Anakie State School

31/08/2026

🌟 Celebrating Our Wonderful School Community! 🌟

This afternoon at parade, we had the opportunity to say a very special thank you to some of the amazing community members who help make Anakie State School such a wonderful place to be. 💙

📚 Michelle and Grant from Brewstar Coffee were recognised for their incredible fundraising efforts during our recent Book Fair. They certainly weren’t shy about encouraging (or perhaps even “harassing” 😉) their customers to dig deep and donate! Their efforts raised nearly $400, helping us reach an amazing $1,334 total for our Book Fair. Every new book we can add to our school library means so much to our students, and we are incredibly grateful for their support.

🌱 Jason from Central Highlands Landscaping was also recognised for his generous donation of two wicking garden beds for our school. Jason delivered the garden beds this afternoon and will be back soon to help our students set them up and get them ready for planting.

Our students will have the exciting opportunity to choose some vegetables and flowers, plant them and then take responsibility for caring for and tending to their gardens. We can’t wait to see them grow! 🌻🥕🌱

At Anakie State School, we are incredibly fortunate to have such a supportive community around us. Our school is stronger because of the people who generously give their time, resources and encouragement to our students.

Thank you, Michelle, Grant and Jason, for helping make our school an even better place for our kids. We truly appreciate everything you do! ❤️

26/08/2026

📚💛 A HUGE Book Fair Thank You! 💛📚

What an incredible result! We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our Anakie State School Book Fair exceeded our $1,000 goal and raised an amazing $1,334! 🎉🎉

A HUGE thank you to every student, parent, family and community member who supported our Book Fair by purchasing books, donating books or simply spreading the word. Your support makes such a difference to our little school library. 📖❤️

Even better, we have earned 30% commission in books of our choice to add to our library collection! 📚✨ That means lots of new and exciting books for our students to enjoy.

A very special THANK YOU to Michelle and Grant from Brewstar Coffee ☕💛 for going above and beyond to support our Book Fair. Michelle certainly put her customers to work, advocating for our school and encouraging them to donate! 😂 Her efforts resulted in nearly $400 in donations, which helped push us over our $1,000 goal!

We are incredibly grateful for the generosity and community spirit shown by everyone. It truly takes a community to support a school, and we are so lucky to have such wonderful people behind Anakie State School. 🥰

$1,334 raised = MORE BOOKS! 📚🎉

25/08/2026

📚🎶 What a wonderful Book Week Parade! 🎶📚

What a fantastic morning we had on Monday morning celebrating Book Week! 📖✨

Our students certainly embraced the theme “Symphonies of Stories”, with an amazing array of creative, colourful and imaginative costumes. It was so much fun seeing everyone proudly showing off their costumes and celebrating their love of books and reading! 🥰📚🎭

Reading is such an important part of learning at Anakie, and we love seeing our students so involved, enthusiastic and excited about books and stories. ❤️📖

A very special THANK YOU to our wonderful local community member, Grace Peterson, who joined us as our special judge for the Best Dressed costumes. Grace generously donated some of her own books as prizes, and our school library also donated a book for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. 🏆📚

Grace is a retired school teacher and has written and illustrated an amazing 13 books, including some that she has created with her daughter. 📚✏️🎨 She told us how much she loved being back in a school, surrounded by the enthusiasm and excitement of our students — and we loved having her here!

Thank you, Grace, for sharing your love of books and reading with our Anakie students and helping make our Book Week celebration extra special. 💕📚

And a HUGE well done to all of our students and staff for getting involved and making our parade such a fun and memorable morning! 🌟

Keep reading, keep imagining and keep making your own stories! 📖✨🎶

23/08/2026

🌟 PBL EXPECTATIONS – WEEK 7 and 8 🌟

This week and next week, our PBL focus is all about being RESPECTFUL 💙

Our school expectation is:

🤝 Be Respectful – We are inclusive and positive in our interactions with others.

We are encouraging our students to think about how their words and actions affect the people around them and to take responsibility for the choices they make.

This week, we will be focusing on:

💠 Taking responsibility for our actions and how they affect others.
💠 Reporting and resolving issues and admitting fault when we are responsible.
💠 Offering a sincere apology when we have made a mistake or hurt someone.

Being respectful doesn't mean we never make mistakes — it means we own our actions, learn from them and make things right. 💙

Let's continue to support our students to be Safe, Respectful and Responsible members of our Anakie State School community. 🌟

Go Respectful Ruby! 💜✨

21/08/2026

📣💙 WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR PARENTS! 💙📣

We would like to ensure every parent gets to submit a response, so we’re giving everyone a little extra time! 😊

The survey has been extended for another week, giving all our families the opportunity to have their say and share their thoughts about our school. 🏫💬

Your feedback is really important to us. Whether you have positive feedback to share, an idea for improvement, or simply want to let us know what you think is working well, we want to hear from you! ❤️

The survey only takes a few minutes to complete, and every response helps us understand what matters most to our families and how we can continue to make Anakie State School the best it can be for our students. 🌟

👉 If you haven’t completed the survey yet, please take a few minutes this week to have your say.

Thank you to everyone who has already taken the time to provide their feedback — we really appreciate it! 💙

Your voice matters. Your feedback helps us grow. 🌱💬

The School Opinion Survey is a suite of surveys undertaken each year by the Department of Education to obtain opinion information from parents/caregivers, students and school staff.

21/08/2026

📣💙 WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR PARENTS! 💙📣

We haven’t had as many responses to our Parent Opinion Survey as we had hoped, so we’re giving everyone a little extra time! 😊

The survey has been extended for another week (until August 27), giving all our families the opportunity to have their say and share their thoughts about our school. 🏫💬

Your feedback is really important to us. Whether you have positive feedback to share, an idea for improvement, or simply want to let us know what you think is working well, we want to hear from you! ❤️

The survey only takes a few minutes to complete, and every response helps us understand what matters most to our families and how we can continue to make Anakie State School the best it can be for our students. 🌟

👉 If you haven’t completed the survey yet, please take a few minutes this week to have your say.

Thank you to everyone who has already taken the time to provide their feedback — we really appreciate it! 💙

Your voice matters. Your feedback helps us grow. 🌱💬

The School Opinion Survey is a suite of surveys undertaken each year by the Department of Education to obtain opinion information from parents/caregivers, students and school staff.

20/08/2026

🎶📚 BOOK WEEK PARADE REMINDER! 📚🎶

The countdown is on! 🎉 We can’t wait to see everyone’s exciting, creative and wonderfully imaginative Book Week costumes on Monday! 👑🦸‍♀️🧙‍♂️🧚‍♀️📖

📣 Our Parade will start at the special time of 9:00am on Monday morning so we can all enjoy the fantastic costumes together!

🏆 BOOK FAIR COMPETITION WINNER!
We’ll also be announcing the lucky winner of our Book Fair Competition during the parade! 🎉🎁 Who will it be? 👀

✨ BEST COSTUME PRIZES! ✨
We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs for the Most Creative Costume in each year group! And we have a very special judge who will be helping us choose our winners… 🤫👀🏆

📚 LAST CHANCE FOR BOOK FAIR SHOPPING!
Our Book Fair will still be open on Monday morning, so if you’re visiting for the parade and spot a book you just have to take home, you’ll have a final chance to make a purchase before the Book Fair is packed away! 🛍️📚

We can’t wait to see everyone dressed up and ready to celebrate the magic of books and stories! 💙📖🎉

See you Monday at 9:00am! 🌟

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20/08/2026

📚🎉 BOOK FAIR UPDATE NO 2! 🎉📚

WOW, Anakie! We are absolutely flying towards our goal! 🚀📚

We have now reached an incredible $830 in Book Fair sales — that’s only $170 away from our $1,000 goal! 🙌🎉

There are still LOTS of fantastic books available, so there’s plenty of time to grab a new favourite, build your home library, or pick up a special gift for a birthday or Christmas. 🎁📖

And the excitement is building… 👀🎟️
Our students are eagerly waiting to find out WHO will win the Book Fair Competition Prize Draw! 🏆🎉

The lucky winner will be announced at our Book Week Parade on Monday at 9:00am! 🎶📚

Can we make it all the way to $1,000? We think we can! 💪💙📚

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Book Fair so far. Every purchase helps us put more wonderful books into our school library! ❤️📚

20/08/2026

🍎🥪 TUCKSHOP REMINDER! 🥪🍎

Just a quick reminder that Tuckshop is on today! 🎉

Don’t forget to send in your orders and enjoy a yummy treat at lunchtime! 😋💙

Happy Tuckshop Day! 🌟

18/08/2026

📚✨ BOOK FAIR UPDATE! ✨📚

We’re off to a fantastic start! 🎉

After just 2 days of our Book Fair, we have already sold $263 worth of books! 📖💙

That puts us nearly one-third of the way towards our $1,000 goal! 🙌🎯

Every book purchased helps us earn commission that we can use to purchase more wonderful new books for our school library, helping our students discover new stories, build their vocabulary and develop a lifelong love of reading. ❤️📚

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already supported our Book Fair! Your support makes such a difference.

But we’re not there yet… let’s keep those books flying off the shelves! 🚀📚

📅 Book Fair runs until Friday 21 August
📍 Anakie State School Library

Come in, have a browse and find your next great read! You might even get a head start on those Christmas and birthday gifts! 🎁📚

Can we reach our $1,000 goal? We think we can! 💪🎉

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