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The Mi l ly Magpie Term 3 | Week 2 24th July 2020

ATTENDANCE (Term 3 to date): 87.7%

I AM SAFE I AM RESPECTFUL I AM A LEARNER Semester 1 report cards Report cards will be issued home to families on Friday, 24th July (Week 2, Term 3). All subject areas will appear on your child’s report except for HASS (Humanities & Social Sciences). Parent/teacher interviews will not take place this semester; however, your child’s teacher may contact you with information about your child’s learning progress this semester.

Our students have worked hard this semester under very trying circumstances (due to COVID-19). Please take the time to discuss your child’s report card with them – to both celebrate their successes and to talk about the next steps in their individual learning growth. Congratulations to our students for the great effort they have shown during Semester 1.

Positive Behaviour for Learning Millchester is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school. We explicitly teach our three school expectations to all students, every day. Our PBL Team, consisting of the Principal and classroom teachers, develop our fortnightly focuses based on data collected in our classrooms and playground. Our intent is to take a positive approach to the teaching of our key messages and provide support to individual students as required. Our school’s Behaviour Management Plan supports our work and provides a framework for managing behaviour incidents as they arise. This fortnight’s PBL focus messages are displayed in this newsletter. Please take the time to discuss these messages with your child and celebrate the positive behaviour choices they make.

Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:30am!

Thank you for ordering donuts!

Our school Donut Drive was an amazing success – we were overwhelmed by the support! I’d like to sincerely acknowledge our hard-working P&C team & volunteers for your efforts to prepare for this fundraiser and for tirelessly cooking these delicious treats for our families.

School sport update

Our inter-house (school-based) athletics carnival will be held in the second half of Term 3 (date to be confirmed). A Touch Football Gala Day for boys & girls in Years 5 & 6 will be held on Friday, 11th September (please note this date change). We’ll keep you posted about sporting events across our cluster as decisions are made.

Students of the Week! We’re super proud of our ‘Students of the Week’! Thank you for being great school citizens by following our school expectations: I am Safe.

School Calendar August

Fri, 6th Aug Aboriginal Survival Technology Fri, 13th Aug Dinosaur Science Fri, 14th Aug Public Holiday Fri, 21st Aug Daffodil Day

September Fri, 11th Sep Touch Footy Gala Day Fri, 18th Sep Last day of Term 3

PBL Messages – Weeks 3 & 4

Explicit Improvement Agenda

Precision teaching and assessment of reading demands

across the curriculum.

Contact

4754 6666 (8:00am-3:30pm) principal@millchesterss.eq.edu.au

Student Absence Line

4754 6660 (day or night)

I am Respectful. I am a Learner. Visit our Facebook page for more student photos!

Students of the Week - Week 1, Term 3

Students of the Week - Week 2, Term 3

Icy Pole Friday! Congratulations to these super readers for completing your home reading this fortnight!

Well done, Prep D!

Our ‘Home Reading Heroes’ in Years 1-6!

Great reading effort, Meckenzie & Ella!

P&C Meeting – Mon, 10th August Our next P&C meeting will be held here at school on Monday, 10th August from 5:30pm in K Block (second Monday of every month).

Office visits – sharing great work!

Alvin, Aubrey, Tyren, and Noah are super-excited about sharing their sentence writing

with Mr. Thorpe in Week 1. Fantastic work!

Bailey proudly shares his spelling success and progress with Mr. Thorpe in Week 2!

Classroom updates on FB! For all our latest classroom learning news, updates and photos please ‘like’ and ‘follow’ our school’s Facebook page: @MillchesterSS

Milly Playgroup in Term 3 Miss Mary has prepared a-super exciting program of adventure, learning and discovery at Milly Playgroup this term. Our weekly themes are listed below. We can’t wait to see you for all the fun!

30th July: Zoo Animals 6th August: Gardening/Grass Heads 13th August: Let’s make Show Bags! 20th August: Woodwork/Hammering 27th August: Community Helpers 3rd September: Father’s Day Activities 10th September: Wet and Messy 17th September: Teddy’s Bear Picnic

Enrolments for Prep in 2021 Parents & carers who wish to enrol their children for Prep at Millchester in 2021 are welcome to register your child’s name/s at the school office. If you are aware of local families, who may be considering enrolling children in Prep at Milly next year, please pass on this information.

Public holiday – Fri, 14th August Please note that Friday, 14th August is designated as our local show holiday in Charters Towers this year.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

This annual statewide initiative aims to improve literacy and encourage children to read for pleasure and learning. This year’s challenge concludes on Friday, 28th August (in just over a month!). If your child requires a reading log please make contact with your child’s classroom teacher. Keep reading, Milly!

Yours sincerely

Paul Thorpe Principal