Oonoonba State School Newsletter Address: Fairfield Waters Drive, Idalia Q 4811 / PO Box 1077, Oonoonba Q 4811 Phone: 4799 8333 / Fax: 4799 8300 / Student Absence Line: 4799 8366 Email: [email protected]Website: www.oonoonbass.eq.edu.au Principal: Anne-Marie Day Deputy Principal: Trevor Milton Acting HOSES Inclusion: Donna Mildren Business Manager: Michelle Rick Term 2 Week 6 - Wednesday May 27 2020 Dear Parents and Carers, It was with great excitement that I woke on Monday morning. It was for two reasons - All students would be returning to school and because it was warmer than Saturday! The students have once again filled the school with their excitement too, and it was lovely to see so many smiling faces on Monday morning as I stood at the gates to welcome everyone back! The noise at break me also indicates to me that students are glad to be back to see their friends. Oh we did miss them! Thank you to the many parents and students who are saying goodbye at the gate and walking independently to the classrooms. It is amazing how independent the children have become! Once again it has been a team effort with parents doing a wonderful job at home with supervising the learning of your children and staff supervising the learning at school for the past five weeks. Now we can all get back into a roune again. We do encourage you to say good bye at the gate so that we limit the number of adults in the school grounds. The mornings work well however the aſternoons are sll rather busy with parents all coming at the one me. If you park we will walk the children out to the gates and monitor them unl we see you. This would help the congeson outside the classrooms. If you are insistent on coming into the school grounds, you must connue to pracce the social distancing rules within the school outside the classrooms and in the car park. Parents/Carers must not enter the classrooms. If you need to speak to the classroom teacher send an email or ask them to step outside. Remember adults must maintain a physical distance of 1.5 metres from each other. Parents should not gather before or aſter school, in the car park, at drop off and pick up me, outside classrooms or at the school gate. Public Educaon Day – 28 th May Public Educaon is a public good. In schools we celebrate diversity, creavity, respect and the right of every child to access a high quality educaon. On Public Educaon Day recognise and celebrate public educaon and acknowledge and thank our staff. They do an amazing job! Our Vision……‘CONNECTING AND ENGAGING THROUGH LEARNING’ Our Belief………..“Our Students are worth whatever it takes”.
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Oonoonba State School Newsletter Address: Fairfield Waters Drive, Idalia Q 4811 / PO Box 1077, Oonoonba Q 4811
NRW extends from Wednesday 27 May until 3 June. The theme this year is “In this Together”
At the beginning of parades our students do an Acknowledgement of Country. This is what it is all about.
ACKNOWLEDGE COUNTRY: TODAY, EVERY DAY WHY IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY IMPORTANT? An Acknowledgement of Country is an opportunity for anyone to show respect for Traditional Owners and the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Country. This will help create a more united Australia, as we all walk together towards reconciliation. WHO CAN GIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY? Everyone. It can be given by non-Indigenous people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. WHAT DO I SAY? This suggested wording will help you express your Acknowledgement of Country. “I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Land on which I stand. I acknowledge the (people) of the (nation) and pay my respects to Elders past and present.” Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may also wish to acknowledge their own mob/s. Regards
Anne-Marie Day
Principal
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. IF YOU HAVE PAID FOR THESE EVENTS
PLEASE COMPLETE A REQUEST FOR PARENT REFUND FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE PAID FOR
FRIDAY SPORT, YEAR 5 & YEAR 6 CAMP DEPOSIT OR SWIMMING PLEASE COLLECT FORMS FROM THE
OFFICE OR ON OUR WEBSITE. WWW.OONOONBASS.EQ.EDU.AU
FROM THE DEPUTY’S DESK
This week, we have checked on the Third Party Website permissions for Year 2 to Year 6 students who have returned to school. In, particular we have checked those permissions for the online web based educational sites Typing Tournament and Maths Invaders Online. We have invested $1600 in order to give students in our school access to these two sites for 12 months. If our records indicate that your child currently does not have permission for these two sites, a new permissions form will be sent home this week via the classroom teacher for parents/carers to read, sign and return to the classroom. We are aiming to have all students registered, as they have the opportunity to go to the computer labs on a regular basis with their class and teacher. For example, with Typing Tournament, this service teaches students of all ages about the computer keyboard and the skill of ten finger touch-typing. Students can apply these skills to other devices when using them. Maths Invaders online aims to build the recall of times tables and maths facts fluency. School Photos – Thursday 04 and Friday 05 June (Week 7) School photos are next week on Thursday and Friday. MSP Photography are following a range of protocols and their policies in relation to the current context and as a result, there will be no class group photos. Instead, the class group photos will include individual portraits of each student and teacher/s in the class. The venue for photos has changed to the resource centre meeting room with some new on the day protocols put in place. Today, paper-based information about photos is being distributed to all students who have not received them so far, so that they can take the information home and pass on to parents/carers. Classroom teachers will also be receiving information. The information is about everything that you will need to know, including how to order online and when to return the envelope to school. The online issue that was discovered last week has now been corrected. For sibling photos, a specific envelope can be requested by parents/carers from the school office. By the end of this week, we will release the timetable for classes as to when their school photos, will be taken on Thursday or Friday next week. Have a great week! Trevor Milton Deputy Principal
Student of the week—Congratulations to the following students.
Certificates will be announced via our videod Parade on Monday of Week 7 Term 2
Nethuli Sendanayake Prep O Felix Okamura 1H Ella Hopkins 2P
Well it’s been a long time coming but Instrumental lessons have recommenced this week. Mr Temple’s lessons for Brass, Woodwind and Percussion instruments are on Tuesdays. We welcome Mrs Jung to our school as our replacement strings teacher for Mrs Stevenson. Lessons will begin this Friday for Strings students. Don't forget your instruments. There will be no ensemble rehearsals for the rest of term. Unfortunately, due to the current situation, we will not be having choir rehearsals on Wednesdays. Hopefully this will be able to recommence in third term. I ask that all students who were in the choir keep practicing their choir songs, in particular “I am Australian” so that when we are finally able to rehearse we can perform that song on parade one day.
Yours in music
Mrs Gough, Mr Temple, Mrs Jung
ISSUE 4 – Closing date Monday 15th June, 2020
Issue 4 Book Club catalogues will be distributed to students this week. The corresponding virtual catalogue is still
available online for your perusal.
To order from Issue 4, place your order on LOOP.
ISSUE 4 closes: Monday 15th
June
Your order will be registered to our Oonoonba SS platform, sent to school and distributed to the students prior to the end of term 2.
The Book Club LOOP platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card. You can place your
child’s order at scholastic.com.au/LOOP or using the LOOP app, which can be
downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.
Thank you for your continued support of Scholastic Book Club.
