Port Curtis Road State School is actively involved with many schools in our Cluster and associated schools including Ridgelands SS, Bajool SS, Depot Hill SS, Marmor SS, Stanwell SS, Westwood SS, Allenstown SS, Glenmore SS, Frenchville SS and Crescent Lagoon SS. We combine for the benefit of the students and staff to share resources and facilities including:
Our school community also liaises with a variety of organizations and professionals including
Religious Instruction is provided every Tuesday where students
participate in a 30-minute age-relevant and engaging lesson that encourages story-telling,
drama, interactive discussion, music and craft.
It
reinforces Queensland Education core
values of responsibility, understanding, respect, tolerance, inclusion, integrity,
positive self-image, freedom, compassion
and caring. Students are encouraged to develop positive values and choices on topics such as thankfulness, forgiveness and hope.
Student Council
Port Curtis Road State School has an active Student Council which participates in community events and fundraisers for local and national charities including
Cancer Council Qld – Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea and Daffodil Day
Hearing – Loud Shirt Day
Leukaemia Foundation – Footy Colours Day
Walk to Safely to School
Clean Up Australia and Green Lane clean up events
Fruit and vegetable stall from Student Council Garden
Playgroup
Porty Playgroup is building the blocks for the future by providing a stimulating learning environment where children can play and learn together while parents and carers can find mutual friendship and support.
Every Thursday (School Terms)
9:00am to 11:00am
Multi-purpose Room
Co-ordinator— Mrs Sharon West, Teacher Aide PCRSS
Porty Pebbles - Step into Prep
Introducing a new and exciting transition to school program for children starting Prep in 2019. The program aims to help future students develop confidence and skills they need to get off to a flying start at school through age appropriate activities targeting gross and fine motor skills, early literacy and numeracy skills and social skills in a fun and engaging environment.
Every Wednesday (School Calendar)
9.00am-11.00am - Program
11.00am-11.20am - Lunch with the rest of the school
Muti-purpose room.
Parents are required to stay onsite. Workshops and information sessions will be offered to assist you and your child transition into Prep.
ANZAC and Remembrance Day
Port Curtis Road State School actively participates annually in our Remembrance day and ANZAC day school ceremonies and Rockhampton's street parade.
Anzac Day is a day to reflect and remember all
the servicemen and servicewomen who have served our country “then and
now”. At Port Curtis Road State School
we commemorate their sacrifices so that we are able to live our lives as we do
today.
2015 Anzac Day commemorated the Anzac Centenary, marking 100
years since our involvement in the First World War. The Centenary is an
opportunity to remember those courageous Queenslanders who have fought and
served in all wars, conflicts and peace operations, and especially remember the
sacrifice of all those who have given their lives in service. It is our chance
to honour the digger qualities of mateship, teamwork, resilience, courage,
integrity, duty and sacrifice that live on in the spirit of Australians to this
day.
We honour a past student of
Port Curtis Road State School with a memorial garden situated at the front of
the school. Private James Hamilton Phillips (1380A, 15th Battalion 2nd
Reinforcement) attended Port Curtis Road State School as a child with his two
sisters Alice and Charlotte.
James had been working in the
Rockhampton area as a carpenter when he enlisted. He enlisted on the 3rd December
1914 and his unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang
Bee on 13 February 1915. Private Phillips served in Egypt and Gallipoli.
He was killed in action on the
9th May 1915. He was 25 years of age. He has no known grave but is commemorated
at Panel 48, Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli. Private
Phillips was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory
Medal.
2016
Today we remember past sacrifices of our brave soldiers who fought and
died serving our country. Last year we honoured a past student of Port Curtis
Road State School - Private James Hamilton Phillips. He was killed in action on
the 9th May 1915. He was 25 years of age. He has no known grave but is
commemorated at Panel 48, Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli.
Private Phillips was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal, and the
Victory Medal.
This year we honour another past student of our school: 2nd Lieutenant
Albert Tiegs. We honour his bravery, courage and sacrifice with a memorial
plaque and adding it to the memorial stone. 2nd Lieutenant Albert Tiegs served
our country at Gallipoli and also in France. The Tiegs family lived on Port
Curtis Road. Albert attended Port Curtis Road State School as a student. His
parents were Albert Frederick and Caroline Johanna Tiegs. Albert was 21 years
old when he first enlisted in the 11th Battalion as a Private. He was wounded
at Gallipoli before returning to Australia due to his injuries as a sergeant. He
then re-enlisted in the 28th Battalion and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He
was killed in action in France. 2nd Lieutenant Tiegs is buried in France.
The purpose of today is not, and never has been, to glorify war.
Rather to pay homage to our soldiers and those who gave their lives. In doing
so, we ensure a recognition by younger generations that peace and freedom have
always required a sacrifice in the past.
This Year we would also like to commemorate the Centenary of the
Somme.
Almost 300,000 Australians served on the Western Front in France and
Flanders, taking part in every major British offensive between 1916 and the
Armistice in 1918. More than 46,000 lost their lives, of whom some 18,000 have
no known grave. On the day of the Battle of Fromelles, these eight men of the
53rd Battalion prepared to take part in an attack that only three of them would
survive.