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October 22, 2014
Dear families, students and staff
2014
THE YEAR AHEAD
Spring Carnival – a huge success!
What a fabulous day we had at our Spring
Carnival on Saturday. All of our families
deserve special thanks for the enormous
contribution you all made to make the
Carnival such a success. Enormous thanks
to our P&C and to the Carnival organising
team led by Kim Barrett and Craig Meston.
To all of the P&C Spring Carnival Team
and Stall Holders - thank you for your
super commitment, energy and vision to
making the Spring Carnival the best ever!
What Champions!
Thanks also for the assistance and support we received from our
parent/carer volunteers on the day. Your assistance helped with the
smooth running of the day.
Thanks also to our Year Levels, Choirs, Ensembles and Band for your very
entertaining and exciting performances. It was fabulous to hear and see
our talented students and musicians in action and to have members of the
community express how impressed they were with their performances.
Well done to our students, all
our staff and our music team.
Thank you to all for your
generosity of spirit and
commitment to the success of
our Spring Carnival.
Until next week…..
Yours sincerely
Yolanda Tognini
TERM 4
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23-24 Oct – Year 3 Camp /
Underwater World
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27-31 Oct – 2015 Prep
Interviews
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28 Oct – Lower School
Assembly
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11 Nov – Whole School
Assembly
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14 Nov – G20 Public Holiday
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18 Nov – Prep Experiential day –
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Tuesday session
18 Nov – Upper School
Assembly
19-21 Nov – Year 6/7 Camp
20 Nov – Prep Experiential day –
Thursday session
25 Nov – Lower School
Assembly
27 Nov – Volunteers Morning
Tea 10.30am -11.30am
28 Nov – Jubilee Celebration /
Unveiling of the Time Capsule
9.00am
2 Dec – Senior Swimming
Carnival - 9.00am to 2.55pm
5 Dec – Junior Swimming
Carnival - 9.00am to 12.00pm
8 Dec – Yrs 6 & 7 Wet’N’Wild
Excursion
9 Dec – Final Assembly
9 Dec - Sports Awards
10 Dec – Semester 2 Report
Cards go home
10 Dec – Yrs 6 & 7 Farewell
Night
12 Dec – Final day 2014
LOTE Selection
From next year Year 5 and 6 students will participate in LOTE (Languages
Other Than Engilsh). At our school the languages studied are French and
Japanese. Today the Year 4 and 5 students attended an information
session on French and Japanese with our LOTE teachers. They will bring
home a pamphlet giving some information about each language and a
sheet to complete nominating their preference. This will need to be returned by Wednesday 29 October
after which students will be allocated one of these languages. As the slips are returned they will be
numbered. The earlier the form is returned the more likely to gain a place in the class of your preference.
Due to staffing it may not always be possible for every student to be allocated their preference.
Absence Line
3849 0560
Class Leaders
The following Year 1 students have been elected as class leaders for this week. Congratulations to:
1A – Levi and Lilah
1B – Charlotte and Lachlan
1C – Ella and Aidan
1D – Philip and Leena
Excursion / Activity Payment Dates
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Payment times: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 – 9:30am
PLEASE NOTE:
FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES SEPARATE DEPOSITS NEED TO BE MADE FOR EACH ACTIVITY IF PAYING
BY DIRECT DEPOSIT INTO THE SCHOOL’S BANK ACCOUNT - BSB: 064 118 ACCOUNT NO: 00090329
ACCOUNT NAME: WISHART STATE SCHOOL, USING THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES:
CLASS / PAYMENT REFERENCE (See below) / STUDENTS INITIAL AND SURNAME eg 1A CMP J Smith
MULTIPLE PAYMENTS FOR A FAMILY CAN BE MADE IN ONE ENVELOPE WHEN PAYING AT SCHOOL
Year Level
Year 6 and 7
Year 4
Year 4
Year 6 and 7
Activity
Year 6 and 7 Camp – balance
Year 4 Camp – deposit
Year 4 Camp – balance
Wet’n’Wild Excursion
EFT
Code
67C
Y4C
Y4C
WW
Cost ($)
$175.00 (balance after $50 deposit paid)
$100.00
$155.00 (balance after $100 deposit pd)
$22.00 (or $5.00 if Wet’n’Wild Season
Pass holder – must bring pass on day)
Final Payment
Date
30 October
30 October
20 November
2 December
Bookclub orders are due by tomorrow (Thursday 23 October). Please place your order form and
payment in a plain envelope labelled “Bookclub” and drop it in the Cash Collection Box as per the above
payment times. NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
In the Spotlight at Wishart State School…
Writing
This Term at Wishart State School, all teachers are implementing a uniform way of correcting students
writing. A Whole School Editing Code has been developed to help students take ownership of their writing,
enabling them to be well aware of necessary proofreading and editing skills needed to be an effective writer.
For your information, a copy of the Wishart State School Editing Code has been included in this Newsletter.
~ Wishart State School Editing Code ~
C…Capital Letter
P…Punctuation
S…Spelling
V…Vocab – Trade Up
?... Doesn’t Make Sense
…Super Sentence
…This sentence could be more interesting
//…New Paragraph
*All Spelling Corrections to be written out four times*
*Lower School – Write spelling word in red dictionary*
Students Leaving our School at the End of This Year
If your child will be leaving Wishart State School at the end of this year (except for Year 6& 7’s) please
complete the form below and return to the school office by Friday November 7, 2014, to assist with planning
for next year.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------STUDENTS LEAVING WISHART STATE SCHOOL AT THE END OF 2014
(Except Year 6 &7’s)
Please return this form to the School Office by Friday November 7, 2014
I wish to advise that my child ………………………………………………..…….……….., currently in class …….……….
will be leaving Wishart State School at the end of 2014 and will be transferring to another school in 2015.
Name of School (if known): ………………………………………………………………………………………...........…….
…………………………………………….. (Parent/Guardian Signature)
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P & C ASSOCIATION
Tuckshop
Thank you to all volunteers who helped out last week at the Tuckshop.
Wed 29 Oct – Help needed please; Thurs 30 Oct – Doris Tan; Fri 31 Oct– Jackie Gray, Doris Tan
Wednesday 29 October - Sizzler Menu
Years 3 to 7 = $10.00 for both breaks
Prep to Year 2 = $8.00 for both breaks
Grab a plate and choose what you would like to eat…
 Creamy Chicken Macaroni, Mexican Potatoes, Selection of sandwiches, Fresh fruit and
vegetables, Faux Choc Brownies
Please ask students to bring their money to the Tuckshop and we will issue them with a wrist band for their lunch.
Keep smiling, Salli and Bernadette 
COMMUNITY NEWS
Light Party – a positive alternative to Halloween. Come and join us on Friday 31 October 2014 at
Broadwater Road Uniting Church, 481 Broadwater Road, Mansfield from 5.30pm till 8.30pm for a fun night
out for all the family! There will be food and drinks, rock climbing wall, jumping castle, mechanical surfboard,
laughing clowns, animal petting zoo, entertainment and much more. Cost is either free or gold coin donation.
For further information contact the church office on 3849 8548 or go to www.bruc.org.au
Mount Gravatt Blue Light will be holding a Halloween Blue Light Dance Party at 7pm on Friday 7
November, 2014 at Mt Gravatt PCYC, 90 Klumpp Road, Upper Mt Gravatt next to the Hibiscus Centre. The
dance is for children aged between 7 and 14 years old. The dance finishes at 9.30pm and cost of entry is
$7.00. Prizes to be won for best Halloween costume. The dance is fully supervised by police officers and
current blue card holders.
Broadwater Road Uniting Church is holding a Bazaar on Friday 7 November, 6.30pm to 9pm. $2.00
entry. Lucky draw tickets 10 for $5.00. Plenty of gift ideas with over 25 stalls including Intimo, Mary Kay,
Miche Bags, Stampin’ Up!, Scentsy, Phoenix Trading, Nutrimetics, Vision Books, Partylite Candles, Wishart
State School Chaplaincy plus homemade bags, cards, craft, plants and jewellery. Yummy supper available.
481 Broadwater Road, Mansfield.
Classes for 2015
Dear Parent/Guardians.
In Term 4 we commence the process of looking at classes for 2015.
If you have any particular educational issues that we need to be aware of while we
are planning we ask that you complete the attached proforma.
Please note that we will only accept the attached proforma and will only consider
the educational reasons on that proforma when we are making decisions in
relation to student class allocation. Specific requests for a teacher will not be
considered.
The closing date for the return of the completed proforma will be Friday 31
October 2014. After that date, it will be too late to submit a proforma, as we will
have started the complex process of class allocations.
If there are composite classes for 2015 please be aware that no child can be given a
blanket exemption from a composite class. If you have any educational reasons
please submit them on the proforma.
Thank you for partnering with us to assist us make the best possible educational
decision on the appropriate class for your child.
Yours sincerely
Yolanda Tognini
SUBMISSION FOR 2015 CLASSES
(Please return this form only if you have educational reasons you
would like to be considered for your child’s placement in 2015)
Please return to the school office by Friday 31 October, 2014
Child’s Name:
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Child’s Class during 2014: ____________________________________________________
Educational reasons for this submission.
Educational reason could be
 any special needs/ learning difficulties;
 any specific behaviour problem/s;
 any specific physical needs
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I understand that the above submission may help teachers to effectively allocate
my child to a class for 2015.
I further understand that the final decision will be made by the Principal of the
school.
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(Parent/Guardian Signature)
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(Date)
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OFFICE USE ONLY
Date received
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50th Anniversary
Wishart State School
Newsletter
22nd October 2014
Wow! What a fantastic turn out! Thankyou to all the volunteers, teachers, students and staff who have worked tirelessly
in the lead-up to and on the day of our Spring Carnival! Thankyou also to all those who supported our Spring Carnival,
either by coming along on the day, convening or volunteering on a stall, assisting with the many tasks that needed to be
done beforehand, helping set-up and/or pack-up before and after the big day, donating items throughout our donation
drive, sorting and tallying donated items, making and donating items at home for our fabulous craft and cake stalls,
selling raffle tickets and simply just getting behind what was a great family and community fun day. It is the sum of all
these things that can make a great event like the one we had on Saturday happen.
A huge thanks also go to all those that took on convening a stall for the day and for those in our school community who
supported our stall convenors by helping prepare, helping out on the day for an hour or two or in many cases all day –
you know who you are! Without people taking on these roles an event like this couldn’t happen.
Our stall convenors were Andrew Barr, Belinda Constable, Sarah Unicomb, Bernadette Vialle, Cameron McAndrew,
Wishart Chaplaincy Committee, particularly Karen Anderson and Kristy Schaeffer, Cheryl Harriott, Diana Ellson, Elisha
Budzevski, Fiona Laird, Jo Asher, Katherine Navine-Sanders, Kim Barrett, Kym Tagliaro, Laurelea Steensma, Lisa Cooke,
Lynda Greenhalgh, Mary Thompson, Michelle Donohue, Michelle Linmore, Ron Hall and Alida Barlow, Ruth Cory, Salli
Mollard, Sam Wilson, Wishart Sharks Swim Club, particularly Michael and Anita Magee, Tash McGregor, Terri Jeannin,
Vicki and Matt Barr and Wendy Campbell.
You may have noticed one stall that was hugely busy nearly all day – the Hot Food stall. The volunteers on this stall are to
be commended, they all worked very hard and most of them worked all day on this very busy stall. Particular mention
goes to Mary and Peter Thompson, Salli Mollard, Paul Mallios, Bronwyn Booth, Kimberley Fortescue, Jean Pucek, Chris
Love and the others that jumped in as needed.
Special acknowledgement needs to be made of a number of people who have contributed significantly to the success of
our Spring Carnival, particularly our Spring Carnival Committee who have worked tirelessly in putting this event together;
Kim Barrett, Craig Meston, Carwyn Arnold, Mira Kang, Tash McGregor, Elisha Budzevski, Sam Wilson and Nicole Jackson.
Alongside Nicole, the time and effort that Jo Asher and Sandra Connors committed in seeking and obtaining sponsorship
from our community should also be noted.
The Theme Team (Tash McGregor, Elisha Budsevski, Jane Yap, Wendy Campbell and Sam Wilson) did a fantastic job in
preparing and putting up decorations in the school grounds and providing decorations for the stalls. Thanks to all those
others that contributed to the decorations for our school by sewing bunting and making pompoms. Thanks also to
Wishart Community Outside School Hours Care for creating and putting together the wonderful magazine butterflies and
decorating the garden in front of the Prep rooms. The school looked fantastic for the big day!
Thankyou also to our school grounds keeper, Bruce Brown, who has been preparing the grounds for this big day some
time now and helped with getting things in place before the event.
Thanks to Sam Wilson and the waste team who did an outstanding job in recycling over 75% of the waste generated
from the day. Well done! The school grounds looked amazing after having such a large crowd of people through all day.
Thanks also to the green spotters who were on the lookout throughout the day for those people doing the right thing.
Ruth Cory did an outstanding job in working with the teachers and students to produce a fantastic piece of art for each
class. We hope you got to enjoy the ‘gallery’ of works on the day.
Thanks to those who helped with advertising our Spring Carnival; Cheryl Harriott and the myriad of volunteers who did
letterbox drops and Sharon Leslie and Kym Tagliaro for contacting radio stations, newsletters, magazines and web-sites
to get the word out. Did you see the article in the Southern Star last week?
Simon and Elisha Budzevski did a fantastic job on the graphics for various flyers, posters and the program. Deb Couling,
thanks for carrying out the weekly tasks of collating the pre-sale ride passes and organising their distribution on the day.
Thankyou also to our school Principal, Yolanda Tognini, our Deputy Principal, Judy Gee and all the teachers and staff who
have supported the planning, preparation and implementation of this event. Thanks to Anita Taylor and our specialist
music teachers; Annie Larsen, Kris Dutt and Jessica Long along with all the class teachers and students who have been
working hard on the year level, choir and band performances – they were superb. Thankyou to Ron Hall and Alida Barlow
for putting together the history of the school in class photos and Hadyn Bacon for bringing along his collection of his time
at Wishart State School. Thanks to Leigh Sparks for her assistance in liaising with classes and to Ruth Zeuschner for
organising the tree planting.
Our MC for the day, Cameron McAndrew did a wonderful job – thankyou!
And last of all thankyou to all those people whose names are not mentioned above who have worked on the carnival
along the way – your help is just as important and has been very much appreciated!
AND THE WINNERS ARE……..
The winners of our 2014 Spring Carnival Raffle drawn on 18th October 2014 are:
1st prize of $1000 – Angela Martin
2n prize - $590 O’Reilly Rainforest Retreat package – Janelle Booker
3rd prize - $400 Jet Flight Simulator package – G. Hughes
4th prize – iPad mini – Matt Morgan
5th prize – Jose Ferrara Acoustic guitar – Lorraine Lane
The Aussie World Family Pass (for the student that sold the most raffle tickets) went to Mitchell and Lara Jackson, who
between them sold 26 books!
The winner of the bike in our Get Spotted Raffle is Graham. Thankyou to 99 Bikes at McGregor for donating the bike.
Congratulations also to all the prize winners in our cent and silent auctions. If you haven’t already you will be notified if
you have won a prize and can pick it up from the school office.
The winner of the Class Pool Party and the lucky recipient of the $200 grocery voucher will be announced next week
after a final count of the donation slips.
You are probably wondering now how much we raised from the day – stay tuned and we will announce it in an upcoming
newsletter when we have the final figure!
AND OF COURSE A HUGE THANKYOU TO OUR SPRING CARNIVAL SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS.
The day wouldn’t be possible without your generous support. Thankyou to our sponsors who were able to come along
on the day; our platinum sponsor Brad Bell and our Gold Sponsors; ARK Financial Planning, Art 4 Ages, Kip McGrath and
Swim 7.
Thankyou also to Bunnings who came along on the day and did face-painting. They also very generously donated two
new marquees to our school!
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors AHM Group, Life In Bloom Photography, O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, Starshots Photography
Bronze Sponsors Air Combat Centre, Civic Fair Pharmacist Advice, Club Dynamite, Core Health Coaching, Ian Walker MP,
Foxover Installations, Global Jetsetting, Jon Crosbie Jewellers, Newnham Road Medical Centre, Results H2O Swim School
Wishart, School and Office Supplies, Southside Friendly Dental Care, Spatz Mini Peeps, Vinci Studio/Anna Gilbert
Photography
Thankyou also to the following businesses for their kind donations of goods or services.
Amart All Sports Macgregor, Andy’s Bakery, Attraxionz, Aussie World, Australian Newsletter Services P/L, Baskin Robbins,
Beach House Bar and Grill, Bean Brewed, Boost, Big W Garden City, Bunnings Mt Gravatt, Daniel Bunt, Cenzo’s Espresso
Bar, Choice Variety Store, Civic Video, Comedy Club, Commonwealth Bank, Cr Krista Adams, Crisp on Creek, Crispy
Carrot, Doughnut King, Duncan McGregor, Empayah, Epic Hair Design, Event Cinemas, Foodworks Civic Fair, Curves – Mt
Gravatt, el es beauty boutique, Grasshopper Soccer, Greencross Vets, Grill’d Garden City, Hogs Breath Cafe Garden City,
Jeep Mt Gravatt, John Wild, In Vogue Hair Designs, Malouf Pharmacies, Mansfield Tavern, McDonalds, Mira Kang,
Montezuma’s, Mt Gravatt Veterinary Clinic, Mr Meaty, Music Express - Mt Gravatt, Name My Stuff, Nando’s Mt Gravatt,
New U Massage Therapy, OPSM, Oz Tag – Mansfield, Pancake Manor Garden City, Parmalat, Patton’s Big Gun, Picture
Moments, Roman Empire, Siena Café and Bar, Simply Living Home and Garden Centre, Skyzone, Smelly Buttons, Snippetz
Hair Studio, Sobidah Clothing Co., Soccer World, Sorbet Pink, Sublime Hairdressers, Super Cheap Auto Macgregor, Terry
White Chemist, The Body Shop Garden City, The Coffee Club - The Village, The Glen Hotel, The Good Guys Mt Gravatt,
Victoria Park Golf Course, Vitality Healthfoods, VJ’s Seafood, Wishart Day & Night Pharmacy, Woolworths – Garden City,
Wray Organics – Mt Gravatt, Yellow Cabs.
Please support the local businesses that support our school!