2024 Term 4 Week 8

Attendance goal: 95% or above

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

Date claimers

Mon. 18 Nov.                 2025 Leadership Speeches

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

Fri. 29 Nov.                    Combined Christmas Carols band performance at TSHS 

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                

Wed. 11 Dec.                   P & C Pizza Day  

Fri. 13 Dec.                      Report cards.  Year 6 ring the final bell for 2024 and walk through our guard of honour.

Principal news

Swimming and water safety lessons has concluded, and all teachers were very pleased with the level of improvement.  Next year, we look forward to adding two more lessons, if possible, to our schedule.  Rusty, our bus driver, congratulated the children on their behaviour on the bus.  This is excellent news as we have spoken lately about the correct behaviours during bus travel.

What an amazing group of seniors this year. The Student Council has almost hit the $10,000 mark for fundraising.  This would not be possible without the leadership of Mrs Philp and the support of Mrs Blackmore.   Students have also been supported by parents and community members who have donated plants and pots. The whole school will benefit from the end of year trip to the Caboolture Ten Pin Bowling Centre on Wednesday 4 December.   Thank you, Seniors, Mrs Philp and Mrs Blackmore.

The Linville/Harin Swimming Carnival is approaching on Monday 2 December.  Parents, please bring your cossie for the Parents vs Student relays.  An order form for the bbq went home today and is due back with payment by Wednesday.  Thanks again our P&C members who have volunteered once again to provide for your child.  Please remember that transportation to and from the pool at Kilcoy is to be arranged by parents/carers.

Congratulations to our Seniors who conducted a respectful ceremony to mark the Armistice of 1918 and remember those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedoms we enjoy today.  We also remember those men and women who have participated or are active in most recent conflicts and peace keeping efforts.   Traditions live on with our students and they made our school community proud.

Week 9 is our final week for assessment.  This provides for considered summative assessment for report cards.  Staff spend a considerable amount of time ensuring students have every chance to demonstrate their understanding.

There is no parade due to camp next week.  We look forward to seeing you at parade in Week 10.  Please use QParents and our landline if necessary for Week 9 as the mobile phone will be the camp group.

Have an enjoyable weekend

Kind regards

Jo McCormick

Week 9 Communication

The mobile phone will be with the Year 5 & 6 Camp group.

For messages - please use the land line 54235117 and leave a message.

For emergencies ring the land line more than once.

Remember to use QParents for absences.  It is necessary to provide the reason for absence and date of expected return. This is Qld Education policy and procedure.  If the reason is of a "personal and confidential nature', please email Jo.

Thank you.

Prep - 4 News - Mrs Packenham and Ms Fisher

The end of the term is in sight and students are working hard to show what they have learnt!

Our P-2 students have enjoyed their science unit this term. We’ve manipulated different materials and in the past two weeks we have investigated and timed melting ice, drawing diagrams of progress every five minutes. Students have also followed instructions to make an origami boat – bending, folding, and flattening paper to change their square to a new shape. 3s and 4s have completed their final science investigation, which was comparing how ice and chocolate melted.

In HASS, the Prep-2s are finalising their assessment pieces by drawing places at a personal, local, national and world scale that they have a connection to, and identifying places and geographical divisions on a globe and maps. Year 3s and 4s are completing their studies of South America and Africa by comparing Cairo (the capital city of Egypt) to Harlin. It has been fascinating to investigate the similarities and differences between cultures, animals, climate and vegetation!

Our final Maths unit for the term involves fractions. Year 3s investigate different representations of unit fractions and explain why a bigger denominator means a smaller fraction, while Year 4s dive into decimals – to hundredths!

The Prep-2s will soon bring home a book about themselves which they made as part of their Health assessment. Students are using these books to compare their identities. 3s and 4s have been learning about identity and positive interactions through group activities. The key point they have learnt is that a person’s identity is more than what someone looks like.

To finish our English unit for the term, students are completing their adaptation of a known poem. Prep-2s are using their senses to adapt In the Desert, while the Year 3s and 4s are adapting The Cow Tripped Over the Moon. Once written, the students will rehearse and present their poems! And look out for a sensational performance at the Christmas concert that will be a poetic delight!

P-2 Science

3-4 Maths

LEARNING IS FUN!

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Year 4-6 News - Mrs Mac and Ms Fisher

Students are nearing completion of all assessment tasks with their tourism brochure to be reviewed and edited.

Week 10 is filled to the brim for Year 6 students.  Monday is the swimming carnival at Kilcoy, Tuesday is Graduation Dinner at the Toogoolawah Golf Club, Wednesday is bowling and mini golf at Caboolture and Transition Day is Thursday and Friday.

Students are excited for a terrific camp next week.  Bus leaves 8 am. 

We have had some brain-teasing challenges with coins and matchsticks.  I hope our students test their parents.

Thanks to Year 6 parents who have organised payment for Graduation.  We look forward to a great night.

Matchstick maths challenges

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5-6 SCIENCE

Our last science session for the year was a mix of joy and sadness. Joy that assessment is finished! And joy too because we had a fabulous Q & A session where students asked brain-bending science questions and Miss Fisher tried valiantly to answer them. Sadness though, knowing that it was my last formal science lesson with my Year 6s, Penny, and Tilly. The photo is blurry because I couldn’t see the iPad properly through my tears …

Miss Fisher

SCHOOL LEADER NOMINATIONS FOR 2025

Three students nominated for 2025 leadership positions. Speeches were outstanding and a credit to each student and their parents for the thoughtful compilation and delivery.  Leaders will be announced on Monday 9th December. 

LEST WE FORGET

On the 11th of the 11 we honoured all Australians who have served in wars, conflicts, or peacekeeping operations, and those who died or suffered.  We held a minute of silence to remember. 

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Students had fun putting up our Christmas tree and what a great job they did. Hard to believe Christmas day is  only 4 weeks away. 

Instrumental and Band with Mr Smith

We have been practising our Christmas carols and our other songs for the Toogoolawah Christmas Carols at the Toogoolawah State High School Hall next week on Friday November 29.  The free sausage sizzle starts at 6pm and the event starts at 7pm.  We will perform 2 songs near the start of the evening and then another 2 songs a little bit later.  Students are free to either sit with their family after our performing or go home.  Please do not run around outside the hall in the dark as their will be no teacher supervision provided. 

Adam Smith

Jill Boucher - Wellbeing

Hi Harlin Family,

This is Jill the Wellbeing Social Worker at Harlin school I visit on a Thursday once a fortnight on the even weeks.  Today’s piece for the newsletter is about a therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT for short. ACT is a therapy that can be useful for children. It emphasizes accepting thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them. If you want to know more about this approach, I suggest you go to Russ Harris’s website https://www.actmindfully.com.au/ . Russ is well known for his book The happiness Trap.

I have attached a poster to give you a taster of the approach called values what is important to me.

If you have any questions about the poster or ACT, please contact me on my email and I can organise a time to meet in person.  My email is jbouc17@eq.edu.au

PBL Focus Week 8 & 9

PBL Awards

Week 7 Student of the Week: Jasmine & Charlie

Week 7 PBL Award: Nate

Week 8 Student of the Week: Ollie & Kacey

Week 8 PBL Award: Henrietta

Week 7

Week 8

Student Council

CONTAINERS FOR CHANGE

 Our containers have been picked up. Looking forward to seeing what we raised this time. Getting closer and closer to our goal.

PLANT STALL

$600 to go until we have made it to our $10,000 profit for 2024.

With 3 weeks to go, we are confident that we will get there. Hopefully!

POPCORN/ZOOPER DOOPER ROSTER

                          POPCORN                            MONEY

Please support our Popcorn and Zooper Day. Every cent gets us closer to our goal.

Together we are doing great things.  

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

P & C NEWS

The P&C is providing pizza ($3.50), milk popper-chocolate or strawberry ($2) and a lolly bag ($2) Wednesday, 11th December. Please return the order form with payment on time.

Regards

Emily Champ

PHOTO MAGNETS

Beautiful Christmas magnets are available for purchase from Country School Photos. Please see the order form and order directly.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

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.

TOOGOOLAWAH POOL

UP AND COMING DATES AT THE TOOGOOLAWAH POOL

FREE POOL SCHOOL BREAK UP CHRISTMAS BEACH PARTY FRIDAY 13^TH DECEMBER (END OF SCHOOL DAY) 3.30PM TO 7PM - ALL FREE, DRESS UP BEACH STYLE, MUSIC, GAMES, PRIZES, STAFF AWARDS, LEARN TO SWIM AND SQUAD AWARDS. EVERYONE WELCOME 

FREE DIVE IN MOVIE NIGHT AND BBQ FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER 

SWIM SQUAD INSTRUCTORS COURSE SATURDAY 4TH JANUARY - MORE INFO CONTACT KAREN GILCHRIST ON 0410 810 273

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL FRIDAY 14TH FEB 2025

FRIDAY MORNING 6.30AM SQUAD TRAINING WITH GRACE JARDINE.  INVITED SWIMMERS ONLY.

Somerset Health & Fitness Pty Ltd
Jayne McKenzie
Director
0420 974 683

Managing Kilcoy Indoor Sports Centre and Toogoolawah Swimming Pool and Community Gym

Toogoolawah Pictures

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