Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Congratulations to everyone for what has been a wonderful school year.  Our successes in the arts, on the sporting field, in the classroom and in public speaking have been extremely impressive once again.  However, my most satisfying success this year is the empathy that our children are displaying for other people and the environment.  I think the recent Global Innovators Trade Show & Pitch Event for Year 5 students was an incredible event that showcased student passions and design solutions for the global goals. This is some of the most powerful learning I have ever seen as an educator.  

Good health and well-being for everyone

Vaccinations

By the time school resumes in 2022, all staff and volunteers at the school will need to be fully vaccinated.  This will mean that our staff team from this year will look slightly different in 2022.  And what makes the changes more complicated its late timing.  I believe that we will have our staff team in place for next year but should this change, please know that we are responding as fast as possible.

Students do not need to be vaccinated.  

All the information that I have received from the department indicates that no student is required to be vaccinated to attend their school.  This applies to all students at primary and secondary schools, public or independent.  

If this was to change, I would let families know immediately, but I am not at all anticipating this to ever happen.

Mrs Gatti says thank you

Thank you to the family who loaned Mrs Gatti an umbrella on Wednesday afternoon.  She was VERY appreciative.  She has left the umbrella in the office to give it back to you.

Student leaders

Than you sincerely to the 2021 student leaders, Maia, Si'u and Angel-Rose.  They have led the student body with care and responsibility all year.  And on Thursday, they handed their roles onto the 2022 student leaders.

Congratulations to:

• Head of School - Annabelle Nichol
• Head of School - Lucas Ikenasio
• Head of Student Council - Ashley Mears

Merry Christmas

I hope that everyone in our community is able to have a wonderful Christmas and new year period.  I am excited about the 2022 school year ahead.

Kind regards

Vic

Coomera Rivers officially farewelled 152 of our Year 6 students on Thursday morning with a very special graduation ceremony.  62 of these students have completed their entire primary school career at our school. This was a momentous occasion where students were presented with their graduation certificates and year books, gifted by the P&C.  We also acknowledged a number of students with the following prestigious awards:

Subject Honours Award

Awarded to the highest achieving student in year 6 from each of our specialist subject areas

Performing Arts ~ Lincoln Spark

HPE ~ Noah Mariner

DigiDesign - Michael Turrell

LOTE - Michael Turrell

Michael Crandon Dedicated and Commitment Award

Awarded to a student from each class who exemplifies the values and attitudes that Coomera Rivers wishes to instil in all students.

6A - Ariana Taylor

5/6C - Si’u Fanolua Pulepule

6K - Charlie Johnson

6L - Joshual Limmer

6R - Angel-Rose Whare

5/6W - Tyler Lauaki

Principal’s Award

Awarded to the student who has been noticed by the principal for quietly leading by example. 

2021 Winner ~ Charlie Johnson.

Donna Gates Community Award

Awarded to a student who positively contributes to our school community through their involvement in extra curricular activities and service to school.

2021 Winner ~ Angel-Rose Whare

MP Stuart Robert Leadership Award

Awarded to a student who best exemplifies leadership at Coomera Rivers. 

2021 Winners ~ Maia Godsmark and Si’u Fanolua Pulepule

2021 Dux

Awarded to a Year 6 student who has the highest academic results across all KLA’s and standardised tests.

2021 Winners ~ Kaysıya Ngawhika-Karaitiana and Angel-Rose Whare 

Congratulations to all of these students for their outstanding achievements.  We also acknowledged our badged leaders with their traditional Coomera Rivers wooden pen set engraved with their leadership position and name.

After our Year 6 students performed their ‘farewell song’, AOK, the whole school came out to acknowledge our graduates as they took their final walk through the school.  It is hoped that when anyone hears this song, they’ll think of the 2021 graduating class.  A very special mention must go to Wyatt Scrimgeour who lead the vocals for the song as the lyrics were slightly tweaked to better reflect the cohort.

We wish all our seniors the very best as they now move on to high school. We hope they remember Coomera Rivers fondly and we can’t wait to hear about their future successes.

Year 5 surf safety

What a wonderful way to spend the last day of school.  Our Year 5 students learned about beach and surf safety while on excursion today to North Burleigh beach.  These are really important skills and knowledge for all Gold Coast kids to have.

Swimming fun days

On Monday and Tuesday, we held our annual Swimming Fun Days for students in Years 3 - 6. It is always a fun, two days by the pool, watching the kids compete in some competitive races, some fun races and also, their free swim.

Thank you so much to all the staff members who supported over both days, as well as the parents and ex-students who came and helped out too.  There were lots of smiles and ribbons right across the pool deck.

New Records:

We have some amazing swimmers at Coomera Rivers, and this year, there was a whopping 19 records broken in the pool.

• Hugh (Year 3) - Backstroke 25m
• Allira (Year 3) - Back Stroke 25m
• Remmy (Year 5) - Freestyle 25m & 50m
• Cooper (Year 5) - Freestyle 25m & 50m, Breaststroke 25m, Backstroke 25m & Butterfly 25m
• Mylah (Year 4) - Freestyle 25m & 50m, Breaststroke 25m, Backstroke 25m & Butterfly 25m
• Unfortunately for Mylah, all of her records were broken the next day by Zahra (Year 5). Still an incredible achievement.

Winning house

The house that managed to win the Swimming Carnival was Foxwell!

Congratulations to Amity and all of Foxwell on their efforts in the pool.

Overall Points:

1. Foxwell - 708
2. Coleman - 664
3. Siganto - 635
4. Pedley - 620

Year 6 celebration day at Wet n Wild

Our Year 6 students loved their day at Wet n Wild together as they celebrated the end of their primary schooling.  Thank you to the staff who attended to support their fun.     

Oztag success

Noah & Seantayne played in a Queensland Super series tournament for Oztag on 3-5 December.  They were both selected in the Queensland Boys 10/11 Years ALL STARS MERIT TEAM.  Of 224 kids in Queensland, they are now the top 16 in the state for Oztag.

Well done boys.  This is a very impressive achievement.

iPads for school - preparing for 2022

Parents can now access our NEW Parent Checklist, to ensure that you have prepared your child and their iPad for the start of the 2022 school year. 

Click here for the parent checklist .
Click here for the required Apps register . 

Important information

• Parents are asked to download and install the inTune Company Portal app onto their child's iPad, and install required school apps from inside the inTune app.
• There are a number of school paid apps available here which parents are not required to purchase e.g. P-1 Mathseeds app and 2-6 Targeting Maths app. Parents download these at no cost in the inTune Company Portal app.
• As part of installing the inTune Company Portal app, students are now required to have a passcode on their iPad (an additional layer of security, required by the Department of Education Queensland).

Click here for the inTune Company Portal App setup guide for parents:

Click here for the required Apps register

Need some help?

Should parents require help prior to school commencing in 2022, please email us.  

2022 is closing in quickly so it is time to begin your preparations.

What are your 2022 plans?

If you looking to relocate in 2022 and your children will not be returning to Coomera Rivers, please let our office staff know.  This really assists us in creating our 2022 class structures.        

Book lists for 2022

The book lists for next year are now ready.  We no longer have a school sourced supplier.  This decision was made at the P&C following considerable consultation and discussion.  Instead, families can:

• Print the list
• Identify the items they need and what they already have from this year, then
• Head off to the back to school sales.

Click here to see the lists.

App list for 2022

Click here to see the App lists.

Our cheeky elf, Crystal, made an appearance on December 1, getting stuck in the window on the way in to the OSHC Room. Crystal left us a note to remind us to get this place looking festive, and reminding our children what needs to be done in order to keep Crystal around. The excitement from the children was incredible, with the after school care children rushing around to be the first to spot the elf. Our elf brought along a special book with them, which we read during reading time, explaining what Crystal was here for and how he reports back to Santa.

The next morning, we walked into OSHC, to find our cheeky elf Crystal had drawn red noses and stuck antlers on all of our staff photos! How do we know it was the elf you may ask? Well, we caught him red handed, above the staff photo's holding on to a red marker!

We can't wait to see what antics our elf will get up to leading up to Christmas!

Then we can help!

Our Pre-Loved Uniform Shop (PLUS) will be open on selected dates and times during the first week of the upcoming holidays giving families, after the school year has ended, the opportunity to get together all their laundered no longer required uniforms and drop them into school for processing. We will be using our Outside School Hours Care facility as the drop off location for this.

Details are:

• Date and time:
  • Monday 13 December 10am - 5pm
  • Tuesday 14 December 7am - 5pm
  • Wednesday 15 December 7am - 5pm
  • Friday 17 December 7am - 3pm

Drop off to:

• Coomera Rivers Outside School Hours Care

When dropping your uniforms off please ensure that:

• You leave adequate time to complete the necessary paperwork
  when dropping off (or you can email to request a form so you can fill it out before you come)
• You have your bank account details on you. We are unable to process any uniforms if we have not received bank details.
• You drop off your uniforms to Coomera Rivers Outside School Hours Care on the days and times listed above.

Uniforms will be processed in order of receipt. Every effort will be made to process all uniforms received by close of business Monday 20 December.

If you have any questions, please email the P&C.