Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Thanks goes out to Chappy Leanne for last Friday’s Colour Explosion event. The students had a fantastic time and laughed, giggled and dodged for a solid 20 minutes. It was a lot of fun and thank you to everyone (Mr Boyd, Ms Child and our Yr 6 student councillors who were a big help) who contributed and supported the students. It was also pretty clear that the staff had great fun spraying the runners. Final fundraising figure is still being calculated. 

CGEN 

Four of our amazing Central students, joined with hundreds of talented kids from throughout Qld at the recent Creative Generation performance at the Brisbane Convention Centre. After rehearsing for months before the event, they had four days to pull it all together once everyone converged in Brisbane. The performances were incredible. CGEN is such a great opportunity for students who have a love of the Arts to explore this passion. If your child loves to sing, dance or perform, plant the seed for them to get involved in 2022! 

Eisteddfod - Tuesday 

Good luck to our strings ensemble who perform at the Gympie Eisteddfod next Tuesday. Ms Patrick has been working hard with the students and they had a chance to rehearse in front of the senior students on Tuesday morning this week. 

School Camps - next week 

Next Wednesday our Yr 5 and Yr 6 students head to their camps at Barambah Environmental Education Centre and Noosa North Shore camps. They will return Friday afternoon ready for an early night! 

School Photos - Thursday 12 August 

School photos will take place when Silver Rose Photography are at Gympie Central on the morning of Thursday 12 August. Ordering is via the online portal at silverrose.com.au Schools>Online Ordering with the order code X21GSS. Sibling photos must be ordered before 09/08/2021. 

See the attached flyer for further details. 

Prep 2022 enrolments are open

Enrolments for prep 2022 are open. If you have or know of a child born between 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2017, he or she is eligible for prep next year.  If you have an eligible prep child, please contact the school to add your child’s name to the prep class for next year. 

Gympie Central will host two Explore Prep and Play mornings again this term. The first is on Wednesday 18 August and the second is Wednesday 8 September. Both sessions are from 9am to 10am, and while the children learn and play with the current preps, parents and carers will be offered an information session with school staff and our experienced Occupational Therapist. 

The school always offers individual tours of the school. Families can contact the office on 5480 2111 to make a time to walk through the school with Mr Cafferky or Mrs Vacher. 

Parent Teacher interviews 

Teachers have distributed their parent teacher interview availability. Parents and carers are encouraged to take the time to meet for this valuable opportunity. 

P&C Father’s Day donations request and Bunning BBQ 

This year’s Mother’s Day stall was very successful and the P&C is looking to coordinate a similar stall for Father’s Day. They are seeking donations of items to include in the gift packs.  

School Opinion Survey - Is Open

The annual suite of  School Opinion Surveys will be conducted 15 July to 30 July 2021. All families are invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.  

An invitation to complete the  Parent/Caregiver Survey has been  emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 5 July.  The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line -  School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2021.  Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it.  The survey can be completed until tomorrow evening and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.  

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) 

The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australian school students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of students with disabilities and how they can be best supported at school. The NCCD is being collected at the moment and will be submitted on 13 August. If you have any questions regarding the NCCD, please contact the school. 

75 Gotcha Award Winners

Lost Property

Please ensure that all belongings are clearly labelled so that we can endeavour to return these items to your student/s as quickly as possible.

Outstanding Payments

Year 5 and 6 camp payments were due on Tuesday 27 July. If you are yet to finalise your payment for either of these camps, please contact the office immediately to discuss payment options. Full payment must be made for your student to attend the school camp.

Invoices have just been emailed out for the 3/4D Pete the Sheep Excursion. Payments for this excursion are due by Friday 13 August and can be made via the Qkr! app, BPOINT or in person at the office.

Voluntary Contribution - $20 per student

Reminder: Each year Gympie Central asks for a voluntary contribution from families. The contribution is used to purchase texts, paper and resources used in classroom learning. This year the payment can be made via the Qkr! app or in person at the office. Your support in paying the voluntary contribution is greatly appreciated.