Wednesday 7th May 2015 15/13 The Biddeston Bulletin The Newsletter of the Biddeston School 2425 Cecil Plains Road Biddeston Via OAKEY Q 4401 Email: Phone (07) 4691 6145 Fax (07) 4691 6133 [email protected] Web Site: www.biddestoss.eq.edu.au Newsletter articles: [email protected] Mobile Phone: 0409 896 233 School Account Details Education Queensland has a minimum Bpay amount set at $10.00. The school details are as follows: Account name: Biddeston State School BSB: 064 425 Account number: 00090062 Please use your surname AND either invoice number or description as details. E.g. Smith. Swimming To Eva, Brendan, Kayla, Abi & Nick H For excellent weekly spelling results. Well done, guys! 01 William Strasser 01 Bailey Voll 01 Mrs Orton CHECKLIST   WHAT’S COMING!! Friday 8th May Tue-Thu 12-14th May Week 5 19th May 19th May 20th May 25th May 26th May Bunya Cross-Country at Dalby NAPLAN for Year 3& 5 Under 8s Week ICAS Digital Technology Comp School Nurse to visit Prep students Super 6 Soccer / Under 8s Day at Biddeston Footsteps Dance Program 9am D/Downs Cross Country  RECYCLE ALUMINIUM CANS and support the Biddeston School Playgroup. Collection bags at the school AND the Biddeston Store. Recycle your newspapers at Biddeston – any day! PLEASE ensure that ONLY newspaper, magazines & junk mail are deposited in the bins – definitely NO plastic of any nature, cardboard or shredded paper or ANY FOREIGN MATTER. NO soiled baby nappies to be placed in ANY bins at the school. PRINCIPAL’S PEN Dear Parents, Families and Community Members, It has been wonderful to have had the opportunity to talk to parents this week on their child/ren’s achievements and progress. Thank you to parents for taking the time to talk to teachers to celebrate your child/ren’s learning successes and engage with any learning challenges they may be facing. organised into a meal deal of sausage on bun, a popper and an ice-block for $7. We will need parent helpers to assist home baking and preparation on the day. More details will follow. School nurse, Judy Cribb has rescheduled her visit for Tuesday 19th May. Prep students will have vision and hearing tests. Best wishes to those students competing in the Bunya cross P&C country trials, tomorrow. Good luck Danielle, Dustin A, Christopher and Lachlan! The visit by Annika from Raw Art last Friday was well received by all students. With the Prep/Year 1 students engaged in weaving, the Year 2/3/4 students up to their elbows in clay sculptures and the Year 5/6 students constructing animal shields, it was a creative hive of activity on Friday. Options program for the Year 2-6 students will commence on Friday and will continue for five weeks. The Options program gives the students the opportunity to engage in learning in practical skills. Options run for a number of weeks over Terms 2 and 3. We are very fortunate to have the support of our parent and wider community and I thank Mr and Mrs Strasser, Mrs Donovan and Mrs Beazley for their assistance this term. This term the options are robotics, sewing and cross-stitch, woodwork and cake icing. Curriculum Please find the Annual Implementation Plan attached to this newsletter. This document outlines our core priorities for 2015. The Year 3 and 5 students will be engaging in NAPLAN testing from Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th May. To assist with students’ preparedness for these assessments, please ensure your Year 3/5 child has plenty of sleep and has breakfast each morning. Curriculum tip: There are many everyday things you can do to encourage literacy learning. For example, encouraging your child to write and design for a variety of purposes using print and electronic resources — invitations, thank you notes, shopping lists, messages, journals and electronic slide shows. Mother’s Day Stall There will be a Mother’s Day Stall at school on Friday. Gifts will range from $1 to $6 each. Please send in some money for your child/ren to purchase a small gift. The students love to ‘go shopping’ for Mother’s Day. Soccer carnival The soccer carnival for the Rossvale schools will be held again at Biddeston SS on Wednesday 20th May. This is for the students in Years 3-6 and involves students travelling from Brookstead SS, Mount Tyson SS and Southbrook Central SS to participate in a round robin soccer carnival. The games have modified rules and playing times. Thank you to Mr Young for his organisation of this carnival. A permission slip will be sent home with this newsletter. Under 8s Day This event will be held on the same day as the soccer carnival, Wednesday 20th May. Again, students will be attending from other schools and we invite all parents and their pre-prep children to come along and join in the fun. Thank you to Mrs Mason for her organisation of this event. An invitation will be sent home with this newsletter. Tuckshop will be operating for the Soccer and Under 8s Day. There will be a barbeque and home baking. The food will be Thank you to all parents who came along to our P&C meeting last night. It is my privilege to continue to work with a group of very committed and supportive parents in the P&C. Our next P&C meeting will be held Wednesday 3rd June at 6pm. Tuckshop Please fill in and return the tuckshop roster previously sent home to assist with tuckshop this term. Tuckshop relies on helpers. Volunteers who were unable to attend the volunteer meeting, please call in to make an alternate time. I also have a pack of information for your perusal. Professional Development I will be attending a Principals’ Business Meeting on Friday 8th May. Upcoming events in Term 2: Sporting schools, NAPLAN assessments, visit by Justin Anlezark, soccer carnival and Under 8s Day, visit by Footsteps for dance experience, school performance tour, track and field carnival and Rossvale ball games. Have a lovely weekend to all of our mums for Mother’s Day. I hope you are all spoiled with love and attention. Kind Regards, f{tÜÉÇ Year 2/3/4 News The students had a marvellous time with sculpting their clay animals last week, with excellent results. We have been reading ‘Bungawitta’ and investigating characters and how they are portrayed by the author. In Mathematics, students have been learning about number patterns, multiplication and division. Our Science experiments involving upside down mungbeans and labyrinths have also kept us busy thinking scientifically. We have also travelled the world looking at climate zones this week. Prep/Year 1 are seeking donations of lemons for an activity on Under Eights’ Day- Wednesday May 20th. If you can help, send some along to the Prep-1 classroom. Thanks P & C Association The monthly meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY 3rd JUNE, commencing at 6:00pm P&C Contacts: President: Vice Presidents: Secretary: Treasurer: Jane Thomas Danielle Lorenz Melinda Clarke Sarah Watson We wish to acknowledge the sponsorship of the following business. Please consider their business. 0409 878 577 0408 074 801 0402 783 626 0427 134 657 News Uniforms For all your uniform needs, please contact: Oksana Sims 0459 791 989 The uniform shop will be open each Monday from 8:00-9:30am. Oksana will be able to assist parents with any uniforms needs & enquiries. Fundraising The Mothers’ Day raffle will be drawn tomorrow! Make sure your tickets are returned and included in the draw. Emma Shaw Tuckshop Week 4 Belinda Strasser If you are unable to help on your allocated day, please let me know by Wednesday so I can adjust the menu or find a replacement. A roster of helpers was sent home in Week 1. Can you please complete and return so we can organise a roster for the term. Donations for next week that would be appreciated are:  500gms ham  small packet grated cheese  cheese slices  home baking Leann Ziebell 0439 075 509 Playgroup Next week’s playgroup will include the obstacle course. Heidi Kruger 0429 596 793 STILL MISSING! Ella Lewis’ brand-new school vest, size 8 went missing at the end of Term 1. Can parents please check all clothing to see if Ella’s vest it has found its way to your home, please. COMMUNITY NOTICES KATE HUFFAM Qualified Justice of Peace By appointment ONLY Phone 0402 303 164 LANDCARE AUBIGNY CATCH MENT GROUP meet on 2nd Tuesday of each month WHERE? Biddeston Hall at 7:30pm Biddeston Hall Committee Quiz Night 22nd May 2015 Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start Maximum 8 per table Childrens’ table welcome Adults $5; High School students $3; Children Free Raffle - Supper provided - BYO drinks & nibbles