Students dressed to impress at annual splash - plus more
SCHOOL WRAP
The weather put on a spectacular, bright and sunny display this Monday for Mossman State High School’s annual swimming carnival.
With the sun beaming strong, it was a fabulous day to be in the pool and was enjoyed by staff and students.
The senior students lead the day in style, with a true team spirit as they dressed to impress with awesome costumes and team colours. Students participated in various events and swimming styles, being competitive or just for fun events.
Kerry Shepardson, who is Secretary to Principal at the school, said that the “roaring '' competitive war cry competition was sensational and teams were giving it their all to gain extra points for their teams.
“Some highlights of the day were the team relays, where the students ‘versed teachers’, resulting in the teachers taking out the win,” she said.
“Even Principal Annie took a plunge into the pool alongside the students. Overall, the swimming carnival was a successful, fun and enjoyable day with lots of cheer.
“We look forward to announcing and presenting age champions, team points and also some new broken record achievements this week.”
PORT DOUGLAS STATE SCHOOL
Promoting positive behaviour
Promoting positive behaviour in schools. That is what the Port Douglas State School aims to achieve with the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) framework. Thanks to a generous grant this will now be possible.
Port Douglas State School P & C were the lucky recipients of a $1585 grant from Ramada Port Douglas and the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre this week.
The donation will go towards funding the PBL framework which will help schools develop safe and supportive learning environments.
The first initiative to be introduced is a ‘Positive Postcard’. These postcards will be sent to parents and caregivers to congratulate students for positive behaviour and for being great learners.
Hungry hordes
Outside of the PBL framework, the school has recently introduced a ‘breakfast club’.
This is a great start to the day with plenty of kids fuelling their bodies before a full day of learning.
Year’ 6 students Stephanie and Brianna are keen helpers when feeding the hordes of hungry students.
The school kids can have some breakfast before school followed by some games in the cyclone shelter afterwards to burn off some energy.
On top of this the school has introduced “Juice Bar Tuesdays”.
The school’s healthy eats team are building on their health initiatives for students with a juice bar held at lunch time on Tuesdays. Students can sample a freshly squeezed juice each week or bring their own ingredients to make their own style of freshly squeezed juice.
ST AUGUSTINE’S
This week St Augustine's was lucky to have Sam from Cairns Basketball visiting the school for the students' s sports lessons.
Sam's visit to the school is part of the Sporting Schools Funding for Term 1. The students played games involving dribbling, shooting, ball skills and tricks. Sam even finished off the lessons by showing off his slam dunk skills, which really impressed the kids!
MIALLO STATE SCHOOL
Art elective students made the best of having the Miallo Creek rainforest corridor running along the full length of the schools boundary fence.
Inspired by the creek, students made rainforest study pieces. The process involved the study of lines in the rainforest, enlarging a small chosen section of their piece, and using a variety of collage materials to show line, texture, form, space and mood.
Animal life can be pretty exciting to watch too – a goanna visited the creek this Monday.