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Term 4 Week 3 Thursday 22 October 2015 wonderful opportunity for grandchildren to thank their grandparents for their endless love Dates To Remember and support. There are many ways that children and families can celebrate the special * P&C Meeting - 3.30pm connection grandchildren share with their 09/11/15 grandparents. Here are a few ideas: * Term 4 - 06/10/15 – 11/12/15 * give grandparents a card, bookmark or * Senior Assembly - 23/10/15 certificate to thank them for their love and support * School Photos - 23/10/15 * send grandparents a special Grandparents * Prep Orientation Afternoon - 28/10/15 Day postcard * Junior Assembly - 30/10/15 * attend a community run Grandparents Day event. * P & C Disco - 30/10/15 * make a special thank you gift * Scholastic Book Sale - * take grandparents out to morning tea or 29/10-03/11/15 lunch * Breakfast Club - 05/11/15 * spend time together doing something fun - such as going to the park, watching movies, * Minden School Christmas Carnival - baking or simply chatting and catching up 26/11/15 To all grandparents in our Minden community- From The Principal we hope you have a happy Grandparents Day this Sunday! Grandparents Day Swimming

Celebrated this Sunday, 25 October, We have had a successful start to our Grandparents Day provides families with a swimming program despite the water being a little chilly. It is amazing to see the children’s confidence build as the term progresses and we encourage parents to come along and help when possible. Two weeks in and we already have a small collection of lost property so we recommend parents label towels, goggles and Students in years 3 to 6 will be provided with swimwear. an opportunity to participate in this event on On Tuesday 3 November, teachers will be Friday 6 November with other small schools in participating in a whole day workshop. We our cluster. The event will take place at the have been able to secure many of our regular Lowood Recreational Grounds with supply teachers to work on that day who will representatives from Ipswich NRL Foundation accompany classes to swimming as per the running the competition. Unfortunately not all normal schedule. These are experienced students will be able to attend due to team teachers who will be able to follow the sizes and the nature of the competition. swimming program as organised by our PE Notices for nominated students will be sent Teacher Misty Fletcher. out early next week. Photos Parent Teacher Interviews

School photos will be taken this Friday 23 These will take place in week 6 on Tuesday October. We would like as many students in 10 November and Thursday 12 November in the blue polo as possible. Girls may wear the the Resource Centre. Bookings can be made dress if preferred. The senior shirt is not online through acceptable. https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/ and use the code S9AZ5.

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These sessions have been well supported and Next P&C Meeting Monday 09 November it was great to see so many keen young commencing 3:30pm in the library. people enjoy their activities in Prep. There are three sessions before the end of the year – Our facebook page is another form of Wednesday 28 October, 11 November and communication to help keep you up-to-date with Wednesday 25 November. up-and-coming school and P&C events. We also provide a link for the fortnightly school newsletter. Day for Daniel

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Head over to this website and vote for Minden On Friday 30 October we are encouraging State School Qld. students and staff to wear something red to acknowledge the Morcombe Foundation We ran 3rd last year. Your vote could net us personal safety initiative. This may be a sun- some cash or muffins to help raise much-needed safe shirt, shorts / skirt, hair tie, shoes, shoe funds. laces etc. This is not a Free Dress day and no gold coin donation is required. Classes will be Scholastic Book Sale: Thursday 29 October – conducting their own lessons regarding this Tuesday 3 November. very important topic. Again, Scholastic is giving us the opportunity to purchase discounted books. For each book you BVSSSA League Tag Gala Day purchase, the school library receives a book to the same value. Thank you for supporting these Next Breakfast Club will be held on Thursday sales, it helps to boost the library resources. November 5, all helpers are most welcome. See you on the day. Breakfast is served from Opening hours are: 8:15am – 9:00am and 8:15am onward. 2:30pm - 3:30pm. School Disco

If anyone can lend a hand during these times, Halloween Hoedown please call Lyn North 0401 007 494. Your Friday 30 October assistance will be appreciated. Dancing starts at 6:30pm (food available from 6pm) Finishing at 8pm Save the Date! $3 Prepaid tickets - $4 on the night ($1 from each ticket sold will go towards supporting our school Chaplaincy Service at MindenSS) Glow sticks, Food and Drink all available for purchase on the night. Please place your money in an envelope with Minden School Christmas Carnival your class and give it to the office. Thursday 26 November 2015 Ice Block Day for Chaplaincy Coming Soon 4:30 - 8:30 pm on the oval – Friday 4 December I am available for a chat on Thursday and Friday for students and parents, if the need Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) arises. Please call the office on 5425 7222 or send me an email on the address below. Operating Hours Have a fantastic week, Monday - Friday before school opening at Mrs Hewett 6:15am and after school closing at 6:00pm. If you would like further details please Rebecca Hewett contact OSHC on 0408409572. School Chaplain School Chaplain Mt Tarampa, Fernvale & Minden This week, due to a professional development General School News training I will not be at Minden on Thursday 22/10. I will be back at school on Friday 23/10 Assembly Gotcha Awards if you would like to speak with me.

Murphy's Creek Escape was quite the adventure! All the students did a great job extending themselves and challenging their boundaries. I even abseiled myself despite being terrified. I am sure you may have heard about how scared Chappy was! We have lots of fun things coming up, with a disco at the end of this month. There is more Congratulations to Sheridan, Kiara, Bella, information below. Make sure you purchase Tannayah, Ella and Sienna. your prepaid tickets. I will be taking votes on Friday for the songs that students would like to hear on the night. If you have a favourite song, School Banking make sure you come and see me. Dollarmites Achievement Certificates Breakfast Club Gold: Silver: On swimming days your child also needs to Bronze: take a snack and a water bottle to the pool. We have time to change into our swimmers at Health Issues school, it is very hot to have swimmers on all Head lice morning. We have some lovely parent helpers assisting students to get changed and also It is extremely important for you to check your ensuring safety while in the water. Don’t forget child’s head for head lice TODAY. swimming is on Tuesdays. If you do find head lice, commence treatment *Chat time: Chat time in term 4 is about immediately and be sure to complete the things that move. Children need to be able to process of treatment. This will help prevent talk about how their item of interest moves, head lice from spreading. why it moves and include a demonstration. Remember to keep checking your family *Please ask if you are unsure about member’s heads every 2 days until there are anything… no head lice found for 10 consecutive days. Thank you All students (girls and boys) with collar length hair must have it tied up at school at Mrs Williams and The Prep Students all times. Year 5/6 Dental Van Term four has started at a gallop and has not Reminder: slowed down. Thirty-five year five and six students with Mrs Einam, Mrs Hewett Dental forms have been sent home with (Chaplain) and Mr Riggs (Parent) left on students. Tuesday the first day of term for Murphy’s Just a reminder that the forms need to be Creek Adventure Park. returned to the school office by Friday 23 There was a lot of trepidation in the car park October please, if you wish to attend the and that was just from the parents. Kids were dental van at Prenzlau State School. very excited though I’m sure a lot of nerves. Classroom News We left on time with no dramas and everyone was accounted for. On arrival at the camp we Prep News had to unload our gear and then it was time for morning tea, instruction time and meeting *Attendance: Our prep day is very busy, the group leaders. please remember that every day is a learning day and helps your child achieve and Our first chore was to collect our stretcher bed ‘beready’ for next year. and after instructions on how to put it up and being put into our dorms, we were off and *Presentation: Our class presentation this running. All tents had to be set up to strict term will be Thursday 3rd of December at army guidelines and students were given 2pm. Prep students look forward to sharing about half an hour for all to be set up for their developing skills with you. inspection. I am pleased to say all passed with *High Frequency Words: A reminder that all the boys the clear leaders at this stage. Prep students need to complete Pre Primer After a tasty lunch it was right into the and Primer lists of words by the end of Prep activities with one group doing Archery (harder 2015. than it looks) and the other off to the flying fox. Reading: Students need to be reading and Lots of students faced their fears and were comprehending level 10 books at the end of able to participate. Everyone had a go. After term 4. Success in these areas will mean your this, more food and then a swim at the inland child moves into year 1 confidently. beach – definitely a highlight. *Prep 2016: If you know of any students that Then it was shower time and another may be interested in coming to our school challenge awaited us all, two minute showers, next year (Prep) then please tell them all with unreliable hot water. Some of the girls about our school. struggled with this. Then it was dinner and a game. Bed time arrived around 9 - some of *Swimming: Swimming has begun – please make sure all your child’s items are named. the students struggled with this but we all managed to last the night. Up before six to dress and pack up the stretchers and our bags for an inspection. This time the year six girls were clear leaders. After breakfast we reversed the activities from the previous days. The day continued with low Special Awards: ropes and then beach games and a swim. After our afternoon tea, we were told the camp Benjamin - Benjamin is enjoying writing. great out for the night involved a three km hike to work, fantastic ideas. the top of the hill behind the main camp site. Tannayah - Tannayah is working hard, using We had to collect our tent, sleeping mat and her beginning reading and writing strategies. anything else we would require for the night and walk up to the camp site. Without any Sharleigh - Sharleigh has completed pre- major incidents we made it to the site where primer (Dolch) High Frequency Words. Great we were then shown how to put the tents up. work Sharleigh. Then of course we had to put them up and Cailin - Cailin has completed pre-primer make our beds ready for the night ahead. It (Dolch) High Frequency Words. Great work was getting late so we then had to go back to Cailin. the main camp site for showers and dinner. After yet another tasty dinner we had to trek Shamiah - Shamiah is using her strategies back up the hill to our tents. Once up the site when writing, great stories Shamiah. we had to collect wood for our campfire and Olivia - Olivia is always ready to learn, keep marshmallows. Lights off was not a problem up the great listening. with silence occurring very quickly. Finn - Finn has completed Year 1 (Dolch) High An early start to pull the tents down and return Frequency Words. Fabulous work Finn! our stuff to the main site before breakfast was done efficiently and without too many Year 1 complaints. Seth allowed the students to put the tents in the back of the ute so the load was a little lighter on the way back. After breakfast we started the activities for the day. These were orienteering and then abseiling. By the time we were finished and were back on the bus all of us (teachers included) were shattered. It was a wonderful three days of Special Awards: intense activity where everyone faced some fears and came out on top. I was extremely proud of the way they all participated and supported each other. Successfully completing Reading Links: Meantime back at school we are right into List and Module 1:- swimming and poetry. Mrs Whyatt’s class are Alastair, Sienna, Matthew. just starting the poetry unit and Mrs Einam’s class are in the process of presenting their List and Module 2:- own poems. With an AFL Gala Day coming up Keeley, Austin, Jazmine, Jackson. and the year six dinner it is not going to slow down anytime soon. Year 2 Curriculum Awards

Special Awards: Kobi - Working hard on sight words this week! Benjamin - Working hard on sight words this Joshua - For having a fantastic camp and week! participating in everything with enthusiasm. Good Reader Awards: Special Awards: Successfully Completed Reading Links: Riley - For showing understanding and compassion towards other students. Well List and Module 1 done Riley! Deegan, Abby, Amy, Scarlett, Keely, Skye - For showing great initiative and self- Stephanie, Kohen. motivation when completing the Orienteering Course. List and Module 2 Year 5/6B Nicholas, Luka, Lauchlan, Lachlan, Rylee, Kobi, Addison, Sam, Landon, Molly, Tayla.

Year 4 Special Awards: Kathleena - For facing her fears and taking a chance. Well done Kathleena. Danielle - For showing great enthusiasm and encouraging other students in their endeavours and always trying to help with jobs that need to be done. Special Awards: Amber - For showing great initiative and self- Bella - for excellent classroom behaviour and motivation when completing the Orienteering work ethic. Course. Birthdays Kiara - for excellent classroom behaviour and work ethic. Aiden - for excellent classroom behaviour and work ethic. Angus - for excellent classroom behaviour and work ethic.

Year 5/6A Landon, Karly, Bella, Kylah, Samantha. Happy Birthday from everyone at Minden State School! Community Notices

Children's Bootcamp

Children's Bootcamp at Minden State School

Each Wednesday afternoon 3:15pm - Student of the Week: 4:30pm. Fun and fitness for your child. Cost - $7.00 For further information please contact Tamara on 0439 045 279.