Term 3

Please note that activity dates and times may change
       

Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

What a fantastic couple of weeks we have had at Coomera Rivers.  Our children just continue to impress me with their character and commitment.  

Busking at school

Our music department is awesome!  Congratulations to our bands, choir and dance troupe on what were superb performances this week.  The large audiences were very impressed with the entertainment provided and the performers all beamed broadly.  Thank you sincerely to our music teachers, Mrs Ellison, Mrs Blythe and Mr Owens.  Our strings ensembles will perform in the coming weeks.  

Representing our school

Representing something bigger than ourselves, like the school for instance, is not an entitlement.  It is an absolute privilege and honour, and I know when students are selected for Broadwater or South Coast teams, they carry a tremendous pride.  This pride needs to begin at a school level.  Players who choose to represent our school must meet our team and school requirements.  

1. Conduct:  Everyone who pulls on a Coomera Rivers shirt needs to epitomise our ethos of playing sport for Fun-Fitness-Friendship.  We value sportsmanship and never show dissent to referees, umpires, other teams or our own team mates.  
2. Uniform: We wear each and every part of the team uniform before, during and after matches and carnivals.
3. Encouragement:  We encourage our friends, team mates and opponents.  

These expectations are not a one-off achievement.  These are applied every time we represent - no exceptions.  Only players who meet these requirements remain in our teams.  

Our next inter-school sport competitions are the OzTag competition and the Kokoda Challenge.

School OzTag competition

The identical team uniform requirements apply to this competition as they do to the Tuesday OzTag competition.  

Jersey:  Team Jersey (School provided)

Shorts:  Team shorts (School provided)

Socks:  Regular school plain white socks that come above the ankles.  (Player owned)

Hat:  School hat or sports cap needs to be with the student at the venue (regardless of day/night nature of matches)   (Player owned)

Shoes: Black school joggers before, between and after matches.  Football boots or similar are changed into before the competition begins.  These can be worn for the duration of back-to-back matches.   (Player owned)

Slides & thongs:  No slides, thongs or bare feet are considered part of the uniform.  This may be accepted for weekend sport but not for representing our school.  These items cannot be worn before, during or after matches.

Kokoda Challenge (Trail running 18km race)

Jersey:  Team jersey - Runner owned

Shorts:  Black running shorts or bike pants - Runner owned

Shoes & socks:  Trail running shoes and socks - Runner owned

Hat:  School legionnaires hat (Provided)

Camelbak:  1.5 - 2L - Runner owned

Any player not wearing full and complete team uniform or does not meet the school player standards cannot represent our school.  This expectation is applied without exception.  I have spoken with all students and coaches about this and kindly ask parents to support and reinforce it as well.  Not meeting the requirements may result in being dropped from the team.  

School sport last week

Congratulations to the students who represented our school with such pride last Tuesday.  I am just so proud of each of them and their team-first attitudes.  We have two more weeks of inter-school sports and I am sure that these will be just as fulfilling for the players and coaches.

Mother's Day in Prep

Prep celebrated all things MUM this morning.  And what a beautiful morning it was.  I am sure that the teachers will send home loads of photos via Seesaw but here is just a taste.  Thank you to our amazing staff for hosting this event.

Mother's Day picnic was a hit

Today's Mother's Day picnic in Year 1 was the most fulfilling event for me this week.  It was incredible to see all of the kids sharing books & snacks with their mums and Grandmas.  The love and care in the precinct was palpable.  Thank you to our teachers for hosting this lovely opportunity.  

Let's Glow Crazy disco

What a wonderful evening it was tonight.  Thank you to our incredible P&C for hosting a superb disco and to DJ Brett for keeping the tunes coming.  Nearly 550 children and their families enjoyed this event.  Thank you also to the many staff (school and OSHC) who supported both discos.  

Remember

School dental van

Happy Mother's Day to all of our sensational mums and grandmas this Sunday.  I hope that you are spoiled and have a wonderful day.

Kind regards

Vic

with Ms Waide

Prep gallery:

Prep Mother's Day celebration

All manner of fairytale folk were once again welcomed into the magical land of Prep to celebrate Mother's Day. It certainly was a magical morning where each prince and princess made their guests feel very special indeed.

with Ms Waide

Year 1 gallery:

with Mrs Gatti

Year 2 gallery:

Celebration of learning

2SH have been learning how to write information reports on significant places. We started in New South Wales looking at Parkes radio telescope, moved to the coast of Queensland at the Great Barrier Reef and next week we’re looking at South Australia, in particular the town of Coober Pedy. All the students have loved learning about new places and learning how to properly write an informative text. 

with Mrs Gatti

Year 3 gallery:

Celebration of learning

This week in Year 3 we have been busy learning about persuasive texts.  We have been working hard to understand how language can be used to express feelings and opinions on topics.We have been learning about persuasive devices such as high modality words, emotive language, rhetorical questions and the rule of 3. Students in 3SB worked hard to write a letter to their families convincing their parents to take them out to their favourite restaurant for dinner. Students in 3A had their chairs quit and had to write to persuade them to come back. The children had lots of fun writing their persuasives this week! 

with Mrs Gatti

Year 4 gallery:

Celebration of learning

This term in Science, the Year 4 students have been required to identify what materials are best suited when designing an effective canoe. We’ve read stories of how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People crafted their canoes, been inspired by stories of bravery in floods, and used our creative note taking skills in ‘sketch noting’. ​

This week we had a blast investigating what properties belong to different materials. We collaborated to discover which materials were flexible, transparent, absorbent, strong, and buoyant. 

with Mr Meijboom

Year 5 gallery:

Students Celebrating GREAT work!

Well done to Brock and Harlow from 5LH, who visited Mr Meijboom and shared their excellent work in Science, learning about light and reflection.

with Mr Meijboom

Year 6 gallery:

Equestrian champion at Coomera Rivers!

Ruby in Year 6 continues to kick goals with her horse riding endeavours! Recently, she competed in the U12 Larapinta World Cup Championship and placed 8th out of 22 riders.  Congratulations Ruby, we are super proud of you!!!

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.