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Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
From the Principal’s Desk
As we approach the end of the year, it is wonderful to reflect on the progress made by all our students this
year. It is also a time for our Year 6 students to think about the next steps in their lives – and plan ahead for
high school. With that in mind, we have 2 very excited Year 6 students, who are looking forward to their
Staff for 2018:
Mel White Grounds Keeper and Playgroup
Facilitator
Carmel Smith
Cleaner
Debbie Murphy
Administrative Officer
Chris Berghofer
Teacher Aide
Marg Koop
Teacher Aide
Aishling Murphy Teacher
Michelle Beresford Teacher/Principal
graduation dinner this coming Friday night, at the Eulo Queen Hotel. For those
who are attending this event, please arrive by around 5:45pm, as Jamie and
Mistique will be arriving at 6pm, in style! I would like to thank Col for all the
work he has done in organising this event for us. Your help is greatly
appreciated. I would also like to thank all others, and you know who you are,
who have helped in some way, to ensure our graduation dinner runs smoothly.
If you haven’t already RSVP’d, could you please do so, as we need numbers for
catering. Tickets are $20 a head which covers nibbles, mains and dessert. All
drinks are available for purchase over the bar.
Our school concert is being held on Friday 30th November (Week 8) at the Eulo
Hall. It will commence at 6pm and run for approximately 1 hour. Please see
the flier included in this newsletter.
A big reminder for all students and parents – it is important that students are
at school every day, to ensure they are in class to learn what they need for
their final assessments, practise for their concert, which is a part of their Arts
curriculum, and complete their assessments.
I look forward to enjoying the last 3 weeks with all our students, particularly
those who will be leaving us at the end of the year. Let’s make the days count!
Enjoy the next fortnight.
Michelle
Page 2 What’s On…….School Times 2019…….
Page 3 2019 Calendar
Page 4 PBL…Students of the Week..
Page 5 Birthdays…Melbourne Cup celebrations…World Teacher Day
Page 6 Book Fair
Page 7/8 Kindy
Page 9 Kindy Orientation Days….District Athletics Aggregate award…
Enrolments and Kindy registrations now open
Page 10 Playgroup
Page 11 Community News
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
November Week 7 Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th
Miss Marg away
Wednesday 21st
Vital Health OT, SLP here
Jess Bail (ECEC) here
Thursday 22nd
Educational Psychologist here
Friday 23rd
Year 6 Graduation Dinner – Eulo Queen Hotel – 5:45pm for a 6pm
arrival of the guests of honour
Week 8 Thursday 29th
Last day of playgroup for the year
Friday 30th
Eulo State School Concert – 6pm – Eulo Hall
December Week 9 Kindies here all week – full days
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4th-6th
Transition to Kindy sessions –– 8:30am – 10:30am
Thursday 6th
Blue Light Disco – 6pm-8pm Eulo Hall
Eulo Christmas Tree – 8pm
Friday 7th - Last day of school
Water day – bring a change of clothes
January 2019 Pupil Free Days
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 23rd – 25th
Week 1
Monday 28th – Australia Day Public Holiday
Tuesday 29th – First Day of School and Kindy
School Term Times
2019 Term 1
Tuesday 29th January – Friday April 5th
Term 2
Tuesday 23rd April – Friday 28th June
Term 3
Monday 15th July – Friday 20st September
Term 4
Tuesday 8th October – Friday 6th December
Eulo State School Hours – Term 1- 2019
Prep – Year 6 8:30 – 2:30 Monday – Friday Beginning Week 1
Kindy 8:30 – 2:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Week 1 – odd weeks
8:30 – 2:30 Monday, Tuesday Week 2 – even weeks
Swimming
Swimming has concluded for the term.
There will be a change in how swimming is
run next year, so watch this space for
further details.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
The followning behaviours will be our focus for Weeks 7, 8 and 9 of Term 4:
Week 7 Use kind words
Week 8 Be prepared
Week 9 Be an active listener
Every time a student is seen using these behaviours in Week 7, 8 and 9, they will receive a class dollar to go towards buying from the prize box. Our aim is to reinforce our students consistent positive attitude towards school and their learning.
We would love if parents, guardians and the community would help in encouraging these postive behaviours, outside of school. The PBL focus is also displayed on the noticeboard in town.
We would also like to congratulate the students who earned enough classroom dollars to shop this fortnight. Keep up the great effort everybody
PBL (Positive Behaviours for Learning)
Student of the week
Week 3 – Haydee Koop - For persistence working with Lauren ALL day.
Week 4 – Rohan Koop, Jacob Beresford – Improvement in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing in mental maths.
Week 5 – Alex Beresford – Remembering to put the flags out every day last week.
Week 6 – Haydee Koop, Charlotte Meurant, Isla Newsham, Lilly Beresford, Livvy Schmidt – persistence in completing the Early Start Literacy assessment.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Melbourne cup celebrations
As a part of the HASS curriculum, students are required to identify different celebrations that
occur within their families, community, nationally and internationally. This year, we
supported their understanding in cultural celebrations by identifying the Melbourne Cup as an
event that is celebrated nationally. We drew names out of a hat for horses (chance and data
for maths) and then students were able to create fascinators or ties to wear to the local
Melbourne Cup celebrations. This reinforced that when people celebrate, there are
commonalities eg dressing up, decorations, joining together with friends, food and drink. Eulo
State School students showed exemplary behaviour whilst down town, and looked very spiffy
in their created finery. Winners of our sweepstake were Miss Aish, Jamie and Isla, who
received their chocolate prize on our “dress as a book character” day.
Rohan – 8 years old
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday, Roh. Keep
weaving your magic. We are
looking forward to celebrating
with you next year, too.
World Teacher Day
Aish and I were very appreciative of
the acknowledgement of us for
World Teachers Day. We love our
jobs. Working with children is one of
those occupations you do out of
love. So thank you once again for
our presentation.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
BOOK FAIR
After a few hic-ups to get set up, our
book fair ran quite smoothly. Thank you
for all those who supported the fair. I
hope you and your children enjoy the
books that you purchased. To help
celebrate reading, we held a “dress as
your favourite book character” day. All
children who participated, received a $5
gift voucher from Scholastic, to spend at
the fair.
It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm
of children towards reading, in the fair
and thank you to all the staff who
dressed up with the kids. It makes
learning fun, when staff join in.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
KINDY
Our Kindy program has included our Kindies signing in each day. They are
beginning to gain confidence in writing the first letter of their names, and
recognising their letter as special to them.
Singing and dancing at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic – Cunnamulla School
Cream changing to butter and butter milk
everyone seeing how butter can be made from cream. Our Kindies drew the
finished product, after seeing how cream separates to form butter and butter
milk.
They have continued working
hard in the school play, and are
really enjoying the songs,
dancing and performing.
Our Kindies are also becoming
adept at helping to put away toys
cooperatively and with guidence,
are using their words to join in
games and ask for help.
The Teddy Bears’
Picnic was held in
Cunnamulla
recently, and our
Kindies enjoyed
going on the
excursion, singing
and dancing with
our early years
class and the other
local schools and
Kindergarten.
Cooking chemistry
is an engaging topic
for the class – with
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Joining in at the “mud pit”
The newest play area to be intorduced at school is the “Mud Pit”. Thank
you to the Paroo Shire Council for the donation of digging sand and rocks
to help enhance the play space. Our Kindies have been joining in with all
grades (K-Yr6) to create roads, cubbies, sand castles and much more.
This play space encourages children to develop their oral language and
social skills through imaginative role playing and the need to share and co-
operate with others.
Even with all the things to choose from,
playdough is still a massive favourite with
our little people. It is also a handy avenue
to practise fine motor control for
activities like snipping, cutting, rolling, and
finger, hand and arm muscle development!
The Kindies and Preps also got to
work with Miss Nothling, our
Guidence Officer, who
enthusiastically engaged the group,
making playdough. The children
disucssed what changes occurred to
the ingredients for playdough
happen.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
KINDY ORIENTATION VISITS
Eulo State School will be holding three Kindy orientation visits at the end of the term. These will
occur on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (4th – 6th December) from 8:30am – 10:30am.
Parents wishing to take the opportunity to for their children to visit the classroom, may do so
during this time. Parents will be welcome to drop their children into the classroom and then
utilise our library and cool room to browse and have a cuppa. If you have any questions, I will be
available at morning tea to answer them, or to have a chat.
Aggregate Trophy for Athletics
ENROLEMENTS and REGISTRATION for 2019
Eulo State School enrolments and Kindy registrations are occurring now. If you would like to
enrol in Prep to Year 6, or register for our Remote Kindy program, please contact the school
(07 4655 4898 or mbere6@eq.edu.au ) for an enrolment pack, and make a time for an
enrolment/registration interview.
If you are interested in accessing the Eulo Hostel, please put in a written expression of interest
to the Hostel Association secretary at melandy.white@bigpond.com
If you are aware of anyone interested in enrolling at Eulo, please forward them this newsletter, so
they have our contact details.
Due to the disappearance of the District
Athletics Aggregate trophy, Eulo State School
has purchased a new shield, that we have had
engraved to account for the past two years.
It was with great pleasure that we recently
presented it to the Year 3-6 students, whose
efforts at the Athletics Carnival made it possible
for us to win this trophy two years in a row.
Great participation, kids!
We will take this trophy to next year’s carnival
so that it can be awarded to next year’s
aggregate winner.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
As the end of the year closes in, everyone attending playgroup has been given the
opportunity to plan their own morning deciding upon activities that they enjoy doing.
The children then break into small groups and, with adult help, collect all the
equipment they will need to do this activity. The children have then been starting off
on their preferred activity, and as they finish it, move onto something else.
Thank you to the parents, grandparents and staff who help to make this style of
planning possible. It is a fabulous way for young children to build autonomy and
have a voice.
The obstacle course is always a hit
Who doesn’t love craft?
The “Mud Pit”
Block building
Lego building is so
much fun! Playgroup
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Community News
Year 6 Graduation Dinner
Our 2018 Year 6 students have requested a graduation dinner this year. The students have
provided us a list of “special guests” they would like to attend this event, who will receive a
personalised invitiation, however, I would like to extend this invitation to the entire Eulo
community. Price of tickets are $20/head which includes nibbles, main meal and dessert.
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Eulo Annual Christmas Tree
Thursday 6th December
Following Blue Light Disco
Sposored by Rotary
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
Eulo State School Newsletter November, 2018 Issue 14
Eulo State School Phone: 46554898 Principal: Michelle Beresford Email: mbere6@eq.edu.au
The Eulo & District Hostel Association are seeking Expressions of
Interest for 2019 & 2020 for students in years 1-6.
High school is not currently available in Eulo, however if there is
enough interest, we will endeavour to look further into becoming part
of the Western Alliance program which offers a high school
curriculum via distance education.
Kindy is available at the Eulo State School.
Please email the Hostel Association secretary at
melandy.white@bigpond.com if you have any questions or are
interested.
There is also a Facebook page that can be privately messaged as
well https://www.facebook.com/eulohostel
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