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Thank you- thanks for your support of our school, students and staff in 2024.
Staff Farewells and Welcomes- farewell to our outgoing staff and welcome new 2025 teachers.
Year 6 Graduation- we celebrate the graduation of our Year 6 cohort on Tuesday 10 December.
Reports- sent home Wednesday 11 December.
End of Year Celebrations- Wednesday 11 December- party day and free dress.
Class Arrangements 2025- Students will meet their new class and teacher on Wednesday 11 December.
Medication Collection – All medication to be collected by 3pm Friday 13 December.
Booklist Reminder –follow the link for 2025 booklists.
Returning of School Resources- please return any library books you have.
Last Day- school finishes for 2024 on Friday 13 December.
Book Drop Off- we will be offering early ‘book drop off’ on Thursday 23 January 2025 strictly between 2:30-3:00 pm.
Asbestos Removal- NO ACCESS to school site 19-24 December 2024.
School Watch- report any suspicious activity on our school grounds
Stay Up to Date- please monitor emails and school Facebook page for any announcements about return to school for 2025.
Welcome to our final newsletter of 2025!
This is a big newsletter starting with a summary of the key events for the final days of school and general messages.
END OF TERM KEY EVENTS
Thank You
On behalf of our entire school staff, thank you to all of our students, families, P&C and community members for your support of Wondall Heights State School in 2024. It has been a tremendous year of learning and celebrations in the school, with many great things achieved for our students.
We extend our congratulations and thanks also to the Wondall community for the support of our P&C Mega Raffle with over $24 000 to support our students! Thank you to the organisers for volunteering your time to prepare this event and to all who sold or purchased tickets!
We have made significant improvements in 2024 on a number of key things and share updates on these:
- Successfully implemented Version 9 of the Australian Curriculum in English and Maths.
- Positive School Opinion Results: 100% of staff say they enjoy working at Wondall - 97.4% of students, 97.6% of parents and 100% of staff say that students are expected to do their best.
- Increased School Attendance- positively, all our students are working at being ACE students- Attending, Confident and Engaged with our 2024 year to date attendance rate being 91.8%.
- Synthetic Phonics Implementation- all Prep to Year 6 classes have been implementing systematic synthetic phonics in classes, utilising Sounds Write, a systematic synthetic phonics program.
- IT enhancements- this year we have rolled out FREE OF CHARGE 1:1 devices for students in Years 2-6. This has been a significant investment from the school but has supported student access and engagement in their learning.
- Grounds- continual upgrades have occurred with painting and refurbishments in rooms and the physical grounds. Over the January holidays we will have 3 full classroom refurbishments, internal painting of the Prep classrooms, some new air conditioners and installation of a new grounds shed.
Staff Farewells and Welcomes
As well as farewelling the students who finish with us at the end of the year, we also extend our well wishes and thanks to staff who are finishing with us. Thank you for your contributions to the Wondall community during your time at the school. We wish you well at your new schools or career endeavours.
- Sam Burley
- Jaimee-Lee Grantham
- Tammy McInnes
- Jeremy Meunier
- Belinda Ryan
We welcome to Wondall in 2025 the following new staff:
- Shane Fagg
- Tammy Fairley
- Ashleigh Farley
- Victoria Goode
- Melissa Groothoff
- Anna Burgess
Year 6 Graduation
On Tuesday 10 December we will hold our Year 6 graduation for students and their nominated guests commencing at 8:45am. Following their graduation, students will head off for their end of year celebration at Bounce. We wish our graduating class well and know they will continue to ‘Strive to Excel’ in the future.
Report Cards
Student report cards will be emailed home on Wednesday 11 December. Please ensure your email address is current in the front office to receive this. admin@wondallheightsss.eq.edu.au
End of Year Celebrations
To mark the end of the school year, classes will hold their own ‘break up day’ events on Wednesday 11 December. For this, we ask that parents arrange food suitable for your own child/ren to consume. It will not be shared food.
- Parents are to pack their own ‘party box’ from home for your child to eat throughout the day- parents have control of what their child eats.
- Please note that the Tuckshop will be closed from Thursday 12 December, so parents will need to pack food for your child on the last 2 days of school.
Wednesday 11December is Free Dress- students are to wear sun safe clothing and must have a broad brim hat with closed in shoes.
Thursday/Friday students are to wear either formal or sports uniform. On these days, students will participate in end of year activities and support with clean up/moving of rooms in preparation for 2025.
At this time of the year, students like to share the Christmas cheer with their friends and they are welcome to engage in this, but we ask that only cards are given out. Please do not send lollies or confectionery eg- candy canes. We have students with a range of different food/dietary allergies and requirements and the school will not be responsible for oversight of these confectionery items.
Gifts- whilst families may like to give an end of year present as a generous thanks to staff, we do have departmental policies around these and staff cannot accept gifts in excess of $150 or any cash/lottery items.
Class Arrangements in 2025
With an anticipated enrolment of 590 students next year, we will have 25 classes. These will include both ‘straight’ and ‘multi-age’ classes. Attached is an information letter providing general information about how multi-age classes will operate.
Each year we spend considerable time planning our school classroom structure based on student numbers in year levels, departmental staffing allocations, students’ social, emotional, behaviour and academic needs. All classes, whether a single year level or multi-age class group, have students with diverse learning needs and abilities. When planning for student learning, teachers take into consideration the strengths, prior knowledge and needs of every student. They use this as a starting point to design the learning and work from where each student is currently at. In any class, there will be teaching and learning that occurs as a whole class, in small groups and at an individual level.
In consideration of 2025 all students were provided the opportunity to list some of their friends who they feel that they work well with and these have been reviewed by staff, and aligned to information from teachers/parents when making the classes.
We would like to re-iterate that the placement of every child into a class for 2025 has been thoroughly considered, with input from their 2024 teachers, specialist teachers, school inclusion staff and leadership team. Further, we remind parents that we do not take requests for specific teachers and that placements into classes are managed by school staff.
Students will be introduced to their 2025 teachers during the ‘Step Up’ session on Wednesday 11 December. Following this event, they will bring home information sheets including details of their teacher, class location and some friends in their class. We are excited to welcome our 2025 preps who will also participate in this afternoon.
Medication
Remember to collect your child’s medication from the office by Friday 13 December or on their last day at school. All medication is to be collected by an adult. If your child will require medication in 2025 please check the expiry dates before bringing medications back to school and complete the required documentation for the medication to be administered.
Class Book Lists
Please find the following link to access the 2025 Wondall Heights State School booklists. Select Booklists 2025 and your child’s respective year:
https://wondallheightsss.eq.edu.au/enrolments/booklists
If choosing to use Officeworks as your supplier, you do not need to upload individual booklists. Please refer to the information sheet provided, to access the Wondall booklists on the Officeworks website.
Returning of School ResourcesAs the school year draws to a close, please check your bookshelves at home for any school library or general resources. Please return these to the school by Monday 9 December, so we can prepare for end of year stocktaking.
Last Day
School will finish on Friday 13 December- sports uniform or formal uniform to be worn. Tuckshop will not be open so please ensure your child has food for the day.
Asbestos Removal
Due to the removal of asbestos in C Block, to allow for the full classroom refurbishments, the school grounds are closed to all people (staff and community) 19-24/12/2024. Do not attend the school site during these times, WOSHC is closed to reflect this.
Book Drop Off 2025
On Thursday 23 January 2025 strictly between 2:30-3:00pm families are welcome to drop book packs to 2025 classes. If you are unable to make this time, books can be brought to school on the first day of school. Please note, teachers will not be available at this time due to Professional Development.
School Watch
Over the holiday period, please keep an eye on our school and report any suspicious behaviour on 13 17 88 or if a crime in progress 000.
Stay Up to Date
Please continue to monitor your email and the school Facebook page particularly in the week prior to school returning, for any changes to school operating procedures in 2025.
Have a wonderful break with your family and loved ones. For our departing students, staff and families, thank you for being part of Wondall Heights State School and for our returning students, we look forward to seeing you in your new classes on Tuesday 28 January 2025.
