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35 Reinke Road Ashwell Rosewood 24 April 2013 State School Telephone: 5464 1184 Fax: 54642 539 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ashwellss.eq.edu.au

Principal’s Desk $25,963 will contribute to the improvement of learning technology and the costs associated with School Camp our new electronic whiteboards. Thanks again Thanks to those Parents and Carers who have been Tarnya for writing the grant application. able to send the camp deposits to school. The children who will be attending camp are really Additional New Classroom Resources looking forward to it. Thanks to Mrs Korn for We are in the process of identifying new reading organising everything. It is really appreciated! and maths resources for our students. An allocation has been made to purchase some new sports Congratulations and Thanks! equipment as well. These items will be in place By now you are probably aware of the outcomes of soon. our recent P& C AGM. A special thanks to the wonderful job that was done by our previous Working Bee! executive. A working Bee has also been planned by our Social Committee on Sunday the 26th of May between NAPLAN 7:00 and 12:00. Please mark this day on your National testing will be held from May 14 to 16. calendar and make an attempt to help out on this Please ensure your child is attending school for this day, even if it is only for a couple of hours. week. Catch up testing is available if students are sick during test time. Senior Shirts State of Origin Free Dress Days There have been a few issues around the Senior On days of the upcoming Rugby League NRL State shirts. Please return your child’s shirt to the school of Origin matches between QLD and NSW students as soon as possible so they can be amended. are invited to support their team by wearing either blue or maroon. A gold coin donation would be Small Schools Cross Country appreciated on the day; this will begin our Our Small Schools Cross Country will be held here fundraising for next year’s Canberra Trip. at Ashwell next Friday 3rd May commencing at 9.30am. We will be running a canteen on the day. Behaviour Management Approximate times students will be running are as Our School is beaut because we all give a hoot! follows: ‘Have a go!’ has been our rule this week. 10.00am 12/13 yrs boys 10.05am 12/13yrs girls Swimming Carnival Results 10.10am 6yrs boys & girls Well done to all of our participants in the recent 10.20am 11yrs boys swimming carnival. You all did a great job in 10.30am 11yrs girls representing Ashwell! 10.50am preps 10.55am 10yrs boys Grant Application Success 11.00am 10yrs girls An application to the Gaming Community Fund was 11.10am 7yrs boys & girls submitted last year. We received news last week 11.20am 8yrs boys & girls that this grant was successful! A total amount of 11.35am 9yrs boys & girls It was so nice to return from the break to see such If your child makes it through to the next level they happy and eager students to start the new term. will be required to compete at the Boonah Golf In English this term the students will be listening, Course on Friday 10th May. Private transport to and reading and viewing a wide range of narrative texts from Boonah is required. to explore descriptive language whilst exploring characters. They will sequence and re-write several stories before writing their final assessment, where they will change one story to portray the main Staff Training character in a different light. Staff will be attending after school training in They will then present their new story to the class, assistive technologies over the next two weeks. This using digital technology, costumes, puppets or training will enable staff to identify appropriate masks. technology to help students who learn more effectively using technology – eg Ipads and apps. In Mathematics the students will continue to build You will see this method of teaching and assistance on their prior knowledge of number, place value, to students to learn in everyday classroom settings time and money. They will learn the skills and at Ashwell. language to identify two and three dimensional shapes, measure and compare volume and mass. Kind regards, In Science and technology the students are looking Ashley Wilson at habitats and will be planning and creating a model habitat for a pet of their choice from a variety of materials. In SOSE the students will be exploring SCIENCE NEWS their local environment and how to look after our resources for the future. P-2 Students are investigating animal habitats. So far Unfortunately we missed the cut off date to have all this term, students have identified what makes our pieces in for the Marburg Show this year, so we living things the same or different. They placed will now be entering our student’s hard work into pictures of different animals associated with their the Rosewood Show. habitat. For example the desert has camels, lizards and snakes and the ocean has fish, crabs and whales. Our weeks ahead continue to be very busy as everyone in the school practices each day for our 2-4 annual Small Schools Cross Country which will be Students are measuring shadows and completing an held on the 3rd of May. investigation “How do shadows cast by an object change during the day?” They traced around We have also planned an excursion to Sea World to shadows of objects today and observed how these enhance our descriptive writing and knowledge of changed throughout the day. habitats. The exact date has not yet been set in concrete, as I am still trying to arrange transport and 5-7 activities at Sea World on the day, but at this stage Students are busting advertising myths of different Tuesday the 14th of May is looking good. The cost products. They have chosen a product and will of this excursion will be approximately $35.00 per complete a fair test on their product. The products student; this will include $23.00 entry fee and $12 that will be investigated are : to cover hiring of the bus and diesel. Viva paper towels – The best absorber and strongest when wet If you find this excursion too soon or costly please Vanish – Amazing Stain Removal 1st time do not hesitate to contact me so I may consider and Duracell – Logest Lasting accommodate your concerns. Notes will be sent out Scotch Bright handy sponges – absorbs 12x its next week once all arrangements have been weight in water finalised.

Prep to Grade Two’s The following week on Friday the 24th of May we are having a Fun afternoon from 11:30 to 1:20 to celebrate “Under Eights Week”. Everyone in the community will be invited so come along with your little ones and enjoy the fun. Pamphlets explaining all the activities will also be out within the next two weeks.

Remember this is Our School, Our Students and when we all work together as a team, we can achieve great things.

We have entered into the Woolworths promotion again this term and a box is situated in the office for any coupons collected. A very big thankyou to all our parents, friends and family who went out of their way to help us gather enough points to obtain new sand pit toys and several pieces of sports Chaplain News equipment last year for as you can see by the photos they have been put to very good use. The year 2013 is rolling on rather quickly. The staff See you all Sports Day Rosie and Megan. and students seem to be getting along happily together. With Easter gone, where we respected the selfless act of one man to help many others, and Anzac day upon us which reminds us of the selfless acts of many to help many others. It has been said that the Acts of the Anzacs defined the Aussie spirit/ or character. I find it humbling to think of the risks, hardship an death that many of the Anzacs experienced so that we could live in freedom. I guess it could be said that they became heroes because they cared for others. We still need heroes like that today.

Your friend. Chappy Tim.

P&C News This year the P&C in Consultation with the school is raising Money for Maths & English Resources; this will also include a reading program for upper and lower classes. We will keep you posted on our progress.

Mother’s Day Stall Please support us with the mother’s day stall coming up very soon, all proceeds will go towards or much need Maths & English Resources for our school.

Tuckshop Thursday 2nd May is our very first Tuckshop for the year, some of our wonderful committee members are doing Spaghetti Bolognese day. Tuckshop will be once a fortnight with a regular menu coming out soon. More details on our Bolognese are attached with this newsletter.

Amart Community Kickbaks Scheme When you make a purchase at Amart All Sports, our school will get 5% of your purchase. Members gets preferred pricing Exclusive offers VIP nights Member’s only competitions So if you need any sporting equipment for your child, go along to Amart All Sports and support our School.