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BOUQUETS UPCOMING EVENTS Thank you to Amanda B and FoVAD for organising the Crazy Camel card and diary fundraiser. Wednesday 5 September Thursday 6 September Monday 10 September Tuesday 11 September Wednesday 12 September Debating (Round 2) Welcome Group Friends’ Club (Prep – Year 2) 3D Assembly Prep E Assembly FoVAD Meeting Friends’ Club (Years 3-5) Years 4-7 Footsteps Dance Debating (Round 3) FROM MRS HADDEN: MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS 3-7 Congratulations to our Year 5 students and their teachers who presented this week‟s Assembly based on their experiences at the recent camp. The children demonstrated how much fun and learning takes place during the camp. I have had so much positive feedback from the children about their camp and some messages from parents who recognise the contribution teachers make to ensure the camp is a safe and memorable time. Year 4 and Year 6 children have recently completed the QCAT assessment tasks in English, Maths and Science. These tasks are yet another way to build a picture of student skills and achievements across the learning areas. Here is a fine example of a narrative written by Eva C of 4B. Well done, Eva. A Good Deed Returned Many years ago in the African outback there lived the fierce and brave king of the jungle, Leo the lion. Nearby in the jungle lived a small family of monkeys with a baby monkey called Jespa and a generous mother. One day when Leo the lion was out hunting he came across the family of monkeys while the mother was busy preparing Jespa‟s meal. Jespa was sitting in Leo‟s pathway fiddling around but didn‟t notice that the king of the jungle was standing behind him. Leo was starving and was thinking that a baby monkey would make a fine meal. Leo crouched down opened his jaws. “STOP!” yelled the mother monkey, “Please don‟t eat him.” The lion stood up and looked at the monkey. He bent down and softly picked the baby monkey up and popped Jespa back up with his mother and slowly walked away knowing that he had done the right thing. Several years later the old lion was sauntering through the wilderness when he suddenly became trapped in a poacher‟s net. The more he struggled the tighter the net became. As night turned to day the lion felt despair, he lay awaiting his inevitable death. Crunch! Crunch! Footsteps moved closer through the undergrowth, the lion braced himself ... but instead of the evil poacher, Leo saw a monkey. The monkey craftily untied the net and freed the lion. As the lion was freed he stood there wondering why the monkey looked so familiar. The monkey who was in fact Jespa who remembered the good deed the lion had done for him and was happy to repay him. The monkey quickly climbed up a high tree and disappeared. So remember what goes around comes around so do the right thing and it might just save your life. Thank you for shopping Many thanks to those parents who have collected shopping dockets for the school, enabling us to purchase well-utilised sporting equipment. The P.E. Depart ment and class teachers use all the
equipment to provide a wider variety of skills training and games for the children during lessons and at lunch time. We are also able to store some new equipment to replace worn and lost items which is a great cost saver for our school. We would like to thank Kathryn, our Tuckshop Convenor, for collecting the dockets. Student of the Week 3-7 Next week‟s Assembly will be presented by 3D. The award is for Demonstrating the ability to Work Independently. We spend a great deal of our time not only encouraging the skills of co-operation and teamwork, but also developing the skills of working independently. Being able to make decisions, draw conclusions and justify one‟s thinking is a sign of growing confidence. Congratulations to the following independent workers: 3A Manuthi K. Joshua F. 4/3 Chloe B. Hannah P. 3B Vaughan B. Curtis B. 5A Annabelle G. Declan H. 3C Daniella F. Ashton B. 5B Isobel B. Teddie M. 3D Annabelle H. Alex D. 6/5 Katherine M. Helena G. 4A Sarah A. Kyle B. 6A Madison F. Libby F. 4B Sophie D. George L. 6B Will H. Jacob C. 4C Henry T. Yasmin I. 7A Derek H. Ashlee B. 4D Jordan M. Lauren B. 7B Fran G. Jocelyn C. FROM MISS KRISTINE ATKINS: EARLY YEARS PREP-2 Junior Assembly Congratulations 1A on a terrific Assembly presentation on Monday. 1A presented their assembly item on „The Wonderful World of Books’. The children‟s colourful costumes of their favourite authors and magical dioramas which displayed 1A‟s favourite books were a highlight . Reading is one of our priorities at Ascot State School. It was very obvious the love of reading that has been fostered in the children of 1A. Thank you to all of our parents for the time and dedication that you give to Ascot State School, whether this be through reading to your child at home, listening to your child read or assisting with morning reading and literacy activities in our classrooms. I know the teachers really appreciate your kind assistance as well. Cubby House As mentioned in last week‟s Digest, we have been very fortunate to acquire a cubby house – created, built and then donated to us by current Year 12 Nudgee College boys. Here is a photo of our new cubby house and past student Jack T, pictured with Year 2 students Isla, Nick and Molly. The cubby house will be placed in the Year 1/2 Playground.
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