30 November 2018

Newsletter Articles

Message from the Principal

Gumdale State School continues to be a hive of activity across all year levels as we approach the end of the school year. Our Prep students for 2019 visited Gumdale last week for their orientation morning and next week we host our Year 6 Graduation. It is sure to be a special evening celebrating the achievements of these students as they move on to high school. We also invite all parents and carers to attend our final full school assembly on Monday 10 December at 2:00pm.

If your child is in Prep to Year 5 and is not returning to Gumdale State School in the New Year, please contact the administration staff as soon as possible. This assists us with our planning for 2019.

Well done to our Year 5 students who represented our school well in their time at Emu Gully last week. By all accounts it was a fantastic experience and I thank all staff who chaperoned. Next week it is our Year 4 cohort’s turn as they attend camp at Currimundi on the Sunshine Coast. I wish them all well.

Finally, it has been great to see the generosity shown by our students and community during the recent fundraisers for Micah Projects, Fiver for a Farmer, Morningside State School and Givit. What an excellent community we are a part of. Thank you for giving.

Always our Best,

Phil Savill, Principal
Gumdale State School

Important Dates

Always our Best

Reminders from the School

2019 Enrolments

To assist us in planning for next year, we would like to know your plans for 2019. If your child will transition to another school for the start of 2019, please assist us by completing the form below. Completed forms are to be returned to Marissa Bowen at School Administration or via email: mbowe79@eq.edu.au

A reminder to existing Gumdale State School families or prospective families in our catchment area looking to join in 2019: Please submit your enrolment applications now. All enrolment paperwork can be downloaded from our school website. If you have a question regarding how to enrol, please contact the school office on 3902 8333.

Messages from the Deputies

Reporting

Student results will be reported to parents via a report card emailed on Wednesday 12 December after 5pm. Please notify Mrs Marissa Bowen of updates to parent email addresses prior to this date on mbowe79@eq.edu.au.

Book Lists

Book Lists for 2019 have been sent home. Our preferred supplier is School Stuff; you can visit their site below.

Uniform Expectations

Even during the cooler months of the year, hats are required to be worn to school every day. There appears to be an increase in the number of students coming to school without a hat to wear. In accordance with our Sun Safe Policy students are required to wear a Gumdale State School reversible wide-brimmed surf hat. Students are expected to wear the hat for all outdoor activities. Please ensure all hats are clearly labelled, for ease of return if misplaced.

End of Year Organisation

With the increased number of events happening in the lead up to the end of the school year, please continue to check our social media communication vehicles such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please also ensure that your contact details, particularly email addresses, are updated at the office if details have changed. At this time of the year, many of our classroom teachers are emailing correspondence detailing changes to routines and special events/celebrations.

Prep & Year 1 News

Last week we welcomed our new Preps for orientation day. This really brought home how quickly time flies. Our year six students were very helpful at the event acting as guides and official welcomers.

Our current preps attended the Jollybops Science Show which opened their minds even further to the excitement of scientific endeavour.

Next week some of our year one students will have their first ride in the Gumdale school bus. The upcoming picnic excursion to Lota Park is a culminating experience to the year one's study of healthy food choices.

Preps enjoying the Jollybops Science Show

Year 2 & 3 News

Throughout this term, I have had the pleasure of visiting our wonderful Year 2 and 3 classrooms on a weekly basis. During this time, I chat to students about the work they are completing and celebrate their achievements and the effort they contribute on a daily basis. Some students choose to read to me, some share work they have created using an iPad app and others share the wonderful writing they have been creating. All of the students I meet with are able to explain the expectations of the task, define the elements that they need to include to reach their goals and share how they have used the feedback their teacher has provided to up-level their work. I cannot share all of these pieces and conversations, so I have chosen a variety from the two year levels.

Artic Community

In the middle of the dark night,
Artic wolves are giving animals a freaky fright.

I can see:
Cold white snow stretching over the long land,
Arctic penguins waddling through the cold night.
In this artic community there is not a speck of sand,
Fierce arctic animals having a big fight.

I can hear:
Howl! Howl! Arctic wolf howling for it’s pack,
Thump! Thump! Polar bears running through the soft snow.
Squish! Squish! Arctic wolf following the penguins track,
Boom! Boom! Polar bears dancing, going with the flow.

I can feel:
The cold breeze blowing through my hair,
Little pretty penguins waddling through the soft snow.
The ground shaking from the big polar bear,
All the arctic animals are putting on a show.
In this Artic Community

Written by: Livi and Milo 3M

Clouds

There are bright clouds and fluffy clouds,
White clouds and grey.
Bright clouds you can see through,
Clouds that fly in your way.

Clouds that go down,
Like a big gassy wall.
Clouds that blend in softly
And don’t blend at all.

Clouds that rain lightly,
Clouds that can pour.
And tiny clouds that come at you
And land in the shore.

Written by: Arvya 2B

Cat Cat

Cat, cat, where do you play?
With some string on a good day.

Car, cat, what do you drink?
A cold white milk from the sink.

Cat, cat, what do you see?
A big juicy milky watering bee.

Cat, cat, why do you sleep?
So I am up the next day with a new peep.

Written by: Elijah 2W

Year 4 - 6 News

Year 5 Camp

The Year 5 students had a wonderful three days at Emu Gully Adventure Camp at Helidon last week. Students participated in a number of team challenges across their time at the camp and took time to reflect on the characteristics of leadership. Mr Doherty, Ms Mitchell and the Year 5 teaching staff are to be thanked for their organisation and support of this camp for our students.

Student Leadership

Year 5 students have been refining their persuasive speech writing skills in class this term in preparation for school leadership opportunities in 2019. Students who nominated for school captain roles presented speeches to the Years 3 to 5 students yesterday. All students who participated are to be congratulated on the high quality of their speeches.

Next week students who have nominated for the positions of House Captain, Cultural Captain and STEM Captain will present their speeches. Our student leaders for next year will be announced at our final assembly this term.

Graduation

The finishing touches are being made by the Year 6 teachers, students and specialist teachers in preparation for the graduation ceremony in the Hollis Hall on Thursday 6 December. We look forward to taking this time to reflect upon and celebrate the learning, friendships and opportunities that lie ahead in high school.

Digital Technologies

Please see the STEAM section of this week’s newsletter for exciting information about how your student could earn a scholarship to this year’s code camp! Act quickly, the deadline is Wednesday 3 December.

School Council

The School Council met on 15 November 2018 for its fourth quarter meeting. Over the past two years the current School Council has operated very much as a learning process, both in terms of its role having strategic oversight of the running of the school, and in terms of the non-teaching members - parents and community representatives – gained understanding of educational concepts and the culture and operations of the education structure in Queensland.

During this period, we have seen our role as supporting the direction of Gumdale State School as a high quality educational institution, with a strong focus on STEAM education, sport and community engagement. So, members were delighted to receive a presentation at our recent meeting from Ms Sheppard, one of the school’s STEAM teachers, on the many solid achievements of STEAM education at Gumdale. These included:

• Integration of STEM units into the broader curriculum, for example in areas of reading and writing;
• Visits by significant experts in professional occupations;
• Use of iPads and specialised software applications;
• Participation by students in broader social activities, such as National Science Week;
• Computer coding, including a lunchtime and after school Coding Club;
• Robotics, rockets, and sustainability focus elements.

One of the key areas of concern for the Council has been to retain high performing staff at the school, and a number of discussions have been had at meetings on how Council might assist the leadership team in achieving this. Three important aspects have been identified:

1. Having the Council involved in any future process that might be required to replace the Principal, either in a temporary secondment or recruitment of new Principal at some point. Council believes that it is important to maintaining the strategic direction of the school that its participation in such a process is accepted by the Education Department.
2. To encourage staff retention, Council has identified that there needs to be the ability to provide incentives, and this generally requires funding. Because the current constitution of the Council prevents it holding funds, Council believes that the most likely source of funds would come from the generation of sponsorships.
3. Staff retention is also encouraged by recognition, and Council has implemented a Staff Recognition Award system, which identifies one staff member each term deserving of special recognition for work over and above.

In terms of sponsorships, the school has been notable in achieving a number of significant community sponsorships in the past two years, including for the lease of a bus. Recently, Council proposed using the naming rights for the front oval as a way of attracting new sponsorship.

Council also had oversight of the naming of the new oval after Paul Green, a former student and national rugby player and coach, who attended the naming ceremony with his family and spoke to the student body about his time at Gumdale.

The Term 4 Staff Recognition Award has been given to Ms Melissa McLennan. Melissa wears many hats in her roles as a teacher, a parent and community member at Gumdale. She has been recognised this term by the Council for her liaison between the school staff and the P&C for the community event, ‘A Day on the Oval’.

Council has monitored NAPLAN performance, and is pleased to note the continued achievement of the school in results, with recorded improvements across many areas.

Council has also been delighted to see the outstanding performance of many Gumdale students in sporting activities, including Cross Country, Girls in Sport, Athletics, Touch Football, and areas such as swimming, sailing and team sports.

With the P&C Association represented on the Council, the Council has also had the opportunity to recognize the outstanding work undertaken by parents to support initiatives of the P&C to contribute to the better conditions and facilities at the school.

Council would like to express its appreciation for the contribution of all staff, parents and community supporters alike for working together to achieve so much for the school over the past 12 months. Specific thanks go to our outgoing Council members Ms Gretchen Mander-Jones, Ms Renae Northcott and Terese Cosgrave for their service.

News from the Payment Desk

Please ensure all payments have been paid before the 7 December 2018. There are still a number of students who have attended events which have not paid for, please clear your accounts at your earliest convenience.

If you are unsure of monies owing or need help with payment do not hesitate to contact the office.

Office Procedure for Payment of Excursions

Three weeks after an excursion has taken place One School will produce a Credit Adjustment for those students who have not paid. This is a system generated document which will clear your students account for this excursion. If your student attended and payment has not been received, you will be emailed a new invoice for this particular excursion.

Please ensure you advise the office and teacher if your child will not be attending the excursion, this will save you receiving another invoice.

Prompt payment is of invoices will also ensure that additional invoices are not emailed to you, payment due dates are stated on the excursion letter which you receive the day before you are invoiced.

As a reminder, here is a list of upcoming events / payments that might be relevant to your family:

Paying your school invoices

All excursions and events require payment and a permission form to be returned by the due date or your child will not be permitted to attend.

Please note that payments can be made one of four ways:

1. Online using the BPOINT Payment Gateway https://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete or from the invoice using the BPOINT link
2. Phone banking via BPOINT IVR (1300 631 073)
3. Online using the QParent App or
4. In person at our Administration Office during office hours (8.00am-3.30pm)

STEAM News

Sustainability @ Gumdale

Sustainability Steve spent week 7 with 2S and week 8 with 4S to celebrate their great efforts with making Gumdale more sustainable. Keep up the great work!

Jackson S, a year 4 student has shown great initiative and enthusiasm by writing a letter to Mr Savill regarding how he would like to help reduce our landfill waste and raise money for the school. Jackson and his family collected the glass, plastic, aluminium and popper cartons at the school disco and processed them at the new Tingalpa recycling centre. Jackson and his family raised $33 for the school.

Tips

• There are many pieces of whole untouched fruit being thrown away. We encourage students to take uneaten lunch home.
• Only unprocessed fruit and vegetable scraps in the organics bin please. No bread, crackers, meats or dairy as this will attract cockroaches, mice and rats which in turn attract snakes.

Let’s work together in making Gumdale State School more sustainable!

Code Camp Scholarship

Code Camp have generously donated a scholarship for one lucky Gumdale student for the upcoming Summer Code Camp. To enter simply tell me in 25 words or less why you deserve this awesome coding opportunity. Whether you are new to coding or have been coding for years there is a camp suited to you!

Hand your written entries into the STEAM room or email Mrs Sheppard axshe7@eq.edu.au by 3pm on Wednesday 5 December!

Prep

The Prep students enjoyed their Jollybops Science show full of songs, humour and explosions!

Year 1

The Year 1 students enjoyed their Cheeky Changes workshop and show. They were guided through a procedure and discussions to make, describe and compare physical changes of PVA bouncy balls that they got to take home.

Year 3

The Year 3 students have been working on their shadow puppet shows as the culminating activity for their Night and Day science unit.

Year 4

The Year 4 students are displaying amazing design skills as they create new textile products from unwanted items.

Year 6

In Science this term the Year 6 students have been studying various changes and classifying them as chemical or physical and reversible or irreversible. They engaged in hands on investigations using vinegar and bicarb to understand the variables that effect the speed of the reaction.

The students have also looked at changes in the real world and in particular within the human digestive system. They were asked to pretend that they were a piece of food travelling through the digestive system and write an imaginative short story describing their journey.

STEAM Clubs

Kitchen Garden

We are nearing the end of the year and the club’s afternoon tea is drawing closer. Club members harvested zucchini (yellow and green), mini tomatoes, spring onions, broad beans and peas. There was washing, chopping, grating, hulling, recipe reading, measuring, mixing and awesome teamwork that all went into making two trays of zucchini slice for the tea. Delicious!

Pop up Market stall – Watch for the Kitchen Garden Club’s ‘pop up’ market next week! We will have lots of goodies for sale as teacher/volunteer/parent/friend gifts. All proceeds will go to growing the Gumdale State School garden next year! If you have surplus crops from home we would appreciate donations on the day.

Donations of plastic lids (not metal), mulch, and soil for the garden are appreciated and can be dropped to the STEAM Centre.

Year 1 & 2 Coding

The students have had a wonderful time learning to code and teaching each other. Year 1 & 2 Coding finished up this week. We look forward to seeing you in Code Club in 2019!

International Computer Science Education Week

Next week is ‘International Computer Science Education Week’ and Gumdale State School will again be participating in the ‘Hour of Code’ along with millions of other people of all ages around the world! There are hundreds of free tutorials at Code.org from beginner to advanced - suitable for your children and YOU! Happy coding!

Sports News

Swimming Lessons

Students have settled in well to their swimming lessons conducted by Aquatic Achievers. All students have now been assessed and placed into an appropriate group. Groups are continually adjusted throughout the program as students develop and improve their swimming technique.

Upper School Swimming Carnival

The 2019 year 3-6 Swimming Carnival will be held at Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler, on Tuesday February 5 (Term 1, Week 2). Nomination forms for this event will be emailed out before the end of this term.

Met East Triathlon

A big congratulations to Imogen W and Ethan B who have been selected in the Met East Triathlon team to compete at the State Championships in March next year. Good luck in Hervey Bay!

2018 Camps

This year there will be a change to our Year 4-6 Camp structure. This will allow three different settings and experiences for students in our Senior School. The camps will be as follows:

Year 4 – Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi (5-7 December 2018)
Year 5 – Emu Gully Leadership Camp, Helidon (21-23 November 2018)
Year 6 – Sydney and Canberra (21-25 July 2019)

Any questions - James Doherty jpdoh0@eq.edu.au

Sailing Donations Needed

We require donations of reef shoes, sun shirts, wide brimmed hats and board shorts for our Sailing program. New or good condition items can be left in the labelled box which is located in the hallway outside the PE room in Hollis Hall. Thank you in advance!

Keep moving!

Community Support

Gumdale Gives

A huge thanks to all our families who gave generously to the GIVIT toy collection. GIVIT are attending our assembly on Monday 3 December to collect the toys and distribute them to Child Safety Centres across Queensland to give to children living in care for Christmas.

We have been overwhelmed by the donations we received for both our MICAH Projects and GIVIT collections this year. We are so lucky that we have such a caring community who are in a position to support these worthy causes. Thank you for giving.

Please see below for more information on GIVIT and MICAH Projects.

2019 Japanese Study Tour

Next year, Gumdale State School will again be hosting a Study Tour group from Japan. From 22 February to 5 March, we will have 18 students from Tama Uni Meguro JHS in Tokyo visiting our school. Students will have a Year 6 buddy and will participate in English lessons, as well as experience classroom life here at Gumdale. The tour organisers are looking for Host Families for students. Please see information below if you are interested. Application forms are available at the office.

Music Notes

Upcoming Events

PERFORMANCE AT LOTA HOUSE

On Tuesday 11 December the Gumtrees Choir and selected instrumental students will be visiting Lota House to bring wonderful music and Christmas cheer to the residents. This performance is in school time and we will be travelling on the school bus, returning before the end of school bell.

PIANO TUITION IN 2019

Next year we are offering piano tuition with piano teacher Fotini Panagopoulos. Fotini has over 20 years’ experience teaching piano and we are excited to have her join us at Gumdale. At this stage lessons will be offered to students going into Year 2 and Year 3 in 2019. So if you have a piano or keyboard at home and are interested in your child taking piano lessons during school hours, please email your expression of interest to: enjoypiano123@gmail.com

Please note there are limited places available.

CHOIR

There will be no Gumnuts and Gumleaves Choir rehearsals next week. Gumtrees Choir will have their last rehearsal in Week 9. Congratulations to all the singers at Gumdale for their commitment and enthusiasm to rehearsals and performances this year! Keep singing over the holidays and we look forward to hearing you next year.

INSTRUMENTAL

Well done to all the fabulous Gumdale musicians for working hard in building their musicianship and performance skills this year. We had a lot of fun and learned so much! We look forward to continuing to build our concert bands as our Year 4 beginners move up to Senior Concert Band, and our current Year 5 musicians move up to be student leaders for Senior Concert Band for 2019.

SHEP PROGRAM

Mrs Thomas attended a fantastic concert at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Southbank over the weekend. Students were selected from across Brisbane to attend SHEP (State Honours Ensemble Program) weekend camp. It was an incredible achievement to be selected to participate for four of our Gumdale students: Ella L, Imogen W, Cristiean B, and Carl V. We are very proud of their hard work and achievements!

From the Music Department,

OSHC

Messages from the Team

2019 Enrolments are new OPEN! Please enrol or re-enrol your children as soon as possible to guarantee a place at YMCA Gumdale OSHC. We have big plans in store for next year and hope to have your children on board. If you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us!

What has been happening at YMCA Gumdale OSHC?

We have started ‘Running around Australia.’ Each lap of the oval is 400m and we have to run 14,063 kilometres to run around Australia. We have been tallying each child’s laps and adding up how far everyone has run all together each day.

The children have been getting super involved and are very competitive as we have a leader board of 10 children up on the wall.

It is great to see the children participating in physical activity every day and really enjoying it. There is a lot of morale around the competition and everyone is cheering each other on. We have also had parents and educators get involved!

What is coming up at Gumdale OSHC?

Summer Holidays are just around the corner and we cannot wait.

We have been planning our summer holiday program for a few weeks now and have a lot of super exciting activities, incursions and mini excursions planned for the children.

Our team of educators are in the midst of getting all the materials and equipment and training to equip them for a fantastic Summer Holiday program. We are all so excited to have your children join us.

We still have spaces available on all mini excursions, incursions and service days.

Enrol your child now so they don’t miss out on the fun!

Contact YMCA OSHC Gumdale
Phone: 07 3890 2675
Mobile: 0428 333 317
agd@ymca.org.au

Community Business Network

Gumdale State School is pleased to have the support of businesses in our local and nearby community by way of sponsorship. Each year, our school resources are enriched courtesy of members in our Community Business Network.

More details regarding our program and the packages available can be found on our school website or by contacting Marissa Bowen, Executive Assistant.

Phone: 3902 8333 Mail: mbowe79@eq.edu.au

In 2018, our Platinum and Gold Sponsors are:

Platinum Sponsors

Todd Gerhardt Realty goes above and beyond for his clients. Todd has broken countless street records, priding himself on getting the best possible price for his vendors. Todd Gerhardt is considered a real sellers agent, but he is equally devoted to his buyers and he knows how to close the deal leaving both parties more than satisfied (which in today's market cannot always be the case).

Todd leaves no stone unturned in the search for the right buyer for your home. It is Todd's mission to offer the best real estate experience you can get.

The YMCA provide services to more than 700,000 participants annually. Such services include youth programs, Long Day Child Care, Family Day Care, In Home Care, Outside School Hours Care, Vacation Care, Limited Hours Care, a large range of sport and recreational activities, health and fitness, outdoor education and camping, vocational education and accredited training, hospitality, restaurants and hotel accommodation.

Gold Sponsors

Ian lives in Wakerley and brings his background as a marketing consultant to achieve the best result for his clients. Ian has achieved numerous property records in the Bayside area. As a great supporter of Gumdale State School Ian currently serves as a community representative on the School Council.

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P&C News

P&C December General Meeting

The P&C will be hosting a year end wrap up on Tuesday 4 December at 7:00pm at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron located on Royal Esplanade in Manly. This meeting will be a wrap up of 2018 and a celebration of the achievements. New and existing P&C members are welcome.

Notice of the P&C Annual General Meeting

The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Gumdale State School Parents and Citizens’ Association will be held on Tuesday 12 February commencing at 7:00pm in the Resource Centre.

Following acceptance of the minutes from the 2018 AGM and the tabling of the Audit Report for the year ending 31 December 2018, all current office bearer roles will be declared vacant and nominations called for the following positions:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer

Nominations will also be sought for membership of the following P&C Sub-Committees:

• Fundraising

All current P&C members are encouraged to attend the AGM to vote and/or nominate for vacant positions on the executive and sub-committees.

For more information concerning any aspects of the P&C including the conduct of the AGM, and the roles of executives and sub-committees, please email pandc@gumdaless.eq.edu.au

The AGM is open to all parents and carers who wish to attend, however only members are eligible to vote and/or nominate for vacant positions (including sub-committees).

At the completion of the AGM the February general meeting will be held.

P&C Volunteers

The P&C is taking the initiative to recognise the efforts and generosity of all the volunteers who assisted with planning and delivery of fundraising events and/or volunteered in the Tuckshop or Uniform Shop during 2018 and have invited volunteers to attend an afternoon tea on Friday 7 December.

Please RVSP your attendance to the fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au if you have received an invitation.

The P&C Executives are very much looking forward to thanking everyone who assisted in making the 2018 a huge success for the P&C.

Tuckshop Volunteers

The Tuckshop Convenors of our newly-named Gumtree Eatery do a great job each week providing a wide variety of healthy, nutritious food to our students. They are in need of some extra hands on an ongoing basis, particularly on Thursdays and Fridays.

By having regular volunteers in the Tuckshop we are able to continue our wide offering and also keep the menu pricing and operating costs low.

If you have some time available to help out, even as little as an hour, your help would be gratefully appreciated by our Tuckshop team. Volunteer slots begin at 8.45am each day and duties include labelling bags, preparing food, serving and cleaning.

Click HERE to view the slots on Signup. We thank you for your assistance.

Shaunesy Pegg
P&C President
pandc@gumdaless.eq.edu.au

Gumdale Eatery News

Don’t forget all meal orders for the Tuckshop for first and second breaks must be ordered through Flexischools by 8:30am each day. Only snacks, drinks and slushies are sold over the counter for cash (except for Prep students) during first and second breaks.

Students who have made an order to purchase something frozen, or a plain milk cup or something with custard or yoghurt, will need to come to the Tuckshop to collect the item. A green smiley face or a red star on your bag means you must bring the bag to the Tuckshop to collect the item which can’t be sent to your classroom.

If you need to contact the tuckshop for any reason, please stop by and see us or contact us on the details below.

Phone: 3902 8304
Email: tuckshop@gumdalesspc.org.au

Carol Matheson & Helen Vine
Tuckshop Convenors

Uniform Shop News

The P&C has recently changed school hat providers and the new prep hats for students in 2019 are a different design from our current school hat. Prep school hats have been ordered, but will not be available for collection with the Prep Packs until early next year. You can still order and purchase the Prep Pack and collect a new school hat next year. The current or old style school hats can still be worn and are still available for purchase from the Uniform Shop until sold out.

Samples of the new school hat will be available to view in the Uniform Shop on the days/hours the Uniform Shop is open.

Prep Packs

Preferred purchasing of Prep Packs is through Flexischools. Register your child via the link below under the class 'Prep Starter 2019'. Pre-ordered Prep Packs can be collected in January from the old Uniform Shop downstairs opposite the Tuckshop under B Block.

Extended Trading Hours

The Uniform Shop will be open for extended trading hours in January to assist parents with their back to school uniform purchases.

We are looking for some more fantastic volunteer staff to help us out in the Uniform Shop. If you have time on Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30am – 9:15am or are able to help handing out Prep Packs during the extended trading hours in January we would love to hear from you. Contact us on the details below.

Contact

Phone: 3902 8335
Email: uniform@gumdalesspc.org.au
Orders: Online through Flexischools
Payment: Cash and EFTPOS facilities

Michelle Moffatt
Volunteer Uniform Shop Manager

Update from the Fundraising Team!

Disco

Once again the P&C School Disco was a great success. Hundreds of students danced the night away and enjoyed the BBQ and treats on offer. A massive thank you to all the volunteers who helped before, during and after the disco. School community events like this would be impossible to run without the support of both staff and parent helpers. We appreciate each of you! The total raised from this Disco was $5480 which is a great result.

Volunteering

The year may nearly be drawing to a close but it is not too late to volunteer your time. We are always looking for volunteers for the Tuckshop and Uniform Shop so if you can offer assistance, please email fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au

Fundraising Programs

A reminder to support the following organisations if the need arises. For every purchase made, they kindly give back to our school.

To stay up to date with all the Fundraising Events, follow us on social media:

• Facebook at Gumdale State School Parents & Citizens
• Instagram at gumdale_ss_pandc
• Twitter at gumdaless_pandc
• Or contact us on fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au

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