A Massive Thank You to Our P&C

I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to our remarkable Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association. Their tireless work and unwavering commitment are an integral part of what makes our school community so vibrant and successful. 

The P&C plays a vital role in supporting our students and staff, and their efforts directly contribute to the rich learning environment we are so proud of. From the daily operations of the tuckshop and uniform shop to the organisation of major fundraising events, the P&C's dedication helps us provide a wealth of opportunities for our children. It's through their hard work that we can fund essential resources and projects that enhance the school experience for every student. 

On that note, I want to give a special mention to the P&C for their incredible work in preparing for our biggest community event of the year: the Robertson State School Spring Fest! This annual festival is a true highlight on our calendar, and it simply would not be possible without the countless hours of planning, coordination, and effort from our P&C committee and volunteers. 

The Spring Fest is not just a fundraiser; it's a celebration of our school spirit and a wonderful opportunity for families, friends, and the wider community to come together. I encourage you all to join us tomorrow, Thursday, September 4th, from 3:15 pm to 8:00pm. Entry is free, and there will be something for everyone, including carnival games, exciting rides, delicious food, and live entertainment. 

This event is a fantastic way to support our school while enjoying a fun-filled evening with your loved ones. Please consider lending a hand if you can. A few hours of your time volunteering at a stall or helping with set-up and pack-down makes a huge difference. 

Thank you once again to the Robertson State School P&C for everything you do. Your contributions are deeply valued by our entire school community. 

We look forward to seeing you at the Spring Fest! 

Acknowledging Our Incredible Teacher Aides As we celebrate Teacher Aide Appreciation Week  

I want to take this opportunity to shine a light on the incredible individuals who are the backbone of our school community: our dedicated teacher aides. Their quiet, tireless work is woven into the fabric of our daily operations, and their impact is truly immeasurable. 

Every day, our teacher aides go above and beyond, working side-by-side with our teachers to create a supportive and engaging learning environment for every student. They are the friendly faces who offer one-on-one assistance, the patient mentors who help students with their social and emotional development, and the invaluable partners who ensure our classrooms run smoothly. 

From providing individualised support to students with diverse learning needs to helping manage classroom activities and fostering a sense of belonging, our teacher aides are essential to the success of our school. Their dedication allows our teachers to focus on instruction and ensures that all students feel seen, supported, and capable. 

This week, and every week, we are so grateful for their commitment, compassion, and hard work. Please join me in extending a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of our amazing teacher aides. They make a profound difference in the lives of our students and are an integral part of what makes our school community so special. 

Celebrating Speech Pathology Week 2025 – “Impact through Communication” 

Last week was Speech Pathology Week 2025 (24-30 August). I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms Joanne Stephen for the vital role that she plays in supporting student learning and wellbeing at Robertson State School, as our Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs).  

This year’s theme, “Impact through Communication,” highlights the transformative power of communication and the profound impact SLPs have in helping students access the curriculum, build social connections, and thrive in their educational journey.  

SLPs work to support students with speech, language, communication, and swallowing needs - often behind the scenes. Their expertise is essential in fostering inclusive learning environments and empowering students to reach their full potential. Thank you Ms Stephen ? 

Report Card Review 

In an endeavour to streamline our Robertson State School Report Card to make it more concise, the school has been consulting with the school P&C. Further consultation will continue at the next P&C meeting on Tuesday 16 September 2025. All parents are invited to attend. 

Uniform Review 

The school is currently working with our Robertson State School (RSS) P&C, to review our School Uniform Policy to align it with the Human Rights Act 2019. If you would like to be involved in the consultation process, please attend the next RSS P&C meeting on Tuesday 16 September 2025. We are hopeful that our new RSS Uniform Policy will be endorsed by the P&C at the October meeting. 

Tyrone Bruce

Principal

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher interviews for Prep – Year 6 will be in Term 3 Week 10 (Tuesday 16 September, Wednesday 17 September). 

Please log in from 9am Friday 22 August to see availability for your teacher and make a booking. Interviews will be of 10 minutes duration. 

BILINGUAL INTERVIEWS

We ask that parents of the bilingual program only make 1x booking with their class teacher pair. You will still be able to meet both teachers for your booking for 5 min each for a total of 10 minutes. Do not make 2 bookings – thank you!

• 1C / 1D – Ms Sooyun Hong / Ms Min Yi Hung 
• 2C / 2D – Ms Jenna Craven / Ms Wendy Tai 
  3C / 3D – Mr San Ha Lee / Ms Rita Hsu 
• 4C / 4D – Ms Zoe Grafton / Ms Peggy Gu  
• 5C / 5D – Ms Katie Hereemans / Ms Vienna Cheong 
• 6C / 6D – Ms Janine Muller, Ms Siara North / Ms Shichan Tang

PARENT LOGIN 

All parents will need to login with the email they receive newsletters to in order to create a parent teacher booking.  

PARENT LOGIN METHOD 

Due to security and privacy requirements of Education Queensland, we are not permitted to load parent and student names into Schoolzine without first obtaining individual consent from parents. Therefore, no student data is contained within the system.  

All parents will need to login with the email they receive newsletters to in order to create a Parent Teacher booking. 

Please follow these steps to log in to Schoolzine and make your interview bookings: 

1. Got to the Robertson State School Schoolzine website: https://robertsonss.schoolzineplus.com/view-session/40 
2. At the login screen, login with the same email that you receive the Robertson State School newsletter. 
3. Proceed to make bookings as instructed on the screen. 

POINTS TO BE AWARE OF 

• You will not be able to access the system until it goes live. See the timeline below for details. 
• You will only see time slots that are available at the time you are using the system. As time slots are booked for teachers, those time slots are no longer displayed as available. Schoolzine prevents double-booking of teachers. 
• Other parents may be making bookings at the same time that you are using the system. It is possible, though unlikely, that a time slot is displayed to you as available, but is then booked by another parent shortly afterwards. If you then attempt to book this time slot it will not be available and a message will be displayed to indicate this. 
• If you need to change your booking after the access has been turned off, please contact the teacher directly via their email. 

TIMELINES  

INTERVIEWS 

• Each interview is scheduled for 10 minutes. 
• It is very important we stick to the 10 minute interview period.  This can be very challenging with some parents. 
• Please come prepared with questions to ask during the interviews. 
• You are welcome to wear a face mask if to you wish to the interview.

VENUE 

The interviews after school will be held in your child’s classroom. 

Kerin Gordon

Deputy Principal

Absences

Parents and caregivers must send children to school every school day under Queensland law unless there is an acceptable reason such as:

• illness
• doing work experience
• competing in school sporting events.

Letting us know your child will be away

If your child is going to be absent from school, you must let the school know why the absence has occurred within 2 school days of their return. If possible, it is best to advise the school beforehand by:

Emailing office@robertsonss.eq.edu.au 

Calling our absentee line (07) 3452 4166 

Avoid keeping your child away from school for reasons such as:

• birthdays
• shopping
• visiting family and friends
• if they sleep in
• looking after other children
• minor check ups or care, such as hair cuts.

Routine medical or other health appointments should be made either before or after school or during the school holidays.

Establishing good routines around school can assist with regular school attendance.

These include:

• have a set time to go to bed
• have a set time to get out of bed
• have uniform and school bag ready the night before
• have a set time for starting and finishing breakfast
• set a time for daily homework activities
• speak about school positively
• send your child to school every school day including their birthday and the last day of term from Prep.

If you are experiencing difficulty in sending your child to school, contact the school principal for advice and support.

Excursions

Please be advised that invoices will only be issued to families who have submitted the required consent forms. To ensure you receive your invoice in a timely manner, we kindly ask that all consent forms are returned by the specified due date.

If your family is experiencing financial hardship, we encourage you to contact the school office as soon as possible. This will allow us to arrange a suitable payment plan and ensure that your child is not disadvantaged.

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Credit on account

If there is a credit on your family account, please email the office at office@robertsonss.eq.edu.au so that we can apply it accordingly. Please ensure that the remaining balance on the invoice is paid using the link on the invoice or on QParents after the credit has been applied. Kindly note that credits cannot be processed via QParents.

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Payment via the office

Please note that the school office is only able to process payments between 8:00am and 10:00am. If you wish to make a payment outside of this time, we recommend using either the payment link provided on your invoice or QParents for your convenience.

Overdue: Prep - Year 3 Swimming Program

We’re excited to announce that our swimming program will be taking place during September and October! Just a friendly reminder that payment for swimming is now OVERDUE.

Prep Ngutana Lui Excursion

As part of our HASS unit "Special Places", students will be attending an excursion on Thursday, 6 November 2025, to deepen their understanding of the special places and cultural practices of the Yuggera people.

Students will experience traditional Aboriginal celebration activities, including storytelling through art using Aboriginal symbols and patterns, and will create their own take-home art piece. They will also learn about and try traditional instruments such as clap sticks, gum leaves, the didgeridoo, and the bull roarer.

A highlight will be participating in a traditional Aboriginal celebration performance, exploring the didgeridoo as both a musical instrument and a form of art.

Consent forms are due by Wednesday, 9 October 2025.

This will be a valuable cultural experience supporting students’ understanding of Indigenous heritage and traditions.

Invoices Issued to Parents

The following invoices have been issued:

• Year 3 Creative Arts Incursion
• Year 4 Life Cycle Incursion
• Year 5 Lone Pine Excursion
• Maths Team Challenge

Please refer to the invoice for due dates.

We kindly encourage you to use the convenient online options available:

• QParents
• Payment link at the bottom of the invoice issued (https://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete/)

Payment via the office: The office is open for payments between 8:00am and 10:00am only. Please note that payments are unable to be processed through the office outside of these hours.

Administration Office

Robertson State School

Junior Sports Day

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to making Sports Day a success!

Our teachers worked hard to ensure the day ran smoothly, and we deeply appreciate their dedication and enthusiasm.

To our parents, your support and encouragement meant so much to the students.

And to our amazing students, well done to everyone who participated!

Thanks to our sports captains and year 6 students for helping out the younger students throughout the day. Your effort and teamwork were truly outstanding.

Thank you all for making the day special, and we look forward to more great events ahead.

Chris Rostron & Renee Montgomery

HPE Teachers

Congratulations to all of our Vivaldi, Corelli and Paganini Strings on their amazing results at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod! 

All three ensembles received a ‘Gold Ranking’ which means that they scored between 81-95%. 

Results received were: 

• Paganini Strings – 2nd Place Primary School A Grade Ensemble 
• Vivaldi Strings – 2nd Place ‘Virtual’ Primary Schools Band or Orchestra  
• Corelli Strings – 2nd Place Primary School C Grade Ensemble  
• Please enjoy our photos from our fabulous day on the Gold Coast! 

Heather Francis, Robyn Gray and Vivienne Thomas 

Music Team 

Zones of Regulation

Identifying our Zones using clues our body gives us

Our Zones:

What clues our body gives us about which Zone we are in:

• Are your muscles relaxed or tense? (eg. calm v mad?)
• Is your breathing fast or slow? (eg. excited v focused)?)
• Is your heart beating fast or slow? (eg. mad v happy?)
• Is your brain focused or cluttered? (eg. ready to learn v sick?) 
  
• What does your face look like? (eg. terrified v sad?)
• What sort of words and voice volume are coming out of your mouth? (eg. yelling v tired?)
• Can you sit still? Are you slumped over? Do loud sounds annoy you? 
• Do you have pursed lips or furrowed eyebrows?

Janine Muller

Classroom Teacher and PBL Communicator

Speech Pathology Week 

Last week, we acknowledged Speech Pathologists across our schools and the very important work they do to support our students.  Robertson is fortunate to have an incredibly knowledgeable and talented SLP – Jo Stephen.  We would like to thank Jo for all of her work this term and look forward to what’s to come!  Thanks, Jo! 

 

Teacher Aide Appreciation Week! 

We would like to both acknowledge and thank all of the Teacher aides at Robertson State School for their endless support, professionalism, work, care and happy, smiling faces! They come to work each day and work tirelessly to support our staff and students.  For that, we say thank you! 

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Amanda Slinger

Head of Special Education - Inclusion

SPRING FEST TOMORROW!

Only 1 more sleep until the BIG day!!! Can you feel the excitement in the air? The rides are set up, preparations are well underway…

A reminder that tomorrow is Free Dress Day, and Friday 5th is Student Free Day to recover! TOGETHER, LET’S MAKE THIS THE BEST NIGHT!

YOUR LAST MINUTE CHECK:

• Bring a picnic blanket
• Bring cash for games and activities
• Follow and Like our P&C Facebook page to stay updated with latest news Facebook.com/pcrobertsonss
• Donate sweet treats for our always-popular cake stall. Please bring donations to Board Room Weds 2.45pm or Thurs 9am – 3pm. Please package food ready for sale, and provide a list of ingredients
• Volunteer your time: Thank you to the wonderful 200 people who have signed up, we appreciate you! We are still looking for 80 shifts to be filled. Choose your activity and time, have fun with a friend! Click here: https://volunteersignup.org/DLD3B
• Bring all your friends, family, neighbours to come along and enjoy the fun… the more the merrier! (remind them that Friday is a student-free day!)
• Walk to Spring Fest if you can, as street parking will be limited.

Reminder – both carparks at Estoril st and Tennis courts, Musgrave Rd will be CLOSED on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th September for Spring Fest preparations.

ALL THE FUN AT SPRING FEST!

Spring Fest is bursting with excitement and fun for the whole family! From thrilling rides to laugh-out-loud games, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Rides & Attractions

Zip around on Dodgem Cars, race your friends down the Super Slide, and spin and swirl on Round up, Storm, Cup & Saucer. Don’t miss the exciting Giant Swing, Mini Tug Boat, Jungle Jive. For something a little more magical, hop on one of our beautiful pony rides and feed the animals at the petting zoo.

Games & Stalls

Step right up and try your luck at the Laughing Clowns, test your aim at the Football Shootout, or see if you can score a win at classics like Ring Toss and Lob-a-choc. Don’t miss the quirky fun of the Poo Toss or the family favourite Lucky Ducks. And thanks to Fully Integrated Therapies, we’ll also have an amazing collection of hand-crafted wooden games to delight all ages.

Special Activities

Who’s got a sharp throwing arm for the Dunk Tank? Have a go at smashing the target and watch your teachers and Principals make a splash! Little ones will love face painting and temporary tattoos, decorating cupcakes and designing their own slushies and candles. There’ll be plenty of treats to enjoy, from show bags to cake stalls and more.

And That’s Not All!

All around the grounds you’ll find delicious food stalls, lively entertainment, a licensed bar and market stalls filled with treasures. It’s the biggest and best event of the year – and it’s all happening right here at Robertson!

SAVE THE DATES – Exciting Events Ahead!

Mark your calendars – we’ve got two fantastic community events coming up that you won’t want to miss:

Inflatable Obstacle Course Fundraiser - Tuesday 28th October
Get ready for an afternoon of laughter, challenges, and bouncing fun! This year the kids will enjoy a Water and Bubble themed event (not cornflour)!

Outdoor Cinema & End-of-Year Party - Friday 21st November
Bring your picnic rugs and settle in under the stars for a magical night of movies, food, and celebrations to wrap up the school year.

So much fun is ahead for our Robertson community – we can’t wait to share more details closer to time!

UNIFORM SHOP

Please note that the Uniform Shop will be closed on Thursday 4th September, and will re-open as usual the following Monday 8th Sept 2.15 – 3.45pm.

JOIN US AT THE NEXT P&C MEETING!

Want to stay up to date on what’s happening at school and have your say on where important investments are made? Come along to our next P&C Meeting, now postponed by one week to:

Tuesday 16th September, 6.30pm at Staff Room (Admin Building)

It’s a great way to stay informed, share ideas, and be part of the decisions that benefit our kids. Everyone is welcome – we’d love to see you there!

Tuckshop Helpers Needed!

Our Tuckshop simply can't run without the help of amazing volunteers – and we’re always looking for more! Come and lend a hand to help feed our hungry kids and keep this much-loved service going strong.

Parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles – everyone’s welcome! It’s a great way to meet new people, or perhaps grab some friends for a fun morning? Your kids will LOVE seeing you ‘working’ at school. Plus, each volunteer (and their child) receives a free ice block or hot chocolate as a thank you.

Sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/HCTXT

Sponsorship Opportunities

We're currently seeking business sponsors from within our community to support upcoming events and programs at the school. Gain meaningful exposure to our community as well as contribute to enhancing our school’s infrastructure and resources.

If you, or someone you know, owns a business that would like to get involved, please check out our Sponsorship Package at Robertson State School website (Follow to ‘Our Community’, then ‘P&C’) Sponsoring Robertson State School , or contact pcrobertsonss@gmail.com

Stay Connected with Us on Facebook!

We’d love for you to join our new Robertson State School P&C Association Facebook page! It’s the best place to stay updated on school events, P&C news and volunteer opportunities. Be part of our amazing community! Follow us: https://facebook.com/pcrobertsonss

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