Dear Parents and Caregivers,

LEARNING CURVE

This week our Learning Curve program is from the ‘Engagement and Mindfulness’ category.  The wellbeing skill builder is ‘Good and Bad Thoughts’ for the Prep - Year 2 and ‘Good for Bad’ for the Year 3-6 classes. The junior idea is about how our bodies look for bad things to protect us and to keep us safe, however then it is important to look for good things happening, so as not to dwell on the bad things. The senior topic is about the same idea but goes further to use self-talk to put a positive spin on things, so you also do not dwell on the bad things. Our challenge this week is to find the good in things that happen to be positive and optimistic, rather than negative and pessimistic.

These concepts were introduced on assembly this week and are being taught in the Health lessons with Miss Dunstan and followed up in classrooms. Our Year 3-6 students continue to track their progress in their Learning Curve diaries. The parent newsletter is attached below.

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QUEENSLAND ENGAGEMENT AND WELLBEING SURVEY

Recently, our Year 4/5/6 students received an email for the DoE QEW team regarding participating in the QEW survey for this year. Thank you to Mr Harris who facilitated this in his Digital Technology lessons so that we may receive the valuable data around the engagement and wellbeing of our older students. We participate in this survey biannually as the QEW Survey gives schools the opportunity to hear the collective voice of their students. Survey results are intended to inform continuous improvement within schools and provide an evidence-based approach to positively and proactively support students’ mental health, school engagement and wellbeing.

The QEW Survey measures wellbeing and engagement across 12 domains: including resilience; school climate; sense of belonging; motivation and perseverance; academic self-concept; personal social capabilities; general life satisfaction; future outlook and aspirations; relationships with peers, with teachers and at home; and general health.  We look forward to receiving the data later in the year to drive future strategy implementation.

RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN

At our last School Council meeting in Term One the team decided to look for interest in parents and staff who would be interested in serving on a short-term committee to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan for Enoggera state School. I am therefore calling for any parent interest in this task to reach out. Please email me on principal@enoggerass.eq.edu.au if you are interested in being part of this team as it is very important work. 

PREP OPEN DAY

Last Friday morning we held our first Open Day for this year for families who are looking to enrol here for 2026 either in Prep or other year levels. Thre presentation took place in the EPAC, followed by a Q&A and tour of the school facilities. Thank you to our P&C for providing the morning tea afterwards.

We will hold another Open Day in Term 3 on Friday 25 July. Prep Enrolment Interviews will commence at the end of Term 3 and then the Prep Transition and Information sessions will be held in Term 4.

If you know of families who live in our catchment and are hoping to come here next year, please let them know of the Open Days coming up. Families who have made their decision can drop in enrolment forms to the office at any stage to enable us to get them on the system and into the communication channels for next year. Even those families living in our catchment need to submit their applications as soon as possible, as the DoE are considering some changes to our catchment area to hopefully contain our current growth.

DANCE AND VOCAL PERFORMANCE TEAMS

This week our very talented Dance Performance Team (DPT) are performing at the Sunshine Coast Eisteddfod at their very first competitive performance.  They have been working so hard all year under the direction of the talented Miss Dunstan and we wish them all the very best for this outing. Likewise, our Vocal Performance Team (VPT) under the direction of Mrs Rebecca Rees, are also heading to their first competitive performance on Monday next week as part of the DoE Choral Fanfare event. It was wonderful to see them showcase their repertoires recently at the afternoon concert and we wish them all the best as they head into their competitions.

I encourage parents of students in these groups to ensure you are keeping up with the communications from the teachers so that your students are ready to perform.

CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to our small team of Cross Country runners who represented our school recently at the City District Cross Country competition. Thank you to Mr Woodrick for facilitating the many morning training sessions, the multiple attempts to run our Interhouse events and for convening the City District event. Congratulations also to Elka J. for coming first in her event at City District and be selected to run at the Metropolitan North competition later this month.

READER’S CUP

Our Reader’s Cup teams are currently working very hard in preparation for the Brisbane North competition to be held at Kurwongbah SS on June 18.  They are meeting 5 times per week to read and study the 5 set texts for the competition. Congratulations on being selected and all the best for the final weeks of preparation and the competition to: Ella, Kate, Rachel, Elliot, Vishnu, Zoe, Charlotte, Brea, Rose and Lara.

Till next time,

Mrs Anne Robinson

Principal