Dear Parents and Carers,

Firstly, sincere thanks to parents who attended our recent round of Parent-Teacher interviews. These are an important part of our reporting process and I know parents value the opportunity to hear teachers’ perspectives on student progress. Also, thank you for your admirable patience as our schedule went somewhat awry, especially in the year 5/6 zone!

Staff News

Miss Beth Cooper, (Head of Department – Curriculum) has been invited to act as Principal at Hendra State School for 4 weeks, commencing on Tuesday 6^th May. We wish her all the very best in this new position and look forward to her return later this term. In other staff news, Mrs Miranda Charters will be seconded to the Queensland Virtual Academy for the remainder of 2025. Mrs Charters has done an exceptional job with classroom music and with the choirs at Wilston, so she will be sorely missed. Miranda will be replaced by Ms Liesl Murray from the start of week 5. Ms Murray has rich experience with teaching music to primary aged students and with conducting choirs.

ANZAC Day

Our annual ANZAC ceremony was, once again, perfectly pitched for our students. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend, and a shout out to Miss Cooper for her organisation and both Mrs Charters and Mrs Butler for the preparation of our beautiful choir.

Cross Country

We recently hosted our annual cross country carnival at Downey Park and even though the weather did its best to derail the event, we managed to run races across all year levels. Everyone had soggy shoes, including parents and staff but there were lots of smiles and some great achievements by the children. A shout out to all our age champions and we look forward to hearing about further success at the District carnival. Well done Mr Bell on your organisation of the 2025 carnival. 

Hall progress

The completion of the hall is getting very close now and we look forward to taking ownership in the coming weeks. I am personally looking forward to hosting our first whole school assembly in there this term. I will endeavour to keep everyone updated on dates and schedules. We are really pleased that a local Brisbane manufacturer has been able to supply the chairs required for the hall.

Mothers’ Day

Sunday 11^th May marks Mothers’ Day, so we wish all our families and mums a happy and special day on the 11^th.

Finally, you may notice my absence next week (week 3) as I am assisting with Berrinba East State School’s 2025 review. Ms Jennifer Dietz will take the reins at Wilston. I look forward to returning on Monday 12^th May.

I think that’s all for now. Take care Wilston,

Warm regards,

Michael Sawbridge

Principal