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Kelly Edgar,Kelly Edgar,Acting PrincipalActing Principal

16 August 201716 August 2017

Acting Principal’s ReportDear Parents & Carers,

AMAZING ACADEMICACHIEVEMENTS!

This week, all students in Years 3 & 5 (whocompleted NAPLAN tests at TSS in May)received their individual student reports totake home. Please let the office know, ifyour child’s report doesn’t make it homeand you need a replacement.

It would be remiss of me not to use this opportunity to celebrateTewantin’s outstanding school NAPLAN results and I wouldlike to extend a huge CONGRATULATIONS to our Years 3 &5 students, teachers and families for their great efforts andresults, to ensure TSS is achieving above other schools innearly all areas:

NAPLAN

STRAND

TEWANTIN

SCHOOL

MEAN

SIMILAR

SCHOOL

MEAN

QLD

SCHOOL

MEAN

YEAR 3 READING 423 418 421

YEAR 3 WRITING 400 397 398

YEAR 3SPELLING

395 406 407

YEAR 3GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

430 430 433

NAPLAN

STRAND

TEWANTIN

SCHOOL

MEAN

SIMILAR

SCHOOL

MEAN

QLD

SCHOOL

MEAN

YEAR 3NUMERACY

410 396 399

YEAR 5 READING 510 495 498

YEAR 5 WRITING 466 456 456

YEAR 5SPELLING

503 493 492

YEAR 5GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

497 490 491

YEAR 5NUMERACY

496 485 486

SENSATIONAL SPORTING SUCCESS

Congratulations to Tewantin State School who are this year'sCHAMPION school ATHLETICS Team! 36 TSS studentsrepresented their school on Tuesday at the Noosa DistrictAthletics carnival and all can be congratulated for their positiveparticipation, attitude and sportsmanship along with theirachievements, regardless of their placings. We also wish the 11students who were selected for the Noosa District TRACK &FIELD Team our best wishes at the Sunshine Coast RegionalTrials later this term. What a great sporting success forTewantin State School! Many thanks to Mr Bandera for all hehas done to prepare the students for such positive results.

NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO DANCE

We are very excited to announce our new (optional) lunchtimeDANCE activity. Every morning tea, all Years 1-6 students areinvited to the Hall, to join the dance fun. Students will dance

Sheldon Boland -Sheldon Boland -Deputy Principal (A)Deputy Principal (A)Prep – Year 3Prep – Year 3

along with the animated dancers on the big screen, to some oldand new favourites. Starting on Monday (14 August), they willbe able to join their friends and dance like nobody is watching!Many thanks to Mr Beaufoy for organising the stage crew to DJand to Mrs Berry for organising the supervision for us!

2018 PREP EARLY BIRD ENROLMENTPROMOTION

We are aware that many of our families have younger siblingswho are eligible to commence Prep in 2018, (born between 1July 2012 and 30 June 2013). As a special Early Bird EnrolmentPromotion, families who complete an enrolment applicationform prior to Friday 15 September 2017 (the last day of thisTerm), are in the running to win some great prizes. EnrolmentForms can be collected from your child’s Childcare Centre, orfrom the Tewantin SS Office.

* Prizes will be awarded in January 2018. All families who havereturned their enrolment forms prior to 15 September 2017,and started Prep at Tewantin SS in January 2018 will be in thedraw for the following prizes:

1st prize: Books and Uniforms to the value of $2502nd prize: Books and Uniforms to the value of $1503rd prize: Books and Uniforms to the value of $100

HAVE YOU LIKED US ON FACEBOOK YET?

Did you know that Tewantin State School now has its ownFacebook page for all of our wonderful families, friends andschool community members? LIKE us today, to keep in touchwith our upcoming events and celebrations!

Kind RegardsKelly

LEARNING AWARDSEach week on parade, our selected students are presentedwith Learning Awards for showing effective learning skills in theclassroom. This year, our students who receive learning awardsdisplay the following skills:

Students who have been presented with learning awards sincethe last newsletter include:

WEEK 5

4B – Nami Linaker4OR – Cooper Payne

4R – Erin Urquhart5E – Chase Dunn

5P – Madison Riddle5/6M – Megan Fowler

6D – Ryan Carter6M – Jada Girard

6P – Mitch Ricketts

WEEK 6

PC – Robyn GradyPDM – Lenix Kinlyside

PK – Harper Taylor1B – Sienna Young1C – Sophie Francis1H – Elias Benson

1W – Max Campbell2G – Matthew Riddle

2V – Flyn Arnison2/3R – Seth Mason

3D – Maddy Mabbett3J – Heidi Renshaw3MP – Bayley Rose

EVENTS CALENDER

DATE YEAR LEVEL EVENT

17 August 3 Starlab incursion

18 August

11.15am – 2.30pm

6 Interschool sport

Deputy Principal Notes – Mr Boland

Wellbeing Matters

The Importance of Gratitude

Both expressing and feeling gratitudeare important parts of life.

Gratitude in the most basic terms isbeing thankful and appreciative of thegood things you have.

A sense of gratitude can benefit bothchildren and adults in a variety of ways.It can decrease stress and has other

important emotional health benefits. A person who is gratefultends to spend less time comparing him or herself with othersand feeling envious. It also helps people step into someoneelse’s shoes and realise that another person did something nicefor them even though he or she didn’t have to.

Ways to Teach Gratitude

Just as we teach children to read and write, gratitude can alsobe taught.

Even very young children can be taught to say “thank you”when they receive a gift or kindness from another person.Modelling is also critical for children as they pick up on what big

• Trying their best at all classroom activities, no matterwhat their ability with those activities are

• Ensuring everyone else in the classroom is learningby displaying appropriate behaviour

• Letting the teacher know if something is challengingand more assistance is needed

• Helping other students who may need assistancewith their learning

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Rick Cass –Rick Cass –Deputy PrincipalDeputy PrincipalYear 4 – 6Year 4 – 6

people say and do. If we as adults feel grateful about somethingthat has happened to us, sharing this with the children in ourlives is powerful. Keep in mind the size of the good fortunedoesn’t matter, which is another important lesson. We canshow gratitude for something big like a gift, but also somethingsmall, such as a sunny day….or a cup of fresh coffee!

So the next time something good happens, express yourappreciation out loud. Everyone will benefit from it.

Deputy Snippets

I am currently facilitating “Early STEAM” Science, Technology,Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) lessons in 14 localearly education centres as part of Tewantin State School’scommitment to educating youth in our community, both withinand outside of our school gate. We look forward to seeing manyof these young faces in Prep at Tewantin State School nextyear.

Speaking of STEAM, our “Full STEAM Ahead!” Project Clubstarts on Tuesday August 15 for Years 4, 5 and 6 students. Theproject club is an optional activity for interested students. Noteshave been distributed to students from Years 4-6.

Don’t forget school tours occur every Tuesday at 9.30am. Allinterested persons are welcome to attend. RSVP to the officeon 5335 8888.

Until next time, best wishes.

Sheldon Boland - Deputy Principal (A)

Deputy Principal Notes – Mr Cass

Social Media

An increasingly common talking pointamongst educators and parents (and kidsof course) is the use of social media. Justso everyone is very clear on the rules ofengagement for the most common socialmedia platforms, let’s begin with the agerestrictions.

INSTAGRAM – 13 years of age.FACEBOOK – 13 years of age.

The same age restriction applies to TWITTER, PINTEREST,TUMBLR, REDDIT and SNAPCHAT.

As students enter the scary teenage years, social mediabecomes a major part of their lives. For some students, thisnew world is a very positive experience. There are, however,a number of down-sides to the newfound connectedness withthe wider world. Some students will be bullied, engage innegative behaviour themselves, take inexplicable risks and, tosome degree, become a slave to the platforms. We see thisourselves as adults. I’m sure we could all name someone whois seemingly on FB all day!

For advice, just jump on the web. There are plenty of articlesoffering sound advice to parents. Here is one from EducationQueensland;

https://www.qld.gov.au/education/schools/health/cybersafety

At school, we address cyber safety proactively on many fronts,including through our SWPBS program, incidentally as issuesarise (usually with our Year 6 students) and of course withparents directly from time to time.

My one bit of advice for parents, having navigated this territorywith my own kids and hundreds of others during my 10 yearsin high schools, is to always keep the communication lineswith your young ones open. As soon as this connection startsto wane, it will be filled by other people, usually peers. Stayconnected with your kids as they begin to make their ownnewer connections beyond school and the home environmentand the chances of getting through this minefield relativelyunscathed will be that much better.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

At Tewantin SS we like to celebrate student achievement.Those reading our newsletters and coming to our weeklyparade will have noticed a real focus on acknowledging ouracademic achievements, not just our sporting prowess. ICASis one such reason to celebrate. Our students have beenreceiving many accolades recently, with fantastic participationand achievements in a range of subject areas. Heading the fieldin ICAS success are School Captain, Zane Kellet (Science), aswell as Vice Captains Juen Geromet (Science) and AnthonyBandera (Spelling and Digital Technology), and Henry Brennan(Spelling) whose achievements place them in the top 2 percentof Australian students. Now that is definitely something to cheerabout! This week we have our final exam, Mathematics, with arecord 46 students participating. We wish the students all thevery best.

The following students achieved above average results in forSCIENCE and/or SPELLING, and were presented with theircertificates on last week’s parade. Congratulations to them all!

The order of success is MERIT, CREDIT, DISTINCTION.

SPELLING

Flynn Roberts - MERITJuen Geromet - CREDITBohdi Robinson - CREDITAnthony Bandera - DISTINCTIONHenry Brennan - DISTINCTIONNoah Sue See - MERITLeo Keith - CREDITKate Brennan - MERITSumi Best - CREDITJacob Ostwald - MERITIndia Lee - CREDIT

SCIENCE

India Lee - CREDITNoah Sue See - CREDITJuen Geromet - DISTINCTIONZane Kellet - DISTINCTIONAnthony Bandera - CREDIT

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Mrs Kym Trewick –Mrs Kym Trewick –Head of CurriculumHead of Curriculum

Curriculum CornerThis term Tewantin State School hascontinued its involvement with theNoosa and Hinterland cluster, whichcommenced in Semester Two last year.Our school, along with five otherschools, under the guidance of RobProffitt-White, North Coast RegionPrincipal Education HOD: Curriculum:Mathematics and Numeracy, formedthis cluster, bringing together teachersfor expert professional development in

the teaching of numeracy and Mathematics. The goal of thisproject is to improve student outcomes in and dispositiontoward Mathematics, and to align with the aims of the NationalCurriculum: Mathematics.

At the first cluster meeting for Term 3, time was spent lookingat the area of computational fluency. Computational Fluency isthe efficient and flexible ability of learners to deal with and solvenumerical problems. Students exhibit computational fluencywhen they demonstrate flexibility in the computational methodsthey choose, understand and can explain these methods, andproduce accurate answers efficiently. Computational fluencyhas three aspects: applied number fact knowledge, mentalcomputation and written computation methods.

In this newsletter I thought I would share some of the researchon how children learn and remember basic number facts.

When three students were asked what is the answer to 6 +5 the manner in which they determined the answer varied.Student one answered by saying 6 and then with extendedfingers counted, ‘Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven.’ Student twotackled the problem using mental reasoning by saying that if 5+ 5 is 10 and 6 is 1 more than 5, then 6 + 5 must be one morethan 10 so it is 11. The third student immediately answered, ‘Sixplus five is eleven.’

The three approaches described illustrate the three phrasesthrough which children typically progress in mastering the basicnumber facts. Research suggests that students typicallyprogress through three phases of development in becomingfluent with number facts. These are:

Three steps to learning number facts

Addition

Multiplication

So what does it look like when a child KNOWS a number fact?

• Phase 1: Counting strategies – using object counting(for example blocks, fingers, tally marks) or verbalcounting to determine an answer.

• Phase 2: Reasoning Strategies – using knowninformation (for example. known facts andrelationships) to logically determine (deduce) theanswer of an unknown combination.

• Phase 3: Mastery – efficient (fast and accurate)production of answers.

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To achieve mastery of the basic facts, students will:

SPORTS SHORTS

Tewantin SS – DISTRICT ATHLETICSCHAMPIONS!!!!!

Our talented Team:

GIRLS BOYS

10 years EVENT 10 years EVENT

ChelseaAlchin

800m, LJ Brody Bakker LJ

GIRLS BOYS

BayleeMcGowan

100m, 200m,800m

KaimanaCairns

100m, HJ,LJ

SamadhiMcLennan

HJ Tim Maben HJ

River Ryks 100m, 200m,HJ, LJ

KyroanO’Donnell

200m,800m, HJ

11 years EVENT CoreyPeltonen

100m,200m

AliceAndrade

800m Callum Rogers SP

KahuHetaraka

SP CallumTruslove

SP

Lexie Ladd 800m, HJ, SP 11 years EVENT

DianneLadewig

100m, 200m,HJ, LJ

AnthonyBandera

HJ

JenniferLadewig

100m, 200m,HJ, LJ, SP

Jed Danton 100m, HJ,LJ

12 years EVENT Nathanial Noe LJ

CocoCairns

100m, 200m,HJ

Flynn Roberts 200m,800m, HJ,LJ

Mia Jeffries 800m Tyler Roche HJ

Ellen Lewis HJ, SP SeanStafford-Johns

SP

TeaganMcGowan

100m, 200m,800m, HJ, LJ,SP

Pedro Stana 200m,800m

MadiPomerenke

LJ Jai Stuart 100m, SP

12 years EVENT

Ryan Alsop 100m, SP

Nolan Carrell 800m

LeifCharlesworth

SP

Nic Jancevski HJ

InnocentSibanda

200m, LJ

Will Smith 100m,200m,800m, HJ,LJ

Tewantin SS fielded a team of 35 athletes at last week’s NoosaDistrict ATHLETICS Carnival held at the Girraween SportsComplex. Over 400 students representing 15 schools withinour district participated. It was a picture perfect day and ourstudents performed outstandingly with many studentsrecording personal best results and podium finishes.

• apply a range of efficient thinking strategies to recallnumber facts

• demonstrate automatic recall of basic facts

• ‘think addition’ to recall subtraction facts and ‘thinkmultiplication’ to recall division facts

• recognise and solve related and extended facts

• identify and reason with number facts, related factsand extended facts in computation andproblem-solving situations

• Apply number fact knowledge to estimation, mentalcomputation and problem solving.

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My CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH TEAM MEMBER for yourconduct, attitude and great team spirit. You should all feelextremely proud of your effort and achievements, regardless ofyour placings. To represent your school at a District carnivalis a great achievement in itself. Well done to all of you!! Youall played a significant role in achieving our title of DISTRICTCHAMPIONS for 2017!!

A total of 11 athletes were selected into the Noosa DistrictTRACK & FIELD Team! Simply sensational! Congratulations tothe following students and we wish you all the very best at theSchool Sport Sunshine Coast Regional TRACK & FIELD Trialslater this term.

Age Name Place Event

10 year Girls Baylee McGowan 3rd 800m

1st LONG JUMP10 year Boys Kaimana Cairns

3rd 100m FINAL

Lexie Ladd 3rd HIGH JUMP

2nd 100m FINAL

2nd 200m FINAL

1st HIGH JUMP

Jennifer Ladewig

1st LONG JUMP

*NEW RECORD

1st 100m FINAL

1st 200m FINAL

11 year Girls

Dianne Ladewig

2nd LONG JUMP

Jed Danton 2nd LONG JUMP11 year Boys

Jai Stuart 3rd SHOT PUT

4th 100mCoco Cairns

4th 200m

Mia Jeffries 1st 800m

Ellen Lewis 1st SHOT PUT

2nd 100m FINAL

2nd 200m FINAL

12 year Girls

Teagan McGowan

1st HIGH JUMP

A special mention must also go to the following students whowere Noosa District ATHLETICS AGE CHAMPIONS for 2017!!What an amazing achievement.

Kaimana Cairns – 10 year BoysJennifer Ladewig – 11 year GirlsTeagan McGowan – 12 year Girls

NOOSA DISTRICT SCHOOL SPORTREPRESENTATIVES

Thank you to all students who have participated in NoosaDistrict Sports Trials this year. It is very encouraging to have

such a high level of interest in representative school sport andI congratulate all students who have participated in any DistrictTrials this year, whether you gained District selection or not. Iam extremely proud of all of you – your efforts, your enthusiasmand your attitude. To date, 42 students have been selectedin Noosa District representative teams and five students havegained selection in School Sport Sunshine Coast Regionalrepresentative teams!! Congratulations are extended to thefollowing students:

GIRLS SOFTBALL: – Claudia Keith, Indianna Masonand Keely AngeloSWIMMING: - Teagan McGowan, Mia Jeffries, LexieLadd, Baylee McGowan and Nolan CarrelU11 RUGBY LEAGUE: – Jed Danton and Ben GrafU12 RUGBY LEAGUE: - Jed TreloarU11 NETBALL: – Lexie LaddGIRLS FOOTBALL (SOCCER): - Samara Rusten andAmy ParsonsBOYS FOOTBALL: – Tyler Roche and Nic JancevskiBOYS BASKETBALL: - Sean Stafford-Johns andConnor AveryBOYS TOUCH: - Marcellus Stana and Pedro StanaRUGBY UNION:- Leif CharlesworthCROSS COUNTRY:- Mia Jeffries, Flynn Roberts andBaylee McGowanGIRLS RUGBY LEAGUE: - Dianne LadewigBOYS SOFTBALL: - Riley Lambert, Pedro Stana,Nathan Jones, and Coopa AdamsGIRLS AFL: - Lexie Ladd and Mia JeffriesTRACK & FIELD: - Kaimana Cairns, Baylee McGowan,Jennifer Ladewig, Dianne Ladewig, Lexie Ladd, JedDanton, Jai Stuart, Teagan McGowan, Coco Cairns, MiaJeffries and Ellen Lewis.

SUNSHINE COAST SPORT REPRESENTATIVES

AQUATHLON: - Mia JeffriesSWIMMING: - Teagan McGowan and Baylee McGowanNETBALL: - Lexie LaddGIRLS RUGBY LEAGUE: - Dianne LadewigCROSS COUNTRY: - Mia Jeffries

Noosa District Green Ball competition

Four Tewantin State School students recently participated inthis competition.

Anthony, Marcellus, Ben and OscarAnthony, Marcellus, Ben and Oscar

GIRLS FOOTBALL

The excitement is building as our senior Girls Football Teamprepare for their final matches in the South East Qld U12Football Championships. The team will travel to Western PrideFootball Club, Flinders View in Ipswich next Friday 25th August

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and play the champion school teams from both the DarlingDowns Region and Metropolitan North Region. We wish themevery success for the competition and hope they thoroughlyenjoy the experience at this elite level of competition.

Important dates for Term 3

Friday 18th August – Year 6 Inter-School Sport(Coolum SS)Thursday 24th August – Noosa District NETBALL GalaDay (Coolum SS)Friday 25th August – South East QLD U12 GIRLSFOOTBALL (Soccer) Championships (Ipswich)Thursday 31st August & Friday 1st September –School Sport SUNSHINE COAST Regional TRACK &FIELD Trials (Sunshine Coast University)Thursday 7th September – RUGBY LEAGUE BillyMoore Shield (years 4, 5 and 6)

PHOTOS FROM OUR SCHOOL SPORTSCARNIVALS

Tewantin Strings Eisteddford

Tewantin SS Strings

Congratulations to all members of the Tewantin StringEnsemble for a fantastic performance at the Eisteddfod onSaturday, 5th August. Everyone had a good time and playedtheir best.

We played “German Dance”. The adjudicator gave us a greatreport.

It was a great experience to perform in public, and to watch allof the other groups perform. The whole section was at a veryhigh standard.

I was particularly proud of our student’s performance andbehaviour on the day, with several of my music teachercolleagues commenting on the perfect behaviour of ourstudents.

Well done everyone!

Cath Gilmore

Premier’s reading challengeI am delighted to invite all Tewantin SS students to join in the2017 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Reading plays an important part in students’ lives during theirschool years and beyond.

It allows children to actively engage their imagination and opensup a world of educational opportunities.

Last year, an outstanding 165,000 students from 900 schoolstook part in the challenge reading a total of 2.24 million books,an impressive rise from 1.95 million in 2015.

This year the Premier has challenged all state and non-stateschool students from Prep to Year 2 to read or experience 20books, Years 3 and 4 to read 20 books and Years 5 to 9 to read15 books. Experiencing books can include shared reading,listening to stories, or reading picture books. The aim for the2017 challenge is engage more students than ever before.

Students wishing to take part in this year’s challenge canregister by talking to their class teacher or to Mr Cass, ourschool’s Premier’s Reading Challenge coordinator.

Every student who completes the challenge will receive aCertificate of Achievement signed by the Premier. Studentswho participate but don’t complete the challenge receive aCertificate of Participation from the school. It will be my greatpleasure to present these certificates during the Premier’sReading Challenge celebration weeks to be held 6 – 17November 2017.

For more information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge,please visit:

http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/readingchallenge/

You can play a big part in your children’s future by encouragingthem to be part of this positive initiative.

I look forward to seeing as many of our students as possibleembrace the 2017 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

The closing date for completing your reading challenge sheetand returning it to school is the 25th August.

PREP 2018 NEWS

Dates to remember

We have a school tour and information session every Tuesdaymorning from 9.30 – 10.30am.

Prep play morning – meet teachers and make friends

Monday 16 October 9.30 – 10.30am

Prep parent/carer information sessions

Wednesday 18 October 9.30 – 10.30am

Please RSVP for these sessions by phoning 53358888.

BPoint student invoice paymentsBPoint is an online payment system available for our schoolfamilies. Your Tewantin State School invoices will have a BPointIVR number in the lower left hand corner. Payment can bemade online or by calling 1300631073.

PLEASE NOTE – We are no longer able to take credit cardpayments over the phone.

Parents/customers can select the link which will open theBPOINT Web Page and pre populate information into theBPOINT Payment Screen. The information pre-populatedincludes: Customer Reference Number (CRN), Invoice Number

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and Student Name. The ONLY data that the parent needs toenter is the payment amount.

Please see the link below for further information about thispayment option.

School accounts statementsOn Friday 04 August School account statements were sentout to our school families. These were emailed, or if no emailaddress on file a paper copy was sent home. The statementswill allow you to see if any invoice payments are currentlyoutstanding. They will also show if you have any credits onyour school account, these will show as a negative amount.If you have a credit on your account that you wish to usefor a payment please either contact our administration officeladies, or when completing payment form for next paymentwrite a note on it for us to apply your credit to the payment.Any questions please contact Deb in the administration office.Thank you.

STUDENT RESOURCE SCHEME (SRS)Thank you to all parents that have paid their SRS. Participationin this scheme provides access to various learning materialsand resources including Reading Eggs and Mathletics. Pleaserefer to the attached document for participation and reminderof the payment options and due dates.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

We would like to thank all the families that have contributed.These contributions help with enhancing our school facilities.

PARENT/CARER INFORMATION

Road safety

Please ensure you walk safely to school and use our schoolcrossings to safely cross the road. We have positioned lollypopstaff at crossings during peak times for safety and greatlyappreciate when adults model the correct use of crossings infront of our students.

School Parking

Tewantin State School is in the enviable position of havingparking available along all four school boundaries. While at peaktimes it is recognised that the school parking is understandablywell utilised, it is not permissible for non-staff vehicles toenter the school grounds (including staff carparks) as thisendangers the safety of students and school staff.

Thank you for abiding by this school safety requirement.

Dogs on school grounds

A reminder that dogs are not permitted on EducationQueensland grounds at any time. This is for the safety of ourstaff, students and visitors to the school, and also for hygienereasons. Please do not bring dogs into our school.

Messages to students

There are times when you may need important messagespassed on to students and/or their teacher. Please be awarethat to avoid interrupting valuable class learning time thesemessages are relayed by our office staff during morning andafternoon break times. To assist us with this, please contactthe school office as early as possible during the day. This isparticularly important on school parade days when it is moredifficult to contact students and their teachers during and afterparade time.

Tip - If you have a student or students that may need remindingof things such as how they are travelling home that day, withwhom, etc, a great idea is to write it in a notebook which can bekept in their school bag for easy reference by the student and/or their teacher.

MEDIA PERMISSIONS

Education Queensland enrolment paperwork that youcompleted when your children started school included a mediapermission form. The information from this form is recordedby the school, this enables us to check which students havepermission for their photo and/or school work to be publishedin our school newsletter and on our school website, andoccasionally local newspapers and/or TV. If you do NOT wantyour child to have media permission please inform the schoolso we can ensure our records are accurate. Thank you.

Button battery safety – important notice

With the current influx of fidget spinners (some of which havebutton batteries) it is timely to create awareness among theTewantin school community - staff/parents/carers regardingthe potential risks associated with button batteries and to bevigilant.

Coin lithium button batteries can cause severe injuries whenswallowed. These batteries can get stuck in the throat andcause severe burns. Small children often have easy access tothese devices, and many parents do not know there is a risk.

In Australia an estimated 20 children per week are attending anemergency department with an injury related to swallowing orinserting (into nose or ears) a button battery, with children underfive years of age at greatest risk. This information has beentaken from Kidsafe - Child Accident Prevention Foundation ofAustralia.

The Battery Controlled is a partnership to raise awarenessabout the severity of this issue and share information withparents, caregivers, and the medical community. Launchedin Australia by Energizer, Kidsafe, and the ACCC (AustralianCompetition and Consumer Commission), this effort iscommitted to helping parents prevent children from swallowingcoin-sized button batteries.

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How schools can get involved:

Be alert to the hazards and risk associated with button batteriesin your schools and education centres. Further, be alert toproducts that you may sell at school functions, discos, andfetes which may present a risk in relation to button batteries.

For further information on Summer’s story visit the links below.

http://www.summersday.com.au/

http://www.summersday.com.au/stories

Headlice

Head lice are common in children and are the most adaptableof creatures. They have survived living solely on human headsfor 10,000 years.

Some of the reasons they have survived for as long as theyhave are:

The six legs of a louse end in a claw, allowing them togrip the hair;They detect vibration and can hide;Head lice can ‘hold’ their breath for 20 mins – looking likethey are dead;The eggs are attached to the hair with a ‘glue’ likesubstance.The good news is that we know where they live and weknow how to find them.

If you follow these steps regularly, the control of head lice in ourcommunity will be greatly improved.

Step 1 Comb hair conditioner onto dry, brushed(detangled) hair;Step 2 Wipe the conditioner from the comb onto a papertowel or tissue;Step 3 Look on the tissue and on the comb for lice andeggs;Step 4 If lice or eggs are found, the child should betreated as soon as possible.

A Queensland Government fact sheet on headlice (includingtreatment options) is available here:-

http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/165/351/Head-Lice

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Mia Jeffries

On Saturday 19 August, over 150+ competitors and officialswill converge on Lake Samsonvale for the Queensland CanoeMarathon School Championships.

This is the premier event for schools that offer competitivemarathon paddling programs for their students.

Students travel from all over South East Queensland, with over20 schools participating.

Students compete in distances from 1.5km to 9 km in order totake home the title of Queensland’s best.

“This is the first time students will compete at Lake Samsonvaleand we are excited to be given this unique opportunity to

access to this pristine waterway, thanks to the support ofthe Moreton Bay Regional Council and the Lake SamsonvaleWatersports Assocation” said Queensland Canoeing ExecutiveDirector Greg Denny.

Lexie Ladd

Lexie recently attended the Qld SchoolSport Netball Championships as a memberof the Sunshine Coast Regional team.

The 10-11 years team played on Sunday23rd July at Caloundra Indoor Stadium andcame 3rd overall with only 2 losses for thecarnival.

Lexie had a wonderful time attendingtraining with Kira Bowen and Kylea Fern atCaboolture Netball Association, makingfantastic new friends and learning a load ofnew skills over the 2 month period andwould like to encourage all TSS netballers to try out for the 2018Noosa District team next March as they might make theRegional carnival in April and you never know maybe even QSStitles.

Here at Tewantin we love to celebrate the achievements ofboth our past and present students. If you know of a studentwho has an achievement to be celebrated, please e-mail thedetails to newsletter@tewantin22.ed.edu.au please include anyrelevant photographs and a contact number in your e-mail.We celebrate all kinds of achievements from sporting andcommunity to academic and arts awards. Also if you find anystudents featured in the media for their achievements we wouldalso love that brought to our attention.

TEWANTIN STATE SCHOOL’S ABSENCEREPORTING PHONE NUMBER – 53358866

PLEASE USE THE PHONE NUMBER - 5335 8866 FORREPORTING STUDENT ABSENCES.

Please call the school attendance line for all absences. In themessage please leave the name of the student/s, the day ordate of absence, and the reason for the absence. Thank you foryour courtesy.

If the student is attending an off campus school activity egsport, High school programs, we ask that you still notify usof their absence from school. This confirms for us if they areattending the off campus activity/event, or absent for anotherreason eg illness. Thank you.

Tewantin S.S. now sends SMS messages each morning forunexplained absences. To assist us with this process pleasereply by SMS, email or phone. Please note that the SMS systemdoes not recognise emojis sent as reply. Please includestudent’s name, reason for absence and duration of theabsence on your reply SMS. Thank you.

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EXEMPTION FROM COMPULSORYSCHOOLING

Please be aware that any parents of students who are absentfrom school for 10 or more consecutive days must completea form to exempt them from compulsory schooling for thisperiod of time. The most common reason to complete thisform is when families are travelling during the school termand sometimes it also includes students who have a medicalcondition, supported by a medical certificate. Forms can becollected from the school office and are also attached to thenewsletter.

P&C News

Spring Fair – Thursday 14th September 2017

We are still on the lookout for donations, so please keep themcoming! Thank you to all our families who have been bringingitems in.

We cannot accept clothing, electrical goods or ANY itemscontaining button batteries

Perhaps you or a family member own your own business,or can approach your employer for a donation? You neverknow until you ask - many businesses are more than happy tosupport their community. All it takes is a smile, and a thank youeven if the answer is no.

Donations can be dropped at the school office - don’t forget toclearly label the item with the business name (and your own ifyou wish) so that we can acknowledge their generosity.

With sincere thanks to the many local businesses that havemade donations so far – their community spirit and generosityis amazing!

Woolworths Earn & Learn – commenced 26thJuly 2017

This great program is running again until 19th September 2017.The points earned in previous years has allowed the school topurchase educational and sporting equipment.

If you shop at Woolies, please support our school by collectingyour Earn & Learn stickers and dropping them in the box hereat school or the Tewantin State School marked boxes in-store.

P&C Meetings

The next general meeting is on Thursday 18th August 2017,starting at 9:00am in the P&C office, upstairs in I Block– all arewelcome, so please come along and get involved.

Student banking

A great Student Banking program is available at our schoolthrough the Bendigo Bank. It’s never too early to start teachingchildren about the benefits of savings. They can set up aPiggySaver account that makes saving both fun and rewardingfor kids.

To set up an account, just pop into the Tewantin branch, with acertified copy of your child’s birth certificate and 100 points ofidentification for yourself (if not already a customer yourself).

Student Banking pouches can be delivered to the school officeon Mondays & Tuesdays – they will be processed that week,and the pouches returned to students via their class Tuckshopboxes on Fridays.

• Items to support class stalls – notes coming homewith the details

• White Elephant Stall – second hand goods,house-hold bric-a-brac, toys, DVDs, CDs etc

• Book Stall – second-hand books

• Prizes for Raffle, Auction & Goose Club – new items,gift vouchers etc

• Cash donations - a great advertising opportunity forbusinesses – please click on attachment forSponsorship Packages

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UNIFORM SHOP

Opening Hours

The Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday from 8am to 9am.We are also open on the first day of each term from 8am to9am. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or EFTPOS.

Hats are also available for purchase outside these hours fromthe school office, for $10.00.

Lay-by

Parents and carers are encouraged to make use of our lay-bysystem, which allows them to budget for the cost of outfittingtheir children in uniforms each year. It can also be an efficientway of sharing uniform costs.

Prepaid Orders

Prepaid order together with full payment can be left at theschool office at any time, for processing the followingWednesday. Completed orders will be sent to your child’sclassroom. Items cannot be left at the school office forcollection and/or payment.

Second-hand Uniform Sales

For those families who are interested in selling old uniforms, weare also on the lookout for good-quality second-hand uniforms(in the current styles) for purchase by the Uniform Shop,depending upon condition. These can be dropped in to theUniform Shop during operating hours for later processing.Payment (by cheque) will only be made once items have beenassessed.

Policy & Forms

The current School Uniform Policy, Uniform Price-List, UniformOrder forms and Second-Hand Purchase forms are all availableat the school office and on the school website.

TUCKSHOPThe new Pelican’s Tuckshop Menu this term has lots ofdelicious hot meals for the winter season. Almost all our cookedmenu items are now made on-site in the Tuckshop. If youhaven’t ordered Tuckshop for a while, now is a great time tocheck out the new choices.

We are always on the lookout for Tuckshop volunteers for ourweekly roster. It’s just like making lunch at home (just biggernumbers!) and is a great opportunity to be involved in yourchild’s school and make new friends. Just a few hours eachweek can make a big difference and help our Tuckshop runsmoothly.

If you cannot commit to a regular timeslot, we would still loveto hear from you as we also need people who can be askedto come in on an ad-hoc basis. If you would like to be onour roster or reserve list, please pop in and see our convenorsSarah or Andrea, who will be able to help you.

New Term 2 tuckshop menu below, a copy of this has alsobeen sent home with students

PARENT CONTACT DETAILSPlease ensure our office staff have your correct contact details– telephone numbers (for us to contact you – particularlyimportant in the case of an emergency with your child), andemail address (for invoices, newsletter, etc.) Please also ensurethat your child/rens emergency contacts are up-to-date. Thankyou.

CASUAL CLEANERS NEEDEDWe require casual cleaners. If you are interested please submityour resume to our administration office in person or via emailinfo@tewantinss.eq.edu.au

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Noosa Oztag sign on day informationNoosa Oztag sign on day information

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ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTEROur school newsletter is distributed in electronic format toregistered email addresses.

http://www.schoolzine.com.au/secure/tewantin9137/

By receiving the newsletter electronically, you are able toaccess photos and other details currently not available in apaper version. Apart from being received by email, it can alsobe accessed through our school website:

https://tewantinss.eq.edu.au/

Paper copies are available through the school office eachThursday for those families who do not have computer access.Parents / students will need to collect a copy from the office.

UPDATING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS - Email addresses canbe deleted from the newsletter email message when received inyour inbox. Open and click on the ‘unsubscribe box’ to deleteaddress no longer required and you can then resubscribe underyour new e-mail address using the link at the top of this article.

Newsletter AdvertisingFor advertising in our school newsletter, please direct allenquiries to Schoolzine on 1300 795 503.

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