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17 August 201717 August 2017

Win a tuckshop voucher! Place your answer in the boxin the administration office by Thursday 31 August 2017(remember to show your working out). The first correctanswer drawn out will win a $5.00 tuckshop voucher.

Thought of the week

"Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a littlehigher each time you succeed."

Mia Hamm (retired professional soccer player, two-timeOlympic gold medallist, and two-time FIFA Women's WorldCup champion)

PRINCIPAL’S NEWSIn the last newsletter, I briefly outlinedGlenmore’s achievement in 2017NAPLAN. Diving deeper into the datareveals many good news stories about ourstudents’ achievement. It affirms theteaching practice we have implementedsince the start of 2013. Highlights include:

This week our tuckshop was awarded a four-star rating byQAST – the Queensland Association of School Tuckshops.Our tuckshop convenor, Julie Bradshaw, is justifiably proudof this achievement. Our tuckshop offers a great menu,convenient online ordering and is a wonderful asset for ourschool. Our menu certainly beats pre-packaged lunch bags

• Year 3 - highest mean scale scores todate for writing, reading, spelling and numeracy

• Year 5 - highest mean scale scores to date forspelling and numeracy

• Year 5 - similar to state and nation in spelling

• Year 3 - similar to state and nation in writing andnumeracy

• Year 3 - matching the nation in all domains forstudents at or above National Minimum Standard

• Year 3 – 30 to 40% of students in the upper TwoBands across all domains

• Closed the Gap in Year 5 writing to 7 mean scalescore points

• Excellent outcomes for the “Closing the Gap in Year3 Reading” DET priority

• In numeracy, Glenmore Year 3’s outperformed atleast 19 local state and non-state schools

available at commercial outlets for both nutritional value andprice.

Mrs Lanyon, our Deputy Principal, is on long Service Leaveduring weeks 6, 7 and 8. Miss Nugent is Acting DeputyPrincipal this week and Mrs O’Farrell will be acting DeputyPrincipal weeks 7 and 8.

At the end of Week 2, I accompanied two of our seniorstudents to The Morning Bulletin office as part of the “OurPriceless Past” project. Our students spent the morningtalking with a senior member of our Rockhampton community,gathering wonderful stories which they will turned into a shortbiography. Keep an eye out for the special liftout in a futureedition of The Morning Bulletin which will feature our students’work.

A fortnight ago, four teams of students (two Year 5 teamsand 2 Year 6 teams) contested the 2017 Maths TeamChallenge at Glenmore High. The students “Smashed Maths”as they competed against other primary schools in themorning’s competition. During the second part of the day,students took part in extension activities in Maths. In one partof the competition, two of our Year 5 students – Prateek andDeclan – proved they were the top Year 5 students there, onlybettered by a single year 6 student. Now that is “SmashingMaths” and a fantastic achievement for Glenmore.

Have you “smashed” the Maths problem in our newsletter? A$5 tuckshop voucher is the prize for the first correct answer(with some working out shown) drawn each fortnight on Fridayparade.

The Glenmore Standards tree in the office foyer is literallycovered with leaves and gumnuts due to the number ofstudents meeting the five standards. Many students are nowworking toward the Level 3 award, which requires a furthersixteen weeks of being the best person they can be.

Attendance is one of our top priorities. The school-widetarget is 92%. Illness this term has had an impact onattendance. The school percentage for Term 3 is 89%. Years 3,4 and 6 are all over 90% for this term. We CAN do 92. Help usto achieve that target this term. Every Day Counts.

Mark DunlopPrincipal

NEWS FROM THE ACTING DEPUTYThis week has been one of the mostexciting challenges of my career, steppinginto Lauree’s shoes as the Acting DeputyPrincipal while she is trekking overmountains on Long Service Leave. I haveenjoyed every minute of it and haveexperienced the 110% effort that she putsin for Glenmore every week. It really is a

privilege to work with such dedicated colleagues. Thank you tothe Glenmore community for welcoming me so graciously intothe role.

Combined School Concert

On Monday and Tuesday nights this week I was lucky enoughto experience the Combined Schools Concert at NorthRockhampton High School. Our Glenmore Instrumentalstudents did us proud with powerful renditions of both new andold songs.

Congratulations to our instrumental music students and ourinstrumental music teachers for such as incredible effort! Keepup the great work.

I am sure you will all agree that the Glenmore students lookedvery smart in their new music shirts.

Glenmore Standards:

At all timesFollow teachers/staff instructionsimmediatelyKeep my hands, feet and objects tomyselfWear my school uniform with prideAm well manneredRespect the environment

Prep 2018

If you have a child who will turn 5 between1 July 2012 and 30 June 2013, it is nowtime to start having these discussionswith your child.

Prep enrolment interviews will begin next term – pleasecontact the school office (49230666) to make anappointment. Please remember to bring a birth certificateas part of this process.

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN

Glenmore State School is participating inWoolworth’s Earn and Learn program wherewe can earn some amazing equipment byshopping at Woolworths and collecting

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stickers. Encourage your kids, parents, grandparents, staff,neighbours and friends to support Glenmore and help us earnsome fantastic equipment for our school. You will get oneWoolworths Earn and Learn Sticker for every $10 spent(excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the WoolworthsEarn and Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn and LearnSticker Sheet and when it is complete, the Sticker Sheet can bedropped into the Collection Box here at the school.

If you’d like to know more visit:

http://www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

Life Education Van at School – 16 to 25 August:

Harold the Giraffe is here! Owing to thegenerous funding by The Smith Family, allGlenmore students are able to attendLife Education free of charge. This is verygreatly appreciated by the School as theprograms provided to our students areexcellent. Year 6 students attend two programs with one beingfocused on the dangers of smoking.

There will be a parent session in the Life Education Van onFriday 18 August following parade. If you would like to attendthis session, please leave your name with the ladies in the office.

During Harold’s visit, merchandise is available at the SchoolOffice. A flyer will be sent home at the beginning of week 6 withdetails. The items that will be available are as follows:

LIFE EDUCATION AUSTRALIAHarold Products - Price List

Product DescriptionProduct Description PricePrice

Harold Figurine Keyring $ 3.00

Harold Plush Toy 20cm $ 6.00

Harold Plush Toy 35cm $15.00

Harold Hand Ball $ 3.00

Harold Tattoo .50

Winter Clothing:

This Winter has been quite mild. Mornings are cool, even chillyat times, but by lunch time the weather is quite warm.Therefore, it is very important that your child is able to change.Sweatshirts/jackets and tracksuit pants need to be taken off asit is not suitable for children to overheat.

Please discuss the need to take off warm clothing with yourchild/children and make sure your child’s name is on all piecesof clothing.

Chloe NugentActing Deputy Principal

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students for theirachievements in weeks 4 & 5.

PREP YEAR 1 YEAR 2

CharlieCockburnJustin

Dahl

Kalani Doyle

Zarah Dobbs

Paige Chaplin

Kobe Manu

Brian Bloomfield KatieKleidon

Zeke Barrett

Tyler Mullins

Madisyn McGibbon

Camille Orcher

CourtneyMillerZackeriah

Dickinson

Makily Fourmile

Saurya Maharjan

LuaitamaPaia’aua-Doyle

Mikayla Bills

Brody James

YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5

BraedonLyeKaidence

Owen

Cassidy Findlay

Jemima James

HudsonAldersonBrenda Dos

Santos Freitas

Myah Dow Albury

Sonya Storch

Tyron Williams

PrateekPoudelKayden

Crowther

Jahnt’e Dow

Mitchell Miller

YEAR 6 LIBRARY

SavannahCronHarrison

McGibbon

LOTE

NischalMaharjanAllen

Vergara

KaylebWarriner

ClaireHumphries

Thu Tran

MaddisonPianta

Eliza Jones

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGEThe Premier’s Reading Challenge is almost over! Make sure youhave all of your books recorded on your sheet and signed byyour teacher or parent/ guardian.

Completed forms can be handed to your class teacher or toMrs O’Farrell. All forms are due in by August 25.

Remember that everyone who completes the challenge willreceive a certificate from the Premier of Queensland!

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ICAS SCIENCE COMPETITION RESULTSInternational Competitions and Assessments for Schools

(ICAS), 2017

This year 27 enthusiastic participants fromYears 2 to 6 (almost double that of last year)sat the 2017 Science competition answeringsome challenging questions covering manyareas of science including Observing/Measuring, Interpreting, Predicting/Concluding, Investigating and Reasoning/Problem Solving.Interest was again high in the lower school especially Year 2and they achieved some of our best results.

Our particular strengths were in the following areas:

Year 2: Observing and MeasuringYear 3: Interpreting and Predicting/ConcludingYear 4: Reasoning/Problem SolvingYear 5: Observing and Measuring and Predicting/ConcludingYear 6: Predicting/Concluding

Students from this school were awarded 3 Certificates ofCredit, 5 Certificates of Merit and 19 Participations.

Congratulations to all participating students who were awardedthe following certificates

CREDIT:

Rigg,Jayden

2LO Top 31% of Year 2 participatingstudents in Australia

James.Jemima

4SD Top 24% of Year 4 participatingstudents in Australia

Tran,Thu

6MO Credit Top 30% of Year 6 participatingstudents in Australia

MERIT:

Mamaril,Quennie

2LO Top 38% of Year 2 participatingstudents in Australia

Pointing,Lilian

2LO Top 46% of Year 2 participatingstudents in Australia

Burgess,Henry

2SH Top 38% of Year 2 participatingstudents in Australia

March,Elannah

2SH Top 38% of Year 2 participatingstudents in Australia

James,Seth

6MO Top 43% of Year 6 participatingstudents in Australia

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD:

ElannahMarch

2SH who overcame a very nervous startto perform well.

PARTICIPATION:

Barsah,Shearna

2SH Lye.Scarlett

2SH Hayes,Harmony

3CN

Lye.Braedan

3LO McLachlanMaddison

3LO Brookman,Ryan

4CW

Brill,Leeanna

4JS Dries,Griffen

4JS Porter,Caitlyn

4JS

Rigg,Cailie

4JS Hermann,Annaleese

5LF Lye,Declan

5LF

Poudel,Prateek

5LF Yadav,Shova

5LF Maharjan,Nischal

6MK

Barrett,Raya

6MM Brookman,Xander

6MM Watson,Daimon

6MM

Lye.Ebony

6MO

REEF GUARDIAN TIP OF THE WEEK

Do away with spills: Choose a leak-proof, refillable bottle foryour child to take to school over single-serve juice and waterbottles.

BOOK FAIR

Scholastic Book Fair “Escape to Everywhere”

Book Fair “Escape to Everywhere” startsnext week on Wednesday, 23 August.

The annual Book Fair brings children intocontact with affordable, quality books andencourages a love of reading. This is a great opportunity forchildren, parents, teachers and community members to comeand purchase quality books at reasonable prices, while raisingmoney for the school.

Last year we were able to select over $2000 worth of booksand equipment for the school library.

Book Fair will be held in the school library; beginning onWednesday, 23 August and finishing on Friday, 25 August.Parents are welcome to come to the Book Fair and purchasebooks. Book Fair will be open from 8am-9am each morning andfrom 3.00pm-3.30pm. Make sure that you get in early, as oncetitles are sold they are not replaced.

Students will have the opportunity to view the Book Fair throughLibrary lessons on Monday or Tuesday and complete WishLists, which they will bring home.

On Thursday 24 August, we will have our annual Book FairDress up and Disco. The “Escape to Everywhere” theme is very

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broad (Escape with a book) so a wide range of costumes anddress ups are expected. A Gold Coin donation for participationin the Free Dress Day and Disco will be collected to helpsupport our wonderful Student Council.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

With the cold and flu season upon us we have a shortage ofvolunteers! It is a big job getting the lunches out on time bymyself, it would be wonderful have more volunteers.

If you can help just pop into the tuckshop and see Julie.

Please note the breakfast menu is not available onflexischools at the moment.

SPORTS DRAWRugby League season has finished for Glenmore students thisyear.

Netball Draw

Snr A – vs RGS on Court 4 @ 12.30pmSnr E – vs RGGS on court 12 @ 1.50pmJnr E vs St Anthony’s on court G13 @ 1.10pm

Hockey Draw

Glenmore 1 vs RGS on T1 @ 1.00pmGlenmore 1 vs Stanwell on G8 @1.40pmGlenmore 2 vs RGS 3 on T1 @1.20pmGlenmore 2 vs Crescent Lagoon on G7 @ 2.00pmGlenmore 3 vs Stanwell on G2 @ 1.00pmGlenmore 3 vs The Hall 1 on T1 @ 1.40pm

Expression of interest forms for Term C sport went home withstudents this week. Term C sport season will run 6 October –24 November. Students can play Softball, Cricket or Basketball.The cost for term C sport will be approx. $40.00.

YEAR 5/6 CAMP

REMINDER – YEAR 5/6 CAMP PAYMENTDUE 18 AUGUST

Staffroom for ImprovementThe Staff at Glenmore would love a staffroom makeover!!

DATE CLAIMERSLife Education Visit - 16 - 22 August

Book Fair - 21 - 25 AugustBook Week Dress Up Day (gold coin donation) - 24 August

Year 5/6 School Camp – 28 August – 1 SeptemberChoral Festival – 4 September

Last Day Term 3 – 15 SeptemberTerm 4 Commences – 3 October

Term C Sport commences – 6 October

FAMILY CONNECTFamily Connect is one of several programs run at GlenmoreState School for students and their families, by volunteers fromRockhampton Baptist Church. These programs include BrekkieClub, KidsHope and RI. Family Connect runs on Wednesdayafternoons during school terms from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. As it isa family event – connecting families with each other, and withother families - parents must accompany children to an excitingprogram of games, activities and stories. We like to describeit as Fun! Food! and Faith! …and we also provide a free mealeach week as well. We love to see you there!

Family Connect Wednesday afternoons 5.30-6.30pm

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Archer Park Rail Museum Family Fun Day

Date: Sunday 27th August 2017Time: 9am – 1pm

Cost: $2 entry 14 & over – under 14 years freeTram Rides $2.50 18 - months & over

Ride the Purrey Steam Tram, walk through heritage railwaycarriages, steam and Diesel engines and so much moreterrific rail memorabilia. Joining us as well is the VintageClassic/Ford Club. Enjoy morning tea, live music and manyexciting stalls. Also attending will be Emmaus CollegeEnsemble playing some wonderful music.

Dads Day Out

DADS DAY OUT FAMILY FAIRWhen: Saturday 26 August

Where: Alf Kele Memorial Rotary Park (Dinosaur Park)Time: 10.00am – 1. 00pm

There will be fun activities for dads and children to share –

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best of all it’s free!For more information see the school office

Yeppoon Surf Lifesaving Club

OPEN DAY and SIGN ONALL AGES – JUNIORS AND SENIORS

SAVE THE DATEand bring your mates!

Sunday 10 September from 9amMain Beach Yeppoon

Come and try for new Nippers(up to U14)

Nippers must be 5 on September 30 to joinNew nippers need to show birth certificate and parent ID

All ages are welcome - including adults

Sign on for returning members also on this dayFor more info –

Find us on Facebookemail jac@yeppoonslsc

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