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Email:Email: principal@tinanass.eq.edu.auPhone:Phone: 07 4120 8000

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20 June 201820 June 2018

Principal’s MessageDear Parents

I am currently reading student progress reports in readinessfor their issue in the final week of term next week. It is wonderfulto read about the learning that has taken place in ourclassrooms during this first semester of the year and howstudents have achieved in that learning. I congratulate all of ourstudents on a productive term, our teachers for their efforts indelivering success for our students and for the energy they haveput to preparing progress reports. Reports will be issued onWednesday.

Our learning focus for 2018 is in the key areas of Reading,Writing and Numeracy. Teams from Tinana State Schoolattended the Readers Cup competition at Hervey Bay lastweek. Students competed well to finish just behind teams fromXavier, Sandy Straits and Torquay. We look forward to theJunior Readers Cup competition for teams from year 3 and 4 tobe held at Maryborough Central SS.

Term 2 Reading Benchmarks

Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

PM3-4

PM11-13

PM17-19

PM23-24

Probe7-8

Probe9-10

Probe11-12

Students from Tinana will attend the Reconciliation Ceremonyat Maryborough State High School on Tuesday 26 June. OurTinana Reconciliation Ceremony will be held in conjunction withthe whole school assembly to be held on Monday 25 June inour school hall.

Teachers will begin Pre-moderation planning for English andMathematics this week. During these sessions, our teachingteams meet with the coaches to unpack the units of work forTerm 3, to understand curriculum intention, to understand thelearning needs of the students and to discuss the teachingapproaches that will support our students to be successful.

On Monday afternoon, Mrs Donohue and I attended schoolcouncil training in Kingaroy with other members of our schoolcouncil and the Taabinga State School Council. This completesthe training for our representatives and positions us for ourschool governance work. There is a position available for aparent representative. Please see me if you are interested inmaking an application.

In recent weeks, our year 6 and year 5 students have attendedtheir respective school camps to Chaverim and BarambahEnvironmental Education Centre. I have received very positivefeedback from staff and students that confirms the camps werefun and engaging. I extend my thanks to staff for their additionalwork in preparation and delivery of the camp program. Thanksalso to Graham and Amanda Waterson, and Dan Yates fromMaryborough SHS for their contributions to the success ofthe camps. The year 4 students will attend their camp on theSunshine Coast early in Term 3.

The School Car Park is now beginning to take shape withsurfacing works progressing and traffic islands being installed.Sadly, a breakdown with the paving machine meant thesurfacing was not completed as scheduled. Surfacing workswill be completed during the night and returned as much aspossible to use during the daytime. It is anticipated that the carpark will be completed in readiness for the new school term.

Staff enjoyed a breakfast hosted by the P&C this morning toexpress gratitude for the work that is done in our school forthe benefit of our students. During the year, various days suchas Teachers Day, Teacher Aides Day, Cleaners Day and Office

Workers Day are designated to celebrate the contribution ofeach sector of people. A decision was taken to combine theseinto one celebration. Thank you to our parent community for thevalue you place on our wonderful staff.

The P&C held a successful Tombola Fundraiser on Saturday.Patrons were treated to an outstanding array of prizes includingsome very attractive and widely sought grass trees donated byTandora Grazing. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers and allthose who supported this event.

I will be absent from school on Friday to attend the Principals’Business Forum and Regional Showcase Education Awardsto be held at the Brolga Theatre. Good luck to all of ourstudents who will compete in the Senior Sports Day in myabsence.

David BurnsPrincipal

“EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY, LEARNING ANDACHIEVING.”

Important Information - Allergies

Chappy Chat

INCREDIBLES 2 FUNDRAISER:

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all those people whosupported this fundraising event. I really appreciated it.

SUPERHERO HOLIDAY PROGRAM:

Invites have gone out for our ‘SUPERHERO’ Holiday program.It is the second week of the June/July holidays. It is for childrengrades P-6 and runs from 9-12 Monday to Friday. The cost is$6/child/day which includes morning tea and craft.

It is a whole heap of fun. The invitation is attached. If you wouldlike your child/ren to attend please email me and I will get aregistration pack to you. This event books out quite quickly sobe sure to get your child registered.

If you are keen, please email me at chappyamanda@gmail.com.

EISTEDDFDOD REHEARSALS:

My favourite time of the year (ok apart from Christmas) hascome on us. It’s Eisteddfod!!!! Rehearsals have begun for Years2-4 classes. The standard of our classes is the highest I haveseen for some time. The students have picked up their poemsquickly and are enjoying rehearsals. Eisteddfod is a great wayto build team building skills and confidence in our junior school.

Have a wonderful, refreshing holiday. Be sure to catch the localMary Poppins celebrations. For many of you, I will catch you atour holiday program, but for the rest of you, I look forward tocatching up after the holidays.

Amanda the Chappy

Term 2 & 3 Important Dates

Term 2

Term 3

• STEM Fest, Yarillee SS – 21st June

• Tuckshop Thursday – 21st June

• NO Tuckshop Friday – 22nd June

• Senior Sports Day – 22nd June

• TSS Reconciliation Day Ceremony – 25th June

• MSHS Reconciliation Day Ceremony – 26th June

• Junior Sports Day – 29th June

• Last day of Term 2 – 29th June

• First day of Term 3 – 15th July

• School Photos – 26th July

• Red Ball Tennis Local Comp – 26th July

• ICAS English – 31st July

• Year 4 Camp – 2nd-3rd August

• Eisteddfod Week – 5th – 10th August

• Chess Tournament Tinana State School – 13thAugust

• ICAS Mathematics – 14th August

• Family Fun Day – 19th August

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Office News

2017 Yearbooks

We have a limited number of 2017 Yearbooks for sale at theoffice for $15 each. These make a great memento for yourchildren to enjoy in years to come.

The School Dental Van is at Tinana State School!

For any children with a toothache – we ask you to contact theChildren’s Oral Health Call Centre 4122 8670 for an emergencyappointment at the Maryborough Hospital Dental Clinic. We areexcited to be bringing the onsite service back into your schooland look forward to seeing you all soon. For any enquiries,please contact the School Dental Administration on (07) 41228861. Thank you.

Tinana State School has a Facebook page! Subscribe toget up to date information about what’s happening atschool!

MONEY COMING TO SCHOOL

Would parents please ensure that any money sent to school forany purposes other than tuckshop is sent directly to the officeand is placed in an envelope with student’s name, grade andparticular item or excursion they are paying for, clearly markedon the front of envelope. Pre-printed envelopes are availableat the office for any payments. Parents that prefer to depositthe funds directly into the school bank account are requestedto advise the office of the deposit and to use the studentsurname and invoice number as the payment reference. Aslarge amounts of money pass through the school office itbecomes difficult and time consuming to identify paymentswithout this information.

Invoices via Email

You should now be receiving all your child’s invoices via email.If you need to provide the office with an updated email address,please do so as soon as possible.

REFLECTION LETTERS are also being sent out via e-mailin 2018.

2018 School Calendar

ABSENCESPlease Phone 4120 8066 and leave a message on theAbsence Line in the event of a student being absent. Pleasephone each day your child is absent from school unless theoffice has been previously advised of the absence. Verbalmessages by the student are not sufficient. This preventsany misunderstanding and ensures the safety of your child.Please note that, by law, we are required to report any longterm unexplained absences from school which may then beinvestigated by the police.

LATE ARRIVALThe school day begins at 8:45am and all staff will begininstruction at this time. Arrivals after 8:45am are consideredto be late. Late arrival should be accompanied by a note butparents may ring the office with this information. Studentsmust first report to the office to obtain a late slip that is to begiven to their teacher.

SMS NOTIFICATIONThe school is now utilising an SMS system to notify parentsof any unexplained absence. If you receive a text messagestating your child’s absence is unexplained, you can reply viatext, stating your child’s name, and reason for absence. If youbelieve your child should be present at school, please phonethe office immediately on 4120 8000.

EARLY DEPARTUREChildren leaving school early must be picked up from theoffice. Parents may ring in advance to arrange for their child/ren to be ready for collection, or send a note to the classteacher. Your child will be given an early departure slip fromthe office.

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Student Attendance – Same Day AbsenceNotification

The safety and wellbeing of students are the highest prioritiesfor the Department of Education and Training and for theQueensland Government.

At Tinana State School we endeavour to contact a parentor carer via text message when a student's absence isunexplained after the first roll marking of the day.

As home and school work together, student safety will beincreased. Here are some guidelines to make this process moreefficient:

Free Hearing and Vision Tests

TLC News

SOCCER GALA DAY

13 students from Tinana State School participated in theSoccer Gala Day on Friday 15th June. It was held at Federation

Park in Granville. Our students played against 3 differentschools in 4 matches on their way to the finals. Our team madetheir way to the final by winning all their matches. In the final,Tinana played Pialba State School and won 4-1. The studentswere very proud of their efforts and were presented with a goldmedal for their achievements. Well done Tinana.

Library News

• Notify the school by phone or email before 9:00am ifyour student is going to be absent that day. Pleasegive a brief explanation for the absence.

• If you receive a text message regarding anunexplained absence, please respond promptly,either via text or phone call.

• Please ensure that your mobile phone number andother contact details are up-to-date on the schoolrecords. This is critical, as we need to be able tocontact you in case of emergency.

• If your student arrives late to school, they must go tothe office for a late pass before going to theirclassroom. If they are leaving early, a leave passmust be obtained from the office.

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Wide Bay Readers Cup 2018

Mrs Morris and Mrs Yates would like to congratulate the teamswho recently competed at the 2018 Wide Bay Readers Cup.They challenged themselves to read all 5 books, workedcollaboratively and continued developing a love of reading.

The competition was held on Tuesday 12th June 2018 at XavierCollege, Hervey Bay. With 30 teams (15 schools) in the Year 5/6 Competition, our Team 1 did a fantastic job of coming with31½ points out of 60 (an improvement on their score last year)and only 2 points behind equal 2nd. Team 2 unfortunately didnot score as well but had fun anyway.

Top 3 Schools were:

1. Xavier Catholic College 38½2. Sandy Strait State School 33½ (+2 from tie breakerquestion)3. Torquay State School 33½

We were lucky to have a guest author this year….Louise Guy,author of the year 5/6 title, ‘The Secret World of Curly Jones,Book 1: New Worlds’ was our quiz master on the day. Shebrought copies of her new ‘The Secret World of Curly Jones,Book 2: Old Worlds’ (don’t worry, we brought two for thelibrary). The students asked questions and had an opportunityfor photographs and book signing.

It is always quite special that our students get to compete at aregional and state level similar to sporting competitions and tomeet other students with an equal passion for books. We thankthe Parents, Year 6 Teachers and Specialists for their supportin allowing our students to have this opportunity.

Sustainability News

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Chess News

Tinana Chess Students Show GreatSportsmanship at Term 2 Tournament

Sportsmanship is a vital part of chess and students are taughtearly on about how to react when they win a game and to thinkabout the feelings of the opposing players. Indeed, one of thebest things we encourage at tournaments is a winning playershowing the opponent what they could have done, helpingthem improve. On the flip side, I teach them that when theylose a game, they are in fact gaining more knowledge so wedon’t regard it as losing. Our motto is, 'Don't be afraid of losing,be afraid of playing a game and not learning something' DanHeisman.

I am extremely proud of our Tinana Chess Club Students.Students showed all the 5 keys to Success and had 'hard fun!'at the Term 2 Tournament hosted at Tinana State School.

Tinana Chess Club StudentsTinana Chess Club Students

Congratulations goes to 2nd place winners, our Tinana KingsCongratulations goes to 2nd place winners, our Tinana KingsTeam; Maverick, Ethan, Lily and RileyTeam; Maverick, Ethan, Lily and Riley

Awesome Effort to our Ribbon Place Holders; Lily, Riley, Ethan,Awesome Effort to our Ribbon Place Holders; Lily, Riley, Ethan,Jessie, Zachary and MaverickJessie, Zachary and Maverick

RyderRyder LilyLily

Next Tournament on Monday 13 August at Tinana State SchoolHall.

Please see Mrs Yates if you are interested in participating inInterschool Chess Tournaments.

Come and play chess on Thursday afternoons 3:30-4:30 in theLibrary. All welcome!

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TuckshopTuckshop is open Mondays & Fridays! If you can help out for anhour or two please contact the office!

Uniform ShopUniform shop is currently open from 8-9am Mondays andFridays only.12 week lay-by plan with a $5 deposit.

The Uniform shop is looking for a volunteer to do Mondaymornings. It’s only an hour of your time, and would be greatlyappreciated. Remember all the money raised goes back to theschool.

School Banking

School Banking News

Reminder - Tuesday is School Banking Day.

Completing your deposit slip for School Banking day.

Please ensure your child’s deposit slip is correctly filled outbefore banking with School Banking.

Good Savings habits support our school.

Our school received $5.00 for every 10 School Bankingdeposits made per student.

This regular Savers Contribution can be used for new schoolresources like learning materials, such as books and sportsequipment, or other resources.

If you’d like to find out more about School Banking, or if you’dlike to explore fun activity sheets for your child, visit the linkbelow.

https://commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

Super Savers reward items.

To encourage regular savings behaviour, children can redeema reward after they’re made 10 School Banking deposits. Thereare two new reward items available in Term 2.

• Sparkle Glitter Pens

• Glow Light

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OUT OF STOCK – Secret Scratch PadsOUT OF STOCK – Secret Scratch Pads

New to School Banking? Get your child started.

To join this savings adventure with School Banking, your childwill need a Youthsaver account. There are three simple ways toopen one.

RegardsSchool Banking Co-OrdinatorsTammy & Sharon

P&C News

Keep in Touch with P&C through Social Media

Check us out on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/TinanaStateSchoolPandC

TOMBOLA

On Saturday we held our Tombola Fundraiser, WOW, we hadover 160 people attend on the day which was fantastic. Amassive thank you to everyone that helped out on the day. Wewould also like to thank those families that donated withoutyour support the day wouldn’t be possible. The list ofbusinesses below, also made a valuable contribution towardsour Tombola and we ask our Tinana School Families to helpsupport them. Thank you once again.

Wide Bay South School Dental Service“To Parents - The Maryborough School Dental Service wish toadvise the Children’s Oral Health Emergency Call Centre andfor all other Dental enquiries, we now just have the one contactnumber of 07 4122 8861, thank – you.

We apologise for any inconvenience.”

• Apply online at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

• Log on to your CommBank app (if you bank withCommBank)

• Visit any CommBank branch

• GREG’S QUALITYMEATS

• BUNNINGSWAREHOUSE

• HARVEY NORMAN

• BAKERY OF ALICE

• BOATIES WAREHOUSE

• COLES

• ELMER’S FURNITURE

• TINANA POST OFFICE

• CHEMIST WAREHOUSE

• MODE HAIRDRESSER

• SUGAR COASTSEAFOODS P/L

• THE FRIENDLIESCHEMIST

• BOB JANE T’MART

• GOOD PRICEPHARMACY

• GOLDEN CHICKEN

• PALLAS STREETPOST OFFICE

• M’BRO SPORTSCLUB INC

• GEM BEAUTYSALON

• WILSON’S MOWERCENTRE

• BIG W

• M’BRO BUILDINGSUPPLIES

• HOMEWARES FROMEVERYWHERE

• ANNE’S IRRESISTABLELINGERIE

• LUXTON’S PHARMACY

• AUSSIE WORLD

• CARRIER ARMS

• TIARO MEATS &BACON

• HEADQUATERS HAIRDESIGNERS

• HART OF HAIR

• HAYMAN’SELECTRICAL

• THE LAND OF SWEETS

• FRESH & SAVE

• TINANA’S HOTBREAD SHOP

• STATIONBUTCHERY

• THE HAIR PALACE

• WIDE BAY HAM &BACON

• ANDERSENSCARPET

• PALAZZI’S HAIREMPORIUM

• BESPOKE HAIR &BEAUTY

• PET ‘N’ PRODUCE

• PLATYPUSSTOCKFEEDS

• FRASER COASTFOODSERVICE

• FREEDOM FISHINGSUPPLIES

• BADDOWBUTCHERY

• FAIRFIELDBUTCHERY

• PRICELINEPHARMACY

• FLAIR HAIR CARE

• FURNITURE COURT

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Community Notices

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