2024 Term 3 Week 10

Attendance goal: 95% or above

  Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Resilient and Be Here!

Date Claimers

Term 4

Mon. 30 Sept.              School resumes

Fri. 4 October               P&C Meeting   3:30pm   Venue to be confirmed.

Mon. 7 Oct.                    Kings Birthday holiday

Mon. 14 Oct.                  Open Morning - new enrolments

Sat. 19 Oct.                     Trivia Night  Year 5-6 Camp fundraiser

Wed. 23 Oct.                  Open Morning - new enrolment

Thurs. 24 Oct.               World Teachers' Day celebration

Fri 25 Oct.                      Day for Daniel   World Teachers' Day

Fri. 1 Nov.                       Open Morning - new enrolments

Mon. 4 Nov.                  Swimming starts.    2 Week Block   Mon-Fri 1.45 to 2.45 pm

Fri 11 Nov.                      Remembrance Day Ceremony 9 am

Mon. 25 Nov.                Year 5-6 Camp Coral Coast

Mon. 2 Dec.                   Swimming Carnival at Kilcoy (parent or private transport)

Tues. 3 Dec.                   Graduation Dinner - Toogoolawah Golf Club

                                            (Parents book and pay with the Golf Club)

Wed. 4 Dec.                    Ten Pin Bowling & Mini-golf @ Caboolture - supported by the HSS Student Council 

Thurs/Fri 5&6 Dec.    Year 6 Transition TSHS (Parents to arrange transportation)

Mon. 9 Dec.                    Awards and Christmas Concert at Toogoolawah State High School 

Principal Report

Somerset Cup, Band performance, U8's Day, Bush Dance, Matilda, Sleepover, Support Staff Day, Book Week, Father's Day T-shirts, Ball Games, Athletics, Kops in Kilts and Senior's Day!  How did we pack in all of that extra-curricular activity and work diligently within our curriculum?

Our term 3 results are pleasing.  We can see from year-to-date data, varying levels of improvement not only in subject areas but also in handwriting, organisation, listening, and a willingness to take on some responsibility for learning at home with reading and number facts. Attendance continues to be a goal for many students - and that will bring even greater results.

As we wind down for the term, it is once again time to acknowledge our staff who have provided and supported 'Enjoyment in Learning'. Thank you to parents and our school community who make it a priority to let our staff know how much their 'extra' work is appreciated.

This year we see a major camp for Year 5-6.  COVID and then costs thwarted attempts last year to head to Canberra. Undefeated, staff looked at The Great Barrier Reef as an alternative. After months of work, we have just had our first parent meeting to outline the itinerary and facilities students will enjoy. The work of a small band of P&C members to ensure students in Year 5-6 have a momentous camp this year has been amazing. Faced with a challenge, they have found innovative ways to raise funds using local and regional connections. It is a great example of resilience for our students to admire. Well, done so far and congratulations.  Please reward these efforts by organising a table of 8 for the Trivia Night on Saturday 19 October.

Our Year P-4's enjoyed a sleepover last night.  Behaviour was excellent.  There were a few little ones who had to be woken at 7 am for breakfast. Comments ranged from 'great to cool'. Students made their own breakfast, washed dishes and packed up. Thanks once more to Mrs Packenham and Ms Fisher, who will recover over the weekend!

Harlin SS P&C has been successful with a Gambling Community Grant of $94, 489.35.  Thanks to Katie Buckley for collaboration on this project, on behalf of the P&C.  There was a focus on the early years with outdoor play equipment, a new shed for the oval, equipment for the permaculture garden and funds to reinvigorate our indigenous artwork. The current sports shed will now house the new outdoor play equipment.  As we move towards greater use of the oval with our new playground, planting of good shade trees will be started on the current small playground in readiness for the new equipment.

On behalf of staff, we wish students and families a safe and relaxing break.  We look forward to seeing you return on Monday, 3oth of September.

Warm regards

Jo McCormick

Principal and class teacher.

Prep - 4 News - Mrs Packenham and Ms Fisher

We’ve made it! The end of term has seen a flurry of activity in the P-4 classroom. Students have completed their work on The Twits and finished their Maths assessment tasks.

Our P-2 students have created their instruments as part of their Science work this term. Check them out!

3s and 4s completed an investigation into the transfer of heat for their final Science task for the term. They put a different number of heated weights in cups of cold water and recorded then analysed the temperature changes. Awesome!

As we’ve been completing assessment tasks, there has been time to squeeze in some grammar games! We’ve had some fun building sentences.

On Tuesday this week, our P-2 students had a blast at the Under 8s day at Toogoolawah! See a selection of our photos from the day.

We wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday, and look forward to seeing everyone back refreshed for Term 4!

3-4 Science Investigation

Grammar Games

Under 8s Day

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Sleepover

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Somerset Cup - Yr. 5 & 6

Year 4-6 News - Mrs Mac and Ms Fisher

Year 6 Students went to Toogoolawah High School's transition day and got to meet some of the staff. It was a fantastic day filled with activities run by Miss Masters.  

All students created their chapter for The Twits.  We have some great work and some pretty nasty pranks. Mrs Twit suffered greatly with an exploding lighter, a shower of body paint, a snake in her bed and switched pills.  Equally, Mr Twit copped a few nasty pranks too. The head of his monkey was ripped off! Luckily, it was a stuffed toy but enough to give him a huge fright. Most students took the time and effort required to revise and then edit their chapter and have been rewarded for their efforts.

Our senior students represented HSS at Somerset Cup today.  We have been training for soccer for the past few weeks. The day of competition allows our senior students to mingle with those students who will be Year 7 next year. They came a credible second overall.  And Jasmine won her bet with a goal kick! With the new facilities at TSHS a suggestion for next year is volleyball and basketball.  

There is still an expectation of nightly reading.  Our reading results are mostly on target when compared with expectations.  We have new books and magazines in our library to support reading.  Times tables take effort and time. We spend a lot of time on number facts and students are encouraged to take some responsibility for learning these at home.  

If it's going to be, it's up to me!

All the best for a safe and relaxing holiday, ready for Term 4. 

S - SUCCESSFUL  M - MOTIVATED  A- AWESOME  R - RELIABLE  T - TRUSTWORTHY

Yr. 6 Transition Day

MATILDA

Students enjoyed watching the musical Matilda at Toogoolawah SS. It was lovely so see some of our past Harlin SS Students showing of their amazing talent. The things you get to do when you get to high school. So exciting!

Jill Boucher - R u ok, any day?

A lot can happen in a year, a month, a week.  Whether it’s your friend, family member, colleague, partner, or teammate, the people you care about go through life’s ups and downs every day.

By having regular, meaningful conversations, you build trust and normalise talking about what’s really going on, so when the people in your world find themselves struggling, they know you’re someone they can talk to.

So whilst R U OK? Day on Thursday September 12 is our National Day of Action, we encourage you to Ask R U OK? Any Day of the year because a conversation could change a life.

Reading Facial Emotions

Instrumental & School Band - Mr Smith

What a great way to end the term. Toogoolawah High Concert Band, Stage Band and Rock Band all Played some amazing music for us.

We joined them to play the songs we had been practicing and Wow, it was fantastic. Thank you to Mr Smith and Ms Graham for helping us get ready for this amazing event. 

Bridi, Hayley, Eithan, Kacey, Cleo, Eliza, Blake, Penny and Tilly

Auslan - Dr. T

Hello all and welcome to the end of Term 3

Our students have been busy developing language and preparing for Term 4 assessment.  We have been finetuning our fingerspelling and gaining new signs every lesson.  We play various games so we can practice our skills and add these to conversations.  Harlin SS students are progressing so fast that we are running out of lessons to teach! Students are to please practice fingerspelling for 10 minutes everyday for homework.  This way we can move on from the basics.  We are also using Depicting Signs to tell stories.  Depiction is used to provide context to a conversation.  It is a very difficult skill to develop however once again Harlin SS students are smashing it!

Next term we will focus on assessments.  We are testing their ability to follow instructions.  To do this they will be sent on a treasure hunt around the school.  Should be a great term. 

Have a great break everyone.  Be safe and stay Deadly

Beth (AKA Dr. T)

 TAILBY, Elizabeth

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Awards

Week 10 Student of the Week: Hayley & Reid

Week 10 PBL Award: Eithan

9 Weeks of Homework: Cleo, Bella, Charlie, & Kacey

Attendance Awards Term 3:  Bella and Ollie 100% Alex and Reece 95%

Student Council

A huge thank you to everyone who has helped by purchasing popcorn, jelly and custard this term.

Students were all offered a free jelly and custard on Thursday as a treat.

The plant stall will be open over the holidays.

We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday. We are looking forward to seeing you all next term. Don’t forget to save up all your unwanted containers for our Containers for Change program.

Next term we will be selling Popcorn and Zooper Doopers @ 50c each

Brax, Hayley, Reece, Bridi, Ollie, April and Jasmine.

Crazy Hair Day

Thank you for making this a great day. Enjoy some photos of some of our wacky haired students.

P&C News

Thank you to the Weare family for volunteering to do the Bush Dance barbecue.

Plans are going full steam ahead for our Trivia night on the 19th October. So far, we have had some amazing donations for the night including incredible prizes so don't forget to grab some friends and join us for a wonderful night. See the flyer below for details on how to book.

We are after other volunteers for the Swimming Carnival on the Dec. 2.  Please consider making a contribution to our school. 

Please contact Emily if you can help.

NEXT P&C MEETING   Friday 4th October.  Venue to be advised.

What a night!

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Vacancy - relief cleaner

We have a vacancy for a relief cleaner when Ken is absent.  Hours are usually 5 - 8 am however, they can be after  school from 3 pm if required.  Please contact the school office.

Camp Duckadang

Looking for somewhere to host your special day. Come and have a look at what Duckadang has to offer. They host reunions, weddings, school groups and much more, so come and check out their open day.

Sports + Movie Magic

Disaster Awareness

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Toogoolawah 120 year Celebration

Maidenwell Music Mix

Toogoolawah Gym

GREAT NEWS 

The Toogoolawah Swimming Pool opens on Saturday 14th Sept.  New, longer weekend hours of Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm.

Learn to Swim and Squad Training starts Term 4 along with new baby and toddlers water familiarisation playgroup. Our coffee and goodies shop will be open during all these hours. 

SIGN ON FOR LEARN TO SWIM - limited spaces

 Monday 16th, Wednesday 18th and Monday 23rd Sept 3-5.30pm please. 

SQUAD TRAINING - phone booking required 

Squad is with Jayne McKenzie (Qualified foundation squad coach) and Grace Jardine (under taking qualifications).  Squad will be based on very structured drills for stroke improvement, endurance and speed training. Training will be Monday and Wednesday 3.30pm and one morning 6.30am or 7am to be decided.  Whiteboard drills will be displayed for squad to work from if they wish to train on other days.  

Please contact Jayne McKenzie for further details 0420 974 683

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