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- Show and Shine
- Student Free Day Friday 5 September
- 160 Years Young
- From the Deputy Principals
- Enrol Now for Prep 2026
- 2026 Wavell State High School Literacy Olympics-Windsor State School Crowned Winners!!
- 2026 Parental Requests for Consideration- Class Lists Webforms
- Teaching and Learning
- Library News
- Windsor Dads' Social Event
- Student Executive Leadership Positions 2026- Year 5 Process
- Year 3-5 Camping Program
- 2025- Positive Student Recognition
- Windsor Week 7 and 8 Award Winners
- The Sustainable Garden
- Term 3 Pastoral Care Focus- “Confidence and Persistence”
- 5 Keys Collector Cards- Thank You and Congratulations
- 2025 Class Photo Books
- Windsor Seawolves Swim Club - Season recommences
- The Arts Subcommittee
- P&C Thank you to our Parent volunteers
- Uniform Shop
- YMCA Windsor OSHC
- “Return-It Recycling Program”
- QACI Brilliant Futures
- Cyber Safety
- Consent to Administer Medication Forms
- Casual Teacher Aides and Cleaners Wanted
- QParents
- Parentline: Support and advice for all Queensland parents and carers
- Community Noticeboard
- P&C - Crown Hotel Partnership
Dear Windsor Community,
We are still sweeping up the confetti and popcorn after last week’s three incredibly successful performances of Madagascar Jnr – The Musical.
It was a joyful and satisfying experience to watch our students shine after literally months and months of preparation. The humour, the dance moves, the costumes, the voices and the talent and camaraderie between all students, both on and off the stage was wonderful to see.
It is more than a musical, it is a reflection of our school community. Signature events such as our biennial musical have been hard fought for to establish and maintain at Windsor. It has been through dedicated staffing, expertise, student interest, and wide community support in place, that enable such an exciting opportunity at our school.
Mrs Fanning, Mrs Free, Mrs Fernie, Mrs Moores have been leading the logistics of musical excellence for a number of years, with a long list of supporting staff and parents joining the team each year. Ms Stephanie Arthur - choreography, Mrs Kellie Robertson - lighting, Mrs Amanda Cooper - photography and videography, Mrs Pinches -programme design, Mrs Mel Stone, Mrs Amelia Coleman, Mrs Anna Mills, Mrs Amanda Vincenzi - hair and make-up artistry, Mrs Catherine Oliveri- costumes design, Mr Peter Logan – sets. The list goes on.
Thank you to our P&C Arts Supporters Group, an ever-emerging team of dedicated parents, who know the value of The Arts. We acknowledge Katy Bell for leading the team this year, including Loreta Porteli, Michelle Williams, Dan Crestani, Sally Wicks, Casey and Bec Germaine, Rowan and Bec Kamp, Lee Anning, Cecelia Coggins, Kirsten Trenton, Masako Pont, Anna Nichols, Vanessa O'Connell, Katrina King, Jane P, Kimberly W, Dianna H, Whitney K. I am conscious that there are numerous names not listed here and I wish to sincerely thank all parents for their contributions to our 2025 Musical.
I am still basking in their glow.
Yours in Education
Shona
This term we offer another Show and Shine afternoon, during which teachers and students welcome a range of special adults – parents, carers, grandparents, aunties and uncles, into classrooms for students to show some of the learning they have engaged with throughout the term. We will open our classrooms this term for this experience on Monday 15th September.
Please note the following start times:
Years 2-6: Show and Shine in classrooms from 2.15pm
Years P-1: Show and Shine in classrooms from 2.30pm
Encouraging Students to Take the Perspective of Others
Whenever people work, live or associate together, there will be times where they disagree or clash. When it comes to seeing another child’s perspective or understanding their feelings, children’s ability to empathise is in a stage of growth and development that requires our nurturing as parents and educators. Coming to understand that others have thoughts, perceptions and feelings that are separate from their own, along with the ability to explicitly infer these mental states in others, are important keys to success for our students. To learn more about how you can continue to support positive thinking habits with your student/s, please click here.
Connecting Habits- Helping students to get along
In order to back up some of the key messages that we deliver here at Windsor State School at home, parents and carers are encouraged to have discussions with their students about implementing “Connecting Habits” within their ways of being, rather than disconnecting habits. Positivity breeds positivity, and connecting habits can be a key conduit to forming and maintaining positive relationships with others.
Prep Enrolment Meetings
Our future preppies have been meeting Mrs O’Donoghue over the past few weeks as Prep Enrolment Meetings draw to a close. If you have not yet attended a Prep Enrolment Meeting, please contact the office to schedule a time. Transition opportunities have already started, so if you are a current Windsor SS family, or live in catchment, please ensure your paperwork is submitted ASAP.
https://windsorss.eq.edu.au/enrolments/enrolling-at-our-school
Recently, our Year 6 Team won the annual Wavell State High School Literacy Olympics! We thank our students who represented our school and congratulate Ryan S-N, Freddy H, Laura K and Theo V-H-H for their achievements in taking out the trophy against students and schools from across Brisbane North.
Thank you to Mrs Vincenzi for assisting our students to have access to this opportunity.
What’s going on in classrooms this week?
This week’s spotlight is on our Year 3 cohort and one of our specialist key learning areas – Languages (Japanese). Let’s take a look at the fantastic learning experiences they’ve been engaging in.
Year 3
Science
This term in Science, Year 3 have been investigating the movement of Earth to suggest explanations for everyday observations such as day and night, sunrise and sunset, and shadows. 3A conducted an investigation based on the inquiry question ‘How do shadows change as a result of the rotation of Earth?’. Students made predictions, gathered data and observations by measuring shadows at different times of the day, and used their results to make evaluations.
Languages – Japanese
This term in Japanese, our Year 3 students have been learning all about Japanese hobbies. This week they had a chance to practice ‘shodou’ - Japanese calligraphy by writing the characters for Japan. They also practised the sentence - Shumi wa shodou desu. (My hobby is calligraphy). They are all very excited for the end of term for a mini green tea ceremony with Brandis Sensei, a chance to sample some homemade gluten-free mochi and find out which student will be crowned origami sumo champion.
As of Week 10 Term 3 (immediately upon their return from their Leadership Camp, our Year 5 Students will commence a ‘Student Leadership Application Process’.
Ahead of our Year 5 Students embarking on their Student Leadership Applications in Term 4 of 2025, we will be discussing and focusing on the following habits of mind at the Year 5 Leadership Camp to be held at Luther Heights Youth Camp (Coolum) in Week 9 of Term 3:
- Stepping Up
- Speaking Up
- Having a Go
- Showing the Way
- Thinking Team
These key messages will be delivered throughout the lead up to, and duration of the school camp. These key habits of mind and how students demonstrate them within our school and community context will be important elements of student applications for leadership positions.
The leadership positions that students may wish to apply for in 2026 are as follows:
- Student Leadership Positions 2026
- School Captains (x2)
- School Vice Captains (x2)
- House Captains (4 Houses x2 Positions)
- Music Captains (x 6 Total – 2 x Band, x 2 Strings, x 2 Choir)
- Library Captains (x2)
Eligible and interested Year 5 students will receive a Student Leadership Booklet in Week 10 of Term 3. They will also receive a nomination form that they can complete and return to their classroom teacher, if they wish to be considered for a student leadership position in 2026.
Parents interested in supporting their student/s through the process, are able to peruse the to the 2025-2026 Student Leadership Application Booklet here.
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Year 3-5 Camping Program- QParents Permission and Payments Now Accessible and ready for completion before due date
We are greatly looking forward to taking our Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 students away on their respective school camps during Semester 2. These sit alongside our Year 6 Senior Trip to Canberra annually as a great way to help us provide opportunities for social connection, learning, challenge and lifelong memories.
All parents in Years 3, Year 4 and Year 5 are asked to please login to their QParents accounts to complete their permissions and payments at their next opportunity.
As the QParents Permission forms contain a number of URLs (website addresses) that are unable to be hyperlinked in that statewide platform, we have summarised the key hyperlinks that apply to your camp permission forms below.
Year 3 Camp- Warawee (North Pine)
- Hard Copy Permission Forms (parents without QParent access)
- General Camp Warawee Location Information
- Year 3 Camp What to Bring List
- Providing Consent to Administer Medication
- Additional Considerations Student Support
Year 4 Camp- Mapleton (Sunshine Coast Hinterland)
- Hard Copy Permission Forms (parents without QParents access)
- General Camp Mapleton Location Information
- Year 4 Camp What to Bring List
- Providing Consent to Administer Medication
- Additional Considerations Student Support
Year 5 Camp- Luther Heights (Coolum)
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The Windsor Way & the revised Student Code of Conduct
The 2025-2028 Student Code of Conduct is available on our school website, here.
We would love to share some images of families celebrating students bringing home a card during the year by making a photo collage of celebrations, however they may look in your household. If you would ever like to share an image of either one-card coming home, or a completed set, we would love to see them shared via the below email address!
5_Keys_Collector_Card_Celebrations@windsorss.eq.edu.au
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We have been growing corn in our school garden, and it has been fascinating for students to watch it develop from seed to plant. The corn was planted in a block rather than rows, as this supports more successful cross-pollination, since corn is pollinated by wind, not insects. Over the past weeks, students have taken part in the pollination process, ensuring tassels released pollen onto the silks of the developing ears. We are now observing how each silk strand connects to a kernel, highlighting why pollination is essential for producing full, healthy cobs.
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Our school garden is beginning to burst with life! The strawberry bed is beginning to pop with flowers ready for fruit, much to the delight of students who have been keeping a close eye on them. Over in the sweet potato bed, the first signs of tubers are beginning to form beneath the soil, a hidden treasure in the making.
Have a Great 5Rs Week!
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During Term 3, each Thursday afternoon, our teachers will be conducting Pastoral Care lessons with students that focus on ‘Relationships’. Particularly, we will be looking at the social-emotional keys to success of ‘Confidence and Persistence”.
Parents and carers can support this focus at home by taking opportunities to discuss and teach students about the importance of:
- Accepting myself
- Taking calculated risks
- Being independent
- Having an ‘I can do it!’ attitude
- Giving effort
- Working tough
- Having a growth mindset
Thank you to those parents and carers who help promote ‘The Windsor Way’ with their students.
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5 Keys Collector Cards- Thank You and Congratulations
We pass on a big congratulations to all students who received a “5 Keys Collector Card” during the course of the first half of Term 3. We love seeing celebration photos shared via the following email address:
5_Keys_Collector_Card_Celebrations@windsorss.eq.edu.au
We look forward to seeing students work towards their full-set of 5 Collector Cards during Semester 2, and maybe also picking up a much sought-after “Windsor Warrior Card” at different times of the term in line with special initiatives.
Please Provide Permission for Inclusion via QParents should you wish for your student’s photo to be included
Recently, QParents Permission forms were distributed to seek your permission for your child to be included in the 2025 Class Photo Book process.
Past parent and Professional Photographer, Amanda Keane, will be commencing creating photo books for each class in grades Prep to Year 5 and one book with all of the students in Year 6.
Each book will have a photo of each child in that class with some questions answered by the children.
Amanda Keane photography has been creating these end-of-year mementos since 2017, and they have been very well received by students and parents alike. Photos will be taken by Amanda Keane photography and students will have an opportunity in class to answer the questions that will be included in the book.
As we have moved to QParents this year for school permissions, in order for your child to be included in their class’s photobook for 2025, we ask that you please complete the permission link within your QParents portal, which you will have also received as an email link.
We kindly ask that this permission is provided by Friday 19 September 2025, to enable production of photo books to occur in Term 4.
Providing consent does not mean that you need to purchase a book. For those interested in purchasing a book, please note that orders will be able to be placed at www.amandakeane.net during Term 4.
The books are a 6x8 inch soft cover and will be available for purchase by any parents wanting a great keepsake from their child’s year at Windsor.
The books for Prep - Year 5 will cost $30 as will the Year 6 books, however, please note that we will be presenting each Year 6 student with a photobook, as organised by the school at their Graduation Ceremony.
If you have any questions about the photobooks please feel free to email Amanda via: info@amandakeane.com.au.
Come along and join the Windsor Seawolves Swimming Club for the 2025-2026 Season!
The Windsor Seawolves Swimming Club provides a safe, fun, and challenging environment in which every child can improve their swimming capabilities. The program of events is directed at all levels of ability so that everyone can participate and enjoy the sport of swimming.
Club Nights resume in the first week of Term 4, Friday 10th October starting at 5.45pm at the Windsor State School pool.
Information about how to register and all club details are explained on the Seawolves website.
If you have any questions, please contact seawolves@windsorsspandc.com.au
Windsor Seawolves Swimming Club
The Uniform Shop is open every Friday from 8:15am to 9:30am during the school term — and we’re looking for helpers!
If you're available on Friday mornings, we’d love your support.
Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/iJzkuNe
Thank you for helping us keep the Uniform Shop running smoothly!
An easy way for parents/carers & families to support our sustainable garden project
The new drive-through pick-up-zone on the old Officeworks site is in close proximity to the purple ‘Return It Container’ situated under the fig trees.
With this container now so accessible, we would love for parents and carers to support our developing sustainable garden project by donating any acceptable containers for change to our school.
If you are placing a bag inside the container, or wish to credit your returns to Windsor State School, you can simply add the Windsor State School code to the bag, and the recyclables within the bag will be credited to our P&C.
The Windsor State School Code is: C10158718
If you would like to learn more about the types of containers that can be recycled, please visit the following website: https://www.returnit.com.au/
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APPLY NOW for QACI Brilliant Futures - a two-year selective-entry preparation program for student participation in Year 7 and Year 8. Current Year 6 students are welcome to APPLY NOW.
QACI Brilliant Futures provides impactful, collaborative extra-curricular learning experiences aligned with the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile, including inquiry, critical thinking and reflection.
Learn more: https://qaci.eq.edu.au/enrolments/brilliant-futures-brisbane-program
Continued Awareness- Repetition of Key Messages…
In our internet safety presentations so far this year, we have focused on some key messages for students, which we strongly encourage all parents to remind their students of at home:
- The internet is PUBLIC and PERMANENT
- I protect my personal details online
- People I only know on the internet are strangers
- We all have rules on the internet and computers
- I talk to a trusted person if I have an online problem
The 5 Key Principles that we have previously mentioned that enable parents to establish clear expectations regarding their student’s use of the internet at home:
- Set clear rules and boundaries
- You make the final decisions
- Use management controls
- Stay up to date with student’s usage
- Communicate with your kids regularly
Some of the key resources that the Education Queensland Cyber Safety Team would like to share with parents and our school community can be accessed at the hyperlinks below:
Please note, that if your child requires to have school staff administer medication for them whilst they are at school, you will be required to follow the processes embedded within the below hyperlink for each child and for each medication that requires administration:
QParents- Your “One Stop Shop” for Permissions/ Consent; Payments & Information About Events
Thank you to the vast majority of parents and carers who have successfully engaged with the QParents Platform. This platform provides you with a “One Stop Shop” for accessing permission forms, payments and also checking back in on events that you have provided permission for your children to attend by opening them and viewing all of the key information related to any given event.
If it is not already part of your weekly routine, it could be beneficial to move to check in on QParents weekly to view any outstanding permissions or payments and to look in the “Consent Requests” section in order to view the key details of any upcoming events.
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Being a parent can be rewarding—but it can also be challenging. Whether you’re trying to support your child with school issues, friendship challenges, behaviour, or tough moments at home, it’s completely normal to feel unsure about what to do next.
Parentline is a free and confidential service available to all Queensland parents and carers. No problem is too big or too small—and reaching out early can make a real difference.
Parentline offers advice and support on a wide range of parenting topics, including:
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bullying and friendship issues
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parent–child relationships
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parenting strategies and behaviour management
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mental and emotional wellbeing—for both children and parents
You can speak with a trained professional by phone or webchat (6am-midnight), seven days a week.
An online bullying support forum is also available. This is a safe, moderated space to connect with others, ask questions, and share experiences.
Call 1300 30 1300
Visit parentline.com.au
Because parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but help is here when you need it.
Support for parents and carers
Worried about bullying or your child’s wellbeing? Parentline offers free, confidential support from trained counsellors on the phone or via webchat.
1300 30 1300 | www.parentline.com.au
#ParentSupport #Parentline #QLDFamilies
Bullying: hear from the experts
In this webinar specially designed for parents, carers and teachers, Parentline and Kids Helpline share their expertise on how to support a child or young person who is being bullied.
Parentline provides free, confidential counselling and support for parents and carers, helping them navigate complex issues such as bullying and support their child’s wellbeing.
Kids Helpline provides free counselling and support for children and young people for any reason (including bullying).
Watch the webinar now: https://parentline.com.au/issues/bullying-school#video
This webinar is packed with insights to help you support the young people in your life.
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Support the school whilst having a meal at The Crown
The partnership for 2025 has been extended with The Crown Hotel for another year, which means the Windsor State School community can continue to wine and dine and support the school.
How does it work?
Simply order your food and drinks via the App, and ensure you have entered the code: WSS in the backend.
The app can be used at all Aus Venue Co locations and WSS will continue to earn money as part of the agreement. Other venues include Port Office Hotel, The Regatta, The Boundary Hotel, Everton Park Hotel, just to name a few...
App Rewards & Benefits
> $10 Welcome credit for all new members
> 10% off at The Crown Hotel
> Earn 10 points for every $1 spent on the app
> Earn 2000 points and convert for $20 credit
The best part is - every dollar you spend helps to support Windsor State School!
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