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23 June 201723 June 2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

The holidays are here and I’m sure everyone is looking forwardto the break! I would like to thank all of the parents, staffand students for being part of another successful term. Yoursupport and encouragement is what keeps us going!

This week I was part of a review process at another school.This process involves a group of reviewers, who are usuallyprincipals, look at a variety of different aspects of a schooland provide some feedback to the principal and their schoolcommunity. There is a blueprint for the reviewers to follow andask questions relating to an improvement agenda, curriculum,data, culture, resourcing and community. This is a great wayfor a school to see what they are doing well and what they canimprove upon.

Next term we will be having a review in our school (July 14th,17th, 18th) where a group of 3 reviewers will run this process.The reviewers will be out talking to parents in the morning andafternoon so I would encourage you to have a chat with them.

Thank you all again for being a great team and community. Ilook forward to the next semester and the exciting events wehave coming up!

Successful DISCO Term 2, Thank you to everyone whojoined in

Jo Sinclair-JonesPrincipal

Deputy Principal News

Attendance

Well done to 4P, 5M and 6N who are the attendance winnersfor term 2. There are also 118 students who attended schoolevery day in term 2. This is a remarkable achievement. Welldone to the classes and students. We hope you enjoy yourpizza for lunch on Friday.

Remember, every day counts!

Cutting Edge 4 Kids Conference

Some students from year five and six had the opportunity toattend Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus on Thursday22nd June to attend the Cutting Edge 4 Kids Conference.Students attended with Mrs Skinner, Mrs Fitzgerald and MsNorris. Australian of the Year, Professor Alan Mackay-Sim alsoattended the conference!

We thank Mrs King from Mabel Park High for securing ticketsand organising transport for students and staff.

Year 4 ExcursionAll the Year Four students at Harris Fields State Schoolattended the 2017 excursion. The bus arrived at Lone PineKoala Sanctuary and the students from Grade Four metdifferent endangered animals during their discovery session.Students got more information about how some animals weredecreasing in number and about their habitats.

Next, they got a free choice of activities followed by a healthylunch. Then, all the Year Fours enjoyed watching a spectacularraptor and eagle show including birds-catching-their-own-foodstunts. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary has a number of reptiles andmammals.

Harris Field State School Year Four students enjoyed theirexcursion, especially when they had a free choice of activitiesto explore the Sanctuary.

By Kerubin Padernos and Sarita Losivale-Afoa

Write 4 Fun Competition NewsRecently we had 27 students enter the annual Write 4 Funcompetition. Students were able to submit a short story ora poem to be in the running to win some fabulous prizes.Whilst no students were judged to be official winners I havebeen notified that 3 of our students, Antony Isaacs from 5S,‘Amelia Fangupo from 5C and Kane Moyes from 3T, havebeen selected to have their stories appear in the upcomingpublication titled ‘Spread the Word’. You can read the storiesfrom our soon to be published authors below.

Congratulations to all those who entered, you are all winners inmy eyes!

Mrs Craft

P & C NewsHello all parents and caregivers.

Next P&C meeting for 2017, Wednesday 19th July at2:45pm

in the Library.

All welcome, including children.

Fundraising

The weekly Sausage Sizzle will be continuing in Term 3 ona Tuesday, to allow for the purchase of correct amounts ofsausages and popper and bread, it is important that youPRE-ORDER you are able to pre-order on Tuesday Morning,Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays at Tuckshop for theFollowing Tuesday Sausage Sizzle.

Sausage on Bread - $2.00Popper $2.00

We would love to have some helpers on the day. If you wouldlike to help please contact Glenys on 0420 449 454.

Term 3 if full of lots of Fundraising consisting of Trivia Night,Cent Drive, Father’s Day Stall, look out in the coming newsletterfor when these will be happening.

DISCO

I would like to thank all the pupils that attended our First Discofor 2017.

Tuckshop

The tuckshop is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.Barbara McMaster is the tuckshop convenor. Barbara is alwayslooking for helpers, so if you can spare a couple of hoursto help out drop by and see Barbara or call her on 33871232. Orders for Little and Big Lunch are to be made prior toschool commencing. Menus are available from the tuckshopand EFTPOS is available (sorry no cash out).

Uniform shop

The uniform shop is open before and after school everyTuesday and Thursday and at other times by appointment.Please contact the school office on 33871222 or emailpandc@harrfielss.eq.edu.au to make an appointment. FleecyJumpers are now available EFTPOS is available, (sorry no cashout).

School Banking NewsThere will be many students now who have collected 10 tokensand are ready to order their first reward for the year. To order areward, you can visit the link below where you can see what therewards are and print out a form to then pop into your depositbooks along with your 10 tokens. You can also collect a parentpack from the school office which has the rewards order forminside. Commonwealth Bank keep a record of deposits made,so if tokens are misplaced, you can still claim prizes/rewards.Please ensure you place tokens and completed rewards slipwith the deposit book when you bank next.

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School Banking day is every Friday. Simply place yourcompleted deposit book into 1 of the 2 collection boxes atschool before 8:30am for processing. If you notice thecollection box has already been emptied, parents are welcometo bring the deposit book to the library for processing.

If you have misplaced or lost your deposit book, you can placeyour money with your child’s details in an envelope and place itinto the deposit box and a new deposit book will be issued.

Keep up the great savings habits!

commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

Community News

School Dentist Service

The Harris Fields Dental Clinic is open to treat your children.Please call 1300 300 850 for an appointment.

Upcoming events

23rd June Last Day Term 2

10th July School Resumes Term 3

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