Primary Leadership Conference

Our student leaders attended the Primary Leadership Conference at Toowoomba State High School and came away inspired! The Toowoomba SHS Principal spoke about the importance of student leaders and the incredible things her own leaders do within the school. We had guest speakers. The first being a Toowoomba SHS teacher - Ms. Robertson, who is a former Olympian. She spoke about teamwork and the importance of leading with integrity. This was followed by the Mayor of Toowoomba Geoff McDonald who shared his leadership values through the acronym GREAT—Grateful, Respectful, Energetic, Attitude, and Trustworthy—and reminded us to share the love and the load. The day was organised and run by the impressive student leaders from Toowoomba State High School. Our leaders finished the day by creating a plan they’re excited to pitch back at school. We can’t wait to see it come to life!

Leadership Day

Book Fair during Book Week 18 to 22 August

Monday August 18 to Wednesday August 20, parents are welcome to come to the school between 3.00pm and 3.45pm to purchase books from scholastic. Please note it is EFTPOS only.

Dress up day for Book Fair is Friday 22 August. Children can come dressed as their favourite book character.

Drayton Dragon Awards

Congratulations to our Drayton Dragon Award recipients.

Principal News

Dear Drayton SS Community


News from the Principal

Dear Drayton SS Community

We greatly appreciate the support and patience of our Drayton community this week and look forward to a fun and exciting remainder of Term 3.

Thank you for having your children here at school every day.  Attending school every day (unless of course your child is ill) is a must.  Children who attend school regularly are placed in a better position to be successful.  Attendance matters.

Why Does School Attendance Matter?

Regular school attendance gives students a better chance at life. Students achieve better when they go to school all day, every school day because:

  • they have increased access to learning opportunities
  • they maintain friendships
  • they stay connected to the curriculum progression
  • they develop self-efficacy as a learner
  • they have better long-term life outcomes.

Prep ‘play and stay’ morning:

On Wednesday 13 August and Wednesday 27 August we begin our Prep ‘play and stay’ transition event for students who will be looking at enrolling at our school for Prep in 2026. The Prep ‘play and stay’ morning runs from 10am-11am and is a great opportunity for prospective parents/carers and students to come and observe a morning in the life of prep and chat with our staff. We look forward to seeing you there.

Book Week:

Drayton SS Book Week begins on Monday 18 August with our Book Fair in Ballarat being open from Monday-Wednesday 3pm-3:45pm. Our Book Week raffle will be drawn on Thursday 21 August. To conclude the week, on Friday 22 August is Book Week dress up. We will have our Book Week Dress up parade beginning at 9am. Which character will you be dressed up as this year?

Drayton SS P&C Major Fundraiser:

The Colour Run is back again!! Our P&C’s Major Fundraiser this year will be a School Fun Run, specifically a Crazy Colour Day! 

The event will take place on Friday 12th September 2025, which is going to be the best day of the school year for the kids. 

While our priority is to give the kids a fun, memorable day, we also realise that fundraising is an important component of the event.   Funds raised last year helped towards our P&C Contribution of $45,000 to the oval works.  This year our P&C are hopeful to hit their fundraising goal of $10,000 which would help our P&C provide the following: 

  • New Shade tents for the sports days 
  • Tech Resources – Ipads 
  • Sports Equipment & Opportunities 

On 11th August 2025, on assembly, Mr Wells will show a video to launch the Colour run.  On this day, students will be handed booklets and a letter to take home. Teachers will also receive a class kit which will have a poster for their classroom wall.

We will be holding challenges for the 4 weeks from launch to event day and it would mean a lot if you can all students can be involved! As the P&C’s goal is $10,000 we will be celebrating when we hit each milestone of $2,000 by nominating a lucky teacher to be slimed- Mr Wells has already offered his services, but more staff will be part of the fun! 😊

Following the launch, week 1 will kick off with a profile competition - this will set our students up for success, and the great news is the profiles don’t even need money raised on them! The class that has the most profiles by the end of the week all get an icy pole!

In the second week of fundraising, we will hold a Wristband Competition. These will be handed out in class, so our students go home wearing the wristband. The parents will scan the QR Code to login or sign up and enter the unique wristband code into the online draw, for a chance to win a $500 Prize Credit!  

Week 3 will see any student with at least $20 raised, enter a draw to win 1 of 10 free tuckshop lunches.  

Any class that hits the class fundraising target of $1,000, will go into the draw to win a class PIZZA party.

Please be assured, that all children will be included in the fun on the day, regardless of profiles created or funds raised.

Thanks so much for your support!  We appreciate it, 

Drayton SS P&C Executive 

Cobb and Co Museum Visit:

On Monday 4th August, 2025, all students from Prep to Year 6 attended an activity day at Cobb & Co Museum, called Have another look, Captain Cook.

I’d like to say congratulations to all our Drayton SS students, who did themselves proud. We received positive comments from the staff at Cobb & Co Museum, saying that our school was one of the best behaved. Well done Drayton!  

Parent Teacher Conversations:

Parent Teacher conversations are scheduled for Tuesday 16 September. We look forward to discussing your child’s progress with you and how we can continue to help them to be successful.

Student Free Day:

A reminder that Friday 5 September is a student free day, and we look forward to seeing all our students back at school on Monday 8 September ready to learn. We hope all our families enjoy the long weekend.



Yours in education

Paul Wells

Goodstart Early Learning


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Community News

Drayton State School Creed

     With pride and effort, we are safe, respectful and responsible

P&C Association

The P&C Committee


Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 27 August at 3:15pm in the school hall.  We would love to have some new faces join us for this meeting.

Past Executive for 2025

Lauren Tibballs – President, Vacant – Vice President, Juanita Fleming – Secretary, Sarah Williams – Treasurer, Uniform Co-ordinator – Julie Sneddon, Tuckshop Convenor – Kristy Baker

Executive Positions

We are currently seeking a Vice President for our P&C Executive team.

If you are interested in being part of our team, please reach out to current members via pandc@draytonss.qld.edu.au

If you think you would like to be part of the team but are not sure which role you would like to take on, we have included below a little summary of what each role entails.

It’s a really wonderful way to meet new, like-minded people & to help enrich your child’s school experience.

Volunteers really do need other volunteers to make a difference. We would love to see some new faces and fresh ideas at our next meeting!

Contact the P&C

Please email pandc@draytonss.eq.edu.au, with questions, ideas and when you might be able to support us with your time or donations.

Click here to visit our P&C Facebook page

Drayton P&C are registered with Containers for Change.

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OHSC: Team Kids

Before school care - Monday to Friday from 6.30am
After school care – Monday to Friday through to 6.00pm
Vacation care – Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 6.00pm every school holiday (excluding public holidays)

Book Now or contact Team Kids on 1300 035 000 for more information.

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Principal News

News from the Principal

Dear Drayton SS Community

Welcome back to the start of Term 3. I hope that everyone has had the chance to relax, refresh and get ready for another great term of learning.

Thank you for having your children here at school every day.  Attending school every day (unless of course your child is ill) is a must.  Children who attend school regularly are placed in a better position to be successful.  Attendance matters.

Why Does School Attendance Matter?

Regular school attendance gives students a better chance at life. Students achieve better when they go to school all day, every school day because:

  • they have increased access to learning opportunities
  • they maintain friendships
  • they stay connected to the curriculum progression
  • they develop self-efficacy as a learner
  • they have better long-term life outcomes.

Prep Vision Testing:

CARBAL Hearing will be conducting follow up vision screening for students in Prep on Wednesday 30 July.

Prep ‘come and look’ morning:

On Wednesday 30 July we begin our first Prep transition event for students who will be looking at enrolling at our school for Prep in 2026. The Prep ‘come and look’ morning runs from 10am-11am and is a great opportunity for prospective parents/carers and students to come and observe a morning in the life of prep and chat with our staff. We look forward to seeing you there.

Cobb and Co Museum Visit:

On Monday 4th August, 2025, all students from Prep to Year 6 will be attending an activity day at Cobb & Co Museum, called Have another look, Captain Cook.

The purpose of this activity day is to engage students in recognition and celebration of indigenous culture and perspectives, and to develop understanding and empathy of Australia’s Indigenous history. As this excursion is directly aligned with the Australian Curriculum: First Nations’ Perspectives Cross-curricular priority, it is expected all students attend.

Activity details: Have another look Captain Cook:

  • Students will be involved in various activities, including a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, Indigenous Games, Boomerang and Spear Throwing, and Dreamtime Stories art activities.
  • The program will be led by the staff at Cobb & Co Museum, with school staff supporting class groups through the activities.
  • Students need to be at school by 8:30am, for roll making. The bus (Darling Downs Transport) will leave promptly at 8:50am from the front of the school, and will return to school before 3:00pm.
  • All teaching staff will be attending, so there will be no supervision for students at school. If your child is not at school before the bus departs, you will need to make alternate arrangements to transport them to the Museum in Lindsay Street.

There is no cost for the excursion. Both the activity and transportation costs will be subsidised by the school.

Team Gym:

Team Gym is back this term beginning on Friday 1 August and running for 4 weeks until the 29 August for selected students in Years 4-6. It has been wonderful watching the teamwork, enthusiasm and joy these students have shown so far this year when practicing. I look forward to seeing how their performances progress as the term goes on.

Parent Teacher Conversations:

Parent Teacher conversations are scheduled for Tuesday 16 September. We look forward to discussing your child’s progress with you and how we can continue to help them to be successful.

Student Free Day:

A reminder that Friday 5 September is a student free day, and we look forward to seeing all our students back at school on Monday 8 September ready to learn. We hope all our families enjoy the long weekend.



Yours in education

Paul Wells

Goodstart Early Learning


Student Council is registered with Containers for Change

Take your drink containers for recycling and direct your refunds to the Drayton state School Student Council by using our Scheme
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Drayton State School Creed

     With pride and effort, we are safe, respectful and responsible

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