TALWOOD S TATE SCHOOL 17 Recreation Street, Talwood, QLD, 4390 Phone – (07) 4677 1136 Fax – (07) 4677 1254 [email protected] THE
TALWOOD
TIMES
Edition:
Term 1 – Week 6, 2015 Acting Principal: Mr Lars de Gier
“The Official Publication of Talwood State School for over a Decade”
AT TAL WOOD, OUR ACTION S ARE S AF E
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
STUDENT LEADERS
Congratulations to our three student leaders for 2015; Georgina Montgomery (School Captain), Lori Hefford (Vice
School Captain) and Michaela Gilliland (Sports Captain). Well done also to all the students who nominated for these
positions, you should be proud of the fact that you stood up and gave the nomination and interview process a go.
Our leaders will very soon be presented with their badges (dates to be confirmed) and will start in their roles at both a
school and community level very shortly.
P&C MEETING
The first P&C meeting for 2015 has been set for the Monday the 9th of March, starting at 3:00pm with the AGM and
general meeting and a barbecue and welcome to all school and community members, to follow after.
DISTRICT NETBALL
MacIntyre Zone Netball Trials for 11 & 12 year old girls will be held on Friday the 27th of March at Riddles. Any girls
interested are to see Mr de Gier to nominate. We are trying to combine with other Western Cluster Schools (Kioma,
Bungunya & Lundavra) to provide the girls with an opportunity to play as a team within each age level. Training
sessions will start this week with details to be provided.
DISTRICT FOOTBALL (SOCCER)
MacIntyre Zone Football (Soccer) Trials for 11 & 12 year old boys and girls, will be held on Friday the 20th March at
Gilbert Oval. Any boys or girls interested in trialling for these teams are to see Mr de Gier to nominate. No Western
Cluster team will be formed as time is limited for this trial.
SWIMMING
This Friday March 13th will be our last swimming lessons for term 1. Students are reminded as always to remember
to pack their hats and a swimming shirt. It has been pleasing to see most students remembering these items and
being SunSafe. The students have also displayed excellent behaviour out in the view of the public and should be
very proud on how they have conducted themselves and represented the school and local community.
PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS
These interview will be conducted before the end of term. Each teacher will put out a timetable relevant to their own
availability. We will endeavour to conduct consecutive interviews to suit families with children in multiple classes.
These interviews are essential in the process of feedback and your attendance is highly encouraged.
Kind Regards,
Lars de Gier
Acting Teaching Principal – Talwood State School
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Well done to our students of the week over the past few weeks of school. Sarah Donelan P/1/2, Laura Morse 3/4, Michaela Gilliland 6/7 2015 Student Leaders: Michaela Gilliland (Sports), Georgina Montgomery (School Captain), Lori Hefford (Vice Captain) P-­‐2 News What’s happening in P-2? In English we are focusing on letters and their sounds, sight words, sentence structure
and the difference between statements, questions and exclamations. We have been researching the Mo Willem’s
serious of books themed ‘Don’t Let the Pigeon …’ Great fun is being had as we boss pigeons around that want to
drive buses, eat donuts and find hot dogs! The kids have thoroughly enjoyed playing with this Apple app:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/dont-let-pigeon-run-this-app!/id459749670?mt=8 that has supported this learning. If you
are curious, check it out and boss the pigeon around yourselves!
In mathematics we’ve been working on number sense, adding and subtracting numbers and sorting collections. Now
we are busy doing surveys so we can collect and report on data. Surprise, surprise… chocolate is P-2’s favourite
food, ahead of pies, broccoli and cake! It appears that chocolate is also our favourite flavour of ice-cream.
In science we are discovering what it is that makes a thing living or non-living. We have been exploring various life
cycles including humans, butterflies and rhinos. We’ve considered the way habitats support the needs of the things
that live within them, and our role in protecting and supporting these habitats.
We are also keeping busy with Geography. We have been learning about personal, local and regional spaces, the
versatility of spaces, the importance of mapping and the variety of maps available, and have just started learning
about continents, latitudinal lines and major oceans in the world.
Some suggestions from the teacher:
• It can be handy to have a spare set of clothes in a sealable bag at school just in case of accidents (toilet,
mud, tears)
• Children love having responsibilities. It makes them feel clever and important and helps them establish
themselves as capable independent learners. You can help achieve this by encouraging them to take on
challenges like the following:
o Packing their own school bags and/or lunch boxes (food can be prepared for them)
o Helping to set the dinner table
Jen Hefford and Tammy Wendt UPCOMING EVENTS WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY th
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Interviews
Interviews
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Interviews Soccer Trials 9 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th P/1/2 Parent Teacher
NRL Interviews
Development Visit Netball Trials 10 30th 31st April 1st 2nd 3rd P/1/2 Parent Teacher
P/1/2 Parent Teacher
P/1/2 Parent Teacher
Small School X-­‐
Good Friday Interviews
Interviews
Interviews
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