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1 October 2018 Term 4 Week 2 Meandarra State School P O Box 66, Meandarra Qld 4422 Phone: Fax: admin@meandrrass.eq.edu.au Mr Cooke s Message Meandarra News Date Claimers: Oct 22 Pupil Free Day 24 Show Meeting Nov Dec 12 Day for Daniel Wear RED World Teachers Day School Swimming - Mondays Yr 5/6 Tallebudgera Camp SS Swimming MSS End of Year Concert Each time you see a full moon you always see the same side! Dear Parents, Welcome back to term 4! I hope everyone had a relaxing break during the school holidays. There are many events on this term including the 5/6 Tallebudgera Camp in week 5. I look forward to attending this camp alongside our year 5&6 students. Reminder: Student Free Day Next Monday is a student free day. The school is closed on this day. Teachers and teacher aides will be at professional development, moderation and planning sessions with other staff in the district at Tara Shire State College. School Swimming School swimming will start Monday 29th with Meg Cau. Swimming lessons will continue for the next 5 weeks on Mondays. There will be an extra lesson on Friday the 23 rd of November to make up for this Monday s cancelled lesson. P&C Uniform Coordinator The P&C is in need of a new uniform coordinator. It is a straight forward job and Pauline is still here to show someone the basics of the role. Please see me if you are interested. Thanks Pauline for all your help with uniforms this year. Meandarra Show Thank you to everyone for their support of this year s Meandarra Show. We appreciate the hard work that goes into organising such an event. Without the efforts made by our P&C, this major fundraiser would not be possible! CWA Germany Competition Well done to Millacent who won the regional colouring in section of the CWA Germany competition! Congratulations to Tom on his Germany report, winning in the year 5&6 division. Tom s entry now goes on to the state level! Good luck Tom! World Teacher s Day (26 October) Every day, Queensland teachers are making a positive difference creating opportunities for their students, empowering minds of young people and proudly teaching our state's future leaders, innovators and influencers. World Teachers' Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and thank Queensland teachers for the important role they play across our state inside our classrooms and out in the community. Science Year 5 & 6 s are participating in a trial through the STEM Academy (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) in conjunction with Moonie SS. Teachers based in Brisbane are teaching our students through a virtual classroom. It s very exciting and it s great to see the students engaged in the learning. Day for Daniel The 26 th of October is the Day for Daniel. Day for Daniel is Australia s largest national day of action to raise awareness of child safety, protection and prevention. It is held on the last Friday of October every year and honours the memory of Daniel Morecombe. The theme of the day is to wear Red, Educate and Donate. We encourage students to wear red clothes for this day and to make a gold coin donation to support the Daniel Morecombe Foundation. The key child safety message on Day for Daniel encourages children to Recognise, React and Report if they don t feel safe. Students will participate in activities to reinforce this important message. NAPLAN Online Many Queensland state schools are currently undertaking training activities in preparation for NAPLAN Online. To help schools prepare for NAPLAN Online, our school participated Continued. 2/ Website:

2 Page 2 Meandarra News Term 4 Week 2 From Page 1 in a School Readiness Test (SRT) yesterday. The SRT is a familiarisation activity to help confirm each school s technical, student and staff readiness, and will help our school prepare for a transition to NAPLAN Online. It is not an assessment of student ability and there will be no reporting of student test results. The SRT provides two tests that take approximately 40 minutes to complete: a writing test for Years 5, 7 and 9 and an omnibus test for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The collective learnings of Queensland schools taking part in the SRT will help transitioning schools to have positive experiences with NAPLAN Online. The NAPLAN Online SRT is delivered to students using a locked-down browser so that students cannot access the internet or spell checkers while testing. Interested families can view the technical requirements on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority s (ACARA) assessment platform website: Overview.aspx NAPLAN Online will provide a better assessment for all, more precise results and faster turnaround of information. It will: Feature tailored testing which gives students questions that are more suited to their ability resulting in better assessment and more precise results. Provide a more engaging test experience for students. Allow test results to be available within three weeks so teachers can identify learning priorities and meet individual student needs early. Parents and carers can also familiarise themselves with the NAPLAN Online platform by using the public demonstration site available at: Further information about NAPLAN Online including frequently asked questions and answers are available at: Cheers, Ben School Notes Book Fair Due to the fabulous result of our May Book Fair, our school has qualified for the Buy One Get One FREE Scholastic Book Fair. The books have arrived only books no novelty items and will be set up in our school library next week. You have the opportunity to purchase books (which make great Christmas gifts) next week, Tuesday to Friday before school from 8:30am. The library will also be open after school on Tuesday after school. Cash or credit card only. Pupil Free Day NO school for students on Monday 22 October. Day for Daniel Friday 26 October Brisbane International Schools Challenge - Regional Tennis Trials On Friday the 7th of September, 7 students from Meandarra SS (Ed, Sam, Hamish, Sid, Jack L, Cooper, Jack R) participated in the South West Red Ball tennis regional trials in Roma. Their team also comprised of two students from The Gums and one Glenmorgan student. Despite their best efforts, they placed third and were unsuccessful at making it through to the Brisbane International Schools Challenge State Final in January. It was a fun, exciting day for all to be involved in, with many keen to take up the challenge again next year. Everyone please wear red and bring along a gold coin donation! Website:

3 Page 3 Meandarra News Term 4 Week 2 Student Awards Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 1 Teacher Aide & School Support thanks Happy October Birthday to. P&C News Mrs McCulloch General Meeting Tuesday 4 December 3:15pm S.F.E. Building Please forward apologies/agenda items to Heidi on heidi_sioux@yahoo.ca Show Meeting Wednesday 24 October 6:30pm Royal Hotel Meandarra Please forward apologies/agenda items to Lou on wlplant@bigpond.com Tuckshop Worker / Baker Friday 19 October Linda & Karen Friday 26 October Wendy & Penny Friday 2 November Simone & Merilee Uniform Convenor Please contact Pauline Skewes for all your school uniform needs. Important P&C Date Claimers Swimming Club Mondays from 3:15pm 12 December EOY concert catering 13 December Break up Day Website:

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5 Meandarra State School ITEMS FOR TENDER: 25m Pool Lane Ropes & Storage Reel Sold as one item, as is with no warranty provided, inspection available on request. Tenders sent to: Post: Tender Item Meandarra State School P O Box 66 MEANDARRA QLD 4422 Delivered to the school office in a sealed envelope. Tenders close 3pm Friday 26 October 2018 Once the successful tenderer has been advised the items must be paid for and removed from school grounds by Friday2 November 2018

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