Newsletter From The Principals Desk Arts Night The school and P&C are organizing an Arts Night on the 2 nd of November from 6-8 in the tuckshop area; students will showcase the work they do in school. We are asking that people bring a plate to share and BYO drinks. On past experiences these have been great nights! Water bottles As the weather warms up it is a great idea for students to bring a water bottle they can keep at their desk. Wear Red and Educate — Day for Daniel on Friday 27 October 2017 We are proud to be joining with schools throughout Australia in the annual Day for Daniel on Friday 27 October 2017. Our adopt a cop Shelly will be talking to the students on Thursdays assembly. Day for Daniel aims to raise awareness about child safety and protection and promote a safer community for children. The day also aims to educate children regarding their personal safety and empower them to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not right. The theme of Day for Daniel is Wear Red and Educate — something that we will be doing to help create a safer community for all children. Regards, Donald Pritchard Principal Halifax SS Date 19 th October, 2017 Issue 17 Halifax State School 17 Victoria Terrace, Halifax QLD 4850 P: (07) 47777132 F: (07) 47777389 E: [email protected]Important dates 20 th October – School Swimming 27 th October – School Swimming 30th October – Country Swimming Carnival 1 st November – Yr 5 High School Transition Day 3 rd November – School swimming 10 th November – School swimming 17 th November – School swimming 23 rd November – City v Country Swimming Carnival 24 th November – School swimming 27 th November –Yr 6 High School Experience Day 8 th December – Final day of school Our School Rules Courtesy Cooperation Commitment Consideration THIS WEEKS FOCUS YCDI – Persistence SCHOOL RULE: Commitment Absent Letters and phone calls Please call the school in the morning if your child is going to be absent for the day.
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Newsletter From The Principals Desk
Arts Night
The school and P&C are organizing an Arts Night on the 2nd of November
from 6-8 in the tuckshop area; students will showcase the work they do in
school. We are asking that people bring a plate to share and BYO drinks. On
past experiences these have been great nights!
Water bottles
As the weather warms up it is a great idea for students to bring a water
bottle they can keep at their desk.
Wear Red and Educate — Day for Daniel on Friday 27 October 2017
We are proud to be joining with schools throughout Australia in the
annual Day for Daniel on Friday 27 October 2017. Our adopt a cop Shelly will
be talking to the students on Thursdays assembly.
Day for Daniel aims to raise awareness about child safety and protection
and promote a safer community for children.
The day also aims to educate children regarding their personal safety and
empower them to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not
right.
The theme of Day for Daniel is Wear Red and
Educate — something that we will be doing to
help create a safer community for
all children.
Regards,
Donald Pritchard
Principal Halifax SS
Date 19th October, 2017
Issue 17
Halifax State School 17 Victoria Terrace, Halifax QLD
Studies show that children need to practice reading everyday in order to improve their reading skills. Developing and
teaching reading strategies to elementary students will help increase their reading ability. Often when students get
stuck on a word they are told to "sound it out." While this strategy may work at times, there are other strategies that
may work even better. The following is a list of reading strategies for elementary students.
Teach your students these tips to help improve their reading ability.
READING STRATEGIES
Look at the picture and prepare your mouth to say the word. Read the sentence again from the beginning. Skip the word and come back to it. Sound the word out slowly. Break the word into parts. Ask yourself, does the sentence make sense? Does it sound right? Ask a friend or teacher.
This week’s Behavioural Article 1. Encourage a regular mindfulness practice.
Mindfulness creates structural and functional changes in the brain that support a healthy
response to stress. It strengthens the calming, rational prefrontal cortex and reduces activity in
the instinctive, impulsive amygdala. It also strengthens the connections between the prefrontal
cortex and the amygdala. When this connection is strong, the calming prefrontal cortex will
have more of a hand in decisions and behaviour. See here for fun ways that children can
practice mindfulness.
2. Exercise.
Exercise strengthens and reorganises the brain to make it more resilient to stress. One of the
ways it does this is by increasing the neurochemicals that can calm the brain in times of
stress. Anything that gets kids moving is stellar, but of course, if you can make it fun that
pretty much grants you hero status. Here are some ideas, but get them thinking and they’ll
have plenty of their own:
• throw a frisbee;
• kick a ball;
• give a hula-hoop a spin;
• dance stars;
• walk the dog;
• superhero tag (the tagged one stands in the middle of a circle on the ground, a
superhero saves them by using their superhero powers to fly with running feet through
the circle);
• detective (in the park or backyard … first one to find five things that are green; or five
things starting with ‘s’; or seven things that could be used for dress-ups; or ten things