As we reach the end of a productive Term One, I am once again impressed at the growth in students' confidence and learning.

 Teaching teams and have worked to bring to life the first of the new units in English and Maths for Australian Curriculum Version 9.  Our school has reaped the benefits of being part of the Fraser Coast State Schools Curriculum Network which is a group of curriculum leaders who collaborate to support Version 9 implementation.  There has been presentations and scripts drafted and recording happening all around the school.

I have also been impressed with how our students have demonstrated self-responsibility and resilience as wet weather has impacted on playtime over a number of days.  

P&C Association 2025

Last week the Annual General Meeting was held.  Meetings will continue to be 6pm on the last Tuesday of the month. A big thank you to Mrs Tara Nuttall who has taken on President even though her youngest child has graduated and Mrs Alisa Francisco has continued as Secretary. The position of Treasurer was not filled as Mrs Bree Rochford was unable to continue due to changes in work commitments.  This is an urgent position to fill as without a Treasurer the Association will have to pause its fundraising activities in Semester 2 ie, uniform shop, Golf Day and Fathers' Day Stall.  Please email admin@tinanass.eq.edu.au if you can assist.  If a treasurer is not in place by the end of Term 2 Week 1 (24 April) the Association will have to halt any new fundraising work and commence mothballing semester 2 P&C fundraising until further notice. This may impact on Golf Day which has been an important fundraiser for Tinana for many years. 

If you can assist please message the P&C Association/Tuckshop Facebook page or email admin@tinanass.eq.edu.au and your info will be passed on to the Association.

150^th Preparations

Photo stories are being developed for display at the 150^th Open Morning on May 31. These will include photos of  current students and school life in 2025.  

Contributions are invited from past students to share a photo of their story to be included in Photo stories titled  ‘ Graduates of 2000s’, ‘Graduates of 1980s-90s’ etc.  We hope that these photos will celebrate the stories of our graduates and community connections.  For example their might be a family of graduates with their children who are not enrolled at school.  These photos will only be display onsite at the Open Morning and then will remain part of school history.  Please email your photo to events@tinanass.eq.edu.au  with a  time caption  by  April 30.   If you have any queries please email the events@ address.

Vendors interested in having a market stall at the 150th Open Morning should also email  the events@ address for a registration form. 

The office is closed for the next two weeks. We wish everyone a refreshing break.

Term 2

School will resume on Tuesday 22 April.  On Thursday April 24  our school community is invited to join senior students for an school Anzac Service at 9.30am. This will be under the Junior Covered Play Area. This service will be lead by our Year 6 cohort. 

Janet Austen

Principal

The safety and wellbeing of students are the highest priorities for the Department of Education and for the Queensland Government.

At Tinana State School we endeavour to contact a parent or carer via text message when a student's absence is unexplained after the first roll marking of the day.

As home and school work together, student safety will be increased. Here are some guidelines to make this process more efficient:

• Notify the school by phone, QParents or email before 9:00am if your student is going to be absent that day. Please give a brief explanation for the absence.
• If you receive a text message regarding an unexplained absence, please respond promptly, either via text, QParents or phone call.
• Please ensure that your mobile phone number and other contact details are up-to-date on the school records. This is critical, as we need to be able to contact you in case of emergency.
• If your student arrives late to school, they must go to the office for a late pass before going to their classroom. If they are leaving early, a leave pass must be obtained from the office.

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• Before school Running Club M/T/Th/F
• Thursdays Term 1  - Swimming - 5M & 5K students must be at School by 8:30 to get ready for departure.                               
  • Friday 4th April - Interhouse Cross Country
    • Full school Parade at 2:15pm  
    • Last day Term 1

Term 2

• Monday 21st April - Easter Monday Public Holiday
• Tuesday 22nd April - Term 2 Commences
• Thursday 24th April - ANZAC Service 9:30 for y4 -6 and wreath layers from P-3
• Friday 25th April - ANZAC day Public Holiday
• Wednesday 30th April-Friday 2nd May - Book  Fair
• Thursday 1st May - Term 2 Swimming commences Y1 &3, 9 weeks.
• Wednesday 28th - Thursday 30th May- Year 6 Camp
• Saturday 31st May - 150th Open Morning 8.30-11.30am.
  Present & Past Staff Lunch @ Westside Tavern from
  12.30pm
• Wednesday 25th-Thursday 26th June - Prep Vision Screening
• Friday 20th June - Junior Athletics Carnival
• Friday 27th June - Senior Athletics Carnival

Tinana SS Cross Country Program for Friday 4^th April 2025

Hello Parents, pleased be advised of our forth coming Cross Country race day to be held on the 4^th April (Last day of school, Week 10). Below is the schedule for races on the day. Please understand that actual race times may vary for many reasons and I recommend that you be at school if you wish to spectate at least 1/2hour before your child’s scheduled race.

Parents and community members are welcome to attend the event.  Please note that these are approximate start times. If the event is running ahead of time races will be bought forward.

Thanks

Mr Bray

Hi all, here we are at week 10, the end of Term 1. I would like to thank you all for your continued support of the Tuckshop, it is amazing to see.

A massive thank you to the awesome Tuckshop volunteers, they do an unbelievable job week in, week out. It is greatly appreciated!

We have lost some volunteers due to employment oppotunites, so a huge congratulations to them, but it means we need a few more helpers, so that our current volunteers don't burnout. So if you can help once a week, once a fortnight or once a month, I'd love to hear from you. (please message our facebook page).

Another massive thank you for you support with the Pantry Drive, this really does make a huge dent in our costs and helps us keep prices as low as we can.

We have been informed that the refurbishment of the tuckshop is at tender stage, so fingers crossed that late term 2 may see work commence.

Below I have some pointers that may help when ordering tuckshop

Tuckshop's Top Tips for Ordering

-Ensure that child's details are correct on Qkr

-Check that order is correct i.e. items on the 'Monday Only' menu are only ordered on Monday, check the quantity of items ordered.

-Check your reciept.

-Check the 'Delivery Date' on the reciept.

-Order early, too many orders at the one time can jam the system, giving error codes. If this happens, just give it a minute and try again.

-Please inform your child if they have an order, and what they are having.

-If you child is absent, please advise tuckshop ASAP to secure a refund and save food wastage

Happy Holidays, see you in Term 2.

Bret

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