15 November 2017

Newsletter Articles

The Maroochydore Way

Remembrance Day

Last Saturday our school leaders played an important part in the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Cotton Tree. Natasha and Lilyan read the poem, ‘In Flanders Field’ and placed a wreath on the Cenotaph. It is always a solemn time with much reflection and our school leaders again, set a wonderful standard in our community.

We were the only local primary school in attendance and Mrs Pool and I were proud of our school leaders in continuing our school’s long history of supporting and participating in our local RSL ceremonial days.

Swimming – Term 4

Swimming time is almost upon us!

Thank you to the huge number of families that have paid up for this very important part of our curriculum, especially as we live so close to the beach and a large river. The weeks’ swimming improves on everyones skill and confidence in and near the water. This is a lifelong skill.

November 27 – Swimming Week for all students.

A reminder that all swimming money is to be finalised by November 17.

Preparing for swimming – togs, towel, bag for wet clothes, goggles if required.

End of Year Night Year 6

December 5 – 5pm start in the School Hall

All parents and families are welcome to attend the 2017 Year 6 End of Year Evening on Tuesday December 5 starting at 5pm.

The night shall include student performances and the presentation of awards and special certificates. Our local State Member Fiona Simpson will be attending and supporting our students on this special night.

All parents are asked to bring a plate of finger food to share and a farewell cake will be cut and shared with all.

Juice will be available for the Year 6 students with tea and coffee for the parents.

Wednesday December 6 is the Year 6 trip to Aussie World.

Year 6 to High School

On November 30, all students enrolled at Maroochydore SHS have the Year 7 for 2018 Orientation Day starting at 8:30am in the School Hall.

This is a full day for students and finishes at 2:30pm.

Parents are to take their Year 6 student to the MSHS Hall at 8:25am before returning to collect their child from MSHS at 2:30pm.

Raffle Tickets

A reminder – all families are asked to return raffle tickets (sold and unsold) to the Office by November 20. If you are not in a position to sell the tickets could you, please return them to the Office ASAP.

November 27 will be the draw.

Talent Quest

Class teachers are on the lookout for hidden performing talent!

Does your child perform, sing or dance and would they like to participate in an audition for our end of year talent quest?

Please see your class teacher in the first instance with finalists being organised by Mr Spurr and Mrs Emerson.

Movies

On December 7, we will be walking our Prep to Year 5 students to the cinema to watch The Son of Bigfoot (the activity) as part of our end of year celebration. The cost is $10 and thank you for your early payments.

Please note all forms and money are to be returned by December 1.

Book Pack Notices

We are currently awaiting confirmation of the orders from Swan’s News Agency in the Plaza and will distribute these home as soon as possible.

The Uniform Shop will be open on January 17 across the morning, with book packs being able to be collected at school on this day also.

Sunshine Plaza Cranes

Did you notice? Last weekend the third crane was erected on the building site. This is a rather important crane for us as this crane now proudly has the name Sir Lift A-Lot on it. Well done again Aiden Year 2LB for coming up this is obvious and clever name!

Term 4 Whole School Cultural Activity

Our final whole school cultural performance, sponsored by our P&C, is a Science Show on November 23. We look forward to more amazing and dazzling science and thank our P&C for their generous funding of these activities across the year for all of our Maroochydore SS students.

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
November 17: 9am – 10am

A warm welcome to the Prep students of 2018 as they visit our school on November 17 with their parents and experience a little bit of Prep!

School Numbers for 2018

All schools are currently planning for 2018. Any family who is thinking of leaving the school at the end of this year could you please let us know as we too are currently in the process of organising class drafts, 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.

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.

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 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

Thank you, Year 4 students on Monday’s Parade for leading the way with your enthusiasm for RESPECT in everything we do! At both school and home.

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

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

November 17 – Prep Open Day
November 23 – Whole School Science Show
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