16 September 2022

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Happy Holidays – Term 4 Commences on Tuesday 4th October

Term 3 finishes today and the Colour Run was a great way to finish a phenomenal term. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. I hope you all have a wonderful and refreshing break. Please note that school restarts on Tuesday, 4 October as there is a Public Holiday on the Monday. Please help keep our school safe by staying out of the school grounds over the holidays and reporting any suspicious trespassers or behaviour to the police or School Watch on 13 1788.

Staffing Update

Our amazing Deputy Principal 3 to 6, Tamara Hall, is taking extended leave in Term 4. Kylie O’Loughlan will be her replacement. Ms O’Loughlan started on Wednesday and will stay with us until the end of the year. I am sure you will all join me in wishing Ms Hall a wonderful break.

Filming or taking photos of Students or Staff at School Events

As we have had a number of big community events occurring at the school of late, in particular today’s Colour Run, I feel it is important to remind everyone about the protocols around the filming of students/staff or taking photos of students/staff. Our school supports that parents will take footage of their children participating in school events for personal record. Parents need to be aware that some families and staff have legitimate reasons for prohibiting their image to be taken or published. Parents should be mindful that the publication of images, including social media, requires the permission of all parties; students, parents, staff and other people who may appear in the images. Therefore, in the best and safest interests of all students and staff please only film or take photos of your own children and please do not post any images of school events on social media. I know you will all understand and support this request.

Queensland Road Rule 168 – No parking signs

This sign has been a source of confusion for our school community. We have been working with the Council to seek clarification. The information we received states that during the times indicated on the sign - 8 to 9am and 2.30 to 3.30pm strictly NO PARKING is permitted. The 20 minutes is purely indicating how long a car is permitted to be (with driver inside) in the drop off and pick up zone before having to leave and re-join the queue. A driver is not allowed to leave their vehicle at any stage. As you move up the queue the sign changes to 2 minutes, this means you are only able to stay in the queue for 2 mins before having to leave and re-join the queue.

I will pass this information onto the Special School as I understand some families are parking and leaving their vehicles to collect students from that school.

Julie-Anne McGuinness – Principal

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Weeks 7 and 8

A WORD FOR OUR CHAPLAIN

Hi MHSS Community,

I'm Andrew Ismay the new Chaplain at school. I've been here from the start of term 3 and it is a great privilege to be here and supporting MHSS.

If there is anything I can do to support you or your family please contact the school, who can pass your contact details on to me.

Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club has restarted at school. Its each Tuesday morning between 8 - 8:30am at the school hall deck. All students are welcome.

Holiday Camp

This coming school holidays, there is a two day Holiday Camp on Tuesday 20th September and Wednesday 21st September. The holiday camp is in Nerang and is run by local Chaplains. The hours are 8:30am - 3pm each day. The Holiday Camp will include games, craft and sports.

For more information please contact the school front office who have flyers. They can also let me know your details and I can send you an email with the registration details.

Andrew Ismay - Chaplain

TUCKSHOP NEWS

Keep an eye on some new and exciting options for next term. We are going with a more Summer menu like salads, wraps etc.

Lunch orders still need to be made via the Qkr! App by 9.00am each day. You can also use the ‘Musgrave Way Award’, simply attach the $5.00 award to a note with your order. If your order is more than $5.00, you can add the extra money to it. Please make sure your child lets their teacher know or remind them to drop it off to me in the tuckshop when they arrive at school.

If you have any enquiries at all please don’t hesitate to give me a call 07 5644 5555

Uniform News

Attention all Year 5 Students

You can now purchase your senior shirt for 2023. You can purchase via the Qkr! App or you can pay by EFTPOS in the office. If you would like your child to try on some sizes please remind them to come and see me at first or second break during the play time. Keep an eye out for your notes and remember to return them with all the information.

We are currently having a sale of old stock in the Tuckshop, prices are as low as $10.00, please go onto the Qkr! App to see what is available.

We have changed our operating hours for the uniform shop to allow parents to be able to come in. We will be open the following days and times:

If you do require an appointment outside of these times please call the Uniform Shop so we can try to accommodate this.

P&C News

Thank you so much to everyone that supported our Father’s Day Stall. I hope everyone had a great day and enjoyed their presents.

Crazy Colour Fun Run

We have had such an amazing response to our of fundraising with our Musgrave’s Crazy Colour Fun Run. I would love to take this time to thank everyone for supporting this. Here are some highlights so far:

Week 1 Challenge

The class with the most amount of online profiles with a donation.

WINNER 6 Gold

This lucky class gets to run first on the day, as well as Slime Mrs Kennon and Miss Davies.

Week 2 Challenge

Everyone who raised over $100.00 went into the draw to win 1 of 20 Tuckshop Vouchers.

The Lucky winners were:

Week 3 Challenge –

The Class who had the most donations in one week.

WINNER 2 Red

This class won a pizza party

Week 4 Challenge

Everyone who raised over $250.00 went in the drawer to win 1 of 2 Rebel Sports Gift Cards.

We also set some goals for the students. For each $5000.00 raised we would SLIME a Staff Member on the day of the event. The lucky winners so far have been:

Mr Swan
Mrs Coburn
Miss Sally

We have also set the bar for Ms McGuinness to get Slimed. If the students could raise $25,000.00, she was going to put her hand up to get slimed. We are so close but will have to wait until the day to see if we made it there.

Over the holidays we are leaving the fundraising open.

The last challenge is for the Class who raises the most amount of money overall. They will get to have their very own DISCO PARTY in Term 4. We will also have an amazing prize for the child that raises the most amount of money overall.

Thank you once again for your support.

Sally McWilliams – Tuckshop and Uniform Convenor

CLASSROOM CAPERS – 4 MAROON

This term in Year 4, we have been learning all about Queensland’s endangered Mary River turtle. We have learnt about its appearance, habitat, diet and life-cycle. Additionally, we have researched the many different threats it is facing in the wild. We investigated how humans have impacted this wonderful species and how we can support this remarkable reptile now and into the future.

We have researched these key areas in small groups and shared our thoughts. In English, we wrote an information report on the Mary River Turtle to show our understanding.

Mr Larkin – Classroom Teacher

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY NEWS

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Chess Mates – School Holidays

Soccer X at Musgrave Hill State School