Ashwell State School

35 Reinke Road Ashwell Rosewood

Edition 14 State 16th October School 2015 STRIVE to EXCEL Telephone: 5464 1184 Fax: 54642 539 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ashwellss.eq.edu.au Date Claimers I have tried to include as much detail as possible, at Oct 15 Book fair OPENS this stage in the term, regarding the upcoming date 16 Swimming and AFL Starts! claimers for Term 4 to ensure that children and their 19 Student Free Day families are prepared for activities and keep the 21 Book Fair – dates in their family calendar. More information will Parents/Grandparent day be available as the term progresses. 21 P&C Meeting 22 P-6 Footy Gala Day (Rosewood S.S) In addition to the many teaching and learning 23 Teaching and Learning Overviews - activities, during Term 4 we will also:

sent home  Develop draft class 26 Last day Book Fair structures for 2016 30 Day for Daniel 30 World Teachers Day  Review and confirm 2016 Nov 3 Life Education Van Book Lists 3 Prep Induction (1.30 to 2.45 pm) 11 Remembrance Day  Prep Orientation Program 17 Prep Induction (1.30 to 2.45 pm) weeks

5/7/9 Dec 1 Prep Induction (1.30 to 2.45 pm) 3 End Of Year Awards Night In all schools staffing is not confirmed until following 8 Report cards sent home our Day 8 enrolments in 2016 – however, we will be 9 Year 6 Graduation hoping on a three class structure at our school if our 10 Rewards Day enrolment numbers continues to stay steady or 11 LAST DAY of Term 2 increase early 2016. The school has already received new Prep and various other grade enrolments in Principal’s Desk preparation for next year, however, we are also seeking your assistance in ‘getting the word out’ into Welcome to Term 4, the last school term of 2015! The students are all looking refreshed and ready for the community that this is the time to contact the a productive term ahead. While there are nine school with intentions for next year. This allows the weeks remaining in the year – the final term always school to develop more stable plans for the seems to fly by and suddenly we will have Christmas upcoming school year. upon us. teacher, we are planning on an OPEN afternoon for parents/grandparents on Wednesday the 21st October. Keep an eye out for an invitation regarding Rewards Afternoon Term 3 this event. Term 3 ended with some yummy pizza, popper, popcorn and a relaxing movie. It was wonderful to have 95% of our student population invited to be a part of the Rewards Afternoon. This was the Swimming culmination of a term of students making good choices at school – both inside and outside the Throughout Term 4 students will be participating in classroom. Congratulations to all of those students swimming each Friday, as part of their PE program. that attended as it was a fitting reward after such a This started today – to the excitement of staff and busy ending to the term with Ballgames, Story Arts students! Thank you for your prompt return of the Festival, P-3 Sleepover and AFL. permission forms. Next week all families will receive their invoice for your child/ren to continue participating in the swimming program.

Thank you for your help with this matter

Prep 2016 Orientation

Starting on the Thursday the 3rd November Ashwell will be hosting our 2016 Prep students each fortnight – weeks 5/7/9 for an afternoon of social interaction, Teaching and Learning Overviews learning and fun! This will provide an excellent opportunity for our new students to make friends, All classroom teachers will be forwarding their Term become familiar with their surroundings and get to 4 ‘Teaching and Learning Overviews’ home on Friday know their teacher – which should help make a of week 3. seamless transition to 2016. P & C

Our next P&C Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 21st at 3.00pm. All are welcome, we would love to see as many people there as possible, to support our great school!

P-6 Footy Gala Day

Due to weather conditions the Footy Gala Day was postponed. It will now be held on Thursday the 22nd Book Fair of October at the Rosewood Primary School Oval. Each year the school hosts an Ashton Scholastic Please contact the school if your child will be BOOK FAIR. Our Book Fair will be open in the Library needing travel for this day. Otherwise we will meet from the 15th to the 26th of October. While each you all at the oval at 9.00am for a fun filled day. class will be taken to view the books with their class Student Awards

Parade will be held on Monday mornings at 9.00am for the rest of this term. This is due to our Fridays being so busy with swimming, AFL and Religion. Being on a Monday morning also gives parents the opportunity to stay and be apart of our parade.

Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic efforts! W CLASS Student Award Warm regards, K Tyson Working hard on his recipe Leticia de Mey “Fruit Salad”

1 P- 3 Savannah Fantastic procedure writing

Kahzayla A great start to Term 4

Maisyn Great Maths (division)

1 Ryan Awesome Maths 3- 6 Samanth Good Participation in class a