Pentland State School

School Mission Statement In a supportive partnership, provide for the development of each child the attitude, skills and knowledge needed to cope with the demands of living in our society.

Issue 2 Thursday 2nd April 2015 http://pentlandss.eq.edu.au/ Editor: Debra List [email protected] Sub-editor: Patricia Peagham

PENTLAND, PENTLAND GREEN AND GOLD OUGHT TO BE, OUGHT TO BE DIPPED IN GOLD!!!

Cross Country Cluster Carnival and Sleepover WE ARE THE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS!! WE ARE THE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS…OF THE SMALL SCHOOLS!! Pentland State School absolutely blitzed the small school cross country cluster carnival last Friday. All of our students performed exceptionally on the day and we walked away with the trophy! Well done to all students for their enthusiasm, team spirit, dedication and endurance on the day. Mrs Peagham and I could not have been prouder of our students behaviour at the sleepover and during the cross country. Thank you to all students for giving 100% at training and on the day. - Ella James

Cross Country 2015 Results:

Year 3

Prep

Chelsea Harris – 1st place

Skie Hankin – 1st place

Mathew Thompson – 3rd place

Joshua Kazmaier – 3rd place

Year 4

Sumah Clarke – 2nd place

Elma Foster – 3rd place

Year 1 Althea Hurren – 1st place

Year 5

Year 2

Bodhi Hankin – 2nd place

Angela Hurren – 3rd place

Year 6

Bradleigh Clarke – participation

Selwyn Spencer-Roma – 2nd place

Cross Country I would like to congratulate the students on their fantastic effort at the Cross Country last week. It was wonderful to have 100% attendance and participation in the sleepover and carnival. I think this helped us win the overall trophy! I was very proud to be from Pentland State School on Friday as the students displayed excellent sportsmanship, behaviour and tried their very best! Congratulations to Althea Hurren, Skie Hankin and Chelsea Harris for winning age champion on the day. Well done!!

NAPLAN On Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th May students in years 3 and 5 will be participating in NAPLAN testing. The students will do four tests, including, numeracy, reading, language conventions and writing. We have been busy revising key concepts in preparation for the assessments and will expose those students sitting the test to similar formats of testing early next term.

The Pentland 4 As you are aware our priorities for 2015 are based around the Pentland 4. They are: S – Spelling M – Mathematics A – Attendance R – Reading T – Targets Please read further on to see our progress on these areas!

McGrath Family Reading Scholarship Eileen and Frank McGrath have kindly donated $100 each term towards a reading scholarship in memory of their mother. The recipient of this award is someone who has improved the most in reading throughout the term. This term, the winner of the scholarship is Althea Hurren. Althea improved 4 levels in reading this term and is only one level off reaching her end of year target. Congratulations Althea!

Holidays The holidays begin this Friday 3rd April for Good Friday. We will return to school on Monday 20th April. I would like to wish everyone a safe and relaxing Easter break. Yours in Learning Laura Peagham

Our Term One Progress…………. Focus

Progress in term one

We are scheduled to complete our spelling pelling testing in term 2. However, our weekly tests are a good indication we are on track to achieving our target! We complete our testing late term 1 and term 4 for aths PAT Maths, we will keep you posted. 94.5% attendance rate ttendance 0% unexplained absences

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Target 85% students spelling at or above chronological age

100% students improve in annual PAT Maths assessment 95% attendance rate 0% unexplained absences On our term one PM testing 100% reading at or 60% of our students are above reading at or above their chronological age chronological age.

Classroom Capers Here we are again - end of Term 1! We have had a great term filled with fun new learning experiences. Our latest and greatest learning experience was making a bug catcher in Technology! All students had to design and create a device for collecting, observing and keeping the weird and wacky mini-beasts without harming them. The students did a fantastic job!

In Mathematics last week the students were learning how to collect, represent and interpret data. Students were asked to conduct surveys and use the information gathered to create bar graphs, picture graphs, dot plots and venn diagrams. Each student loved this mathematics concept and kept asking for more tasks!!

I’m a big believer in exercising the mind and body throughout the day to ensure students are pushing themselves mentally and physically in their learning pursuits. Luckily for us this term we have spent every morning running long distance laps practising for cross country. The students have improved out of sight during this period of time and this exercise in the morning has really set the students up for a great day of learning. They have been focused, relaxed and eager to achieve! Next term we will continue exercising in the mornings!

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Eager to Achieve

I hope you all have a great Easter break and I look forward to hearing the student’s stories as they return back for a bigger and better Term 2!! Ella James Classroom Teacher

Books Galore.

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Easter Egg Hunt On Wednesday 1st April, Pentland State School had a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny! The school students and playgroup children enjoyed the morning hunting around the school grounds for delicious Easter Eggs. It was lovely to see the older students helping the younger children find their eggs. The children were allowed to take their eggs home to share with their family. Let’s hope they didn’t eat them all in one day!

Time: 5.30pm Come along and enjoy dinner and a movie!

Cost: $8 Includes: Dinner — Spaghetti Bolognaise, Garlic Bread, Jelly and Custard Cup, Popcorn and Cordial, and movie on the big screen. Contact : Deeana Read or Laura Peagham

P&C Movie Night

Date: Friday 15th May

The eKindy program is a comprehensive ‘at home’ kindergarten program for children in the year before Prep. The program is designed so that children living in rural and remote areas can engage in quality kindergarten experiences and maximise their learning as they play, create, imagine and discover. The program is supported by a qualified early childhood teacher and covers 15 hours of Kindergarten for 40 weeks a year (school terms only). The program aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework and the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline. Pentland State School, this year is supporting parents by running eKindy at the school one morning a week. The children are thriving in play, song, dance and discovery. Last week children came from far and wide to meet the teacher personally and engage in exciting learning activities.

This term has been a quiet term in the P&C with tuckshop and meetings. The P&C will be hosting a movie night on Friday 15th May. Dinner, dessert, popcorn and the movie will cost $8.00 per person. We hope to see you there! If you are interested in becoming an active member of our P&C, please come and see either Laura or myself. You don’t have to have children at the school! Deeana Read President

Easter Eggs In computer programs and other media an Easter Egg is a name given to some secret feature that was hidden there by the maker and becomes apparent if you do something unexpected. It might be a hidden menu item on a DVD, a hidden game or presentation in a piece of software, etc. Sometimes I feel like the real Easter message has become one of these Easter Eggs hidden in the Easter holiday. When we are up to our necks in chocolate eggs, Easter bunnies, family visits and long weekends away it's hard to see the real meaning of Easter. It's only if you do something unexpected and go to church on Easter Sunday that you may find the 'secret feature' that God gave us through Jesus. For what it's worth, I will be giving the Easter message in the Charters Towers Baptist Church this Easter Sunday. The church is now in its new home at 40 Hodgkinson St, the old Salvation Army church building just up from Herbert and Hall. We would love to see you there. Whatever you do this Easter, I wish you safety and enjoyment. Chappy Jarvis

Easter Bunny Bread Recipe

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Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 3045 minutes. Brush dough with egg. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

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Place bread on a serving tray. Cut a 3-1/2-in. circle in center of body. Hollow out bread, leaving a 1/2-in. shell (discard removed bread or save for another use). Place a 1-cup shallow bowl in the hole and fill with dip. Yield: 1 loaf.

Garlic & Herb Roast Lamb on Boulangère Potatoes Ingredients

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2 loaves, frozen bread dough, thawed

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2 raisins

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2 sliced almonds

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1 egg, lightly beaten

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Dip of your choice

Directions 1.

Cut a fourth off of one loaf of dough; shape into a pear to form head. For body, flatten remaining portion into a 7-in. x 6-in. oval; place on a greased baking sheet. Place head above body. Make narrow cuts, about 3/4 in. deep, on each side of head for whiskers.

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Cut second loaf into four equal portions. For ears, shape two portions into 16-in. ropes; fold ropes in half. Arrange ears

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2kg leg of lamb 4 garlic cloves, sliced few rosemary sprigs few thyme sprigs 2kg large potatoes, such as King Edwards 2 onions, thinly sliced 600ml chicken stock 50g butter

Method

with open ends touching head. Cut a third portion of dough in half; shape each into a 3-1/2-in. oval for back paws. Cut

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two 1-in. slits on top edge for toes. Position on each side of body. 3.

Divide the fourth portion of dough into three pieces. Shape

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two pieces into 2-1/2-in. balls for front paws; shape the remaining piece into two 1-in. balls for cheeks and one 1/2in. ball for nose. Place paws on each side of body; cut two 1in. slits for toes. Place cheeks and nose on face. Add raisins for eyes and almonds for teeth.

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Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cut small pockets into the skin and flesh of the lamb by piercing it with the point of a sharp knife. Stuff each pocket with a slice of garlic and a few leaves of rosemary, or scatter with thyme. Put in a roasting tin, season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then cover with foil. Peel and thinly slice the potatoes, rinse under the cold tap and pile into a large ovenproof dish or roasting tin. Toss with the onions, remaining slices of garlic and a good scattering of herbs. Heat the stock and butter together, then pour over the potatoes. Cover the dish with foil and bake in the oven with the lamb for 1 hr. Uncover, put the lamb on top of the potatoes and roast uncovered for 45 mins more. Allow the lamb to rest before carving, for about 15 mins. Leave the potatoes in the oven (covered, if starting to brown too much) until ready to serve.

Bun & Butter Pudding

Creamy Chocolate Mousse Eggs

Ingredientsat you need

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300ml pot double cream 600ml milk 4 eggs 100g golden caster sugar 1½ tsp vanilla essence 8 hot cross buns 40g soft butter 100g marzipan, cubed 3 tbsp chunky marmalade icing sugar, for dusting

Method 1. Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. Warm the cream and milk in a pan over a gentle heat. Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla together with a fork in a large bowl, then gradually add the warm cream mixture. 2. Halve the buns and spread with the butter. Arrange in a large shallow ovenproof dish (approx 25 x 32cm), dot with the marzipan and brush the marmalade on top. 3. Pour over the cream mixture and set aside to soak for 15 mins. Press the buns down into the custard mixture as they soften. 4. Bake for 50 mins until set, then remove and allow to stand for 10 mins. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve while still warm.

350g Milk Chocolate Melts 6 balloons 250ml PHILADELPHIA Cream For Desserts, a double cream alternative 225g White Chocolate Melts 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons caster sugar Yellow liquid food colouring Method 1. MELT half the milk chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. Remove from the heat add the remaining chocolate and stir until smooth. 2. PARTLY inflate 6 balloons to the size of a small orange. Lower just the bottom section of a balloon into the melted milk chocolate to coat then place on a paper lined tray to set. Repeat with remaining balloons. Refrigerate overnight. When milk chocolate has set, pop, remove and discard balloons. Place a chocolate cup on each serving plate. 3. COMBINE the PHILLY with the white chocolate in a bowl and stir over simmering water until the chocolate has melted. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. 4. BEAT the egg whites until stiff peaks form, gradually beat in the sugar until dissolved to make a light meringue, and then gently fold through the chocolate mixture. Colour 1 cup of the mixture yellow. 5. DIVIDE the white mousse mixture between chocolate cups. Top each with a spoonful of yellow mousse mixture to resemble an egg yolk. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. TIP: By refrigerating chocolate coated balloons overnight, upon coming back to room temperature the balloons will begin to pull away from the chocolate making removal much easier!

Q. How did the Easter Bunny rate the Easter parade? A. He said it was eggs-cellent! Q. How does the Easter Bunny travel? A. By hare-plane! Q. What do you get if you pour hot water down a rabbit hole? A. Hot cross bunnies! Q. What do you call a rabbit with fleas? A. Bugs Bunny! Q. Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke? A. It might crack up!

Q. How does the Easter Bunny stay fit? A. Eggs-ercise and hare-robics! Q. Why did the Easter egg hide? A. He was a little chicken!

Q. How did the soggy Easter Bunny dry himself? A. With a hare-dryer! Q. Why did the Easter Bunny cross the road? A. Because the chicken had his Easter eggs! Q. What did the rabbit say to the carrot? A. It’s been nice gnawing you!