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With the current COVID situation continually changing. I cannot stress enough, please keep your children home if they are sick. The sick bay has been over flowing with coughing and flu like symptoms, and these students would have been like this before coming to school. Please continue COVID normal practices:

• Stay home if sick

• Get tested if you have any symptoms, no matter how mild

• Practice good hygiene – wash your hands regularly or use hand sanitiser

• Wear a mask when you can’t physically distance

It is that time of the year when I ask for parents to send in their requests for their child’s preferences for 2022. Once again, this year I will ask for you to email me 2 students you would like your child to be with next year and also 2 students you may not wish for your child to be with due to relationship/friendship issues which impact your child’s learning. Please email: [email protected] with subject being Class Preference with your child’s name. Once again, we will not be taking Teacher requests as there maybe movement of teachers in year levels.

Yours in education,

Damien Hoare

Principal

Ph: (07) 4979 7333 E: [email protected]

Boles Street, West Gladstone Q 4680 www.gladstonewestss.eq.edu.au

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TERM 3 9-13 Aug ICAS – Digital Tech 12 Aug Year 1 Excursion –

Canoe Point 15 Aug Port to Park FunD

Run 16–18 Aug Year 4 Camp 16-20 Aug ICAS – English 18 Aug Eisteddfod - WBP 19 Aug Eisteddfod - Strings 23-27 Aug ICAS – Science ICAS - Spelling 26 Aug Book Week Dress Up 27 Aug Family Fun Night 27 Aug Premiers Reading

Challenge Ends 28 Aug QUOTA Cent Sale Bowls Club 30 Aug World Science

Festival – Year 5 30 Aug – ICAS - Mathematics 3 Sept 3 Sept Student Free Day 9 Sept Free Dress Day “R U OK” Day 17 Sept Last Day of Term 3

Dates to Remember

PHONE: 4979 7333

OFFICE HOURS:

8:00am – 3:30pm

EMAIL: [email protected]

DENTAL CLINIC: 4972 9364

SCHOOLWATCH: 13 17 88

STUDENT ABSENCE LINE: 4979 7366

School Details

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Please find below our School Attendance for Term 3 Gladstone West State School had a full school attendance of 87.3%. Our school

goal is currently greater than 93%. Year Level Attendance

Prep 83.1%

Year 1 86.4%

Year 2 87.4%

Year 3 88.2%

Year 4 85.6%

Year 5 90.3%

Year 6 90.6%

Please make sure that if your child is away that you explain their absence.

Parades this term will continue to be whole school parades commencing at 2.15pm.

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Last week our RotaKids learnt about the

project End Trachoma. Later this term they

will be making hygiene kits to send to

schools in the Northern Territory to help

prevent the eye disease Trachoma. The

contents of the kits will be funded by Port

Curtis Rotary. If any families have cotton

fabric they could donate for us to make the

bags for the items to go in please drop this

to the school office or Remax Gold.


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Event Date Travel to Entertainment Centre Travel from

Entertainment Centre

Woodwind, Brass, Percussion

Small Ensemble/ Concert Band

Wednesday 18th August

8:30am start

Parents to drop to Mrs Jacob at the GECC basement by

8:15am

Parents to transport students back to school*

Strings Ensemble/ Orchestra

Thursday 19th August 8:30am start

Parents to drop to Mrs Jacob at the GECC basement by

8:15am

Parents to transport students back to school*

Enrolment forms for 2022 Preps are now available from the Admin Office. Student details will be required when an enrolment form is given out. Eligible students for Prep for 2022 must turn five on or before 30 June 2022.

Completed enrolment forms are to be returned to the school office. We need to sight Original Birth Certificates when enrolment forms are returned. Enrolment forms will not be accepted without the Birth Certificate. Enrolment management conditions apply.

Enrolment interviews will commence in week 10 on Monday 13th September.

Students will need to have with them their instrument and music. Full performance uniform should be worn. (Performance shirt, long black pants, black shoes, black socks. Please note - neither jeans nor leggings are an acceptable substitute for long black pants.) Parents are encouraged to attend, but please note a small entry fee will apply. You must pay for the session, even if you are there to see one section. This is payable at the Entertainment Centre. Competitors are free, only for the session in which they are competing. Medals are for sale at the Eisteddfod Office.


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Looks Like Sounds Like Feels Like • Walking on the concrete

• Following the path to playtime

• Moving slowly around the school. Don’t rush to play

• Walking on the left-hand side of the path

• Following the person in front. Be patient (no overtaking)

• Walking feet

• Quiet footsteps

• Feet on concrete and slow steps

• Quiet voices/ conversations

• Manners (excuse me)

• Proud

• Positive role model

• Responsible

• Safe

• Peaceful/calm

• Sensible

• Comfortable

PBL Focus Week 5 & 6

Safe I will move safely around the

school.

This fortnight students at GWSS are focussing on moving

around the school safely. We are trying to stop students

running unsafely to play areas and being unsafe at playtime.

Interview

Why do we need to move

safely around the school?

Evelyn 3B – If we run we could

trip and hurt ourselves. People

could run into each other and

hurt others or themselves.

Walking would be safer.

Jessie 3A – It is important so we

don’t get hurt. We should move

around safely by walking on the

concrete at all times.

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Thursday 26th August 2021 9:00-10:00am Book Party All Years 3-6. Multipurpose courts

10:00-11:00am Book Party All Years Prep-2. Multipurpose courts

First Break

12:00am Book Week whole school dress up parade. Multipurpose courts.

Students in Year 1 are invited to participate in an excursion at Canoe Point on Thursday 12th August 2021. The students will be required to be at school by 9am in order to depart the school at 9.15am. Students will participate in rotational activities during the day. These activities will include information talks about natural, managed and constructed features, environmental games, learning how to care for our environments and sorting activities to culminate their science and HASS unit this term. We will return to school at approximately 1.30pm.

The cost for this activity is $9 to cover bus fares to and from Canoe Point. Payment, permission notes and medical forms are due to the office by Friday 5th August 2021.

Students will need to bring their hat, water bottle, packed fruit break and lunch and sunscreen in their school bags. Please do not order tuckshop for your child. Please complete the permission slip and return it to the office or class teacher as soon as possible so numbers can be confirmed.

World Science Festival: City of Science Year 5 and invited STEM Students

Students in Year 5 and those involved in our STEM programs are invited to attend the World Science Festival: City of Science being held at the Gladstone Entertainment Centre on Monday 30th August, 2021. While the science festival entry is free, there will be a charge of $5 to cover the cost of the bus. Completed permission notes, media permission and medical forms will need to be returned to the office no later than Friday, 20th August 2021. Students will be travelling to the Gladstone Entertainment Centre by bus, departing the school at 8.40am and returning at 11.45am. Please complete the permission slip below and return it along with the attached Media Release and Medical Form to the office or class teacher as soon as possible so numbers can be confirmed.

Book week is August 21-27 in week 7. The theme is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds. Our dress up day for students will be Thursday 26th August. See below for details.


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5B are learning and investigating light and shadows in Science this term. The students have been learning through hands on experiments to

investigate different opaque, translucent or transparent objects and the shadow (if any) that each object forms. We have also been learning

that when conducting investigations, one variable must be changed, one variable measured and

everything else must remain the same to make the investigation a fair test.


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4A have been exploring the quest novel ‘Nim’s Island’ in English this term. We are reading this novel because we are looking at characters and how they develop. Each time we read a chapter, we fill in some questions and dictionary meanings about that chapter. Here are some photos of students, their booklets and some quotes they have about the book so far.

“My favourite part was when Fred (iguana) eats the pearl from the coconut and Selkie (sea lion) ‘whumps’ him on the back with her flipper to spit it out” – Jordan

“I like the book because there is lots of love between Selkie, Fred and Nim. It also makes me want to keep reading it as it’s suspenseful waiting for things to happen” - Sienna

“I like the book because it’s entertaining and funny and there are lots of language features to help describe what’s happening” – Raiden

“I like that in the book, Jack (Dad) stays happy even when his boat rudder is broken, just so Nim doesn’t get upset” – Ishlyn

“This book has had so many rollercoaster feelings! It is adventurous and filled with loads of description for the reader” – Jana

“I have liked this book because every page we read makes me curious” – Corbin


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Last week in 4C we were looking at being resilient in the face of ‘hard Yakka’. We discussed how in every aspect of life there are going to be things that we find hard. But 4C came up with some terms they can use when they find a task difficult or hard to accomplish. These terms can be said aloud or in their head as a reminder of their capabilities. Here are some of the terms 4C came up with.


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Friday 27th August

Family Fun Night is our major fundraiser each year that not only raises much needed funds for school resources, but gives our students an opportunity to have fun and socialise with their classmates. We have sent home a book of raffle tickets with each family. There are ten tickets in a book at $2 each. There is no expectation for families to sell or buy all of the tickets. If you would like extra books, please ask at the office and more will be issued to you. All raffle ticket books returned each week will be put into a draw for the book seller’s chance to win a $5 tuckshop voucher. At the end of the fundraiser, a prize will be given to the highest ticket seller in the school. As with any event, volunteers are needed to help support on the night in various areas, so please don’t hesitate to let us know if you are available to help, even if it’s just for half an hour – it all counts towards a successful event. Ride Tickets will also be available prior to the event. There are some fantastic rides again this year and classes are in the midst of organising lots of amazing and fun stalls. It’s shaping up to be a night not to be missed!! We are still collecting donations for our Cent Sale Raffle so if you know of anyone able to donate a prize, it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks to our Major Raffle sponsors:


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Congratulations to Jace and Kieran for being last week winners in the Raffle Book draw on parade These students have won themselves a tuckshop voucher. To go into the draw for this all you need to do is return your Family Fun night raffle ticket book and you will be in the draw.


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Dear parents/carers

I am delighted to invite all Gladstone West State School students to join in the 2021 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

The reading period for the 2021 Premier's Reading Challenge commenced on Monday 10 May. Record how many books your child has read on the enclosed reader record form and return to their teacher by Friday 27th August. Every student who completes the challenge will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Premier.

To complete the challenge:

• Prep to Year 2 must read or experience at least 20 books,

• Years 3 and 4 must read at least 20 books, and

• Years 5 to 9 must read at least 15 books. Experiencing books can include shared reading, listening to stories, or reading picture books. The aim for the 2021 challenge is to engage more students to read than ever before. At Gladstone West State School, to encourage our students to participate, we have put the following incentives in place: • Prizes for the top three classes with the most completed challenges returned

• 1st- pizza party • 2nd- cake • 3rd bag of treats to share

• Bragging rights (class photo on facebook and in the newsletter) • A token per student on return of completed form

For more information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge please visit: readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au You can play a big part in your children’s future by encouraging them to be part of this positive initiative. I look forward to seeing as many of our students as possible take part in the 2021 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Congratulations to Jyoti and Jace for returning their Premiers Reading Challenge Record Sheet. They went into the draw to choose themselves a new book. If you would like to go into the Premiers Reading Challenge draw you need to read your books record them on the reading challenge sheet and return the sheet to your classroom teacher.


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Uniform Shop Prices

School Polo Shirts $30.00 Reversible Bucket Hats $20.00 Skirt/Shorts Combos $30.00 Unisex Shorts $25.00 School Dresses $50.00 Jackets $50.00 Fleecy Jumpers $40.00 Fleecy Tracksuit Pants $22.00

Updated Tuckshop Menus and ordering information was sent home to all families. While price increases have been kept to a minimum, annual rises are required to keep in line with escalating supplier costs. Our Tuckshop operates every Wednesday, Thursday & Friday for both first and second breaks. It is preferable for students to pre-order before school each morning. While over the counter sales are available for Years 4 to 6, choices will be restricted to what is available at the time.

Please provide a separate bag for first and second breaks. A 5 cent surcharge is applied where no paper bag is supplied. Acceptable payment methods are via our online ordering system or cash only, there are no EFTPOS facilities available. No foreign currency will be accepted.

Volunteers are sometimes required to help in the tuckshop. If you are interested, please give your name to Kay at the tuckshop.

Gladstone West State School now uses the Qkr App for all your online ordering for our uniform orders as well as our tuckshop. Online Orders must be placed by 8:00 am. Qkr!™ by Mastercard® is the mobile phone payment app designed for Australian schools, delivering an advanced and competitive online payment solution. Qkr delivers convenience to parents, efficiency to canteen staff and excellent reporting to school office staff. Qkr is better for parents:

• Make faster, more convenient payments from a secure mobile app anywhere and at any time

• Website payment alternative for parents and carers without a smartphone or tablet

• Copy lunch orders from one week to the next to save time

• Pay direct from a credit or debit card without pre-loading funds to a third party account

• Track transactions easily with online receipts


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Raise vital funds for our school - Register now for the Port to Park FunD Run Our school’s favourite fun run is back for 2021 and with a new name and course! Gladstone Ports Corporation’s (GPC) new-look Port to Park FunD Run can help us raise important funds for our school community and we’d love as many of our students and families to participate on Sunday 15 August. This year, two new courses will wind through GPC's beautiful waterfront parklands of East Shores, Marina Parklands and Spinnaker Park. The courses have new names too, recognising the language of our Traditional Owners of the land - the Bailai and Gooreng Gooreng nations. The 9-kilometre Koongo Dash (meaning place of water) starts at 7am for our early risers, while the 3-kilometre Yallarm Family Run (meaning place of shells) will be perfect for those limbering up a little later at 8.30am. If you register before Monday 19 July using the code P2PEARLY you can receive a 10% discount. So get your runners ready and start limbering up so we can raise some vital funds for our school. You can register here at www.gpcl.com.au/port-to-park. Port to Park is proudly supported by a number of local corporations including Santos GLNG, Smit Lamnalco, Gladstone Regional Council and Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre.

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QUOTA Cent Sale QUOTA have been a great organisation that support Gladstone West State School

through their Pencil Plus program. Every year they supply us with 20 bags with

Lunchboxes, water bottles and pencil cases for disadvantaged students. QUOTA are having

a cent sale 12pm at the Gladstone Bowls Club on the 28th August. Can you please put on

your calendar to support this great organisation.


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