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QPARENTS SIGN UP- this is the main means of consent moving forward
MOTHER’S DAY STALL- Thursday 9 May, cash, card or prepaid
NATIONAL WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY – Park’n’Stride event 8:15am Friday 10 May.
ThinkuKnow- Police Presentation to Upper School Week 6
SCHOOL PHOTOS – 21 and 22 May – look out for photo envelopes coming home soon.
5 AND 6 CAMP INFORMATION- All forms emailed home today. Please return by Monday 10 June.
HIGH SCHOOL PARENT SESSION SURVEY- Our local high school would like your opinion.
HIGH SCHOOL ARTS EXCELLENCE DAY- Brisbane Bayside College Wednesday May 22.
2025 PREP ENROLMENT – Enrol ASAP!
QPARENTS
A big thank you to the families who have already signed up to QParents, we almost have all families signed up. This will be the main platform that we will be using within the school for activity consent.
QParents lets you quickly review upcoming events and information about your child. It is a secure platform with restricted access. The first time you sign up, you must do this on a PC- not a mobile device/apple product. If you need assistance, you can do this at the school office.
Later in the year, enhancements to the app will mean that consent must be received for invoices to be generated. This means that payment deadlines/return of consent will be followed. More information to come on this.
MOTHER’S DAY STALL
Our P&C are hosting the annual Mother’s Day stall onsite tomorrow 9 May. Each class will have a time slot to go and visit. Prepaid cards (purchased via Quickcliq), eftpos or cash on the day will be accepted. There are gifts of all prices including a raffle with over $1 000 worth in prize value.
Thank you to the amazing volunteers who have put this stall together to recognise the Wondall mothers and significant carers! Happy Mother’s Day for the 12th of May.
NATIONAL WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY
Now in its 25th year, National Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual event when all Primary School children will be encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment.
We invite our community to meet us at Lewis Place Park this Friday at 8:15am to walk to school together! Temporary tattoos will be distributed to students in attendance.
ThinkuKnow- WEEK 6 POLICE PRESENTATION FOR UPPER SCHOOL
Wondall is excited to announce a special presentation from QLD Police relating to online safety for our Yr 4-6 students to be held Monday 20 May. More information can be found on the ThinkuKnow website.
https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/resources-tab
SCHOOL PHOTOS
School photos will be in Week 6, Term 2 – 21 and 22 May. Envelopes have been sent home and will need to be returned on your child’s photo day. Please see current schedule, below.
YEAR 5 AND 6 CAMP INFORMATION
Parents in Years 5&6 have received today via a Schoolzine additional camp information. Please ensure that you complete the required information and return to your child’s teacher by Monday 10 June.
HIGH SCHOOL PARENT INFORMATION SURVEY
Our local high school Brisbane Bayside State College, would like to run some parent information sessions with our primary school parents. Please scan the QR code to fill in the survey with your preference of when you would like to see this being run. This would be open to all parents with students in Years 3-6 who would like to gain information regarding enrolment, high school offerings and any other questions you may have about transitions to high school.
ARTS EXCELLENCE DAY
Brisbane Bayside State College would like to offer students in Years 4, 5, and 6 at Wondall Heights State School the opportunity to participate in our Arts Excellence Day on Wednesday 22 May 2024. (Please note there is a clash with the Year 5 and 6 photos being taken on this day- if students in 5-6 attend the Excellence day, they will miss their photo opportunity).
On this day, students will be able to participate in one discipline within The Arts in which they have a high interest or passion for, choosing from Visual Art, Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music, and Instrumental Music. The program will run from 9:00am-3:30pm with parents invited to attend a showcase at 3:00pm, where participating students will be able to present what they have learned. If you would like your child to participate, please express your interest in the survey link by Monday 20 May 2024: https://forms.office.com/r/bsWUqE8KXW
Parents are responsible for the transport of their student to and from Brisbane Bayside State College on this day.
If you have any questions relating to the programme please contact Acting Head of Department – The Arts at Brisbane Bayside State College, Richard Maher (rhmah0@eq.edu.au).
Hard copy permission forms are available from our Wondall Administration Office.
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 2025?
If you do… we are putting a call out to enrol your child at Wondall Heights State School ASAP so they don’t miss out on invitations to our exciting transition events, some of which are occurring in the next few weeks!
Call the office now on 3906 6444.
PBL- WONDALL LEARNERS ARE RESPECTFUL WHEN THEY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
Behaviour data this term is seeing an increase in classroom misbehaviours. Some students are requiring more than one reminder to follow adult instructions. At Wondall Heights, we focus on teaching the expected behaviours that we expect from the students and positively reward them when they are displaying appropriate behaviours. Our class teachers will be explicitly teaching our students this PBL focus over the next fortnight.
Our PBL Captains will be presenting a short video on Assembly next week about PBL signs around the school….stay tuned!
Phonics Support at Home
Have you been looking for ways to support your child with encoding and decoding? Sounds-Write offers a free self-paced training course online for parents to support their children, you can find it at https://sounds-write.co.uk/support-for-parents-and-carers/
QParents
From next term, the Department of Education is updating the process used by schools for invoicing for school activities such as incursions and excursions. The new process will require consent to be completed via QParents for these activities before the school invoices families. This term we will be working through how this process will look for Wondall. In the meantime, we have been contacting families who have not yet registered for QParents to offer support to do this. Thank you to all of our families who have been signing up and are beginning to use QParents.
The following information is available to parents in QParents:
- Attendance details
- Upcoming events
- Report cards
- Invoices and payment history
- Consent
The benefits of using QParents includes
- Greater transparency with online access to your child’s information
- Ease of viewing and updating your child’s details including address and medical conditions
- Anytime, anywhere access on a smartphone, tablet or computer
- Access to the latest information in one centralised place
- Improved administration efficiencies and reduced printing and mail outs
Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premier's Reading Challenge is not a competition but is a way to encourage students to develop a passion for reading. Every student who completes the challenge will receive a Certificate of Achievement, signed by the Premier.
Students are encouraged to select a range of fiction and non-fiction books suited to their reading ability and record books they’ve read during the reading period, between 7 May and 23 August.
To complete the challenge:
- Prep to Year 2 – must read or experience 20 books
- Year 3 and 4 – must read 20 books
- Year 5 and 6 – must read 15 books (less books than year 3 and 4 due to likelihood of being longer and more complex)
Your child should receive a recording sheet from their classroom teacher. Completed record sheets with student’s full name and class on them need to be returned to school by Friday 23 August.
For suggested books, or for more information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge, please visit:
https://readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au/
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY
Well done to all of our students who attended the Bayside District Cross Country trials last Wednesday. Wondall proudly placed 5th overall out of 41 schools. This is a wonderful achievement. Congratulations to Daisy C and Billy H who have been selected to represent the District at The Metropolitan East Trials.
Bayside District Cross Country Trials – participants
Tess C, Eliza B, Tram H, Eyssa S, Edward M, Felix H, Sienna H, Maya H, Ashlee S, Elijah C, Finn B, Bailey F, DaisyC, Maeve O, Isla P, Billy H, Levi H, Elijah F.
METROPOLITAN EAST REGIONAL TENNIS
Congratulations to Josh B on his Metropolitan East Tennis team selection. Good luck Josh at the State Trials!
BAYSIDE DISTRICT RUGBY UNION
Well done also to Louis B who was successful in securing a position in the Under 12’s Bayside District Rugby Union Team. Wishing you and your team all the best at the Metropolitan East trials.
SPORTS CLUBS (TERM 2)
YEARS 4-6
ACTIVITY DETAILS:
Before School Fitness Training – For students in Years 4-6, Participants and must return a permission form for this activity. This training will include sprints of 100m/200m and 800m.
Field Events Practice – Any student in Years 4-6 is welcome to attend. This practice will include long jump, high jump and shot put.
Minasan konnichiwa,
Sunday 5th May marks a special day in Japan. This day is called, “KOINOBORI,” Childrens Day.
Childrens Day has been historical and special for the Japanese people, as it dates back to the Edo period (1603-1867).
Japanese families fly Koi fish at their homes on this day.
The origami club students created a large green koi fish made from samurai helmet folding paper designs.
| Event | Date |
| Mother's Day Stall | 9th May |
| Park & Stride | 10th May |
| WAMM Mini Workshop | 10th May |
| School Photos | 21st-22nd May |
| Yr 5 St Helena Stories (5A & 5B) | 28th May |
| Yr 5 St Helena Stories (5's of 5/6 A,B,C) | 29th May |
| Yr 1 Connect with Heritage | 31st May |
| Yr 6 Immigration | 4th June |
| P & C Meeeting | 4th June |
| Learning Celebration | 13th June |
| Under 8's Day | 20th June |
Payments Due
| EXCURSION | DUE DATE |
| St Helena Stories - Year 5 | 21st May |
| Year 1 - Connect with Heritage | 23rd May |
| Immigration - Year 6 | 28th May |
| Year 5/6 - Camp | 7th June |
Students can help the environment and our school by recycling their plastic water bottles. Green bins are placed around the school and these are for recycling water bottles ONLY. Each recycled bottle is worth 10 cents to our school – and all of those 10 cents add up!
The green collection bins for plastic drink bottles are located at each eating area around the school. Please feel free to bring in containers to recycle. Alternatively, if you want to take your containers directly to a recycler and send your refund to the school – use the code C11011831
From Mrs Horvath and the Environment Club
