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Excursions Galore- a busy fortnight of excursions
Arts Spectacular- book your seats now!
Triple P- thanks for those who attended the parent session on Tuesday
Class Resource List Reminder –don’t forget to order by 3 December if you want to claim your 10% discount
Returning of School Resources- please return any library books you have
Prep Transitions- welcome to school sessions for 2021 preps 22-26 November
Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival – Thursday 2 December
Report Cards- reports will be emailed home Wednesday 8 December
P-6 Step Up to 2022 – students to meet their 2022 teacher and classes Wednesday 8 December
2022 Enrolments- do you know a family living in our catchment- contact us now for 2022!
Active School Travel- we are excited to have recently been announced as an Active School Travel school commencing in 2022!
It is hard to believe that there are only 17 school days left for the 2021 school year. Our students are busily completing their end of year learning and assessments before preparing for end of year activities.
Excursions
The school has been abuzz over the last fortnight with excursions being held for our Year 1, 3, 4 and 5 students. We thank the different venues for hosting our students and the parents who supported classes during these events.
Arts Spectacular
Miss Murphy our Arts Teacher and her team of helpers are busy preparing for our afternoon of showcasing choir, dance and band performances. Parents of performing students are welcome to attend but are restricted to 2 people per family to fit within our hall capacity- bookings must be made online via SOBs and you must book for the day you intend to come :
The dance and Choir event will be held on Tuesday 23 November 3.30 - 4.40pm. Bookings close on Monday 22 November.
Triple P
Thank you to Triple P for their presentation on Resilient Children and CyberSafety held Tuesday in our hall. It was great to see parents from across our school in attendance.
Cyberbullying websites suggested at the presentation to support Parents:
eSafety Commissioner:
Parent Line:
Dolly’s Dream:
Bullying No Way:
Class Resource Lists
Please find the following link to access the 2022 Wondall Heights State School resource lists.
Returning of School Resources
As 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 ASAP, so we can prepare for end of year stocktaking.
Prep Transitioning
Prep Enrolment Sessions have now finished. Emails about the Prep Orientation Sessions on 22-26 November have been sent.
We are still taking in-catchment enrolments, please contact the school office ASAP if you plan for your child to attend Wondall Heights SS, but you haven’t filled in an enrolment pack yet.
Just a reminder that Wondall Heights State School is collecting Transition Statements to help us best support your child in Prep in 2022. Parents will need to provide consent to Kindergartens for the Transition Statements to be shared. Transition Statements can be emailed to the school directly to admin@wondallheightsss.eq.edu.au or brought directly to the school office.
For more information around Prep Transition Statements, please read the attached brochure or access the following website.
For more support around getting your child ready for Prep in 2022:
Year 3-6 Swimming Carnival
Our Year 3-6 Swimming Carnival is scheduled for Thursday 2 December. Unfortunately, due to space we will not be having parent spectators at this year’s event. Students are able to purchase tuckshop online and it will be delivered to the pool on this day.
Report Cards
Semester 2 reports will be emailed home on Wednesday 8 December. Please ensure your email address on our school records is correct prior to this date.
Active School Travel – We’re In!
Our school has been selected as one of 13 new schools joining Brisbane City Council’s Active School Travel (AST) program in 2022.
Active School Travel promotes clean and green, active and healthy school travel modes such as walking, cycling, scootering, carpooling and public transport. Over the next three years, our school will receive a range of free resources, tools, incursions from Council to enable active travel to and from school.
By choosing to actively travel to school, at least one day a week on our active travel day, we can reduce traffic congestion at the school gate, improve our students’ road safety awareness, create a cleaner environment, and improve our health and fitness! Or if you have to drive, park the car away from the school and actively travel the rest of the way. That’s Park & Stride.
More details to come early next year, and we strongly encourage you to be part of this great initiative to change our school environment and culture.
Start thinking how you can use your car less travelling to and from school next year.
2022 Enrolments
We are working to finalise our arrangements for 2022. If your family is NOT returning (Prep-Year5) please contact the office to advise of this so we can factor this in our planning. If you know of a neighbour or have family and friends within our catchment and they not yet enrolled their child for 2022, please also have them contact the office.
PBL Up-date
A fantastic Dougie Rewards Session was had by all in Week 5. Students were rotated through various activities organised be their amazing classroom teachers. Everything from outdoor games, to ‘Just Dance’ to creating amazing art pieces! The students had a great Friday afternoon and were able to celebrate their safe, respectful and responsible choices by having fun with their peers and teachers!
What will our last Dougie Rewards Session be for the year? We hear it will be amazing………!
Our PBL focus for this fortnight is “Wondall Learners are RESPONSIBLE for their own actions”. This will be a focus both in the classroom and in the playground. The purpose of this focus is to increase students’ awareness that they are responsible for their own actions. They will be taught strategies around managing their own behaviours and reactions to the behaviours of others.
Students will be encouraged to STOP, THINK and then ACT when they find themselves in a challenging situation. They will be learning to:
STOP - give yourself thinking time, what is your body telling you? What emotion are you feeling? What zone are you in?
THINK - what is an appropriate response? Walk away, use kind words, ignore, ask for help, focus on the task at hand?
ACT - act upon your choice; understand that your ACTIONS are the way YOU act, and that is YOUR responsibility.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 4
EVENT |
DATE |
Prep Orienation Session 2 |
22-26 November |
Year 3-6 Swimming Carnival
|
2 December |
Year 6 Graduation |
7 December |
