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Elimbah News & Views
Monday 25 May 2015
Volume 2, Issue 6
Some Key Questions
Parents knowing what children are doing at school is an important
part of the child/parent/school partnership. In this busy world it is
too easy sometimes to let things fly at a hectic pace without really
engaging in the things that matter. I’m sure that we as a school can
do a better job in informing you about learning and schooling toowe try- but things get pretty busy here too. The below points are
some worthwhile discussion starters when next sitting down with
your child to talk about learning and school…
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Tell me what you are really enjoying learning about or to do at
the moment?
What are you doing really well with? How do you know this?
What do you want to get better at? How will you do this?
Who are your friends? Why are they your friends?
What’s the best thing about your teacher? How could your
teacher be a better teacher?
What are your learning goals at the moment?
Who helps you when you need help?
Instrumental Music Workshop
On Wednesday, June 17 2015, students from the Elimbah State
School Concert Band will travel to workshop with students from the
Pacific Paradise State School Concert Band. This workshop will
focus on a concert band format and will give each student the
chance to perform as part of a large ensemble. The day will
conclude with a concert for the Pacific Paradise State School
parade. This workshop is a great learning opportunity for all of the
concert band students. It is anticipated that Elimbah State School
Concert Band will host the Pacific Paradise State School Concert
Band later in the year with another workshop.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Hill our band
teacher and to these students for the great work that they do and
for sharing their talents with us. I’m always inspired by the way that
our band grows throughout the year as new skills are acquired and
new members come aboard.
Education Week Celebrations
We have a big week planned for our Preps to Year 2 students to
acknowledge and celebrate Education Week. On Tuesday our
Preps will be celebrating “Grandparents’ Day” and on Wednesday
our Prep-Year 2 students will be celebrating “Under 8s Day”. There
will also be a “National Simultaneous Story Time” scheduled at
11am on Wednesday.
Have a great week
Tracey Sharpe
ELIMBAH STATE SCHOOL
Ph: 5432 1333
email: [email protected]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Deputy’s Desk
Lines from the Library
Focus on Learning
P&C News
Community Notices
Classifieds
DATES TO REMEMBER
Tues 26 May
Grandparents Day - Prep
Wed 27 May
Under 8’s Day
National Simultaneous
Storytime
Tues 2 Jun
Glasshouse District Boys
Softball trials
Fri 5 June
Interschool soccer/netball
Mon 8 June
Public Holiday
Starring On
Parade
3D
FROM THE DEPUTY’S DESK
with Chris Godfrey
A big thank you to all the Prep parents that attended our Literacy in Prep information session last
Wednesday. We had over 40 parents attend and listen to presentations about Oral Language, The Bug
Club and Home Reading.
Home Readers
Home Reading is an important piece in the Learning –to- Read -jigsaw puzzle for a variety of reasons:
Home Readers are designed to promote fluency and confidence in reading – in the early years children
read simple texts with focus on repetition and building comprehension and de-coding strategies
Home Reading increases children’s reading ‘mileage’ and exposure to a variety of texts
They allow parents to see how their children progress through the year
They are levelled to suit the child’s progress and are regularly reviewed
Real Books!
Of course, Home Readers in the Early Years are not the most exciting books! Children’s love of reading will
really only be nurtured through reading real books and through being read to regularly by their parents.
Letting your child make their own choice about what they want to read is the most powerful way to
encourage them to be motivated and interested readers. If your child loves dinosaurs, find the section in
your local library and borrow as many as you can.
Don’t worry about the book being too hard – you can use a strategy to help your child access the text when
reading together at home, or you can read it to them. Don’t worry if the book appears too easy – this will
provide valuable reading practice for your child and it will be something that they can access independently.
Lastly, don’t make your child’s choice wrong – this is about them and their reading, you want them to be
excited and wanting to return!
Most importantly, make reading together the most fun and enjoyable part of your and your child’s day. Read
the books together with funny voices, or take turns to read different characters. Talk about your favourite
parts of the books when you are finished with them and which authors you like the most.
As cherished Australian author Mem Fox suggests, don’t teach the book – enjoy it!
Have a lovely week and we’ll see our prep,Y1 and Y2 parents at Under 8s Day on Wednesday!
Have a lovely week
Chris
THIS WEEKS BUG CLUB
WINNER!
Congratulations Grayson
Lines from the library with Donna Pickering
Developing Comprehension Skills
Elimbah has a consistent
approach of teaching
reading and comprehension
strategies to our students.
While many of our students
are accurate and fluent
decoders, being able to
understand what they have
read is the key to enjoying
reading and developing a
love of reading.
Good readers use a number of strategies to help
them make meaning. At Elimbah, we call these
strategies the 7 Keys to Comprehension.
Teachers demonstrate these strategies through
modelling and guided practice. While each
strategy is taught individually, the goal is to help
students develop a ‘toolbox’ of strategies they can
draw on to become more active and engaged
readers.
The 7 Keys to Comprehension are:
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Making connections to prior knowledge
Predicting
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Visualising
Questioning
Making Inferences
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Determining Importance
· Summarising and Synthesising
Talk with your child and see which one is their
current focus.
Super Bear
This week Super Bear is visiting Year 4/5L after
working with Ms Hamilton and her Upper 2 Bands
students last week. Super Bear is constantly on
the lookout for classes that follow all the Super
Bus Rules when visiting the library. He especially
likes to see children walking in the library, looking
after equipment and being respectful to teachers,
adults and other children.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge began last
week and this year our goal is for every child at
Elimbah State School to complete the challenge.
Parents can help by encouraging their children to
read every day – before school, on the way to
school, in the afternoon, as tea is being cooked, in
the evening or before bed.
For a student to successfully complete the
Premier's Reading Challenge they must read or
experience the number of books indicated in the
table below. Experiencing a book can include
home activities such as shared reading, listening
and reading along with a book, or being read to.
Completed forms can be returned to the library or
your child’s class teacher. Additional forms are
available from the library for those students who
would like to read additional books.
Students have until the 28 August to complete the
challenge. Good luck and keep reading!
Year level
Number of books
Prep - Year 2
Read or experience 20 books
Years 3 - 4
20 books
Years 5 - 6
15 books
NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORY
TIME
We would like to extend an invitation to all Prep Year 2 parents and carers to participate in our
National Simultaneous Story time this Wednesday
at 11am. The story, “The Brothers Quibble” will be
read by Mr Godfrey
after Under 8’s Day in
the 4/5 eating area.
Hoping to see you
there.
Focus on Learning
What’s happening in 1L?
In Year one, we are continuing to use concrete apparatus for number and
addition.
We work together in pairs and small groups to
play games to help consolidate concepts we learn
as a whole class.
We played shop and investigated
different money combinations we could use to buy
objects of different prices up to $1.
In history, we made beautiful time capsules with
memories inside that we can look back on in years to
come. We used a timeline to sequence
our years so far.
We have been using paint, water,
modelling clay, magnetic letters and
many different sensory ways to learn
our spellings.
We always have fun learning in 1L.
What’s happening in 2O?
In 2O we are working on writing better and bigger sentences that will capture and entertain our
audience. We have been enhancing our sentences with adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives and
adverbs put more detail into our sentences. Children are also beginning to use connectives words
in their sentences to engage the audience.
Student Achievements
Student of the Week Awards for Friday 15 May went to:
Hannah - PJG, Joshua - PG, Eva - PL, Elijah - 1L, Sienna - 1R, Dakota - 2H, Alyssa - 2C, Leo - 2O,
Amelia - 3J, Ruby - 3P, Chloe - 3D, Ebony - 4M, Billy - 4/5B, Max - 4/5L, Lilly - 4/5S, Emelia - 5G, Tyler 6S, Abbey - 6M, Maddison - 6H.
Our lucky Superbus winners for 15 May were Amelia Hewett – 6M, Alex 3J, Delilah – 2O,
Elizabeth t 1L. They each receive a $2 tuckshop voucher courtesy of the P&C.
Kalem
3D
SPORTS NEWS with Rachel Muller
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY
Last Monday 18 May, 11 Elimbah
students competed in the
Glasshouse District Cross Country
at St Michael’s College.
Congratulations to all the students
who ran – Elimbah placed 2nd
overall, a fantastic effort!
2006) at 1pm; and for students
10yrs (born in 2005) at 2pm.
Please come down to the oval to
trial if you would like to do high
jump on Sports Day. Only the top
12 students will be able to
compete in high jump on Sports
Day.
Tyler (18th), Heath (1st), Cameron
(5th), Lillee (7th), Natalie (12th),
Jena (10th), Ethan (1st), Kade (8th),
Jackson (5th), Gracie (2nd),
Jasmyn (13th), Daniel (4th), Tyler
(15th), Dylan (6th), Caitlyn (2nd),
Emiell (injured), Jana (8th)
GLASSHOUSE
DISTRICT SPORT
Boys softball trials will be
held on Tuesday 2 &
Wednesday 3 June at St Michael’s
College at 3:30-5:00pm. Collect
trial forms from the office.
Our students going on to
represent Glasshouse at the
Sunshine Coast Regional
Championships on 2 June are
Heath, Cameron, Ethan, Jackson,
Gracie, Daniel & Caitlyn. Good
luck!
Rugby Union trials will be held on
Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 June
at Maleny. I expect trial forms to
be ready by the end of the week.
HIGH JUMP TRIALS
This Friday I am holding high jump
trials for students 9yrs (born in
INTERSCHOOL SPORT
This term at interschool sport we
will be competing in netball and
soccer. The dates are: Friday 5
June (wk 7), Friday 12 June (wk
8), Friday 19 June (wk 9).
We have selected two soccer
teams and two netball teams.
Parent letters will go home this
week for those children involved.
ATHLETICS
Our school Athletics Carnival is
fast approaching. The dates are:
Senior (9yrs-12yrs)
Wednesday 10 June (half day) &
Thursday 11 June (full day)
Junior – (P-3)Wednesday 24
June
Children in year 3 who are born in
2006 are invited to take part in the
senior carnival instead of the
junior one if they wish. Letters will
go home this week so parents can
indicate which carnival (senior or
junior) they wish their 2006 child to
go to. The decision should be
based on the child’s level of
interest and ability in athletics.
P & C NEWS
P&C Monthly Meeting
20 May 2015 at 6.30pm - (please note winter start time)
New Faces & Ideas always Welcome!
UNIFORM SHOP
Hi Everyone,
HELP NEEDED!!!! Under 8s Day is on THIS
WEDNESDAY!! We need 3 non Under 8s parents
to help out with the BBQ cooking and sales. Your
time is needed from 9am – 11 am, no specialist
requirements, just you and your time! I have had
a great response from parents of Under 8
children…however I would rather they spend the
time making memories and sharing in the fun that
is Under 8s day. Please email me, message me
on the P & C Facebook page or text me. I am
now begging for the help please!!
The plans for the Centenary Celebrations are well
underway,
however,
more
photos
and
memorabilia are needed please. If you can scan
and email anything that you would like to share, or
pop into the Office and see Kerrie Howden, she
will ensure the safety of your precious memories!
Please let past students know that we are seeking
this additional information! Spread the word!! We
also have an Official Centenary Celebrations page
on Facebook, so if you haven’t checked it out
already, please do so! Liz Mulholland has been
putting some great old school photos up along
with
loads
of
interesting
information!
Our next school Disco will be on Thursday June
18.
Watch this space for all the exciting
information!!
Open every 2nd Monday—Term 2
8.30am – 9.30am
Uniform Shop- [email protected]
Uniform Shop is open FORTNIGHTLY and the next
opening day is 1 June 2015. Order forms are
available from the Tuckerbox, Admin or online for
between shop filling. Smart Card, Cash, Cheque or
Credit Card can be utilised on the order form, please
note on the form if you do not wish to leave card
details and I will call you and do it over the phone or
let you know when I will be in for you to come in and
meet me.
Paid orders can be left at Admin for collection or
delivered to your nominated student's teacher.
Uniform Shop Convenor
Sharon Webb, 0410 468 007 (Txt is fine)
LOST PROPERTY
Lost Property is stored near the
Uniform Shop in baskets. It is sorted once a
week and named items are returned to your
childs classroom. Please ensure ALL your items
are named, and if you have lost something,
please come down and have a look!
Thanks Susan
Please forward your feed back to us, we can’t fix it
if we don’t know it needs [email protected]
Have a great week!
Taroola
President
THE TUCKER BOX CHAT
When filling out your Pre-Order sport Form please
remember to circle your child/ren choice of flavour or
sauces. Parents are more than welcome to order,
please collect a white pre-order form from the counter.
Limited food will be available on the day.
VALUED VOLUNTEERS
MON- KERRY
TUES- BO BO processing SUE & BO BO
WED- JO processing KERRY
THURS- LORRAINE processing SHERRYL & KERRI
FRI- RENEE & KERRY processing SHARON &
KERRY
When the school calls a WET lunch (rainy weather),
we cannot serve Extras or complete frozen items on
lunch order bags. Your child/ren frozen item on order
bag will be honoured on the next non wet lunch day.
With Health & Happiness
Michelle Lederhose
[email protected]
THE BREKKIE CLUB CHAT
The kids sure did enjoy the sausage sizzle last
week; we are looking for some extra hands to help
out till the end of Term. If you can spare some time
please pop in and see our friendly team.
ON MENU THIS WEEK
Hash Browns- oven baked
FRUIT- oranges, pineapples & kiwi fruit with grapes
Milo & Juice
TOAST- honey, jam & vegemite
VALUED VOLUNTEERS
FIONA, DALLAS, TAROOLA, RENEE &
CRISTELLE
We wish Fiona a speedy recovery and look forward
to seeing her next Term.
The Brekkie Club Team
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OTHER NOTICES
Instrumental Music Band
Vacancy
We have a number vacancies for the
Instrumental Music Program at Elimbah
State School.
If your child would like to learn a musical instrument, we
have some available to start in term 3. Instruments
include clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone and
flute. The school instrumental music program is a very
affordable way for your child to learn a skill for life. Please
contact Mr Hill on [email protected] or drop in and see
him at Elimbah State School on Mondays or Fridays.
Students arriving late at school
Must be signed in by a parent
Please remember that you need to sign your children
in to the office if they are late, where they will be given
a slip to take to their classroom teacher. Many
Thanks to the parents who ARE doing the right thing
and signing their kids in.
REMEMBER YOUR Jumper
As the weather is quite cool at the
moment please remember to pack a
jumper for your child.
School Jumpers are available
purchase at the uniform shop.
for
At the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show: 7pm June 12
–14 2015
A dramatic spectacular featuring original music
and lyrics, with a community choir and cast
telling the story of Australia in Gallipoli and on
the Words and Direction by David Crewe
Music and Musical Director by Paul Coppens
e Home Front
Meet the Prime Minister who sent us to War, the
Generals, the Diggers, their families, the Australian
nurses on the Island of Lemnos, and hear the singing
and music that echoes the pride, the tragedy and the
loss for Australia in the Centenary of WW1
Supported by the Queensland Anzacs
Centenary Grants Fund
the
Sunshine Coast Regional Council
and Sunshine Coast RSL Sub-Branches
www.anzacdawn.com.au
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Supportive and encouraging and fun, get results, all
fitness levels are welcome.
If you are wanting to improve you health and fitness,
Come and join the team!
For more info, Please contact Kylie 0423924448
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DJ FOR HIRE:
Our very own resident of our school discos, phone Colin on 0409 311 885 for
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