Term 3

Please note that activity dates and times may change
       

Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

This has been a super week at school, headlined by the Sports Fun Days.  These mini carnivals were very well attended and I want to acknowledge the support of our families who cheered the little athletes on.  Our children epitomised our sports mantra of Fun - Fitness - Friendship across the entire day.  While the results went Pedley's way this time, the scores were very close.  

Thank you sincerely to our P&C for supporting student lunches and to the staff team who were once again amazing in their planning and delivery on the day.

Principal's attendance breakfast

Thank you to the staff who helped me acknowledge the attendance achievements of students in Term 2.  The pancake breakfast was once again very well received.  The morning was chilly so it was very pleasant working at the BBQ.  

Please do not worry if your child did not make the target this term.  It has been very difficult with so much illness about.  We start again in Term 3 with 49 school days and a target of 95%.             

Report cards have been sent home

Report cards were emailed home on Thursday.  From time to time, they can pop up in junk so please check there if you have not received one for your child.  

Being good at learning takes different amounts of time for different children.  The key to being a good learner is effort.  Please value your child's effort grades as much as their academic progress.  Effort represents their work ethic and it is vital to success.

A kind donation

William and Liam's mum Lisa has been very kind to donate a book called Remember Triple Zero Heroes to our library.  Lisa is featured as an illustrator in the book.  The book is signed by the author and each of the illustrators.  Lisa visited this week to read the story to the classes and we managed to capture a few photos.  Thank you to Lisa (& William) for the kind donation.  

Staff changes

• Mr Frost  (Year 4)
• Mrs Leick (Year 5)
• Mrs Davies (Prep) and
• Mrs O'Sullivan (Year 2)

School dental van (Every day)

with Ms Waide

Prep gallery:

with Ms Waide

Year 1 gallery:

with Mrs Gatti

Year 2 Good at learning - Good at life gallery:

Year 2 Student Excellence gallery:

Celebration of learning 

On Wednesday, Year 2 students participated in Sports Fun Day on the oval. The children had so much fun, being active and working together in various physical activities. The morning started with sprints and a lap race. The encouragement from spectators and parents was wonderful to see. After a big morning of running races, the class enjoyed their Subway lunch. In middle session, we completed a rotation of activities that included Long Jump, High Jump, Basketball, AFL, Tug-o-War and Indigenous Games. It was a wonderful day full of FUN, FITNESS and FRIENDSHIP! What a great way to end the term! 

with Mrs Gatti

Year 3 gallery:

Diamond Award winners

Celebration of learning

To conclude our HASS “Celebrations and Commerations” topic, all year 3’s proudly displayed their bright, fabulous posters in the hall. Each poster illustrated a variety of celebrations from Hanukkah, St Patricks Day, Valentine’s Day and Easter.  Children learnt about the history, traditions and interesting facts of the above celebrations.  

All Year 3’s participated enthusiastically in using their measurement knowledge to each make a Hedgehog slice. The groups all worked as ‘Cogs’, taking turns and being polite. Hope you all got a taste! 

with Mrs Gatti

Year 4 gallery:

Celebration of learning

Students in 4M have been practising their fluency and expression in both Arts and in class, through reading poetry. Students pay special attention to the punctuation in the poems, lowering and raising their voices, reading at an appropriate rate and emphasising on some words. Students enjoyed completing a final activity where they could identify fluency errors and recording themselves reading these poems correctly. 

Outstanding achievement

with Mr Meijboom

Year 5 gallery

Amazing learning in 5M

Thank you to Mrs Morris and 5M students Aurora, Taylor, Zahraan, Latana and Allira for sharing your excellent writing about your recent excursion to the Gold Rush fields and the City of Ember.  Keep up the great writing!

with Mr Meijboom

Year 6 gallery

LOTE cultural activity

Rugby league star

Congratulations to Bailey who has been selected to represent the Broadwater District U12 Girls Rugby League team. We wish you well, representing the district.

During Reconciliation Week this term students from Prep to Year 6 were invited to illustrate a book cover inspired by one of the local Koombumerri dreamtime stories. Students listedned to the stories shared by Koombumerri Elders abd Traditional Custodians and then used symbols by the Pupunya Central Desert People to help communuicate their messages. Congratulations to our award winners on their fabulous art designs. 

Basketball Rising Stars 

Last week, we had 2 teams compete in the Basketball Queensland Rising Stars tournament. Congratulations to both teams on a great day. The girls team were undefeated, and the boys team won all but 2 games. Well done to all students involved!  

Girls Team: Kiahna, Leah, Tiyahn, Kiani, Scarlet & Olivia. 

Boys: Ryder, Charlie, Leonidas, Keanu, Lucan, Jasper & Ryley 

Inter-school sport in Term 3 

A reminder that Inter-school Sport payments are due Tuesday 11^th July (Week 1). 

There will be a meeting early in Week 1, Term 3 to organise teams, training times and coaches. 

AFLQ Schools Cup 

Congratulations to our Senior Girls and Senior Boys AFL teams who competed at the AFLQ Schools Cup. The Top 2 teams from each division earned a promotion to the Regional Cup in July. Our girls won 3 out of their 4 games, and were promoted, but unfortunately our boys list their Pool A Grand Final and have finished their AFL season. Well done to Mr Cope who has been running training sessions every Thursday afternoon since Term 1. Good luck to the girls who are still going. 

Athletics trials 

On Monday in Week 10, we held our Coomera Rivers Athletics Trials – the purpose of which is to select our Coomera Rivers team to represent us at the Broadwater Athletics Carnival in August. It is a great opportunity for the athletes of Coomera Rivers to compete against each other. Well cone to the following students who were presented Age Champions for 2023. 

Age Champions 

10 Years: Callum & Shayla 

11 Years: Aiden & Scarlet 

12 Years: Jacob & Mylah 

Record Breakers: 

High Jump: Callum, Jacob, Allira and Shayla 

Shotput: Bailey 

800m: Zane & Mylah 

200m: Zara 

100m: Scarlet 

Sports Fun Days 

In Week 10, we held our 3 Sports Fun Days over 3 big days. We began each day with our Lap and Sprint Races, and then completed out Tabloid Events in the middle session. Thanks to everyone who who supported the event by wearing their colours, cheering for their mates, trying their hardest and sharing the house spirit. We were super impressed with the Heads of House and their Year 6 Helpers, who came in early to help set up and stayed out over the three days to support the students of Coomera Rivers. They have done an amazing job. 

After a huge 3 days, the house points came down to the wire.... see below for the results. 

Results 

1^st Pedley (708 points) 

2^nd Siganto (699 points) 

3^rd Colman (687 points) 

4^th Foxwell (684 points) 

Congratulations to Pedley, who won this year’s event. It was  super close! 

Auskick starts soon

        
Term 3 SiBa Soccer is about to start

Showcase concert

What an amazing event this was.  Our strings ensembles, bands, choir, poets, fashion designers and dance troupe thoroughly entertained an appreciative audience.  Thank you sincerely to Mrs Ellison, Mrs Blyth and Mr Owens for their tremendous work with learners this semester.  And congratulations to our performers on a job well done!

One of the wonderful aspects of the Coomera Rivers community is their charity and support for others in need.  Please see the message below.

Hello, my name is Chloe and I’m trying to help my best friend Yasmyn and her family during this devastating time.  Yasmyn has just been diagnosed with a rare brain disease.  

     

Six weeks ago Yasmyn started to get headaches which then led to confusion and feeling generally unwell. Not long after, she woke up one day and couldn’t read or write.  She started getting very stressed out and her mental health started declining very quickly.  Two days after that, she was walking her daughter to school and on the way back she had gotten lost because she couldn’t remember how to get home (when it’s a 5 minute walk around the corner)

    

Three weeks after, she went to the hospital which they did a CT scan and they were very concerned.  Since then she has been transported three times to different hospitals to try find the best possible treatment for her.  The results have come back with NMDA Receptor Encephalitis - her own antibodies have attacked most of her brain.

    

Within a week she has gone from having full conversations to not being able to form a sentence at all. She has lost memory and cognitive skills.

She is having constant silent seizures and MRIs done with no sign of improvement. The doctors have hope that she may recover from this as she is only 28yrs young but she is already on her 3rd line of treatment, if her body rejects the 4th line then we will have to seek treatment globally.

   

Her wonderful partner Jordan has had to take work off so he can take their daughter to school and back but also be with Yasmyn during the days. They have no other source of income, so the funds would go towards helping them in this difficult time so Jordan can be there to keep Yasmyn’s brain active.  For everyone that knows Yasmyn, you know how generally beautiful she is, extremely caring and would do anything for everyone that she loves  Now it’s our time to be there for her!

   

If you are able to support Yasmyn, please click here (Gofund me)