2026 Student Leadership Selection Process Update

Congratulations to all the students who submitted an application for a 2026 Student Leadership role. There were 75 applicants in total, with the second stage of the shortlisting process underway.

Students will complete an interview with myself over Week 2 and Week 3. Students and teachers have been advised of interview times. Students will be notified at the end of Week 3 if they have been successful in being shortlisted for their nominated positions, with election processes commencing in Week 4.

As students progress through the process, they are provided with feedback from their class teacher as to their application stage outcome.

Student speech presentation and election ballot for Captaincy roles will take place on the following dates:

Term 4 Dance @ Aspley

Our students have thoroughly enjoyed their first two weeks of dance sessions with Zing Activ. They are enthusiastically learning their routines as part of their Dance curriculum units. These performances will also be a highlight of our End of Year Concert, taking place on Tuesday, 9 December (save the date!).

2026 Year 6 Canberra Trip Information Session

Year 6 students and staff will be visiting Canberra in 2026 from Monday, 20 - Friday, 24 July (Week 2, Term 3). Current Year 5 students and families are invited to attend the Canberra Trip Information Session on Wednesday, 5 November at 6pm regarding the trip.

The 2026 Canberra Trip EOI form will be emailed to all 2025 Year 5 families, and paper copies sent home with students Wednesday, 5 November. These completed forms are due back to the school office by 9:00 am, Wednesday, 19 November 2025 (Week 7).

2026 Camps & Trips

Day for Daniel is Australia’s largest child safety education and awareness day, and honours the memory of Daniel Morcombe. On Friday, 31 October, we ask all Aspley State School students to wear red with their uniform. Year 4 students attending Multisports on the day are required to wear their school sports uniform (shirt, shorts/skorts, hat and closed-in shoes). All other red attire worn on the day by students must be sun safe and appropriate for school activities.

As a whole school community, weather permitting, we will walk the school oval between 9:00-9:30 am to recognise this important foundation. Leading up to day, parents and carers are encouraged to start a conversation with children and young people about their personal safety.

If you wish to donate to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, you can do so online via their website. Your support enables the foundation to continue to provide free resources for parents, carers and educators to keep kids safe across Australia.

World Teachers’ Day

In 2025, World Teachers' Day (WTD) will be held on 31 October with the theme 'Celebrating teachers'.

A group of parents at Aspley SS have come together to make the day a little special for our teachers. If you would like to join the team of parents in the lead up or on the morning, please contact our P&C via email or their Facebook page.

Social Media Age Restrictions

From 10 December 2025, age-restricted social media platforms will have to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under the age of 16 from creating or keeping an account.

The restrictions aim to protect young Australians from pressures and risks that users can be exposed to while logged in to social media accounts. These come from design features that encourage them to spend more time on screens, while also serving up content that can harm their health and wellbeing.

Details about how the age restrictions will operate, and other relevant information will be developed throughout 2025. eSafety will provide answers to frequently asked questions on their FAQ page and throughout the eSafety website. The information will help Australians – including under-16s, parents, carers and educators – understand and prepare for the change.

For more information, visit the eSafety Commissioner’s social media age restrictions hub.

Source: eSafety Commissioner. 30 September 2025. Social media age restrictions.

Year 6 Senior Shirts 2026

To celebrate becoming a 2026 Year 6 student, senior shirts will be available for ordering by our Year 5 families from Monday, 20 October until Friday, 7 November 2025. The 2026 senior shirt is an exclusive one-off design, selected by the current Year 5 cohort.

 The 2026 senior shirts, as with previous senior shirts, will not have students’ names printed on them. As a school we are conscious of protecting the identities of our students, providing privacy and discouraging any unwanted attention. Instead, the label ‘YEAR 6 SENIORS 2026’ will be on the back of the shirt in place of individual student names.

The cost of each Senior Shirt is $35 and is available to order through the Flexischools app. In the app, go to “Shop”, select your student, and “Year 6 Senior Shirt Order” will appear.  The uniform shop will be open on the following days and times listed below for students to try on a sample shirt for sizing. If you can’t attend the uniform shop with your student to try on a shirt, they will be given a note to take home with their sizing recorded.

To ensure shirts are available in Term 1 of the 2026 school year, all orders must be ordered and paid for in advance through Flexischools by 5:00 pm on Friday, 7 November 2025. Unfortunately, late orders are unable to be accepted.

Please refer to the sizing chart to be shared shortly with families before ordering. As these shirts are being ordered to size, a refund or exchange is not available for change of mind or incorrect sizing choice. We thank the P&C for their volunteer time and assistance in consulting with manufacturers, opening of the uniform shop for shirt try-ons and in establishing the ordering system.

If you have any questions, please contact the P&C directly.