Term 4 Week 6 2023
- Principal's News by Ange Padgett
- Team Mango We All Belong!
- Prep News by Kris Olsen
- Year 1 News by Melinda White
- Year 2 News by Kylie Vaughan
- Year 3 News by Ellaine Warner
- Year 4 News by Danielle O'Brien
- Year 5 News by Emma Crawshaw
- Year 6 News by Ben Mills
- Curriculum News
- Sporting News by The PE Department
- News from our Partners
- Community News
Dear Parents and Carers
This Saturday is Remembrance Day. As a school we will commemorate this day on Monday and have a minute of silence to acknowledge those who died or are currently serving in wars, conflicts and peace- keeping operations. Teachers will discuss the significance of this day with students.
In staffing news, Ms Ellaine Warner will be leaving Mango Hill to take on a position working in the Metro North regional office as one of their directors. We are unsure about Ms Warner’s start date and replacement but will advise once this is known. Ms Warner has been at Mango Hill State School for 10 years, with the last 5 ½ years spent in the role of Deputy Principal. Although, as a school we are saddened by this news, we are happy for Ms Warner and her success.
We are well and truly in the thick of Term 4! Just over sixty Year 5 students nominated for a senior leadership position. We have commenced the interview process and shortlisting will follow shortly after. Thank you to all students that nominated. Regardless of outcome, I acknowledge the courage and time put into the passport applications.
Our annual Mango Hill State School Diversity Day will be celebrated at a whole school parade and followed up with Diwali activities in Care Class on Friday 10 November. Our Diversity Day parade will commence at 8:50am for all year levels. All parents are welcome to attend.
Our community values and embraces diversity and one of the ways we celebrate this is through our annual Diversity Day parade. Class teachers will be leading Diwali activities in Care Class and may be seeking parent volunteers to assist. If you are available to volunteer, please get in touch with your child’s or children’s class teachers.
Students and parents who are from a cultural background with a traditional cultural dress are welcome to wear traditional cultural dress. All other students should wear formal school uniform for this parade. Whilst this means that not all students will be in traditional cultural dress themselves, all students share in the enjoyment of seeing some of their friends, teachers and other community members in their cultural dress. In alignment with our Term 4 theme of respect, we ask students not to attend in dress up or soccer kits etc.
Booklist and Student Resource Scheme (SRS)
All students enrolled for 2024 will be invoiced today for the 2024 SRS. Students in year levels Prep to 4 will be invoiced $100 and students in year levels 5-6 will be invoiced for $90. The difference in price for Years 5-6 is due to a change in application subscriptions that will be used in these year levels. The Student Resource Scheme funds are used for photocopying, eLearning subscriptions art and science supplies.
On top of the SRS, a stationery and booklist is attached below. Parents are welcome to purchase these items from the supplier of their choice.
These booklists are also avaliable on the school's website.
As we are getting closer to the end of the year, the school has many events to celebrate the 2023 school year. These include the following:
We are looking forward to celebrating these end of year events alongside our students and their families. We do again, remind everyone, that finding a park will take time and patience. Please continue to be mindful of our neighbours when parking.
Have a wonderful week
Ange Padgett
Principal
apadg6@eq.edu.au
Wakakirri 2023 Success
Our Wakakirri team for 2023 have been awarded a “Highly Commended” at a National Level! We are very excited to share this wonderful news as the team have worked very hard this year. They performed their story titled “Struggles to Strengths” which was about a girl who lacked resilience. In the story, the character learns that it is from the ‘struggles that we go through, that we grow and develop’. Our team consisted of 60 students from Years 4 to 6 and they were taught by our dance teacher, Ms Kostoglou and assisted by Miss Sheehan. We would like to thank the volunteers who assisted with costumes, props, sets, hairstyles, makeup, food and supervision: Alanna Ivory, Shanthini Jegan, Rashi Srivastva, Lekanatu Guri, Danica Edge, Jackie Hamilton, Yanti Weaire, Evilaa Derbile, Sheree Pointon, Darlene McColl, Charlotte McColl, Malinda Dalzell, Erin Willis, Shitalkumari Patel, Mariska De Lange and Justine Taylor. A very special thanks also goes to a member of our school community, Leanne from “Let’s Face It” for donating her time, products and face painting skills to our dancers. Our talented Wakakirri team will perform their story at the Senior End of Year Concert on Monday 27 November at 6:45pm and also at our Performing Arts parade on Wednesday 29 November at 9am in Gigum Hall.
Concert
Week 6 is here, and our Prep and Year 6 Concert is fast approaching. Our students have been rehearsing in their dance classes and the excitement is building. In Week 8 each Prep and Year 6 class will be having two rehearsals. This will occur on Monday 20 November and Friday 24 November. We will also have one final rehearsal on the day of the concert, Monday 27 November. Class teachers will communicate when each rehearsal is occurring. We are looking forward to celebrating a dazzling night of music, dance and drama!
We are so very fortunate to have wonderful people in our school community who volunteer their time to assist us. To thank these wonderful parents and community members, we will host a volunteer morning tea on Wednesday 22 November from 8.45am-9.30am in the Wandani Centre. If you have assisted in anyway this year in the classroom, on excursions, at P & C events, in the canteen, in the office, Hub or in any other way, please come along so we can thank you and celebrate a wonderful 2023 together.
On Tuesday 28 November we will be hosting our Carols by Candlelight event on the school oval. Gates will open at 4:30pm for a 5pm start. The idea is for this to be an informal community event where families can come along, bring some snacks, sit on their picnic blanket and join in with the singing of carols led by year level groups.
The year levels performing on the night will be Years 1, 3 and 5 but all year levels are welcome to come along and sing. Just like with the concert, classes will be grouped together to perform one song each. This is a non-compulsory, informal event so whoever turns up on the night, will get up and perform. Students will be encouraged to wear Christmas clothes.
On the night, children will sit with their families and join their class when it is time to perform. They will re-join their families at the end of their song.
We are looking forward to a wonderful evening!
Focus of the Week
The Care Class focus that will be delivered this Friday is ‘Diversity Day – Diwali”. We will be consolidating this focus throughout next week.
We will be learning about how to respect cultural diversity and celebrate "festival of lights" - Diwali Day. We celebrate and value diversity as it adds to our community and enriches our lives. We care for self by being proud of the things that make me who I am. We care for others by appreciating everyone and respecting difference in others.
Let's Bump It Up
This term we have been busy writing new events for a story that entertains the reader. As we move towards our assessment writing, many of our students have been using the Bump It Up Wall to improve their work and become 4 star writers. After reading ‘Clancy and Millie and the very fine house’, our students have been creating their own events following the story line. By using mind maps, scales and learning charts, our students can transfer their imaginative ideas to paper. How great are these superstar writers that have included speech and feeling with their 3 events!
Ready Scale
Last term we looked at our whole school self-regulation system for our classrooms. This helps us to better manage our emotions and feelings. With practice we have become really good at it. At school we use our ready scale to help us in many parts of the day. (Being ready for learning, play time, eating, specialist lessons and many more.) Our ready scale helps us identify how we are feeling in that moment and what cues our body is telling us. In Prep we have been focusing on our strategies to help us move up the Ready Scale to be our best. Our friends in Prep S and Prep L have been using the ready scale in the classroom and playground.
Have a great week
Kris Olsen
Deputy Principal- Prep
kolse55@eq.edu.au
Still Time to Learn
We’re on the home stretch! We’re working hard with all of our assessments. There’s still time to learn as we lead up to our “big holiday”.
The more we read, the more we read. Success builds success. If we feel confident to pick up a book, because we know more words, sounds, and know how to use our strategies - then we’re more likely to pick up that book.
So for our Year 1 friends, our teachers are working hard to provide every opportunity to build our literacy and numeracy skills, leading into the break. We know our students will be more likely to engage in those incidental learning opportunities over the break, if they go into the break with learning confidence.
How can you help?
*Provide those seemingly low key, but also vitally important, real world learning opportunities. “Hey, how many forks do we need for the table?”
*Leave those books within easy access. We love a tidy kitchen table… but when there’s a box of pencils and paper in the middle, our two are more likely to draw and write.
*Value add to games. Build counting and word learning and vocabulary broadening into games you might already be playing
*Broaden. Go wide. So often, parents ask how they can challenge their kids and teach them “more”. Instead of thinking, let’s move them “up”, let’s think “wide”. The more words you understand and can use, the more words you know. Maths is the same. The more problems you can confidently tackle because you will draw that problem out or use a work around, the more problems you will solve.
*Return to old favourites. Get out those picture books, watch those favourite childhood movies together. Don’t let them tell you they are “too old”. We all love Bluey, for example, sometimes the grown ups most of all!
Have a great week
Melinda White
Deputy Principal- Year 1
mwhit37@eq.edu.au
Focusing on Social Problem Solving
Social problem solving skills develops during the early years of primary school. These skills help students analyse, understand, and respond to everyday problems and conflicts. While social problem solving is often fostered intuitively through interactions with others, in Year 2 we’ve been focusing on explicitly teaching the skills students need to resolve conflict with peers.
Our teachers in Year 2 have been working with their classes to identify the social problems in their rooms. They unpack what the problem is and then co-construct with the students the process they will follow and the strategies they will use when the social problem occurs. The students’ thinking is recorded on a chart and revisited regularly to build students’ skills.
Here’s some of the great work from our Year 2 classes.
You can support this work at home by naming and noticing how problems are solved in your family and when interacting with friends.
Have a wonderful week
Kylie Vaughan
Deputy Principal- Year 2
kvaug3@eq.edu.au
Learning in Year 3
I have been so proud this week visiting classrooms and seeing how much our Year 3 students have progressed with their learning this semester. Students are utilising a range of digital tools to support learning. In 3J, students answered a Kahoot quiz in Math. Students were engaged by the “game” and Ms Louw could informally assess her students’ knowledge and understanding of data. In 3T, students considered a poem written by their peer and provided feedback using Socrative.
Students also used QLearn to make a short video explaining a spelling rule.
Swimming in Year 3
Today is our very last day of swimming lessons for 2023. Students showed Mango Hill manners and values throughout swimming. I congratulate them for representing our school so well. Now, we have our Swimming Carnival to look forward to.
Take care and have a wonderful week
Ellaine Warner
Deputy Principal-Year 3
ewarn23@eq.edu.au
Year 4 Maths Fun!
Our students are busy solving many Maths problems as a part of their new unit on multiplication and division. Students are using a range of strategies to solve these problems, thinking about the most efficient strategy. It has been great hearing students discuss and defend why they solved a problem a certain way - be sure to ask them about the different strategies they know!
Please check out the photos below.
Have a wonderful week
Danielle O'Brien
Deputy Principal- Year 4
dxobr0@eq.edu.au
Chalk and Talk
Ms Carlsson and Ms Penrose had students in 5C collaborating this week engaging in a Chalk and Talk thinking routine to brainstorm a range of pros and cons for the space they might “rent” in preparation for our Market Day. It was so interesting to hear the reasoning behind the choice of spaces. Students discussed where would put them in the best position to sell their products and also had to consider whether a particular space would be worth the price in rent. There was popular opinion that right near the door would be a prime position, however there was a lot of discussion around whether it was worth the expensive price tag! Did they want to spend the majority of their budget on rent? What are the pros and cons? Do they have enough money? Our students continue to be really engaged in this maths unit, learning real-life skills.
Emma Crawshaw
Deputy Principal – Year 5
ewils209@eq.edu.au
Learning in Year 6
This week I spent some time in 6V while they were learning about the order of operations. Students were engaged in game and competition-based learning using Matific, as well as collaborating to solve problems to determine ‘truth and lie’ equations.
I was so pleased to see during my time in 6V, students engaged with their learning and demonstrating an excellent growth mindset. Mrs Vos provided some really challenging tasks and every student was motivated to find each answer. Well done to 6V for having such positive attitudes towards challenging learning experiences and to Mrs Vos for her encouragement of her students.
Cybersafety
Our teachers are continuing to educate our students about the importance of cybersafety. Many of our students are engaging with social media outside of school. The way that they communicate and interact with each other online, as well as the content they create and consume via social media, can have a significant impact on their time at school.
Teachers have been talking to their classes about the following.
- Caring for others, including use of appropriate language on social media and in group chats. Once a comment is posted, it doesn’t ‘disappear’, even if deleted.
- Respect other people's wishes when they have been told they don't like to be 'spammed' or being added to group chats without consent.
- Care for self - it is ok to take a break from social media if it becoming a bit overwhelming to manage.
We encourage all parents to echo this advice to the children, particularly if they engage with peers online.
Year 6 End of Year events
- Graduation: Graduation will be held on Wednesday 6 December in Gigum Hall. Invites and additional information will be sent home with Year 6 students this week. An email will also be sent to families, featuring a digital version of the information sheet.
- Year 6 awards ceremony: Wednesday 6 December, beginning at 9:45am in Gigum Hall.
- Farewell Parade: Thursday 7 December, beginning at 8:45am in Gigum Hall.
- Year 6 ‘Walkout’: Thursday 7 December, beginning at approximately 2:15pm (further details to come).
Have a great week
Ben Mills
Deputy Principal –Year 6
bxmil3@eq.edu.au
Learning in Health
This term in Health all students from Prep to Year 6 will be provided with the opportunity to learn more their bodies and their emotions, as well as considering ways to keep themselves healthy, safe and well. In Prep and Year 1 students will consider how much they have grown and changed since they were babies. In Year 2 and 3 students will explore ways to make and keep friends as well as considering how our emotions change and sometimes fluctuate throughout each day and week. In Years 4, 5 and 6, students will identify ways in which they can manage some of the many changes that are occurring to their bodies and within their lives. In all year levels this term students will be encouraged to use the correct names of body parts as they consider their growth and development. Students will also be provided with opportunities to identify responsible adults that they can turn to if they need support or help now or in the future.
These learnings are important for all of our students as their bodies grow and change. These topics are also great talking points for families. Sometimes children just need a little space or a question to prompt a conversation. Why not use this week to share ideas, concerns and wonderings with your family?
Last week for borrowing
After a massive year of borrowing with more than 62 000 loans, it is almost time to start returning all books. Class Borrowing will finish this week so all books should start to be returned next week. AR will continue until Wednesday 22 November. Of course for those students who are chasing a goal, please ask and I’m certain we will be able to help. The Hub will remain open until the end of the year, from 8.15am until 3pm each day.
Accelerated Reader
As we near the end of the year, many students are working hard to achieve their AR goals. There is still time to read and quiz and we look forward to celebrating the achievements of all of our students on AR.
This week we were very excited to celebrate with Avery who reached her goal of 6 million words. This is an extraordinary achievement and shows Avery’s commitment and determination. Congratulations Avery – we are very proud of you! Avery’s 6 photos are on our special AR display in the Hub and will be there for the next year, hopefully motivating lots more readers to reach these goals in 2024!
Hub display
Our last museum display of the year celebrates diversity with some special multicultural dolls. Pop on down and see them this week as we reflect on how lucky we are to belong to such a multicultural and diverse community.
Have a fantastic week
Suzette Holm, Jessica Rivett
shol0@eq.edu.au
Physical Education News
MHSS Year 3-6 Swimming Carnival
Later this term our MHSS Swimming Carnival for all Year 3-6 students will be held. Our goal is to ensure all students can participate in a variety of swimming races and have an enjoyable day with their peers.
Day 1: Students in Years 3-4 who are turning 8 and 9 years old in 2023 (Born 2014 and 2015) compete on the first day, which will be Thursday 30 November (Week 9).
Day 2: Students turning 10, 11 and 12 years old in 2023 (Born 2011, 2012 and 2013) will compete on the second day, which will be Friday 1 December (Week 9).
Students compete at sporting events, including at representative levels, in age groups, not in year levels. Therefore, our carnival days run to align with this process.
Below is the initial parent information for both days. Students will receive more information at school in the coming weeks. This will include a permission and race nomination form, which will need to be returned for your son/daughter to attend. There is no cost for parents associated with the swimming carnival days.
Mr Hills & Mr Newell, Miss Hodges and Mr Lisha
Physical Education Teachers
Uniform Shop
Monday - 8:00am-10:30am
Wednesday 1:30pm-4:00pm
Thursday 1:30pm-4:00pm
Friday 8:00am-10:30am
What a sudden change in weather! We currently have jackets and jumpers in stock if your little ones are feeling the chill this week. Pop in to see us to keep your children warm over these windy and rainy days.
Did you know that Year 6 students are able to wear a special senior shirt when they start Year 6 next year? Current Year 5 students are welcome to start coming in to the uniform shop to try on and purchase their Year 6 senior shirt for next year. We have all sizes currently in stock.
Prep parents for next year are welcome to come to the store during our regular opening hours to try on and purchase uniforms for their Prep students starting next year.
We also offer online orders. Orders can be placed through our website any time at www.wearitto.com.au/schools/mango-hill-state-school
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Orders are packed through the uniform shop during our opening hours and an email is sent to let you know when your order is ready to be picked up, or, if you'd like your student to bring the uniforms home with them, email us at mangohill@wearitto.com.au with your student's name and class name and we can get it to them.
Relief Cleaners
Mango Hill State School are seeking casual and relief cleaners to work a variety of shifts (Morning shift 4.00am – 8.00am and Afternoon shift 2.00pm – 6.00pm) when required.
If you are interested in being on our relief register please email your resume and details to bsm@mangohillss.eq.edu.au. Please indicate days and times available for relief.
All Department of Education Staff require a current Blue Card. If you don’t have a Blue Card you can apply at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/laws-regulated-industries-and-accountability/queensland-laws-and-regulations/regulated-industries-and-licensing/blue-card-services and a successful Criminal History Check.