Thank you to all the Students who participated in our School Banking Program!

School Banking program has now finished at Buranda State School!

I wish to say a big thank you to all the students who participated in the school banking program at Buranda State School.

School Banking has been a great fundraiser over the years for our school. Our school received a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which was based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year.

Even though School Banking is now finished, I hope the students will continue their banking journey to learn more about saving and compounding interest!!

- by Jodie Holloway, School Banking Coordinator

P&C Update from your new P&C President for 2021

Hello, my name is Zoe Gill and I am your new P & C President for 2021 as voted at the AGM last week. Thank you to all who attended.

I would like to thank Sarah Warner for her lasting contribution as outgoing President and who has thankfully  stayed on as Vice President to assist this year. Thanks also to Nicole Rayner, who has stayed on as our Treasurer this year. We literally could not function without you, and your contribution cannot be underestimated.   Thank you also to Shannon Anthony, Michelle Manning and to Debra Venables, although you will no longer be part of the P&C executive, you will continue to remain key contributors to the P&C.

We still have an open position for P&C Correspondence Secretary (excluding Meeting Minutes  - thanks Michelle!) and a Vice Treasurer role and we would love your support.  Please get in touch if you are interested in being on the P&C this year.

Please note the P & C email is now: PandC@burandass.eq.edu.au

If you would like to join the P & C please follow this link, it is a great way to find out a bit more about the school and get to know your school community. See link below.

A little bit about me

For those of you I haven’t met, in my everyday life I am mum to Hugo and Posy, and day to day I work full time in a Senior Clinical role, in a federal agency, working with and for people with disability. I recently started doing yoga and I love supporting our local community.

This year my three goals as P & C President are;

  • Working with the P&C Committee, ensuring all our systems support us operationally, which includes the Tuckshop and Uniform Shop;

  • A focus on diversity and inclusion and how as a P & C we can best continue to support all students within our school community;

  • Reigniting all previous events that were cancelled due to COVID 19, such as Movie Night, the Winter Solstice, as well as introducing some new events. Watch this space!

In the next newsletter, I will be posting all the potential dates for events as well as dates for all the P&C meetings this year, please look out for them.

P&C Zoom Meeting

We hope you and your family are all well and safe as we navigate this new era of Covid19 and social distancing. 

The meeting will be held via Zoom. It's never been easier to attend a P&C - you can even have a glass of wine!!

Please comment below if you will tune in....

Meeting Time: May 6, 2020 06:15 PM Brisbane

✅ To join the ZOOM meeting copy and paste the following link into the address bar of your web browser

https://uqz.zoom.us/s/781849658

✅ Or join by Telephone
For higher quality, dial a number based on your current location.
Dial:
Australia : +61 3 7018 2005 or +61 8 7150 1149 or +61 2 8015 6011
Meeting ID: 781 849 658

✅ Or use Skype for Business (Lync)
https://uqz.zoom.us/skype/781849658

Buranda SS Read-a-thon is now on

Why?  To raise money for the P & C!

 Step 1.  COLLECT SPONSORS.     

 Ask family and friends to sponsor you per page or to make a donation.  Record your sponsors on the Sponsorship Form.

 Step 2. READ, READ AND READ SOME MORE!    

 Read as many pages as you can between Monday 1 April and Monday 22 April.  Record the books you read (and how many pages) on the My Completed Books Form.  Get your parent or teacher to initial each book you complete.

 Step 3. COLLECT YOUR MONEY.    

 Add up your grand total pages to calculate what your sponsors owe and collect your pledges.  Pay via Qkr! And return your forms (and cash if needed) to the P&C box at the school office by 3pm on Monday 29 April.

 PRIZES:

  •  Most money raised – junior and senior

  • Most pages read each grade

Sponsorship Form

Tracking Sheet

Department of Education gives green light for Buranda classroom air con

Last year the P&C executive wrote to the Education Department seeking clarification about the proposed master plan for the school so we could move forward with plans to pay for air conditioning.

The Education Minister’s senior policy advisor wrote back to the P&C, assuring us that ‘should any buildings be replaced in the future, the Department of Education would relocate or replace the air conditioning systems as part of the fit-out of the new accommodation’. You can read the full letter here.

It was on the strength of this commitment that the P&C voted to allocate $30,000 towards air conditioning the remaining classrooms at Buranda.

Mr Vaseo is currently seeking quotes and we hope to have the air con installed in the next few weeks.

Note that the P&C also voted to launch an immediate fundraising drive through Qkr! if the quotes exceed the $30,000 committed for the remaining five classrooms (with the school agreeing to fund air con for one of the Prep classrooms).

P&C survey summary

Thanks to the parents who responded to the P&C survey on fundraising plans late last year. We received 61 responses and some great ideas for projects and events, as well as useful feedback on what the P&C is doing right and things you’d like to see more (or less of) in the future.

You can read the survey summary here.

Free welcome BBQ for all school families - Friday 8 February 5.00pm

All school families are invited to our welcome BBQ next Friday. It’s free, with sausages in bread and ice blocks, plus a shared dessert table.

Vegan, gluten free and halal diets will be catered for, so please join us for a few hours of food, fun and making new connections. Find out what the P&C has planned for the year and put some faces to names.

To help with catering and to let us know about any other dietary needs it would be great if you could RSVP on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/BurandaPandC/

Thanks from the P&C

A big thanks from the P&C to the entire school community for your support during the year.

Last Wednesday was International Volunteer Day, and we wanted to give a shout out to all their parents, and their families, who help organise events, clean up, pack up, build garden furniture, plant seedlings, clean toilets after events, make posters, sell raffle tickets, come to P&C meetings and do a myriad other things.

We really appreciate everything you do to make your child’s school a great place to learn. We realise not everyone can come to meetings, but you’re always welcome, and you can email us with feedback at any time.

An extra special thanks from me to the P&C executive, Sybille Goss, Matthew Rintoul, Nicole Rayner, Fi Cameron, and to Julie Sarkozi, for your energy, enthusiasm and wisdom. Have a wonderful, safe holiday everyone.

Sally Dillon, P&C President


Inner City South State Secondary College - Proposed catchment map

Message from Building Future Schools:

Thank you for your feedback to the Department of Education (the Department) during the community consultation period for the proposed catchment and enrolment approach for the new Inner City South State Secondary College (SSC).

Following the closure of the consultation period, the Department considered all of the feedback received on the proposed catchment map.

An analysis of the feedback identified that the following considerations were important to the local community:

  • residential streets should not be split between two catchments;

  • the established methodology of determining catchment boundaries using trafficable roads does not always account for active travel routes in urban areas; and

  • the communities of Dutton Park, Yeronga and Woolloongabba are very supportive of the school and many residents are keen to be located within the ICSSSC catchment.

In response to this feedback, the department has made amendments to the Inner City South SSC catchment including expansion to the north-east to include a section of Woolloongabba, slight expansion to the east near Stones Corner; expansion to the south-east to follow Logan Road to Denham Street, following park boundaries and main streets to the river at Yeronga; and a slight reduction of the north-west boundary to minimise street splitting as well as adopting a main road approach for the boundary. 

The final catchment boundary for Inner City South SSC can be viewed on the Building Future Schools Fund website here.

Transitional enrolment arrangements will form part of the Enrolment Management Plan, which will be finalised following the appointment of the founding Principal during early 2019.  

We sincerely appreciate the time and consideration you have given to this process and thank you for your valued feedback. We look forward to your ongoing support and contributions as we progress towards the opening of this exciting new school for the South Brisbane community in 2021.

Warm regards

The Building Future Schools program team

E: BuildingFutureSchools@qed.qld.gov.au