28 George Street Gordonvale QLD 4865 Subscribe: Subscribe: http://gordonvaless.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe Email: Email: [email protected]Phone: Phone: 07 4043 3666 Fax: Fax: 07 4043 3600 Mr Lloyd Perkins, Principal Mr Lloyd Perkins, Principal 25 October 2016 25 October 2016 From The Principal School Fete Thank you for supporting our Fete on the 14th. The final financial tally is still to be announced but from a social point of view, the fete was a great success. It was wonderful to see so many families enjoying their Friday night together. I’m sure you were able to catch up with friends while the children enjoyed the activities. Thank you too to those in the audience for persisting when we encountered some frustrating sound problems. Thankfully our young performers are confident and ensured “the show must go on!” To all those who helped out, cooking, preparing, serving, setting up, cleaning up and packing away, we greatly appreciated your assistance. We’re gathering feedback to help improve the next fete in 2018. You’re welcome to email any ideas to [email protected]Pupil Free Day On the Pupil Free day staff participated in a variety of professional development activities and spent time reviewing the results of the August, School Opinion Survey. The survey seeks to gather information from Parents, Students and Staff. Some of the key results are: Highest number of student and staff responses in the last 5 years, and second highest response rate from parents (just 3 fewer). Overall, considering all three groups, responses were more positive this year than last. Parent responses showed higher levels of satisfaction than 2015 on 60% of items and were equivalent to the average response rate for Queensland schools Student responses were higher on 71% of items and overall, student levels of satisfaction are similar to the state average. Staff indicated a higher level of satisfaction than 2015 in 81% of 42 items and for the additional 18 teacher only items, 100% better. This result also tracks favourably against the sate averages. While there is lots of good news in the results in terms of our improvement against last year and in comparison to state averages that we tend to use as benchmarks, we have identified some places where we can improve further. All three groups surveyed, identify the management of student behaviour as important to improve. For parents, how well we keep you informed and how often we seek your input is important. The School Opinion Survey results will help inform our planning for 2017. School Uniform Our students are proud of their school uniform and almost everyone wears it completely and every day. We appreciate what it takes to get multiple uniforms washed and ready for school and keep the sizes up to date as children grow – some at exponential rates. Thankyou. A couple of reminders though: A hat is a necessary part of the school uniform. With it, children can access all areas of the playground. Without it, children are restricted to the undercover play areas. Very few children without a hat stay exclusively undercover and move between the tuckshop, eating area, toilets and then to class line up areas. If caught running or chasing in these areas they are sat out of play.
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28 George StreetGordonvale QLD 4865Subscribe:Subscribe: http://gordonvaless.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe
Mr Lloyd Perkins, PrincipalMr Lloyd Perkins, Principal
25 October 201625 October 2016
From The Principal
School Fete
Thank you for supporting ourFete on the 14th. The finalfinancial tally is still to beannounced but from a socialpoint of view, the fete was agreat success. It was wonderfulto see so many families enjoyingtheir Friday night together. I’m
sure you were able to catch up with friends while the childrenenjoyed the activities. Thank you too to those in the audiencefor persisting when we encountered some frustrating soundproblems. Thankfully our young performers are confident andensured “the show must go on!”
To all those who helped out, cooking, preparing, serving,setting up, cleaning up and packing away, we greatlyappreciated your assistance. We’re gathering feedback to helpimprove the next fete in 2018. You’re welcome to email anyideas to [email protected]
Pupil Free Day
On the Pupil Free day staff participated in a variety ofprofessional development activities and spent time reviewingthe results of the August, School Opinion Survey. The surveyseeks to gather information from Parents, Students and Staff.Some of the key results are:
Highest number of student and staff responses in the last5 years, and second highest response rate from parents(just 3 fewer).
Overall, considering all three groups, responses were morepositive this year than last.
Parent responses showed higher levels of satisfaction than2015 on 60% of items and were equivalent to the averageresponse rate for Queensland schools
Student responses were higher on 71% of items and overall,student levels of satisfaction are similar to the state average.
Staff indicated a higher level of satisfaction than 2015 in 81%of 42 items and for the additional 18 teacher only items, 100%better. This result also tracks favourably against the sateaverages.
While there is lots of good news in the results in terms ofour improvement against last year and in comparison to stateaverages that we tend to use as benchmarks, we haveidentified some places where we can improve further. All threegroups surveyed, identify the management of studentbehaviour as important to improve. For parents, how well wekeep you informed and how often we seek your input isimportant. The School Opinion Survey results will help informour planning for 2017.
School Uniform
Our students are proud of their school uniform and almosteveryone wears it completely and every day. We appreciatewhat it takes to get multiple uniforms washed and ready forschool and keep the sizes up to date as children grow – someat exponential rates. Thankyou. A couple of reminders though:
A hat is a necessary part of the school uniform.With it, children can access all areas of the playground.Without it, children are restricted to the undercover playareas. Very few children without a hat stay exclusivelyundercover and move between the tuckshop, eatingarea, toilets and then to class line up areas. If caughtrunning or chasing in these areas they are sat out of play.
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Parenting Insights
This edition, our Parenting Insights article is from Dr JennyBrockis, the Brain Fitness Doctor, author of Future Brain: The12 Keys to Create Your High-Performance Brain and motherto two young adults. Have you helped your child through afriendship crisis ? Jenny’s article titled BFF forever: Whenfriendships go sour offers some insight into how to make itthrough.
Regards,Mr Perkins
Deputy’s Desk
Mr Damien Forsyth-Stewart, DeputyPrincipal
Smashed in the face bySponges- what a lovelyexperience!
Yes, Friday night saw Mr L’Orange and I putour heads on the line (literally) facing
students, x-students, family members and even the occasional(not mentioning any names Mr President) P&C member armedwith soaked sponges and a deadly aim. It was a pleasure to beinvolved!
To see current and past students with their families beingentertained and having fun, participating in activities orperforming on stage, enjoying the carnival rides or rummagingthrough the trash and treasure with smiles on their facesabsolutely confirms that the Fete was a success. It istremendous to see so many families at school enjoyingthemselves and it is a credit to everyone who contributed to thesuccess of the evening.
I would like to extend a massive thanks to the P&C, Mr Perkinsour Principal, all of our staff (teachers, teacher aides, David ourgroundsman, our tuckshop personnel) and the large number ofvolunteers who assisted in set-up, manning the stalls, pack-upand the large number of jobs leading up to, during and followingthe evening’s events.
It certainly proves one thing, together we can achieve greatthings! Well done and thanks to everyone in our community. Ihope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Regards,Mr Forsyth-Stewart
Master Teacher News
Ms Leoni Robinson, Master Teacher
Having had a number of conversations thisweek about attitudes towards maths, Iwould like to share some thoughts with you.How often have you heard people, youngand old, say that they are hopeless atmaths or that they don’t have a mathsbrain? Many times I imagine but now think
about how many times you have heard people talk loudly andproudly when they can’t read? It seems quite sociallyacceptable to tell people that you can’t do maths but not aboutreading or writing, as if maths is not that important as a life skill.The truth is quite the opposite! How often would you go througha day without counting money or calculating your change orsavings? How often do you use your maths skills to work outhow much mulch you need for your garden or flooring for yourchildren’s room, how much half a kilo of meat or veggies cost orhow many pizzas you need to feed everyone at the table. Evencomputer crazes like Bejewelled and Candy Crush use mathspatterning and problem solving. Maths is everywhere andeveryone is doing it all of the time. So… are you good at maths?And… Do you want your child to be good at maths?
The answer to last week’s teaser:
The Bat and the ball cost $1.10 altogether. The Bat cost a $1more than the ball so the ball cost 5c. How did you go?
This week’s teaser:
Warm Regards,Ms Robinson
News from the School Chaplain
Ms Laura Spooner, School Chaplain
What makes a good friend?
Sometimes it’s hard to know how you canbe a good friend so I’ve found some tipsthat may help you with your friendships.
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Good friends…
Regards,Ms Spooner
Sports News
Mr Patrick L’Orange, HPE Teacher
Swimming News
We can finally confirm that the annualSwimming Carnival will be on the 7th ofDecember. I encourage all students fromyears 4 to 6 to attend as it is about havingfun as much as swimming fast. It will also be
the last chance for the year 6 students to participate in aPrimary School event. Don’t miss out!
State Athletics
Last week one of our students competed at the State AthleticsCarnival down in Brisbane. I would like to congratulate Kalanbecause it is a great achievement to make it so far. Kalan in 5Awon 2nd place in his Long Jump event and 4th in his 800 metreevent.
One of our year 6 students Courtney also represented at statelevel in the club athletics championships. She placed 1st inshot put and discus and 2nd in long jump. CongratulationsCourtney!
Regards,Mr L’Orange
News from the Library:
Another week, another book!
Junior Fiction Face Lift
Over the next week or two make sure youtake the time to visit the Library and see thetransformation. Many thanks to the P&C, forthe purchase of the new shelving to helpbrighten our Library.
Care for books:
Common sense: have clean hands while reading. Keep thebook on a firm flat surface, and use a book mark. If the bookneeds a repair please let us know. We will repair it.
Library bags: lining your bag with plastic is ideal, but a simplegrocery bag kept inside the Library bag works just as well. Itis the wet season and we are aware water bottles leak; thispractice will keep the books dry.
See you soon in the Library.
Happy Reading!Miss Reichardt and Mrs Curcuruto
Class News!
Prep
• Remember important things like birthdays
• Do kind things for one another
• Use kind language
• Like to spend time together
• Have fun with one another
• Are trustworthy
• Are people you can count on
• Cheer you up when you’re sad
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Warm regards,Mrs Anderson
Year 2
The fete was approaching and the excitement was growingand a pizza party was in sight. The bottles began to come in,first in 2s, then lots of 5s and 10s. Confirmation came that MrAllen's class had received approximately 90 softdrink bottlesby one child so the game was on. Competition was enoughto motivate students and parents in 2C. One parent used herinitiative and headed to Facebook asking for donations. After aquick collection she headed to the shops to buy another 184bottles of softdrink. This sum was added to the already 120+bottles generously donated by our families already. With a finalfew bottles donated on the last day we achieved 387 bottles,perhaps even a couple more. Needless to say, the kids weremore than excited when I told them we had won the pizza party.Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you for yourkind donations. Thank you to all the parents who helped set upand work in our hoop toss stall on the night, the stall was verysuccessful.
Warm regardsMrs Bryant
Five CitizensOur school vision is centred on creating active and informedcitizens for the 21st century. Our vision identifies five key areasfor building the citizenship skill of our students. This week wedemonstrate:
Healthy
100% Club!
90 students across the school enjoyed a movie and popcorn asa reward for their 100% attendance in Term 3.
Students from P-3 had a Pyjama Party and watched “NeverEnding Story” in the comfort of their Pj’s, teddies, pillows andloads of popcorn.
Year’s 4-6 watched “Tomorrow Land” and ate popcorn at halftime.
Congratulations to all students involved and we look forward to100% Club in 2017.
Kind regardsMrs Houghton
Healthy
Gotcha!
Being a safe respectful learner at Gordonvale State School ishigh on our priority list. Students regularly follow our school’sCode of Behaviour, then rewarded by teachers and staff withstamps/stickers for their Gotcha! Cards. Once their card iscomplete they receive a small prize and go in a draw at the endof term.
Jack (Prep B) and Zhen (5A) have throughout the term shownhow they can ask for help when needed, allow others to learnand work and play in a safe way. By doing this they feel safe,are respected and make friends easily. Congratulations to youboth and enjoy your lunch on us at our school’s Tuckshop.
With the end of year approaching fast students’ need to handin their completed Gotcha! Cards by November 25th to be inthe term 4 prize draw of 2 x $20 Kmart vouchers. 2x FamilyPasses to Sugarworld will also be drawn for our 2016 overallyear winners Prizes will be awarded on our last Whole SchoolParade in December
Kind regardsMrs Houghton
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Creative
School Fete!
Word around School
What a fantastic fun filled fete we had last Friday. Students wereasked to comment on “what was there favourite thing at thefete?”…
“My favourite was the fast swing and slippery slide. Thefood was fantastic too!”Rebecca
“I got to perform twice on stage”Jessica
“I loved the Flying Terror ride, the Worm and ice creamfrom the van”Miller
“Hoopla and show bags”Charlie
“Everything! The food was yum!”Jye
“The Flying Terror and the cricket bowling nets”Richard
“Hoopla! Because it was fun and a game of chance”Haeden
“Uncle Lance’s ride, The Worm and Fairy Floss”Ruby
“Hoopla! I won 8 bottles”Shipton
Warm regardsMrs Houghton
Creative
Confident Kids!
Natalie from Taylor Made confidence together with “The DramaKings and Queens of Gordonvale” put on a fabulous showat the school fete, braving the stage in front of a larger thanexpected crowd and many of them for the first time. The actorsgot many laughs and cheers, performing a variety of skits likeprofessionals. Now that they have conquered the stage, thereis no turning back for these talented youngsters. The directorNatalie said “I’m very proud of each and every one of them.They did an incredible job and were very entertaining andcourageous. “
Kindest regards,Ms Taylor
ECO
The case of the stingless bees!
Have you heard of native stingless bees? Well I am studyingthem and found out a lot of amazing things. Some may ask‘What’s so important about native bees?’ Bees are responsiblefor pollinating 70% of Australian crops and flowers. CharlesDarwin was studying native bees, and he once said ‘A man’slife without the bee would be extremely difficult.’ I have foundout in my studies so far how to build a native bee box andto coach them to go in there, I also learnt how as they arethe smallest (5mm to 10mm) and they can do a lot of things.You may eat honey bees honey but native bee’s honey is a lotdifferent and much harder to get, as they are only small anddon’t carry much. If you do want to collect honey from themthey may bite you (which is harmless) but they have no sting. Ihope you are interested and want to know more.
by,Llila Yr4C
P&C News!The P&C would like to thank all the Students, parents, carers,teachers and community members that helped with our SchoolFete. It was a great event, thanks to everyone's participationand help. Many hands made light work. What a fantastic schoolcommunity we are all part of!
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With great appreciation,Damien Byrnes
School Banking Day Reminder!Don’t forget that Wednesday is SchoolBanking day and students should bring intheir weekly deposit.
For every deposit made at school, no matterhow big or small, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token.Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they canredeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item inrecognition of their regular savings habits. The class with themost banking deposits for the week is also awarded the GoldenPlatypus Award. So don’t forget your banking!
Warm regards,Sue O’Reilly, School Banking Co-ordinator
Head lice
Don’t Let Head lice get the Better of You!
Check! Treat! And Remember to Re-Treat!!!
Student awards go too…
Term 4 Week 1
Liam 3C AAA Award
Jessica 5A AAA Award
Mahlinee 5A AAA Award
Charlotte 5B AAA Award
Kaleb 3C Gold Award
Dean 3A Gold Award
Hunter 3A Gold Award
Jack 3C Gold Award
Ella 2B Silver Award
Jessica 2B Silver Award
Ella-Jade 2B Silver Award
Patrick 2B Silver Award
Tahlia 2B Bronze Award
Gabriela 3C Bronze Award
Ali-Rae 2B Bronze Award
Charlotte 3A Bronze Award
Allysha 3A Bronze Award
Azalia 1D Bronze Award
Jahzara 1D Bronze Award
Brady 3C Bronze Award
Kyle 3C Bronze Award
• Head lice cannot survive without a human host formore than 48 hours.
• Suffocate lice by placing teddy bears, toys, etc. into asealed plastic bag for 48 hours before washing.
• Drown lice by placing brushes, combs, hair ties, etc.into a bucket full of warm water for 48 hours beforewashing.
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Term 4 Week 2
Evan 2B Respect
Patrick 2B Learning
Tristan 2B Learning
John 3A Learning
Tom 3A Learning
Robbie 3C Self-Responsibility
Treselle 3C Self-Responsibility
Anastasia 4C Respect
Christopher 4C Learning
Jennifer 4C Learning
Malakye 4C Respect
Mahlinee 5A Respect
Biance 5A Respect
Poppy 5C Respect
Sohpie 5C Learning
Emily 6B Respect
Haeden 6B Learning
Barachias 6C Learning
Ben 6C Learning
Angelica 4B Learning
Eveie Prep C Learning
Jack 3B Learning
Jet 4B Learning
Keillyn 1B Respect
Hayley E 1B Respect
Lebron 2/3 Respect
Lily-Rose 2/3 Learning
Khydan Prep A Learning
Candice Prep B Learning
Levi Prep B Learning
Zachariahas Prep B Learning
Sieanna 1B Respect
Syeira 4B Learning
Tanna 1B Learning
Term 4 Week 2
Thomas 3B Respect
Yohan Prep C Respect
Term 4 Week 3
Jye 2C Learning
Malakai 2C Learning
Whole Class 3A Great Geographer Award
Zen 3B Learning
Georgia 4C Learning
Rebecca 5A Respect
Ngulun 5A Respect
Keegan 5C Learning
Jack 2/3 Learning
Conner 4/5 Self-Responsibility
Kaylie 4/5 Learning
Samuel 4/5 Self-Responsibility
Diana 1D Respect
Jayden 2C Learning
Monica 1D Learning
Hayley Prep A Learning
Lela Prep A Learning
Nate Prep B Learning
Sebastian Prep B Learning
Cleo 3A Learning
Dustin 3A Respect
Mathletes of the Week!
Week 1 – Term 4
Lower School
1. Kaylee 3B
2. Charley 1A
3. Cody 2B
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Upper School
Week 2 – Term 4
Lower School
Upper School
Attendance Award
Week 1 – Term 4
Lower School Class Grade – 1D 98.1%!
Upper School Class Grade – 5C 99.3%!
Week 2 – Term 4
Lower School Class Grade Prep A – 96.9%!
Upper School Class Grade 5C – 97.7%!
1. Jayden 4C
2. Kaytlyn 6C
3. Jayden 6C
1. Charley 1A
1. Malakye 4C
2. Jayden 4C
3. George 6A
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Admin News
Lost Property
The end of the year is fast approaching. Please rememberto check the lost property for any misplaced items. All itemsunclaimed will be donated to charity at the end of the year.
Electronic Payments
When paying invoices online please DO NOT select the BPAYfunction. Using this function can potentially slow down theprocessing of your payment and direct your payment to anentirely different invoice. Please only select the BPOINTfunction. This function is much more efficient and will streamlineyour payment to ensure the correct invoice is paid. BPAY willeventually be phased out.
Dates to Remember
October
School Banking Wednesday 26th
November
School Banking Wednesday 2nd
Prep Information Evening Thursday 3rd
Whole School Parade Friday 4th
School Banking Wednesday 9th
School Disco Friday 11th
School Banking Wednesday 16th
School Banking Wednesday 23rd
School Captain Speeches Friday 25th
School Banking Wednesday 30th
December
Christmas Stall Thursday 1st
Christmas Stall Friday 2nd
School Banking Wednesday 7th
Swimming Carnival Wednesday 7th
Year 6 Farewell Wednesday 7th
Presentation Parade Thursday 8th
Report Cards Posted Home Friday 9th
Last Day of School Friday 9th
Prep Information Evening
School Disco
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Community Notices
What When Where
Little Lifesavers Program Sept 2016 – April 2017 Cairns Lagoon
PCYC Halloween Blue LightDisco
29th October PCYC Edmonton
Drama WorkshopsYear3-Year6
Wednesday’s 3pm –4pm
Gordonvale State School
Contact: Natalie 0466574 991
Dad’s Group Thursday’s 9am – 11am Living Waters 72-74Gordon St
Phone: Rob 0475696700
Girl Guides Cnr Church & GeorgeStreet
Phone: Melanie0416041510
Gordonvale GoannasPlaygroup
Monday’s 9.30am -11.30am
QCWA Hall Gordonvale
Phone: Debbie 40675344
We want to hear from youYour input as parents and carers of Gordonvale State Schoolstudents is greatly valued. If you have any feedback or ideason how we can communicate better with the Gordonvale StateSchool community, or have a good news story to share,please contact Jo by email at [email protected].
Advertising in the SCHOMEIf you would like to advertise your business in the SCHOME,please contact Jude Dawson, Schoolzine Advertising AccountsManager.
