Dates To Remember From The Principal Welcome to Term Two I trust everyone had an enjoyable Easter break and had the opportunity to spend time with families and friends. I have enjoyed hearing the children talk about some of their exciting adventures. Term Two is shaping up to be another busy term. New We welcome Mrs Tracey Ballard as our new Chaplain. Tracey will be working at Minden on Thursdays and Fridays each week. We also welcome Mr Alex Bremner who is taking up the new role of Grounds and Facilities Officer. Alex will be working Wednesday through to Friday each week.
We send a huge heartfelt thank you to Mrs Bernie Shaw who has been working as the school’s Grounds Officer. Bernie has provided many years of dedicated support to Minden to make our grounds safe and appealing. We wish Bernie well in her new endeavours. ANZAC Service Our school will be holding an ANZAC Service next Tuesday 24 April commencing at 2:15pm. The service will start in the Sports Centre and move to the flagpole area for the second part of the service. All parents and extended family members are welcome to attend. Students are encouraged to bring a floral tribute. Marburg ANZAC Service Wednesday 25 April All students, especially school leaders, are encouraged to attend a locally organised ANZAC Service on Wednesday 25 April. As in previous years, staff from our school will attend the Marburg ANZAC Service. Participating students should assemble at the Marburg Church of Christ by 7:15am in preparation for the march at 7:30am. Please wear school uniform. This service takes approximately an hour. NAPLAN Students in years 3 and 5 will participate in
Yr 3 - 94.9% Yr 4 – 94.9% Yr 5 – 94.7% Yr 6 – 95.2% The Prep class has won the Attendance Trophy for term 1 and it is now proudly on display in their classroom. Research has proven that attendance plays an important role in a child’s academic performance. Parents / guardians must inform the school of ALL absences. Parents And Citizens Association News Meeting Our next meeting is Monday the 14th of May 2018 at 3.15pm. We love to see you there! Commonwealth School Banking This year our focus is on consistent saving. Deposits can be from 5 cents! Students will be rewarded for every 10 deposits made. Exciting new Term 1 rewards with a Super Savers theme are now available, while stocks last! Tuckshop Thank you for supporting the tuckshop this year. Our volunteers work tirelessly to bring this service to the school and raise funds to support the school. Please remember to pop your orders into the tuckshop box by Monday. Meals must be pre-ordered, and payment is by cash only. We are unable to accept eftpos or direct debit for tuckshop. The $5 meal deal is for a Wednesday first break. Friday snack days will now be held on second break at 1.15pm. This will be counter sales only (no pre-orders). This gives the children to experience real world spending and cash handling skills. There is a range of drinks, slushies, snacks, ice blocks and chips available. All items are priced at $2 or under. If you are able to help out a couple of times a term from 1pm-2pm on a Friday, please contact Shannon 0422 253 098 or Millie 0424 167 850. We would love to have you join our team. Uniforms
We have our winter stock now available. If you require any uniforms, please see the admin staff in the office. The uniform shop is open from 8.00 am. Outside Of School Care (OSHC) Operating Hours Monday - Friday before school opening at 6:15am and after school closing at 6:00pm. For bookings or details please see the OSHC educators, call main office (07) 4638 7965 or email General School News Assembly Gotcha Awards Gotcha Awards J-Lea, Savannah, Harrison, Zahlee, Sophie, J-Lea, Amber and Markhai Congratulations! Classroom News Prep News Prep News: Welcome back! This term will be very busy, we have already commenced working towards assessment tasks. Attending school every day is important. Prep Term 2 Presentation: Wednesday 20th June at 2pm. Prep Excursion: Our first excursion is on Wednesday 2nd May. (Return permission form and excursion cost ($16.00) by Friday 20th April 2018) School uniform: As the weather cools down please make sure your child has a school jumper/school colour named
in their bag. When weather cools down, students can wear – track pants, tights in school colours. needed: Student baby photos are needed ASAP Homework: Your support in the home environment assists with confidence in the classroom. Thanks Mrs Williams, Mrs Rapley and the Prep Students Curriculum Awards Prep Special Awards: Hunter - Hunter is developing confiedence in the classroom, he is enjoying new Chloe - Chloe is always helping others, she is a thoughtful student. Kayla - Kayla knows all the SSP monsters from A to Z. Nikyah - Nikyah enjoys school, she has made lots of friends. Zander - Zander is enjoying school, he enjoys a challenge. Year 1 Special Awards: Joss - For outstanding opinion writing in English! Eloise - For outstanding opinion writing in English! Jada - For showing more confidence in the classroom. Fabulous work Jada! Eli - For always having a go! Keep it up Eli! Reading Links Module 1 List 1: Harrison, Cooper and Eli
Module 1 List 3: Jaxon Module 1 List 4: Savannah and Thomas Module 1 List 5: Module 1 List 6: Jada Module 1 List 7: Jasper Year 2 H Special Awards: Aiden - Staying on task and being ready to learn, well done Aiden! Hailey - Being a helpful and responsible member of the class, well done Hailey! Joshua - Outstanding improvement in your reading, well done Joshua! Max - responsible, respectful and ready to learn, well done Max! Year 2 W Special Awards: Elliehyenna - For improve reading this term. Fantastic effort! Hamish - For making excellent progress in reading this term. Well done! Cooper - Student of the Week - Cooper is always being a responsible and fair class member, Well done! Jacob - For being an amazing helper in gardening club this term. Well done! Year 3 Special Awards: Ronin - For showing pride in your bookwork and handwriting. Shamiah - For bringing a positive attitude too your learning each week. Chace - For consistently
using great comprehension skills in reading groups. Aliti Rose - For bringing a happy and positive attitude to learning every day. Mai - For bringing a positive and friendly attitude to school every day. Year 4 Special Awards: Matilda - For consistently demonstrating the school rules and being an active class member. Jayda - Creating a fantastic graph for your maths challenge! Lillie - Student of the Week - For always following the school reules and being an active learner. Dean - For working well in and beginning to remain focussed. Matthew - Student of the Week - Great collabrative work during maths. Keep it up! Malakai - For excellent contribution during poetry lessons. - For beginning to make excellent choices in the classroom and in the playground. Year 5 Special Awards: Scarlett - Representing Minden at the Mechanica Maker Space Day Camp! Stephanie - Representing Minden at the Mechanica Maket Space Day Camp! Deaken - Amazingly polite and respectful attitude! Allan - Amazingly polite and respectful attitude! Chevy - Amazingly polite
and respectful attitude! Lachlan - AMAZING Reading Results in Term 1! Samuel - AMAZING Reading Results in Term 1! Kobi - Energetic and helpful participation in class discussions! Kohen - Energetic and helpful participation in class discussions! - Outstanding book work in all Subjects Emma - Working hard in reading groups during Daily 5! Ebony - Wonderful work in LOTE Assessment this term! Deegan - AMAZING Engineering in Digitech! Abby - For BOUNCING BACK in a BIG WAY this term! Nicolas - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Luke - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Lauchlan - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Brodie - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Logan - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Landon - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Chad - For working deligently during 5 all term! Benjamin - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Keely - For working deligentlly during Daily 5 all term! Zayne - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Rylee - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! - For working deligently during Daily 5 all term! Year 6
Special Awards: - Improving your spelling results during the term. Hunter - Improving your spelling results during the term. Alex - Improving your spelling results during the term. Ella - Improving your grammar results during the term. STEAM Special Awards: J-Lea - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Max - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Deegan - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Indeanna - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Cooper - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Nicholas - Working with enthusiasm in STEAM. Shamiah - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Harry - Working with great enthusiasm in STEAM. Birthdays Cooper, Alexander, Taj, Malakai, Konnor, Sharleigh, Zayne, Alex and Tayla Happy Birthday from everyone at