2025 Term 2 Week 6

1. Welcome to Week 6

Principal's Message

Hi everyone,

I can’t believe we are already halfway through the term. It has gone so fast! 

This week, we had our School Supervisor, Ash Roediger, come and visit the school. He was impressed with the learning in the classrooms he visited and wanted me to pass on his appreciation to the teachers and students for their hard work.

QParents

Last week, we launched the initial set up of QParents at Wallumbilla State School. A letter and email was sent to all parents about registering for QParents. This term, we are using QParents to send home our Semester 1 Report Cards. By signing up to QParents, you will be able to access your child/ren's Report Card earlier than the traditional emailed Report Card.

As we become more immersed in QParents, we will begin to use many of the other features that QParents has to offer such as pay invoices, view outstanding payments and payment history​, view student timetables​, view and update attendance records​, view behaviour information​, update student medical conditions, and give consent for school activities.

The QParents website has more information: https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/landing. If you have any questions about signing up for QParents, however, please don't hesitate to contact the office.

Physical Misconduct

Unfortunately, over the past week, a number of students have been involved in physical altercations. This behaviour doesn’t align to our school values of We are Responsible and We are Kind. At Wallumbilla State School, it is expected that all students show staff, students, parents and community members respect at all times and keep their hands, feet and objects to themselves.

Attendance Rewards on Parade

Over the last fortnight at parade, we have introduced a weekly whole-class attendance trophy for both Primary and Secondary to celebrate the class with the highest attendance for the week. The students have been super excited to try and win the trophy each week. Hopefully each class will work together as a team to strive to have the highest attendance in the school. We have also started an individual attendance reward on parade for a student in the Primary and Secondary who had 100% attendance at school for the week. Currently students are receiving $5 McDonalds vouchers, kindly donated by Roma McDonalds and Officer Matt.

Assessment

As we come the second half of the term, staff and students are busy completing assessments in time for reporting. It is important that all our students are well-rested, eating healthy meals and attending school every day. This will give the students the best chance of success.

Thanks

Ben Meiklejohn, Acting Principal

2. Curriculum Corner

Primary Snapshot

Kindy/Prep

The Preps are very excited with the new lockers on the K/P veranda.  We also won the Primary Attendance Award on parade this week.

The Kindy children enjoyed participating in some parachute games last week.  These games help students develop skills such as following instructions, turn taking, co-ordination, physical movement and working as a team.

Year 1/2

For English this term we have been looking at informative texts. We have looked at a few different animals and discussed the text structures involved in writing an informative text. Here students are engaging in a collaborative approach, reading two examples and discussing which one is better and giving reasonings why by highlighting and identifying crucial writing elements.

Year 3/4

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks in Year 3/4! We moved our classroom down to the library and also farewelled our prac teacher, Mr Brady.

In Science, we’ve been investigating shadows and exploring how day and night occur through a variety of experiments, both in and outside the classroom.

Year 5/6

Year 5/6 students have been investigating how electrical circuits work by designing their own using copper tape, LEDs, and batteries. This clever creation shows how a closed circuit can successfully power a light, combining creativity with hands-on learning.

Secondary Snapshot

Careers Expo

The careers expo attended by the Year 9/10 students on the 15th of May was an outstanding event. Students appreciated the opportunity to explore and engage in activities, including the use of virtual reality to experience simulations of more hazardous tasks.

Some beautiful Secondary student artwork...

3. Weekly Awards

Students of the Week in Week 5

Week 5 Reading Awards

Students of the Week in Week 6

Week 6 Reading Awards

4. End of Term Celebrations

Primary End of Term Class Celebrations

As classes work toward achieving their whole class Dojo goal, they will be eligible to participate in the end of term class celebration. These will occur in Week 10 of the Term, with more information sent home closer to the date.

5. Student Council Notices

School Disco

6. Arts & Cultural Activity

 2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC)

I am delighted to announce that Wallumbilla State School Students are participating in the 2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC).

Our Target – 1000 books as a school!

The aim of the PRC is to encourage students to develop a love of reading for life. Students are encouraged to select a range of fiction and non-fiction books suited to their reading ability and record books read during the reading period, from 6 May to 22 August.

Students can start their recording from Friday 23 May!

To complete the challenge this year at Wallumbilla State School:

• Prep to Year 2 must read or experience at least 20 books
• Years 3 and 4 must read at least 20 books
• Years 5 to 10 must read at least 15 books.

Experiencing books can include shared reading, listening to stories, or reading picture books/novels/eBooks, graphic novels/comics books.

A reader record form to tally books read throughout the challenge has been sent home with students and is also available from the office.

Students are able to record any reading completed at home and at school onto their records.

Every student who completes the challenge, and returns the completed record reader form, will receive a Certificate of Achievement. I look forward to seeing as many of our students as possible take part in the 2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Prizes will also be awarded for the first student in each class who completes the challenge, the most books read in each class, as well celebration days along the way for all participants, such as hot milo, free dress, guest readers and movies in the library.

Happy Reading!

Mrs Dickson, Literacy Specialist Teacher

Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) Workshop

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Eisteddfod Workshops

Last days of the Wallumbilla Book Fair: 26-30 May!

Visit https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-fairs/ 

7. Sports Report

Selections

Congratulations to the following students for competing and being selected in representative school sport recently:

• Congratulations to Lachie B, Carter P, Ryon B, Lauren H and Jorja T for representing R&D at the South West Cross Country trials. Well done to Carter for making it into the Southwest Cross Country Team, competing at the State Championships in Brisbane in July.
• Savana W, Lauren H and Charleigh F for being selected in the R&D Cross Country team to compete at the South West Trials in St George.
• Lachie B, Will R and Trinity B for making it into the 10-12 R&D Cricket Team to compete in the South West trials in Roma.

Well done to these students!

Coming up

Important upcoming trials and events:

• Wallumbilla Athletics Carnival – Friday the 20th of July (Week 9).

If you have not yet received information about these upcoming trials, please see Mr Macpherson or Ms Warren at school.

8. Community Noticeboard