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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected] http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm Dear Students, Parents/Caregivers and Friends, Term 2 is nearly completed! What a unique term it has been – living and working in a pandemic. Despite all the challenges faced and worked through, there have been so many positives from the experience. A massive thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of our school community members. School processes for Term 3 will mostly look the same as they currently are with a few adjustments. An information sheet with the Term 3 processes will be emailed tomorrow. This morning, classes across the school worked in pairs to complete a series of STEM activities. These activities were organised by our STEM Champion teacher, Mrs Amy Harsant. Thank you, Amy! The students enjoyed a change of routine and got to challenge their brains in a different way. Further in the newsletter today you will find more examples of student work. It was rewarding to see the Quest story, letter to the future, Year 2F Science news and tchoukball competition update in last weeks newsletter. Students, and staff, have worked hard to achieve great demonstration of learning for this term. Term 3 is going to be an extra busy one with the return to teaching and learning of all key learning areas, extra activities and so on. Every day will need to count! Enjoy this break in readiness for the new term. REMINDERS FOR TERM 3 ALL students need to bring a water bottle every day; ALL students need to bring a broad brimmed hat every day; Visitors to the school MUST ring the office before entering the school grounds; Adults waiting outside the school gates need to maintain 1.5m distance from each other; School winter uniform needs to be blue or black. NO jeans. NO hoods on jumpers; Stay home if unwell. REPORT CARDS Report cards are being prepared in readiness for distribution by email in Week 1 of the new term. As already indicated a couple of times now, the report will look a little different to previous reports you have received. Editing the report cards has been rewarding as there are so many good news stories. Learning differently in Term 2 has not really affected studentsoverall ratings which has been the bonus of a challenging term. There will be no formal parent-teacher interview period allocated but parents are certainly welcome to make a time for a phone chat with relevant class teachers. Teachers will also be making contact with parents as necessary. SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY The Department of Education is conducting shorter, sharper School Opinion Surveys this year for students, staff and parents. The surveys will comprise a short number of questions about learning arrangements in Term 2, as well as a small number of the regular SOS questions that more broadly reflect the entire year. Special points of interest: 5/6 News 1S Happenings Chappys Chats 6M Letter STEM Rotations From the Principals Desk Moura Minor “We strive for great things” 25th June 2020 Term 2, Week 10 THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK Life is not colourful. Life is colouring. – Paco Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better. – Emile Coue
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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

Dear Students, Parents/Caregivers and Friends, Term 2 is nearly completed! What a unique term it has been – living and working in a pandemic. Despite all the challenges faced and worked through, there have been so many positives from the experience. A massive thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of our school community members.

School processes for Term 3 will mostly look the same as they currently are with a few adjustments. An information sheet with the Term 3 processes will be emailed tomorrow.

This morning, classes across the school worked in pairs to complete a series of STEM activities. These activities were organised by our STEM Champion teacher, Mrs Amy Harsant. Thank you, Amy! The students enjoyed a change of routine and got to challenge their brains in a different way.

Further in the newsletter today you will find more examples of student work. It was rewarding to see the Quest story, letter to the future, Year 2F Science news and tchoukball competition update in last week’s newsletter. Students, and staff, have worked hard to achieve great demonstration of learning for this term.

Term 3 is going to be an extra busy one with the return to teaching and learning of all key learning areas, extra activities and so on. Every day will need to count! Enjoy this break in readiness for the new term. REMINDERS FOR TERM 3 ALL students need to bring a

water bottle every day; ALL students need to bring a

broad brimmed hat every day; Visitors to the school MUST ring

the office before entering the school grounds;

Adults waiting outside the school gates need to maintain 1.5m distance from each other;

School winter uniform needs to be blue or black. NO jeans. NO hoods on jumpers;

Stay home if unwell.

REPORT CARDS Report cards are being prepared in readiness for distribution by email in Week 1 of the new term. As already indicated a couple of times now, the report will look a little different to previous reports you have received. Editing the report cards has been rewarding as there are so many good news stories. Learning differently in Term 2 has not really affected students’ overall ratings which has been the bonus of a challenging term. There will be no formal parent-teacher interview period allocated but parents are certainly welcome to make a time for a phone chat with relevant class teachers. Teachers will also be making contact with parents as necessary. SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY The Department of Education is conducting shorter, sharper School Opinion Surveys this year for students, staff and parents. The surveys will comprise a short number of questions about learning arrangements in Term 2, as well as a small number of the regular SOS questions that more broadly reflect the entire year.

Speci a l po in ts o f in te rest :

5/6 News

1S Happenings

Chappy’s Chats

6M Letter

STEM Rotations

From the Principal’s Desk

Moura Minor

“We strive for great things”

2 5 t h J u n e 2 0 2 0 T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0

THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

Life is not colourful. Life is colouring. – Paco

Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better. – Emile Coue

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

The online survey will be available for completion until Friday 17 July 2020. Below is the information for parents about the survey. Year 4-6 students and all staff have also been invited to complete the survey. Students will complete the survey at school. Parent survey – https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay

RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR PLAN

STATIONERY SUPPLIES With holiday time approaching, please start a shopping list of items your child will need to restock depleted supplies. Pencils, erasers and other such items should be put at the top of the list. LOST PROPERTY As we come to the end of another term, it is time to check that your children have all of their winter clothing, lunch boxes, hats and water bottles. A few discarded items are to be found in classrooms, in the lost property box and in the Hall. Please start doing a stocktake of your children’s gear and ask your child to search for any missing items. Any items not collected at the end of the term will be cleaned and sent to St Vinnies. ON THIS DAY June 25:1847 Melbourne is declared a city by Queen Victoria.

Yours in Education

Laurel

P a g e 2 T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0

21st - 27th June

Millie, Jake, Ely, Jyah, Kaydence

Birthdays over the holidays

28th June - 11th July

Tait, Mason, Gabriel, Hayden, Sienna, Jackson, Dylan, Logan, Tinayeishe

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

Prep F Evelyn

Prep H Jhai

1J Grady

1S Layla

2F Ty

2/3W Kathleen

3H Skylah

4C Jaeda

4/5L Tazma

5/6H Chloe

6M Baily

Students of the Week

At our school, we want children to

Be Learning

Be Responsible

Be Courteous

Be Safe

Bee Awards

Billie-Prep F, Paisley-Prep F,

Jacob-Prep H, Kendyl-Prep H,

Addison-1J, Milania-1S, Shawn-2F,

Jaxson-2/3W, Edward-4C,

Belinda-4C, Charlotte-4C,

Benson-4/5L, Rylan-5/6H,

Reagan-6M

P a g e 3 T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0

DATES TO REMEMBER June 2020

26 Last Day Term 2

July 2020

13 Term 3 Starts

27 Prep Vision Screening

28-30 School Review

August 2020

5 School Photos

Student

Details forms

if you have one at

home, please

complete it and

return to the

office ASAP.

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

P a g e 4 T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0

NEXT MEETING Our next P and C General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 26 August at 5.30pm in the

MSS Library. Social distancing and hand sanitising will apply

and no children please.

WELLBEING

Don’t forget that the Premier’s Reading

Challenge is still going. These school

holidays would be a great opportunity to

catch up on some of your reading!!

You still have until Friday 28th August to log

your reading. Check out the Premier’s

Reading Challenge website where you can

find the reader record if you still need it.

The website also has suggested book lists if you need ideas for books. Remember, the Queensland State Schools e-library has many of these titles available to borrow for free just by logging in with your student EQ logon.

Happy Reading!

Breakfast Club

When: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings Where: SEP Time: 8.30am to 8.50am

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

Please notify the office of

any regular changes to the

afternoon bus travel plans

of your child/ren so that bus

rolls can be adjusted to

reflect these. eg Ballet on

T h u r s d ay a f t e r n o o n s ,

S w i m m i n g o n Tu e s d ay

afternoons.

Every term you need to update

any changes to the bus

routine.

Thank you.

T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0 P a g e 5

HEAD LICE ALERT We are currently experiencing a problem with

head lice at school. If everyone could spend

some time over the holidays checking their

child/children’s hair, and treating if

necessary, we will be one step closer to

eliminating this problem. If your child has

long hair, please send them to school with it

tied up. More information regarding dealing

with head lice can be found further in this

newsletter.

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0 P a g e 6

5/6 News

5/6H have learnt about natural disasters this term for Science. They had the chance to recreate some of them in Lego form.

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

P a g e 7 T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0

Tchoukball Tournament Update The lunchtime Tchoukball tournament is in full swing with some great games of sportsmanship and skill being displayed! The results so far are:

Sports News

Round Monday Wednesday Friday

1 Diamonds def Crystals

Aussies V Red Knights draw

R346 def Soy Sauce

Wallabies def Jackaroos

Parra Eels def Mustangs

Jackaroos def Fast N Furious

2 Aussies def Crystals

Red Knights def Soy Sauce

R346 def Diamonds

Wallabies V Mustangs draw

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0 P a g e 8

STEM Rotations

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0 P a g e 9

Chappy’s Chats Surprise Surprise!!! …… Holidays

are here again. I feel they have come around really fast this term but the children are starting to lag so a change of scene will burst and refresh us all.

Parents, you have worked hard this term with home schooling and Covid-19 and the children have had a few different teachers to accommodate so let’s all relax and enjoy ourselves for the next two weeks. Just think, sleep ins – no

early mornings getting kids dressed for the school bus or drop offs at the front gate. You don’t have to think too hard about the lunch box, and you can think differently – Hot Dogs or Chips on Bread with tomato sauce (yes please). No ironing of school uniforms - Kids, you can wear whatever you like, just make sure you get dressed some days. Popcorn, Hot Chocolate and a movie on the lounge sounds good. A drive in the countryside ending with a picnic sounds like an adventure.

Sleepovers are hard work, but give you the time to get to know your child’s friends (This can be very rewarding in the end). We are halfway through the year so it’s wise to do some well-being checkups for your selves and your children.

Parents, can I suggest that you take your child/children on a one on one date and give them your full attention and ask them to share what is going on in their lives. Make eye contact and wait for their response. Prompt them with a question if they run out of things to tell you, but don’t take over their conversation. I have found that children just need to be listened to and there is no one more important to them than you. Can I leave you with a few quotes? Good friends help you find things when you have lost them…. your smile, your hope, and your courage. Once you make choices, your choices make you. Rick Warren Having a heart to bless will challenge the judgmental mindset that can colour how we look at those we live with and among. Ray Godwin

Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have

faith in how far you can go. But don’t

forget to enjoy the journey.

Eat lots, Sleep lots, Laugh lots, Love lots, Read lots this holidays and come back refreshed and renewed. I have set myself a goal of achieving all of the above. Please make a promise to yourself to enjoy the break.

Many Blessings

(Chappy) Karen Westbrook

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0 P a g e 1 0

1S Happenings Year 1S has been learning about money and its value. The class is in the process of making a shop. Students have had to make money for their shop, signs, badges and shop frontages. The students have enjoyed working collaboratively and creatively together.

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

T e r m 2 , W e e k 1 0 P a g e 1 1

Another letter to the future students of 2059 from the 6M class!

Dear student of the future,

Hello! My name is Sophie Hutchinson and I am a year six student at Moura

State School in the year of 2020. I live out of town, so I catch the Kianga

bus to school. I have lived in Moura my whole life but I moved to my new

house in year four (2018). Anyway, enough about myself. I am writing this

letter to you so you can have a better understanding of what life was like

in 2020. If I am correct, you should be a year six student of 2059. So that

means you will be reading this in 39 years. Big time difference.

Corona virus is a virus that is affecting the world’s population. Everyone

has been stuck in isolation and going crazy over toilet paper. You’ve

probably heard of it, right? Well, I’ve only recently come back to school

after having to be home-schooled for nine weeks. It’s great to be back at

school, but I did enjoy home-schooling because I could work at my own pace

and get lots of free time. Also, almost everything has been cancelled. DV

athletics and even Coal Festival! I was so excited for all those things.

You probably want to know what all the trends in 2020 were, right? Well,

Tik Tok, which is an app where people make mini videos, like dances and

mini vlogs, is the biggest craze right now with over 100 million downloads!

That’s a lot of people using it. I really like tik tok, but it can be

annoying because you can only make one minute max videos. Another thing

that is really popular is games like Fortnite and Minecraft. Even though

these things are really big right now, you would probably think they are

pretty lame in the future.

I think you would have flying cars in the future, so I’m going to let you

know what cars were like in 2020. My family currently owns five cars, a

white Toyota Land cruiser, a white Toyota Land cruiser ute, a black ute, a

blue ute and a white ute. We use the blue ute to go four wheel driving, or

in other words, Sophie torturing.

I hope my letter has helped you get a better understanding of lifestyle in

the year of 2020.

Yours sincerely,

Sophie Hutchinson

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51 Gillespie Street, PO Box 182, Moura QLD 4718. Telephone: 49975222 Absence Line : 4997 5260 Email: [email protected]

http://www.mourass.eq.edu.au Office hours 8am—3:30pm

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rs c

an b

e alerted

to

the

prob

lem a

nd c

an c

heck

for

hea

d lic

e an

d arrang

e trea

tmen

t if

nece

ssary.

Some

inform

ation

abou

t…..

He

ad

Lic

e

Th

is information

has be

en o

btaine

d from

a

Quee

nsland

Hea

lth F

act Sh

eet.

What are

they

?

Head

Lice

(Ped

iculus

cap

itis) a

re s

mall,

wingless,

egg

laying

ins

ects fou

nd o

n the

human

hea

d. T

hey

grow

to

abou

t 3.5m

m (the

size

of a

sesa

me

seed

or

pin

head

). He

ad lice

live

on the

hair

and

feed

by

suck

ing

bloo

d from

the

sca

lp. Th

ey a

re p

ale

grey

in

colou

r be

fore

fee

ding

and

red

dish

brown

after

feed

ing.

Liv

e e

ggs

(som

etim

es c

alled

nits)

are

glue

d to

the

hair s

haft w

ithin a

distanc

e of 1

.5cm

from the

scalp.

The

y h

atch

in 7

-10 d

ays

as y

oung

lice

(nym

phs).

It t

akes

up t

o t

en d

ays

to b

ecom

e mature

lice

and b

egin

lay

ing e

ggs. A

dults

are

larger

tha

n ny

mph

s an

d a

mature

female

lays

up

to e

ight e

ggs pe

r da

y.

Sym

ptom

s

Detection

of a

dult lice

or n

ymph

s on

the

sca

lp is

the

best w

ay to

determ

ine

if he

ad lice

are

presen

t. While m

ost pe

ople w

ith h

ead

lice

will n

ot d

evelop

an

itch, a

smaller

numbe

r of

peo

ple

deve

lop

an

itch

due

to a

n allergic rea

ction

to the

saliva

of the

lous

e. Sc

ratching

ca

n give

rise

to

seco

ndary

bacterial infections

on

the

scalp. S

wellin

g of lym

ph

node

s (ade

nopa

thy)

in

the

neck

can

occ

ur in

some

peop

le d

ue to

this infec

tion.

Tra

nsm

issi

on

Head

lice

do n

ot fly

or

jum

p.

They

are s

prea

d mainly

by d

irec

t hea

d t

o hea

d co

nta

ct.

They

ha

ve s

tron

g claw

s an

d mov

e by

swinging

from h

air to h

air.

This c

an h

appe

n whe

n pe

ople p

lay, c

uddle

or

work

closely

toge

ther.

A few

hea

d lic

e ha

ve b

een

foun

d on

com

bs,

hairbrus

hes

an

d

pillo

w

cases.

How

ever

, transm

ission

fro

m t

hes

e item

s ca

n o

nly

oc

cur

when

the

item

is

use

d w

ithin

the

24 h

our

period

fol

lowin

g u

se b

y a p

erso

n

with h

ead

lice

.

Head

lice

can

surv

ive

only u

p to a

day

away

from

the

hum

an h

ost.

Head

lice

mus

t feed

on

human

blood

eve

ry six

hour

s to rep

lenish

the

ir w

ater s

upply

or the

y will

die

of d

ehyd

ratio

n. T

he lon

ger they

are a

way

from

a hu

man

host, t

he w

eake

r they

bec

ome

and

the

less likely

they

are to

infest the

next pe

rson

.

Hea

d lice

do

not

live

or

br

eed on

anim

als,

bedd

ing,

furn

iture

,

carp

ets,

clot

hes

or

soft toy

s.

Det

ection

of Hea

d Lic

e

The

most

effective

way

to

detect h

ead

lice

is b

y us

ing t

he h

air

condi

tion

er and co

mbi

ng

metho

d. Yo

u will

ne

ed white

co

lour

ed ha

ir

cond

ition

er, an

ordinary c

omb, a

fine

tooth

head

lic

e co

mb

and

white tissu

e/kitche

n towel.

Apply

sufficient

white c

onditio

ner

to d

ry h

air

to c

over the

sca

lp a

nd h

air from

roo

ts to

tip.

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