4 April 2025

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

Dear East Ayr State School

As we approach the Easter holiday, I would like to take a moment to extend my warmest wishes to each of you. This time of year offers a wonderful opportunity for reflection, renewal, and time spent with loved ones.

Whether you're spending these days relaxing, enjoying family traditions, or taking a well-deserved break, I hope you find time to rest and rejuvenate. Our students have worked hard this term, and it's important to take a step back to appreciate the growth and achievements we’ve seen together.

I look forward to seeing everyone return with renewed energy and enthusiasm for the remainder of the school year. Until then, I wish you all a safe, peaceful, and joyful holiday.

Chris Wicks- Principal

P & C News

On Monday 24 March P&C AGM was held. Thank you to everyone who attended.  All executive positions were filled. Our 2025 team is: President – Corryn Innes; Vice President – Ned Bonato; Treasurer – Stacy Bonato; Assistant Treasurer – Bree Palmer; and Secretary – Emily Christie. Thank you again to our outgoing secretary, Kiera Durrant, after 11 years volunteering on the committee. We are very appreciative of time and support of our committee and the school. General memberships are still open, you can become a member at any stage throughout the year. Joining the P&C is a great way to be active in your child’ education and get to know what is going on within the school, as well as be a part of a great team. We have a great team of members and we look forward to a great year ahead.

Next term, the Mother’s Day Stall and the school disco are the 2 fundraising events held. Information about these events will be available closer to the dates. We will require parent assistance at both events, please keep this in mind.

There is a change to the P&C meeting day due to the commitments to committee members. Moving forward, meetings will be held on Tuesdays and at 6:30pm. The next meeting will be Tuesday 6^th May, 6:30pm in the library.

General News

Keep Watch on our School These Holidays 

Parents and students can help take care of our school by reporting any suspicious after-hours activity to School Watch on 13 17 88. By keeping an eye out we can work together to create a safer school community and help to reduce vandalism, theft and arson in our school. 

If you see something suspicious, please don't intervene. Call the School Watch number and let the local police or State Government Protective Security Service deal with the matter. 

Parent-Teacher Interviews

The Term 2 East Ayr SS Parent teacher bookings will be held on Thursday 24 April (Term 2, week 1) between 3.30-7.20pm.

Parent-Teacher interviews are booked using an online system called SOBS. This website is secure and will provide everyone with an easy system to make bookings. PLEASE REMEMBER to leave 10 minutes between bookings to give you time to move between meeting locations.

To make a booking, simply follow this link - https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=70400 (this link has been sent in an SMS so you can easily click on the link - if you haven’t received this link via text, please contact your classroom teacher).

If you require help using the booking system, please contact your classroom teacher.

School Photographs – Save the Date

School photos will take place on Wednesday 21 May. Students will require a blue formal shirt for the photographs. Ordering envelopes will be sent home soon. Parents are able to order photographs online or via the envelope. Details of online ordering are included with the envelope.

Religious Instruction 

We are providing religious instruction (RI) for students in Years 1 to 6 from Thursday 1 May. Religious Instruction will occur on Thursday at the following times 

Year 1 and 2 at 2.00pm-2.30pm 
Year 3 to 6 at 2.30 – 3.00pm 

Students who do not participate in RI are provided with other instruction. The information on your child’s enrolment form is used to place them in either RI or in other instruction, unless you have provided additional written advice to the school. 

If we do not already have clear advice from you about your child’s participation in RI please provide this to the school in writing. 

More information on Religious Instruction will be sent out next term. 

ANZAC Day Badges

We will be selling our ANZAC Day badges on the following days:

• Tuesday 22 April
• Wednesday 23 April
• Thursday 24 April

We will be selling from 8:15am – 8:45am at the Blue Court/Stage area. Badges will be $1 and $2 and writst bands will be $3. Keep an eye on our facebook page for any updates. Our ANZAC Day Ceremony will be on Thursday 24 April at 9:15am. 

East Ayr Stars

This week Mr Wicks was lucky enough to receive a visit by some of our littlest students. These Preppies with Mrs Lampton were showcasing their wonderful reading and writing skills. Well done Emery, Paige and Cruz!

Ellies New Look!

Congratulations Ellie for all your hard work raising money for the Leukemia Foundation – Shave for a Cure. Last week Ellie debuted her fabulous new look!

Sport

Tennis FREE Come and Try Day

Home Hill Tennis is excited to announce that Junior Tennis Coaching is set to start up in Term 2 commencing on Tuesday 22^nd April with a FREE Come and Try Day for everyone. The program will run during the cooler weather for Term 2 and Term 3.

Kayla Accornero will return as Club Coach but as Next Point Coaching having started up her own business. Kayla hales from Ingham so is comfortable working with our regional players.

To sign up for coaching in Term 2 contact Kayla Accornero kaylajodie03@gmail.com or homehilltennis@gmail.com

Cost for lessons $108 ($12 /week when paying for the whole term)

Annual Coaching Membership to the club $20

Benefits aside from physical, social and emotional benefits include public liability insurance, free daytime court hire for kids, Hot Shots shirt and you get to use great facilities with new modern amenities.

Why not get the kids and you into a sport you can enjoy for life – TENNIS!.

With classes for children as young as 3 years, we really do have something for everyone.

Limited places for all classes. Please contact Kayla kayla.jodie03@gmail.com or phone 0408014066

Football (Soccer) Trials Information 

Date – Monday 28 April & Thursday 1 May (Term 2 Wk2)
Time - 3.30pm-4.30pm 
Venue – Burdekin Junior Football Fields 
Age Eligibility - Students born 2013, 2014, 2015 (No 13 Year olds) 

East Ayr Cross Country

Prep- Year 2 and Year 3-6 Cross Country events will be held on Tuesday 29 April. Year 3-6 Cross Country will be from 9.00am-11.00am and the Prep – Year 2 will be from 1.30pm-3.00pm. 

NQ Sport Representatives

Congratulations to the following East Ayr State School students who were selected in NQ teams:

Lewis – Swimming
Allie – Basketball
Jacques - Hockey

Hockey

Well done to Kip, Logan, Jacques and Marshall for representing the Burdekin at the Northern Hockey Trials. Special congratulations to Jacques who made the Northern team and he will represent our Region at the Queensland titles. Here is some feedback we received from one of the parents of these students – “Kip, Logan, Jacques and Marshall represented East Ayr exceptionally. Very well behaved, played to the best of their ability, took direction from everyone, sat patiently, supported and cheered for the others when they were not required to play, showed tremendous sportsmanship, made new friends with children from other schools playing handball on their lunch break. As a parent I feel justified in choosing to send my children to East Ayr to help shape them into model citizens. Thank you very much for sending children to such events, I received plenty positive comments from other parents and teachers throughout the day on how the Burdekin students conducted themselves throughout the day”. It is great to hear that our healthy and confident students are representing our school in such a manner.

Students of the Week

Class Awards

PE Awards

Science Awards

Wellbeing

Well done to all the families who have supported their students doing Let Grow projects. If we want healthy and confident young people, we need to provide them with opportunities to do things independently. This might mean they fail. Fail stands for “First Attempt In Learning” and we only develop resilience if we are provided with difficult tasks. When we fail, we don’t shatter, we actually become more resilient. We become fragile when we are never given a challenge. The school holidays is a great time to grow your students independent. What can you let go of during these holidays? Have fun.

Chappy’s Chat

April Fool!!

I love Brekky Club!

Brekky Club is a time of happiness and friendship, of good manners and yummy food.

Needless to say, I was shocked today when one of my best student workers, said to me: 

“Chappy John, I HATE Brekky Club!”

I was speechless…. too stunned to say anything.  It was like the bottom had fallen out of my bucket!

Then came a smile, a little giggle: “Tricked you Chappy!”

Boy oh boy…. was I sucked in….  What makes me even more of a goose, was that another of my best Brekky Club workers had assaulted me earlier with the old: “Pinch and a Punch for the First of the Month!” gag – ouch!  You would have thought I would have wised up, but I guess I’m still just me.

One thing I do know is that April is also the season of Easter, when Jesus was crucified, died and was buried on Good Friday; then on Easter Sunday, he rose from the dead in new life.  The wonderful thing in that is, Jesus offers that defeat of death to you and me as Christians.

No matter what your faith is, I pray these Easter holidays will be a time you show your love for your family and friends.  That makes everyone feel good, and that is how life should be.

Chappy John

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