Moderation Process for Written Assessments

Our dedicated teachers are currently engaged in the moderation processes for written assessments.  This critical activity ensures consistency and fairness in the evaluation of student work across all classes.  By collaborating and reviewing each other’s assessments, our teachers can maintain high standards and provide valuable feedback to our students.

Collegial Planning Half Days

In preparation for the next term, our teachers are participating in collegial planning half days.  These sessions allow our staff to work together, share best practices, and develop comprehensive plans that will enhance the learning experience for our students.  This collaborative approach is essential for fostering a supportive and effective teaching environment.

Parent Teacher Interviews

We are currently conducting Parent-Teacher interviews, which provide an excellent opportunity for parents to discuss their child’s progress and address any concerns with their teachers.  These interviews are crucial for building strong partnerships between the school and families.  While many interviews are taking place now, some classes will continue their interviews into Term 2 to ensure that all parents have the chance to engage in these important conversations.  If you have not yet booked your Parent-Teacher interview, please contact your Year 3-6 Teacher via the class email.

Report Card Survey

School reports are important part of our academic communication process.  They assist parents to stay engaged in their child’s schooling.  They help parents to set and maintain high expectations, talk to their child about school and support and encourage their learning.

We are seeking your valuable input through our Report Card survey to make our report cards more user-friendly – detailed information in previous newsletter.

There were some issues with the previous link, however this has been rectified and the link is now working – see blow. 

Report Card Review 2025

Staffing Updates

We are please to announce that Ms Tanika Maguire will be returning from maternity leave to partner with Ms Jo Wilkinson on Class 1W.  Ms Maguire will commence in Term 2 and will be teaching Mondays and Fridays, while Ms Wilkinson will teach on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

We are confident that this partnership will ensure that the needs of our students are well catered for.  Both Ms Maguire and Ms Wilkinson are dedicated and experienced educators who are committed to providing a supportive and enriching learning environment for your children.

Additionally, Ms Corinna Gilliland will continue her excellent work teaching 4G for the remainder of the semester.  Ms Gilliland has been doing a fantastic job with Year 4 and we are grateful for her dedication and hard work.

Cross Country Event

Unfortunately this event has been postponed until Thursday 3 April 2025 due to the weather.

We encourage all families to come and support our students as they participate in this exciting event.

School of the Year Competition

Some of you may have heard my interview with breakfast hosts Sam and Ash on 91.1 HOT FM last Friday.  I was so impressive that Sam and Ash actually came to the school to speak to the students.  They are promoting the School of the Year competition running for the remainder of this week.  It is very simple to vote for our school and I have provided a link here.  If we are successful, we can win $10,000!  Our school plans to use the money to assist families with costs associated with school swimming and surf skills

YOU CAN VOTE ONCE / DAY, EVERYDAY

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW!!!!

Best regards,

Rob

ENROLLING PREP 2026

We encourage Kindy parents to begin the enrolment process for Prep 2026. Eumundi State School has a number of enrolment processes we believe are important for Kindy parents to be aware of.

Eumundi State School enrolment applications are already being accepted for 2026 and Prep 2026 enrolment meetings will start in Term 2!

Parents are encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible in 2025 in order to begin the enrolment and transition process to best support children in preparation for their first year at school.

Enrolment packs are available on our school website, or drop in to our office to collect a pack.

2026 EUMUNDI PREP OPEN - PARENT SESSIONS

Parents are invited to come and tour our Prep precinct and classes - and you are welcome to bring your child/ren along too. This session provides opportunities for parents to talk with School Leaders and our Prep teachers about our school and Prep, and to walk through and see our various classrooms. Parent visitors are invited to meet school leaders in the Prep precinct (enter via Napier St school gates) on the folowing days:

Thursday 3rd April (9:30​ - 10:30am)

Tuesday 13th May (9:30 - 10:30am)​

SEEDLINGS PLAYGROUP

We also warmly invite parents with their children 0 - 5 years old to our weekly 'Seedlings' Playgroup - Thursday mornings 9 - 10:30am. Registration and activities are free. Playgroup is a great opportunity for families to meet and play with other young families, and familiarise children with the school environment.

REPORTING TO PARENTS IN PREP – YEAR 6 - Parent feedback!

Student Semester 1 and 2 Academic Reports provide information on individual student’s achievement against expected year level standards, and how well the student is engaging with the expected learning. 

In Prep to Year 12, schools are required to provide a plain language academic report, twice a year. For each reporting period (end of each semester), schools report separately on each learning area/subject taught. The report includes:

• Each Learning Area/Subject provided.
• The student’s achievement against the reporting scale.
• Behaviour and effort.

Currently at Eumundi State School, Student Academic Reports are emailed to parents at the end of Semester 1 and Semester 2. In the Reports, teachers provide:

• An ‘achievement rating’ on a five-point scale for each Learning Area/Subject.
• An ‘effort rating’ for each learning area/subject.
• A generic Learning Area comment that summarises the year level content for the semester. (Please note: An in-depth overview of this information is also emailed to parents each term, are displayed around the school grounds, and are available on the school website.)
• A ‘behaviour rating’ and comment in relation to our school’s Student Code of Conduct.
• A personalised overall comment generally including student strengths, English and Mathematics skills of note, any adjustment/supports for their learning, and suggestions for improvement.
• An indication from the teacher regarding a request for a parent-teacher interview to discuss the report.

Example Learning Area generic comments =

Example behaviour and overall individualised comments =

Our school is currently giving consideration to modifying report card ‘comment writing’, in order to provide parents with a more precise and plain language report card.

We would appreciate parent feedback to help inform our decision and therefore ask parents to complete a short – (2 – question) survey – Report Card Review 2025.

 

Eumundi State School Anzac Day Service

On Thursday 24 April we will be having our school ANZAC Day service at the Eumundi Town Square from 9:30 to 10:15am approximately - parents/caregivers are also welcome to attend. Other details are as follows:

• During the service, 2 representatives from each class will come forward and lay a bouquet at a memorial to remember the men, women and children who have died during wars. All students are therefore asked to bring in some flowers and/or greenery on Thursday 24 April, before school, so that class bouquets can be made by 9:00am.

It would also be appreciated if some parents could assist in making the bouquets (please see your child’s teacher if you are able to help).

• All children are to be in full school uniform (Year 6 shirts are not to be worn).
• Consent forms have been emailed to all families and available on QParents - DUE FRIDAY 04 April.

Eumundi Community Anzac Day Service - Friday 25 April

Eumundi State School students and parents have been invited to participate at the Eumundi Community Anzac Day Service. Specific details are as follows:

When:  Friday 25 April 2025.

Time:  We request that everyone arrives by 7:30am.

Where:  Meet at the ‘Welcome to Eumundi Markets’ sign - near the Rural Fire Brigade.

The children will then march through the terraces to the Amphitheatre area.

Dress:  Students interested in participating are required to wear full school uniform, including a broad brimmed hat. Children are welcome to wear family medals.

It would be great to see as many Eumundi families and their children involved to show our respect and support for the Anzacs.

School Parades

Parades will continue to take place in the KOLA every Monday afternoon from 2:00pm. Term 1 and 2 parades are scheduled as follows:

2025 Eumundi State School Sporting Dates

Thursday 03 April (new date) (Term 1, Week 10) - Yr 3-6 Cross Country (8.50am to 10.50am)

Thursday 12 June (Term 2, Week 8) - P-2 Jnr Sports Day (9.30am to 12.50pm). 

Wednesday 18 June (Term 2, Week 9) - Yr 3-6 800m events (middle/afternoon sessions 12.10 to 2.30pm)

Friday 20 June (Term 2, Week 9) - Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival (all day). 

Tuesday 18 November (Term 4, Week 7) - Yr 3-6 Swimming Carnival (all day).

Up and Coming Noosa District Sport Events

01 April (new date): DIRECT TO REGION 10-12YRS GOLF TRIALS (for selected students)

02 April (new date): Noosa District 10-12yrs Boys Soccer Trials (for selected students)

28 April: Noosa District 10-12yrs Boys Touch Trials (for selected students)

28 April: Noosa District 10-12yrs Girls Touch Trials (for selected students)

06 May: Noosa District 10-12yrs Girls Rugby League Trials (for selected students)

09 May: Noosa District 10-12yrs Cross Country Trials (for selected students)

13 May: Noosa District 10-12yrs Boys & Girls Tennis Trials (for selected students)

Yours in sport

Adam Brinkworth

Physical Education Teacher

Last week in the school's Enviro Centre, Year 4 students were treated to an informative and engaging presentation organised by Slow Food Noosa.  Beth from Woombye Cheese explained how cheese is made and students were able to taste test a range of different local cheeses. 

 

Eumundi is putting a team into the 2025 Reader Cup. Students in Year 6 have been given the chance to try out to represent Eumundi at the Sunshine Coast regional competition. There will be a school based round held on Wednesday the 2nd of April. Students will be given reminders to attend this. They will be asked a series of questions about 4 different texts. The 5 children with the highest scores from the quiz held here at school will be selected on the team to represent Eumundi at the Sunshine Coast competition in June. Interested Year 6 students can prepare for the school-based quiz by reading the following texts:

-Chapter 1: The Ruins of Gorlan, Jon Flanagan

http://online.flipbuilder.com/fdyv/djyx/  

-Chapter 1: Boy Overboard, Moris Gleitzman

https://www.morrisgleitzman.com/boy-overboard.htm

-Chapter 1: Smooch and Rose, Samantha Wheeler

https://41b02d28-7b06-43e0-9ef6-dc5740d3f4d1.filesusr.com/ugd/f7b326_bddc7fb5f41944ecb1b54643d5268358.pdf

-The Children Who Loved Books, Peter Carnavas

https://youtu.be/vQFIsjMLs3o

Eumundi State School P&C Association - Join Us and Get Involved!

At the recent AGM, all memberships for the P&C Association lapsed, meaning that anyone wishing to become a member or renew their membership must complete a new form. You can do that online using this link: https://form.jotform.com/241358386423864.  Alternatively, email us at esspandc@outlook.com for the form. 

We encourage new faces to join and help us continue to support our school community!

We’re busy planning for our upcoming Mother’s Day stall, and we’ll need plenty of volunteers

for this and other fundraising events throughout the year. It's a great opportunity to get involved, make a difference, and have your say in how we support the school.

Come along, meet other parents, and help make this year a success for our students and teachers. Our next meeting will be early in Term 2 and we’ll send out details as soon as the date is confirmed. We look forward to seeing you there!

QPARENTS

The office has sent out emails inviting parents or guardians to become a QParents Account Owner (QPAO) for their student. QPAOs will be able to register for QParents to access and manage the student’s information online, view the student’s information, and submit requests to update some of the student’s details.

Student information includes:

• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence
• Positive behaviour information
• Academic report cards
• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history, and making payments online
• Viewing and updating personal student details, including medical conditions and address
• Enrolment details
• Upcoming events list showing school events and excursions.
• Consent Management including Online Services and Excursion permission.

When you receive your invitation email or letter, simply follow the instructions to register your QParents account. The process should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Initial registration and addition of students to your account must be done on a desktop or laptop computer. Once registered, you will then be able to access QParents using your mobile device (via web browser or by downloading the iPhone or Android App). Invitations sent by email will only ever come from no.reply@qparents.qld.edu.au. You will not be invited to register from any other email address or organisation.

If you do no not want to register you can just ignore the invitation and your child’s student information will not be available to anyone through Qparents.

You will also need to have your child’s EQ ID (their Education Queensland identification number) in order to complete your QParents registration. You will find your child’s EQ ID on the most recent invoice sent from the school last week.

Paul Midgley

Writing Co-Teacher/Digital Technologies Specialist Teacher/ICT Co-ordinator

Urgent attention to all Parents/Caregivers

The Staff Carpark on Caplick Way is NOT TO BE USED AS A DROP-OFF/PICK-UP AREA OR PARKING AREA FOR PARENTS WAITING TO COLLECT THEIR CHILD.  This action creates issues with on site contractors, deliveries and staff having access to the carparks and is potentially dangerous for students. 

The parallel car parks at the front of the school (near the Wellbeing Hub) are now 10 minute between 7.00am – 9.00am & 2.00pm – 4.00pm so they can be utilised as a Drop Off/Pick Up Area.

Students should not be advised by parents to meet them in the Carpark area.  The exit route for the students should be through the middle area of the school and then through the single gates.

LATE ARRIVAL

Students ARRIVING LATE need to sign in at the office and obtain a late slip.  All students should be in class by 8:40am for roll marking.  Students who arrive after this time are considered late.  This is prime learning time for all the children so please try and give your child/ren every opportunity to maximise their learning by arriving to school on time.

EARLY DEPARTURES and/or CHANGES TO TRAVEL/COLLECTION ARRANGEMENTS.       

Parents are requested to make appropriate arrangements with their children relating to getting home from school in the morning before they leave home. Please feel free to send a note to school for the teacher if arrangements differ to other days.  Telephone messages received during the day are difficult to pass on without distrupting not only your child's learning, but the learning of others too.  Messages received after 12:00pm can not be guaranteed to be able to be passed onto the student.

Parents are advised that if they are unable to pick-up their child/ren at 2.50pm, the first option should always be for casual registration with OSHC. Helping Hands OSHC is an amazing service that offers regular or casual bookings for before and after school.  Once registered you can book in at the last minute when unexpected delays crop up

Afternoon Program – Stay and Play where kids can dive into more fun activities and build friendships.

Cybersafety refers to online behaviour that is safe, appropriate and responsible. To help prevent cybersafety incidents, students are taught how to:

• use technology appropriately and responsibly
• behave in ways to enhance their own safety.

Mr Midgley is conducting cyber safety lessons as part of his Digital Technology lessons with students from PREP to Year 4. As parents it is also important that you take the time to speak with your child about what it means to be cyber safe, and what you as a parent can do to ensure that your child is cyber safe. To assist with these conversations please refer to the information below and useful links.

Information for parents

Remember, you already possess the skills to supervise. Apply these skills to technology and the online world.

To help keep your child safe when they are online, you can:

• put computers in open spaces within your home
• remind your child that content can be posted instantaneously, the downfall is that they can potentially post something without thinking about the ramifications.
• educate your child about appropriate online behaviour and the need for respectful communication with other internet users
• keep an eye on what your child is doing online (both in the home and on any mobile devices they may have access to e.g. phones, music devices and tablets)
• set clear rules about what sites and activities they are allowed to access
• install software to limit their use and monitor/restrict the sites they visit
• discuss a plan with your child about how to address any cybersafety issues that may arise (make sure they know you will be supportive if they mention anything and that they will not get in trouble)
• encourage them to find someone they feel safe talking to, such as yourself, a relative, a teacher or a trusted adult.

Social media tips

Social media applications (such as Facebook) are extremely popular with young people and the usage of these sites is only likely to increase.

Some tips to help your child stay safe while using social media include:

• make sure they never reveal their home address, phone number, email address and passwords
• review the age suitability for any sites and apps your child joins or installs
• look at who their contacts and followers are—this will help reduce the risk of them encountering inappropriate people and content
• educate yourself on the issues that children face
• establish an open relationship with your child so they trust you to view their profiles
• reinforce the need for them to keep passwords private and to update them regularly
• ensure your child understands the implications of posting images and content on the internet.

Consider creating an account on the social media application your child uses and request to become friends or follow their account. Your child may resist this but it may still be a good idea to open an account to increase your understanding of the site or app they are using.

Sourced from: Cybersafety in Queensland state schools (https://www.qld.gov.au/education/schools/health/cybersafety/cybersafety-qss)

USEFUL LINKS

https://esafety.gov.au/parents

Thank you

Mr Midgley

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Noosa District State High School is inviting students in Year 5 or 6 who have a keen interest in Musical Theatre to audition for a role in the 2025 Noosa District SHS musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  To gain a position in the Musical Theatre Excellence Program in 2025, students must attend an audition at Noosa High (Cooroy Campus) in the Drama Room (03) on Tuesday 1 April from 3.30 – 5.30pm.

For the audition students will be required to perform a 1-minute musical theatre piece of their own choice from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This piece must include dance but could also include song and dance. Students are welcome to wear costumes for their audition however this is not essential. We will be looking for students who are well prepared, enthusiastic, energised and skilful.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be staged at the Cooroy Campus on August 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Students will be required to attend Tuesday afternoon rehearsals in week 8, 9 and 10 of Term 2 and then Monday afternoon rehearsals from week 1 – 4 Term 3. Some weekend rehearsals will also be required, and an overnight camp will occur early in Term 3. 

Please note the cost of the program for successful participants will be $150, this will cover costs for costumes, hair, make-up, musical t-shirt and camp.

Please email Ms Louize Lyle (llyle1@eq.edu.au) to register for your audition by week 6 – Monday 3 March. However, due to unforeseen circumstances the registration is now open until Monday 24^th March.

We are so excited to have the opportunity to invite primary school students into this unique experience. Our Musical Theatre Excellence Program has been hugely successful for many years and highly rewarding to all involved. We encourage you to support your students in auditioning for this program.

Kind Regards

Louize Lyle                                          

Musical Producer / Director