newsletter-2015-0813 - Sherwood State School

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No. 25
13 August 2015
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
AUG
Thu 20
Thu 20
Sun 23
Mon 24 – Thu 27
Thu 27
Mon 31
Mon 31
Junior Athletics Carnival (Prep-Yr 3) (9.00am-1.30pm)
Yr 5 Gold Rush Excursion
Opti-Minds Challenge at St Peter's College
Indooroopilly (8.00am-4.00pm)
Yr 6 Camp to Tallebudgera
Yr 2 Lone Pine Excursion
Australian Girls Choir Visit (11.00-11.45am – Music Room)
P&C Meeting (7.30pm-Staff Room)
SEP
Fri 11
Fri 11
Fri 18
Fri 18
School Disco (Old Hall) (4.00-5.30pm – P-Yr 3)
School Disco (Old Hall) (6.00-7.30pm – Yr 4-Yr 6)
Yr 1 Planetarium & Botanical Garden Excursion
Final Day Term 3
OCT
Mon 5
Tues 6
Labour Day Public Holiday
First Day Term 4
2015 SCHOOL TERMS
Term 3: Mon 13 Jul to Fri 18 Sep
Term 4: Tue 6 Oct to Fri 11 Dec
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Dr Greg Nelson
Email: gnels5@eq.edu.au
NAPLAN results have arrived for the school. There are many exceptional results for our school, and none more so than the
remarkable achievements of our Year 3 readers:
As you have been reading in my recent articles, reading has been our
focus in the last two years and the results are coming through. Our
strategies include implementing the strategies that are known to work to
lift student performance:
Early diagnosis of student strengths and areas for
improvement
Making adjustments to meet the specific needs of students
Using research proven teaching strategies
Monitoring student progress closely
Providing comprehensive student support for students with
learning difficulties.
Once again many of our students have excelled in the UNSW Science Competition – congratulations to these students for
your great achievements.
MERITS
Silas Ross-White
Heather Woods
Angus Curwen
CREDITS
Cooper Hill
James Chapman
Lara Bellamywells
Brendan Garson
Seth Mahony
Alex Chand
Jordan Holmes
Toby Moss
Thomas Waite
Mina Laurence
DISTINCTIONS
Aidan Chilcott
Kon Misopapas
Harrison Vu
Ben Butcher
Ann Jose
Kaitlyn Adams
(Yr 5)
(Yr 5)
(Yr 5)
Erin Hoffensetz
Thinula Weerasekara
(Yr 5)
(Yr 5)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 4)
(Yr 4)
(Yr 4)
(Yr 5)
(Yr 5)
(Yr 5)
(Yr 6)
Miyuli Weerasekara
Amy Holmes
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
Amy Freudenberg
Kimberley Straker
Connie Hanocq
Corban Learmonth
William Walles
(Yr 4)
(Yr 4)
(Yr 4)
(Yr 5)
(Yr 5)
Ryan McCreath
(Yr 6)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 4)
(Yr 5)
Arjun Gopalan
Muhammad Mudassar
Morran Barter
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
(Yr 3)
Jaiden Loveday
(Yr 5)
Dylan Smyth
Yogansh Bhalla
Evangeline Pritchard
HIGH DISTINCTIONS
James Hansen
(Yr 5)
(Yr 6)
(Yr 6)
Liam Sims
Leah Eaves
Emilie Paxton Ross
(Yr 5)
(Yr 6)
(Yr 6)
(Yr 3)
This week our Skill Streaming lesson is Dealing with Your Anger
1.
2.
3.
Stop and count to 10.
Think about your choices:
a) Tell the person in words why you are angry.
b) Walk away for now.
c) Do a relaxation exercise.
Act out your best choice.
Congratulations to Grace Hodgson from 4M on being selected in the 2015/16 Brisbane Capitals Under 12 Girls BRONZE
respresentative basketball team. Well done Grace!
SHERWOOD ARROWS TRIVIA NIGHT
David Hass
Oh, I, I got a funny feeling when you walked in the room.
Hey, my, as I recall, it ended much too soon.
Oh, what a night.
Table Name
Total
Where the Wild Things Are
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159
154
154
153
150
150
148
147
146
145
145
145
145
141
139
133
130
126
124
Peter Pan
20 tables = 20 lucky door prizes
20 tables = 5 best dressed winners
20 tables = 5 best table decoration winners
20 tables = tied winners (for the first time)
20 tables = 1 loser (oops)
Game of Thrones
Mr Men & Little Miss
Lone Ranger
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Wizard of Oz
Through the Looking Glass
Alice in Wonderland
Lonely Planet
Cinderella
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Snow White
For the first time in the history of the Sherwood Arrows
trivia night we had tied winners and I finally had to put my
tie-breaker question to the test. After a few hints and
guesses “Where the Wild Things Are” were triumphant to
be declared the 2015 champions. Congratulations and a
well done to “Peter Pan” who almost got there.
Where's Wally
The Great Gatsby
Thesaurus
Twilight
Harry Potter
The top five best dressed tables were: Pride and
Prejudice and Zombies, Wizard of Oz, Game of Thrones,
Lone Ranger and Alice in Wonderland.
The Hindi Bindi Club
Steve Jobs
The top five best decorated tables were: Game of Thrones, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter
and Alice in Wonderland.
A huge thanks to the businesses that donated items for the night, your support is greatly appreciated. Thanks to the
skipping parents and kids for helping set up for the night and thank you to all of you for coming along, dressing up and
helping make the night enjoyable and entertaining.
PS – don’t forget to check the expiration date on your vouchers.
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS
Asta Parker, Uniform Shop Convenor, 0402 858 240
OPEN: Monday 8am-9am; Wednesday 2.45pm-3.45pm; Friday 2.45pm-3.45pm
Email: asta.parker@bigpond.com
AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Contact Details: Leanne Davey, Coordinator, 3278 1658
Hi Sherwood Families
Sherwood State School OSHC is now on Facebook. We encourage parents/guardians to “Like” our page for regular
updates of activities at Outside School Hours Care.
The link to our facebook page is
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherwood-State-School-OSHC/647660438669507?fref=ts but please remember you need
to be logged into facebook first in order to be able to view and “Like” this page. The link to our website is
www.sherwoodoshc.com.au if you would like to view this as well.
The Vacation Care Program will be released on Friday 21st August and bookings at the permanent price will be taken up to
Friday 11th September. After this date, we will still accept bookings at the casual rate if your children need care over the
School Spring Holidays.
Fortnightly Statements – Our fortnightly statements for this week have been emailed. This Friday, 14th August, Fortnight B
accounts will have been charged with payments withdrawn. If you have any queries or would like more information, please
email sherwoodoshc@gmail.com, phone 3278 1658 or text 0428 023 832.
TUCKSHOP NEWS
Cathie Perkins, Tuckshop Convenor, 3716 2111
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (Closed Monday & Tuesday)
Although we have 10 new bakers on our roster once again last week we experience extreme demand resulting in baking
being out of stock on Friday. Due to a couple of issues last week I have started to use the "out of stock" function on
school24, so if at any point you are unable to order your desired item (usually a Friday) this will be because we have run out.
On any given day online orders receive preference in the stock takes as they are processed prior to bag orders. Always a
good reason to order online and early ☺
Due to changing work/study schedules I have vacanies for a couple of volunteers, a dynamic duo is required for Fridays.
There are only 3 or 4 more of these rosters to do till the year ends so now that you have settled into the school routine and
think you could manage helping out, this is the time to see me. Tuckshop can not function without the help of our many
volunteers and this would be a brief trial to see how you like it. Call into the tuckshop to discuss volunteering as soon as you
can ☺
THINKING CHALLENGE
Leah Bertrand, Prep Teacher
This fortnights ‘Thinking Challenge’ is all about ‘The Future’. I have received some fantastic entries so far that include
teleporting watches, dinosaur cars and futuristic trams! I look forward to seeing more entries from the upper grades!
Remember this term there will be winners picked from both the Prep-Year 2 and Year 3-Year 6 catagories.
Last fortnights winners were:
Samuel Sherwin(PT)
Charlotte Gowdie (1M)
Zachary Koehlitz (2B)
Make sure you write your name and class on the back of your entry! Good Luck!!!
COMMUNITY NOTICES
WEST BRISBANE REGION ASPERGER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING Please see the details below for our next West
Brisbane Region Asperger Support Group Meeting.
Date: Thursday August 27th
Time: 7pm - 9pm ( if possible please arrive ready to start the meeting at 7pm)
Venue: St Matthew’s Church Hall ( cnr. Oxley & Sherwood Rds. Sherwood)
Speaker: Jane Stavrinoudis - Music Teacher and parent to a child on the ASD spectrum
Topic: “ Music and the ASD mind"
Cost: Gold coin appreciated
Biography: Jane Stavrinoudis has two children, one with ASD in Yr 12. She has been a passionate music educator for
many years. Her fundamental philosophy is to build relationships that are friendly, uplifting, informative and fun for any age
and skill level. With a thriving private practice of more than 50 weekly students, Jane has many ex-students who are now
professional musicians, educators and pioneers in the music industry. A significant number (over 30%) of her current
students have additional needs which include medical conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Non Verbal Learning
Disorder, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia, Anxiety, Depression, Blindness, Deafness, all of whom have achieved Honours
results in examinations. Jane regularly consults for medical practitioners, educational bodies and government educational
departments. She has assisted over 40 QLD state schools in establishing piano, theory and instrumental programs. Jane
has published and co-published more than 15 piano tuition method books, has launched a piano sheet music website for
teachers and students. and continues to mentor teachers throughout Australia in how to teach contemporary music, how to
teach students with special needs, and how to develop a thriving practice.
We look forward to seeing you
If your child turns 4 by July 31st 2016 enrol now for pre-prep next year at Corinda Christian
Kindergarten. The experienced staff provide a caring, play based educational environment which
enriches all aspects of a child’s development.
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A mini-kindy program for 3 year olds may be offered during 2016 if there is sufficient
interest. This would be available for 2 afternoons a week.
All families are welcome to visit or ph. 33796527.
The Kindy is at the rear of the Church on 4 Clewley St. Corinda.
News from Indooroopilly State High School
Year 8 Medieval Day
On Friday 31 July Year 8 students participated in a Medieval Day incursion.
This activity gave students an opportunity to see history
come alive and complements the unit Year 8s study in
term 3 on The Medieval World. The sessions were
presented by the Knights Guild of Wessex and Mercia – a
medieval research and re-enactment group. Students
rotated through a number of activities across the day,
providing invaluable opportunities for hands-on learning
and to ask questions of experts. Activities included
medieval dancing, games, calligraphy, as well as
presentations about medieval armour, weaponry and
heraldry. Our roving reporters Ms Condon and Mrs
Rossi-Price, armed with quills and parchment collected a
few student comments on the day.
“I enjoyed looking at the weapons since you got to touch them as well as holding armour, which was
cool.” (Milanna)
“The lessons were very educational and fun. My favourite was the heraldry.” (Max)
“Weapons and Armour was my favourite session. I even got to wear full knight’s armour!” (Ainslie)
“I enjoyed learning about the weapons because of the tactics the army used to fight and how it is
different to modern times.” (Anastasia)
“The activity most preferred by grades 8s: heraldry.” (Mael)
“My favourite rotation was heraldry as we were able to create our own coat of arms and we learned
about all the different rules we had to follow to create our own.” (Stephanie)
“A good activity was playing with the old armour. Medieval Day was a good way to gain knowledge
for our history unit.” (Isabella)
“I enjoyed the dancing the most because everyone was joining along and having fun.” (Sarah)
Our thanks to the Knights Guild of Wessex and Mercia for the engaging presentations and to Mrs
Rossi-Price for organising.
For more student news or to receive the school newsletter please go to www.indoorooshs.eq.edu.au.
Lois O’Reilly
Principal, Indooroopilly State High School
8C and 8H playing Hunt the Slipper
Sajan, Stewart, Johana and Will
ALSO AVAILABLE AT SHERWOOD SCHOOL
Listed below are a number of extra curricula activities available to our school community both before and after school.
Please contact directly.
Art Classes for Children & Adults (Room 15)
Mon/Wed/Thu 3.15pm-4.15pm
Telephone Kim Woolley 3379 6585
Basketball Western Magic New Hall
Thursday 3.30-6.30pm
Telephone Gavin de la Cruz
Computer Junior Engineers (Computer Lab)
Tues 3.30-4.15pm
Telephone Leigh: 0488 411 206
DDJ Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Music (Music Room)
Tues/Wed/Thu 3.15-4.30pm
Telephone Katrina 0424 249 299 Email: info@ddjperformingarts.com
Fitness & Dance (FAD) Cheerleading & Dance (New Hall)
Mon 5.15-9pm, Wed 3.30-7.00pm, Fri 4-6pm
Telephone Samantha 3297 7393
Go Sports (Oval) – Soccer & Netball
Fridays 7.45am to 8.45am
Telephone Greg Martin on 0417 614 509
iChinese – Mandarin Chinese Lessons
Tue 3.15-4.15 (Rm 15)
Telephone Belinda or Ruby 0402 367 332
Jim Joyce Tennis Coaching (Tennis Courts)
Before and after school lessons
Telephone 3375 3644 or Mobile 0417 771 022
Korean Language School (Old Hall)
Saturdays 9-1pm
Telephone Joung 0431 177706
Play Beautiful Football Academy (Oval)
Wed 3.15-4.15pm
Telephone Sam 0425 908 308
RHEE TaeKwon-Do (Old Hall)
Wednesdays and Fridays 6.30pm-7.30pm
Telephone Adrian Knack 0402 126 300 or
Rhee TaeKwon Do HQ on 1300 132 779.
Speech Pathology-Helping Speech, Language and Literacy difficulties
Fri 8.00-9.00am
Telephone Keirra Middleton 0425 860 310
Traditional Shotokan Karate (Old Hall)
Monday and Thursday 6.30 – 8.30pm
Telephone Sensei Steve 0417007012 www.tskfa.com.au or
email sandrews@tskfa.com.au
Tennis Court Hire
Contact Caitlin Simonson Ph: 3379 9559 or 0417 544 423
Violin Tuition (Music Room)
Tue 3pm & Thu 7.15am
Telephone Liz Young 0417 922 508