Mango Hill State School eNewsletter

Principal's News by Ellaine Warner

Welcome, Ms Padgett

Today we welcome our new Principal, Mrs Ange Padgett. She is substantive principal of Burpengary State School and has been appointed at MHSS as a result of Tracy Egan’s new role. Mrs Padgett has hit the ground running and your child may have already met Mrs Padgett throughout the day.

Members of our leadership team and a number of our class teachers already know Mrs Padgett through MHSS collaboration with some of our local schools as the Critical Friend Network. Our schools won a Showcase award last year for the innovation and impact of this collaboration. We are excited to continue learning from Mrs Padgett.

Our awards in Years 1, 2, 3 and 5 continue this week, and we have our second day of 2024 Prep enrolments. We encourage you to refer back to the Term 3 Parent Overview included in our Term 2 Week 10 newsletter to stay on top of your date claimers.

School Opinion Survey

Remember that the annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted in Term 3 and will close on 18 August 2023. All families, school staff and students in Year 5 and 6 will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.

An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 17 July. The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2023. Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it. The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.

Parents/caregivers who do not have access to the internet at home are welcome to speak with our office staff to arrange a time to complete their survey online at the school on a school iPad.

Have a wonderful week
Ellaine Warner
Principal
ewarn23@eq.edu.au

Team Mango We All Belong!

SPORTING SCHOOLS TERM 3

There will be a free afterschool sporting program for students who would like to try a new sport, starting Week 4 and ending Week 8. Both the Prep – Year 2 program (Thursdays) and Years 3 – 6 program (Tuesdays) will be learning the game of golf. Be quick as there’s only 20 spots in each program! See the office for sign up forms and further details below.

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Focus of the Week

The Care Class focus that will be delivered this Friday is ‘What makes me stressed’. We will also be consolidating this focus throughout next week.

We will be learning about ‘what stresses you’, ‘how you feel when you are stressed’ and ways we can manage our stresses. In Care Class we will identify family, school and friendship things that can make us stressed. Each of us differ in both what makes us stressed and how we respond to it. Students will discuss various techniques to help with stress management.

Changes to Payment Window

Please note due to a change in staffing the Payment window will no longer be open on Monday mornings.

Payments can be made anytime via QParents, BPoint, and Qkr! and at the window Wednesday and Friday Mornings 8:00 am to 9:00 am.

Mango Hill State Secondary College

Prep News by Michelle Alcorn

Bumping Up our Writing

Mrs V’s class this week were super busy learning how to persuade others by sharing their opinions about the stories they have been reading in class. This week they read the story ‘The Grufallo’ and then generated ideas using a mind map to list all their likes and dislikes about the story. Then Mrs V showed the students how to create a 4 star poster sharing her opinion and telling the reader they should go to the Hub and borrow it today! When it was time for Prep V students to have a go, they did a wonderful job using the mind map and the Bump It Up wall to create their own poster sharing their opinions with others. They were so clever that Mrs V couldn’t help but share their great ideas back to the class and putting some of them up on display in her room.

It is always such a celebration to see the students' clever ideas going up on display. They get very proud of seeing their ideas be acknowledged and celebrated!

Michelle Alcorn
Deputy Principal- Prep
malco14@eq.edu.au

Year 1 News by Melinda White

Awards Ceremony

We did so well at our very first awards ceremony yesterday in Year 1. Heaps of us missed out - it was our first turn at this awards thing - but even though we may have missed out for ourselves, we were so happy for our friends! We were cheering and clapping for them with such excitement. We showed such incredible teamwork and pride for our classmates, that everyone got golden tickets galore after parade for showing such sensational kindness, respect and care.

Hats

We’re still reminding our Year 1 poppets daily to bring their hat and wear their hats. I think I sound like the world's biggest nag every lunch break! “Put your hat on!” “No hat? Go to the undercover area!” It’s just so incredibly important that our children learn how to be sun safe from a young age. If your child wears their hat to and from school, it helps to show them that wearing a hat outdoors is super important to you as their parents and carers. Do they wear hats outdoors at home? In my family I do almost wear a badge of “Sun Safety Queen”… we’re the ones outdoors with our full brimmed hats and at the beach with our sun safe swimmers. And yes, my own poppets do ask, “Can I wear a cap?” And yes, it’s tricky to reinforce the sun safe rules at times. However, in our climate it’s vital our children understand being sun safe is as essential as being road safe and being water safe.

You can help support us at school by ensuring your child has a hat on their heads when they leave your care in the mornings. Chat to them about why sun safety is important (and why we “nag” about the hat wearing so much) and why we can’t allow them to run around in the outdoors for 30 minutes at a time without a hat on. Of course six year olds want to play, where they want to play - but it’s our collective job to keep them safe - and this means, wearing a hat or playing undercover.

Have a lovely week.

Have a great week
Melinda White
Deputy Principal- Year 1
mwhit37@eq.edu.au

Year 2 News by Kylie Vaughan

Exploring Fractions in Year 2

This term the students in Year 2 have started exploring fractions. In particular, they are learning all about halves, quarters and eighths. They are learning to cut shapes into these fractions as well as use these fractions when talking about collections.

Check out the children in 2O and 2P who have been using manipulatives to explore halves in their classroom.

Ways you can help at home...

Noticing halves/quarters/eighths in the kitchen e.g. half a glass of water, a quarter of a sandwich, an orange cut into eighths.
Folding things in half/quarters/eighths like towels, paper and clothing.
Cutting things into halves/quarters/eighths like bread, fruit, magazine pictures. Talk about if the parts look the same and are fair and equal.
Filling up containers half way e.g. ‘Can you fill the bath up half way tonight?’
Divide collections of things into halves/quarters/eighths e.g. ‘Can you share the packet of M&Ms between the four people in our family?’

Making these connections at home to learning at school helps strengthen children’s understanding of these early maths concepts.

Have a wonderful week
Kylie Vaughan
Deputy Principal- Year 2
kvaug3@eq.edu.au

Year 3 News by Ellaine Warner

Gowth Mindset

This term, our theme is Growth Mindset. In Care Class we learned more about what it means to have a growth mindset and we learned the power of YET! As in, I am not great at fractions/handball/forgiving yet. We know that with effort and intention, we can always get closer to our goals. If we show ourselves that understanding, our next step can be understanding our friends, family and teachers are also on a learning journey.

Learning in Year 3

This term in Math, our big purpose is to solve real world problems using multiplication and division. Students are not using a Math scale this term, rather teachers and students are unpacking the language of the Australian Curriculum together. Across the term, we are also learning about measurement, fractions and decimals and location and transformations.

Communication

A reminder that all Year 3 class teachers email home a class newsletter once a fortnight. This email is full of updates, reminders and other great information.

Awards Ceremony

Tomorrow, it’s our turn for our Awards Ceremony starting at 8:45 am. You will have received an email invitation if your child is receiving an award. Of course, all parents are welcome to attend. If your child asks why they didn’t receive an award, encourage them to set a goal of achieving an award in Semester 2. The Principal’s award which recognises effort, behaviour and uniform is a great one to aim for.

Take care and have a wonderful week
Ellaine Warner
Deputy Principal-Year 3
ewarn23@eq.edu.au

Year 4 News by Danielle O'Brien

Learning in Year 4

This term in Maths, Year 4 are learning all about fractions! I have been so impressed by the level of engagement and enthusiasm from our students while visiting classrooms this week. I have seen students representing fractions in different ways including on a number line and using diagrams, with some students even being challenged to convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers! What a talented group of mathematicians we have in Year 4!

In Science, our Year 4 scientists are learning about the key processes in the water cycle and how water cycles through the environment. Our students are very excited about their upcoming excursion to Bunyaville, where they will get to see examples of water cycling through the environment, amongst other things. As a part of their exploration of the water cycle, our classes have set-up an investigation over the past week looking at terrariums.

Year 4 Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to all Year 4 students who received an award at our Awards last Friday. How fabulous for those students to enjoy the acknowledgement of the peers on all their special efforts. It was wonderful to have so many parents and friends attend too. I encourage every Year 4 student to strive for an award this semester.

Danielle O'Brien
Deputy Principal- Year 4
dxobr0@eq.edu.au

Year 5 News by Emma Crawshaw

Care for Learning in Year 5

Thank you to all of the Year 5 classes that invited me into their classrooms this week to observe their great work. It is great to see the engagement of our students and observe the coming together of the Bump-It-Up-Walls. These tools within the classroom allows students to develop clarity of success in writing. This term, our Year 5s are creating an imaginative text that maintains a consistent mood and point-of-view in response to a stimulus. Our teachers have been unpacking what this means for our students and what this might look like.

Awards Ceremony

This Friday is our Year 5 awards ceremony, recognising student effort and achievement from Semester 1. The ceremony will be in Gigum Hall from 8.45am. Students are encouraged to be in full formal uniform for the event. I look forward to celebrating a successful Semester 1 with everyone.

Emma Crawshaw
Acting Deputy Principal – Year 5
ewils209@eq.edu.au

Year 6 News by Ben Mills

Learning in Year 6

It’s a unique week for our Year 6 cohort this week, with half of our classes at camp and the other half at school.

At school, our students have begun their new English unit on creating a multimodal advertisement to persuade a target audience. So far, I have seen students using persuasive language to convince their audience to go to Movie World, experience ziplining, visit the aquarium and participate in high ropes, along with many more. To be successful in this unit, students need to carefully select the language they use, and use a range of sentence types for effect.

I visited 6D during a Maths lesson this week where they were practising the multiplication and division of decimal numbers by powers of 10. After consolidating this skill, students used their iPads to create a poster to teach this skill to others.

Tallebudgera Camp

6L, 6R, 6B and 6W have had an amazing start to their week at camp. Although the weather was a bit wet early in the week, the smiles remained bright! Camp is a fantastic opportunity for our students to be stretched out of their comfort zone and develop their independence, while in a safe and supported environment. I know our students will come back from their camp experience with some new skills, increased confidence and wonderful memories.

Have a great week
Ben Mills
Deputy Principal –Year 6
bxmil3@eq.edu.au

Curriculum News

Learning about ourselves in Health

Throughout Term 3 all of our students from Prep to Year 6 will be involved in learning about themselves as part of their Health unit. Health is a part of the HPE syllabus and these units allow us to focus specifically on these important understandings.

In Prep students will identify actions that help them to be healthy and physically active and in Year 1 students will consider how their body reacts to different physical activities. In Year 2 students will begin to explore how our strengths and achievements contribute to our identities, and also learn how we can all ask for help when we need it. Our Year 3 students will explore all things related to bike safety and in Year 4 students will identify some strategies and choices for healthy eating. In Year 5 students will investigate how important people and the media influence our identity, and in Year 6 students will explore how drink products contribute to our health.

All of these topics are so important for our students as they develop their understandings related to healthy choices. Perhaps at home you will be able to continue the conversations about the choices we make every day which may or may not contribute to our health and wellbeing.

Book Week Competition

This term we will celebrate all things books with Book Week. As part of our Book Week celebrations we are holding a special Book Week Competition. We will have lots of super prizes and would love everyone to enter. Even though the entries are not due until 25 August, you might like to start thinking about your ideas now!

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Premier’s Reading Challenge

Don’t forget it is not too late to start the PRC! All completed Reading Record forms should be returned to the Hub!

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Accelerated Reader

Congratulations to Evie who this week reached her goal of 1 million words. Evie is an avid reader and has done so well to stay focussed and committed to her goal throughout the year. We were very happy to add her photo to our special AR Millionaires display in the Hub.

This week we also celebrated with Chris, who after many years of reading and reading and reading, finished AR. This means Chris has successfully reached AR 9.0. This is a very special achievement and we are very proud of him! Now he will be able to continue his reading journey, but he will be able to choose AR books at any level.

Perhaps now is a great time for everyone to set some AR goals. Would your children like to reach a particular level or read a specific number of books? There is always someone in the Hub to help find the perfect book so we look forward to seeing you soon!

The Hub is open every day from 8.15am and until 3pm every afternoon.

Have a fantastic week
Suzette Holm, Jessica Rivett
shol0@eq.edu.au

jxqui5@eq.edu.au

Sporting News by The PE Department

MHSS Physical Education News Term 3 Week 1 Update

After a wonderful end to Term 2 with our Athletics Carnival, we are again off to a busy start in Term 3 with some major events. Please see below information regarding our Interschool Sporting Events as well as our PE Curriculum for Term 3.

QLD Netball Primary School Cup (Years 4-6)

The QLD Netball Primary Schools Cup will again take place in 2023. The QLD Netball Cup is a state-wide Netball competition played amongst primary schools and is open to students in Years 4-6.

Interschool Sport (Year 5-6)

Students in Year 5 and 6 will again this semester get an opportunity to participate in the Pine Rivers Interschool Sport with our last day Friday Week 1.

Pine Rivers District Track & Field Trials (10-12yrs)

46 students have been selected in the MHSS Athletics team to complete at the Pine Rivers District Track & Field Trials on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 August 2023. These students each achieved great results in events at the MHSS Athletics Carnival and will now represent the school competing against students from our district. Best of luck to them all!

AFLQ Schools Cup (Years 4-6)

Our boys and girls AFLQ Schools Cup team will this term compete in the AFLQ Schools Cup Met North/Brisbane Regional Finals, which will be held at Sandgate AFL Club on Friday 18 August 2023. This will be a very high level of competition but it is a big opportunity for this team after a full year of training.

South East Queensland (SEQ) Primary Football Championship (Year 5 or 6)

* If MHSS qualifies

The district is represented by the winning school from the district interschool sport competition. MHSS, if it qualifies, would represent the Pine Rivers District and compete against other schools from Bramble Bay, North West, City and North to find the best school from Met North. The winning Met North team then play other winners within their regions (Sunshine Coast, South Coast, Metropolitan East and Metropolitan West) to vie for the chance to win the South-East Queensland Championships. Students will be selected based on their skill level, attendance at soccer lunch time clubs at MHSS and participation in the Pine Rivers Interschool Sport days.

Aspley Cup (Year 5 or 6)

MHSS has been invited to participate in the ‘Aspley SHS Challenge Cup’, which will see students to participate in a day of football (soccer). Although participation is the key focus, it also provides an opportunity for schools to win the Aspley SHS Challenge Cup. Students will be selected based on their skill level, attendance at soccer lunch time clubs at MHSS and participation in the Pine Rivers Interschool Sport days.

P.E. Lessons

Physical Education lessons for all classes in Term 3 are outlined below.

Prep - In Physical Education lessons, students will demonstrate personal and social skills to include others and describe their feelings after participating in a range of active games. For further information or queries contact our PE teachers Nick Hills (nhill96@eq.edu.au), Tyson Newell (tnewe20@eq.edu.au), Michelle Hodges (mlhod0@eq.edu.au) or Callum Lisha (clish2@eq.edu.au).

Year 1/2 - In Physical Education lessons, students will participate in simple tagging games which incorporate the fundamental movement skills of dodging and running. They will propose a range of alternatives and test their effectiveness to solve movement challenges. They will demonstrate strategies to work in groups and play fairly during tagging games. For further information or queries contact our PE teachers Nick Hills (nhill96@eq.edu.au), Tyson Newell (tnewe20@eq.edu.au), Michelle Hodges (mlhod0@eq.edu.au) or Callum Lisha (clish2@eq.edu.au).

Year 3/4 - In Physical Education lessons, students will develop and apply the fundamental movement skill of kicking, as well as the game skills required to participate in Soccer. They will adopt inclusive practices and apply strategies for working cooperatively. They will also apply rules fairly. For further information or queries contact our PE teachers Nick Hills (nhill96@eq.edu.au), Tyson Newell (tnewe20@eq.edu.au), Michelle Hodges (mlhod0@eq.edu.au) or Callum Lisha (clish2@eq.edu.au).

Year 5/6 - In Physical Education lessons, students will develop specialised movement skills within different fitness contexts. They will participate in physical activities designed to enhance fitness, and discuss the impact regular participation can have on health and wellbeing. For further information or queries contact our PE teachers Nick Hills (nhill96@eq.edu.au), Tyson Newell (tnewe20@eq.edu.au), Michelle Hodges (mlhod0@eq.edu.au) or Callum Lisha (clish2@eq.edu.au).

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Congratulations

Congratulations to Jayda and Cloudia who this week competed at the Queensland School Sport Cross Country Competition. Both girls competed against the best Cross Country runners in the state, completing a 3km race. Both girls tried extremely hard with Cloudia coming in 55th overall and Jayda coming in 35th overall. Both girls then completed a 1km time trial with both Cloudia and Jayda coming in 3rd place for their age group. A very tough competition but we are very proud of their efforts.

Mr Hills & Mr Newell, Miss Richards and Mr Lisha

Physical Education Teachers

nhill96@eq.edu.au
tnewe20@eq.edu.au

clric0@eq.edu.au

clish2@eq.edu.au

News from our Partners

Canteen Helpers Wanted

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

Our canteen is once again looking for lots of volunteers for Term 3. If you have some time and would like to support the P&C please email the canteen at mhsspccanteen@gmail.com or sign up at volunteersignup.org/3J3DC .

Thank you our school and students appreciate your time and support.

Uniform Shop Update

Our regular uniform shop hours during the term are as follows.

Monday - 8:00am-10:30am

Wednesday 1:30pm-4:00pm

Thursday 1:30pm-4:00pm

Friday 8:00am-10:30am

Welcome back to Term 3 and welcome to all of our lovely new families.

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