Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Another fantastic week of work, learning, surprises and highlights.  Thank you sincerely to everyone who has contributed to the success of the past five days at school.

Highlights

What are your plans for

Now is the time to ensure that your enrolments or departures for the 2025 school year are completed.  We only have around 15 positions left in Prep classes, since the removal of the extra classrooms.  

If your family is leaving us at the end of this year, please contact Kylie Finch as soon as possible.  This will help us enormously with 2025 class lists and class plans.

Election BBQ

Thank you to our P&C and volunteers for operating the election day BBQ last Saturday.  It was great to see many of our families and community friends coming in to vote and buy a snag.   

Traffic in and around the school

I have been receiving many complaint emails across the past fortnight regarding traffic and motorists around the school.  What happens on our roads is not anything I can influence but I do need to point out the safety concerns I have for our children.  Their safety is more important than traffic.  To those motorists who need this message - please slow down, be patient, be courteous and be safe with your car.  Our children rely on you to do this.

All school's touch football carnival

Best wishes to our three teams who are competing at the Queensland All Schools carnival this weekend.  The first round of matches was held today.  I was not at all surprised that a storm stopped play.  This seems to be an annual thing.  Last year's deluge saw us almost ankle deep in storm water and many hours delayed.  The kids loved the floods though. 

Week 11 

Most school terms are 10 weeks long but this term has 11 weeks.  This is not new and happens every 5-6 years.    

• Week 11 is a school week.
• Students come to school in correct uniform each day.
• The school day and bell times remain the same, right up to the end of the year.
• Swimming carnivals and the Year 6 Graduation and Excursion are the only events planned in the week.
• All of the teaching and learning has already been completed and report cards have been finalised.  These will be emailed in Week 11.
• Please notify the office if your children are away from school so we can maintain accurate rolls.
• We have 25 school days left.
• And 54 days until Christmas.  

2024 Christmas Concert

Our Christmas Concert is back.  Make sure that you leave the evening of Friday 6 December free so you can come along to school to see the performances.  These are always great events.

Resource scheme invoices for 2025

As a school we have some serious purchasing power - especially when we purchase resources for students in bulk.  We pass these FULL SAVINGS onto our families as part of the student resource scheme.  The invoices for the 2025 scheme will be sent home soon.  These were discussed at P&C meeting recently. Most year levels come to less than $90 or $2.25 per week.  Information about the scheme for 2025 will be sent home in the coming week.

Please contact Mrs Day at school for more information, to opt out of the scheme or discuss payment plans.  

Have a great weekend

Vic