Thursday's Tidings - 8 August 2024
TERM 3 2024 |
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| Thursday 8 August | Roadcraft P/1R PM Session |
| Friday 9 August | Roadcraft 3/4H AM Session |
| Friday 9 August | Roadcraft 1/2D PM Session |
| Monday 12 - Wednesday 14 August | WW/B/P Workshops |
| Tuesday 13 August | RI Presentation - Quiz Worx 2:20pm |
| Wednesday 14 August | JNSHS Musical Excursion 6B |
| Wednesday 14 August | Swimming - P/1R & 1/2D |
| Thursday 15 August | Swimming - 3/4H, 4/5S & 6B |
| Monday 19 - Friday 23 August | Book Week |
| Monday 19 August | Duck Ponds Excursion 1/2D |
| Wednesday 21 August | Prep Transition 9am-10:30am |
| Wednesday 21 August | Swimming - P/1R & 1/2D |
| Thursday 22 August | Swimming - 3/4H, 4/5S & 6B |
| Friday 23 August | Book Week Parade |
| Wednesday 28 August | School Photos |
| Wednesday 28 August | Swimming - P/1R & 1/2D |
| Thursday 29 August | Swimming - 3/4H, 4/5S & 6B |
| Friday 30 August | Student Free Day |
Term 3 - Week 5
Dear families,
What a privilege it has been to spend the last two weeks back at Gympie Central State School. It has been wonderful to see and reconnect with some past staff and students from 3 years ago.
There is so much happening here this term;
Year 5 and 6 have recently returned from camp at Barambah. I have heard students say “It was the best ever!” and “The best part was the Barambah challenge!” Check out our Facebook page to see some photos of their adventures. https://www.facebook.com/GympieCentralSS/
We were lucky to have the theatre company Shake and Stir visit us to perform the famous Roald Dahl story ‘The Twits’. This show had the whole school entertained and left us with an important message; “to treat others with love and care, and proves that if you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams.”
Also, this week our P/1, 1/2 and 3/4 classes are attending Road Craft – Bike safety.
Finally coming up our students will take part in 5 weeks of swimming lessons. If you haven’t already, please bring your permission forms to the office.
Despite all of this happening, as I have visited classrooms it has been wonderful to see engaged students writing and reading, working in small groups and whole class groups excited to share what they are learning. While I understand there is quite a lot of sickness around, every day at school counts!
Kind regards,
Leesa Vacher
Prep 2025 transition
Have you added your child to our prep enrolments for 2025? Children born between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020 are prep age next year. Contact Mrs Cross in the office to secure your child’s 2025 enrolment.
The school will host two prep transition sessions in Term 3 and two in Term 4. Pre-preps and their families are invited to join us here at school to join the classroom activities and start to explore school life.
The dates of the transitions are:
| Term 3 | Term 4 |
| Wednesday 21 August 9am-10:30am | Wednesday 6 November 2pm-3pm |
| Wednesday 4 September 9am-10:30am | Wednesday 20 November 9am-10:30am |
Annual School Opinion Survey
The suite of School Opinion Surveys is undertaken each year by the Schools and Student Support Division to obtain opinions about schools from parents/caregivers, students and school staff. The surveys are designed to help schools identify what they do well and find areas which may need improvement.
The suite of 2024 School Opinion Surveys will be open between 22 July and 16 August 2024.
We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.
School Photos - Wednesday 28 August
School photos are now able to be ordered. See below flyer for how to order.
QParents
Did you know that the QParents portal is coming soon to Gympie Central SS? The QParents portal will provide secure online access to your child’s student information in one place, anywhere, anytime. To find out more, go to https://education.qld.gov.au/parents-and-carers/school-information/qparents
Parents, if we have your current email address, registration for the QParents app is easy. If you need to update your email address, please send details to admin@gympiecentralss.eq.edu.au.
P&C News
Pie Drive orders will be available
for collection tomorrow, Friday 9 August,
between 1pm and 2pm from outside the tuckshop.
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.
2024 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.
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.
Gympie Bypass Community Open Day!
The Department of Transport and Main is excited to confirm the program of entertainment and activities for the Gympie Bypass Community Open Day on Saturday 17 August 2024, between 11am and 4pm, at the Flood Road interchange in East Deep Creek.
Program
The event will include:
· Performances by Gympie Music Muster 2024 talent search finalists
· A broad mix of market-style stalls for attendees to purchase Greek, Brazilian, German, Dutch, Asian and Italian food and beverages. Sweet and savoury food selections will also be available for the kids as well as coffee and tea options
· Road safety and informative displays from emergency services, Gympie Regional Council, local groups and the project team
· Vintage car and motorcycle display from regional clubs
· Roving entertainment
· Free face painting and photo stations
· Promotional activities from local radio station, Zinc 96.1FM.
Visitors will be able stroll, walk, jog or run a 5-kilometre loop on a section of the new highway between the Flood Road interchange and the 250m long, eight-story high Six Mile Creek bridge (this is an informal, untimed ‘choose your own adventure’ type activity).
There is also an opportunity to be part of a historic moment when a drone photographs the crowd spelling out the word ‘GYMPIE’ on the new highway. Details of this activity will be provided on the day.
1. Community members are still more than welcome to attend even if they did not register their interest a couple of weeks ago. The registration process was simply for planning purposes.
How to get there
For the safety of the public, there will be no pedestrian/walking access to the event. Access will be by shuttle buses from two locations near the site (refer to the map below):
· Park 1: 139 Noosa Road, Mothar Mountain.
· Park 2: Flood Road, East Deep Creek. Flood Road will be opened to one-way traffic only with access available at East Deep Creek Road.
Accessibility provisions will be available for people with disabilities, wheelchairs and registered mobility devices at Park 1. Prams will also be catered for on the shuttle buses.
Attendees will experience a short tour of the project while travelling on the shuttle bus from their parking location to the event site (this will take approximately 15 minutes).
Water stations will be available at the event and attendees are encouraged to bring their water bottles, wear comfortable shoes and hats, and apply sunscreen.
This is an alcohol-free event. Drones, push bikes, skateboards, scooters/electronic scooters, roller skates and segways will not be permitted for safety reasons.
For more information about the Community Open Day, including conditions of entry, click here.
QLD FairPlay Vouchers
Queensland Cost of Living Action is a package of real household savings, including up to $200 FairPlay vouchers to keep even more kids active from July 1.
To relieve cost of living pressures, help is here now.
The popular FairPlay program is open to all Queensland children aged from 5 to 17 years from 1 July 2024, with the voucher value increased per child to $200 to offset the rising cost of junior sport for families.
The number of vouchers for the program has also increased from up to 50,000 to up to 200,000. The additional 150,000 vouchers is available for Queensland children and young people aged between 5 and 17 years, to participate in sport and active recreation.
There is a limit of 1 voucher per child per financial year.
Apply for a FairPlay voucher today.
