From the Principal...
Term 3 - Week 1
Dear families,
It’s been an awesome start back to Term 3 and welcome to our new families here at the Gympie Central. You will find the staff, students and families very warm and welcoming.
Prep 2023 transition
Have you added your child to our prep enrolments for 2023? Children born between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018 are prep age next year. Contact Mrs Cross in the office to secure your child’s 2023 enrolment.
Dads Read - Wednesday 27 July
Our school commences our prep transition with our Dads Read event on Wednesday 27 July. Dads Read is a morning event where dads (or a family member) are invited to come and read with their Prep to Year 2 student. It takes about 40-45mins and is a great way to promote the importance of reading with young children. It’s easy, relaxed and a really nice opportunity for kids to spend time with their dad. Dads Read starts our first prep transition morning for this year. Once Dads Read ends at 9:45am, the 2023 preps will move to the Prep/1 classroom, where they will stay with the current Preps and Year 1s until 10:30am.
What: Dads Read
Who: Dads and Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students (and grandparents, uncles, aunts and mums are welcome too!)
When: Wednesday 27 July 9:00am – 9:45am followed by prep 2023 transition until 10:30am
Where: Gympie Central SS library
The school will host three transition mornings this term and then repeat in Term 4. Dates are below:
- Wednesday 27th July 9am-10:30am
- Thursday 18th August 9am-10:30am
- Wednesday 7th September 9am-10:30am
Did you receive your child’s report card?
Report Cards were emailed the last week of Term 2. If you didn’t receive this email, please contact the office to have the report resent.
School Opinion Survey 2022
The School Opinion Survey is open until Friday, 12 August 2022. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (5, 6, 8 and 11) will be 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.
To have your say, check your email for an invitation from the Department of Education titled School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022.
Can’t find your invitation? If your family has more than one parent/caregiver, check that they haven’t received the invitation and/or check your junk email folder.
Have you got 30mins to read with student/s before school?
Reading is such an important skill for everyone. Our school is seeking parents and carers who can give up 30 minutes to read with students before school. Each morning, the students play at the playground on the library level between 8:15am and 8:40am. If you have some spare time to spend reading with children once or twice a week, we have kids who’d love to listen to you read and who like to read to you.
If this sounds like something you’d like to try, please contact the office to help make this happen.
Parade performances are back this term!
Parade performances were a hit last term and the first performance is 3H next Friday 22 July.
Remember, we are here to help
Like always, if there is something that you want our support with, or if your child is struggling, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher for support. If it is not a matter for the teacher please call the front office and arrange to meet with a member of the leadership team, so we can work through things together. It takes a village to raise a child, so let’s work together.
Warm regards,
Glenn Cafferky
School Photos
This yeear our school photos have been scheduled in for Tuesday 9th August. The photography company have created a code for parents/carers to start getting their orders in now. See below for ordering instructions.
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.
Student Absence Notification System
Reminder: If your child is absent from school without explanation you will receive a SMS text message that morning to your mobile phone asking to explain their absence. Please reply (on the same day) with a simple SMS answer eg sick; specialist appointment. Alternatively, you can call and leave a message on the Student Absence HOTLINE—Telephone 5480 2166 to report your child’s absence.
Please contact the office by phone if you have any concerns regarding the message you have received.
School Crossing Supervisor
We are still on the lookout for an additional School Crossing Supervisor. If you know of someone who might be interested, get them to contact the office for more information on 5480 2111.
