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PRINCIPAL REPORTDear Parent / Caregiver

Some positive news to start this week with the school finalisingdetails for the construction of a new state of the art buildingwhich has the capacity to accommodate up to 12 newclassrooms, new art/music room, toilets, a covered outdoorlearning space and junior outdoor play space planned tocommence at the end of 2019.

The new building will be located on the site next to the librarywhere we currently have the Year 3 and 4 undercover area andsenior toilet blocks and will take approximately 9 -12 monthsto build before we will be ready for students and teachersto access. See below a preliminary drawing of the proposedbuilding from the oval terraces.

This is very exciting news for us at the school and we lookforward to work on the project commencing later in Term 4.Obviously the new building will cause some challenges duringconstruction but in the end we will have a wonderful newfacility for our students and teachers to learn and work in. Theproject will commence with the installation of temporary toiletsto be located on the oval near the Year 5 and 6 eating area.Parents will receive further updates as the project begins tomove forward.

Noosa North Shore Camp

Welcome back to our Year Five students and teachers thisweek after what was a memorable camp at the North Shore lastweek. I attended the camp on Friday and saw first-hand the funand enjoyment being had by the kids. Sometimes as adults Ithink we might forget how important these types of activities arein the lives of our kids – getting outdoors, being active, workingas part of a team and just being with friends – and it was greatto be able to briefly share some of the camp experience withthem. Big thanks to our teachers Mrs Cross, Mrs Wells, MrNelson, Ms Stewart, Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Donald for ensuringthat the kids had a safe and entertaining experience.

Eumundi Showcase Day

With only a bit over a week to go until our Showcase Day theclasses are all busy preparing their rooms for the Art Trail andfinalising their performances for the Eumundi’s Got Talent finals.Details of the day as follows:

School Hall

At last week’s P&C meeting the topic of cooling the hall wason the agenda and how we can best reduce the heat andconditions experienced by staff and students during thesummer months. After a range of discussions / ideas andsuggestions including refrigerated air conditioning and cardiffair type systems and taking into account the costs associatedwith both of these solutions the school has opted to explore thesuggestion to better insulate the hall before going any furtherwith cooling solutions. To best cool the hall in an economicallyand environmentally responsible way is a particularly complexissue and as such we continue to look for suitable alternatives.If you have any questions or concerns in relation to this matterplease call the school on 54 726333 and ask to speak with thePrincipal.

Have a great week.

Mick

DEPUTY News – Prep to 2This Newsmundi we look at and celebrate the ‘Super ReadingPowers’ of Prep students. The images were taken on the lastday of Book Week and our dress-up day after their fabulousBook Week Parade!

Students in Prep F can be seen in their reading group activitiespractising vocabulary skills with card games from theirdecodable readers. These specialised texts are designed withspecific sound (phonic) focuses and give students anopportunity to practice their phonic knowledge in the context ofa story. Card games are played with the words to help boosttheir ability and confidence to decode (or sound out as we oftensay).

Prep J and Prep O students show how well they can do theirreading stamina practice for a whole 9 and 11 minutes! Boxesof reading texts are given to each reading group to share, with

a variety of non-fiction, fiction and decodable readers for thestudents to choose from. These Prep students really amazewith their super reading power - maintaining their focus andattention for this entire period of time without distraction. Agreat skill being developed! While students read, Miss Molloyand Miss O listen to and assess individual students with theirreading skills. Kai and Lucy in Prep J both told me very clearlyabout their reading goal and how they are practising their goals.

Prep M students were also busy at reading group activities,working with a variety of decodable readers and non-fictiontexts, and practising their sequencing skills. Sequencing thebeginning, middle and end of a story or text is a core foundationreading skill and Australian Curriculum expectation. Malani andElliot also explained very clearly as other students did, whattheir specific reading goal is. A great achievement for our youngreaders.

Good to hear also that our Year 2 students, teachers andparents had an excellent excursion to Australia Zoo. Manyparents were there on the day, and we thank you for yoursupport. Students will now be busy working on the designs oftheir Crocodile enclosures in their related STEM unit.

Year 1 students have been thoroughly engaged this fortnightwith their STEM unit – designing and making their own musicalinstruments! Some highly interesting, clever and colourfuldesigns being made!

On another note... regarding items of interest children mightlike to bring to school from home....please note that usuallywe tell students that any items they bring to school (these areusually for some form of show and tell) should be kept with theirteacher and not taken out to play. We do try and allow someflexibility for students who like to play with a toy during playtimeto help keep them and their friends engaged, but this is alsorecommended to be negotiated with their teacher. With thisapproach, we hope to minimise any troubles that have potentialto arise with distraction from learning, or damage to preciousitems and toys. If your child is asking to bring an item or toy toschool for show and tell or play, please remind them they mustspeak with their teacher and keep their item secure with theteacher or in their school bag for the day they bring it along, andtry not to encourage items of great value of importance beingbrought to school.

Thank you to all the Grandparents that came to the PrepGrandparents Day! The classrooms were filled withGrandparents enjoying the singing, activities, morning tea andgifts prepared by Prep students and teachers. Thank you tothe Prep teaching team and all staff who helped contributeto the day and opportunity to connect families to our schoolcommunity.

A reminder to all - and please spread the word - we do havecapacity in 2020 to enrol Prep students from out of ourcatchment. We have posted information on our school'sFacebook page and contacted our local Kindies, but weencourage our families to help share this information. Pleasecall our office to arrange an enrolment interview, and sendenrolment forms in as soon as possible.

Sarah McDonaghDeputy Principal Prep-2

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DEPUTY News – Years 3 to 6

Year 6 Surf Skills program – Term 4

An information letter and Activity Consent form was emailedhome recently - please contact the office if you haven’t receivedthis information. Cost and due date is as follows:

$70.00 per child - due Wednesday 18 September.Payment will not be accepted after this date.

Year 5 Surf Skills program – Term 4

A letter about the Year 5 Surf Skills program was emailedhome last week - please contact the office if you didn’t receivethis information. An Activity Consent Form and invoice will beemailed home early next term – please do not pay until you havereceived this.

Year 4 camp - 18 to 20 November

A letter about the Year 4 camp was emailed home last week -please contact the office if you didn’t receive this information.An Activity Consent Form and invoice will be emailed homeearly next term – please do not pay until you have received this.

For further information about the camp, please contact yourchild’s class teacher.

Life Education

The Life Education mobile classroom will be visiting Year 4-6students from 16 - 19 September.

Life Education is an intensive program (each year level has aseparate preventative drug education program) in a state of theart mobile electronic classroom and a student workbook forfollow-up activities within the classroom.

Life Education was established to teach children ways to keeptheir bodies healthy and to equip them with the skills to makeappropriate choices and stay safe in potentially unsafesituations. Life Education is a non-profit organisation, whichoperates in close partnership with their schools and localcommunities and relies on student fees and local communityfunding to meet costs. The program is professionally designedand is based on extensive research. Sessions are presented byeducators who are fully qualified teachers and have undergoneadditional training in the area of drug education.

Life Education Programs

Middle School programs focus on: Basic physiology; Safe andunsafe use of medicines; Bullying and communication skills;Cyber safety; Making informed choices.

The Upper Primary programs focus on: The effects ofnon-medical legal drugs (eg. nicotine and alcohol); Howchildren can effectively deal with influences to join in unsafesituations; Dealing with potentially harmful substances; Makinginformed choices.

It is most important that your child participates in Life Educationevery year as the program builds on itself in a cumulativefashion.

Should you wish to find out more about the Life EducationProgram, we encourage you to attend a free Parent InformationSession (approx. 30mins in duration) in the Life Educationmobile classroom on Monday 16 September from 2:30pm -3:00pm

If you have any questions about the program, please contactthe school at your convenience.

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Open Classrooms

On Thursday 12 September all classrooms will be open from3:00 to 4:00 pm. During this afternoon your child will be ableto share and discuss with you work they have been completingthis semester. You and your child will also have the opportunityto talk to the teacher about his/her achievements to date andany areas that may need to be worked on. I encourage allparents to make an effort to come along to the ‘OpenClassroom’ afternoon and share in the learning andachievements of your child.

PARADES

TERM 3

2019

Week Date Who

9 9 September Whole School

10 16 September NO PARADE

Mark KrossDeputy Principal Years 3-6

LIBRARY

Book Week at Eumundi

What a fantastic effort for our Book Week celebration atEumundi. Congratulations to the winners. Even the staff joinedin and became 101 Dalmatians.

Oliver N – Prep J, West S – 1T, Ajuna J - 2CF, Will D - 3HP,Arkie F - 4K, Sarena M - 5S, Lexi S – 6B.

Yours in ReadingAmber VannerLibrary Manager

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Grandparents Day in Prep

A Day to Remember

What a gorgeous day celebrating our wonderful Grandparents!Our day started with singing some fun welcome songs. Nextwe asked our Grandparents to share some stories of whatschool was like when they were young. Some Grandparentsrode their horses to school and had milk delivered in little bottlesfor morning tea each day. Then we all went off together to enjoya range of fun activities, which included; finger knitting, Frenchknitting, chatterbox making, paper plane modelling, gardening,woodwork, playdough modelling, watercolour painting,chalkboard drawing, reading, and more. After that we playeda funny game of BINGO! Then the children gave theirGrandparents a card and a book mark each that they madefor them. And finally, it was time for morning tea! We took lotsof photos with our Grandparents for our photo memory board.Grandparents are very important in our lives and we wantedthem to know how much we value them and treasure spendingtime with them!

MCCARTHY, Tiffany

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AWARDS

Years 3 to 6

Effort & Achievement Awards

26th August 2019

3B Indie B

Flynn C

3HP Dina M

Jasper M

3J Zoe B

Kayleigh M

3M Charlee C

Sunny W

4F Harrison A

Jada B

4K Lachlan K

Jaggar B

4M Jakob H

Marvin B

4/5B Alex B

Mia S

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Years 3 to 6

Effort & Achievement Awards

26th August 2019

5B Johny W

Charles H

5CP Axelle S

Alex K

5S Katie T

Allegra F

5/6N Alex D

Ella P

6B Patrick O

Maggie R

6C Ariel B

Lucas G

6M Cooper C

Ava B

Prep to Year 2

Effort & Achievement Awards

2nd September 2019

PREP M Jago A

Atticus D

1E Brayden D

Jack M

1L Jaxon B

Frankie C

1T Zachary E

Jessica B

1W Hugh L

Roisin O

2C Levi T

Samara B

2CF Isaac GEmily M

2G Brody W

Nico V

2HS Grace C

Kiyomi L

Catch a C

26 August 2019

02 September 2019

ITALIAN NEWSCongratulazioni Pip e Lexie!

Buongiorno a tutti.

Today I would like to share with you the good news that twoof our Year 6 students have succeeded at the highest level in astatewide Italian art competition.

Every year the Italian Language Centre in Brisbane runs aCalligram competition, receiving thousands of entries from allaround Queensland. A Calligram is a word or piece of text inwhich the letters create a visual image related to the meaningof the words. This year’s theme was ‘In gelateria’, so everydrawing had to be made completely of Italian words to do withice-cream – no lines or colouring-in at all.

After several nail-biting months awaiting results I can announcethat Lexie S in 6B has received a Highly Commended awardand Pip W in 6M has been awarded 1st place – the GOLDMEDAL. Wow.

These girls’ artworks will be on display at the Italian Languageand Culture Centre in Brisbane until October.

Congratulazioni ragazze!

A prestoBen Bleechmore

SPORT REPORT

Noosa District School Sport T20 Blast CricketInter-school Cup

On Friday 23 August a team of 9 keen Eumundi cricketersarrived at the Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club ready to participatein a day of T20 Blast Cricket. In a nut shell, the T20 Blastformat is an 8-a-side game where batters bat in pairs for a totalof 2 overs and runs can be doubled if the ball is hit through‘double zones’ situated on the field. The bowling team receives5 runs each time they take a wicket. Free hits are also awardedthroughout a team’s innings if the ball is not bowled accurately.

• Kayleigh M, Imogen M – 3J, Jada B, Bella C – 4F,Arkie F, Kai P – 4K

• Zack L, Louis S – 4M, Eavan F, Milli N – 5CP, GriffinM, Tjkarni K – 6B

• Ivy H, Sophie R – 1E, Daisy S, Jack L – 1L, Levi T –2C, Isla W – 2CF, Giselle L – 2G, Leo W – 2HS

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The draw for the competition had Eumundi playing a total offour games. The boys got off to a good start defeating SunshineBeach SS in Round 1. However, the team suffered a heavy lossduring Round 2, against one of the St Thomas More teams (thisSt Thomas More team went on to finish as overall winners forthe day). Eumundi made up for this performance in Round 3by aiming up and winning very convincingly over Noosaville SSwith some superb batting and bowling efforts exhibited by theteam.

At the conclusion of the first 3 rounds, Eumundi was sitting in5th place out of 12 other competing teams (only missing outon fourth place by the barest of margins.) This now meant theyentered the Round 4 ‘cross pool playoff’ against Coolum SS.Another strong victory in this match had our team place fifthoverall at the conclusion of the day. Not a bad achievement atall!

It is also worth highlighting that the positive attitudes shown bythe boys was exceptional, as was the high level of playing skillon display.

Lastly, thank you to all parents for your assistance in getting theteam to and from the venue as well as supporting them so wellthroughout their matches.

The team was made up of the following students:

Kipp B, Nathan H, Sandy B, Royce R, Zach L, Harper W,Brodie C, Archie W and Zach H.

Well done guys!

Year 6 Inter-school Sport

Inter-school sport concludes next week on Friday 13September between Tewantin, Eumundi and Coolum.

Billy Moore and Moses Mbye Rugby LeagueGala Day

The annual Billy Moore and Moses Mbye Shields Rugby LeagueGala Day will take place on Wednesday 11 September atMaroochydore RLFC.

Students are training hard with the assistance of NRLDevelopment Sunshine Coast. Compulsory training days areMonday (morning tea) and Friday (lunch) for all teams. Allplayers need to remember to bring their mouthguard to school

or they will not be able to fully participate in some drills. Anote with general reminders for the day will be distributed to allplayers this week.

Sunshine Coast School Sport 2019 Aquathlon /Triathlon Regional Trials

Our region will be using the upcoming Triathlon Queensland(TQ) All Schools Championships to select our regional teams.The TQ All Schools Championship event is being conductedthis year at Lake Kawana, Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina QLD4575 on Sunday 27 October 2019.

All competitors must enter online through the TriathlonQueensland website.

http://www.triathlon.org.au/State_Associations/QLD/qld/Events/Our_Events/All_Schools_Triathlon.htm

Students wishing to trial for the Sunshine Coast School Sportregional team MUST indicate that they wish to be consideredfor regional selection when they complete the online nominationprocess.

Entries close for the TQ All Schools Championships on Sunday20 October 2019 at 11.59pm.

There will be no late entries allowed on the day.

UP AND COMING EVENTS:

YEAR 3-6 Concert

CHANGE OF DATE

Now on Thursday 28th NovemberNoosa District State High School Hall

• Time: 12.00 - 2.00pm

• Venue: Coolum State School

• Sports: Oztag, Touch, Soccer, Volleyball, Netball

• 11 September: Billy Moore & Moses Mbye ShieldsRugby League Gala Day at Maroochydore RLFC (forselected year 3/4/5 students)

• 13 September: Week 3 of Year 6 Inter school sportat Coolum SS (final week)

• 27 October: Aquathlon/Triathlon Regional Trials (forselected students)

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YEAR 4 HISTORICAL RECOUNTS

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MUSIC NotesThank you to the parents who bring their children in for the 8amGuitar and Choir classes. There will be no further Guitar lessonsuntil next term, but the Choir will have Ms Russel take themfor the next 2 weeks while I play in the Annual Squash mastersTournament. Keep strumming and singing!

Trish FoxMusic Teacher

CHAPPY CHATWow…..what an amazing Father’s Day BBQ Breakfast we had.It’s just so wonderful to see all the dad’s arriving with theirchildren and having some special time with them at schoolsharing breakfast together. I saw a lot of love and laughter onthe morning and it is great to meet you all.

A very big thank you to Nat Brewster who organised the foodand new set-up which meant we didn’t have any long lines thisyear. Another huge thank you to the Eumundi Rotary Club whocame along with their aprons on to cook and prepare the food.They make it run so smoothly and we really appreciate theirtime especially so early in the morning.

I can’t believe I’m about to talk about what’s happening inTerm 4! Our first week back we have our National MentalHealth Week. Encouraging mental wellbeing every day from ayoung age is incredibly important. I want young children to getinto the habit of caring for their metal, emotional and socialwellbeing as much as they care about their physical wellbeing.Every morning before school we will be running a free eventthat promotes mental wellbeing - you will receive an email verysoon with all the details. Parents and siblings are welcome andencouraged to attend all events.

So enjoy your holidays and I look forward to seeing you allrefreshed next term.

Chappy Sam

P&C

Father’s Day Stall

The children certainly had fun shopping for their Dad’s lastFriday at the annual Father’s Day stall. We hope all the Dadsand Granddads enjoyed opening their carefully selected gifts onSunday. The Eumundi children get so much joy from this stall.The thoughts the kids put into the decision never fails to put asmile on the face of those volunteering on the stall.

Thank you to all the volunteers who consistently give up theirtime to ensure these events continue here at Eumundi. Tothe gift wrappers & stall helpers and those that attended theGeneral Meeting where gift items were selected- we couldn’tdo it without you. I would like to urge anyone looking to bemore involved in our school community to volunteer for theseevents. Many hands make light work- Never a truer sayingwhen it comes to volunteering. The P&C have a core group ofless than 10 people that work to make these events availableto Eumundi children. We desperately need more people to getinvolved at these events as well as attending General Meetingswhere these events are decided upon. The P&C meet Week 3and 6 each term at different times to accommodate all Eumundiparents. Dates/times are published in the fortnightlyNewsmundi as well as reminders posted on Facebook.

The next General Meeting will be held 9am Tuesday 22ndOctober 2019. It will be held in the “A” block meetingroom. If you would like an item to be added to the Agenda,please email esspandc@outlook.com Membership forms willbe available to complete at the meeting should you wish tostay informed with all P&C Fundraising, Tuckshop and Uniformmatters.

Secretary Position Filled

At the last general meeting we welcomed Julia Hogarth to theExecutive Team. Julia has been volunteering with the P&C overthe past 2 years. We would like to officially welcome Julia to theteam and thank her for putting her hand up to take on this role.

Uniform Shop

The new check shirts have arrived into the uniform shop. Sizes4 -10 are now available for purchase for $38. These checkshirts have previously been trialled in Prep, with feedback fromparents being that they are easy to wash, with no ironingrequired. They are made from a Polyester/viscose blend. Thisblend will be cooler to wear over the coming hot months.

**SALE** The discontinued uniform items continue to sell wellat the discounted price of $16.00. This includes the cottonfabric and the poly/viscose Polo shirts as well as Dress, Cargoshorts and skorts. Sizes are limited.

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Volunteer Call Out

Uniform Shop Uniform sales over the counter.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridaybetween 8:00 to 8:45am.

Daily Home Bakes

This menu item isbaked fresh everyday.

Are you a baker?

If so come and bake a batch ofcookies or cake.

We need these every morningsometime between 8:00 and 10:00am (need to be ready before 1stbreak)

In house Specialties Butter Chicken, SpaghettiBolognaise and Macaroni Cheese.These favourites are made everyweek in the Eumunchi Café. If youcan spare an hour to make a batchplease contact Carolyn.

If you think you could volunteer for any of the above-mentionedjobs, please see Carolyn our Tuckshop convenor or emaileumunchicafe@outlook.com

THERE IS A LARGE VOLUME OF LOST PROPERTY IN THEUNDERCOVER AREA NEAR THE EUMUNCHI CAFÉ. THEJACKETS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HANGERS TO HELP FINDAND IDENTIFY BELONGINGS. PLEASE COME AND HAVEA LOOK IF YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN ARE MISSING ANYITEMS.

Thank you for your continued support of Eumundi StateSchool P&C Association

SCHOOL EVENTS CALENDAR

COMMUNITY

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