As part of the Queensland Premier’s Reading Challenge, Students are encouraged to read as many books as they can!
To complete the challenge:
- Prep to Year 2 should read or experience at least 20 books
- Years 3 and 4 at least 20 books
- Years 5 to 6 at least 15 books.
These can be books from home, your school library or even a public library Below is a list to get you started
Prep to Year 1
2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge: Prep to Year 1 book list (education.qld.gov.au)
Year 2 to Year 3
2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge: Years 2–3 book list (education.qld.gov.au)
Year 4 and beyond
2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge: Years 4–5 book list (education.qld.gov.au)
BOOK WEEK
Dear Parents
There will be a lot of fantastic activities to celebrate Book Week this August. The theme from the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA ) is Dreaming with Eyes Open. More details about the event will be posted closer to the time. However, you may want to start thinking about your child’s costume for the book parade. The costumes can mirror the book week theme or be inspired by a favourite character or book.
Costumes can be home made, and some great ideas are listed below:
Book Week Costume Ideas for Kids – Brisbane Kids
27 easy Book Week costumes to make at home | Mum’s Grapevine (mumsgrapevine.com.au)
Or get ideas from commercial sites such as these
Book Week Costumes 2022 | Costumes.com.au
Dreaming With Eyes Open | Book Week Ideas 2022 – CostumeBox Australia
You might even want to go as a book themed team for example the characters from the three little pigs!
WRITE LIKE AN AUTHOR!
Learn the secrets of writing great stories from an award-winning author
“Write Like an Author” is a school holiday program for young writers.
Held in a fun and supportive setting at Immanuel Lutheran College in Sunshine Coast, this camp will see children develop and write stories with help from award-winning author Brian Falkner.
Brian is an internationally published children’s author with twenty books published in more than thirteen countries. His most recent novel is a WWII spy thriller called “Katipo Joe: Wolf’s Lair”.
Young writers will learn:
* How to come up with story ideas
* How to plan and outline a story
* How to come up with interesting, sympathetic characters
* The writing process, how to put it all down on paper
* Plus they’ll make new friends and have heaps of fun!
We offer:
* 3 day camp for children aged 9 to 14
* 1 day workshop for children aged 7 to 10
The program runs from Tuesday, 28th June 2022 until Thursday, 30th June 2022.
The camp is non-residential, and runs from 9 am to 4 pm each day.
The number of places on the camp is strictly limited so register early if your child is interested in attending the camp.
If your child enjoys creative writing, they are sure to love this special school holiday camp.
| Registration Link |
| https://www.writelikeanauthor.com/register.asp?wc_id=322 |
As part of the Queensland Premier’s Reading Challenge, Students are encouraged to read as many books as they can!
To complete the challenge:
- Prep to Year 2 should read or experience at least 20 books
- Years 3 and 4 at least 20 books
- Years 5 to 6 at least 15 books.
These can be books from home, your school library or even a public library Below is a list to get you started
Prep to Year 1
2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge: Prep to Year 1 book list (education.qld.gov.au)
Year 2 to Year 3
2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge: Years 2–3 book list (education.qld.gov.au)
Year 4 and beyond
2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge: Years 4–5 book list (education.qld.gov.au)
The students were asked to identify a current issue or challenge they believe to be a problem within their community. They researched and presented the history, aims and activities of their organisation that seek to address the issue. They also evaluated how successful their organisation is in meeting the responsibility God has given people to look after His and our world.
Finally, they gave suggestions on how their chosen organisation could further motivate people to join in their service.
In Year 4, students have been learning how to write Information Reports. Their writing piece has provided information about a type of waste, its impact on the environment and how the type of waste production can be better managed.
They have had the opportunity to Investigate the waste production at St Paul’s, how it is managed and how it could be managed more effectively. The information was gathered and displayed in various data displays using digital formats.
Year 4 students have created posters to display the information gathered about their type of waste. These posters are also currently on display in the Office Foyer.
As per Mrs Marcia Jealous’ email sent out on Monday 6 June, students are now able to wear their sports shirts and boys formal shirts (either style) untucked. If they would like to continue to tuck, this is perfectly acceptable.
With regards to the boy’s formal shirts, the tuck in style is currently being phased out and we only have a limited number of sizes in stock. Further information as to when the non-tuck shirts become a compulsory part of the uniform will follow.
Uniform Shop will be closed on Monday 13 June
Due to the School Photo Day, Monday 13 June, Uniform Shop will be closed on this day.
Uniform Stock Update
We are pleased to announce we have received some of our boy’s formal non-tuck shirts in stock. We currently have Size 6 and 10 available for purchase, with Sizes 8 and 12 arriving soon. Any back orders for these items will be sent to class as soon as we receive the stock.
We thank you for your patience in waiting for these items to arrive.
Family Book Club
This Semester, we are reading Mr Popper’s Penguins. You may borrow this book from the GLAD Centre as a special, month-long loan to read with your family. On Thursday, the 2 June, we will come together with students and their families in the GLAD Centre from 3.15pm-5.00pm to watch the movie. Please bring a comfy pillow and blanket to snuggle in while watching the movie.
RSVPs are essential for this event to go ahead. Please RSVP to postmaster@stpaulslps.qld.edu.au letting us know how many adults and children from your family will be in attendance for the Movie Afternoon.
Book Club Quiz Question: In Chapter 7, Captain Cook collects odds and ends from around the house. What does he use these things for?
Read, Write Inc
Students are being reassessed for their groups for the next cycle of groups for Read, Write Inc. Our Preppies are joining us for the Read, Write Inc journey from Week 7, and we are so impressed with the sounds that they have already learnt in their classrooms. Your child may in the same group to consolidate their learning as they may not quite be ready to move into the next group yet or they may have moved into the next group. Junior Learning Support has also been busy assessing students for the tutoring component of the program which will begin in the coming weeks to give intensive one-on-one time regularly throughout the week to revise sounds speedily.
Here is a link to what a home reading session can look like with the use of a RWI book like a Red Ditty: https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/m0RVF0J4/3gdk41cq (this link expires on 1.7.22)
Konnichiwa! Welcome to Term 2 Week 6!
We began Term 2 by learning about the Cherry Blossoms and the cultural festival Hanami.
Hanami, or flower viewing, is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers (hana). Flowers in this case almost always refer to those of the cherry blossom (sakura). From the end of March to early May, cherry blossom trees bloom all over Japan. In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the blossoming sakura. Hanami at night is called yozakura. In many places, temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura.
In Japanese Club, we have been making different origami shapes and discussing the history of origami. No one knows exactly where or when origami was first created, but it is believed that the Japanese first used paper during the 6th Century, after it was brought from China by Buddhist monks. The term origami originates from the Japanese words our, meaning to fold, and kami, meaning paper. Traditional Origami does not allow any cutting or gluing.
So far, we have created Samurai Helmets, various animals, Pokemon, hearts, and boxes.
Japanese Club is held each Tuesday Morning Tea play.
So much fun!!
Arigatou gozaimasu,
Poetschka Sensei
Friday 3 June
- Piano Soiree – 3:15pm-4:45pm
Monday 6 June
- Drama Incursion with Shake and Stir Theatre Company, Year 3-6 students – 9:00am-10:00am
Thursday 16 June
- Twilight Music Recital 1 (Guitar, Strings, Year 3 Immersion), with students arriving at 4:45pm and performance from 5:30pm-6:30pm
Friday 17 June
- Ukulele Workshop, Year 6 students– 1:15pm-2:45pm
- Twilight Music Recital 2 (Band, Percussion, Film & TV, Music Technology, Piano, Voice, Choirs), with students arriving 4:45pm and performance from 5:30pm-6:30pm
PIANO SOIREE – Friday 3 June 2022
We look forward to this special celebration of learning for piano students. All private piano students will perform for family and friends at the Piano Soiree on Friday 3 June from 3:15pm – 4:30pm in the Instrumental Music Room. Students should wear their Formal school uniform. We look forward to seeing you there.
DRAMA INCURSION – Monday 6 June 2022
Year 3-6 students will view a live drama production on Monday 6 June in the GLAD Centre from 9:00am-10:00am. Shake and Shir Theatre Company will present ‘Dirty Beasts’ inspired by Roald Dahl’s books, ‘Dirty Beasts’ and ‘Revolting Rhymes’. Year 5 students will write about this production as part of their Drama Assessment.
For more information about any of these events, please email Ms Ellwood performingarts@stpaulslps.qld.edu.au
PROMIS
E … One of God’s BIGGEST Words
The rain just keeps coming! Everything is so soggy! Here’s a thought that will hopefully help us not get cranky about it.
There’s a big big rain and flood story in the Bible (Genesis 6 – 9) … and a Rainbow at the end of it, a picture to remind us that when God makes a Promise, He keeps it. With God, there is always the PROMISE of more to come.
Year 2 students, Thank you for reminding us of one of the biggest Words in the Bible: GOD PROMISES. Thanks for you Collage of SYMBOLS of the Bible given to Chapel last week and to FOOD FAITH FUN Sunday@5.
Prayer: Dear God, thanks for your Promise to stay with us in all the rough and tumble of Life. Thanks for your promise to Help us, to Love us, and Provide for us (no matter how much it rains).
Pastor Mike Neldner
KEZIA: “We remember the rainbow that God gave as a symbol after the flood as Noah’s Ark touched dry land. It was a symbol of promise that he would never send a flood to fill the whole word again.”
KOBE: “The Bible reading is from Genesis 9:13 ” I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”
