Term 2 Week 6 2022
- Principal's News by Tracy Egan
- Team Mango We All Belong!
- Prep News by Melinda White
- Year 1 News by Kylie Vaughan
- Year 2 News by Ellaine Warner
- Year 3 News by Michelle Alcorn
- Year 4 News by Ben Mills
- Year 5 and Year 6 News by Martin Winney
- Curriculum News by Suzette Holm and Danielle O'Brien
- Sporting News by The PE Department
- News from our Partners
- Community News
Together we can do so much!
A positive parent-teacher relationship contributes to your child’s success at school. Your child’s teacher is usually the second most important person in your child’s life (after his/her parents of course). We want to ensure the relationship between parents, teachers and students is a strong and rewarding one.
A positive parent-teacher relationship helps your child feel good about school and be successful in school. It demonstrates to your child that s/he can trust the teacher, because you do. This positive relationship makes a child feel like the important people in their life are working together.
Communicating well is a key factor for making this relationship work. Communication is especially important if you are worried about your child’s progress, development or an issue. Our staff want to help and want every student to be happy, safe and successful at school so please take the time to set up an appointment to discuss any concerns you have.
Don’t wait until you reach breaking point.
Don’t gossip and complain in the carpark.
Don’t criticize the school, the teacher, other students or parents on social media. This is just not okay, not kind and not helpful.
Parents who do this are not genuine in their desire to help their child. They are adding to the problem and setting a poor example for their child. If you have a concern, simply make an appointment with the teacher, outline the issue respectfully and I can guarantee we will work together to find a solution.
Most parents at our school do the right thing and work hard to build a positive relationship with staff. There will be conflicts, issues and concerns in life – it’s how we deal with them that makes all the difference!
“The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other.” —Thomas Stallkamp
National Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be Brave Make Change is a challenge to all of us to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.
Change begins with brave actions in your daily life – where you live, work, play and socialise.
On Friday at Care Class, students will learn more about Reconciliation. There will also be sector parades where we will support students to learn more about the role we all play in reconciliation. All parents and carers are invited to attend these parades at the following times
Prep to Year 2 at 8:30am
Year 3 & 4 at 9:15am
Year 5 & 6 at 10:00am
Further information about the actions we can take every day of the year, not just during National Reconciliation Week, is available at https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/2022-actions-to-make-change/
Further information about the actions we can take every day of the year, not just during National Reconciliation Week, is available at https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/2022-actions-to-make-change/
Dealing with Difficult Feelings
Children deal with many of the same feelings that adults do. We can all get frustrated, embarrassed, worried, excited, nervous and jealous. Learning to deal with feelings in a positive way helps children learn and develop skills to manage them effectively.
When children learn to manage their emotions during childhood, it can lead to positive mental health outcomes throughout the rest of their life. Children who learn healthy ways to cope with and express their feelings are more likely to be supportive of others, perform better in school and their career, have stable and positive relationships, have a positive sense of self and higher level of self confidence.
At Mango Hill State School we support all students to develop their emotional intelligence. We do this through implementing social and emotional learning programs to whole classes, small groups and individual students; through implementing our student behaviour and wellbeing universals; and promoting modelling and positive behaviours and talk around managing feelings.
Adapted from Kids Helpline: https://kidshelpline.com.au/parents/issues/helping-kids-identify-and-express-feelings
Focus of the Week
The Care Class focus that will be delivered this Friday is ‘National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week’. This focus continues in the classrooms throughout next week.
Throughout this week and next, students will be participating in activities for Reconciliation Week which has been coordinated by our Cultural Diversity Team. National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.
More information can be found at the following link: https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/ and https://nationaltoday.com/national-sorry-day/
Upcoming Parent Forum
Student of the Week
Drama Club
Expressions of Interest are invited for the temporary vacancy of Computer Assistant (003) at Mango Hill State School. This position is a full-time temporary position to commence from 30 May 2022 to 9 December 2022 with possible extension.
The Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for a temporary full time Computer Assistant (003) at Mango Hill State School. As the Computer Assistant, you may undertake routine maintenance and repair of computing facilities in the school and provide support services for networking to enable wider access and reduce downtime of computing facilities in schools. The Computer Assistant, reports to the Business Manager and Principal.
Please see the attached Role Description for information about this position and the responsibilities and accountabilities of the role.
Your application must include:
Applicants are required to submit a brief resume, contact details for 2 referees (one of whom is your current supervisor) and a maximum 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role.
Are you are interested in this great opportunity?
Please forward your interest to Business Manager Jayne Clark jclar489@eq.edu.au or (07) 3482 8111.
The role will include but not limited to:
- Undertake regular maintenance and routine repairs of all computers and associated equipment throughout the school. (SFIA Level 2 – ITOP)
- Assist in the installation of new equipment and software. (SFIA Level 2 – HSIN)
- Provide technical input and assist in networking computers and associated equipment.
- Order parts and computer stocks, as required, and maintain equipment records.
- Additional duties as described in “Your Role” on page 2 of the attached Role Description.
The successful applicant will be required to have the DoE Orange Card School Administrator (OC SA) certification to access the school network, enabling the officer to perform high-level support tasks including server technologies. Experience with iPads and BOYD in a school environment.
The Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 requires the successful applicant to be subject to a “working with children check” as part of the employment screening process. Further details regarding this check may be obtained by accessing the web site of the Public Safety Business Agency at the following internet address: http://www.bluecard.qld.gov.au/
Furthermore, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a criminal history check.
Offered for Sale by Tender
1 x Promethean Board and projector (Not in working order).Please see attachment for more information and details of how to tender your offer.
We Carry Our Own Bags to School
Parents and Carers, we are pretty responsible in Prep. We are very capable. We can definitely carry our own bags into school!
Our parents and carers often say things like, it’s too heavy. But did you know that carrying a school bag (a good quality one like our school bags are) is a wonderful way to switch our brains on for learning? It’s called heavy load work and sometimes we don’t get enough of it. Having something heavier on our shoulders, for a short period of time (from car to classroom or from street to classroom) is exercise for our bodies and our brains.
We’d love to see everyone having a turn at carrying their own bags into school.
In Prep we are having so much fun incorporating literacy and numeracy into our play. Check out our shops in Prep T. We made signs and arrows and money!
Have a lovely week
Melinda White
Deputy Principal - Prep
mwhit37@eq.edu.au
Exploring HalvesOur Year 1s are shifting their focus in Maths to explore halves. We are learning to cut shapes into halves as well as halve collections. In Year 1, we define a half as one equal part of a whole.
Here are some of the great ways our Year 1s are getting out the hands-on materials to investigate halves in collections.
Ways you can help at home…
- Noticing halves in the kitchen e.g. half a glass of water, half a sandwich, half an orange.
- Folding things in half like towels, paper and clothing.
- Cutting things in half pieces like bread, fruit, magazine pictures. Talk about if the two 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 e.g. ‘Half the Smarties packet for me and half the Smarties for you.’
Making these connections at home to learning at school helps strengthen children’s understanding of these early maths concepts.
Learning in Year 2
Throughout each day, there are times when classmates join in pairs or groups to learn together. Our students might be solving a problem, practising a skill, developing a new idea or sharing their thinking. This is called collaborative learning. I am including some photos of students learning together this week.
On Friday, we will join Prep and Year 1 for our Reconciliation Week parade. Our parade time is 8:30am and you are most welcome to join us in Gigum Hall.
Play time in Year 2
Play time is fun and a chance to enjoy outdoor or club time with friends … weather permitting. Students who aren’t able to locate a friend at play time can use the Buddy Bench. Buddy Benches are specially indicated benches where students can sit if they are looking to join in with others. Students learn that if a peer is on the buddy bench, it is caring for others to invite them to join play.
Ellaine Warner
Deputy Principal- Year 2
ewarn23@eq.edu.au
Caboolture Historical Village
This week we had our last few classes visit the Historical Village as part of our HASS unit this term. Students from 3H, 3M and 3T had a wonderful time learning about the olden days and seeing what schools looked like in the past. They had the chance to see what the classrooms looked like, the clothes that were worn and how students back then represented their learning. It all looked very different to how we learn now! During the visit to the Historical Village students also got to explore and learn more about 19th Century Australia including living, transport and communication. A highlight of the excursion was the opportunity to sieve for gems. Even in the wet, it was a day enjoyed by all.
Thank you to our amazing Year 3 Team of teachers who put so much work in to help set up such a great experience and our parents who gave up their time to join us. It is very much appreciated!
Sun Safety
Over the past week there have been lots of students who sadly have been forgetting to wear their hat at play, along with before and after school. If you could please do a friendly reminder and check that your students has their hat on their head on the way out, it would be very helpful in keeping our students sun safe. I completely understand how easy it is to forget, especially when the sun is hiding away so much at the moment. However it is super important that they continue to bring it to school every day. If you have a missing hat, the Hub is a great spot to look first. Currently there are a number of hats waiting for their owners in the lost property tub.
Have a great week
Michelle Alcorn
Deputy Principal- Year 3
malco14@eq.edu.au
Connection in Year 4
Across all year levels, members of the school leadership team have been visiting classrooms and asking students questions about how they build connections, promote wellbeing and practise self-regulation in their class. I loved visiting the Year 4 classes this week as they shared the great things their teachers do to support their wellbeing.
In 4G and 4A, students share how they are feeling with their teacher by adding their name to a coloured cup which reflects what ‘zone’ they are in as they enter the room. In 4T I saw ‘ready to learn’ plans for every student on their desk, with colours that represent how they are feeling so that they can share this with their teacher. 4T also had a sensational gratitude tree, containing leaves of gratitude constructed by the class. 4A also had an amazing gratitude wall, reflecting how they show gratitude to each other, every day!
Learning in Year 4
This week I visited 4A as they were learning about how to show a character’s thoughts and feeling in their writing, instead of describing them. ‘Show, don’t tell’ is a strategy that our students are working hard on as they work at becoming more engaging authors. It was fantastic to see the collaboration in 4A as they developed their understanding of the difference between a sentence which describes a character’s thoughts and feelings, versus a sentence that just tells this. I can’t wait to visit 4A again this week to see how they are going with creating these high quality sentences.
Uniform
The weather has well and truly cooled, especially in the mornings. More of our students have been coming to school rugged up in preparation, which is great to see. A friendly reminder that we have school jackets and jumpers for our students to wear as a part of our uniform. From time-to-time these may be misplaced, in which event, we encourage students to wear a plain black or blue jumper. It is great to see our Year 4 students following the uniform policy throughout the year.
Have a super week
Ben Mills
Deputy Principal – Year 3
bxmil3@eq.edu.au
Care for Learning in Year 5 and 6
Thank you to all of the classes that have welcomed me into their classroom over the last week. It has been a pleasure collaborating with students around their English and Maths learning. Over the last week I had the pleasure of working with students in 6V as they participated in guided maths rotations that helped support their new learning of fractions. It was great observing students interact with each other as the coached their peers. Further to observing the great learning that is taking place across the cohort, our classes have been focussing on supporting each other’s wellbeing. This week myself and other members of the leadership team have been visiting classrooms to observe the wellbeing strategies being embedded across the school. I have had the opportunity to discuss with students how they are feeling and what strategies they are putting in place to help manage themselves when times get a little tough. It has been wonderful seeing students and teachers working together to care for others and themselves.
First Aid Awareness Training – Years 4 and 5
This week our Years 4 and 5 classes are participating in their First Aid Awareness Training. This training, requested by the school’s P&C, is aimed at providing awareness to students on when to utilise First Aid procedures when they or others are in trouble. This opportunity is provided to our students prior to school camp and forms part of a wider agenda of providing our students with real life skills to ensure they make healthy choices. When I spoke to one Year 5 student they said “It was great to learn some strategies of how to care for others if they are in trouble – this means I can help more people.” What a great ambassador for our Cares.
Martin Winney
Deputy Principal – Year 5 & 6
mwinn7@eq.edu.au
Gold on display!
This week in the Hub we have a special display focussing on the Gold Rushes and celebrating the important part that these events had on Australia’s history. We have some special items from the Museum, including a billy, a gold pan and a copy of a mining licence. Pop on down in the next week or so to have a look and reflect upon what it must have been like to have been part of this exciting time.
Scholastic Book club
Thanks to all of the families who purchased something from the recent Scholastic Book Club. As a reward of your generosity, we will now be able to purchase several hundreds of dollars worth of new books for our Hub collection. We look forward to choosing these and then sharing them with all of our students in the coming weeks. Special thanks to Ariana Woolford who generously gave her time to sort and deliver the book club orders. We are so grateful to have you as part of our Hub team.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Don’t forget it is not too late to starting reading in order to participate in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. We have until the end of August to complete this challenge. Reading forms are available here and also in print from the Hub. We would love everyone to join in on this super challenge!
ROBOlympics
Last Thursday, Mrs Devine and her dedicated teams attended the ROBOlympics at Moreton Downs State School. It was an amazing opportunity for students to work as a team to program a robot and to create engineering solutions. Our students competed against teams from other schools in a variety of events such as, jousting, tug-of-war, and sumo wrestling. They demonstrated exceptional sportsmanship and represented our school with pride.
Areesha - "It was very fun and challenging. We coded our Robotics for different competitions and competed against other schools"
Jesani - "ROBOLYMPICS was really fun last week. We persevered through some technology challenges and our team almost came third for jousting."
Rishik - "It was a fun challenge to build and engineer the robots for the different events and compete against different people from different schools."
Have a fantastic week
Suzette Holm and Danielle O'Brien
shol0@eq.edu.au
Athletics Carnival
A reminder our dates for Sports Day (Prep-2) and the Athletics Carnival (Yr3-6) are as follows.
- Week 10 Monday 20 June – Junior Sports Day (all Year Prep, 1 and 2 students compete)
- Week 10 Tuesday 21 June – Senior Athletics Carnival – Discus, 200m/800m Finals (Some Yr 3-6 students compete)
- Week 10 Wednesday 22 June - Senior Athletics Carnival – 8 & 9 Year Old students (Year 3s and some Year 4s compete)
- Week 10 Thursday 23 June - Senior Athletics Carnival – 10,11 & 12 Year Old students (Some Year 4s, all Year 5s & 6s compete)
We will be releasing more information regarding the Athletics Carnival in the coming weeks so be sure to check the newsletter each week.
Mr Hills & Mr Newell, Miss Richards and Miss HodgesPhysical Education Teachers
nhill96@eq.edu.au
tnewe20@eq.edu.au
Uniform Shop Updates
Good news! The uniform shop is now open an additional day. We are now open on Thursday afternoons 1:30pm-4:00pm.
Uniform Shop hours during the term are:
Monday - 8:00am-10:30am
Wednesday 1:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday 1:30pm-4:00pm
Friday 8:00am-10:30am
Online orders - can be placed through our website 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.
Zoe and Rochelle
Uniform Shop Convenors
