The Mount Murchie Mail Your connection to Mount Murchison State School; where improvement is our language

Week 7 Term 4 22nd November 2019

To report suspicious incidents around the school grounds

please call:

School Watch 131 788

Contact us:

Ph: 49922253

Office Hours:

Tuesday , Wednesday,

Thursday

8.45 am — 2.30 pm

Administrative Officer

Mrs. Robyn Matheson

Principal:

Mrs. Linda Holman

2019: Fearless improvers of reading and writing

Mt Murchie Shining Stars

Week 3

Alexis B, Tama & Shakina

Week 4

Lucas, Alexis F & Amy

Week 5

Cailin, Leilani & Isabella

Week 6

Hudsyn, Zoe & Edward

Week 7

Nate, Jodie, Tama &

Awhena

Junior Journalists

Over the last few weeks the Grade Two students have been visiting the 3-6 classroom so they can

see what the classroom is like. We asked the Year Two students what they think next year will be

like, here are some of their responses.

Carter: “I think it is going to be fun, but the work might be a bit harder.”

Felicity: “ I think it is going to be great!”

Jonah: “It’ll be fun and I am excited to meet new people.”

We asked Mrs Shaw how she thinks they will go and this is her response. “I think they are going to

go great and they will love the challenges and I think they are going to love being able to go on the

big kids fort.”

By Lilly, Jake & Blake

News from the Principal’s Desk As we head into the final weeks of the 2019 school year, a reminder that Every Day Counts. It is extremely important that student absences are

kept to a minimum as we use all of the final weeks of the school year to collect student learning data to inform our teaching practice. There are a

number of exciting events on in the final weeks of the year and I ask families to use the newsletter, notes, emails and text messages to keep

yourself informed and organised.

Senior Leaders

I am very excited to share with the school community that we have four students who have achieved their Senior Leader levels in the last few

weeks. A very special congratulations to Ava, Lilly, Amy and Shakina who have demonstrated their ability to be student leaders. We are all very

proud of this achievement.

Year 6 Graduation

This coming Monday is the annual Callide Valley Small Schools Graduation Ceremony. This year we are hosted by the staff and community of

Wowan State School at the Dululu Community Hall. This is always a wonderful community event to mark the important transition of our students

from Year 6 into their Secondary years of schooling. I am looking forward to sharing this event with our graduating students and their families.

PCYC Day

PCYC Day is quickly approaching and is being held on Tuesday 3rd December. We are holding this event in Week 9 of Term 4 due to the large

amount of other school and community events in the final week of school. This term students will have the opportunity to play Netball, learn

CPR, have an Art Gallery Tour and work with the Chaplaincy team. The students will also explore and extend their knowledge of Diet and

Nutrition with our own Mt Murchie Community expert Mrs Beahan.

Moore Stevens Interschool Swimming Carnival

This coming Wednesday is the annual Moore Stevens Interschool Swimming Carnival at the Biloela Swimming Pool. We have used data collected

during our Term One swimming block to identify students with the skills to compete in this carnival. We wish Felicity, Tama, Awhena, Shakina,

Alexis Francis and Hannah all the very best of luck for their swimming on Thursday.

Awards Evening

Our annual Awards Evening will be held on Monday 9th December commencing at 6 p.m. sharp. We do ask all families to bring either a main

meal or dessert item. A list is on the noticeboard ready to go…. get in quick to be able to bring the item which works best for you. If each family

brings the equivalent amount of food that would feed their family then we will have more than enough food for everyone.

Star Day

Our final star Day is on Thursday 12th December. Families are welcome to join us from 8:30 – 11:30 for breakfast, Parade and Open Classroom.

This is a wonderful community way to celebrate student success at the end of the school year.

Secret Santa and Christmas Luncheon

A long standing and very unique traditional belonging to the Mt Murchie Community is the student and staff Christmas Luncheon and Secret

Santa. This occurs on the final Thursday of Term 4. Just a reminder that all students have been allocated a staff and student to bring a $5 Secret

Santa Gift which needs to sent to school by Wednesday 4th December.

Academic Reporting

The teaching team are working diligently to ensure that Academic Reports are ready to send home in Week 10. Reports will be handed out in the

final week and will include a paper copy of the 2020 Booklists where relevant.

2020 Staffing

As communicated yesterday, Mrs Shaw and her family are returning to the shores of the Sunshine Coast for the 2020 school year. Mrs Shaw has

been not only an amazing teacher to our children but also a wonderful colleague. I know I speak on behalf of staff, students and community

when I say that Mrs Shaw has been a highly valued member of our school community, we all wish her and the whole Shaw Clan the very best in

the future. We have been truly blessed to have had the benefits of your expertise and friendship over the last 18 months.

Whole School Review

The Executive Summary from our Whole School Review is available on our Website. I have included the commendations and recommendations

later in this newsletter. The Review highlighted the excellent work that has occurred in our school over the last 4 years and sets us clear strategic

direction for the coming 4 years.

Religious Instruction Christmas Play

Next Thursday afternoon is our annual Religious Instruction Christmas play. This annual event celebrates the religious meaning of Christmas as

we head towards the Christmas Season.

P&C Meeting

Our final P&C Meeting is being held at the Biloela RSL on Friday 6th December from 5 p.m. This will

be a great way to wrap up our final P&C Meeting for the year which we can follow up by dinner and

raffles. Please do not forget that our Christmas Raffle tickets are due back on Monday

2nd December.

With the end of year quickly approaching, this week was the final week of Library for 2019.

Yours in learning

3 Weeks to go for 2019 Schooling

Linda

OUR NEW ADDITION

I just wanted to take this opportunity to give you all a little bit of

information about myself and what is happening in our 3-6 classroom.

For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Miss Briggs and I

have had the pleasure of coming on board at Mount Murchison at the

beginning of term 4. I have been in and out of the school for the past

year teaching the students, Drama and Visual Arts and filling in every

now and then. I am a graduate teacher with a huge passion for the

Arts and student wellbeing. I am very excited to be on deck here at

Murchie and I am excited to see what the future has in stall.

What are our 3/4’s up to?

We have all been working super hard in our 3/4 classroom with lots of

focus on our learning and our general wellbeing.

History And .Social .Sciences (H.A.S.S.) In H.A.S.S this term

we have been focusing on sustainability on a global level and on a

local level. We are learning what our local council does in regards to

our waste management and we are collaborating and thinking of

ways we can improve our waste management at a school level.

ENGLISH: We have all been working really hard in English this term, first

learning how to analyse poetry and now we are learning about quest novels.

We are reading Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodder and we are super excited to

write our book reviews on this novel.

Wellbeing and Mindfulness

This term we have been focusing on our general wellbeing and trying to make mindfulness apart of our everyday life. For fifteen minutes each day the class practices a breathing meditation to reset our minds just after play. This practice helps us slow down after our stimulating lunches and reconnect with what we have to do in the class-room. Meditation has many excellent benefits for our minds such as:

Learning core emotional Regulation skills.

Reduces stress and anxiety.

Builds emotional and psychological resilience.

Callide Valley Small Schools Graduation

Hosted by Wowan State School

Monday 25th November

Dululu Progress Hall

Bryant Street

Dululu

6.30 p.m.

Hot Meal Buffett

Drinks available for purchase

Mount Murchison State School P&C

Working together in 2019 to support wellbeing for our kids

RSL Raffles Tuckshop

We profit between $200-$300 each evening Your help could either be:

Preparing food Thursday afternoon or evening

Attending and preparing food on Friday

Remaining Dates 2019 Term 4 Dates

Friday 6th December—will be covered by the P&C after our

final meeting of the year.

29th November

My Child Is Sick

What Do I Need to Do??????

My child is sick and needs to have medication at school….

What do I need to do?

It is important to remember that the policy is designed to make sure that all students remain safe. Students can have

allergies to the most common medications and we need to ensure that they cannot access any medication at school.

From 2016, we are only allowed to administer medications that have a DOCTOR’S PERSCRIPTION label on the

medications. This includes all forms of over the counter medicines, including creams, cough medicine, cough lollies and

Vicks . Previously, we have been able to administer some medications with a chemist label, however this is no longer

the case, including Nurofen and Panadol. All students are put at risk if medications are left in student bags.

We cannot administer medications unless the appropriate medication form has been filled out.

For your child to be administered medication at school, you need to:

Arrive at school no later than 8:30 to complete the medication forms and give the medication to teaching staff

Ensure that you collect the medication at the end of the day from the office

We are really happy to administer medication but we must stay within departmental policy when doing so.

We are unable to make exceptions.

Christmas Raffle Our final fundraiser each year is our Annual Christmas

Raffle. Each family has been allocated a book of raffle

tickets to sell to friends, family and community. It is

not a huge expectation to sell these and all families are

asked to support this fundraiser.

We do ask that each family donates $10. The P&C will

use the money to purchase VISA Gift Cards and

Scratchies for the raffle. This was due on Friday

8th November.

All students benefit from our fundraisers through the

multiple ways the P&C support school events.

Your support and help is greatly appreciated.

Tickets will be sent home with the

newsletter this week and are due back

on Monday 2nd December. The raffle

will be drawn on Thursday 12th

December.

Biloela State High School

Year 6 Transition Information Year 6 Enrolment Interviews

Staff from the high school have been conducting Year 6 enrolment interviews at primary schools over the past 5 weeks.

All remaining enrolment interviews for Year 6 students will be held at the high school. Please contact the school office on 4992 8666 to make a time if you have not yet had an interview.

It is important that these interviews are completed prior to the start of the 2020 school year as students that have not participated in an interview will be unable to attend school until they do.

ACE Program

The ACE Program will be running in 2020. Students that submitted applications have been emailed (parent email provided on application) about the outcome of their application on Thursday 31st October. If you believe your child submitted an application but you have not received an email, please contact David Hall.

2nd Transition Day

Year 6 students will attend their second transition day on Tuesday 3rd December. Families are required to transport students to and from Biloela State High School on this transition day Where possible, students will be allocated into their 2020 class combinations on the day so that they have some knowledge of their class groupings.

Outline of the day:

Students are to meet at the large shelter/Spaceframe at 8:45am. Parents are welcome to wait with their child.

Students are to wear their normal primary school uniform on the day including a broad brimmed hat.

Students are to bring a school bag with a notebook, writing materials and water bottle.

Students will need to provide their own lunch or they can purchase food from the tuckshop. The tuckshop is open at both breaks. Students can order food before school at the tuckshop so that they do not have to wait in line at lunch break.

Students will have their own area during lunch breaks and will remain in this area for both breaks.

School finishes at 3:00pm. Students will be dismissed at this time.

Students that normally catch a bus can do so.

If you have any further queries about this day please contact Biloela State High School.

Mt Murchison Awards Evening

Monday 9th December

Our Annual Awards Evening is quickly approaching. This is

a wonderful school community event each year and we are

looking forward to seeing all our families in 2019.

Families need to arrive at school at

5:45 p.m. for a 6 p.m. start followed

by a community dinner.

As in past years, all families are required

to bring a food item suitable to be shared for dinner.

Families are requested to bring either a main or a dessert.

There will be a list up on the noticeboard on Friday for

families to put their name down.

Get in quick to get something that you would

prefer to bring!

All students in Prep—Year 6 will receive a book from the

P&C. If you would like your younger child/ren to receive a

book, please send a wrapped and labelled book to school

no later than Thursday 5th December.

Senior Leaders 2019

Just a little bit late doesn’t seem much

He/ She is only

missing just…. That equals…. Which is…..

and over 13 years of

schooling that’s...

10 minutes per

day

50 minutes per

week

Nearly 1.5 weeks

per year Nearly Half a year

20 minutes per

day

1 hour 40 mins

per week

Over 2.5 Weeks

per year Nearly 1 year

Half an hour

per day

Half a day per

week 4 Weeks per Year

Nearly 1 and a Half

years

1 hour per day 1 day per week 8 Weeks per year Over 2 and a Half

years

Did you know your child’s best learning time is

the start of the school day?

That’s when every minute counts the most!!

Teaching instruction starts at 8.45am

‘Every Day Counts’

Mount Murchison State School : Term 4 2019

Week 1

Goal Setting

7th October

QUEENS BIRTHDAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

8th October

Whole School Review

9th October

Whole School Review

10th October

11th October

Newsletter;

Week 2

14th October

CoP Leadership Meeting

Linda; Moura SS

15th October

P&C Meeting—3pm

16th October

17th October

18th October

Tuckshop

Week 3

21st October

Student Free Day

22nd October

RREAP Meeting PCSS

23rd October

Small Schools Principals

Meeting PCSS

BSHS Yr 6 Interviews

24th October

25th October

Day for Daniel

P&C RSL Raffles

Newsletter;

Week 4

Reading Data Collection;

28th October

29th October 30th October 31st October

Step into Prep

1st November

Tuckshop

Week 5

Attendance data collection;

Sight Word Data Review

4th November

P&C Meeting— 8 a.m.

5th November 6th November

7th November

Step into Prep

8th November

P&C Raffle Donation

Due

Week 6

11th November

Remembrance Day

12th November

Parent Teacher

Interviews

13th November

14th November

Step into Prep

15th November

Tuckshop

Week 7

18th November

19th November

20th November

21st November

Step into Prep

22nd November

Newsletter

Week 8

3 min test

25th November

Year 6 Graduation

24th November

27th November

Religious Instruction

Play

Moore Stevens

Interschool Swimming Carnival

28th November

In-school Moderation—

The Teaching Team

29th November

Tuckshop

Week 9

Attendance data collection; ; Reading levels; Sight word data;

2nd December

Callide Dawson Modera-

tion PLC: Theodore SS

P&C Raffle Tickets due

back

3rd December

Biloela State High School

Transition Day

PCYC Day

4th December

5th December

6th December

P&C RSL Raffles

P&C Meeting—5pm at

the RSL

Week 10

9th December

Awards Evening & Open

Classroom

10th December

Final Newsletter for

2019

11th December

12th December

Star Day

End of Year Luncheon

13th December