Dear Parents and Caregivers,

A big congratulations to the Student Council who ran their successful Pyjama Day fundraiser last Friday. The Student Council raised $204 toward the upgrade of the bus waiting area seating. Thank you to the families for supporting the students and for the generous donations. Nearly half of the money raised came through via the Qkr app. It’s great to see families using this app. 

As the chilly weather sets in for winter the Student Council will be selling hot chocolate drinks next Thursday 10 June. Hot chocolates will be available at breakfast club and will be $1 each. If they prove to be popular, Student Council will look to sell hot chocolates more regularly. 

Prep 2022 - Explore Prep and Play session and 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. 

To support a successful transition to school, Gympie Central is hosting a second Explore Prep and Play morning next Thursday 10 June. The session runs from 9-10am and is for any children who are prep eligible next year.  These sessions are a great way to familiarise your child with the school environment, meet the staff and the current Prep students.  

On the morning the children will start with a story in the library, followed by a play on the playground before joining our current prep class for time inside the classroom.  The morning is open to all interested families and pre-preps! Further details are available by calling the office. 

The school is also advertising 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. 

Reconciliation Week 

Thank you to Henry Neill, cultural elder, who came to speak with the students this past Monday. Henry shared stories of reconciliation and we learnt about the role the Kabi Kabi people had in helping Gympie contribute to the early success of Queensland.  

Recently the school has had Russell Bennet working with groups of students to teach kids about indigenous culture and he has shared his extensive knowledge of the flora found within our school grounds. The kids love his visits and light up each Wednesday when he’s here. Over the coming weeks Russell will work with some of our older students to include them in his groups.

Report Cards - Emailed 24 June 

Teachers are preparing report cards at the present. Report cards will be emailed on Thursday 24 June. This year report cards will primarily be delivered by email. Printed copies will be available by request. 

Attendance matters 

Gympie Central’s attendance target is 92%. Students achieve better when they go to school all day, every school day because: 

• they have increased access to learning opportunities 
• they maintain friendships 
• they stay connected to the curriculum progression 
• they develop self-efficacy as a learner 
• they have better long-term life outcomes. 

Families will receive emails very soon informing parents and carers of attendance rates.  

Gympie Central loves robotics! 

A big thanks to our local Gympie Library – On Friday Curtis and Jess took part in our Digital Technology lessons doing some robotics with Gympie Central students. The kids were able to use Lego Ev3 robots to complete challenges, Sphero robots to move around the library and our younger students took control with Dash and dot robots also. A great day which will inspire our kids and they can’t wait to have them back in a few weeks. 

Thanks to all that helped and took part!! 

Discos are back! Thursday 17 June 

Student Council, staff and the P&C will host the first disco in over 18 months on Thursday 17 June. Details are: 

Reminder:  All Tuckshop orders will need to be placed via Qkr! only.

Hello,

Only 3 weeks of term left after this week! Hang in there, you are on the home straight.