Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

We have completed 39 school weeks and just the final 10 days of the school year lay ahead.  These two weeks are filled with celebrations and recognition so please keep checking the school calendar for dates and times.  I was speaking with some of the Year 6 students this week and while most are excited about graduating to high school, most were very nervous - particularly with leaving their friends and teachers.  

Monitor on-line activities

It is vital that, as adults, we monitor the on-line activities of our children - especially messaging.  I have been in communication with families across the past few weeks regarding this.  I am concerned with how quickly small groups of children can electronically isolate a student - then pick on them with name calling, threats and put downs.  This is cyber-bullying.

Please monitor your child's on-line behaviours with the intent of teaching them appropriate and safe behaviours.  Stop - Block - Report.  Click here for more eSafety information.

Time to shine

The annual Time to Shine concert was held this week was it was once again amazing.  Thank you to our talented staff for their work in the arts this year.  Thank you also to the many parents who insisted their children practice - when they really didn't want to - and encouraged them at performance time.  And thank you to the performers who made the night amazing!  

Year 6 Foam day

The annual Colour Run was postponed this year and will be held in term 1 of 2025.  And so that our Year 6 students didn't miss the fun, we held a special day - just for them and their teachers.  Thank you to the P&C and OSHC staff for giving us a great event.  

Week 11

We have nearly finished all of the academic requirements for the year.  The last of them will be completed next week (Week 10).  School continues in Week 11 with alternate programs that will include class celebrations, senior school swimming carnivals, graduation and Christmas activities.  We do not consider school to be optional across Week 11 and will be continuing on.

Students will need to wear school uniform every school day.

Lost property give-away

On Monday 2 December and Tuesday 3 December there will be tables at the back entrance to the office with 2^nd hand / lost uniforms (where we have been unable to identify an owner).  We would like these items to go to a good home.

Rules:

• These items are free.
• All items are of a reasonable quality - what you see is what you get.
• These items are not intended for resale but are intended to legitimately help our families.
• There will be a limit of 1 item per type of uniform – eg 1 x shirt, 1 x pair shorts etc per student.
• Not all items are available in all sizes.
• Items are available on a first in basis. 
• They will be available all day from 8.00am – 3.00pm or until collected.
• We cannot hold uniform items. 

                   

Students teaching students

On Tuesday afternoon 3M visited 5/6B for some shared reading. 3M have been writing fantasy narratives this term and over the past week, students have been busy publishing their writing into a book. The students in 5/B were great listeners. They then gave our students some very in depth feedback on their reading and writing as well as some tickled pink and green for growth feedback.

It was a fabulous half an hour of sharing.

           

2025 Book lists and other information

The book lists for 2025 can be found here.  Please print the lists and hit the back to school sales or our local Red Edge news-agency.      

• 2025 Booklists  
• 2025 SRS information
• 2025 School Sport permission forms
• 2025 myLearn iPad Program

          

Junior Arts - Christmas plasticine

Some Year 1 and 2 students have had the opportunity to learn how to manipulate and mould plasticine into a Christmas tree in their Arts classes this week. They all had a lot of fun experimenting and using their imaginations in how to cut, decorate and create patterns in their trees.

          

Student achievements

Australian titles

Killian competed in the GKR State Titles on Sunday 24 November in the up-to-7yo M/F Green-Red belt category for Kata and Kumite.  He won a gold medal in Kumite and Bronze in Kata.  Well done Killian.

     

        

Queenstown marathon

Congratulations to Reggie for his efforts at the Queenstown Marathon carnival recently.  He was proudly proudly wearing his Coomera Rivers Kokoda competition shirt when he ran in the kids run at Queenstown Marathon last Saturday.  A wonderful achievement. 

         

Have a lovely weekend

Kind regards

Vic

Congratulations to all the outstanding students this week for their hard work and achievements! 

Awards Gallery

Celebrations of Learning

Prep

This week Prep have started their swimming at Rackley’s Pimpama. The focus of Prep swimming is to help children progress from basic water safety to mastering swimming strokes. It is very rewarding to see students’ confidence and abilities grow over the program. We are going to have some very tired little bodies after a big week.  

In Prep D, we wrote a letter to Santa convincing him to send us an elf and the reasons why this would be good idea. The excitement is building as our classrooms are beginning to look a lot like Christmas and less like fairytales.  

All the Prep classes are hard at work preparing for the Christmas concert and we are getting very excited to showcase our dance moves and beautiful voices for you all to see.  

Year 1

1-2B integrated their learning this fortnight of procedure writing (Year 1) and money (year 2) during our weekly math rotations. We set up an ice-cream shop as part of a play experience, where students took turns to role play shop keepers and customers and made ice-cream sundaes. They read the price list, placed their order, counted their money and gave change as they engaged in their learning. Students developed their listening and following direction skills as they communicated respectfully. The following day, the teachers set up a real-life ice-cream sundae stand, where students ordered their sundae and observed the steps. Following this, our year 1 friends wrote a procedure text to make an ice-cream sundae. Our Year 2 friends wrote a persuasive text to persuade their families to have anything they wanted for dinner! I was pleased to hear some of the students’ writing was so convincing they got what they wanted… Even if it meant having to do the dishes! 

Year 2    

In 2D, we've been focusing on writing persuasive letters, and the students have really enjoyed the challenge of convincing their readers with strong opinions and supporting reasons. To help improve our writing, we've been using our "Bump It Up" wall, which clearly shows the steps for raising the quality of our work. The students love how it helps them see exactly what they need to do to improve their writing, and it's been exciting to watch them engage with the process as they strive to meet higher standards in their persuasive letters. Each week, we’ve also chosen a VIP writer, whose work the class peers assess to give feedback and suggestions on how to “bump it up.” This peer assessment activity has encouraged students to apply what they’ve learned from the Bump It Up wall, giving them valuable practice in both evaluating writing and improving their own.

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.

  

• 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.