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NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL- SHARON MCMORROW PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS END OF TERM 1 In order to provide more timely information to parents about student’s progress from 2018 we will be reporting in the following ways:

Term Format Focus End of Term 1

Face to Face Parent Teacher Interviews

Progress to date throughout Term 1, areas of strength and areas to focus on.

End of Term 2

Semester 1 Report Cards (Meetings available with teachers on request)

Formal report cards issued

End of Term 3

Face to Face Parent Interviews

Progress to date throughout Term 3, areas of strength and areas to focus on.

End of Term 4

Semester 2 Report Cards (Meetings available with teachers on request)

Formal report cards issued

We would like to invite all parents/ caregivers to a parent teacher interview to discuss your child’s progress to date, areas of growth and areas for further development.

Parent Teacher Interviews will be conducted throughout Week 9 and 10 of Term 1 with appointment options before and after school and a late afternoon until 6.00pm on the Wednesday 21st March. Specialist teachers are also available for interview. Teachers who will be on leave at this time have provided alternative dates and times for interviews.

Interviews will be conducted in each teacher’s classroom with 15 minutes being allocated per interview.

DATE CLAIMERS PAYMENT DUE 09/03/2018 Year 2 Rewards Day Wetside 09/03/2018 Pizza Meal Deal 12/03/2018 Years 5 & 6 HB Schools AFL Day 15/03/2018 Prep Deadly Australians Visit UPCOMING EVENTS 13/03/2018 P & C Pizza Meal Deal 14/03/2018 Crazy Hair Day/World’s Greatest Shave 16/03/2018 National Day Against Bullying 16/03/2018 Years 5 & 6 HB Schools AFL Day 16/03/2018 ICAS Competition 16/03/2018 MS & SS Assembly 2.15pm 22/03/2018 Year 1 & JCMC Rewards Day Wetside 22/03/2018 Year 3 Rewards Day Wetside 22/03/2018 Prep Deadly Australians Visit 22&23/03/18 Music Enrichment 23/03/2018 Year 2 Rewards Day Wetside 23/03/2018 Year 5/6 Sports Gala Day 23/03/2018 Junior School Assembly Every Friday Year 4 Swimming Every Monday Year 3 Swimming No Late payments will be accepted No Credit Card payments by telephone Bank Account details for direct payment BSB: 064-426 ACC: 10180705 Reference: Invoice Number or Student Name Please send an email once payment has been made to: admin@yarrileess.eq.edu.au Note: Please ensure BPOINTS & EFT are submitted at least 2 days prior to due date as processing time is required. Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesday 8:30-9:30am, Thursday 2:30-3:30pm, Wednesday-Friday (Tuckshop Days) 8:30am-2:15pm , excluding 1st and 2nd break times Change of Details: Please let the office know if your contact details change. Student Absences: Please call the absence line on: 41977179; Yarrilee State School Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 8am to 4pm; Fri 8am to 3.30pm; School Tuckshop: Wed, Thurs, Fri 8:30am-2:15pm

Issue 4, Term 1 09th March, 2018

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Please keep an eye out for these invitation letters sent home yesterday (Thursday).

Please return all requests by Thursday Morning 15th March to your child’s teacher. Interview times will be confirmed by your child’s teacher and a confirmation slip returned to you. Classroom teachers look forward to this opportunity to meet with you.

YARRILEE WINS A COMMONWEALTH DIGITAL LITERACY GRANT Last week the Commonwealth Government announced that Yarrilee was one of only 8 schools in Qld to be selected to receive a Commonwealth Digital Literacy Grant. The Grant proposal was for $20,000.00 to support the work we are doing in our Tech Hub and Fab Lab in the Resource Centre. The creation of the YSS Inspiration Centre will provide children with the space and materials to fully embrace our vision of “Dream it, Design in, Make It”. Our vision includes students:

- Utilising design software to plan their own robots,

print these components using a 3D printer and build

with electronic hardware components and maker

space materials.

- Designing vehicles to utilise in regional Robotics

and Technology Challenges.

- Creating apps, instruments and materials to support

inquiry based tasks.

- Utilising 3D design as part of our art focus.

- Creating videos, animations and tutorials to assist

younger students.

Peer Mentoring and work shadowing with our Tech Ambassadors will ensure that we are growing the capacity of our staff to embed the Digital Technology Curriculum across all Key Learning Areas. STEM and Digital Technology Champions will be established across all year levels to support the ongoing growth of all staff.

We are very proud and excited to be awarded a grant to further support our Digital Technology and Design Focus at Yarrilee.

WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE / CRAZY HAIR DAY – 14 MARCH The Student Council is hosting a dual fundraiser on Wednesday 14th March to help raise money for Blood Cancer and Cystic Fibrosis. Students are encouraged to come to school with a crazy hair style and gold coin donation that will go towards the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The Student Council would also like to raise awareness of Blood Cancer on the same day, through the individual fundraising efforts by students who are participating in World’s Greatest Shave and Hair with Heart. The community is invited to donate money towards Blood Cancer by following the fundraising links shown on our school’s Facebook page and below. Bella’s page in J2BB https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?eventId=14158&registrationId=710662 Zoe’s page in J2BB

https://hairwithheart.everydayhero.com/au/zoe2018 Shae’s page in S6SS https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?RegistrationID=698342 We have at least one student who is going to shave his hair in front of the school for this great cause. Please keep an eye out for a separate flyer that will go home with students before the day. NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST BULLYING FRIDAY 16TH MARCH

On Friday 16 March 2018, Australian schools will stand united in their communities to celebrate the eighth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA).

The National Day of Action is Australia’s key anti-bullying event for schools and in 2018, schools are called to imagine a world free from bullying and share their BIG IDEAS.

Across our school children will be involved in a variety of activities to build awareness of this most important of agendas. The “Bullying No Way” website which can be accessed from the home page of our school website or at https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/ is a wonderful resource to support students, parents and schools.

In recent times there has been a lot of discussion around Cyberbullying and what can be done to help both educate and protect children in a world that is so connected through social media.

Often we are asked “Why Social Media Age Restrictions Matter”.

The following information is an expert from an article about the importance of the age restrictions which may help clarify this for families.

The minimum age to open an account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Kik, and Snapchat is 13. For Vine, Tinder and Yik Yak it’s 17. YouTube requires account holders to be 18, but a 13-year-old can sign up with a parent’s permission. Despite these clearly stated and published age restrictions, large and growing numbers of children 12 and under are using social media networks, often with their parent’s knowledge and consent. According to The Social Age Study by knowthenet.org.uk, approximately 59% of children have already used a social network by the time they are 10. Facebook has the most users under the age of 13— 52 per cent of 8 to 16-year-olds admit they ignore Facebook’s age restriction. You don’t have to conduct a study to know that young kids under 13 are flocking to sites like Instagram, for example, to post and share photos, and to collect likes from their friends. Instagram tries to make it difficult for young kids to sign up by providing a birthday picker that doesn’t let a new user select an age under 13. Regardless, kids easily make up fake birthdays and use their parent’s iTunes account to download Instagram to their own devices. In short, as a society we have largely given up, giving age restrictions a collective shrug and “so what?” But, guess what? Age does matter, and here’s why:

1. Children’s personal information is at risk. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) passed in 1998

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protects every child under the age of 13. The Act requires that operators of websites and online services provide notice and obtain permission from a child’s parents before collecting personal information — such as name, address, phone number and screen name — from that child. Companies also cannot collect geolocation data that could identify the city street, and any image, video or audio files containing the child’s image or voice. Anything that can identify what the child is using, like cookies, IP addresses or the unique device identifier (UDID) for mobile devices is restricted by COPPA. But COPPA doesn’t work if a 9-year-old claims they are 13. When a social network account is created for a child under 13, or when a child uses a false birthdate, this Federal law cannot protect their personal information from being collected and shared with third party advertisers. The Center for Digital Democracy offers this parents’ guide explaining COPPA.

2. Children under 13 don’t have the hardware upstairs to make smart decisions online. Just because kids seem tech-savvy at increasingly younger ages, doesn’t necessarily mean that their brains are developing at the same rate as their digital acumen. Research shows that it takes children about 12 years to fully develop the cognitive structures that enable them to engage in ethical thinking. Before 12 it’s difficult, if not impossible, for a child to fully grasp the impact of their actions upon others, online or otherwise. Yet young children are increasingly joining social networking sites, sometimes even putting themselves in harm’s way by becoming victims of online harassment, solicitation, and cyber-bullying before they are ready to respond appropriately.

3. Lying is just plain wrong. Living in a civilized society means we have some implicit agreements: we take turns, play fair, stop at red lights, and hold the door open for old ladies. And we tell the truth. Sure, giving a fake birthdate to Facebook seems like a harmless white lie, but it’s a lie nonetheless. I’d like to believe we can all agree that honesty and truthfulness, online and off, is important. Finally, if your young child simply MUST have a social life online, then there are plenty of safe alternatives designed specifically for younger users like Club Penguin, WebKinz, and Whyville. Each of these offer restricted and supervised networking. So, let’s support National Day of Action Against Bullying by doing whatever we can to end cyberbullying. Even if that means telling our young ones that Instagram and Snapchat can wait. Have a wonderful fortnight, Sharon McMorrow Principal BATHROOM PRODUCT RECYCLING PROGRAM For each kilogram of the recycled products list below, the school will earn points which can be redeemed for cash at the end of the year. So, don’t throw it out, bring it to school and recycle. Beauty Products Recycling Program accepted waste: 1. Cosmetics packaging such as used lipstick and lip gloss, mascara, eye shadow, bronzer, foundation, eyeliner, eye shadow, lip liner, and concealer packaging.

2. Hair care packaging such as used shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps, hair gel tubes and caps, hair spray and hair treatment packaging. 3. Skin care packaging such as lip balm, face moisturiser, face and body wash soap dispensers and tubes, body and hand lotion dispensers and tubes and shaving foam packaging Toothbrush Products Recycling Program is accepted waste: Any brand of used toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, plastic toothbrush packaging, interdental brushes, wisps, pumps, stand up toothpaste bottles and any kind of non-electric toothbrush or toothpaste tube and all affiliated non-recyclable packaging. P & C FUND RAISING - EASTER RAFFLE Tickets for the Easter Raffle have now been issued. Extra books of tickets are available from the office. Tickets are $1 each and must be returned to the P&C box in the office by Tuesday 27th of March. The draw will take place on Wednesday 28th of March and winners will be notified. 1st Prize: Easter Egg Hamper valued at $75 2nd Prize: Easter Egg Hamper valued at $50 3rd Prize: Easter Egg Hamper valued at $50 FUN RUN / CROSS COUNTRY Yarrilee SS Fun Run / Cross Country will be run in Week 10 of this term. Notes and fundraising booklets have been distributed for students to fundraise if they wish. PLEASE remember not to allow children to doorknock. GALA DAY The Grade 5/6 Gala Day is booked in for Friday 23rd March. We ask that notes and money are returned as soon as possible. Some details of the sport are below. Netball participants will no longer need to pay the $4.50 for transport as they will walk to Xavier College.

Sport Venue Transport Cost

Soccer Pialba SS BUS $4.50

Rugby League

Seagulls RLFC BUS $4.50

Touch Football

FCAC BUS $4.50

Netball Xavier Walk NIL

Hockey Tavistock St BUS $4.50

HERVEY BAY DISTRICT SCHOOL SPORTS TRIALS At this stage of the term HBDSS trials are very much in full swing and many Yarrilee students have been successful when trialling for these teams. Congratulations to the following students on their selection into their chosen sport. Cohen Scott and Seth Logan have been selected for AFL, Simon Grimsley, Jamall Nelson, Tate Selmon, Mischa Nelson, Ebonie Hall, Charlie Tufui, Richard Tufui all for softball. Ethan Cunningham, Lyndell Zahra and Kiana Smith all for touch. Congratulations to all these students for achieving this step in district representation. A special extra mention to Cohen Scott who has also been selected in the Wide Bay Swim Team. A big year for Cohen perhaps! We have a number of other trials coming up, including 10,11 and 12 Years Rugby League in the next week,

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Netball, Hockey and Tennis (if we have any club players), also coming up in the next week. If you have a child who you believe is talented, (generally plays club), or is a capable athlete, you should have them contact the PE teachers for more information about these trials. A number of Yarrilee students have decided to become involved in AFL with Mr Grimsley at Bay Power club. If you have a child who may be interested in giving AFL a try, please contact Mr Grimsley at school. The Hervey Bay Golf Club is also worth a look for families interested in giving golf a try. They run lessons Monday after school at 3.30pm. Some of our new golf excellence students have come from this initial program. Mr G and Mr B INSTUMENTAL STRINGS Instrumental String Students Excursion 21st March. The beginner workshop excursion notes went home last week. Please return the medical form to the office as soon as possible to reserve your place. Kind regards, Jenny Conlon

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