Issue 14 Thursday 4 September 2025

Pupil Free Day

Carbrook State School will be

closed tomorrow

Friday 5 September 2025

This is a Pupil Free Day.

PREP - Year 6 ENROLMENTS FOR 2026 AVAILABLE

Prep to Year 6 in catchment positions available for 2026. You can pick up your enrolment pack from Carbrook State School or download it from the webpage     carbrookss@eq.edu.au 

 Please bring your child's original birth certificate for sighting to complete the enrolment.

  Any other enquiries you can call Carbrook State School on 3209 0888. 

Acting Principal Kerry-Ann Reese

A big thank you to our wonderful Carbrook community for supporting our recent whole school events. It was fantastic to see so many families joining us for our Celebration of Learning, Book Week Parade, Book Fair, and the always-popular P&C Disco. These events are only possible with your encouragement, enthusiasm, and involvement, and we truly value the way our community comes together to celebrate learning and have fun.

We are now looking forward to our next event — Pyjama Day, organised by our Student Council, on Friday 12 September. We can’t wait to see everyone join in the fun!

Parent Teacher Interviews

In Week 10, Wednesday 17 September, Carbrook State School will be hosting parent teacher interviews for Term 3. Teachers would like the opportunity to share with you how your child is engaging in their learning and progressing against the year-level achievement standards outlined in the Australian Curriculum.

Bookings for parent teacher interviews are made online. Bookings can be made from Monday,  8 September from 9am. The booking window will close at midday on Monday 15 September. Bookings can be accessed via this link https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=70910 and instructions for booking a parent teacher interview can be accessed via this link https://eq.sobs.com.au/docs/sobs-pt3-parents.pdf.

Booking instructions have also been emailed home.

We look forward to connecting with you. If you have any questions regarding your interview, please contact your child’s class teacher.

Pre-Prep Interviews – Week 9

Pre-Prep interviews will be commencing in Week 9. If you have a child who will be ready to start Prep in 2026, we invite you to contact the school to begin the enrolment process.

Please reach out to our office staff for further information or to book an interview time. We look forward to welcoming our newest learners and their families to the Carbrook community.

PBL Sarah Turgeon

Carbrook State School held a competition  to design the best 'High 5' poster, aimed at teaching others how to use the strategy effectively. One winning design was selected from each year level. 

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Glow Show Kat Boobyer

Thank you to all who ventured down to the lab during our Celebration of Learning for a deep dive into the fantastic sea of P-2 creations from Arts and Technologies. For those who couldn’t make it, or just want to relive the magic, scroll through these samples of awesome Carbrook creativity!

Library News

📚 Book Week & Book Fair Wrap-Up – Thank You! 📚

What an adventure we’ve had over the past two weeks with Book Week and the Scholastic Book Fair! Our theme this year, “Book an Adventure,” has certainly lived up to its name.

📖 Thank You for Supporting Our Book Fair 📖

A huge thank you to all our families who supported the Book Fair. It was wonderful to see so many students (and their families!) exploring the treasure trove of books, posters, stationery, diaries and more. The excitement around reading was contagious and your support also helps provide valuable new resources for our school library.

Book Week Competitions & Winners

🖌️ Design an Adventure Book Cover 🖌️

This competition sparked so much creativity across our school! Students were challenged to design a book cover that included an exciting scene with a captivating title and their name as the author. A panel of teachers, teacher aides, and community members voted and after much deliberation, we are proud to announce our winners.  Each of these talented artists will soon have their designs printed onto a jigsaw puzzle to keep as a special memento. Congratulations to our winners!

📖 Shortlisted Book Voting 📖

Throughout Book Week, classes explored this year’s shortlisted books and students were given the chance to vote for their favourites. Our school’s top three favourites were:

• Digger Digs Down
• South with the Seabirds
• The Garden of Broken Things

As part of the fun, some lucky voting slips were drawn at random and those students won the very book they voted for! Congratulations to all the winners.

Closing the Chapter

From creative competitions to the joy of choosing new books, Book Week and Book Fair have once again highlighted the power of reading to inspire imagination, adventure and discovery.

Thank you to all students, staff, parents, carers and community members for your incredible support in making these events such a success.

Remember: every book is a ticket to adventure – so keep reading and see where the next chapter takes you!

Happy reading,
The Library Team

Community News

"Sharks Camp 2025"- September/October.

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Sharks Camp is a four-day volleyball camp designed to cater to athletes of all skill levels. With elite development opportunities available and pathways into club and state-level volleyball, this camp has something for everyone!

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