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Issue No: 5/2022 • 25 May 2022 • Term 2, Week 6
Jirrawanday News
Principal s Message
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Diary Dates Halfway of Term 2
We are now past the halfway mark of Term 2, and it is full steam ahead at White Rock
Week 6-7
State School. Over the remaining weeks of Term 2 students will be demonstrating what
Friday 27 May - Friday 3 June
they have learnt across the semester, displaying their learning skills and abilities. I look forward to celebrating
National Reconciliation Week each student's success and our academic achievement of Semester 1.
Week 7 Under 8s Day & Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
Wednesday 1 - Friday 3 June Last Friday 20th of May the school held Under 8s Day combined with
ILF Camp Australia's Biggest Morning Tea. I would like to thank staff and all the
different agencies and groups that supported in putting the event
Friday 3 June
together. The event was a fantastic success and brought joy and smiles all round. Over $1600 was raised to
Reconciliation Cultural Dress Day
go towards cancer research in loving memory of our beloved Mrs Sharon Jawai.
Week 8
NAPLAN
Monday 6 June
Over the last two weeks students in Year 3 and 5 have completed their NAPLAN testing online. This is the
P&C Meeting 3.30pm first time the school has moved to the online format for the tests. All students put in an amazing effort and
Tuesday 7 June tried their absolute best, and we are immensely proud of their achievements.
School Photos Year 6 Camp
In Week 4 our Year 6 students attended Tinaroo Outdoor Educational Centre for our annual Year 6 camp.
Thursday 9 June
I was lucky enough to participate in one of the days and was impressed by the aptitude and efforts of the
Reader's Cup
students and staff.
Week 10
Attendance
Thursday 23 June
Our school attendance has dipped significantly this term and is
Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival currently sitting at 83%. There are several reasons for this, with sickness
Tuckshop ‘Red Day’ accounting for many absences each day. Many of the absences, however,
Report Cards emailed home are unexplained by students missing school with no reasons given.
Regular attendance at school is critical and is required for students to
Friday 24 June
achieve the best outcomes from their education. I ask all families to
Prep-2 Athletics Carnival
make school attendance a number one priority.
Last day of Term 2
Toys at school
The school has a no toys at school policy which restricts students bringing toys, Pokémon cards and other
items to school. Recently we have had several students bringing banned items to school which has resulted
in arguments and in some cases theft. I request that all families discuss this with their children and for
students to no longer bring these items to school.
Yours in education,
Mr Dan Dalziel
White Rock State School Principal
Student Absence Line: Phone 07 4036 8866 or Text 0427 066 107 (no emojis)
Office hours: Monday – Thursday 8am – 4pm and Friday 8am – 3.30pm
Student Services: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3.15pm
114 Progress Rd, White Rock Qld 4868 PO Box 14009, Mt Sheridan Qld 4868 Ph: (07) 4036 8888 Fax: (07) 4036 8800
E: principal@whiterockss.eq.edu.au White Rock State School www.whiterockss.eq.edu.au
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 2
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Walking Bus was held on Friday 20 May.
The Walking Bus originally planned for this
Reconciliation Week Friday, 27 May, has been cancelled.
From 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significate milestones in
the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 Referendum and High Court Mabo
decision respectively. Reconciliation is about strengthening relationships between
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, for the
benefit of all Australians.
Report Cards
Reconciliation Cultural Dress Day
Friday, 3rd June
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White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 3
Deputy Principal - Joel Prior
Dear Parent/Carers,
Do you have a child or know of a child born between 1st July 2017
to 30th June 2018? If so, they will be ready to attend Prep at WRSS Prep 2 O 2 3
in 2023. This year we are excited to start this process early to give all
families piece of mind that their child/ren have enrolled for Prep next ...Enrolling now!
year.
If you have children already at WRSS, please come into our office to
collect an enrolment pack.
If families and children are new to our school, for Prep 2023, it doesn’t
matter where the children and their family lives. We are encouraging
them to contact our school to enrol for Prep and be a part of our
Every day
wonderful school community. We have limited spots for students who
counts!
are out of our catchment area.
For more information and to pick up an enrolment pack, please contact
our office on 4036 8888 or come into the school. Give your child a great start
Do you know of a family looking to enrol their child into Prep 2023?
We look forward to hearing from you. Prep is now compulsory for children born 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Contact our school office today.
Joel Prior Phone: 4036 8888 Email: admin@whiterockss.eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal Facebook message: @White Rock State School
or follow the links on our website
Please note that our school is Enrolment Managed. This means that priority is given to children residing in our catchment area.
Places may be available to other students depending on the number of children enrolled from within catchment.
www.whiterockss.eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal - Kate Parkes
DIS Moment
Our school is doing some excellent work with The Resilience Project,
and talking about our DIS moments. These are moments we stop and
look at what we are grateful for in our lives – it could be our friends;
it could be our school; it could be our lunches; it could even be the
sunshine. There are so many opportunities for us to stop and be mindful
about how fortunate we are. Each newsletter, we will be showcasing
some of our DIS moments for the term.
Jett Phillips is our DIS moment! Jett has been working
with his friends to pick up rubbish at lunchtimes. Jett
said: “It makes me feel good to do something for my
school and my friends. If I pick up the rubbish, then the
microplastics don’t go into the ocean, and then I am
being kind to the animals that might eat it thinking it is
food. I am really proud of what I am doing to help my
school.” Well done Jett – keep up the great work!
5LG, 4NP and 4TR have been sharing their gratitude for their teachers
and our staff by giving them these notes about their character strengths
too! How lucky are we?!
Kate Parkes
Deputy Principal
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 4
Biggest Morning Tea
On Friday 20 May our school raised money for The Cancer Council
by holding a Biggest Morning Tea in conjunction with Under 8s Day.
This fundraiser was to honour our dear friend and colleague, Mrs
Sharon Jawai, who passed away last year from cancer. Through the
morning tea, selling raffle tickets and earrings (donated by former
teacher Miss Chloe Evans) and online donations, we were able to
raise a whopping $1600. I would like to sincerely thank Jackley's Bakehouse
for donating cupcakes, Shannean Moncrieff for donating raffle prizes, the
Queensland Teacher's Union for their donation towards supplies and the
staff and community of our school for their generosity
and support. The winners of the raffle were: 1st
Josephine Lewis (Teacher Aide), 2nd Kathyrn Dean (Teacher Aide), 3rd
Bridget Roberts (Teacher) and 4th Heather Tung-Yep (Teacher-Aide).
Kelley-Jean Randall
Head of Curriculum
Writing Hall of Fame
Welcome to our new feature on students who have performed exceptionally well in writing this term. Here we will showcase their outstanding
work.
The Loss of a Shamrock
One hot, Autumn day as the sun was just arriving, Layla was getting ready to perform in the parade. Tia Jawai
She loved to perform for fellow Irish people and non-Irish people. Saint Patrick’s Day was significant Year 4
to Layla because her parents were born in Ireland and her ancestors were raised as Christians. Little 3 / 4CP
did she know, a big problem was coming.
When Layla was walking to the parade, she saw busy crowded streets filled with people eager to go to the parade.
She smelled mash and corned beef perfectly cooked and felt her courage building up slowly in her body. Layla heard
the director of the parade saying two hours until the parade. That’s how she knows she is close to performing in the
parade.
Later that day, Layla was putting her tap shoes on and getting ready to start. She reached into her pocket and was expecting her shamrock. All of a sudden
all she pulled out was a handful of cotton. She felt distressed and under pressure because she had never performed without her shamrock before.
First, Layla rushed to the park where she rehearsed and searched for half an hour. She couldn’t find it so she slowly walked to the nearest bench, dragging
her feet behind her. Layla looked sadder than a three year old who had just dropped their watermelon sorbet on the ground. Then, she remembered she left
it in her bag. Layla heard the director shouting out, “Layla, where are you? The parade starts in two minutes.” She quickly started running to the parade.
“Coming,” she responded. When she got there, she picked up her bag and checked every pocket. At last, Layla had it in her hands again. As Layla was
walking in the parade, she sighed in relief that she got her shamrock back in time for the parade.
Reading Club
Reading Club is open in the Library every day from 8am for students, parents and siblings. Anyone student who attends
Reading Club for 30 days during each term will be invited join a very special morning tea with Miss Kippin.
We love parent volunteers at Reading Club. If you would like to volunteer, please see Miss Kippin in the
library.
Emma Bollington
Head of Curriculum
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 5 Under 8s Day On Friday 20 May we celebrated Under 8s Day with lots of attractions and hands on fun. The less than sunny weather early in the day meant that a lot of activities had to be moved inside or undercover but luckily, we are a resilient bunch at White Rock State School and we just chipped in and did what we had to do to make the morning enjoyable. Mr Prior started the morning off by reading a fun story called Now that’s a hat! by Heath McKenzie. After the children were reminded of school rules and expectations they were off to have fun, be creative and make memories. I think the station that the children found most exciting was the cupcake decorating with Bec Jackley from Jackley’s Bakehouse. The line was at least 10 kids long at any one time and she went through the 300 cupcakes in less than 1 hour! After 1.5 hours of non-stop action, it was time to pack up and go back to class to enjoy a yummy hot sausage in bread. Thank you to Mr McLaren and Mrs Traves for getting the sausages ready for the classes. Let’s see what Under 8s Day 2023 has to offer!
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 6
Prep 2O22 My First Year with the Cairns Post
Parents of our current Preppies might like to go out and buy the Cairns Post on Wednesday May 25, or drop into the Cairns Post offices on
Abbot Street to buy a back copy if you miss it on the day.
The Cairns Post have a bumper edition featuring Preppies from around the region. A photographer came to our school to photograph our
newest recruits and the edition will make a lovely keepsake.
Keep cherished memories close
with My First Year 2022.
A special keepsake featuring
prep class photos
from across the region.
In-paper
Wednesday,
May 25* Preview the
smiling faces online,
scan now*
*In-paper insert available while stocks last. Online gallery exclusively for full digital subscribers.
Music Izzy – Cowboys VIP
When local businesses and schools work together, the result can Izzy, from 4RR, had a great time at the game in Townsville on Saturday.
be absolutely stunning! Leanne Harmer, from Buzz Music, has once She was able to see the players warm up before the game, see where
again given our school an absolute level up in presentation with they run out of the tunnel and even favourite player, Ben, going through
the addition of her custom-made decals for the school drumkit. his pre-game paces.
Beautifully rendered in white across the shiny black of the bass She received a bag full of goodies and to
drum, they will make any performance with our drumkit sure to top the day off her beloved Cowboys
do our band and community proud. Many thanks to Leanne and won by a whopping 30 points.
Buzz Music, and please be sure to call into the store for any of your
Izzy is still smiling from ear to ear.
student's music needs!
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 7
Year 4 Camp
7-9 September 2022
Preparations have begun for our Year 4 students upcoming camp next term. Instructors from Daradgee Environmental
Education Centre visited the school and ran team building exercises with the children this week.
Further information about the camp will come home later this term.
Check out the Daradgee website for a host of information on what the children will be doing: https://daradgeeeec.eq.edu.au/
Year 4 Report
Year 4 – Cairns Regional Council Waste Education Visit
Cairns Regional Council (CRC) deals with too much rubbish. We need to help them by
recycling what we can. Scott Paterson (CRC Waste Education Officer) visited White Rock
State School on Monday, 9th May.
Did you know?
• The recycling truck is larger than the general waste truck.
• More than 20, 000 tonnes of food scraps and green waste placed in kerbside waste bins is converted into
compost at the Advanced Resource Recovery Facility. This compost is then delivered and used by our local
cane farms.
• The lovely footpath out the front of our school is made from recycled glass.
• Steel items can take up to 50 years to break down.
• Plastic bottles are estimated to take up to 450 years to break down.
There are 4 main categories for items which can be placed in our recycling bins.
These are:
• Hard plastics, bottles and containers (hard plastics are like milk containers).
• Paper and cardboard.
• Steel and Aluminium cans.
• Glass bottles and jars.
What NOT to put in your recycling bin – RECYCLE RIGHT!
•N
O soft plastics are to be placed in the recycling bin (soft plastics are things like plastic
shopping bags, glad wrap).
•N
OTHING smaller than a credit card. This means no lids, pegs, paddle pop sticks, etc.
• NO food.
• NOTHING hazardous (electrical items, gas bottles).
• NO nappies.
The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) has a team of 13 staff. Two staff are involved in a very important step in
the MRF process called ‘pre-sorting’. Their job is made difficult by the incorrect items many people at home
place in recycling bins. Items that cannot be recycled are sent to landfill.
The total residential waste footprint in the Cairns region in a year is over 100, 000 tonnes.
If you want to help with saving our environment and keeping it beautiful, remember the three R’s –
REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE.
Remember – It is VITAL TO RECYCLE!
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 8
Year 6 Camp
Two weeks ago, the Year 6s went to doing abseiling and activities that involved safety
Tinaroo Environmental Education Centre equipment. The instructors were very good
all so known as TEEC. We participated in at organising 65 students into one little area,
many activities and had lots of fun in the They wasted no time and walked us to all of our
rain. activities. A good example of safety was when
we had to cross a road. They would stand on the
Canoeing – written by Ashley
other side of the road and wait for all the busy
When you get ready for canoeing you first
traffic to stop and then we could cross.
head to the shed to get a paddle and life
jacket. At the lake, your instructor will tell Rain – written by Mialy
you about how to get into the canoe. Then It was raining very heavily when we left for camp. It
they will tell you how to get out of a canoe. never stopped raining the first day. It didn’t matter
Once you have gotten in and out of the canoe a couple of times, your because everyone was having fun and were excited.
instructor will then teach you how to paddle and turn your canoe. We were warm when we wore our life jackets even though we were
Once you have mastered paddling and turning your canoe, you and in the rain. Luckily for our group it did not rain when we went abseiling.
your team will then get into the canoe and paddle out about twenty Our instructors made sure that all had on waterproof and wind proof
metres. Once you and your team have successfully done that you will jackets.
then need to paddle back into shore. Sometimes if your instructor lets
Sleeping – written by Yulara
you, you will be able to have a little swim but staying in our life jackets
Sleeping on the first night for some people was scary, though I was out
to make sure we are safe.
cold in 10 minutes I think. Anyway, the dorm rooms were called Water
Sometimes a canoe will capsize. Capsizing is when your canoe has Dragons. There were 4 of the dorms. The girls were downstairs and
tipped over. Capsizing can be caused by many different things such as the boys were upstairs. They had wooden bunk beds and, the rooms
someone leaning to one side of the canoe, a wave or even getting into were spacious. Though what I found weird about their mattresses is
the canoe or out of the canoe. When you capsize make sure you hold that they were blue and a tarp material. There were 10
onto your paddle and stay calm, if you have your water bottle try and people on each side of the room. Everyone had to look
save it. If it is too far away just leave it and tell an adult about it. They after their own stuff so that it didn’t get lost.
will get your water bottle. The adults will turn your canoe back over
and help you get back into it. Food – written by Yulara
The food at TEEC was spectacular in my
Abseiling – written by Ashley opinion. The first meal we had was lunch
Abseiling is going down a cliff face using a rope to keep you safe. You when we got there. We had meatballs in
go down backwards and must stay on your feet. The Abseiling happens hotdog buns and dinner was pasta with
on the other side of the lake so we had to paddle there. We had to meatballs. Day 2’s meals were great. For
follow a track to the huge rock called Platypus Rock. Once up at the breakfast we had eggs, bacon, hash browns, with an option of cereal,
top the instructors taught everyone how to put on a safety harness fruit, yogurt and with the drink orange juice. For lunch, we ate salad
and helmet. The first abseiling rope is the easiest one. There are five and chicken rolls with cheese. Finally, for dinner we had mango chicken
different stages and you can do as many as you want. When finished with rice. On day 3, we had the same thing for breakfast, then for lunch
we headed back down the track and had to paddle across the lake we had salad burgers. The last night’s dinner, were tacos with optional
again to get home. toppings! All of the food was delicious. If you didn’t like something
Vertical Challenge – written by Nathan there was no fuss about that.
The Vertical Challenge has 2 challenges. The first is to climb up on the Scoop Netting – written by Evie
logs and then climb up to a small silver ladder helping your friend up Scoop Netting was a great activity. The fun part about it is the scoop.
on the way. It was really a challenge for Year 6. It helped everyone to Scoop netting is where all the students get into groups of three. One
face their fear of height. Our instructor carefully taught us how to wear student gets a net, one student gets a container and one student gets
our harnesses. This activity is also about team work. Everyone plays a a chart. The groups walk into the lake up to their knees. The student
role in helping to get their team up and down safely. There were some with the net scoops up some water and looks into the net and see if
brave kids that loved the wind in their hair and were confident. It has their got anything. If they find something the student with the chart
the best safety system I have ever seen. Everyone was safe because identifies what creature (bugs or fish) it is and the group tries to work
once again we all had to wear a safety harness and a helmet. out the sensitivity. The sensitivity level shows how sensitive they are to
Raft Building – written by Nathan pollution. 10 is the highest sensitivity level and 1 is the lowest. Then the
This was also a fun activity. It involved teamwork again. We were student put the creature in the tube to show the instructors. We had
in cold soggy rain but it did not matter as we were having fun. The to canoe across the lake to carry out our scoop netting. We found lots
rain poured down while we built our rafts. We had fun with the raft of small creatures and worked out the sensitivity
building and we enjoyed the warm showers. The Teachers even tried levels. It was fun and really interesting.
to build a raft.
Camp Instructors and Rain – written by Mialy
Tinaroo camp had three instructors. Kate, Daryll and Louka. They have
been working at TEEC for many years. Unfortunately, Kim wasn’t able
to make it due to Covid-19 so Daryll and Louka had to split up the
groups into 2 since there was 3 groups. Daryll and Louka were very
cautious about our safety throughout the whole camp, especially when
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 9
Weekly Programs
What s On?
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Every Monday - Playgroup QLD Every Tuesday - Coffee Club
Regular Events at
White Rock State School
Monday
• Reading Club 8 - 8.40am
• Scratch Club 8 - 8.40am
• Playgroup Qld 8:30 - 10:30am
• Obstacle Course (Yr 1) 1st Lunch
• Touch Football (Yr 2) 2nd Lunch
Tuesday
• Chappy Pete
• Breakfast Club 7.45 - 8.30am
• Reading Club 8 - 8.40am
• Scratch Club 8 - 8.40am
• Skipping Club Ist Lunch
Every Tuesday and Thursday - Chappy Pete
• Reading (Prep) Ist Lunch
Chappy Pete is back! We are happy to have Chappy Pete back at WRSS every Tuesday (and
• Races (Yr 4) 2nd Lunch Thursday mornings). During first lunch on Tuesday, students can join him in Block 1’s spare
classroom for some fun games and activities.
• Coffee Club 2 - 3pm
“Chappy’s Challenge” is posted on the school Facebook page every week. Students,
if you can’t figure out the answers, it’s okay to ask Mum or Dad for help.
Wednesday
Parents, if you would enjoy catching up for a cuppa and a chat with Pete, it will
• Breakfast Club 7.45 - 8.30am always be his shout!
• Reading Club 8 - 8.40am Chappy's Challenge for Week 6:
Chappy Pete will give a prize to the first student who does one of the following:
• Scratch Club 8 - 8.40am
1. Explain the meaning of the “Think about it” section in your own words, OR
• Band 8 - 9am 2. Solve the joke / riddle for your age group.
• Touch Football (Yr 5) 1st Lunch Think about it: Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of
someone else.
• Colouring In (Yr 1) 2nd Lunch
Prep-3 Challenge: How many birthdays does an average person have?
• Student Council 2nd Lunch Year 4-6 Challenge: What happens three times in sixty seconds but never in a minute, and also
• Indigenous happens two times in sixty minutes but never in an hour?
Contemporary Dance 3 - 4pm Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - Breakfast Club
Every Thursday - Families as First Teachers (FaFT)
Thursday This play based Literacy and Numeracy Families as First Teachers group is
• Breakfast Club 7.45 - 8.30am for children and their families from birth to Pre - Prep age. All families are
welcome each Thursday morning from 9am to 11am at the front of White
• Reading Club 8 - 8.40am
Rock State School hall.
• Scratch Club 8 - 8.40am
Week 7 - NO FaFT, Due to other school commitment.
• Soccer (Yr 3) 1st Lunch
Week 8 - Alphabet Handprint Book
• Obstacle Course (Yr 3) 2nd Lunch This learning experience us about letters and sounds. Talking about letters and
sounds helps prepare children to become strong readers.
Friday
Week 9 - Clothes Line
• Reading Club 8 - 8.40am This is a good game for children to practise using their eyes and hands together.
• Scratch Club 8 - 8.40am They have to put the numbers in order from 1 –10.
• TSI Dancing 1st Lunch Week 10 - I went to the Shop
This learning experience helps to build children’s language.
• Volleyball (Yr 6) 1st Lunch
Make, Take and Teach
• Art & Craft (Prep) 2nd Lunch
White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 10
Smiles at WRSS
Volunteers
We have two wonderful new volunteers at school:
Introducing Luna's Mum, Masumi and little sister Elena who will join us as a Prep next year. Masumi has very kindly
volunteered to collect the Coles Mt Sheridan Second Bite food donation on a Thursday and bring it to school.
Welcome aboard also to Tracy-Lee, Mum to Abbey in 5/6SR. Tracey-Lee has volunteered to pick up
temperature sensitive food every Monday from Hambledon House in Edmonton and deliver swiftly to the
school freezer. This is food that we are able to provide to some of our families who are currently experiencing
a short-term high need of support. Tracy is pictured here with Abbey. A huge thank you from Student Services
here at school.
Our formal partnership with Coles and Hambledon House allows us to be able to offer extra food support
to some of our families currently experiencing short term problems. We could not continue to do this without the help of our team of volunteer
parents who either do the collections or organise bagging at school - Heather Hancocks, Tracy-Lee Heritage, Kenny and Penny Moye-White, Rachel
Arvidson and Masumi Fuijwara.
We are actively looking for a volunteer to be a reserve and occasionally pick up from Coles on a Tuesday or Thursday at 12.30pm and deliver to
the school. Or to pick up one box from Hambledon House at Edmonton each Monday morning at around 12 noon. Could you help? Please see
Lisa Doyle at Student Services.
We thank Coles Mt Sheridan, Second Bite and Hambledon House for their support in reducing waste and ending hunger. For more information
on Second Bite please come to Student Services or visit: secondbite.org
Kenny and Penny do Rachel bags food on Heather works Cynthia is a As we are currently without a full time Groundsman, staff have
the Tuesday pick up a Tuesday wonders on the wonder volunteer been working after hours to keep our school grounds imaculate
school grounds and gardener and for all to enjoy. Here are Deputy Principal Joel Prior, Class
packs Second Bite whips the garden room teacher Rowena Quinlan and Head of Curriculum Emma
food on Mondays beds into shape. Bollington hard at work.
and Thursdays.White Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 11
P&C News
Hi everyone!
I'd like to thank everyone for their understanding last week with our limited Tuckshop menu. Sadly
we had both Sophie and Aspen away with the dreaded Covid. Thankfully the girls are feeling better
and we look forward to seeing their smiling faces again. A HUGE shout out to our legend Tuckshop
Next meeting is Monday 6 June at
Convenor - Mel, who held the fort and to those who dropped in to help in the mornings.
3.30pm. Please join us.
The amazing Nikki and her team have done it again, with 2 successful fundraisers, which may I add,
would not have been a success without the support of all the parents and students.
Our Easter raffle had 18 hampers (thanks to everyone who donated!) raised over $3,200 and our
Mother's Day stall with extra help from Sophia Vlake, raised $1,335! Woohoo!!!!
Great to have our Bentley Park Clontarf Academy volunteers back on Thursday mornings. The
students enjoy getting their free breakfast and chatting with the big boys. Great tunes and a fun
vibe makes breaky even better! Thanks also to the teachers and teacher aides who have jumped on
board to help with breakfasts.
We have an amazing supportive school community here. Something you don't
always see.
Enjoy your week!
Cr Cathy Zeiger, WRSS P&C President
Uniform Shop Tuckshop
Hats in all sizes, homework bags and library bags New! Our fully trained
have arrived. Please come and see us at the Uniform Shop. baristas are now offering
delicious chai lattes. Open
8am-2pm at Tuckshop.
Breakfast Club thank you
We are so
fortunate to
receive donated
fruit each
week from
Woolworths at Mt Sheridan to fuel
our Breakfast Club. The staff in the
greengrocer section look after us
whenever they can and to them we say Pheonix and Jo’liya love all the Lacinda’s favourite
a big thank you. Woolworths donated fruit are oranges
Library
National Simultaneous
Storytime (NSS) is
an annual event that
aims to engage children of all ages to enjoy books. Children all over the
country shared this year's official NSS book, Family Tree by Josh Pyke, at
11am on Wednesday 25 May 2022.
Miss Kippin shared Family Tree with the Year 2 and 3 classes on Wednesday 1 June
Wednesday as the official "simultaneous" time for sharing clashes with
our lunch break. The children found it an interesting
and thought provoking book.
Reminder that Scholastic Book Club orders are due by
Wednesday 1 June.
You can place your child's order online
at scholastic.com.au/LOOP or use
the LOOP app.
Anne Kippin, Teacher-LibrarianWhite Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 12
School Photo Day
Red Day
= Tuckshop Treat Day!
Thursday 23 June
HPE
District Reps – Cross Country
A big congratulations to all of our students who represented White Rock State School at the recent District Trials for Cross Country running.
All of these athletes tried their very best to finish the two or three kilometre race held at St Mary’s Catholic College on the 6th May. Four of our
athletes made it into the Trinity Coast South District team because they finished their races in the top eight. Two boys, SJ and Quade came second
in their race, and two girls, Sumire and Zara-Lee came sixth in their race. Three of these athletes travelled up to Tinaburra last Friday to compete
against the other Districts. They did really well and said they were happy with their efforts and are looking forward to trying it again next year.
Upcoming Athletics Carnival 2022
Thursday 23rd June (Week 10) – Years 3 to 6 Friday 24th June (Week 10) – Years K/P to 2
TIME EVENT TIME EVENT
10:00am Meet in the hall – speeches and expectations. Present 11:50am Meet in the hall – speeches and expectations. March down to
ribbons for events already completed. March down to the the oval.
oval. Sprints. Kindergarten first followed by Prep. Both groups
10:30am 200m races leave the oval once their sprints are completed.
(approx) 12:45pm Vortex girls/ Long Jump boys (Years 1 and 2)
11:00am Lunch (Shoes on) 1:30pm Afternoon Tea (Shoes on)
12:00pm Vortex girls/ Long Jump boys 2:00pm Long Jump girls/ Vortex boys (Years 1 and 2)
Long Jump girls/ Vortex boys 2:45pm War cries. Clean up. Announce age champions and trophy
1:30PM Afternoon Tea (Shoes on) winners. (Kindy, Prep and Years 3-6 make their way down to
2:00PM 100m sprints. If time permitting – relays. the oval to join their house/team any time after 2:30pm.)
2:45PM War cries. Clean up. Inform the students that the winners
will be announced tomorrow after P-2 athletics carnival.
Gerard McLaren
PE TeacherWhite Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 13
Community Notices
Justice of the
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Justice of The Peace Service at Mt Sheridan Plaza
Monday and Wednesday 10am – 2pm
Saturday 9am – 1pm
Edmonton Community
Kindergarten
Lego Legends
Sat 28th
May
9am-11am
Lego legends is a collaborative play therapy program in
which children work together to build LEGO models. Want to know why a
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INFORMATION FOR PARENTS place for your child?
Dates: Monday 4th July, Wednesday 6th July and Friday 8th July 2022
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm | Location: Hambledon House, 177 Bruce Highway
Cost: Free | Afternoon tea provided Come along and talk
Please note that the Lego is not to take home and bookings essential as places are limited, to our amazing
please email adminteam@innatetherapies.com or phone 0414 480 934 to register.
educators!!
The aim is for the children to work in pairs Some of the skills worked on during Lego Legends
or teams of three instead of building by include:
themselves. The task of LEGO building is All kindy aged children
divided into different roles and each child • Collaboration – children work as a group to achieve
will get a chance to play each role over a common goal welcome!
★ Meet our dedicated Educators
the three sessions. Key Social experiences • Joint problem solving, sharing and turn-taking – taking
such as collaboration, joint attention, turns in different roles, dividing up the tasks and working
★ Discover the difference between
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sharing and turn taking will be coached by • Maintaining attention – children need to remain focused
on the task to build the models
the facilitators.
• Verbal and non-verbal communication – using language kindergarten & daycare
★ Learn about the curriculum
and non-verbal skills (such as eye contact) to express
The facilitators work alongside the children ideas and feelings
providing guidance, encouragement, and
★ Explore our great play spaces
• Conflict resolution – working through differences for
support to enhance the children’s social a shared aim
communication, social support, social
★ Enjoy hands-on experiences
• Creativity – in coming up with a group name, building
problem-solving and conflict resolution the models and free playtime
skills. This fun and engaging holiday • Fine motor skills – for manipulating the LEGO blocks
program is for children aged 9-12. • Concepts – children get to learn about colours, numbers,
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Program proudly brought to you by: Edmonton Community Kindergarten
Registration forms can be collected from Student ServicesWhite Rock State School Jirrawanday News 25 May 2022 • Page 14
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