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Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues
This has been a very busy week for our school and with just 30 school days remaining for the school year, the busy pattern will continue.
Staff Appreciation Day
Thank you to the countless families who treated the staff to some very deserved recognition this week. Our staff team is sublime. The lengths that they go to to support our children and community is truly significant. Thank you to everyone who supported them this week. A special thank you once again to our P&C for their recognition of the staff team as well.
Day for Daniel
Congratulations to everyone who supported our Day for Daniel this year. Our Student Council raised $1056 in donations for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. Well done Coomera Rivers!
Disco
Well done to our P&C for hosting yet another incredible disco event. Thank you to the staff who also stayed back to support with supervision and assistance behind the scenes. And bravo to the very creative mums and dads who prepared the costumes. Your ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.
Just wonderful citizenship
Class 4K need our collective help to make a difference for others.
Our values at Coomera Rivers State School are Service, Action, Respect, and we believe in helping others. We would love your support for our new student-led community program to help fellow students in need of a little hand up.
The goal of our ‘Graduation Gift It’ program is to offer free clothing and accessories to families in need to ensure all students look and feel fantastic at their Year 6 Graduation.
We are seeking donations of quality pre-loved clothing and accessories suitable for Year 6 students, such as dresses, pants, shirts, vests, shoes, etc in a range of sizes.
Your donation could help a student attend Graduation with confidence, pride and an amazing smile, and may even be the difference between a student attending this special occasion or not.
Not for school
Please note the following rules that we have at Coomera Rivers.
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No tackle games at play breaks (Be safe)
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No scooters at school without written approval from the Principal (Be safe)
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No gum at school (Be safe / Be respectful)
Who ya gonna call?
Parents are required to notify the school on each occasion that their children are absent from school. If you respond with an sms to the absence message that the school sends you, it will not be received. This is a transmission number only, and we will not be able to record the reason for the absence.
The best way to notify of student absence is to call the Absentee Line on on 55968366 or log onto your QParents.
Enjoy your weekend
Kind regards
Vic
The Power of Feedback
The students in 4K and 4B were lucky enough to receive feedback on their writing from buddies in 5/6CW, which they then used to help them edit and improve their work before submitting their assessment piece. Partnerships with peers / buddies are a valuable learning and mentoring opportunity.
Hazards and benefits
It’s fantastic to see our students learning to identify safety hazards and assess and manage risk. This is an important skill to learn, that will be needed throughout life. We know that taking risks is good for children, as it helps them to develop an understanding of their limitations.
Our role is to help children learn about hazards, by providing the opportunity for them to discover for themselves. Loose Parts play offers a wide range of learning opportunities that welcome healthy risk, in a safe and supportive environment.
Young authors
5SL are into Information Reports and these young authors were the best of the best this week. Well done!
Debating success continues
I never cease to be amazed at the skill and courage of our debaters and their coaches. The manner and passion in which they present their arguments and rebuttal is something to behold. I know that I could not have done this at such an young age. This is testament to their character and the coaching skills of their debating teachers. Well done to all of our teams again this week.
Players excel with competition premiership
Brodie, Beau, Scarlett, Jason and Wil all play for Pimpama Panthers Soccer team. They recently won the premiership by winning Under 12 grand final with a score of 2-0. Awesome work!
Exciting players of the future
Congratulations to Scarlet and Shay on their performances at the Keebra Sports Academy day last week. They both won Best Athletes at the event as well. Terrific work girls. Click here to see Scarlet on the Channel 9 Gold Coast news.
Game - Set - Match
Table Tennis competition success
Over 100 students in Years 4-6 have recently participated in a school table tennis competition using the 14 Table Tennis tables that were purchased using Sporting Schools funding including additional tables purchased by our Student Council.
Our students played for fun, fitness and friendship and showed great resilience, persistence and sportsmanship as they played, won and lost. We certainly have many confident and skilled table tennis stars!
The winners were as follows:
Year 4 Girls Champion - Amy (played Sofia)
Year 4 Boys Champion - Kingston (played Cooper)
Year 5 Girls Champion - Mariyae (played Maya)
Year 5 Boys Champion - Tumoana (played Bodhi)
Year 6 Girls Champion - Olivia
Year 6 Boys Champion - Zac (played Chris)
Overall School Champion - Amy (played Zac)
Many of our best table tennis players will participate in the upcoming Queensland School Table Tennis Regional Event, being held on Friday 12 November. We wish them all the very best and look forward to hearing how they go.
Wakakirri
What an amazing performance we had last Tuesday! The kids behaviour was outstanding and we had a brilliant time performing and watching other school's performance. Thank you to the Wakakirri teacher team and our parent helpers who made a long day run so smoothly.
Below is the report from the judge, James Lee:
A beautifully constructed piece - Opening in a school classroom with each child in the class representing each of the Chinese astrology signs. Stunning use of shadow puppetry to teach the students and clever use of soundtrack to compliment each of the signs. This all culminating in wonderful visit to Chinatown and that it encompasses. Design A+. Hold your heads very high.
Here are your performance and production awards highlighting the top 5 areas of your story:
- Excellent construction and clarity
- Excellent overall set design
- Excellent staging – combination of all aspects
- Amazing finale
- Excellent overall costume design
Congratulations! Your school received the following Story Award:
- Outstanding Best Cultural Celebration Story Award
AMEB success
Ashtiva recently undertook (and passed) her Grade 1 Violin exam with the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB), attaining an overall result of B+.
In order to pass her exam, Ashtiva had to play 3 pieces of music – William Tell Overture (by G Rossini), Wild Honey (by Louise Chamberlain), and Busybody (by Sheila Nelson) – as well as answer technical and general knowledge questions related to musical theory, and play various scales.
Congratulations Ashtiva.
Our P&C are conducting a series of raffles to recognise the wonderful work of our volunteers. This raffle is called Community Stars. The prizes will be vouchers to spend at a local business. This means the P&C need 5 local businesses from which to purchase gift vouchers that will be used as part of the Community Stars program.
We are asking families, who own or work for a business within the Gold Coast City Council Division 3 area, to consider being involved and email the P&C with their business name.
We will then conduct a draw of which businesses are included in each round of the volunteer raffle. These 5 selected businesses, in addition to the P&C purchasing vouchers, will also receive free advertising in the school newsletter and on Facebook the week that their vouchers are used as part of our Community Stars program.
If, as a business, you miss out on being selected in this first round, never fear, we will be looking for more local businesses later this Term.
CROSSING SUPERVISOR
CASUAL POSITION VACANT
A casual position exists for a School Crossing Supervisor at Coomera Rivers State School.
The hours of work for the School Crossing Supervisor may be up to an Hour and a Half on any school day in all weather conditions.
Commencement of work for the successful applicant is dependent on:
- The favourable outcome of a health assessment carried out by a duly qualified Medical Practitioner according to the guidelines in the “Notes for Medical Practitioner” on the School Crossing Supervisor Scheme - Health Assessment Form;
- The applicant either hold a current Blue Card or eligible to apply for a Blue Card to the Commission for Blue Card Services. An applicant will not be employed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads unless they meet this criterion.
Department of Transport and Main Roads will organise and fund both Medical and Blue Card for selected applicant. Interested applicants should send their resume to Ros at southportroadsafety@tmr.qld.gov.au by Monday 1 November 2021 or drop it off at the school office.
