Teacher Aide Appreciation Week

This week is Teacher Aide Appreciation Week. This week we take the opportunity to recognise the valuable contributions teacher aides make in supporting teaching, learning and our school community and the vital role they all play in building a better & brighter Berserker. Thank you to our school community who have supported and assisted in helping us celebrate our amazing team of teacher aides. I personally, am very thankful for all that they do for our students, teachers and wider community.

Student Free Day

Tomorrow, Friday 5th September is a Student Free Day for all Queensland schools. Our school will be closed to our students on this day with staff completing professional learning instead of normal duties. Thank you for ensuring you have alternative care arrangements for your child on this day.

Colour Explosion – Fun run

Thank you to everybody who participated or assisted in making our colour explosion a huge success. Our fundraising total is being finalised, but we have raised over $7500 for the event. It was great to see so many students having a fantastic afternoon with our Top Oval exploding with colour. Thank you to everybody who helped fundraise for the event and support our school to have better and brighter opportunities.

Parent/Teacher interviews

We are about to commence our parent/teacher interviews for Semester 2. Thank you to all those parents who have made a booking already. If you are yet to make a booking, then I encourage you to do so as soon as possible. Information how to book has been sent home and more information can be found further on in our newsletter.

The parent teacher interview period will be from Tuesday 9th September (Term 3, Week 9)- Thursday 18th September (Term 3, Week 10).

These will be held in your child’s classroom with each interview allocated 10 minutes. This is a great opportunity to connect with your child’s teacher to discuss celebrations and/or concerns regarding your child’s learning. Thank you for also connecting with your child’s classroom teacher to make an alternative time to connect if the current bookings are not convenient.

To make a booking use this link below: https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=71022

Term 3 PBL Celebration Day

Our Term 3 Positive Behaviour for Learning celebration day will be held on Friday 12th September. This will be a sports themed event with students who have achieved their gold award having the opportunity to also participate in a fun-filled mini-Olympics. All students will participate in our sports expo during the morning, and they can also wear sports colours or their favourite sporting team attire. A selection of sports ranging from Rugby Union, AFL, Capras Rugby League, Basketball, Gymnastics, Oz Tag, Hockey and Lawn Bowls will be involved in our sports expo. The mini-Olympics will include events such as ring toss, bowling, balloon volleyball, thong throwing and much more! If your child has earnt 200 Berserker Bucks for Term 3 and yet to receive their certificate this will presented at next week’s Friday parade. We look forward to this Better and Brighter event!

Outside School Hours Care – Important update

The procurement/tender process for Outside School Hours Care has now been completed for Berserker Street SS. The successful appointment is ‘After the bell’. After The Bell Australia will be providing Before School Care (based at Berserker Street SS), After School Care (based at Berserker Street SS) and Vacation Care (based at Glenmore SS) to the school community. The commencement date of their service will be Term 4 on the 7th of October 2025. Communication about their service and how to enrol is in our newsletter with information also being emailed home. I would like to thank PCYC for their service over the last few years and for their time supporting our school community.

2026 Prep Enrolment & Transition

Our enrolment process for Prep 2026 has begun. We would like to welcome any children who were born between the 1st July, 2020 to 30th June, 2021. If your child was born in this time, they are required to start Prep next year.

In Queensland, Prep is a compulsory year of schooling and will provide the foundation for your child’s education. It is important that we enrol students for Prep 2026 as early as possible, as this will enable us to plan for next year. There will be a series of transition sessions planned for our new students, these will include important information for starting school and will also play an important role in preparing your child for Prep.

These transition sessions will be held on:

- 29th October (9am-10am)

- 5th November (9am-10am)

- 12th November (9am-10am)

- 19th November (9am-10am)

If you have a child who is starting Prep in 2026, please contact the office on 4999 0333 for an enrolment pack and we will be in touch to book an enrolment interview. Alternatively, please call the office to book.

2026 Prep enrolments completed by Wednesday 19th November will be eligible for a free uniform pack inclusive of a school shirt and hat valued at $50.

We look forward to meeting with you soon.

Attendance

Is your child at school? Everyday counts!

Our school attendance is currently sitting at 87.2% with a strong focus on reaching 90%. Friday has become our lowest attending day, and we are focussing on lifting the attendance rate on this day.

Current average daily attendance percentages:

Berserker Street SS will continue to be a PBL school in 2025. This will allow us to continue to explicitly teach and reward positive behaviour for learning with a whole school approach. Each week our students are taught a school wide lesson on a particular focus.

Our school expectations are:

• We are safe

• We are respectful

• We are responsible

• We are learners.

PBL Focus Week 8&9 – We are learners – I am ready to learn I try my best!

With assessment demands picking up across the school the PBL team felt it was a great time to focus on our expectation of We are learners!

· I know what ready to learn looks like

· I do my work to the best of my ability!

· I try my best!!!! I have a red-hot go!

· I actively participate in my learning – I try hard.

· I ask for help when I’m having difficulty.

· I am respectful of our learning environment

· I am brave!

· I ask for a challenge if the work is too easy.

· I share my ideas with my classmates and teacher.

· I ask for help when I need it.

· I am a positive member of our classroom

Berserker Bucks

Students are rewarded for positive behaviour choices with our whole school universal rewards known as Berserker Bucks. Each term students have the opportunity to reach Berserker Bucks milestones with incentives on our rewards day for those who reach our Gold benchmark. Berserker Bucks will change colour each term and this year we have raised the bar with our students blowing expectations out of the water last year. Each Term students who receive their gold award will be eligible to participate in a better and brighter event. Term 3 collection has now closed as of today with Term 4 count already underway . This Term we have red Berserker bucks worth 1 point and Silver Berserker Bucks worth 5.

Term 3 PBL Better & Brighter Day – Sports Expo

Term 3 Gold reward – Mini-Olympics!

Term 4 PBL Gold – P-Y2 Kershaw Gardens Excursion and Y3-6 Northside pool excursion. (Costs covered by school)

Platinum award (Gold every Term) – Excursion to the movies (Costs covered by school)

Bronze – 100 Berserker Bucks

Silver – 150 Berserker Bucks

Gold – 200 Berserker Bucks

A platinum award is presented to students at the end of Term 4 for those students who have received their Gold award in every term of the school year. This year our Platinum award will consist of an excursion to the movies with the cost covered by the school.

Children can also earn extra Berserker Bucks by using our school wide focus word of the week on Wednesday and Friday with school leadership and every day with teachers and teacher aides.

To promote further incentive the highest earning student in each cohort will be invited to a pizza party with the principal.

Week 7 

Week 8  

We are excited to announce that our Berserker Street State School Carnival will be held on Saturday 25th October 2025. This much-anticipated event brings our school community together for a night of fun, food, and celebration—and we need your help to make it a success! We are seeking volunteers to assist with various tasks throughout the day and evening. If you can spare even just an hour, your support would be greatly appreciated. The volunteer roles and times include: - Cooking: From 3:00pm – preparing BBQ and food stall items - Serving: From 4:00pm – helping at food and drink stalls during the carnival - General Assistance: Between 5:00pm and 8:00pm – supporting activities, supervising areas, or being an extra helping hand Whether you can assist for an hour or stay longer, every bit of help counts. Volunteering is also a great way to connect with other families and be part of this special event for our students. If you are available to help, please contact the P&C team. Thank you in advance for your time and support. We look forward to creating a fantastic carnival experience together!

Megan from the NRL here! We have your students covered this holidays with not one, but two NRL League Stars Holiday Clinics coming to you! Whether you want to rip in with us on the beach, learn some surf safety and development your rugby league skills at Yeppoon Main Beach, or you want to get all the action in town at North Rockhampton State High School, we’ve got something for you ? Please see details below and share with your school community!

NRL League Stars Yeppoon SLSC

Friday 26^th September 2PM – 4PM

Yeppoon Main Beach

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NRL League Stars Holiday Clinic

Thursday 2^nd October 4PM – 5:30PM

North Rockhampton State High School

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