Kurwongbah State School

It's police theme this week at Kurwongbah Kids Playgroup & KindyLinQ. Moreton Bay school based officer, Senior constable Matthew, will be visiting us.
All families with children 0-5 years are welcome to attend every Friday during term 9am-12pm.

REMINDER: It is advised not to order tuckshop tomorrow for students participating in Interschool sport

Last week selected students from senior concert band and senior string ensemble attended the regional intermediate and advanced music workshop, known as Imped and Amped. This year we had 16 students involved with Imped and 9 students successfully auditioned for Amped. Of the 30 schools that were represented in our region, Kurwongbah was the 3rd highest represented school this year with 25 attendees across the 4 day event. All students attending the workshops played challenging repertoire and worked closely with guest conductors. The week was a fantastic experience for all our musicians.

Coffee van at the sports hall and breakfast at Charlies from 8am today and Friday.

Girls League Tag Training 7.45am Thursday 8 August.

Opens tomorrow from 3pm!

While many of us have been watching the great efforts of the Australian Olympic athletes or keeping warm indoors Benji has been competing in Brisbane Short Course Swimming Championships over the weekend.
*Brisbane Champion for 100m and 200m Free
*2nd for 50m Free
*3rd for 100m Medley
Congratulations Benji for some awesome efforts!

Indi attend the Solid Pathways University experience day at UQ - St Lucia on Wednesday and was involved in many STEM activities with other Solid Pathways students, Teachers and University staff.

“Never give up”
”Encourage others”
“Do your best”

Following today’s captivating & motivational performance, The NED Shows yo-yo’s will be for sale Friday 2nd August to Friday 9th August outside our Hall Supper Room from 8.15-8.45am each school day. (EFTPOS and Cash sales available-while stock lasts).

Girls League Tag Training 7.45am Thursday 1 August

On Friday, Our Kurwongbah Kids Playgroup & KindyLinQ enjoyed activities and craft all about fire Fighters. We finished the morning in the school garden with Mrs W planting our very own sunflowers. We can't wait to watch them grow, just like our little learners have so far this year.

Congratulations to Sharn Freier, past Kurwongbah State School Student who has been confirmed to play in the Matildas Olympic team.

SQUAD UPDATE

Sharn Freier has been confirmed to replace Tameka Yallop on the Matildas 18-player Match Day Squad against Germany under the Late Athlete Replacement Policy.

Science fair entries are due Friday 2nd August. Students can give their projects to Mrs Owen or Mrs O’Hanlon from now. Email sent today with further details.

District Athletics : Well done to all of our 10/11/12 year old students who competed in the track and field trials at Nudgee College over the last 2 days. We had some new students participate along with students who have represented our school for the last 3 years. We are really proud of your efforts, the way that you supported each other (and the students from other schools) and your positive approach. Great work. Thanks also to the many parents who came along to support our students.

The Ned Show is coming to Kurwongbah State School on Thursday 1st August from 2.10pm in our school hall. There is no charge for the show and all students (P-6) and parents are welcome to attend.
The NED Show has a very positive “Growth Mindset” message of Never Give UP, Encourage Others and Do your Best.
Following the show the school will be selling NED Yo-Yo’s from Friday 2nd August to Friday 9th August outside our Hall Supper Room from 8.15-8.45am each school day. (EFTPOS and Cash sales available-while stock lasts). For that week we will also have a dedicated Yo-Yo play area at the “Kippa” near Values Green where students can practice their Yo-Yo Skills.
Please note there is no obligation for students to buy Yo-Yo’s to attend the show
Here's a link to the information video about the show.
http://thenedshow.com/parents.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2qKXWQnqRHiVQa6y8BOHa5uGb5tyeORULrDfOE6LyFWwjgw5C0PZKVBnU_aem_B-I_g72HqPUpCf71roSxGg

What a fantastic turnout for Chappy’s Big Breakfast this morning!

From the time we opened at 7:30 we did not stop cooking and serving, the smiles on the faces said it all.

A huge thanks goes to Club Pine Rivers for their continued generosity in supporting our Big Breakfasts, and the Lions Club Bray Park for their tireless service in cooking and serving.

We extend our thanks also to Shane King MP and Councillor Jim Moloney for coming along to cook, serve and support our great school community.

Most especially, thank YOU Kurwongbah!! We loved seeing you and enjoying breakfast together this morning!!

Year 5 Eureka Excursion is running late. Buses are expected back at approximately 4.20pm.

Today Year 5 journey back to 1854 for 'A great, real-life authentic learning experience'. They will explore through the Australian bush in search of the township, using maps to explore the goldfields, Role play a number of situations that may have occurred during the Australian Gold Rush, Construct tents, buy gold licences and maybe even bailed up by nasty bushrangers on horseback.

Today we picked the first beetroot from our school garden. It's perfect!

This semester in HASS, the Preps are exploring models and maps of places. This week, they used a model of the story “Rosie’s walk” to create a small book using directional language

four wheel espresso available this morning instead of Friday this week.

Chappy's Big Breakfast
Seated tickets are now fully booked. There are still some Grab and Go tickets available. Tickets close at 5pm today!

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Tickets for next Tuesday’s Big Breakfast will be finalised this Wednesday. There are very limited numbers of SEATED tickets still available, with numbers capped for catering purposes.

We still have plenty of Grab n Go tickets available.

Please contact Chappy Carly if you require any further information.

Kurwongbah competed in the World Robotics RoboRave Tournament on the weekend at the University of the Sunshine Coast. 4000 entrants attended the event from all around the world from China, Taiwan, Canada, India, Mexico, Egypt and Poland to name a few. One Kurwongbah team competed in the A-maze-ing competition on Saturday where students programmed their robot to complete the maze course in the quickest time possible
and, five teams took part on Sunday battling in the Sumo Challenge. Students had worked hard for several months to build and design their program and robot in the lead up to the event and, although none reached the finals, a lot was learnt about design and programming.
Congratulations on such a great effort Kurwongbah teams and a special thank you to parents for your support and time at the event!

Term 3, Week 2

Well done to Wyalla House. They were the winners of the 2024 Pentathlon. Congratulations to our overall age champions (Jeremy and Jasmine) and our 11 Year old Age champions/ runners up. Some students were absent Friday so additional photos will come in next week.
Congratulations to 27 students who will represent Kurwongbah at the District Track & Field Championships 24-25 July (Parents/ Carers have been contacted). 1500m trial (Monday 2nd Break), 200m trial (Tuesday 2nd Break). After school training for selected students Tuesday/ Thursday/ Friday this week.