School Parades

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

Year 3 to 6 Inter House Cross Country

Congratulations to all students who took part in this year’s Inter House Cross Country held on Thursday 24 April. After needing to postpone due to wet weather in Term 1, the level of energy, effort and determination on display during this year’s races was superb.  

Many thanks to all Eumundi staff that helped put the day to together and ensure everything ran as smoothly as possible. Extra special thanks to Mr Robinson for his ever reliable assistance in organising this event.  Thank you to all families who also attended to be a part of this school carnival.

At the conclusion of the day when all points had been tallied up, it was the well deserved Wattle house that found themselves with the trophy for overall winning house.

Overall results were as follows:

4TH PLACE:     CEDAR (170 POINTS)

3RD PLACE:    BANKSIA (173 POINTS)

2ND PLACE:    BUNYA (174 POINTS)

1ST PLACE:     WATTLE (208 POINTS)

2025 Top Six Place getters for students born in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013 were as follows:

2025 Eumundi SS Cross Country Age Champions

  8 YEARS BOYS –   Sonny W                   8 YEARS GIRLS –  Frey W

  9 YEARS BOYS –   Lucas W                    9 YEARS GIRLS –  Jarla K

10 YEARS BOYS –   Cooper D                 10 YEARS GIRLS – Zoey B

11 YEARS BOYS –   Mason W                 11 YEARS GIRLS –  Pippa F

12 YEARS BOYS –   Aston D                   12 YEARS GIRLS –  Winter J

10-12 Years Noosa District Cross Country Trials 2025

The 10-12 Years Noosa District Cross Country Trials for students born 2013, 2014 and 2015 will be held on Friday 9 May at Noosaville State School. All students in these age groups who placed in the top six have been invited to represent our school at this event where they will be competing against other schools within the Noosa District. Results from this event will be included in the next edition of the school newsletter. Good luck to everyone who will be competing at these trials next Friday.

10-12 Years Noosa District Sport Representatives

Congratulations to our Eumundi students who have so far been successful in gaining selection at Noosa District Sporting Trials:

Boys Softball – Phoenix R

Swimming – George F, Bonnie C, Emma M and Ivanka H

Girls Soccer – Winter J, Arabella A, Macie R and Ella R

Year 3 to 6 Athletics Carnival

Over the next few weeks all year 3 to 6 students will have an opportunity to participate in pre-carnival athletics trials for high jump, long jump, shot put and the 200m sprint, which will be held in addition to their weekly PE lessons that are also focusing on developing track and field skills.

If wishing to attend pre-carnival athletics trials, it will be very important that your child/children have nominations returned by the DUE DATE as NO late nominations will be accepted.  More information about how to nominate will be sent out to parents over the upcoming week.

These trials allow us to select students from each house to go in the Championship events during the Year 3 - 6 Athletics Carnival, which will be held on Friday 20 June. Please note, that in long jump, high jump and shot put, there is a Team event on the Carnival day for those not in Championship events. These events have more points allocated to them than Championship events.

The format for each event is as follows:

• Long Jump – Usually up to 12 students per age group are selected to go in the Championship event.
• High Jump – Usually up to 8 students per age group are selected to go in the Championship event.
• Shot Put – Usually up to 12 students per age group are selected to go in the Championship event.
• 80m/100m - everyone runs in the heats on Carnival day leading up to the sprint finals.
• 200m – Strictly 8 students per age group from each house are selected to go in the Championship event. Fastest 8 times are the basis of selection in this event.
• 800m - everyone is encouraged to run in the Championship event is scheduled before the carnival on Wednesday 18 June (approximately 12.10 to 2.30pm).

Prep to Year 2 Sports Day

The Prep to Year 2 Junior Sports Day will be held on Thursday 12 June.  The starting time will be approximately 9:30am and should finish by 12:50pm. The day consists of eight rotation activities which include: Sack Races & Egg/Spoon Races, Target Throwing, Sprints, Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, Relays and Ball Games. All prep/new students will be allocated a house group in the next week or two. They will either been placed in: Banksia (Green), Bunya (Blue), Cedar (Red) or Wattle (Yellow). Other general information has been emailed to all parents of Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students. All students from Prep to Year 2 who not currently in a sports house will be allocated to one in the upcoming weeks.

2025 Eumundi State School Sporting Dates

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

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)

16 June: Noosa District 10-12yrs Boys Cricket Trials (for selected students)

Yours in sport

Adam Brinkworth

Physical Education Teacher

Year 5 students recently took part in The Amazing Garden Race, an action-packed event where they put all their learning from Enviro Days to the test. 

Working in teams, students tackled a variety of garden-themed challenges to earn clues and progress through the course. Activities included whipping up a batch of pumpkin scones, counting a mountain of pumpkins, planting seed trays, constructing a teepee trellis, racing in a watering can relay, and exploring the orchard on a plant identification scavenger hunt. They also sorted and identified seeds, sequenced the life cycle of a plant, and even got hands-on de-seeding a pumpkin! It was an exciting, energetic day that celebrated teamwork, sustainability, and everything students have discovered about the garden over the years.

Eumundi State School Readers Cup Team 2025

Eumundi State School is excited to be participating in the 2025 Readers Cup! Congratulations to all the students who expressed interest, and a special well done to the five students who have been selected to represent ESS at the Sunshine Coast competition in June.

Our Year 6 team members are pictured here with their bundle of books and are already deep into their reading in preparation for the big event. Many began reading at the end of last term and will continue right up to competition day.

A big thank you to Miss Amber for organising copies of the required books for students to borrow. This year's titles include Scar Town, 11 Ruby Rd, Silver Linings, The Kindness Project, and Fearless Frederick.

Happy reading!