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Date Claimers – Term 3 2025
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Event |
Date |
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2026 Prep Enrolment Packs available at the office |
Available Now |
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Prep excursion |
1 August 2025 |
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Frozen Friday - P&C Year 6 Graduation fundraising |
8 August 2025 |
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EKKA Holiday |
13 August 2025 |
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National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence |
15 August 2025 |
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Book Week Dress-up - P&C Year 6 Graduation fundraising |
2 September 2025 |
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P&C Meeting 6:30pm |
2 September 2025 |
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P&C Father’s Day Stall |
4 September 2025 |
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Student Free Day |
5 September |
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Year 5 incursion |
11 September 2025 |
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Prep incursion |
12 September 2025 |
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Frozen Friday - P&C Year 6 Graduation fundraising (gold coin) |
12 September 2025 |
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WAMM - Year 5 instrumental music students |
15 September 2025 |
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Parent/Teacher Interviews |
16 September 2025 |
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WAMM - Year 6 instrumental music students |
17 - 18 September 2025 |
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Last day of Term 3 |
19 September 2025 |
I emailed the community yesterday to inform everyone that members of the Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU) have advised the Department of Education of their intention to participate in a 24-hour stop work action on Wednesday, 6 August 2025. This email outlined how the school will support students on this day.
School Opinion Survey
The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys is conducted in Term 3 and will close on 22 August 2025. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (5, 6, 8 and 11) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.
An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey has been emailed to one parent/caregiver per family between the 21 July – 25 July. The invitation was sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2025. The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.
Parents/caregivers who do not have access to the internet at home are welcome to complete their survey online at the school. School computers/tablets will be available.
1:1 Device Program 2026
I wanted to share that we are close to sending out the community survey for the 1:1 Device Program for 2026. We have been collating additional information to ensure we provide answers to questions parents asked at the consultation meeting last term. This requires discussions with various sections of the Education department which can take time so we can provide the most accurate information possible.
Bastille Day Breakfast
I would like to thank the Tingalpa State School P&C and particularly Camille Dusolle for the organisation and running of the Bastille Day Breakfast. It was a wonderful morning, not even the few sprinkles of rain could dampen the enjoyment of the morning. Congratulations to Ronin and Ava for winning the costume competition. I would also like to thank our special guests Joan Pease MP and Cr. Lisa Atwood. Thank you Cr. Atwood for providing our costume competition prizes. It was great to see students, staff and community members get into the spirit of red, white and blue costumes.
Students who are collected at the end of the day in the pick-up zone are now required to wait on the new deck area of the new playground. This has been working well as students can see their parents/carers from this higher vantage point.
Road Safety for Our School Community
The safety of our students, staff and community members is of the utmost importance to us. It takes actions from all of us to keep ourselves and everyone else safe.
It is important that we all model safety practices for our children/students, so they learn appropriate safety actions.
When arriving or leaving the school on foot, please use the allocated gates and walkways. The school driveway to the drop-off/pick-up zone is for cars only, this area is pedestrian free, at all times. Children are not to be in the top carpark without an adult, this is not an alternate drop-off or pick-up zone.
School entry points:
- Wynnum Road gate and walkway past the school hall.
- Tenbar Street gate and walkway past the Cre8 Centre and admin building.
- Traben Street gate at the back oval and walking across the oval to the gate leading to the upper oval.
We also ask that parents/carers who drive their children to school and use the drop-off and pick-up zone or top carpark, please observe the speed limits set for these areas. Although these areas are out-of-bounds to students, as we all know, children can be unpredictable and are not always fully observant of traffic. The correct speed gives drivers time to respond to unexpected events and increase the safety for everyone on the school grounds.
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data - NCCD
In August every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005.
How does the NCCD assist schools?
The NCCD prompts schools to identify students with disability and to review their processes and practices. It records the adjustments already undertaken in schools to support students with disability to access and participate in education on the same basis as their peers.
- Reviewing learning and support systems: The NCCD allows schools to better understand the functional needs of their students with disability. It captures the work of schools in providing personalised learning and support for students with disability who require adjustments due to the functional impact of their disability.
- Providing greater understanding: The NCCD helps schools gain a greater understanding of their students with disability and identify areas of support for both students and staff.
- Developing professional judgement: The professional learning available to support the NCCD process helps build the professional judgement of school teams who are required to provide educational adjustments for students with disability without relying on a medical or clinical diagnosis alone.
- Recognising support and adjustments provided: The NCCD helps to formally and consistently recognise the support and adjustments provided to students with disability as defined in the DDA.
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 is - Attitude
Kind regards,
Donna
Prep to Year 2 Reading Session 
Every Day Counts – School Attendance
Reporting an Absence
Parents are reminded that if their child is away from school, could they please phone the school early in the morning. Parents can call our ABSENTEE LINE on 3890 6766 or notify us through QParents explaining your child’s absence from school.
Extended Absences
If your child/ren are going to be absent from school for more than 10 days, you will need to complete an Exemption from Compulsory Schooling form. Please call into the office for the form. Please note that if you are taking your child/ren out of school through the term, they will miss work and possibly assessments while they are away. We are unable to guarantee that assessments will be done when your child returns to school.
NAPLAN 2025
Last week, Year 3 and Year 5 NAPLAN individual student reports were sent home to families. These reports are a time for us to reflect on our students’ performance and correlate the NAPLAN data with our Semester 1 report card data. Tingalpa State School has again performed above the state in line with our school ICSEA rating.
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YEAR 3 All Students |
Reading |
Writing |
Spelling |
Grammar & Punctuation |
Numeracy |
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State Mean |
392 |
398 |
391 |
393 |
394 |
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TSS Mean |
417 |
414 |
401 |
408 |
420 |
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YEAR 5 All Students |
Reading |
Writing |
Spelling |
Grammar & Punctuation |
Numeracy |
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State Mean |
483 |
464 |
476 |
487 |
480 |
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TSS Mean |
498 |
465 |
487 |
410 |
486 |
PREP 2026
A reminder to families that enrolments are open for Prep 2026 and places are filling fast. If you have a child born between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021 you can enrol them for prep by lodging a completed enrolment application. It is important that applications are lodged as soon as possible as we are hosting enrolment sessions this term.
As an enrolment managed state school, applications are open to students who reside in catchment. Siblings of currently enrolled students who will still be in attendance in 2026 also qualify as 'in catchment'. Families outside of our catchment are welcome to put their names on our school waiting list.
We have needed to postpone our Pre-Prep Enrolment session on Wednesday 6 August 2025 due to the Industrial Action taking place on this day. We will be in contact with those who have indicated that they wished to attend this session. We appreciate your understanding in these unforeseen circumstances.
Top 5 Matific Stars
Our top 5 Matific Stars for this fortnight will receive awards at assembly on Tuesday 5 August 2025.
1. Jase C – 2A
2. Patrick H – 3A
3. William K –1/ 2B
4. Tadhg O – 3/4B
5. Wyatt N – 5/6B
Congratulations to our Matific Stars for this fortnight. You are mathnificant!
News from Year 5/6 Camp
We are having an amazing time at camp doing tree top challenges, obstacle courses, yoga and the dishes!
We are making new friends and challenging ourselves in new adventures.
We can't wait to tell you all about it tomorrow.
NAIDOC Didjeribone Incursion
On Thursday 24 July, we were fortunate to have Tjupurri perform his Didjeribone Show at Tingalpa as part of our NAIDOC program. It was a spectacular and engaging perfomance produced by Tjupurri himself. He captivated our students with his live interactive performance. He interacted with students using a unique seismic sensor, to create ingenious and innovative songs and sound scapes. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the Didjeribone show, and it was wonderful to see their smiling faces and hear the laughter that filled our school hall as he engaged students throughout the show. If you would like to see more of his amazing talents, check out his website at the following link https://didjeribone.com/performances/
PJ Day – Friday 25 July
Friday 25 July was National Pyjama Day. As a school we raised $483 which has been donated directly to the Pyjama Foundation. Thank you to everyone who donated to such a wonderful cause.
5/6B HASS Lesson
Students used Gummy bears in their HASS lesson to demonstrate their understanding of 5 different systems of government. They explored the key features, fairness/unfairness of each and recognised which system of government Australia follows. Students had to categorise the examples into their appropriate type and then record these key features into their books.
Containers for Change competition
We are excited to announce that our Student Council is running a Containers for Change competition this term – and we need your help. Students are encouraged to collect and bring in eligible 10c containers (such as drink bottles and cans with the 10c image) each week. All items collected will go towards raising funds for our P&C, supporting valuable programs and resources for our school community.
How it works:
- Students to collect 10c containers throughout the week in their classrooms, ‘containers for change’ bag. Please ensure that these have been rinsed prior to bringing to school. No alcoholic containers can be brought into school for our collection.
- Each Friday, totals will be counted by the Student Council and containers will be placed in our school’s Containers for Change bin.
- A running tally will be kept throughout the term.
The winning class will be announced at the Week 8 assembly, and a special reward will be given!
This is a fantastic opportunity for students to get involved in fundraising, sustainability, and a little friendly competition. Every container counts so let’s work together to make a big impact for our school and our environment.
Term 3 Excursions and Incursions
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Creative Dance (all students) |
Every Monday in Term 3 |
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Daisy Hill Koala Centre (Prep) |
Friday 1 August |
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Street Science Incursion (Year 5) |
Thursday 11 September |
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Wild Rangers Incursion (Prep) |
Friday 12 September |
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WAMM (Year 5 and 6 selected students) |
Monday 15 September - Year 5 Wednesday 17 - Thursday 18 September - Year 6 |
Enrolment offers Prep 2026
We have sent the first round of offers and will be sending the second round in the next couple of weeks.
If you registered your interest on the French Bilingual Prep Waitlist for 2026, I invite you to check your junk mail during this time as it has been reported in the past that some emails can end up in the junk mail section of people’s inboxes.
French Bilingual Puppet Show
On Tuesday morning our Prep to Year 3 French Bilingual students watched the puppet show ‘Le livre de la jungle’. The show, conducted in English and French was a great opportunity for students to discover ‘marionettes’ and to hear French in another setting. The play was funny and encouraged students to participate which they thoroughly enjoyed.
Alliance Francaise 2025 Poetry Competition
We have registered Tingalpa State School to participate in Alliance Francaise’s Poetry Competition. An email was sent out to our French Bilingual Families with the choice of poems to choose from and the consent form to fill out.
Please let your child’s class teacher know if your child/ren would like to participate by returning the consent form to them by Friday 8 August 2025.
Abonnements Bayard | French magazine subscriptions
If your subscriptions are coming to an end or if you would like to receive French magazines at home, please see the Bayard Monde website.
1. Parents benefit from the best rates and personalized support by subscribing to the Bayard Monde store with the Delegate Code E20
=> https://boutique.bayard-monde.com/
2. By selecting Tingalpa State School or Whites Hill State College from the drop-down menu, the subscriptions are counted for the school!
For every 10 subscriptions, the school receives a free 6-month subscription.
1. Les parents bénéficient des meilleurs tarifs et du suivi personnalisé en s'abonnant sur la boutique Bayard monde avec le Code déléguée E20
=> https://boutique.bayard-monde.com/.
2. En sélectionnant Tingalpa State School ou Whiteshill State College dans le menu déroulant, les abonnements sont comptabilisés pour l'école!
Pour 10 abonnements rattachés, l'école bénéficie d'un abonnement de 6 mois gratuit.
Vivre au Queensland Newsletter
Do you receive the ‘Vivre au Queensland’ newsletter? Their newsletter is a great resource to find out about social activities organised by various French-speaking associations, cultural outings in French, classified ads, etc.
You can register to receive it via their website: https://www.vivreauqueensland.org/
1C are writing procedural texts this term. They have followed the steps to make milo, fairy bread and fruit kebabs. Here are some of their stimulus sandwich ideas that they can write about in the coming weeks.
Bayside District Track and Field Carnival
Congratulations to the following students who have qualified for the Bayside District Track and Field Carnival, being held on Thursday 7 August and Friday 8 August at Sheldon College.
Qualifying for this event is a fantastic achievement. Each student has shown great focus and commitment, training regularly during lunch breaks to prepare for their events.
Well done on making it this far, and good luck to all competitors as they get ready to represent our school.
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Age Group / Gender |
Event/s |
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Adalynn C |
10 years Girls |
High Jump |
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Long Jump |
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100m Sprint |
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Hannah H |
10 Years Girls |
100m Sprint |
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Chloe A |
10 Years Girls |
Long Jump |
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Zackary M |
10 Years Boys |
100m Sprint |
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Walter L |
10 Years Boys |
100m Sprint |
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Enzo G |
10 Years Boys |
Long Jump |
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Tallis G |
10 Years Boys |
Long Jump |
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100m Sprint |
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Abigail C |
11 Years Girls |
100m Sprint |
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Arana M |
11 Years Boys |
Long Jump |
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100m Sprint |
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Sebastian J |
11 Years Boys |
100m Sprint |
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Arlo McG |
11 Years Boys |
100m Sprint |
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Hugo S |
11 Years Boys |
Long Jump |
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Caleb P |
11 Years Boys |
Shot Put |
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Tia S |
12 Years Girls |
100m Sprint |
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Tahlia F |
12 Years Girls |
High Jump |
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100m Sprint |
Bastille Day Breakfast
Thank you for another wonderful Bastille Day breakfast. It is always fun to gather in the morning to eat croissants, pain au chocolate, crepes and other French goodies, and to see the children dressed in their best French flair.
Thank you to all the volunteers who made food or helped out on the day – without you these events would not happen!
Thank you to Scott Auer for his continued support for our school and for his excellent face painting skills!
Thank you to our Bastille Day Raffle sponsors:
P&C Christmas Raffle
As we approach the middle of Term 3, the P&C are reaching out to families and businesses who would like to support the Christmas Raffle in 2025. If you have any questions or would like to make a donation, please contact the secretary@tingalpasspandc.com.au. The P&C are very interested in supporting our local community businesses. Please reach out to us so we can support you too.
P&C Family Movie Night
Planning and preparation is on the way for our Family Movie Night in 2026. If you would like to be involved as a volunteer or a sponsor for this fantastic community event, please email our secretary@tingalpasspandc.com.au so your information can be passed onto our Movie Night co-ordinator. This community event is a fantastic way to get your name out and about in our community.
Primary Principals Day – Friday 1 August
We want to say a massive thank you to Mrs O’Keeffe, Mrs Loban and Mr Jones for their excellent leadership and care for our children and the school community! We are so lucky to have you as our leaders.
This segment will introduce you to our P&C executive, P&C members and our superstar volunteers. Each newsletter we will introduce you to a different person.
Name: Noemie Harvey
Volunteer Role/s: Treasurer
Why I jolined the P&C :I wanted to make a difference for my kid’s school. I have been in this role for 3 years now and attending P&C meetings give you different perspective and a better understanding of the school and what is going on.
Children at Tingalpa: Luca (Year 4) and Zoe (Year 3)
When I’m not at P&C meetings: I’m managing work and life balance in our modern world and being a proud dance and basketball mum. And planning our next family holidays :)
Fun Fact: My kids giggle when I am helping them with their English homework especially when it’s spelling time and I am saying their words out loud … the end result is pretty funny.
Want to get involved?? Contact secretary@tingalpasspandc.com.au
Next P&C meeting – new members are welcome!
Term 3 Week 8 - Tuesday 2 September
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
Containers for Change
Did you know that we also raise money through Containers for Change? Next time you drop off your cans and bottles, scan this QR code and the funds will go to the P&C fundraising campaign.
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!
As we head into Week 3 of the term we have some vacancies in some of our extra-curricular activities. Please see below for classes and times along with contact details.
Please note these are external providers and all correspondence must go through them.
Children are still required to have parental supervision while waiting for classes to commence and collection of your child must be on time from our hirers. Siblings not participating must be supervised for their safety.
Facility Hire helps us fund many school projects and we appreciate you supporting our hirers.
