Dear Parents/Carers,

We have thoroughly enjoyed the Term with the demonstration of our commitment to community, respect for each other and taking the time to stand strong and proud for what we believe in. Congratulations to all students and staff at Bowen SS.

Thank you to our partners in our school community and in our wider community, to our parents and carers for your commitment and trust in our school.

Our ANZAC day Ceremony will be held on Wednesday April 24th at 9:30am in our school hall. The first week of Term 2 is a short week for us. We have a couple of public holidays, one of which is ANZAC Day. A great part of this day is the opportunity to participate in the community celebration and recognition ceremonies. We will have our school ceremony on Wednesday in order to prepare and educate the children on the significance of the occasion before the march on Thursday. More details will be available about this opportunity when we return from holidays.

As we move into the holidays, I trust you will take good care of our little people. Please ensure you have safety plans for them and that you know where they are at all times.

If you are travelling on the holidays please do so with great care and if you are staying in the area, please provide structure for the children to keep them busy and occupied.

I hope everyone has a happy break. See you next term.

Attendance

Whole School Attendance – 92%

Greater than 95% - 54% of students have attended above 95% this term.

We are so proud of our ongoing improvement in attendance. Students and families have been working hard to prioritise student attendance. This will be an ongoing focus for us throughout 2019.

The WINNER of the highest class attendance for Term 1 is Prep A. Congratulations to our Prep A students and Mrs Steen.

REMINDER: Term 2 beings on Tuesday 23^rd April.

PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning

As part of our implementation for PBL, we have recently completed our EBS Data. It shows pleasing improvement in the way we are implementing PBL across both classroom and non-classroom environments. It also highlight the consistency that we have established in effectively supporting, re-teaching and managing behaviour.

A big congratulations to our staff, students and PBL Team for their amazing work.

Easter Break

Keep a watch on our school these holidays

With the holidays fast approaching, we need local communities looking out for our schools. If you do see something suspicious, please don’t intervene. Call the School Watch number on 13 17 88 and let the local police or State Government Protective Security Service address the matter.

I would like to wish all of our students and their families a safe and restful Easter Holiday period. We look forward to having you back in Term 2.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Elizabeth Mayo

PB

Prep B is excited to have the soft fall back in place. Now we can have “Fun Friday” using the obstacle course and playing outside in the sandpit or riding bikes and pushing prams.

1/2B

Year 1/2B has been very busy in Math this term. We have been measuring, counting, learning number facts and solving problems. Year 1’s have also been looking at displaying data in picture graphs. Year 2’s have also been finding out what numbers add to 20 and they have been adding strings of numbers.

4B

In 4B we have been learning about how weathering and erosion affect our environment. We have learnt about mechanical and chemical erosion as well as how we can prevent erosion from occurring or getting worse. This week we conducted an experiment where we had to build a hill using rocks, pebbles, sand and sticks and then pour water on it to model water erosion.

5B

In HASS lessons 5B have been looking at two countries in depth - Sweden and Mexico. We have been studying the differences in environmental and human charactistics of these places and deciding where would prefer to live based on these. Most of the class have chosen Sweden because of factors such as the food and the fishing!

6B

This term 6B has been working extremely hard on their writing in English. They have been reading humorous short stories by various authors and have then planned, drafted, and typed their own humorous short stories which have been bound into a class book. One of these stories has been included in the newsletter for your perusal.

Jail Break

By De Vante Watego

BOOM! As Jonah was fixing his bike, it was obliterated into a million pieces and it catapulted him through the air like a cannonball landing on his back side. Jonah screamed, “Well my plan is ruined! Now how am I going to get Papa Jo out of jail?” Jonah thought to himself, “If that explosion obliterated my bike and put me on my backside, well then what would it do to a high tech brick wall?” Jonah was sceptical but intrigued. “That’s it! I will break Papa Jo out of jail.” So Jonah began planning Papa Jo’s escape.

Rambunctiously Jonah made his way through town to find everything he needed for Papa Jo’s great escape. “This is what I need: C4 explosives for blowing a big massive sperm whale size hole in the dreadful jail, a Groucho disguise for cleverly fooling the oblivious prison guard, a bullet proof vest so I don’t get shot six thousand times, a butt pad highly soft for landing on and to protect my precious smooth cheeks, and luxurious oven mits to protect my soft and cuddly feet”. When Jonah had collected all the necessary yet weird equipment, he headed back to his secret lair AKA Mum and Dad’s house to prepare.

As Jonah moon walked suspiciously into the jail, he put his plan into action knock, knock, knock, Papa Jo. Knock, knock, knock, Papa Jo. Knock, knock, knock, Papa Jo. He repeated to

all forty-nine cells until he got to the last one, cell number fifty. That was where Papa Jo was. Jonah placed C4 into a heart shape on the high tech brick wall and strapped on his butt pad. “YEET!” Jonah yelled throwing a live C4 at the brick wall causing a massive explosion like a whale splashing into the water. As the smoke was flowing away, Papa Jo slowly wiggled out of the deep hole like a little hippopotamus coming out of a muddy pond. Jonah clicks his heels and says, “Let’s go Papa Jo”.

Back at home Jonah was getting out of the car and as he walked inside Mum said, “What on earth are you doing here?” Jonah said, “I picked up Papa Jo from jail and I might have done a teensy little bit of damage to the high tech brick wall.” “Your gammon!” replied Mum in a high pitch voice. “Sorry Mum,” Jonah replied pressing play on Sorry by Justin Bieber. “Say what?!” said Mum with one eyebrow raised. Jonah walked Papa Jo back to the house. A few moments later police cars were surrounding the house. Jonah told Papa Jo to hide but he was too slow. The police crashed in and took Papa Jo away. “Here we go again,” said Jonah.

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Year 1

Sophie Lu	Gerald San Pedro	Aiden Halloran
Felicity Gorham	Matthew Brazil	Quade Cristaudo
Kilani Uerata

Year 2

Dylan Siggins	Lola Hatelie	Callum Weicks
Andrea Firth	Matilda Royal	Jed Gerrard
Max Fellows	Will Gordon	Charlotte Atwood
Grace Bailey	Caelin Hatherell	Blake Koopmans
Alexis Lydom	Sean Padilla	Sonny Prichard
Lilly Sanderson

Year 3

Glynnie Domingo	Alexis Anderson	Elliana Bath
Sakira Pini	Molly Jackson	Isaiah Howell
Nate Head	Henry Woodhouse	Matiu Mone
Trinity Blake	Hannah Farley	Georgina Gordon
Hayley Hickey	Nakiesha Ivey-Silver	Eita Mone
Mia Saxelby	Xavier Sinclair	Taleisa Savelio
Michael Teale	Mickey Dyer	Caleb Gorham
Abigail Napier	Sienna Dickinson	Olivia Romeo
Blake Peacock	Riley Begg	Phoebe Smith
Ruby Bertram	Ramsey Wright

Year 4

Callum Peebles	Tahnaya Togo	Sophie Brazil
Seneca Bickey	Sarah Redsell	Ileana Cookson
John Amaro-Bishop	Isla Cristaudo	Megan Daniel-Anau
Bridie Glazebrook	Abby Halloran	Edie Jackson
Phillip Jensen	Matilda Mcdonnell	Emma Siggins
Isaac Gorham	Cody Horstman	Mia Sanderson
Charlotte Southern	Tristan Tremain	Franki Watson

Year 5

Shelby Boers	Shanae Murdock	Charlotte Hemmings
Lewahni Costa	Ryder Hatelie	Erin Romeo
Hayley Kleinert	Alissia Gibson	Harris Wright
Quynh Anh Tran	Blake Gerrard	Julia Cookson
Jake Giffin	Maddie Tiler	Kai Hatherell
Zarah Anthony	Jacob Logan	James Madlangsakay
Keisha Sigley

Year 6

Carter Brackey	Lane Johnson	Anna Richardson
Sienna Sawdy	Izaya Byrne	Luca Cowen
Audette Patterson	Flynn Sawdy

YEAR 3 & 5 NAPLAN TESTING 2019

Year 3 & 5 students will be participating in the 2019 NAPLAN testing during Week 4 of Term 2. (Tuesday 14 May-Thursday 16 May)

NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students have already been learning through the school curriculum. Teachers have been providing support and guidance and making sure that the year 3 and year 5 students are also familiar with the test formats. The tests will be conducted in the classrooms with the class teacher supervising.

The best way you can help your child prepare for NAPLAN is to reassure your child that NAPLAN tests are just one part of the school program, and encourage them to do the best they can on the day.

If you have any questions or concerns about your child completing the NAPLAN testing, please contact your child’s teacher or Maxine Hillery via the office.

NAPLAN Timetable - Week 4

On Thursday, students competed in the Inter house Cross Country trials. Students aged 10 – 12 competed in order to represent Bowen State School at the sub district trials in May. Congratulations to the following students:

9 year olds

Boys Girls

Brandon Paetzold Kerry Anau

Cody Horstman Taijana Ngamotu

Riley Begg Georgia Gordon

10 year olds

Boys Girls

Lenny Lawrence Megan Anau

Denan Lavaring Edie Jackson

Alex Thomas Trinity Rollin

11 year olds

Boys Girls

Jacob Logan Sienna Sawdy

Samuel Adams Rebecca Daniel

Pheonix Rerekura Mackenzie Horstman

12 year olds

Boys Girls
Zaine Mason Alisa Thomas

Kauri Rerekura Breanna Jorgensen

Darcy McLeod Savannah Midolo

Hear to Learn program

What a fantastic opportunity for students from Bowen State School to have access to professional hearing screening from Hear and Say, all the way from Brisbane as part of the Thiess funded Hear to Learn program. 43 students were screened. It is through early detection that students experience more success at school. Bowen State School thanks sponsor Thiess and Hear and Say for the time and expertise, we will welcome Hear and Say back with open arms in future.

Parents please don’t miss out on these opportunities in future, give the school a call and we can help you out with permission forms etc. Do you notice your child:

does’t respond when called
has a dip in school grades (because they can’t hear the teacher possibly when sick)
complains of a ringing sound in their ears (tinnitus)
talks too loudly
can't hear videos, when background noise
pronounces words incorrectly
appears inattentive and prone to daydreaming

If so, the Child Youth Health Nurse Janet Russell is at the hospital and can screen your child for free you phone and make an appointment via the hospital.

Colour Splash and Dash

Wowsers, we are so close to our target of $4000! Way to go team! What a fabulous whole school event. It was so much fun…. let’s do it again next year! Thank you to all involved especially Ms H, Mrs Smalley, Mrs Upkett, Clint Jorgensen and the P and C for donation of the sausages. Create an online sponsorship page and raise $1 to go into the draw for a $20,000 family prize. Fundraise over the school holidays, bring the money to the office on Tueday, the first day back. You can order your prizes via your online account or prizes are to be selected the first week of term 2.

This week, 15 Year Six students (along with students from Merinda and Queens Beach) attended the GBRMPA Eco Challenge in Bowen. This involved students travelling to several locations around Bowen including Horseshoe Bay, Greys Bay, and Gordons Beach to meet up with Wildlife/Park Rangers, staff from the GBRMPA, and conservation specialists. Throughout the day students learned about what it means to protect and conserve the environment, how they can teach others to care for the environment, and what they can do locally to take the next step towards environmental change. The day concluded with a waste clean up at Gordons Beach where students collected 30kg of rubbish! Students were excited to take their knowledge back to school and begin planning for a cleaner future.

Our Bowen State School ANZAC Commemoration Service will be held at 9:30 in the hall on Wednesday 24^th April.

All members of the community are welcome to join with us as we remember those who have served our country in times of war.

Thursday 25^th April- ANZAC DAY COMMUNITY SERVICE.

All Bowen State School Students are invited to participate in the ANZAC Day March on Thursday 25^th April 2018.

Students are to assemble outside the RSL Sub-Branch in Williams Street at 9:00am. They are to be dressed in full school uniform, including sensible walking shoes and a broad brimmed hat. It is also advisable to bring a water bottle.

The march will commence at 9:15 and move along Williams Street to Herbert Street, then up to the Cenotaph where the ANZAC Service will take place.

Our school captains will lead Bowen State School students. Many teachers also march in the ANZAC Day Parade with the students. We extend an invitation to all family members to accompany the students and everyone is very welcome to march with the school.

For interested members of the school community, an ANZAC Day Dawn Service is to be held at the cenotaph in Herbert Street at 5:50 am. Parents are to accompany interested students to this service.

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CASUAL POSITION VACANT

A casual position exists for a School Crossing Supervisor at Bowen State School.

The School Crossing Supervisor may be required to work five days per week in all weather conditions. The hours of work for School Crossing Supervisors are 1.5 hours a day and usually comprise of one hour in the morning and ½ hour in the afternoon Commencement date to be advised a Pay Rate of $30.34 per hour.

The successful applicants will be dependent on:

The suitable outcome of a health assessment carried out by a GP of your choice according to the guidelines in the “Notes for Medical Practitioner” on the School Crossing Supervisor Scheme – Health Assessment Form; (this is paid by the Department)
A Positive Blue Card Notice (This is also paid by the Department and means you do not need to have a blue card to apply for the position)

If you are interested in the position please collect an application form from the School administration or contact Karen Cantoni (Road Safety officer) on 49 518331.

The School Crossing Supervisors Application is to be returned to School for the school principles recommendation.