Coomera Rivers State School eNewsletter

Great work this week

Cyber-safety in Prep

Last week our Cyber-Safety Agents I and T held a story-telling session for the Preps at break time. The Agents read 'Once Upon A Time Online', a great tale that showed our preppies how to use their iPads safely and responsibly. They discussed playing games, using apps, going online and even how sometimes it’s great fun not to use the iPad at all but play with their friends. This fun session was originally planned to coincide with Day for Daniel, but had to be postponed at the last minute. The Preppies couldn't wait to return and know that cyber-safety is important every day!

Dance classes

This week, Year 3 and Year 4 students had a ball completing their Multicultural Dance assessment task. Here are some snap shots from their videos. Mrs Blyth's Monday classes will complete their assessment this Monday 16th.

Being water wise matters

In science this term, 2M are learning about being being water wise. We have also been learning about the concept of chance in Maths so we thought we would MESH our learning together and create board games that showed the rolling of 2 dice and how we waste and can save water. We invited 2A and a few guests to join us in playing our finished games and a large floor board game. Dice and Spheros rolled, tokens moved forwards and backwards and smiles were everywhere! Very strong learning!

Student leadership program

The 2021 student leadership process has already begun with Year 5 students submitting their formal applications. However at Coomera Rivers, we feel it is important that every student be provided with an opportunity to develop the appropriate skills that will enable them to thrive in leadership. Regardless of whether students are considering a leadership role in our school, we see these skills as transferable in that they will help students not only in future careers but also everyday life.

Last Wednesday our entire cohort of year 5 students participated in the 'Aspire Higher' program run by the company Unleashing Personal Potential. Through a series of workshops, the message of 'leading without a badge' was reinforced. Students engaged in a range of activities that relied on building and extending trust, getting to know one another and appreciating the strengths of others, to teaching them about the power of teams and how to work effectively in a team. The Great Race proved to be quite the highlight and really tested grit and patience.

The program was certainly an opportunity for teachers to see all students develop their communication and problem solving skills and of course, see them all shine as leaders. Twenty-nine students were shortlisted from their applications, general everyday conduct and how they performed at the workshops and were invited to attend Leadership Camp at the Runaway Bay Sporting Complex. Best of luck to all students in their leadership journey, whether that be as a school badged leader or their own personal leadership.