Term 3 - 2025 Week 2 Newsletter
- Message from our Principal Mr Fehlhaber
- Semester Two Curriculum Newsletters
- NAPLAN Individual Student Reports
- PBL Focus Week 1&2
- P-3 Science with Mrs Crowe
- Sports Report with Mr. Blair - PE Teacher
- Year 5 Passion Learning
- Year 6 Market Day Snapshots
- Year 4-6 NAIDOC Excursion Snapshots
- Guidance Officer Message with Nathaly Manning
- CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING (COSP™) PROGRAM – TERM 3, 2025
- 100 Days of Prep
- P&C News
- Road Safety
- Afterschool Activities
- From our PCYC
- Qparents
- School Facebook Page
- School Bus Services
- Community News
Message from our Principal Mr Fehlhaber
It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I write this introduction to you as the new principal of Wynnum State School. I am honoured to become part of the Wynnum community and look forward to working with you in the education of your children. I have been struck by the warm and genuine welcome offered to me by students, staff and community members.
Prior to Wynnum, I have 16 years’ experience as principal, ranging from small to large regional primary schools. My most recent principalship was at Marian State School in Mackay. I have recently spent two years as a School Reviewer for Education Queensland and School Improvement Coach in Metropolitan South Region. On a personal note, I married Anne who is a high school teacher, and we are proud of our three children who each now have their own careers.
One of my first goals here at Wynnum will be building strong relationships with students, staff and families. You will often find me in the classrooms and playgrounds getting to know students and taking an active interest in what and how they are learning. With this in mind, we will maintain our commitment to the strategic priorities of the school:
- Delivering a quality curriculum outcomes through great teaching practice.
- Ensuring a safe, respectful and disciplined learning environment through our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) strategies.
- Focusing on the wellbeing needs of students and staff to provide the foundation for engagement in learning.
I welcome your ideas and input and look forward to meeting as many of you as possible throughout the term.
Vale Declan Phillips
Many of you will be aware of the tragic passing of former WSS student, Declan Phillips. Declan’s brother, Ryan is in Year 5 at our school.
On behalf of the Wynnum State School community, we have been in contact with the Phillips family to pass on our deepest condolences and to ensure them of our support for Ryan on his return to school.
This week we have engaged a regional senior guidance officer to assist Ms Manning our guidance officer in supporting any needs of students and staff at this time. Please contact the school if your student requires any support as they process this news.
Len Fehlhaber
Semester Two Curriculum Newsletters
Semester Two Curriculum Newsletters for Years 3-6 will be emailed home on Monday 28 July.
Prep, Year One and Year Two Curriculum newsletters were provided at the beginning of the year. If you would like to revisit these, the following link takes you to the information about what students learn in each year level.
For those who like to go deeper into the curriculum, the following link takes you to a short video that explains how the three dimensions of the Australian Curriculum work together.
NAPLAN Individual Student Reports
Hard copies of the 2025 NAPLAN Individual Student Reports for Year 3 and Year 5 students were sent home on Thursday 24 July. The National Assessment Program has put together the following short video for families, to explain how to read the reports.
PBL Focus Week 1&2
We are respectful when we are quick, quiet and clean in the toilets 🌟
This fortnight, we’re reinforcing positive behaviours in our school toilets. Let’s work together to keep our shared spaces safe, tidy, and respectful for everyone! 💧🧼👏
P-3 Science with Mrs Crowe
It certainly will be an exciting term ahead for our Junior Wynnum Warriors. Young meteorologists, climatologists, hydrologists and astronomists will investigate changes on their earth, and phenomena in space, throughout P-3 ‘Earth and Space Sciences’ Investigations during Term Three:
Prep - ‘Weather in our World’ (Identifying Weather Patterns)
Year One - ‘Changes All Around’ (Seasonal and Environmental Changes)
Year Two - ‘Water Works’ (The Water Cycle)
Year Three - ‘Night and Day’ (Sun, Earth and Moon Cycles)
National Tree Day is this Sunday 27 July. Schools Tree Day is celebrated this Friday 25th July 2025. There will be an interactive display, with planting experiences, outside the Junior Science Lab. Tree Day is a great way to inspire students to learn about their local environment while playing an active role in their community. Local community events will be happening that you may wish to become involved in with your children. Activities range from planting bush tucker gardens, building habitat for native wildlife, nature play and community plantings. https://nationaltreeday.org.au/
Later this term we will celebrate National Science Week. This is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. The 2025 school theme will be ‘Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language’. https://www.scienceweek.net.au/
Look up, look around and discover science happening in your world every day. Welcome back everyone!
Sports Report with Mr. Blair - PE Teacher
Congratulations to the following students who have qualified to compete at the district athletics carnival:
-Sienna S, Chloe G, Sienna S, Cooper O’D, Memphis W, Keeyo S, Ari H, Michael L, Lena W, Lennox C, Riley T
Events that students qualified for include long jump, high jump, 100m, 200m and 800m. The carnival will be held on the 7th and 8th of August, and we wish them all the best. Distances, heights and times were all very tough to qualify for so it’s a great achievement to even make it to this level. I am positive they will do themselves and the school proud as Wynnum warriors.
Year 5 Passion Learning
Wow! What a turn out during the last week of Term 2. Parents, family and friends celebrated the students’ presentations as they became the audience for the Year 5 Passion Learning Extravaganza on Wednesday 18 June.
As part of our Year 5 Wisdom Wednesdays, the students have been on a learning journey within the Yr 5 Health curriculum which focuses on student well-being and self-reflection. The Yr 5 teaching team facilitated self-directed learning, creativity and discovery within a broad set of guidelines that encouraged the students to incorporate their own interests, their passions.
Passion learning has been about choices and decision making. It is a rich, authentic, student led learning process of RESEARCHING, CREATING AND PRESENTING.
Once students selected their passion, they developed a driving question. These inquiry questions became the focus of the research stage. The topics for Passion Learning are inherently personalised for each student. Students were asked to make decisions and choices about the people, places and tools that would best support their learning each week as they planned for each session and recorded what they were able to achieve.
At the creating stage, students were required to make decisions about how they would share their learning. Their creations were then presented at the Passion Learning Extravaganza. The students proudly shared their artwork, constructions, baked goods, PowerPoints, dancing, posters, recipe books, sewing, sports skills and videos. The learning talk between students and adults added to the buzz of the day. Students were then asked to reflect on what they discovered about themselves as a learner and what they could do to further support their personal growth and well-being.
Thank you to all the family and friends who contributed towards this successful learning journey.
Year 6 Market Day Snapshots
Year 4-6 NAIDOC Excursion Snapshots
Guidance Officer Message with Nathaly Manning
Dear Families,
Welcome back to Term 3. I trust that you’ve all had a relaxing and rejuvenating break.
Our school community is feeling the weight of a deeply sad event – the heartbreaking loss of a young life. While we hold those directly affected in our hearts, we are also reminded of the importance of compassion, connection, and care within our school and the broader community.
At times like this, our children may feel a range of emotions, even if they did not know the family personally. They might have questions, feel unsettled, or simply be more sensitive than usual. If you feel your child has been affected in any way, please don’t hesitate to reach out to their classroom teacher. They can assist with a referral to the Guidance Officer, where support is available to help them process what they’re feeling in a safe and caring space
Now more than ever, let’s look out for one another and continue to support each other with kindness and understanding as we move through this time together.
As always, below are some services to keep in your contact list should you need support at home:
- Police / Ambulance – 000 (emergency)
- Lifeline provides 24hr telephone counselling for people in crisis or emotional distress on 13 11 14
- Kids Helpline is a free 24hr counselling service for Australian kids and young people 1800 55 1800
- Parentline provides confidential counselling for parents, from 8am-10pm, 7 days a week 1300 301 300
Take care.
CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING (COSP™) PROGRAM – TERM 3, 2025
As parents do you ever struggle with managing challenging behaviour, big emotions and trying to figure out what your child really needs? Do you ask yourself are positive or negative reinforcements, rewards, punishments or consequences actually working? Or do you ever feel overwhelmed, judged and guilty for feeling not good enough?
We are excited to offer parents and caregivers a free opportunity to join the Circle of Security Parenting (COSP™) Program – a supportive and practical course designed to strengthen your relationship with your child.
This internationally acclaimed program helps parents better understand their child’s emotional needs, manage challenging behaviours, and build secure, healthy connections. Whether you're parenting toddlers or teens, the Circle of Security provides tools that make a lasting difference.
Spaces are limited – please contact your child/s class teacher to register your interest. Once you have registered someone from our well-being team will be in contact with you and provide more details.
Let’s work together to support stronger families and confident, connected kids!
100 Days of Prep
In the first week of Term 3, our Preps celebrated their 100 days of learning. During first break the Preps had the opportunity to play games with the Student Council. Games such as hopscotch, duck duck goose, musical statues and What’s the Time Mr Wolf.
The students, teachers and Student Council committee dressed up as 100-year-old men and women and played fun games with the Student Council.
Bershka & Raynaa
Student Council
P&C News
What a bright and sunny start to Term 3 we've had. We commenced the term promptly with the P&C general meeting in week 1, held last Thursday evening at the Manly Hotel. The night was a great success and we extend a huge thank you to everyone who attended. Seeing new faces at every meeting is incredibly encouraging for the P&Cs future. We also offer a warm welcome to our new Principal, Mr Len Fehlhaber.
🐙🌊TRIVIA NIGHT 🐬🦑
The much anticipated Trivia night is now fast approaching and is happening Saturday 9 August, at Wynnum State School Auditorium 5pm - 10pm.
Sharpen your trivia skills, grab a group of parents, friends or colleagues and book your table today. Have fun, meet others in our school community and raise important funds for our school. This annual event has gained a reputation not-to-be missed so get in while the early fish tickets are still live!
Road Safety
Afterschool Activities
From our PCYC
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 been emailed home this week.
For any additional questions, feel free to contact the school office at 3893 5111 or visit our administrative team in person, who will be happy to assist you with the setup.
School Facebook Page
Please visit the page via this link https://www.facebook.com/WynnumStateSchool and click Like!
School Bus Services
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
