PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

V.I.P. VISIT: On Friday 20 April, the first Friday after the Easter vacation, Mrs De-Anne Kelly MP, Federal Member for Dawson, will be our special guest for the 9.00am parade.

Parents are invited along to see and hear Mrs Kelly present the school with a new flag for use on Anzac Day, present our 2007 school leaders with their badges, and make the official announcement of our successful application for grants funds for school improvements.

Following this parade you are welcome to join us for an informal morning tea and chat with Mrs Kelly and others in attendance.

HAMPDEN CROSS COUNTRY: These events will commence as soon as possible after 9.00 this Wednesday, beginning with the 9 year olds.

Following the running of all events a brief presentation of medallions ceremony will be held, and the winning house team announced.

Parents and friends are encouraged to join us for this morning of friendly competition.

EASTER HAT PARADE: Here’s another invitation to join us at school!! Easter just wouldn’t be the same without an Easter Hat Parade, and the singing and dancing to accompany it!

Come along and help the prep to year 3 children celebrate and stay for a share morning tea afterwards.

We’ll also be drawing the Easter Hamper raffle winners at that event.

And on the Easter theme, don’t forget to return the permission forms for our “excursion to church” this coming Tuesday.

Father Kevin of the Marian Catholic Church will ‘walk’ the children through the 14 Stations of the Cross beautifully pictorially represented on the church walls.

As they say, “Jesus is the reason for the season”!

Howard Frost

Principal.

SCHOOL NEWS

SPORTING CHAMPS: Congratulations to Jordan Proctor and Jordan Perna who have been chosen in sub-district teams for Basketball and Netball respectively, and to Cody Morrison who has been selected in the Mackay U11 Rugby League team. Best of luck for further success.

INTERNET ACCESS FORMS: A reminder that in accordance with Ed Qld directions, for students to access the internet at school the appropriate form must be signed by parents.

Students not granted this permission will be denied access from the beginning of term 2.

SOCCER TRIALS: Calen Sub-District trials will now be held this Tuesday afternoon from 3.30 to 4.30 at Coningsby State School for both boys and girls.

TERM 1 DISCO: The newly elected members of the Student Council did an excellent job of organising and running the term 1 disco last Friday, ably supported by their fellow classmates.

Thank-you for your support of this event.

HAIL CREEK COMPUTER COURSES: Further to the information provided on the letter with last week’s newsletter, today’s edition contains more details of each of the three courses to be run.

Expressions of interest can be lodged by phoning the office on 49540189, or returning the slip provided last week.

Hail Creek Community Development Fund Adult Computer Education Program

An outline of each assessable unit is shown below:

Course Code and Title	Course Outline	Nominal Hours
BSBCMN213A Produce simple word processed documents	This course covers preparation and production of short routine letters, notes, memos, and records using word-processing software	30
BSBCMN107a operate a personal computer	This course covers the competencies required to start up a personal computer or business computer terminal, correctly navigate the desktop environment and use a range of basic functions	12
BSBCMN214a creating and using simple spreadsheets	This course covers creating and using simple spreadsheets and charts through the use of spreadsheet software	20

Based on the nominal hour requirements from each unit, Innovation Training would run the program one evening per week for a 3 hour period over a two semester time-frame; this would enable parents to attend at a suitable time to them, while the two semester time-frame would still allow for the 62 nominal hour targets to be met for the program.

These hours and the schedule are flexible and if more training was required then it would be able to be delivered or if units were completed quicker than expected then another unit would be fitted into the program which would be Microsoft’s office Outlook 2003.

These units in the schedule are open for discussion prior to the beginning of the program.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Life has two rules: Number one, never quite; Number two, always remember rule number one. – Duke Ellington

Hello Everyone

Some wonderful construction from Prep year one this week. After reading the story entitled “The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch” we decided to find a way to get across an expanse of water, without swimming or using a motor that required fuel.

An initial plan was made on paper, and then a model was constructed. Next we explained to our Reading Buddies and our teachers and aides how our model would work.

Some great ideas included a vessel that is actually a huge pump powered by water pressure, a large row boat, bridges, floating pipes, flying foxes, catapults and giant fishing rods! When asked if their ideas would really work the reply was “Of course not Mrs Medway – they’re made of cardboard!”

A very special thank you to all of our Teacher Aides and Parent Helpers this term. The children have made great progress in Numeracy, Reading, Viewing and Writing during our small group times. We will plan to begin Literacy and Numeracy groups again in Week Two next term.

Thank you

Annette

FOOTBALL BARS: We are asking for volunteers to help out on the bars this Easter Sunday from 1.00 to 6.00pm. (Foley Shield Matches)

If you can spare a couple of hours on that afternoon please let the school office know, or contact Frank Perna on 49540274.

It’s easy and quite enjoyable work and raises significant funds for our children.

EASTER RAFFLE: This raffle will be drawn on Thursday morning at the Easter Hat Parade.

Please do your best to sell the tickets sent home earlier this week, and don’t forget to send along a small donation towards making this a great prize to win.

MONTHLY MEETING: The April meeting will be held on the 3^rd Monday (16) as usual, even though this is the student free day.

The meeting will commence at 7.30pm in the Community Room adjacent to the Remembrance Garden.

ANZAC DAY: Anzac Day at Hampden is a very significant event which the P & C is proud to be a part of. We encourage you and your families to join in the activities on that day.

Please complete the form in this newsletter if you haven’t already done so, for catering purposes.

Issue no. 9, 30th March, 2007

Issue no. 9, 30^th March, 2007