End of Year Concert

On Friday 13 December, our school celebrated the end of another brilliant year with an End of Year Concert. Students showcased with musical talents with solo and duet performances with our Music Teacher, Mr. Jarrah Wishart. Also, we had class items presented by Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 and students in Year 3-6 who performed a Christmas Megamix performance. It was wonderful to see our community come together to connect and celebrate the festive season.

NAPLAN Results 2024

I would like to congratulate students, staff and our school community on our outstanding NAPLAN results in 2024. Our school was ranked in the top 5 schools for NAPLAN results for the Geelong and Surf Coast region. It is an incredible achievement and is a direct result of the commitment and dedication of our students and staff for excellence, as well as improved teaching pedagogies and curriculum at Queenscliff Primary School. Congratulations!

Farewell

On Friday at our final assembly, we farewelled staff and families who are leaving the Queenscliff Primary School community at the end of the year. We wish Sensei Hurley all the best as she undertakes a Japanese teaching position at Fyans Park Primary School in 2025. We farewell Miss. Charlotte McKenzie and Mr. Simon Finch, who have been incredible Education Support staff members. Both Charlotte and Simon have completed their education degrees and have been appointed Classroom Teacher positions at St Leonards Primary School and Riverwalk Primary School in Werribee. Also, this year we say farewell to Mr. Jarrah Wishart, our instrumental music teacher. Jarrah has supported our students in learning musical instruments over the past 5 years, and he has fostered confidence and a love for performing within our students. We wish Jarrah all the best for his future in Melbourne.

We bid farewell to families of our Year 6 students who have completed their journey at Queenscliff Primary School.

• Erin and Jules Mieszkowski (Beau)

• Sam and Megan Smith (Elli)

• Belinda Dean (Jamie)

• Tahnh and Justin Le-Rodda (Jasmine)

• Anna King (Ronan)

Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser

On Saturday 30 November, our school hosted a Bunnings BBQ fundraiser to raise funds to support our Nature Play Space project in 2025. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our School Council member, Heidi Boyd, for her outstanding leadership and organisation of the event.

Thank you to the following families who donated supplies for the barbeque, from soft drinks, serviettes, garbage bags to condiments and foil trays. Your donations greatly support the success of the fundraiser.

• McDonald Family

• Grainger Family

• Sayegh Family

• Evans Family

• Harris Family

• Whitton Family

• Harandian Family

• Serong Family

• Follett Family

• Clingan Family

• Vistarini Family

Thank you to the following volunteers who assisted on the day serving customers, cooking sausages and onions and doing lots of different odd jobs to make it a smooth operation.

• Heidi and Mat Boyd

• Martin Monster

• Andy Gaskell

• Guy Le Page

• Belinda Dean

• Catherine Healy

• Xavier Fitzgerald

• James Clifford

• Mel Vistarini

• Holly Tatterson

• Fred Rhoads

• Fleur Hewitt

• Graham Hewitt

Overall, the barbecue raised $2000. An impressive result and this event will contribute significantly to the construction of the Nature Play Space in 2025.

Reminder - Book and Stationery Packs and Voluntary Contributions 2025

Parents and families received information regarding the 2025 Parent Payments for stationery, curriculum and other contributions to our school. Notes were distributed and information was provided via a Compass notification, including a video presentation explaining how to access the WINC portal.

To access information regarding our School’s Parent Payments for 2025, families can visit our school website using the link below.

Parent Payment Information 2025

To review the video presentation explaining how to access the WINC portal please use the link below.

Parent Payment Video Presentation

Students will be required to bring their book and stationery supplies to school on the first day of school in 2025. Students may wish to label their books with their name and class. We ask that all stationery items are not to be labelled with individual student names. WINC are offering free delivery of your child’s stationery packs if orders are placed by 6 December 2024.

Final Day of 2024

Classes will host end of year celebrations on the last day of school on Thursday 19 December. Students will be invited to bring in a plate of food to contribute to their class’ celebration.

On Thursday 19 December, school will conclude at 1:00pm. After school care will not be provided on this day. McHarry’s Bus Service will not be coordinating a pick up for students at 1:00pm. We encourage families to organise their own transport options for their child.

Semester 2 Reports

Families will receive their child’s Semester 2 School Report on Wednesday 18 December via Compass.

Grounds and Gardens

Last week, the Specialist Classroom was installed on our school grounds. The works will continue with the installation of a path, access ramp and essential services including plumbing and electricity this week. In 2025, we will host a parent working bee to establish gardens in and around the new classroom. In January, the exterior brick of our school will be painted to refurbish the appearance of the main school building and raised garden beds.

Thank you

As they say “It takes a village to raise a child”, or in our case “educate a child”, and with this I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the QPS parent community for your support in 2024. Your commitment to supporting our school and your child’s education is valued and makes our school community so unique and special. Thank you for volunteering on excursions, sports days and in classrooms, supporting fundraisers with your donations and time, and assisting with grounds and gardens projects. Your involvement and contributions have had a significant impact in making our school a great school. I would like to extend a special thank you to our amazing Class Reps who have done a tremendous job in bringing class parent groups together and improving the communication between home and school. Thank you!

Thank you to our amazing team of educators at Queenscliff Primary School. I am extremely grateful to our teachers, support staff and admin team for all of their efforts, enthusiasm, dedication and passion they have contributed to our school this year. They go above and beyond each and every day to make our school a positive, supportive and inclusive place for learning for all of our students. Thank you!

Thank you to our School Council members, Sharna Thomason, Richard Fewster, Naomi Stacey, Lisa Golightly, Heidi Boyd, Mrs. Ebony Tannour, Mrs. Tansy Young and Mrs. Melissa Fitzgerald. We are grateful for your contributions, encouragement and insights to support our school’s improvement and operations as School Council members.

I am extremely proud of our students and teachers and what they have accomplished in 2024. I hope all our students, families and friends of Queenscliff Primary School have a wonderful Christmas with loved ones and have a relaxing and safe holiday season. Relax. Connect. Refresh! I look forward to seeing you all in 2025 for another spectacular year of learning, challenges and opportunities.

Merry Christmas!

Nyatne baa Gobata

(Thank you and take care)

Mat McRae

Principal

Grade 1 - Procedural Writing

This term, the Year Ones have been learning about Procedural writing. We have created lots of fun things to help us with our writing. We have made potions, squishies, slime, fish habitats, paper airplanes and more! After we made each thing, we used a template to help us structure our writing. We followed the Writing Process to create some amazing Procedural texts! Charlie's favourite thing we made was the DIY squishies and Eve loved making slime.