Anthony Street Ascot QLD 4007 Website: http://www.ascotss.eq.edu.au/ Email: [email protected] Phone: (07) 3326 9333 Fax: (07) 3326 9300 Subscribe to Online Newsletter! http://ascotss.schoolzinenewsletters.com/subscribe Issue 14 – Wednesday 13 May 2015 Friends of Music FROM GAYLE COLEMAN: PRINCIPAL This week we congratulate the cross country team and Mrs Graham for their efforts last week in the District Cross Country. The effort that was put in to training and preparation paid off with the team success last Tuesday. Well done to all participants and our fantastic, Mrs Graham. The last two weeks we have been blessed by the musicianship of Mrs Margaret Howard and the Senior Band. As we no longer have the Year 7 students in the band the membership and expertise has dwindled but the high standards still prevail. Thank you for using our Senior Assemblies as an opportunity to showcase your talents. This Friday 15 May the Friends of Music are holding the Year 3 Disco and these events are major fundraisers for this committee. We hope you can join them. NAPLAN testing time again Staffing Changes With NAPLAN underway this week it is important that we remember how fortunate we are at Ascot State School to have a focus on Student Success and Wellbeing. A key feature of this program is Academic Tenacity. Why is it that some students with the same level of academic abilities can respond in remarkably different ways to frustration, with one relishing the opportunity to learn and the other becoming demoralised and giving up? Research shows that non-cognitive factors are critical for ongoing academic success. These factors include students’ beliefs about themselves, their goals in school, their feelings of social belonging and their self-regulatory skills. (C Dwek, G Walton and G Cohen 2014) Next week Mrs Donna Gurren will be on leave until term three. She will be replaced by Mrs Selina Taylor who is an experienced teacher and Selina has worked on many contracts at Ascot State School. Please make her welcome. Student Successes As a school we have a strong focus on the social and emotional well-being of our students through praising and acknowledging students’ efforts rather than their results. Academic tenacity is about working hard, working smart and looking beyond short-term concerns to longer term goals. So as we commence our NAPLAN tests this week I know our students will be putting in their best effort. Our Years 3 and 5 students are participating in the annual National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests to assess their skills and understanding in the areas of reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. If your child is ill and misses one of the tests, we do catch-up tests on Friday 15 May. An individual NAPLAN report for each child will be sent home later this year. Results provide additional feedback for parents, carers and teachers on how students are progressing in key curriculum areas. Further NAPLAN information for parents and carers is available online. http://www.nap.edu.au/ Bell Times Update I am writing to advise the parent community that the staff ballot on suggested changes to the school start and finish times was conducted last Monday. The overwhelming response was in favour of maintaining the current bell times. I fully support our professional teaching staff who value the time before school to prepare, attend case or curriculum meetings, hold parent interviews or work alongside their colleagues on planning and assessment tasks. I also acknowledge that as a school community your parental support is highly valued and I see evidence of positive parental engagement on a daily basis across the school. Our students are also very fortunate to be offered a range of extracurricular activities both before and after school. I appreciate the opportunity for open conversations with any parents regarding other initiatives you may like to recommend so please feel free to email [email protected] or call me on 33269333. Regards Gayle Coleman Principal THANK YOU!!! Please email me with your [email protected] . questions Sarah Comiskey, President Thank you to our many wonderful volunteers for all that you do for the betterment of our School and enrichment of our students’ primary school years! Volunteer Week celebrated across the nation from 11-17 May BOUQUETS Beautiful bouquets to our FoVAD Convenor, Katrina Murphy, and her dedicated sub-committee, Beck, Belinda, Jane, Kylie, Karen and Carla, for the wonderful and hugely successful Art Week last week. The students across all year levels were engaged, creative and, more importantly, having fun. Thank you!! FROM YOUR P&C Without volunteers there would be no P&C, so with Volunteer Week celebrated across the nation from 11-17 May, this is the week that I’d like to take the opportunity to say “thank you” to the parents and friends of Ascot State School who help out in our school every single day. Your contributions undoubtedly make a big difference to our school. So thank you to those parents and carers who give up their time for free to help with the following activities that make Ascot such a fantastic school: • Class Reading and other class activities NEXT P&C MEETING: WEDNESDAY 20 MAY AT 7.30PM (STAFF ROOM - C BLOCK) Agenda: Welcome Minutes of Previous Meeting Matters Arising from the Minutes Correspondence Matters arising from the Correspondence Principal’s Report Treasurer’s Report Sub-committee Reports General Business New Memberships. UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday 14/5/ 15 8.15-9.30am: Uniform Shop open NAPLAN: Years 3 & 5 Numeracy 1.15pm: Thinkers’ Club (Art Room) 1.00-1.15pm: s.t.e.m Meeting (6C) Friday 15/5/15 NAPLAN Tests: Catch-up Session 6.00-7.30pm: Year 3 Disco (Hall) Monday 18/5/ 15 8.15-9.30am: Uniform Shop open 9.00am: 6A Assembly (Hall) • Tuckshop and Home Bake 10.30am: 1B Assembly • Discos, Movie Nights and Musical Evenings MN Golf • Art Classes, Art Week and Art Evenings • Swim Club and parents who oversee swimming lessons during class Tuesday 19/5/ 15 ICAS Digital Technologies Competition (Years 3-6) 1.00pm: Year 5 Debating (4A) Prep A & Prep B Trevena Glen Farm Excursion • Uniform Shop fittings and service • Welcoming new families • Overseeing building projects at the school • Assisting with Physical Education classes and other sporting days • Class Parent Representatives • P&C Executive team and members. And also a special thanks to those teachers who also go “above and beyond” by giving up their lunch hours to coach Debating, Chess, Robotics, EarlyAct, Cross Country training, Friends Program, Opti-Minds and, of course, Band and Choir practices. So this week, if you are up at the school, please make a point of saying “thank you” to someone you know who helps out. If you don’t get up to the classroom, send them an email or there is so much to be said for receiving a handwritten note. And please, feel free to send me an email singing their praises. There is so much to be said for the simple acknowledgement of a “thank you”. 2 Wednesday 20/ 5/15 7.45am: Year 6 Debating (6/5) 8.15-9.30am: Uniform Shop open 9.00am: Student Banking 9.15am: Welcome Group 9.30am: Hands on Maths Workshop (Staff Room) Prep C/D/E Trevena Glen Farm Excursion Years 5 & 6 SPAQ-ed Science Workshop 1.45-3.15pm: High Achievers Talent Program Senior Girls’ Choir to Choral Fanfare at KSHS 7.30-8.30pm P&C Meeting (Staff Room) at FROM MRS HADDEN: MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS 3-6 I hope all the mums had a wonderful day on Sunday. A BIG THANK YOU to the amazing mums who helped with our Mother's Day stall last week. It was great to see the children carefully choosing gifts with the help of those very patient ladies. 3B Pascal K 5A Isla R 3C Eliza M Zac R 5B Aiden R 3D Lucy D Art Week - WOW! Shuri T 5C 4/3 NAPLAN 4B The Years 3 and 5 children have been confidently completing the NAPLAN tests this week. We wish them well and congratulate them on their efforts to prepare for the tests. Emily C 6/5 Olivia M 6A 6B Freya B Josh G 6C Rahul K 4C Maddie B Jack M David B Sam H Marielle S Lou Lou W Lucy W 4A Jake S Jessica H Liliana H What a fantastic week provided for our lucky students by FoVAD and our parent volunteers. Thank you so much to all those who contributed to make this event the special occasion it is and we all know the work that has gone into it well before it even starts. Thank you!! Georgia P Toby E Fergus P 3E Skye M Sofia B Isabel M Sienna A Lachlan W Lace up for Walk Safely to School Day Parents and children are encouraged to lace up their shoes and take part in Walk Safely to School Day on Friday 22 May. An initiative of the Pedestrian Council of Australia, the annual, national event encourages parents and children to build regular walking into their daily routine. We’re asking our parents and students to get up early … or earlier, on Walk Safely to School Day and join thousands of other Australians walking all or part of the way to school. For those who live too far to walk, why not try parking the car a few blocks away and walking the rest of the way with your child? Now in its fifteenth year, Walk Safely to School Day promotes the important message that Active Kids are Healthy Kids. Regular walking makes you feel better, is good for the environment and reduces traffic congestion around the school. Have a great week. Sharyn Hadden, Deputy Principal FROM MRS PROVOST-BOYLE: EARLY YEARS PREP-YEAR 2 I hope all mothers were spoilt for Mother’s Day! Thank you to Kylie Timms for organising the Mother’s Day stall and to the fabulous mothers who volunteered their time to sell gifts. The children really enjoyed picking something special for their very special mothers. Assembly Congratulation to our Year 4A/B children who creatively presented an assembly where they showcased some fantastic strategies for children to work and play in a positive way with their peers. Well done 4A/B for an entertaining performance. Teniola, Harvey and Ritika, from Prep B, were very proud of the gifts they’d picked out for their mothers. Student of the Week: Years 3-7 Next week’s assembly will be presented by 6A and the award will be for “Observing Timeframes”. The need to observe and commit to timeframes becomes more relevant as learners mature. Those who can learn to complete tasks within time limits develop confidence in their own abilities and thrive when opportunities to learn independently are presented. Congratulations to the following students: 3A Sophia S Jack R 4D Annaka M Kirsten G Last week, I attended a Mothers’ Morning in Prep A. Mothers were treated to crazy hair, hand massages, storytelling, puzzles 3 and my personal favourite ... the nail bar. A special thank you to Josh who gave me crazy hair with the purple and white pipe cleaners and did a beautiful job painting my nails. We couldn’t decide on one colour so we used four different colours! Each of the Prep Classes did a wonderful job of making their mothers feel very special. We had performances, Mrs Dore played the guitar, afternoon tea and beautiful slide shows that bought a tear to my eyes but at the same time made me laugh out loud. I think we have some work to do on the children’s number knowledge … some children thought their mothers were as young as 14 and as old as 91! Mothers were described as beautiful as a sentence, as beautiful as the world, space and moon and, my favourite, “My mum is as beautiful as Superman!” Prep C Fleur H Year 2A Lucas M Luca F Prep D Madeleine J Charlotte B Year 2B Alexander H Alec B Prep E Claudia R Oscar N Year 2C Edward E Roman D Year 1A Ella H Sami C Year 2D Ben M Preet T Year 1B Zach N Max S Year 2E Christian S Madeleine P Year 1C Emelia B Riley W Thank you to Fiona Luhrs, Wendy Joyce, Sue Henschke, Melissa Allen, Leanne Paxton, Sue Kann, Cathy Dore, Julie Braithwaite, Sharon Herman and Nicole Anning for making our Prep mothers feel so special. Junior Assembly Schedule for Term 2 Art Week Be sure to mark the dates in your calendar. Thank you to Bec McWilliam, Katrina Murphy, Karen Kose, Belinda Mellen, Jacqui Conias, Kylie Blundell, Marianne Edmonds and Jane Morton for your wonderful artistic and organisation skills. Thank you to the army of amazing volunteers that work to make Art Week the success that it is. We couldn’t do it without you. Thank you. Ellyssa H Date Wellbeing Focus Class Assembly Focus 18 May Be Proactive 1B Doing Your Best 1C Working Well in Groups 1D Helpful Behaviour I choose my attitudes and mood. Choose wisely and have an amazing day! 25 May Begin With the End in Mind I am an important part of my class and contribute to my school’s vision – which is … 1 June Begin With the End in Mind I look for ways to be a good citizen. What can you do this week in the classroom, at P.E., at the Tuckshop, in the Library? 8 June Queen’s Birthday Holiday 15 June Begin With the End in Mind Mural painted by the Year 5 and 6 students. Student of the Week: Prep-Year 2 Next week’s student of the week award is for “Doing Your Best”. Congratulations to: Prep A Christian K Year 1D Tyla H Prep B Sarah G Jonathan A 4 Malia L Sarah M Year 1E Riyadh A Chae-Min Y PC Game Skills I set priorities and follow my plans. I follow my teachers’ morning routine and prepare for the day. 22 June Begin With the End in Mind I spend time on things that are important to me. Family and holidays are important, just like school. Prep E Caring For Others 2016 Prep Enrolment If you are residing in the catchment area or have a sibling of a Prep age child for 2015 and you wish to enrol them in Prep 2016, can you please call into the office to collect an enrolment form. Have a great week everyone. Melissa Provost-Boyle, Deputy Principal SPEAKING MATHEMATICALLY Maths can be fun! Yes it can! Check out these maths riddles – great jokes for the dinner table this week! What do mathematicians eat on Halloween? Pumpkin Pi Why did the maths book look so sad? Because it had so many problems. Why did the boy eat his maths homework? Because the teacher told him it was piece of cake. Have you heard the latest statistics joke? Probably. What do you call an empty parrot cage? Poly – gon. How can you make time fly? Throw a clock out the window! Cakes are round, but Pi are square. … and have fun with these interesting, special numbers: If you are in Year 1 or Year 2, you are more than welcome to meet me in the Spare Room next to Miss Gurren’s Year 3 Classroom (upstairs) on Thursdays from 1.15-1.40pm. Our Club will begin on Thursday 21 May. You can find me in the Resource Room or email me on [email protected] . The first 15 students to contact me and let me know they want to join will be in. Don’t miss out. Year 3 and 4 Thinkers, we will have our last session this Thursday. Angela Dawson OPTI-MINDS TRIALS FOR YEARS 4, 5 & 6 STUDENTS Opti–Minds is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem solving to showcase their skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant and public way. Teams are required to work together on a Long Term Challenge for six weeks without assistance from anyone outside the team. Participants are encouraged to explore possibilities and experiment with ideas as they endeavour to produce their best possible solution. Students present their Challenge solution to a panel of judges and an audience on Challenge Day. They have ten minutes in which to present and must do so in a 3 x 3 metre performance area. Our students will present their challenge on 23rd August 2015 at Kedron State High School. Students must be available all day. Opti-Minds trials will be held on Wednesday 10 June (and the following 2 Tuesdays if needed) in Mrs Clacher’s classroom at 1:00pm. To try out for Opti-Minds the children need to prepare a 2 minute dramatic presentation outlining why they should be selected for the team. They should also write up a short persuasive essay (no more than 200 words) outlining why they will make an excellent team member. We will meet one morning or afternoon a week and one lunch time each week. It is a big commitment for the children and there may be weekend practices required. There will be a small cost for each student to participate in Opti-Minds. For more information on Opti-Minds check out their website: www.opti-minds.com We welcome all interested students. Lorraine Clacher, Angela Dawson, Rysia Sullivan and Nick Marsh DEBATING AT ASCOT Monique Russell ASCOT THINKERS’ CLUB: YEAR 1 AND YEAR 2 STUDENTS Do you enjoy solving tricky challenges? Do you love being creative and having fun? Do you enjoy exploring possibilities and experimenting with ideas as you endeavour to produce the best possible solution? Do you think outside the square????? For the past nine years, Ascot students have competed in the Queensland Debating Union’s Round Robin Competition for upper primary school students. This competition has seen our teams competing against a range of state and private schools with great success. Debating at this level requires discipline, confidence and commitment. Congratulations to the following students on their team selection: Year 5: Rochelle Burton (Coach) [email protected] Mary C, Annabel L, Bridget T, Jessica T, Ned B 5 Year 6: Team 1 - Helen Doneley (Coach) [email protected] Teneille A, Marielle S, Amelia W, Jorja M, Cyan P Year 6: Team 2 - Lorraine Clacher (Coach) [email protected] Hannah R, Mattea V, Zara C, Manuthi H, Olivia S. Dates for Debating Rounds are: Thursday 18 June, Thursday 30 July, Wednesday 2 September and Wednesday 14 October. Please note: I realise that Year 6 will be in Canberra on Wednesday 2 September. When the draw comes out, I will contact our opposing schools for that debate to re-schedule. Draws and Venues are yet to be finalised. You will be advised as soon as this information is available. We would like to congratulate ALL STUDENTS who auditioned. Our job was made very difficult by the high standard of our students. Looking forward to another great year of Debating at Ascot. Lorraine Clacher ASCOT WRITERS’ CLUB I hope everyone enjoyed Matthew’s short story last week. This week, I present for your reading pleasure, Greer’s story. Lorraine Clacher ‘MAGIC’ BY GREER My head bangs the old, leather armrest of the rusty car, as my mother Wendy pulls the brake. A little dazed, I look where she parked to find an answer I don’t really want to know: 3 Gallows Street. A couple of months ago, when Dad told us, that is, Mackenzie and I, we thought he was joking; our family loved 16 Lily Pod Street. We never even thought, or knew until then, that we were going to move far, far away, from that amazing place. Mackenzie opens the door and hops out before whining about her ‘headache’ and how she shouldn’t have to bring in all her luggage. Of course Mum has to agree, her ‘perfect little angel’ ALWAYS gets what she wants, but I guess she lost all of the excitement of parenting, three years later, when I came. I sigh and open my own car door to begin to head towards the boot. Midway through my tired steps, I take in my surroundings, including my rotten, new house. The front door is wood that looks like it should be for floors, not doors and the house is the ugliest colour if it IS even a colour, a greenish red. The windows’ curtains are ripped and the roof is missing about twelve bricks. I don’t want to believe this is my new house, street, or even neighbourhood! I want to believe this is a dream, a nightmare all just seeming too real. Mum interrupts my deep thoughts, pulling me the rest of the way to the boot, and I drag my luggage to the front door. The inside of the house is just as bad, or worse than the outside, and the only words I can try to explain it are: disgusting, depressing and ugly. Mum shows us where our rooms will be and I almost gag at the sight of them, nothing even imaginable. 6 The moment my feet touch the dirty carpet, I pretty much leap back off it. I’m really upset at Mum for choosing this house, for whatever ridiculous reason, and when I tell her this, she says it just needs some fixing up and, in a bit, we will love it just as much as our old house. I suggest to Mum and Dad that Mackenzie and I should go and ‘adventure’ through our new home just by ourselves, and oh, how that was a mistake. Meandering around the kitchen, bathroom and living room, I dodge the strange red marks on the wood because who on earth knows what they are and who they are from. My jaw drops when I enter a door inside the spare room. Inside that spare room, is a safe. As I start to run out the door through which I entered, something catches my foot and my chin hits the ground in a millisecond. I am determined never EVER to let that happen again because Mackenzie has recorded it on her phone and is laughing her head off. I quickly shut the door on her and lift up the patterned carpet to find a majestic looking key, a swirly old-fashioned one. My eyes widen suddenly as I jump up and open the safe with the key, and that’s when I black out. When I awake, I expect I am in my squishy bed down at 16 Lily Pod Street but I find I am still in that stinky, safe room. The door to the safe is closed, though I remember that it was open when I blacked out ... wasn’t it? When I stand up, all dizzy, the key is neatly on top of it. Wait, I had it clutched in my hands when I fell ... I decide I don’t want to be in here anymore so I move into my new bedroom, and start to inflate the plastic bed. After waking up, yet again, Mum yells from the door that the pizza man is here, and looking at my watch, it is way later then we used to have dinner. After a pepperoni pizza in my room, I head to Mackenzie’s to tell her about that safe, but when I am in there, with her face looking into mine, my throat is dry and I give up trying to tell her. It’s all up to me now, I think to myself. I want, I NEED, to find out what is in that safe! When I am in that room again, I unlock it again and I am surprised to see a book, just a book. Not some creepy doll or cursed puppet, a book! When I wipe off some of the dust on it, I find it’s NOT just a book. The front cover reads: magic. No! I have read so many ‘magic’ books and I am not willing to read yet another but I can’t help myself from opening to the middle page. “Wait, this isn’t a trick book, it seems like a CURSE BOOK!” I gasp, then I scan a heading: ‘Death’, and under that word is some sort of, I don’t even know! I think it reads: ’Igglegibbledithophsthevanahe’ ... I read it aloud then I hear a little ‘whoosh’ sound. I look around and see a little lizard stop and flip on its back, and then its eyes close. When I turn to the next page, spooked out completely, I try the ‘raise the dead’ spell. Sure enough the ‘whoosh’ sound comes again and the lizard flips on his scaly stomach, stands up and walks! I am confused, angry, scared and happy all at the same time. Oh, how this book can bring good... and bad too. I realize that it still can’t do anything, like I was thinking a minute ago. It can’t make Dad’s work rethink about where they go next, or no, it can’t even bring my little sausage dog, Savvy back from the pound, can it? Soon the scared, confused and happy feelings are all gone, leaving only anger. Today’s been too much for me, and even though I’ve already had about three sleeps, I’m ready for another. Waking up at 7pm, I tell Mum I am going for a walk around our neighbourhood. But Instead, I actually get the book, and go into my backyard, A.K.A the woods. I practise almost all the things in the book to the animals and I have gotten the hang of getting my tongue around the tricky phrases. I sigh, and now since I’m pretty bored of this I decide to do the last phrase in the book to an ant: enlarge. In a second, it’s bigger than me and its mandibles [the teeth like things] are open and its spit is hanging down about to plop on my hair. I hide behind a bush and I try the magic to make it smaller but my teeth and tongue just aren’t co-operating. At the ‘slths’ I’m doing ‘pphhs’ so it’s not quite working. I quickly run inside and get the ant spray; thank goodness we even have it! Soon I am right in front of the massive ant and I spray it for about 15 seconds. The ant’s legs buckle and I watch it, even though it’s dead for a while. Once my mouth is not feeling numb, I try the phrase to make it smaller. It works! The ant is still in the same position but 30 times smaller. After raising it back to life, I put the book back and lock the safe. I throw the key in the living room fire. RELIEF at last! their experiments. They will need to be collating and collecting data, recording results, predicting and then finally preparing a presentation for the forum. A balance of time commitments at school, being organised and available with not too many other extra-curricular activities out of school to commit to the project is strongly advised for students to complete it as best they can. We welcome all interested students. Lachlan Sayer and Matt Kosack P.E. NEWS City District Cross Country 2015 KIDS S.T.E.M. CONVENTION This year is the ninth year for the 2015 S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Kids’ Conference Initiative. The aim of S.T.E.M. is to enrich and enhance the learning experiences of upper school students displaying distinct aptitude in the subject areas. If you are in Year 6 and are interested in applying yourself to an 8 week project and commitment in these areas you more than welcome to meet Mr. Kosack and myself in the 6C class room, around the corner from the Computer Lab, at Thursday lunch 1:00 to 1:15. We will be discussing everything about the S.T.E.M project and its requirements to interested students. A little bit about the 8 week project and phases: Students present their Challenge solution to a panel of judges and fellow S.T.E.M students at a forum on Thursday 19th September from 4:00pm – 6:30pm. An initial conference day on Friday 17th July at the University of Queensland which runs from 8.30am–2.30pm sets the students up and inspires them with talks from well-respected scientists and other professionals in the area. An 8 week school based phase is then undertaken by the students at school, and at homes if necessary, with teacher guided support. Students interested will need to complete an expression of interest page and only 6 students can be selected. The cost per child is $40 if selected. Students to be selected will need to write up a short paragraph expressing their personal interest in S.T.E.M and dot points to outline that they wish to gain from the experience. This will be handed to the students at the Thursday meeting. If students are absent they can approach me for a form when they return. PLEASE NOTE: The project does require a BIG commitment from the students over an 8 week phase and the students will need to work in groups of 3 and be self-sufficient in completing Last Tuesday, 29 Ascot students competed at the City District Cross Country trials. Unfortunately we didn’t have our full contingent due to excursions and sickness but that didn’t stop our team from claiming great results. The behaviour, effort and achievements of all of our students was inspiring and they gave us much to be proud of. All the performances combined added up to Ascot winning the overall points trophy from a total of 25 schools. This is a major feat when you consider Wilston has had a stronghold on this trophy for the last eight years. Congratulations to Isabella H (1st), Charlotte A (3rd), Sienna T (6th), Tom LM (8th), Nick P (5th), Robert ES (6th), Joshua F (7th) and Gus D (7th), who have all made it into the City District team in their respective age groups. Ryan C (3rd) and Grace T (4th) also ran really well, however 9 year olds don’t move onto the next level. Four other students, Mary C (9th), Marcus D (11th), Tim H (12th) and Chloe Z (12th) all gave brave performances only just missing out. Amazing performances when you consider most races fielded at least 90 students. Without the performances of all of our students, however, Ascot would not have claimed the points needed to win the overall trophy. Congratulations also go to Annaka M, Ryan L, Ned B, Rudy D, Ethan M, Chayse S, Kioa P, Annabel F, Zara C, Elizabeth ES, Sofia B, Jack M, Lachlan H, Maddie B and Cara S. We know Lucy H and Max B, who trained hard, would have done well if they were well enough to attend. Also thanks to Mrs. Braithwaite who stood in the hot sun as our team marshal and the parents for your enthusiasm and encouragement in helping children train. Hard work pays off. Term 2 City District Trials Trials coming up this term are listed below. If you are skilled in these sports please let Mrs Graham/Mr Harris know of your interest to trial. 7 Met. North Golf – Monday May 18 Rugby Union – Thursday May 28 Girls Softball – Thursday June 18 Girls (10-12) who would be interested in doing some training to develop softball skills before the trial can meet me on the oval on Thursday at second break (1:10–1:40pm). Perceptual Motor Program (Prep/Year 1) - Adult Helpers Required Please The perceptual motor program started last week for the Preps and this week for Year 1 and it continues until Week 8. For the motor program students are split into groups to rotate around different activities. To ensure students get the most out of each activity and stay on task it is preferable to have adult supervision. This could include parents, grandparents or another trusted adult. If possible it would be great to have three adults at each lesson. Year 1 PMP will be on Tuesdays and Prep PMP will be on Thursdays. Times for each class are detailed below. If you are able to assist can you please fill in the parent roster at your child’s classroom. YEAR ONE 9:00 -9:30 9:30-10 10-10:30 10:30-11 11:30-12 1A 1E 1C 1B 1D Prep B Prep C Prep D Prep E PREPS Prep A The first Disco for the year will be the Year 3 Disco this Friday, 15th May from 6-7.30pm in the hall. The second Disco for the Year 5/6 children will be held on 29th May from 6-8pm. A date claimer for next term will be Sunday, 2nd August for all the choirs who have been invited to sing in the Australian National Choral Association’s Celebration of Choirs day. Please mark this date in your diaries. Parents: please help your children to remember their rehearsal timetable and look forward to seeing you all at Music on Sunday. Debbie Daley & Margaret Howard KEDRON SHS EXPO: 21 MAY STAR PARTY: QLD. ACADEMY TOWONG – 22 MAY SCHOOL COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER’S NEWS Gala Sports Days (Years 4–6) Gala Sports Days for Years 4, 5 and 6 students start next week on Friday May 22 and continue on May 29 and June 5. Students will be transported by bus from 8.45 to various venues to play fixtures between 9.30am-2.30pm and return to school by approximately 3.00pm. All students must take food, water, hats and sunscreen with them to the venues. Permission slips need to be returned to class teachers by Monday May 18. Alayne Graham ( [email protected] ) Mondays/Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays Paul Harris ( [email protected] ) Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays MUSIC NEWS The Music Department is in full swing with all groups rehearsing for the Music on Sunday concert to be held in the school hall on Sunday, 21st June commencing at 3.00pm. The groups that are performing include the Junior, Boy’s Don’t Sing and Senior Choirs, the Intermediate and Senior Bands, the Brass, Woodwind and String Ensembles. There will also be a special performance by the Prep children who are preparing a surprise for their parents. Information about this performance will be emailed to the Prep families. The Senior Choir will be singing at Choral Fanfare on 20th May at Kedron High School Hall from 9 to 11.30am. Parents are welcome to attend. 8 A very happy Mother's Day was enjoyed in my home ... and I hope yours was full of proud little faces offering up their well chosen gifts. I adore mine! Thank you Kylie T and the many mothers who manned the stall on Friday morning. To the FoVAD volunteers - well done! Awesome art abounded; beauty and creativity was in abundance. Special thanks to Katrina M and her team. Ascot’s Big Day Out: the P&C are hard at work creating our next big event. Please contact them if you have products or sponsorship that you feel will align with this special event on 12 September. Thursday 21 May is the Michael Calder Memorial Golf Day. The Year 3 Lunch at Ruggers in Albion is on Friday 22 May 11.30am-2.45pm. RSVP via flexischools by Monday 18 May. The Year 3 Disco is this Friday 15 May 6.00-7.30pm in the Hall. FoM create a brilliant place for social interaction in a safe forum for our Year 3 students. Thank you to the parent volunteers along with our school Music Seniors who work tirelessly to make the evening a fabulous and fun night. Thank you again for your continued support. Leanne Buckle, SCLO, 0403 576 688, [email protected] FROM THE TUCKSHOP Dads Day Out Sausage Sizzle: Wednesday 3 June The Dads Day Out Sausage Sizzle will be on Wednesday 3 June. So far we have one Parent who has volunteered to help out on the day; we will require at least three more Dads to ensure that this day is a success. If you are available to help out please give Kathryn or Yolanda a call on 3326 9326 or email them at [email protected] . You will be able to pre-order on line from late next week and the cut off for orders will be Monday 1 June at 9.30am. There will be no other online services for lunch on this day. Kathryn, Yolanda and the Tuckshop Committee TUCKSHOP ROSTERS Tuckshop - Group 1 Monday Home Bake - Group 1 Monday 18/5/15 Julie T, Kath G 18/5/15 Andrea Y, Julianne D Tuesday Nikki T Tuesday Leanne N 19/5/15 19/5/15 Wednesday Amanda B, Skye McG 20/5/15 Wednesday Julia R, Alison S 20/5/15 Thursday Leigh C, Natasha J Thursday Kristin H, Cindy J Friday fitness program through Ascot Accelerators OR you can join the Chess Club. Details for contact are below: Ascot Accelerators (Running and fitness program): www.AccelerationESP.com or http://www.accelerationesp.com/ascot_state_school or Ph: 33903997 Chess lessons will be on Mondays 7.40-8.40am. Come and try it out! Email for a trial lesson. These are classes for all abilities from beginners to rated players. This term we hope to send a team to the Brisbane inter-school competition. Cross Country. It was Paul Kelly who sang “from little things, big things grow …”. Whilst he wasn’t referring to sport, his words can be applied to our Cross Country efforts this term. Again a BIG CONGRATS to Alayne Graham and her staff at their achievements and giving us something to defend next year. Who knows, one of our runners could go onto doing big things …. Something cultural this weekend – how about the David Lynch Exhibition – Between Two Worlds. Qld Art Gallery. The exhibition finishes on May 24. Buy tickets online or phone 3840 7303. Want to pull out the flares, crank it up and scream “Good Lord!” Yep, Neil Diamond is touring and his show is on Nov 3, if you can still get tickets. Pat Gerry. Co-Ordinator, [email protected] 21/5/15 Friday 22/5/15 21/5/15 22/5/15 Kristin H, Louise K, Liz K Louise M, Janiece E UNIFORM SHOP ROSTER Group 2 Monday 20/4/15 Rachelle L Wednesday 22/4/15 Karen K Thursday 23/4/15 Paula W NEWS FROM THE P&C HEALTH AND WELLBEING COMMITTEE Good luck to all of the kids giving it a go this weekend in the Weetbix Tryathalon at Chandler. Have fun kids. Queensland Running is holding its weekly Saturday Cross Country events this weekend at 7th Brigade Park, Chermside and on Saturday May 23 it is at Riverdal Park, Logan. For more information and registration go to www.queenslandrunning.com.au Before School Activities: Start the week off for you children with either a healthier heart or healthier head! There are positions vacant for those wanting to join the running and WELCOME GROUP Have you recently enrolled your child at our school and would like to meet other parents? You may be interested in joining our school's Welcome Group. Our Welcome Group has been set up primarily as an opportunity for new parents to our school to meet other school families, although anyone who is interested in making new friends is welcome to attend! Our Welcome Group catch-ups are on Wednesdays at 9.15am at White Jam Cafe in Hendra. Please get in touch with Peter if you have any questions. Peter, Welcome Group Co-ordinator Email: [email protected] COMMUNITY NOTICES Chess Program at Ascot State School: Mondays 7.40-8.40 and Thursdays 3.10-4.10pm. Come and try it out! Email for a trial lesson. These are classes for all abilities from beginners to rated players. This term we hope to send a team to the Brisbane inter school competition. To register and pay for your child/ren please go to the secure web site https://gardinerchess.com.au/registration/ and click on the 'Parents' icon. You will need to create an account and follow the instructions. www.gardinerchess.com.au , [email protected]. Mercy Community Services: Interested in becoming a foster carer? We would love to hear from you! If you are interested in learning more about how you can help in your community, call one of our friendly staff at our offices below, or visit us online for more information. North Brisbane Office (07) 3267 9070; 9 Greater Ipswich Office (07) 3340 5600; South Brisbane & Logan Office (07) 3280 8000; www.family.mercycs.org.au . St. Agatha’s Parish Ball on 18 July at 7.00pm – all welcome. Dear Parishioner, I would like to invite you to the 2015 St Agatha’s Ball to be held at Moda Restaurant, Portside on the 18th of July at 7pm. For all details and to purchase tickets go to our website, www.clayfieldparish.org.au . There will be some raffles on the evening. For any parishioners interested in donating a raffle prize, please contact Ainsley Crutcher on 0417 792 212. Tickets sold quickly last time so book in early to avoid disappointment!! Looking forward to seeing you all! 10
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