly meeting. All parents are urged to attend these meetings. As

well as providing financial support to the school, the P&C is the most appropriate forum to find out what is

happening in the school and to have a voice in the way things are done here. The more parents we have

attending the meetings, the better the decisions made reflect our school community views.

Come along and be part of this valuable organisation.

Regards,

Gordon

Letters sent home in the last week

Letter Year Level Unexplained Absences (Orange) Only students with Unexplained Absences return ASAP P&C News Youngest in Family or Emailed

Request for Student Birth Certificate Only without sited Birth Certificates

UPCOMING PAYMENT SCHEDULES

Activity Event Cost Note sent home Due By

Netball Carnival $10 30th January 22nd February

Rugby League Carnival $10 30th January 22nd February Due to processing any payments received after due dates may not be accepted unless prior arrangement with the office. Please make sure all payments to the school come in an envelope with student name and what the money is intended for.

PAYMENT OPTIONS Payment can be made at the School Office, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm via the payment slot drop and go. Parents wishing to pay over the counter by cash, EFT or Credit Card are still able to do this between the hours of 9:30am – 2:30pm. Cheques - made payable to MISSION BEACH STATE SCHOOL EFT POS – is now available at the front counter for payments made to the school. BPay – is no longer available until further notice.

Payments for the P&C including uniform sales require cash or cheque.

New in 2018

Class Attendance Award and Class Weekly Spelling Award - Buzzby

Class Attendance Award Nude Food

Tuesday

Class Weekly Spelling

Award

Attendance Class Class % Class

Week 1 Prep A - Week 2 – 99% Prep A - 91% 3A Week 3 – 99% Prep A - 93.3% 4B Week 4 – 98.6% 4B - 95.7% 5/6 Week 5 1A Week 6 Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

ADMINISTRATION NEWS

With the start of every year we ask that parents/careers please update emergency contact details that may have changed. Things to consider

Phone numbers Have you moved house Emergency contact other than parent /guardians that no longer live in Mission Beach Change of work Family Separation and new or revised court orders

Student Absenteeism If your child is away due to illness or any other reason, please phone the school on 40888333 or email sshaw27@eq.edu.au to report absences. If no notification is received at the office this will show on your child’s report card as an unexplained or unauthorised absence. Each week Orange Absenteeism letters will be sent home to parents who have not notified the office. These need to be returned as soon as possible. Any students who arrive after 8:45am, please report to the office so the office ladies can issue students with a late arrival pass before going to class so that we are able to account for all students on a daily basis

Changes to Daily Routine Sometimes changes to your daily routine for you children occur. If this is the case please notify the school office by 2.30pm so we can ensure the message is sent to classes before 3pm. E.g.

Bus home Parent /guardian running late Another person other than parent/guardian picking up and is known to child

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Dear families and friends,

You’ll be excited to learn we’re holding a Family Photo Fundraiser! It’s on

Sunday 25 March 2018 Get a framed enlargement of your family for only $15.00! Tell your friends and neighbours, this is a

terrific offer. Only limited spaces are available so fill in a voucher now and make your booking.

Any questions? Just give me a call.

Sheryl 40888333 *a family consists of 2 generations and a person can only appear in one $15 family portrait.

Please make sure you phone or email

the office when your child/ren is/are

away from school. 40888333 or

sshaw27@eq.edu.au

Also please update your current details

- Phone Numbers

- Address

- Emergency Contacts

TUCKSHOP INFORMATION

Please fill a separate bag for Little Lunch and Big Lunch

What do I write on my Tuckshop Bag?

Example Prep A Mrs Porter

Lucy Lou Little Lunch

1 ham & cheese toasted sandwich $3.50

1 Fruit Salad $2.80 Total $6.30 No change

If change is required it will be stuck to the front of your tuckshop bag

Tuckshop bags can be purchased at cost from

Tuckshop & Office (20 bags for $1.00). Brown paper bags are also available from Woolworths.

Class Room News

Our first attempts in Year 1 with some Imaginative Writing using the sentence

starter: “I opened the door and….”

I opened the door and I fell through a magic floor. Then I opened another door and I saw a unicorn. I climbed back up to the door again. By Melodie I opened the door and I saw a crocodile and we got to feed it! By Angus I opened the door and I was at Magnetic Island at a shop and I saw a robber. He was stealing lots and lots of stuff and there was treasure there. There was tons more stuff and they stole almost everything. By Sachin I opened the door to a unicorn and Fairyland and it was in the clouds. Then I made a cloud house and I hopped out of the door. I saw a fairy and I had a wish. Then I opened another door and I went back. It was night and I went to sleep. By Caylah

YEAR 2 NEWS

In English we are now looking at characters in stories and learning how to write a paragraph. In Mathematics we have been concentrating on time – telling the time (1/2 past and o’clock), months of the year, days of the week. Telling the time is something that needs to practised at home and school. So please remember to ask you child what time is it at different times of the day e.g. when eating dinner, when going to bed etc. We have started our Science unit which is called “Toy Factory”. The classes enjoyed looking at everyone’s favourite toy and discovering how they moved. WEEKLY TIP: Did you know that the brain is 75% water? The brain must be adequately hydrated to facilitate learning.

Indonesian News

Mission Beach is preparing for the Queen's Baton relay for the Commonwealth Games. As a part of our celebrations on March 17 (time TBA) we are putting together a choir of keen singers from Mission Beach and practise will be in the Arts building at Mission Beach State School.

Postcards from Indonesia. In December last year LOTE classes across the Ulysses Cluster of schools participated in a postcard exchange with students from Indonesia. Each school prepared and sent a postcard to the ‘Festival Cerita Jakarta’ (Story Festival in Jakarta) and last week our replies arrived! Our students in class have been very excited to read and translate their post cards. Following is the postcard received by our school and a

translation of what is written. Good Day, Hello, my name is Zaifa and I am 9 years old. I’m from Jakarta. In Jakarta there are a lot of birds. My address is 10 Lontar St, 5 Mangga St. I go to Tugu Utara 22 State School and I’m in grade 3. There are 6 classes in my school. When I grow up I want to be a policewoman. My

hobby is cooking. In Jakarta it is the rainy season. Don’t forget to write back.

Salam hangat,

Kym

Kym Hall LOTE (Indonesian) Ulysses Cluster

SPORTS NEWS

Tully District Swimming Carnival On Friday 9th February Mission Beach State School had a large number of students represent their school at the 2018 Tully District Swimming Championships. Our swimmers displayed ‘pride and effort’ throughout the evening and for the first time in many years Mission Beach finished third place in overall point score. Well done to all our swimmers who competed at the carnival. Special mention goes to Lucy Chilcott 9 years girls age champion, Oliver Rampton 11 years boys age champion and his brother Ashley Rampton 12 years boys age champion. Fantastic effort from these students. Congratulations.

Tennis in Mission Beach Mission Beach State School was successful in its application to enable certified Tennis Australia coach Evan Fielder to work with our students for 4 weeks this term. The students have really enjoyed the first week of this programme and are looking forward to developing skills over the next few weeks.

Class 2B enjoying a day of Tennis during HPE classes

Tully District Rugby League and Netball carnival is fast approaching. The day is scheduled for Friday 2nd

March, our 9 – 12 years students who nominated for these carnivals are training every lunchtime, their

enthusiasm and commitment has been outstanding, thank you to Mr Robertson and Mrs Hawkins for

training these teams. I look forward to updating you on the carnival as it concludes.

Pride & Effort Recipients

Tutoring If you are looking for a tutor please contact the school office.

Monday 12th February

Class Name

Prep A Sally

Prep B Jacob

1A Sachin

1B Taj & Holly

2A Ashlin

2B Harleen

3A Mia

3B Amaya

4A Akira

4B Tadhg

5A Jade

5/6 Ashley

6A

Monday 19th February

Class Name

Prep A Faith

Prep B

1A Giselle

1B Grace

2A Indah

2B Tahlia

3A

3B Monica & Mersadez

4A Blake

4B Tama

5A

5/6 Luke

6A Mia

HPE Matilda

The Arts Ashlin

Community Notice Board

“Beginner keyboard/piano lessons available – North

Mission. Call 0408 502 052 for further information.”

Found - Push Bike advertised earlier this week has been found. Thank you to everyone for keeping a look out.

SCHOOL EVENT CALENDAR Term 1 2018

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend Week 2 29

th January

Parade School Captains &

House Captain

Badges given out

30th January

Yr 6

Parent Meeting

3.15 @ MPH

Meeting Room

31st January

3.15 – 4.15

1st February

2nd February 3

rd & 4

th Feb

Week 3 5th February

Parade

6th February

MBSS

Meet & Greet

Night 5.30pm – 6.30pm

7th February

3.15 – 4.15

8th February 9

th February

Tully 10-

12yrs

Swimming

Carnival 4pm – 8.30pm

10 & 11 Feb

Week 4 12th February

Parade

13th February

P&C Meeting

6pm MPH

All Welcome

14th February

Religious

Education

Classes Start

15th

February 16th

February

17 & 18 Feb

Banana

Festival Meeting

9.30am

MPH Meeting

Room

3.15 – 4.15

FREE DRESS Gold Coin Donation

Theme: RED (Sun Safe)

Week 5 19th February

Parade

20th February

Aboriginal

Hearing

Testing

21st February

Arts Council

Look How We’ve

Changed

22nd

February 23rd

February

24 & 25 Feb

3.15 – 4.15

Week 6 26th February

Parade

27th February

28th February

3.15 – 4.15

1st March

2nd

March TD 10-12Yrs

Rugby

League &

Netball

Carnival

3 & 4 Mar

Week 7 5th March

Parade

6th March

7th March

3.15 – 4.15

8th March 9

th March

TD 10-12yrs

Basketball

4pm @TSHS

10 & 11Mar

Week 8 12th

March

Parade

13th

March

P&C AGM Meeting

6pm MPH

All Welcome

14th March

3.15 – 4.15

15th March

16th March

17& 18

March

Week 9 19th March

Parade

20th March

21st March

3.15 – 4.15

22nd March

23rd

March

24 & 25

March

Family

Portrait

Week 10 26th March

Parade

27th March 28

th March

3.15 – 4.15

29th March

Last Day Term 1

30th March

Good Friday

31Mar & 1 Apr

TD 10-12yrs

Touch Football

@TSHS

School Holidays Thursday 29th March – Tuesday 17th April