Term 3

Please note that activity dates and times may change
       

Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

I love watching the learning and interaction of our students.  While I didn't capture this photo, I wish I did.  It epitomises the care and character of our children at their work.  

ANZAC Services

We stood as a nation this week to recognise the service from Australian and New Zealand men and women who established and continue to uphold the freedoms we enjoy today.  

And we stood as a school community as one small part of this national event when we completed our two school services on Monday.  As a proud Australian, I was filled with pride and gratitude with the manner in which our children led these school events.  

Attendance at school

We need to account for every day that your child is away from school.

School social worker has started at Coomera Rivers

As part of our intention for students to be Good at learning - Good at life, our school has employed a social worker to support students and families in need.  Her name is Vanessa McInnes and I am excited about her joining our school community.  Ms McInnes started at Coomera Rivers just over a week ago and has already met with many staff and students.  Across the next couple of weeks, she will be contacting families of children who are missing too much school.  

Please contact the school office if you wish to meet with her.

Inter-school sport starts soon

The inter-school sport season is approaching and teams have been selected.  At Coomera Rivers, sport is an extra-curricular activity that we provide for students to enjoy.  Our sporting ethos is - Fun - Fitness - Friendship.    

Eligibility:  To keep their place in the team, all players need to display high levels of behaviour at school.  Any major or serious behaviour breach might see students dropped from the team.  Players also need to represent our school with pride and promote our reputation while at sport.  Poor behaviour at sporting venues might also see students dropped from the team for future rounds.

Team uniforms:  Our school provides team uniforms for students who wish to participate in inter-school sport.  We require a one-off refundable deposit each year PLUS a $5 hire fee for each sport.  This is a very cost effective way for children to be involved in sport on a regular basis.  

We are a team first school and all players have responsibilities.

• All players must wear the complete team uniform - no exceptions.  
• All players must have and wear a school hat - no exceptions.
• All players must have correct socks - no exceptions.
• All players must wear their black sports shoes to and from the venue and change into football boots / netball shoes once they arrive or depart.  

Contacting parents:  We consider it to be a responsibility of the student (& family) to be ready for sport.  There is no opportunity to contact families to bring a change of uniform to school at the last minute.  This means that any player who is not in correct uniform, will not be permitted to attend and parents will forfeit their payments for the day.

Parents:  We encourage families to come along to watch the matches and cheer on our teams.  We play inter-school sport for fun, fitness and friendship.  We do not play to win at all costs.  

Spirit and sportsmanship:  There is no place for dissent towards the referees or umpires, teachers, team mates or the opposition.  Any back chat, arguing or foul play from players or verbal dissent from parents will automatically result in the supervising teachers considering if the player will be removed for the remainder of the sports season.  There is no additional warning or second chance.  

Free dress day

Our school community is just the best.  Thank you to everyone for their support and generosity.  I will provide more details in the next issue.

Have a great long weekend.

Vic

With Ms Waide

Prep gallery:

With Ms Waide

Year 1 gallery:

With Mrs Gatti

Year 2 gallery:

Celebration of learning - Be a friend and team player

This week 2B has been getting active while practicing our spelling. Students had a blast searching their classmates’ headbands for the spelling words and recording them correctly on their sheet.  

The Good at Learning - Good at Life focus this week was 'Be a Friend and a Team Player' by using respectful communication. 2B discussed expectations like listening, using praise, taking turns, using kind words and speaking at an appropriate volume. We then practised these skills under pressure through a game of Pictionary. Students showed all of these respectful communication skills except appropriate volume, but that was just because we were having too much fun! 

With Mrs Gatti

Year 3 gallery:

Celebration of learning

Year 3 students have had a successful week of swimming lessons. Students have not only been safe, respectful and learners at the swimming pool, they have worked on their character development whilst:

• changing in the bathrooms
• waiting for others when they have organised themselves
• keeping all personal belongings (underwear, socks) organised and together
• walking to the bus safely and respectfully
• good manners on the bus
• walking into the swimming pool as a group ready for lessons
• supporting others in the swimming pool

Students enjoyed the change of routine and took it in their stride. When back in the classroom, students were settled and ready for learning. Their point of view on swimming lessons is, ‘swimming lessons at school are the best!’

With Mrs Gatti

Year 4 gallery:

Celebration of learning - Sizzling Starts

In Year 4, students have been learning to write a sizzling start for their information reports based on the Seven Steps to Writing Success. To achieve this, students engage the reader by using a ‘Did you know’ or ‘Who am I’ question, clearly introduce the topic and then elaborate.  Students thoroughly enjoy researching people of character and influential role models. 

With Mr Meijboom

Year 5 gallery:

With Mr Meijboom

Year 6 gallery:

6T Celebration of Learning

Radio waves

Congratulations to Frankie G who, over the recent vacation period, was the Wednesday Weather girl at Hot Tomato.  She shared the desk with Galey and Emily Jade and spoke wonderfully well.

Rafa Nadal tournament

Congratulations to Cruz on his performance at the recent tournament.  He is a very talented tennis player and was Runner-up in his age division and earned the 'Values' award.  He also wins the opportunity to see Rafa Nadal in Melbourne in January.  Wow!

South Coast Rugby League

Congratulations to Bailey who has made the South Coast U11 Rugby League team. She will head to State Championships later this year. This is an excellent achievement for Bailey, who had an entire district scared to run near her.

Broadwater Rugby Union

Congratulations to Bailey, Carlos, Hugh, Paysin & Tyrell who have been selected in the Broadwater Rugby Union team. Their South Coast trials are on Thursday 4 May.  Good luck to all of you.

Broadwater Soccer

Good luck to Zane, Connor, Callum, Arthur and Ruby who will be trialling for the Broadwater soccer team on Tuesday afternoon.

Broadwater Tennis

Good luck to Cruz, Jett and Bridget who are trialling for the Broadwater Tennis team in Week 4.

Broadwater Cross Country

On Thursday, we have 16 students competing at the Broadwater Cross Country carnival, against some of the Northern Gold Coast’s best runners.  Good luck to Connor, AJ, Isaac, Carlos, Noah, Allira, Poppy, Zane, Harper, Scarlet, Athur, Shayla, Callum, Lana, Mylah, Zara, Frankie and Aiden.

AFL

Good luck to our girls and boys who are heading to Ormeau State School on Wednesday to play AFL in preparaion for the AFLQ Schools Cup at the end of the term. Thanks to Mr Cope who has been training our kids each week.

Inter-school sport

Inter-school sport begins in Week 4. Our students will be playing against Pimpama SS, Pimpama SPC, Picnic Creek SS and Gainsborough in Soccer, OzTag and Netball. Draws will be sent out next week.

Please email the P&C at pandc@coomerariversss.eq.edu.au for a TEAMS link.

P&C meetings are a great way to keep up to date with what is going on around our school. The meetings also provide our families with an opportunity to have input and feedback on matters relating to school and community life.  Meetings are open to all families and we encourage families to attend our on-line meeting and contribute to your school community which forms a vital part of your children's educational journey.

We look forward to seeing you on-line at our next meeting.

Get your Sport House colours ready!

With our Sport Fun Day event scheduled for late this Term, now is time to start thinking about those house colour accessories!

Our sports house shirts are made of a breathable fabric, have a collar for sun protection, school logo and, most importantly, your house colour and name!

Orders of these shirts are open now on School24 and Stock is limited! 

We have included below the size chart to assist with sizing for your orders. This chart is also accessible from the School24 site when ordering.

Please note

Sports House Shirts are now located in a dedicated uniform ordering section of School24. Please click on the Uniform Online - Order Uniform tab on the home page to access ordering.

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