17 February 2016

Newsletter Articles

A New School Year

Our school community welcomes all new students, their families and staff to Maroochydore State School.

Our Day 8 enrolments created an opportunity for a new class to be created and another new teaching member of staff to be appointed. Our new year level class groupings are:

Two Prep classes with Miss Clelland and Mrs Blanch
Two Year 1 classes with Mrs Vestergaard and Mrs McSweeny
One Year 2 class with Mrs Moyle and one Year 2 / Year 3 class with Miss Burnett
One Year 3 class with Mrs Stolberg
One Year 4 class with Mrs Skehan
Two Year 5 classes with Mrs Sinclair and Miss Bassett
One Year 6 class with Mrs Hill

4 School ‘Bee’ Rules

Be Safe
Be a Learner
Be Respectful
Be Responsible

Each week at our Parade we outline a rule of the week, which is reinforced across the week in your child’s classroom so as to promote a safe and supportive school learning environment.

Fire and Evacuation Drill

Last Thursday we conducted our first emergency drill of the new school year. Our fire and evacuation drill requires us to move in our class groups to the far side of the oval and to ensure all students and staff are accounted for and well away from any potential incident. As we practice these drills staff talk to the students about their safety and this enables students to become familiar and prepared. If you are a parent or volunteer on our school site during an emergency drill we ask you to follow staff directions and to also move towards the far side of the oval.

Parent Teacher Interviews

From next week we shall be conducting parent teacher interviews with all parents. These interviews are an important opportunity for parents to discuss the way their child has settled into the new school year and to see samples of their numeracy and writing skills. This will enable new goals and actions to be set and to further challenge and support your child’s learning.

For our younger students we shall commence these interviews from March 7 as their new classes have only started this week.

Student Absences

We have a student attendance target of 95% for this school year.

If your child only attends for 90% of the school year they have effectively missed 4 weeks of teaching and learning activities.

This is a significant amount of time and is your child then getting the most out of their education? Every day counts.

If your child is absent from school are parents are asked to contact the Office and let us know of their absence. Our School Office contact number is 5475 1555. Please keep this number handy.

District Sport Trials

If your child plays in a local competition and is highly skilled in one of the following sports please see our PE Teacher Mr Chamberlain for details around participating in the upcoming District Sport trials across March.

Girls and Boys – Hockey, Basketball, Soccer Touch Football.
Netball – girls, rugby league – boys.

Facebook

Mrs Pool regularly updates the School Facebook page –