18 August 2016

Newsletter Articles

Swimming – Term 4

With the beaches and rivers so close it is vital for all students to be well skilled and confident in and around our waterways. Each year we provide an opportunity for all students to have an intensive week of lessons at the Olympic Swimming Pool at Cotton Tree with qualified swim instructors.

In Week 2 of Term 4 students from Prep to Year 6 will be bussed to and from Cotton Tree Olympic Pool each day for a swim session.

The cost includes the bus and the swim instruction and is again, $55. Invoices have been forwarded to all parent’s email address this week. Please contact the Office if you have not received an invoice.

Payment is due by September 16.

Evans Street Road Works

Access to the school via Primary School Court. As of yesterday access is left in and left out only. There is no right turn access from Evans Street into Primary School Court and no right turn can be made now from school onto Evans Street.

To travel north from school turn left onto Evans Street and use the Millwell Rd/Evans Street roundabout to access the northbound lanes.

Book Week

On Thursday August 25 all students are invited to celebrate book week by dressing to match the book week theme. Australia! Story Country.

Father’s Day Breakfast

Chappy Sam is again hosting our annual Father’s Day Breakfast. Each year this event gets bigger and bigger and is a wonderful reflection of our supportive school environment. We look forward to seeing a large number of dads/carers come along again this year.

Thursday September 1 in the School Hall from 7:00am

RSVP at the School Office by August 26. An RSVP is essential for catering purposes and to avoid disappointment for all.

NAPLAN Online Trial School

You may have heard that NAPLAN Online is being introduced from 2017, with the aim for all schools to be administering NAPLAN online by 2019.

Our school has been selected to trial the new assessment platform (the computer system the test will be taken on). This trial is not a ‘test’ of content, it is a chance for the new platform to be trialled in a real life classroom environment.

Participating in this trial will help us make sure we have adequate bandwidth capacity, wireless connectivity, and whether our students have access to a sufficient number of devices for NAPLAN testing and it will provide our students an opportunity to experience the types of questions that will be included in the new online assessment.

Prep Enrolments

Now is the time all parents need to complete enrolment forms for any new students wishing to commence Prep at Maroochydore SS in 2017.

Students eligible for Prep are those born between the 1st July 2011 and the 30 June 2012.

Planning is well underway and so please ensure if you or any of your friends have a 2017 Prep enrolment that you collect the enrolment forms from the office and return asap so that you get all of the information about upcoming open days and transition sessions.

School Wide Positive Behaviour

Week 5 – BEe Respectful – using manner all the time.

At school, at home, in the community.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Every day counts

As we start a new of term, parents are reminded of the importance of sending children to school every day. Being at school every day is important, if with one day absent each week quickly adding up to two months of missed lessons in a year.

Unless your child is ill, it is expected that your child will be at school learning every day of the school year.

More information on the importance of regular school attendance is available at the link below. The videos associated with this link highlight issues often faced by parents and dispel some myths about absences form school and are worth a look.

By sending your child to school every day we are together developing good habits for success at primary school and beyond. When parents do not support developing a solid routine of attending school every day issues of truancy and poor work habits can emerge.

If you have any concerns regarding your child’s attendance please do not hesitate to contact the school for support.

Triple P Parenting Programme

Three Seminars - Tuesday August 9, Tuesday August 23 and Tuesday September 6

The power of positive learning, raising resilient children, raising confident capable kids.

It’s free – no cost! In the School Library 8:30am – 10:30am

RSVP the School Office – 5475 1555

Our Chaplain Sam is a trained presenter and has recently conducted these sessions at another school with over 30 mums and dads. Thank you to the number of parents that have already booked in.

2016 Premier’s Reading Challenge

All Maroochydore State School students have been registered for this year’s Premier’s reading challenge. Every student who completes the challenge will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Premier. These will be presented on parade in November.

For more information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge, please visit:

You can play a big part in your children’s future by encouraging them to be part of this positive initiative. We look forward to seeing as many of our students as possible embrace the 2016 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

P&C News

Just a few things from the P&C…

Tuckshop Volunteers

We also have our usual request for volunteers to help in the tuckshop. We cannot keep the tuckshop open without volunteer help, and we are desperate for people to help on a Friday. Anytime you can give is great, even if it is just an hour or two every now and then – we don’t need you to make a regular commitment. Morning tea is provided for volunteers, and there are a range of different things that need doing, so Bronny will be able to find something you feel confident doing (and most of the tasks are things we do daily at home anyway!) Please see her at the tuckshop, email me on doncobeth@gmail.com, or leave your name at the office and we can contact you back.