THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF THE HAMPDEN STATE SCHOOL

POST OFFICE KUTTABUL. 4741.

Phone: 49540189

Fax: 49540258.

Email: admin@hampdenss.eq.edu.au

Website: www.hampdenss.eq.edu.au

Issue no. 4 21^st February, 2008

Parents & Citizens’ Assn meets 3^rd Monday of each month at 7.30pm.

P & C AGM: Annual General Meetings are not noted for their high attendance levels in any organisation, so it was great to see there were a dozen families represented at our P & C AGM on Monday night.

Equally as pleasing was the outcome, with all positions filled. Thank-you to Frank Perna (President), Karen Gee (Vice-President) and Maryanne Volker (Treasurer) for volunteering to continue in you existing roles. The contributions you have made to Hampden’s children are invaluable.

It was also great to see Rex Munchow take on the role of secretary for 2008. Rex is as keen as mustard, and with guidance from outgoing secretary Priscilla Walters and support from his other team members he’ll soon feel right at home in this new “job”.

Thank-you also to Barb Perna who has taken over the role of Tuckshop Convenor from Cheryl Barratt. Barb has been guaranteed the support she needs to continue the tuckshop’s operations thanks to the commitment of several other mums forming an unofficial committee.

Once again, to all parents continuing in their roles on various committees, to new parents accepting positions on “Working parties” such as the Child Protection Policy group, and to those retiring from their roles such as Cheryl and Priscilla, a HUGE thank-you from me on behalf of all staff and students.

08 will be great!!

Howard Frost

Principal.

LITERACY IN-SERVICE: For the whole of next week Annette Medway and Bronwyn Wiseman will be attending literacy in-service as part of the first stage of the government’s “Literacy – The Key to Learning” framework for action. They will be replaced by two suitably qualified teachers from the district.

Over the next two years all primary teachers will be required to attend similar literacy in-service.

SMART MOVES: With the weather on the improve we expect to commence cross country training from Monday as part of our school’s “Smart Moves” program for term 1.

DETAILS UPDATES: A reminder about these forms which should have arrived in the post recently. Please return these to school if any of the details shown are no longer correct so we can update our records.

BUDGET SUGGESTIONS: It’s not loo late to send in any recommendations you have in this regard.

SCHOOL BANKING: Friday is “banking day”. The habit of saving a little on a regular basis is a good one to get into.

Forms to open a school banking account are available from the office.

RELIEF CLEANER: If you’re interested in working as a relief cleaner when the need arises please let us know. Work of this nature often arises at other local schools as well.

As the 2008 year begins it sees a few new faces entering the Hampden State School ‘Family’ and sadly some regular faces leaving. This is where during the P & C Annual General Meeting it was decided to “Blood the Rookie” and I was nominated as Secretary. I know I have big shoes to fill but bear with me and I will endeavour to fulfil all aspects of this role, one of which is to write an overview of up and coming P & C activities. Firstly a big thanks goes to Maryanne Volker and all involved in the design and purchase of the new uniforms, which look great. The start of the football season means the start of manning the bars at the Cowboys, Cutters games for which we need volunteers, if you would like to volunteer please contact Karen Gee. Volunteers are also sort for mowing duties as soon as the weather eases. Next P & C meeting scheduled for 17^th March at 7.30pm, hope to see you there.

Cheers

Rex Munchow

P & C Secretary

FOOTBALL BARS

The bars for the Cutters game has been moved to Sarina for this weekend and we will NOT be required to do them. We can all have this weekend off in preparation for a big weekend the following week for the Cowboys game. We will need people to help set up the boxes on the Friday afternoon, this involved setting up the tables, chairs and eskies into the boxes. On the Saturday morning we will need people to help stack all the drinks and ice into the eskies. If you can help for either of these days please call the school so we can arrange times that are suitable. We are needing quite a lot of people to help out for this weekend but we will reap the rewards from our efforts in the near future. The more people we have to help the lighter the load for everyone.

Thank-you

Karen Gee

Co-ordinator

GROUNDSCARE NEWS

Thank-you to the 13 families who have volunteered their services (so far) to keep the grass mowed throughout 2008. It looks like a lucky number for the school!

A roster will be placed in next week’s newsletter and if you’re available to help out where gaps appear I’d love to hear from you.

Kathy Frost

Co-ordinator

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is. – William James, psychologist

WEEKLY CLASS AWARDS

There must have been quite a few children who were almost at their next milestone level when 2007 finished, because we’ve had a rush of Milestone Achievers recently, which is terrific to see.

Congratulations to:

TAYLIA-MAREE SCUDERI (10 awards) Star Student

MELISSA BURNS (80 awards) Perfect Pupil

LACHLAN THOMPSON (135 awards) Futuristic Challenger

NICHOLAS PERNA (150 awards) Hampden Hero

COURTNEY PERNA (150 awards) Hampden Hero

CHELSEA PERNA (230 awards) Scintillating Student

DATE CLAIMERS

29/FEB/01 MARCH: COWBOYS V RAIDERS MATCH

Help needed to set up and serve 46 corporate boxes.

FRIDAY 07 MARCH: TERM 1 DISCO

Special guest D.J. “AL” from Al’s Goodtime Music.

SUNDAY 09 MARCH: P & C WORKING BEE

From 8.00am, concluding with a free lunchtime B.B.Q.

MACKAY ATHLETICS CLUB Sign-on

March 1^st 1pm – 3pm

Mackay State High School Oval (Penn St)

All ages (New members require a birth certificate)

For more information: 0408753098 or www.mackayathletics.com.au

Southern Cross Cultural Exchange, an Australian not-for-profit organisation specialising in international student exchange programs, is URGENTLY seeking volunteer host families for high school students scheduled to arrive in Australia in July 2008 from Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Holland, Ireland, Brazil, the USA and Canada. Host families can choose from students staying for a range of either 3, 5 or 10 months and they all attend local high schools whilst they are in Australia. The main purpose of cultural exchange is to challenge youth towards international understanding and tolerance, encourage further learning, self knowledge and awareness – invaluable characteristics in today’s world. We organise all the flights, schools, transportation, insurances and support systems. Call Southern Cross Cultural Exchange now toll free on 1800 50 501, visit www.scce.com.au or email scceaust@sce.com.au.

Prep/Year One’s SPECIAL NUMBERS

Jake’s special number is seven because he is turning seven this year.

Joel’s special number is fourteen because his mum is going to be fourteen this year.

Samara’s special numbers are five and ten because she is turning five in April and she has ten Barbie Dolls.

Joshua’s special number is six because he is turning six this year.

Blake’s special number is six because there are six people in his family.

Emily’s special number is five because she is five and she has five Barbie dolls and five people in her family!

Ashlyn’s special number is three because she has three dogs and three cars.

Zoe’s special number is five because that’s how many she is.

Dale’s special number is two because he has two dogs.

Jordan’s special number is the number of shells in his collection but he hasn’t counted them yet.

Lee’s special number is one because he has made one aeroplane and four because he used to be four.

Kaleb’s special number is one because he has one dog called ‘Tigger’.

David’s special number is zero because he has no cats and no dogs.

Jack’s special numbers are one and two because he has one fire engine and two dogs.

Jacob’s and Adam’s favourite numbers are one, two and three because Adam has one dog, two choppers and three trucks and they always go down the hill with Jacob.

Rowan’s special number is two because he has one dog and he is going to get a puppy and that makes two.

Alicia’s special number is one because she’s got one dog and six because she is six and seven because she’s going to be seven.

Mrs Barratt’s special number is 22 because tomorrow is the 22^nd February and it is the last day she will work in the tuckshop at Hampden State School…We’ll miss you Mrs Barratt!!