14 October 2022

Newsletter Articles

WHAT: Literacy- Greater than 75% of students will achieve a C standard in English.
HOW: Positive Relationships and High Expectations
WHY: Literacy is the key to a life of choice not chance

Principal’s News

Jingeri (Hi) ELSS families and community,

Welcome to the start of term 4. I hope this finds you safe, happy and healthy.

Each day I am reminded of our great school and community as I spend time in classroom seeing students connected to their teacher and the learning. Lets continue to work TOGETHER as partners in learning for every student to ‘SOAR TO SUCCESS’ Thank you for your support to live out our mission, vision and expectations

Mission – Engage, Inspire and Empower EVERY student to a life of choice not chance
Vision – Positive Relationships and High Expectations for EVERY student succeeding.
Expectations – Safe, Respectful, Learner
Motto- Soar to Success

The ELSS staff are amazing with their ability to create engaging learning activities for deep learning. See some photos of hands on learning below-

Some of our recent events- GALA sport, Mental Health week, Mental Health Fair, Principal Conference, Public Speaking Competition. School Captains visit Parliament House (see photo below)

Success 2022, as a whole school community we had significant success. Let’s recap-

• Most successful semester one for students passing English at the school.
• Evidence of student learning and growth in every classroom.
• Mr Tuckett named as a finalist for Excellence in Teaching.
• ELSS Regional commended for Queensland showcase awards for Excellence in Early Years education.
• Term 1, 2 and 3 decrease in major behaviour incidents.
• More students in full school uniform.
• Many messages of thanks and support from parents, families and community partners.
• A strong connection with our community partners.
• Success events such as Bushdance, Athletics carnivals, cross country, rewards day, star of the
• school, music concerts and weekly assembly.
• A calmer, cleaner and happier school for our students.

The ELSS 2022 improvement plan has the watermark GROWTH. We will focus on building a positive culture for learning with focussed teaching and learning for EVERY student to succeed at ELSS = GOAL is 75%+ A-C English in semester 2. The three major priorities for 2022 are Reading, Curriculum Access and Culture.

School events Coming up- P&C Meeting, Lockdown Drill, Music concert, Gala Sport, Principal tour, World Teachers Day, Day for Daniel, Halloween Disco.

Remaining 2022 ELSS events- Magic of Music Concert, Colour Run and Carols.

Reminders-

• School starts at 8.50am! Our first bell will ring at 8.45am for students to make their way to their meeting point. Please focus on students arriving to school on time and not leaving early as these impacts learning for your child and all students in the class.
• I have issued over 50 Uniform reminder notes to families of students who are still out of uniform. We have worked closely with the P&C to build a strong focus on pride and unity through our uniform. We welcome any family to discuss financial hardship if this is a barrier to full school uniform. We are happy to support and help. We are partner in learning.
• BULLYING- NO WAY is EVERYDAY at ELSS. ELSS process for how our students are to respond to an incident: TALK-WALK-REPORT. If you have concerns of an incident, please contact your child’s classroom teacher, if needed it will progress to Deputy Principal. Thanks for your support of the process. Edens Landing SS does not tolerate Bullying.

Attendance at ELSS – Our target is 90%. We currently sit at 88%

Parents are a child’s first teacher. School staff are a child’s second teacher. Our learning walls are a child’s third teacher. Together we are Partners in learning.

Yours in Education

Clint Curran
Principal.

Deputy Principal’s News

STUDENT COUNCIL- DAY FOR DANIEL

Edens Landing State School Student Council will once again support this important day on 28 October. Students are invited to wear red to signify the day as our school walks around the block to raise awareness of this important message. Please look out for the flyer with all of the details. We ask students to bring a gold coin to donate to this very worthwhile charity.

Health Plans for Students with Asthma and Allergies

It is our desire to provide the best possible environment for the health, well-being, and safety of all students. Good management of your child’s asthma and allergies is important to his or her success at school. Clear communication between you and your child, your health care provider and school staff is the key to managing asthma and allergies at school. If the school does not currently have a formal Asthma or Allergy Action Plan for your child, please provide one as soon as possible. A written Asthma or Allergy Action Plan developed by your health care provider and shared with the school will help keep your child safe at school. Following the Action Plan will enable your child to participate fully in school activities. If your child is able to administer his or her Asthma medication without any supervision or assistance, an Action Plan is not required. If this is the case, please send a written note or email stating this to the school promptly. Likewise, if your child’s allergies do not impact their schooling, please notify the school that an action plan is not required. Thank you to the many families who have already done this.

From the Year 3 Team

English: What you ever wanted to know about INSECTS but were afraid to ask! We will be investigating a HEAP of facts about them as we develop our understanding about information texts.

Be prepared for some “flying facts” to come home. We will study the creatures under the headings of: Appearance/ Habitat/ Interesting facts.

Mathematics:

We will continue to discuss numbers to 10,000. Your child will work out next numbers in patterns, which place value the digits are in as well as writing the numbers in various ways.

Times tables are being learnt, so that by the end of the year we can know, for sure, our 2x,3x,5x and 10x. This is great to practice in the car as you drive to school.

Science:

What happens to the properties of materials when we change their properties. Solids, Liquids and gas -chemical sciences, are the focus for this term. …. Who doesn’t like melted chocolate? We will study how we know what makes a gas, what makes a liquid and what makes a solid -so that we can define each of these scientific categories using scientific language.

From the Year 4 Team

English – Poetry writing: Students will write a humorous poem about an animal using word play to entertain an audience.

Mathematics: Students will explore place value in the tens of thousands, decimals and fractions, measurement (temperature), multiplication and related division facts, money and mapping.

Science: Students will explore contact and non-contact forces to describe interactions between objects. They will apply their knowledge of forces to a real-life scenario by designing a ’60 second slam game’.

From the Year 5 Team

English

This term, in English, we will be studying various persuasive texts and how to convince a reader by using a range of persuasive strategies in our writing. To help your child succeed in this unit, consider asking them to give you three good reasons each time they ask you for something.

Mathematics

In Mathematics this term, our main number focus areas will be problem-solving using all four operations (+, -, x, ÷) and financial maths and budgeting. In addition, we will be completing units on analysing data, 24-hour time and capacity and mass. Opportunities for improvement this term could include talking to your child about the choices you make when you’re doing the shopping.

Science

This term we will be studying our solar system and the celestial bodies in it, including planets, moons, asteroids and comets. We will also be discussing the inventions and discoveries that have been made as a result of space exploration and how they have impacted our lives.

From the Year 6 Team

English

Year 6 are learning to how to use factual language to write an information report on the topic of Natural Disasters. Students will be researching natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanos and cyclones and then writing a detailed report focussing on the cause and effects of these phenomena. We will be completing further research on this topic in our Science lessons, where we will study natural disasters in detail.

Mathematics

This term, students will investigate and solve a range of problems relating to the area and perimeter of regular and irregular shapes and make connections to volume and capacity. We will also explore the topics of chance and probability by conducting a range of experiments, mapping the outcomes and then compare the observed and expected frequencies, describing probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages.

From the Specialist Team

H.P.E

Prep - This term, students will demonstrate practices and protective behaviours to keep themselves safe and healthy in different situations.

Year 1- This term, students will demonstrate fundamental movement skills within tennis activities and games.

Year 2 - This term, students will examine health messages and describe how to keep themselves and others healthy and physically active.

Year 3 - This term, students will investigate how emotional responses vary and understand how to interact positively with others. They use decision-making and problem-solving skills to select and demonstrate strategies that help them stay safe.

Year 4 - This term, students will perform basic movement skills and elements of movement within golf activities.

Year 5 - This term, students will perform specialised AFL skills and will combine movement concepts and strategies in game situations.

Year 6 - This term, students will perform specialised volleyball skills and will combine movement concepts and strategies in games. Students will demonstrate fair play and skills to work collaboratively during volleyball activities and games.

Arts

Year 1 are putting their story board into Book Creator. Making an interesting front cover, taking photos of their illustrations and adding sound effects to create a media artwork.

Year Two are using percussion instruments to create sounds to represent animals, objects or the weather. E.g. Bells for rain or an alarm.

Year Three are rehearsing then recording their humorous poem with their puppets and backgrounds that were created last term. The recordings are then put into iMovie where they will add sound effects, background music and text for their media artwork.

Year Four are making different forms of art from around the world that will be displayed in a museum at the end of term.

Yours in education

Cheryl Gibson
Deputy Principal

Deputy Principal’s News

I am really embracing the modern way society is looking at mental health. Once we would try to hide our struggles and consider ourselves a failure if we needed help.

During Mental Health week we were able to share our stories, examine strategies and celebrate our strengths and weaknesses in regards to our own health in a wholistic way.

It is important that parents and carers look after their physical and mental health so we are better equipped to help the children we serve. Like they tell us in the safety talk on an airplane – put your own mask on before helping others.

For more information please follow the link below.

From the classrooms

Prep

English - this term in English preps are learning to write a recount about real events. We are also learning to read and comprehend short texts. Children are experimenting with sentence writing in their daily writing

Maths- this term in maths preps are learning to sequences and identify missing numbers to 20 forwards and backwards. We are also learning to make simple inferences from data we have collected.

Science - we are leaning about living and non-living things and their needs.

In Prep/1A we are learning to write a procedure to tell someone how to do something. This week, as a class, we have been creating a procedure on how to make fairy bread. We have been focusing on writing simple steps that start with a capital letter, have finger spaces and end with a full stop.

Year 1

In English

We are learning to write simple sentences with rhyming words.

We are learning to perform a reading of a poem created in class to our peers

In Maths

We are learning to describe 2D shapes. We are learning to recognize and classify familiar 3D objects using obvious features.

We are learning to carry out simple addition and subtraction problems using counting strategies. We are learning to recognise, model and write numbers to 100, locate numbers on a number line and explain partitioning of numbers.

In Science –

We are learning to describe objects and events from our everyday lives and to describe changes in the local environment.

Year 2

English – Procedure:

We are learning to read and write procedures using steps with action verbs. They help us follow instructions, recipes, manuals and play games step by step. Our goal will be to create a multimodal procedure for our own episode on Edens Landing TV.

Mathematics – Number, Measurement and Geometry, Statistics and Probability:

We are learning to:

• Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to 1000
• Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies
• Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays (using visual and concrete materials)
• Create displays of data using lists, table and picture graphs and interpret them

Science – Water Works

We are learning how water is essential to life. As humans, we not only drink water, we also use it for cooking, hygiene, recreation and agriculture. Australia is a dry continent with an expanding population, and how we use water has become increasingly important. Water is a precious resource.

The Water works unit is an ideal way to link science with literacy in the classroom. It provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of, and appreciation for a precious natural resource. Through investigations, students explore how water is used, where water comes from and how to use it responsibly.

Anthea Grant
Deputy Principal

PBL News

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL) AT ELSS

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a whole-school framework used in our school to promote positive behaviour. PBL helps us to develop a safe and supportive learning environment, build positive relationships and improve student learning outcomes. Edens Landing State School has CC (Captain Courageous) as our mascot. He helps to remind students of our expectations.

Our school community has worked together to establish simple, clear and explicit expectations for behaviour. Student behaviour improves when students know what is expected of them and when good behaviour is recognised.

Our school takes a proactive, preventative approach, ensuring that all students receive the appropriate level of support to help them to succeed. Our PBL team constantly works to ensure that all students benefit and identified students receive additional support when needed.

Find out more about PBL in this video .

Weeks 3 and 4 Term 4: I am a Respectful I show kindness to others

Why Should We Teach Kindness at School?

There are as many benefits to being the recipient of kindness as there are arguments for being kind. Simply stated:

• Kindness alleviates stress and lessens the pressure to perform.
• It creates happy, relaxed individuals who genuinely care about one another, the classroom and the school.
• Kindness helps children feel as though they belong. It increases self-esteem and helps them realise their vast potential.
• In a kind and caring environment, children feel more willing to share their true thoughts and feelings.
• They develop better focus and longer attention spans.
• It reduces bullying.
• A school that is ruled by kindness improves individual mental health and promotes feelings of well-being and gratitude.

For these reasons, the staff at Edens Landing State School always emphasise and reward acts of kindness in and out of the classroom.

Seven ways Parents can help to teach children to be kind

Kindness is not to be confused with how well you are liked, but rather how you perceive your behaviour toward others. It’s about your ability to empathise, be compassionate and express genuine feelings.

1. Demonstrate kindness through everyday actions.

Young children learn by imitating behaviours. By demonstrating kindness through your own actions, your children will copy and learn from you. Showing acts of kindness expands your child’s awareness beyond their family. They include:

• Holding open a door for someone else.
• Checking in on a neighbour’s well-being
• Donating goods towards a charity.
• Calling a family friend to see how they’ve been going.

2. Teaching children kindness begins with teaching them about their emotions.

Encourage children to build relationships with others and regulate their emotions through their own self-control and mindfulness. Children love to express their feelings through movement, music and dance. Mirror-play also teaches children about self-awareness, empathy and emotions.

3. Teach children to name and talk about their emotions.

Young children may not yet have the ability to describe the way they’re feeling. You can help them find the words to express their feelings by naming the way they feel. They may be able to empathise and recognise those same feelings in others.

It’s essential to be able to talk about your feelings. When your child is angry or sad, ask them why. Try to get them to open up about their feelings. Let them know you’re listening and share how you’re feeling too.

Helping children make sense of their feelings and recognise those same feelings in others can help them to build positive relationships and friendships with other children. It also provides them with the tools to feel confident when expressing themselves in groups.

4. Promote kindness in children by helping them read cues in others

Have an open dialogue with your child about the way other people feel or seem to feel. People don’t always react or show feelings in the same way. Our tone of voice and the way we reveal our expressions and body language may have subtle differences.

Empathy is about learning how to read those differences. When you watch a television show or read a book together, you can discuss what feelings a character might be expressing and how this makes your child feel.

Mindfulness can help your child be aware of their surroundings including other people without judging.

5. Be empathetic towards your child’s feelings.

Be aware of your own responses towards your child’s emotions. It’s not about feeling sorry but a genuine way to connect with your child and understand what they are going through. Don’t ignore their feelings but take an interest and validate how they feel. Watch for verbal cues but also ask how they are feeling.

6. Show compassion and interest in others.

Be aware and show compassion for those around you. Let your child see that you are emotionally available and that you want to make a positive difference in the lives of others. One way to show compassion is to volunteer with a local community group to do charity work. Involving the whole family also broadens your child’s sense of self-identity and belonging.

7. Teach empathy to children by encouraging emotional sharing.

Children should feel safe to show their feelings even when it is a negative emotion. Teaching children kindness means creating a safe and secure environment for your child by being open and receptive to their feelings.

When your child demonstrates empathetic behaviour towards someone else, praise them for their compassion. Take notice of genuine acts of kindness. To promote repetition of their empathy and kindness provide positive feedback.

You can encourage your child to think about others by asking them questions like:

• Do you think our neighbour would like this extra bread?
• Do you think your brother would like to play with your toys too?
• Your sister has an ‘owie’. Should we get her a band-aid?
• Daddy’s not feeling well. Do you think we should make him chicken soup?

Teaching children kindness is a kindness in itself. Help them learn about their feelings, get them to talk about how they feel and acknowledge your child when they are being respectful and kind towards others.

HPE News

Representative News

Congratulations to Nixon who gained selection in the South Coast Athletics Team. He will now compete at the State Titles. Good luck Nixon!

School Swimming

In week 8 and 9, students in grades 1-4 will take part in a school swimming program. Students in grade 1-2 will take part in a lesson every day for one week and year 3-4 will take part in an intensive swimming day. Further information regarding this program will be sent home shortly.

Gala Sport

Gala Sport started last week with teams competing in touch and softball. Congratulations to all teams for the effort and results.

A reminder that training will continue while gala sport is running. All students who are a part of an interschool sport team need to ensure they attend training sessions.

Touch Football-Thursday and Friday mornings 8am
Softball- Monday and Tuesday mornings 8am

Hats

Over the course of the year, lessons will be held on the oval. It is essential that your child/ren has a suitable school hat for all lessons. A note will be issued to students who fail to bring a hat to lessons. If your child/ren is unable to take part in a lesson due to an injury or medical reason, please provide a note.

Sporting Events

Gala Sport- 14/10. 21/10, 28/10. 5/11
Swimming- Grade 1 and 2- 21/11-25/11, grade 3 and 4 28/11-1/12 (1 day only for each class)
Swimming carnival- 7/12 (grades 3-5)

Yours in Sport

Ken O’Donnell & Leo Hopkinson
Health and Physical Education Teachers

Social Worker News

Please contact Andrew (Social Worker) or Andrea (Guidance Officer) for more info.

It’s free and all parents and carers are most welcome.

Thanks heaps 😊
Andrew Rienecker
Social Worker | AASW

Office News

Enrol for Prep 2023 now, please contact the office 3826 0333.

Payment Window is open Eftpos only from 8.30am-10.30am Wednesdays and Fridays.

Report Student Absences

Text message your childs absence to 0429 904 926

Text first and last name of your child, date, duration and reason of absence.

to leave a message. Alternatively you may also use the absence email - absences@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au .Please record your child's name, class, date of absence/s and reason for absence.

Late Arrivals

Students who arrive to school after 8.50am must report to the office windows for a late slip prior to going to class.

Change of Details

Please email the school on office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au stating your child’s name and class to confirm your email address and if applicable advise of any contact details that may have changed, to ensure we are able to contact you in an emergency.

Thank you for your continued support

Tuckshop News

Welcome back to TERM 4, this year is certainly going by fast! I hope everyone had a relaxing break.

SUSHI WEDNESDAY

Due to the low numbers of orders last term, it has been decided to only offer sushi every fortnight this term. The first date for Sushi was Wednesday 12 October (Week 2) It will not be available the last two weeks of term 4.

These dates are open for ordering now – October 26, November 9, 23. You can order now for any of these dates.

All orders are to be placed on Flexischools by Tuesday, 12 noon. As the Sushi is ordered from an outside company, orders cannot be cancelled after 12 noon Tuesday, as the order is placed just after the cut off time. If the minimum order is not reached, any orders placed will be cancelled.

If you order Sushi for your child/ren and they are absent from school on the day, please contact the tuckshop (0482 175 646) to arrange collection. The Sushi orders can be kept until Thursday if your child is away on the Wednesday but after Thursday if they are not collected, they will be disposed of.

Information and reminders will be on our Facebook page regularly about Sushi Wednesday.

Children absent from school

If you have ordered tuckshop for your child and they are not attending school on that day, PLEASE call the tuckshop DIRECTLY on 0482 175 646 by 8.30 am to have their order cancelled. PLEASE DO NOT contact the office staff to ask them to pass on a message to the tuckshop. PLEASE DO NOT leave a message on the absentee line/email that you want tuckshop cancelled. If you do not contact the TUCKSHOP by 8.30 am your order will stand and will not be cancelled.

If your child’s order has been cancelled you will have to reorder when you want them to have tuckshop, there is no ability to hold over orders.

Tuckshop relies on volunteers to run. If we do not have the volunteer base to carry out daily tuckshop tasks, then menu items have to be streamlined to accommodate the amount of help we have. There are no special skills required to help in the tuckshop. Some of the jobs you may be asked to do are, make sandwiches/wraps, process bags, help pack food into bags and class tubs, wash up, staple bags, filling fridges and freezers. This list is not exhaustive but gives you an idea of what sort of things you might be asked to do to help. If you think you can help on a regular basis, please contact the tuckshop. The only requirement from the school is you complete the mandatory training in the office prior to starting to help. Anyone other than the parents of a child ie grandparents, aunts/uncles must apply for and have Working with Children (Blue) card before starting.

If you have not signed up for Flexischools or need help registering please pop up to the tuckshop on Wednesday morning between 8:30 am – 9:00 am for us to help you set Flexischools up or email the tuckshop at tuckshop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au or message the Tuckshop and Uniform Shop Facebook page.

Any information about tuckshop will be posted on our Facebook page and or sent via the Flexischools App.

Annette Honnery
Tuckshop Convenor
tuckshop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au
0482 175 646

Uniform News

Uniform Shop is open Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am - 9:30 am.

Yes, you can come in without placing a Flexischools order or making an appointment.

Yes, you can come in during open hours and pick up your Flexischools order you placed.

*THE UNIFORM SHOP IS ALSO COMPLETELY CASHLESS
WE ONLY TAKE CARD/EFTPOS AS PAYMENT IN THE SHOP

PREP 2023

A Prep 2023 Class has been made on Flexischools so your able to start placing your orders via Flexischools now. Please remember that this is a pickup service and orders will need to be collected on the day of ordering from the Uniform Shop between 8:30am-9:30am Tuesday or Thursday. If your order isn’t collected between those times, it will be available to collect form the office between 10:00am – 4:00pm on those days.

Any more questions please email the Uniform Shop. uniform_shop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

Delivery of orders to classrooms has ceased

Flexischools orders must be collected from the Uniform Shop by Student or Parent. If cannot pick up your order, please email the Uniform Shop and we can arrange to have the order left at the office for collection the same day. You will receive and email reminder message for your order on the day and you can reply to that email with any questions or if you need it left at the office.

When coming into the Uniform Shop please follow all the schools Covid Safe plan as stated in the newsletter also on their official Facebook page.

Make sure you like and follow our Tuckshop & Uniform Shop Facebook Page for any updates. We post on our Facebook page about what is going on in those areas and it is also a platform for you to communicate with the Tuckshop & Uniform Shop besides our emails and the Phone number.

Flexischools

Getting online is easy and only takes a few minutes to register.

Simply go to the link below and click “Register”.

You will be sent an email with further instructions on how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders immediately. There is a variety of payment options supported, including Visa, MasterCard (credit and debit) and Bank Transfer. The system operates via a pre-paid account.

If you have any questions, Flexischools provide a great help desk on:

(Online): Any time, at our parent contact form which can be found here

(Phone): Between 8am - 12pm (AEDST) on Weekdays, at our parent phone line (1300 361 769).

Flexischools has a cut off time off

Monday 4:00 pm for Tuesday orders each week, and Wednesday 4:00 pm for Thursday orders each week.

Any other questions please email the Uniform Shop and we will be sure to answer them as soon as possible. uniform_shop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

*If you have any uniforms your children have outgrown but that are still in good condition.

You can donate them to the Uniform Shop, we need items so families can still feel like they are purchasing a uniform and not missing out.

Thank you.

Important Dates to Remember

Contact Details

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PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE TO UPDATE YOUR DETAILS

Phone 3826 0333 or Email office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

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