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12 George Street
Caboolture Qld 4510
Absence Line: 5431 4560
PRINCIPAL’S PAGE
2015 Focus:
In the last newsletter I outlined 4 key areas
we would focus on in 2015 as components of
Caboolture State School’s improvement
agenda.
One of these was to improve student writing.
We have fortunate to have had a Master
Teacher appointed to our school for the next
three years (over 300 across the state) as an
additional staff member. This person ‘s role
in our school will be to work directly with
teachers to improve student writing. This will
include extensive professional development
for our teachers and teacher aides in relation
to teaching writing.
Staff will focus on the mechanics of writing
such as sentence structure, spelling,
grammar etc to build our student’s overall
skills. Each term students will undergo a
prep and post writing assessment to measure
the distance they have travelled. Teachers
will be able to discuss this assessment with
you as a part of the reporting process.
P & C News:
The Annual General Meeting of the P & C will
be held on Wednesday 29th April at 3:45pm in
the Library. We have people willing to fill all
executive positions so you will not be
pressured into taking a job. It would be
lovely to see a large turn out at this meeting
2015
Ph: 5431 4555
Website: www.cabooltuss.eq.edu.au
Issue 4 : 20/3/15
as our P & C works very hard to provide
resources to support student learning. We
look forward to seeing you there.
P & C Disco:
The first disco for 2015 will be held in the
COLA on Friday 27th March. The theme for
this disco is Hawaiian. More information on
this special event will come out on a special
memo from the P & C.
Saying of the Month
“THE GLORY THAT
GOES WITH WEALTH IS
FLEETING AND
FRAGILE”
WHY READ FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY
Student A
Student B
Student C
 20 minutes per day
= 1800000 words per
year.
= Scores in the top
90% on a
standardised test.
 5 minutes per day
= 282000 words per
year.
= Scores at 50% on a
standardised test.
 1 minute per day
= 8000 words per year.
= Scores in the bottom
10% on a
standardised test.
So how do you make a child a better reader ??
READ MORE
Our Crazy Hair Day last Friday 13.3.15
raised $824.15. Congratulations
everyone.
Mr Knowles committed to having his
head shaved if the school raised $600-.
Check out the before and after photos…..
Before
After
Next year lets try to raise enough to get Mr Kennedy shaved…….
Staff and students with Crazy Hair.
Free Psychology Group Program Available at School
Healthy minds and bodies can help children get the most out of life and to do their best at school. Yet
while many children handle homework with ease and relate well to their peers, others may experience
more difficulty. Until now, families who could not afford mental health support for their child had few
options available to them. But Metro North Brisbane Medicare Local has introduced a new program that
aims to break down these barriers.
The Brisbane MIND4KiDS Child Mental Health Program is now offering free psychology sessions in local
schools during term one and two. Specialist child psychologists deliver the group sessions, which are held
during school hours and at no cost to parents. Sessions are once a week for 6 weeks and there are around
six to 10 children in each group.
Students referred to the program will also be entitled to free individual sessions if required (with their GP’s
agreement). To be eligible, children
need to be under 12 years of age and other
eligibility criteria apply.
The program can support children
experiencing various issues including school
refusal, anger, anxiety, confidence and self-esteem. If you would like more information or would like your
child to participate in this program please contact the school Guidance Officer, Katrina Clarry, via the
school office (Phone: 5431 4555). Katrina works at Caboolture State School on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Parenting Group program
Parenting can be incredibly rewarding. However, there are times when being a parent, and dealing with
difficult situations, can prove to be a challenge. This can be made even more challenging for the families of
children who may experience more difficulty than other children.
This group program will take a look at those challenges and offer parents support with how to get the best
out of the parent / child relationship as well as how to manage those difficult situations.
The group will be run each Thursday morning from the Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre. More
information on this program can be accessed by contacting the school Guidance Officer, Katrina Clarry.
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Payment
cut-off
Sport
20.2.15
Sport Gala
Day
POSTPONED
Yr 2 to
Caboolture
Library
Week ending
27.2.15
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Crazy Hair
Day
Week ending
20.3.15
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Book club
due
23.3.15
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School
Photos
25.3.15
Week ending
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Family
Planning
1.4.15
Family
Planning
Week ending
10.4.15
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Easter
Monday
13.4.15
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Extreme
Science Yr 4
Yr 5 U’water
World cut
off
Year 6 Shirt
payment due
Sports gala
day
26.3.15
27.3.15
Yr 5 U’water Sport Gala
World
Day
Yr 6 Library Hawaiian
Disco
2.4.15
3.4.15
Rewards
Good Friday
Day
Easter Hat
Parade
TERM 1
ENDS
9.4.15
10.4.15
School Holidays
14.4.15
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School Holidays
20.4.15
Term 2
begins
27.4.15
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P & C AGM
30.4.15
1.5.15
**Keep an eye out for the letters about these excursions – coming up
soon **
Hawaiian Disco
Friday 27th March in the COLA.
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Entry at the door $2-00
Refreshments sold on the night.
Easter Hat Parade
We are holding our annual Easter Hat Parade
on Thursday 2nd April 2015 at 11:30am. in the
senior quadrangle.
Prep to year 3 will be showing off their Easter
Hat creations. Prizes for the best Easter Hats.
The Easter raffle (being run by the P & C) will
be drawn at the parade.
An Easter Bake Sale will be outside the
Tuckshop on the day with lots of homemade
baked goods ranging from 50c to $5-00.
Throughout the last week of term the tuckshop will be
having treats available to buy:
Bag of eggs (Tuesday)
$1-00
Easter Biscuits (Wednesday)
$1-00
Bunny Bag of Lollies (Thursday)
$1-00
Well 2015 is off and running and once again there have been great things happening in our
kitchen.
Our first menu was a traditional Spanish Omelette with Olive
and Rosemary Focaccia buns. All groups worked as a team
and the Omelette group learned a few tricks on how to keep
their egg fluffy.
Our garden produced a great bunch of bananas, so we
added yummy Banana muffins and Butterscotch sauce to
our next menu. They went really well with the Tomato and
Basil Pizzas and fresh garden Salad that we also made. The
kids are getting very good at experimenting with their salad
combinations and dressings.
Our third menu took us on a journey to India, with the
wonderful smell of numerous spices filling the kitchen.
Making the Samosas was a great team effort. As a group
we made a hot water pastry and the vegetable curry filling.
Then together we rolled our pastry and made up the
samosas to cook in the oven. These yummy parcels were a
hit with all.
Because our last menu is getting close to Easter, we
thought we’d try to make our own Hot Cross Buns. Stay
tuned to see how that goes!