Yandina State School Newsletter

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1 Yandina State School Newsletter Thursday 30 July 2015 Term 3, week 3 School Road, Yandina Q 4561 Ph: Fax: Absence Line: Tuckshop: O.S.H.C: admin@yandinass.eq.edu.au Website: Yandina Teacher Acknowledged at High School Expo Mr Johnson is sharing his ICT knowledge with staff at Mountain Creek State High School Technology Expo. Mr Johnson has been asked to showcase work he has done with our students a Yandina State School and present a workshop on KODU Game lab to teachers, pre-service teachers and university students. This is a great recognition for our school and the dedication that Mr Johnson shows to his profession NAPLAN news Year 3 & 5 NAPLAN individual student reports will start arriving in schools from Monday 27 July about three weeks earlier than in These reports will be distributed to your child so please keep a look out over the next week. This report gives a snapshot of how a student performed in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy. It shows whether a student s achievements fall within the middle 60% of the Australian results for their year level and how they compare with the national average on each strand of the tests. School results will be published following ACARA s release of the National Summary Report on Wednesday 5 August. Voices on the Coast Mr Walker and Mr Harvey accompanied a group of students to the Sunshine Coast University on Thursday to Voices on the Coast. Voices on the Coast is a Youth Literature Festival is event leading Australian authors, illustrators, and poets who present talks and workshops to students. Both teachers were impressed with the behaviour and attitude of our students. Sports Day Success Congratulations to Ms Raatz who ran a very successful carnival in our first week back. Feedback from parents was great. Thanks to all of the staff and parents who supported over the two days. If you couldn t make it have a look at some of the great Facebook pics. A big congratulations to all of the students who participated with great sportsmanship and a have a go attitude. A big high five to the age champion winners. I am proud of you all. 9yrs Allawah C, Connor R; 10 yrs Amy S, Jacob W; 11yrs Josie F, Damon W; 12yrs Jayda W, Caylum F Coolum Champion House pictured right with Captain, Mitchell F

2 Yandina State School Sports Carnival

3 Pie Drive Thanks to everyone that placed orders for the pie drive, you will be able to collect your order from tuckshop on Monday, 3 August from 2.30pm Tuckshop Volunteers We have recently had some new volunteers in the tuckshop thank you for offering your time every little bit helps! Kathy & Grace would Thanks Courtney

4 Congratulations to the following Super Stars 24 July 2015 Prep: Marcus S - For having an excellent sight word knowledge. Prep/1: Murray T For amazing progress with learning your sight words. IMS: Holli A For always completing tasks and excellent written skills. 1/2MR: Sophia B Well done Sophia for starting to read with expression and understanding. 2/3H: Ahlia M For her ability to remain focussed on tasks and for her quick and accurate responses to math problems. 3/4S: Joe B For a well prepared oral presentation. 4/5K: Grace K For having exceptional time management skills and taking pride in all her school work. 5/6J: Amy S For displaying a strong work ethic and always trying her best. 6J: Ruth S For being a quiet and consistent worker. Ruth is happy to help other students and willingly undertakes her school work without complaint.

5 Week 3 27 July July July July July pm Act Out Drama classes pm Act Out Drama classes Week 4 3 August August August August August pm Act Out Drama classes pm Act Out Drama classes Week 5 10 August August August August August 2015 Burnside SHS Year 6 Transition Day Week 6 17 August August August August August 2015 Stripey Performance 2/3H and 2MR Interschool Sport Skills Day Years 5 & 6 Week 3.10pm Banking Parade to week Staff meeting 9am T u c k s h o p o p e n

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8 Hearing Tests Hearing tests are available for free to children over the age of 4 years. Parents are able to make an appointment for a hearing test by phoning the Child Access Health line on

9 New extra-curricular activity Hi Yandina State School, I have been a muso and a school teacher in WA for many years and I ve just moved to the beautiful Sunshine Coast and I am keen to get some guitar lessons happening at Yandina State School. I aim at creating an atmosphere of joy for music and use music to help children express themselves and boost their self-esteem. For Semester 2 I am proposing that I teach in groups of 2 and 3 and then re-group according to motivation for the final term. We may even get some acoustic groups happening. Eventually, if there is enough interest I would like to form young bands and encourage performance and song writing skills. At my last school in Margaret River, as a music specialist and private tutor, we created over 35 young rock bands (over a 10 year period) that performed, recorded and created their own CDs. Most bands had keyboards, bass, drums and vocals. I have created rock bands for children as young as 9. I have an introductory fee of $12 per lesson for the term (blocks of 10 lessons) and ask that this be paid at the beginning of the term. The lessons will be held each Wednesday for 30 minutes after lunch. Thanks Phil Foord armonicasoundhealing.com P

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11 Don t miss your chance to dance! This the non judgemental way to bop along to funky tunes at your own pace. This is a high/low impact dance class, to the oldest and the latest tunes! Where? Yandina School of Arts Hall When? Thursday 10:30am Why? Cause dancing is good for your heart and brain Duration? 45mins Come on you know you want to! For all enquiries pls call Julie on

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