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FRIDAY 18 MAY 2018
Newsletter Week 5 Term 2
Toowoomba East State School
Cnr Arthur & Mary Streets
PO Box 2882
TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350
07 4637 5222
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Student Absences
SMS 0427 064 253
Email: [email protected]
www.toowoombaeastss.eq.edu.au
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NAPLAN Students in Years 3 and 5 par�cipated in the Na�onal Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) this week. Over a million students across the na�on in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 completed the tes�ng this week. NAPLAN doesn’t replace regular in-class assessment, nor does it assess every aspect of what is taught at school. It does, however, provide one set of important data about how students are performing in literacy and numeracy, rela�ve to their peers across the country. This allows the opportunity to celebrate student success and iden�fy areas in which further support may be required. Parents of children who sat the NAPLAN tests this week will receive an individual report later in the year. The Magic Words Parents of younger students may have heard the term ‘Magic Words’ to describe sight words being learnt in class. The Magic Words are the most common words used when reading English. The first 12 words (or Golden Words) make up on quarter of words most commonly read. The Magic 100 Words make up 50% of the words in reading; the Magic 200 Words, 65% and the Magic 300 Words, 70%. Learning the Magic Words rapidly improves reading, increases fluency and develops comprehension. P and C Day 24 May Next Thursday 24 May is the inaugural P and C Day. On behalf of our staff and students, I’d like to thank the P and C for the outstanding work they do to support educa�on at Toowoomba East State School. P and C members are invited to a@end a Thank You morning tea in the staffroom on Wednesday 30 May. If you would like to a@end, please no�fy Miss Smith for catering purposes.
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FROM THE PRINCIPAL
School Arrival There are s�ll quite a few students arriving, without reason, before 8.00am. Parents are asked to ensure that students do not arrive to school before 8.00am, unless they are par�cipa�ng in a school-based ac�vity such as Instrumental Music or a Camp. If you require supervision for your child prior to this �me, please contact Camp Australia, our Outside School Hours Care provider, either in person at the lower western end of A Block or via their website. Richard Gibson Principal
Red Ball Tennis Red Ball Tennis con�nues this term each Saturday and Sunday at Toowoomba East State School. The game is modified and designed for players who are just beginning. If you are interested or want some more informa�on, please contact Paul Mooney via email [email protected] .
P & C Day Morning Tea - Wednesday 30 May Our school will be celebra�ng the great work of our P&C on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at 10:30am in the school staffroom. The day is a chance for us to publicly thank all P&C members for their support and the �reless work they do each year to improve educa�onal facili�es, resources and student condi�ons. Members give their personal �me and effort to our school, helping to shape it's strategic direc�ons and policy decisions, fundraising and organising fetes, running the tuckshop and helping with our spor�ng and classroom ac�vi�es. All P&C Members are welcome. Please RSVP to Ms Smith (Deputy Principal) via email [email protected] by Monday, 28 May 2018 for catering purposes. Toowoomba East State School Chaplaincy Treasurer’s Report Thank you to all involved with this year’s Mother’s Day stall. $4,476.85 was raised for Chaplaincy at our school. We hope that all involved enjoyed the experience. A special thank you goes out to Renee Day who coordinated the Mother’s Day stall for her second year. Her mother also was a tremendous help. The many parent volunteers ensured the stall was fun for the children and ran smoothly. Thank you very much. Thank you to all students and your families for suppor�ng our fundraiser. Kind regards Carolyn Cranch TESS Chaplaincy Treasurer
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Biggest Morning Tea
On Thursday 24 May our school will par�cipate in the Biggest Morning Tea. Students are asked to bring a plate of food to share with their class for morning tea. We are asking for a gold coin dona�on that will go directly to the Cancer Council. This is a great opportunity in our school to support a very worthy cause through gathering together, sharing morning tea and giving to others in need.
Prep A, B, C, D and E will not be par�cipa�ng in this event on 24 May. They will be a@ending the Under 8’s Day at TACAPS. Prep classes will have their Biggest Morning Tea and Grandparent’s Morning together on Friday 1 June.
Prep Visit
Karen Robertson, Commonwealth Games Medallist for Hockey visited Toowoomba East State School and spoke to the Prep classes in March last term.
She is pictured with her daughter, Mali.
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Chris Collin Visit (pictured above)
Chris Collin “ The Funky Chicken Man” and Brian Falkner two well known authors visit Toowoomba East State School
On Friday 27 April 2018 we had award winning author Chris Collin visit our library. He entertained the students from Prep to Year 2 for over an hour. He put on three brilliant shows which were packed with enthusiasm, excitement and laughter. The behaviour of the children throughout the day was outstanding. The students were singing and dancing to the songs from the book “The Funky Chicken.” Chris told the children how he came up with the idea for the book “ A Bug called Doug” aRer strolling through a North Queensland rainforest and spoTng a cockroach crawling along the forest floor. Chris bought out a number of puppets for the children to meet. A number of children were selected from the audience to dress up as characters from the books . They became the star performers and led the rest of the audience in a song or dance. He finished off every session with each student drawing a character from one of his books. It was an absolute pleasure to have Chris and Nadia visit our library and we hope they will be able to revisit our school in the near future. Brian Falkner also visited the school on Monday 23 April 2018. Brian spoke to the students from Year 3 to Year 6. He told them about how his real life experiences had provided him with the material to write seventeen books. He was a wonderful inspira�on to the students and it was a pleasure to have him come and work with our students. Brian Falkner Visit (pictured below)
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TESS Interhouse
Cross Country
Monday 26 March
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TESS Interhouse
Cross Country
Monday 26 March
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TESS Interhouse
Cross Country
Monday 26 March
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Sport TESS Interhouse Cross Country held on Monday 26 March 2018 at Queen’s Park. House Results 1st Cunningham 161 2nd Evans 158 3rd Leslie 150 4th McDonald 129
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Monday 18 June Tuesday 19 June
Wednesday 20 June
Amaroo Year 3A Amaroo Year 3B and Year 3C
Amaroo Year 3D and Year 3E
Dates of Events
Range Tennis Club Range Tennis Club, the oldest tennis club in Toowoomba, will be celebra�ng their 125th anniversary this year. They will be holding an Open Day on Sunday 27th May commencing at 12:30pm. The club is situated at 40 Lindsay Street, East Toowoomba surrounded by the Bowls and Croquet clubs and the Sportsground. For further informa�on contact Tony Brown by email [email protected]
Achieve with Pride! www.toowoombaeastss.eq.edu.au
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Toowoomba East Office Hours 8:00am to 3:30pm Change of Details Please ensure you let the Office know if your address, contact details, family circumstances, emergency contacts or email addresses change. Please see the office staff or phone 4637 5220 or 4637 5230 to update your details.
School Tuckshop The school Tuckshop operates Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:15am to 1:15pm. It is not open on Mondays. All orders must be placed online — go to www.flexischools.com.au and click “Register Now”, then place orders. If you have any ques�ons contact the FlexiSchools help desk on 1300 361 769. Volunteers are always needed and greatly appreciated. Please drop in and see us at the Tuckshop if you would like to help.
Payments BPOINT Online Card Payment is the Educa�on Department’s preferred method of payment. Payment Methods BPOINT Online Card Payment—Details for BPOINT payments are on Student Invoices In person at the Toowoomba East Administra�on Office —Via EFTPOS (no payments less than $10.00) No late payments will be accepted
Uniform Shop Hours Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 8:00am to 9:30am.
Achieve with Pride! www.toowoombaeastss.eq.edu.au
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Student of the Week Student of the Week
Week 1 Beginning 16 April 2018
Prep A Charley Montgomery Confidence Prep B Hugo Little Confidence Prep C Felicity D‘Anastasi Confidence Prep D Molly Logue Confidence Prep E Alivia Bass Confidence 1A Casper McRoberts Confidence 1B Chloe Coote Confidence 1C Vala Dillon Confidence 1D Ela Demirkan Confidence 1/2E Cara Holzknecht (Yr 1) Confidence 2A Saxon Giles Confidence 2B Tianyi Ding Confidence 2C Lily Hocking Confidence 2D Ali Jamo Confidence 3A Eva Collins Organisation 3B Noah Goodwill Organisation 3C Keira Quinn Confidence 3D Anna Gellatly Organisation 3E Charlie Bucknell Confidence 4A Charlee-Rose Schilf Confidence 4B Rhiannon Beer Confidence 4C Henry Norris Confidence 4D Jean-Paul Kwizera Confidence 4E Chelsey Cherry Confidence 5A Jessica Edwards Confidence 5B Malachi Hepworth Persistence 5C Abbigail Clarke Confidence 5D Luciana Flowers Confidence 5E Evie Armstrong Confidence 6A Declan Else Getting Along 6B Emilie Bizzell Confidence 6C Montana Brisbane Confidence 6D Matilda Briggs Getting Along 6E Will Curran Persistence
Week 2 Beginning 23 April 2018
Prep A Crue Butler Organisation Prep B Texas Clark Organisation Prep C Macie Cameron Organisation Prep D Emily Cooney Organisation Prep E Luca Collins Organisation 1A Jodan Campbell Organisation 1B Ava Dean Organisation 1C Mihee Gamage Organisation 1D Taleisha Millar Organisation 1/2E Sam Jones (Yr2) Organisation 2A Isaac Desta Organistion 2B Hayden Middlebrough Organisation 2C Brendon Lai Organisation 2D Viraaj Narula Organisation 3A Nate Fry Organisation 3B none submitted 3C Hannah Hook Organisation 3D Anika Holzknecht Organisation 3E Archie Humphries Organisation 4A Sienna Bray Organisation 4B Taj Khan Organisation 4C Phillipa Beveridge Organisation 4D Tilly Hearn Organisation 4E Ella Currie Organisation 5A Heidi Spence Organisation 5B Rafael Mureba Confidence 5C Elisabeth Callum Confidence 5D Ella Bidlake Organisation 5E Alexandra Reyes Organisation 6A Finn Garmany Organisation 6B Ethan Rosier Persistence 6C Blake Weber Confidence 6D Georgina Eddie Confidence 6E Lucinda Love Organisation
Achieve with Pride! www.toowoombaeastss.eq.edu.au
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Student of the Week Student of the Week
Week 3 Beginning 30 April 2018
Prep A Amelie Leon Resilience Prep B Miwa Keen Resilience Prep C Alan Izdeen Resilience Prep D Heath Cooper Resilience Prep E Thane Ward Resilience 1A Jhett Denman Resilience 1B Mason Morris Resilience 1C Charlotte Peacey Resilience 1D Keenan Gibbs Resilience 1/2E Eva Kampf (Year 1) Resilience 2A Josh Zhang Resilience 2B Jacob Rosier Resilience 2C Anika Schmeiszl Resilience 2D Cooper Otto Resilience 3A Harrison Palmer Confidence 3B Caitlin Loader Organisation 3C Finnley Wilson Persistence 3D Reilly Deeth Persistence 3E Harrison Black Resilience 4A Jaxson Daw Resilience 4B Lachlan Anderson Resilience 4C Ben McNamara Resilience 4D Sophie Fickling Resilience 4E Charlie Parrington Resilience 5A Dimpal Sharma Resilience 5B Amelia Watts Confidence 5C Indianna Barrance Resilience 5D Dylan Rodney Resilience 5E Edward Baker Resilience 6A Giselle Frith Resilience 6B Joe McNamara Resilience 6C Gulshan Hassan Persistence 6D Elijah Mee Confidence 6E Joseph Mahon Getting Along
