Bowen State School eNewsletter

Staff at Bowen State School teach to the point of need of each student based on a range of ongoing assessments. Classroom and Specialist teachers work to ensure that the academic, social and emotional needs of all students are being planned for and then met through quality differentiated teaching programs. Supports and reasonable adjustments are in place for many students to ensure they achieve success in their learning, whilst feeling positive and engaged in their learning. If you have any questions about your child's education, I encourage you to make contact with your child's classroom teacher, Ethan Shaw (Head of Special Education Services) or any of the Leadership team.

Early Childhood Development Program (ECDP)

Our ECDP program at Bowen State School has recently grown to two groups. Early Childhood Development Programs are aimed at ensuring children with a disability can achieve maximum skills and the capacity to access and participate in schooling. The attached flyer goes into more detail about the program however, I encourage you to get in contact with myself, Ethan Shaw (Acting Head of Special Education Services) to discuss further and answer any questions. Feel free to call the school or email ecsha0@eq.edu.au.

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Welcome to Week 6!

We are over halfway through Term 4, how time flies! Our focus for the last week has been Being Responsible: Following Adult Instructions. It is important to for students to remember as we near the end of the year, that although they are tired, worn out, brain fried, it is still important to stay in routine and follow instructions to ensure that everyone has a successful and enjoyable end to the year. Some strategies that can assist them through a tough time include mountain breathing, showing resilience (having a go), asking for some space or quiet time to reflect and reset, and asking someone for help.

Our focus for next week will be Being Respectful: Respecting the Rights of Others to Learn and showing an awareness for the feelings, needs and interest of others. This will prompt students to think about what they need to have their needs met in these last few weeks of school. Is it that they need help with the work? Do they need a break to refresh? Do they want more positive feedback so that they continue to follow the school’s four values? Staff and students will reflect on this throughout their PBL lesson and review the classroom expectations and positive and negative consequences in each classroom.

Have a great week everyone! You can do it!

Emma Chandler
PBL Team Leader

A big thank you to all the instrumental music parents for their support of the students throughout the year. We have exciting things happening next year with plans being made to take the band to Fanfare in Proserpine in Term 2.

Just a reminder that all school instruments, music books (red ones) and the blue music folders are due to be returned at the last lessons on the Wednesday of Week 8.

Regards,

Amanda Mattiske
Instrumental Teacher

This term 2I have been looking at 2D shapes and 3D objects.

We have been investigating the properties of 2D shapes and writing clues about the shapes to see if our classmates could work out what shape we were describing. We needed to describe if it was a closed shape, how many sides it had and whether they were straight or curved sides. We also described the corners as square on non- square.

We made 3D objects and looked at how many faces, corners and edges they had. We then had a go at drawing a 3D object tower.

In 2/3R we had an amazing unit of learning for Visual Arts called ‘Tiny Worlds’. The class got to create their own version of a tiny world using all different types of materials. We had so much fun in this unit, and the end results are incredible! The class could create their tiny world however they wished, including the resources. We had some 2D drawings on worlds, some 3D masterpieces and some in diagram form. It was a wonderful way to explore creativity and our own views and perceptions of the world. We have some beautiful imaginations in 2/3R!

Our classroom has been a hive of activity over the past few weeks.

In HASS we've baked the bread of the bush - damper - and enticed Mr Payne and Mrs Weekes to be taste testers and score each Survivor tribe on their efforts.

In Science, we've been investigating simple cause and effect relationships and identifying environmental factors that contribute to mould growth in bread. It's certainly been an interesting experiment for the class!

Lastly, in Design, we're almost finished building animal shelters for a pet that can withstand the elements. Lots of great structures have been created by this innovative class!

As we continue our Term 4 assessment journey and the weather starts to heat it’s important we are covering our basic needs first in order to be our most resilient selves.

Do we have a healthy sleep habit? 8-11 hours of sleep per night.
Are we drinking enough water?
Crunch and much snack pack as well as a nutritious lunch?
Physical play each day
Are we connecting with others? children are more likely to ask parents to play then say “I’ve had a tough day”. Schedule connection play activities away from devices.
Limit meaningful rich content screen time to less than 2 hours per day for 6-12 year olds.

Getting back to basis will best support our little people to be engaged, more resilient and successful.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Week 5 cohort celebrations for students that received positive reinforcement for being safe, respectful, responsible and a learner via 30 Gotchas or Dojos.

We look forward to our wet play inflatable slides Thursday Week 10 – all students will attend however, Major behaviour misconduct will have a delayed entry to the activity and not attend for the full time.

Danielle Upkett
Guidance Officer