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CLONCURRY STATE SCHOOL P-12 ‘Excellence in Education in the Outback’
‘COOEE’ Weekly Newsletter
2016 School Calendar Term 1
February
Monday 29th Student Investiture
Ceremony
March
Tuesday 8th P.I.E Productions
Thursday 10th P&C AGM - All Welcome
Friday 11th Year 4-12 Swimming
Carnival
Tuesday 15th Years 7/8 Immunisation
Thursday 17th School Photos
Monday 21st Harmony Day
Tuesday 22 - Wednesday 23 yLeadership
Tuesday 22 - Thursday 24 Year 10 Work Experience
Thursday 24th Easter Hat Parade Last day of Term 1 _________________________________________________________
School Holidays Friday 25th - Sunday11th
April
PRINCIPAL’S PEN Tuesday 1st December 2015
Welcome to week 4.
Principal Travels.
Last week I travelled to Townsville to attend the ‘Age Appropriate Pedagogies in Early
Education’. Workshop that was presented specifically for all principals in our region.
Education Queensland funded Griffith University to conduct a pilot project supporting
Queensland schools to use evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning in the early
years. Principals in the North Queensland Region will be leading the adoption of the findings of
this project in our schools.
It is exciting to have the opportunity to be closely connected to this practical, class room based
research project as there will be obvious positives for our young learners. The key focus in
2016 is Prep Class.
Great things happening in Senior School at Cloncurry State School P-12.
Congratulations to our school captains Emma-Jade and Vinnie who have taken to their
leadership role with gusto and have been busy creating ways to connect our seniors with the
remainder of the student body. I think there might be a few class challenges coming our way...
Welcome back to our Year 11 students who travelled to Charters Towers and Townsville last
week for the Annual Yr 11 School Leaders ’ Experience.
Reading Groups
Reading groups began in earnest at the beginning of Week 2. Teachers and aides are
implementing a 4 lesson approach across Prep to Year 6 and a 3 lesson approach across Years
7&8. Students are very aware of their current levels and their learning goals. Parents are
encouraged to discuss the reading program at home and connect with class teachers regarding
student progress.
Master Teacher.
Jo Tanzer, our Master Teacher based in Townsville, will be visiting again next week. Jo travels
to Cloncurry State School P-12 every third week to work alongside teachers and students.
Classroom Walkthroughs.
As Mr Baillie and I conduct daily walkthroughs in all classrooms, it is great to see students
actively engaged with learning and able to demonstrate what is being taught. The Learning
Walls in classrooms are growing. These strategies are certainly assisting to maintain the focus
on the importance of learning to be capable and fluent readers of text. If you can read you can
learn!
Every child succeeding every day Christine Norton | Principal
Every Child Every Day At School Learning
PRINCIPAL’S PEN Wednesday 17th February 2016
SCHOOL NEWS AROUND THE CLASSROOMS
Ii and Pp were our focus letters/initial sounds last week. Children enjoyed learning to write, say and identify the new letters and sounds in our classroom environment. Numeracy lessons developed number knowledge and children practised sequencing numerals from 1-20 and matching accompanying quantities on a number line. Homework folders were sent home on Friday. These activities are designed to build on from our learning in the classroom and I would appreciate if folders can be returned each Thursday for monitoring and changeover. Congratulations to our award recipients for the fortnight; Justin Herbert and Jaylah Arthur for working diligently during reading groups. Mrs Nicole Jonkers
This week in Rainbow B, the students are practising their speech skills for their oral presentation coming up. They are learning to use eye contact, check their volume level and speak clearly. In Maths the students are learning addition. The class are using building blocks and the Part Part Whole model to support their learning. Miss Fleur Hiscock
This week in English we have still been focussing on changing a poem but keeping the same number of syllables in each line and keeping the rhythm the same. We have started working on the second half of the poem “Five little owls.” In Maths we have been looking at number stories. When we were doing our number stories students had to draw a matching picture and identify the ‘parts’ and the ‘wholes’ of the stories. They are flying through this.
Have a great week! Miss Rachel Rozynski
Hello again from the Green Team. This week we are finalising our
learning to begin our assessment next week. In Maths we have been
focusing on counting in different sequences up to 1000 on number
lines. In English we have been learning more about evaluative language,
specifically adverbs. Celebrations and commemorations have been the
focus in History, therefore we have been learning about ANZAC day,
New Year’s Eve and Australia Day. I’m very impressed with the learning
and enthusiasm in the class.
Miss Sharni Hall
This week in Blue Class we have been looking at the structure of narratives as we head into the planning stage of our assessment. Students are starting to come up with some clever tricks that the Twits can play on each other. In maths we have been looking at doing standard and non-standard partitioning of numbers. We have also been studying maps and scales in Geography. It’s a busy time in Blue Class! Miss Kelly Rozynski
Another week has flown by and there has been hardly enough time to swat away the Moths and Flies in the classroom with all of the work we have been doing! In science we have been practicing our poster making abilities as we had a go at drawing and labelling different animals and their structural and behavioural adaptations. We have also been collecting numerical and categorical data about Red Class. Cherries have been the big winner as that is what was voted as being Red Class’ favourite fruit! Look forward to another fun week in the red room.
FAFT Families as First Teachers
Birth to Pre-Prep Age Tuesday Mornings 8:30am – 10:20am
If you are interested in attending the FAFT program please contact Patsy Tyrrell at the school Phone 4742 8333
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Homework Club
Mon-Wed
2:30 - 3:30pm
Afternoon tea is provided.
School Rules Apply:
- Be a Learner
- Be Respectful
- Be Responsible
- Be Safe
All students to have homework
Should no homework be supplied or it has been completed, quiet reading or study time will be encouraged
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Lost Property
Lost property is now located in the ‘Meet & Greet’ room with Miss Patsy. Items include lunch boxes, drink bottles, jumpers/jackets, pants and hats. If parents or students would like to have a look please see Miss Patsy.
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School Uniforms
School Uniforms can now be purchased at the Tuckshop during the following times: Mon-Fri: 8:00 – 9:30
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Breakfast Club
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Head Lice
Keep a Look Out, As Lice are About
Stay Aware, Please Treat with Care
AROUND THE CLASSROOMS
Here we are in Orange Class working steadily to ensure we have deep understanding
and high intellectual quality in our learning. In English we have revised different
spelling generalisations regarding adding ‘ing’ to words of differing patterns and how to
make a word plural. We continue to develop our personal ideas for the theme of our
short story and are working hard to master the understanding and skills we need to
build a short story, including a variety of sentence structures. In Maths we are revising
and consolidating our addition, subtraction and multiplication number facts, and are
looking at the purpose, construction and comparison of graphs and tables.
Ms Lizzie Keim
This year Purple, Green, Blue and Red Classes are having one lesson a week in the Science Lab with Miss Drenkhahn. We have lots of cool experiments and fun learning planned. This term Purple Class are learning all about materials, Green Class are learning about living, not living and once living, Blue Class are learning about weathering and Red Class are learning about Adaptation.
Purple Class: We are learning about different materials and what they are made of; wood, plastic, metal or other. They are doing experiments to test strength, durability and water resistant to understand why things are made from certain materials.
Miss Peta
READING Groups are in full swing across Years 7 & 8 and students are enjoying engaging with text
at a range of different levels. Please encourage students to be reading as often as possible and also reading
out aloud. Perhaps there are younger siblings they can read with? We also encourage the use of our town
library. It is well resourced and a relaxing, cool place to go.
Baileigh Harrison: I am enjoying being able to answer questions about the text with a partner. It is
great that we get more time to read now and engage with the text for 3 days. It is amazing how much
vocabulary we learn and how important it is to the meaning.
SCIENCE:
Year 8: Comparing different materials for heat resistance.
Jamie Wheeler: The lab is a great place for conducting experiments. It is a lot of fun being able
to burn things in a safe place.
Year 7: Experimenting with different separation techniques. One group looked at evaporation
and discovered that you can actually reclaim a teaspoon of salt once it has been dissolved in water.
Another group were very hands-on and made a Solar Still to reclaim clean water.
Geoff Silver: “Wow, the salt has crystallised”.
ITD 7: This week we will continue to build our wooden toy truck. Students have the opportunity to shape wooden parts of the truck with files and saws.
What a great week of learning in JUNIOR SECONDARY.
AROUND THE CLASSROOMS
ITD 9/10 Continuing with the building of the basketball hoop, students will shape and design the basketball hoop and stand, with files, saws and drills.
Graphics 9/10 Students will continue to develop their skills in orthographic drawing. Going from 3D to 2D will be introduced to students.
9/10 History
Students will be investigating child labour during the Industrial Revolution this week. During classroom learning students
will develop an understanding of what life would have been like as a child during that period in time. Students will receive
their assessment tasks this week and will begin planning what they wish to perform the research task on.
9/10 Maths
We are coming to the end of the learning period of this first unit and are about to get stuck into the practice and revision
phase. Students will sit their first exam in the coming week, assessing them on the content they learnt in the first 4 weeks of
the year.
9/10 Science Our students have been working on their assessment task in class and last week Miss D’s class performed their experiment with our new pH and Conductivity probe. All students demonstrated safety in the lab and it was great to see them get to work with a piece of equipment used in labs across Australia today. What did we learn? The saltier the water, the more electrical conductivity it has!
Furnishing Studies 11/12 Students continue to build their table. They are developing and refining their skills in the use of hand and
power tools. They are also learning about project management and the sequence of design and build.
Year 11 Leadership Camp
Fourteen year 11 students travelled to Charters Towers last week for their
leadership camp. It was a fantastic week that allowed the lucky students who
attended the chance to develop important leadership skills and mature into the
leaders of our school community. The five day long camp challenged the
students, who had to take themselves out of their comfort zones to complete a
range of different activities. The high ropes course is a prime example of this,
forcing brave students (and a terrified Mr Bailey) up old telephone poles only
to walk across a thin rope. Not only were students forced to face their fear of
heights, they also were given great responsibility while on the ground to
ensure the participants in the air were safe and brought back down to Earth in
one piece. The coming days saw students try their hand at archery as well as
get involved in a range of leadership building activities held at the
PCYC. On Thursday we were lucky enough to spend the day in Townsville where we spent a
relaxing day shopping and swimming at the strand. After a fantastic week away it’s safe to say
everyone was ready for the long journey back to Cloncurry (or more accurately back to our
beds and air-conditioning). The students who attended the camp should be commended on
their level of participation and the respect they showed at all times. They represented
themselves in true form as great leaders of our school community. Mr Matt Bailey
PRINCIPAL AWARDS
JUNIOR PRIMARY AWARDS
Georgia Connolly Prep Rainbow A
For being an excellent learner in
the music classroom
Jaylah Arthur, Justin Herbert
Prep Rainbow A
Working diligently during reading groups
Taylah Walden Year 1 Rainbow B
For setting an excellent example for her peers and engaging in all music activities with a positive attitude and for settling into a new school and persisting in all areas of her learning
Connor Williams Year 1 Rainbow B
For being an enthusiastic class
member
Murray Wallace Year 1 Rainbow B
For working really hard to
complete his handwriting
Ebony Hill Year 1 Rainbow B
For demonstrating how to be a
fantastic learner
Thade Sullivan Year 1 Rainbow B
For showing a great
understanding of sounds while
doing his word their way sorts
Meika Madigan Year 2 Purple Class
For always giving new concepts a
go and setting an excellent
example for others in the music
room
Jacquita Rankine, Heidi Chivers, Skyla Dolan, Meika Madigan
Year 2 Purple Class
For reconstructing a poem and helping others to complete theirs
Travis Logan, Elissa Wheeler
Year 2 Purple Class
For setting a great example of good behaviour
Rueben McDonald Year 3 Green Class
For great spelling with the long and short ‘i’ sound and for helping his peers
Emma Masso Year 3 Green Class
For being a respectful and responsible learner in all lessons
Jimmy Williams Year 3 Green Class
For a huge improvement to
becoming a responsible learner
UPPER PRIMARY AWARDS
Maddison Oliver Year 4 Blue Class
For always working hard and listening to instructions
William O’Keefe Year 4 Blue Class
For participating positively in discussions and having a go!
Kowathun Doyle Year 5 Red Class
Making great choices in the classroom when it comes to his learning activities
Clifford Nero Year 5 Red Class
Working hard to recognise words from the first list of sight words
Declan Molloy Year 5 Red Class
For diving into our English unit on Deltora Quest with enthusiasm.
Bailey Williams, Josh Gabbert, Nathaniel Oliver, Syneita Fewquandie
Year 5 Red Class
Making big improvements in reading groups with how answers are worded. Keep up the great work
Whole class Year 5 - Japanese
An enthusiastic and committed start to Term 1
Alanah Connolly , Zoe Macnammara
Year 6 Orange Class
For showing support and encouragement to fellow classmates
Jamahl Stretton Year 6
Orange
Class
For pushing himself to stay on track and to finish tasks
William Coffison Year 6
Orange
Class
For demonstrating great learning
skills when spellling
Manaia Hahipene-
Moosman
Year 6
Japanese
For being an excellent classroom
monitor in Japanese in Week 2
Renee Dolan Caple Year 6
Japanese
For an excellent start to Japanese,
and participating enthusiastically
in class activities
Nathaniel Oliver,
Tom Bowden,
Brendan Jacobson
Primary Science Awards
Excellent science knowledge
JUNIOR SECONDARY AWARDS
Geoff Silver Year 7 Crimson A
Participating in all activities and
demonstrating enthusiasm with
fractions
Penny Heslin Year 7 Crimson A
Being organised with all
equipment and demonstrating a
positive attitude.
Jaylee Zaro Year 7 Crimson A
Listening carefully to instructions and following processes
Mita Asquith Year 7 Crimson A
For engaging in class discussions and activities in HPE. He has shown that he is a leader amongst his peers. Well done Mita!
Luke Land Year 7 Japanese
Always putting forth his best effort, and making positive contributions in Japanese
Mita Asquith,
Makala Barnes
Year 7 ICT Actively participating in class discussions, and identifying excellent examples of ethical use of ICT
Hannah Costello,
Shari Douglas
Year 8 Crimson B
Independently selecting two news media texts with different perspectives and identifying how each article positions the reader
Chelsea Wehrman,
Taylor Jacobson,
Tegan Feekings,
Sionn Rankine,
Phillip Turner and
Alex Macnamara
Year 8 Crimson B
Effectively analysing two news media articles and identifying how the evaluative language in each article positions the reader
Allen Land Year 8 Crimson B
Completing every activity in his work folder and correctly completing long addition problems independently
Samantha
Coffison, Darnell
Heslin, Allen Land,
Alex Macnamara,
Philip Turner
Year 8 Japanese
Participating enthusiastically in class activities, and always having a go at answering questions
Dani McClure Year 9/10 English
For always participating in class discussions and assisting others with their understanding of Language and Visual Features
Jeremy Geordie Year 9/10 English
For hard work and concentration in English
PRINCIPAL AWARDS
Luke Walden Year 9/10 English
For huge effort in English
Maria Page Year 9/10 English
For coming up with great ideas and being inventive with ideas for English assessment
Darcie-Lee Ashton, Shenika James, Stephen Waters
Year 9/10 English
Engaging fully in all learning activities and sharing their prior knowledge with others
Brooke Fraser Year 9/10 English
Being unafraid to check
understanding by asking
questions and for help to enable
successful learning outcomes
Mavrik Noon, Dayle Asquith
Year 9/10 Visual Art
For consistent application to all
set tasks
Rashonn Armstrong-Reilly
Year 9/10 Media Studies
Working diligently in class, and
making valuable contributions to
class discussions
Jeremy Geordie Year 9/10 Maths
For hard work and concentration
in Maths
Conah Sealy Year 9/10 Music
For applying himself to
understanding how to identify
musical elements within movie
soundtracks and explaining how
they create/affect
characterisation
Dani McClure, Bianca Murr, Skye-Taye Wehrman
Year 9/10 Business & Economics
Engaging with learning via participation in class discussions, thereby helping their peers to learn.
Daniel Crisp General Award
For demonstrating respect for our learning environment. Daniel has been an engaged student in both practical and theory work across 2 subjects
SENIOR SECONDARY AWARDS
Kelly-Jo Leitchfield, Harmony Wone, Kal Gabbert
Year 11/12 English
For submitting early drafts to gain additional feedback on assessment and, as a result, improving the quality of work being produced
Jessica Davis Year 11/12 English
Outstanding demonstration of learning behaviours – following instructions, meeting deadlines, paying attention and sharing understandings with peers.
Emma-Jade Molloy, Kelly Davis, Brodie Mazlin
Year 11/12 English
Setting the example of independent learning in the Senior class by using initiative to engage in productive reading while others are still settling in and preparing to learn
Harley Aitchison, Harmony Wone
Year 11/12 ICT
Demonstrating commitment to learning activities, and helping to assist others in ICT
Jessica Davis, Lladyssa Douglas, Jacob Ontronen
Year 11/12 Business
Completing work quietly and diligently
Eric Fraser, Max Turner, Kelly-Jo Litchfield
Year 11/12 Visual Art
For consistent application to all set tasks
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