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Year 6 Camp- Our 6’s are enjoying their camp at Boulder Creek
Lost Property- check the Arena for lost property
2022 School Opinion Survey- emailed to parents for completion between 18 July- 12 August. Let's make sure everyone knows how GREAT Wondall is!
2023 Prep Enrolments – Enrol now so you don’t miss out on our transition events that are by invite only! Families that attend all 3 Enrolment/Orientation Sessions have a chance to win one of 4 prize packs (total value of $1000).
YEAR 6 CAMP
Our Year 6 students supported by Mrs Coates, Miss Foster, Mr Bloxsom and Mrs Phelan are enjoying the crisp fresh air and adventurous activities this week at Boulder Creek camp. They have reported back after Day 1 that the activities, location and importantly the food is great! We look forward to their return on Friday afternoon and hearing about their stories next week. We extend our sincere thanks to the teachers attending who have generously given their own time away from their families and other commitments to facilitate the camp!
LOST PROPERTY
We are only 3 weeks into the new term and there is a lot of lost winter clothing currently on display in the Arena. Please have your child check this, or do so yourself as you come into the school. Don’t forget to label clothing items as this makes it much easier to return (and cheaper for you!).
2022 SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY
Wondall is a GREAT school and now is your chance to make sure everyone knows it! Each year, parents, students (in nominated year levels) and staff are encouraged to complete the School Opinion Survey (SOS). This survey supports the continued improvement of our school and provides ‘next steps’ in a range of survey areas. We are proud of our school and the work that is done by our students, staff and families and look forward to these positive achievements, being reflected in the survey responses. The survey will be open from 18 July- 12 August.
All families, school staff and students in Years 5 & 6 are invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.
An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 11 July. The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022. Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it. The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.
Parents/caregivers who do not have access to the internet at home are welcome to complete their survey online at the school. School computers/tablets will be available.
ENROL NOW FOR PREP 2023
Do you have a younger sibling ready to start Prep next year?
or
Do you know of family/friends/neighbours that have children who live in the Wondall Heights SS school catchment zone ready to start Prep in 2023?
If you do… we are putting a call out to enrol your child at Wondall Heights State School by 31 August to be in the chance to win some great prizes, kindly donated by our P&C.
To have a chance to win one of 2x $300 uniform vouchers or 2x Prep book packs, all you need to do is:
- Live in-catchment;
- Enrol at the school office by 31 August 2022;
- AND attend all three Prep Transition Sessions* (one each in September, October & November).
*Please note: these sessions are by invite only. Invites will be sent to enrolled families in August.
IN-CATCHMENT Families - enrol by 31 August for the chance to be in the draw to win some awesome prizes, thanks to our wonderful P&C. Enrolment paperwork is available on our school website or you can pick up a pack at our school office. To enrol, please visit our school office bringing your child's birth certificate, proof of residency and enrolment paperwork.
OUT-OF-CATCHMENT Families - you are welcome to join our Wait List.
Please enrol now at the school office so you don’t miss out on our Prep Transition events starting in early September (by email invite only)!
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:
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 3 Weeks 3 and 4 - RESPONSIBLE
Our PBL focus for this week is, ‘Wondall Learners are responsible for their own belongings as well as school equipment’.
The objective of this focus is to teach the importance of, and increase student awareness and capabilities around, being responsible for their own belongings as well as school equipment.
Students watched videos about the importance of respecting property and being organised.
Discussions were held about:
- What can students DO every day at school to be prepared, be tidy and respect equipment?
- What are the benefits to being Responsible for your own equipment, as well as school equipment?
- If we are Responsible for our own belongings as well as school equipment what may happen?
- Is ‘at school’ the only place you need to be Responsible for your own belongings, as well as respecting others’ equipment?
Students were invited to suggest ideas about what BEING PREPARED, TIDY and RESPECTFUL OF EQUIPMENT looks like. They collated their ideas onto a poster which will be displayed in a visible position in the classroom for their reference.
Finally, students wrote or drew GOALS for the term on strategies to develop skills to assist in being RESPONSIBLE for personal belongings and school equipment.
Teachers will be rewarding students with DOUBLE DOUGIES when they are seen to be being RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN BELONGINGS AS WELL AS SCHOOL EQUIPMENT.
Book Week is an annual event in August which we celebrate by sharing the shortlisted books and enjoying a dress up day for students and staff. This year’s dress up day will be on Monday 22nd August. Students are invited to come to school dressed as a favourite book character or in a costume relating to this year’s Book Week theme which is “Dreaming with eyes open…”.
konnichiwa お元気ですか
おめでとうございます！Congratulations to all of the students who received NINJA STARS! Every NINJA STAR is equal to ONE DOUGIE STAMP!
In Japanese lessons, Years 3-6 students have been learning a Japanese SONG>
3&4 SONG> te o agete! Put your hands up!
5&6 SONG> suuji>NUMBERS 1-20
バンズ先生よりFrom BARNES SENSEI
Myth busting
Join us on Fridays and actively travel to school. Your body and brain will love it!
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.
