Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Winter has arrived this week and the keeping warm was on our minds.  The air-conditioners were keeping our classrooms comfortable but it felt a little fresh outside in the breeze.  I love this photo of the students in 1N making sure that their reading lesson was warm and comfy.

A special visit

But the arrival of the cool weather didn't stop all of the wonderful things that were achieved this week.  On Tuesday, we were asked to share our Deep Learning journey with six of the seven Assistant Regional Directors and another six school leaders of the Gold Coast. The morning started off with a presentation about our reasoning behind our vision to be Good at learning - Good at life and why we are so passionate about it. The rest of the time was spent visiting classrooms to see it all in action. Thank you to our wonderful staff and students for sharing their stories with our guests. The feedback and conversations that occurred after the visits were very rewarding.

Free dress day

While the results of the Wednesday evening were a little bluer than many had hoped, the That's my Team free dress day was a lot of fun.  Well done Coomera Rivers on getting behind your teams.

mySpeak winners

We also conducted the mySpeak finals on Wednesday and the calibre of public speaing across our school continuies to impress.  We literally had the judges Francesca and Rod from Coomera Toastmasters in stitches in some speeches and then in tears in others.  The bravery and sill shown by our young speakers was impressive.  It is surprising just how large the school stage is when you are standing there alone.  And debating is just around the corner.  The results are later in this issue.  

Music and muffins concert

And if Wednesday wasn't already busy enough, we managed to squeeze in a music concert called Music and Muffins.  We shared the concert with our families near and far via Facebook Live and the feedback from proud parents and grandparents was so heartwarming.  Thank you to the students in our choirs, string ensembles and bands for their wonderful performances.  For many of our young musicians, this was their first concert after just six months of learning.  And congratulations to our music staff for their tuition and preparation.  I am really proud of everyone involved.

Kind regards

Vic