Lundavra State School | Thursday 27th May 2010 | Week 7| Term 2
Principal’s Views
Hello Everyone,
“what' s the difference
between school & life? in
school you' re taught a
lesson then given a test,
in life you' re given a
test that teaches you a
lesson”
It seems that winter is fast approaching as the chill in the air is becoming rather persistent! Of course this means the children have a lot more
clothing to contend with as the tracksuit tops and bottoms often get
ditched during sport or the middle of the day. There are quite a few kids
with unnamed clothes and as you can appreciate, when we have a pile
of green jumpers of the same size it is difficult to find their owners without names. Please make sure everything is named before it comes to
school! The cold weather also encourages food in microwave containers, please place your food in alfoil so that we can put it in the pie
warmer.
Thank-you to all those who attended the last P&C meeting. The box below is the main message to come from the meeting!
THE ABSOLUTE, FINAL DATE
TO ORDER A FUNDRAISING
PAVER IS NEXT
FRIDAY THE 4TH OF JUNE!
Contact Us
Lienassie Road
Goondiwindi Qld 4390
Phone: 07 46 764 139
Fax: 07 46 764 133
Email: abell145@eq.edu.au or
hmaud3@eq.edu.au
Website: lundavrass@eq.edu.au
Principal—Ailsa Bell
District Relief Teacher—
Glenda Bignell (Thurs)
Teacher Aides–
Annabelle Anderson & Jenny
Jackson
Administration—Hayley Maudsley
(Tues & Thurs)
Cleaner—Jenny Jackson
Groundscare—Chris Williamson
This Tuesday I was away at an administrators’ meeting in Stanthorpe.
The meeting was largely focussed around reflecting on school data collection and analysis and ensuring that we use this information to enhance school improvement. Lynelle Urquhart replaced me and continued to help the students refine their sketching skills.
This morning I had an interview for the position of Principal at Lundavra
S.S in a permanent capacity. We will know the outcome of the interview
process in three weeks time and I will keep you informed as I know
more.
Enjoy the rest of your week!
AILSA
Thursday 27th May 2010
Week 7
P&C
The next P&C
meeting will be
at 3pm on
Tuesday 15th
June.
Somebody to take the high
jump mats and the tent to
Tallwood Athletics on 11th
June. Please advise as soon
as possible because we need
to re-allocate this job to
another school if we are
unable to take them.
Lundavra Church Service
Dates
11th June
July—
July—Holidays
13th August
10th September
8th October
12th November
7th December (Christmas
(Christmas Service)
Service)
If you know you are going to be away or
unable to attend, please let me know so
that we can contact the minister in time
before they leave Goondiwindi.
Landmark has a client looking for agistment for 300 cows
for the next three to four months.
If you can help, please call me at the Meandarra branch,
4665 6277.
Thanks, Jenna McInnerney
Thursday 27th May 2010
Week 7
June 1st
DIXON
"The best
preparation for
tomorrow is doing
your best today."
June 8th
LOWE
MANY THANKS TO……….
TO
To everyone who attended the P&C meeting.
DATE CLAIMERS
Practice Athletics Day @ Kindon
Talwood Athletics
4th June
11th June
Thursday 27th May 2010
Week 7
Name: Glenda Bignell
Favourite TV Show: Law & Order
Favourite Food: curried lamb
Best Holiday: trip to London via Malaysia to see my
daughter
In my spare time I: spend time with grandkids
Most treasured item: my mothers engagement ring
Favourite singer: The Shadows
When I grow up I want to be: youthful
This week’s encouragement award goes
to...
Congratulations to
Clayton Guiney - For thinking and guessing the shapes and
numbers drawn on his back.
Jahna Correa - For talking in sentences and thinking and guessing the shapes and numbers drawn on her back.
Bailey Guiney - For absolutely AWESOME reading, keep up that
sight word practice!
Ned Ladner - For good sorting of information when writing notes
for his lion information report.
Thursday 27th May 2010
Week 7
From the Sports Desk, with Glenda Bignell
The children continue to prepare for our coming events both at school and at Talwood. Last week long
jump and shot put were the focus areas. There were some very impressive jumps and throws.
The term is quickly filling up with commitments in the P.E. scene.
A new date has cropped up after a phone call from Aimee Sewell, the Jump Rope Co-ordinator.
Aimee is doing a circuit of the small schools in the district and the day she will be at Lundavra is
MONDAY 7 June 2-3:00 pm.
Unfortunately we do not have a choice of days and I do not work at Lundavra this day but I am sure the
children will enjoy their time with Aimee. If you would like to come up to school and join in with the jump
off you are most welcome.
Our two sports days this term are:
Kindon Practise Day on Friday 4 June and
Talwood Sports the following Friday 11 June.
The school cross country date has been set for:
THURSDAY 17 June at 10:00am
I would encourage all parents to come along and cheer on the children. You are invited to stay on for
morning tea afterwards.
The weather is changing as winter approaches and several children are already showing signs of
cold and flu. We are endeavouring to continue with our hygiene practise at Lundavra:
hand over mouth when coughing or sneezing
use tissues and put them in the bin
wash hands before eating, after play and after going to the toilet
A chill is in the air,
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Thursday 27th May 2010
Week 7 Term 2
Smart Eating — School Nutrition
ONIONS
In 1919 when the 'flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many
of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon one farmer and, to his surprise, everyone was very
healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in
the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions.
She gave him one which he placed under the microscope he found the 'flu virus in the onion. It had obviously absorbed the bacteria, thereby
keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so
were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop and, to her surprise, none of her staff got
sick. It must work... and no, she is not in the onion business.
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or
under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu. If this helps you and
your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case..
What have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!!
Now there is a P.S. to this… I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues and she replied with this most
interesting experience about onions:
Weldon, thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story, but I do know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very
ill. I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion, put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing
the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs. Sure enough it happened just like that... the
onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial and antiseptic properties.
This is the other note.
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I have used an onion which has been left in the fridge, and sometimes I don't use a whole one at one time, so save the other half for later.
Now with this info, I have changed my mind....will buy smaller onions in the future.
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, makers of mayonnaise. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in
the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.
Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist. During the tour, someone asked if we really
needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil.
Ed's answer will surprise you. He said that all commercially-made Mayo is completely safe. "It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm
in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the quaint essential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.
Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials, look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions
came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the
onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.
He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.. it's
not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator. It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit,
that it can be a danger to you. (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!) Ed says if you take
the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to
break down.
Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.