Raglan Street, Mt Larcom QLD 4695

Ph: 07) 4970 2333 Student Absences: 07) 4970 2366

Website: http://mtlarcomss.eq.edu.au

Newsletter Date:

8th August, 2019

Term 3 Week 4

Mt Larcom State School & Secondary Department

Save the Date:

Playgroup - Every

Friday 9.30am -

11.30am

9th August —

Gladstone

Eisteddfod Speech

Choir

12th August — Show

Holiday

13th August –

Gladstone

Eisteddfod Vocal

Choir

18th August—Botanic

to Bridge

Principals Notice 1

Term Calendar 2

In the classrooms 3-5

Student Notices 6

Community Notices 7

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week has seen our students busy with excursions, camps and practical activities.

Whilst our Secondary Arts students took to the stage last week in The Scene Project, our

Primary students have been busy rehearsing for the Gladstone Eisteddfod where they will

be performing tomorrow. We wish them all the best on their performance and know they

will represent the school well. There is only 1 week to go before the 10th Botanic to

Bridge. So far we only have a handful of students registered to participate. Please con-

sider joining us for a fantastic family day out, whether you run, walk or stroll with some

friends. Each entry for Mt Larcom School goes towards our Volley Ball court.

Don’t forget, Monday is Gladstone Show Holiday so we will see you all back at school on

Tuesday 13th August.

Please remember families, every day counts! Going to school is a legal requirement.

Under the law, you must make sure your child is enrolled and attends school on ALL

school days unless you have a reasonable excuse. You must not keep your child away

from school for minor reasons. Student attendance this week was 88%.

Would you please note if your child will be absent from school, we would appreciate you

contacting the office by 9.30 a.m. so that we can record their absence.

Pauline Porch - Principal

Primary School Parade Wednesday, 7th August, 2019

Congratulations to Hayley, Chris, Ashton, Shane

and Braydan for receiving “You Can Do It”

awards. Great job, keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Chloe

and Grace for receiving

their “Student of the

Week” Award. Great effort,

keep up the good work!

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Term Overview August, 2019

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

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2

Upper Primary

Camp 02-04

3

Upper Primary

Camp 02-04

4

Upper Primary

Camp 02-04

5 6

5 a Side Touch

Football

4-6

7 8

9 10 11 12

The Twits

GECC P-6

13 14 15

16

16-20 Year 9-10

Work Experience

17 18 19 20

End of Term 3

21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Scene Project

2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 Gladstone Est

Vocal Pri & Sec

10

10-18 Science

week

11

12

Show Holi-

day

13 Gladstone

Eisteddfod

Choir Primary

14 Gladstone

Eisteddfod Choir

Secondary

15 16

SCIENCE DAY

MLSS

17 18

19

BOOK

WEEK!

20 21 22 23

Freaky Friday

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

September, 2019

Children can be asked the following questions when they have finished reading a book.

Did you enjoy the book? Why?

What type of book was it? Adventure, humorous, factual, fantasy etc.

Are you going to read anymore books by that Author?

Can you give a brief description of what happened in the story?

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In the classrooms…..

Message from Joe Tappenden...

To all my Ag students and the staff at Mt Larcom School,

I wanted to tell you all how much the last 3 years working with

you at the school in the Ag departments has meant to me.

They have been some of the best times of my life.

Over the years, I have worked with many of you in a lot of differ-

ent situations. I have asked you to do things that you have

found challenging but you have all worked hard, you have done

your best and I can’t tell you how proud I am to call all of you

my kids and I couldn’t be prouder of you all.

I needed to write to you to say how much I appreciated the

presentation last Thursday. To see you mob get off the bus

made me think of all our trips together. Seems like you all en-

joyed those trips too. There are so many good memories that I

couldn't even start to say what was best.

Anyway, thank you for all your presentations, wishes and gifts.

The kind words you said, the farewells from the steers, horses,

chooks and sheep really touched my heart. I felt proud to have

been part of this part of your lives. Seeing you all last Thursday

really brought home to me how much you have learnt and how

skilful you have all become.

I would like to thank the staff at Mt Larcom School for all their

support in my time there. I would like to especially thank Norm

and Lynton for everything they have done for me.

I wish all of you all the best in the future.

Cheers — Joe

Secondary HPE...

Our secondary students have been focusing on a variety of health topics during their Health and Physical Edu-

cation classes. A lot of this terms work revolves around making healthy and positive decisions in relation to

risky and dangerous situations. During their practical Physical Education lessons our students have been en-

gaging in a variety of physical activities including striking and fielding games, futsal, and even rhythmic move-

ment in preparation for a unit based on dance as a physical activity.

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In the classrooms…..

The Scene Project 2019…

In Terms 2 and 3 the Performing Arts students have been rehearsing for The Scene Project which recently cul-

minated in a performance at The Walter Reid Theatre in Rockhampton. Each year the Arts Major students are

given the opportunity to participate in The Scene Project, which is a state-wide theatre project run by Queens-

land Theatre Company's Education and Youth Program with schools in regional areas in order to engage stu-

dents in the Performing Arts. Our Arts Major students from years 8-10 have been deconstructing and rehears-

ing scenes from the play in preparation for their performance this term. They had the opportunity to perform a

15 minute interpretation of the script to an audience of QTC actors and peers from Rockhampton State High,

Emmaus College and Toolooa State High School. Students worked tirelessly in classes and performed on Pa-

rade to the Secondary School and to the Primary School the afternoon before their Outcome Day trying to tight-

en and block their scenes ready for their final performance.

I am very proud of all of the students who were involved in this year’s Scene Project. We received great feed-

back from the Queensland Theatre Team and students from other schools. I was

incredibly impressed by the standard of the final performance as all of our per-

formers stepped up on the day! Bring on next year! – Mrs Rothe

“Being my first Scene Project, it was something I hadn’t done before. Judging

my performance against the performance of others helped me to improve.” –

Bailey

“Better than last year” – Charlotte

“Very enjoyable and helped build our skills in Drama” – Kaden

“Best thing I’ve ever experienced in my whole life” – Chloe

“It was a great experience and I had lots of fun. It was great meeting new people

and receiving feedback on our performance” – Abigael

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In the classrooms…..

Our library has a HUGE selection of books for all the students to choose from. From “fact” to “fiction” and all

that is in-between. Students are encouraged to borrow books each week and return the following week. It is

an absolute delight when you hear our young students retelling the story to their teacher. Reading is an ad-

venture. As Jamie Ford said ‘The library is like a candy store where everything is free.”

Library News….

Business…

Students continue to be busy in their business studies untit. This week they are preparing for our Teacher

Café, with soups and damper on offer. Their assessment task this term involves an investigation into differ-

ent types of businesses in the Australian Market. They have been asked to conduct an inquiry about the

costs and benefits of different types of businesses. Regular meetings will be undertaken to decide on our

Café Menu and to allow students to learn how to conduct a meeting.

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Student Notices…..

Gladstone Eisteddfod

Parents, family and friends are invited to join us at the Gladstone Eisteddfod being held at the Gladstone

Entertainment Centre. The Prep-7 students will be performing as members of the Primary & Secondary

Speech Choir in the choral speaking section where they will recite two poems. The Prep-6 students will then

be performing as members of the Primary School Choir where they will perform two contrasting pieces as

part of their Music and Arts curriculum studies this term. Tickets can be purchased at the Gladstone Enter-

tainment Centre in the foyer.

Friday 9th August — Speech Choir @ 10.00am

Tuesday 13th August - Vocal Choir @ 9.30am

School Fundraiser….

Order forms went home this week

for our Cadbury Chocolate Drive.

Please ensure forms are returned to

the office in order to collect your

box.

02 August, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, This term the Primary & Secondary Student Councils are hosting a Cadbury Chocolate Drive. For every box of chocolates sold a percentage of sales comes directly off your child’s future camp costs. The chocolate boxes available are:

Goody Box: Toblerone, Timeout, Cherry Ripe, Boost, Crunchie - $1.00 each, $60 per box, $24 off camp cost.

Choc Box: Dairy Milk Roll, Dairy Milk Oreo Bar, Twirl, Caramello Bar - $2.00 each, $60 per box, $24 off camp cost.

FREDDO & Friends: Freddo, Caramello Koala, Freddo Strawberry, Freddo Milky Top – $0.50 each, $60 per box, $24

off camp cost.

The Natural Confectionery Co. Lolly Box: Snakes, Chews Fruity Mix, Party Mix, Sour Squirms - $3.00 each, $60 per

box, $25 off camp cost. The chocolate drive is open to all students. To participate, please make your selection and sign this form. Students may only take 1 box home at a time. By signing this form you are agreeing to sell all chocolates or return unsold chocolates, any discrepancies will be taken off your child’s profit per box. Parents will be invoiced for any boxes not returned. I _____________________________ agree for my child, ______________________________________________ To participate in the 2019 Cadbury Chocolate Drive. __________________________________ ________________________ Parent Signature Date

MOUNT LARCOM STATE SCHOOL

& SECONDARY DEPARTMENT

Raglan Street, Mount Larcom, QLD 4695 Phone: (07) 4970 2333

E-mail: admin@mtlarcomss.eq.edu.au ABN: 57 978 018 068

Science Day—Friday 16th August P-6 students will be participating in an interactive day of Science.

They will be joined by visiting students from around the region and

special guests from our local industries to engage in an array of fun

activities and experiments.

Please ensure your child has a sun safe hat for the day.

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Mt Larcom RSL

Remembrance Day Service

VIETNAM VETERANS DAY

Sunday 18th August 2019 at

10.00am

Location: Memorial Garden within the

showgrounds.

All welcome

QCWA Cent Sale Mount Larcom Branch QCWA will hold a Cent Sale in their King George Street Hall on Satur-

day September 7th, doors open at 1pm for a 2pm start.

Great prizes, raffle, lucky door, afternoon tea served. Cent sale tickets 50c each.

B2B—Next Weekend

Please register ASAP!

2019 sees the return of the Botanic to Bridge fun run. Schools can maximise their benefit through the B2B

School Investment Program by ensuring students, parents and teachers nominate their preferred school when

registering. The more students who register, the greater the incentive with all student fees going back into

their school!

Visit www.botanictobridge.com.au/register to sign up and nominate Mt Larcom

School.

This year Mrs Porch is challenging all students to beat her in the Botanic to Bridge! Those students that pre-

sent to school the following day with their recorded time will receive a reward! Come on students………..we

can’t let the Principal win.