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Collingwood Park State School
W E E K
TERM TWO
DATE CLAIMERS:
Tuesday 5 May
Year 4 Convict Day
Thursday 7 May
Mothers’ Day Stall
Friday 8 May
District Cross Country
Mothers’ Day Stall
Tuesday 12 May
NAPLAN
Wednesday 13 May
NAPLAN
Thursday 14 May
NAPLAN
Friday 15 May
Ipswich Show Holiday
Friday 29 May
Winter Sport—Day 1
Friday 5 June
Winter Sport—Day 2
Friday 12 June
Winter Sport—Day 3
Wanted!
Woolworth Dominoes
If any families have spare Woolworths dominoes which they do
not want, the school maths/
science room would greatly benefit from and appreciate the
donation of these items.
Dominoes can be dropped to
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Principal’s Message:
A visit from Dr Cameron Stelzer
Last Thursday we had a visit from Dr Cameron Stelzer who is
the author of the internationally award-winning Pie Rats book
series. He is also known for his bright and dynamic junior picture books and drawing publications, including “The Stroogle’.
Cameron worked with our Years 1, 3 and 5 students this visit
and I was lucky enough to participate in the day. I was
amazed at the wonderful opportunity this experience afforded
our students. Not only did it generate ideas and perspective
into creating interesting and engaging pieces of creative writing, it was an invaluable workshop preparing our years 3 & 5
students for the upcoming NAPLAN test. I was truly amazed at
the experience and impressed with the behaviour of all of our
students in each session.
Thank you
Thank you parents and community members for ensuring
that you are not using the staff carpark or ‘ring road’ outside
of the administration building to drop off or pick up students.
Your cooperation in this matter has been noted and we thank
you for your continued support as we work together to keep
our students safe.
Mothers’ Day Stall
Remember that we will have a Mothers’ Day Stall running in
the hall on Thursday and Friday. Classes have been
scheduled to visit over the two days so please check
with your child to see which day they are scheduled
to visit.
Principal’s Message Cont...
NAPLAN testing 12, 13, 14 May
Next week, students in year 3 and 5 will be involved in the annual NAPLAN
(The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) testing that
will occur nation-wide. NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential
for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading,
writing, spelling and numeracy.
NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four areas (or ‘domains’) of:
 reading
 writing
 language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
numeracy.
NAPLAN tests skills in literacy and numeracy that are developed over time
through the school curriculum.
Please be advised that whilst this test is important, it is simply a unit of
measure for a point in time in your child’s schooling and will also provide
information on where further learning is required.
Goodbye Mr House
This week we say Goodbye to Mr Dylan House who has been currently
Teaching 6C. Mr House has been a valuable asset to our school and community during his time here at Collingwood Park State School. We thank
him sincerely and wish all the best as he starts his next adventure down in
Byron Bay. We would like to take this opportunity to also welcome back
Mrs Jenny Rowston who will return to her class on 6C.
Belinda Grose
Acting Principal
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Deputy Principal’s Message
Yarn Club:
Tuesday 11.15 – 11.45 Seminar Room in the Library
It’s a hive of activity at Yarn Club! So many students turned up last week that
some had to be turned away. It was wonderful to see so many children wanting to
take part in Yarn Club and we’d like to encourage all students. However, beginners need lots of 1:1 support so we plan to limit numbers for the moment in order
to keep the club manageable. As the beginners become more proficient then other
beginner students will be able to join in. Many thanks to Ms Vicki Allen Hoens
and Mrs Amy Watson for volunteering to run this club for CPSS students. If there
are any other parents / grandparents / guardians who would like to come along to
help then please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.
Convict Day:
On Tuesday, Year 4 students enjoyed a fabulous day as convicts! The day began
with an assembly performance of “Botany Bay”. The costumes, scenery and enthusiasm of the students were enjoyed by the whole school and our special visitor,
“Admiral Arthur Phillips” was equally impressed by the student convicts’ performance! The Year 4 students continued their day with a range of activities to help
them understand what life may have been like for convict children and culminated
with some celebratory “First Fleet Cakes”. This type of event is always exciting and
it was wonderful to see every child so thoroughly engaged in their hands-on learning. The day wouldn’t have been possible without the help and support of the Year
4 parents who came along to help run the activities – thank-you, parents! Thankyou too to the Year 4 teachers: Mrs Nash, Mrs Boundy and Mr Gordon whose enthusiastic planning, hard work (and cake –baking) made this such a successful
event.
Jill Rutland
Deputy Principal
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Deputy Principal’s Message
Convict Day
Convict day was very fun and exciting. Convict day helped us to learn games
from the past. It also helped us to imagine what life was like for a child convict.
Dressing up like a convict was fun and helped us a lot. Thank-you to all the
parents, teachers and teacher aides that helped us with all the activities, without you we wouldn’t have had a wonderful day. Thank-you to Mrs Grose for
joining us, she made it very exciting and thank-you to all the parents who
watched our performance Botany Bay. We hope you liked it. It was very interesting for students to participate in convict day activities.
Meloney Swart 4B Class Captain
School Banking News
Congratulations to the winners of our Term 1 colouring in competition.
There were some wonderful artworks.
It’s term 2 and school banking is well under way. There are some new and
exciting rewards up for offer this term - get saving and collect the tokens/stickers to claim
yours.
We have to say goodbye to one of our wonderful banking ladies – Jenny Langford. Jenny has
other commitments on Friday mornings so can no longer volunteer her time. Thank you for
your help in setting up school banking Jenny! We would like to welcome Rebekah Phillips
who has kindly volunteered her time on Friday mornings.
If your child/ren would like to get involved in the school banking program just open a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account at any Commonwealth Bank branch. Remember to take in
identification for you and your child (driver’s license and birth certificate).
Thank you for supporting School Banking
SCHOOL BANKING IS EVERY FRIDAY!!
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Numeracy Natter
“But, isn't maths just about getting the right answer?”
Would you agree or disagree with this statement?
[ ]=7+5+3+5+6
How would u add these numbers?
How would you add these numbers? What personal strategies
would you use?
This is ‘string sum’. Sums of this type are a focus of Year 2 and 3.
Most students can calculate that the answer is 26…but they solve
it in different ways.
Teachers look for more than just a correct answer.
Here are some typical student responses:
Child A adds in order: 7,5,3,5 and then 6 (counting all on her
fingers)
Child B says ‘7 and 3 make 10’, ‘5 and 5 make 10’ and ‘6 more is 26’
Child C says ‘5+5 = 10’ , then ‘6 + 3 = 9’, ‘so that’s 19’. He then
counts on 7 more
Child D takes 2 from 7 and adds it the 3 to make 4 lots of 5. She
says, ‘Four fives are 20. 20 and 6 more is 26.’
How would you rate these methods in terms of their efficiency?
Something to think about.
Wait for next week’s Numeracy Natter for the reveal of the most efficient/
inefficient methods!
Thanks to the North Coast Region Numeracy Team for their great work.
Jane Appleton
Numeracy Coach
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Bike Week Celebration - Friday 8th May - Free Bike Tune Up
We will have a bicycle mechanic at the school’s bike cage on Friday 8th
May 2015 from 7.15am until school starts at 8.30am. Ride your bike
to school and get a free bike check and tune up so that you can ride
safely. We’ll check brake pads, lubricate chains, repair punctures
and have some great giveaways for student bikes as well.
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Tuckshop News.
Online Ordering
If you are ordering tuckshop online pleas
make sure your student/s class are correct.
If you can assist at tuckshop, please give
us a call as we would really appreciate
your help.
Should you have a problem or cannot make
your rostered day, please give the tuckshop a
call with as much notice as possible.
Dianne: (07) 3818 0687
Mobile: 0403 945 014
Tuckshop: (07) 3381 4335
PLEASE NOTE: Prep students can now
order tuckshop but they CAN NOT purchase ice-blocks.
TERM 2
Monday 11/5/15
Michelle Handyside
Tuesday 12/5/15
Doreen Clement
Wednesday 13/5/15
Courtney Flynn / HELP NEEDED
Thursday 14/5/15
Doreen Clement / HELP NEEDED
Friday 15/5/15
CLOSED IPSWICH SHOW HOLIDAY
Monday 18/5/15
Jessica Williams
Tuesday 19/5/15
Michelle Handyside
Wednesday 20/5/15
Doreen Clement / HELP NEEDED
Thursday 21/5/15
Carol David / Michelle Handyside
Friday 22/5/15
Doreen Clement / Courtney Flynn
Collingwood Park
State School
Pathway to Knowledge
CPSS Cross Country News
Last Friday morning students in Years 4 –7
participated in the senior school cross country. The event to all accounts went well with
all students competing to the best of their
abilities and having fun along the way.
This year’s house captains helped create a
great atmosphere at this sports event by
leading the cheering for their sports house.
Congratulations to our 2015 Cross Country
Age Champions:
Burrel Street
COLLINGWOOD PARK
QLD 4301
2005
2004
2003
Bianca Cullinan & Teare Powell
Talisha Johnson & Elejah Majok
Gypsy Prior & Christian Hutchings
Congratulations also to the top five place
boys and girls born 2005, 2004 and 2003
who have been selected to attend the Central Districts Cross Country this Friday. We
wish all these competitors representing Collingwood Park State School the best of luck.
Postal Address:
P O Box 75
Redbank, QLD 4301
Phone: 07 3381 4333
Fax: 07 3381 4300
E-mail:
[email protected]
STUDENT ABSENCES
Team members are:
Teare Powell, Eleja Majok, Christian Hutchings, Dylan Jones, Manasseh Sokiri, Jamus
Ruben, Derick Tongu, Melvin Kumar, Chris
Garcia, Tavita Tusa, Sam Jack-Kino, Dom
McDonald, Cody Hackett, Justin Fox, Marcelo Moya, Bianca Cullinan, Talisha Johnson, Gypsy Prior, Micaela Antstey, Caitlin
Pattinson, Istella Kenyi, Taya Smith, Talitha
Looke, Tate Wilson, Naomi Looke, Bianca
Clarke, Olivia Georgas, Brianna HikaitiMolloy, Natasha Souter and Hayley Ellem.
PH: 33814333
We’re on the Web……..
www.collparkss.eq.edu.au
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