Montville Views Issue 17, Term 4 Week 5
From the desk of the Principal
Welcome to another fortnight at Montville State School. We are starting to count down until our Art Gallery and Concert Night and have welcomed a number of artists into the school to work with every class. It has been exciting to see the students producing a variety of different pieces of art and they are very excited to show them off at the Art Gallery on Thursday 17 Nov.
Yesterday we held our last bike club for the term and all the students had a great time showing off their cycling skills. I want to thank Pete, Andrew, Sharon and Simon for giving up thier time to ensure the students have a challenging circuit to master.
Tomorrow we will be recognising Outdoor Classroom Day. I am hopeful that the weather stays nice and fine as the students will be working outside on a variety of activities including bush critter making, damper making and outdoor games. We will also have a special assembly on the oval if the weather permits.
Once again we seem to have had an outbreak of the dreaded headlice across a number of classrooms in the school. I want to thank Nat from the Montville Pharmacy for donating a number of headlice treatments to the Montville School community. Please see Melissa in the office if you require some to treat your child.
As we approach the end of the 2022 school year we are starting to confirm our enrolment numbers so we can best plan our class structures and staffing requirements for the 2023 school year. If there is a chance that your child will not be returning next year or you know of potential enrolments could you please inform the office on 54521333 .
Bike Club
Bike club
Bike club
Student Welfare Corner
In week 4 and 5 we have been focusing on the value “Care for Self” and applying this to understanding our friendship groups. We have been learning about feelings and strategies that we could use to help us get along with others. It is lovely to see students engaged and having a go in the weekly lessons.
Playgroup
A reminder that playgroup is on every Friday from 9 am – 10:30 am in the hall. Everyone is invited. Come along for a cuppa and say hi. It is a very relaxed environment.
Play time activities
During the below play times I am running different activities that include colouring, building, craft, music and mini games.
Monday 1st break | Thursday 2nd break | Friday 1st break |
Chill out room | Chill out room | Hall |
Rebecca Finn
Student Welfare Worker
QParents
We strongly encourage all parents to sign up for QParents! In 2023 new functionality will be rolled out including excursion consent forms. This means you will not have to rely on paper copies of forms and will be able to complete and submit all consent forms online. Think of the trees we will save !!
Other benefits include:
- Absences- submit via the app
- Report cards - access on the app
- Financial statements - available to view on the app
- Online payments - can be done for all invoiced activities through the app
- Update address and personal contact details
Invitation codes have been sent out and will be resent in Term 1 2023
Prep Update
Preps have been getting ready for our Art Gallery coming up by looking at some different art mediums. Light and dark, day and night, different textures and art styles. I love how well their art pieces have come up. We can’t wait to show you all what we have been working on this year.
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Year 1/2 Update
In English, we are studying procedures. We looked at how to make a necklace to help with steps.
Here are some designs.
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Year 2/3 Update
In our class we strive to be hard workers, creative thinkers and problem solvers. We often use co-operative learning strategies in small groups to promote social interaction, develop oral communication skills and enhance understanding. . . . . . . .
“Life is not a solo act. It’s a huge collaboration.”
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Year 4/5 Update
The Year 4/5 class have been busy reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and engaging in some fun learning connected to the characters and events from the book.
During maths, the year 4’s have been working with money and data investigations, Year 5 have been converting 12-24hr time, and describing chance.
It has been fantastic to have visiting artists in our school, everyone in our class has enjoyed learning new techniques and art practices. Thank you to all our volunteers who are spending time in our classroom- your help is very much appreciated.
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Year 5/6 Update
The 5/6 class has been very busy this week getting creative!
We had a session with talented photographer Simon this week, we learnt about portrait shots, then we had the lovely Phillipa and Angie in for another session of pyrography. We are getting so excited to share all our creative pieces with families at the Art Gallery.
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Netball
Some of our MSS students have been participating in a non-competitive netball competition at Nambour & Districts Netball Association. Kate (Rex and Raf Mum) has been umpiring the games and taking the kids on Tuesday afternoons, our team has been have lots of fun, improving on their netball skills and making new friends from other schools around our area.
Kate and Miss Sheree have offered to continue netball games on Tuesday afternoons at our school until the end of the year, starting in week 7, times will be 3-4pm on the oval. If your child is interested in playing this netball please email Miss Sheree (sbagu4@eq.edu.au). We will need 14 children to make the afternoon successful and there is no cost involved.
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Tuckshop
Please note if your child is absent and has an order for tuckshop it will not automatically carry over to the following week. Please notify the school by 9am if you have an order and your child is absent, that way the meal will not be made and can be carried over.
Thank you for your support with this.
Order here: https://schoolshoponline.net.au
Day for Daniel
Montville State School students and families participated in Day for Daniel Celebrations on Friday 28 Oct 2022. It was great to see a sea of red on the oval. Thanks to gold coin donations we raised $119.90 for the Morcombe Foundation.
Photos Day for Daniel
Headlice Alert
As the weather warms up you may notice that Headlice becomes more prevalent. Ensure you check your childs hair frequently for lice and eggs and treat accordingly.
If you do find headlice in your childs hair please let us know so that we can alert other families in that class. Don't worry it is completely anonymous.
Natalie Lindner has provided the resource to the left which will help anyone who treats their child for headlice. For more information please see the link below.
Community Announcements
Volunteers
Good morning,
Sunshine Coast Council is seeking your assistance in promoting a research survey we are conducting into volunteering on the Sunshine Coast. We are keen to hear from both volunteers and non-volunteers through this survey.
Volunteering is critically important to the region. Recent data suggests that volunteer numbers are decreasing, and Council and UniSC are partnering to understand the reasons and how we can encourage more people to volunteer.
The survey is for people over 18 only (due to ethics approval) and will close on 15 November 2022.
We will also be hosting an all ages Volunteering Forum on 7 December 2022 at UniSC. I encourage anyone especially students, who are interested in contributing to this discussion to register their interest here.
Link to FB post below:
Thank you for your support,
