2025 Term 3 - Week 4

From the Principal's Desk

Hello Mudgeeraba Creek Community

It has been another massive few weeks at The Creek!

A massive shoutout to Mr O'Day for delivering an absolutely amazing inaugural STEM Expo! The school was buzzing with excitement as students explored hands-on science, tech, engineering and maths activities. The creativity, problem-solving and enthusiasm on display were a joy to witness. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this new event, we’re already looking forward to the next one!

We’re thrilled to share our 2025 NAPLAN results and our Mudgeeraba Creek students have every reason to feel proud! Our Year 3 and Year 5 students achieved outstanding results, exceeding both the region and state mean scale scores across every area of the assessment. Our Year 3 cohort came incredibly close to surpassing the national score in Grammar and Punctuation; a fantastic achievement.

These results are a testament to the dedication of our teaching team, the strength of our curriculum and learning programs, and the continued support from families at home. While we celebrate these successes, we also see this as an opportunity to grow. The data provides us with valuable insights that will guide our next steps as we continue to refine and strengthen learning for every student.

We remain committed to ensuring every learner at Mudgeeraba Creek feels confident, supported and inspired to achieve their personal best. Let’s keep the momentum going as we make the most of this final stretch of the school year!

If you were randomly selected to take part in this year’s School Opinion Survey, you would have received an email on Tuesday 23 July. Currently we have 8.6% of surveys sent out completed. Your voice matters, and we’d love to hear your thoughts! The survey helps shape the future direction of our school and supports continuous improvement. It only takes a few minutes, thank you in advance for taking the time to share your feedback. Keep an eye on our socials and your inbox for upcoming opportunities to have your say during school run session and as always, everyone is welcome at our P&C meetings.

A friendly reminder that due dates for excursions and camps are firm. These deadlines allow us to complete important follow-up tasks such as confirming numbers, staffing, transport and venue bookings, and reconciling our payment systems.

To help families stay informed, we provide multiple reminders, via this newsletter, social media, our front signage, and a final SMS reminder one week before the due date.

Please note that payments cannot be accepted after the due date. Once the cut-off passes, unpaid invoices are cancelled and bookings are finalised. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation, it ensures we can continue to deliver safe, well-organised and enriching experiences for all students.

Kind regards
Ben Morris
Principal

Senior School

FUSE CUP eSport Tournament – Round 2 JUST Dance

In Week 3 of this term, Round 2 of the Australian Fuse Cup eSports Yrs 5 & 6 JUST DANCE regional competition was held at Hillcrest Christian College.

After a strongly contested competition at school the top MCSS Team was chosen to test their skills against other schools in our region.

The team of Piper, Aliyah, Llewyn, Amber and Amelah had a wonderful day and made it through to the Semi-Finals. They narrowly missed out on the Top 4 but said they were glad to meet other students and learn more about the sport.

The day consisted of several Screen Breaks, as well as sessions about online safety and wellbeing from Kids Helpline.

Round 3 will be held in September and the game will be Rocket League. Students in Years 5 & 6 who have expressed interest will compete at school to decide the next MCSS eSports team.

Year 6 Camp- Lake Ainsworth

Our Year 6 students and staff had the most amazing time down at Lake Ainsworth Sport & Recreation Centre last week. Students participated in multiple activities such as canoeing, sailing, orienteering, damper cook out, night activities and much more. Each morning we woke up to whales breaching and dolphins jumping through the waves of Lennox Heads. A huge thank you to all the staff who gave up their time away from their families to take part in such a memorable camp for our Year 6 students.

MCSS Assembly – Wet Weather Plan

In the event of wet weather, our Mudgeeraba Creek State School assembly will be held in the Main Under Cover Area (The below post will be uploaded on our social media platforms the morning of the assembly). All Merit Award and FAR Award recipients will still be recognised, and awards will be presented by the Leadership Team in front of family members. Parents and carers are warmly invited to attend and celebrate these achievements with us. While we may not gather as a whole school in the hall, we remain committed to acknowledging and celebrating student success. Important school notices and our PBL messages will be shared with classroom teachers to deliver directly to students throughout the day.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding. Rain or shine, we look forward to celebrating the outstanding efforts of our students together.

Year 5 Robina State High School Experience Day

On Friday a large portion of our Year 5 students went to the Robina State High School for the Year 5 Experience Day! Students enjoyed a variety of curriculum sessions designed to showcase the Robina SHS unique approach to teaching and learning — and had the chance to make new friends along the way. As always, the reports back from Robina High were that our students were highly engaged in the activities and very respectful students. Well done Year 5’s.

Year 5 students - so engaged in their RSHS Experience Day!

Junior School

Junior School Athletics Carnival

It was wonderful to see all of our junior school students having fun at our delayed athletics carnival on Monday 28 June. The weather was kind and our students participated in tug of war, long jump, high jump, ball games and running race rotations.   While the 2032 Brisbane Olympics may be too soon for our budding Olympians it is pleasing to see all of the students demonstrating the Olympic values of Excellence, Respect and Friendship while at the Athletics carnival.  Thank you to all of the families who were able to join us and our staff for all their work to make the day such a success!

International Study Tour Group Visits

In the last two weeks we have hosted school visits from students from Hong Kong and Japan.  These visits are organised by Education Queensland International and provide a great opportunity for our students to broaden their global perspectives and understanding of life in other countries.  Thank you very much to the students and teachers from Years 3, 4 and 5 for acting as buddies and welcoming our international visitors to our school.  The students from Hong Kong and Japan were amazed by how much space to play our school has the abundance of wildlife on our campus.  Learning how to kick an AFL footy and meeting new friends at lunchtime were some of the favourite activities for our visitors.  We hope that we will be able to host more visits from international student groups again next year and allow more students to participate in this wonderful experience.

IDEAs

School Chaplaincy Support Programs

Get READY - Book Week & Book Fair are nearly here!

These marvellous annual events are once again upon us! 

BOOK CHARACTER PARADE – TUESDAY 19/8

Book Week and Book Fair are just over a week away!  Get your magical costumes ready for the Book Week Character Parade, happening at 9am on Tuesday, 19 August.

The theme this year is ‘BOOK AN ADVENTURE’ and we welcome all families to come along, dress up in their favourite costumes and join in the fun with our wonderful students and staff.

We encourage Parents and Carers to join their children in the Library for a before or after school browse and purchase!

Before School
Monday 18/8 to Friday 22/8   8.20am – 9.00am

After School
Monday 18/8 to Thursday 21/8   2.45pm – 3.30pm

During School (Students only)
Students will also have the opportunity to visit the library during allocated class and break times to complete their Wish Lists.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASE

Reminder: The Book Fair is now cashless.  Please use one of the convenient payment options below to complete your 2025 purchase.

Books
Books can be purchased via Wish List online payment or in person at the Library via EFTPOS or pre-purchased spending voucher*

*Spending vouchers can be purchased online via the Wish List order form. Families can pre-purchase spending vouchers of any amount for their child to spend in person if EFTPOS is not available to them. Wish List order forms can be obtained from the library starting Monday 18^th August.

Trinkets and Posters

Trinkets and posters can only be purchased in person.  Payment accepted via:-

• EFTPOS
• A pre-purchased spending voucher (see above)

Please note posters will only be available for purchase in person - first in best dressed until sold out due to limited supply.

We wish everyone a fabulous Book Week and look forward to sharing the festivities with you!

Student Council Fundraising

A huge thank you to all who wore blue and contributed to our fundraising efforts for World Drowning Prevention Day on 25 July.  

Creating awareness and participating in initiatives like World Drowning Prevention Day help the Royal Life Saving Society move towards their goal of reducing drowning incidents in our communities.

A fabulous $426.70 was raised and donated to this very worthy cause. 

A special thanks to Mrs Fog and the Student Council members for organising this event.

Every Day At School Counts!

Attendance remains a constant priority of the school and the Department of Education. Please visit the Every Day Counts website for more information regarding attendance. Attendance data is monitored and tracked regularly at our school across all year levels. Regular attendance ensures a smooth academic learning pathway.

Past and future attendance can also be tracked via QParents for registered users.

Attendance: Parent obligations for reporting a student absence

As part of Education Queensland’s same day absence notification process, the school needs to ensure all students are safe and accounted for every day.

HOW TO REPORT AN ABSENCE

Please report student absence prior to 9am in one of the following ways:

QParents:

1. Log into QParents
2. Select ‘Notify Absences’ from the ‘Absences’ section in the home page
3. Complete all relevant details and submit once completed
4. Successfully lodged absences will receive a QParents confirmation email

Telephone or email:

• Phone the Absence line – 5565 0333 and select option 1
• Email the attendance officer attendance@mudgeerabacreekss.eq.edu.au If you normally email the teacher, please include the attendance officer in this email correspondence.

The attendance officer is responsible for managing student absence and ensuring all students are accounted for each day.

Please ensure you state:

1. Student name
2. Class
3. Your name and relationship to the student
4. Reason for their absence and expected duration.

Please note: Early release absences should not be logged through QParents, as we are unable to facilitate these entries.

Teachers should be notified directly via email and please include the attendance officer attendance@mudgeerabacreekss.eq.edu.au

LATE ARRIVALS

Please be reminded that schools are efficient organisations that need to run on time. 

Student lateness causes unnecessary interruptions and compromises the school’s capacity to operate effectively.  Unnecessary lateness is therefore unwelcome.

Late Arrival to School Process

If you have an unavoidable reason that your child will be late to school (i.e. medical appointment, car issues etc) please notify the attendance officer prior to 9am in one of the following ways;

• Phone contact via the Absence line – 5565 0333 and select Option 1
• Email the Attendance Officer attendance@mudgeerabacreekss.eq.edu.au

Upon Arrival

Please ensure your student proceeds directly to the Administration Office or Library Student Window to ‘check in’ and obtain a late slip before proceeding to their classroom.

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES

If the school does not receive a notification of your student’s absence or expected late arrival to school prior to 9:00am, a text message will be sent to the parent.

Please reply to the text message as soon as possible with a reason and expected duration of absence.

If you believe you have received a text message from the school in error (i.e. your child was dropped off to school), please contact the school immediately so we are able to confirm their attendance.

ABSENCE REASONS

Students are required to be at school every day unless there is a valid reason such as illness.

Absences such as birthdays, shopping, visiting relatives (unless under exceptional circumstances) are not considered valid reasons for not being at school, and will be recorded as unacceptable on your student’s record.

We thank you for your support and cooperation in making every day count. 

Finance Matters

QPARENTS: Now even EASIER to register with just a Driver's Licence and Medicare Card!

QParents identification requirements have been updated and registration is now easier than ever! You can now sign up using just your driver’s licence and Medicare card.

Check out the flyer below for full details on the updated identification points system.

Identification Requirements - Low Doc Approvals

For those without 100 points of identification, you are still able to register for QParents using the low document option (where only 60-90 points are required), however, you will need to attend the school for a further check to finalise your registration. 

Please contact us to discuss what documentation will be needed to finalise your registration. 

Your P & C

GET READY! 
Monty’s Colour Fun Run is coming - 8 September 2025!  

How to Fundraise
Simply go to www.myprofilepage.com.au
Click onto the register button to create a cybersafe, online profile page.

Win prizes along the way...
Raise $10 to receive your first incentive prize, there are 15 unique prizes on offer! You can even earn free bonus donations!

Become a Fundraising Monstar and receive a Monty Handball by completing all your online virtual badges!
Can you receive them all?

Father's Day Stall - COMING SOON!

We’re looking forward to celebrating Father’s Day with our annual Father’s Day Stall, which will be held on Wednesday 3rd September and Thursday 4th September.

This is a special opportunity for students to choose a gift for their dad or a special father figure in their life. To help make the stall a success, we are looking for volunteers to assist students with their shopping and keep things running smoothly.

The stall will be open from 8:00am to 2:00pm on both days. Whether you can spare an hour or more, your time and support would be greatly appreciated.

Can you help out? If you’re available to help, we would love to hear from you. Please contact the P&C via email at pandcexecutive@mudgeerabacreekss.eq.edu.au.

Donations Gratefully Received 
We are also welcoming donations of small gift items suitable for Father’s Day. Every contribution helps us create a fun and meaningful experience for our students. If you can help, please drop any items to the Administration Office. 

Thank you for your continued support!

Next P&C Meeting

Warm Regards,
P & C Committee

School Locker - Important Information

Please find below important information about changes to uniform prices from 1 October, 2025.

What's On @ The Creek

Keep Your Smile : )

Dental Health Week, which takes place during the first week of August each year, is a national campaign which aims to raise awareness and educate both children and their caregivers about the importance of good oral health.

This year’s theme highlights children’s oral health milestones, guiding parents and caregivers on how to support their children’s journey “to reach every S-milestone” — from birth through to their first teeth and beyond.

As part Dental Health Week activities GC Oral Health would like to take this opportunity to promote their free oral health services. Did you know:

• All Queensland school children in Grade 10 and below are eligible for free public dental care.
• Children do not need to be eligible for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) to access the service.
• Care is available from multiple locations including fixed clinics and mobile dental vans that travel to schools across the Gold Coast.
  

For more information about the services, click HERE to visit the GC Health website. 

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