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Week 9 Term 2

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The Newsletter of Wandoan State School P-10

A 3R and PBL School

Respect Responsibility Reaching

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Week 9 Term 2

13th June 2018

Wandoan State School P-10s 49 North Street Phone: 07 4628 8888 PO BOX 103 Fax: 07 4628 8800 WANDOAN QLD 4419 Email: [email protected]

Next P&C Meeting: 14th June, 5.30pm, Juandah Hotel

Uniform Convenor Emma Fewtrell

Date Claimers

June 27 Art Show, Activities Hall, 1.30pm—3.00pm

27 Volunteers Afternoon Tea, 2.30pm

28 PBL Celebration, 5.30pm—8.00pm

29 South West School Sport Feedback due

July 16 Term 3 commences

16 Greg Driesse Workshops, Indigenous Author

27 Wandoan Athletics Carnival

Newsletter Email Address

Should you wish to have a community notice advertised or wish to acknowledge the achievements of a Wandoan State School student, please email your notice to

[email protected] before Monday 12pm.

Thank you to Western Downs Regional Council who visited us yesterday to run Waste and Recycling Workshops. Chelsea K, Isabelle M, Tayla E and

Jazlynn B were all keen participants in the recycling activity.

From the Principal’s Desk ...

Repor�ng

Semester One reports will be mailed to families on the

final day of this term. Remember that a review of our

repor�ng procedures endorsed by our P & C in 2017 has

led to significant changes. This will minimise lengthy

comments and engage parents in Parent/Teacher

Interviews with an opportunity to discuss student

results.

All reports will include ra�ngs for student achievement,

behaviour and effort and comments for English and

Math subjects, and overall behaviour and effort.

Dependant on the year level, addi�onal comments for

some subject areas may be included.

I encourage all parents to par�cipate in Parent Teacher

Interviews when offered in Term 3.

PBL Focus this week:

“ I use calming strategies when I am upset.”

It is important to

recognise when we are

upset and iden�fy

strategies to use to calm

ourselves down.

This is per�nent at this

point in the term as we

head into the final weeks

before holidays, as

students become less

resilient and less tolerant

of others.

P & C Mee�ng: Thursday 14 June, 5.30pm

At tomorrow night’s P & C Mee�ng, I will be presen�ng

our school’s Bullying Policy for endorsement a:er

undergoing review by staff and the PBL Team as well as

the 2017 School Annual Report which will be uploaded

to our website by the end of this week.

Have a great week,

Rowie Price

Principal

Welcome to Week 9!

It is hard to believe that we are almost to the end of

Week 9. Students and staff con�nue to focus on ‘Every

Student Succeeding’ through constant revision of

learning goals and celebra�ng when gains are made

towards these. With only a li?le over two weeks remaining

for the term, it is important that students con�nue to do

their best to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Highlights of Week 8:

♦ Students of the Week being recognised for their

ability to work effec�vely as a member of a team as

well as con�nuing to focus on their learning.

♦ Golden Broom Award winners, Years 9 & 10 - they

have taken responsibility for the G block area and

have made some changes to their learning space for

the be?er. Well done!

♦ Students represen�ng our school and Miles and

District at the South West Cross Country Trials.

♦ Students being recognised for their Reading and

Spelling milestones as part of our con�nued focus on

literacy. It is great to see students improving in their

reading levels.

♦ Students comple�ng assessment tasks to the best of

their ability—this will con�nue this week.

A?endance

Congratula�ons to our Prep and Year 9/10 students for their

100% a?endance last week, followed closely by the Year 2s.

A friendly reminder that if your child is away to contact

administra�on with an explana�on for the absence,

preferably before or on the day of the absence.

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SECONDARY Claudia E, Caitlyn B and Ethan A

June 15th Lincoln A

PRIMARY

Year 1—Mitch S

Year 2—Ben N

Year 3—Grace F

Year 4—Ma(hew N

Year 5—Tia R

GOLDEN BROOM AWARD WEEKS 7 & 8 YEAR 9/10

Congratulations Cooringa!

‘R’ STAR TOTALS

WEEK 8

SPORTS NEWS

50 READING SESSIONS 25 READING

SESSIONS

STUDENT AWARDS

SUPER SPELLERS

75 READING SESSIONS

South West Cross Country Trials

Well done to Haylie W, Hunter L and Brayden D for their efforts in the South West Cross Country Trials in Miles last Friday.

State Netball Trials

Good luck to Haylee D as she travels to the Gold Coast to compete at the Netball State Championships from Thursday to Sunday.

Athletics Training

Athletics training continues this week and will run until the end of term. Training runs from 3:30pm-4:30pm on Tuesday afternoons at the school. If any parents are willing to volunteer time to assist with these training sessions, please email Miss Irwin – [email protected].

Mrs Devlin will also be running lunch time training for long jump and triple jump on Fridays.

South West Mustangs

Congratulations to Lucas D for representing the Under 13 South West Mustangs at the Central Carnival in Chinchilla last weekend. The team were winners of the Under 13 Boys Phil Shield Shield at the carnival.

**Upcoming Sports Events and Trials**

Girls Rugby League (Roma) – Friday 22nd June Wandoan State School Athletics Carnival – Friday 27th July

Miss Irwin

This term has seen Year 5/6 listen to, read and view a variety of news reports from television, radio and the internet. Students have identified and analysed bias in media reports. They evaluated the effectiveness of language devices that can influence an audience. They have created a written response to a news report for their assessment.

The 5/6 students have also been creating a number of documentary style films to tell a person’s story. Students have had to create an interview-based documentary that features someone from our school community such as a parent, teacher, student, librarian, groundsman or principal.

The documentary focuses on how the person contributes their time or skills to the school community (their role in the school), and informs us more about who they are or what they do outside of school.

Students worked in small groups (two or three students) to plan and design the documentary that communicates the subject’s point of view about the school community.

These short documentary films will be on view at the end of term.

Ms Perkins

YEAR 5/6

Miss Irwin

Mr White Mrs Taylor

INCLUSIVE INSIGHTS

Social Skills Everyday social interactions are complex and multi-layered. Everyone makes social gaffes but on a whole we are quick to recognise our errors and act to repair them. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder have great difficulty understanding non-verbal communication, such as facial expression, body language and tone of voice. Their literal interpretation of the world means that they frequently misunderstand the actual words.

This is why our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) lessons each week are so important for our students with additional needs. It gives us the opportunity to think about different social situations and work towards understanding what might be going on in each person’s mind and help students to come to an understanding of each other. We often use visual aides to help remind student to stop and think before they decide on a course of action.

Many students with ASD have difficulty with voice control. Some may talk very loudly in inappropriate places, while other students may use a soft voice. Teachers often talk to students about using inside and outside voices to remind students to use the appropriate voice for the situation or use visual cues. Using role playing is another powerful way to help students.

Parents can also help their children at home, to think about the volume and tone of voice they use. When parents and teachers work together by giving consistent messages we can have the greatest impact on our children.

Kind Regards

Ms Zackrisen

The Year 9/10 students in Informa�on & Communica�on Technology lessons (ICT) have been working on a

project using a combina�on of engineering and coding skills. They had to build a robot using the Lego kits

and then program them to travel a pathway that simulated a tractor that was spraying for pests in a

paddock. There have been many trials and reprogramming and it has been a joy to see the engagement

and persistence of some students. It has been pleasing to see the way students have been helping each

other out when things don’t go as planned. Ms Zackrisen

ICT

Wednesday Morning Tea

Year 9/10 Fundraiser

$2.00 per sausage

$1.50 per popper

WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKSHOPS