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FROG-TASTIC LEARNING - Amazing information reports
Chappy Week- don’t forget to say thank you to Chappy Lydia!
First Nations Date Claimers- National Sorry Day (wear purple this Friday), Reconciliation Week and more.
Just a Reminder… - Reminders about personal items at school and more.
PBL- Fortnightly focus Week 7 and 8 Wondall Learners respect others’ learning.
Dougie’s Den Update- Thank you to our families!
2025 PREP ENROLMENT – Enrol ASAP!
FROG-TASTIC LEARNING
This week, it was wonderful for Mr Wright and Mrs Abbot to visit 1D and see the amazing information reports which the students have been producing about frogs. During our visit we were able to have all students share their reports with us. Not only were they informative, but the fluency in the students' reading was also remarkable!
QPARENTS
A big thank you to the families who have already signed up to QParents, we almost have all families signed up. If you need any assistance with this, please contact the office and we can help you. This will be the main consent platform used by the school moving forward.
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.
ThinkuKnow- WEEK 6 POLICE PRESENTATION FOR UPPER SCHOOL
Our Years 4-6 students participated in a presentation about being safe online and using phones. Meg, our local school based police officer presented to the students. It was extremely valuable and the students were very engaged. Some key points that were shared:
*Keep computers/devices in a communal area within the house to help parents monitor usage.
*Limit who your child is talking to online (social media is not recommended for children under 13 years old).
*While at school we have a gate to gate policy relating to mobile phones/ smart devices- sign your device into the office during the morning and pick up from the office of an afternoon. We are asking students to not use that phone/device until they are outside of the school gate.
For more information please see the link below:
https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/resources-tab
CHAPPY WEEK
This week is Chappy Week, an event run by Scripture Union (SU), who funds our wonderful Chappy Lydia!
If you are interested in knowing more about school chaplaincy or making a donation towards Wondall's Chappy, please visit the SU website:
https://www.suqld.org.au/.../wondall-heights-ss.../
SIGNIFICANT FIRST NATIONS DATE CLAIMERS
National Sorry Day – 26 May
Reconciliation Week – 27 May-3 June
For more information - https://www.reconciliation.org.au/our-work/national-reconciliation-week/
Anniversary of 1967 Referendum – 27 May
Mabo Day – 3 June
JUST A REMINDER…
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 Respect others’ learning
The last two weeks of behaviour data indicates a slight increase in classroom defiance and disrespect. At Wondall we believe all students have a right to learn and to feel safe and supported at school. Over the next fortnight our teachers will be exploring what this looks like and teaching these expected behaviours to our students.
Dougie’s Den Update
Thank you to those amazing families who have donated items for Dougie’s Den. Our students absolutely love seeing new items appear!
Look at what they have created!
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/
| Event | Date |
| 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 |
| Year 5 - St. Helena | Overdue |
| Year 1 - Connect with Heritage | 23rd May |
| Immigration - Year 6 | 28th May |
| Year 5/6 - Camp | 7th June |
P-2 ATHLETICS CLUB
The House Captains are running a P-2 Athletics Club, starting this week on Tuesday and Thursday (first break), at the junior oval by the swings. They will be doing lots of fun activities, such as egg and spoon relays, sack races, sprints and hurdles.
SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to Maya and Lizzy in Years 5 and 6 who have been selected in to the Bayside District Girls Soccer Trials. Good luck at the Met East Trials, girls!
Congratulations to the following students for their sporting achievements:
- Sam in Year 2 who won the Qld All Schools Cross Country Championships
- Sienna in Year 5 and her team who have qualified to represent Qld at the Australian Acrobatic Championships in June.
2024 Eco Marine Ambassador Training Day
On Thursday of Week 3 this term, we were lucky to be able to attend the Eco Marine Ambassador Training Day at Tangalooma. We travelled by ferry to Moreton Island and began the day with a group photo with students and teachers from all of the other Eco Marine Schools followed by a sandcastle competition.
We participated in activity rotations that included:
- Urban Utilities - we learnt about how precious water is used as a resource and how our water is delivered to our homes, school and businesses ready to drink.
- Port of Brisbane – we found out what is being done to increase sustainability in the Port area.
- Food waste – a group called ‘Saveful’ told us many facts about food waste including the fact that the single most powerful thing we can do to save the planet is to reduce the amount of food we waste.
- Brisbane City Council – we talked about waste management and played a rubbish relay race game where we had to sort things into their correct bins.
After lunch we spent time working on our school action plan where we set some goals for things that we want to achieve this year.
After dinner we had a talk about how to feed the dolphins and which dolphins would be visiting. Then we headed down to the beach and were first in line to feed Comet! It was an amazing experience and we had a fantastic day!
By Lilah, Emily, Ebony and Elle (Environment Captains)
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
