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Principal’s Message Week 10
As we reach the end of Term 3, I’d like to wish all of our families a safe and happy holiday. I hope you find some time to relax, recharge, and enjoy some solid family time together.
This term has been filled with wonderful opportunities for learning and community connection. Together we enjoyed our whole school bowling reward, Under 8’s Day, the P–2 excursion to Stanley River EEC, the Cono Cook Off, Book Fair, Grandparents’ Morning Tea, Father’s Day Breakfast, classroom visits with Amamoor SS, the Oz Tag Gala Day, Prep transition activities, and the support of Year 9 work experience students from Maleny High. These experiences have made Term 3 a rich and rewarding one for our students.
Attendance has improved, and with it, student effort and achievement. Our teachers have shared with me how proud they are of the work produced this term. It has also been pleasing to see behaviour incidents in the playground reduce over the past fortnight, showing that students are working hard to solve problems more effectively.
As the weather warms up, please take the time in the holidays to ensure students have navy blue shorts/skorts to start Term 4. Your help in upholding our uniform policy is appreciated.
This Friday, we will celebrate our PBL reward. Students are invited to wear their pyjamas to school and take part in some “minute to win it” games. Pyjamas must be sun safe and suitable for both indoor and outdoor activities.
Looking ahead, Term 4 is always an exciting and busy time. Highlights include the 3–6 camp at Stanley River, PE swimming and the swimming carnival, our whole school concert, Year 6 graduation, and transition days for all year levels—just to name a few.
A huge thank you goes to our parents, carers and wider community who continue to support our school. In particular, our hard-working P&C play a vital role in making many of these experiences possible. Without their tireless efforts—such as catering at bike days—our students and school would not benefit nearly as greatly as they do. I would also like to acknowledge the dedication of our staff, whose commitment, care and creativity ensure our students have such a positive and productive school experience.
Thank you for your ongoing support throughout the term. I look forward to seeing everyone refreshed and ready for the challenges and celebrations of Term 4.
Kind Regards,
Louise Sanderson
Last Thursday our year 3-6 students competed for the Cono Cook off title. It was once again a hard decision for the judges as the dishes served up all looked amazing. They all did a wonderful job and should be very proud of themselves. In the end it was the red group who won over the judges with their great team work, organisation and culinary skills. Well done Lucy, Oakley, Haiko, Zion and Emmy. A big well done too, to Eli, Eva, Jarrah and Azalea who were picked out by the judges for their excellence on the day.
Well done to our students who received 'Student of the week' in weeks 9 and 10.
P/1/2 - Nomi and Luka
3-6 - Jarrah and Jayce
Japanese - Zion, Jarrah and Lucy
Thanks to all the dads who came and joined us last Monday for our Father's Day breakfast. A big thanks aswell to our wonderful staff who helped cook and prepare the lovely breaky.
“The Bush Wedding Scarecrow”
In the Conondale Valley, on an old Australian dairy farm, there lived a cheerful scarecrow who dreamed of more than just keeping crows out of the paddock. She was in love, and word had spread across the bush that she was getting ready for her wedding day. But a bush wedding isn’t something you can prepare for alone.
So, she called on her friends. The Emu, proud and tall, offered feathers to decorate her hat. The black cockatoos brought glossy gum leaves and native flowers, tying them into garlands with their strong beaks. The cows wandered over from the paddock, lending gentle company and helping to trample down a dance floor under the stars. The farm dogs rounded up ribbon grass for streamers, while the kookaburras promised to laugh the loudest when the vows were said.
It was a secret bush project – a surprise for her sweetheart, who had gone walkabout to gather bush tucker for the family for the big Bunya dance festival. By the time he returned, the scarecrow stood proudly in her bush finery, dressed with love and care from all her animal mates. Together, they showed that in Australia, a wedding isn’t just about two hearts – it’s about the whole land, the animals, and the spirit of community coming together.
