Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

The final week of 2019 has finished and we can now take a breath and begin to relax a little as Christmas approaches.  

Highlights this week

Three big events in the final week have been highlights.

Swimming carnival:  The 2 days of swimming carnival were excellent.  The weather was warm but cloud cover provided some relief.  The students thoroughly enjoyed their events and worked well as a team to earn house points.  Well done to the staff on running a fabulous 2 days of swimming and ensuring that everyone stayed safe.

Annual awards assemblies:  The two assemblies showcased the standards of excellence across each class in the school.  While only three students were able to be selected for the awards, the fact that at least another ten students could have been considered, shows the depth of excellence in our school.

Graduation:  A lovely evening befitting the significance of the event.  Well done to Mrs Artz and her team on once again leading a remarkable event. 

Thank you to the staff team

Our school is unique in just how many additional opportunities we offer to our children outside of the regular school day. There are literally scores of extra-curricular activites available to students across the year.  The more that students are involved in these activities, the more they attend school and the better they perform. I am sincerely appreciative to my colleagues for their wonderful work this year before between and after the bells.  

2020 classes

Teachers will email families on Wednesday 22 January, welcoming your child to their class for 2020.  

Book drop off and meet the new teacher

The school will be open on Friday morning 24 January so families can drop in to the school to meet the 2020 teachers, find the new classrooms and drop off book packs.  This is designed to make the first day of school much simpler.  

I hope that everyone has a lovely Christmas vacation.  Please check in to the P&C Facebook page for information on the 2020 school year.

Merry Christmas

Kind regards

Vic

Summer is well and truly here and the temperatures on Monday and Tuesday were perfect for our swimming fun day carnivals.  The Year 3&4 competed on Monday and the Year 5&6 concluded the event on Tuesday.  The house points changed with each year level and after a sustained tussle, Foxwell finally drew away from the other houses to score a convincing win.  

Thank you sincerely to the HPE team on the tremendous organisation of the events and to the many staff who were poolside to ensure that everyone had a great experience and stayed safe.

The 2020 Head of School and Head of Student Council positions were announced on Thursday at the awards assembly.  From an original group of over 70 applicants, the students were shortlisted, tested at a leadership day where they were challenged with team work and problem solving situations.  A subsequent shortlist meant that 12 were interviewed and I am delighted to announce that the follow appilcants were successful.

Head of School:  Ruby Dreise

Head of School:  Zack Tunstall

Head of Student Council:  Hannah Clifton

Congratulations to the scores of students who earned special recognition for 2019 at the annual awards assemblies this week.  The excited students were presented with their certificates in front of the very proud families and peers.

The Year 6 students and their families celebrated the graduation from primary school on Thursday night.  It was a lovely event and many students were recognised for their outstanding achievements at the school this year.  Congratulations to:

School Dux:  Imogen Raschke

Stuart Robert Leadership Award:   Imogen Raschke and Georgina Park

Cr Cameron Caldwell Citizenship Award:  Eden Lauaki

Principal's Award:  Lily-Grace Danielson

Michael Crandon Commitment Award (Peer selection):  

• Josephine McMurtrie
• Tre Hapeta
• Roman Kleyer
• Maddison Scrimgeour
• Isabella Limmer
• Ava Van Klooster

DigiDesign Award:  Claire Phillips

Chinese Award:  Chloe Dillon-Lee

HPE Award:  Chezann Kainui

Music Award:  Ju Eun Oh

Farewell and best wishes to the graduating Year 6 cohort of 2019. They have been a cohesive and self-motivated year group. The student leaders – and in particular Imogen and Georgina – have been splendid in their personal efforts, in their guidance, and in their consistent representation of our school.  I wish them well in their moves to their respective secondary schools, buoyed in the knowledge that they have been shaped by the values of this school, and I promise them that they will always remain part of the Coomera Rivers community.

As we are nearing the end of 2019, we are remembering our first year as Coomera Rives Outside School Hours Care. We feel so lucky to have had such a successful transtition and first year. We want to thank you, our families and friends for your support and trust in us to help our beautiful serive grow!

We have worked hard to provide an efficient service that strives to welcome, love, play and create memories with our students. Looking back we remember the fun excursions we enjoyed; Tropical Fruit World, Time Zone and of course, bowling! Our breakfast and afternoon tea menu was a hit and one of the things our students would get super excited about! The favourites of the year would have to be sausage rolls, ceasar salad, egg-free pikelets, sausage muffins and of course, good old mac and cheese.

To our students, we hope you have fun over your holidays whether you’re joining our adventures at OSHC or spending time with your family. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in 2020!

Coomera Rivers Outside School Hours Care is now taking bookings for our Summer Vacation Program.  Vacation Care bookings are open to ALL primary school students including students that do NOT attend Coomera Rivers.  Vacation Care bookings are also open to our families that do NOT use the before and / or after school service.

There is no minimum number of days that you need to attend - just book for the days you need.  Bookings for primary school aged students are encouraged so please share with friends and family that may be looking for an exceptional school holiday care option.

The details of the upcoming program are attached - the program document also includes a ready reckoner that shows an estimation of families out of pocket expenses for our Vacation care days after your Centrelink CCS is applied. Please note that this is a guide only. CCS benefits vary, and benefits for multi-day bookings will depend on approved activity hours. Please contact our Service Director for a personalised quote.

For bookings or further enquiries please contact us:

Phone: 5596 8377
Mobile: 0455 968 377
Email: croshc@coomerariversss.eq.edu.au

Bookings are open now

As we near the end of the 2019 school year, it is time to start considering your before and after school care needs for 2020.

Booking requests are open now for and placements are limited and are filling fast!  Click here to enrol for BSC and/or ASC in 2020 and submit your booking request.  Booking offers for BSC and ASC in 2020 will begin being emailed to families in Week 9 (Monday 2 December 2019).  Families need to accept and confirm bookings offers within 48 hours to finalise the booking process.

Please find below a guide to completing the booking request for your convenience.

Please note - QikKids website is not optimised for use on mobile devices, including iPads and mobile phones, so the enrolment process will need to be completed on a computer.

Supported by the Google Women Techmakers program, and the Griffith University School of Engineering, we will be presenting a full day series of mini workshops, for students from years 4-6, and years 7-9. These mini workshops will feature four different, hands-on activities, representative of the four most prominent engineering fields.  And our girls are invited.

The day itself will be competition-based in a round-robin style, and the girls will be encouraged to work in teams to complete the challenge tasks. These tasks include:

• Building the strongest bridge or most stable tower, to learn about statics and structural design
• Constructing a rubber band car, to learn about energy transformations
• Following circuitry design, to learn how electricity flows
• Programming a robot to exit a maze, to learn basic algorithmic design through trials

The details of the event are as follows:

• Date: Thursday 23rd January 2020
• Time: 9am - 3pm
• Who: Grades 4-6 female students 2020
• Where: Griffith University Gold Coast Campus

As of the start of Term 1 in 2020, the Surfside afternoon school buses will display a new school number which will be different to the morning and current afternoon school numbers.  We advise all students and parents to check the Surfside School website for updates before Term 1 starts in 2020.