Clare State School The Messenger - Our Focus - 'The Big Three for 2020'
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Clare State School
The Messenger
Our Focus – ‘The Big Three for 2020’:
1. WRITING - Develop a way of teaching writing across all curriculum
areas so that all staff are teaching writing the same way.
2. DATA - Collect student data for Mathematics, Writing and Reading to
correlate with our Level of Achievement data and NAPLAN and to
form student learning goals.
3. Enrolments - Increase Enrolments to 21 students
Achieved Partially or Nearly Achieved Yet to be Commenced/Not achieved
We will know that we have achieved this when:
Writing, Spelling and Handwriting Scope and Sequences developed and in use.
Writing Revolution ideas shared with staff and these ideas are included in unit and daily
planning.
All student data is recorded in OneSchool and is used in fortnightly Case Management Meetings
which involve goal setting, monitoring and reviewing phases.
All teaching staff and students can articulate their students’ learning goals.
Learning goals are aligned to student data and are shared with families.
90% of students achieving C or better in English, Maths, Science and HASS. 45% of students
achieving A-B in English, Maths, Science and HASS.
School Opinion Survey – Staff, parents and students 100% agree with curriculum demands and
curriculum being taught.
All unit, daily and lesson plans to include evidence of the Maker Model being used for
differentiation.
Practices for mentoring, observation, feedback and moderation are formalised and occur at least
twice per term.
All staff undertake professional development in accordance with their Professional Development
Plan, which is centred around the School’s Explicit Improvement Agenda.
21 students enrolled.
Childcare service (after School Care) set up in Clare.
All families with prep children in 2021 enrolled at Clare SS.
8 or more families accessing playgroup.
Important Dates
11/6 – 2021 Prep Information 19/6 – Crazy Hair Day 23/6 – Report Cards Go Home
Session
24/6 – Show Holiday 26/6 – Farm Safe Drawing 26/6 – End of Term 2
Competition Adjudicated
Thursday 4 June From the Principal Dear Parents and Guardians, With two weeks of having everyone back at school now under our belts, everything is back to relative normality. All extra-curricular activities have been suspended until the end of the term and we will see what next term brings in the way of restrictions. Our increased cleaning regime, increased levels of hygiene and social distancing requirements will remain in place until further notice. If any parents, have photos or videos of their children learning at home, can you please send them in either via e-mail to Mrs Corradi (lcorr18@eq.edu.au) or send them to school on a USB with your child. We hope to use some of these photos for our end of year video and graduation books. The past few weeks have also had us experiencing some pretty cold weather. Many students are coming to school rugged up in their school jumpers and some are choosing to wear tights or long pants. The school jumper is part of our school uniform. If your child does not have a school jumper, they are available from the school every day for $35 each. Please bring the correct money and we will supply you with a jumper. In addition, it is our strong preference that children wear tracksuit pants or tights that are black or navy blue. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Troy Patti Principal In the Classroom Students are really enjoying their science units at the moment. Our P-2 students are investigating forces and have observed the effects of different pushes and pulls during a Push and Pull Circuit investigation. They have also made their own parachute to investigate the difference between dropping
an object without a
parachute and with a
parachute. Now they
are on to making a
rolling toy and
investigating the effects
of rolling it on different
surfaces. Our year 3- 6
students have been
learning all about life
cycles, the parts of a
flower, dispersal and
pollination as well as
food chains and food
webs. This has been a
very ‘hands on’ unit and
the students have been
really engaged in their learning.
In English, students are all learning about persuasive writing. Students in prep have been writing about
their likes and dislikes for a variety of subjects. Remy Booth wrote, “I like kicking the ball” when writing
his likes and dislikes about soccer. Our students in year 1 and 2 have been using the OREO paragraph
structure to write a persuasive text on the following topics; school should finish at lunchtime and the
Clare Pool needs a waterslide. Ruby Dumaresq was the only student to disagree with the idea of school
stopping at lunchtime. They boys thought that the earlier school finished, the better! Our year 5 and 6
students have continued to redraft their persuasive text on a topic of their choice. They have been
adding in many persuasive devices, such as alliteration, assonance, metaphors, similes and rhetorical
questions, to make their text more persuasive. An example text from Myer Wyburg is attached to the
back of this newsletter. Some have also started practicing their speech. Next week all students will start
their assessment task for English.
In Mathematics, students have been learning about the following:
Prep – Properties of 2D shapes and matching number names, numerals and quantities to 20.
Year 1 – Properties of 2D shapes, adding and subtracting single-digit and 2-digit numbers and direction
and position words (left, right,
up, down, over, under, etc.)
Year 2 – Telling time on
analogue and digital clocks and
how addition and subtraction
facts are related.
Year 3 – Partitioning and
writing 3-digit numbers and
locating these on a numberline.
Year 5 – Measuring and
creating angles.
Year 6 – Order of Operations.
Playgroup
Our Playgroup is still looking for a co-ordinator to take over from the start of next term. If you, or
someone your know, is interested please contact the School Office for more information.
Crazy Hair Day
On Friday 19 June, our Student Council will be conducting a
Crazy Hair Day. Everyone is encouraged to make their hair crazy. The Student Council will also be
collecting donations on the day for local charity Laurie’s Love.
2021 Prep Information Session
All families who have a child enrolling in Prep for 2021 are
encouraged to come along to our Prep Information Session On
Thursday 11th June from 8.30 – 10.30am. Please see the attached
flyer for more details and please tell any families who have children
starting in Prep next year that they are more than welcome.
Farm Safe Drawing Competition
Please see the attached flier about the current drawing competition being run by our Student Council.
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