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Frenchville
Focus
Issue 05 – 01 April 2021
Frenchville State School acknowledges the Darumbal people as the traditional custodians of the
place we now call our school. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and are proud to
be supporting and encouraging emerging Indigenous leaders every day.
Principal’s News
Welcome to the last stretch of an exceptionally
productive school term. It is exciting to see our students together plan out the next steps for improvement. We
thriving in extra-curricular based initiatives such as the are partners in your child’s learning journey.
Cross Country trials and our Bullying No Way / Harmony Continuing to build our collective leadership and
Day campaign. Today was our science day. Every week collaboration at our school, means that we extend
we teach the science curriculum. This day allows us to invitations to our staff for opportunities of growth and
engage with other classes, build excitement around this development through the Annual Performance
subject area and acknowledge the work of the scientists Development Planning phases. Our Deputy Principals
in our community. A shout out to all of our amazing staff are all engaged in professional development for their
who made these events and initiatives happen! leadership development as well as the portfolios they
The Student Council has started the year with a bang. lead. Our middle leaders have also engaged in ongoing
They have been developing projects, making timetables, workshops of Leading from the Middle. A number of
constructing budgets and commencing work. The group our staff have been involved with Classroom Profiling
is very action-orientated and several projects have and Restorative Practices. This all helps support our
begun. Great work team. A big thank you to Lenore Student Learning and Wellbeing and Student Code of
Olive, Chappy Jordan and Bill Smith who support the Conduct roll out. Fantastic work! The Department of
councillors with their work. I look forward to seeing the Education has released a Parent Code of Conduct.
project unfold over the year. Please read the attachment.
The Hangar has started after some delays with material There has been much to celebrate this term, even if
deliveries. Progress will continue over the holiday break this week feels like we have been transported back 12
so we will see how big this structure is on our return. months. We try our best to get information to you in
Thank you to Kev Guinane and Anna Wright who have a timely fashion but we do need to wait for advice
been so flexible with cross country organisation with a from the Department of Education who links with the
continually changing course. Health Department. In this current environment,
situations change rapidly creating complexities for all
Thank you parents for being so understanding with our
of us.
Parent Teacher interviews during the latest COVID
situation. I hope you took the time to connect with your Stay safe this Easter, spend time with friends and
child’s teacher, celebrate the progress made so far and family. If there are any changes we will communicate
them via email and Facebook, so stay connected.
Katrina Jones
Principal
Address Postal Contact
Frenchville Road PO Box 9870 (07) 4931 5333
North Rockhampton North Rockhampton admin@frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
QLD 4701 QLD 4701 www.frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
Fortnightly Date Claimers Anzac Day Ceremony 2021
The ANZAC Day Ceremony for Prep – Year 6 will be held
20 Apr Assembly P-3, 2.15pm
on Friday 23 April at 9:00am in the School Activity
23 Apr Friday Sport, Season A Centre. Unfortunately, parents and caregivers are
unable to attend. Senior Choir and Signing Choir will be
27 Apr Assembly 4-6, 2.15pm performing in the ceremony. Choir members (singing
and signing) re required to wear their performance
28 Apr Maths Team Challenge (9am-11:30)
uniform for this event.
30 Apr Friday Sport, Season A We will not be marching in the Rockhampton City Anzac
‘The Midnight Gang’ Performance – Years 4 & 5 Day march due to the emerging COVID19 situation.
26 May
Pilbeam Theatre, payment due 13/05/2021
School Watch
Staff Leave / Changes Community members are urged to report any
trespassers to the Police by calling the School Watch
Staff Member Class From To Replacement
number.
Susan Wilkinson DP 19/04 23/04 Paul Norton
Dig.
Paul Norton 19/04 23/04 Oliva Tofts
Tech.
Kasey Taylor 4KT 19/04 23/04 Judy Hinton
Olivia Tofts 23/04 10/12 Sarah Hannon
Grace Ferricks (W-F) 1FH 07/05 10/12 Megan Hooton
Robotics Club
Narelle Sauer (M-Th) 1S 23/04 25/06 Brooke Bath (F)
Returning from leave If you would like to participate in
Karla Findlay (Th-F) 6HF 19/04 10/12 Teaching partner Robotics Club there will be a meeting
Jacqui Hamilton (M-W)
tomorrow morning at 8:15am in the
Returning from leave Makerspace with Mr Smith. Robotics Club
Fiona Ah Wong (Th-F) 1SA 19/04 10/12 Teaching partner
Dea Stewart (M-W)
will start in term 2 every Friday from 7:45am
in the Makerspace.
P&C Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held at the administration building on
Thursday evenings from 6:30pm. All welcome. Tuckshop News
13 May
Roster Commencing Monday: 19 April 2021
17 June (Show Holiday 12 June)
Monday: P. Byrnes
12 August
Tuesday: R. Holbeck
09 September
14 October
Wednesday: A. White
11 November Thursday: P. Hixon
Friday: S. Vesey & S. Kluver
Year 6 Easter Raffle
Thank you for another successful Easter raffle Roster Commencing Monday: 26 April 2021
campaign. The raffle was drawn today and
Monday: P. Byrnes
winners were contacted via phone. It would
be appreciated if prizes could be collected by Tuesday: R. Holbeck
COB Thursday 01 April. Please bring with you
ID or your winning ticket to claim your prize. Wednesday: C. Newbery
Thursday: P. Hixon
Friday: S. Vesey & N. Janetzki
Student Absence Line
It’s important to notify us if you child will be absent from school for the
day. Please call: 4931 5366
TWiSTed Tales
Book Club
Curriculum Updates Missing backorders from Issue 1 will not be delivered until
During parent teacher interviews, teachers will talk about after the holidays. Mrs Rosenberg has been in contact with
feedback that they are giving your children. Feedback is Scholastic and this is due to floods in NSW and excess
about giving the students the tools to improve their demand for a few very popular items.
learning. Feedback may be written or verbal. Sometimes it is
targeted around the student’s learning goals or the current
assessment piece, while other feedback may be more Knightly Tales
general in nature. Students who learn to act on feedback
Remember to keep reading each night over the holidays.
and apply the information given to their next series of tasks
Teachers look forward to seeing the “own choice” book
will show more success in their future learning.
selections that students make. Remember to bring Reading
Knights in on a regular basis to collect your badges and have
Literacy Lifting any Knight Master levels recorded. The Reading Knight
celebration will be at the end of Term 2. Keep watching this
space for cut-off dates.
It was been wonderful to see so many of our Preps collect
their first badge and their Knight banner. Keep up the great
reading.
Numeracy
Games with Playing Cards – Card Layout
Arrange four numbered cards in a 2
x 2 array.
Be the first to add the totals of each
row, each column.
Try to rearrange the cards so
different totals are possible.
Extend this by trying a 2 x 3 array.
Library News – Holiday Borrowing
During the school holidays, borrowing is suspended for the
Hogwarts Happenings
break. Our local public libraries offer a wonderful range of Potion Making Competition:
services and children can borrow a large number of books to After a slow start we have had several very interesting
keep up their ‘Knight Reading’. E-books and audio books can entries in our Potions Competition. We look forward to
also be accessed through the BorrowBox App. Check out the having them judged by some Senior Science students from
libraries’ website for holiday activities. North Rockhampton High while they are here as part of our
//www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/FacilitiesRecreation/ Science Day on Wednesday. So far we have a Sweetening
Library Solution, an Invisibility Potion, a Growing Potion and a
Wicknadoo Potion.
Look out for a new display next term – which
classroom will we visit next?
Frenchville SS P& C Association
Our P&C meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. All parents are
welcome. P&C Email: pandc@frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
Parent Talk - https://pandcsqld.com.au/members/publications/parent-talk/
Curriculum Snapshot
Year 1
Year One’s got to know each other at the beginning of
the year while participating in activities on the oval for
Australia Day.
We are grateful for our year six buddies. We
had fun spending time with them for Harmony
Day and Anti-bullying Day.
Our classes loved learning
about resilience and
being confident.
Using concrete materials
helps us to solve maths
problems.
Student Absence Line
It’s important to notify us if you child will be absent from school for the
day. Please call: 4931 5366
Cross Country 2021
Congratulations to all students who
competed in the event. Winners and
photos will be published in our first
newsletter for term 2.
Frenchville SS P& C Association
Our P&C meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. All parents are
welcome. P&C Email: pandc@frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
Parent Talk - https://pandcsqld.com.au/members/publications/parent-talk/
Science Day 2021
Frenchville SS P& C Association
Our P&C meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. All parents are
welcome. P&C Email: pandc@frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
Parent Talk - https://pandcsqld.com.au/members/publications/parent-talk/
Community
Notices
Frenchville SS P& C Association
Our P&C meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. All parents are
welcome. P&C Email: pandc@frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
Parent Talk - https://pandcsqld.com.au/members/publications/parent-talk/
Community
Notices
Frenchville SS P& C Association
Our P&C meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. All parents are
welcome. P&C Email: pandc@frenchvilless.eq.edu.au
Parent Talk - https://pandcsqld.com.au/members/publications/parent-talk/
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