• 22-26 JulyLitter-less Lunches

• 26 JulyArts Festival – art, craft & photography nominations DUE

• 31 July The Challenge Games

• 01 August Prep 2020 Information Session

• 15 AugustPre-Prep Experience STEM

• 17 August ISS Country Fair

• 18-21 August Ingham Arts Festival

• 26 August Swimming lessons begin

• 17 September Pre-Prep Parent Information & Technology Activities for pre-preps

Issue 19

16th July 2019

Date Claimers:

Welcome Message:

NOTICE OF P&C MEETING

Monday 12th August Time: 7:00pm

Venue: Resource Centre

Everyone welcome. Tea and coffee available.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Term 3! So many exciting events happening this term!

Plastic Free July

As a part of Plastic Free July, we have been very lucky in our P&C obtaining a grant to fund

Anthony Hill from Plastic Pollution Solutions to come to our school and present to our

students! On Friday our whole school will be timetabled to attend sessions based around

learning about plastic pollution, how we can reduce our use of plastics and also for our upper

school students, conscious consumption. There will be no Parade on Friday of Week 1 due to

the presentations.

Litter-less Lunch – Week 2

To coincide with Plastic Free July, we will be encouraging ‘litter-less’ lunches in week 2 of this

term. We are encouraging making a conscious choice about how we can make our lunches

and what we consume more environmentally friendly. By using containers or wraps, such as

reusable beeswax wraps or waxed paper wraps, we can reduce the amount of plastic waste

going to landfill. In week 2 we will be trialling removing our general litter bins from around

the school and having students bring home in their lunchbox, any of their lunch litter that

cannot be composted or recycled. We will be collecting and auditing all of our Tuckshop litter

throughout the course of this week to see how we as a school can improve our practices. We

appreciate your support as we trial this for week 2 and see how much we can reduce our

waste as a school!

The school would like to acknowledge and thank Katie Knickel and Dan Cordner for their

successful submission for the grant and also Katie’s continue support to organise our Plastic

Free July events.

Big Thank-You to Amber from Verde for kindly donating Beeswax wraps, stainless steel

straws and bamboo toothbrushes that will be used as prizes and incentives.

Country Fair – 17th August

With Country Fair fast approaching, we are running a

soft drink/bottled water drive to raise funds for our

Year 6 Graduation. We kindly ask, only if you are able,

to donate what you can to support our school. Any

donations of soft drink cans or bottles of water can be

dropped to the front office.

Mrs Jo McDougall

Principal

PLEASE NOTE

NO ASSEMBLY

THIS FRIDAY

due to Plastic Free July presentations

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Instrumental Music

Lessons for all instrumental music students will commence this week. It is very important that students bring their

instruments every week for their lesson. The Ingham Arts Festival is in Week 6 this term. If your child is performing a

solo at the Arts Festival, please ensure that you are encouraging your child to practice regularly at home. Mrs Wright will

work with the Violin students this week to select songs to play at the Festival.

On Friday 2 August we will have a visiting string group from Townsville visiting us and working with some of the string

students here at the school. They will also be giving us a concert which is very exciting.

Ingham Arts Festival

The Ingham Arts Festival preliminary program is now available to view online at www.inghamartsfestival.org.au.

Other information regarding this year’s competition will also be available through the ‘Ingham Arts Festival Inc.’

Facebook page.

Any students who are interested in entering art, craft and photography sections of this year’s Ingham Arts Festival will

need to return the nomination letter with their $5.00 nomination fee for each section entered to the office by Friday 26

July. Please see the office if you are requiring a copy of this nomination letter.

The completed art works will need to be handed in to Mrs Gunston on Monday 12 August.If you have any questions regarding the Ingham Arts Festival, please see Mrs Gunston.

ILLNESS AND INJURIES

If your student is sick, please keep him/her at home. Please consider your child’s well-being as the school has

limited facilities and personnel to care for sick children. If your child becomes sick at school, the parent or

emergency contact as detailed on the enrolment form will be contacted and asked to collect and sign out the

student and take them home.

Please make sure student information is kept up to date so parents may be contacted if your child is ill or an

emergency occurs. School policy is that the parent/guardian/carer will be contacted in the first instance, however if

necessary the school will make a decision to call 000 for an ambulance.

School Notices

PE & Sports NewsHerbert River Cricket

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent Herbert River at the NQ Cricket Trials: Liam Fascetti, Kyle Aili, Carter Bates and Summer Christopher. Best of luck for the trials in August!

Swimming Lessons

Starting on the 26th August, all students in Prep to Year 6 will be offered swimming lessons during their weekly Physical Education lessons. Each class will receive 7 swim lessons. This will lead into the school’s swimming carnival in Term 4. The cost of the 7 lessons will be $40, which will cover the swimming instructors and entry fee to the pool.Before the first swim lesson begins, the total amount for all the lessons must be paid to the office. No students this year will be bringing money to their class teacher on a weekly basis. A permission form with more details will be handed out early this term along with a timetable.

Performing Arts

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Welcome to term 3. Please remember the Tuckshop operates on a cash basis only. All orders must have sufficient money enclosed. Please be careful when placing money in Tuckshop orders that all coins are correct and money is not forgotten.

Pies and sausage rolls are ONLY available on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Big Lunch (10:50am) and NOT for Afternoon Tea (1:30pm), If you have ordered Tuckshop for your student and they go home sick, please let us know so their lunch will not be prepared.

Many thanks to everyone who helped out last term. Your help was most appreciated. More Tuckshop volunteers are needed on a regular basis due to a number of volunteers returning to the full time work force. If you wish to help, please let me know. Starting time 9am and finish approximately 2:30pm. If you are only available to help from say 9am-12pm, please call in to the Tuckshop to see me.

Country Fair: the roster for the Food Stalls will be sent home shortly. If you are able to help, that would be great.

Onion Drive will commence the first week of August. Time to watch for onions on special!

Blue Cards: Volunteers please check your Blue Cards are valid. If about to expire, please send your volunteer renewal form away immediately.

Thank you,Mrs ByersTuckshop Convenor

Talking Tuckshop

Tuckshop Roster

Wednesday 17 July –

Nadine Bulmer, Thiradaphon Kamnoedklang, Jacki

Ellery-Swain

Thursday 18 July – Karen Harragon

Friday 19 July – Sandra Lambert, Nadine Bulmer

Monday 22 July – Nadine Bulmer, Thiradaphon

Kamnoedklang

Tuesday 23 July – Lina Marmara, Nadine Bulmer,

Thiradaphon Kamnoedklang, Elena Russo

Wednesday 24 July – Nadine Bulmer, Thiradaphon

Kamnoedklang, Jacki Ellery-Swain

2019 Specialty Baking Roster

Wednesday 17 July –

Deanna Marmara

Monday 22 July –

Vicki Griffin

Wednesday 24 July –

Michelle La Rosa

CertificatesCertificates presented last term.

STARS OF THE WEEK P1AS Samuel PDP Zoe, Oliver 1MB Tamara 1WT Amayah, Jack, Brooklyn, Bryce2CP Cooper, Luciana23KF Declan, Jaxon3JF Jorja, Charlie34JN Imogen 4KN Nazinia-Dawn5NS Jypsie, Nickolas56EJ Samuel, Amelia6SE Liam, Coen6SC Matthew

100 NIGHTS OF READING

P1AS Skylah

PDP Oliver, Charlotte, Josie

5NS Jess

MUSIC PDP (wk 9)

LOTE 4KN (wk 9), 34JN (wk 10)

Grab a Grand tickets on sale

now!

Only 200 on offer

Get in early to avoid missing out!

$10 per ticket

Available from the Office

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Whole School Supportive Behaviour Focus (Gotcha Cards)

Focus for Week 1 of Term 3 2019

‘I am respectful. I follow adult instructions.’

Assembly

Held on Friday

afternoons commencing at 2:30pm in the

Multipurpose Hall.

Everyone welcome!

Bank Account DetailsISS Bank Account details:

NAME: Ingham State School BSB: 064 810 ACCOUNT: 00090149

Our Purpose

Our Focus

is to provide quality learning environments in which students improve their academic and social development.

is on building a strong professional learning culture focussed on student progress.

School Hats…………..…$10

Homework Bags ……..$10

Water Bottle Coolers..$5

School Badges…………..$1

Call into the Office at any time to purchase these items.

Items for Purchase

P&C HappeningsTerm 3 and another busy term for our P&C committee! This term our focus is on our Country

Fair coming up on 17th August – just one month away! Our fundraising co-ordinators, Trudie

and Nicole, have been working behind the scenes for quite a while now, and everything is

running well. Soon we will ask for your assistance to make this night a success.

Firstly, keep the date free! The students will be performing dances on the night, and there

will be yummy food, drink, entertainment and rides so it is sure to be lots of fun for the

family.

Keep an eye out for a more detailed note regarding the Country Fair and where you can help

out in the lead up and on the night. The next meeting for planning of the Country Fair is next

Wednesday 24th July at 7pm in the staff room at the front of the school. Everyone is

welcome.

We would like to find a co-ordinator for the softdrink stall for the night. This will be run by

Year 6 students and profits will be going towards graduation, so it would be great if a Year 6

parent or parent team could get involved. However any volunteer is welcome. Let a

member of the P&C team know, or contact the office.

Aside from the Fair, the P&C is excited to be supporting our school in our move to reduce the

amount of rubbish we produce. This week the school will undergo a waste audit. From there

the P&C team look forward to working with our school and students and hearing ideas on

how we can help our tuckshop move towards reducing the amount of waste it produces.

Thank you to Katie Knickel for her continued work behind the scenes on this, as well as the

supportive and proactive admin and teachers we have at Ingham State School.

Our next P&C meeting is 12th August at 7pm in the Resource Centre. It has been great to see

new faces recently! Everyone is welcome to come along.

Let me at this opporTUNAty to announce the start of the oFISHal ISS Fishing Club. Starting week 2 and meeting at 1st Lunch on Wednesday we will be following the schedule below. Due to limited space, sign-up sheets will be on the notice board near the sports room.

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10Grade 5/6Basic Mono and Braid Knots

Grade 5/6Accurate Lure Casting & Retrieving

Grade 5/6Castnets

Grade 3/4Basic Knots

Grade 3/4 Basic Casting and Winding in

Grade 3/4Lure Casting & Retrieving

Grade P-2Knots

Grade P-2Casting & Winding

Grade P-2

Along with learning the basics on a Wednesday, there will also be a brag board to show off your catches and the intention in the future to have our own fishing shirts and a fishing competition.

Don’t take too much time to MULLET over, come along and improve your knowledge and skills while having fun and if you can think of a better fish pun, let MINNOW.

Mr BallinTeacher – Behaviour, Welfare and Support

ISS Fishing Club