Welcome back to one of the busiest terms of the year – it is filled with learning, reflection and celebration!! I hope you all had a lovely holiday and the children are ready for the fun filled term ahead.

SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THE NEXT FORTNIGHT

10/10 – Yr 3 Botanic Gardens Excursion

11/10 – Crazy Sock Day – Wellbeing Fundraiser

13/10  – GALA Day

13/10 & 14/10 – AFL Q School Cup

17/10 – Curiosity and Powerful Learning Visiting Teachers to the school

20/10 – Yr 3-6 Assembly

24/10 – 5L Hoodwinked

25/10 – 5P Hoodwinked

26/10 – 5BW Hoodwinked

27/10 – GALA Day Back up, Prep – Yr 2 Assembly, Day 4 Daniel

 PREP 2024 INFORMATION SESSION

Thank you to all the families that attended the Prep 2024 group discussions with their children who will be attending Yeronga State School next year.  It was lovely to meet the families and welcome them into the Yeronga learning community.  Please note that there is a Prep 2024 Stay and Play, tomorrow morning from 7:30 – 8am in the Prep playground.  Mrs Freeman and Mrs Quinn will be there to say hello!!

2024 CLASS ALLOCATIONS

Thank you to everyone who put forward a class allocation preference for 2024 – the opportunity to place a class allocation to Mrs Freeman has now closed.  These preferences will be taken into consideration as there are many factors that teachers take into consideration when allocating your child into a class.

 WHOLE SCHOOL SUSTAINABILITY DAY

Wednesday of Week 10, the whole school engaged in a sharing session around our Inquiry big concept for the term ‘Sustainability’.  It was lovely to see the Prep children sharing about how to care for their special places and the Year 4 children were amazed at how much knowledge the Prep children were able to share with the them.  Each class had the opportunity to share their learnings with another year level (Round 1) and then each class had the opportunity to learn from another class (Round 2).  The children were able to change the purpose of their learning to suit the year level that was coming in to learn. It was lovely to see new relationships and learning opportunities for the future occur between classes.

Student Leadership Nomination Processes 2024

In week 10 last term, students in year 5 embarked on the first step of their student leadership journey with a expert panel. As they prepare for nominations of student leadership positions this term, the students heard from staff across the school about the qualities of a good student leader. Thank you to our panellists; Mr Trattos, Mrs Freeman, Mrs Quinn, Mrs Southwell, Mrs Mitchell, Mr Petersen and Mr Landbeck!  Key qualities of a good student leader included: respect, leaving a legacy, service before self, lead by example, encouragement, using the learner assets and being kind and fair. 

Year 5 students this week met with Miss Kirk for their second student leadership orientation session, and will be nominating for formal leadership positions over the next 3 weeks.   For more information on the student leadership nomination processes, please see the student handbook (link below). 

Crazy Sock Day fundraiser

On Wednesday 11^th October, the Wellbeing Legacy Committee is hosting a Crazy Sock Day fundraiser for Mental Health Week.  All community members are encouraged to wear crazy socks to raise awareness for mental health and bring a gold coin donation to support the wellbeing Legacy Committee.