Term 4 Week 8 2020

Swimming carnival success

Last Friday our 8 and 9 year old students participated in their annual swimming carnival. Congratulations to all students on their efforts, excellent behaviour and growth mindset as they embraced new challenges.

Special thanks to Nick Hills and Tyson Newell for their excellent organisation of the event and to all the staff who assisted. Thank you also to Helping Hands who volunteered some staff members to assist with the extra supervision required so parents could attend.

This Friday our 10-12 year olds will participate in their swimming carnival. A reminder that parents interested in attending must register their details and make payment before the day in order to attend. Numbers are strictly limited and you cannot simply turn up on the day. We look forward to another great event!

Go Red for CF!

On Friday 4th December we will be having our annual Go Red for CF day that was postponed in May. Within the MHSS community, we have four families affected by CF.

In order to help raise awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis we have organised a day of fun, free of charge. Children in their class groups will be able to have a jump on inflatable obstacle courses throughout the day.

Children are invited to wear something red (red shirt, red shorts, red hair accessories, red socks etc) and bring a gold coin donation. If you would like to donate a little extra you can give it with your gold coin or donate via the link below.

 https://cysticfibrosisqld.grassrootz.com/mango-hill-cystic-fibrosis-fundraising-day

Thank you to Cindy Clenton for her organisation of this even.  Please help us support those affected by Cystic Fibrosis.

Booklist Orders Due Soon

A reminder that in 2021, we will make a change to our current Student Resource Scheme (SRS). Instead of the school procuring all resources, parents were sent a book and stationery list for you to purchase your child’s books and stationery for school. This can easily be done through Kookaburra who have agreed to donate 10% commission to the P & C. Please ensure you have placed your order by 10 December to ensure delivery to your house before school starts. Alternatively, parents can purchase items from other places. The lists and ordering details are on the school website. https://mangohillss.eq.edu.au/enrolments/resource-scheme

If you are in financial hardship, please make contact with us to discuss how we can support you and your child prepare for the 2021 school year. Special thanks to Helping Hands OSHC who have made a generous donation to support families in need.

Have a wonderful week
Tracy
tegan4@eq.edu.au

Student of the Week 

Congratulations to all of our fabulous students of the week. We are all so proud of you!

Cutting Hair for Cancer

Amelia from Year 3 has joined the Ponytail Project and is cutting her hair to donate to cancer patients. if you would like to donate and support Amelia please click the link below to do so. 

https://www.ponytailproject.com.au/s/1099/1123/e

Celebrating Kindness

We’re celebrating kindness this week in Prep! We are focusing on being kind to everyone in the playground, in the classroom and before and after school.

It can be tricky to make positive choices when we are tired. We’ve worked hard this term and we are very proud of our growth!  Our Prep teachers are working hard to keep routines consistent in our rooms; we are still learning! Our guided reading groups continue until the end of next week. We continue our creative writing work. We are practising counting forwards and backwards. So many of us can count backwards from 50 and backwards from 20! Wow!

Have a lovely week
Melinda
mwhite37@eq.edu.au

Assessment and Reporting

Over the last week, the teachers have been working with the students on their summative assessment pieces. The Year 1 and 2 teachers are encouraging students to demonstrate what they know in a variety of ways; with hands on materials, by conversing with students and of course encouraging students to write their answers. We are so very proud of how much the students learned this year!!!

In Week 10, the students will receive their Semester 2 report card. The comments on the report cards will inform you of the progress of your child this semester against the standard outlined in the Australian Curriculum for each subject area. A reminder that to receive a Sound (C) result means that your child is at the level expected for the subject. It is of course super important to note the effort rating that your child has received.  We want all students to be encouraged by their efforts. Developing a growth mindset and acknowledging that hard work will result in improvements is so important in the early years of schooling.

Have a great week!
Gabrielle
gdoug7@eq.edu.au

Swimming Carnival – Having fun in the sun!

What a wonderful atmosphere it was on Friday at the Deception Bay Aquatic Centre for Part 1 of the Mango Hill State School Swimming Carnival. The Year 3 and 4 students had such a wonderful day enjoying some water play, novelty races and cheering on their friends as they competed in a variety of races. It was great to see so many smiling faces. Well done to all those students who were awarded ribbons, broke records and gave it their very best. A big shout out to Mr Hills, Mr Newell and our wonderful Year 3 and 4 teachers and teacher aides who helped make the day special!

Please enjoy some photos of some very happy children who achieved some outstanding results at the carnival.

ICAS Celebrations

ICAS is an opportunity for parents, students and educators to see how a student is able to put into application their knowledge and skills in new contexts, using a range of higher order thinking strategies. This year Mango Hill State School once again offered the opportunity for parents to register their child/ren in the 2020 ICAS tests and for those who participated there were a number of celebrations. Students the past week were acknowledged for their participation and achievement with a number of students receiving Distinctions and High Distinctions for their work. Well done to all those that gave it a go and for those that received awards for their incredible achievements.

Have a lovely week
Michelle
malco14@eq.edu.au

Care for Learning in Year 5 and 6 Classrooms 

Last week (week 7) was a week full of assessment in which teachers and students worked together, supporting one another, to ensure all students were able to demonstrate their understandings of the Year 5 and 6 achievement standards. We look forward in the coming weeks to celebrate these great results with our community. 

This week our Year 6 cohort commenced their Welcome to High School week in which students experienced the life of a secondary school student. The week started with most of our students attending the transition day at Mango Hill State Secondary College as well as some students attending the academy days at Murrumba State Secondary College. As the week progressed students were mixed up in different groups in different classrooms. One student commented that it was great to work with a range of different peers. Teachers nominated different teaching areas and targeted some concepts aligned to the 7-9 Australian Curriculum concepts therefore providing students the opportunity to engage in teaching and learning they will receive next year.

Year 6 Graduation

It is almost time to celebrate the great achievement of our Year 6 cohort. It has certainly been a different year this year and we look forward to pausing for the night to reflect on the years of special memories these students made during their time at Mango Hill State School. A friendly reminder to all families that if you have not done so, please ensure you had paid for both the Year 6 Graduation and the Year 6 excursion by the end of this week. The school will need to confirm numbers very shortly with Eaton’s Hill Hotel and the excursion organisers. I have been working hard with the Graduation Committee to ensure that students sit with at least one of the friends that they nominated – we have done the best we can and I thank you for your understanding on the night. We are also organising the finishing touches to ensure that, despite no dancing, our students will have a fun and engaging night.

Have agreat week 
Martin 
mwinn7@eq.edu.au

End of Year Updates

As the 2020 school year moves towards a close, here are some updates to take into the holidays:

Student Code of Conduct- On 9 November, our School Council voted to endorse our MHSS Student Code of Conduct.  The Student Code of Conduct is for implementation from the start of the 2021 school year.  You can find our Student Code of Conduct on our website.  Thank you to the students, staff and parents who contributed to the creation of the Student Code of Conduct.  We will be reviewing the document annually.

Care Class Mystery Visit-  Ms Egan, our Principal, and all of our Deputy Principals, loved each Friday this semester because it was Care Class Mystery Visit day where we met with that week's mystery visitor and heard from our students about what they had learned in Care Class that morning.  It was a wonderful opportunity for small groups of students from across the year levels to meet and share stories of what had gone well that week, what they had learned in Care Class and exciting news about weekend plans.  Care Class Mystery Visit will continue in 2021.  Check out some of our photos below.

Holiday plans- There are a number of school holiday activities on offer through our local libraries and more information can be found at:

https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/Events/School-Holidays

Take care
Ellaine
ewarn23@eq.edu.au

Accelerated Reader

It has been a huge year for reading, especially for those students on AR. Congratulations to everyone who has reached their goal, regardless of how small or big.

In the last week we have had a couple of very happy students who have reached their goals of 1 million words. Congratulations to Noel and Aliyah who have been working hard over the last few months to reach this outstanding milestone! We are very excited to add their photos to our AR Millionaire wall. Well done Noel and Aliyah!

Also this week we are very excited to announce that Arman has reached an extraordinary 7 million words in AR! Arman is a quiet consistent reader who has been reading lots in the last month to reach this point. Congratulations Arman!

And to top off our AR celebrations, Prithuvi reached 9 million words! This is the highest number of words we have ever seen a student read in a school year and we are so very excited to add another photo of Prithuvi to our wall. In fact while Prithuvi has been at Mango Hill State School he has read a total of 26 million words in AR books! This is a great example of what can be achieved when you set a goal and worked consistently towards this. Prithuvi has done this year after year to reach this extraordinary milestone. Congratulations Prithuvi!

Pop on down to the Hub to see all of our AR Millionaires in our special display. We will leave the 2020 Millionaires up on our wall for the next 12 months and look forward to adding lots of millionaires to the wall in 2021! Congratulations to every one of our AR Millionaires!

Return all Books

Don’t forget that we need all our Hub books returned as soon as possible. Thank you for your help with this huge task. We look forward to lots of borrowing in 2021, but for now we need to take stock of all of our books. For any lost, missing or damaged books we ask families to make a donation of another book as a replacement. 

Book Fair this Week Only!

Book Fair is now open and will operate until Friday. Books are on sale before and after school, as well as during first break. Our school receives a generous commission so your support of this event is greatly appreciated. We are happy to take cash (although only Australian dollars) and also have an EFTPOS machine.

Have a wonderful week
Suzette
shol0@eq.edu.au

Uniform Shop Update

Uniform shop hours during the term are:
Monday 8:00am - 10:30am
Wednesday 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Friday 8:00am - 10:30am

Did you know that you can order online?  Orders can be placed online at http;/www.wearitto.com.au/schools/mango-hill-state-school. 

As we are nearing the end of term, now is the time to start thinking about your uniforms for next year.  Do you need to go up a size?  For the new 2021 Preps, we are no longer offering appointments, but you are welcome to attend during regular trading hours.

Have a great week
Belinda