KOLAN SOUTH INFORMER 14 July

2014 No 21

2297 Gin Gin Road, South Kolan Qld 4670 Phone: (07) 41 577361 Fax:( 07) 41 577289 E-mail: admin@kolasoutss.eq.edu.au Website: www.kolasoutss.eq.edu.au

Kolan South Established in 1878

Kolan South State School strives for a Quality Education for All Students ~ Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Safety

Welcome to Term 3 Welcome back to school for Term 3. We have a busy ten weeks ahead of us. Best wishes students, staff and parents for a productive and successful term. Although we are not holding a Twilight Fair, this year, there will be plenty to keep us engaged. In sport, our busy program continues with District Sports preparation for 9-13 Year olds. Interschool sport in netball and touch for Year 4 to 7 and after school programs will begin in a few weeks.

Students in Years 5 to 7 are preparing for the Bundaberg Maths Teams Challenge in August, and we have the English and Maths Competitions for Year 2 to 7 in the coming weeks. The Corps of Drums has a couple of performances. And let’s not forget Fathers’ Day! Have a great term, everyone. Relief Staff One of our terrific admin team, Gail Lavender, is on leave for this term. Gail’s replacement, Marteen Ellis, will be here on Tuesdays. Welcome and thank-you to Marteen.

Deane Drinnen will be commencing maternity leave in September. The relief teacher for the Year 3/4 class for the rest of 2014 will be Shelley Greenhalgh.

District Sports

Well done to students who continued to train throughout the holiday break. A letter will be sent home next Monday confirming students who have been selected for the Gin Gin District Sports to be held on Friday, 25 July.

School Uniform Requirements

Parents, prior to the holidays we had quite a few students wearing jackets or jumpers that didn’t conform to the uniform code.

Pease ensure that students are wearing jumpers or jackets in line with school uniform requirements. We have stock available from the office, very reasonably priced, and we also have some second-hand items which are in very good condition.

All students should be wearing correct uniform according to the uniform code. Please contact the school if you need any assistance or advice regarding uniforms. Thank-you for your support in this matter. We will be reminding students, and contacting home to see how we can help. Thank-you to all families for your excellent overall efforts to present students in our uniform. It looks great!

Principal’s Messages ~ Best wishes for a very positive start to the new term. Work and train hard, students.Best wishes for a very positive start to the new term. Work and train hard, students.Best wishes for a very positive start to the new term. Work and train hard, students.Best wishes for a very positive start to the new term. Work and train hard, students.

After School Programs This term’s programs commence in Week 3 of this term. Programs will be Tennis and Touch. Registration forms will be sent home next week including details of the programs. Informer on Website A reminder to families that our weekly Informer can be found on the school website, usually on the day of publication. National Data Collection Parents, included with this newsletter is an information fact sheet for parents and carers regarding the Nationally Consistent Data Collection for School Students with a Disability. Kolan South will be participating in this data collection this year, and from now on.

Please contact the school if you do not wish your child to be included in the data collection which will be submitted on the 1st of August.

TUCKSHOP resumes this week Tuckshop is back this Wednesday, 16 July. Please refer to the new menu included with this newsletter. Sincere thanks to Leslie Mason and her supporting team of parents who are doing a brilliant job providing this popular service for families.

Prep Class News Thank-you to Tanya Zielke, Julie Harber and the Prep students for this week’s Class News.

Jeff Searle

SCHOOL CALENDAR

July 14 (Mon) Term 3 commences July 16 (Wed) Tuckshop resumes — New Menu July 25 (Fri) Gin Gin District Sports July 28 (Mon) After School Programs commence July 29 (Tue) English Competition Year 2-7 P&C Meeting at 5.00pm Aug 4 – 8 Book Fair Aug 12 (Tue) Maths Competition Year 2-7 Aug 25-29 Children’s Book Week Aug 26 (Tue) Bundaberg Maths Teams Challenge Sept 4 (Thur) Premier’s Reading Challenge concludes Sept 5 (Fri) Life Education Van visit Sept 7 (Sun) Fathers’ Day Sept 19 (Fri) Last day of Term 3

Our weekly Assembly is on every Thursday morning at 9.00am in the school library. All parents are welcome to a%end Assembly.

Taygan S ‘takes off’ at our recent

Sports Day.

July

16 Abby D, Seth D, 20 Zeke P, 21 Jacob D, 22 Savannah D, 23 Paris B 26 Zac S, 30 Jae-De D, 31 Connar W

CLASS AWARDS

Milly V: Milly V: Milly V: Milly V: Always trying her best in class.

Arlea B: Arlea B: Arlea B: Arlea B: Showing big improvements. Well done!

Nate L: Nate L: Nate L: Nate L: Improved written retells of stories.

Savannah D: Savannah D: Savannah D: Savannah D: Being an excellent listener.

Kody O: Kody O: Kody O: Kody O: Great participation in pirate activities.

Emerson P: Emerson P: Emerson P: Emerson P: Consistent effort with spelling this term.

Ella M: Ella M: Ella M: Ella M: Fantastic efforts in Mad Minute Maths.

Jaxon J: Jaxon J: Jaxon J: Jaxon J: Fantastic efforts and contributions.

Kane O: Kane O: Kane O: Kane O: Fantastic improvement in handwriting.

Emily D: Emily D: Emily D: Emily D: Consistently doing her best in all class work.

Jon K: Jon K: Jon K: Jon K: Excellent Abstract Art line task.

Dane M: Dane M: Dane M: Dane M: Well-written Biography on Craig Lowndes.

ICE CUPS ARE ON SALE FOR 50 CENTS EVERY FRIDAY.

PROCEEDS SUPPORT OUR EXCURSIONS.

Thank-you to families for your continued support.

Geography

In Geography, we have explored the place in which we live and belong. We drew a pictorial map of our bedrooms and listed the main features. We also used Lego to create a model of our own house.

We coloured our picture using crayons. We painted over it with black. We let it dry. After that, we

used toothpicks to draw a picture.

We have been enjoying participating in reading rotations this term. The students participate in Guided Reading, Letter and Word Sort activities and Reading Eggs. We are listening to different stories and retelling the main events of these stories. We also love doing Kid Writing each week. We are all enjoying learning to

write simple sentences.

See my beautiful writing.

Brooke

Mine is excellent, as well!

Mason

Look at all the colours!

Larissa, Cooper and Zaree

We are building our Lego houses.

Mason, Liam and Ambah

We are planning and constructing our Lego

community.

Kolan South — School of Sporting Excellence — See how we train our future stars…

Hit the deck! Is this how you

milk a cow?

Don’t you dare tickle me!

Now I know how a potato feels!

Only 25 km to Bundy!

Are we there, yet ?

Should I wear this … or this?

Delivery!

Ready for lift-off!

Kyla weight-lifting

champion !

I’m a bat

World Cup 2018, here I come !

Drivers, start your engines...

I can throw this shot put with

one eye closed !

This is how a ‘lady’ walks...

A good way to fossick for gems ..

Hula king

Hula queen