Principal’s News
Banana State School
Newsletter
Term 3 2016 Week 9
This week our newsletter is dedicated to the
students of our school who are the reason for
our existence as a school community.
I hope that you enjoy reading about their
achievements and their creativity.
Poetry
Every student in our school is currently
learning about poetry in English.
Here are some acrostic poems which students
have been writing for homework. An acrostic
poem is one where the first letter of the first
word of each line spells out a word.
Emus can run really fast!
Male emus make the nest and guard and hatch
the eggs!
Ume spelt backwards is emu!
Lilli Jarvis
Elegance describes an emu because it is so
graceful
Majestic creature and magical in a way
Urgently runs away when in trouble!
Mackenzie Turner
Emus are amazing marvellous birds
Mums look after their chicks
Using speed to get away from predators.
Matthew Hayes
Cockatoos are amazing
Overly noisy
Cockatoos are yellow and white
Kookaburras aren’t even close to being as cool
Aren’t cockatoos magnificent?
They soar through the sky
Over the mountains they fly
Over the blue lakes in the sun setting sky.
Shearia Cox
A Poem About Time
Time can race ahead of us but sometimes time
can stand still
Time can jump up at day but drifts down at
night
Time slowly turns from night to day
Time grows with each passing day
Time can be our friend and our worst enemy
Time is always there, it will never be late
unless we make it stop.
Shearia Cox
Time
Time is a lion that rips up the minutes
Time can be as fast as a roaring motorbike
Explicit Focus Areas for 2016 :
Writing, Attendance
More students in the Upper 2
Bands
Time can dance but time can move at a snail’s
pace
Time can be like a caged dog, yelping for
more hours.
Matthew Hayes
Time
Time is like a freight train that keeps on going
Time is a furnace that burns away the days
Time is like a horn that wakes me up each
morning
But there’s one thing it seems that time can’t
do
When it comes to my homework, it hasn’t a
clue!
Gordon Moore
Time
Time is like a steam engine trundling along the
track
Time is a spirit that sprinkles minutes from on
high
Time is like a wheel that never stops turning
Time helps me with its wisdom
To understand this universe of mine.
PJ
Time
Time is like a ruler dividing the day into hours
and minutes
Time for you to get up out of bed and go to
school
The gift of time we learn to use wisely
Time has hands that move in all directions and
never stop working.
Ayden Cross
Reading
In our study of literature in English, our Yr 3
and Yr 6 students have been asked to pick out
their favourite lines in some of their favourite
books.
Here are some inspirational lines they’ve
quoted …
It is never too late to change.
Shearia Cox
Search for the power within and then realise
the greatness within others.
Shearia Cox
Feel like a giggle …
Something I’ve read when marking students
books recently –
Science Investigation into different soils --Colour – Moron (Hopefully the student wasn’t
talking about me!)
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which Banana State School is built, the Gangulu people.
Here are some jokes which the students have
shared with me in homework – laughter is
good medicine!
Why was six afraid if seven?
Because seven eight nine.
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Boo!!
Boo who …
Don’t cry, it was only a joke kookaburra.
What do you get when you cross a kangaroo
and an elephant?
Holes all over Australia.
Mackenzie Turner
Emma Hayes
Recently, Emma has had an accident which
means that she has been unable to come to
school.
Emma has been working hard at home and
completing her school work diligently.
Congratulations Emma on your outstanding
completion of 1500 maths questions on IXL.
We hope that you will be able to return to
school and join your friends in the classroom
in Term 4.
Year 6 Graduation
The Year 6 Graduation has been scheduled for
Saturday, December 3rd.
It will be held at the school and we have
already started our planning for this very
important evening.
Please let us know as soon as possible if this
date poses any problems for any of our Yr 6
students.
Swimming in Term 4
Swimming will be held in Term 4 on Fridays
on these dates:
14th Oct, 21st Oct, 28th Oct, 4th Nov, 11th Nov
The Swimming Carnival will be held from
11.30 – 3.00 pm on Friday 18th Nov.
Please complete the return slip and send back
to the office before the end of term so that
final arrangements can be made for swimming
in Term 4.
National Child Protection Week
This year’s theme ‘Stronger Communities,
Safer Children’ builds on the concept
‘Protecting Children is Everyone’s Business:
Play Your Part’. Our school is participating in
National Child Protection Week in the
following way:
 our school staff and our P&C will cooperatively provide a free sausage
sizzle and icy cup for all students on
Friday at lunch time. Every family is
welcome to take advantage of this free
lunch for their children and help us to
spread the word in our local
community about our priorities
regarding protecting children.
Goal Celebration Term 3
Next week, we will be having a KFC lunch
time treat for students who have achieved their
Term 3 goals. This will be a fun and simple
activity for those students who have worked
hard throughout the term to achieve their
goals.
Parents are invited to attend our last parade for
Term 3 on Friday September 16th when
certificates will be presented and photographs
taken.
Letters will be sent home before next Tuesday
informing students of their goal achievement.
Farewell
Kevin and Shearia Cox will be leaving our
school community on the last day of Term 3.
We would like to wish them well in their new
location.
We will miss Kevin and Shearia and their
contribution to our school family.
We will say goodbye at our final parade on the
last day of term.
Term 4
School commences in Term 4 on Tuesday
October 4th.
Elaine Pelling
P - 3 News
Maths
In Maths this week, we are developing our
understanding of numbers.
 Prep - in sequences, initially to and from 20,
moving from any starting point. Connect
number names, numerals and quantities,
including zero, initially up to 10 and then
beyond.
 Year 1 - recognise, model, read, write and
order numbers to at least 100.
 Year 2 - recognise, model, represent and
order numbers to at least 1000.
 Year 3 - recognise, model, represent and
order numbers to at least 10 000.
 Parents - help your child to remember your
phone number and to press the correct buttons
on the phone.
Elaine Pelling
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which Banana State School is built, the
Gangulu people.
P - 3 News
Spelling
Congratulations to Sherrie Bauer and
McKennon Hayley for obtaining 100% on
their spelling tests last week. Keep up the hard
work you are putting in with your spelling!
Fruit Break
Each morning at 10:00 we have been having
Fruit Break. This is a great time to sit back and
listen to the children talk about their likes and
dislikes of certain fruits. It would be great if at
home they tried a variety of different fruits, as
it is a shame for them to miss out on all the
delicious fruits and flavours Mrs Pelling brings
to the class.
Library
We will be borrowing Home Readers again
from the Library this Friday and this will be
the last time for Term 3. Please make sure all
books are returned to school with the students
before their departure at the end of Term 3.
The students are really enjoying spending time
in the library each week. The Year 3 students
now have the task of reading a book to small
groups of Prep and Year 1 students. This is
really helping them with their reading skills
and giving them the confidence to read in front
of small groups of children.
Maths
For the last two weeks, in P-2, we have been
focusing on number and number patterns. The
students have been learning skip counting in
2s, 5s and 10s. They have been working really
hard to identify the word form of numbers and
matching them to their numerals. The students
have also been looking at the order of numbers
according to their place value. They worked
well together to construct a number line in
class. It was very interesting listening to the
conversations between the children who
needed to stand in order based upon the
number they were holding in their hands.
Sophie and Matilda had some very funny
facial expressions that guided the Years 1s as
to where to stand, they were not allowed to
give verbal directions. It was team work at its
finest.
and counted how many times their jaws moved
for the syllables in each word.
The Preps will begin constructing their own
four lined rhyming verse this week and they
will present this to the class next week. I can’t
wait to see what rhyming words they decide to
use, as they have spent a lot of time in class
working on rhyming pairs.
Years 1 and 2 have been looking at
reconstructing poems whilst keeping the
rhythm and syllable count the same for each
line. They will also present their creations to
the class next week.
History
Last week we completed our history
assessment. It was very interesting to see what
was important to the class, based upon what
people did not have access to in the past. Noone thought they could live without electricity,
as in our everyday life we rely on it so much.
We did an experiment by working without
lights, but we all agreed it was so much easier
when we had the electricity to help us see our
work more clearly.
Science
As part of our science assessment the Year 1s
had to create a collage of a daytime landscape.
They had a lot of fun layering some of the
colours to create the sky with clouds and sun.
As I walked around the room, it was
interesting to listen to the features some of the
class wanted to add. When the class was
finished, they came and explained to me what
was happening in their landscape and what
some of the features were they could see
during the daytime. McKennon was adamant
he needed an arena in his landscape collage
and Franklin decided he was making a desert,
because he stated he "likes it when it is really
hot". The next task is to draw pictures of what
they expect to see in the landscape at night.
Shannan Rye
English
In P-2, we have been investigating the
rhyming patterns and syllable counts of poems
in class. The children thought it was great fun
when they put their hands under their chins
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which Banana State School is built, the
Gangulu people.
Mrs Butler’s News
Spelling
Congratulation to the following students who
obtained 100 % in their spelling test last week:
Callum Ranford, Dale Lewis, Nykeetah
Lobley, Matthew Donohoe and Heath Bayles.
Keep up the great work.
Thankyou
We would like to thank Mr Stevens and Miss
Chloe who have been visiting our school every
Friday to teach our class the finer points in
Touch Football. The students have enjoyed
the experience and have certainly improved
their ball handling skills over the past several
weeks. Students have asked if they can buy a
gift for each of them to show their appreciation
for the time and effort that they have freely
given to our kids.
Anyone wishing to
participate is welcome to give a gold coin
donation to go towards the purchasing of a
small gift. I would also like to take this
opportunity to thank Mrs Hobson who helps
out in the classroom whenever she can. Your
help on a Friday is truly appreciated by us in
regards to hearing spelling.
Grade 4 English Poetry – Playground
Rhymes
Mrs Cat
Lost her bat
In a great large colourful hat.
By Callum
Mrs Cat
loved her rat
sitting on a fluffy mat.
By Zaine
Mrs Cat
lost her bat
under a great big bushy mat.
By Nykeetah
Mrs Cat
lost her hat
under her big fat mat.
By Narmi
Mrs Cat
lost her rat
in a great big shiny vat
Mrs Cat
lost her hat
whilst sitting on the big fat mat
By Sophie
Mrs Cat
lost her bat
in a great big shiny hat
By Dale
Mrs Cat
found her hat
in a great big fluffy mat
By Alice
Mrs Cat
lost her fat
running around the shaggy mat
By Clayton
What to do on the holidays
Many games will reveal your child's
knowledge of numbers as well as of words and
directions. Play tic-tac-toe, dots, checkers,
concentration, hangman and Scrabble. Games
such as chess and Monopoly, are great as they
involve problem solving and mathematics.
Cooking will help children gain a deeper
understanding of fractions and equivalency.
Holidays
Take care over the holiday period. It’s always
such a busy time and living in the bush a lot of
our kids ride quad bikes. Last year kids under
16 accounted for 20 per cent of all national
quad bike related deaths - more than half were
driving the quad bike. These incidents are
preventable. Please take the time to have a
browse at the following website as I want to
see all of our kids fit and ready to start a jam
packed Term 4.
https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/rideready/ki
ds-on-kids-bikes
Last Word (Keeping with the poem theme)
The Voice
There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long,
“I feel that this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong.”
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
By Dwayne
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which Banana State School is built, the
Gangulu people.
What’s right for you – just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.
(We all have a conscious, listen to yours.
Always ask yourself, “Is this what my best
looks like?” That one question alone will
change your entire life.)
Mrs Kay Butler
P& C and Community News
Thank you to everyone who came to the
P&C Meeting. Our next P&C Meeting will
be Wednesday, 19th October commencing at
6pm.
Karen and Leanne are off to a P&C
Conference in Gladstone on Friday and
Saturday.
There will be a free sausage sizzle on this
Friday 2nd lunch only, in support of Child
Protection Week.
Thank you to everyone who has supported
the Lasagne Drive. If you didn’t get your
orders in, I’m sorry, we will not be taking
any late orders now. So for the families with
orders, we are doing our last cook on the last
week of school and I will get in contact with
you when they’re ready.
Dollarmite Banking
There is now a basket in the office for all
bank books to be placed in before 9am on
Friday mornings. If your child’s bank book
is not in the basket their banking will not be
processed until the following Friday.
Not long now and we have School Holidays
wishing you all a safe and wonderful break.
Leanne Stevens.
P&C Secretary
ATTENTION
PCAS
&
EU
PRODUCERS
Slaughter ready cattle wanted.
Premiums will be paid for suitable article.
For more information or a current grid call:
Alisdair on 0437 261 067
email: alisdair@butchersnook.com
visit: www.butchersnook.com
Callide Dawson Special Needs Resource
Group Inc.
Are you community minded and willing to
help support local people with special needs
and their families? If so, the Callide
Dawson Special Needs Support Group Inc
could use your input.
We are a dedicated group which advocates
for and provides services, equipment and
materials to enhance the learning and
development of people with a identified
needs in our region. Some recent examples
of our success stories include funding a
series of Sing and Grow Workshops for 0 –
5 year olds, State Ensemble Honours Gifted
and Talented Instrumental Program and the
installation of a new shadesail at the Banana
Shire Community Resource Centre (CRC).
We are currently seeking new members who
may have a fresh outlook and some bright
ideas. If you would like to become involved,
or even just learn a little more about what we
do, we meet every six-eight weeks at the
CRC, 102 Rainbow Street, Biloela. Our next
meeting is 15th September 1.00pm. For
further info please contact Donna or Pam at
the
CRC
4992
7360
or
email
cdsnsg@outlook.com
GOOVIGEN P&C
Annual Cricket Day
Goovigen P&C and the School Project Club
will be running our annual Cricket Day on
October 15 (Sat, Week 2). The P&C will be
running the day, as well as, running the bar
from 10am to midnight. The school project
club will be running the Canteen.
The Banana Shire Council will be having an
outdoor movie night on the same day and
they will be providing Popcorn, Jumping
Castle and a Sticky Wall. Every child will
receive prizes from Cricket Australia and
there are trophies and prizes for the adults
too.
So to be very formal, on behalf of the P&C I
would like to invite you to come along and
join the fun.
Rob McCullough
Principal - Goovigen State School
0477 365 041
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which Banana State School is built, the
Gangulu people.
DATE CLAIMER
9th September
National Child Protection Week – Sausage Sizzle (no cost – lunch time only)
16th September
Yr 6 Enrolment Packages due at Moura SHS
Parade
FINAL Day Term 3
15th October
3rd October
4th October
th
11 October
14th October
Goovigen P&C Annual Cricket Day
Please see attached flyer
Public Holiday
Term 4 Commences
Banana Playgroup Toy Catalogue
Orders Due
Swimming
th
15 October
Goovigen P&C Cricket Day
th
17 October
19th October
Student Free Day
Banana SS P&C Meeting 6pm
Second information evening at Moura SHS for Year 6 families
21st October
Swimming
th
28 October
4th November
11th November
18th November
1st December
3rd December
th
9 December
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming Carnival
Yr 6 Transition Day at Moura SHS
Yr 6 Graduation
End of Year Presentations
P – 3 Library Day
Every Friday
Dollarmite Banking
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which Banana State School is built, the
Gangulu people.