22 July 2021

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

Welcome back to Worongary State School after the two-week June/July holidays. I hope you had a brilliant break with your children spending quality time with your family and friends.

Worongary State School will continue its relentless focus over the term on the key goals within our 4 Year Strategic Plan, being:

1. A consistent approach to Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Reporting.
2. Striving for Excellence – An Inclusive Approach
3. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

We will continue to work towards these goals utilising regional staff and external providers to ensure success in these areas.

School Review 19-23 August

Every Queensland state school is reviewed at least once every 4 years. The reviews are performed by the Education Improvement Branch and are tailored to the needs and context of each school. Your feedback is vital for the review so we can plan for the next 4-year school cycle of the school. The school review is planned for 19-23 August 2021. I am very much looking forward to the visit by reviewers of the Education Improvement Branch visit later this term and look forward to continuing to focus on student improvement. For further information please read the fact sheet for parents and the community.

Semester One Report Cards

At the end of last term, report cards were sent out to parents via email. If you did not receive your child’s report card or have any questions regarding it, please contact your class teacher to seek clarification. On assembly last week, I encouraged students to focus on their individual goals and what they want to achieve for the semester ahead being a learner.

Athletics Carnivals

Well done to all students for their efforts and the support of each other during the Athletics Carnivals over the two weeks. The House spirit was present with a huge amount of cheering and support on the day. It was great to see parents attending to support their children on the day – we are so lucky to still be able to have visitors on site. Congratulations Mr Jay for a positive carnival and commentary throughout the day.

Kokoda Challenge 2021

16 of our students and 4 staff took just over 5 hours to complete 17km challenge in the Nerang Forest. Worongary decided all teams would walk together as a large group, rather than 4 smaller teams. The journey ended with headlights and howling winds, and scary bush stories included (thanks Mr Viccars!). The team were very supportive, encouraging and patient with each other. A huge thank you to everyone who donated! All staff and parents were extremely proud! Well done Worongary! We are looking forward to inviting the current Year 5 students to participate in 2022. Watch this space!!

Tuckshop will remain closed

The tuckshop will continue to remain closed as the P&C are upgrading the facilities and in the recruitment process for a tuckshop convenor. Thank you for your understanding during this time.

Kind Regards,
Adam Brandt
Principal

Save the Date

Book Week

Get your thinking caps on, it’s time to create those amazing costumes for your children.

Book Week is here again – Week 7. Grandparents/Family Day is Wednesday 25th August

A full timetable/schedule will come out in next issue, but fingers crossed that most restrictions will have been lifted by then.

We WILL be having dress up parades for the children, and our art gallery in the Hall is in full swing. The theme this year should give you plenty of ideas.

Old worlds – historical, ancient, dreamtime

New Worlds – space, aliens, robotics

Other worlds – fantasy (Oz, Wonderland, Chocolate Factory, Narnia, Hogwarts etc), underwater world, animal world

Please don’t feel the need to buy expensive costumes. Get creative with your ideas, you have 5-6 weeks. Can’t wait to see how your imagination runs wild!

Of course, due to those myriad Covid restrictions, there will be NO class visits, and the Hall viewing times will be strictly adhered to, to ensure that we do not breech any space regulations.

For your convenience this year, we will have a QR check in code, so if you have the Check In Qld app on your phone, you can just scan at the gate as you enter the school grounds.

PUT THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR

From Read and Grow Update

You’re invited to attend our FREE Read and Grow Program with your 3-5-year-old children

Starting: Term 3 Week 2 (20 July to 14 Sept)

Theme is “Food Glorious Food”

Come along and meet other parents and children – all welcome, even if not attending Worongary State School

During the session, we read stories, sing songs and complete activities learning about pre-reading skills in readiness for starting school.

Due to COVID restrictions, you MUST book prior to attending as we have a maximum number of 10 participants we are allowed. Please email to book your place NOW!

Katie Huggard: khugg2@eq.edu.au

Regards Katie Huggard, Prep Teacher

Guidance Officer

Free webinars for parents/carers of children diagnosed with ASD

Places are still available for the following parent/carer webinars facilitated by the Department of Education regional Principal Advisors Autism. Click the links to register for the relevant session.

Parent webinar – Transition to secondary school (26 July 2021 10.00-10.30am)

Parent webinar – Using self-management strategies (26 July 2021 1.00-1.30pm)

Parent webinar – Building a transition timeline (2 August 2021 10.00-10.30am)

Kathy Bellamy
Guidance Officer

From Music Room

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back to all our returning students and families and also our new students and their families!

Worongary is a great music school! Everybody is a musician at Worongary. Semester 2 is going to be a very busy time!

All ensembles and lessons have recommenced this week. Thank-you to all the students that have come on time with their equipment.

TERM 3 EVENTS

Events are starting early! Here are dates for your diaries:

Wednesday July 21 9:00am - 11:00am Junior Choir Workshop in the Hall with pianist
Wednesday July 21 11:40am – 1:40pm Senior Choir Workshop in the Hall with pianist
Monday July 26 10:00am – 12:45am Musica Viva WYNISS Performance Whole school in the Hall
Wednesday July 28 10:00am – 1:40pm Year 5 & 6 Matilda Performance Nerang SHS
Monday August 9 times TBA Junior and Senior Choir at Eisteddfod HOTA
Monday August 16 1:10pm Senior Strings Mini Concert – Year 2 students, recruitment for 2022 program.
Tuesday August 17 1:10pm Senior Band Mini Concert – Year 3 students, recruitment for 2022 program.

ENSEMBLE REHERSALS SCHEUDLE TERM 3

Please be on time so rehearsals can start promptly. It is an expectation that all students in the program attend ensemble rehearsals. If your child will not be attending, please Dojo the appropriate music teacher in advance.

ADVANCED STRINGS (YEARS 4 -6) rehearse before school MONDAY 7:45am – 8:45am
BEGINNER STRINGS (YEARS 3) rehearse MONDAY 2:10 – 3:00pm (odd weeks)
ADVANCED BAND (YEARS 5-6) rehearse before school TUESDAY 7:45am - 8:45am
BEGINNER BAND (YEAR 4-5) rehearse after school TUESDAY 3:00 – 3:40pm
JUNIOR CHOIR (YEARS 1 & 2) rehearse before school THURSDAY 8am - 8:45am
SENIOR CHOIR (YEARS 3,4,5,6) rehearse before school WEDNESDAY 8am – 8:45am

Yours in Music
Ms Katheryn Jones kjone416@eq.edu.au

P&C NEWS

The WSS P&C is “under construction”, what does this mean? We are trying to get all the required Policy & Procedures, Employee handbooks, Volunteer Handbooks up-to-date and all P&C operations are included in this task. There are many Policies and Procedures the P&C are subjected to and are to be held accountable for. Most are not aware, that the P&C has many 'behind the scene' items which we have to also complete, and most of these are every year. We are hoping to get back to doing a happy fundraising item this year for our awesome students and School Community.... We just have some 'homework' to do first.

UNIFORM STORE

The uniform store is now completely run by volunteers, this being mainly the executive team. Unfortunately, we have been out of stock on a number of items. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused and understand the frustrations you may be experiencing. We would like to advise that we have placed a large order over a month ago and are experiencing the effects of COVID-19 when it comes to manufacturing and delivering. As a result, the P&C have decided to place a large order ready for next year’s back to school requirements (very early) in an attempt to avoid any delay for next year.

We also placed an order for plain wide brim maroon hats of various sizes, through a local company- this order is due to arrive this week. This lot does not have the school Logo on them this time, to avoid any further delay and will be offered for purchase at a cheaper rate as a result. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for an announcement when they arrive. Please go to the link below - insert Worongary State School, log in or create a profile and place an order today. If you are unable to purchase a particular item in a size online, it is because we are currently out of stock.

TUCKSHOP

The WSS Executive team has been very busy within the tuckshop. We are completing some minor cosmetic changes, and we have received a number of applicants for our new Tuckshop Catering Manager position. We hope to have this finalised very soon and be up and running with something new and improved. We thank you for your understanding and ongoing support during this down time. We hope to welcome a new manager and volunteers soon.

To keep costs down, we hope to see some new and old volunteers assist us in our tuckshop operations.

The hours of power required are between 9am-midday (3 hrs). If you are able to assist, whether it be for half an hour a day, week, fortnightly or monthly- we would appreciate your company. Duties to be fulfilled could be assisting with prepping, baking, portioning packaging, and serving daily. When the time is right, come join us, meet new people, get involved and/or join with a buddy. We would love to meet you. If you wish to find out more about being a volunteer at our tuckshop, please email the WSS P&C at tuckshop@worongarysss.eq.edu.au with the subject header Volunteering and we will happily forward you an induction handbook to meet health requirements.

PLAYGROUND Update

We have had to place this on hold for a short moment due to the current construction around the school for the Cools Schools- Air conditioning project. Once this has been finished, we hope to get some action occurring, we will be consulting with some of our students and teachers in due time.

Term 3 FUNDRAISING

We hope to bring a special fundraiser soon.... we hope the school community can continue to support our fundraising efforts and hope you enjoy them as well. Stay tuned....

CONTAINERS FOR CHANGE

Our Term 3 can collection started the first week back. If you would like a collection bag, please email pandc@worongaryss.eq.edu for one to be delivered to your child's class to take home. We can only accept suitable containers, mainly poppers, cans and plastic bottles. No glass is allowed on school grounds due to the safety of our students. All collection proceeds go directly to our Cool School Initiative Projects for the school. The dates for this term are as follows:

Friday - 30/7/21
Friday - 13/8/21
Thursday - 26/8/21 (due to GC Show holiday)
Friday - 10/9/21

REQUEST DONATION SUPPLIES

The WSS P&C are in desperate need of a couple of items for their operations. If by chance you are unable to volunteer with your time, maybe you may wish to contribute towards the list below. If so, could you please email us at pandc@worongaryss.eq.edu.au of your intention so to avoid double ups. We greatly appreciate your contributions in advance:

Needed items:

• 2 x reasonably good quality white boards
• Fine white board pens/eraser/cleaner to accompany the above
• 2 x office chairs suitable for adult’s/broom/mop wall holder/ professional metal mandolin slicer
• Food grade, level 5 protection cut resistant gloves (new) sizes Med/Large /X-Large
• Large electric Rice Cooker (10 cups preferably)

Don’t forget to follow our Facebook page.

Kindest regards
Tracy B and the WSS P&C Executive team

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