12 June 2019

Newsletter Articles

Across the Principal's Desk...

School Review Feedback

Last week, our school participated in a full School Review process. School Reviews are conducted every four years and are an important part of how the department monitors and supports schools. The reviews are about providing schools with quality and independent feedback, tailored to the school’s context and needs. Our review was conducted by the department’s School Improvement Unit (SIU). The school review team were very impressed with our school’s strong sense of community, school procedures, student achievement, vision and the strategic direction of Windsor State School over the last four years. In a few weeks we should receive an executive summary from the SIU summarising the key findings and improvement strategies for our school. In the meantime, the review team asked to pass on their sincere thanks to the Windsor community for making them feel welcome while the review was undertaken.

What are the Hard and Soft Skills?

As we look to the future for our children, it is really important that, even in a primary school setting, we are working towards building the skill set necessary for life in society. This includes all aspects of their contribution to the community, in their work and their general day to day living.

What is now so very important is the realisation that what were once upon a time the ‘soft skills’ such as relationships, empathy, collaboration, teamwork, cooperation etc., are fast being rebranded as the ‘hard skills’. The ‘hard skills’ such as content knowledge, technical knowledge etc. whilst still important, are easier to achieve on your own. Both are important, however the ‘soft skills’ are those which allow for greater flexibility in the type of job a person can ‘turn their hand’ to readily. These skills are far more transferable across job roles than the traditional ‘hard’ skills.

An analysis of 4.2 million ads for jobs requiring less than 5 year’s experience, The New Basics report revealed that since 2012, demand for digital skills has increased by more than 200%, critical thinking by more than 150%, and creativity by more than 60% and presentation skills by 25% - (Source-The New Work Order Report Series- Foundation for Young Australians).

So where am I heading with all of this information…? Our focus on the development of Inquiry through the Australian Curriculum is seeing us ensuring that the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills are integrated into the learning experiences of our students. Countries across the world where ‘academic’ success was the only focus, are now realising that there are many skills which their students and now employees do not possess, particularly those of the ‘soft’ variety.

Through the work of Michael Fullan, a leading educational expert, we are guided as teachers in the development of the ‘6 Cs’ through a greater understanding of what is deep learning. There are some slight variations on the theme when people refer to the deep learning or 21st century skills but the best ones involve a small number of academic and personal/interpersonal qualities and capabilities. These are listed below:

One could say, ‘so what’. Won’t this phenomenon be yet another failed implementation in the history of attractive innovations? We think not. The push factors (boredom, and daily failure to learn) and the pull factors (irresistible learning opportunities and digital allure) are conspiring to shake the foundations of traditional learning. More and more people ‐ students, educators, and communities ‐ are willingly being swept up by the new learning forces that abound. We see before our eyes deep change processes at work moving more quickly and more widely than ever before. We see leaders ‐ students and adults alike ‐ easily taking to and creating new learning opportunities across the globe. We will explore these factors over the next 6 months during our School Review process and the development of our next four year Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023.

This will be an exciting journey for our students, teachers and school community!

2019 Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme

The 2019 Voluntary Contribution is used to supplement educational resources and programmes at Windsor. Our school welcomes your contribution as it will significantly improve the equipment and material made available to all of our children at the school. Every child will benefit from the equipment provided by the Voluntary Contribution funds, which are in addition to the funds we receive from the Department of Education. Please note that this is a purely voluntary scheme, so your participation is not in any way mandatory. I have attached below the 2019 Voluntary Contribution letter that was recently endorsed by the P&C. Many thanks in anticipation.

Community iPad Survey Data

At the end of Term 1, Parents and Carers were invited to offer feedback on our iPad program. Over the past 18 months, the school has been working hard to improve the effectiveness of the program to deliver deep, authentic and personalised learning to our students.

A huge thank you to all parents and carers who completed our survey about the BYO Device Program in Years 4 – 6. We have gained some great insight into your opinions and have received a lot of valuable feedback about the use of iPads in the classroom and at home.

The teachers in Years 4-6 have met and analysed the data with the Leadership Team and have had some in-depth conversations about the findings. Through analysis and interpretation, the staff had some positive affirmations and also ideas about refining practice and improvements as we continue to grow our program.

To summarise some of the main findings, we created a SNAPSHOT infographic to share with the school community. Please click here to view the SNAPSHOT which will also be discussed at an upcoming P&C meeting.

ACE Awards

Each Semester we recognise and celebrate the outstanding efforts of students who have displayed exceptional commitment to learning and our school values. Our ACE awards recognise students’ efforts and encourage all students to strive to do their best.

The term ACE originally came from the following acronym of awards that we first gave out.

At the end of Semester 1, Years 1–6 are presented on assembly with awards for:

• Commitment to Learning
• Citizenship

For the Semester One Awards each class teacher nominates someone in their class for these awards, and students receive a certificate. At the end of Semester 2, Years 1–2 continue with these awards and Years 3-6 receive Achievement and Academic awards for each learning area across the year level.

Our Semester One ACE Awards will be presented at a special parade on Monday 24th June at 9.00am in the Hall. All parents are welcome to attend and will be contacted if their child is receiving an award.

Cold & Flu Season

It’s that time of the year again! Please remind your child of these few simple actions to help fight the spread of cold and flu;

• Use a tissue or the inside of your arm when you cough or sneeze.
• Place used tissues in the bin straight away.
• Wash hands with soap and water – it takes 15 seconds to wash your hands properly (this is how long it takes to sing the “happy birthday to you” song approximately twice!).

Avoid spreading the flu by keeping your child home if they are sick.

Electronic Report Cards

Report cards will be emailed directly to all parents in Week 1 of Term 3. If you have recently changed your email address, please ensure you have updated your details at the office. Please add Application.ONESCHOOL@dete.qld.gov.au to your list of safe senders to ensure report card emails aren’t sent to your ‘junk’ mail folder.

Enrol for Prep 2020!

If you have a child born between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 please see the office to complete an Enrolment Form or you can visit the link below.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

Earn & Learn is back for 2019! Woolworths is once again helping students across Australia to get exciting new equipment for their schools. Please start collecting your stickers and pop them in the boxes located outside administration. Collect as many stickers as you can between now and the 25 June 2019!!

Grant Baker
Principal

From the Deputy Principals’ Desks…

Gala Days …only one to go!

Over the past two Fridays, students have participated in a range of sports and have represented Windsor State School with outstanding attitude, persistence and sportsmanship. They have trained hard and showed tremendous team work throughout the 2 days and I’m sure they will finish off in the same manner this Friday, the final day. A huge thank you to the teachers who have gone above and beyond to train and prepare the students in the weeks leading up to the Gala Days.

How do you ensure a Happy and Successful Gala Day?

Following Rules means thinking that by following school rules, school will be a better place to live and learn, and that you will stay out of trouble and be more successful if you do.

Thinking First means that when someone acts badly or unfairly, before you take action, you (a) think of the alternative courses of action; (b) think of the consequences of different actions you can take; and (c) predict the impact your actions may have on the feelings of the other person.

Accepting Everyone means thinking that, when someone is mean to you or is different from you, he or she is not a totally bad person. It means thinking that you need to find out more about the person. It also means not wanting to “get back” at the person.

Social Responsibility means thinking that it’s important to be caring, to try hard to do your best, to be fair to others, to make sure that everyone has the freedom to say what they think and feel without fear, to be honest and tell the truth, to have integrity by making sure that you do what you say you’re going to do, to respect others and have nice manners, to act responsibly by making good choices, to sort out problems without fighting, to care about nature and other living things, and to be understanding and include others who are different.

High Achievers

Throughout the term, selected students from years five and six have been attending workshops at Kelvin Grove State College every Wednesday afternoon. They have been participating in projects in; English, Maths, Science, Drama, Digital Technologies and Visual Arts.

This Wednesday evening, they will have the opportunity to show off their work to parents and teachers at a Celebration Evening at Kelvin Grove State College.

We wish them all the best!

P-2 Athletics Carnival Next Week!

…will Maynard, Wilson or Lutwyche win in 2019?

Earlier this term, we held our Year 3-6 Annual Athletics Carnivals as part of our Physical Education Program. Students were involved in both track and field events. Theses Carnivals aimed to increase children’s skills, develop team work and enhance our school culture.

Next week, on Tuesday 18th June (weather permitting), the Prep-Year 2 students will also compete in their Athletics Carnival from 9am to approximately 1:00pm on our school oval. The P-2 carnival is a mixture of competition and fun rotational events that emulate field events, where these children can also earn points for their teams! Once the P-2 carnival is finished, the results from both the 3-6 and P-2 carnivals will be combined to determine the overall winning house for 2019. Parents are invited to attend, as spectators, and share in a sausage sizzle throughout the day.

Students must wear House Sports Shirt, School Pants, Joggers and their School team Hat. It is important that everyone bring a water bottle and apply their own sunscreen before school. There will be frequent reminders to reapply throughout the day. Students are required to bring their own lunch; tuckshop may be ordered as usual. Further information about the P-2 carnival, including an approximate program, will be sent home prior to next Tuesday.

Student Council Disco…the theme is “MASKS”

Next Thursday, 20th June, we will celebrate the end of Term 2 with a Student Council Disco. This Disco helps to raise money to support student council projects at the school and various charities. The theme for this Disco is “Masks”.

Tickets are available in the Early Years Precinct, before 8:50am or at the door. ($5.00 single ticket; $10.00 family ticket-2 or more).

The Disco times are as follows:

All Prep-Year 2 students must be accompanied by their parent/guardian at all times during the Disco. Parents/Guardians, you are responsible for your own children and we request that they do not leave the Hall.

Teachers will supervise at the Year 3-6 Disco. Parents are not required to stay at the Year 3-6 Disco, but must collect students promptly at 8:00pm.

Food and drink will be on sale at the Disco. This term, students will be able to choose from a sausage on bread and/or a slice of pizza. Pizza toppings will include cheese, meat lovers and ham/pineapple. A slice of pizza will be $2.00 per slice. Come along and support our Student Council.

Waste Free Wednesday

On Wednesday 19 June, we, the student leaders, will be introducing Waste Free Wednesday as part of Windsor State School’s Sustainability Program.

What is it?

Waste Free Wednesday is where we, as a school community, aim to reduce our overall waste, with a focus on reducing waste in our lunch boxes. This means reducing or eliminating the use of plastic wrappers and packaging in our lunch boxes.

Zero lunch box waste is our goal and we believe that this can definitely be achieved.

We have chosen to trial Waste Free Wednesday as one of our school leadership projects because we are passionate about respecting our environment.

On Waste Free Wednesday we will implement a class survey to see which class has the least amount of packaging, such as glad wrap, single use plastic bags and packeted food.

Some ways you could reduce the waste in your child/children’s lunch box:

• using multi-use Tupperware or similar plastic containers
• washing single use plastic bags to be reused
• instead of buying snack size packets of food; buy in bulk and distribute the food into containers.

We have been asked questions like,

“Can we have a small packet of chips that’s put into a container?” The answer for this is no.

There is no point in taking food out of a bag to put into a container; then putting that bag or packaging in a bin.

We would absolutely love you to support Waste Free Wednesday. So please, plan ahead and do not pack single use items in your child’s/children’s lunch on Wednesday 19th June.

When packing lunches, please consider the environment and pack multi use items in their day to day lunch. It will help the environment and also your hip pocket!

Thank you for your time, effort and support.

Lily Allan & Oliver Swift – School Captains
Frances Fardon & Jack Boswell – School Vice Captains

Ben Long at Under 8’s Day!

Colouring-in Competition!

Recently, Prep to Year 2 participated in an activities morning to celebrate Under 8’s week. This day is dedicated to celebrating the early years of school and the theme this year was 'Celebrating Diversity of languages within home, culture and community'. We were very fortunate this year to have visiting author Ben Long come to our Under 8’s celebrations to celebrate literature by reading and showcasing his wonderful children’s books. As part of this activity, Ben initiated a ‘colouring-in’ competition based on an image from his book “Tickle Me Zoo”.

Congratulations to Billy (PC); Vivienne (PC); Janie (1B); Georgia (1D); Siarra (2A) and Zachary (2C) on successfully winning a copy of Ben’s book.

Check our Ben Long’s website where you can purchase some of his wonderful picture books!

Thanks to Ben for coming along and supporting the early phase of learning! See the winning entries below.

Students! GO FOR SILVER… GO FOR GOLD!

Our Whole School Responsible Behaviour Plan has been developed around students’ behaviour choices and their commitment to our school rules, beliefs and values (Respect for Self; Respect for Others; Respect for the School). Bronze (C- Satisfactory), Silver (B- often very good), and Gold (A- consistently excellent) levels are achieved when students achieve specific criteria. These criteria are related to the school beliefs and values about RESPECT and the development of the 5 keys to success and happiness, CONFIDENCE; PERSISTENCE; ORGANISATION; GETTING ALONG; RESILIENCE. All students (except Prep in Semester 1) begin on Bronze at the beginning of the year and may apply for Silver (after 4 weeks on Bronze) and Gold (after 6 weeks on Silver) as the year progresses.

Students may progress up, or down, these levels as a result of the choices they make. Again, being a Silver or Gold student reflects an awareness and understanding of our schools’ values and beliefs about Respect and the development of the five foundations. It is the responsibility of each student to follow the process when applying to become a Gold/Silver student. This process includes completing an application, demonstrating that they meet the criteria of behaviours, negotiating with classroom teachers and acquiring the necessary signatures to confirm that they demonstrate each of the criteria.

The school acknowledges positive role models of behaviour in many ways throughout the year (merit badges; public acknowledgements; ACE awards). This year, we will celebrate students’ efforts and achievements in class and at special parades throughout the year.

Silver and Gold applications for Semester 1 reporting close, for Years 1-6, next Friday 21st June 2019. Applications will not be accepted at the office next week.

What if your Family went Screen-Free for a Week? Here’s How, and What It Could Do

by Melissa Benaroya and posted by Karen Young

What would happen if your family committed to just one week of going screen-free? Would you or your child experience panic, anxiety, unease, resentment?

Most parents and teens spend about nine hours a day in front of screens and agree that limiting their screen time to just school or work would be a major challenge. Eighty-three percent of the nine hours in front of screens typically has nothing to do with work or school and is spent texting, listening to music, watching shows and movies, playing video games, browsing websites, and using social media.

Why try a Screen-Free Week?

Find out by reading more of Melissa Benaroya’s article, posted by Karen Young, at the following the link below:

Responsible Behaviour Plan 2019-2022

In 2018, our School Culture committee reviewed the Responsible Behaviour Plan for 2019-2022. The final document will be endorsed by the School Council and P&C at their first meetings of the year. The updated plan is embedded below for all parents/caregivers to read and will be uploaded with all attachments to the school website post endorsement. Please take your time to read the embedded document carefully and have conversations with your children at home. Thanks for your support!

Windsor SS Responsible Behaviour Plan 2018-2021.pdf (embed)

Pastoral Care: Social Emotional Learning @ Windsor SS

Universal Support for Students

Through our Whole School Pastoral Care program, we teach and assist children in developing the 12 Positive Attitudes (previously known as Habits of the Mind) and 5 Social-Emotional skills (Getting Along, Organisation, Persistence, Confidence and Resilience) they need to reach the top of the triangle. The ultimate goals (see above) are for all children to achieve to the best of their ability, develop positive relationships and behaviour and experience the highest levels of wellbeing.

For all young people to reach the Goals at the top of the triangle, they need to also have moral Character; that is, possess Values/Strengths, positive attitudes as well as social and emotional learning skills. Values generally indicate the degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining what actions are best to do or what way is best to live, or to describe the significance of different actions. The 6 Strengths are what positive psychologists refer to as ‘Virtues’; categories consisting of different character strengths (see link below). There are 24-character strengths (virtues) that are incorporated under the six categories:

1. Wisdom and Knowledge: creativity, curiosity, judgment, love of learning, perspective
2. Courage: bravery, perseverance, honesty, zest
3. Humanity: love, kindness, social intelligence
4. Justice: teamwork, fairness, leadership
5. Temperance: forgiveness, humility, prudence, self-regulation
6. Transcendence: appreciation of beauty and excellence, gratitude, hope, humour, spirituality

Environment is extremely important; therefore, the efforts of family, school and community are recognised as important in helping young children to attain positive outcomes. The unique contribution of this YCDI! Education is in strengthening the mindset and social-emotional strengths all children need to realise their full potential.

Connie Confident; Oscar Organisation; Pete Persistent; Gabby Get Along; Ricky Resilient help students understand the positive attitudes they need to be successful

The You Can Do It! Education Social and Emotional Learning frameworks (see “The Windsor Way” below) address aspects of the psychological functioning of young people that lead to poor learning, behaviour and social and emotional outcomes. Negative Attitudes and under-developed Character (values and strengths) create negative Social-Emotional Blockers (Anger, Worry, Feeling Down, Procrastination, Not Paying Attention).

Symmetrically, the frameworks also represent the corresponding Positive Attitudes and Character (values, strengths) that support five essential Social-Emotional Skills all contributing to positive Social-Emotional Skills (Getting Along, Organisation, Persistence, Confidence, Resilience). It is important for students to fully understand both sides of the framework to be able to counteract the blockers and develop the positive attitudes and skills (see below).

“The Windsor Way”- based on YCDI Education! Social & Emotional Framework

Code of Conduct @ Windsor SS

Behavioural Expectations

Behaviour at Windsor State School is NOT simply related to compliant/obedient children, our goal is to fully develop all positive attitudes and social emotional skills. Behaviour results on end of semester report cards are directly linked to each student’s ability to achieve a particular Behaviour Level (A = Gold; B = Silver; C = Bronze). Students are encouraged/coached to use the Code of Conduct criteria sheet to strive for positive growth and excellence.

The behavioural expectations criteria (see WSS Code of Conduct below) are used by teachers to teach, encourage, reinforce and coach students to improve and become happy and successful. Teachers use these criteria to directly assess and assign a Behaviour rating at the end of each semester. (see our new Code of Conduct & Positive Behaviour poster below)

The school acknowledges positive role models of behaviour in many ways throughout the year (merit badges; public acknowledgements). This year, we will celebrate students’ efforts and achievements in class and at special parades throughout the year.

Active School Travel!

An important reminder for students, teachers and parents about how to safely cross the road. The AST Crew’s four steps to safely cross the road are:

STOP – at least one metre from the kerb
LOOK – right, left and right again
LISTEN – for the sound of close traffic
THINK – is it safe to cross and am I holding and adult’s hand?

Parents, please practise these steps with your children EVERYTIME you cross the road.

As adults, we lead by example so it’s essential that we do the right thing when we cross the road. This year, everyone will have more opportunities to practise their road crossing skills when they leave the car at home and actively travel to and from school.

Remember: Driveways can be dangerous places. Make sure your children stop, look, listen and think before crossing a driveway.

So be active and healthy, and actively travel to school!

Don’t Forget Walking Wheeling Wednesday!

Wednesday is the day of the week that we ask everyone to really think about how they travel to school as we remind families that Walking Wheeling Wednesday is part of our Active School Travel program. If you can’t travel actively on a Wednesday, why not think about making every Friday “Fun Fit Friday?”

We know that everyone is different, so there are lots of ways you can actively travel to school. How will you actively travel to school?

Walk

Leave the car at home and walk your kids to school. If you live too far away, drive part of the way and walk the rest. We call that “Park and Stride”.

Cycle or Scooter

Ride with your children to school. It’s legal to ride on the footpath and remember to always have your helmet secured.

Public Transport

Public transport is easy once you know how. For bus, train and ferry timetables, visit the link below, or phone 13 12 30.

Carpool

Find a friend and carpool to school. It’s an easy way to save money and time. Talk to other parents in your child’s class or at music and sport to see who is going your way.

Walking Wheeling Wednesday EVERY Wednesday! Let’s get active Windsor!!

QParents

Our school also has QParents. Parents will receive an invitation email or letter to register this week. Prep parents will also receive a Student ID card containing an EQ ID number to register.

If you do not receive an invitation (QPAO), please advise Admin ASAP. QParents is one of the ways we communicate with parents, get on board to enjoy the ease and convenience that QParents offers.

QParents is also the means by which parents access Student Reports. It is important to register now as printed reports are no longer sent home at the end of each Semester. Help us become more ‘paper-less’ by registering for QParents now!

Follow Windsor SS on Facebook & Twitter!

Get the most up-to-date information and school alerts by following Windsor State School on Facebook and Twitter @Windsor_SS

You can also access important school information and alerts, including Facebook/Twitter, via the QSchools app! Download it now and keep informed of everything that is happening at our school.

Curriculum Corner

Term 2, Week 8

HASS in focus

The Australian Curriculum states HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) provides opportunities for students to develop a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and systems throughout the world, past and present, and an interest in and enjoyment of these phenomena. It aims to develop an understanding of key historical, geographical, civic and economic knowledge of people, places, values and systems, past and present, in local and global contexts. For students to engage with these concepts, they are encouraged to use inquiry methods and skills. They are required to question, research, analyse, evaluate and communicate their ideas and findings.

HASS is organised into two interrelated strands:

• knowledge and understanding
• inquiry and skills.

Within the knowledge and understanding strand students in years Prep to 2 will study the sub-strands of History and Geography. In Years 3 and 4 students will study History, Geography and Civics and in Years 5 and 6 students will engage in a range of units covering the strands of History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business.

The inquiry and skills strand include a range of skills that are represented broadly as questioning, researching, analysing, evaluating and reflecting, and communicating. These skills require explicit teaching and are interrelated with the knowledge and understanding strand.

This semester, the year 2 students have immersed themselves in a unit of work related to their connection to the local area. In this unit the students were able to engage with the new development of the Officeworks site. The question posed was, “What would be a suitable building for the Officeworks site?”

Students were asked to design and construct a model to represent a new facility. The proposed facility had to meet some requirements including being a functional space for a school and had to provide some shelter from the rain and wind. Students were given opportunities to conduct research and surveys to inform their decision making. They then had the chance to design and model before testing the effectiveness of their weatherproofing. Once the students were satisfied with their model, they presented it to the class and justified their design features.

Have a look at some of the amazing work from the Year 2’s below.

Testing our Models

The End Results

Curriculum Coordinators,
Anna Thygesen (Prep-Yr2)
Lisa Heard (Yr3-Yr6)

Enrichment News

ICAS

This year ICAS has changed how they are implementing the ICAS assessments. They are all online (except writing) and registrations and payment is made directly to ICAS through a parent portal.

In the past parents have made the decision to nominate their child. As mentioned on the ICAS website ‘ICAS Assessments are online assessments, designed to recognise and reward academic excellence. The assessments are based on the curricula for the relevant year. Students are asked to demonstrate a deeper, integrated, and thorough level of learning.’

We ask that you consider this before nominating your child for the ICAS assessment. If you are unsure if this test is suitable for child, please ask your child’s teacher.

Payment and Permission Information

1. Online parent payment:

ICAS fees will now be paid online. Visit the new online Parent Payment System to make a direct payment to UNSW Global. Online payment will close on 31 July 2019.

Visit Instructions for parents.

You can access this service by typing unsw.global/parentpay into a browser. You will require a unique access code to purchase assessments that were registered by our school.

Your school's unique access code is: 52c852fb48

That’s all for now. As always, if you have any expertise that could help our lunchtime activities please let me know ekemp14@eq.edu.au.

Warm Regards,
Emma Kemph

Student Council Charity

Homeless Connect

We have hit the ground running with our drive to collect toiletries and non-perishable foods such as rice, pasta, cereals or muesli’ bars for our charity of choice, Homeless Connect.

This is our final week! It would be great if you could encourage your children to bring in canned foods and toiletry items. (Non-perishable items should be well within their use by date).

Our goal is to collect at least 1 item per student over the month. The drive goes from Monday 13 May to Friday 14 June. The end of this week!!

Thank you to all have supported us already – Windsor truly is amazing!

2019 Premier’s Reading Challenge

Windsor State School is delighted to invite all of our students to join in the 2019 Premier’s Reading Challenge. Reading plays such an important part in students’ lives during their school years and beyond, allowing them to actively engage their imagination.

Last year, an outstanding 181,000 students from 1012 schools took part in the challenge reading a total of 2.46 million books.

The reading period for the 2019 Premier's Reading Challenge has commenced and closes Friday 23 August. The aim this year is to engage more students reading more books than ever before. The Premier has challenged students to experience at least the following (through shared or independent reading or listening):

• Prep to Year 4: – 20 books
• Years 5 to 6: – 15 books

Suggested book lists by year level are on the notice boards in the Resource Centre/Library (or via the link below) but students should not limit themselves to just these suggestions.

The Premier's Reading Challenge is also a great opportunity to explore the books shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia in their annual awards. There is a CBCA display in the Library and you can obtain more information below. CBCA will announce their winners on 16 August (just in time for book week).

Students wishing to take part in this year’s challenge can obtain a copy of the reading record sheet from their teacher, the Office or in the Library. Once completed, the reading record sheets should be signed by a parent/guardian or teacher before being handed in at the Office so it can be placed in Mrs Anderson's pigeon hole.

Every student who completes the challenge will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Premier. Students who participate but don’t complete the challenge will receive a Certificate of Participation from the school. Special recognition will also be given to the student(s) from each year level who experience the greatest number of books (and perhaps even greater recognition for the student who reads the most books as part of the challenge).

We look forward to seeing as many of our students as possible embrace the 2019 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Helping Hands

Uniform Shop

Uniform Shop is open during the School term on Mondays 2:30pm – 3:30pm and Wednesdays 8:30am – 9:30am. Uniform Shop orders can be placed online using the online ordering system, Munch Monitor. Online orders can be picked up from the Uniform Shop or delivered to your child’s class for them to bring home.

Signing up is very simple; a Munch Monitor fact sheet is available here. As an external supplier with a dedicated account management team they are able to assist with your account enquiries via help@munchmonitor.com.

Please provide any feedback regarding uniforms to the retail sub-committee at retail@windsorsspandc.eq.edu.au