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Date Claimers – Term 1 2025
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Event |
Date |
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Student Leader Program - MBEEC |
Friday 28 February |
| Yr 5 and 6 Think You Know – Cybersafety session |
Thursday – 6 March |
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NAPLAN |
12 March – 21 March |
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P&C Family Movie Night |
Friday – 14 March |
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Prep 2026 – Parent/Carer Information Session and School Tour |
Tuesday – 18 March - (5:15 - 6:00pm) |
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P&C Meeting |
Tuesday – 18 March - (6:30pm) |
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French Film Festival Yr 4 - 6 |
Wednesday - 19 March |
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Harmony Day |
Friday – 21 March |
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Frozen Friday |
Friday 21 March |
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Crazy Sock Day * |
Friday – 21 March |
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Senior Cross Country |
Monday – 24 March -(9:00 - 11:00am) |
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Junior Cross Country |
Monday – 24 March - (2:00 – 3:00pm) |
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Yr 3 Excursion - Grow and Change |
Tuesday - 25 March and Wednesday - 26 March |
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Ditto Show - Prep, 1 and 2 |
Wednesday - 26 March |
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Yr 6 Excursion - Immigration |
Friday - 28 March |
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Yr 5/6 Life Education sessions |
Monday -31 March and Tuesday - 1 April |
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Parent/Teacher Interviews |
Tuesday - 1 April and Thursday - 3 April |
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Easter Hat Parade (Prep & Yr 1) |
Friday – 4 April |
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Last day of Term 1 |
Friday – 4 April |
* P&C - Year 6 Graduation fundraising
School Improvement Agenda for 2025 will continue to focus on improving student outcomes:
Pedagogical Practices in mathematics
Whole-School Approach to Inclusion
Prep 2026 – Parent/Carer Information Session and School Tour
Will your child turn 5 before the 30 June 2026?
Then they are ready for Prep in 2026.
Come and join us on Tuesday 18 March 2025 for a school tour and to find out about Prep. Please let your friends and family know, so they can join us.
Click here for further information on enrolling at our school.
Out-of-Catchment Applications: 2026 - Applications for out-of-catchment enrolments for 2026 are now open. You can add your name to the waiting list here.
P&C Movie Night
Translated Newsletter
Did you know our newsletter can be translated into other languages? If you log onto a computer, you will see towards the top middle, just below our banner photo, there is a translation feature.
Respecting Our Neighbours
Tingalpa State School has good relationships with our surrounding neighbours and it is important that we continue to show respect for our neighbours. Please ensure you only park in designated spaces, without blocking driveways or hinder access to properties. Parking is limited in the school carparks but there are many streets close to the school and Kianawah Park as parking options. Please do not park in the Twin Parks Shopping Complex, as cars may be towed. Thank you for thinking of our neighbours around the school area.
A big thank you
We would like to extend our thanks to those families who have made voluntary contributions to the school this year. We are excited to share that thanks to your support, we have been able to purchase a classroom set of Ozobots. These innovative coding robots will allow our students to dive deeper into hands-on learning and creativity, enhancing their STEM skills in fun and interactive ways.
School Assembly – Student Awards
Our school assemblies give an opportunity to celebrate learning and share school community messages.
Our Student Awards are given to students who have demonstrated one of our Tingalpa State School Values and is shared each fortnight at the school assembly – 2:30pm in the hall.
Our CARE values are:
Cooperation – Work together and encourage others
Attitude - Be honest and act positively
Respect – Respect people, property and the environment
Effort – Do your best and be responsible for your actions
This fortnight the focus value focuses on - Effort
Kind regards,
Donna
Student Support Team
At Tingalpa State School we have a student support team that meets each week to discuss students who would benefit from extra support. This meeting discusses students in terms of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 students.
Tier 1 supports are those put in place in classrooms for everyone and are catered to via classroom differentiation. This is classified as a universal support model and case managed by classroom teachers.
Tier 2 supports are for some students who benefit from further scaffolding by a number of support staff, such as but not limited to guidance officers, social worker, school chaplain, OT, Speech Pathologists. These students can be case managed by the class teacher or our SWAN team.
Tier 3 supports are for a few students who require individualised supports that are managed by our SWAN and leadership team.
NAPLAN 2025
Last week our Year 3 and 5 students participated in a practice NAPLAN test. The trial, was completed in the hall as a year level cohort. This was very successful and we will be utilising this during our NAPLAN test window. Our NAPLAN timetable is outlined below and is also available on our school website:
NAPLAN timetable:
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Week 7 Term 1 |
Wednesday 12 March
Writing |
Thursday 13 March
Reading |
Friday 14 March
Reading |
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Morning
9.30am |
Year 3 Writing |
Year 5 Reading |
Year 3 Reading |
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Middle
11.30am |
Year 5 Writing |
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Afternoon |
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Catch up – Writing |
Catch up – Reading and Writing
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Week 8 Term 1 |
Monday 17 March Conventions of Language |
Tuesday 18 March Numeracy |
Wednesday 19 March Numeracy |
Thursday 20 March Catch up Day |
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Morning
9.30am |
Year 5 Language Conventions |
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Middle
11.30am |
Year 3 Language Conventions |
Year 5 Numeracy
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Year 3 Numeracy |
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Afternoon |
Catch up – COL and Reading |
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Playgrounds
Playgrounds are out of bounds before and after school unless with Outside School Hours Care.
During lunch times, students have access to a range of activities across our school– lower oval, upper oval, library, lunchtime clubs just to name a few. To help manage these areas we have timetables assigned for various year levels across the week. On our lower oval, students have stick play, soccer and space to run and play. To assist with the management of these areas we have timetabled year levels for certain days. This is shared with the students at the commencement of each term and is on the gate for students to check before moving to the lower oval. We are also excited that Mrs Ittensohn is offering cross country training on Tuesday in the lead up to the school's cross country events this term.
Stick Play Expectations:
Students not following these expectations are asked to leave the oval.
- Stick play is available only on your set day.
- Scan area for safety/snake stomp.
- You can only build on a base until end of 2nd break then it is no longer anyone's.
- There are no saving areas throughout the week.
- Don’t take sticks from other groups during play.
- Sticks can be no longer than your height and no wider than 2cm.
- Safe Play - no using or throwing sticks as weapons (even pretend).
Soccer Expectations:
Students not following these expectations will be asked to leave the oval.
- Playing fields are split into year levels to help with creating fair games.
- Soccer play on your set field.
- Create even teams. One person is not to be in charge of picking teams.
- Safe Play – no tackles or slide tackles.
- Respectful conversations – consider the size of the problem.
- Sportsmanship is expected that aligns with the school values.
- If disagreements can’t be resolved seek help from the duty teacher.
Author Talk
On Wednesday 26 February, our Year 3, 4 and 5 students were involved in an author talk with Deborah Abela. Deb spoke to the students about how she became an author, the ins and outs of writing and also showed students some of her books and spoke about the inspiration behind each of the books. All of the students were engaged and many questions were thrown at Deb after and throughout the talk.
One of the key things that she repeated to students was “I wonder what would happen if…” This allowed our students to continue their thoughts on stories and to develop characters and problems throughout the story.
Think U Know QLD Police Talk
On Thursday 6 March, students in Year 5 and 6 will participate in the Think U Know program run by QLD Police. This talk is an evidence-based education program incorporating up-to-date research and is linked to the Australian Curriculum. Presentations help students make informed decisions to keep themselves safe online and how they can overcome challenges through help seeking behaviour. Think U Know ensure they are age-appropriate and relevant to students’ learning.
The session covers the following learning outcomes:
- Students will analyse how behaviours online can influence both their online and offline personal safety and recognise their role in maintaining their safety.
- Students will consider their ethical and legal obligations when sharing or receiving content from others.
- Students will develop strategies to make informed decisions around what they do and don’t share online.
- Students will recognise the difference between people they know in person and those they know online only, and common indicators of potential unsafe online interactions.
Students will identify trusted adults and when to seek help.
Year Level News - 3/4B
Students in 3/4B have been very busy with their learning this term across all learning areas. They have been working on some amazing art activities as well as some reflective art pieces that focus on growth mindset. The students created a piece of work on “My Magical Yet Reminds Me…” Below are some images of the heart inspired craft as well as the Magical Yet activity.
AEFE Professional Development
Our AEFE partnership gives us the opportunity to host French professional development sessions at Tingalpa State School. This week we welcomed Michele Lacoste and Isabelle Savary, AEFE accredited training staff to deliver training modules to our French teachers.
Over the two days, teachers will take turns to participate in different sessions on writing, reading comprehension and reading fluency.
Le Van du Livre
It is always a pleasure to welcome Jacques and Anne from Le Van du Livre to share resources with our teachers and school community. Students have enjoyed browsing and discovering new resources during their visit to the van.
French Film Festival
We are happy to have students from our Year 4, 5 and 6 classes in the French Bilingual Program to attend the French Film Festival this year.
They will be watching the film ‘Savages’/’Sauvages’ by Claude Barras. This animated movie is centered around the theme of deforestation and humans’ relationship with nature.
New Resources
Thanks to your voluntary contributions towards the French Bilingual Program, we have been able to purchase some teaching resources. We have another order of books for our teachers and students on it's way.
Work from our Prep class
Our Prep class has been working on colours based on the book 'Petit Poisson Blanc' - The Little White Fish.
Bayside District Swimming Carnival
Amazing work by our Tingalpa State School swimmers Tia S, Bethany Mc and Alexander M who represented our school at the Bayside District Swimming Carnival last week. Some personal bests were achieved and all three students had a fantastic day, swam confidently and represented our school in a positive way. Congratulations and well done!
Best of luck to all students from Tingalpa State School that are competing at Bayside District 10-12 Years Basketball and Netball Trials this week.
Upcoming District trials this term are; Rugby League and Hockey. Forms and information about these trials will be sent out when all details have been finalised by the Bayside District.
5/6B have been exploring space and perspective using their actual hands and feet to create portraits like they were falling. They've captioned them.... Falling into Year 5/6.
We are preparing for our second-hand uniform sale which will be held on Tuesday 25 March 2025. 
Movie Night – Friday 14 March
Gates open at 5:00pm.
Food trucks will be serving from 5:00pm.
Movie will start at 6:30pm.
Optional Gold coin donation to the P&C.
Volunteers needed for Movie Night:
We need your help to make this event a success. Sign up now to volunteer throughout the event:
- Set up
- Selling fairy floss and popcorn at the P&C stand
- Pack up/clean up.
https://volunteersignup.org/RJRXF
We are still looking for our next P&C president for the year. Are you our next leader?
The president responsibilities:
- Provide leadership & chair meetings
- Act as P&C spokesperson / representative
- Foster good communication between P&C, parents, school & community
- Be accountable for P&C committee
- Ensure association and any subcommittee compliance
- Prepare monthly report for meetings.
The executive committee and the school will be readily available to support the new president. If you would like to discuss the role and register your interest, please contact the P&C: enquiries@tingalpasspandc.com.au.
Next P&C Meeting
Week 8 - Tuesday 18 March. Come along to have your say in fundraising events and supporting the school. 6:30pm start. Attend in person at school or online.
Term 1 events:
- Friday 14 March – Movie Night
- Friday 21 March – Crazy Sock Day (Gold coin donation for Year 6 graduation).
Stay up-to-date with our Facebook page:
Be sure to follow our Facebook page “Tingalpa State School P & C” to stay up to date with events and news!
Join Our P&C Volunteer Team
The P&C organises a number of events throughout the year, including Bastille Day, Mothers and Fathers day stall, Colour fun run and more.
We always need extra hands to keep our P&C events and fundraisers running smoothly, so check out our recent Facebook post calling for volunteers. Even if you can only spare an hour or help with one activity, your time will make a world of difference. Come join the fun, make new friends, and help make a positive impact in our school community! Please email: enquiries@tingalpasspandc.com.au to get involved today.
Below is a list of external providers for our extra-curricular activities for Term 1. If you wish to enrol your child in any of these activities please contact the provider directly.
Please note siblings are not to be left unsupervised whilst one child is engaged in an activity and children are not to access playgrounds, classrooms, hall foyer, staircases, library, OSHC activities whilst these programs are running.
Your cooperation in this manner is appreciated.
