Term 4 - 2024 Week 3 Newsletter

Principal's Message with Mr Ionn

Quandamooka Jarjums Camp

It was an absolute pleasure to attend the Quandamooka Jarjums Camp this week during the Principal Day visit on Minjerribah. The camp is designed to promote indigenous culture by engaging in a number of cultural activities, and has been running for 18 years, hosted by Dunwich State School. Wynnum Bajara captains Khian and Cooper attended the camp, making strong connections and networks to carry on through their next phase of learning and beyond.

I want to thank Mr Dave Smith for being our staff representative on the camp. The boys were so deadly in their participation in the combined dance at Cylinder Beach.

Opti-Minds Team

So proud of our Opti-Minds team at the recent State Finals. Although the team narrowly missed making the podium, the collective efforts, innovative thinking and commitment towards the spirit of Opti-Minds was clear to all. This Year 4 team is totally amazing, and we look forward to future endeavours. We are also very appreciative of Mrs Hind, for creating this opportunity and for her unwavering commitment to preparing the team and supporting them across both the Regional and State Finals!

School Opinion Survey Results

School Opinion Surveys canvass the views of parents/caregivers, students and school staff from every state school on what our schools do well and how they can improve. In 2024, our school engaged in three different confidential surveys for:

• Parents/Caregivers
• Students 
• School staff

This year the survey sample was: 131 parents; 164 students and 54 staff members.

The Survey results have been released, and I wanted to share a snapshot of the most positive items and the least positive and what our next steps might look like to improve confidence in our ability to be the best we can be. 

The data tells us that satisfaction rates from each grouping is an average high at 92% (Parents 89%; Students 93% and staff at 94%).   

We’ll continue to analyse the feedback to gain greater input from the community and continue to seek a range of pathways to improve delivering information.

Student results indicate one the highest ratings we’ve ever received, with several ratings well above like schools and comparison with the state.

Parent responses inform us on how we can improve on our processes to gain information and deliver greater clarity through communications.

Staff responses of satisfaction were generally high (most in the 90 percentile). The small number of the low rating items have flagged localised issues that have instigated a number of practice changes.

Although the overall outcome was high satisfaction across the board, we will unpack all of the findings and work to strategise ways to improve the confidence of this community. 

2025 Enrolment Confirmation

Enrolment numbers determine school funding, including how many teachers we have. This is why it is imperative that if your child/children are NOT going to be attending WSS in 2025, please notify the front office ASAP. Also, if you have a Preppie for next year, please let us know, so the enrolment process can be completed, and your little Wynnum Warrior can come along to the Prep Transition Sessions and Meet the Teacher sessions!

Save the Date!

Please refer to the Term 4 calendar below. Please note that some events may be subject to change. We recommend regularly checking our newsletters and Facebook updates for any revisions.

School Swim Program

P-2 Science with Mrs Crowe

Physical Science is definitely “on the move” now! Prep ‘Physicists’ began learning how scientists organise and record information using a table.  Information collected from group observations of ‘Things that Move’ in the classroom, the playground and outside the school, were carefully written into each table with accompanying diagrams of the moving items. Enjoy these photos of our young scientists proudly displaying their recordings and diagrams!

Year 5 Leadership Forum

Our Year 5 students recently participated in a special Leadership Forum, where school captains from Wynnum State High and Brisbane Bayside College joined us to share their experiences as student leaders. The guests spoke about their leadership journeys, offering insights and advice to our students as they prepare for the upcoming leadership selection process for the 2025 Wynnum State School leaders.

Students had the opportunity to ask thoughtful questions about leadership, and the responses from the visiting captains were meaningful and inspiring. By the end of the forum, it was clear that many of our Year 5 students felt empowered and motivated to step up as future leaders of our school!

🌟 Opti-Minds State Finals Success! 🌟 Mrs Hind - Inclusion Support Teacher

Huge thanks to Vanessa and the P&C team, Mr Ionn, and Mrs Joan Pease for supporting our Year 4 students at the Opti-Minds State Finals! The weekend was filled with creativity and innovation, with our team showcasing their Carsical (a bike/car hybrid) at the Market Day. They earned an impressive 10/10 in teamwork and creativity during the "Language Literature" challenge! Though narrowly missing out on a podium finish, the team is already putting their ideas for sustainability into action 🙏 The future in is good hands 🌏♥️#FutureLeaders #OptiMinds #Teamwork #Innovation #ProudTeacher

Student News

Day for Daniel 

Friday, 25 October 2024 

On Friday, 25 October Wynnum State School will be participating in Day for Daniel, honouring the memory of Daniel Morcombe.  Day for Daniel is Australia’s largest child safety education and awareness day.

The Student Council asks everyone to wear Red in respect for Daniel, his family, and the legacy that he carried to keep child safety an important topic.  

Your support through fundraising helps the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to continue developing free resources and programs for parents, carers, and educators to teach children how to stay safe.  Funds also contribute to supporting young victims of crime.  Follow the attached link to donate www.mycause.com.au/p/356838.  

Watch me dance, dance the night away!

Footsteps Dance Company visited Wynnum State School on Tuesday and Wednesday morning as part of Queensland Mental Health Week, introducing our students to an exciting new routine to enhance their morning grooves.A heartfelt thank you to our Wynnum State School Parents & Citizens' Association for securing the Mental Health Grant that made this possible! The students had a fantastic time, and it was wonderful to see some parents and teachers joining in the fun as well!

2025 Student Book packs!

Online ordering is now open for the 2025 Student Book packs.

www.kookaburra.com.au/login

Username: WYNNU006

Password: student5

Celebration Ceremony Invitation

2025 Prep Enrolments Now Open

P&C News

 It’s Colour Run time, Wynnum State School! 

Signing up is quick, easy, and free—and helps us plan for an amazing day full of fun and colour.
https://wynnumstateschoolcolourfunrun.goraiseit.com.au/
Can we reach our goal of having 300 students signed up by the end of the week?

There are fantastic spot prizes to be won in the lead up to the colour run which is under 2 weeks away! Plus, when you sign up this week, you’ll be entered into our next spot prize draw! Share the link with your family and friends, and we kindly request you raise $10 to support the event.

A huge well done to our first class, who’s just about to hit $1,000 raised! Check out the leaderboard to see if your class is on track to win one of the three class parties up for grabs! And a special thank you to Alex Giviney and Brisbane City Council for donating a pizza party to the top fundraising class, and to our own Mega Bite Cafeteria for donating a cookie and Zooper Dooper party to the runners-up!

Congratulations to Harvey from 1SS for taking home our first spot prize!  

Who will be next?! Could it be YOU? Let’s make this our biggest Colour Run yet—sign up, donate, and get involved today! Together, we can reach our goal! 

Footsteps Dance Company🕺

In recognition of Mental Health Week, the P&C secured grant funding to pay for Annie from Footsteps Dance Company to teach our Wynnum Warriors a new dance routine before school. Thank you to the school leadership and staff for organising and encouraging all our students to participate. 

Casual School Cleaning Position - Apply Now!

School Facebook Page

Please visit the page via this link https://www.facebook.com/WynnumStateSchool  and click Like!

Qparents

Have you downloaded the Qparents app?

QParents is a secure, online portal that has been created to provide parents/carers of Queensland state school students with 24-hour access to their child's information.

Qparents allows you to securely access information about your child and communicate directly with your child's school.

Features of Qparents:

• attendance details
• report cards
• invoices
• payment history
• excursion permissions

Currently we have roughly 80 percent of parents/carers on Qparents. If you haven’t already made an account with Qparents, new invitation codes have just been emailed home.

Any further questions please contact the school office.

Absentee Line

To notify the school of your child's absence, please text your child's name and reason for absence to 0429 467 361.

2024 School Term Dates

School Bus Services

Just a reminder that we have a bus service that runs from Wynnum State School. Below is a link to both services.

https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/timetables/bus/T/815

https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/timetables/bus/t/819/outbound/2022-05-31

A Go Card will need to be purchased to be able to utilise this Translink bus service. The following link lists retail outlets of where to purchase a Go card https://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/go-card/locations 

Community News