The Willows State School

02/09/2026

📰💙💛 HOT OFF THE PRESS – OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER IS OUT NOW! 💛💙📰

There’s always plenty happening at The Willows State School, so take a few minutes to catch up on the latest news from across our school community! 🌟🏫

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🌟 Celebrate achievements and successes
📅 Keep up to date with important dates and upcoming events
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☕ Grab a cuppa, have a read and stay connected with everything happening at The Willows!

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https://thewillowsss.schoolzineplus.com/enews?nid=133

💙💛 Happy reading, Willows families! 💛💙

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Welcome to the The Willows State School eNewsletter.

02/09/2026

🌟 The Willows Warriors Pre-Prep Transition Program 🌟

Today at Warriors, it was all about our wonderful dads! 👨💙

We had so much fun creating special surprises for our dads, including hand puppets 🖐️, colourful dotted pictures 🔴🔵⚪️, a fishing poem 🎣 and our special ‘two hands’ craft showing just how much we love our dads! 🫶 There were plenty of other creative activities to enjoy too! 🎨✨

Our story today was My Dad, which celebrates all the special things dads do. From carrying their little boys on their shoulders, helping them brush their teeth 🪥 and giving the biggest, warmest hugs 🫂, to dancing together 👣💃, visiting the park 🛝🌳 and building sandcastles 🏖️ — most importantly, dads are always there to love and care for their children. ❤️

We finished by thinking about an important question: Why do you love your dad? ❤️

Wishing all of our wonderful dads, grandads and special father figures a very Happy Father’s Day! 🥳💙

We hope you feel very loved and appreciated this Father’s Day! 🌟

01/09/2026

📣 Reminder Willows Families!

This Friday is a Student-Free Day ✨

✅ Students are not required to attend school on this day.

28/08/2026

🏊Year 5 students engaged in a Beach Practical Program, combining dry and water-based activities, designed to be fun, interactive and a great way for students to increase their skills and confidence in the water and on the beach. Students also had the opportunity to develop safe beach and water practices.🏊

As you can see they had a great day

28/08/2026

🎉FUN FAIR DAY🎉

26/08/2026

🌟 The Willows Warriors Pre-Prep Transition Program 🌟

🐐🐐🐐 🧌 Can you guess what our theme was today at Warriors? 🤔

Today, we stepped into the wonderful world of The Three Billy Goats Gruff! 🌉🐐 Mrs Tropea brought the story to life with an amazing acting performance — and we loved it! 🌟

Our Warriors were busy learning and playing as they:
🐐 Made their very own goats
🌉 Placed goats on, under, beside and next to bridges
👹 Drew and coloured their own scary trolls
🧌 Created scary trolls using paper plates
🟢 Rolled playdough into lots of different shapes
🌉 Built bridges using DUPLO for the goats to cross

We also had lots of fun with Mr Madley and Mrs Coleman as we tackled an obstacle course! 🛝🪢🎾 It was a little warm out there 🌞, but that didn't stop our Warriors from having fun and giving everything a go! 💪😊

What a fun-filled day of stories, learning, creating and playing! ❤️

We can't wait to see our Warriors again next week for another fun-filled Warriors day! 🌟

25/08/2026

🌱 School Garden Produce Sale Tomorrow! 🌱

Fresh produce from our school garden will be available tomorrow afternoon after school, Wednesday 26 August, out the front of the P2 Technologies Room.

🥬 Hydroponic lettuce
🍅 Tomatoes
💜 Passionfruit

Come along and grab some fresh garden-grown produce while it lasts! 🌿

19/08/2026

🌟 The Willows Warriors Pre-Prep Transition Program 🌟

📚✨ Today, The Warriors celebrated Book Week with our very own costume celebration! 🎉

We created our own special costumes and transformed into all sorts of wonderful characters — including pirates 🏴‍☠️, mermaids 🧜‍♀️, butterflies 🦋, dinosaurs 🦕 and superheroes! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

Our book for today was What Will You Be?, which got us thinking about all the exciting possibilities of what we might become one day. 🌈✨

We were so excited for our very own costume parade! 🎭 We also had lots of fun making music with instruments 🥁🪇 and singing and dancing along to some favourite songs. 🎶💃

What a fun-filled Book Week celebration with our little Warriors! 💛📚🦖✨

18/08/2026

📢💙💛 School Opinion Survey 2026 - Close this Friday 21 August💛💙📢

Have your say! Your feedback helps shape the future of learning at The Willows State School. 🌟

🗓️ The 2026 School Opinion Survey is open from 27 July to 21 August 2026.

📧 Survey links have been emailed directly to participating:
👨‍👩‍👧 Parents and carers
🎓 Students in selected year levels
👩‍🏫 School staff

Your feedback helps us:
🌟 Celebrate what we’re doing well
💡 Identify opportunities for improvement
🏫 Continue creating the best possible learning environment for our students

🔒 All survey responses are confidential.

🔗 Learn more about the School Opinion Survey here:
https://qed.qld.gov.au/publications/reports/statistics/schooling/schools/schoolopinionsurvey

Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. Every response helps us continue to grow and improve for our students. 💙💛

13/08/2026

7 sleeps to go. Last weekend to organise your costume masterpiece. We love Book Week at The Willows and we can’t wait to see our families.