Buderim Mountain State School eNewsletter

Term Calendar

Welcome Back

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back to Term 2, which is 10 weeks in length and concludes on Friday 23 June. We have a number of new families to our school this term and we hope you have had a smooth transition. Buderim Mountain State School is a terrific school and I’m sure you will enjoy your time with us. We ask that all families please see the calendar dates within this newsletter so that you are aware of upcoming events for each year level. Event dates can also be found on our website.

This term we also welcome the following staff members:

Mr Wright – Year 2R
Ms Aimee Ballard – Year 1B

Please be aware that the following staff will be replaced while they are on leave in the coming weeks:

Aimie Holt (1/2H), 15 – 19 May, replaced by David Neighbour
Ian Leach (5L), 20 April – 4 May, replaced by David Neighbour

P&C AGM

Thank you to all parents who were able to attend the most recent P&C Annual General Meeting. These meetings are an excellent forum to learn more about the operation of the school and assist with planning P&C events and projects. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the tireless work of Rachel O’Brien (President), Terry Colless (Vice President), Megan Colless (Treasurer) and Sophia Agneskis (Secretary) for their work throughout the 2022 school year. Their dedication to their roles and the improvement of our school is impressive and on behalf of the parent body, I would like to acknowledge their contribution to Buderim Mountain State School - the support of the whole P&C committee and volunteer group is also appreciated.

One of the major projects that the P&C would like to achieve in 2023 incorporates designating funds to enhance our new school hall construction and continuing to improve our tuckshop, uniform shop and OSHC services. Please view the website events calendar to see the fundraising events that are planned for the year so that all families can participate and we can achieve these goals.

A big thank you and congratulations to our P&C team for 2023:

P&C Executive Team:

President: Rachel O'Brien President@bmsspandc.org

Treasurer: Megan Colless Treasurer@bmsspandc.org

Vice President 1: Terry Colless Vicepresident@bmsspandc.org

Secretary: Sophia Agneskis secretary@bmsspandc.org

P&C Staff:

Accounts: Naomi Jones accounts@bmsspandc.org

Director of OSHC: Adam Barrett oshcdirector@bmsspandc.org

OSHC Staff: OSCH@bmsspandc.org

Tuckshop manager: Fiona Gambasin Tuckshop@bmsspandc.org

Uniform Shop: Belinda Choong uniform@bmsspandc.org

Events & Marketing: Margaret Cochran Marketing@bmsspandc.org

School-lead review school

Our school is scheduled for a review this year. The Department of Education regularly reviews the curriculum, teaching and learning practices of Queensland state schools.

Our school has been selected to undertake a school-led review which will harness our school’s drive for continuous improvement through collaborative inquiry and empower our staff and school community to lead aspects of the review process. This is a terrific achievement for our school, with approximately only 10% of all Queensland Public schools selected for this type of review each year. This selection is based on our school being on a positive trajectory and achieving at a high standard in a range of systemic data sets.

A school-led review consists of 2 phases:

evaluation conducted by the school
validation conducted by School and Region Reviews (SRR).

Firstly, across Term 2, we will be conducting our own evaluation. This will include speaking with staff and key stakeholders. The school will produce a report framed by the National School Improvement Tool.

Following the school-led evaluation, the department’s School and Regional Review branch will validate the school’s evaluation. Members of the branch will visit our school on the 12^th and 13^th of June to engage in conversations with a cross-section of staff, students, parents and community members. They will also analyse key data sets and peruse a range of key documents to produce a report for our school community.

Key findings from the review will be made available to parents and the community on our school website.

During 2022, we gave parents an opportunity to provide feedback in regards to areas the school is achieving well in, and areas for improvement. We will be incorporating the data from this survey into our school review. We do encourage anyone who is interested to have their say, as your feedback is important and will help us continue to deliver a great education for our students, to email the school on info@budermmountainss.eq.edu.au

More information about the review process is available from the department’s website at www.schoolreviews.education.qld.gov.au.

2024 Prep Enrolments

Please be aware that this term we have started taking Prep enrolments for 2024 and we thank families who have submitted enrolment forms already. Early enrolment assists us with planning for the 2024 school year. If you are aware of any families who would like further information on our Prep program, Mr Readshaw will be taking Prep enrolment tours most Mondays from 9:30am throughout Terms 2 and 3 – please book through the school office.

School Sport

Buderim Mountain State School is part of the Nambour Sporting District as the first level of representative sport for students attending sporting trials. If selected in the Nambour District Team, students then compete for selection in the Sunshine Coast Regional Team. Throughout term 1 we have had many students compete at both levels.

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent our school:

Nambour District teams:

Australian Rules Football – Rylee R, Oliver F, Xavier S, Evie N, Summer T
Basketball – Charlotte S, Archer M, Blake M
Netball – Xanthe W, Lilly R
Rugby League – Will O
Soccer - Nash K, Xavier P, Evie R, Atreyu Q, Seb C
Softball - Xavier P, Archie C, Carter T, Jack W, Mia F
Swimming - Fergus A, Isobel A, Beau B, Scarlett D, Oliva D, Digby L, Jemima L, Emma O, Flossy S and Aaliyah T
Touch Football – Charlie W

Regional Swimming Team:

Congratulations to Beau B, Olivia D, Emma O and Scarlett D for representing BMSS and the Sunshine Coast Region at the Queensland Swimming Championships for school sport. The Championship was held from Sunday 26^th to Tuesday 28^th March at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. Please see below for the qualifying events:

Beau B - U11 Boys

200m Individual medley
50m breaststroke
100m breaststroke
50m freestyle
100m freestyle
200m freestyle relay
200m medley relay

Emma O - U11 Girls

50m butterfly

Scarlett D - U11 Girls

100m breaststroke

Olivia D - U12 Girls

50m backstroke
200m medley relay

A special mention to Beau for placing 3^rd in the U11 boys breaststroke and also being a finalist in the 50m breaststroke. Beau has been chosen to represent the QLD swimming team at the Australian Swimming Championships for school sport which will be held in Sydney later this year. Well done Beau!

Sunshine Coast Club Basketball:

Congratulations to Lachlan A who was selected in the Under 12 Sunshine Coast Phoenix Orange rep Basketball team.

Cross Country

Congratulations to all students who participated in the 2023 Cross Country event. It was terrific to see so many students running the course to the best of their ability and increasing the points tally for their house. This year, Cheropin was the winning sporting house – well done to everyone who ran. All ribbons were handed to our winners on Parade in week 10.

Congratulations to the following students for finishing as the top runners for their age group/year level starting with 1st:

Prep Boys James W, Bohdi B, Martin B, Dylan A
Prep Girls Addison D, Harriet B, Abigail G, Florence H
Year 1 Boys Archie G, Peyton H, Harris L, Sam H
Year 1 Girls Piper D, Lillian J, Danica M, Mila B
Year 2 Boys Matthew B, Jacob E, Huxley A, Huxley K,
Year 2 Girls Lydia M, Morgan D, Aylee E, Charlotte M
Year 3 Boys Thomas D, Eldyn A, Thomas O, Spencer T
Year 3 Girls Chanel D, Kyla D, Mia G, Imogen H
Year 4 Boys Duncan O, Lachie A, William J, Marley B
Year 4 Girls Jemma G, Sannah R, Heidi V, Bella C
2013 Boys Harley O, Noah R, Ethan H, Lewis P
2013 Girls Isla W, Isla J, Jemima L, Lara C
2012 Boys Will O, Kynan D, Henry H, Isaac C
2012 Girls Phoebe F, Maggie L, Ally M, Flossie S
2011 Boys Flynn D, Brody W, Atreyu Q, Sebastien C
2011 Girls Olivia D, Ellie E, Kirah H, Evie R

My New Gallery

Buderim Mountain State School will be participating in the ICAS competitions again this year. The competitions will be available to students from Year 3-Year 6 in the following subjects:

Digital Technologies: 7 - 11 August
Writing: 7-11 August
English: 14 – 18 August
Science: 21 – 25 August
Spelling Bee: 21 – 25 August
Mathematics: 28 August – 1 September

All tests will be held in the mornings before school, during the timeframe listed above. If you wish for your child to participate in the competitions, please read the information provided and purchase tests at:

shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps and enter our school code – VVR697

All tests need to be purchased by Monday the 19^th of June. Specific test dates and locations will be provided to families early Term 3, once registrations have closed.

If you would like any further information, please contact – Jo Macan jmaca47@eq.edu.au who is the teacher co-ordinating the assessments.

ICAS_parent_letter.docx

Prep Post Office Excursion

On Tuesday 14^th, Thursday 16^th and Friday 17^th March the Prep classes visited the Buderim Post Office to buy a stamp and send home a postcard they had written. We all enjoyed our walk to the Post Office, paying for our stamp and were amazed to see what goes on behind the scenes. It was very exciting when our postcard arrived in our mailbox at home!

Easter Hat Parades

What a wonderful way to end the term 1 with our annual Easter Hat Parade.

Prep and Year 1 had a wonderful time showing off their amazing hats. Thank you, parents and caregivers, for the huge effort in making all the Easter hats look sensational.

We had the best weather and were able to show off our great voices!

Thank you to all the parents who came along and took part, we all had so much fund singing and dancing!

It was very pleasing to see so many Buderim Mountain State School students participate in the annual ANZAC Day ceremony and march on Tuesday the 25 April. Students marched from Woolworths wearing full school uniform, down Main Street, ending on the school oval ready for the ANZAC ceremony. Thank you to all students and families who participated.

ANZAC day

Getting to know our student leaders

At Buderim Mountain State School, we have a strong group of student leaders who represent our student community. Throughout the year, the leaders participate in a range of activities such as running soccer competitions, presenting on Parades and being members of committee groups within the school. Over the next few terms, the student leaders will be letting our school community know a little more about themselves.

Alexander M (School Captain)

My house is Cheropin.

My favourite subjects are PE and Maths.

My favourite moments at school were receiving a medallion and just having fun in general.

My interests are animals and sport.

When I grow up I want to help animals that are suffering and be able to fly a plane.

Something interesting about me is that I am going to own a Bearded Dragon which is a lizard native to Australia. They are mainly found in central Australia.

Luca M (Vice Captain)

My house is Yuamala

My favourite subject is Art.

My interests are competitive swimming, painting and dance.

When I grow up, I want to be an interior design architect.

Something interesting about me is that I was born in Bendigo (Southern Victoria) and I am also double jointed.

Hayden S (Vice Captain)

My house is Yuamala.

My favourite subject is Science.

My favourite moment in school was going to the water park in Year 5.

My interest is astronomy.

When I grow up I want to be an astronomer.

Something interesting about me is that I play soccer for Buderim Wanderers Football Club. I have played for around 6-7 years now. I have also scored around 5-10 goals.

Elijah R

My house is Walla (red – the best house).

My favourite subjects are Maths, English, Science and HASS.

My favourite moments at school were when we went to the Coolum Water Park to celebrate completing Year 5, and it was also tremendously exciting becoming a Student Leader.

My interests are sport (I play AFL and Cricket), music (I play piano and French Horn), reading (my favourite author is Enid Blyton) and writing (I am working on a sequel to ‘Anne Of Green Gables’).

When I grow up I want to be someone who contributes meaningfully to the world, such as a teacher, engineer, inventor or scientist.

Something interesting about me is that I am only old enough for Year 6 by nine hours and seven minutes!

Toby F

My house is Iterra.

My favourite subjects are Art and maths.

My favourite moment in school is when we went to the water park in Coolum.

My interest is Rugby Union.

When I grow up I want to be a professional rugby player.

Something interesting about me is that I love turtles and want to get one for a pet.

Facilities Upgrade

Over the school holidays, our school was again a construction zone with many different facilities projects occurring. This has included new carpet in 4 blocks throughout the school, as well as new guttering and roofing to several of our covered pathways. One of the most exciting upgrades for students will be the new sport courts, adjacent to the senior covered play area, which are due for completion by the end of Term 2. The courts will have half-court basketball and a new handball square.

Construction of our new school hall, which is to be built on the old basketball courts and adjacent carpark, has begun, and it is estimated be completed by the beginning of the 2024 school year. The hall will be an excellent facility to be used by all students.

So, while our school grounds could be turned into a long-term construction zone, the final outcome will be terrific for our school community. Thank you for your patience as these projects are completed.

1-2-3 Magic Parenting Course

Understanding Emotions and how best to support our children.

We would like to invite parents to attend an upcoming series of three workshops designed to help parents with understanding emotion and behaviour. Our Guidance Office, Deb Price, will be sharing the 1-2-3 MAGIC Program with parents. The workshops will include information on:

Understanding and dealing with challenging behaviour within or outside the home.
Encouraging and focusing on good behaviour e.g. going to bed, doing homework, eating
Strengthening your relationship with your child through consistency of routine and expectations, trust, the use of praise, active listening and shared fun.

The three sessions will be held at Buderim Mountain State School in the Chaplain’s room across from the School Tuckshop. These three sessions will be held on Friday the 19th and 26th of May and the 2nd of June, 2023. Each session will run 9:00am-12pm. Morning Tea to be supplied.

Participants will receive a workbook linked to the program at no cost.

Please note that the sessions are for all parents, regardless of whether your child attends Buderim Mountain State School or not. Arrangements will need to be made for the care of any non-school age child(ren).

Should you wish to attend please contact Buderim Mountain State School by phoning the school office on 5477 2777 or drop in personally to let the office staff know you would like to attend.

123_Magic_Parenting_Course_Flyer_for_term_two_2023.pdf

Road Safety

A reminder to all students to remember to use the supervised crossing on Tindale Avenue each afternoon after departing the school via Elizabeth Street or Clithero Avenue. Families are also reminded to only cross at the pedestrian crossing on Main Street when the traffic lights are Red, and the walk symbol is green.

PERKS

In our PERKS lesson in Years 1 to 6 in Week 7 Term 1, students learnt more about RESILIENCE and MINDSET where they revisited what they already knew and were introduced to new knowledge about our

SELF-TALK

Self-talk is the way we talk to ourselves or our “inner voice”. Only we can hear this voice in our head.

Self-talk is all the things we say to ourselves, without actually saying them out loud. We might not be aware that we’re doing it, but we most certainly are.

The type of self-talk we use is important because it has a big impact on how we feel and what we do.

As you will see in the attached poster, our Self-Talk can be negative and positive.

The students were introduced to the terms:

INNER CRITIC &
INNER COACH

Negative self-talk belongs to our INNER CRITIC while Positive self-talk belongs to our INNER COACH.

What are the benefits of positive self-talk? (THESE ARE THE KEY MESSAGES FOR OUR STUDENTS)

Listening to our INNER COACH is a great way to develop skills to build our RESILIENCE.
We all have moments when we listen to our INNER CRITIC – the goal is to be able to recognise that this voice is just our worries speaking.
Our INNER COACH doesn’t guarantee that we will succeed every time.
Our INNER COACH reminds us to keep going, try again, not give up, work in our stretch zone.
Our INNER COACH can give us courage to try something new, work through our worries and learn from our mistakes.

PERKS_Poster.pdf

Free Dress Day

Friday 24 March saw us celebrate Harmony Day, with our school leaders organising a gold coin donation free dress day, in which students either wore orange or clothing from their family heritage. Our school raised $1053.00, with the money being donated equally to Story Dogs and the student council who are raising money to purchase a chilled water fountain for the junior covered play area. A big thankyou to everyone who donated.

Playgrounds: Keeping our Children Safe

To assist with keeping all of our students safe, we would like to remind everyone that our playground equipment is not permitted for use before or after school. The equipment requires a teacher on duty to supervise all children for safe play. We appreciate your support with following school procedures and to ensure our children are safe.

Internet Safety Sessions

On Monday 13 March, our P&C arranged for Brett Lee, the founder of “Internet Safe Education” and author of the book “Screen Resolution” to speak to both students and parents to equip and educate our students with the skills and knowledge to use the internet safely, whilst making them aware of their rights and responsibilities in the cyberworld.

The student sessions were very educational and engaging, with students learning how to be cybersafe, while enjoying using the internet. Some of the main messages Brett spoke with the students about included:

Once you put something on the internet it is there forever
We need to protect our personal information on the internet
People you speak to on the internet are strangers unless you know them in real life
We need to follow the same rules on the internet as we do in real life
Talk to a trusted known adult if we are having problems on the internet

It was also very pleasing to see so many parents attend the parent session, which was fully booked within 2 days of being advertised. A big thank you to our P&C for funding these sessions.

Student Smart Watches

We have had some queries from parents about whether students are allowed to wear Smart Watches to school. Students are allowed to wear these watches, however, they should be set to school mode from 8:30am through to 3pm, which ensures the following applications are not available during school hours.

communication (text messages, phone calls, social media)
internet access
entertainment (eg. games)

If you need to contact your child throughout the school day, we request you do so via the school office staff. Students who use their Smart Watches to access any of the restrictions listed above during school hours, will receive consequences in line with our school’s Code of Conduct. A big thank you to all parents and carers for ensuring Smart Watches are set to ‘school mode’.

Uniforms

Thank you to all families who ensure students are in full school uniform each day. As the weather will begin to get cooler this term, it is important that all students continue to wear the correct Buderim Mountain State School winter uniform. We are fortunate to have excellent support from our parents in ensuring students are in full school uniform each day. Thank you for continuing this and only wearing the following winter uniform to school:

Unisex jackets/jumpers – bottle green and maroon double fleece with embroidered logo
Unisex pullovers – bottle green and maroon double fleece with embroidered logo
Unisex long pants such as track pants in bottle green or tights under skorts in bottle green
Additional winter items must be plain bottle green or maroon in colour (including jumpers)

Curriculum Corner

Assessment & Academic Reporting

Our teachers use a variety of assessment tasks to assess students’ progress.

At the start of each school year, teachers have a detailed excel report with their students’ data from the previous school year. It contains levels of achievement and tracking of summative and diagnostic data. Teachers use this data to cater for our students from the first day. It assists them with differentiation and tracking their students’ progress.

There are three types of assessment:

Summative – assesses our students based on the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standard (A-E with C standard ‘working at level’); also known as ‘assessment of learning’
Diagnostic – assesses using data to inform teaching, differentiation and track progress (e.g. reading levels); also known as ‘assessment for learning’
Formative – occurs during lessons and teachers adjust their teaching during the learning process; used to inform lessons and differentiation; also known as ‘assessment as learning’

It is important to keep in mind your child’s overall result for the report card is based on the summative assessment tasks for this semester. While we teach many concepts within each learning area, the semester grade is based on the summative assessment (Australian Curriculum Achievement Standard).

The ‘C’ standard means ‘working at level’. The A/B level assessable elements relate to students applying their skills and knowledge in more complex ways within the same year level content. Each summative task contains assessable elements to enable students the opportunities to demonstrate their abilities within these higher levels.

Please ensure the office has your latest email addresses in the database. These addresses are linked to the emailing of academic report cards, which will be sent to parents at the end of Week 1, Term 3.

Our Yearly Curriculum Overviews are located on the website.

https://buderimmountainss.eq.edu.au/curriculum/teaching-and-learning

Kristie O’Keefe

(Head of Curriculum)

Library Lounge

Do you want the best new children’s books? They’re coming to our school soon!

Join us at the library, Term 2 Week 3 from the 3rd to 5th May and find your next favorite read.

Selling Times

Wed 3/5: 7.30am to 9am and 2.30pm to 4pm

Thurs 4/5: 7.30am to 9am and 2.30pm to 4pm

Fri 5/5: 7.30am to 9am

Cash and EFTPOS welcome

Book Fair will replace the normal online Book Club in Term 2.

Happy reading,

Library Team

Nambour Show Holiday

A reminder to all families that the Nambour Show Holiday is on Friday 16 June. The school will be closed on this day due to it being a public holiday.

Soccer Skills Development

Brazilian Soccer skills will be running clinics for both boys and girls Wednesday afternoons during term 2 for 5 to 8 year olds. Please find all the details on the flyer attached.

soccer_skills_development_flyer.pdf

Parades

Parades will continue each week at the following times. Parents are welcome to attend:

Tuesday Prep & Year 1 2:20pm
Wednesday Year 2 & 3 2:20pm
Thursday Year 4 2:20pm
Friday Year 5 & 6 2:20pm

Parades include the presentation of weekly awards, messages and occasional performances.

Principal’s certificates, banners and medallions are usually presented twice per term. Any awards that are submitted by the Wednesday in the week prior to the dates shown below will be presented on these parades:

Week 5 15 – 19 May P-6 Principal awards
Week 10 19 - 23 June P-6 Principal awards

Finance News

Upcoming events and payment dates

Year level	Title	Due date
Prep	Timbarra puppet show	28/04/2023
Year 2	How does it work?	15/05/2023
Year 4	Australia Zoo	30/05/2023
Year 6	Year 6 camp	16/06/2023

Please make sure that you have paid the amounts in full by the due dates. Payment for excursions can be made:

QParents
BPoint
Payment window- open Wednesday 8:00am-9:30am

Student Resource Scheme (SRS)

SRS ensures that students have the resources required for them to engage with the curriculum for their education, and saves parents time and money in sourcing the prescribed materials elsewhere. Savings are gained through the school’s bulk purchasing practices and hiring arrangements. The scheme is not used to raise funds for other purposes, and revenue collected through the scheme is applied only to the resources and operation of the scheme. A copy of the participation agreement can be located here.

SRS payments can be made by QParent/BPOINT, BPAY, EFTPOS (Credit/Debit Card), Cheque, Cash, Centrepay.

Payment may be made through the QParents portal using a credit card. Payment will be directed from the QParents portal to BPOINT where relevant outstanding invoice information may be selected.
When paying by BPOINT, please use the Customer Reference Number (CRN) and invoice number printed on the invoice received from the school. If unsure of the CRN, please contact the school.
Centrepay Deductions are available to pay the SRS fees. Use Centrepay to make regular deductions from your Centrelink payment. Centrepay is a voluntary and easy payment option available to Centrelink customers. Go to gov.au/centrepay for more information on how to set up your Centrepay deductions.