The school Inter-House Track and Field Carnivals for 2025 will be held in the last week of Term 2.  The carnivals will be broken into a Senior and Junior Carnival with some pre carnival events for some of the students in the 9-12 years age group.

Junior Carnival Prep to 8 Years – (School Oval)

The Junior Track and Field Carnival is a “participation” focused carnival giving students the opportunity to experience, and have a go at Athletic related events. Students will participate in sprints races and long jump events. The fastest 4 runners from each house in the sprint heats, will run the sprint finals at the conclusion of the age group rotations. We would love to see as many parents as possible coming along to support their children while adding to the carnival atmosphere during the event.

Senior Carnival 9 to 12 Years – (Windsor Park, Albion)

Some events will be done pre main carnival day (## students need to pre-qualify in these field events), however the majority of events will be held on Tuesday 24 June.  Events will be conducted on a rotation basis to keep students active and involved throughout the day. Although we have an emphasis on participation, the carnival results are used to select our track and field team to compete at the District Championships in Term 3. We would love to see as many parents as possible at the carnival to support their children in their events.

Once again we will be holding our senior carnival at Windsor Park in Albion. Students (except the 800m runners) will be bused to and from the venue for the day’s activities. Students will need to be at school at 8.15am on Tuesday to have their rolls marked and catch the buses to ensure the carnival begins on time. Students wishing to run the 800m finals at 8.30am will have to pre nominate and will need to arrange for their own transport to the venue at the earlier time.

800m Nomination Form Link and QR Code

https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/n/eVmhYrj

Senior Carnival (9-12 years) Procedures/Information

Venue:  Windsor Park, Albion

Carnival Times:  8.30am to 2.30pm

School Arrival:  Students will need to be at school at 8.15am to catch the buses to the venue

Permission:  All students need permission to attend the Track and Field Carnival

800m Runners:  Need to arrange their own transport to the venue by 8.15am (must nominate)

Uniform:  Students can wear their house shirts / colours

Morning Tea /Lunch:  Students will need to take their lunch. Must have at least 1 water bottle

Sun Safety:  Students must have their wide brimmed hat and sunscreen

The timetable of events is below.

ICYMI We sent our first Wilston Fete News on Monday by email! We're on the hunt for several Stall Managers & Face Painters and will keep you updated over the coming 80 days (count down is on!) via email and on socials. 

If you can help with a stall, please send an email to fete@wilstonpandc.org.au or fill out this form, or DM us on socials!

We are also gaining a lot of interest in our COMPETITION to Win 2x Unlimited Ride Pass!

Don’t miss your chance to WIN a full day of fun for the kids — and help us build buzz on socials for the big day!

For more info about donations, volunteering and sponsorship for this year’s fete, head to THE EVENT PAGE on our WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |  INSTAGRAM @WilstonSSFete

 Contact the Wilston P&C Fete Committee

Statements

Thank you to those families who attended to invoices generated this year.  We will shortly be sending out statements and, if you are able, would love if you are able to attend to outstanding amounts.  Remember, if your statement has a NEGATIVE balance please don’t pay it – a negative balance means you are in credit with the school.  Please send an email to confirm you are happy for your credit to be applied to any outstanding invoices.  We wish you a wonderful June/July holiday break.

Accounts Team

Lost Property 

Please have a look in D Block if you are missing any uniform items.

Choir News

Congratulations to our Wilston Wonders who have made it into the Regional Final of Choral Fanfare! Congratulations to our singers!

This event will be held next Thursday 19th June (week 9) at the Old Museum, Bowen Hills.

Information has been sent out via QParents.  The Wilston Wonders choir will celebrate with a pizza party at lunchtime in the music room.  

Premier’s Reading Challenge 1 June-22 August 2025

Wilston State School children participate in the annual Premier’s Reading Challenge! This state-wide event encourages students to read regularly to develop a lifelong love of reading for enjoyment and learning.

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students have received a Reader Record sheet to bring home. Please keep it in a safe, visible place at home. As children complete each text, please assist them to record the details.

• Prep to Year 2 should read or experience at least 20 books through shared reading with others, listening to/or reading picture books and even class take-home readers.

Year 3-Year 6 forms will be kept in classrooms. However, an electronic copy is available here to record any additional reading at home. These two copies can be stapled together at the end of the challenge. 

• Years 3 and 4 should read at least 20 books (see other texts below).
• Years 5 and 6 should read at least 15 books (see other texts below).

Ebooks and audio books, recipe books, magazines, graphic novels and newspapers can also be counted as books for this challenge!

All students who complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge and return their forms to the school by Friday 22 August 2025, will receive a certificate signed by the Queensland Premier in late October.

Wilston State School students in Years 3 – 6 are invited to participate in the world-renowned ICAS Competitions this year.  ICAS is developed by UNSW Global, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of New South Wales, with over 35 years’ experience in educational assessments. 

Please note that while ICAS testing takes place at school, it is administered by an external organisation and incurs a cost. Participation is entirely optional and based on parent decision.

What is ICAS?

ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills.

Every student who participates is recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals. We would like to provide all students the opportunity to participate, however, please note, these tests have a very high level of difficulty.

 To learn more about this year’s exciting ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)

Wilston State School will provide the opportunity to sit the tests for English, Mathematics and Science.

Testing dates are:

Tests will be conducted during school hours in the school hall on the nominated dates above. Times will be advised when we have processed student numbers. Students can nominate to participate in all tests or only in the ones they prefer.

How to participate in ICAS  

If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please go to the Parent Portal to sign up to your chosen subject areas using the link and code below.  Each test has a cost of $20.95

Registration for all subject areas closes on Monday 28 July at 11:59pm. No orders will be processed after this time.

1. Go to parent portal
2. Enter our school’s access code – MCS019
3. Enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment.

Please note:  This registration link and code is intended for Wilston State School Students only. If this code is used to register a student for a test that has not been endorsed by Wilston State School, the student will be unable to sit the test even if registration has been paid.

We cannot facilitate refunds or make alterations as all money is paid directly to ICAS Assessments. Unfortunately, if your child is absent on the day of the test, a catch-up cannot be accommodated.

After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records. 

We will send home paper copies of student results once the school has received them. You can access the results once released via the Reports Portal using the TAP ID and pin found on the back of the ICAS certificate. 

We are proud to be offering ICAS to our students this year and encourage you to consider entering your child. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.  

Read the terms and conditions here: (icasassessments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf). 

Privacy collection statement  
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.

ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).

To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:

• collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
• transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
• share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
• use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.

You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.

We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.

Reducing, Reusing, Recycling – Juice Cups

Juice cups are one of our most popular tuckshop items — in fact, we sell approximately 450 every week! While they’re a hit with students, they’re not so popular with our environment. Every day, more and more juice cups are not being disposed of correctly, creating an issue we can no longer ignore.

To help tackle this problem, we are excited to launch a Juice Cup Recycling Competition!

Starting next week (Week 9), if you purchase a juice cup, you can enter the competition. (Please see the poster below and around the school for details.)
As we are starting later than planned, we will announce the winners at the start of Term 3.

What’s Been Happening in the EcoMarines?

• Kahoot Quiz Fun
  To help educate our EcoMarine team, we created a fun and engaging Kahoot quiz covering a range of environmental topics, both local and global. Did you know that Moreton Bay is home to the majority of the world’s sea turtles?
• Juice Cup Cartoon Mascot Competition
  Our talented EcoMarines put their creative skills to the test by designing Juice Cup Mascots for our competition posters. It was tough to choose, but congratulations to Ollie (Year 4), Bella (Year 3), and Tara and Madeline (Year 5) for their fantastic designs!

Last Thursday and Friday, the year 2 students went to Newstead House to learn about how life was different in the 1960s.  

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind"

A selection of students competed at Windsor State School against other schools in an inter-school chess competition. While we were not the winners on the day, a great time was had by all.

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