27 October 2021

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

Staff Appreciation day

Thank you to the amazing staff at Worongary State School. We are very lucky to have a team of amazing staff at our school who all contribute, in various ways, to support the growth, development and learning environment best for student learning.

The theme for 2021 – Strong communities, successful students – exemplifies how school communities have come together over the past 18 months during the COVID-19 pandemic to fulfil our main purpose of students succeeding.

Parents and community members, thank you for your support to help provide an excellent education to Worongary students.

Thank you to our tuckshop staff and P&C for your support today in assisting the catering for a staff appreciation breakfast. It was amazing!!

Day for Daniel

Every child has a right to feel safe. This message was shared with students at the school assemblies and reinforced in the classrooms by the teachers. Thank you to all the staff and students who brought in donations and wore red on Friday 29 October 2021. There are some brilliant resources for you to access at the link below:

School Review 2-4 November

Every Queensland state school is reviewed by the Education Improvement Branch (EIB) at least once every four years. The reviews play an important part in how the department supports school improvement. They provide schools with independent feedback, tailored to their context and needs. Principals use the review findings to work with their school community and assistant regional director (or principal supervisor) to develop clear actions to move the school forward.

Review process

Reviews are conducted by experienced educators trained in the use of the National School Improvement Tool, a nationally [1] recognised framework for reviewing teaching and learning practices. Review teams generally consists of two to four reviewers, but the number of reviewers and length of each review depends upon a range of factors, including the size and context of the school. Reviewers look closely at each school’s performance data and speak with a wide range of staff, students, parents and community members to get an accurate picture of the school. Unlike many other review systems, schools aren’t ranked or given a performance rating. Instead, the school is given a comprehensive report for consideration. The report details key findings and recommended improvement strategies to maximise student outcomes. Principals are encouraged to share this information with their staff and school community to help shape the school’s strategic direction.

Parent and community participation feedback from parents and the community is an important part of school reviews, with everyone encouraged to have their say.

Regards,

Adam

PREP 2022 ENROLMENTS

Do you have a child or friend/neighbour whose child is celebrating a birthday (turning 5 by 30 June, 2022) and lives in the Worongary State School catchment area? (Link to Catchment Map)

If so, then now is the time to be contacting us to secure a place in our supportive transition to Prep program – ‘Get Set for Prep!’.

Regards

Shiree Salazar
Junior Deputy Principal

Save the Date

On Friday 29 October we recognise Day for Daniel. This is Australia’s largest child safety education and awareness day. Held annually on the last Friday of October, Day for Daniel honours the memory of Daniel Morcombe. The theme is ‘Wear Red, Educate and Donate’. Parents, carers, and educators are encouraged to start a conversation with children and young people about personal safety. Day for Daniel is the Daniel Morcombe Foundation’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Fundraising helps the organisation continue our free education programs, resource development, and support for young victims of crime.

Students are asked to bring a gold coin donation and wear a red t-shirt on Friday 29 October. Gold coin donations will be handed to classroom teachers.

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 4 Week 2

Theme – Going to Big school

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

From Music Room

TERM 4 CONCERT!

All ensembles are working hard to prepare for our End of Year Concert on Tuesday November 9 commencing at 3:30pm in the Hall (Week 6). Save the date! It would be great to see all students in their Music shirt for this event!

FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE

Listen to this amazing Double Bass group!

Have you ever seen a piano played like this!

The devine cello!

Dance Monkey Instrumental Music style!

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 2022

Contracts are starting to be sent home with all students currently in the Instrumental Music Program. It is really important that this is completed and returned to school as soon as possible so your child’s place in the program can be secured.

For new students wishing to commence in the Programs in 2022, offers should be finalised by Week 6. Thank-you for being so patient!

Rehearsal Schedule Term 4

Advanced Strings Monday 7:45am
Mega Band Tuesday 7:45am
Senior Choir Wednesday 8:00am
Junior Choir Thursday 8:00am

Yours in Music

Ms Katheryn Jones kjone416@eq.edu.au

FROM THE JAPANESE ROOM

Konnichiwa!

Students are creating lovely family trees and practising names and ages in kanji and script. We practise the 4 macro skills of read, write, listen and speaking in class to gain confidence and skills going onto study Japanese in the high school. Person wa age sai desu! Please practise at home! This week we also studied how to express our likes (suki) and dislikes (suki ja nai ) desu and incorporated family, pets, hobbies, food and sports into our conversations. To solidify this, we will have learning stations next week to practise work from the last 3 weeks to gain confidence in our language skills.

Students get ‘brain-breaks’ for a few mins with my bonsai trees and many students are actively helping me prune and care for the bonsai trees in our Japan Club. We learn Japanese words and use our script in keeping with the content of lessons. We can say the colours and apply these skills in real situations as the maple tree is red. Momiji wa akai desu.

Japanese Fact: Did you know that ‘4’ 四　is considered unlucky and is part of the word that means to die – shinde, しんでso we use ‘yon’ for 4 instead!

Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu (Thank you)

Kim Rochelle-Brown 　
Japanese Specialist

2 helpers in the Japan Club learning colours and working on a bonsai. Doomo girls!!

Kim Rochelle-Brown
LOTE Teacher
Worongary State Primary School

Term 4 has started well at School Plus Worongary, it’s hard to believe the end of the year is so close! School Plus Clubs for Term 4 are up and running. The Dance Club have been busy putting routines together, Boomerang Club is growing with more children learning how to throw & catch Boomerangs, Homework Club is growing and Cooking Club has enjoyed making Teddys in Cars. Gardening Club have loved all this recent rain as the gardens are thriving, the children harvested beans & peas this week. The children were amazed at how much nicer fresh vegetables tasted over store bought. Pokemon Club has been introduced on a Wednesday as Pokemon cards have become popular again.

Other projects this term include participating in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count. Every day for 20 minutes we look for and count our local birds.

We have downloaded the App on our iPads and we record the numbers and types of birds we see.

The Children at School Plus have also been designing posters of support for the Australian Winter Olympic team to be displayed at the Olympic Village in Feb 2022

School Plus was involved in the WSS Get Set for Prep welcome & information session on 21/10/21. It was lovely to see so many children and families excited about their first year at school in 2022. Educators provided School Plus information to the new families as well as balloons, stickers and bag tags for new Prep children that will be attending. School Plus Leaders also assisted with delivering this information.

We are looking forward to what else Term 4 2021 brings!

EXCURSIONS

P&C NEWS

Tuckshop News

The tuckshop is currently trading over three days per week: Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays. All orders are to be conducted over the QKR! App and must be completed by 8:30am for same day delivery.

WSS P&C have allowed a transition period where we have accepted a few over the counter orders whilst parents are getting used to the App/Processes. However, this will no longer be accepted and we apologies for any inconvenience.
This implemented process helps us to mainstream our operations and ensure all orders can be processed in a timely and efficient manner. We thank you for your understanding and patronage.

Tuckshop Catering Manager

Jess is a qualified Senior Cook, a food safety Supervisor and holds a Diploma of Management (Restaurant) and Certificate III & IV in Hospitality. She has completed a plethora of courses including: Food handling & Hygiene, Food Allergy Training and Covid-19 Food handling. She has an interest in food nutrition and weight management.

Jess has a broad foundation of business experience in hospitality from restaurants, hotels, and kitchens, from management roles to team member roles. Just prior to Jess starting as our new Tuckshop Catering manager, she was a Senior Cook at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, and is experienced in the roles as an assistant manager at Collins Foods, Outback Jack’s Bar & Grill and Sizzlers.

Jess has well-developed organisational skills while working under pressure and is committed to demonstrating a strong safety focus and implementing dynamic, innovative initiatives within the workplace. She is a positive leadership model and is always encouraging others.

We are so glad you are now part of the Worongary State School Team.

Tuckshop Day 2021- Friday 5th November

Tuckshop Day is held on the first Friday in November to recognise and give a special thank you to all tuckshop workers and volunteers across Queensland state schools.

It also highlights the important role tuckshops play in school life. Providing nutritious food and drinks means families can have one less task to worry about at the start of their day, and helps students to concentrate and learn well in class.

Tuckshop Day provides an opportunity to give a special thank you to all tuckshop workers & volunteers and recognise the valuable role these teams play in every school.

Uniform Store

The uniform store is now live on the QKR! App and you can conduct your orders! Yes, that’s right, we have stock! Currently we have limited it to 2 of the same items, to ensure that those who have been waiting get the chance to order their uniforms.  We also have an abundantce of embroidered school hats of all sizes in stock. Please do not feel like you need to order to ensure you have sufficient uniforms for back to school…. We will have plenty of stock for Back to School that will be available in January 2022.  It’s already here, so no further wait times.

Schoolshop online- The old online ordering platform

The old ordering platform for both tuckshop and uniform shop is no longer in use. For those families that have stored money in their Ewallets, you can get this refunded.

Please email and request a refund from Schoolshoponline.net.au you will need to provide them with the following information for you to obtain your refunds:

• Ewallet number
• Bank BSB
• Bank Account Number & Name

The Uniform Store is run completely by volunteers, so we are currently working on a roster to have set days available for the uniform store to be open. Stay Tuned.

Year 6 Graduation

The WSS P&C have contributed a sum of money towards the celebration ceremony and will be making & baking individual graduation cookies for each Year 6 student for their Graduation Ceremony. If any parents within our community would like to contribute a monetary donation or vouchers to buy decorations etc, please could you contact the Worongary SS P&C through pandc@worongaryss.eq.edu.au

Containers for change

In the last newsletter the dates were incorrectly supplied, our apologies.
Next collection date is this Friday 29th October2021.  Drop off near the flagpole area at Admin Building.

 

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