Striving for an engaged and motivated school community, fostering individual achievement, social responsibility and well being

Contact details PH: 4625 8555 Jane Street Dirranbandi QLD 4486 www.dirranbass.eq.edu.au Student absences line PH: 4625 8566 Absence SMS line 0418 164 912 Principal Mrs Andrea Killen Email the.principal@dirranbass.eq.edu.au

P&C Executive President: Amber Stewart Vice President: Jen Miller Secretary: Tanya Moore Junior Secretary: Jess Persse Treasurer: Tamara Burke dirranbandipandcsecretary@outlook.com

What’s Inside this issue: Pg 1 Marco Gliori

Pg 2 From the Principal

Pg 3 School Photos Community Notices Pg 4 Secondary Snapshot Pg 5 From the HOC Pg 6 Week 11 Activities

Dirranbandi P-10 State School

Dazzler

“Success Follows Effort”

2018

Term 2

June 15

POETRY

WORKSHOP

MARCO GLIORI

WITH ...

STAFF Teachers Liz Bromwich Kirsty Cookson Jessica Davis Keeley Glass Monica Hadenfeldt Kylie Hegarty Rogan Kinnear April McLaren Jen Miller Mollie Rodgers Secondary Coordinator Kylie Hegarty PH: 4625 8534

Student Services Coordinator

Monica Hadenfeldt PH: 4625 8500 Head of Curriculum Jen Miller PH: 4625 8501 Instrumental Music Luke Todd Business Manager Michelle Burke Teacher Aides Tamara Burke Sheldon Dawes Darcie Fenech Bronwyn Hopkins Angela Hourigan Kathleen Ruttley Shelley Smith Amber Stewart Cleaners Keith Blunden Katie Macmillan Leonarda Tramacchi Groundsman Boyd Hopkins

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Student Reports Student reports are being issued in all Queensland State Schools to students in Years Prep -10, at the end of the first semester and again at the end of the year. These reports will provide information about student achievement, as well as information about effort, behaviour and student absences. Semester One reports will be mailed on Friday 22 June. Poet Visit – Marco Gliori Poet Marco Gliori visited our school on Tuesday and ran presentations and student workshops with students from Prep to Year 10. Students and staff were entertained with Marco’s poetry and storytelling. Students enjoyed the opportunity to be creative with some poems of their own.

‘Marco Gliori is one of Australia's most highly regarded Poets and Story Tellers. A unique spoken word artist and multi-award winning Poet, Marco writes and performs his original verse, anecdotes, and stand-up comedy routines, engaging and inspiring audiences across Australia.’ Speakers Ink

School Arrival Time Students are encouraged not to arrive at school prior to 8:30am. A staff member is on duty from this time. All students arriving prior to 8:30am are to sit under the A-Block building. The bell rings at 8:30am to signal when kids can commence play. School Photos School Photos will be held next Friday June 22nd. Please ensure your child is dressed in appropriate school uniform for the day. Remember to place photo orders prior to the day. Important Dates…

Friday 22 June School Photo Day Reports mailed home Monday 25 June NAIDOC Day Tuesday 26 June ASG Celebrations Pyjama Day Wednesday 27 June Under 8’s Day 5pm—7pm Disco Thursday 28 June Rewards Day Friday 29 June Faith Day, End of Term Awards Last day of Term 2

Congratulations to … Last week’s attendance winners Year 9-10 with 100% attendance! SRC on running a successful Pirate Day fundraiser. There were lots of fierce looking pirates

around the school. Pirate Day Friday is a national fundraising initiative to raise money and awareness for research into the treatment and cure of childhood brain cancer.

Thank You To … Parents and staff for your attendance and input at the recent P&C general meeting. Important

topics discussed at the meeting, included; holding a P&C Fete and P&C Homework Incentive Prizes. More information to follow.

Marco Gliori for sharing your poetry and stories. Students and staff really enjoyed the day.

Remember… Our School Facebook page. You’ll find important messages about School events and

photographs of School happenings on our page. Have you ‘liked’ us recently? Have you placed your school photo day order? Have a great weekend! Andrea Killen

2018 Term 2 Week 10 Monday - 18 June Parade Homework Centre Tuesday - 19 June Sporting Schools, Tennis Community Netball Wednesday - 20 June Tuckshop Sporting Schools, Softball Thursday - 21 June Homework Centre Friday - 22 June Playgroup School Photos Saturday - 23 June Indigenous Perspectives Sunday - 24 June Family Fishing Day

Week 11 Monday - 25 June Parade NAIDOC Day Activities Tuesday - 26 June Pyjama Day ASG Breakfast Wednesday - 27 June Tuckshop Under 8’s Day Disco 5pm - 7pm Thursday - 28 June Free Dress Day Rewards Day Friday - 29 June Last Day of Term 2 Faith Day End of Term Parade

TERM 3 SEMESTER 2 Week 1 Monday - 16 July School Resumes Parade

RELIEF CLEANERS NEEDED Expression of interest for relief casual cleaner

Please contact the school office and leave details with Michelle

Phone: 46258 555

Dirranbandi Fishing & Restocking Club Inc.

FREE FAMILY FISHING DAY Dirranbandi Fishing Club would

like to invite everyone to a Free Fishing Day at the

Fishing Club Shed Jack Dwyer Memorial Park.

Sunday 24th June 9am till final weigh-in at 2.30pm.

Registration is Free. Lunch time: BBQ and Drinks are

Free thanks to Qld Murray Darling Committee.

Heaps of Prizes

for the Kids.

C&K Dirranbandi Community Kindergarten through a Cotton Farmers Grant

present…..

EMBEDDING INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES AND CULTURAL

COMPETENCY TRAINING

Cost: FREE Where: C&K Dirranbandi Community Kindergarten

16 Moore Street, Dirranbandi When: Saturday 23rd June

9am-2pm Morning Tea and Lunch

will be provided All educators welcome

Please RSVP by the 15th of June to Norma Duffey

Phone: (07) 46258 458 Email:

Dirranbandi@candk.asn.au

PBL FOCUS’ I am responsible when I am …

An Active Learner Safe

Respectful

Keep hands, feet, teeth and bodily fluids to self.

DIRRANBANDI AND DISTRICT LITTLE ATHLETICS AGM

When: Thursday 21 June Where: Dirran Old Moey

Time: 5pm All welcome

Treasurer and Secretary positions available

Any questions contact Kristy Stephens 0439929486

FULL SCHOOL UNIFORM INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STUDENTS BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT

NDIS SUPPORTED SCHOOL TRANSPORT DISCUSSION PAPER OUT NOW

As the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is rolled out across Australia, stakeholder feedback is being sought to inform how supported school transport could work in the NDIS or whether current arrangements should be retained. Visit www.engage.dss.gov.au and click on

the NDIS Supported School Transport tab to have your say. To allow time for governments to consider the outcomes of the consultation process, the Queensland Government will continue to deliver school transport assistance for students

with disability until at least 31 December 2019.

SECONDARY SNAPSHOT Workshop: We were mesmerised with Marco this week when he was reciting poetry to us. He also gave us a little insight into his life, being a rugby league player and a police detective. His officer in charge was Wayne Bennett!!! He then had a career change and formalised his poetry writing, pub-lishing and public speaking. Congratulations students for being super active learners. Up coming events: We are looking forward to Faith visiting again this year. Please take note of our Week 11 activities. Students are being encouraged to continue with positive behaviour choices as we wind down this term. Design: Year 9 and 10 designing and constructing their design response to child and youth gun safety. They designed a gun safe that had all the ‘mod cons’ to prevent easy access to the weapons within.

SCHOOL CAPTAIN REPORT: This week, all the classes had a visit from poet, Marco Gliori. He shared funny poems and guided us through making our own poem. Every class had a good laugh at his stories and we all enjoyed his workshop. Thank you Marco Gliori for coming to Dirranbandi! Don’t forget to say cheese next week when you get your school photos taken! 2 more weeks of hard work until the school holidays arrive. Keep persisting in school work and come to school every day for the chance of your class group winning the End of Term prize! Have a fantastic week!

STUDENT AWARDS

Congratulations Students of the

Week - Alex, Luke, Jess

Well done Active Learners - Sam,

Darcy

Great job Parker 50 Gotchas

PREP-2 NEWS

Students from Prep to Year 2 showed how

sea-worthy their ships were after testing them

in some water .

Only a couple of modifications were needed for all of the

ships to pass the test.

Great work everyone!

FROM THE HOC This week the excitement continued. In classroom visits I have seen the following: All students met poet, Marco Gliori on Tuesday morning, getting to listen to

and engage with his performance poetry. There were giggles and beaming smiles all round as students (and staff) enjoyed the experience.

All students participated in a workshop with Marco, writing and performing poetry themselves. We thank Marco Gliori for his time and being able to provide our students with a thoroughly worthwhile experience. Students have already asked “when is he coming back?”

Prep-Year 2 students are LOVING their THRASS morning routine. They have surprised Mrs Cookson this week, commencing their THRASS routine without her. Congratulations P-2 on your knowledge of where pictures are on the THRASS chart without the visual cues, for knowing the phoneme boxes and for correct pronunciation of all 44 phonemes.

Year 3-4 students have been writing persuasive texts ensuring they contain a clear opinion that is expanded upon with valid reasons, which are backed up with examples.

Year 3-4 students have been working on their entries for the Farm Safety Calendar competition. What great thinkers with their messages and designs. I look forward to seeing the completed entries and hopefully, the work of Dirranbandi State School students in the published calendar!

Mack, Georgia P, Darcy and Caitlin all participated in the ICAS assessments for Spelling and/or Writing this week. Congratulations to all students on the effort they afforded the assessments.

I had two very special people (our Prep students) visit me on Thursday to share the writing they have been doing inde-pendently, using their phonemic awareness (ability to hear speech sounds), knowledge of phonics (letter-sound) relationships, and ability to use their ‘sight words’ in their writing. While visiting, they told me they had also learned the word ‘you’. Georgia wrote a new sentence using this word, and Zack was able to talk about the phonemes in his name and the letters used to rep-

resent them, and could also tell me why capital letters are used where they are. AMAZING Prep students!!!

Have you seen the new addition to our school front? Doesn’t it look great! Our 5 new school flags arrived this week. Keep your eyes peeled for the unveiling of 4 other flags for the school front. These flags feature our PBL expectations: Be Responsible; Be Respectful; Be an Active Learner; Be Safe. All visitors to our school and community will know what we are about at Dirranbandi P-10 State School. These flags will be at the front of our school each and every day (weather permitting) and can be moved to events we hold around our school and community. Our 6th flag, is our Ag Studies Team flag which you will see at community events where our Ag Studies Team is showcased. Over the past few weeks teaching staff have been supporting students to complete assessments to the best of their ability, marking student work and making judgements against the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards, and writing report cards. It is anticipated that Report Cards will be sent home at the end of next week. These reports provide parents with information about how their child is achieving against the year level achievement standards as set out in the Australian Curriculum. They also inform parents of the level of effort and behaviour students apply in each learning area. Achievement, behaviour and effort are reported on through a rating which will be explained on the front of your child’s report card. The comments teacher have written, indicate to parents the amount of progress the student has made within the semester, information about effort and learning behaviours, as well as information about what the student can do to continue to move their achievement forward. All parents are encouraged to attend the PLP meetings at the beginning of next term, to discuss the reports and develop new learning goals for Term 3.