12 November 2021

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Important transitions underway

We have very important transitions underway at school for many families and young people.

Our Year 6 students have commenced enrolment and transition processes to Junior Secondary at a number of local schools and colleges. These students have mixed emotions with regards to this important transition for them which can trigger responses and behaviours that could be a little 'out of character'. We do expect these students to continue to focus on their school routine and expectations until the last school day whilst managing themselves and respecting their friends from primary school in every way. The transition to secondary is a continuation of formal learning at a different location and not the end of school. I thank our Year 6 teachers, Year 6 students and families for navigating this transition in a way upholding our values of respect, integrity and excellence.

Additionally, we have begun to welcome our Future Springers, our 2022 Prep cohort for a welcome barbecue and have the Prep Expo this Friday. This is an important time in the lives for these young people and their families. This applies whether it is the first Preppy, the last Preppy or in between for our wonderful families. We acknowledge and celebrate this milestone with you all.

We ask our families to keep an eye on email updates for important dates and information in the lead up to the commencement of the school year on 24 January.

Designated Parking on our Campus

We have different areas of designated parking within the school campus. Our school hosts C&K Kindy and the Early Years' Centre. These centres focus upon very young children requiring parents to drop off and collect children at the centre. The car parks adjacent to each of these centres are designated parking for families using the C&K or EYC. School parents are asked to use the other car parks to the east and west of the school for school drop off and collection and avoid parking outside C&K or EYC.

Your assistance with this is appreciated.

Back to School Arrangements for 2022

The pdf calendar for 2022 is now available.

Please see the following dates to assist with the end of the year and transition into the 2022 school year.

10 December 2021: Semester 2 Reports will be forwarded to parents/carers via email
10 December 2021: 2022 class lists accessible through the individual student unique identifier code available on the student report
10 December 2021: Final day of the 2021 school year
17 January 2022: Office open for enquiries
21 January 2022: Book Pack drop off and visit to 2022 class rooms
24 January 2022: School resumes for 2022.

(There will be slightly different arrangements for 2022 Prep students to be informed)

Enrolments open for Prep 2022

We are currently taking enrolments for Prep to start in 2022. Enrolments are open to the siblings of existing students, families residing within catchment and a small number of out of catchment enrolments where we have capacity.

We are very proud of the learning and happy faces from our Prep students. Our dedicated teaching team works hard to ensure our Prep program is the best it can be.

Please see below or contact the school for more information.

Continuing Learning and Engagement for Students with COVID- 19

Together we continue to act to create a safe and healthy bubble for our beautiful students, staff, families and our community. We currently operate under response Scenario 2. Our current operating conditions have restrictions easing but the continuation of our normal COVID-Safe routines and the wearing of face masks by adults and staff. Teachers are now able to remove their masks when teaching. Please continue to monitor updates as our COVID response can change very quickly.

We are carefully monitoring plans for borders opening prior to Christmas and what might be in place for the new school year. We thank our wonderful community for following the health advice and changes in a respectful and supportive way. We all want everyone to be healthy and safe and maintaining the continuity of learning and engagement for our students at this time. We are and always will be one community focussed on creating futures for our students.

Learning Excellence

We have a very full excellence program planned for 2021.

We share more of our students achieving excellence during the last fortnight. We celebrate STEM Challenge, Interschool Debating and Touch.

Chris McMillan
Principal

How to Report a Student Absence at Coomera Springs

Just a reminder that all absences must be reported to Administration by any of the following methods:

• Leave a message on the school absence line Ph: 5519 5300 – dial 1
• Email Administration admin@coomeraspringsss.eq.edu.au
• Reply to the SMS message – please state your child’s name and reason for absence

You may also email your child’s class teacher, however Administration must be advised in order for your child’s absence to be recorded with the correct code.

Your assistance in following our absence procedure is greatly appreciated.

Prep Enrolments for 2022

Coomera Springs is now taking enrolments for Prep in 2022. If you have a little one born between 1/7/16 – 30/6/17 then they are due to start Prep next year! Please come and see our lovely office staff or check on our website for an enrolment pack. Parent Information and orientation sessions have begun so the sooner you can enrol the better!

News from our Music Department

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TESTING FOR 2022 BEGINNER

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an EOI form for Instrumental Music in 2022 – Year 3 Strings 2022 (current Year 2s) and Year 4 Band 2022 (current Year 3s). We will shortly be commencing the instrument testing phase where students have an opportunity to try out playing the instrument/s they are considering learning. If you have not yet submitted your EOI form please do so ASAP or your child may miss the opportunity to try out on an instrument. Instrumental Music acceptances and instrument allocations will be issued in the last 2 weeks of this term.

If you would like to know more, please email Mrs Murray amurr51@eq.edu.au ASAP.

Alison Murray
Music Coordinator

News from our PE Department

Finance News

THE PAYMENT WINDOW IS OPEN ON

MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS FROM 8AM TO 9.30AM

NO CASH PAYMENTS ARE AVAILABLE

For your information we have outlined below ALL current Fees/Excursions/Incursions:

P&C News

Fundraising News

Thank you to everyone that contributed towards the recent Loose Change Challenge. A total of $1357.25 was raised.

Congratulations to the winning classes.

Junior School - 1/2F Miss Hargrave $248.00
Senior School - 4C Mr McDonald $131.95

Movie Night

Mark your calendar: 26 November 2021 – 5pm on the School Oval

The P&C Assoc is conducting with support of Gold Coast City Council, L J Hooker and Camp Australia, a Community Event - Movie under the Stars. Admission is free to view SCOOB!

Food and beverages will be available for purchase on the night.

Please refer to the attached flyers for full details of the event.

SEE YOU ALL THERE TO HELP SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

Thank you - Containers for Change

A HUGE THANKS to our School Officer, Shane Green who had been busily collecting recyclable containers around the school. Due to his eagle eye, he has been able to collect $18.20 worth of cans and bottles.

Thank you Shane for your ongoing support to our School with the collection before the P&C Assoc and Environmental Group commenced their Containers for Change program.

The Environmental Group now have bins located in the school for students to pop their empty containers in. The P&C Assoc are now doing a regular collection of the bins and returning the containers to the local Containers for Change depot. Please encourage your students to recycle their empty containers.

We will give you an update each term with the amount that has been deposited.

Thank you - Containers for Change

A HUGE THANKS to our School Officer, Shane Green who had been busily collecting recyclable containers around the school. Due to his eagle eye, he has been able to collect $18.20 worth of cans and bottles.

Thank you Shane for your ongoing support to our School with the collection before the P&C Assoc and Environmental Group commenced their Containers for Change program.

The Environmental Group now have bins located in the school for students to pop their empty containers in. The P&C Assoc are now doing a regular collection of the bins and returning the containers to the local Containers for Change depot. Please encourage your students to recycle their empty containers.

We will give you an update each term with the amount that has been deposited.

Christmas Raffle Prizes

P&C Fundraising Committee

To enable these events to be run successfully, the P&C are wishing to establish a Fundraising Committee. If you have or know someone who has the expertise in assisting and becoming part of the fundraising team, please let the Executive know. We all know that many hands can make the task easier. Should you be interested in volunteering your time to assist please let us know at CSSS_PandC@coomeraspringsss.eq.edu.au. Our vision is that this committee meets separately to the general meetings. May be over a cuppa before, during or after school. A report will then be presented at the general meeting.

Again, please let the Executive know if you are interested.

Next P&C Assoc Meeting:

Our next Meeting will be held on Friday 12 November 2021- 3.20pm in the Staffroom at the Resource Centre. All are most welcome to attend.

Thanks everyone and please stay safe.

Ann Arthur – President

Book Fair

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you for your support this year for our Book Fair. It was a great success. We sold $6700 worth of product. So that meant we were able to buy $2200 worth of books for the library.

I will start processing the books and have them ready for next year for all our students to borrow.

Once again, many thanks.

Happy Reading.
Sue Marriott T/ Librarian

Containers for Change

Our Springers are very excited to start recycling with Containers for Change!

Please see the flyers below for which containers/bottles are allowed to be placed in the bins, each class has been explicitly taught what they are.

Only containers at school in lunchboxes or from the tuckshop, are to be placed in the bins, students are not to bring things from home. There will be two large blue recycling bins at either end of the school (one in the tuckshop area, the other in the basketball court area). Thank you to our Year 3 cohort and teachers for initially trialling the program so we could work out all the kinks.

Big Battery Rescue

A reminder that we are still rescuing batteries from landfill and we need your help! There are only a few weeks left to send in all your old batteries so we can get them recycled, please bring your batteries in before the 3rd of December (Friday, Week 9). Remember, we will accept any of the regular household batteries (such as; AA, AAA…etc). However, please do not bring in car batteries as these are a safety hazard for students.

Each classroom has a battery bucket, there is one in the office and a large one in the library as well (blue with a red lid). You can stop in before school to drop off batteries for your child, or send them into school in a bag to be emptied into their classroom container.

Did you know? In Australia, each year over 300 million household batteries are thrown away with ordinary waste. Less than 3% are recycled meaning a staggering 14,000 tonnes of batteries end up in landfill.

Recycling your batteries allows us to stay in the running to win the 2021 National Schools Challenge! The weight of batteries we recycle will be measured and tracked so that we can share the fantastic results and the impact of our students with the whole community.

For more information about the program see the website:

Or Check out this video:

Uniform Shop

https://theschoollocker.com.au

Tuckshop

Frankie’s Tuckerbox

The tuckshop is open Monday - Friday and offers a range of healthy choice options. Please click here for the 2021 Tuckshop Menu.

Orders can be placed at the tuckshop between 7.30am and 9am or online via flexischools (We prefer online ordering).

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 so it can be paid next day at the tuckshop.

All counter orders will incur a 20c processing fee.

PHONE ORDERS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED

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.

For further enquiries please contact:

Coomera Springs State School – Tuckshop
tuckshop@coomeraspringsss.eq.edu.au

School Terms for 2021

School Calendar 2021

School Calendar 2022

School Directory

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Community Notices

Free School Holiday Programs

The Gold Coast City Council’s Summer of Fun guide will be available online at the beginning of December. For more information, visit their website:

Free School Holiday Programs ages 12-17

For students aged 12 and older siblings, view the flyers below detailing structured programs with various activities for the upcoming Summer holidays. Youth can stay all day or simply for the activities that they want.

For more information:

Surfside Buslines

Please find attached notices for Term 3 2021, School changes effective 12th July 2021.

Please continue to navigate the TransLink website when planning travel to and from school.

TransLink Journey-Planner

School Service Finder

3074

This service is being realigned to follow the new standard path throughout Coomera Springs. This improves coverage of the area and opens up Coomera Springs Boulevard where most student walk from.

3376

This run is being realigned to include the new standard route throughout Coomera Springs Boulevard. The route has been reduced from two separate loops to one whole loop.

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