Student Led Conferencing – Term 3, Week 10

(For teachers currently on leave, conferences will take place in Term 4, Week 2.)

• Duration: Each conference lasts approximately 20 minutes, with around five families per session.
• Booking: Please use our online system SOBS, to select your preferred date and time.

• Families are asked to attend without siblings. If this is unavoidable, they need to be actively supervised by you.
• Families are welcome to connect with one another before or after their child’s conference outside the classroom.

We warmly encourage all families to participate—we can’t wait for you to experience your child’s growth and celebrate their successes together.

Jogathon

Our ‘Sunshiners’ will run 200-metre laps (not the full oval) and enjoy some fun activities in between. Families are warmly invited to cheer them on as this outdoor event is a great chance for everyone to get involved.

Students have received their sponsorship cards and can seek support from close family, friends or known neighbours. Sponsorships can be per lap (up to 20 laps) or a set donation—whatever works best for your family. For 2024, 10% of all funds raised will go to the McGrath Foundation, supporting their mission to provide breast care nurses across Australia.

For convenience, donations can be made via Munch Monitor—just log in and head to the SCHOOL SHOP as detailed in the welcome message. We ask that all money be deposited by the end of the day on 16 September. Don’t forget that cards need to be bought in on the day!

Students are encouraged to wear pink – remember to be sun safe.

Remember, no donation is needed for participation—everyone will take part and have a fantastic day! Timetable is below.

Sunshine Coast Instrumental Music Excellence Program (SCIMEP)

Our students played through five songs that they’d never seen before and ended up performing three or four of them for parents, families and principals at the end of each workshop. The teachers involved, and many of the families who attended, commented on the outstanding level of musicianship displayed by the students! We also had many parents and carers comment that they couldn’t believe that the students had only had the one or two days to learn all that music and perform it to such a high standard.

Congratulations to Alice, Bodhi, Korah, Leilani, Aurora, Gene, Jack, Romy, Victoria, Baylee, Harvey, Madeleine, Olivier, Oscar, Raemi and Samuel for their hard work and fantastic participation in the workshops.

Cath Gilmore and Luke Coonan

Annual Italian Speech Contest

Recently 18 of our students joined 69 competitors from 9 Sunshine Coast schools at the annual Italian Speech Contest held at UniSC. Our students spoke with confidence and enthusiasm, bravely stepping out of their comfort zones to deliver their speeches in Italian. They shone brightly and represented our school with pride.

Our results were outstanding: 4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze and 6 highly commended awards.

Junior Open (own written speech)

• Year 3 – Tiago (Gold)
• Year 4 – Lavinia (Gold)

Set Speeches

• Year 3 – Mini (Silver)
• Year 4 – Amanda (Gold), Franco (Silver), Willamina (Bronze), Matteo, Tom, Claudia, Hamish, Maggie, Jupiter (Highly Commended)
• Year 5 – Koa (Gold, second year in a row), Emilie (Silver)

Thank you to:

• Maree, for her constant support of the Italian program.
• Samanta and family, for helping with registration and practice all day while also cheering on her three children.
• Sally, for assisting at the registration desk.
• Sofia, our Italian Assistant, for judging the high school division.
• Our wonderful families, for giving up their Sunday to support the students until the very last medal was awarded.

A fantastic day of achievement and celebration for our young Italian speakers! Watch out for amazing photos in our next newsletter! 

Still collecting textiles for Kids in Action

Our Kids in Action (KIA) group is continuing to collect old t-shirts, tea towels, and hand towels – they don’t need to be perfect! Rather than sending them to landfill, these fabrics will be repurposed into dog toys and bags. At the upcoming KIA conference, our students will also show others how to create them.

With this year’s theme, Walking Country – Where Will Our Footprints Lead?, we’re working to shrink our textile waste footprint. Donations can be left in the box at the school office – thank you for helping us tread lightly!

Last call out for these unnamed lost property

If you see something that belongs to your child, please send them to collect it from outside of the office or email Kirstyn who will get it to your child. These items will be donated at the end of this term.

Upcoming holidays