Thursday's Tidings - 9 October 2025
TERM 4 2025 |
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| Tuesday 14 October | P&C Meeting - Library at 5pm |
| Friday 17 October | Tuckshop |
| Friday 24 October | Night Disco |
| Wednesday 5 November | Prep Transition Morning 9-10:30am |
Term 3 - Week 9
Dear families,
Welcome back to term 4 and it’s been great to see the students return ready to learn from Day 1!
The last day of Term 3 was a big hit with pizza tuckshop followed by the colour run during the last session. Hopefully you were able to check out the great photos on our Facebook page.
P&C Meeting next Tuesday
The next P&C meeting will be held next Tuesday 14th at 5pm in the library. Everyone is welcome.
Do you know any families with prep age students in 2026?
If you have friends, family or neighbours with young children, let them know they can book a school tour to check out what Gympie Central can offer families. There are also two prep transitions this term (5 Nov & 19 Nov).
- Wednesday 5th November 9-10:30am. 2026 preps will join our current students while Mrs Phillips, our Guidance Officer, will be sharing great strategies to support young children.
- Wednesday 19th November 2-3pm. Our final transition will be our Explore and play in the afternoon session.
In the coming weeks the school will start planning for classes in 2026. Please email the school at admin@gympiecentralss.eq.edu.au if your child/ren won’t be here next year. Thank you to those people who’ve already informed the school. Alternatively, if you know of people looking to enrol at Central, they can contact the school to secure their place.
Student Council ice-block sale- This Fri 10th
Student Council will be selling ice-blocks for $1 and $2 this Friday at second break. Cash only sales ?
Why is reading important for babies and young children?
Reading books, sharing stories, talking and singing every day helps your child’s development in many ways.
Reading and storytelling can:
- help your child get to know sounds, words and language, and develop early literacy skills
- introduce your child to the value of books and stories
- spark your child’s imagination and curiosity
- promote your child’s brain development and ability to focus and concentrate
- help your child build social, communication and emotional skills help your child learn about the world, their own culture and other cultures. Reading stories with children has benefits for you too. The special time you spend reading together promotes bonding and builds your relationship with your child. You can start reading aloud to your baby as early as you like – the earlier the better. Your baby will love being held in your arms, listening to your voice, hearing rhyme and rhythm, and looking at pictures.
As the weather heats up, the newly installed water fountain at our soccer oval is coming in really handy. Thank you to the Auld family for sourcing and installing!!
Disco- Friday 24th October
The last disco for 2025 is happening on Friday 24th October. This time the P&C is trialling a Friday night to see if this works better for our families. The disco will kick off at 5:30pm and finish at 7pm.
Please note that our disco is only open to current students. However, families who are here can bring younger siblings.
It’s Queensland Mental Health Week from 4-12 Oct
https://www.qldmentalhealthweek.org.au/download-resources/social-tiles/
Raising young adults can be tough- Parent and Community Event 3 Nov at 6pm
Gympie State High School has invited Luke Kennedy, a youth motivational speaker, to present to parents and young adults around supporting our children’s mental health and wellbeing. See the attached flyer for more detail. Luke_parent_night.pdf
QParents
QParents has launched at Gympie Central SS!
It’s great to see that so many parents have registered for QParents already. If you have not received an invitation, please advise us immediately.
Gympie Central will be starting to use QParents as a means of gaining digital consent for excursions and camps later this term to reduce the amount of paper notes that are sent home. You will need to be registered for QParents to enable your digital consent access.
If you need assistance with the registration process, please click on the link below or contact the office on 5480 2111 for support.
QParents Registration Guide for Parents
2025 Voluntary Financial Contribution - $20 per student
Each year, the Gympie Central State School P & C Association endorse a voluntary financial contribution of $20 per student, which equates to $0.50 per week for the entire school year. This money is a vital part of Gympie Central P&C’s commitment and helps to fund reading books, classroom resources, photocopying paper and tissues. 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.
Payment Options
We have a variety of payment options available here at Gympie Central. Our most preferred method of payment is the Qkr! app. Qkr! is a cashless payment app, which means you can make payments on your mobile phone, rather coming into the school. The Gympie Central P&C also use this app, so not only can you pay for camps and excursions, but you can also order school uniforms and tuckshop with the app.
Instructions on how to download and use the app are shown in the link below.
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.
4. CASH - Cash payments are still accepted. However, the school no longer has the ability to give out change, so only cash payments of the correct denomination will be accepted.
Student Absence Notification System
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.
