Term 1

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Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Term three has come to an end and it has been very successful.  I am delighted with the achievements of our Wakkakirri and instrumental groups on their performances and recognition. Our sports teams have excelled on the court and field and I cannot recall our touch teams actually being beaten. Our eSports teams have once again achieved some incredible wins as they represented us. Well done to all involved. 

A special thank you to our school staff and P&C for their contributions this term. Our school & community is made stronger because of the opportunities that you selflessly provide. 

Looking at 2024

We are beginning to organise for our 2024 school year.    

Leaving us:  If your children are not returning to Coomera Rivers in 2024 (not the current Year 6 students), please email Kylie Finch at kfinc0@eq.edu.au to let us record this.

Joining us:  We are still taking Prep enrolments for 2024 so if you are looking to enrol for 2024 please email Kylie Finch at kfinc0@eq.edu.au

School Litter Challenge

Over the past four weeks our Year 3-6 classes have participated in the School Litter Challenge.  Together they collected over 1000 pieces of rubbish in the 10-minute pick up time. Their audit forms found that soft plastics were the most frequent litter item on our school grounds.  The winning classes from the challenge were 6T, 5M, 4M and 3J. These classes participated in oval games as their award. Well done to all classes who participated to help make Coomera Rivers a clean and environmentally conscious school.  

Thank you to the teachers for bringing this challenge to life.

Next term we begin our focus on Waste Free Wednesday where we encourage the use of packetless lunches.  

Orange Sky charity

Thank you to everyone who supported the staff team as they completed the Sudsy Challenge this week.  We raised over $2000 to support this awesome local charity.

Best wishes to Ms McIntosh who is taking maternity leave from today.  Best wishes on a safe arrival very soon.

I hope that everyone has a lovely Spring vacation and is ready to go again on Tuesday 3 October at 8:30am.  

Kind regards

Vic

with Ms Waide

Good at learning - Good at life awards

Prep gallery:

Excellence Awards

Prep gallery:

with Ms Waide

Good at learning - Good at life awards

Year 1 gallery:

Year 1 gallery:

with Mrs Gatti

Year 2 gallery:

Good at learning - Good at life awards

Celebration of Learning 

On Thursday, 2M enjoyed a thrilling, jam packed day of exciting adventures at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.  The fun began as we walked through the park and arrived just in time for the pelican and eel feeding show.  We were met by a large group of slimy eels and big beaked birds awaiting their lunch. The fun continued as we were led to our next stop, the koala nursery. Students learnt about the native Australian marsupial and caught a glimpse of their baby joeys.  

Our next stop was Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's free flight bird show – ‘WildSkies’, which introduced us to the majestic world of flight. We met many of Australia’s most beautiful species of birds including the largest bird of prey in Australia - the wedge-tailed eagle, as well as the Australian Pelican, colourful parrots and birds of prey. The children were in awe as these beautiful birds flew wild, skimming over our heads. 
 
As we strolled through the sanctuary, the children pointed out the many koalas, Tasmanian devils, dingos, lizards, flying foxes, wombats and crocodiles. Finally, we reached the highly anticipated kangaroo enclosure. We walked through the red-dirt landscape to pat the lazy red kangaroos and then headed to the grassy fields to say hello to grey kangaroos, rock-dwelling brush- tailed rock-wallabies and inquisitive emus. 
 
On the bus ride back to school, the students were still buzzing from excitement and ready to share their favourite moments of the day with their families. It was a brilliant day!  

with Mrs Gatti

Year 3 gallery:

    

Celebration of Learning

Our fantastic math lessons for this term have concluded. In 3H and 3A, we engaged our students in a series of dynamic activities aimed at reinforcing the concepts covered this semester. The trash can relay, in which students raced to solve questions and then tried to accurately toss paper into the bin for points, was met with tremendous enthusiasm. 

Another highlight was the forest-themed challenge, where teamwork and critical thinking skills were put to the test. Additionally, traditional dice and counter board games were a hit, providing a nostalgic touch to our curriculum. To everyone's surprise and delight, the classroom transformed into a lively snowball fight arena, using pieces of paper. This unexpected activity injected a burst of energy and excitement into the learning environment. Throughout these activities, students revisited topics taught up to nine weeks ago, including time to the minute 3D shapes, reading a map, number pattern solving, and recognition. It was evident that they not only retained this knowledge but applied it with remarkable skill. 

with Mrs Gatti

Year 4 gallery:

Diamond Promotion gallery:  

Celebration of Learning

Year 4 have been heading to the sandpit for Science, conducting a number of experiments involving weathering and erosion. Students have also been exploring what a fair test looks like and how these investigations can be conducted safely. Results have been measured, recorded and graphed to link with our measurement and data focus in Maths this term. The weather has been delivering beautiful sunshine and students have thoroughly enjoyed getting sandy and learning outside the classroom.  

with Mr Meijboom

Year 5 gallery:

Pimpama State Secondary College Art Competition

Many Year 5 students were busy getting creative (5B students pictured below) to produce artwork for the PSSC Art competition.

Horse Jumping Champion!

Ruby showcased her brilliant horse jumping abilities at the recent Gold Coast Show! She had two brilliant clear rounds and placed 5th in the open 90 cm out of 40 adults. Well done Ruby!

Dance Superstar!

Big congratulations to Malaika who competed at the Future Stars dance competition last Saturday. She is undefeated once again placing 1st for her hip hop solo. She and her duo partner placed 2nd.

For the first time EVER, she did a jazz solo placing 3rd and qualifying for nationals so nationals in October she will perform both her hip hop and her jazz solo.

At the end of the comp they announce a top 10 for all of her age division coming away with 6th overall highest scoring solo.

We wish Malaika all the best in her upcoming National competitions!

with Mr Meijboom

Year 6 gallery:

Year 6 Gallery Walk

This term, students in Year 6 had the opportunity to meet some incredibly inspiring humans - our Everyday Heroes. Each student selected one of these amazing individuals to write a character analysis for and they also practice their artistic skills.

Yes Day

'Yes Day' continues to be a big hit with our Year 6 students! There were many activities on offer and the students thoroughly enjoyed the experiences.

Rugby League State Championships

Well done Bailey, for her representation in the U12 girls Rugby League state championships this week at Townsville!

Coomera Cup

On Tuesday, Coomera Rivers and Coomera Springs went head-to-head in netball, basketball, touch and rugby league to see who would take out the Coomera Cup for 2023.

Basketball and touch were played at Coomera Springs and Coomera Rivers won both of these events.  Our basketball team showed great sportsmanship when they won by over 50 points and similarly touch had an 11-0 win.

Netball and Rugby League were both played at Coomera Rivers and in both games, our teams were defeated by Coomera Springs, both in really close results.

To determine the overall winner of the Coomera Cup, Coomera Rivers and Coomera Springs teachers went head-to-head in netball. In a great display of talent and technique, Coomera Rivers teachers were victorious and took out the Coomera Cup for 2023.

Prep – 2 NRL Gala Day

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students have participated in an NRL program over the last 3 weeks. Students were taught the skills of Rugby League Tag, coached by NRL staff in their HPE lessons. Students then applied their new skills in several matches at an NRL Gala Day on Wednesday. The students had an absolute ball playing against other students in their year level.

South Coast Athletics

Well done to Mylah, Bailey, Zane, Jacob, Callum and Zara who competed at the South Coast Athletics Trials. At South Coast trials, the Top 3 from each event go through to State trials, and we are lucky to enough to have Bailey going through again this year, as she won her Shotput event.

Our Wakakirri troupe recently competed at the Logan Entertainment Centre in the regional concert and earned an invitation to the state awards concert.  They performed again last Friday night to a full house. After all six finalists performed, Coomera Rivers was one of the two schools who were selected for nomination to the National competition.  This is an outstanding achievement for our troupe.

Part of the performance is a post presentation interview with the compere.  Congratulations to Connor, Frankie and Tamara who spoke with such maturity - no scripts or palm cards.  I would also like to thank Liliana for performing the Acknowledgement of Country for the evening as well.  Coomera Rivers shone brightly in so many ways.

Thank you to the teaching team for their development of the storyline, the dance, music, choreography, costume design and set production.  The view from the audience was spectacular.  Their loading of the props into the ute was also impressive.

My sincere appreciation also extends to the families who supported our performers as well.  There have been many rehearsals at school and practices at home over the past few months and these have resulted in some tremendous achievements.

It is with great excitement that we open the orders for our 2024 seniors shirts.

Our Year 5 students have been involved in a design development process that culminated in six designs being presented to the cohort. Every Year 5 student was then able to vote on their favourite with the design with the most votes becoming our 2024 senior shirt design.

An image of the finalised design for 2024 can be found below.

Important information - What you need to know.

• Orders are open to our current Year 5 (Class of 2024) students only
• Orders are open now via School24 and will close at 4pm Friday 17 November
• The cost of the shirt is $35
• REALLY IMPORTANT! When determining sizing, please refer to the size charts available below (and on the School24 site) or you can email the P&C to book a time to try on sample sizes. Please ensure that you check and order the correct sizes as there is no exchange of sizes available once your order has been placed.
• Families that would like to purchase but, for any reason, are not able to make full payment before the deadline date, can email the P&C to request a payment plan.  Please note - to be eligible for a payment plan your school credit rating must be in good standing - meaning you have no outstanding payments to school or, if you currently are on a school payment plan, your payments are up to date.
• The school requires that a minimum of 100 student orders are received for the senior shirt to proceed. If orders do not reach this target, we will process refunds and not proceed with the order for this year.
• The 2024 Senior shirt can be worn on sports days at school.
• Students will still need to have a standard "green" shirt as these must be worn when representing our school off site requires full sport uniform.
• 2024 Senior Shirts will be handed out in Term 1 Week 4 of 2024 after confirmation that students have the full correct "blues" and "greens" uniform.
• The seniors shirt is not able to be signed at school at the end of the year as a memento     

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