Victoria Park State School Newsletter - Week 4, Term 4, 2024

Principal's Report

Welcome to the end of Week 4 and what a week it's been! We acknowledged the Day for Daniel, celebrated our teachers for World Teacher's Day, began consultation on a possible change to our sports uniforms, and prepared for the arrival of our new building! 

Building Happenings

New temporary classrooms are being delivered to Victoria Park this weekend. With assessment of A block ongoing, our temporary classrooms should alleviate the need to use our music, library and science spaces as classrooms. Whilst it will be a little while before everything is connected and operational, we're excited about regaining some space! Our main campus is off limits this weekend as building works continue. 

2025 Enrolment Survey

This week we sent out our usual enrolment intentions survey via Schoolstream and SZApp. We ask that our families use this survey to confirm continued enrolment but also to let us know anything that we might need to be aware of as we start to put class lists together. Staff will meet together to begin compiling class lists next week. Accordingly, please ensure these surveys are completed by next Friday. You can complete the survey on Schoolstream or SZApp but there is no need to do so on both platforms. 

World Teacher's Day

Yesterday we acknowledged our wonderful teachers at Victoria Park State School. We are lucky to have an amazing team of educators supporting our students and we are grateful for their amazing dedication and commitment - on this day and every day! 

Sarah Mutton,
Principal

Celebrating Success

Last week our Year 6 students returned from a very successful Camp Week! We received lots of great feedback from members of the community about the incredible behaviour of our students and reports from staff were overwhelmingly positive! Thank you to Mr Bromiley, Ms Guidotti, Mrs Schmalkuche, Mr Edwards, Mr Gonz, Mrs Graham, Mrs Elworthy, Miss G and Mrs Whittington for supporting our campers. Last but not least, we want to acknowledge Andie from our tuckshop in addition to her team of helpers with an enormous thank you for her amazing efforts catering Camp Week. 

Naturally, our photos of the week are some of the best moments from Year 6 Camp! 

Photos of the Week

Date Claimers

Don't forget that you can find key dates in our live calendar linked below in addition to our weekly 'what's happening' card on SZapp and Schoolstream. We've also attached a 'save the date' card for our Year 6 graduation events. 

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Below you'll find links to videos that illustrate our two PBL goals for this fortnight;

• Use Your Manners
  
• Walk on the Concrete
  

PBL Goals of the Week

School Improvement

Our Strategic Plan 2023 - 2026

Our 2023-2026 strategic plan challenges us to R.I.S.E. to the challenge;

R – Responsive Curriculum. We want to ensure that our curriculum is relevant to our local kids, is responsive to modern educational trends and is interesting for our students.

I – Innovative Instruction. We want to capitalise on being Mackay’s first school with laptop classes to ensure that through the use of engaging teaching approaches and clever use of digital technology, every lesson is exciting and engaging for our students.

S – Strengthened Systems. Our 2022 school review revealed that there are strong systems in place with regards to how we operate at VPSS. In deference to the great work that has come before, we want to ensure that we strengthen these to continue our great progress.

E – Expert Educators. We want to ensure that our kids at Victoria Park are learning from the very best educators and have committed to facilitating this.

Expert Educators: Reviewing Resourcing at Victoria Park

It's an exciting time at Victoria Park as we finalise our resourcing for 2025. On Tuesday, three school leaders from around the Mackay area will assist us with a review of our resourcing to ensure that the decisions we're making lend themselves to the best educational impact for our students. We're grateful to Barb Carroll (Principal Advisor, Inclusion), Paul Manttan (Principal, Mackay West State School) and Cathy Rolfe (Principal, Mackay North State High School) for their assistance as we put the finishing touches on our expert teams of educators and their assignments for 2025. 

Attendance Awards

Each week we celebrate the classes with the highest attendance. Classes compete to win our coveted Attendance Trophies and Sid the Pig mascots. Congratulations to our winning classes for Weeks 3 and 4!

Students of the Week

Week 3 & 4

From the P&C

Victoria Park State School is lucky to have an incredible Parents and Citizens Association. Here you can find out all about what our committee is up to. We very much encourage anyone and everyone to get involved - many hands make light work! 

Upcoming Events

Contact Us

Phase Leaders

To ensure we get to know each and every one of our students, each member of our school leadership team oversees a cohort of students. 'Phase Leaders' are the next step to resolving an issue after the classroom teacher has been contacted. 

ECDP Phase Leader: Ms Roanna Capone - ecapo4@eq.edu.au 

Prep Phase Leader: Mrs Kristi Elworthy - kelwo2@eq.edu.au 

Year 1 Phase Leader: Ms Sally-Anne Rolfe - srolf6@eq.edu.au 

Year 2 Phase Leader: Ms Sally-Anne Rolfe - srolf6@eq.edu.au 

Year 3 Phase Leader: Mrs Jenny Whittington - jwhit211@eq.edu.au 

Year 4 Phase Leader: Mrs Sarah Mutton - samut0@eq.edu.au 

Year 5 Phase Leader: Mrs Sarah Mutton - samut0@eq.edu.au 

Year 6 Phase Leader: Mrs Jenny Whittington - jwhit211@eq.edu.au 

Phone conversations or appointments to speak to Phase Leaders can be made by calling the office (4951 6333). 

Staff List

Email addresses for all teaching staff can be found below. We ask that parents respect teachers' right to disconnect outside of work hours and be reminded that emails may not always be answered immediately - especially during the day when teachers are teaching. Urgent messages should instead be communicated to the office via a phone call (4951 6333).

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