Peachester State School

I have enjoyed my stay at Peachester State School over the last four weeks as acting principal. The warm and welcoming atmosphere, dedicated teachers, and friendly students have made my experience truly memorable. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Parents and Citizens (P&C) association for their ongoing efforts in raising funds for the school. Their commitment to supporting the school's programs and initiatives is truly commendable, and it is evident that their hard work contributes to creating a positive learning environment for everyone at Peachester State School.

 I must also mention that the tree planting day was a resounding success. It was wonderful to see students, teachers, and parents coming together to plant trees and contribute to the school's environmental initiatives. The sense of community and collaboration during the event was truly inspiring, and it was a great opportunity to not only beautify the school grounds but also instil the value of environmental stewardship in the students. I am grateful to have been a part of such a meaningful and impactful experience during my time at Peachester State School.

Brad Tavelardis |Acting Principal

Class teachers & support staff have been collating information for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

·         Year of schooling

·         Category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional

·         Level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

·         Formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools

·         Consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools

·         Develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal:

https://www.nccd.edu.au

REMINDER:  Camp for the Year 4, 5 & 6 students is in Week 1 of Term 4. (Wednesday 2nd Oct - Friday 4th Oct)

• Please log onto Qparents to give your permission for your child to attend camp if you have not already done so.
• Payment is due by: 29th August, 2024
• Packing List, Medical Requirements and general information regarding the camp will be sent out next week. Keep an eye out for that!

This term in English the Prep / Year One class we are learning about rhyming and creating our own rhymes. The class has already listened to many different rhyming stories and thought about which stories they like and why. Next the class will look at poems, how they rhyme, the language features, and why we like them. To finish the unit the students will write their own rhymes

This term the class has also had a visit from Miss Jo and her story dog Stuey. Stuey and Miss Jo read with students each Thursday as part of the Story Dog’s program. The students really enjoyed reading and listening to stories with Miss Jo and Stuey and are looking forward to the next visit. 

During Naidoc week, we went and sat around the bush circle in the rainforest and heard the story about the Gurindji People and Vincent Lingari who stood up for his people when their land was taken from them in 1966. 

It took 8 years but finally they got their land back, where they loved to live among the beautiful bush which gave them everything they needed to live; water, wood, food, shelter.  We learnt the story through the song ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’.   

We have finally found everything since our big move back into our classroom after the renovations.  We love all the extra space and cupboards we have. 

We are writing Procedures this term and everyone is sharing what they can teach others to do.  In HASS we are learning about how to care for spaces in the environment around us.  In Maths we are focusing on 3D shapes and Measuring with area, length and capacity and in Science Mr C is teaching us all about Lights and Sounds.

This term we have been delving into the universe of Rin. The book Rowan of Rin is a quest novel where the main character Rowan has to go on a perilous journey with other villagers to try to find out why the villages water supply has dried up.

Rowan is terrified to be on this journey as he is afraid of many things and is seen as a weakling by the villagers of Rin.

For their assessment this term, the students will be analysing the language used by the author Emily Rodda to explain how Rowan is represented in a key event.

This is a new style of writing for the students and they have been making fantastic progress.

To assist with this, the students have been using an online tool called PADLET. This enables them to all respond to a question posed by me. They submit their thoughts to the PADLET page and then they can all comment on each-others writing. It has been great to see the student’s gaining confidence on the topic and expanding their comments.

I have printed out the PADLET pages we have been working on this term and these can be found on the learning wall. Please feel free to drop by and check them out. 

Busking At the Peachester Mountain Markets

On Saturday the 9th of July Isabelle Driscoll, Penny Collins and Alex Haslam went to the Peachester Mountain Markets. Isabelle played her Clarinet; Penny played her Guitar and sang and Alex played her harp. They played from 8am to 11pm and in total raised $140.80 towards the Peachester State School Instrumental Program.

Written by Isabelle Driscoll.

 Tree Planting Day

On Wednesday, we got together with the preps and helped them plant trees. It was fun and exciting to teach them how to plant Lomandra and Pentas plants. 

By Sonny, Braxton and Molly

District Sport

Last Wednesday and Thursday some of the year 4, 5 and 6 students went to District Athletics and competed in multiple sports like shot put, discus, 100m sprints, 200m sprints, high jump and much more. Congratulations to Erika Walters for making 100m and Liam Wild for making shot put, they will now be competing at Regional Athletics. All the students had a great time, and we are looking forward to next year's District Athletics.   

By Liam, Zailey, Zayden and K-Diss

Eisteddfod

On the 30th of July 2024, the Peachster State School Concert Band went to Mathew Flinders Collage to perform. We performed these three songs: ‘Gingerbread Man on Parade’, ‘Midnight Sky’ and ‘Midnight Madness’. We had a great experience, but sadly we didn’t place even though we got 70/100 points. There were 8 schools competing. We all had a great time and can’t wait to do it again. Well done to the Concert band students for working so hard and performing well.

By Indigo, Olive, Merindi and Eliana

SAKG

In the kitchen we have been using up our home-grown fruits and vegetables. In the past few weeks, we have been cooking some amazing kinds of foods such as Pumpkin Scones, Silverbeet and Potato Torte. We are looking forward to harvesting our potatoes and picking the peas from the garden.

By Ashlee and Celine

A very big 'Thank You' goes out to Ryan Cox for organising the hire of the machine and volunteering his own time in prepping our garden beds ready for the  Foodcube Wicking.

On Wednesday 31st July, we celebrated Tree Planting Day.  Students had a great time planting Lomandra and Pentas plants.  The older students thoroughly enjoyed spending time with the Prep students, teaching them how to plant.

Thank you to Karen Meers and Mooloolah Landcare for providing the plants.

Liam has also been very successful in his sporting ventures.

Cricket

Liam has made the District Team for Cricket and is playing on the 7th & 8th August.  We wish Liam all the best.

Athletics

Liam recently competed at the District Athletics Carnival held at Beerwah State High School and was successful in Shotput.  Liam now qualifies for Regional Athletics which will be held at the end of August at the Sunshine Coast University.  Good luck Liam!

Our Year 4, 5 & 6 students attended the Valley Champs Soccer Gala Day on Thursday 8th August.

The students had a fantastic time playing speed soccer against a number of other schools during the day. 

Our Senior Team won the overall senior competition! 

6 Students were awarded a medal each for most valuable player of their team.

Well done to all students!

Our Scholastic Book Fair is nearly here!

It will be open from 8:15am - 9:00am & 3:00pm - 3:30pm, so come along to find the best new books and help to earn free books for our library!