MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL CALENDAR

Term 3 Creative Dance

12 Sep Excellence Expo 2018

14 Sep School Disco

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Sep HPE Asia Week

19 Sep HPSS Chess Competition

19 Sep Triple P Parenting Program

21 Sep Interschool Sport

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Positive Parenting Program (PPP)

I have written recently about the PPP seminar that we are conducting at school on 19 September at 5pm. We have had a very good response with over sixty parents registering so far. The topic, Raising Resilient Kids, has obviously struck a chord and I would still like to commend the program to you. So if you have not registered as yet please rsvp to Karen Oliver koliv33@eq.edu.au by 12 September. Participation is free. The venue here at school will be announced beforehand. Typhoon in Osaka

You have probably seen footage of the damage caused by the second serious weather event to hit Osaka during this northern summer. There was of course a serious earthquake as well. I know many of you have established close links with the Otemon Gakuin community in Osaka and have probably contacted the families you know. Yesterday, I contacted Principal Keiji Inoue, who let me know that while there have been several houses damaged and widespread loss of water and power supplies, everyone there is safe. Holland Park’s Study Tour

While it might seem early, we have already begun planning for our 2019 study tour to our sister school, Otemon Gakuin, in Osaka. September will be a particularly busy time in Japan with the Rugby World Cup happening during our time there. Because of this, the itinerary is already set and we have reserved flights and hotels for 30 students and 6 accompanying teachers. Departure date is 18 September, and we will arrive back 4 October. Participating students will be drawn from 2019’s cohort of year 5 and 6 classes. If you may be interested in sending your child, come along to an information session on Thursday 20 September. We will meet in our hall at 6pm for a session likely to last until 8pm. This session will be led by tour leader, Kevin Olive. Topics for discussion will include a more detailed description of itinerary, costs and expectations. Excellence Expo

I think you will know by now that one of our annual highlights takes place during the afternoon and early evening of next Wednesday, 12 September. Please see Gail Young’s outline of the program in this newsletter for more details. While an important part of the night is the presentation of medallions to individual recipients, I often make the point that the expo is not just about the

THIS WEEK—THINK HARD

Ph: (07) 3421 6222 Student Absences: (07) 3421 6260 Email: admin@hollparkss.eq.edu.au

Be safe Be responsible Be respectful

Think Hard has moved again this week - see

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SCHOOL RULES

CO-OPERATION

In teamwork:

Work well together

Accept all ideas

Listen to others

Speak nicely and encourage each other.

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medallions. On display in the school that afternoon will be samples of school work from each of our students. A great way of spending some time with children would be to have them show you around the school to see the examples of the work they have done to try to achieve their personal bests. This process might be every bit as informative and insightful as a parent teacher interview. NAPLAN Reports Mr Danielewski has included some trend data that supplements the data issued earlier this week. In addition, all student written reports will be sent to their classrooms today. Anthony Gribbin Principal

My teacher had 3 big boxes of sweets. Each box contained sweets of a different colour. Each pupil was given 5 sweets of two different colours. If each pupil in the class received a different combination of colours. What was the largest possible number of pupils in the class?

A. 8 B. 12 C. 16 D. 64

The areas of the faces of a rectangular box are 84 cm2, 70 cm2 and 30 cm2. What is the volume of the box?

A. 300 cm3 B. 420 cm3 C. 490 cm3 D. 504 cm3

There are four numbers. If we leave out any one number, the average of the remaining three numbers will be 45, 60, 65 or 70. What is the average of all four numbers?

A. 50 B. 55 C. 60

THIS WEEK—THINK HARD

2019 Enrolments Enrolments for in-catchment prep and siblings are now open and need to be brought into the Admin office by Friday, 14th September, 2018. Students Leaving HPSS If your child/ren will not be attending Holland Park State School in 2019 (not including our year 6 students), please let me know via email and include the name of the school they will be attending in 2019. Exemption Forms Please remember that if you are planning on taking students out of school during the term, and will be absent for more than 10 school days, you will need to complete an Exemption Form, these are signed by the principal. I’m happy to send you an exemption form if you email me. Karen Oliver Email: koliv33@eq.edu.au

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Literacy and Numeracy Charts NAPLAN year 3 for years 2008 to 2018

Year 3

From a low base in 2008 significant program and professional

development over the years has allowed us to have an overall

upward trajectory of improvement.

Definitely a challenging area of work for our school

and the nation.

Year 3

Dear Parents I have provided below a graphical representation of our NAPLAN results for both years 3 and 5 over the period 2008 to 2018. The graphs represent our school’s performance against similar schools to Holland Park, the Queensland State School’s overall score and the National score. Five strands are covered: reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctua-tion, and numeracy. Our score is represented by the blue line. Whilst variations (dips and rises) may occur within some years of testing it is important to look at the overall long term trend. Regards Edward Danielewski (Deputy Principal)

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Literacy and Numeracy Charts NAPLAN year 5 for

years 2008 to 2018

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GIFTED & TALENTED

The Gifted and Talented Education Committee proudly announces;

Excellence Expo 2018 Wednesday

12 September 2018

Parents, students, staff, community mem-bers and friends of Holland Park State School are all invited to celebrate the gifts and talents of all students from prep to year 6. Letters will be forwarded to all students from Prep to year 6 who are recipients of Medallions and Highly Commended Certificates across all categories.

Opening Ceremony The official opening ceremony will take place in the school hall from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, with an opening welcome performance by the HPSS String orchestra, conducted by Ms Meg Robson. The strings orchestra will play Praising Song by Stephen Chi.

The combined Year Four Choir and the Recorder Band, conducted by Mr Warryn James, HPSS music specialist, will perform the National Anthem followed by the HPSS school song. During the opening ceremony the HPSS recorder Band will also play “Autumn” and “Spring” from the Four Seasons.

Medallion recipients will be awarded to students prep to year 6 in all the following categories: Performances: Vocal, Dance, Instrumental, Japanese Speaking, Japanese for Native Speakers, Public Speaking, Speaking Australian Verse. Academic Curriculum Areas: Mathematics Writing, Digitial Technology, Science including Open Science, Asian Studies, Visual Art.

Invited guests and judges will attend with the school community to celebrate the gifts and talents of all students. We thank all our judges and invited guests who will take time to be with us at the official opening highlighting their genuine interest in students at Holland Park SS.

Displays Opening Times 3:10-4.10pm 6:30pm -7:30pm Viewing of all students work will take place at the indicated times at the following locations. Ambassadors from HPSS staff will be at the displays to answer questions and guide you through the displays.

Asian Studies Under D Block

Visual Art P-2

Digital Technology Library

Science F1 LOTE Room

Open Science F1 LOTE Room

S.T.E.M R02 R04 6NA 6JC classrooms

Mathematics H06 H07 Rooms

Writing R06 R08 6SE 6CS classrooms

Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), Physical Education /Japanese lan-guage instruction

H09 PE office

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Performances 6:30pm-7:30pm Talented students will perform in the following categories at the following locations

Highly Commended recipient’s names will be displayed on the Official Opening PowerPoint. Recipients of HC awards will be presented at a special school assembly on Thursday 20 September at the following times in the school hall.

Years Prep -2 at 9:15am Years 3-6 at 2:00pm

The HPSS Junior Band will play at the 9:15am assembly and the Senior band will play at the 2:00pm assembly. HPSS bands will be conducted by Mr Tony Bryer.

The Gifted and Talented Education Committee would like to thank and congratulate all students for nominating for Excellence Expo 2018. The displays and standard of quality work is certainly outstanding. We would like to acknowledge the teaching staff of Holland Park State School for supporting students as they Strive for Excellence.

A very special thank you to our specialist music teachers for preparing our talented students as they celebrate their excellence in musical performances, Ms Meg Robson, Mr Warryn James and Mr Tony Bryer.

Congratulations to all recipients of Medallions and Highly Commended Awards We wish you well in your future academic education and talent development. We are so very proud of your nominated work selected by our judges to receive this honour at Excellence Expo 2018.

All students participating in Excellence Expo prep to year 6 will receive participating certificates for their achievements.

We look forward to welcoming you all to Excellence Expo 2018 as we come together to share and celebrate the personal best and gifts and talents of all our students.

Gail Young Gifted Education Mentor On behalf of the Holland Park State School Gifted and Talented Education Committee

Dance School Hall

Vocal Music Room

Instrumental Music Room

Public Speaking 5GO classroom R 12

Speaking Australian Verse 5KK classroom R 10

Japanese Speaking 5MT Classroom R14

Japanese Native Speaking 5MT Classroom R14

ACTIVE SCHOOL TRAVEL

Winners for this week are: 1SR 70% and 6JC 88%

FROM OUR STUDENT LEADERS

Hi, my name is Henry. I am the chess vice captain and I have been participating in the Holland Park chess program since year three. On Thursday mornings in the library, myself and others play fun drill, practise tactics, hear from experienced players and have a great time. I would strongly suggest chess as a non contact sport and the Holland Park chess program is a great place to start.

Henry G. 6SE Hi, my name is Rianna R and I am the senior Band Captain for 2018. To me it is not a ‘role’, it is an honour and a privilege. Being the band captain helps me to express my love of music. As the band captain, I help our conductor, Mr Bryer, to hand out music and notes. I also help setting up and packing up in the morning practices.

Rianna R 6SE

FROM OUR STUDENTS

Some original haikus from Evelina P.

I walk in the bush

Gum trees swaying in the wind

Soft cut koalas

“mm” a BBQ

I run outside with a smile

Yummy sausages

I jump on my horse

I need water for my farm

I search everywhere

This is my county

I would not change anything

On this precious land

Orange dust blowing

People sharing old stories

That are all sacred

HPSS CHESS NEWS

HPSS CHESS TOURNAMENT YES, the HPSS Chess Tournament is back! Gardiner Chess and myself will be running the tournament in our school hall Wednesday 19th September 2018. It will be an all day event and parents are welcome to attend. The tournament is open to students from prep to year 6. Students are to self nominate if they wish to attend the tournament. Students from year 1 to 6 can come to my class room F2 to fill in the nomination form. Prep students can see Miss Young for the nomination forms. The tournament can only be offered to a maximum of 80 students. A panel of teachers will go through nomination forms and students will be notified if they will be participating. HPSS LUNCH TIME CHESS Students from year 1 to 6 are welcome to come to my room F2 to play chess at second break on a Tuesday. Lea-Anne Schilg Year 1 Teacher

HPSS Chess Coordinator

CURRICULUM NEWS

Content and Language Integrated Learning in Physical Education Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an internationally recognised approach to teaching a language and a subject simultaneously. Mr Matt Walker, our physical education teacher, has been trialling the teaching of physical education lessons by providing instruction to students in prep and year 1 using the Japanese language. Students have been participating positively throughout the variety of skills that are being taught in P.E. During the lessons, Mr Walker uses a range of Japanese language in relation to movement, directional instructions and colours. Risako Yamashiro, who has been scaffolding students’ understanding of the Japanese language during the P.E. lessons, has supported him during the lessons. Students are thoroughly enjoying the experience that engages learners and supports their content and language learning simultaneously.

Typing Tournament Our school has subscribed to an online Typing Tournament that helps to rewire kids’ brains, giving them correct muscle memory and enabling them to type efficiently. It works for both keyboards with physical keys and mobile devices with virtual keys. Motivation is developed as users succeed at the progressive challenges. Remember, regular practice is the best approach so encourage your child to use their login details to access the program. Julia Whittaker Head of Curriculum

HPE NEWS

Triathlon/Aquathlon Qld School Age Championships

Metropolitan East Trial

Sunday 28 October 2018

Aquathlon 1km/200m/1km (Born 2007, 2008)

Please contact Mr Walker for further details mwalk254@eq.edu.au

LOST PROPERTY

Lost property is overflowing. Please check for any items that may belong to your child and collect. There is a

very large collection of jumpers included.

FINANCE NEWS

Dear parent/carers Please see the example debtor statement below of how a credit appears on your student/s account. When you receive statements from the finance office please take notice of any fees with a minus and only pay the total amount. If you receive a statement that only has minus fees please do not pay, credits can be utilised by either emailing the finance office to use credits on future school activities or writing in the payment section of permission notes to please utilise credits.

If you have any questions please contact the finance office. Ashlee Cowan Acting Finance Officer

P&C NEWS

CLUB SIGN-ON FOR SEASON 2018- 2019

Sign-on this SUNDAY, 9th September, between 10am-12midday at the school pool.

There will be a free sausage sizzle and the pool will be open for a swim. Committee members and the coach will be available to answer questions. The registration form and Club Handbook are on our website www.hollandparkswimclub.com .

If families are unavailable to attend sign-on, the registration form may be handed into the pool office after school and payment can be made via Netbank transfer or eftpos.

Our club last season welcomed members from 19 different schools and ages ranged from 4 years to 17 years old. Our club encourages and recognises participation, sportsmanship and individual’s improvement.

Swimming Club is held on a Friday night with racing commencing at 5.30pm. All levels of swimmers are welcome, as there are always 13m, 25m and 50m races in all strokes. Swim Club is held in 4th and 1st Term. Club starts Friday 12th October.

COMMUNITY NEWS

HOMESTAY INFORMATION SESSION

A Homestay Information Session is being held at Holland Park High School, Ba-

paume Road, Holland Park West on Thursday 13 September at 5.30pm in the

Administration Building.

We are seeking Expressions of Interest to become a Homestay Host for 2019. Please contact Mrs Elaine Young, Homestay Coordinator isp@hollparkshs.eq.edu.au Please RSVP by Tuesday 11 September on 3347 0111.

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*DONATIONS REQUIRED- LADIES CLOTHING*

As representatives for Beyond DV, a local charity that sup-ports women and children affected by domestic violence, we are once again putting the call out to the Holland Park school community for donations of good quality women's clothes, shoes & accessories. We would also like items to be in very good condition. We will be running our next series of personal development workshops for domestic violence survivors in October, so we would like to collect donations in the last two weeks of this term. These donations can be dropped off to the 1SR class-room in C Block (next to the Admin building) or the PYM classroom in the Prep building. At our workshops, we will have Cate Massi (in house stylist at Indooroopilly Shopping Cen-tre), talking to the ladies about what styles/colours will suit them, how they can get the most out of their clothes etc. Cate will then help each lady put together a few outfits from clothes that have been donated to our charity, which the ladies will then take home with them. Many of the ladies have fled from insterstate with virtually nothing. Others have told me that, with the extreme stress, they have put on or lost weight so the limited clothes they have no longer fit them. None of the ladies have money to buy a new wardrobe. If you have any queries, please contact me via the charity's email beyonddv@hotmail.com Thanking you Carolyn Robinson

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