Beerwah State School

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to our first newsletter for Term 2. We have had a very smooth and settled start to the school term. As I am conducting my daily class visits, I am seeing classes engaged in their learning and focused on improving their learning outcomes. I am so excited about the term ahead of us. Just a reminder that this weekend is a long weekend due to Labour Day on Monday 4th May.

Behaviour Focus for Week 3 & 4 

Communicate problems appropriately.

Please talk to your child about our behaviour focus for this fortnight and discuss ways in which they can enact the desired behaviours listed below. Having this message reinforced at home will help students realise that we are all working together to ensure they are being the very best they can be. 

Anzac Assembly

Thank you all for a wonderful ANZAC Assembly on Friday morning. Our students were very respectful throughout the ceremony. Our student leaders did a wonderful job in running the ceremony. Thank you also to our sound and lighting crew and Miss Tania for a very polished ceremony.

ANZAC Community March

Thank you to Ms Gayle, Ms Coralie Ms Sam, Ms Megan, Ms McAuley, Mrs Bourke, Mr Deady, Ms Karen & Mrs Philpot who attended the Beerwah community ANZAC March and Service or the Dawn Service, helping to supervise our students and representing our school. We had 35 students and 10 staff attend. Students who attended, received a special certificate on assembly this week.

ANZAC Student Ceremony at ANZAC Square

Our 2 School Captains and 2 School Vice Captains attended a special Student ANZAC Commemoration Ceremony with Mr Bowden on Thursday, at ANZAC Square in Brisbane. Our Student Leaders were wonderful ambassadors for our school.

Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing Survey

In weeks 3-4, students in Years 4-6 will be asked to take part in the Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey.

We know that wellbeing and engagement are important parts of your child’s life at school. The QEW Survey is designed to measure how students view their wellbeing and engagement across different topics. The information we get from the survey helps us better understand and support our students.

Does your child have to participate?

Participation in the survey is voluntary. Choosing not to participate will not affect your child’s education in any way.

Your child will also be asked if they would like to participate before starting the survey. They will be free to stop or withdraw at any time.

If you do not wish for your child to participate in the QEW Survey, please contact your school and inform your child.

An information letter will be sent out to parents and carers this week.

If you have any questions, please contact the school. More information, including FAQs, can be found on the Education website: (https://qed.qld.gov.au/publications/reports/statistics/schooling/students/queensland engagement-wellbeing-survey).

Class Newsletters

Class Newsletters will be emailed home to Parents/Carers this week.

Staffing Changes

Congratulations to Rachel Verkade who successfully obtained a Kitchen/Garden position on Tuesdays at Palmview SS. Rachel will continue to work in the Office on Thursdays and our Kitchen/Garden program on Fridays. Karen Batson will be working in the Office on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Congratulations to Colleen Clothier who was the successful applicant for our acting Business Manager position. Colleen will continue as our Business Manager for this term.

Have a lovely long weekend!

Scott Bowden

English units

This Term students across the school are learning to:

· read, view and comprehend informative texts

· create multimodal informative texts

The complexity of texts as well as how the ‘comprehend’ and ‘create’ changes throughout the grades. I look forward to sharing examples of student’s learning through photos of learning walls and examples of student responses.

Life Education

Our Healthy Harold incursion is this term on 18/5 – 20/5. Each class will have 1 50 minute session on one of the days. Healthy Harold is run by Life Education and supports our delivery of the Health curriculum. Modules have been selected to align with the curriculum and be age appropriate. This year’s modules are:

Prep A: My Body Matters

Prep/1: Safety Rules!

1/2: Harold’s Online World

2A: Harold’s Online World

3A: The Inside Story

4A: The Inside Story

5/6A, 5/6B, 5/6C: Decisions Further information about each module is available on the Life Education website.

Consent and payment information was sent out via QParents. Please ensure that you have responded for your child/ren by the due date (11 May).

Explore Career Pathway Expo

We are excited that our Year 5 students will be participating in UniSC’s Explore Career Pathway Expo on 25 June. We will be Year 5 students from schools across the Sunshine Coast at UniSC to explore job and industry careers through interactive and hands-on activities. These include - Nursing, Science, Forestry, Paramedicine, Criminology, Occupational Therapy, Town Planning, Law, Marine Biology, Digital Technologies & Robotics, QLD Police, Theatre & Performance, Nutrition & Sport.

This will be a zero cost excursion. Consent will be sent out via QParents.

Check out our calendar of events throughout the year, via the school's website at

Beerwah State School - https://beerwahss.eq.edu.au/calendar-and-news/events-calendar

You can sync any event to your personal calendar by clicking to  open the event and click on the  'Add to Calendar' button.  

Events Term 1

25 March - Open classrooms (Classes 1\2, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5\6A, 5\6B, 5\6C) 

26 March - Cross country

30 March - Easter Hat Parade (9am)

30 March – Prep A & Prep\1 Open classroom (9:30am)

 2 April – Easter Ball Games (1:50pm)

Check out our School and P&C Facebook pages for more Celebrations and what's happening at our School.

Beerwah State School Facebook page

                                                                                                 BSS P&C Facebook page

If you have not registered for QParents yet, please email admin@beerwahss.eq.edu.au or call into the school office to collect the registration information. QParents is an integral part of your child's education journey. Register now to ensure you have access to all your student's excursion consent & payment, report cards and attendance information. For more information visit the website at http://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/about or email  admin@beerwahss.eq.edu.au with any queries.

"Everyone is a reader, some just haven't found their favourite book yet"

Library borrowing times are as follows:

Thursday: All other classes 

If you require a Library bag they are available through School Locker for $18.70.

On Wednesday 29th 2026, we celebrated World Autism Awareness Day.  

World Autism Awareness Day promotes the rights and acceptance of autistic individuals in our community. It highlights dignity, neurodiversity, and the moving from awareness to understanding to ensure their equal participation in society. 

To promote this awareness, students, in their classes, talked about and watched clips about ‘Autism’. Students also helped to create a display for the front of the school with our theme ‘Butterflies’. 

Students wore blue or blue accessories and got a free blue icy cup (made by Student council members Spencer, Rose and Amalya) at the end of the day.

Calendar of Sports Dates for Term 2

8th May - Glasshouse District Cross Country

12th June - Interschool Netball  & Soccer

19th June - Athletics Carnival

2026 Lunchtime Play Equipment

All P-6 students will have the opportunity to borrow, use and return a variety of sporting equipment at play break. Year level/ classroom teachers will oversee the equipment and students will be responsible for being a SAFE, RESPECTFUL and ACTIVE LEARNER and all times.

If you have any questions with regards to sport, please phone Ms Murphy at the school on 5436 5555 or email jlmur1@eq.edu.au

Janelle Murphy (HPE Teacher)

P&C Meetings 

On Monday 18th May at 5.45pm we will be holding a Special Meeting followed by our P&C meeting.  The Special meeting is to adopt the new Constitution. 

Everyone is welcome to attend, there’s no pressure to join, just come along and listen to what’s happening in your child’s school.

Upcoming Events:

7th May               Mother’s Day Stall - Gifts range in value from $1 -$10.                                Classes will be taken to the stall to purchase gifts.

21st May             Rollerdrome Fundraiser

25th May             Working bee at the school 3.30pm – 5.30pm

19th June            Athletics Carnival – BBQ on the oval

If you are able to assist with any of the above fundraisers/events please email the P&C on PandC@beerwahss.eq.edu.au and a member will contact you.  Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Our Tuckshop menu for Term 2 is below.  Also available from the Tuckshop is Anzac biscuits, fruit salad and veggie sticks.   You can order Tuckshop via the QKR app. Our meals are made onsite. If you are able to volunteer in the Tuckshop on Friday mornings please don't hesitate to drop in or contact our Tuckshop convenor Jo via our P&C email PandC@beerwahss.eq.edu.au and Jo will contact you.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  

New school uniforms are available from The School Locker in Maroochydore.

If you are uncertain of the size you require, one of each size of polo shirt and dress will be available in school to try on. Appointments need to be made in advance, please email janie.bssuniformshop@gmail.com to arrange an appointment.

The P&C have some second-hand uniforms available for sale at drastically reduced prices depending on the condition. Contact Janie at the above email address if you would like to have a look at what’s available.

Kandoo Joeys is open to all families with before-school-aged children. We open every Wednesday morning from 9.00am-11.00am from Weeks 2-9 of the school Term. You will find us in G Block (Where our Jabiru Before & After School Care program is held or ask at the office and they will show you were Playgroup is held). Bring along a hat and some morning tea for your little one and come and join in the fun and social connections as your children learn through play. 

For more information contact  playgroup@beerwahss.eq.edu.au  

Our Outside School Hours program at Beerwah State School is operated by Jabiru. 

The Jabiru's service nurtures children, helping them grow, learn and thrive before and after school, during holidays and on student free days.

You can look forward to:

- Fun programs and activities

- Fresh food prepared on site

- State of the art play and learning equipment

- Experienced staff who deliver the best of care

 Jabiru's contact details are 0426 704 166 or beerwah@jabiru.org.au

Our School has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our school Parent/Student community. Download the Skoolbag App to receive short messages, reminders and alerts. Parents will also be able to use eForms for absentee notes and change of details.

Click here to visit Skoolbag website