Debbie Spanner Principal principal@indooroopillyss.eq.edu.au

Singleton Oval

We are delighted to be enjoying the increased space now that the building site fences have been moved. The students are relishing running and playing on the new astro-turf, including 5 new handball courts!

National Reconciliation Week

Road Safety Awareness

Book Club Term 2

We will have 2 issues of book club this term. The second issue (#4) has arrived and will be sent home soon with your child. Orders are due Monday 9th June.

Do you have a child starting Prep in 2026? Enrolments are Open.

Enrolments are flowing in for Prep 2026. If you have a child or know someone in our catchment whose child is ready for Prep, now is the time to enrol. Prep 2026 is for children born between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021.

If you reside within our catchment area or have another child who will still attend ISS next year please email admin@indooroopillyss.eq.edu.au with your child’s name and date of birth so we may anticipate your application. We continue to accept concurrent sibling enrolments ie if an older sibling will still be attending ISS in 2026.

Our Enrolment Pack can be downloaded from our website. If you prefer a printed copy this can be collected from our office which is located inside the Taringa Parade gates. We’re open to the public 8:00am – 3:30pm on school days. For current ISS families, please email jtalt8@eq.edu.au if you would like a printed Enrolment Pack to be sent home with an older ISS sibling.

P&C Colour Run - Monty’s Colour & Slime Fun Run

Registrations now open for Saturday 31 May

Booking early will help the P&C to prepare enough colour bags, plan for catering and organise volunteers. Register your family’s attendance here: https://www.trybooking.com/DBOLI

Fundraising

The P&C are raising funds through sponsorship of our Colour Run participants to enhance learning spaces and infrastructure at our school. Thanks to the amazing efforts of our community we are exceeding our goal of fundraising $10000 and are still going strong. A leaderboard of donations is updated via the P&C Facebook page.

Get started or keep going with fundraising by creating a cybersafe online profile page at www.myprofilepage.com.au and sharing the link with family and friends. Please remember to convert any cash donations to online donations.

Fundraising stays open until 11:50pm on 31 May 2025.

Get involved through messaging on your class WhatsApp Chat and check the ISS P&C Facebook page for updates, competitions and prizes

• Guess the final total of fundraising
• Tag ISS P&C when sharing your child’s fundraising page online & win
• Guess which brave teacher is getting slimed

Sascha Rogers Head of Curriculum sroge95@eq.edu.au

Cassie Boin Acting Head of Curriculum ceboi0@eq.edu.au

Prep Reporting

Our Prep students experience a steep learning curve in their first semester at school. From recognising letters and numbers, learning the phonics code, speaking in small groups, to writing simple sentences and short texts – they make incredible progress in a short time. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence and skills grow each week.

As with the rest of the school, Prep students will receive an overall achievement grade for English. This year, however, we’ve introduced a small but important change:

Alongside the English comment, you’ll now see separate results for the three modes of English:
     • Speaking and Listening
     • Reading and Viewing
     • Writing and Creating

This change is designed to give parents a clearer picture of how their child is progressing in each area of English. An overall effort grade for English will also continue to be included.

Clarity around Effort and Behaviour grades

To ensure clarity and consistency across all schools, Education Queensland (EQ) has released standardized descriptions for the 5-point scales used to assess behaviour and effort.

In Prep–Year 6:
     • Effort is reported for each subject.
     • Behaviour is reported as an overall result.

The descriptions are tabled below.

Julie Bliss Deputy Principal, Years 3 & 6 jmbli0@eq.edu.au

Year 3- Nature Walk

In Science, Year 3 are investigating how we can group living things and distinguish them from non-living things. 3A conducted a nature walk in the school environment looking for evidence of living things (chirping, digging, rustling, bitten leaves, tracks, spoors, scats, eggs, holes). See the below photos the students captured as their evidence. They recorded their observations into tables that were divided into tracks, scats and signs. We were fortunate to have a student present an Animal Kingdom acrylic collection box with insects, fish, reptiles, and mammals.

Year 6 - 6G’s Journey in Building a Thinking Classroom

6G have been striving to build a Thinking Classroom where students actively engage in dynamic routines designed to promote critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.

In small, randomised groups, students are not only learning mathematical concepts - they are becoming effective communicators and problem solvers. These routines foster deeper understanding by encouraging students to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and work together to find solutions.

Our current focus centres around three key learning intentions:
• Promote thinking
• Communicate and collaborate effectively (ISS Learning Assets)
• Actively engage and fulfil your role within your group

To reflect on their experiences, students were asked: “What do you enjoy most about Building Thinking Classrooms?” Some of their responses included:
• “Because it allows us to work collaboratively with our peers.”
• “It’s an opportunity to solve fun maths questions in a group.”
• “You get to share your thinking with people you wouldn’t normally work with.”
• “I like how all our thinking comes together.”
• “It creates teamwork.”
• “It allows you to think about maths in a different environment.”
• “It’s an opportunity to see and appreciate how others solve the same problem and think differently.”

Through these thinking routines, our students are growing in confidence as learners - discovering that learning is not just about finding the right answer but about the process of thinking, questioning, and working together.

Mr O’Brien and ISS believe these skills will serve students well in their academic journey and beyond, especially as they prepare to transition into high school.

Year 6 Graduation Date Claimer

Lorenzo Guglielmino

Cecylia Garcia

Allie Masuch

Interschool Sport

The first two weeks of interschool sports were a success! Students had fun competing against different schools at a variety of locations. We are proud of how our Indooroopilly students participated and cheered each other on!

Round 3 of sports on Friday 16th May was cancelled due to wet weather. For this reason, the season will now be finished on Friday 30th May to complete the 4-week season.

House Athletics Carnivals (Years 3 to 6) - Thursday 12 & Friday 13 June

Years 3 to 6 Athletics Carnivals will take place at Moore Park in Week 8.
Year 3 & 4, Thursday 12th June
Year 5 & 6, Friday 13th June

All students will participate in a variety of events during the day. We will share more information and schedule for these carnivals in the next newsletter.

We are currently seeking parent volunteers to assist these carnivals, particularly individuals with experience in athletic events. Any parents who are interested in contributing their time and expertise are encouraged to contact us via email – Thank you.

2025 Athletics Trials Information (Year 3 to 6) - UPDATED

As interschool sport season was extended due to wet weather, High Jump trials will be during PE lessons in Weeks 5, 6 and 7. 

Students must arrange ALL trials with PE teachers during PE lessons prior to Week 8. PE teachers have been communicating this message to students and teachers since the beginning of term to provide student multiple opportunities to trial before Week 8. 

These trials are ONLY for students who would like to participate in DIVISION 1 (competitive events) during our athletics carnivals in Week 8. All other participants will be collecting points for their houses through a range of different novelty events and fun games during our carnivals.  

Only the top 10 students of each year level will compete in DIVISION 1. We will send a list of all students in the competitive events to class teachers at the beginning of Week 8. 

Trials will allow students to complete 2 attempts ONLY for each event, except for running where students will only have 1 attempt.  

Once our athletics carnivals have concluded, the top 3 boys and girls born in 2015, 2014 and 2012/13, will be nominated to represent Indooroopilly State School at district track & field trials in July.  

Long jump trials will be ONLY over weeks 9 and 10 this term during PE lessons. We will give an opportunity for students to trial for this event at the end of the term. Top 3 students in each age group and gender who meet the highest qualifying distance will be nominated to compete at the district track & field trials.  

Track & Field District Nominations - Northern Eagles Trials (23-24 July)

Trials are being held at school for our athletics carnivals events - shot put, running and high jump.

LONG JUMP TRIALS: Only students born in 2015, 2014, 2012/13 at school during Weeks 9 and 10. Students interested in trailing for long jump should contact our PE teachers before Monday 22nd June.

Nominations for all other disciplines will be based on 2025 ISS athletics carnival results and compared to the district qualification marks accordingly. Parents of students who are nominated for any track and field district trials events, will receive an email with all the information and paperwork at the beginning of term 3.

DISCUS PAPER NOMINATION: If students wish to nominate for discus, parents need to email our PE Team with their PB and a letter from coach attached. Nominations are due by Monday 22nd June.

If you have any questions about the district nomination process, please do not hesitate to contact us by email.

Celebrating Success in Sport

Congratulation to the following students who were selected to represent the Northern Eagles Team and wishing them the best of luck at the coming Met West regional trials:

     Taylor T (6D) and Farrah M (5F) Girls Touch Football Team

     Immanuel I (6H) and Chikadibia O (5E) Boys Soccer Team

     Gordon P (6I) and Rowan M (6I) Boys Tennis Team

Well done to Auriana V (5G) who was selected to represent our school at the Girls Tennis district trials last week.

Indooroopilly State High School - Open Day 2025

Indooroopilly State High School, Open Day 2025, is coming up on Thursday 29 May, from 3.00 pm - 7.00 pm and  provides potential future parents/carers and students with a unique opportunity to learn more about the school and everything it has to offer! Explore the campus, engage in lively discussions with teachers and students, and gain insights into the school’s academic achievements, Programs of Excellence, inclusive culture, and diverse extra-curricular programs, including Indro’s exciting Clubs and the Indro Aspire program. https://indoorooshs.eq.edu.au/enrolments/open-days 

Brisbane Bullets

The Brisbane Bullets are now taking registrations for our Big Shots clinics in Term 2!
The Big Shots program is focused on fun, learning, and building a love for the game. Using a "game sense" approach, kids will engage in a series of basketball games that focus on skill development, teamwork, and sportsmanship. The emphasis is on playing the game, making it an interactive and enjoyable experience for every child aged 5-11 years old.

No experience is necessary—just be ready to have a great time!

We currently have spots available for our clinics on Monday afternoons running from June 9th -24th at 4:00pm-4:45pm, as well as our Thursday clinics running from June 12th – 26th at 4:00pm-4:45pm at our High Performance Centre in South Brisbane. Further details on our Big shots clinic can be found via this link https://www.brisbanebullets.com.au/pages/brisbane-bullets-big-shots-clinics 

You are also welcome to contact our team on 0721424754 from 9:00am-4:00pm Monday to Friday.

Brisbane Metro – Launch of Brisbane’s new bus network

Translink’s Journey Planner will be updated from Monday 2 June, and we are encouraging everyone to follow the below steps to plan their new journey.
Step 1 – Visit Journey Planner from Monday 2 June
Step 2 – Enter a start and end location and select a date from Monday 30 June
Step 3 – Find the new journey
Step 4 – From Monday 30 June, travel with confidence on Brisbane’s New Bus Network.
If you have any questions about the new network, please contact Translink by calling 13 12 30 or visit https://translink.com.au/.

Prior to 2 June, more information about the network changes can be found by clicking on the following link.