Happening TOMORROW morning!

Coomera Rivers will be a polling centre for the Federal Election tomorrow - Saturday 3 May.  

In conjunction with this, our P&C will be holding an Election Day BBQ from 8:00am until sold out.

We will have a range of cold drinks, sausage sizzle, bacon &egg burgers and sweet treats available to purchase.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

This has been a sensational week at school.  We squeezed in Day for Daniel personal safety lessons, our Book Fair, Staff Appreciation Day and Principal's Breakfast - all on top of our regular lessons and learning.  Well done teachers and staff on making everything work so well.

Principal's breakfast

Each of our three school BBQ's were at full throttle this morning as we prepared for the Principal's breakfast sausage sizzle.  It is no easy feat to cook 600 sausages in an hour but we got it done very successfully.  All of the feedback from students was very positive.  Thank you to our staff for cooking and serving our breakfast this morning.  Special thanks to our P&C for supplying everything and to Tony for setting up and packing away.

Day for Daniel

Thursday and Friday at school saw classes involved in the personal safety and e-Safety lessons associated with the Day for Daniel - Keeping Kids Safe Resources.  These are designed to help keep children safe. Thank you to our teachers for implementing these programs so skilfully.  Thank you also to the many parents who have been researching the programs on-line so they can support at home.

2O recognised Day for Daniel today and enjoyed free dress day

Queensland All Schools touch football carnival

Coomera Rivers is preparing for the Queensland All School's touch football carnival next weekend (Friday - Sunday).  Schools from all over Queensland will be participating in this enormous carnival.  Coomera Rivers has a proud history in the carnival and last year, our girl's team was runners up and our boy's team was the champion school.  We were the best performing school at the tournament.

Representing the school is a privilege and requires outstanding conduct both on and off the field.  Expectations include:

• Player uniform: Team uniform in non-negotiable.  All players must wear the complete team uniform.  Correct school hat or cap, team shirt, team shorts, plain white tennis/crew socks and correct footwear are required.  As they are representing the school, no club or other representative clothing can be worn.  Players will miss match time if they fail to meet this requirement or cannot play until their team uniform is corrected.  

** Players are required to wear their sports shoes or playing shoes across the day. 

** No thongs or crocs etc are acceptable for our players at the carnival at any time.  

• Player conduct:  Players must display appropriate conduct at all times and play for fun - fitness - friendship.  Poor sportsmanship or behaviour on or off the field will result in players missing game time.  This includes challenging a referee's decisions either on the field of from the sideline.  
• Respect for referees:  All spectators, families and friends are required to display appropriate positive and respectful conduct at all times.  The referees will make errors of judgement and this is part and parcel of the game.  Disrespectful behaviours by family members and friends may result in the player being removed from the game or even the carnival.  
• Respect for coaches:  The coaches are giving their time freely across the weekend.  Their job is to lead the teams and promote fun - fitness - friendship.  Their decisions about the team are final.  Please do not challenge these as they have the best interests of our students and school at heart.
• Have fun:  And most of all, enjoy the opportunity.  It will be an exhausting weekend that will be remembered for all the right reasons.  

Breakfast club starts Monday

Our school has sought funding to operate a breakfast club each morning.  Items on our menu will be available to any student who wishes to take them for breakfast, snack break, morning tea, or lunch.

I encourage students to help themselves to items.  

IMPORTANT: If your child has allergies they will need to be aware of what they can and cannot take from the snack trolley.  I require parents to monitor this as the school is not able to match foods to particular student health needs.  The school will provide the menu of available items for the following week so please discuss these with your child.

Week 5 menu

Kind regards

Vic

Awesome work for the following students this week.

   Awards Gallery

Leadership Duty Commitment

Awards Gallery

Celebrations of Learning   

Year 3

Pacific Pen Pals 

This term, 3J have formed an exciting connection with students from Apii Nikao School in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, through a wonderful pen pal program. The students have been developing their letter writing skills, sharing interesting details about themselves, and asking thoughtful questions to learn more about their new friends. The highlight came when they received letters back, answering their questions and revealing how much they have in common! The class is buzzing with excitement as they prepare to respond to the questions their pen pals asked, strengthening this special friendship across the Pacific. 

Year 4

Year 4 students have been practising mindful movement this week as part of the Resilience Project. This activity involves trialling in a number of meditation techniques to encourage relaxation and a clear, ready to learn mindset. One of the meditation techniques classes participated in was yoga. Students thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of moving their bodies into different positions, practising their breathing and sharing a laugh or two. 

Year 5 Skateboarding Superstar!

Louie has done it again! He recently won the Open Mens skateboarding competition at Bowl-A-Nana at Coffs Harbour. We wish him the best of luck at his next competition at Melbourne.

This Sunday 27 October between 12:15-12:50pm, Louie will be at the GC500 with other athletes from Boost mobile for signing. Boost Mobile are not only sponsors for the GC500 but they are one of Louie's sponsors. Say hi to Louie if you are heading there on Sunday :)

Year 6 Pilot Visit

6T had the privilege of hosting John, an experienced pilot with over 30 years of domestic and international flying experience. He shared his inspiring journey to becoming a pilot, along with notable accomplishments in his aviation career. John provided us with a unique opportunity to view images of flight paths, weather patterns displayed on radar, and various aircraft he has flown. It was fascinating to gain insights into aviation and explore aspects typically not accessible to us. The class was highly engaged, asking numerous questions, all of which John was eager to answer. The students thoroughly enjoyed his presentation and gained valuable knowledge about the aviation industry.

GEM (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness)

With one week of the school year to go, you still have time to enrol for Prep 2025. If you would like further information please contact our Enrolments Officer Kylie Finch.

  

Please email the P&C at pandc@coomerariversss.eq.edu.au for a TEAMS link.

P&C meetings are a great way to keep up to date with what is going on around our school. The meetings also provide our families with an opportunity to have input and feedback on matters relating to school and community life.  Meetings are open to all families and we encourage families to attend our on-line meeting and contribute to your school community which forms a vital part of your children's educational journey.

We look forward to seeing you on-line at our next meeting.

It is with great excitement that we open the orders for our 2025 seniors shirts.

Our Year 5 students have recently been involved in a design development process that culminated in four 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 2025 senior shirt design.

We are really excited to release an image of the winning design below.

Orders are open now so as to give families as much time as possible to check their sizes (you will read below why this is REALLY important) and place their order.

Important information - What you need to know.

• Orders are open to our current Year 5 (Class of 2025) students only
• Orders are open now via School24 and will close at 4:00pm Friday 15 November
• The cost of the shirt is $35

REALLY IMPORTANT INFO:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 2025.
4. The 2025 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.
5. 2025 Senior Shirts will be handed out in Term 1 Week 4 of 2025 after confirmation that students have the full correct "blues" and "greens" uniform - including black formal shoes and black sport shoes. (REALLY IMPORTANT - Refer to the conditions of purchase when ordering)
6. 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

• Expression of Interest submitted ✔️
• Enrolment Officer has made contact for enrolment interview ✔️
• Booked 2/12/24 into your family diary for Year 6 into Year 7 transition day at FSSC ✔️

If you don't have an enrolment interview yet, please call (07)5555 3333.