KILLARNEY KAPERS
Weekly Newsletter for Killarney State School
Acacia St, Killarney, Q., 4373
Phone: 07 4664 6333 Fax: 07 4664 6300
Email: the.principal@killarness.eq.edu.au
Website: www.killarness.eq.edu.au
UPCOMING EVENTS / DATES
2nd March
5th March
8th March
10th March
15th March
16th March
18th March
19th-20th March
22nd March
23rd March
24th March
25th March
10,11,12th May
Deadly Australians
SDBB @ Inglewood 9am-12pm
School Photos
Leaders Induction 2pm
Instrumental Music Camp
SD Football Trials
SD Netball trials
SD Rugby League Trials
Broncos Vs Stanthorpe
Combined Church Service
National Day of Action against Bullying
Trail Bike Ride Weekend
SD & Basketball Trials
SD Hockey Trials
P&C Meeting
Broncos Vs Inglewood
Reports posted home
Gr8M8s Event\
P-2 Easter Concert
Last day Term 1
Good Friday
NAPLAN
From The Principal’s Desk
In Brief
 We have been advised by the tuckshop convenor that
due to unforeseen circumstances, they will be unable to
do tuckshop this term

A wonderful opportunity to develop a healthy respect
for some of the dangerous creatures that we share our
back yards with – make sure that your child has paid to
attend the Deadly Australian’s Presentation on 2nd
March

Picnic meet and greet – do drop in to make that
personal connection with staff during the picnic meet
and greet on 2nd March, 12.45 – 1.30pm.
Welcome to Brad Doyle our Adopt-a-cop
P&C Meeting
We had our P&C AGM last week. Many thanks to our
continuing executive members:
President: Jaunita Rawle
Secretary: Robyn Lane
Treasurer: Susan Goodwin
Our School focus:
Learner Agency
We appreciate the support you provide our school.
Other positions confirmed at the meeting include:
Learning that mobilises student responsibility
for active engagement in learning and
enhances students’ critical and creative
thinking
Tuckshop Convenor: Sheree and Noel Wells
Our School Values:
 Caring
 Improving
 Our Learning Community
Rec Club Rep: will be done via a roster of members
Thought for the Week
‘Some believe it is only
great power that can hold evil
in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is small
everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at
bay … small acts of kindness and love.’ Gandalf in Lord of
the Rings JRR Tolkien
Uniform Convenor: Vacant (many thanks to the marvellous
job done previously by Karen Petersen). If you can help out
with this position, please let an executive member know
The Vice President role has not been filled at this stage. It
would be a great learning role for
someone.
Good News Week
So many wonderful students
doing so many fantastic things –
we don’t want these exemplary
deeds to go unnoticed.
Our staff are on the look out to
share some Good News Postcards
with you ’cause it’s Good News
Week!
Positive Pathways Room
Our school believes that ‘better behaviour equals better
learning’. Students need to be supported in respectful ways
to learn how to behave effectively in the school setting. This
means the active teaching of behaviour expectations,
structuring programs to assist students learn how to meet
expectations and providing consequences that support the
development of the expectations.
The graph below outlines the effect that attendance has on
academic performance for a child on reading performance
on NAPLAN across Queensland. Less attendance = less
performance. Clearly every day counts!
The Positive Pathways Room provides teachers with some
support with students who need some time for responsible
thinking and are not turning their behaviour around in the
classroom.
Positive Pathways is a strategy not a consequence. It is a
strategy to support the student to think responsibly about
their behaviour and develop a plan for re-entry into the
classroom.
Our data has shown that this strategy helps with supporting
students in classes to learn more effectively and students
who are not displaying classroom behaviour to have support
to turn this behaviour around in line with our “Right to
Teach, Right to Learn” focus.
If your child accesses the services of the Positive Pathways
room, you will receive a form letter noting the issue. In this
situation, please contact your child’s class teacher or form
teacher for more details if they have not already contacted
you.
Curriculum Insert
Coping with Anxiety
More from Patrea King on coping with anxiety …

Giving and receiving are the same. Cultivate
relationships where you freely support, collaborate
or cooperate with others. We’ll all get to where we
want to go quicker if we support, encourage and
help one another. If you want to lift yourself up, lift
up someone else. You’ll find that sharing your
insights, time, energy or even just a listening ear
will leave you with a wonderful sense of gratitude
that you were able to contribute in a positive way to
someone else’s life. And what you put out to the
universe will undoubtedly return to you.

Environment is everything! Make sure you put
yourself in good company as our environment is far
more powerful than our willpower. Good company
refers not only to the relationships in your life but
to the music you listen to, the movies/TV you
watch, the environments you put yourself into, the
books you read and your daily rituals. It is better to
have the company of a good book than to diminish
yourself by keeping poor company. Spend time
with people you aspire to emulate. Surround
yourself with positive people. Read about
inspirational/can do people. Find people who
believe in you, will challenge you and inspire you
to do your best. Make sure your environment is
clean and orderly and surround yourself with the
things that uplift your spirit.
Date Claimer
How to get your kids to
believe in themselves
Renowned speaker and consultant
Tony Ryan
This workshop will assist parents in seeing how learner
agency can help their children to succeed.
3rd May 3:00-4:00 pm
in the P2LC (Resource Centre)
More details to follow but mark this must attend event on
your calendar.
RSVP to the school office on 4664 6333
It’s all about attendance
School News
School pick up reminder
A reminder to parents and carers collecting children from
school in the afternoons, to be mindful of where they are
parking. Designated parking areas are marked and it is
difficult for children and parents to negotiate cars parked
outside of these areas when they are searching and trying to
get to their own parents/children.
Home Readers
Could parents and carers of year 1, 2 and 3 students please
check at home for any home reader books borrowed last
year yet to be returned to school. Thanks.
Deadly Australians
When: Wednesday 2nd March (TOMORROW)
Where: Near Tuckshop
Cost: $5 per student or $10 per family
P-4/5 at 9am; 5/6 – 10 at 10am
Parents welcome to attend.
Please complete permission form and return to office with
money ASAP.
Student and Emergency Information
Please return Student information forms to the office with or
without changes as this is the reference we use to contact
parents or caregivers in case of student illness or
emergencies.
SD Swimming Carnival
Results from the SD Swimming Carnival came in last week.
Congratulations to Krystal, Cole, Matthew, Kyle and Abbie
who have qualified to swim at the DD Swimming Carnival
in Gatton. Kyle and Krystal qualified for the 50m butterfly,
breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. Abbie qualified for
backstroke and breaststroke. Matthew will swim in the
backstroke and Cole in the freestyle. Good luck at the next
level.
SD Hockey
Kyle has been selected to represent the Southern Downs in
Hockey. Congratulations Kyle.
Sporting Schools
This week Sporting Schools is on Wednesday and Thursday.
This term we will be running soccer clinics on Wednesday
and Thursday. Please
see the office to pick up
a consent form if you
would like your child to
attend these sessions.
Thank you for your
ongoing support of this
program.
Condamine Café
Morning tea Condamine Café this Thursday. Order forms
are white and were distributed yesterday. Please ensure
orders and money are at the office by 9am on Thursday.
Thanks.
Happy Birthday!!
Happy birthday to the follow students (P-6) for this week:
Krystal and Verity.
Chappy Chatter
I am at Killarney on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to
3pm. Any enquiries please contact me through the school
office.
Daniel Ratcliffe (Boon)
Tips for a Healthy Headspace
Headspace : National Youth Mental Health Foundation
Need help managing stress or anxiety?
If your child or teen has difficulties with anxiety or just
seems to have too many worries, we would like to introduce
you to BRAVE Self-Help – an interactive, online program
for the prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent
anxiety. It was developed by a group of researchers from
the University of Queensland and now, with the support of
beyondblue, this program is freely available to all young
people aged 8 -17 years who are living in Australia. BRAVE
Self-Help provides strategies for children and teenagers to
better cope with their worries. There are 4 programs
available, one for children aged 8-12 years, one for
teenagers aged 12-17 years and one for parents of children at
these ages respectively. The program can be accessed as
often as you like, from the comfort of your own home. For
more information, or to register for the program, please visit
www.brave4you.psy.uq.edu.au.
Headspace: Youth health service for anyone aged between
12 and 25 years. It’s about support for general health,
mental health, drug and alcohol issues and employment and
education support.
Contact details for Headspace Warwick:
66 Albion Street, Warwick
Ph. (07) 46611999
Email headspace@rhealth.com.au
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9-5pm
Guidance Officer – Mrs Hart is here each Friday and is
available for appointments.
Lifeline: ph. 13 11 14 is a confidential telephone crisis
support service available 24/7 from a landline, payphone or
mobile.
Kids helpline: 1800 55 1800 Australia's only free, private
and confidential, telephone and online counselling service
specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.
Junior Secondary School News
School Photos
If any Junior Secondary school students would like to order
a photo ID card, please collect an envelope from the school
office. Cost is $6. Envelope with correct money must be
returned to office by Friday 4th March. Photos will be taken
on 8th March.
Year 10 reminder
Canberra trip deposits - $50 are due by the end of this term.
Only 31 weeks until departure and you are welcome to pay
in small instalments. The Coffee Shop will be operating at
the trail bike ride to help offset the final cost so all Year 10
students need to make an effort to come along and help over
the weekend.
Student laptops
Students have until Friday 4th March to pay the $90, return
signed agreement and for parents to speak with Mrs Bartz
regarding the process. Devices are being distributed as soon
as they are configured and paperwork is checked.
Year 7 hospitality photos
The focus across our school for this week is
Care for myself and others
Intent (what is it all about):
Actions and words to support yourself and the known and
unknown people around you
Evidence (what will we see):
Caring for yourself and others by ….
 Supporting and assisting others– known and
unknown
 Being proud of your school eg. by wearing your
uniform and representing
 your school in a supportive way
Pathways / Behaviour Recognition processes
Pathways to Peace
Good Guy Tally: – Term 1 end week 5:
Chauvel – 171 Madsen – 181
Congratulations to Cody G, Tobie F and Chelsea for
demonstrating Silver Level Behaviours..
Performing Arts News
Senior Choir
Choir is held on Tuesday morning at 8:10am Students from
year 3-10 are welcome.
Instrumental Music
Instrumental music is held on Thursday. Please bring your
instruments.
Rehearsal before school at 7:45 for the students in the band.
P & C News
President: Jaunita Rawle Secretary: Robyn Lane
Treasurer: Susan Goodwin Uniforms: Karen Petersen
Tuckshop: Sheree & Noel Wells
2016 Trail Ride Raffle
Raffle tickets for the trail bike ride need to be returned
SOLD OR UNSOLD to school by Wednesday the 16th
March. If you require more tickets please see the office.
This year we are offering a reward to the class that returns
their raffle tickets first. The winning class members will
receive a milkshake each.
Tuckshop News
Unfortunately Tuckshop will not be running this term.
Community News
Trail Ride Assistance Needed
People are being sought to help at the canteen during the
trail bike ride.
The roster is from 10am – approx 8pm Saturday 19th March
and 6am – approx 3pm Sunday 20th March. If you could
give 2 hours at any of these times please contact Margaret
Grayson 46664165 or flagstone@activ8.net.au. Even 1 hour
would help us greatly.Thank you.
Killarney Amateur Swimming Club
Killarney Amateur Swimming Club Championship is on
Sunday 6th March at 1.00pm.
We are inviting business and members of the Killarney
Community to enter a team of 4 in the Killarney Town
Relay and Harry Taylor Memorial Medal Relay. So please
everyone come and support this great local event.
For more information please contact Wayne 0427657168.
Mainly Music
Mainly Music is a music based playgroup for children from
birth to school age. We meet weekly on Wednesdays at
9:15am, at the Killarney Uniting Church Hall. For any
enquiries please phone Julia Beck on 0431631668.
Rental Needed
Rental for mother and teenager needed urgently; small
rental, an old cottage on a property; something; anything.
Please call Zuela 0412857268.
Warwick District Football Association – Soccer 2016
Registrations are open for the below age groups:
 CUBS: Under 4 & Under 5
 Juniors: Under 6 – Under 17
Why play Soccer?
 Play at the same spot every Saturday morning (no
travel) in a fun, positive and supportive
environment.

Football has more participants than any sport in
Australia. It’s a safe, fun and active way for boys
and girls to make friends and provides social and
competitive opportunities into adulthood. Inclusive,
accessible and multicultural – football has a place
for you.

Never played before – doesn’t matter! We cater for
boys and girls from beginner to experienced

More playing time, which maximises individual
participation and involvement

Far more repeated touches of the ball by ALL
players on the field

More involvement leads to greater improvements in
fitness
To register go to www.warwickwolves.com.au and follow
the links. You will also find registration information on our
Facebook page (warwick district football association).
If you want more information email
registrations@warwickwolves.com.au