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COMING EVENTS Note the following dates in your Diary: SING OUT Wed 13th June Athletics Carnival Wed 27th & Thurs 28th June

P&C Meetings Fourth Monday of the month in Staff Room Fundraising 6pm General 7pm THURSDAYS: Craft Morning 9am, Function Room. UNIFORM SHOP Open Tuesday from 8.30am - 9.30am and Thursday from 2.30pm - 3.30pm. TUCKSHOP Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.15 am - 2.00 pm YMCA O.S.H.C 0455 088 401 Or 46356308 Kids Helpline

1800 55 18 00 Free Call

Edition No. 19.18 Cooee online at http://www.darlheigss.eq.edu.au 12 June 2018 School Administration:- Ph. 46368333 Fax: 46368300 Email: [email protected]

FROM THE A/PRINCIPAL

Welcome to Week 9 at Darling Heights State School.

This week I would like to focus our community’s attention to school readiness.

It is wonderful to see so many students arriving at school nice and early in full school uniform with their jumper and hat ready to have a very prosperous school day as a learner. We ask all parents to please ensure that your child is at school ready to participate as a learner by ensuring they are clean and tidy, dressed for the cooler conditions, have had a full breakfast and are ready for learning by 8:45am at the latest. There are a significant number of students arriving after the first bell which then takes away a considerable portion of the beginning of their day, as they stand in line waiting for a late slip.

We are pleased to announce that our school attendance percentages across all year levels is increasing, with our whole school attendance percentage currently sitting on 92%. Keep up the great work Darling Heights and thank you parents.

Parents, as we only have a little over two weeks until the school holiday period, our teachers are busily assessing our students in preparation for report cards. Report cards will be distributed to families in Week 11 on the Wednesday after-noon.

As Mr Creedon’s holiday adventures continue to unfold, while we are all back here working diligently, I find myself about to embark on the next exciting adven-ture in my own career.

Last Monday I was interviewed by the Assistant Director General and two Re-gional Directors, and I am very excited to announce that I have been appointed to the Band 11 position of Principal, Rural and Remote Centre for Learning and Wellbeing based in Roma District Office. This is a very exciting time for schools in our region as this newly created position is only one of two in the state of Queensland. The core responsibilities as the Centre Principal will include manag-ing and overseeing the development of capability of school leaders and aspiring school leaders serviced by the Centre, ensuring they are equipped with the ap-propriate leadership capabilities to enable them to successfully deliver the vision of the Department of Education. There will also be a significant focus on wellbe-ing support for teachers, school leaders, parents and students from across the region. Until next week,

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PBL (POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING) MATTERS The Value for this week is “Safety” with a focus on “I use the toilets in a safe, appropriate manner”.

This week students will be reminded about which toilet block to use and the importance of using the toilets cor-rectly and hygienically. Students are also encouraged to use the amenities during break times to ensure that their learning time is maximised in the classroom. As always, we encourage students to report any problems or issues directly to a staff member. A special thanks to all parents who take the time each week to sit down and talk to their child/ren about the week’s Value and focus. If any parents have any queries or concerns or wish to discuss anything, please feel free to contact Mrs Keiryn Clements (Deputy Principal) on 46 368 333. OPTIMISM Optimism is an outlook on life such that one maintains a view of the world as a positive place. Optimists are people who refuse to feel helpless and don’t give up when faced with seemingly impossible problems. They expect to suc-ceed, believe in themselves and remain positive. Opti-mists generally believe that people and events are inher-ently good, so that most situations work out for the best in the end. Optimism includes the assumption I can do something to change this situation for the better, whereas pessimism includes the assumption probably nothing I do will make any difference. Of course, when you're optimistic, you are more willing to take action to change things for the better, which increases the likelihood that things will change for the better; that's how optimism becomes self-fulfilling. How do children develop optimism? As children grow and develop, they need as many opportunities as possible to experience success. Every time children achieve some-thing they set out to do, they start to develop a belief that they can go on trying and have more successes. ‘Self talk’ is what we say to ourselves to explain the things that hap-pen through the day. When children are able to say to themselves that they can do something, they are more likely to succeed. Recent research has indicated that success experiences and positive interactions with parents, teachers and signifi-cant others are critical factors in children learning opti-mism. The way that adults think about and talk about their

experiences are very powerful in shaping a child’s beliefs about why success or failure might happen. The more optimistic children are, the more able they are to succeed and have a sense of the future and the more they are able to make friends and learn at school. What parents can do:

Be a good role model - let your children hear how you make sense of a situation (your ‘self talk’) and share your positive thoughts with your children.

Re-phrase what your child says - say things or use different words to make more positive sense out of a situa-tion. Child: "I never have anyone to play with." Parent: "Sometimes it’s hard to find a friend, but last week you had a good time with Mary."

Tell your own stories of overcoming hardships - "When I was at school I thought . . but then I realised . . . "

Give encouragement - "What were your thoughts when you were losing that tennis game?", "How did your thoughts change to help you to move from losing to win-ning?" Help your child catch the helpful and unhelpful thoughts and stick with the helpful ones.

Remember to share some of the old sayings: - "If at first you don’t succeed - try, try again." - "There’s no such word as can’t." - "Every cloud has a silver lining." Draw your child’s attention to media and highlight public figures or winning teams who have overcome hard-ship.

“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” Susan J. Bissonette

SENIOR NEWS Interschool Sport nominations are in progress and all stu-dents are encouraged to participate in representing the school by playing Soccer and Hockey against other schools in Toowoomba. The cost will be around $25 and shin pads will be required for both sports. Excellent behav-iour is another requirement. Once a child has nominated, they are expected to stay with that sport as teams need to be organised. However, if a student has put themselves down for Social Sport and wishes to join a team, we en-courage them to talk to Mr Naumann as soon as possible.

In other news, students with excellent behaviour will be receiving Treat Day Invitations in the near future. This term students will be going bowling and the cost of the game, shoe hire and bus is expected to work out at around $8-9. This has always been a wonderful day for the kids in the past, so we suggest that you start saving up those gold coins to the last day of school!

** SENIOR POLOS ** ** Attention Year 6 **

There is a size 8 & a size 10 Senior Polo available for pur-chase from the Uniform Shop. First in with the money ($34), best dressed. No holds!

Kiyua Performing Arts held in the Darling Heights State School Hall - Sat from 9am - 11am. Payment is by gold coin donation. For more details call Sheriden 0412135925

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UNIFORM SHOP NEWS Price change @ Monday 16.07.18 (Term 3) All HATS - $20 Hijabs - $20 HOUSE COLOURED POLOS & HATS for ATHLETICS CARNIVAL With our Athletics Carnival fast approaching at the end of this term, remember that we have House Coloured Polos ($20) & Reversible House Coloured Hats ($18) available. We also have used House Coloured Polos on the rack from $8 - $12. Please note PARENTS – We have your child’s House Col-oured Polo in ADULT SIZES too. Get into the TEAM SPIRIT & support your child’s team!! As at the 1st of July 2018, the Uniform Shop will not be supplying plastic bags along with the purchase of Uni-forms (due to the plastic bag ban coming into effect). Please bring your own bag when purchasing from the Uni-form Shop. Thank you for your cooperation. DARLING HEIGHTS DAZZLERS We have had our second week of training and the skip-pers are having a great time. They have been learning some single rope skills and some double dutch skills. There will be competition ropes for sale in about a week’s time. I have ordered them from Brisbane. They are a spe-cial rope with longer handles and an adjustable cord that can be made the correct length for each skipper. They are much easier to learn the skills with. If you would like to purchase one the new ones are $16.00 each. Thanks to Miss Dickens and Ms Hibbard who came to training last Wednesday. Cheers, Jo and Amy

Are you interested in finding out more about the NDIS? Darling Heights is holding an information session on the 19

th June at 2.00pm. Come along and find out how the

NDIS can help you. Contact Ricky Adams on [email protected] for more

information or ask at the Office.

CRAFT DONATIONS The Craft group are looking for donations of wrapping pa-per and paper bags for Father's Day Stall. If anyone could help with these items it would be appreci-ated.

Prep Stars PM Eva Lock PN Renad Ali PT Esther Umutoni PW Gabriel Katun Year 1 Stars 1B Caitlyn Bryde 1J Sasa Adhil 1M Sophie Greenwood 1S Alhassan Hussen Year 2 Stars

2A Paridhi Dhakal 2D Akarshana Acharya 2N Gerald Younger 2S Anna Kalondja Year 3/4 Star Students 3C Katelyn Strungaru 3D Giang Nguyen Tran 3M Connor Dodt, Muadth

Eljayash 3P Bashar Al-Nasih 4C Beau Smith 4M Tyg Saw 4R Luke Lodge

Year 3/4 Merit Award 4R Eric Munezero Year 3/4 Student of the Week 4R Blake Callaghan Year 5/6 Star Students 5/6A Sarmad Bajwah 5/6B Elisabeth Briggs 5/6C Adnan Ali 5/6D Zachary Ferrari, Macken-zie Bouttell, Tyla-Jo Salmi 5/6E Francis Igualdo, Shoaib

Hassan Muhammad Musa 5/6F Alina Zhang 5/6G Elia Ndule SEP Stars B Jayson Carandang S Jordan Bonython, Chelsea Ditch, Ethan Bryde, Jayden Lob-wein W Brian Brown, Alex McDonald, Philip Lane-Gessiri, Riley Bar-low, Joshua Roberts

STAR STUDENTS

Darling Heights P&C are planning a

Christmas Summer Market to be held on Sat 24th November this

year. We need Volunteers to

make it a Success! If you are interested in lending a hand on the day, even if you can

only spare an hour, please contact Rebecca on

0452268404 or Deb on 0413880324.

Any help is appreciated

Many hands make light work!

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Settlement Casework Support Monday to Friday Casework support for newly –arrived refugee families Settling In Life Skills Home ownership and real estate Friday 15 Kurdish Kurmanji Linking Leaders Developing new and emerging commu-nity leaders Saturday 16 June Ezidi Community Refugee and Migrant Settlement Ser-vices Interagency Wednesday 20 Focus on Multicultural Mental Health Boukra Ahla Tomorrow Will Be Bet-ter Friday 22 Refugee Week Welcome Lunch St David's Parish Hall, Allora

Toowoomba Migration Advice Clinic Family reunion advice for recently ar-rived humanitarian entrants Friday 22 By appointment SportConnect Free swimming and safety event Sat 23 Young refugee adults Must have attended the orientation fo-rum on June 9 Etjema Learning Circle Tuesday 26 English language practice for older ref-ugee men and women Getting Started Developing refugee parents’ skills in children’s early learning Friday 29 Kurdish Kurmanji & Arabic

Mulberry Connections Horticulture Program Monday, Wednesday, Friday Social enterprise for migrant and refu-gee families Eye-Care-We-Care Vision Clinic Free vision screening for low income migrant and refugee families Monday to Friday By appointment More details Get in touch with one of our friendly Hub Team members to find out more or sign up for our email updates. We also have community engagement workers speaking Kurdish Kurmanji, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, and Lingala. We look forward to hearing from you! Cultural Diversity Hub 104 South Street Toowoomba P 4617 7600 E [email protected]