COMING EVENTS Note the following

dates in your Diary:

ANZAC DAY ASSEM-

BLY

Friday 22nd April

9.00am

ANZAC DAY HOLIDAY

25th April

LABOUR DAY HOLI-

DAY

2nd May

DHSS Sports Carni-

val

22nd and 23rd June

Last Day Term 2:

Friday 24th June

TUCKSHOP

Every Wednesday,

Thursday and Friday.

UNIFORM SHOP

Open Tuesday from

8.30am - 9.30am and

Thursday from

2.30pm - 3.30pm.

YMCA O.S.H.C

0455 088 401 Or

46356308

CHAPLAINCY

FUNDRAISERS

Cruisin’ Cappucino eve-

ry Wednesday after-

noon.

Thank you for your sup-

port.

MILO MONDAYS

$1 for a Cup of Milo/

Biscuits/Marshmallows

to support Chaplaincy.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL HOLIDAY MONDAYS Please remember that school is closed on Monday Week 3, 25th April for ANZAC DAY and Mon-day Week 4, 2nd May for Labour Day. PRINCIPAL/PARENT FORUM The next Principal/Parent Forum will be held on Thursday 28th April at 2.30pm in the Function Room. The Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience We are excited that our children in Years 4 to 6 will be attending the Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience which will be held in Toowoomba at the Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre, Uni-versity of Southern Queensland from 17 to 23 May 2016. This is an amazing and invaluable learning opportunity for our students. The Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience is a FREE travelling exhibition that tells the story of Australia’s involvement in the First World War and our subsequent Century of Service. Over 200 artefacts from the Australian War Memorial are displayed within the exhibition. Visit Times for our children will be : Year Five/Six Friday 20

th May 9:30am

Year Four Monday 23rd

May 9:30am. We will be walking to the venue from the school. Permission forms will go out in the next few days. There is no cost for attendance at this event.

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ANZAC DAY CEREMONY – FRIDAY 22ND APRIL 2016 9.00am

The Annual DHSS Anzac Day Service will be held on Friday 22nd at 9.00 am in the Hall. Be-

ing the 101st anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign, the event assumes added significance.

The choir will perform, “In Flanders Fields” and “The Anzac Day Song”, there are guest

speakers and a wreath will be laid. School Leaders have a major role at the service and two

students from each Year Level have been chosen to read a short historical report associated

with the 101st Anniversary.

Welcome to Country : Anjelika Waters

Prep: Jemimah Xavier & Meki Jones

Year 1: Dadan Ismail & Alexa Emmert

Year 2: Blake Callaghan & Jasmine Short

Year 3: Harlie-Jay Wolski & Tamara Sofio-Isla

Year 4: Beau McDonald & Brittney Duffy

Year 5: Nicholas Ardika & Holly Grainger

Year 6: Care’n Rodriguez

Local Interest Segment : Emily Waters

All Parents and Carers are welcome to attend and remain for a ‘cuppa’ afterwards. All school

community members would be aware that the ANZAC DAY SERVICE is a very solemn

occasion and, as such, no applause is afforded to those presenting aspects of the service.

Kean Thompson

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FROM THE DEPUTIES

PBL (POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING) MATTERS

This week’s Value is, “Thinking” with a focus on, “I think about doing my best”. No matter what you are doing, school work, jobs at home, sport, learning to play an instrument etc - If you are going to do it anyway why not try your best? Every day students come to school to learn – and we know that attendance and engagement at school help students to be more successful in life. During lessons, the key for students is to en-sure they are paying attention, following teacher instructions, completing all schoolwork and always following the school rules and values. Students are also always encouraged to ask ques-tions when they may not understand a new concept or the teach-er’s direction. We know students will not be able to do some things the first time and making mistakes is okay – it is often only through making mistakes that we actually learn anything! We all have different talents and abilities. There are very few of us who can excel in everything we do. But we can all take pride and satisfaction in knowing that we have done our best. A special thanks to all parents who take the time each week to sit down and talk to their child/ren about the week’s Value and focus. If any parents have any queries or concerns or wish to discuss anything, please feel free to contact Mr James Leach (Deputy Principal) on 46 368 333. James Leach QUOTA Toowoomba celebrates reading with our Prep students In Wisconsin America, during 1997, the Police Department was called to a burglary that led the Police Officers to a warehouse full of books. The Police realised that these books should be in the hands, hearts and homes of children. They then filled the boots of their cars with these books and shared them with the children, reading to them on the streets and allowing the children to keep the books. QUOTA became aware of this project and the Kids’n’Cops Reading program was developed. This program now involves QUOTA Toowoomba purchasing a brand new book for each child enrolled in Prep. A copy of each of these books is also purchased for the library. The local sergeant, along with volunteers from QUOTA Toowoomba will come to school each week and read each child’s story with them. Jeni Neary, president of QUOTA Toowoomba will be here for Assembly this week to present the school with these books. Jeni and her team will join us this Friday at 11.25 am to launch the project through our, ‘Teddy Bear’s Picnic’. Moving Literacy Forward through Comprehension Strategies This year, our school improvement agenda has a focus on the improvement of Comprehension Strategies. Each week, I will share an idea that focusses on a specific Comprehension Strategy that you can discuss and practise with your child. Paragraph shrinking is an activity to assist with the skill of Summarising There are 3 steps to be completed when shrinking paragraphs. These are: 1. Name the who or what (the main person, animal or thing). 2. Tell the most important thing about the who or the what. 3. Say/Write the main idea in 10 words or less.

Gemma Thorpe

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Kiyua Performing Arts held in the Darling Heights State School Hall from 9am - 11am. Payment is by gold coin donation.

For more details call Sheriden 0412135925

P&C NEWS The fundraising prizes from the Fun Run should arrive in Week 3. MOTHER’S DAY STALL Helpers are needed for Thursday 5th May and Friday 6th May between 8.30am and 3.30pm to help students with their gift selections and wrapping. Any time that you can spare will be appreciated, even if it is only an hour from your day. Please contact Sue on 0498 765435.

IMPORTANT Uniform Shop News Bucket hat & reversible house coloured hat PRICE RISE. As at the first day of Term 2, hat price will be $18 each.

SEP Awards

William Thorley, Zenab Awedat, Jayden

Lobwein, Jerrell Binge, Jack Brown

Cameron Voller, Evan Jack-Sandrey

Kayla Dodd, Madison Powell

Levi McClelland

STAR OF THE WEEK

Madison Powell

SEP M

Jerrell Binge, Jack Brown

Prep / Year 1 Stars

PW Shareesa McDermid

PT Mayar Al-Karkhi

PN Nicholas Van Klaveren

PM Akira Gorringe

1J Alexa Emmert

1S Rida Touseef

1B April Bernal

1M Sara Abdilrahmin

Year 2 Stars

2B Razieh Ghavamjoo

2C Shalom Niyonkuru

2D David Donovan

2M Matthew Middleton

Year 3/4 Stars

3H

Star Box Farah Albdair

Star Student Isabel Briggs

Most Improved Speller Elisa Ward

100% Club Spelling Brice, Ahmed

100% Club Facts Ruqayah, Wendy,

Brice, Zakk, Luke, Cooper, Dominic,

Shane

3B Awards

Student of the Week

Joseph Boland

Most Improved

3B Haozhen Tu

Special Improvement Award

3B Lucas Harris

Quality Work Award

3B Areej Etriki

Stars

3A Mercy Gabuogi

4R Millan Pepena

Student of Week

4R Jelena Jackson

Merit Award

3A Ruby Hayes

4R Shannon Honnery

5/6 Awards 5/6 E Marwa Alrashed

5/6 F Hawraa Alhasnawi

SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS

Our students are well and truly back into the swing of things here in the Senior School. After a hard week

of academic work, they turned their attention to sporting skills and teamwork with ball games training on

Friday afternoon. Despite a few teething troubles, a little practice saw every member of every team fo-

cussed on supporting their mates and being the first group to “finish their passes and sit on the grass”. They

all had a ball, literally!

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TUCKSHOP NEWS I would like to let everyone know that I am resigning from my position as Convenor for the Darling Heights State School Tuckshop, as of Friday, 06.05.16. I will continue to convene the Uniform Shop as nor-mal, volunteer with the P&C Association, and am still a parent of a child at DHSS. Thankyou for all the support over my time in this posi-tion. It is certainly something I will miss immensely. Cheers Lee-Ann Tuckshop & Uniform Shop Convenor BOOK CLUB Book Club forms have been given out. Due date for orders is Wednesday 27 April. ATTENTION PARENTS OF PREP STUDETS Speech Sound Pics (SSP) literacy program infor-mation afternoon The Prep teachers are holding a follow-up infor-mation afternoon this Wednesday 20th April at 1.45pm in the school library. This will be a chance for you to gain valuable infor-mation to assist your child in their ongoing literacy learning and homework program beginning this week. Please see your classroom teacher if you are unable to attend. SING OUT 2016 At the end of this term, the 5/6 singers will be involved in SING OUT. Sing Out is a non-competitive Choral Festival for Upper Primary School Choirs and is held once every two years. The highlight of the festival is a concert which is given by choirs from about 15 schools who combine to perform in a massed choir of about 800 singers. Each choir is also invited to per-form an item at the concert. For the concert, the 5/6 singers will be expected to wear their choir uniform which consists of long black pants, long sleeved white shirt (boy style) and black shoes. The subsidised cost for each student to participate in Sing Out will be $5. Permission notes will be sent out within the next week with further details so please keep an eye out for that.

FLORAL CROSS FOR ANZAC DAY—FLOWERS NEEDED On Friday 22 April at 9.00am we will be having the annual Anzac Day Assembly. As occurs every year, we will be decorating a floral cross for the service. The cross will then be donated to Westhaven RSL Retirement Village. If you wish to provide some flow-ers for the floral cross, please bring them on Friday 22nd of April in the morning before school. ADMINISTRATION REFURBISHMENT Work continues on the renovations to the Administra-

tion Block. Part of the work includes a new covered

walkway and entrance off Wuth Street. This will lead

to a new and larger foyer. We eagerly await comple-

tion - expected to be 7 - 10 days.