Thursday's Tidings - 27 March 2025

After postponing today’s cross country, the rescheduled event will be run next Thursday 3 April. Children can wear their house colours that day and families are invited to come along and cheer on the children. The races start at 9am on our Myall St oval and all ages levels will be finished by first break at 10:50am.  

Free Dress and Ice blocks tomorrow 

Our Student Council have hit the ground running and will hold their first free dress day tomorrow (gold coin donation), and at second break they will have their first ice block sale. Ice blocks will be $1 or $2 and will be cash only. They plan to have the ice block sales once each month. 

Celebration of Learning - Thursday 3rd April at 2:15pm 

Next Thursday, our classes are hosting a Celebration of Learning. Classrooms will open up for families to come in to see the great work their children have completed. It’ll also be a chance to meet your child’s teacher if you haven’t already. 

School ANZAC Service - Wednesday 23rd April at 9:30am - Families welcome 

In the first week of Term Two, parents and families are invited to join our students on Wednesday 23rd April when Gympie Central will commemorate Anzac Day with a special 30-minute service at 9:30am in the school parade area. This service will be led by the school captains and will be attended by a special guest speaker from the Gympie RSL. Every year the RSL does a great job of coordinating the speakers for all schools and for this we are appreciative. 

Gympie ANZAC March - Friday 25th April 

Gympie Central students always join the Gympie schools to participate in the town march representing our school and showing pride in our school. We’re wanting as many students as possible to join us again this year - our uniform stands out and looks fantastic as we march with all the schools and groups.  

For students able to join us on Anzac Day - 25th April, Gympie Central will join local schools and organisations to march in the Gympie Anzac March along Mary St to Memorial Park. Details are: 

Event: Gympie ANZAC Day March. Staff will march with students. 
Date:  Friday 25th April 
Time:  Gather outside the NAB in Mary St at 9am for a 9:30am march. Students are not required to stay for the service following the march. 
Uniform:  Full school uniform including school or navy blue hat. A small supply of spare school hats will be available. 

It will be great to see as many students as possible join our school and the other Gympie schools on this day. For any students who have family medals to wear, these can be worn on the right side. 

Gympie Central is also proud to have a number of students who will be joining the Gympie Combined Marching Band. Keep an eye out for our uniform shirts among the others and cheer the band as they march past. 

Regular Attendance Matters - Our target is 91% 

We’ve kicked off our Friday afternoon activities. Between drawing classes, art installation projects, Lego Club, basketball and duster hockey, Friday afternoons are a lot of fun at Central! 

Having problems getting your child to school for some of these reasons?  

• won’t get out of bed in the morning  

• won’t go to bed at night  

• can’t find their uniform, books, school bag  

• slow to eat breakfast 

• haven’t done their homework 

• watching TV 

• have a test or presentation to do, have an assignment to hand in 

• it’s their birthday. 

A set routine can help 

• have a set time to go to bed 

• have a set time to get out of bed 

• have uniform and school bag ready the night before 

• have a set time for starting and finishing breakfast 

• set a time for daily homework activities 

• speak about school positively 

• be firm, send your child to school every school day including their birthday and the last day of term!

OSHC - Semester 2 

Waru Kids OSHC is coming to Gympie Central and are anticipating opening for the start of Term 3. Next term, they will be hosting meet and greets and once their final approvals are ready, they’ll open up enrolments. They will need our support to ensure Waru Kids is a long-term sustainable operation for before school, after school and vacation care operations. 

It’s important that families are aware that children who are at school before the 8:15am bell are required to use the OSHC service. Children who arrive after 8:15am can go straight to the supervised (by school staff) playground. The service will be available at the following times: 

Religious Instruction - Friday middle session 

A fun Christian RI program will be held this Friday, 28th March at our school. The aim of the program is to inform students about the basics of the Christian faith from a non-denominational perspective.  The program is offered to students from Yr 1 to Yr 6 and students must have consent to join in. All students who were consented into Christian RI last year will join the program again this year. Any other student can be consented in by writing to or emailing the principal.  

Kind regards,
Glenn Cafferky

Other payment options that we provide are:

1. BPOINT - (for invoiced activities) Pay online or by phone using credit/debit card: https://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete or phone 1300 631 073

2. CENTREPAY - (for invoiced activities) We now offer Centrepay as a payment method for instrumental music and school camps. Use Centrepay to arrange regular deductions from your Centrelink payment. You can start, change or stop using Centrepay whenever you like. If you would like to set up a Centrepay payment, or know more information about this payment method, please contact the school office.

3. EFTPOS - We accept Mastercard, Visa and all Australian bank, building society and credit union cards.