Key Dates

Friday 24^th May – Green Pillar Dress Up Day and Chaplaincy Neon Disco

Wednesday 29^th May – Instrumental Fanfare at Lawnton State School

Thursday 6^th June – Winter Soiree

Monday 10^th June – Student Council Meal Deal

Thursday 13^th June – Junior Track and Field Carnival at ESS

Friday 14^th June – Senior Athletics Carnival at Mt Maria (TBC)

Monday 17^th June – Principal’s Awards Assembly

Wednesday 19^th June – Student Council Book Swap for Indigenous Literacy Foundation

Thursday 20^th June – Student Council Crazy Socks and Sunnies Dress Up fundraiser

Friday 21^st June – Under 8s Morning

Pillar Practice

Our three school pillars including Safety (Be Safe); Relationships (Be Respectful); and Learning (Be a Responsible Learner).  Each fortnight at Assembly, a Pillar Practice is shared with staff and students that becomes our focus behaviour improvement.  This fortnight, our Pillar Practice is around respect and “Being the Best You Can Be”.   

1. Treating others the way you want to be treated
2. Thinking before you speak – your words can hurt
3. Being kind
4. Stop Bullying – be an upstander

All class teachers are provided with a poster for their classroom and will explicitly teach our school expectations around the relevant pillar and behaviour.   Students are reminded daily about our focus behaviour with the goal of improving this behaviour across the school.  The Student Engagement and Behaviour committee reviews behaviour data across the school at their meetings to discuss future focus areas for identified behaviours of concern.   This process is documented in our Student Code of Conduct and is part of our explicit teaching of behaviour in our school.  You can support us by being aware of the current Pillar Practice and discussing the expectations with your children at home.

School Dress Code

Please ensure your children are wearing the correct jumper to school during the cooler months.  Parents are asked to please follow our school Dress Code that requiresstudents either wear the school jacket, or a plain blue jumper.  Blue jumpers with printed designs, colour jumpers and hoodies are not permitted.

Students not wearing the correct jumper will be directed to the office to borrow a correct jumper for the day.   Girls are permitted to wear navy tights.  As these are difficult to find, they are also permitted to wear black tights.  Blue tracksuit pants are also suitable for both boys and girls to wear with their polo shirt.  This Dress Code was developed collaboratively with the school community and supports the wearing of a school uniform to promote a sense of belonging and school pride. It also promotes a supportive environment fostering mutual respect among individuals at school by minimising visible evidence of economic, class or social difference.Thank you for your support of our School Dress Code.

STUDENT COUNCIL

A reminder that the Student Council is planning another Meal Deal fundraiser for Monday 10^th June in Week 9 with money raised going towards their legacy item.    Details will be sent home very soon about this.

Also, this term, a “Book Swap” in which students are permitted to bring a maximum of 3 books from home that they don’t want anymore to school to swap.  Each swap costs the students a gold coin.  In swapping their book, we raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and our students get to take up to three different books home for some holiday reading.  This will be held on Wednesday 19^th June at both breaks in the library.  Further details on how this will run will be provided later in the term.

The second fundraiser is for the Student Council legacy item, and the students have decided to have a Crazy Socks and Sunnies dress up day.   Students are asked to donate a gold coin donation to the Student Council on Thursday 20^th June.

The Student Council will also be implementing a wellbeing initiative in Week 7 of this term (Monday 27^th May to Friday 31^st) May.  Each class will be provided with a pinwheel and will brainstorm aspects of our school that they are grateful for.  The teacher will then write their gratitude statements on each leaf of the pinwheel with their class name in the middle.  These will then be presented on assembly in Week 8 before being planted in the garden beds on the AstroTurf for staff, students, parents and visitors to read and enjoy.   Expressing gratitude is an excellent way to boost morale and the wellbeing!

Thanks to all the staff and students that supported Dress Like a Pirate Day to raise money for Kids’ Cancer Project.  The school community raised $265.60 for this important cause.

Year 5/6 Camp

The Year 5/6 students and the teachers returned from Luther Heights camp yesterday afternoon.  The students had a wonderful time experiencing different challenges while at camp including raft building, flying fox, an escape room, beach games, tree climb, low ropes, orienteering and catapaulting.  The weather was perfect for our adventures and the students enjoyed great food!   The staff at Luther Heights were awesome in teaching and supporting our students in their various groups.   This year, we stayed in the dorms in the top camp which had stunning views of the mountains and coast line. There was a lot of walking up hills to return from activities! The students were up early enough to see the sunrise!  I would like to extend a huge thank you to Miss Lancaster, Miss Dowling, Miss Kerwick and Mr Harris for giving up their personal time to accompany the students, enabling them to participate in this wonderful experience.    Providing students with a camp experience is only possible through the willingness of our teachers to attend outside of rostered hours – so it is greatly appreciated!  A highlight of the camp was the torchlight sing along with Mrs Harris on the guitar! If you follow the school Facebook page, there are lots more photos for you to enjoy!