Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Thank you to our families for complying with the restricted access to the school.  Your assistance with this makes our school a safer place at the moment.  It won't always be like this and I look forward to the day when we are fully accessible again.  Thank you also to the parents using the Kiss n Go. 

How can we improve further?

1. Please stand 1.5m away from other adults while you are in and around the school.  I recognise that it easy to forget this but please try to practice this.
2. Never wait along a pathway but use the cafe shed instead.

The 2:00pm departure group arrives at the gate just before 2:00pm and everyone has been collected by 2:03pm.  It is very smooth thanks to other parents staying out of the Kiss n go zone until after 2:15pm.  If you would like to make the most of the 2:00pm early departure opportunity, please email Mrs Jenkins with your child's details.  It does not need to be a daily routine but the same routine each week will help us.  

Uniforms for winter

Winter has started and the mornings are crisp.  The wind from the south-west is cold and dry and it is important that children are warm at school.  Please make sure that you have your children in the correct jumper (for the blues uniform) and tracksuit (for the sports uniform) each day.  If there is an issue around your child being able to wear the school uniform on any day, please write a note or email for your child's teacher. 

Starting next week, uniform infringements will be issued to our senior students who do not comply with the uniform code. These infringements will obviously not affect those students whose parents have contacted the school with a reasonable explanation.

Attendance

Please make sure that your child is attending school each day.  If they are away, please make sure that you contact the school office.

School is a safe place

Remember that school is a safe place for students and staff and the few visitors we have each day.  We have:

1. Daytime cleaning of bathrooms (cleaned each hour or so)
2. Daytime cleaning of high touch points like door handles ands switches (cleaned each hour or so)
3. Adventure playgrounds are cleaned daily
4. Playtime equipment is cleaned regularly
5. Everyone (students and staff) washes their hands regularly
6. Sanitiser is available and used in all rooms.
7. Restricted access to the school by parents and visitors.

National Consistent Collection of Data

Semester 1 report cards

Semester 1 report cards will be sent home to families later than they normally would.  Parents can expect to receive their child's report card in Week 3 of Term 3.  Because we have had significant interruptions to the learning programs this term, reporting has also been affected.  I will provide more information about what the reports will look like, closer to the release date.

Road safety

I would like all parents to discuss road safety expectations with their children this weekend.  It has been reported to me that some children are not crossing safely at the IGA lights.  This is a busy intersection and drivers often accelerate to beat the change of lights.       
         

Assisting local businesses

Coronavirus has been devasting for workers and businesses alike.  To help just a little each week, our staff is ordering lunch from a local business.  If you own, manage or work for a local business and would like us to consider your menu, please email Mrs McMurtrie.  We love shopping locally.

Thank you this week to Nahm Thai at Westfield for the delicious lunch this week.

Congratulations to this week's Excellence Awards winners

Prep and Year 1

Year 2&3

Year 4

Year 5&6

We had quite a few visitors showing off their wonderful achievements this past week.  Well done!

SNAP! There is no better word to describe the change of weather we have noticed this week at OSHC. We can tell that without a doubt our warm afternoons have been swapped out for chilly twilight evenings.

The drop in temperature has naturally become the focus of our conversations this week. Many children are amazed how quickly it is getting colder as they are playing outside. Many have started wearing their school jumpers around their waist, thinking ahead and having something to warm themselves up. In saying this, the senior students have been very creative in requesting activities that involve physical activity to 'keep them warm outside'.  This week they came up with practicing long jump into the sandpit, having a blast on the playground, playing soccer on the oval and dodgeball in the hall. We are aiming to beat the cold snap and get outside for an activity each day early in the afternoon.

Our mornings at OSHC can be especially cold. We make sure to put on the heaters and make it as cozy as possible. Sometimes we even have a delicious warm milo to keep us toasty with our breakfast. Make sure you bring your jumper so we can all stay nice and warm!

Coomera Rivers Outside School Hours Care is now taking bookings for our Winter Vacation Program.

Vacation care bookings are open to ALL families of schools. You do NOT have to attend the before and / or after school service to be able to attend Vacation Care. Enrolments for Vacation Care are very welcome form all of our Coomera Rivers families.

There is no minimum number of days that you need to attend - just book for the days you need. Bookings for primary school aged students are encouraged so please share with friends and family that may be looking for an exceptional school holiday care option.

The details of the upcoming program are attached.

For bookings or further enquiries please contact us:

Phone: 5596 8377
Mobile: 0455 968 377
Email: croshc@coomerariversss.eq.edu.au 

The next general meeting of the P&C Association will be held on Thursday 18 June at 3:00pm.  This is a new 'trial' time for this month.  

We understand that some parents may have children with them so we will have access to an area for children during the meeting.

If you have an agenda item please email the secretary with the details by no later than 9:00am Tuesday 16 June.  

P&C meetings are a great way to keep up to date with what is going on around our school - especially given the current circumstances around managing in this coronavirus period.  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 come along and contribute to your school community which forms a vital part of your children's educational journey.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The coronavirus restrictions have affected the School Locker uniform shop too.  The opening times for the shop are now

• Monday and Friday mornings from 7:45am to 10:30am.  

The shop is open for collection of internet orders and exchanges.  Please make an appointment if you wish to try on items otherwise the customer line gets very long.  Please try to use the internet ordering system where possible.  Click here to visit the School Locker site.  

Do you want your children to be able to cope better with life’s ups and downs?  Would you like to give them the skills to help prevent and deal with cyberbullying? Then come to the free Raising Resilient Children (Focus on Cyberbullying) – Online Triple P Seminar (via Zoom webinar) Wednesday 22 July 2020 from 7:00pm-8:00pm.

Don’t miss out – free to book - Click here    

We also invite you to like our Facebook page if you haven’t already had a chance to do so. We have lots of fun and interesting content, and you can share it with parents in your community.