21 July 2017

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to Term Three. I hope you all had a relaxing winter vacation and enjoyed your time with family. The weather was definitely kind to us with just a touch of winter in the air.

Report Cards

By this stage all report cards have been emailed home. I hope you have taken the time to read through these and to share the reports with your children. The Semester One report is a great indication of just how your child is travelling academically, socially and emotionally.

If you have any questions or concerns, please make contact with your child’s teacher to discuss these.

Your Administration Team

You will be seeing a new face in our administration team from week 3. We will have Mrs Petrina Lewis joining the team here at Coomera Springs as one of our Deputy Principals. Mrs Lewis comes to us from Burleigh Heads State School, and brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience. We are really excited to welcome Mrs Lewis to our team and school.

Just in case you are a little confused, here is the breakdown of our leadership team:

Principal – Mrs Martine Gill
P-1 Deputy Principal – Mrs Gabby Raffin
2-3 Deputy Principal – Mrs Petrina Lewis
4-6 Deputy Principal – Mr Ben Morris
HOSES – Mrs Connie McLean
Pedagogical Coach – Mrs Tania Pritchett

In our upcoming newsletters we will share with you a small profile on ourselves so you get to know each of us that little bit more.

School Opinion Survey

Each year Education Queensland asks for your participation in what is called the School Opinion Survey. Normally there is a formula for the selection of parents, however, this year Coomera Springs is part of a trial program, so the whole school community will be asked to participate. Information will be sent home that includes what this is all about, log in details etc. The portal does not open until 31 July, so we will send any information we have home to you closer to this date. Whilst it is not mandatory for you to participate in the survey, we would really appreciate if you could provide your feedback. We also have staff and older students provide feedback.

We receive the results later in the year and we use this information as part of our platform for some of the decisions we make here at Coomera Springs. Results are also included in our School Annual Report which can be accessed via our school website.

We have traditionally performed very well in the School Opinion Survey and I know this sounds biased, but I believe it is because this really is a great school and we do work hard to provide every opportunity for our students to develop in a holistic manner and to experience success within this.

Student Safety

The safety of our students is and will always be paramount. I have included countless articles in our newsletters regarding the use of the school carpark. Whilst I definitely acknowledge that the carpark is incredibly hectic at school pick up time, the fact that a great portion of parents continue to break the rules is not assisting any person in this situation. Another important factor here is that as part of our community, being able to stay calm in the face of frustration is an expectation. Our students should not be exposed to poorer and aggressive behaviours and that has happened. So when I am on gate duty and I do witness this, yes I will step in and that action comes from my responsibility to protect our students.

But once again I ask you as the parents of our community to remember that safety is key. You make the decisions behind the wheel of your car, please make them safe decisions

School Musical

This term our school will be showcasing its third school musical. These productions are honestly spectacular. To see our primary students on stage and performing is one of those ‘catch my breath’ moments as a Principal. But I would really like to acknowledge the team of teachers who have put in countless hours that are above and beyond their teaching load. Mrs Alison Murray has been the organiser behind all of this, but we have a strong and committed team of teachers who have taken on jobs such as choreography, costumes, set designs and painting. A school musical is a massive undertaking, so thank you to the dedicated people of Coomera Springs.

I can’t wait for the performance nights and to see all of our families there. So make sure you mark September 8 and 9 on your calendars.

Kind Regards

Martine Gill

Under 8s Day

This Friday during the afternoon session students in Prep, Year One and Year Two will be celebrating Under 8s Day. This year the theme is “CHILDREN ARE PLAYING COUNTRY TO COAST”.

We have several exciting activities planned such as badge making, plaster mould and mural painting, pasta jewellery and more. We also have visits from The Suns, The Titans, an Obstacle Jumping Castle and a Baby Animal Farm.

1:1 Student iPad Information Sessions- Interested in 1:1 student iPad Program???

When: 2nd August 2017, 4:00pm
Where: Coomera Springs State School Hall
Who: 2017 Prep Parents (Year 1 2018) and Year 3 Parents (Year 4 2018), anyone interested in joining into other year levels.

The time of the year is fast approaching when our Prep and Year 3 parents have the opportunity to express interest in their child/ren being part of the 1:1 student iPad program in 2018. Year 1 and Year 4 are entry points for our students to purchase devices (via CompNow parent portal) and become part of the 1:1 Student iPad Program at Coomera Springs State School. Our Preps have their first opportunity to be part of the program and our Year 3s the opportunity to become part of the 1:1 model that exists in the other year levels, as the current model in Year 3 finishes at the end of 2017.

Coomera Springs State School are hosting a parent information session which outlines why we offer this opportunity, what the program involves, and requirements of the program and also offers a glimpse into how our students engage with their devices in the classroom.

The information session provides the opportunity to gain greater insight into the program and to have your queries answered. Please join us on the 2nd August at 4:00pm in the Hall.

Born to Read is Coming!

Mark your calendar and get ready to celebrate READING!!!!!

Coomera Springs State School, is organising a massive ‘Born to Read’ afternoon to promote the importance of reading and celebrate those who love to read. The afternoon will be held on Wednesday September 13th 2017 beginning at 3:00pm at Coomera Springs State School. It is set to be the biggest celebration of reading at Coomera Springs yet. Make sure you don’t miss the fun, mark the date into your calendar now and prepare to have a blast.

Is your business interested in being involved with BORN TO READ?

We are delighted to offer you the opportunity to choose how you would like to be part of our celebrations. There are a number of ways you can select to become part of the event. You may choose to:

• Enjoy the stalls and activities as a general member of the public
• Be a financial sponsor (be included in our physical promotion and social media promotion campaign)
• Set up a stall at the event
• Hold a demonstration on the main stage
• Have your business contribute items to our raffle

If you are interested in offering sponsorship, contributing to our raffles and/or setting up a stall please email bmorr133@eq.edu.au or contact the school office to speak to Deputy Principal Ben Morris.

Rowing Program

In 2015 our school started an indoor Rowing Program with the assistance of Sporting School Australia. We are the only State Primary school in Australia that runs such a program. Our team of approximately 25 students train twice per week on our five ergo machines and other fitness equipment. We have invested in the most up to date technology and coaching principals to provide this opportunity to our Coomera Springs students. We have three coaches – Miss Talbot, Mr Harvey and Mr Dempsey-Ceh, also with Mrs Hodder who runs the program and budget requirements.

Since its inception, the program participants have been on and excursion to an indoor Rowing centre in Brisbane and toured the rowing sheds of Brisbane Boys Grammar School, they have also participated in two incursions where specialist coaches have visited our team. Two students from 2016 competed in the Australian Indoor Rowing Championships and achieved outstanding results. They both placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their events.

Our school works closely with Rowing QLD and Rowing Australia and together we are developing more exciting rowing excursions for the future.

NAIDOC Week

The 12th July 2017 saw our school celebrate and acknowledge Australian Indigenous culture. Students from Prep to Year 6 all participated in lessons outlining the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language in their respective cultures. The sessions culminated with members from each class completing a chalk representation of a dreamtime story.

Coomera Springs State School is proud to present our School Musical - Kids at Sea (Sindbad Sails Again)

At the Upper Coomera State College Performing Arts Centre
Reserve Rd, Upper Coomera
Commencing at 6:00pm Sharp

Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th of September, 2017

Tickets

$13 Adults
$9 Children (aged 12 and under)

Available from the CSSS school office on Wednesday and Thursday mornings 8.15-9:00am beginning Wednesday 16th August 2017

Poster Design/Colouring Competition Winners:

On assembly this week we announced the winners of our Kids at Sea Poster Competition. The standard of entries was very high, and the judges had a very difficult decision to make! We look forward to seeing the finished posters on display around our school. Congratulations to the following students who were judged as overall winners and received a prize pack from Mrs Raffin:

Design Competition - Hayley 5/6E, Layla & Isabella 6C, Alyssa 4C, Bianka 6B.
Colouring Competition - Riley 2E, Indie 2A.

Student Council Book Drive

From Student Council

With the upcoming Book Week and our very own Born to Read event, the Student Council have formulated a great idea to raise some much needed funds for our school. We are going to be running a Coomera Springs Book Drive. Students are encouraged to bring in any unwanted books from home that they may have out grown or no longer read. These books will then be sold at BORN TO READ to our school community by our Student Council representatives. This is not only a great way to encourage reading but to create new memories through sharing stories.

Donations can be made through the school office starting Monday week 6 (14th August) and will conclude Friday week 8 (31st August). The books donated will be sold week 10 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. The class who has sold the most books will win a prize. The winner will be announced Thursday week 10.

National Science Week

To celebrate National Science Week 2017, Education Queensland, The Department of Education and Training- South East Region and Griffith University will host the 3rd annual Gold Coast Schools Pop-up Science Centre, showcasing STEM in South East regional schools.

Last year’s event was a huge success with over 3000+ members of the public attending and we look forward to making the 2017 Pop-Up Science Centre even bigger and better!!

Bring the whole family along to experience the Show Zone, Interactive Zone, Tech Zone, Science Walk and new for 2017- the Drone Zone!! Special guests Questacon are also back, this time with an enormous 250 sq meters of interactive fun!

Click here to see a video of last year’s event and keep up to date by liking us on Facebook at the link below.

For more information please contact: Randall Hall rhall23@eq.edu.au | 555 27627

We look forward to you being part of this outstanding opportunity to showcase STEM education in South East Queensland!

HoSES News

Welcome back to Term 3 everyone.

We hope that everyone had a wonderful break with their families and we look forward to working together this term to enhance all our student’s learning!

This term our school will once again participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with a Disability (NCCD). This has been a practice that has been implemented state and nation wide for the last few years. Part of our responsibility is that we advise you that we will be completing this data collection. I have included some detailed information below on the history and processes of the NCCD for you to peruse. If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact me.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability

Background to the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

All Education Ministers from Commonwealth, state and territory governments have endorsed the implementation of a nationally consistent collection of data on school students with disability in all Australian schools (government, independent and Catholic).

The nationally consistent approach to data collection provides all Australian schools, education authorities and the community with a clear picture of the number of students receiving adjustments because of disability in schools, and the adjustments they are provided to enable them to participate in education on the same basis as other students.

Authority for the collection of information for the purposes of the NCCD

The Australian Education Regulation requires the operators of all government and non-government schools that receive Australian Government funding (approved authorities) to provide information to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (the Department) for the purposes of the NCCD.

The information that approved authorities must give to the Department is set out at section 58A of the Regulation. This includes, in relation to each student with a disability at a school operated by the approved authority:

• the student’s level of education (i.e. primary or secondary)
• the student’s category of disability (i.e. physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional)
• the student’s level of adjustment (i.e. support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive adjustment).

The information will not explicitly identify individual students (subsection 58A(3) of the Regulation); no information that could reasonably enable the Department to identify individual students will be provided by approved authorities to the department1.

Collection, use and disclosure of NCCD information

The information collected by schools for the purposes of the 2017 NCCD will ultimately be provided to the Department. In some cases, this will involve the school passing the information directly to the Department, and in other cases the school will provide the information to its state or territory government agency (or other relevant body) in the first instance, depending on the school’s particular arrangements. In such circumstances, that state or territory government agency, or other relevant body, will then provide the information to the Department.

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Book Club

Dear Parents and Carers,

Issue 5 of Book Club will be handed out to all the classes with week..

Please place your orders online, follow the directions on the back of the order form.

Please note – do not send money, all orders to be done online.

Please have your order placed by Wednesday 26th of July

If you have any problems please see me in the Library.

Happy Reading,

Sue Marriott

Regional South Coast Cross Country Carnival

Congratulations to our students who competed at the June Carnival.

We had some fantastic results:

10yr Boys – Jordee B 39th
11yr Girls – Caoimhe G 41st
12yr Girls – Kamylie L 6th.

As a result, Kamylie qualified for the State Titles which took place last weekend. Kamylie placed 32nd and her team came in 2nd overall. Congratulations on a fantastic effort Kamylie!

School Athletics Carnivals

What a fantastic three days – the sun was shining, the students were wonderful and all the teachers were working together to ensure each carnival day ran smoothly. Thank you to our parents and friends that came to support our students over the three days. Each day was full of excitement, fun and physical activity. For students in year 3 – 6 there is also the element of competition.

At each event when students place 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th they received a ribbon and are allocated points for their house and their individual tally. In each age group, the boy and girl who has the most points at the end of the carnival is the Age Champion.

The Age Champions for 2017:

Under 8 Boys – Javal P
Under 8 Girls – Keisha H
Under 9 Boys – Christian R
Under 9 Girls – Cherish S
Under 10 Boys – Jordee B
Under 10 Girls – Brianna T
Under 11 Boys – Jacob R
Under 11 Girls – Lydia F
Under 12 Boys – Junior F
Under 12 Girls – Neve V

Date Claimer – MUSIC SHOWCASE EVENING

Just one week to go! Performers in the Showcase have received a note (on RED PAPER) with all the details for what is happening on the evening, please fill in your child’s permission to perform and return to Mrs Murray on Monday if you haven’t already done so!

The CSSS Music Showcase Evening will be held next week, Thursday the 27th of July at 5:30pm in our school hall. This will be a very exciting evening of music and entertainment. All of our Instrumental Music ensembles will be performing, as well as our Junior Choir, Ukulele Band, Music Centre of Excellence Classes and some of our talented Teachers! This is a great opportunity for parents of potential Instrumental Music students to come along and see what the program has to offer. Our whole school community is invited to come along and enjoy some wonderful entertainment. Light refreshments will be served (gold coin entry).

Music Shirts

Our performing ensembles look amazing in their Music Shirts. If your child is in Band, Strings, Ukulele Band or Choir now is the time to order your Music Shirt for 2017 – available from the uniform shop for $28.

Music Shirts can be worn to school on Fridays in 2017.

Prep parents please be advised that the Music Shirts are only available from Size 6 upwards (it is not possible to make the shirt in a smaller size as the process would alter our design). Prep students in the Junior Choir should purchase a Size 6 shirt and wear it tucked into their formal bottom half.

Prep enjoying their weekly PMP lesson

Tuckshop Winter Menu

Please remember that Thursday’s and Friday’s are flexischool orders only.

Thank You!

We are into the second week of Term 3 and are putting the finishing toucheson our uniform shop. The space is a much bigger space with more change rooms.

We had a lot of people assist us with the Building and renovating of our new uniform shop. Special thanks to the executive team who gave up many weekends for painting and decorating.

A very special thanks to Jim Newell for the donation of the carpet for the flooring. It was an extremely generous donation and we thank you.

Volunteers Needed

We are again asking our parent community for anyone who has some spare time to help.

We are needing volunteers to help with:

School Banking (Tuesday mornings)
Frankie’s Tuckerbox ( any time between Mon-Fri)
Frankie’s Fabrics Uniform Shop (Mon, Wed & Fri mornings 8.15 – 9am)

If you can spare some time please contact Kylie at the tuckshop or the uniform shop.

P & C meeting

Our next P & C Meeting will be held on Wednesday the 9th August 2017 at 6pm in the resource room next to the library.

School Directory

Community Notices

Gold Coast Health Oral Health (Dental) Services

****Please note: The dental van is no longer at CSSS, you will need to phone the Oral Health Client Service Centre # 1300 300 850 to make a time to receive a free dental check-up & any follow up treatment required.

To arrange an appointment for your child telephone:

The Oral Health Client Service Centre
Number: 1300 300 850 Monday – Friday 8.00 am – 4.30 pm (Excluding Public Holidays)

Child Dental Benefit Schedule Vouchers are accepted. When your child’s $1000 cap is reached, there will be no out-of-pocket expenses provided your child meets *eligibility criteria.

* Eligibility – All Queensland resident children aged four years or older who have not completed year 10 of secondary school.

Further information on public funded oral health services can be accessed via URL:

UC Physio

UC Physio offer physiotherapy services including musculoskeletal, paediatric

(Babies and children often require specialised assessment and treatment that can’t be effectively assessed unless the clinic is specially set up to look at these i.e. developmental delay, movement disorders and neuromuscular conditions), women’s health (pre & post-natal), neurological, pre and operative rehabilitation and respiratory conditions. We are able to offer a range of exercise programs that improve and maintain physical strength and function.

Level 1, 21 Coomera Grand Drive, Upper Coomera QLD 4209

Phone: 55 618 111 Fax: 55 618 344
Email: admin@ucphysio.physio

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