Term 3

Please note that activity dates and times may change
       

Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Sicknesses have devastated our school attendance across the past fortnight.  There seems to be a number of viruses impacting on school staff and students.   While I will always encourage students to be at school every day, I will always recommend that they stay home if they are unwell.  These viruses will pass but I encourage everyone do everything they can to keep yourselves and others well.

Kokoda Challenge

Our 2023 Kokoda Challenge team competed in Brisbane last Saturday and completed the 18km course.  all of our 16 competitors and four coaches will attest to how challenging the hills in the national park were - steep and long.  

Our team results were amazing.  There were 165 teams nominated for the event (including both high schools and primary schools from all over the south-east corner of Queensland) and all of our teams finished in the top 20 positions, with 3 teams in the Top 10.  

Representing our school

Players and families alike will be clear on the requirements for representing our school. 

1. Appropriate and respectful conduct both at school and on & off the field or court at sport is vital for continued selection in our teams. 
2. Our team uniform is the only apparel that students can wear and it needs to be complete. 
3. We demonstrate our sporting ethos of Fun - Fitness - Friendship in every game we play and our respect extends to all players and referees - without exception. 

I have been delighted with how the children have accepted these standards.  

We have two sporting competitions coming soon - AFL and basketball.  Good luck to all involved.  

It is the player's responsibility to wear the correct team uniform.  Any players who are not in correct and complete uniform on the day, will not be able to attend, and hire fees and transport fees will be forfeited.

Report cards are coming

Our teachers have been very busy putting the finishing touches to report cards this week.  These will be prepared for email distribution to families in Week 10 (22 June) so please keep an eye on your email accounts on this day.  

Principal's attendance breakfast (Week 10)

With the help of our wonderful staff, I will be preparing another pancake breakfast for students who have met the attendance standard this term.  While we use 95% as our usual attendance target, I have been struck down with both the flu and COVID in the past fortnight and have missed six school days.  I find it impossible to expect students to achieve more than me so the target percentage will be based on my attendance this term.  This means that this term, the target attendance percentage is 87%.  Students who have met or exceeded this target will receive a ticket the breakfast.  Teachers will distribute these in Week 10.

School dental van

with Ms Waide

Prep gallery:

with Ms Waide

Year 1 gallery:

with Mrs Gatti

Year 2 gallery:

Celebration of learning

Last week, our enthusiastic Year 2 students embarked on an educational journey to the Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum. The students were captivated by the rich heritage and fascinating artifacts showcased at the museum. They had the opportunity to explore historical buildings and engage in interactive exhibits that brought history to life. The trip not only expanded their knowledge of the past but also sparked their curiosity and ignited a love for learning about their local history.

with Mrs Gatti

Year 3 gallery:

Celebration of learning 

This week 3H used the classroom and playground to go on a hunt! Students walked around finding various maths questions to answer. The questions were on a variety of measurement topics, designed to challenge their knowledge before an assessment.  Many students chose to complete with a partner or small groups which encouraged students to chat about their thoughts and ideas while travelling around.  

with Mrs Gatti

Year 4 gallery:

Celebration of learning 

One of our new activities in 4P is called Flashback Friday. Focusing on being cogs and not hogs or logs, students work in teams to answer questions related to the content we cover each week. 

Last week's Quiz covered questions about Indigenous artwork symbols, polygons, informative text and properties of materials.

This is a fun, collaborative way to revise our content each week.

with Mr Meijboom

Year 5 gallery:

Year 5 goldrush excursion - Eureka!

Year 5 students recently attended the Eureka Goldrush Excursion where they struck gold!

5B Students sharing great work!

Well done to Zachary, Rachel, Eila, Summer, Harper, Nicholas and Isabelle for their outstanding writing efforts with their Goldrush recount and City of Ember character perspective.

5GH Students Sharing Great Work!

Well done to Harper, Aiden and Bailey for their outstanding writing efforts with their City of Ember character perspective.

5M Students Sharing Great Work!

Well done to Ariana and Charlie for their outstanding writing efforts with their City of Ember character perspective.

Diamond promotion

Well done to Jasmine.

with Mr Meijboom

Year 6 gallery:

Diamond promotion

Well done to Summer & Tiyahn.

Representative Sport

Regional Cross Country

Well done to do Mylah, Zane, Callum and Aiden who ran against Gold Coast’s best runners at the South Coast Regional Cross Country event. The event is held at Rivermount College and the track is quite tough. Our runners gave it their all and should be super proud of their efforts.

Interschool Sport (Term 2)

Congratulations to all of our Inter-school sport students who represented our school with pride.  We had a very successful season and it was awesome to see how much our players enjoyed themselves. Thank you to the teachers who have up their time to coach our teams. Thank you also to our parents who came to spectate the games.

Results

OzTag Div 1 Champions

Team: Scarlet (C), Paysin, Tyrell, Shayla, Kiani, Cooper, Carlos, Mokoia, Kaea & Tae

Player of the Match: Paysin

OzTag Div 2 Champions

Team: Mylah (C), Poppy, Kiara, Kiahna, Tiyahn, Leah, Olivia, Ruby, Dani, Evie

Player of the Match: Kiahna

Soccer Div 2 Champions

Team: Charlie (C), Ruby, Isaac, Madison, Landon, Frankie, Arlo, Megam, Jesse, Alena, Nathen, Mirielle, Jensen,

Player of the Match: Megan

We also finished runners up in OzTag Div 2, Netball Div 1 and Netball Div 2.

Well done to all of our teams on their tremendous efforts this season.

Interschool Sport (Term 3)

Notes have been sent home. All permission notes are due back Friday Week 9 (16th June).  Please note this deadline as teams will be selected.

Pride Cup

Congratulations to our students who represented us at the Pimpama State Secondary College (PSSC) Pride Cup. The College hosts a mini sports day at their campus and the 'winningest' school takes home the Pride Cup! We were lucky to take it home this year. Thanks to Mr Cope and Mrs Taylor who were our super coaches for the day.

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.