Principal's news
Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues
With just 10 school days remaining for the term, it is going to be a rush to fit everything in after losing a couple of weeks to the COVID restrictions.
Changes to before school arrangements
The changes outlined below begin on Monday 6 September.
We are making some changes to the before school bell routines to provide teachers opportunities for greater flexibility in their own morning routines. The changes are:
From Monday 6 September:
| Time | Activity |
| 8:00am | Supervision begins and all students need to either be waiting in the appropriate waiting area or involved in one of the before school activities. |
| 8:20am | A bell at this time will indicate that students should move to their classroom areas. Non-teaching staff will supervise students outside classrooms until the class doors open. |
| 8:30am | Classroom doors need to be open by this time for instruction to begin. Please note that teachers are not required to open their classroom before the 8:30am bell. Please contact me or your child's teacher if you have any concerns you would like to discuss. |
Our regular before school activities will continue as they currently are.
Play at school
We aim to play as safely as possible at school. Please remind your children that we cannot use tackling in games, rugby, soccer or touch football.
Parent teacher interviews
Parent teacher interviews will be scheduled in Week 2 of Term 2 (11 October). The booking schedule will be sent home in the next issue of the newsletter. (Issue 29)
Parking around school
I agree with everyone that parking around the school is a significant challenge. I would dearly love to have another carpark that we could access but this will not happen so we need to make the most of what we have and use it repectfully and safely.
Please:
- Only stop or park in designated spaces
- Never block driveways or traffic flow
- Never push into a line of traffic and always join the back of the queue
- Watch out for children of all ages - they will not watch out for you!
- Use the Kiss n Go properly. Never park there during the drop off and pick up times. If your child requires support getting in or out of the car, please use the carpark.
Sports days in Week 10
Our school sports days are planned for Week 10. The program is:
The schedule for Week 10 is:
- Monday 13 September: Years 4-6 Sports day carnival
- Wednesday 15 September: Prep/Year 1 Sports day carnival
- Thursday 16 September: Years 2 and 3 Sports day carnival
The programs for all three days are similar.
- School begins at 8:30am and students go to class first
- Running events commence around 9:00am
- Morning tea commences at approximately 10:35am
- Rotational activities commence around 11.15am.
- Events finish at 12:45pm.
# Please note that all times are approximate and we will alter the program depending on the circumstances of the day.
Coomera Cup
The annual Coomera Cup which is where our senior rugby league team take on Coomera Springs in a match here at school on Tuesday 14 September at 1:00pm. More details are available in the sports news section of this issue.
Chess club
Our chess club will be competing at two events across the next fortnight. Our First IV will compete at the Gold Coast FINALS on Monday 6 September. This is an invitation only event and is for the top four teams on the Gold Coast. Good luck to Jason, Michael, Oliver and Amity.
Then we will have two teams represent us at the Gold Coast North tournament in Week 10 - Wednesday 15 September.
Thank you to our super chess coaches, Mrs Hardwick, Mr Ingram and Mr Burrows for supporting our players.
Click here for rules and regulations for the events. I would like to wish our players the very best of luck for the competitions.
Keep well everyone!
Kind regards
Vic