Lecturette Competition
Students in years 4, 5 and 6 are extremely excited to be preparing for our annual Lecturette competition in English this term.

In 2025, we are having the Lecturette final on Wednesday 17 September at 9am in the Hall. Semi finals will be held in the week prior and finalists will be presenting in front of their peers and families. We look forward to your support of this wonderful event.

P&C
Congratulations to our P&C who conducted a successful Trivia night last week! It was a highly enjoyable experience for all who attended and well done to all participants.

Eisteddfod 
Our strings, band and choir students have participated in the annual Gympie Eisteddfod this week. This is a highly valued experience and the students were excited to be able to participate this year. Thanks to Mrs Morrow, Mrs Smith, Mr Bray and Mrs Thompson for their support of our GWSS students.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 in line with the NCCD Guidelines (2020).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• Year of schooling
• Category of disability: physical, sensory, cognitive or social/emotional.
• Level of adjustment provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists the school to:

• Formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools.
• Consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools.
• Develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides State and Federal Governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified. 

• The privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government's Privacy Policy.

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal including a Fact Sheet for Parents, Guardians and Carers.

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.

District Athletics 
Last Thursday and Friday, 19 students from GWSS participated in the District Athletics events. Congratulations to all our students who took part. 

School routines
Thank you to our students and families for your continued support of the school routines. The drop-off and pick-up areas have been well supported and students are showing they can follow the routines and be in the right areas.

A reminder - students walk to the exit points on Cartwright Road and Cooinda Street exit at 3pm.

Absences
Congratulations! We have almost 100% of student absences explained. Please ensure you respond to the text message, to avoid our staff needing to phone home. We really appreciate your help with this.

School Opinion Survey
Thank you to all the parents/caregivers, students and school staff who completed this year’s School Opinion Survey. We look forward to sharing our survey results with you when we receive our school report later this year.

The 2025 School opinion survey 2025 is will be open until 22 August 2025. Invitations to participate have been emailed to staff, parents, carers and students in Years 5, 6, 8 and 11. Please respond and encourage your school community to have their say and gain insight into your school’s strengths and areas for improvement.

Parade Week 5
Please note next weeks parade will be held on Friday 15 August instead of Wednesday due to the Maths Team Challenge. 

Yours in education

Alana Scott | Principal