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NAPLAN 2022- well done for your conduct Year 3 and 5 students.
Reno Updates- demolition is finishing, the new build to commence!
THANK YOU Volunteers- thanks to our amazing volunteers within the P&C and school.
Active School Travel- join us this Friday with our ‘Walk Safely to School Day’, meeting 8:15am at Lewis Place Park.
Election BBQ and Cake Stall- thanks for the donations of goods, can you help on the day?
School Photos- next Monday and Tuesday, please bring money/forms on the day.
2023 Enrolments- enrolments now open for 2023.
NAPLAN 2022
Last week our Year 3 and 5 students completed their NAPLAN tasks. We are incredibly proud of the way our students approached the tasks this year. I extend my thanks to Mrs Kondys and Ms von Richter for their organisation of the NAPLAN activities. Parents will receive their child’s reports later in the year.
Reno Update
Our renovation of the Junior Toilet Block is still on track, with the rain having minimal impact on the progress. The demolition work has almost been completed, with the new installations due to commence (if the weather plays nice!).
THANK YOU Volunteers
This Friday, we acknowledge all volunteers in our school from our amazing P&C team, tuckshop helpers and parents supporting in classrooms. Thanks for so generously giving your time, in support of our students, your children. Helpers are always welcomed in the school, particularly the tuckshop- if you can help, please email operations@wondall.com.au with your availability.
Active School Travel
On Friday 20 May, we will be participating in the National Walk Safely to School Day by hosting another Park’n’Stride event, please see details below. Everyone is welcome to join us for our walk to school. Participants will receive a special ‘Walk Safely to School Day’ temporary tattoo.
Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall
Who doesn’t love a ‘snag on the barbie’ and what better way to support our students, then through the Election Day BBQ! Volunteers are being called upon to help cook sausages and man the stall on Saturday 21 May, here at the school. Whether you can help for a short period of time, a few hours or all day, your help will be appreciated with all funds raised, going directly back to our Wondall students. If you can help out, please email Marty Watchorn (P&C President) at marty@wondall.com.au with your availability. Thanks to the families who have donated goods for the bake stall or their time on the day.
School Photos
School photos will be in Week 6, Term 2 – Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 May. Envelopes were sent home a few weeks ago. If your child did not receive their envelope, please check directly with your child’s classroom teacher. There are spare envelopes available in the office. Sibling photo envelopes are available for collection in the office. Sibling photos will be held on both days from 8am.
Please see schedule, below.
2023 PREP ENROLMENTS
Dates for Wondall Heights State School’s 2023 Prep Transition Program are as, below.
Prep transition events are important in setting your child up for success and are designed to introduce your child to the Prep environment to reduce anxiety in starting school. We recommend enrolling early and attending as many sessions as you can. The Prep transition sessions we are offering this year include:
Information Sessions
Parents can choose one session to attend. In this session, we will provide general information about the Prep year and Wondall Heights State School’s facilities and Prep Program. We will also hold an open morning in July, where our student leaders will provide tours.
Enrolment Sessions – via invite only - booking system for enrolled families only (paperwork needs to have been submitted and finalised through the school office)
Approximately 15 children attend these sessions at a time. The Enrolment Sessions are designed to create a sense of community for our enrolling children and families to meet and establish connections in preparation for 2023. Parents/carers will be provided with specific information on helping their children to become ready for Prep, whilst our staff get to know your children.
Orientation Sessions – via invite only - booking system for enrolled families only
Children are offered two sessions to attend to meet our current Prep teachers and students in order to help them transition and become comfortable with starting Prep in 2023. Parents/carers will be provided with information around Prep-readiness and Early Literacy and Numeracy development whilst their children are enjoying time in the classrooms. In the final week of school, children will be invited to an additional session to meet their 2023 teacher and visit their new classroom.
Please share our Wondall Heights SS 2023 Prep Brochure with family, friends and neighbours who have Prep aged children (born 1 July 2017 - 30 June 2018) who are interested in attending Wondall Heights SS next year!
PBL Focus Term 2 Weeks 5 and 6 – Responsible
Our PBL focus for Weeks 5 and 6 is, ’Wondall Learners are Responsible for their own learning.’ The objective is to increase student focus and on task behaviour in order for students to maximise their learning time.
Students participated in group discussions about the importance of maximizing learning time to it’s fullest and ways to increase their on task behaviours within the classroom. They watched a video where the characters were not displaying responsible learning behaviours. Students identified these behaviours and explain their adverse effects. As a class students created a Y chart to describe what an independent learner looks like, sounds like, feels like. Some guiding questions were: What would an on-task learner look like? What does the learning environment sound like if everyone is being responsible for their learning? What does it feel like when you have done your best and accomplished a task?
When students demonstrate the strategies that enable them to be responsible independent learners, they will be rewarded with Dougie Stamps towards the Dougie celebration.
The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) for 2022 has now commenced. Your child should have received a recording sheet from their classroom teacher. All students who complete the challenge will receive a certificate signed by the Queensland Premier.
The PRC is not a competition but a way to encourage students to develop a love of reading for life. Students are encouraged to select a range of fiction and non-fiction books suited to their reading ability and record books read during the reading period, between 9 May to 26 August.
For a student to successfully complete the Premier's Reading Challenge they are required to read or experience the number of books indicated below:
- Prep to Year 2—read or experience 20 books.
- Years 3 to 4—read 20 books.
- Years 5 to 9—read 15 books.
Experiencing books can include shared reading, listening to stories, or reading picture books. The aim for the 2022 challenge is to engage more students to read than ever before! Last year saw more than 168,000 children from around the state participate.
Completed record sheets with student’s full name and class on them need to be dropped into the Office by Friday 26 August.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 1
EVENT |
DATE |
| Year 1 MBEEC Connect with Heritage Incursion | 19 & 20 May |
| Active School Travel Park n Stride event @ 8.15 | 20 May |
| School Photos | 24 & 25 May |
We are pleased to be continuing our tennis program at your school for Term 2. With the weather cooling down, now is a great time to be outside learning the game of tennis, being active and playing sport. Please refer to our Term 2 class timetable.
students attending before and after school care.
