28 June 2019

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

I take this opportunity to highlight some of the aspects of the school that I have really been taken by since arriving at Coomera Springs at the start of this term. There are a number of very special aspects of Coomera Springs that I have really become aware of during the last ten weeks.

I have found a wonderful commitment by all staff and families to quality outcomes for students. There is a real positive and ‘can-do’ attitude which exists that assists to provide amazingly rich experiences for students throughout the school. Families need to be aware that there are unique and special things which happen at Coomera Springs.

The Rowing Club, Musical and Kokoda Challenge teams are examples of opportunities for students that you will not get at every school.

I have seen learning in action across every year in our school and students are learning high levels across all year levels. Teachers at Coomera Springs provide for learning beyond expectations and students are extended. The 1:1 iPad classes and Music COE classes provide further examples of extension for students which is quite unique. Students love to be able to access their learning at home and school as well as share their work with their parents.

I thank all students, staff and families for the wonderful welcome here to Coomera Springs. I thank you for your commitment to Our Community – Creating Futures every day at Coomera Springs State School.

Year 6 Camp

Our Year 6 students have recently returned from a wonderful full week of camp at Tallebudgera Beach School.

Students were engaged in a number of different learning modes as part of a Hero’s Journey. For many of these students, this mode of learning and the various challenges provided a good stretch for them in different ways.

I congratulate the students who extended themselves and supported each other during the camp.

P&C Fundraising

Our 2019 P&C Committee have been very busy on a number of school community activities to help raise money for the P&C project to air-condition classrooms. This committee has recently held a Mothers’ Day Stall, Yard Sale and School Disco.

Our P&C welcome volunteers into their positive and happy team to make a real difference for students through classroom air-conditioning. Well over $15,000.00 has already been raised this year which will go towards this project.

The 2019 P&C Executive are:

Winter School Holidays

I take this opportunity to wish all families a wonderful winter school holiday. School will break from Monday 1st July to Friday 12th July and will resume for Term 3 on Monday 15th July.

Camp Australia will operate a vacation care program during this time.

Happy Holidays!

Chris McMillan
Principal

I.T. Department News

Coomera Springs State School - 1:1 iPad Program - Parent iPad Insurance Guide

Check your iPads AppleCare+ Insurance Cover Status

Parents can confirm the status of their iPads AppleCare insurance cover at any-time by entering the iPads Serial Number at the website below:

Please keep any shown AppleCare expiry dates written down for your own reference.

Note: if the above link doesn’t open correctly, please Copy the link and paste it in a different web browser (e.g Safari, Google Chrome, FireFox)

Or alternatively, you can simply type “Check Applecare” in Google to reach the above website. - If no AppleCare cover is present, it means your iPads AppleCare insurance has expired

Check your iPads CompNow Tablet Insurance Cover Status (if applicable)

For those families who purchased the optional 3yr CompNow Tablet Insurance cover for their iPad purchase, you may check your remaining cover status via the website below:

• Simply click “Make an Insurance Claim” and type your iPad serial number
• If no insurance cover is present BUT you did purchase the 3yr CompNow insurance with your iPad Bundle, please email your classroom teacher. Your classroom teacher will forward your request to the school’s I.T. department, who will in turn, investigate this and assist with rectifying any discrepancy.
• Also please note, if it has been 3 years since your date of purchase – your insurance cover will have expired.

How to find your iPad Serial Number

1. On your iPad - Go to Settings App > click the General tab > click the About tab.
2. Look for your device's Serial Number.
3. Make note of the number.

Parent 1:1 iPads – Warranty/Accidental Damage Process:

The school can assist families who have active AppleCare insurance AND/OR active CompNow Tablet insurance, if accidental damage or warranty issues are present on the student’s iPad.

If you have checked your insurance status AND you would like the school to assist with lodging a claim; simply notify your classroom teacher regarding any accidental damage or hardware faults present on your iPad.

The classroom teacher will forward your request to the School’s I.T. Department.

The School’s I.T. Department will then investigate your claim and will contact you.

If your iPad is covered under AppleCare OR CompNow tablet insurance, the school will advise you on the cost of replacement, timeframes and back up procedure. The school may also communicate to you to Sign out of iCloud prior to claim lodgement (if applicable).

No claims can be submitted if iCloud is signed in to a parents Apple ID. iCloud must be Signed out first – this must be done by the parent/owner of the Apple ID.

For parent reference - the school utilises CompNow (Apple Authorised Reseller) as our main handler for AppleCare insurance claims.

The school simply acts as a lodgement centre and delivery point for your claim. The school does not receive payments for lodged insurance claims. Any lodged claims will be invoiced to the parent directly (via email) from CompNow who handles the actual claim and replacement of iPads.

The school makes no money by offering this service to families. All financial transactions are between you and CompNow (vendor).

Accidental Insurance Cost transparency – school lodged AppleCare claims will cost parents (Apple’s Service fee – subject to $65 and the CompNow’s Courier fee – including delivery from the school and return delivery to the school of iPad - $19) = $84 total will be invoiced to you from CompNow for a new iPad.

CompNow insurance claims cost – parents will simply pay the insurance excess as highlighted in the insurance policy ($100 + $19 courier fee) = $119 total will be invoiced to you from CompNow for a new iPad

For iPads covered under AppleCare insurance – a total of 2 claims can be made over the 2 year period of cover. This is an Apple policy, not CompNow or the Schools. Please refer to the below Apple website for reference. Your AppleCare insurance cover starts from date of purchase. The insurance window is present for 2 years from date of purchase.

Parent 1:1 iPads – Warranty/Accidental Damage Process (Continued)

1. Parents also have the option to directly take their iPads into to an Apple Store (located at Robina or Carindale). Please remember to check your AppleCare status before making the journey. Refer to information earlier in this document which highlights this process.
2. If your iPad serial number is covered under AppleCare insurance, Apple will be more than happy to process your claim and replace the iPad in store.
3. Again, they will charge you the $65 Apple Service fee for the new iPad.

Please Note:

Any new iPad received or processed through AppleCare/CompNow insurance, MUST be delivered to the School’s I.T. Department. The new iPad will be enrolled back into the School’s iPad Management System so our School apps to be redeployed to the device. If applicable, any “Home” apps can be reinstalled for free via the App Store using the Apple ID previously associated to the original iPad. This process can be done when the new iPad returns home with the student.

If you have any doubts, please email your child’s teacher. The classroom teacher will forward your correspondence to the school’s I.T. Department.

PE Department News

Athletics Carnival Results

Thank you to our students, teachers and school community for a wonderful Athletics Carnival for 2019. We were blessed with beautiful sunny weather over the three days; all students had fun and achieved fantastic results.

We also had some amazing individual results with some students breaking school records:

Congratulations to our overall point’s winner ....
TUGAI house!

Broadwater District Athletics - Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th July

From the results of our school Athletics Carnival, the following students have qualified to compete at the Broadwater District Athletics Trials. The competition will be held over two days at the Gold Coast City Athletics Centre, Griffith University in week one of term three.

We wish these students GOOD LUCK!

AFL Auskick

Seahawks NATION Basketball Camp

Mrs Sarah Hodder
PE Teacher and Sports Coordinator

Music Department News

South East Region Music Excellence Camp

Congratulations to the following Year 5 and 6 Choir members who were selected to represent our school at the South East Region Music Camp at Tallebudgera this week:

We know you will represent Coomera Springs with pride and are looking forward to your culminating performance at the end of the camp. Well done!

Eisteddfod Date Claimer - Reminder

If your child is representing our school at the Eisteddfod (either Beenleigh or Gold Coast Eisteddfod) please check the schedule below for details of the performance days and times.

Parents and supporters, if you are coming to watch the performance please note that the times shown below are either section start times or the time we have been asked to arrive by – it is impossible to predict exactly how long the sections will go, or what time our students will actually be on stage. The only way to guarantee seeing your child perform is to be there from the time we arrive and be prepared to stay as long as is necessary. There is sometimes quite a bit of waiting around, but this is entirely out of our control.

Please check permission notes carefully and make a careful note of what time your child needs to meet teachers at the CSSS Music Room on the day of their performance. For example, an 8.30am start time at Logan will require a 7am meeting time at CSSS Music Room!

2019 Eisteddfod Performance Schedule

Tuesday 23rd July – Senior Band at Logan Entertainment Centre
(8.30am start time)

Tuesday 23rd July – Senior Strings at Logan Entertainment Centre
(9.30am arrival time, performing in the 3rd section (APPROX 10.30am but may be earlier or later)

Tuesday 23rd July – Drumline at Logan Entertainment Centre
(9.30am arrival time, performing in the 4th section (APPROX 11am but may be earlier or later)

Tuesday 6th August – Junior Choir at HOTA
(11am start time)

Tuesday 13th August – Intermediate Strings at HOTA
(4pm start time)

Tuesday 20th August – Junior Band at HOTA
(9am start time)

Senior Band, Senior Strings and Drumline – your permission notes were due back on Monday 24th June! All other performing groups will receive permission notes in the first week back after the holidays.

Music Shirts

Our performing ensembles look amazing in their Music Shirts. If your child is performing in the Eisteddfod and does not have a Music Shirt, now is the time to order! Music Shirts are available from the uniform shop for $30 and can be worn to school on Thursdays in 2019.

Alison Murray
Music Coordinator

Finance News

• The payment window is open every morning from 8.00am – 9.30am for Cash or EFTPOS.
• We are no longer able to take credit/debit card payments over the phone.
• We are requesting invoice payments now be made via BPOINT.

BPOINT information:

• Refer to your invoice/s for reference details.
• If invoice/s misplaced, please contact the Finance Office to request another copy.
• Do separate transactions for each invoice that you are paying.
• Allow 48 hours for your payment to reach us before the deadline date.

BPOINT Payment options:

• Web address to the left of the invoice provides a direct hyperlink to BPOINT. Your CRN, Invoice Number and Student Name will pre-populate in to the BPOINT payment screen electing the amount you wish to pay.
• BPOINT phone payment - call 1300 631 073
  Pay with either credit/debit card. You will need the Biller code, your customer reference, invoice number and elect the amount you wish to pay.

P&C News

Uniform Shop

As of Term 3, Day 1 - School Locker will be taking over the uniform shop.

Today is the last day up until 3pm that you can order school uniforms through Flexischools.

Yard Sale

Last Sunday we had our first yard sale, it was one of the coldest days I think we have had in such a long time!

I would like to thank everyone that came along and supported the stall holders and the P&C.

In total we raised $731.70 after cost for food and insurances ect.

A very big thank you to Mr McMillian, Mr Morris, Mr Richardson (2A), Angela and Kev Billiau, Vivienne Franklin, Yolanda Beck, Paul Grima and Lisa Cooper who very generously gave up their time and helped out.

A MASSIVE thank you to Megan Arnold who donated all her sales from her stall to the P & C.

I have received quite a large amount of emails with regard to fundraising ideas for term 3 and 4. We will be going through each idea and will let you know early in term 3 what has been decided.

Air Conditioning Update.

We are now waiting for air conditioning quotes to come in. Last week we had 3 companies quote on all classrooms needing air conditioning. As soon as I have the quotes, I will send an email letting you know how many classrooms we can air condition in term 3.

Fundraising So Far This Year….

Term 1

Term 2

Total amount raised to date $15,811.18.

Thank you to everyone for your continuous support!

Theresa Grima
P&C President

Uniform Shop

As from Monday 15th July 2019 the Uniform shop will be operated by School Locker. You will notice very slight changes as the Uniform Shop transitions from being P&C operated to being operated by School Locker.

The Uniform Shop will progressively offer a larger range of services and benefits as a one-stop shop for school requirements.

The Uniform Shop will now be opened on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8.00am – 10:30am. Payment methods accepted include EFTPOS and Credit Card.

Once your child is enrolled, orders can be placed via the link below. Search for Coomera Springs State School.

Both dress and sports uniforms are now available to order.

Tuckshop

Ellie’s Café

Are you passing the time scrolling through your phone as you wait to pick your children up from school each afternoon? Why not take advantage of the buy 4 and get the 5th drink free from Ellie’s Cafe? Drop in and grab your loyalty card from the tuckshop and start drinking your way to a free one.

We are open:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7:30am – 3:00pm
Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30am – 2:00pm.

Frankie’s Tuckerbox

The tuckshop is open Monday - Friday and offers a range of healthy choice options.

Orders can be placed at the tuckshop between 8.15am - 8.40am or online via FlexiSchools www.flexischools.com.au

FLEXISCHOOL THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS

All orders on Thursdays and Fridays can now only be placed through Flexischools. No bag orders over the counter will be taken.

Please use separate bags for each break, for each student if ordering at the Tuckshop counter. Please clearly mark the student’s name, class and break on each bag.

Lost or forgotten lunches will be replaced with a jam, vegemite or honey sandwich and a piece of fruit at a cost of $4.00. Payment can be made over the phone by EFTPOS or the bill will be sent home with the student.

All counter orders will incur a 30c processing fee.

Phone orders are no longer accepted.

If you would like to volunteer in the Tuckshop, please contact Angela in the Tuckshop

School Terms for 2019

School Directory

Camp Australia

Camp Australia Holiday Program

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Community Notices

AWL Animal Antics – School Holiday Fun

Paradise Diving Club – Holiday Program

Pimpama Information Night and Tour – Wednesday 24th July

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