30 April 2025

Principal’s Report

Yours in education,

Peter Davey
Principal

New Students

A special welcome is extended to Olivia (Prep C) & Oliver (1C) who joined the Kurwongbah School community recently.  We hope you enjoy your time at Kurwongbah and we look forward to parent support with P&C and class activities.

Student of the Week

TERM 1 WEEK 10

Date Claimers

Due Dates for Payments

School ANZAC Service & ANZAC Day March

Thanks to our Year 6 student leaders, Performance Group, Mrs Turner, Mrs C and Mrs Evans from Strathpine Bray Park RSL Sub Branch for presenting a moving and reflective ANZAC Parade last Thursday. All classes made a class wreath which was laid in our ANZAC Garden after the service.

Thank you to our student leaders and their siblings that represented Kurwongbah State School proudly at the ANZAC March at Kallangur on Friday 25^th April.

Mother’s Day Stall

Wednesday 7^th May Timetable

Thursday 8^th May Timetable

2026 Prep Enrolments

We are now taking names of Prep students for 2026. Children who were born between 1^st July 2020 and 30^th June 2021 are eligible to commence Prep in 2026. Parents are invited to contact the school office (Ph: 3481 4333) if they are intending to enrol their child at Kurwongbah for Prep in 2026. Enrolment forms can then be completed and student interview times booked.  Please contact the school for further information.

School Photos

School photos for 2025 have been rescheduled for the 4^th and 5^th June. This was the earliest date that was available. More information regarding school photos will be provided closer to our reschedule dates.

Parade Presentations 2025

Whole school Parades are held each Friday morning from 8.55am in our school hall. Parents are most welcome to attend. During the year each class or year level will present a Parade Presentation.

Below are the 2025 Parade Presentations:

Bell Times

Parents are reminded of the bell times.  If you are planning to collect your child during the break times, please ensure you contact the office to advise, so we can have your child waiting at the office.  We can’t otherwise guarantee to locate your child until they transition back to their classroom.

Student Safety

The safety of students and staff is very important. Members of the school community are asked to observe the following:

• Students are required to have their Kurwongbah school hats at school EVERY day and students must wear hats during both play breaks regardless of where they are playing
• Students who bring scooters to school must secure them in the bike area. Scooters are NOT to be stored in class areas
• Parents and carers are also asked to use the school crossings (Eacham Street and Eucumbene Drive) when bringing their children to and from school. This teaches our children the correct road safety rules. Thank you for your support with these safety precautions
• Parents and carers are permitted to photograph their own child at school events and activities but are requested to refrain from taking photos of other children or posting school material online (including Facebook)

Absences

State schools are required to notify parents on the same day any student is absent from school without explanation.  Rolls are marked at 8:50am and 2:10pm each day. An SMS message will be sent to any parent of a student with an unexplained absence by 11am.  Students who are not in their class at 8:50am will be marked absent and MUST collect a late slip from the office. Parents collecting their children early must sign them from the office before collecting from the classroom.

Absence Notification Process

Please remember to contact the school early in the morning if your child is going to be away or late for school so your child’s absence can be recorded correctly. The preferred method of reporting an absence is via the SMS number 0429 919 560. Otherwise, you can contact the school absence line on 3481 4366 or the main school admin line on 3481 4333.

Please be sure you indicate the following when reporting the absence:

• Name of child (especially if there is more than one child in your family)
• Absence reason – Please indicate if your child is sick or at an appointment etc. Indicating that your child is not coming to school, does not give a true reason for the absence
• Late Arrival – If your child will be late due to an appointment, please indicate an approximate time of arrival
• Dates of absences, if longer than 1 day

Contact Details

It is important that the school have the correct contact details.  This is especially important in emergency situations or if your child presents as unwell during the school day. If you have changed your mobile phone number, address or email address, complete the attached form and forward to the office.  Please be also aware if you have a change in emergency contacts. If parents are registered through QParents they are able to update details through this app.

Storm Warnings

If the weather forecast is indicating storms or we have heavy rain at 3.00pm, your child will be kept in class until your arrival at the classroom. Please do not panic when collecting your child as this can distress other students.

Mobile Phones Away for the Day 2025

Student Use of Mobile Devices

If students choose to bring their phone to school, they must switch it off and hand in at the office for safe keeping during school hours.  Phones should not be left in school-bags.

Smartwatches and other devices can be worn; however, notifications must be switched off.

This includes during lessons and break times, as well as during other school activities. 

Students not complying with this policy will be referred to school leadership and parents contacted.

Why is This Happening?

This approach is being implemented in all Queensland state schools to:

• Reduce distractions in the classroom
• Increase face-to-face interactions between students
• Promote student health and wellbeing
• Reduce the potential for student exposure to negative impacts of the digital world, such as cyberbullying

More Information

Guidelines and supporting documents have been developed in consultation with school leaders and key stakeholders.

Scan the QR code to visit the phones away for the day online hub, for parent/carer and student resources.

School Parking Programme

Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) Local Laws Unit undertakes a School Parking Patrol Program where officers complete scheduled school patrols, both in the morning and afternoon, to ensure that vehicles are parked in a safe and lawful manner. The primary aim of the program is to ensure that students and family members/caregivers are able to safely move around the school area as part of dropping off or picking up students from the school.

The Moreton Bay Regional Council Local Law No.5 (Parking) 2011 and Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 control parking or stopping of vehicles on footpaths, bicycle paths, marked yellow lines, shared paths, dividing strips and nature strips, along with vehicles parking across resident’s driveways and within ‘No Stopping’, ‘No Parking’, and ‘Bus Zones’ and Pick-up / Drop -off zones. Council is legally required to enforce these areas and the School Parking Patrol Program forms part of this process. Drivers are reminded that footpaths and nature strips are in place to promote pedestrian movement in a safe manner along roadsides and that drivers and residents must not stop on a bicycle path, shared path, dividing strip or nature strip. Please also note that vehicles that are parked with two wheels up and two wheels down is not considered as a lawful parking practice.

Local Laws officers conduct enforcement through the issuance of Penalty Infringement Notices as part of each School Parking Patrol. Please be aware that Council officers may take photographic evidence of vehicles stopping or parking illegally with Penalty Infringement Notices to be issued via mail at a later date to the offending vehicle’s owner.

Visit www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/parking for further guidance on parking restrictions.

For any further information, members of the School community are welcome to contact Moreton Bay Regional Council on 3205 0555.

STEM & Enrichment Education News

Makerspace Lunchtime Timetable

Solid Pathways Term 2

Selected students from Year 4, 5 and 6 are again participating in Solid Pathways for Term 2.  Students will attend a 1 hour session every week, engaging with other students from a variety of schools in a collaborative, interactive, online environment for STEM related activities in a virtual reality program. All the best this term!

STEM Challenge Day – Bray Park High School

Last term selected Year 5 and 6 students travelled to Bray Park High School to compete in the Bray Park School STEM challenge day. Teams competed in a range of mathematical, science and engineering activities as well as a technology quiz against other local primary and high schools. Congratulations students on your great efforts on the day and well done to our Kurwongbah team taking out third place!

Music News

Thank you to all the families that have paid the SRS amount so promptly. Payment is now overdue so if you haven’t paid, please finalise this as soon as possible.

Save the Date

• Choral Fanfare: Wednesday 28^th May
• Senior String Ensemble on Parade: Friday 30^th May
• The Mid Year Night of Music: Tuesday 3^rd June
• Choirs on Parade: Friday 6^th June

Performance Uniforms

All students have been fitted for a Performance Uniform and most students have taken it home already. All students except for Year 3 beginner strings are required to have a Performance Uniform. Please get your child to try on his/her performance uniform to ensure it is a good fit. If there are any problems, please send a message to Mrs C and return the uniform to the Music Room and it can be changed over if there is a better size available. Please keep it in the bag for safe keeping. When the students are required to wear it, a message will be sent home via an email, Facebook or note.  Students are to wear white ankle socks with plain black school shoes. Please note that ballet flats, boots, high tops and black with other colours are not appropriate to be worn with the Performance Uniform when representing the school.  The socks need to be visible - no low-cut socks please. The examples below show what is acceptable and not acceptable:

Choral Fanfare

The Senior Singers, Middle Singers and Junior Singers will perform at Choral Fanfare on Wednesday 28^th May. This is a biennial choral festival organized by Education Queensland to celebrate and showcase Education Queensland’s school choirs. Kurwongbah is hosting a heat for our region so performances will take place in the school hall. Parents/carers are welcome to come and support us and there is no cost involved. We have not been allocated a time yet but as soon as we have final details these will be communicated to you.

Book Club News

How Book Club Helps Your Child’s School

Every time you place a Scholastic order, your School is being rewarded!  For example, for every Book Club order you place, Scholastic receives 20% of your total order spend to your school as Scholastic Rewards.  This allows the school to purchase books and resources for your child’s classroom and the library, helping students reach their highest potential.

How To Order

The Book Club LOOP platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card.  Your child’s order is submitted directly to school and the books will be delivered to your child’s class.  You can place your child’s order at http://scholastic.com.au/LOOP or using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.

Cash orders can be handed into the library.  Simply fill out the order form on the back of the catalogue, place the form and the exact cash amount into an envelope or clip seal bag and drop off to the LIBRARY ONLY!

Julie Collins
Book Club Coordinator 

P&C News

Save the Date

Our next P&C meeting will be Wednesday 14^th May at 6.30pm in the Staffroom. Come along and hear about what is happening in our school community.

Become a P&C Member

Our P&C association is a friendly group and the meetings are a good way of finding out what is happening at our school. Each year members work together to grow community spirit and work towards the benefit of all children at the school. Members may choose to volunteer in the classroom, library, tuckshop, uniform shop, at sporting events and organised activities/working bees. P&C membership also allows members to have a say in what should be done to help the school community, and how best to fundraise to work towards important goals throughout the year.

Drop your membership form into the school office or email it to: secretary@ksspca.qld.edu.au. Membership forms are also available at the Uniform Shop.

Tuckshop News

Hello from the Tuckshop!

Our tuckshop phone is currently down. If you need to contact us, please call the Kurwongbah State School office on (07) 3481 4333 or email tuckshop@ksspca.qld.edu.au.

New Tuckshop Treats

We’ve got some delicious new additions on the menu this term, including:

• Fresh bananas
• Creamy custard
• And a brand-new flavour of Red Rock Deli chips – Sweet Chilli & Sour Cream! 

Birthday Buckets

Make your child’s birthday extra special with our new Birthday Buckets – delivered right to their classroom! Each bucket includes:

• Tasty Quelch ice sticks for the whole class
• Fun Birthday Hat
• $2 Tuckshop Voucher

Order yours now through the QKR! app – just choose the date, and we’ll handle the rest!

Ordering

The preferred method of ordering is online via the QKR app, as all details of in stock items are available.  We also accept over the phone orders and cash orders over the counter.

Cash

Tuckshop is once again accepting cash sales via the bag system and for over the counter items in break times.

Phone Orders

Parents can place a phone order, by phoning the tuckshop directly on 3481 4337 and paying by credit card.  Cut off for phone orders is 9:00am.

Online Ordering

Parents can order via the online QKR app.  Cut off for online ordering is 8:00am.  Please ensure you have your child’s correct class, so your child’s meal is prepared and ready in the correct collection place.

Allergies

We currently cater for many students with allergies.  If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact our team and we will be able to give you up to date information regarding our products.

Tuckshop Hours

Thank you for supporting the Tuckshop, we love serving up smiles and snacks at Kurwongbah.

Tuckshop Convenors 
3481 4337
tuckshop@ksspca.qld.edu.au

Uniform Shop

Uniform Fittings

If you need a uniform fitting, you do not need to arrange an appointment. Simply come to the Uniform Shop during opening times.

Qkr! Online orders are delivered to class during Uniform Shop hours.

School Backpacks

School backpacks are available for $50.  These backpacks are chiropractic approved and have a guarantee for the full time your child is at school. We have new stock arriving Monday 20^th February.

Second-hand Uniforms     

If you have uniforms that you no longer require, please bring them into the Uniform Shop. We urgently need all sizes.

You can either sell them through the shop or donate them.  If you can’t get into the Uniform Shop to drop off your second-hand uniforms you can leave them at the Office with Uniform Shop written on the bag. 

Ordering Through Uniform Shop    

Uniform Shop Hours

Thank you 
Michelle & Megan
3481 4338
uniformshop@ksspca.qld.edu.au 

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