Victoria Park State School Newsletter - Week 6, Term 4, 2024

Principal's Report

As we round out Week 6, there has been much excitement in the air as we anticipate tomorrow's Christmas Fair! 

Building Happenings

In exciting news, our new temporary classrooms have been delivered and are almost ready to be occupied. We are hoping to see our new admin building delivered over the Christmas holiday period. Upgrades to our tuckshop area to replace our steps with ramps are still ongoing. 

Christmas Fair

Tomorrow promises to be an exciting day as our P&C host what looks to be another fantastic Christmas Fair! Gates open at 4pm - you can check out full details regarding What's On at the Fair at the end of our newsletter. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Save the Date

Our calendar and Year 6 events card below should assist families to plan for our end of term events. We understand that many families need to arrange time away from work to attend our end of year awards ceremonies. To that end, the date claimer below provides our best estimates of timeframes for those looking to plan ahead. All Awards ceremonies will be held in our school hall. 

Sarah Mutton,
Principal

Thank you for your support

Celebrating Success

Last week our aspiring leaders in Year 5 presented their leadership speeches to peers in Year 4 and 5. Our successful candidates will be announced at our end of year awards ceremony. Congratulations to every student who prepared a speech and delivered it at our assembly last week - this takes great courage and leadership in and of itself and we are very proud of you all. 

Highlight photos this week are from our leadership speeches in Week 5;

Photos of the Week

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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;

• Be a Learner
• Just Do It!
  

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.

School Opinion Survey

2024's School Opinion Survey Results were released to us recently. We are in the process of analysing our data to look at how we might improve. Our snapshot report notes the following;

We've seen great improvement in areas related to teacher expectations, use of technologies, curriculum access and parents and students feeling like they can approach teachers to discuss concerns. Though we still have some work to do when it comes to behaviour management, it is heartening to note that we are performing better than the average for schools in the Central Queensland Region. The same is true of results for parent feedback. We have recognised the need to improve our communication systems (a major prompt in our transition to SZApp and QParents as our primary means of communication) and look forward to continuing to work with our families on improving in this and all identified areas noted in our opinion survey results. Thank you to all of those who completed this year's opinion survey. 

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 5

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

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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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