19 October 2017
Newsletter Articles
The Maroochydore Way
Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be a Learner
Term 4
Welcome back to the final term of the school year and thank you to everyone for making it such a positive start. Term 4 is always very exciting with so much happening in every classroom with Mrs Pool and I encouraging all parents to catch up with their child’s teacher and check in on what learning will be going on in Term 4 in the classroom. This allows you to have positive discussions at home as a follow up, especially if your child says, “we did nothing today!”
The best educational outcomes are achieved with both school and home working together.
Consistently high expectations.
Prep Enrolments for 2018
We are taking Prep enrolments for 2018.
(A child born 01 July to 30 June 2013 is eligible to enrol in Prep for 2018)
Enrolment forms will be available on these session, or download one from our website.
Bring along your child’s Birth Certificate to fulfil the legal requirement of the enrolment.
Prep Open Day
October 23: 9am – 10am
November 17: 9am – 10am
A warm welcome to the Prep students of 2018 as they visit our school on these two days with their parents and experience a little bit of Prep!
Safety before and after school
We continue to reinforce safety messages with all students particularly with those who walk or ride a bike, scooter or skateboard to and from school. We have had a number of reports that some students are crossing Evans Street in a dangerous manner and a reminder that the traffic light crossing is to be used.
Another reminder that there is to be no riding within the school grounds.
We would encourage parents and carers to reinforce this message and to keep reminding your children to be alert and ride or walk to, from and within school carefully.
October 27 – a busy, busy day
On Friday, October 27 we will have a very busy day here at Maroochydore.
- Grandparents Day
- Day for Daniel
- World Teachers’ Day 2017
Grandparents Day – keep an eye out for a small note coming home today/tomorrow. Spent some time in their grandchild’s classroom and paint a friendship rock.
Day for Daniel - Friday October 27 is also ‘Day for Daniel’. Students are encouraged to wear red, and may make a gold coin donation on the day. Student donations will be collected in the classroom, while other donations can be made at the hall or the office.
World Teachers’ Day - This is a day, where the school parent community can recognise the tremendous work done by the teachers at our school. So many of our teachers go above and beyond because they want to make sure every child at Maroochydore is succeeding.
Bucket Hats
Just a reminder for all students to leave their baseball caps at home. Parents please ensure your child has a broad brimmed/bucket style hat for maximum sun safety protection when out in the playground.
Attendance at School
Term 4 of school is just as important as the rest of the school year. It is important that all students attend school every day unless they are unwell or have an appointment that can’t be made after school.
It really makes a significant difference to their learning outcomes. Being late also hinders learning as vital information such as learning goals and changes to the routine are given to the class at the beginning of each day.
We encourage all families to ensure their children are at school every day and on time. If you want your child to be successful at school then YES- EVERY DAY COUNTS!
School Numbers for 2018
Any families who are thinking of leaving the school at the end of this year please let us know because we are currently in the process of organising our classes, staffing and resources for 2018.
Likewise, if you are aware of any new families wanting to enrol their child/ren for next year, please ask them to contact the school office.
Swimming – Term 4
Swimming is on in late Term 4 this year.
November 27 – Swimming Week for all students.
A swimming note went home earlier this term and thank you to those parents who have promptly paid for swimming. A reminder that all swimming money is to be finalised by November 17.
School Watch
Please call 13 17 88 if you observe any suspicious activity on our school site during out of hours times.
Unfortunately, during the holidays we had a couple of break ins and reports of a number of youths on our school site. We refer all such incidents to the Police for their investigation.
Routines and Expectations
Haven’t our wonderful Prep students done a wonderful job in speaking on Parade around the weekly behavior rule? Thank you Prep students for your enthusiasm and applying our 4 school rules into your daily learning.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
Please reinforce with your children the idea that we do not solve disagreements by being physical at any time. That we use our words, walk away or seek a teacher to assist.
- I say STOP if someone or something is upsetting me.
- I WALK away from the situation to a safe place.
- I TALK to someone I can trust.
- I CONTROL myself and keep my COOL.
- I can solve problems in a calm manner.
Resilience
In this context resilience means that students need to take responsibility for their own actions.
Regardless of what bad things we experience or others may do to us we are still responsible for how we react. It is not acceptable to justify our inappropriate behaviour as a result of someone else’s behaviour towards us.
Wearing the correct school uniform including a broad brimmed hat for play times.
School learning starts at 8:30am sharp.
There are high expectations around student work, personal achievements and behaviour.
For any student absence please call the school before 8:30am on the day of the absence. 5475 1555
Our 4 School Rules are:
Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be a Learner
All student mobile phones are to be taken to the School Office for safe keeping during the school day. Students collect them at the end of the school teaching and learning day at 2:30pm.
Playground Use
It is great to see students and families enjoy the wonderful facilities and playgrounds straight after school. However, I need all of the community to please support this practice in the following way.
If students are to use the playground after school, their parent must be actively supervising their child from right next to the playground.
I appreciate everyone’s support with this.
Term 4 Dates
October 23 – Prep Open
Day
October 27 – Grandparents Day, Dan for Daniel,
World Teachers Day
November 17 – Prep Open Day
November 27 – P&C raffle draw
November 27 – Swimming Week for all
students
November 30 – Year 6 to MSHS
December 5 – 5pm End of Year 6
Evening
December 6 – Yr 6 to Aussie World
December 7 – Prep to Yr 5 Movie Day
December 8 - End of school year