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Wednesday 15th May, 2019

From the Principal

Pre-Athletics Last Friday, 10 May, our 9 – 12 years students participated in the Pre-Athletics carnival consisting of the, 200m, 800m and ball games events. I must say that I was super impressed with the way in which students conducted themselves during the day. The sportsmanship and comradery was outstanding! Well done to each and every student involved on the day. Thank you to Mr Higgins for his organisation and oversight of the carnival and to all staff and parents who either helped time-keep or volunteer on the day. Your ongoing support is much appreciated. Life Education Last week we hosted Kathy from the Life Ed Van. We very deliberately schedule Life Education every other year so as to complement our broader classroom-based suite of social skills learning. Below I reference a few key ideas which are central to our day-to-day at St John’s and were also evident as part of the Life Education program this year. The 6 Rs I have spoken at recent assemblies about the 6 Rs – Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Random-Acts-of-Kindness, Rigour and Relationships. That doesn’t mean to suggest for one minute that the 3 Rs of old; Reading Writing and Arithmetic, don’t hold weight or importance in our school. However, in a world where we are becoming increasingly more reliant upon interfacing with a computer over another human being, I believe it vitally important to teach our children accepted social, moral and attitudinal norms. At St John’s, our ‘code-of-conduct’ is based on the notion of ‘respect’ for each other and our relationships. As this term continues to unfold, I comment to our students the following:

• Respect and care for your learning

• Respect and care for your school environment

• Respect and care for others • Respect and care for yourself Our teachers regularly teach our children the values and behaviours expected at this school. Recently I focussed particularly on resilience. Life being as it is, is never always smooth sailing. We endure the ebb and flow of the tides and the waves that pitch high and low depending on the ‘conditions’. Being resilient enough to navigate such life conditions will only hold young people in good stead in the long run. Resilience is the ability to

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‘bounce back’ from life challenges. It results in individuals having the skills to steer the ship in a different direction if the waters are treacherous. Amanda Ripley, author of the book, ‘The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way’ writes, “The trick is that teaching kids to fail and then recover is easier when they are 10 than when they are 30. So if we don’t teach them about resilience when they are younger we are not really helping them.” Michael Grose is one of Australia’s foremost experts in relation to childhood development. He suggest that the keys to building resilient children lies in the following:

Spirit – Temperament and in-born characteristics count!

Self-esteem – Telflon kids against rejection

Skills – The Big 4 – independence, problem solving, social skills and optimism

Support – The power of ONE resilient adult in a child’s life is huge

Stuff – Kids experiences of every day ‘upsets’ help them deal with major challenges that inevitably happen.

For more information check out Michael Grose’s website – www.parentingideas.com.au.

Cyber Safety and Social Media

The Internet is the greatest information hub in the world, but it's also an untamed ‘Wild West’ with areas online that

put your kids' safety and online privacy at risk. It's becoming more and more important and relevant for parents to be

aware of their children's online activities and to monitor their safety and security online, just as much as you would,

offline. At school, we have measure in place to monitor and oversee online activity so as to maximize learning and

minimize ‘potential harm and disruption’. This, however, becomes much more difficult for us to manage outside the

school realm.

The statistics regarding the online security and safety of kids is revealing of just how important it is to be vigilant

online.

Did you know?

63% of teenagers know ALL of their social media connections personally.

56% of teenagers do not make all their social media profiles private.

65% of students have shared a password with someone else.

65% of children have accepted WhatsApp requests or other IM messages from people they do not

know personally.

23% of teens have been asked to send pictures and/or personal information to someone they met

online.

23% of children have agreed to meet someone face to face that they met online.

37% of teenagers have come across something worrying or upsetting online.

* onlinesense.org

I acknowledge that some of these statistics are referenced for slightly older children. That said, I can speak from experience when I say that they grow up quickly! Working together to foster the benefits of technology is one of our drivers at St John’s. Technology is a great tool when used appropriately and for its intended purpose. My plea: Let’s keep our kids safe and in control of their time on their device! This includes:

password protection on the computer to log your kids to the internet

restrict access to times when a parent is at home to supervise

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restrict access on the search engine and set strong privacy settings on social networking site to limit their

friend list to people they know.

It’s their future. It’s your choice.

Thank you for working in partnership with us.

Grace and peace

Mr Chris Mallett

PRINCIPAL

Curriculum Connections

What’s happening in Year 6?

It has been a very exciting start to Term 2 for our Year 6 classes. These classes have moved into our new learning

space located in the new buildings on Elizabeth Street.

Part of this transition has been the Year 6 students joining classes in an open learning space with two teachers and

a teacher assistant. This space has been designed as an agile learning space where students are challenged to

manage their learning alongside their teachers. Having the space open and the furniture being able to move easily,

allows for flow through the space with students working collaboratively and creatively during learning experiences.

Students are continuing to build academic, social and behavioural skills in readiness for high school and beyond.

Having the team environment in this space allows for teachers to harness their areas of speciality and for students

to gain the benefits of having more than one teacher across their day and week.

I have included a few photos of the Year 6 room alongside this article. If you would like to have a closer look at this

space please pop in one afternoon and take a look yourself with Aaron or Elizabeth.

Jocelyn Bakker

Director of Learning and Teaching

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Pastor’s “Blessing to Give”

You are a loved child of God's;

May you know that love;

Grow in that love

Share that love.

Student Awards

Congratulations to this fortnight’s award recipients

Prep Randy Wahyudi, Georgia Golchert, Georgia Croft, Layla Hinschen

Prep/Year 1 Cooper Higgins, Alice Smith, Madison Von Blanckensee, Sophie Warburton

Year 1 Ella Bion, Asa Watson, Bailey Green, Toby Fyfe

Year 2 Danian Rasmussen, Knox Kewley, Riley Douglas, Gilbert Tasker-Holmes, Gabriel

Villanueva, Keilah Howard

Year 3 Ky Ditchmen, Nikayla Smith, Oscar Quarrell, Ella Park, D’lila Kaandorp

Year 4 Zahli Togo, Edward Rayner, Archer Kewley, Aliyah Boag, Chace Montgomerie, Thea Smits

Year 5 Jenna Knott, Mia Marano, Hayley McKeown, Shaile Findlay, River-Lee Rayner, Alyssa Smith

Year 6 Red Clancie Watson, Kate Meiers, William TePairi, Caleb Bonney

Year 6 Blue Kasey Krueger, Rosie Straker, Rachael Bowes, Alexander Orr

Music Hayden Evans, Madison Barrett, Elsie MacDonald, Alice Smith

Around the Grounds – General Notices

Uniform Shop – Opening House

Tuesday 8.15am – 9.00am

Thursday 2.30pm – 3.15pm

If you are unable to come at the above times, please remember that you can send in orders/payments via the class

basket. Just write a short note and send it in an envelope clearly marked ‘Uniform Shop’.

Please name all items of clothing

With the onset of the cooler weather jumpers are often removed and left in the playground. If clothing is not named

it cannot be returned and our lost property basket will overflow again. Many of these items are expensive – please

take the time to name everything. If you have a pre-loved jumper with the previous owners name, please rename.

Tights and Socks Parents if sending your daughter to school with tights on during these colder months, please send a pair of socks in their school bag if not worn with the tights. Often children get warm while playing and may wish to take off their tights.

P&F News

Mother’s Day Stall – a huge thank you to the following parents for volunteering their time to help

with the recent Mother’s Day Stall - Grant Smits, Kristy Roberts, Amanda Weier, Sharyn Skinner,

Jessica Golchert and Anieka Smith. It was greatly appreciated and wonderful to see our

students enjoying their ‘shopping trip’!!

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Earn & Learn

Thank you to everyone who have brought their stickers

into school or have placed them in one of our boxes at

Woolworths Hinkler, Stockland and Bargara stores.

Through this program we will be able to get new

educational resources for our school and all we need you

to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 1 May to Tuesday 25 June, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school. Should you require any additional sticker sheets, please do not hesitate to see the office.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

Zooper Dooper Friday

Year 6 students will be selling ‘Zooper Dooper’ ice blocks at lunchtime on Fridays to

raise money for their Canberra trip. They will cost $1 and can be purchased on Friday

mornings via the classroom teacher and the blue box.

DON’T MISS OUT! Come and have a Zooper Dooper Time with us this Friday.

Community Sunday / School Family Worship Service

This Sunday, 19 May is designated as Community Sunday for our school and Church. Thank you

to our Prep/Year 1 children, Mrs Burt and Mrs MacDonald for helping prepare our Prep/Year 1

class to sing at our Community Sunday Church service. We look forward to seeing you join us

for fellowship and worship at 10.00am.

Canberra Fundraising Bake Sale

This Sunday our Year 6 class will be selling baked goods from 9.30am at Church. Please

support our Year 6 Canberra fundraising efforts by purchasing some of the baked goods on

offer. Thank you to the parents of Year 6 and the P&F for your help and contribution to this

event.

Life Education Delivery

Harold delivered all of the Life Education products to school yesterday. If your child placed an order

when Life Education was recently here, please be aware that these orders were sent home in the

class blue boxes today. If you did place an order but haven’t received your products, please contact

the Office.

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Sprouts

As previously advised, due to Mrs Mann’s return to South Australia, Sprouts Kid’s Club for Term 2

will not be running. Further information regarding the recommencement will be sent out in due

course. Thank you for your understanding. For further information, contact Sandy at St John’s

Church office on 4152 5900.

Upcoming Events

Make sure you read about some of the great events coming up soon here at St

John’s and within the community.

Eumundi Markets Day Trip

Have you booked your ticket yet? Enjoy a day out filled with fun, food and of course shopping!!

Don’t forget, the first 22 people to book and pay for a ticket will receive a complimentary reusable shopping bag.

Make sure you invite friends, family, neighbours, work colleagues to come along and have a great day.

Limited seats are available – so get in quick! Contact the Office on 4132 6888 for more details.

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Important Dates for Term 2, 2019

May

14-16 NAPLAN (Year 3 and 5 only)

19 Community/School Family Church Service

24 Athletics Carnival

30 Bundaberg Show – Public Holiday

31 Student Free Day

June

16 Community/School Family Church Service

21 P&F Disco

28 Term 2 Concludes, Closing Service & Semester Awards @ 1.30pm

The Pathways Newsletter is now available

on our school website

Go to www.stjohnsbundaberg.qld.edu.au

Click on News & Events - Newsletter

and follow the link to the newsletter

Issue 7, 15 May, 2019

or go to our Facebook Page and you will find the link there

Phone 4132 6888

Two Weeks at a Glance

Date Activity Venue Details

Wed 15th –

Thur 16th May NAPLAN - continues School Years 3 and 5

Sun 19th May Community/School Family

Church Service Church

10.00am , all welcome, Prep/Year 1

class are performing during the service

Tue 21st May Mayoral School Chaplaincy &

Leaders Breakfast Bundaberg Multiplex

Year 6 Elected Leaders, Teachers & Mr

Mallett

Wed 22nd May Commonwealth Bank

Smart Start School Years 2-6

Fri 24th May Athletics Carnival

Bundaberg Sports

Complex – Enid Ethel

Drive

Further details to be sent home soon

Bundaberg Lutheran Parish

Parish Pastor: Pastor Wayne George

Phone: 4152 5900 Email: office@stjohnsbundaberg.org.au Website: www.stjohnsbundy.org.au

St John’s

30 George Street

Service Times

8.30am & 10am

Faith

Larson Street

Service Time

7.30am

Redeemer

Tirroan Rd, Gin Gin

Service Time

8.00am

Rosedale

10.30am

1st/3rd Sunday of the

month

Gracehaven

Chapel

Dr May’s Road

10.30am