Coomera Rivers State School eNewsletter

Great work this week

Character in 4K

This term the Year 4 students have been exploring character, and what makes a person worth admiring. In 4K, students used hexagon thinking to create character wall display. Instilling values and an understanding of the actions of a ‘person of good character’ not only helps our children now, but benefits everyone now and in the future. Just like bees need to work together in a hive, we all need to know how to be contributing citizens.

Impressive act of kindness

When Onyx arrived to school Monday morning, as he entered the front gate, he saw me with a Year 3 student who was upset and didn’t want to go to class. Onyx stopped and said to the boy, my name’s Onyx, I’m in Year 4, come with me I’ll walk with you to class. Onyx walked with the boy and put his bike in the bike shed, talking with him the whole way, and then proceeded to walk him to class. A true act of Kindness.

Year 5 Gold Rush

This week year 5 headed out on their Eureka excursion. They participated in a unique experience, set in thick bush land, that immerses them into Australian History. The thriving tented township simulates life in New South Wales gold fields of 1854. Students participated in role plays, tent making, observation and mapping activities, bought gold mining licences and sought and exchanged Gold! The Eureka excursion isn’t a place to learn about Australia’s history, it’s a place where students can live it!

Congratulations to all students, teachers and parent volunteers. It’s not every year that we receive the following feedback from the venue:

What a wonderful group of people they had attend their venue today. The teachers and parent helpers could not have been supportive of the students and the staff at Eureka. The kids were really well behaved and if he had to rate them on their report cards, he would rate them as excellent.

Chess club takes on Gold Coast players

On Wednesday, our chess club attended the regional chess competition at St. Stephens College. Mr Ingram took 19 of keen chess players to the tournament and they played 7 games with opponents from schools across the northern Gold Coast. Students from Year 1 to Year 6 attended and represented Coomera Rivers State School with pride.

Well done to all students involved. Mr Ingram spoke with many chess coaches and teachers on the day who were very impressed with our teams this year. Mr Ingram gave a special shout out to Ashtiva and Matthew who received merit ribbons for their achievements throughout the day. Congratulations Ashtiva and Matthew!

Thank you to the families who assisted with transporting students to and from the venue. Your help with this is greatly appreciated.

Writers Workshop

This week, three of our talented writers, Telicka-Starr, Nevayah and Ariana from Year 6 attended the Jacobs Well Writers Workshop with Mrs Coz. They participated in an opportunity to enhance their writing skills with guidance from the Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre and author, Anita Bell.

Our students engaged with live animals to support their ability to develop characters in stories. As a result of this experience, their writing will be published and provided to schools.

Year 3 culmination day

This week year 3 had a culmination day to show off all their hard work in HASS this term, Children have been studying celebrations and commemorations and put this knowledge into a display for parents to view. They talked about the importance of their chosen celebration or commemoration and when, why and how it is celebrated or commemorated. Children were able to dress up and provide food or decorations to help enhance their display. It was amazing to see the effort student put into their displays.