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Principal

Mrs Majella Frith

Deputy Principal

Mrs Pamela Kondys

Deputy Principal

Mrs Bridget Hawkins

Head of Inclusion

Mrs Sarah Moscoso

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Principal Majella Frith

From our Principal…..

Newsletter Edition 8, Week 8

Thursday 21st March 2019

We are Wondall, and we are kind!

This was very evident on Friday as we celebrated Wondall’s Kindness Day. Our students

and staff arrived at school wearing smiles and splashes of bright orange, to show their

support for kindness. Classes talked about ways they can be kind, and many students

found a way to surprise someone with a Random Act of Kindness. Students made kindness

pledges, and read poems and stories about being kind. Our Student Leaders brightened up

some school bags with their surprise messages of kindness, and every student received a

sticker to thank them for being kind.

Of course, kindness does not just happen on one

day each year at Wondall – it underlies our belief

at Wondall that just by being kind, we will all work

respectfully, responsibly and safely. We are

Wondall, and we are kind!

Curriculum Planning at Wondall.

Next week our teachers will be released from class in their cohorts, and will spend half a

day working with Deb Davis, our Head of Curriculum. Our Year-Level teaching teams will

work together to plan the curriculum delivery for next term.

We thank our teachers for their professional and caring commitment to our students.

P and C.

Many thanks to such a large group within our community for attending our P&C AGM and

General Meeting last night.

Heartfelt congratulations to our new P&C Executives for 2019:

President: Nicole Sadgrove

Vice President: Steve Rickertt

Secretary: Matt Rowan

Treasurer: Sarah Wilson

We especially thank Matt and Steve for continuing in their roles again this year, and Nicole

for stepping into the President’s position from her previous role as treasurer. We welcome

Sarah into her new role in the executive group.

Of course, we sincerely thank those who are stepping down from their roles after a

number of years of commitment to our P&C. Thanks go to Sharon Kemp, previous Vice

President who continues in her role with our Swim Club. We also sincerely thank Mark

Graubner. Mark has been our President for a number of years now, and has overseen

many changes within our P&C including the establishment and growth of our Outside

School Hours Care facility and provision of the OSHC building, and the purchase and

building of our new OSHC Rec Hall. His strategic thinking has ensured that our P&C

continues to move forward with embedded policies and procedures, and is committed to

all students at Wondall.

Majella Frith

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School News

From the Deputy Principals…..

Parent Teacher Interviews, Thursday 4 April:

Interviews will be held in our school hall on Thursday, 4th April from 3:30 - 7:50pm. Parents are invited to book an interview

with each class teacher as required. Bookings are made using SOBS, an on-line booking system. Please access the booking site

using this link or the SOBS link on our school website.

https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=70382 Bookings will open at 7:00am on Monday, 25th March and close on Tuesday, 2nd April. If you experience any difficulty booking

an interview time, please contact our school office (3906 6444) and our office staff will assist you.

Anzac Day Service, Tuesday 24th April:

Wondall commemorates Anzac Day each year with a special assembly in our hall. Our Wondall

community is invited to join us for this occasion as we remember the courage, mateship and sacrifices

of those who have fought for our country, and those who continue to serve in our armed forces. Our

commemoration will be held on Wednesday, 24th April (week one of next term) commencing at 2:00pm.

Our Student Leaders will support the RSL by selling Anzac Day merchandise before school on Tuesday

and Wednesday of that week, 23rd and 24th April. Our Student Leaders will be in front of our administration building each

morning on these days.

Anzac Day Community Service and Parade, Wednesday 25th April:

Our school community is invited again this year to participate in the Manly Lota RSL Community Service

and Parade. This event is held on Anzac Day, 25th April. Our student body will be marching in the parade,

and then attending the service held in Richard Russell Park. Students wishing to march with the school are

to meet outside Manly State School on Ernest St at 7:30am. Students are to wear full school uniform with

their school hat, and should bring a water bottle to carry whilst participating in the parade.

Vision Screening – Prep Students:

Children’s Health Queensland offers a free Vision Screening test for all Prep students across the state. This is a government

initiative, with a Registered Nurse visiting us during Term Two to conduct the screening. We know that good vision is

important for our children’s educational, physical and social development, so this process allows us to identify concerns and

work to overcome any difficulties. All Prep students will receive information and forms this week. Please ensure your forms

are returned to school by Monday, 1st April. We ask that the forms are returned to school even if you are electing not to

participate in the program.

NAIDOC Celebrations – Community Planning Meeting:

Wondall will be celebrating NAIDOC on Friday, 19th July this year. All members of our community

are invited to help to plan our activities for NAIDOC celebrations across our school.

A planning meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, 2nd May at 9:00am at school. If you are

unable to attend this meeting but would like to offer to help with our celebrations, please contact

Bridget Hawkins or Michele Masters.

Walking to School Safely: We have received some reports from members of our wider community of students not acting safely on their way to school.

This morning a car was required to brake suddenly as a group of students crossed the road near Bonniebrae St. Please remind

your students about staying safe on their way to and from school. Students should:

Walk safely and sensibly, using the footpaths provided.

Cross the road at designated crossing zones when available. In particular, students should NOT be crossing Wondall Rd

anywhere other than at the Pedestrian Crossing (the traffic lights) outside our school.

Pamela Kondys and Bridget Hawkins.

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Term 1 Calendar of Events — Save the Date!

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9

25 March

2:30 Yr P-2 Assembly

SOBS Bookings open at

7:00am for Feedback

conversations.

26 March

27 March 28 March

29 March

10

1 April

2:00 Whole School

Assembly inc Eco-Marine

presentation and Cross

Country presentations.

2 April

SOBS Bookings close for

Feedback conversations.

3 April 4 April

Teacher and Parent

Feedback

Conversations

3:30pm—7:50pm

5 April

Last day of Term One

SCHOOL BANKING

Please drop your bank books off at the office first thing Tuesday mornings for the deposit

to be processed by our wonderful volunteer Shelley. Please ensure that you have put your

new class on your books and that you complete the banking slip before dropping at the

office.

BUG CLUB

As Reading is a priority on our School Improvement Agenda, we will again be offering Bug Club at Wondall Heights. Bug Club is an online subscription with access to over 400 levelled texts giving students their own personalised home page that can be accessed in the classroom or at home from PC, Mac, iPad or Android tablet. Students are allocated books to read, answer quizzes embedded within the eBook and play games earning coins for reading achievements – a strong incentive for even the most reluctant readers!

Current subscriptions will expire at the end of March. Cost is $6 per child for 12 months subscription.

RELIEF CLEANERS WANTED Applications are invited for relief cleaners for Wondall Heights State School.

Please collect an application package from administration and return to business manager asap.

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School News— STEM

Stem Stories @ Wondall

During technology in Week Five, Year 6 students explored and identified the main components of a digital

system (a computer). Mr Butler brought up some old computers and the students pulled the computers apart.

They documented their learning on an Ipad by taking photos, labelling the computer parts and talking about

the function of this part of the computer. Students made discoveries such as: “This is the Central Processing

Unit or CPU. It is like the brain of the computer. It carries out the instructions from computer programs.”

Year 3 students have been busy comparing and contrasting old and new forms of food and fibre processing

technology. Using secondary pictorial sources, they have enjoyed identifying traditional and modern-day forms

of agricultural practice. For example, where once cattle were mustered by people on horseback, now

helicopters are used for the same purpose. Students have been interested to learn that salting and smoking

technologies were in place long before electricity so that food could be preserved, and are still very much in

use today. Students are building this knowledge to prepare them for the unit's culminating activity in which

they will prepare their own lunchbox item, using new and old technologies.

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School News— Sport

Interschool Sport PAYMENTS NOW OVERDUE

Payment for Interschool Sport for the 2019 year is now overdue. Students who have not paid will be informed Friday at sport

trials. Failure to pay may influence selections in teams for sport. Forms for the year of sport went out at the start of term. If

you require a payment plan, please contact our BSM to apply to arrange this.

Schools with Pools Runners Up

Last Friday 48 students from Wondall represented the school at the annual Schools with

Pools Carnival at MBC. We finished in second position to a MBC combined girls/boys

team. Well done to all swimmers for their efforts.

District Cross Country

On Thursday, 18 students from Wondall represented the school at the Bayside District Cross Country trials at Capalaba Park.

Results to follow in next newsletter.

Congratulations on Bayside/Metropolitan East Selection

The following students have gained selection recently in different sports:

Taya N – Swimming (& Metropolitan East), Netball U12

Austin K – Swimming (& Metropolitan East) U12

Thomas I-T – Rugby League U12

Frontier W – Rugby League U12

Maddox M – Rugby League U11

Past student sport news

Congratulations to Tipene H on his recent selection in the Boys U14 Australian Diamonds Softball team. We wish him all the

best for his upcoming tour of play in New Zealand.

Missed assembly Cross Country Age Champion Awards

Due to our missed assembly this week as a result of the storm, these awards will be

given out at our Whole School Assembly in Week 10 from 2pm Monday April 1.

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School News

Wondall Heights State Primary School would like to thank Bunnings, Manly West for their

assistance to help re-establish our 4 existing above ground vegetable gardens, with a wide variety

of seedlings and bags of fertiliser.

We have always appreciated Bunnings’ continued

support and dedication to local schools as we work

together to help protect the environment and educate

our community. At Wondall, we see this as an

important project to highlight just how easy it can be to

cater for sustainability and biodiversity within our school

environment.

The current focus of our environmental initiatives

within our school grounds is recycling, litter,

biodiversity and caring for our environment. A

vegetable garden is a great way to show how to cater

for biodiversity and sustainability within our school.

Again, thank you Stacey and Maddie for the help you gave our teachers, Yr2 students and

Environmental leaders to establish our gardens for 2019. We now look forward to working with

Stacey after the Easter vacation to construct another small raised garden bed and compost bin for our

gardens.

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School News - Finance

Student Resource Scheme participation forms are now overdue. If you would like your child to be

included in the classroom activities please send in form asap. You will then be invoiced for the

amount for that year level. if you have an outstanding invoice from last year your child will not be

able to participate until outstanding invoices has been paid.

Bpoint is the school’s preferred method of payment. Clicking on the link located at the bottom left

hand side of your invoice will take you directly to the bpoint payment area. Your details are

automatically populated. You can also ring 1300 631 073 to make payments using your credit/debit

card. Payment plans available.

Payments Due

Invoice Item Yr. Level Amount Payment Due

Student Resource Scheme Prep $27

Student Resource Scheme Year 1 $20

Student Resource Scheme Year 2 $47

Student Resource Scheme Year 3 $36

Student Resource Scheme Year 4 $10

Student Resource Scheme Year 5 $13

Student Resource Scheme Year 6 $21

Sport Yrs 4, 5 & 6 $75 21 March

Bug Club Prep-Year 3 $6 26 March

Year 6 Shirt Year 6 $32 overdue

Year 6 Immigration Excursion Year 6 $32.50 4 April

Beginners Music Camp Invitation $95 3 May

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School News—Tuckshop

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Community News

Wynnum Wolves have playing opportunities for the coming season.

There are openings across the club for players in both development

pathways and those that just want to play! Please contact Wynnum

Wolves for further information enquiries@wolvesfc.com.au

Quota Club of Wynnum Manly Inc

Musical Bingo

Saturday 30th March

6:30 for 7pm start

All proceeds go to flood affected

Queenslanders

RSVP Wed 27th March

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Yvonne 3893 1157

rench@bigpond.net.au

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