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- Acknowledgement of Country
- Principal's news
- Junior school awards
- Sports news
- Meet the cast
- Regional chess tournament
- Cafe volunteers needed next week
- P&C Annual General Meeting
- Autumn - Vacation Care Program
- Year 6 senior shirt - final chance to order
- From Dr Coulson and the Happy Families Team
- Need your bike serviced?
Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues
Thank you to the staff and families who supported the school cross-country this week. Because of the nature of long distance running, cross-country is not the visual spectacle of sports fun day, but it is still a great opportunity to see the children participating for thie house team with big smiles. These are important moments for many students and as you will see in the gallery (Sports news), the smiles were many and large, and the team spirit was clearly visible.
Well done to the PE team on yet another very successful carnival.
Parent-teacher interviews are coming soon
Next issue I will advertise the links and codes to register a parent-teacher interview appointment. The interviews will be held on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 March. All interviews are in the school hall after school. Interviews can only be secured through the on-line booking system so stay tuned.
NAPLAN is coming for Years 3&5
NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year.
NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents to see how their child is progressing against national standards.
NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process. It does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide teachers with additional information about students’ educational progress nor do the results measure overall school quality.
Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions.
School crossings are safest
Please use the school crossings when walking to and from school and expect that your children do this, even if you are not with them.
I received a message from a local resident this week who explained that they almost hit a student this morning when they crossed Finnegan Way away from the crossing where drivers are anticipating children and their parents will cross.
Kids won't usually get a second chance if struck by a motor vehicle. I just need all parents to ask themselves if their child is worth the extra walk to the crossing or not?
Never looked better
Maths whiz
Congratulations to Kayreen (5E) on her exceptional achievement! Graduating from the mental arithmetic/abacus course with UCMAS on February 24th, 2024, and achieving an outstanding score of 94% on the final exam at Level 8 (120 questions) is truly commendable. Completing this minimum 4-year duration course, dedicated to developing mental arithmetic skills and speedy calculation beyond the regular school curriculum, showcases Kayreen's commitment and proficiency. Mental arithmetic not only enhances mathematical abilities but also contributes to concentration, observation, listening, imagination, visualization and memory. A heartfelt congratulations to Kayreen for reaching this significant academic milestone!
Kokoda training starts in earnest
The Kokoda squad hit the trails early last Saturday morning at The Spit. It was great to spend the early morning with our families as we all work towards the challenge in June. The squad managed to train for 7-8km across the hour.
Next session we will be looking to add to that distance and also build on increasing our running time from 60 minutes to 90 minutes.
Thank you sincerely to the staff team who supported the session and special thanks to Tina and Tarrah for their photos.
On assembly this week, we acknowledged the following students for their achievements.
| Class | Award 1 | Award 2 |
| Prep C | Roman | Lila |
| Prep D | Vida | Sumaya |
| Prep F | Maeva | Brianna |
| Prep J | Cleo | Vincent |
| Prep M | Kason | Ayla |
| Prep S | Leyna | Freddie |
| 1A | Nora-Lee | Liam |
| 1H | Ayna | Takeru |
| 1L | Quade | Ruth |
| 1S | Aria | Kenzie |
| 1V | Cruz | Cartell |
| 1/2B | Eli | Mana |
| 1/2B | Laura | Kartina |
| 2B | Aria | Noah |
| 2D | Leviticus | Evelyn |
| 2H | Aranui | Seerut |
| 2M | Sijal | Harleigh |
| 2O | Graham | Athena |
Awards gallery:
Celebrating Prep
Our prep students were super excited to participate in their first ever school sports event. Our Rivers Rangers have been helping to spread the word about playing for fun, fitness and friendship in the playground too.
Celebrating Year 1
Families were welcomed into classrooms across year 1 to engage in some different activities with their children. It was lovely to see students sharing not only actviites with with family members, such as making craft or reading a book, but even sharing their family members with some fellow students. Year 1 have also been busy with their retell writing practise. Ms Waide was very impressed with the great work shown by students this week. To get into the spirit of Clean Up Australia day some year 1 students helped clean up the year 1 playground area. And 1/2B got the opportunity to get up close and personal with some stick insects as they begin looking at minibeasts and prepare to meet some more on the upcoming year 1 excursion.
Celebrating Year 2
In 20 over the last few weeks, we have been learning about measurement, capacity and weight. We also were caught reading, writing, and doing fractions. We have been so busy with our learning.
Wirh Mrs Duffy, Ms Findlay and Mr Burrows
School cross-country
Well done to students for participating in the cross-country this week. It was great to see such great sportsmanship and everyone out there having fun. Thank you to the teachers, parents and P&C for making it such a great day.
Champion house: Congratulations to Siganto, who took out the win for the day.
Age champions: Congratulations to the following students who were our cross-country age champions:
| Age group | Girls | Boys |
| Prep | Willow | Bohdi |
| Year 1 | Zali | Sampson |
| Year 2 | Harper | Marley |
| Year 3 | Sophia-Rose | Braxton |
| Born 2015 | Emme | Byron |
| Born 2014 | Ella | Flynn |
| Born 2013 | Zara | Pax |
| Born 2012 | Honor | Taj |
New records: Congratulations to the following students who broke a CRSS record in their age group:
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Record Breakers |
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2013 Boys |
Pax |
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Year 3 Girls |
Sophia-Rose |
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Year 2 Girls |
Harper |
Gallery:
Broadwater Sport
Congratulations to Tae, Zara and Nylah for being selected in the Broadwater touch team. Their South Coast trial is this Tuesday.
Good luck to Boston, Flynn, Riti, Chevy, Shaan, Kaedys, Aiden, Honor & Tae when they trial at the Rugby League trials soon.
South Coast Sport
Congratulations to Shayla on her selection to the South Coast netball team. Great effort!
Well done to our Coomera Rivers Chess Club students who represented us at the Regional Chess Tournament at St Stephen's on Tuesday. There was plenty of talented chess players there, and our students performed really well. Thank you sincerely to Mr Burrows for leading our team.
Representing our school was:
Danika, Molli, Jeremiah, Axis, Phoenix, Xian, Axis, Xirius, Lucas, Kai, Taylor, Ayaan, Coleton and Toby.
The Annual General Meeting of the Coomera Rivers State School P&C will be held on Monday 28 April at 5.30pm in the Corporate Services building of Coomera Rivers State School.
A general meeting of the association will be held directly after the AGM.
The below Program outlines the steps to book your child in, as well as including all the information you need to know about Vacation Care at Coomera Rivers OSHC. We suggest keeping Page 1 on your fridge so you know what needs to be packed and worn for each day.
How to Book
Please follow the steps in the attached program to book your child in to OSHC. You will require an OWNA login to complete this booking.
Bookings will close once all available places are exhausted, so please make sure to complete your online booking form ASAP to avoid missing out. Vacation Care bookings will be released to all Coomera Rivers SS families next week.
All required information must be completed in full to confirm your booking. The online booking form is a Complying Written Agreement between you and the service, allowing your CCS benefits to be paid towards our fees. Bookings are not confirmed until a confirmation email is issued by the service, and all steps including Excursion Permissions must be completed to secure your child’s place. Please ensure you complete all sections and return to us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Once confirmed by the service, all bookings are final, and as such all fees associated with the bookings, should the child not attend care due to illness or for any other reason, shall be required to be paid in full, unless 14 days' notice is provided. CCS will apply in accordance with allowable and approved absence provisions.
Please note there are limited spaces in our Vacation Care program and bookings are processed in the order they are received, so please return your completed booking form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
What you need to know
- Orders are open on School24
- Orders close on School24 Friday 21 March at 4:00pm
- Cost is $35 per shirt
- We MUST have a minimum of 10 orders to be able to proceed. If we do not reach 10 orders, your order will be refunded to you.
- There can be NO exchanges and NO refunds – please ensure you order the correct size. (Measure twice – Order once)
- We recommend families arrange a time with the P&C to try on sample sizes to ensure correct fit. Please email the P&C to arrange a time.
- Alternatively the P&C can provide a size guide for in home measure. Please email the P&C to request the size guides if required.
- If the order proceeds, we expect delivery and distribution by no later than Term 2 Week 3 Friday.
- When ordering, families, as was the case with the original orders, are also agreeing with the following order conditions:
- You will only receive your senior shirt order once we have confirmation that your students has the full correct “blues” and “greens” uniform, including correct footwear.
- Students must still have the standard “greens” shirt as these must be worn when representing our school off site requires full sport uniform.
- The senior shirt is not able to be signed at school at the end of the year as a memento.
- 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 strong - meaning you have no outstanding payments to school or, if you currently are on a school payment plan, your payments are up to date.
Servicing your bike will help keep it in pristine condition to maintain performance and ensure that you’re riding a bike that is safe. Often people have invested a lot of money in their bike and don’t worry much about servicing, but just like your car you need to service your bike regularly. Servicing your bike will increase the life of your parts and give you a much better riding experience.
99 Bikes, proud sponsors of our Term 1 River Reward program, have not only been kind enough to donate a bike that one lucky Year 4 – 6 students will win this Term, they have also put together an exclusive package of offers for our families to help with the safety and servicing of your bikes.
Please see the attached flyer for full details.
We thank 99 Bikes for the support of our school and community.
