12 March 2025

Principal’s Desk

Severe Weather Conditions

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to our school community for your cautionary and calm response to the impending severe weather warnings last week.  It was certainly a fluctuating weather system, which kept us all questioning what it was going to do.  Thank you for supporting each other and our school to ensure that everyone was safe.   We are hopeful that this week will be back to normal running procedures, but we will still keep an eye on the forecast and take directions from our region, with more rain expected.

Our thoughts are with those who have been impacted in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Northern NSW. A reminder that if you have been impacted in any way that the school has support services and policies in place.  Please reach out, we are here to help.

Morning Routines

Just a reminder that students should not be on school site prior to 8am.  Prep – Year 2 students are supervised from 8am in the hall and 3-6 students are supervised from 8am under F block. Students are expected to be in these areas if they are at school during 8-8:30am.  Students are not permitted to be in classrooms prior to this time, as this is teacher preparation time for the day.  This may also be the time a teacher has organised a meeting with a parent or another staff member.  Thank you for supporting this morning routine.

P&C AGM

The Annual General Meeting for the P&C will be held on Wednesday 26 March at 5:30pm in the library. All positions will become vacant.  If you are interested in holding a position this year, please come along to the meeting and notify our P&C of your interest so they can explain the nomination process with you.

NAPLAN

Due to the weather event, we have pushed our NAPLAN timetable back by one day to ensure all of our systems and processes are ready to go.  We will complete our practice test on Wednesday morning and start the writing test on Thursday.    School attendance and being on time is particularly important over the next two weeks, as most testing will occur in the first session of the school day.  Good luck to all of our year 3 and year 5 students who are sitting these tests.   We look forward to sharing our overall school achievements with our community later in the year.

Head of Department – Curriculum

Information about NAPLAN

NAPLAN commences this week! Our students in Year 3 and 5 will take part in NAPLAN testing. NAPLAN assesses the skills of all students in reading, writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and numeracy.

NAPLAN tests help you to understand how your child is progressing in the fundamental skills of literacy and numeracy. NAPLAN is also an important tool in helping us to identify how our education programs are working and what needs to improve.

You might hear your child talking about NAPLAN.

When your child comes home from school, they might mention NAPLAN. They might talk about NAPLAN activities they have done in class, including practice tests.

Students don’t need to practise for NAPLAN. But we do want your child to be familiar with:

• the online test environment
• the device they’ll use during the test
• the different kinds of questions, how they use their time and how they check their work.

So when your child talks about practice tests, they’re talking about resources like the NAPLAN public demonstration site. This site helps students to become familiar with the different kinds of questions they will see in a real NAPLAN test.

Your child’s welfare is the most important thing.

We do these activities to help your child feel safe, confident and capable. They will know what to expect and what they have to do. Students do not need to stress about NAPLAN. It’s just one part of their school program, and we simply encourage students to do the best they can.

NAPLAN is for everyone.

Across the country, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN. The online tests have many features to enhance the test experience for students with and without disability. We also provide adjustments and alternative test formats to allow students with disability to access the tests and show what they know and can do. Talk to us if you need more information.

Have a go at the test yourself and contact us if you need to know more.

See what NAPLAN will be like for your child by visiting the public demonstration site. Find out more by visiting the department’s NAPLAN page for parents and carers.

ACARA’s student privacy notice on the collection of student information for NAPLAN is also available.

If you have any other questions about NAPLAN, please let me know.

We are excited that your child gets the chance to show their learning in NAPLAN this year.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews are scheduled for Monday 31st March.  This opportunity allows parents/carers to discuss any issues or concerns, and to ask how children are performing and progressing at school. Later this week we will be emailing information on how to book your Parent Teacher Interview.

Landsborough Legends

Congratulations to our Landsborough Legends for this week. NOTE: If your child is away on the day they are to receive their Landsborough Legend certificate on parade, they will receive their certificate from their classroom teacher.

Week 4, Term 1 Landsborough Legends (presented Week 6)

And congratulations to our Buzz Ticket winners for this week, each receiving Laserzone vouchers!

Classroom News

4D Film Reviewers

Halogen National Young Leaders Day

On Monday 24^th February, 13 of our illustrious young leaders from Landsborough travelled to the Brisbane Convention Centre to attend the Halogen National Young Leaders Conference, accompanied by Mrs Weir (Year 6 teacher) and Mrs Bec Welke (Teacher Aide). This conference was attended by a multitude of schools from all over the south-east corner and the Sunshine Coast.  It was a ‘jam packed’, exciting day filled with motivational speeches from inspiring Leaders, sports champions and authors/artists. The Governor General, Ms Sam Mostyn spoke of the importance of being a ‘good listener’, empathetic, compassionate and leading with kindness and respect for traditions and cultures.  Artist and author, Kasey Rainbow shared her own personal ‘challenges’, ranging from her early school years to post-secondary school days, to where she is now – a successful business entrepreneur.  Her ‘tips’ on how she overcame adversity and persisted to where she is today were heart-warming and captivating.  Dayne Zorko, captain of the AFL Brisbane Lions, had many tales to share of persistence and resilience in attaining the leadership and sporting positions he holds today. Supercar driver, winner of the Bathurst 1000 2024, Todd Hazelwood, spoke encouragingly about his rise to success, the traits that he has observed in good leaders along the way and the characteristics he has adopted.  Our Landsborough Student Leaders gained a massive insight into what being a ‘great leader’ involves from these inspiring and motivational leaders.  They are all inspired to put this knowledge into practice this year at school. We cannot wait to see what they do!

School Administration and Finance

Dental Van

The School Dental service is currently at Landsborough State School, offering a free dental examination to all students.

Students have been given an ‘Oral Health’ consent form. If you would like your child to see the dental van, please complete and return the form to our office as soon as possible.

This is a great opportunity for your child to have a check-up and get some great advice on how to look after their teeth. The best part is it is free!!

Payment of Invoices

We have a range of options for parents wanting to pay invoices for school activities:

• BPOINT / BPAY (our preferred payment method). On the bottom left of the invoice you will find a link for this payment method.
• QParents
  
• Come to the school office in person and pay via cash or credit/debit card.
  
• Centrelink deduction

Landsborough State School is committed to help ease cost of living pressures for families. If you are experiencing financial difficulties payment plans can be arranged. For more information, please contact our Business Manager, Petra, on 5436 2777.

2025 Student Resource Scheme

Payment for the 2025 SRS fee is now due (if you haven’t paid already).

We are accepting payment via the following methods:

• BPOINT (our preferred payment method). On the bottom left of the invoice you will find a link directly to the Bpoint portal to pay online by credit or debit card.
• Cash
• Credit / debit card in person at the office
• QParents
• Centrelink deduction

Please read the SRS Annual Parent Information Letter for further information regarding the 2025 Student Resource Scheme.

SRS items have arrived and have been distributed to classrooms. These items include handwriting books, mini whiteboards, online learning licences etc. If SRS fees have been paid for your child, they will be issued with these resources. Parents NOT participating in the scheme must provide their student with all the items that would otherwise be provided by the scheme.

Landsborough State School Facebook Page

The Landsborough State School Facebook page is a great place to keep up-to-date regarding upcoming events, what volunteers are needed and helpful reminders in case you missed the notification. If you haven’t already ‘liked’ our Facebook page, jump on and do so now.

Does your child require medication at school?

If your child needs to take medication at school, please provide the office staff with:

• a completed and signed Consent to administer medication form;
• the medication in its original container; and
• medical authorisation (e.g. the pharmacy label, or a letter from the doctor, or a completed and signed health action plan).

Please ask our administration staff should you have any questions.

Exciting News!  Digital Consent Forms Are Coming in 2025!

Our school is moving to digital consent forms to streamline processes and improve communication with families. No more looking through schoolbags for permission forms…....just log into QParents and provide consent quickly and easily!

To prepare, we encourage you to sign up for QParents. This platform is essential for accessing digital consent forms and offers features like 24/7 access to school invoices, absentee notifications, and your child's academic reports. We need as many families as possible signed up to QParents before we can proceed with digital consent forms.

How to Sign Up:

Initiations are currently being emailed to those not yet registered. Just follow the instructions to complete your account setup using your child's EQID, found on their invoices. Need help?  Contact our office for assistance.

Thank you for supporting this exciting change!

Register today at http://qparents.qld.edu.au

Contact details

It is important that we have up-to-date contact information for parents and carers so that we can keep you informed. To advise of any change to parent or carer personal details (including email, mailing address, home phone, mobile or emergency contact details), please email office@landsborss.eq.edu.au or update your details via QParents.

Guidance Officer

MYCP Program

Concerns regarding young children with difficult and defiant behaviours? The Management of Young Children Program (MYCP) is available in 2025.

The MYCP is supported by Landsborough SS, Beerwah SS and Elimbah SS (therefore no cost for these families) and is a practical and individualised behaviour support program for parents and carers of young children aged 2½ to 7 years and their families. It is a well-established and evidence based early intervention program targeting children who display defiant or oppositional behaviour with the aim of reducing such problematic behaviours in primary school and beyond.

Other families/ schools outside of this catchment area have the option of accessing the ‘user pay’ option which is currently $750 for 6 x 1 hour individualised sessions. For more information or interest in participating in the program, please see the school website link or contact the Landsborough SS office 5436 2777.  

LSS P&C

We encourage all LSS families to come along to our P&C meetings, join the P&C committee and/or participate in our events and fundraising activities throughout the year. Our meetings are where all decisions are made, so please come along and have your say.

Our next meeting is our AGM, scheduled for Wednesday 26^th March at 5.30pm.  We invite you to join us as we work towards making 2025 another successful P&C year.

At this meeting, all positions will be declared vacant, and elections will take place to fill these roles for the upcoming year.

It’s your chance to get involved, make a difference, and help shape the future of our school community. No experience needed – just enthusiasm!

We can’t wait to see you there!  

In the meantime, if there any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at: landsboroughpandc@outlook.com.

Book Club

Scholastic Book Club Issue 2 is here!

Keep an eye out for a copy in your child’s school bag!  Orders close Tuesday 18 March – so don’t miss out!  Ordering is quick and easy via LOOP. With plenty of titles to appeal to all ages, you are sure to find something to support your child’s reading journey.

Easter Raffle Donations

We are asking for Easter donations to be put towards our annual Easter Raffle. Items include Easter Eggs, Easter Art and Craft, baskets etc.  This is a fantastic and easy way to contribute, especially if you are time-poor and can’t volunteer your time to assist the P&C. 3 baskets of goodies will be raffled in the lead up to Easter (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prize).

We would love your help! Donations, large or small will be gratefully accepted and can be left at the school administration office. Due to the recent inclement weather and school closure, we have extended the donation cut off date until 14^th March (end of this week).

Breakfast Club

Join us on Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 7:45 and 8:20am for some toast, cereal, fruit and laughs.

Parents and carers, we are always looking for volunteers, so please let us know.  This is also a great opportunity to catch-up with other parents and have a chat.

Donations to Brekky Club are welcome. We are always looking for different healthy things to serve.

Subway – Available Every Thursday!!

Thanks to the team at Subway Glenview, we will continue to offer a Subway meal deal EVERY THURSDAY as a healthy school lunch option for students.  The meal deal includes your choice of a 6-inch sub or wrap, a drink (water/juice) and a cookie. Ordering must be done online via the Flexischools App.

Orders must be placed by 5pm each Wednesday to ensure your order is delivered to your child’s classroom for 1^st break on Thursday.

Uniforms - The School Locker

Landsborough State School uniforms are available to purchase from The School Locker Maroochydore.  This store is open 7 days a week for convenient shopping. You can also make purchases online and have the items home delivered! 

Road Safety Message – Department of Transport & Main Roads

Look Before You Lock

Stress, exhaustion and distractions can impact short-term memory, leading to devastating consequences when transporting children.

Look Before You Lock means building a routine of checking to help avoid leaving a child in a car unintentionally. This means checking even if you know your child is not with you.

Make sure to discuss your Look Before You Lock routine with every person who transports your child. This includes partners, grandparents, and friends. Learn more about keeping children safe at www.qld.gov.au/lookbeforeyoulock.

Community News

Deadly Kids Yarn Up

Our first nations students participate in these sessions. Parents and carers are welcome to come along and join in too! For 2025 we will meet on the last Friday of each month from 9:00am – 10:00am in the HIVE.

Secret Girls Business