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17 September 202017 September 2020

From the Principal’s Desk

Dear parents/carers,

As term 3 comes to an end it’s interesting to note this term hasbeen our first full 10 weeks of learning with students at schoolfor the year. I’m extremely proud of our students for how wellthey have responded to this disrupted school year. The athleticsday on Friday is a great way to finish the term. Best of luck toGore and Fletcher houses.

When we return next term we should see a brand new full-sizemulti-purpose court which I know the students will enjoy. Again,a big thanks to the P&C for contributing 50% of the cost. Manyvolunteer hours have gone into raising funds over the years andit’s great to see all the hard work pay off. Later in term 4 weshould see also see the refurbishment commence on E block.I’m proud to oversee these additions to the school which willbenefit all students.

Mr Vidler finishes with us this week after a 10 week contract.Thanks for your work this term Mr Vidler.

This term has seen fantastic transition days for prep and year7 as well as SET planning and Pittsworth SHS enrolments foryear 10 students. We will enter term 4 ready to finish the yearstrong and set ourselves up for a great 2021. Enjoy time withyour children over the next couple of weeks and I’ll see them allback on Tuesday the 6th of October.

RegardsRobert MichelPrincipal

Athletics Carnival – Friday 18 September

Information for Students

Friday 18th September - Whole School AthleticsCarnival

On the 18th September, the final day of term, we will be havinga full school athletics carnival. No regular classes will be takingplace on this day.

Students can dress in house colours. Please apply lotsof sunscreen and bring your wide brimmed hat and waterbottle.

Unfortunately, due to ongoing COVID restrictions parentsare NOT able to attend. Also due to COVID, there are noadditional district or regional level events after this schoolcarnival.

R U OK Day

Millmerran State School recognised RU Ok Day on Thursday10th September with a free sausage sizzle and a variety ofhealth promotion activities throughout the day. Many studentsand staff raised awareness by wearing yellow and asking thatsimple, all important question, “R U Ok?”

It was great to see the myriad of activities the students engagedin… from Year 2/3P’s R U Ok hats, Year 3S and theirNomi-Mate forms to build each other up, to year 7 marking out

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R U Ok on the pavement and the fantastic lessons in PastoralCare lessons. However, the highlight for me was meeting ourPreppies and being introduced as “OUR school nurse, MissFiona.”

The truth is, some conversations just become too big forfriends. If you’re worried about someone and feel urgentprofessional support is needed, contact your local doctor or theagencies below. And if your need is life threatening, call 000without delay.

Help in crisis:

Fiona FleglerSchool Based Youth Health Nurse

Prep/1D Term 3

Lunchtime InterruptionsLunchtime Interruptions

Fine Motor skillsFine Motor skills

OutsideOutside

Teacher EmotionsTeacher Emotions

Thanks for a great term Prep/1D!

Mrs Dent and Mrs Jurdy

1/2E News

What a wonderful term it has been in Year 1/2E! It has beengreat to have a normal term back together again. All studentshave worked so hard all term to get their work done, and haveproduced some amazing work. In English this term we havebeen writing stories about monsters that we have created anddrawing pictures to go with it. We all definitely have done agreat job of using our imaginations! In maths, we learnt all abouttelling time and money, then most recently started to learnabout multiplication and division into groups. We had a lot offun sharing out counters to work out our sums. I hope everyonehas a safe and relaxing holiday! Can’t wait to be back togethernext term!

Miss Erwood

• Lifeline: 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au

• Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467

• or suicidecallbackservice.org.au

• Kids Helpline – ph 1800 55 1800 orwww.kidshelp.com.au

• Reachout – www.reachout.com

• Beyond Blue – ph 1300 22 4636www.beyondblue.org.au

• Headspace – www.headspace.org.au

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Band News

Congratulations to our Beginner Band students for stepping upto Intermediate Band: Hugh Atthow, Layla Bui, Amber Greber,Charlotte Gumpeng, Irish Hipona, Rachel Hobbs, Jack Kessell,Tavay McAuley, Lilly Nolan, Levi Passchier and Bridie Sutton.Special congratulations also to Aira Solano for attendingConcert Band.

Well done to our musicians for performing on Parade eachFriday: Connor Lindenmayer, Lloyd Gongon, Lucy Taylor,Gwyneth Fernando, Kaidence McKay, Aimee Blinco, BridieSutton and Aira Solano.

This term our high school musicians have joined for ‘Funk Band’which has been a lot of fun. We look forward to performing earlynext term.

Concert Band will resume Tuesday October 6th at 8am inthe music room. We are working towards a morning schoolperformance early next term as well.

Miss Macartney

Student Council Update

Below are some of the events that the Student Council andCaptains have been involved in this term:

Check out photos from the lunch time sports competitions.Looking forward to Term 4.

From the Student Council

Junior Lawn Bowls

Coaching for High School Students, 12 years and over hasnow started at the Millmerran Bowls Club from 4 to 5pm eachWednesday and Friday.

Contact the Millmerran Bowls Club with any queries.

Immunisations

Immunisations for Year 10 students and the first round (HPVdose 1 and DTPA) for Year 7 students is on Monday the 26thOctober at 12.00 midday. The second round will take place inYear 8 (date to be advised).

If any Year 7 students have visited the GP to receive thefirst round of vaccinations, parents need to kindly advisethe OzCare Immunisations Office on 4639 7888 so a notecan be made of this on the student’s consent form.

P&C Update

Term 3 is nearly to an end and what a wonderful term it hasbeen.

We have been fortunate enough that as a P&C with theamazing support from the School, that we have been able tohold our Father’s Day Stall. We really would not be able to havethese things without the amazing support of our volunteers (Youall know who you are and how much we deeply appreciate allthat you contribute).

It was so heart-warming to see the children come in and buysomething special for the men in their lives. These little thingsare so very important to the children and as was pointed out toone of the P&C members just the other day – it was somethingthat the students could get “excited” about – somethingNORMAL - especially with all the changes that we have all hadto endure this year.

A huge Shout-Out to Millmerran Foodworks – they invited usto their Market Day in September, and we had a brilliant daywith our wonderful Volunteers – not just Mum’s & Dad’s butStudents as well. It is so very Heart-Warming to see thestudents get involved and contributing to the Fundraising effortsthat get the funds straight back to them.

A Special mention to Sue Parker for coming along and sellingour Raffle Tickets. The Winner of our Father’s Day Hamper wasSharon Whitbread – Well Done Sharon and Thank You to allthat came along and brought a Sausage and a Raffle Ticket.

• Student council Meeting

• Upper Primary Oztag – lunch time sports competition– thanks to Mrs H and Mrs Van

• Farewell cards for Mrs Schaumburg

• Recycling - `used whiteboard pens’

• Students running weekly parades - under thedirection of Mrs Goebel and Mrs Scheiwe

• Music and dancing before school – arranged by MrsTosswill and Ms Churchill

• Secondary Alternate Sports – lunch time competition(Collie Rounders, Soccer, Netball, Kick Tennis,Capture the Flag) – mixed teams for 4 weeks andGore vs Fletcher for 4 weeks where Fletcher Housecame out on top. Events supported by Miss Fox andMrs Ratz

• Secondary Ball Games and Relay Practice –Thursday lunch times

• Free Dress Day – Pyjama Day Theme

• Gore vs Fletcher War Cry Challenge – Week 10

• Weekly `Wednesday’ marking of the `School-wideFooty Tipping competition.’ As we go on holidays,Year 4/5D, 8A and 10 Boys are vying to win theSchoolwide Footy Tipping Challenge. There is onlyone game between them. The winning class will beannounced after the holidays.

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As you may have noticed through the School Newsletter, theMulti-Purpose Court will be happening over the SeptemberHolidays and we can’t wait to see the finished product –exciting times ahead.

Huge shout-out to Roberta and the Team at the Sports Centre– we are looking forward to hearing about all the sports that thestudents are going to be able to access.

Have you checked the Lost Property Box – It is located outsidethe Library. If you are unable to check the box, please ask yourchild to check for you as there is a significant amount of clothingand plastics.

We are happy to announce that the Mango Drive will be onagain this year. It is a noted fundraiser in the wider community,and we know that summer is coming – what better way tocelebrate summer than with a yummy mango or 2.

Enjoy the Holidays and we look forward to a busy Term 4.

The next P&C meeting will be on the 14th of October at 5:30pmin the school library.

Reminder: Activity Consent Form forTrack and Field

Students must return their completed Activity Consent Form inorder to participate in track and field events.

Dates to Remember

September 2020

Friday 18 Whole of School Athletics Carnival

Friday 18 Last day of term 3

October 2020

Tuesday 6 1st day of term 4

Thursday 22 Prep Transition Day 9:00am to 10:30am

New Centrelink Student Resource Kit

Centrelink has released a new resource kit to inform studentsabout the support they can receive after high school. The kitincludes fact sheets, guides to online services, tips on claiming,tools to calculate benefits, translated material and videos.

Millmerran Exhibitions

Town Library

There is presently an exhibition in the Kenneth Macqueen ArtFoyer at the Town library.

This exhibition will be for the month of September. Mondays,Wednesdays & Fridays.10-1pm & 2-4pm.

The "Millmerran Collection" include artists Dianne Baldwin,Trudy Brooks, Ann Armstrong, Vivienne Heckles, KennethMacqueen, Mathies & Danella Lee. If you have a child withaspirations to be an artist or you simply wish to admire sometruly amazing paintings take time to see this Exhibition.

"Steam Punk" is to be exhibited during October & November.You might well ask “What on earth is that?” Wikipedia describesit as a retro-futuristic subgenera of science fiction. Fascinating!

STEM Careers Podcasts Now Available

Check out the latest podcasts in the Department of Education’sSTEM careers series. Cybersecurity engineer Holly Wright andsoftware developer Sam Sinnamon talk tech and tell us how adegree in engineering and an interest in gaming launched theirexciting careers. There are five podcasts now available on the

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department’s podcast page. More will be added throughout theyear.

The Benefits of Education Go BeyondGrades

Students may feel that all too often the value of education ismeasured by grades or scores, but their education equips themwith important life skills too. Students can explore various otherskills they can gain from their education by reading the article:What are the hidden benefits of education?

Take 5, Get Out Alive

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) firefightersput out almost 2000 house fires last year.

Queensland families are urged to take five minutes to checktheir smoke alarms and make a home fire escape plan togetherto make sure everyone gets out safely.

Resources on the QFES Home Fire Safety website include apage for families to help parents and carers create an escapeplan with their children, and there’s tips to make practising itfun.

Taking a few minutes to talk about home fire safety may justsave their lives.

Are You Prepared for Bushfire Season?

Last bushfire season was one of the worst ever, so it’simportant to create a bushfire survival plan so you and yourloved ones are prepared if bushfires strike again.

There are simple steps you can take to prepare, like clearinggutters, reducing vegetation around your home and ensuringthere is adequate access to your property.

During bushfire season, it's important to know what's going onin your area. Even if you don't live anywhere near bushland,bushfires can affect you while you're on holidays or travelling.

Check if your postcode is at risk at the QFES website.

Look Before You lock, Every time.

Leaving children unattended in a vehicle can have devastatingconsequences.

For busy families, it helps to create a Look before you lockroutine.

Building simple steps into your daily routine can help lower therisk of unintentionally leaving a child in a vehicle:

Remember, it only takes one shortcut on safety to havedevastating, lifelong consequences.

Look before you lock. Every time. Without fail.

http://www.qld.gov.au/LookBeforeYouLock

Pittsworth Basketball – Free Skills &Drills Event

The Pittsworth Amateur Basketball Association are running afree skills & drills event in the school holidays for children aged5-18. We are compliant with all COVID-safe and Child Safetyrequirements. We would love to see as many children aspossible attending.

RSVP's are essential to comply with COVID numberrestrictions, details are on the following form.

• Place an item you will need at your destination in theback seat of the car, such as your bag or wallet

• Attach a mirror for rear facing car seats so you caneasily see your child

• Create a mental checklist to run through every timeyou leave the car, such as ‘baby, keys, bag’

• Get in the habit of checking the back seat every timeyou get out of the car. Check even if you know yourchild is not with you. This will help make lookingbefore you lock part of your normal routine.

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