Beerwah State School

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to our last Newsletter for Term 2. I can’t believe how quickly this term has flown past. Our students have worked extremely hard this term and have achieved some amazing results. Our staff have again, gone above and beyond in supporting our students to be the very best that they can be.

Thank you to our students, staff and parent/carers for all the support you have given to our school this term, to really set our students up for success. Please take care over the school holidays and enjoy some quality time with your families.

Looking forward to seeing you all back in Term 3 on Monday 13th July, 2026.

Parent/Teacher Welcome Interviews

We host Parent / Teacher interviews in Week 2, Term 3 on Wednesday 22nd July from 3:10pm – 6:00pm. All families are encouraged to take this opportunity to talk with your child’s teacher about their learning and how they are progressing. Specialist teachers will also be available for interviews. Bookings are now open. Please refer to information sent out on Audiri.

Cleaner’s and Grounds Officer’s Day

We celebrated World Cleaners and School’s Officer Day last Monday. A big thank you to our wonderful cleaners and Rob, our School’s Officer for going above and beyond every day to make our school beautiful! We really appreciate your hard work and would be lost without you as part of our staff!

NAPLAN

2026 NAPLAN results were sent out to schools this week. I am very pleased with our results. We have had significant growth in Yr3 Reading and Year 5 results were stable. The relative gain is significant looking at Yr 5 in 2026, and how they performed when in Yr 3 in 2024.

Congratulations to everyone on these pleasing results. Keeping in mind that these results are also due to the great work our teachers in the lower school are doing to set strong learning foundations, and our intervention and inclusion teachers/TAs.

School Supervisor Visit

Martin Leach, our School Supervisor visited our school last week. His exact words were, “My heart is full seeing the great work and progress in your school”.

He commented on Learning walls which display reading and writing marking guides, were co-constructed, and displayed curriculum, teaching and learning. He said the walls are very helpful for students and would be for relief teachers as well. He said that the summative assessment tasks displayed in rooms were very impressive.

He also mentioned that reciprocity of teaching reading and writing was very evident across every room visited, which was great to see.

He said that teacher monitoring of the student work was consistent in all classrooms visited, and all work aligned to the English unit.

Thank you to all our teachers for your dedication and hard work! I couldn’t be prouder!

P&C Working Bee

Thankyou to our P&C, Parent volunteers and students who stayed behind after school last Monday to help cleanup and beautify our gardens at the front of the school and around the Hall. I really appreciate your time and commitment to our school.

Prep Play & Stay

Thank you to Mrs Philpot who hosted our Prep Stay & Play last Tuesday. This was a wonderful opportunity for 2027 Prep students and their parent/carers to experience what it’s like to be a Prep student in the classroom with our current Prep students.

Cluster Moderation

We hosted Cluster Moderation for Beerwah SS, Landsborough SS and Beerburrum SS last week. This was such a valuable exercise to give and receive feedback from other schools and to see what other school’s are doing and how their assessments and processes differ from ours. Thank you to all our teachers for their participation. A big thanks to Mr Deady and Ms Turner for organising the event.

Athletics Carnival

What a wonderful Athletics Carnival we had last week! Thank you so much to Ms Murphy for organising this event and thank you to all staff for their hard work throughout the day. Our students had a great day competing and cheering each other on! Thank you also to our P&C who tirelessly ran the BBQ all day, providing amazing food for our students, staff and parents/carers.

Beerwah’s Got Talent

The Finalist Showcase for Beerwah’s Got Talent was held in the Hall on Tuesday this week!

What a wonderful experience for our students, showcasing their talents up on stage. Thank you so much to Ms Maxwell for organising this event. Our students have been so excited to be a part of this over the past several weeks.

Open Classrooms

Thank you to all parents/carers who attended our Open Classrooms on Wednesday. This was a great opportunity for Parents/Carers to see firsthand, what their child has been learning throughout the term and to celebrate their achievements.

Kandoo Rewards Afternoon

Congratulations to all our students for reaching our Kandoo target of 38,000 Kandoos by the end of Term 2. We held a Kandoo rewards afternoon in Week 10 for all classes for reaching this target. It is wonderful to be able to reward students for consistent good behaviour!

Staffing Update

Mr Deady will be taking 12 months leave, starting at the beginning of Term 3. I would like to thank Mr Deady for his hard work and dedication to our staff and students. I am delighted to let you know that Ms Turner will be our Head of Department - Curriculum for the next 12 months working 4 days a week, Monday to Thursday.

Have a wonderful break!

Scott Bowden

Reporting

Our report cards are distributed on Thursday 26 June (week 10) via email. If you have recently changed email address, please contact the office to confirm that we have the correct one on our system.

We use a learning statement approach. This means that for each learning area there will be a statement outlining what has been assessed in the semester. They are written using the Australian Curriculum achievement standards. These learning statements are an overview, they are only bespoke if there are specific plans in place for your child.

For children in Years 3-6, all learning areas will be graded on a A-E scale. In Prep-Year 2, there is a similar scale that uses descriptions (applying-beginning).

The following provides a brief explanation of what each overall judgement (grade) means:

C – on balance, the student demonstrated the Australian Curriculum elements in the learning statement

B – on balance, the student demonstrated the Australian Curriculum elements in different contexts and/or at higher complexity

A - on balance, the student demonstrated the Australian Curriculum elements in different contexts and at higher complexity

D  - on balance, the student demonstrated some of the Australian Curriculum elements in the learning statement.

E – on balance, the student required support to demonstrate few Australian Curriculum elements in the learning statement.

Incursions and excursions

We have some very exciting incursions and excursions coming up.

We look for incursion/excursion opportunities that value-add to our curriculum delivery in the school. We aim to conduct more incursions as the majority of expense in an activity is the bus travel, therefore, planning for incursions can support with the cost of living. Upcoming incursions and excursions include:

Term 2, Week 10 – UniSC Careers Expo – Year 5

Term 3, Week 4 – Beerwah State High School Culture Sharing Day. Year 4-6 indigenous students

Term 3, Week 5 – Year 5/6 Camp

Term 3, Week 6 - Raw Art incursion – all year levels

Term 3, Week 9 - Talk about it incursion - Years 5 and 6

When we have details confirmed for each of the incursions/excursions, they will be released through consent management on QParents.

Parent-teacher interviews

Parent-teacher interviews are the cornerstone of the relationship between parents and teachers, and directly affect educational outcomes. Term three interviews are very important as they provide feedback about where students are at and the next steps in their learning.

Our Parent-teacher interviews are scheduled for Wednesday of Week 2 in Term 3 (Wednesday 22/7) in the school hall at 3:10 – 6:00pm.

Bookings are open now!

Bookings will close Monday 20 July at 3:00pm.

·         interviews with class teachers are 10 mins with a 2 minute break in between meetings.

·         for children who are supported by our support teachers - we are also offering 20 minute interviews with these teachers

·         spaces for all interviews are limited. If you require more time, please contact your teacher directly to make alternative arrangements.

·         if bookings become full, please contact the school to arrange a time

 - Specialist teachers will also be available for meetings on the day and these can be booked via the school interviews website.

Student council – free dress day

Our free dress day on Tuesday 23/6 was wonderful. It’s always great to see student’s personalities reflected in their choices on these days. The student council has raised $176.50 towards their 2026 project.

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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.  

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

Beerwah State School Facebook page

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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.

2026 Athletics Carnival – Results

Perfect weather conditions and great sportsmanship created a wonderful atmosphere for our annual Athletics Carnival on Friday. A huge thank you to all the staff, including teachers, teacher aides, admin groundsman, and the parent helpers, P&C and all of our students – especially our Sports Captains - who worked together to create an amazing day. Thanks also to all of the parents, carers and friend who came along to watch and support.

Well done to every student who participated in an event and cheered on their House Team. Remember: Together Everyone Achieves More

A big congratulations to all of our Age Champion and runner up-s and to the 36 athletes (9-12 years) who have been selected to represent Beerwah SS at the Glasshouse District Trials in Term 3 Carnival days: Thursday 30 and Friday 31st July (Term 3 week 3)

Back up days: Thursday 6th and Friday 7th August (Term 3 week 4)

A compulsory meeting for all of the selected team members will be held early term 3 to receive :

· Trial Information Pack

· School, trial and travel consent forms

· uniform try-on

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR DISTRICT ATHLETICS:

Year 9 Girls - Violet, Kate, Evie and Aylah M

Year 9 Boys - Sam, Liam, Brax D and Arlo

Year 10 Girls - Charlize, Eva, Eli and Zahara S

Year 10 Boys - Trevor, TJ, Hunter, Jayce and Chaise

Year 11 Girls - Ava, H'mily, Tahaarn, Nala, Lailah D-H, Elara P, Rose

Year 11 Boys - Brae, Zayden, Harrison and Rohan

Year 12 Girls - Katisha, Willow B, Eddie and Abi

Year 12 Boys - Darcy, Heath, Rhylan and Kaden L

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

Our next meeting will be Monday 20th July week 2 term 3. We’re meeting at 4.30pm so if this time suits you, come along and join us.

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.

THANK YOU!

The P&C would like to thank Jo and all the volunteers who assisted at the Tuckshop on Friday for Sports Day your help was greatly appreciated.  Thank you to Georgie for making cupcakes in house colours.  Thank you to Subway for donating the cookies for us to sell.  Your donation was greatly appreciated.  

Activities & Events

During term 3 we have a number of activities and events happening.

Pie Drive - Order Forms will be sent out on 24th July and returned by 31st July.  Pies will be delivered on 20th August.

BBQ at Arts Show - 3rd September

Father's Day Stall - Date to be advised

We need your help to make these happen. If you can’t make it to a P&C meeting, please leave your name with the office so we can get in touch and let you know when you can assist. If all parents did just one thing, we can achieve amazing things 😊

Keep an eye on all communication for further details of other upcoming activities and events.

Check our Facebook page and Audiri with tuckshop weekly specials updates. If you have a little spare time on a Friday morning, drop into the tuckshop to give Jo a hand. All our meals are made in-house and are approved QAST recipes, feeding your little ones delicious and nutritious lunches.

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.

WOW Playgroups, friends and families joined the U8 morning in the hall where we caught up with our siblings. Come and join our on Wednesday mornings

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