2 February 2018
Newsletter Articles
- DATE CLAIMER
- PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
- BEFORE SCHOOL ROUTINES
- APPOINTMENTS WITH STAFF
- STUDENT MEDICATION
- RELEASE OF STUDENT INFORMATION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
- POSTIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL) NEWS
- FINANCE NEWS
- MUSIC NEWS
- PE AND SPORT NEWS
- ATTENDANCE
- YEAR LEVEL PARADES
- 2018 INVESTITURE CEREMONY
- UNIFORMS
- SCHOOL DIARIES
- PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS IN WEEK 4
- PARENT VOLUNTEERS
- GUIDANCE OFFICER NEWS
- YEAR PREP NEWS
- YEAR 1 NEWS
- YEAR 2 NEWS
- YEAR 3 NEWS
- YEAR 4 NEWS
- YEAR 5 NEWS
- YEAR 6 NEWS
- YEAR 6 CAMP
- SENIOR SHIRTS
- P&C NEWS
- DEFENCE NEWS
DATE CLAIMER
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DATE CLAIMER |
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2 February |
Season 1 sports trials permission note due year 6 |
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6 February |
NQ Swimming Trials 10-12yrs old |
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7 February |
Swimming carnival payment due years 3-6 |
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8 February |
Season 1 sports trial year 6 |
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8 February |
Grip Leadership Conference (Senior Leaders) |
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14 February |
Swimming carnival years 3-6 |
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15 February |
Fall of Singapore Service (Captains/Publicity Officer) |
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16 February |
Investiture Ceremony years 3-6 2.20pm |
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22 February |
Student Council meeting |
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Dear Parents/Guardians and Community
Welcome to The Willows 2018! We have had a fantastic start to the school year and it is great to see familiar and new faces around our school. I would like to thank each of you for your part and ensuring that child/ren have been well equipped, rested and ready for the school year. Great job!
We welcome to The Willows a significant number of new families. Some of our families have only just started the schooling experience and it was excellent to see them welcomed by not only students and staff but by our parents who have been through the “first days/weeks of school”. This is what makes our school community so great and I thank each of you for being part of it!
We also welcome to our school some returning and new staff. Mrs Souter (Deputy Principal) has returned and has been clocking up thousands of steps in the P-1 area of our school. Mrs Outtrim, Miss Condie, Miss Clarke, Miss McLennan, Mrs Smith, Mrs Pappalardo and Ms Faulks also join the teaching team at The Willows State School and Ms D’Arcy joins our front office team.
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our 2018 School Leadership Team.
Mrs Helen McCullough –
Principal
Mrs Christine Shann – Business Manager
Mrs Patricia Winter – Deputy Principal (Year 5 /
6)
Mrs Amanda Souter – Deputy Principal (Year Prep/
1)
Mr Cameron Tod – A/Deputy Principal (Year 3/
4)
Mrs Kym Clay – A/Head of Curriculum – Teaching
and Learning (Year 2)
Mrs Kate Haines – Head of Curriculum – Student
Services (PBL focus) (Year 2)
Mrs Claire Franklin – Head of Special Education
Services (Students With Disability)
Mrs Narelle Thomas – Guidance Officer
Mrs Paula Prideaux – Master Teacher
Over the course of the 2017 school year, we engaged in a school-wide process to provide us with the direction and feedback required for continuous school improvement. This enabled us to make some changes across a number of areas, update some of our key facilities and areas and as a school team, we are looking forward to 2018 where our Explicit Improvement Agenda items are:
- Literate and Numerate Students – focus on Reading
- Australian Curriculum (8 Key Learning Areas) - introducing Digital Technologies
- Positive Behaviour for Learning (P.B.L.)
- Community Connections – successful transitions Kindy-Prep and Year 6-7
Our work as a staff has already commenced from 2017 to now in these areas. Our 3 day Pupil Free Day program was designed around each of our Explicit Improvement Agenda Areas. Staff were engaged in a number of key professional learning opportunities and have hit the ground running in their own learning and in our classrooms! Congratulations to all staff for your work leading up to the start of our school year!
Each State School is required to have a Responsible Behaviour Plan for managing Student Behaviour. Our School has done significant work on this over the course of the last 2 years and we have again reviewed this. As a school, we work within a bigger education system. Our school has realigned the Responsible Behaviour Plan to the Positive Behaviour Learning Framework (an evidenced based system that is strongly supported by DET and the North Queensland Region). As a result of this realignment we now introduce the following changes to “The Willows Way”:
As Successful Learners We are:
Safe
Respectful
Responsible
This is The Willows Way!
You will notice across our school that signage has been done and this is a direct result of 25 PBL committee members working together to widely consult and create the rules, expectations and visuals required for us to kickstart PBL in our school from the first day of 2018. The teamwork has been exceptional and our teachers and students are excited about the positive approach to rule reminders and the clear consequences for a small group of our students who need support to follow the school wide systems.
While teachers and students were on holidays we took the opportunity to have some facilities updgraded. H Block has been refurbished and the teachers and students are loving the fresh look! We have installed a Yarning Circle which was painted by local artist, Nicki Bidju. This area will be opened up shortly and provides a great space for us to meet, gather and learn. We also have extended our library to incorporate a “Maker Space” which supports the design technologies (design, make, evaluate) curriculum. This will be finished in the next fortnight and installed with the furnishing required for the hands on learning this subject lends itself to.
Large systems need structure, routine and our school is committed to providing an organised environment. There have been some key changes at our school to meet our school needs:
- Each week Year Levels will be holding year level parades. These are to set the week up for successful learning, positive behaviour and attendance targets. Teachers are responsible for holding these and parents are welcome to attend (please ask your class teacher when these are)
- Whole School Parades will be held 3 times per term to showcase the work of our Music, Sporting and School Student Leadership Teams along with whole of school celebrations. These Parades will not include the awards (these are now weekly) for each class (who will now have 3 awards per week rather than 1-2). Parents are welcome to attend and we welcome you to these. Information and dates will be posted on the School Facebook Page and through our date claimers in newsletters
- Newsletters will now be published in each even week (2, 4 etc).
- Eating Areas have been established throughout the school by year level to maximise the current shaded areas (including TCBC) and ensure that our teachers are receiving their entitled breaks. Prep students will remain in their class areas until they get a little more comfortable at school.
On behalf of The Willows State School we are looking forward to working with you to provide educational excellence for all students.
Kind regards
Helen McCullough
Principal
BEFORE SCHOOL ROUTINES
At 8am we have limited supervision which is why we have the following in place as part of our duty of care:
All students who arrive from 8am onwards are to go to the Main CPA.
At 8.20am Years 3-6 students are taken to TCBC where they wait until they are released to go to class. Prep-2 students remain in the Main CPA and are released in time to go to class by 8.45am.
No student should be arriving at school prior to 8am. The school is not open and there is no supervision provided.
The Outside School Hours Care facility is an option for parents to book/use and parents/carers who have early starts and late finishing times are encouraged to access this facility.
APPOINTMENTS WITH STAFF
Throughout the course of any day and week, the administrative and teaching staff of The Willows have significant commitments to the Teaching and Learning of our students. If you are needing to see one of the staff, please help us by arranging an appointment time at a mutually beneficial time. This can be done by contacting our office, email or by talking with us.
RELEASE OF STUDENT INFORMATION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Our school follows the departmental policy in regards to releasing information which is very clear as to what we can provide. At no time, will information regarding student attendance, performance or other matters be provided via telephone to any member of our school community or beyond.
The information that we are able to provide is information from Student Profiles recorded on the State School System OneSchool. Prior to releasing the profile, staff need to de-identify the record and time must be afforded for this to occur.
Parents who are needing information about their child to take to external appointments need to request this through the front office.
All requests from legal, medical and other external agencies, need to be addressed to The Principal.
Forms and surveys for information for medical providers are to be provided to front office to pass to Deputy Principals. Please do not give these directly to class teachers as this delays the requests significantly.
At no time in our communication with parents do we discuss another child or their circumstances etc. Please avoid embarrassment and in all communication with us, focus only on your child/ren.
POSTIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL) NEWS
Dear Parent/Guardians:
The Willows State School has always strived to create a safe and positive learning
environment for all students. In an effort to continue to improve our school climate, staff at The Willows have worked together to develop a Positive Behaviour for Learning Plan (PBL). The primary goal of this plan is to promote consistency in our high standards fostering our school rules of being Safe, Respectful and Responsible. The students will be learning about PBL by engaging in fortnightly lessons that will target different areas of the schools behaviour expectations. These lessons will also be a feature at our whole school and cohort parades. The school has new signage in each area to inform and remind the students of The Willows expectations.
We have adopted The Willows Warriors who are now our Positive Behaviour Mascots. The Mascots were designed, named and voted on by the students of 2017.
Students, classes and cohorts will continually be acknowledged and rewarded for displaying Safe, Responsible and Respectful behaviours throughout the year. Please regularly ask your child if they understand the expectations in different locations around the school and celebrate the rewards your child is receiving.
The teachers and students are currently deciding on the mid-term and end of term celebration for their cohorts. Students will be able to attend the midterm celebration if they collect their 75 stars and the end of term celebration if they have had no major behavioural incidents.
The school’s expectations are printed on signage around the school for teachers, students, parents and visitors. This is so we have a calm and consistent environment conducive to learning.
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This term The Willows staff and students are trialling a year level parade system. This is to focus on the celebration of Excellent Learning, Behaviour and Attendance. The students will receive certificates and be cheered by their teachers and peers. We invite parents/carers to come along and join the celebration of student success. Please see parade timetable listed in the Parade News article.
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School focus |
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FINANCE NEWS
INVOICING FOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES & STUDENT RESOURCES
- The web address at the left bottom of your invoice provides a direct hyperlink to BPOINT. Your CRN, Invoice and Student Name will pre-populate into the BPOINT payment screen.
- Phone payment using credit/debit card via BPOINT 1300 631 073. Please quote CRN and invoice number from the BPOINT box on the left.
- In person at The Willows State School via EFTPOS, cash, cheque or money order.
If parents would like to set up a payment plan or have the need for a payment extension, please contact Christine Shann, Business Manager 4799 1310. All communication is confidential.
Interschool Swimming Carnival Yrs 3-6 – A letter with a permission slip attached and an invoice for $6 has been sent home and emailed to those on the email list. The permission slip is to be returned with the payment or, if the payment is made by BPoint, the permission slip is required at the office the next day so it can be matched up with your payment.
Music Book Prep-Yr6 – An invoice for $5 has been sent home and emailed to those on the email list (excluding parents who paid for this resource with the book pack). This music book is an essential learning resource for the music program.
Student Diary Yrs 3-6 - An invoice for $10 has been sent home and emailed to those on the email list (excluding parents who paid for this resource with the book pack). A student diary is essential for communication and student learning.
Reading Eggs Prep-Yr2 - A letter with a permission slip attached and an invoice for $16 has been sent home and emailed to those on the email list. The permission slip is to be returned with the payment or, if the payment is made by BPoint, the permission slip is required at the office the next day so it can be matched up with your payment.
PE AND SPORT NEWS
Welcome
Welcome to PE and Sport at The Willows State School for 2018. We are Cathy Pilcher and Jenny Deuble, your child’s PE Teachers. We are looking forward to working with 1000+ students at our school.
Curriculum Information
This semester, each PE Teacher is responsible for different year levels. As you can see, the Overview below gives you a snapshot of The Movement and Physical Activity your child will be participate in and engage in learning. Listed below are the Curriculum Units we are covering during Term 1.
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YEAR LEVEL |
PE UNIT |
TEACHER RESPONSIBLE |
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PREP |
Who Wants to Play Students demonstrate personal and social skills to include others and describe their feelings after participating in a range of active games. Students:
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Cathy Pilcher |
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1 |
Playing with Balls Students develop the object control skills of rolling, bouncing and soccer dribbling through active participation in activities, games and movement challenges. Students:
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Jenny Deuble |
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2 |
iJump, iMove, iLand Gym: iMove iJump iLand In this context, students develop and perform static balances, locomotion skills, rotations, springs and landings. They also perform these gymnastic skills as a continuous movement sequence that incorporates the elements of under, over and through the air. Students:
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Jenny Deuble |
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3 |
Scoot Scoot In this unit, students develop and practise scooter board riding skills through various activities and challenges. Students:
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Jenny Deuble |
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4 |
Criss Cross In this context, students practise and refine fundamental movement skills to perform various skipping skills and solve individual skipping challenges. They also examine the benefits of being fit and physically active and how they relate to skipping. Students:
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Cathy Pilcher |
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5 |
Space Invasion Students develop the specialised movement skills identified in invasion games. They explore ethical behaviour and fair play and apply these concepts within a team and a variety of physical activities. Students:
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Jenny Deuble |
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6 |
Over the Net Students perform specialised 4 Square skills. They combine and perform specialised 4 Square skills to open up space on the court to win or gain the upper hand within gameplay. They demonstrate skills to work collaboratively and play fairly during net, court and wall related activities and games. Students:
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Cathy Pilcher |
PE Dress Code
The expectation at The Willows is that students will wear their school uniform every day.
Hats must be brought to every PE lesson. We treat it as being equal to our shirt, shorts/skort, sandshoes and socks. We are a Sun Safe school. Sunscreen is a must to be applied every day.
When representing the school, you must dress in full school uniform.
Remember, you are able to wear your Sporting House shirt each Wednesday.
Important Dates for Sport
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EVENT |
YEAR LEVEL |
REQUIREMENT |
DATE DUE/ |
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Season 1 Sport Trials |
6 |
Permission form |
Friday 2 February |
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Swimming Carnival |
3-6 |
Permission form money $6 |
Wednesday 7 February |
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Season 1 Sport Trials |
6 |
Safety Equipment (Mouth Guards, Footy Boots, Head Gear, Shin Guards), Hockey Sticks, spare shirt to trial in. |
Thursday 8 February |
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NQ Swimming Trials |
10yrs-12yrs |
You must have times from an official Swim Meet. Contact Mrs Pilcher for more information. |
Monday 6 February |
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Swimming Carnival |
3-6 |
Swim Shirt, Togs, Thongs, Towel, Hat, Sun Screen, Water Bottle, Snack |
Wednesday 14 February |
Contacting us!
We are your first port of call if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s PE learning. There are a number of ways to contact us:
- Email - Cathy
Pilcher - cpilc2@eq.edu.au
Jenny Deuble - jdeub1@eq.edu.au - Phone - Through School Office - 47991333
- In Person - You will find the PE Office in the Main CPA. It’s always good to make an appointment to see us as we are busy setting up, collecting equipment or seeing teachers before school.
- A Note/Diary Message
Looking forward to meeting you throughout the year.
Cathy Pilcher and Jenny Deuble
PE Teachers
ATTENDANCE
Every student in our school is important to us and we are committed to providing personalised education suited to their needs. The very first step in that is maximising learning time and we believe that if students attend every day and every learning minute of the day we are improving their opportunities for academic success.
Students can come to school from 8am. If they arrive at 8am they go to the Main CPA. At 8.20am year 3,4,5, and 6 students are escorted by at teacher to TCBC. Students are expected to be at school in the classroom ready to start work at 8.45am. Students who are late to school are encouraged to complete any work missed in their own time. Please note that lateness and early departure have an impact on student learning.
THE WILLOWS WAY IS 100% ATTENDANCE.
Just a little bit late doesn’t seem much but did you know…….
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He/She is only missing just…… |
That equals……. |
Which is …….. |
And over 13 years of schooling that’s …….. |
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10 minutes per day |
50 minutes per week |
Nearly 1.5 weeks per year |
Nearly half a year |
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20 minutes per day |
1 hour 40 mins per week |
Over 2.5 weeks per year |
Nearly 1 year |
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½ an hour per day |
Half a day per week |
4 weeks per Year |
Nearly 1 and a half years |
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1 hour per day |
1 day per week |
8 weeks per year |
Over 2 and a half years |
LEARNING STARTS AT 8.45AM
YEAR LEVEL PARADES
This year our students will have year level parades weekly and full school parades as scheduled on our school calendar.
Note the time and place for all year levels. Parents/Guardians are most welcome to attend.
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Prep |
Monday 11.40am in Junior CPA |
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Year 1 |
Monday 12.50pm in Junior CPA |
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Year 2 |
Tuesday 8.45 am in Junior CPA |
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Year 3 |
Monday 2pm in TCBC Conference Room |
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Year 4 |
Tuesday 2.30pm in TCBC Conference Room |
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Year 5 |
Mondays 11.40am in TCBC Conference Room |
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Year 6 |
Mondays 2.30pm in TCBC Conference Room |
If there are any changes to these times your child’s teacher will inform you. Please check our Date Claimer for the next whole school parade. At this parade students will come together as a group and practising the expectations for ceremonies / commemorations.
2018 INVESTITURE CEREMONY
We proudly invite FAMILIES OF STUDENT LEADERS and parents of students in Yr 3 to 6 to join with us in celebrating the Investiture of our student leaders of 2018. The Ceremony will be on Friday the 16th of February in the TCBC commencing at 2.20pm. We invite the parents of our leaders to be part of the ceremony and pin the badges on their students. A letter will be sent home. Already our leaders have started to think about their goals for term 1 and we have talked about leadership standards. Ten members of our leadership team will be attending the Grip Student Leadership Conference 8th February.
UNIFORMS
Students at The Willows State School take pride in representing the school community by proudly wearing the school uniform, as represented in the photo below.
Our school colours are gold, jade and navy. School shirts are available from a number of distributors such as: Tropic T-Shirts, Georgio Clothing, Cueldee and Lowes.
Students wear navy shorts (taslon, cotton/polyester, open weave basketball type) or skirt/skort as appropriate. Girls wear shorts or skorts for physical education classes and other sports activities.
The school hat is our bucket hat that can be purchased at the school tuckshop. No other hats are permitted and we have a strict policy “No hat, No play” to keep our students sun safe.
All students must wear lace-up or velcro closed-in shoes with short socks at all times while in the school grounds and for all sports activities.
SCHOOL DIARIES
At The Willows State School our year 3,4, 5 and 6 students use student diaries. We believe that this diary is an important learning tool as it helps students to be organised and self-reflective. Our diary has been customised and is used frequently in the classroom as a learning tool. It also provides a a quick way to send messages to and from school regarding upcoming events and general communication.
The cost is value for money at $10.00 as we have personalised this diary to suit the needs of our students. In the diary we have added:
- Our School Responsible Behaviour Plan including our expectations matrix.
- Details regarding our homework policy, personal technology device use, uniform, ICT and media consent agreements.
- Pages to allow students to note assessment results, reading levels and set their own learning goals
- Goal setting, managing stress, time management, health and study information
- Anchor charts relating to whole school reading strategies, writing processes, writing narrative and persuasive (steps to success), spelling rules and generalisations and problem solving strategies in mathematics
- Written methods re addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and number fact strategies
- The times tables, mathematical planes and solid shapes
- World maps and the solar system
- General facts about Australia
- Code of Conduct for travelling on buses
- Blank Timetables and tear away absence slips
If you haven’t already paid for the diary please pay at the office as diaries will soon be handed out to students for use.
PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS IN WEEK 4
Welcome to ‘The Willows State School’. We believe that communication is very important and we encourage our parents to be positively involved with their child’s learning at home and at school. We start the year with our Parent Information Sessions. Below is a list of dates, times and locations for all year levels. Please note that these sessions are for general information and conversations. If you wish to have conversation with your teacher about your child please feel free to organise a time to meet with your teacher. Our P & C will be having a meet and greet sausage sizzle in TCBC at 5pm that night and all parents are most welcome to stay and attend the first P&C meeting for the year at 6pm in TCBC conference room.
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 13th February.
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TIME |
LOCATION |
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PREP |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
P1 Pod |
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PREP |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
P2 Pod |
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PREP |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
A Pod |
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YEAR 1 |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
Student’s classroom |
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YEAR 2 |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
C Pod |
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YEAR 3 |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
E Pod |
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YEAR 4 |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
F Pod |
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YEAR 5 |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
I Pod H2 Pod |
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YEAR 6 |
Session 1 3.15 – 4.15pm Session 2 4.30-5.30pm |
N1 |
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Parent Volunteers are an extremely important part of our school community and we appreciate any time that they can provide to assist us. We need assistance in many areas including the following:
- Class home readers
- Tuckshop
- Events and school activities
- Yearbook for year 6
- Sight words
- Reading
- Sports Carnivals
- Fun Fair
If you have some time or expertise that you can share with us please contact Mrs Patricia Winter (pwint5@eq.edu.au) or staff in the office. We would like to invite you to an induction session that suits your schedule. Please leave your name and contact details at the office.
GUIDANCE OFFICER NEWS
Welcome to 2018. My name is Narelle Thomas and I am the Guidance Officer based at The Willows State School. I began at TWSS in January 2017 and am continuing in a full time capacity in 2018. I am at the school Monday to Friday each week and can be located in SPod. My roles involves:
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate effective working relationships and partnerships with parents, school personnel and external support agencies in order to provide a comprehensive support, case management and referral service to optimize students’ access and engagement in educational programs.
- Providing short term/brief counselling with appropriate referral service to assist students in decision making about educational, personal, social, and emotional development issues.
- Conducting student observation, data gathering and psychoeducational assessment in order to determine the nature of student learning difficulties, disabilities, developmental levels or psychological and emotional wellbeing in order to make recommendations for educational adjustments and interventions.
Over the next few newsletters, I would like to share with you some parenting tips, which I hope you may find beneficial. Please feel free to drop into SPod for a chat if you have concerns about your student.
YEAR PREP NEWS
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TERM 1 |
TERM 2 |
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U1 ‘Enjoying our New World’ MT - Speaking: Talk about a favourite story |
C2C English V5 U2 ‘Enjoying and retelling stories’ Retell a story (oral) |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Monitoring: Life in Prep, Number Watch, Build a cubby, Represent 1-10 Bag Sort |
C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring: Super me, location GI Sorting Shapes, On my plate |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U3 – Weather watch Monitoring: My weather collage Weather and living things |
C2C Science V5 U1 – Our living world Monitoring: Making detailed scientific observations (Lesson 3), Representing and sharing ideas about a farm environment (Lesson 7) Our living world - Collection of work |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C History V3 U1 - What is my history and how do I know? My Family |
C2C Geography V4 U1 – What are places like? What is my place like? |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
Digital Technologies V8 P-1-2 Unit 1 (Part A 20 weeks) + Introduce Part C |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 P-1-2 V5 Unit1 – Media ‘Family Stories’ |
C2C ARTS V5 P-1-2 V5 Unit1 – Visual ‘New Stories’ (aligns Eng U2) |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U1 ‘I can do it’ (Life Ed – Harold’s Friendship’ |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U2 ‘I am Growing and changing’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U1 ‘Let’s get moving’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U3 ‘Who wants to play?’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 P-1-2-BAND U4 ‘Music in our New World’ |
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YEAR 1 NEWS
Year 1 Curriculum in Semester 1
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TERM 1 |
TERM 2 |
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U1 ‘Exploring emotion in picture books’ MT - Informative presentation C2C English V5 U2 ‘Explaining how a story works’ Responding to imaginative texts |
C2C English V5 U3 ‘Exploring characters in stories’ Exploring characters in stories: Reading and comprehension (interview) Character description (written) C2C English V5 U4 ‘Engaging with poetry’ (report in Semester 2) Comprehending poetry (Written) Poem Recitation (oral) |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Monitoring: Spill and count, longer/shorter Pool problems C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring : Data and Money Guided inquiry Will it, won’t it, might it? My favourite teen number |
C2C Maths V5 U3 Monitoring: Ten trains count Secret object C2C Maths V5 U4 Shape shakers Monitoring: Data and Money Guided Inquiry |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U1 – Living adventure Monitoring: Identifying features of habitats, Investigating a healthy habitat in the local environment A better place (Short Answer Questions) |
C2C Science V5 U2 – Material madness Monitoring: Investigate a material's ability to contain water (Lesson 6), Investigate materials for the ability to hold objects (Lesson 4) Don't rock the boat |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C History V3 U1 - How do we describe the sequence of time? Time Capsule Box |
C2C Geography V4 U1 - How can spaces with in a place be rearranged to suit different purposes? How do people use spaces? |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
C2C Digital Technologies V8 P-1-2 Unit 1 “Computers Handy Helpers” (20 weeks) – assess Part A and C |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U1 ‘A little independence’ |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U2 ‘Good choices, healthy me’ |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 P-1-2 BAND U3 – Media ‘Family Portraits’ |
C2C ARTS V5 P-1-2 BAND U3 – Visual ‘What are you thinking?’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U3 ‘Catch me if you can’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U2 ‘I’m a ‘balliever’’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 P-1-2-BAND U1 ‘Let’s sing and play together’ |
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YEAR 2 NEWS
Year 2 Curriculum in Semester 1
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TERM 1 |
TERM 2 |
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U1 ‘Reading, writing and performing poetry’ Imaginative reconstruction of a poem (Oral) Monitoring: Reading comprehension C2C English V5 U2 ‘Stories of families and friends’ Imaginative narrative (written) Monitoring: Running record |
C2C English V5 U3 ‘Exploring characters’ Exploring characters - Alternative character description (written) C2C English V5 U4 ‘Responding persuasively to narratives’ Reading and comprehension (oral) Monitoring: Writing a persuasive response |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Monitoring: Counting capers Adding and Subtracting Numbers C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring: Chance and location Guided Inquiry Describing, representing and using additive concepts In the toyshop window |
C2C Maths V5 U3 Identifying and continuing additive number patterns Time C2C Maths V5 U4 Money and additive concepts Monitoring: Chance and location Guided Inquiry |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U1 - Mix, make and use Monitoring: Student response to activity - Investigating the water resistance of common materials (Lesson 4), Student response to activity - Combining materials for a purpose (Lesson 7) Combining materials for a purpose |
C2C Science V5 U2 – Toy factory Monitoring: Investigation: Parachute (Lesson 5), Investigation: Rolling toy (Lesson 6) Toy design |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C History V3 U1 - How have changes in technology shaped our daily life? Changing Technology |
C2C Geography V4 U1 - What is a place? What is the story of my place? |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
C2C Digital Technologies V8 P-1-2 Unit 1 “Computers Handy Helpers” (20 weeks) – full unit |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U1 ‘My classroom is healthy, safe and fun’ |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U2 ‘Our culture’ |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 P-1-2 BAND U2 – Drama ‘Performance Poetry’ |
C2C P-1-2 ARTS V5 BAND U2 – Media ‘Look Again’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U1 ‘iMove iJump iLand’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U2 ‘They keep me rolling’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 P-1-2-BAND U2 ‘Save the world’ - assess Responding to composing |
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YEAR 3 NEWS
Year 3 Curriculum in Semester 1
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U1 ‘Analysing and creating persuasive texts’ Monitoring: Persuasive texts (written) C2C English V5 U2 ‘Investigating characters’ Reading comprehension (exam) Imaginative narrative (written) |
C2C English V5 U3 ‘Exploring personal experiences through events’ A persuasive letter - Exploring personal experiences through events (written) Monitoring: Reading Comprehension C2C English V5 U4 ‘Exploring procedure’ Summative assessment: Procedural presentation (oral) |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Counting and comparing numbers C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring: Measurement and location Guided Inquiry Solving additions and subtraction problems Conduct a chance experiment |
C2C Maths V5 U3 Monitoring: Number patterns C2C Maths V5 U4 Monitoring: Measurement and location Guided Inquiry Adding, Subtracting and partitioning numbers |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U1 – Is it living? Monitoring: 'Is a seed living?' investigation (Lessons 5 & 6), Living or non-living - A learning check-up (Lesson 10) Is it living? (Collection of work) |
C2C Science V5 U2 – Spinning Earth Monitoring: Rotating Earth investigation, Shadow investigation The sun, Earth and us (Poster/Multimodal Presentation) |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C Geography V4 U1 - What would it be like to live in a neighbouring country? Exploring similarities and differences in places near and far |
History V3 U1 - How and why do people choose to remember significant events of the past? Celebrations and commemorations |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
C2C Digital Technologies V8 3-4 Unit 1 “What digital systems do you use” (10 weeks) – aligns with Science U1 |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U1 ‘Good friends’ (Life Ed – Harold’s Diary) |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U2 ‘Feeling Safe’ |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 3-4 BAND U1 Visual – Meaning found in objects |
C2C ARTS V5 3-4 BAND U1 – Dance ‘Celebrating Dance’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U3 ‘Having a ball!’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U2 ‘Take your marks, get set, play’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 3-4 BAND U1 ‘Let’s Celebrate, Let’s remember’ |
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YEAR 4 NEWS
Year 4 Curriculum in Semester 1
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TERM 2 |
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U2 ‘Examining humour in poetry’ Reading comprehension: Interpret and evaluate a humorous poem (Exam) C2C English V5 U1 ‘Investigating author’s language in a familiar narrative’ Write a new chapter Monitoring: Reading comprehension |
C2C English V5 U3 ‘Examining additional stories from Asia’ Write a traditional story which includes a moral for a younger audience (written) Monitoring: Reading comprehension C2C English V5 U4 ‘Understanding Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ stories’ Informative multimodal presentation |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Monitoring: Place value, fractions and operations C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring: Number and location Guided Inquiry Abundant numbers What are the chances? |
C2C Maths V5 U3 Why is it odd? C2C Maths V5 U4 Monitoring: Understanding Number and Place Value Gnome land Monitoring: Number and location Guided Inquiry |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U1 – Here today, gone tomorrow Monitoring: Exploring geological process - The direct on soil (Lessons 3 and 4), Exploring erosion - Erosion in our area (Lessons 8 and 9) Soil erosion investigation (Project) |
C2C Science V5 U2 – Ready, set, grow! Monitoring: Construct life cycle diagrams of animals (Lesson 5), Concept map showing relationships between living things (Lesson 7) Mapping Life Cycles and Relationships (Multimodal) |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C Geography V4 U1 - How does the environment support the lives of people and other living things? Exploring environments and places |
C2C History V3 U1 - Why did the great journeys of exploration occur? Why did the Europeans settle in Australia? Life of a Convict |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
C2C Digital Technologies V8 3-4 Unit 1 “Digital Systems” (10 weeks) |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 3-4 BAND U2 – Dance ‘Dance Messages’ |
C2C ARTS V5 3-4 BAND U2 – Media ‘Animated Poetry’ |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U1 ‘Making healthy choices’ |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U2 ‘Culture in Australia – Positive interactions’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U1 ‘Criss Cross’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U2 ‘Athletic spectacle’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 3-4 BAND U2 ‘Songs of Australia’ |
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YEAR 5 NEWS
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U1 ‘Examining literary texts – fantasy novel’ Monitoring: Character analysis C2C English V5 U2 ‘Creating fantasy characters’ Written imaginative response (First chapter of a fantasy novel) |
C2C English V5 U3 ‘Examining media texts’ Comprehend a feature article – examining media texts (exam) Multimodal feature article C2C English V5 U4 ‘Examining characters in animated film’ Digital multimodal short story |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Digging into data C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring: Accent on area Perfecting perimeter Ticking away with time Monitoring: Chance and Data Guided Inquiry Multiplicative Reasoning and Fractions |
C2C Maths V5 U3 Monitoring: Delivering decimals Mastering multiples and factors Sailing through symmetry Shaping up C2C Maths V5 U4 Solving problems Generation geometry Monitoring: Chance and Data Guided Inquiry |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U1 – Survival in the environment Monitoring: Camouflage investigation (Lesson 3-4), Create a creature: find a home (Lesson 10) Create a creature (Multimodal Presentation) |
C2C Science V5 U2 – Our place in the solar system Monitoring: Apollo 11, Planetary data recording sheet, The International Space Station Exploration of the solar system (Multi-modal Presentation) |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C Geography V4 U1 - How do people and environments influence one another? Exploring how people and places affect one another |
C2C History V3 U1 - How did an Australian colony develop over time and why? Colonial life in Moreton Bay |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
C2C Digital Technologies V8 5-6 Unit 1 “A-mazing Digital systems” (20 weeks) |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 5-6 BAND U1 – Visual ‘The animal within’ |
C2C ARTS V5 5-6 BAND U1 – Media ‘Light and Shadow’ |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U1 ‘Emotional Interactions’ |
C2C HPE-HEALTH V4 U2 ‘Healthy habits’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U2 ‘Tchoukball’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U3 ‘Built for B-Ball’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 5-6 BAND U1 ‘Going to the movies’ Composition, Responding to Video |
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LOTE (specialist) |
C2C 5-6 LOTE Unit 1 ‘What’s in a name?’ |
C2C 5-6 LOTE Unit 2 ‘What is a family?’ |
YEAR 6 NEWS
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ENGLISH |
C2C English V5 U1 ‘Short stories’ Monitoring: Film review and Panel discussion C2C English V5 U2 ‘Writing a short story’ Short story |
C2C English V5 U3 ‘Examining advertising in the media’ Reading comprehension (exam) Create a multimodal advertisement C2C English V5 U4 ‘Exploring news reports in the media’ Evaluation of a news report (interview transcript) |
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MATHEMATICS |
C2C Maths V5 U1 Data Decoder C2C Maths V5 U2 Monitoring: Connect fractional amounts Monitoring: Shape and Measurement Guided Inquiry Rodeo Round-up |
C2C Maths V5 U3 Monitoring: Below zero Monitoring: Shape and Measurement Guided Inquiry Designing the biggest pyramid? C2C Maths V5 U4 Monitoring: Patterns and rule Order of operations Investigating angles |
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SCIENCE |
C2C Science V5 U1 – Making changes Monitoring: Investigating conditions that affect rusting, Investigating the effect of heat on solubility Reversible or irreversible? (Experimental Investigation) |
C2C Science V5 U2 - Energy and Electricity Monitoring: Investigating electrical conductors and insulators, Researching energy sources Energy and electricity (Supervised Assessment) |
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HISTORY/GEOGRAPY |
C2C History V3 U1 - Why and how did Australia become a nation? How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century? Australian Nation |
C2C Geography V4 U1 - How do places, people and cultures differ across the world? Exploring a diverse world |
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TECHNOLOGY - DESIGN |
C2C Design & Technologies V8 5-6 U2 ‘Engineering principles and systems: Hands off’ (10 weeks – report in Sem 2) |
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TECHNOLOGY - DIGITAL |
C2C Digital V8 5-6 Unit 1 “A-mazeing Digital systems” (20 weeks) NB: Working Online from V5 added back in |
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ARTS (VA, D, D, M) |
C2C ARTS V5 5-6 BAND U2 Media ‘Documentaries’ |
C2C ARTS V5 5-6 BAND U2 Visual ‘Social Commentary’ |
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HPE - HEALTH |
C2C HPE – HEALTH V4 U1 ‘Who influences me?’ (Life Ed – It’s your call) |
C2C HPE – HEALTH V4 U2 ‘Let’s all be active’ |
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HPE – MOVEMENT (specialist) |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U4 ‘Over the net’ |
C2C HPE-MOVEMENT V4 U1 ‘People in Motion’ |
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ARTS (MUSIC) (specialist) |
C2C ARTS – MUSIC V5 5-6 BAND U3 ‘Rhythmic riot’ Complements Geography U2 |
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LOTE (specialist) |
C2C 5-6 BAND Unit 5 ‘What is character?’ |
C2C 5-6 BAND Unit 6 ‘What is change?’ |
YEAR 6 CAMP
Our Year 6 camp is fast approaching and we will soon be sending more details and medical forms home to complete. Please be aware that final payment must be received by the 21st of February.
Payment plan details
- An initial non-refundable deposit of $50 with your signed permission form to secure your place. If you did not do this last year please do so by the 30th of January. (This will secure your child’s place)
- A second payment of $100 will be due on the 7th of February 2018.
- A final payment of $90 will be due on the 21st of February 2018. (Full payment must be made by this date).
If you have not secured your place for camp please contact Mrs Winter as soon as possible. Camp forms are available from the office.
SENIOR SHIRTS
We have been advised that the senior shirts will arrive on 12th February. A new order will be placed on 21st February. If you haven’t got a senior shirt and would like one, look for the letter coming home next week.
P&C NEWS
Welcome to 2018!!!
For some of us, the holidays were much too short. For others, it was well and truly time for school to start again. But regardless, the 2018 school year is here, and it’s going to be a GREAT one at The Willows!
Welcome back, from the P&C. We’re very excited about some new events we have planned for this year, and we’re looking forward to continuing our work with the school in line with the Strategic Plan that was approved last year!
Family Movie Night
The first of our new events is our Family Movie Night. We are planning a night of fun, with a movie on the big screen in TCBC. We’ll have food vans for dinner, snacks, popcorn, ice-cream and drinks available. It should be a great night!
Save the date – Friday 2nd March 2018.
Watch our Facebook page to see which movie we’ll be showing. It will be announced very soon!
Meet and Greet – FREE Sausage Sizzle!
Are you curious as to what the P&C do? Interested, but not brave enough to come to a meeting? We’re holding a Meet and Greet BBQ before our next meeting. P&C members and school staff will be there to answer questions and chat and there is a meeting following this that you are more than welcome to attend if you wish.
The P&C play a very active role in the school. Our work provides much needed learning resources and facilities for the school. Last year we donated $100,000 towards updating technology and computers, and played a big part in the development and approval of the School Strategic Plan. We also organised the book packs, school hats, sports shirts, ran the Tuckshop and Outside School Hours Care, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day stalls, the Fun Fair, and we operate the school Facebook Page. (Are you curious to know the faces behind the Facebook page? Now’s your chance to find out!)
Come along for a sausage and a drink and meet your P&C!
Save the date – Tuesday 13th February 2018, FREE sausage sizzle from 5pm!
The Athlete’s Foot
If you are needing to buy shoes, for yourself or your kids, don’t forget our support from The Athlete’s Foot. For every pair of shoes you buy, The Athlete’s Foot will donate $5 to our school! Simply mention that your kids go to our school when you buy shoes from the Castletown or Willows stores.
Like us on Facebook to keep up to date with school and P&C events. (Search for The Willows State School P&C.)
See you round!
Jason Curtis
P&C President
DEFENCE NEWS
Hello and Welcome to 2018.
My name is Correna Wheeler and I am the DSTA at The Willows State School. I have been in the role for 10 years. In that time I have acquired a wealth of experience and knowledge regarding defence families and student challenges at school. I am looking forward to another terrific year and meeting all the defence students, so they can meet me and I can get to know them better. There will be lots happening this term with our Welcome Morning Tea and the Kidsmart program to start in week 4 (a must for students who have posted in). I run a Kids Club first break every Monday and Tuesday at the OSHC building. We have crafts, games and fun there. Every other break the Defence Room is open in L pod for defence students to access. There are organized craft ideas, games, colouring in and just a place to chat/read and meet new friends. A place to come for a chat anytime.
The role of a DSTA in schools is to provide support to students, wellbeing, work to build resilience skills and combat challenges associated within the defence family at school. Approximately 20% of our school students are from Defence Force families. If you have any questions please give me a call anytime.
KIDSMART RELOCATION PROGAM is being held again for all defence students here at school. The program is a four week program for primary aged kids to help them manage postings and relocation. Tyler Turtle is the mascot for the program which helps the kids learn how to manage change, stay connected with friends and meet new people. It covers things like assisting kids cope with feelings when being stressed or anxious. Provides tips on handling emotions and learning great relaxation techniques. Sessions will start Wednesday 14th February and will run every Wednesday for 4 weeks, finishing on Wednesday 7th March. The sessions will start at 3:15pm-4:45pm in L Pod and afternoon tea will be provided. If you have not received a registration form and would like to attend, please complete the attached form and return to the office.
If you are finding life’s challenges overwhelming my door is always open. Don’t forget you are Welcome to come to L pod for a chat/cuppa, any day from 8:00am until 3:00pm. The office can phone ahead to make sure I am in my room or you can email me (cwhee36@eq.edu.au) to arrange a time. Talking with others can help to put things in perspective. See you soon. Students are most welcome in L Pod during breaks. Remember a problem shared is a problem halved.
If you want to know about upcoming DCO programs, events and activities or information about events and services in the wider North Queensland community you need to be on the mailing list. You can e-mail DCO office in Townsville dco.townsville@defence.gov.au and leave details, name, member name, address, email, mobile/home number, children’s names or collect a form from me. I have attached a copy of the form below.
Deployments are a part of the Defence Force family lifestyle. PLEASE LET ME/TEACHER KNOW IF A LOVED ONE IS GOING AWAY. The impact of a parent’s absence due to a deployment can have a huge impact on the whole family, especially children. Sometimes, children lack the language to communicate or understand their feelings and can often express themselves with behaviour that is inappropriate or out of character. At TWSS we aim to support students during parental absence due to a deployment by: engaging the children in a variety of activities that allow them to identify the emotions they may feel during a parental absence; share their experiences with other defence children who may also have a parent away; read books especially written to help children cope with deployments; and create craft items at Kids Club to help the child communicate with the absent parent. Make sure you let your child’s teacher and DSTA know if you or a partner will be away for an extended period of time. Having this knowledge will go towards supporting the student at school.
IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS: EDUCATION ASSISTANCE SCHEME- all defence families can access financial assistance for education costs incurred as a result of postings. Students may be entitled to up to 14 weeks of tutoring in any subject that has been identified by the school as representing a gap in learning. You have 18 months from starting at a new school to access and complete the tutoring. This scheme is very beneficial for students. Please see me if you would like assistance to complete the form. Or you can ring the Helpline for updates 1800 624 608.
Are you on the DCO mailing List?
Join DCO Townsville mailing LIST NOW if you want to receive updates from DCO. Contact them directly at dco.townsville@defence.gov.au or phone 07 4753 6539.
DATES AND ACTIVITIES TO REMEMBER
Welcome to Townsville Expo will be held at Murray Sports Complex, Annandale on Saturday 17th February 10:00am-1:00pm.
Welcome Home Banner and Pizza Night on Thursday 8th February RSVP 4753 6539
Free program for defence children and young people. D’art Ops at Geckos Family Centre, Starts Tuesday 6th February. Contact La Luna Youth Arts on 4773 6377.
Active Healthy Kids Workshop held at JCU on Saturday 3rd February RSVP by 29th January.
Considering a career in support and mentoring? A Certificate III in Individual Support is available now. Duration is 6 months and starts in February. Flyer attached.
Upper Ross PCYC - new 24/7 gym open now. Flyer attached.
Welcome to Geckos event on Monday 5th February from 9:00-14:00. See Flyer for more details
IMPORTANT NUMBERS AND CONTACTS FOR YOU TO ACCESS.
Defence Community Organisation is available to all Defence members and their families.
Defence Family Helpline operates 24-7 on 1800 624 608 or e-mail defencefamilyhelpline@defence.gov.au
Mates4Mates (Family Recovery Centre)
40 Anne Street – 4771 9600
Support and Mental Health Services for ADF
Families
Townsville Community Mental Health- 4433 3000
Centacare-4772 9000
Relationships Australia-1300 364
277
Veterans and Veterans Families – 1800 011 046
www.dva.gov.au/vvcs (eligibly applies)
DFA Defence Families of
Australia – 1800 100 509 www.dfa.org.au
National Delegate for Northern Queensland -
nth.qld@dfa.org.au
Correna Wheeler