Chapel Hill State School

3 rd November 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

The world is like a mirror, if you face it smiling it smiles right back

ENROLMENTS FOR 2010

The school is still taking enrolments for 2010 in all year levels. So if you do know of anyone who might be interested in their children attending Chapel Hill School please make them aware of this.

CLASSES FOR 2010

This long involved process is underway at present. To help us with the final numbers, if you know that you are not going to be at Chapel Hill School in 2010, could you please notify the school office so that the numbers are as accurate as possible when we are placing the children into classes for 2010.

BAND SUCCESS

Last weekend, four of the bands were involved in the Brisbane Band Festival. It was a great weekend and our bands played well and did themselves and the school proud with their efforts. Silver Awards were presented to the Senior Strings, Junior Band and Intermediate Band and a Gold Award was presented to the Senior Band. Well done to all and a special thanks to our band conductors - Mr Kennedy and Mrs O'Donnell.

SPORTS & SPECIAL GROUP PHOTOS

If you wish to order copies of the above photo forms will be available to download from the following website in approximately one week’s time – www.silverrose.com.au/schools Username: Groups Password: 285023

F Remembrance Day Wednesday 11 th November. Poppies now available at the office for 50c.

WORLD TEACHERS DAY

Last Friday was World Teachers Day, a day set aside throughout the world to recognise the great work that teachers do for children. At Chapel Hill State School we are indeed fortunate to have the calibre of teachers that we have teaching our students. The teachers at our school are knowledgeable, they collaborate well together, they establish positive relationships with your children and they are learners who as a result become better teachers. It was great to hear of lots of children saying thank you to their teacher for what they have done for their learning and nurturing this year.

KEEPING YOUR CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE
Some of our children are busy online communicators – emailing friends, instant messaging, downloading information or updating their Facebook profiles. It’s important as parents, that you guide your children in making smart choices about who they speak to and what they access online. By setting ground rules for internet use, you can help your kids to use the internet safely. Be involved – spend time exploring the internet with your children and get them to show you their favourite websites, including any social networking sites they use such as MySpace, Facebook or Bebo. Be open – keep the computer in a room the whole family can access, not in your child’s bedroom. If your child changes the screen or turns the computer off when you enter the room, ask them about it. Be aware – tell your children to never give out personal information to people they don’t know, including their name, home address, phone number or school and to never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they have only chatted with online. Be cautious – if you believe your child may be at risk, talk to them about the dangers associated with online conversations. Be there – remember that the best protection is parental supervision and guidance. The Queensland Police Service have published a must read guide for parents – “Who’s Chatting to your Kids?” – which provides practical information about internet safety and how parents can reduce the risk of their child becoming a victim. Download the brochure from: www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/personalSafety/childProtection/default.htm For further information visit the Australian Communications and Media Authority web site at: www.cybersmart.gov.au

TURNING CIRCLE

A note form the P&C was distributed last Tuesday to parents picking up children from the turning circle off Ironbark Road. The essence of the note was asking for Parents using the drop off areas around the school to be especially careful.

Do's

• Please be patient – if the car in front has kids jumping in or out – please let the parent drive away rather than attempting a tricky manoeuvre to get past them
• When your turn comes please move as far round the turning circle as possible before stopping.
• Encourage your kids to jump out of the left hand side of the car.
• If you normally use the Tinbeerwah entrance and you’re running late – please use the main turning circle (accessible via Iron Bark road) – officially there is no stopping at the top of Tinbeerwah.

Don’ts

• At pick up please don’t sit in the middle of the turning circle waiting for your child if he or she isn’t there. If you know that your child regularly doesn’t make it to the turning circle until ten past three, we’d ask that you don’t come up and wait for them until that time.
• Please don’t reverse or start doing three point turns in the turning circle – some kids are extremely small and very hard to see, and may not be looking for cars doing three point turns..
• Please don’t use your mobile phone while driving up to, down from and on the turning circle.
• Please don’t stop and chat with other parents once you have picked your children up (or dropped them off). If you want to chat with other parents, why not park up on Ironbark road; meet your kids in person and then talk to other parents at your leisure.
• Please don’t use the staff car park that has its entrance on Tinbeerwah.
• Please avoid stopping at the top of Tinbeerwah and use it as an alternative drop-off. If you or your child wishes to access the school from this entrance please park up either at the bottom of Tinbeerwah or on Goolman and walk your children up to the school.

Yellow CABS Giveaway
To celebrate the launch of their new taxi telephone number - 13 CABS or 132227, Yellow Cabs are offering Chapel Hill School the opportunity of winning a mega prize. There are only 10 Primary Schools involved and the prize consists of the following - $1000 to the P&C; one laptop to the class with the most taxi receipts; and one laptop to the student with the most taxi receipts. Here is our it works : When a student's family or friends travel anywhere, anytime, 24/7, between 12 October until 4 December, students need to bring that taxi receipt to school and leave them at the Office. The more receipts they bring in the more chances they have of winning, and the more chances their class has of winning. A flier has been sent home with every student, fully explaining the competition. Students only need to put their initials and their class name on the back of the receipts, absolutely nothing else. Entries will be collected on 4 December, with the winners announced on 7 December.

Get Cracking to Help our School

Our school has registered to take part in the Farm Pride and Golden Egg Farms Collect-a-thon. Every token collected from selected Farm Pride and Golden Egg Farms packs (sold at Woolworths) can earn the school 50 cents, keep collecting tokens until November 2009, a box will be left in the office for the tokens to be placed in.

All eggs now carry the Heart Foundation Tick of approval and are a very important source of nutrition. They are packed with essential vitamins and minerals and make a nutritious meal for all the family, especially growing kids.

All information about the program can be found at www.collectathon.com.au

So get cracking! Start collecting the tokens, and help raise valuable funds for our school.

Prep Teacher-Aide

Chapel Hill State School

☛ Commencing Jan 2010.

☛ 18 hours per week, 5 days

All applicants must address the selection criteria as outlined in the application package available for collection at the School Office. The successful applicant must have, or be willing to obtain a ’Working with Children’ Blue Card.

Applications close 17 November at 3pm

and will remain current for 12 months

All enquiries Ph 3871 4888

******BookFair********

Book Fair is coming next week!!!

Get some great books for Christmas presents.

Book Fair starts Friday 13th November at 8.15 - 9 am and 3 - 3.45pm and closes Wednesday afternoon 18 th November.

MUSIC NEWS

On Wednesday 4 th November (tomorrow) the Senior Choir, Senior String Ensemble and the Intermediate & Senior Bands will be performing outside Myer at Indooroopilly Shoppingtown between 9.30 & 10.30 am.

Parents are more than welcome to come along and be entertained by our talented musicians.

All children involved in this performance are asked to meet outside the Instrumental Music Room at 8.30 am. Please make sure that your child is wearing the School Music Uniform (including black shoes) and that they bring their normal school uniform to change back into after the performance. (We will be collecting the School Music Uniforms from the children after they get changed back at school.) Thank you, Bridget Cook (Music Teacher).

Information Night

The selection of students for the Instrumental Program 2010 is now underway. Letters and information will be sent home to parents shortly. An Information Evening for parents only of our Instrumental students who have been selected for the Woodwind, Brass, Percussion and Strings Programs on Wednesday 18 th November at 7pm in the Arts Building.

DATES TO REMEMBER

04.11.09 Indro S/Town Bands/Choirs

10.11.09 P & C Meeting 7.30 pm

18.11.09 Inst Information Night

24.11.09 Yrs 3-7 Swimming Carnival

26.11.09 Yr 7 Graduation Dinner

27.11.09 RE Xmas Service 12 – 1 pm

02.12.09 Yrs 1-2 Swimming Carnival

03.12.09 Carols Night Prep - Yr 3

07.12.09 Final Assembly – Awards

11.12.09 Last Day Term 4

27.01.10 Term 1 Commences

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Student of the Week Awards

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Student of the Week – Sue-Yin Leow, Vuk Bogicevic, Hailey Hazlewood, Tomas Benes, Ella Scanlan, Emily Crozier,Tahlia Bligh, Daniel Studer, Hannah Mills, Hannah Christie, Jayden Kosanovic, Bec Edmonds, Caleb Pennell, Sam Covington, Philip Groves, Daisy Nitsch, Tom North, Jess Jones, Jason Van As, Brandon French, Rianna Bell, Brandon Brotton, Lauren Savian, Brendan Back, Minna McLean, Dylan Jones, Carissa Gaffney, Rory Freemantle.

Chess Results

Last Tuesday, 14 CHSS students competed in the Brisbane Individual Age Championships. Yr 4 was our best represented Age Division with eight players and they managed to take out 2 ndJayden Stickley, 5 thNeil Givens & 11 thColwyn Bowie, in a field of 48 players. Liam Halstead also came 6 th in the Yr 7 Age Division out of 44 players. Well done to these students!

Special mention must also go to Becky Groves, Lincoln Strodl, Carl Janz, Jordan Yee & Giacomo Savian who performed admirably in their first ever tournament.

Thanks to Meryl Huth, Lorna McLean, Jenny Strodl & Ngaire Groves for driving – without you we would not be able to get so many students to this event. (Michelle Stickley)

$$$ PAYMENTS DUE $$$

Prep – Reverse Garbage $8, Timbarra Show $6. Overdue.

Yr 1 – Swimming $58, Art Activity $10. Overdue.

Yr 2 – Swimming $58, Art Activity $10, Author visit $6. Overdue.

Yr 3 – Swimming $55. Overdue.

Yr 4 – Swimming $20, Author visit, $3. Overdue.

Yr 5 – Visit to Pullenvale EC, $14.50. Due Fri 6 th Nov.

Yr 5 – Swimming $20, Author visit, $3, HREP, $17. Overdue.

Yr 5A – Art Activity $10. Overdue.

Yr 6 – Art Activity $10. Due Fri 6 th Nov.

Yr 6 – Swimming $20, Author visit, $3, HREP, $17, CSIRO visit, $6. Overdue.

Yr 6 – Interschool Sport $48.50. Overdue.

Yr 7 - Yr 7 Graduation Dinner $26 per head. Due Thur 19 th Nov.

Yr 7 – Graduation Bear, $20. Due Fri 6 th Nov

Yr 7 – Swimming $20, HREP $17. Overdue.

Yr 7 – Interschool Sport, $52.50. Overdue.

Instrumental Music Program Semester 2 Fees - $85, $55, $25. Overdue.

PAYMENT OF INVOICES

If you wish, please combine more than one invoice . Please return invoice/s with your payment and a receipt will be issued and sent home with your child.

COUNTRY KITCHEN XMAS PRESERVES

We will be selling Country Kitchen preserves, decorated in Christmas cheer (perfect Xmas gifts), from the Hall Kitchen after Assembly for the remainder of the term. If you are able to help with selling please call Tracey on 0403 887 899.

URGENT TUCKSHOP NEWS FOR STUDENTS & TEACHERS!

It is very important that all Tuckshop orders be placed by 9 am. If a student is late to school then it would be appreciated if they could come straight to the Tuckshop to order. It makes it very difficult when we have finished preparing and receive late orders. Thank you, Cia Adermann & Sue Bird (Tuckshop Convenors)

Chappy’s Corner

What have you got planned for the first week of the school holidays?? I will be going along to the ‘Christmas Adventure’ week at Chapel Hill Uniting Church. The Christmas Adventure program is jammed packed full of fun games, great crafts, good music, new friends, morning tea & lunch included, caring leadership, a day trip to South Bank on Friday and its lots of fun!

Monday 14 th – Friday 18 th December 9am to 12.30pm [Mon- Thurs] 9am to 2pm [Friday]

Chapel Hill Uniting Church, 9 Chapel Hill Rd, Chapel Hill.

All 5 days $50/ 3 days $30/ 1 day (Mon- Thurs) $10/ Friday only $14

For more information or to register: See me or call 3878 9535 or 0408 754 797. Have a fantastic week!

(Hannah Conroy- School Chaplain)

Christmas Hamper Collection

As in previous years the RE Teachers are organising a collection of non-perishable items of food which will be given to the Inala Anglican Church who regularly distribute help to struggling families in that area.

We feel that it is important to help the children think beyond themselves especially at Christmas time.

The RE teachers will place decorated boxes in each classroom and over the next 3 weeks we would ask for your generosity in helping your children to select one or two items and take them into their class box at any time they wish.  They will be presented to a Representative of the Inala Church at the RE Breakup which will be in the Hall on Friday 27th Nov. between 12 and 1.30.  The Yrs 1 to 3 have their breakup from  12-12.30 and Yrs 4 to 7 from 12.45 to 1.15 and any interested parents are most welcome.

Thank you for the privilege of teaching your children over this year and we wish you a peaceful and happy Christmas.   Helen Lucas (RE Coordinator)

Piano Tuition – AMUSA qualified teacher with 20 years experience and great results. Learn for AMEB exams or for leisure. Please call J Knight on 3878 1021.

Recycling Festival - at Moore Park (beside Indooroopilly Primary School) on Sun 15 th Nov, 10 am – 3 pm. There will be lots of activities for children, including Recycled Art Show, Children’s Theatre, Stories, Junk Band Music, Worm Farm Info, Reverse Garbage, Craft, Farmers Market, Food & Drinks, Mobile Phone Disposal & recycling info.

Creative Arts Day at Chapel Hill Uniting Church, Sat 21 st Nov. Come along and be creative ALL day! Choose up to three workshops! Registrations due by 13 th Nov. Forms available from the office. Enquiries: dona.pal@gil.com.au or ph 3202 5445.

Threads & More. Holiday craft program at Sherwood. To enrol ring 3379 6699 or email shop@threadsandmore.com.au.

 From the Class Captains

Yr 2A learned addition facts in Maths last week. We played a card game called Pairs and another game called Bob-Bob-Freeze. In Music we have been practising Kangaroo Skippy-Roo. We continued with our daily weather forecasts and Show and Tell, including a talk about elephants. We are still doing book reviews. (Calum Barter)

Yr 2B. Last week we started our weekly Book Reviews, Weather Report and Joke. We had a very interesting visit from the author – Rebecca Johnson. (Jack Daly)

Yr 2C went to the Arts building for the author visit. We made up a story called ‘ Aragon’s Trouble’. We put it on tape and typed it on the computer then we put the story together. (Jacob Betts)

Yr 3B. Last week we learnt French Knitting and did ball skills in PE. We also had a SoSE test. We have been learning about Australia. (George Jackson)

Yr 3C. We have been doing a Maths test with lots of different types of Maths. We learnt about Australian Aboriginal dot paintings and we drew some of the symbols that they use in their paintings. We also finished our pictures for the Christmas Cards. (Brooke Johnston)

Yr 4AB. We started making puffy sea-creature mobiles in Art. We are having fun learning about democracy in SoSE. In Science we are learning about erosion and weathering. In RE with Mrs Crossan we are making Christmas quilts. In Music we performed our patterns with some instruments. We are playing games with balls in PE. We made a K-truss bridge. (Georgia Wilson & Jordan Yee)

Yr 4C is learning lots about the Human Body. In PE we are practising our shooting and playing lots of games. We have done lots of tests and have been playing lots of Maths games. Today we will be doing our times-tables race. (Shannon Ryan)

Yr 5A. Last week we had the last “Family Planning” episode. In Maths we got a surprise Test question and in Literacy we are learning to write explanations. On Friday we got 15 minutes of free-time. (Oscar Stone)

Yr 5B started writing our rough copies of our Weather Report. In Maths we learnt about angles and in German we did a word search. In Art we used pastels and drew a picture of the sky and then we wrote descriptions about them. (Katherine Viney)

Yr 6A. Last week we had rotations. In Art we did Zen Gardens. In ICTs we did our Religion assignments and our Science task. We did research on a particular religion: The Passover, Anne Frank, Chanukah, Sikhism etc. To finish the week off we had inter-school sports. (Sophie Lougheed)

Yr 6B. We started doing our first Religion report comparing Christianity to other religions. In Art we made our Zen gardens which turned out well. We have also been doing lots of Maths and Grammar tests. (Robert Kopel)

Yr 6C made very artistic Zen gardens in Technology. We are working on our Religion assignments. In SoSE we are learning about Anne Frank and Judaism and we have gone through everyone’s Persuasive Argument – everyone did really well with trying to persuade the audience. (Alexa Birtasevic)

This is the poem written by Miranda Kidd (4A) which won 2 nd Place in the Ipswich International Poetry Feast

Boat Ride

Let me go on a boat ride, Mum! May I follow the seagull’s path?

I’ll hear the wishing waves whisper, And imagine that I’m flying too?

Like a wild water safari I’d watch the wonderful world pass

Let me touch the salty seas I’d follow the seagull as white as clouds

Let me see the far horizons On the water like a salty bath

The oceans will divide, collide May I follow the seagull’s path?

Let me go on a boat ride!

Let me dive off the rocking boat Let me go on a boat ride Mum

And plunge to a world of octopus I’ll whisper to the white horses

With fish as colourful as rainbows Let me see the real me

And with seaweed floating high Let me venture deep inside

I’ll hear the whales sing their note And take out what I always hide

Let me dive off the rocking boat!

May I ride on a dolphin’s back? Let me go on a boat ride, Mum…..

I’d fly through the air then soar way down

Can I touch the sea with my palms?

Can I wet my hair in the ripples?

The boat ride would have a little slack

But may I ride on a dolphin’s back?

May I follow the seagull’s path?