Gympie Central State School eNewsletter

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TERM 2 2024
Monday 20 May	Kenny Chan Performances 12pm & 1.45pm
Tuesday 21 May	School Captains Goodstart visit
Wednesday 22 May	National Simultaneous Storytime 12pm
Friday 24 May	3/4H Parade Performance
Monday 27 May - Monday 3 June	Reconciliation Week
Tuesday 4 June	P&C Meeting 5pm in the library
Thursday 6 June	Yr 5 USC Explore Expo
Friday 7 June	1/2D Parade Performance
Thursday 13 June	School Athletics Carnival
Friday 14 June	P/1R Parade Performance

Term 2 - Week 6

A big hello to our Gympie Central families,

I am very thankful of Mr Caffeky’s absence as it has allowed me to return to the beautiful school of GCSS – it has been great to see all of the amazing students and how far they have come in such a short amount of time since I was last here.

The next couple of weeks will be very busy around school, mainly due to assessments taking place. It will be really important over the next couple of weeks to be attending school as consistently as possible. Teachers always work to provide opportunities for students to catch up on missed work and missed assessment but being at school consistently gives students the best opportunity to effectively demonstrate their learning.

Excursions

Last week, 3/4H went for a bus ride out to Noosa to visit ‘Sunshine Butterflies’ and see how they have constructed and how they utilise their veggie garden. This information will come in handy for their Health unit of work.

We are also very excited for Kenny Chan to visit us at school today and show us ‘Manga art’.

Prep enrolments are open

Prep enrolments for 2025 are open. Get in touch with the office to add your child’s name to the 2025 prep class.

High School Transition Information

Gympie SHS and James Nash SHS are running information for parents of year 6 students in preparation for their transition into high school next year. Parents are welcome to attend any of the below sessions, regardless of where they are being held. Both high schools are encouraging parents to enrol students as soon as possible, to enable adequate planning time.

Week 6		Week 7
Wednesday 22 May	Gympie West SS 3.20pm start Contact - Jess Swan	Monday 27 May	Gympie South SS 5pm start Contact - Geoff Pelling
Thursday 23 May	James Nash SHS - For parents of small schools 4pm start Contact - Greg Cooper/Dani Whittaker	Tuesday 28 May	One Mile SS 5pm start Contact - Sue Eastwood
		Thursday 29 May	Jones Hill SS 5pm start Contact - Stacey Seed

Gympie SHS has shared its enrolment timeline and James Nash SHS will publish theirs shortly. Families of Year 6 students are encouraged to start planning which high school your child will attend, then make contact with that school. GSHS requires an ‘Intent to enrol’ as the first step and these are available from the Gympie Central office.

GSHS Important Dates

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Uniforms - navy jumpers in Winter

Students wear our uniform with pride and with the cooler months approaching, navy jumpers are the required winter uniform. Our uniform jumper is navy blue. The uniform shop has jumpers (with logos) for sale. However, a navy-blue jumper without the logo is appropriate as we head into the cooler months. Supporting our uniform policy shows pride in our school and helps children feel part of the school community.

Parade performances

This term, each class will do a small performance on parade. Our next group is 3/4H on Friday 24th May. Families are always welcome to come along to each parade. These performances are always a lot of fun and it’s fun to see the performers in each class!

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.

Look forward to seeing you arounf the school!

Warm regards,
Brady Rutland

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.

Qkr-instructions.pdf

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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.