We are now looking forward to Monty’s Colour Fun Run on the 13 June. The school community have been doing an outstanding job with fundraising so far and are ensuring the completion of our playground development.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and support with the changes to movement around the school during the playground construction.

The sandstone blocks were delivered this afternoon and all the topsoil has been removed from site in preparation for the start of construction.

School Jumpers

The cooler mornings have started. Please ensure your children are wearing correct jumpers or jackets at school, royal blue without any print. Please also ensure your child’s name is on their jumper, so it can be returned if lost.

National Sorry Day – 26 May 2025

Every year on 26 May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all play a part in the healing process for our people and nation. While this date carries great significance for the Stolen Generations and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it is also commemorated by Australians right around the country.

Today, twenty-three years after the Bringing Them Home report and twelve years since the National Apology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are still 10.6 times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be removed from their families.

We cannot begin to fix the problems of the present without accepting the truth of our history. Sorry Day asks us to acknowledge the Stolen Generations, and in doing so, reminds us that historical injustice is still an ongoing source of intergenerational trauma for Aboriginal and Torres Islander families, communities, and peoples.

For more information on National Sorry Day, go to the Healing Foundation website or at the Reconciliation Australia website.

P & C Day

P & C Day occurs each year during National Volunteer Week 19 – 25 May.

P & C Day is time for our school community to celebrate the incredible contribution of parents/carers and community volunteers that make up Tingalpa State School P & C.

We encourage everyone to recognise the effort, time and energy parents and carers put into enriching and benefitting students' lives and school environments. Their achievements over the last year include:

• Community communication through the Tingalpa State School P & C Facebook page and school newsletter
• Family Movie Night
• Containers for Change
• Bastille Day Breakfast
• Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls
• Assisting the school to upgrade playgrounds
• Supporting families in need
• Supporting school extra-curricular activities and
• and many more amazing supports for our school community.

P&C Day provides an opportunity to celebrate these outstanding contributions and say thank you for the value you add to the Tingalpa State School community.

Chappy Week 2025

This year, National Chaplaincy Week will be held 1 – 8 June 2025. This is an annual event, hosted by SU Australia, to celebrate and thank school chaplains, and to raise awareness of their work and the support they provide to students and schools.

More than 1,029 schools across Australia have a school chaplain by choice. There are chaplains working in primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, early childhood, and universities across the country.

All chaplains are trained to the government’s required standard of a Certificate IV in Youth Work or similar. However, 79% of chaplains hold higher qualifications in diplomas, bachelors and postgraduate degrees.

We are fortunate to have Chappy Lynda at our school and would like to recognise the positive and powerful difference she makes in the lives of so many of our students and their families. Thank you Chappy Lynda.

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 - Cooperation and Effort

Kind regards,

Donna