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D A T E C L A I M E R S :

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WWW.WoodLinksWednesdayWeekly15August2018

OnlyOurBest,

Everyone,

Everyday

STATESCHOOL

WOODLINKS

Only Our Best, Everyone, Everyday

ASSEMBLY

Every Mon 2.20pm YR 3-6

Every Fri 9.00an Prep—2

PLAYGROUP

Every Tue and Thur

9-11am in the Hall

GALA DAYS

10, 17, 24 August

Gala Sports Days Grades 4-6

13 –17 August

Book Week

Parade whole school 17.8.18

9am

13 September

Wine and Cheese night

14 September

WoodLinks Art Show

18 September

Parent/Teacher interviews

2018 Uniform Shop Hours

Mondays 8.15—9am

Wednesdays 3.10—3.45pm

Healthy Active School Travel On Monday we launched the 10 day challenge. Students can meet at the 2 walking points where staff members will be waiting from 7:50am to walk to school with them. Yesterday Mr Crichton’s dog, Hunter, came along to walk students to school. Remember for this week and next week the walking buses will travel to school Monday to Friday. This will give students extra to sign off on their travel passports. Thank you to all the staff who are walking each morning. This is a huge effort and we thank our amazing teachers for helping our students with their active school travel. Remember that Active Travel home is also important as this keeps our students healthy and reduces the traffic around our school. We encourage you to start walking, riding or taking the bus to and from school each day. You will be receiving the Walking Wheeling Wednesdays magnet from school this week, put these on your fridge to remind you to get Healthy and Active to school each day. If you can read, you will succeed – Come to the Book Fair at WoodLinks The Book Fair opened with great excitement this morning. Thank you to Mrs Routledge and her many helpers. It is great to see everyone support this program. Learn to Swim Program Mr Artates is gathering quotes for our year 1 students to take part in an 8 session learn to swim program in term 4. The state government and the Department of Education have a commitment that all state schools will be offering learn to swim programs. This is a user pay system and is partially paid by the government. A note will be going home to year 1 students soon to advise parents of the program and the cost per child.

Illness There are many illnesses going around this term. If your child is sick, the best way to get them better is to take them to the doctor or keep them home until they are feeling better. Please advise the office if you have a sick child. There have been some cases of school sores. See below for information regarding how they can be treated. NOT EXCLUDED means they do not need to excluded from other people. Please go to the Queensland Health website for more information. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/426820/timeout_poster.pdf

Have a fabulous week WoodLinks.

Vicki Caldow PRINCIPAL

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NUDE FOOD CHALLANGE

READERS OF THE WEEK

Starting Monday 20th August and continuing every Monday, each class at WoodLinks will be participating in a NUDE

FOOD CHALLENGE. What does that mean, I hear you ask?

Students are challenged to bring their lunch to school without any packaging. That would exclude any food in plastic

packaging: such as chips, muesli bars, yoghurt, snack packs.

What will they eat you ask? Sandwiches, fruit, cut up vegies, nuts, trail mix, dried fruit are a few suggestions, in a

reusable plastic container. Classes will be surveyed to which class had the most NUDE FOOD lunch boxes. The wining

class in the Upper and Lower school will receive a healthy food prize. Let’s work together to increase the healthy food

we eat as a school and reduce the plastic going into landfill and ending up in our oceans.

Mr Vayo

4/5 Teacher

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Book Fair and Book Week Celebrations

Our Book Fair purchasing began on Tuesday and will continue each day until Tuesday 21st August. Purchases can be made 8:30am - 9:00am and 3:00pm –3:30pm in the Library. Purchases can be made using Cash or Eftpos. This week our Book Week celebrations begin, the theme this Year being “Find your Treasure”. Our years 4-6 students will have the opportunity to dress up as their favourite book character on the 16th of August due to their Gala Day on Friday. On Friday the 17th of August all students from Prep to Year 6 are invited to come dressed as their favourite book character. There will be a full school parade at 9am on Friday to celebrate, with a very special performance.

Great Book Swap This year, WoodLinks is holding its first Great Book Swap, to raise much needed funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. To participate students need to bring along a book from home that they wish to swap along with a gold coin donation, these need to be handed into their classroom teachers until the 21st of August. On the 22nd of August every student who has brought a book and a donation is then able to choose a book from the many that have been brought in to take home. This is a fantastic way for students to swap an old book for something they have not read yet. Thank you for your support and we look forward to celebrating Book Week with you all.

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Volunteers Wanted for

Kitchen Garden Program

The success of this unique and exciting Program

relies on the support of volunteers.

There is nothing more satisfying than sharing a delicious

meal created with fresh produce that you have grown

from seed to harvest.

You don’t have to be a green thumb or a naked chef, you just

have to love growing food, eating food and being with

children.

If you would like to volunteer in the kitchen or garden, whether you have one hour to spare or a whole afternoon, we would

love to hear from you.

This semester, the cooking and gardening program runs: -term 3, weeks 6 to 10 for grade 4 students 9am-11am -term 4, weeks 1 to 5 for grade 6 students 9am-11am

-term 4, weeks 4 to 8 for grade 5 students 1130am-1pm

Volunteers that don’t have a child currently enrolled require a volunteer blue card. Please contact Admin for information.

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ILC NEWS

ILC Parent Morning Tea

The ILC continues to have a busy and productive term with our many projects, support focuses

and specialized groups running. This term, we have welcomed two new staff; Teacher, Ms Tui

Sinclair and Teacher Aide, Mr Damien Pedemont. For any parents in the school who would like an

opportunity to meet these new staff members, the ILC will be running a short morning tea on

Tuesday 28th August between 8:45-9:45am.

The morning tea will also be an opportunity to hear about a new program that the ILC has

implemented this Term for selected students in Years 4-6, the “Rock and Water” resilience

program. Mr Hamilton, who runs this program, will be briefly explaining the aims and methodology

of the program, as well as giving opportunities to ask questions around it.

All parents throughout the school are welcome to attend this morning tea. Please just RSVP to

myself at [email protected] for catering. Looking forward to seeing as many of you there as

possible.

Evelyn Redgen

ILC Teacher

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ATTENDANCE

At WoodLinks SS we believe that attendance matters! By attending school everyday students have the very best opportunity to achieve success. Each week we monitor individual and class student attendance. We celebrate attendance every Monday at Assembly with the announcement of the previous week’s winners. In Prep-Year 2, classes are involved in a weekly horse race and in Years 3-6, students are involved in a superhero race (located outside the library). The WoodLinks Attendance Policy can be found on our website.

‘Every day counts’ is a state wide initiative that aims to assist in improving student attendance at school through a shared commitment by students, parents, caregivers, schools and the community. To do this, Every day counts promotes four key messages:

• all children should be enrolled at school and attend on every school day

• schools should monitor, communicate and implement strategies to improve regular school attendance

• truanting can place a student in unsafe situations and impact on their future employability and life choices

• attendance at school is the responsibility of everyone in the community.

Attendance target is 95% Recent WoodLinks data shows that the days with the lowest attendance rate are

Mondays and Fridays.

At WoodLinks we believe that ‘Every Day Counts’.

Our Attendance Target of

95%

Prep- Year 2

2E-100%

1D-100%

2C-100%

PA-96%

2A-95.65%

2B-95.65%

PD-94%

1C-92.31%

1A-92%

PC-91.67%

PE-88.46%

1B-88%

2D-82.61%

PB-78%

Years 3-6

3A-100%

3B-98%

6A-96.15%

4A-96%

5A-94.44%

3C-91.67%

6B-89.29%

3D-87.5%

5B-86.96%

4C-86.54%

5C-86.36%

4B-84.62%

6C-81.48%

4/5-75%

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Do you struggle to find the funds for Excursions / Incursions / SRS?

Do you receive Centrelink Payments?

if so: are you aware that you can set up a deduction from your Centrelink fortnightly payments to

come to the school? If you are interested in finding out more or how to set up this deduction please

come into the office. We are also awaiting discussion with the P&C to see if it can include Uniforms

and book packs (obviously a credit amount would be required before being able to use these funds for

this)

A REMINDER THAT: • Student Resource Fees are now due and can be paid via bpoint, q-parents or through the office • Lone Pine Year 2 excursion permission and payments are due Friday 31st August • Eureka Yr 5 excursion permission and payments are due Monday 3rd September

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SCHOOL BANKING

ADMIN/FINANCE NEWS

School Banking day for WoodLinks is Wednesdays - so ensure your child’s bank books are handed into their Classroom teachers which will then be placed into the classrooms silver satchel (this stops books going missing). Please ensure that you have completed both the banking slip and deposit stub and included the student number. If you have done 10 deposits remember you are eligible to claim a reward. Rewards can only be claimed once a term. If you would like to sign up for school banking or find our more information go to the website shown below.

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Hello Parents!

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful chilly weather. Warmer months will soon be here.

This week is WoodLinks Book Week and to join in on the fun, our Playgroup will be having our own Book Week

celebration on Thursday. Come dressed up as your favourite character and join in with face painting. Parents are also

welcome to dress up if you enjoy a good fancy dress. If possible please bring a little something for morning tea to

share.

This week at little learners We will be taking a take a trip to the moon. We have a 3D moon to paint and will also

explore moon walking, and what the surface of the moon might feel like. Also, our child health nurse will be available

again on the 28th of August.

If you have any special skills or hobbies and are willing to share them with others, please let Maree or Elisha know.

We would love to hear from you. Time Tuesday and Thursday 9am-10:30am Bring along morning tea, hat, water

bottle Ages 0-5 years

FREE!! Everyone Welcome

Elisha & Maree

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YEAR 1 NEWS PREP NEWS

BOXES WANTED

We are looking to add big box play to our outdoor

lunchtime activities. To do this we will need….. You

guessed it … BOXES!! Big ones …. And lots of them. If

you have access to boxes through your work please drop

them to the Prep classrooms, the bigger the better. We

would love some dishwasher or refrigerator boxes please.

English, Prep students are continuing to build their

understanding of rhyme. We are using pairs of rhyming

words to write our own rhymes. We are also developing

our presentation skills by telling known nursery rhymes.

We try to make sure we are using appropriate gestures,

are speaking in a clear voice, and that we are talking in a

way that keeps the audience interested.

Math this week involves exploring time sequences. We

will be looking at activities that occur on different days of

the week and we will be sequencing activities that we do

at different times of the day.

Ms Stemp Prep A Teacher

Welcome to week four in Year One!

In English, we are finshing our character creation

assessment using the Anthony Browne text ‘Willy the

Champ’. Students will be interviewing each other about

their new character with human qualities.

In Mathematics, we are beginning to learn about time.

Students will read and tell o’clock and half past times in

digital and analogue. Students will identify duration of

events and when events occur within a day.

In Science, the Year Ones’ are continuing to sort and

name natural, built and managed features of landscapes and

identify why these may change over time. These features

are also being taught in HASS this term.

A reminder that home readers are sent home twice a

week and library books weekly. If you have any questions

or concerns regarding missing books, please contact your

child’s teacher ASAP as we would love to see every child

borrowing and reading at home.

Mrs Griffin

1A Teacher

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YEAR 3 NEWS YEAR 2 NEWS

Unbelievable! We are now into week 5, halfway through

term 3!

This week in English, students will begin their assessment.

They will write a procedure for Grandma from the story

George’s Marvellous Medicine. They have been putting

their procedure skills into practice by writing entertaining

procedures for Mr Kranky (George’s Dad). They used

noun groups, command verbs and created pictures to

match their method. Here are some fabulous examples

from our class.

Our class is still seeking parent helpers for the year two

excursion on the 14th of September. If you are able to help,

could you please let me know.

Mrs Steel

2A Teacher

Welcome to Week 10!

Dear, Parents and Carers

Welcome to Year 3, Term 3, Week 5!

This week will be a busy week for year 3, we are at the

halfway mark of the term.

This week in English, we are continuing looking at our

retells . Students will be writing and presenting their

assessment task on Lorax. It is important that your child

attends all of this week to complete their assessment.

In Maths this week we will be looking number patterns and addition and subtraction. Students will complete. In Science students will be investigating how heat can be transferred from one object to another. Students will be conducting an experiment to see how ice can be melted. Students will be making predictions, observing and collecting data.

Just a few friendly reminders: Homework is handed out on Monday and students are responsible to complete the work throughout the week and submit on Friday. Homework includes daily reading, spelling and math problems. Have an amazing week.

Mr Purdy

3A Teacher

By Samson By Isaac

By Ruby M

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YEAR 5 NEWS


YEAR 4 NEWS

Week 5 marks the halfway point in Term 3. Well done to all students, families and staff for the hard work we have all put in! Science Week has arrived and students have an opportunity to see an exciting show called “Blasting the Past” which looks at the great discoveries across many scientific fields. With Gala well underway, thank you to everyone’s commitment to training before school and during lunchtimes. Keep up the great behaviour on Gala day to ensure you stay on the team. This Friday is book week and the lucky upper school gets to celebrate a day early on Thursday so that no one at Gala misses out on this opportunity to dress up. We are looking forward to your book themed costumes!

Miss Moran

4C Teacher

English

This week in English students are practising their analysis

skills. They are learning to analyse poetry of purpose and

meaning. This entails identifying language features of a

poem and explain how they influence the reader. Students

are enjoying using the move on up wall to aid them in their

analysis. All students will be completing their English

assessment in the coming days.

Maths

In maths students are learning to count on using decimal

numbers, and create number patterns using decimals.

Students need to have a good understanding of place value

and are practicing their number and reasoning skills. Year 5

students are also investigating the link between fractions

and decimals, and coming up with their own definitions for

these terms.

History

In history the year 5s are learning about early Australian

explorers. Students have learnt about the Blue Mountains

Crossing, as well as Hume and Hovell’s great exploration

from Sydney to Port Phillip Bay. Students are enjoying

learning about these explorers and mapping the routes

they took. We have learnt that not all explorers were

successful, hovever! For example, Ludwig Leichardt and

Burke and Wills suffered through long and challenging

journeys. Leichardt was never seen again!

Book Week

Just a reminder that seniors will be celebrating book week

on Thursday this week. Due to Gala Day sport, students in

years 4-6 will be dressing up on Thursday. We cannot

wait to see the great costumes.

Ms Williams 5C Teacher

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YEAR 6 NEWS


English Year 6 have been very busy writing lots of diary entries and letters. We had a lot of fun writing letters to our

Grandparents, asking what school and life was like for them. Some Grandparents even replied. We have been focussing

on our letters to future students of WoodLinks State School in 2059. It is hard to imagine what life is like in 40 years

time, but we are putting our brains to work.

Maths We are beginning to look at percentages and fractions. We will be working out the price of items after discount. When

you are shopping, it would be great if you could ask your child to work out the price of the items on sale.

Science

We are learning about electrical circuits. We have been putting our own circuits together. We have made our own

switches and we know how to put the circuit together in order to make the light bulb turn on. We have investigated

and tested a range of activities to find out if it is an electrical conductor or insulator.

Reminders

6C room – Friday Mornings Algorithms practise for any year 6 students wanting extra support.

Miss Sugden

Year 6C Teacher

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P&C NEWS

PBL NEWS


This week our behaviour lessons have focused on the letter E! Both our Juniors and Seniors learnt about

earning trust from their friends! They learnt that it is important to always tell the truth both to and about their

friends. They also learnt that a trustworthy friend is someone who shows that they care and are reliable. Our

classes discussed that if we are earning trust from our peers they are more likely to want to play and work with

us. Keep an eye out for our students working hard to earn trust from their friends this week!

The P&C would like to thank everyone for their generous support with our recent raffle for WoodLinks Jerseys. We

managed to raise $947.20 to go towards the purchase.

Our winners were:

1st Prize Niall from Urban Ecosystems who won a $300 Iplay party and 2 Cineplex Deluxe experience tickets

2nd Prize Kimberly Eivers who won 2 Iplay Mega vouchers valued at $50 and 2 Cineplex Deluxe Tickets

3rd Prize Madison 1A who won 2 Iplay mega vouchers valued at $50

4th Prize Niall from Urban Ecosystems who won 2 Iplay mega vouchers valued at $50

5th Prize Niall from Urban Ecosystems who won 2 Iplay mega vouchers valued at $50

We would like to thank Storm and the staff at Iplay Redbank Plaza for their generous donations of vouchers to the

value of $500 and movie tickets to help with our fundraising. Also the staff at Iplay Redbank Plaza have also pledged a

further $300 cash donation to support our fundraiser. Thank you also to Niall from Urban Ecosystems for his

generous $500 ticket purchase. And of course to all the parents/carers for your on going support to our school. We

cannot wait to see our students wearing these Jerseys with Pride.

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Abs en ce L i n e

Remember if your child is going to be away please call the

Absence Line: 3381 4688

and leave a message stating child's name / class / and brief reason. (ie—sick/doctors appointment etc)

a reason MUST be left or the absence will be recorded as UNEXPLAINED


Un i f o rm Shop

Admin News

SMS Notification

If your child is away from school for an unexplained reason, you will receive an SMS notifying you. Please ensure you

reply back (before 3pm) to the message with a reason for the students absence do not include any emoji's or pictures

as these cannot be read. Do not reply to the SMS after 3pm, you will be required to contact the school the next day or

send in a note about the absence. If you can’t return the SMS you must phone the school with a valid reason.

Remember that if your child is not in class by 9am when the rolls are marked, they are required to obtain a late slip

from the office. Without this they will be marked as absent and you will receive an SMS.

Please only reply to sms that are sent to you. DO NOT use this number for any other messages or to put in

future absences.

Monday 8.15 - 9.00am and Wednesday 3.10 - 3.30pm

Please remember that there are NO EFTPOS facilities in the Uniform shop.

CASH ONLY Can you help out in the uniform shop? If so, please see Melissa in the uniform shop.

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Year 7 enrolments for 2019 taking place now!

Enrolment sessions are now taking place for students commencing Year 7 in 2019. All enrolments processed before the end of Term 4 will be eligible for the early bird enrolment incentive: a $25 discount off the school’s resource hire scheme fee. Enrolment packs can be picked up from either your primary school office or at Redbank Plains State High School’s office. Both you and your child must book and attend an enrolment session before your child commences school next year. To book your child’s enrolment session please phone Redbank Plains State High School on 3432 1222.

Enrolment sessions / interviews can be booked with the school enrolment officer on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and

Thursdays 10:30am, 12:00pm and 3:30pm. Other times can be negotiated.

Scholarship Opportunities at Redbank Plains State High School

Is your child acing NAPLAN and school report card results?

Does your child excel in extra-curricular activities?

If yes, you should consider applying for a Redbank Plains State High School Scholarship for your child starting

Year 7 in 2019.

Redbank Plains State High School awards a limited number of scholarships to candidates who are about to enter

our school in Year 7. These scholarships are to recognise excellence and potential in a range of areas of im-

portance to our school. These include Academic, Sports, Instrumental Music & Performing Arts scholarships.

All successful scholarship recipients will receive: payment of the Resource Hire Scheme Fee for one school year

and payment of one school uniform set.

Applications open at the beginning of Term 3 and close at the end of Term 3. Shortlisted candidates will be con-

tacted to arrange an interview time at the beginning of Term 4. All scholarship applicants will be notified of re-

sults of their application by Week 5 of Term 4.

Full details about these scholarships and scholarship application forms can be found on the school’s website:

www.redbplaishs.eq.edu.au, under the enrolment tab.

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Good morning school communities, Ipswich District Police would like to remind the Ipswich Community how to report to police and when: In a life Threatening situation or Crime Happening NOW dial Triple ‘000’ stating your location (what state you’re in and the address of where you are), what emergency service you require, Police, Fire, or Ambulance. You may be requested to stay on the line. For NON Urgent Police assistance you dial 131444. Policelink provides community with more reporting choice 24/7, online, or visiting your local Police Station or Police beat for any Non urgent crime where the offender has left the scene. You call 131444 for: • Wilful property damage • Stealing offences • Break and enters • Stolen vehicles (UUMV) • Lost property You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day. Subscribe to the Ipswich mypolice blog www.mypolice.qld.gov.au/ipswich

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