Prospect Creek State School in Biloela, Queensland | Primary School

Prospect Creek State School

Locality: Biloela, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4992 1490

Address: 12937 Dawson Hwy 4715 Biloela, QLD, Australia

Website: prospectcreekss.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx

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23.01.2022 STEM We would like to thank Origin Energy for the grant we received for purchasing solar robotics, circuits and electrical equipment. Our school captain Chelsey thanked Mr James Griffiths from Origin Energy today when he visited to see our 5/6 students in action. We look forward to continue to develop our students creativity and critical thinking through these resources.

22.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day! Stay tuned for the announcement of the lucky winners of the Multi Prize Raffle to be drawn later today We are getting ready to draw the raffle very soon. Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets.

19.01.2022 There will be a Working Bee on Saturday 21st November at 8am to upgrade the irrigation on the oval and we'd appreciate your help!

19.01.2022 Enrolments welcomed in all year levels for 2021, including out of catchment families.

19.01.2022 Well done Jennifer, Philip, Corby and Rachael on a great night of swimming and sportsmanship at the Moore Australia swimming carnival

18.01.2022 Week 10 Students of the Week - Bob, Parker, Alex Prep - Year 2 presented their animal enclosures Our STEM resources had a boost from a grant from Origin Energy. Students enjoyed putting together Solar Gyros from scratch and putting them in the sun to operate. Tomorrow we will have a visit from Origin Energy to see our STEM in action

18.01.2022 Callide Athletics Program for Friday 11th June 2021 at Redeemer College. This has been sent home highlighted for our selected students, please keep this safe for Friday.

18.01.2022 Biloela Eisteddfod - we had three competitors compete in Set Verse today. Well done to Jessica who received Highly Commended and Tahlia and Tayla who received Third Place in their divisions. Prep - Year 2 made dioramas for demonstrating day and night

17.01.2022 Year 3/4 have been busy learning and creating. In English, they have started reading Rowan of Rin - a great quest novel by Emily Rodda. A new experience of creating blog posts and commenting to other students opinions at the end of particular chapters on the Edstudio. In Science / Design Technology, our Year 3/4s have created some fantastic pin ball machines demonstrating their understanding of forces.

17.01.2022 Week 10 - last week of Term 3! Monday: Breakfast group, Parade, Playgroup Tuesday: PE: Basketball Wednesday: Treat Kitchen Thursday - Breakfast group, amended Biloela Speaking Competition with Redeemer, Thangool and St Josephs... Friday: Loud Shirt Day, bring a gold coin to donate to Hear and Say; 9am Visit from Arthur and Lysandra organisers of the Hear & Say’s Qld’s Loudest Town Competition to spread awareness of the work that Hear & Say do for children with hearing loss https://events.hearandsay.com.au/my-fun//prospect-creek-ss

16.01.2022 Thursday 10th September, students are encouraged to wear yellow for R U Ok? Day. The message for R U OK? Day 2020 is: 'THERE'S MORE TO SAY AFTER R U OK?'... 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone and circumstances have made it even more important for us all to stay connected and, for those who are able, be willing to support those around us. To help learn what to know what to say when someone says they’re not OK and guide them through how they can continue a conversation that could change a life, log onto:

16.01.2022 Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries has posted a blog on the findings of the malaise trap here at Prospect creek. Check it out #Insectinvestigators

15.01.2022 Week 8 Newsletter

15.01.2022 Week 7 Students of the week: Addison, Reagan, Cooper Playgroup under the trees Prep Transition Biloela Kindy visit to the fence. Prospect Creek students initiated making some gift bags to give them and created a Christmas decoration. ... Chappy time See more

14.01.2022 Week 8 Monday: Parade 8:45am, Year 5 leadership speeches and voting; Playgroup 9-11am, last CRC visit Tuesday: PE: Tennis; Prep Transition 9-11am, Treat Kitchen Wednesday: Year 6 Transition to BSHS, Newsletter, last RI session for Year 1/2 Thursday: Breakfast Group, Chappy, last RI session for Year 3-6... Friday: Icy Cups at second break $1 See more

12.01.2022 ..Terrific Tuesday Treats..

12.01.2022 Happy Admin Day to our amazing, energetic and supportive Mrs Jordan! Our school is super lucky to have you

11.01.2022 It’s not too late to get your hands on some FREE school holiday activities for the kids! Register today for one of Jamie’s Ministry of Food online cooking cours...es. Council is offering free access for the first 30 registrations register now to secure a spot! These courses are aimed at children ages 12 and up where they will learn knife skills, kitchen tips and tricks, nutritional advice and health and safety in the kitchen. And they will get to eat the delicious meal they have made during the class and proudly share with family and friends! To register for the 3 day program click here - https://thegoodfoundation.secure.force.com/bookings To register for the 5 day program click here - https://thegoodfoundation.secure.force.com/bookings

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Shakira and Jock on graduating Year 12! Two of our Prospect students from the class of 2014

10.01.2022 Week 9 Monday: Breakfast group, Parade, Playgroup Tuesday: Prep Transition, PE - Cricket coach visit Wednesday: P&C Father's Day Meeting 3:30pm Thursday - Breakfast group, Prep - Year 4 Red Ball Tennis Competition, R U Ok? Day, Whole School information session / tour 2-4pm... Friday: Year 6 Painting Project See more

10.01.2022 Last few days to support our school and buy a ticket (or 2-10) in this great raffle from our P&C. Will be drawn on Sunday - buy a ticket and share with your friends and family

10.01.2022 Week 8 Students of the week: Josie, Cody, Logan Highest fundraiser of the School Fun Run for Day for Daniel Lexia level achievers

10.01.2022 Before you know it, you’ll be a poet performance at Mount Murchison SS. Thank you to our families for transporting our students over and to the lovely ladies at MMSS for their delicious breaky and hot milo. Tomorrow we join with our four other small schools at Jambin for Science Questacon. Students must arrive between 8:30 and 8:40am for the bus to depart on time. Rug up - it’s going to be cold morning!!

10.01.2022 2020 P&C End of Year Awards Ceremony

09.01.2022 Week 8 Students of the Week: Harrison, Emily, Eli Lexia superstars: Tahlia, Lucas

09.01.2022 Happy 77th birthday Prospect Creek State School On the 5th June 1944, Prospect Creek State School replaced Torsdale Farm Provisional School. Torsdale Farm Provisional School had opened on 16 July 1919 as a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Torsdale Station Provisional School. Torsdale Farm Provisional School closed on 31 Dec 1920, but reopened on 2 Oct 1935.

09.01.2022 Congratulations to the winners! Thank you for supporting our school in purchasing tickets. Happy Father's Day!

09.01.2022 Prep - Year 2 students have been busy exploring measurement in Maths. Yesterday we learned about capacity and how to measure it accurately using informal units.

09.01.2022 Year 5/6 were treated to exploring Japanese food and customs of eating. They loved the challenge of using chopsticks to eat a variety of Japanese inspired dishes. Prep - Year 2 and Year 3/4 tuned their own ukuleles and sang as they strummed. Week 10 newsletter: https://prospectcreekss.eq.edu.au//newsletter%20wednesday%

08.01.2022 Prospect Creek SS had the pleasure to host the amended Callide Valley Speaking Competition. Congratulations to all the students who presented a wide variety of topics that were well written and extremely persuasive. The audience were captivated and entertained throughout. Congratulations to William from St Joseph’s who took out first place and Mackenna from Thangool who was second. All students were commended for their efforts and talent by the judges - Mrs Holman, Mrs Semple and Mrs Kerr. Prospect Creek was very proud of Quaid and Cooper for their presentations. Well done

08.01.2022 End of Term 3 We got Loud today to raise money for Hear and Say. Our wonderful students wore loud shirts and donated a total of $45.05. A link will be posted below if you would like to add to our total and raise much needed funds to support early intervention of children with hearing loss. Thank you to Lysandra and little Arthur who visited to educate us on the important work of Hear and Say. We look forward to Wowan’s Loudest Shirt Day on 23rd October. Our Year 6 sen...sory pathway and toilet block has been brightened with paint thanks to Mrs Higgins. We can’t wait to show our Playgroup friends next term! Cricket coach Mitchell visited us for the last time and we had a great time playing all things cricket related. Rewarded with an ice block. https://events.hearandsay.com.au//do/240/prospect-creek-ss Have a great holiday everyone and see you next Term!

07.01.2022 Week 7 Monday: Parade 8:45am; Playgroup 9-11am Tuesday: PE: Tennis; Prep Transition 9-11am, Wednesday: LOTE with Sensei Moller Thursday: Breakfast Group, Chappy... Friday: Touch Gala Day - Year 3-6 students drop off at fields at 8:30am, collect at 1:35pm; Icy Cups at second break $1 See more

07.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful fathers, step fathers, grandfathers and uncles bringing joy and happiness to our lives

07.01.2022 Week 9 Students of the Week - Cooper, Reagan, Lucas Playgroup fun Mr Poulton visited and spoke with the students about Electrical Safety. They enjoyed learning facts, hearing stories and identifying ways to stay safe around electricity.

07.01.2022 HAVE YOUR SAY: Banana Shire Council is continuing the redevelopment of the playground in Melton Park Biloela. Council now has the opportunity to access addition...al funding to carry out Stage Two of the redevelopment. In response to comments received from community engagement for Stage One indicating a need to cater for younger children, interested community members are now invited to choose one of two proposed options. These options have been carefully chosen to provide the most relevant and cost effective choices appropriate for toddlers and younger children. To have your say visit https://www.banana.qld.gov.au//have-your-say-melton-park-r Or visit the Biloela branch of Banana Shire Libraries to obtain a paper copy of the survey.

07.01.2022 Student Free Days - Term 4 confirmed for 10th and 11th December

07.01.2022 Congratulations to all our Year 3-6 students who presented fantastic persuasive speeches yesterday. Thank you to our judges - Mr David Mallia, Mrs Dominique Tan and Cr Judy Pender for your time and effort. We appreciate your support of the competition. Well done to Cooper, Quaid and Ayda who were presented with medals. ... Cooper and Quaid who will compete in the amended Biloela competition against three other schools to be held at Prospect Creek on Thursday 17th September.

06.01.2022 *REMINDER* The End of Year Awards Ceremony is fast approaching, so please let us know if you would like us to cater for your family asap so we can make sure we have enough for everyone.

05.01.2022 Try time! Our Callide Valley primary schools had a great day out at Touch 7s Gala Day. There was hot competition, hot food and hot weather! Well done to all players on a fantastic display of sportmanship to have a go. Thank you to Prospect Creek P&C for catering the event, Callide Valley Touch for the use of facilities and support, our volunteer referees Jayden, Chelsea, Steve, Kelli and Lynn and all staff and students for a fun day

04.01.2022 Red Ball Tennis Fantastic effort by our Prep to Year 4 students to compete in five rounds and giving their sportsmanlike best

02.01.2022 Excited for our excursion today to Jambin SS with our fellow Callide Valley Small Schools

02.01.2022 Congratulations Prospect students! Especially our Prep and Year 1 students who competed against some very talented Year 3 and 4 students from other schools. You made our school very proud!