Tingalpa State School eNewsletter

Date Claimers – Term 1 2025

Event	Date
Year 6 excursion	Fri – 28 March
Frozen Friday*	Fri – 28 March
Year 5/6 Life Education	Mon – 31 March & Tues – 1 April
Parent/Teacher Interviews	Tues – 1 April – 3:15 – 8:00pm
Easter Hat Parade (Prep & Year 1)	Fri – 4 April – 2:00pm
Last day of Term 1	Fri – 4 April

* P&C - Year 6 Graduation fundraising

Term 1 has flown by; it is hard to believe this is the last newsletter for the term. Over the past two weeks our Year 3 and 5 students have completed the NAPLAN assessments. I am very proud of how our students gave their best efforts with each assessment. Thank you to Mr Jones for coordinating NAPLAN preparations, as well as our Year 3 and 5 teachers and staff involved in NAPLAN, with administration and supporting our students.

I would like to say thank you to our P&C for their work in preparing for Movie Night, even though it was washed out. We are very pleased we can still hold this great family evening on Friday 9 May 2025. Gates will open at 4:30pm, for getting setup or buying dinner from a food van. The movie will start at 6:00pm.

I am happy to welcome Kelly Shoecraft as the new president of Tingalpa State School P&C and thank all the executive members and volunteers for their dedication in supporting P&C work at our school.

I hope you all have a restful break over the upcoming holidays and enjoy time with your family and friends. I have listed a few useful websites with free or affordable holiday activities for children and families.

Brisbane City Council – School Holiday Events

https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/whats-on-and-events/school-holiday-events

Brisbane Kids

https://www.brisbanekids.com.au/school-holiday-activities-qld/

Your Local Families Home Magazine

https://www.familiesmagazine.com.au/school-holiday-activities-brisbane/

Visit Brisbane

http://www.visitbrisbane.com.au/school-holiday?sc_lang=en-au

School Improvement Agenda for 2025 will continue to focus on improving student outcomes:

Pedagogical Practices in mathematics
Whole-School Approach to Inclusion

Mathematical modelling

In Professional Learning Teams, our classroom teachers have been developing Term Two student tasks for mathematical modelling, a new aspect of the Australian Curriculum Version 9 Mathematics subject. Mathematical modelling refers to the process of applying mathematics to real-world problems in order to understand and solve them. Mathematical modelling encourages students to develop problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and an understanding of how mathematics connects to the world around them.

When using mathematical modelling to solve problems, students make assumptions, recognise, connect and apply mathematical structures. The modelling process utilises mathematics to formulate, analyse, solve, interpret, generalise and communicate their results in response to a real-world situation. Mathematical modelling is an essential dimension of the contemporary discipline of mathematics, providing mathematical problem-solving skills necessary for the development, analysis, and optimization of AI and other workplace systems and is key to informed and participating citizenship.

In the Australian Curriculum, mathematical modelling is emphasised through various content descriptions and achievement standards across different year levels. The curriculum guides teachers on how to scaffold students' learning in mathematics, progressively building their ability to model real-world situations.

Mathematical modelling in the Australian Curriculum:

Number and Algebra: Students apply mathematical operations (such as addition and multiplication) to model everyday situations, such as budgeting, shopping, or understanding patterns in nature.
Measurement and Geometry: In this area, students model the physical world by measuring and calculating dimensions such as length, area, or volume. They might measure objects in the classroom or estimate the length of a track using rulers and then apply those measurements in various modelling tasks.
Statistics and Probability: Students use data to model situations and make predictions. They might collect data, represent it in tables or graphs, and analyse it to draw conclusions. This helps them understand how probability works in real life, such as predicting weather patterns or estimating how many students in a class like different types of food.
Problem-Solving Strategies: The curriculum encourages students to apply strategies to solve problems using mathematical modelling, such as drawing diagrams, organising data, or using trial and error.

Mathematical modelling in primary school provides students with the tools and experiences to connect mathematics with their everyday lives. Through this process, students build foundational skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning, preparing them for more complex mathematical concepts in later years.

Teaching and Learning

Starting this week, year level and specialist teachers have a moderation session with the Leadership Team to moderate Term 1 assessment. Our moderation process aligns curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting. Each year level moderation provides consistency of delivery of the curriculum and assessment and A-E achievement. Moderation is also an opportunity for teachers and leadership to celebrate the success of student learning and to reflect on our teaching practices.

Cross Country

Thank you to Mrs Ittensohn for the Cross Country organisation and staff for their work at the Junior and Senior Cross Country events on Monday, the students put in great effort to earn points for their team. It was also wonderful to see so many parents, grandparents and family members come to watch.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Date: Tuesday 1 April

Time: 3:15 and 8:00pm

Venue: Hall and hall foyer

Parent/Teacher interviews provide a great opportunity to get to know your child’s teacher and to hear important updates on academic and social/emotional development. It also demonstrates to our students the important partnership parents and teachers share in the education of children. If you were unable to book an interview, please contact your class teacher for alternate arrangements.

School Assembly – Student Awards

There is no assembly in Week 10 due to Parent/Teacher Interviews.

Harmony Day and Crazy Sock Day

I was amazed at the range of socks worn to school last Friday. Thank you to everyone for recognising Harmony Day and Down Syndrome Day, and supporting the fundraising for the Year 6 Graduation.

Easter Hat Parade

Our Easter Hat Parade is for students in Prep and Year 1. Students will be making their hats in class with their teachers. Student then get to show their creations at the parade and perform a special song.

Date: Friday 4 April 2024

Venue: School Hall

Time: 2:00pm

Health Notice

Please see a health notice from QLD Health about mozzies after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Summer may be over, but mozzies are still biting. Due to the recent flooding that followed ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the risk of exposure to mosquito-borne diseases has increased.

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a rare but potentially serious illness spread by infected mosquitoes, has been found in mosquitoes in Hemmant, Brisbane for the first time ever. The virus has also been detected in other parts of the state.

No matter where you live in Queensland, the best way to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (like JEV) is to avoid getting bitten by mozzies.

This is how you can protect yourself:

Wear loose-fitted, light-coloured clothing and covered footwear when outdoors
Apply insect repellent containing DEET, picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus to exposed skin and reapply as per manufacturer’s instructions
Use mosquito coils (outdoors) and insecticide vaporisers (indoors)
Remove standing water on your property, wherever possible, to stop mosquitoes breeding.

Most people infected with JEV experience mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, others may develop more serious symptoms including a fever, headache, abdominal pain or nausea. See your healthcare provider if you develop these symptoms.

Wishing you a safe and happy holidays,

Donna

Tingalpa State School Prep Enrolment Information:

If you know any families with children born between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021, please let them know about our upcoming 2026 Prep Parent Information Session and enrolment sessions next term!

Important: This is the same session that was run in Term 1, so if families were unable to attend previously, they can join this session.

Session Date:

Thursday 8 May (Term 2, Week 3) 5:00 - 6:00pm

Key Dates & Information:

Age Requirement: Children must be 5 years old by 30 June in the year they enrol.
Catchment Area: As an enrolment-managed state school, applications are only accepted if the student resides in the catchment area. You can check catchment areas using the Queensland Government Edmap site:
Queensland Government Edmap
Siblings: Siblings of currently enrolled students who will still be attending in 2025 are considered 'in-catchment'.
Out-of-Catchment: Families outside the catchment area can still express interest by joining our waitlist.
For out-of-catchment enrolment information, please visit our 2025 English Waitlist page:
Tingalpa State School Waitlist

Feel free to pass this information along to anyone who might be interested

NAPLAN

Our NAPLAN test window for Tingalpa State School closed on Thursday 21 March 2024. A huge thank you to the students, staff and parents for their support in preparing our students for these standardised assessments.

ANZAC Day

ANZAC Ceremony– Date Claimer ANZAC Day has been remembered in Queensland state schools since 1916, the year following the landing at Gallipoli. We are proud to continue the remembrance of the ANZACS.

Tingalpa State School ANZAC Ceremony will be held on

Date: Thursday 24 April 2025

Time: 9:00am

Venue: School Hall

Parent Teacher Interviews

We finish the term with Parent Teacher Interviews on Tuesday 1 April 2025. Parent Teacher Interviews are a great opportunity to get to know your child’s teacher and check in on how your child is going at school.

The interviews form part of the Tingalpa State School reporting requirements to offer parent teacher interviews twice a year. Report Cards are emailed home to parents at the end of Semester 1 and 2.

We teach, assess and report against the achievement standards in the Australian Curriculum. Parents can access the achievement standard for each learning area across each year level through the Australian Curriculum website

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au

Think U Know QLD Police Talk

Due to Cyclone Alfred, the Think U Know QLD Police Talk has been rescheduled to Thursday 8 May.

Students in Year 5 and 6 will participate in 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.

Year 3 Excursion – Toohey Forest

On Tuesday 25 March and Wednesday 26 March our Year 3 students attended the Toohey Forrest Environmental Education Centre program Grow and Change. Students became biologists-in-training for the day and observed the growth of living things, identified and recorded life cycle stages of plants and animals and understood how non-living things are important for a healthy forest.

Prep PLD Visitors

On Friday 21 March, our Prep teachers and students welcomed some early years teachers and the Principal from Lota State School to their classrooms. Our visitors were very excited to see the amazing work that our prep students have been doing in the PLD space. They observed our students participate in daily reviews, literacy rotations and then sat with our teachers to discuss how Tingalpa has implemented PLD and how successful it has been so far.

What is PLD?

PLD is an evidence-based Australian literacy program designed to develop children’s reading and writing skills. Aligned with the Science of Reading, PLD’s approach extends from the junior primary years through to upper primary years and thereby facilitating a whole school approach. This method of reading helps children to learn the relationships between the sounds (phonemes) of spoken language and the letter symbols (graphemes) of the written language.

PLD’s method is derived from the disciplines of speech pathology, occupational therapy and education. As an Australian publisher and professional development provider, PLD advocates that literacy and learning outcomes are maximised for children when their literacy, oral language and movement & motor skills are targeted.

If you would like to read more about PLD, you can find information on their website at https://pld-literacy.org/ They have parent resources as well which have been created by speech pathologists and occupational therapists.

Year 4 Learning Wall

In Term 1, students in Year 4 have been exploring a range of persuasive texts. They have identified and analysed persuasive techniques authors use to impact the target audience. These techniques include high modality words, rhetorical questions and evaluative language. Students have created persuasive texts portraying a particular viewpoint on a topic.

In curriculum planning time, teachers work on deconstructing the marking guide to ensure consistency across all classrooms. They then create Success Criteria to match the marking guide which they then deconstruct with students in the classroom.

As you can see in the photos, our students have loved co-creating their Learning Wall as well as writing some amazing pieces of work.

French Film Festival – Years 4 - 6

On Wednesday 19 March, 80 Year 4 - 6 students from the French Bilingual Program made their way to the French Film Festival. Students enjoyed the outing to the Palace St James where we watched the film ‘Sauvages’ from Claude Barras. ‘Sauvages’ was a film nominated at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival which touched on the topic of deforestation and its impact on local populations in Borneo. The movie touched on a range of issues and topics related to biodiversity, sustainable food production as well as the local population’s belief in forest guardians.

AAFEBS ‘Leve ta voix’ competition

This year we again have the opportunity to participate in the ‘Leve ta voix’ competition organised across the AAFEBS’ schools' network. Some of our middle and upper-year level classes have already signed up to participate. ‘Leve ta voix’ is a reading aloud competition during which students are invited to select an excerpt from a book written by a French author. They will then practice reading aloud using intonation, voice and expression. In Term Two, we will select a candidate from each year level, to move onto the AAFEBS final which is held online. It is a fantastic opportunity for our students to practice reading aloud and to be part of a national French-bilingual schools’ event.

Classroom displays

3/4E and 4C made some Gallo-roman jars as part of their French History theme.

Learning and word wall on ‘Les Gaulois’. The learning walls can include exemplars of what is expected as well as word walls which students can use as tools to help with their writing.

New resources

Thanks to your generous Voluntary Contributions we have been able to purchase a set of Chatterboards for our Prep class. These boards will be used during our rotation activities to help students learn new vocabulary and further develop their language skills.

Tingalpa State School Cross Country

A huge congratulations to all students who participated in the Tingalpa State School Junior and Senior Cross Country on 24 March. It was a fantastic day filled with excitement as students gave their best effort, challenged themselves, and had fun.

A big thank you to all the parents and families who came along to cheer and support the students—it truly made the event special.

We’re thrilled to announce that the Green Sea Turtles won the carnival with an impressive 122 points! Well done, Sea Turtles!

Below are the top three finishers for each year level and age group:

PREP

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Eli C	Ella S
2^ND	Thomas L	Inaya S
3^RD	Toby J	Halle G

YEAR 1

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Jackson D	Faustine V
2^ND	William M	Evelyn B
3^RD	Jacob M	Aroha N

YEAR 2

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Abel Mc	Lola P
2^ND	Eddie S	Sarah S
3^RD	Jase C	Marlo L

8 YEARS

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Chester K	Georgia H
2^ND	Liam S	Freya J
3^RD	Felix J	Zara C

9 YEARS

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Raphael F	Sophie R
2^ND	Gabriel L	Myah N
3^RD	Leon C	Maddie R

10 YEARS

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Tallis G	Hannah H
2^ND	Walter L	Jade L
3^RD	Zackary M	Sumaya S

11 YEARS

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Arana M	Marlow P
2^ND	Max D	Soleil P
3^RD	Hugo S	Frankie E

12 YEARS

	BOYS	GIRLS
1^ST	Patrick C	Suzie Mc
2^ND	Dane R	Tia S
3^RD	Keani C	Charlotte V

Congratulations to all participants for their fantastic efforts!

Bayside District Rugby League Trials

Last week, four of our students—Arana M, Moise J, Hayden S, and Tainui L represented our school at the Bayside District Rugby League trials. Competing against some of the best players in the region, these boys displayed outstanding skill, determination, and sportsmanship.

A huge congratulations to Arana M and Hayden S, who have been selected for the Bayside District Boys Rugby League 10 - 11 Years team! This is a fantastic achievement, and we are incredibly proud of their hard work and dedication.

We also commend Moise J and Tainui L for their strong performances and determination at the trials.

Well done boys and best of luck to look to Arana and Hayden at the upcoming competitions.

On Wednesday, our Prep - Year 2 students enjoyed the entertaining and educational Ditto Show.

Bravehearts’ Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure Show teaches young children essential personal safety skills using age-appropriate language, song, and dance. The Ditto Show has reached over 1.3 million children since its inception in 2006 and is widely acknowledged as a leading personal safety education program in Australia.

These personal safety principles are distilled into three easy-to-remember ‘rules’ that are reinforced throughout the Show. ‘Ditto’s 3 Rules’ are:

-We all have the right to feel safe with people.
-It’s ok to say NO if you feel unsafe or unsure.
-Nothing is so yucky that you can’t tell someone about it

Thanks Ditto, and see you again next year.

https://bravehearts.org.au/education/dittos-keep-safe-adventure-program/

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We offer a variety of activities for students at lunchtime. This term students have participated in colouring and craft on a Thursday with Mrs Klose. This week they made little monsters.

Great news! Polos and junior jumpers are restocked and ready to go. If you place your orders before Tuesday 1 April, we can ensure to deliver to classrooms before the end of term. All other stock is on its way, and we will hopefully receive it at the beginning of next term. As soon as our senior jumpers arrive, we will let you know. We are aware many of our seniors are excitedly waiting to see the new design!

We are hoping to recruit more volunteers for the coming term, Tuesday to Friday between 9:00 - 11:00am. We really value the support we receive from our families as this enables us to run an efficient tuckshop that can offer a menu with great variety.

Breakfast Club was a great success with 140 children enjoying delicious pikelets and cut apple to start their day. We are planning our next breakfast club and will share details once confirmed.

Have a great holiday and we will see you fresh and ready next term.

2025 P&C Team

After a whirlwind few weeks (and a cyclone!), we are excited to officially introduce our 2025 P&C Executive Committee.

A huge thank you to our outgoing President, Luke Pendergast, for his incredible leadership over the past three years. We’re lucky he is sticking around as Vice President!

And now, let’s welcome our new President, Kelly Shoecraft. We are thrilled to have her leading the team this year.

Your 2025 P&C Executive Committee:

President: Kelly Shoecraft
Vice President: Luke Pendergast
Treasurer: Noemie Harvey
Assistant Treasurer: Camille Dusolle
Secretary: Dan Jackson

Want to get involved? We’d love to have you join us! Email secretary@tingalpasspandc.com.au to find out how you can help. Let’s make 2025 an amazing year for our school community!

Next P&C meeting – new members are welcome!

Term 2 Week 3 - Tuesday 6 May

Come along to have your say in fundraising events and supporting the school. 6:30pm start. Attend in person at school or online. Contact the P&C for any queries: enquiries@tingalpasspandc.com.au

Mother’s Day Stall - Friday 9 May

Each year the P&C organises a Mother’s Day gift stall – a special opportunity for students to find the perfect little gift for Mum, Grandma, or a special mother figure in their lives. Gifts range from $2 - $15. Please send money in a named envelope on the day.

We also rely on volunteers to support this event. Please sign up for set up on Thursday afternoon 8 May, or during the event on Friday 9 May. Sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/AR3YP

Movie Night - Friday 9 May