Coomera Rivers State School eNewsletter

Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Parent teacher interviews

Thank you to all of those parents that attend Parent Teacher Interviews. It was a great opportunity to meet with your child's teacher and hear about their engagement with learning. It was very pleasing to see the depth of conversations across the room. Thank you to our teachers who invested heavily in preparing for the meetings. Many parents also had an opportunity to hear some more information about The Resilience Project and the positive impact of GEM (Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness). Remember you can access The Resilience Project Parent Hub Here

Musical

The school hall was abuzz with excitement this evening, as students, teachers, and families gathered for the school’s much-anticipated musical. This year’s production of Disney- The Jungle Book Kids is a vibrant celebration of creativity, teamwork, and young talent. The students brought the much beloved characters to life with and transformed the school’s hall into a lively jungle. Catchy numbers such as “The Bare Necessities,” featured the entire cast and set the tone for an evening. The set, adorned with lush green trees, jungle vines and authentic looking rocks, created the perfect atmosphere for the wild adventure that captivated the audience. The students’ enthusiasm was infectious, and it was clear they were having as much fun performing as the audience was watching.

Months of preparation have gone into making the musical a success. Under the direction of the school’s Arts teacher, Alana Ellison, students immersed themselves in learning the songs and choreography that transported the audience into the heart of the jungle. Thanks also to the hard work and countless hours from many school staff, the sets and costumes reflected the lush, vibrant world of Kipling’s story. While the performers took centre stage, the success of the musical also relied on the dedication of many behind the scenes. This includes families who I am sure have heard number hours of rehearsal.

It’s been wonderful to see student and staff dedication and the excitement grow as we got closer to the performance. Coomera River’s production of ‘Disney- The Jungle Book Kids’ once again proved that with dedication, hard work, and a bit of magic, the result is nothing short of extraordinary.

Get ready for 2025

Are your leaving us next year?

If you know that your family is leaving the school at the end of this year, can you please let Mrs Finch know, either by email or phone 55968333. This way we can create classes on as accurate a number as possible.

Have a lovely weekend

Sarah Gatti

Congratulations to:

Class	Award 1	Award 2
Prep C	Ayva	Eden
Prep D	Quinnley	Vida
Prep F	Connor	Arana-Kye
Prep J	Suvir	Cleo
Prep M	Alice	Ayla
Prep S	Charlotte
1A	Havarna	Toroa
1H	Takeru	Willow
1L	Aesther	Cydney
1S	Willow
1V	Billy	Sierra
1/2B (Year 1)	Maksim	Jayden
1/2B (Year 2)	Marley	Aston
2B	Archie	Easton
2D	Miyue	Mia
2H	Avalon	Ryan
2M	Killian	Khaleesi
2O	Avarli	Leon

Gallery:

Celebrating Prep

No Bullying Day
“It’s hard to fix a wrinkled heart”. In preparation for No Bullying Day, Prep S did an activity to help us understand how bullying makes us feel. We wrote our name on a heart and when Ms Shepherd said a mean thing, students had to scrunch up our hearts, when she said something kind, we tried to fix our broken heart. The kids could see that even after kind words our hearts will always be a little ‘wrinkled’.

Ms Waide Visit
Mrs Kane and Ms Jones were so proud of Prep S’s Turtle writing, we decided to ask Ms Waide to visit. She loved reading all the interesting facts about turtles.

Celebrating Year 1

1/2B have been busy working on developing their math skills through hands on learning. We have begun exploring a See, Plan, Do, Check chart to answer addition and subtraction word problems and learning different strategies to solve the math problems. We further participated in Math rotations incorporating tactile and play approaches to our learning of word problems, multiplication groups, location and place value. Great effort 1/ 2 B!

Celebrating Year 2

2O this week have been very busy with number, working out number problems using the thinking board and applying strategies such a using object to solve the problem given to us. We also played games like bingo to practice fact number recognition.

GEM (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness)

Class	Award
3L	Caia
PM	Hudson
1H	Sampson
1H	Jordan
4F	Dane
4F	Major
4F	Jai
4F	Yegana
4F	Leon
4F	Oliver
2B	Isla

in some extra-curricular opportunities at school

Coomera Rivers is committed to offering our students as many additional opportunities as we can. Below is a list of the activities on offer this term. Some are privately provided opportunities held at school but most are run by our school staff. Most activities are free or very reasonably priced. Please contact the co-ordinator for more information if you are interested in your child participating.

As you will see, the older the students are, the greater the number of opportunities that exist for them. This is due to department regulations around competitive sport and other aspects of school.

Thank you sincerely to the staff teams who provide their time and expertise for the students. I am very grateful for their generous contributions.

Monday

Activity	For	Co-ordinator	Venue	Time
Senior strings rehearsal	Years 4-6	Ms Hampson	Music Centre	7:30am - 8:20am
Story Time	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Costello	iCentre	7:45am - 8:20am
GKR Karate (Private activity - costs involved)	Prep - Year 6	GKR Karate	Hall	6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tuesday

Activity	For	Co-ordinator	Venue	Time
Beginner Band Rehearsal	Years 4-6	Mr Donnelly	Music Centre	7:30am - 8:20am
Running Club	Prep - Year 6	Ms McLean	Oval	7:45am - 8:20am
Story Time	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Costello	iCentre	7:45am - 8:20am
eSports	Years 3-6	Mrs Singh	Digi Room	10:30am - 10:55am
Netball training (Inter-school sport)	Years 5-6	Mrs Taylor	Courts	10:30am - 10:55am
GEM Club	Prep - Year 2	Mrs Crook	SWAG room	8:00am - 8:20am
Touch football training	Years 5-6	Mr Burrows	Oval	2:40pm - 3:30pm
Campbell's Athletics Academy	Senior students	Campbell	Oval	2:45pm - 3:45pm

Wednesday

Activity	For	Co-ordinator	Venue	Time
Oztag training	Years 5-6	Mr Burrows	Oval	7:45am - 8:20am
Skipping Club	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Duffy	Courts	7:45am - 8:20am
Story Time	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Costello	iCentre	7:45am - 8:20am
Lego Club	Prep - Year 6	Mr Meijboom	Cafe Covered Area	8:00am - 8:20am
Mindfulness Colouring Club	Years 3-4	Mrs LaPorta	Year 3L classroom	10:30am - 10:55am
Chess Club (Cost)	Prep - Year 6	Mr Graham	Staffroom	2:30pm - 3:30pm
SiBa Soccer Private activity - Costs involved)	Prep - Year 6	Siba Soccer	Oval	2:30pm - 3:30pm
Oztag - (All Schools Girls teams)	Years 5-6	Mr Burrows	Oval	2:40pm - 3:30pm

Thursday

Activity	For	Co-ordinator	Venue	Time
Senior Band Rehearsal	Years 5-6	Mr Donnelly	Music Centre	7:30am - 8:20am
Oztag training - (Inter-school sport)	Years 5-6	Mr Bradley / Mrs Duffy	Oval	7:45am - 8:20am
Story Time	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Costello	iCentre	7:45am - 8:20am
Rugby League training	Years 5-6	Mr Bradley / Mr Burrows	Oval	10:30am - 10:55am
Basketball Club	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Duffy	Courts	7:45am - 8:20am
Choir	Years 1-6	Mrs Ellison	Music Centre	10.30am - 10.55am

Friday

Activity	For	Co-ordinator	Venue	Time
Story Time	Prep - Year 6	Mrs Costello	iCentre	7:45am - 8:20am
Debating Club	Years 5-6	Mrs Ellison	Music Centre	7:30am - 8:20am
Soccer training	Years 5-6	Mr Meijboom	Oval	7:45am - 8:20am
Campbell's Athletics Academy	Junior students	Campbell	Oval	2:45pm - 3:45pm