24 June 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Year 6 Camp

We celebrate our recent Year 6 Camp at PGL Adventure Camps - Kindilan. The students were able to be challenged on a range of adventure type activities. Students enjoyed the challenge and great feeling of achievement in being able to meet the various challenges at the camp. These are the type of special experiences that these young people will take with them for the rest of their lives. Thank you to our staff for making this camp happen.

School Review Feedback

Our school was recently involved in a scheduled full school review. Thank you to everyone who contributed in a variety of ways. We will receive the finalised reports by the end of this term and the Executive Summary will be published on the school website.

The following are some of the general findings that have been shared at the end of the review.

Classrooms are calm and orderly, and present as welcoming learning environments. Parents and students acknowledge the range of extracurricular opportunities offered by the school. They reference the school's excellence in music program, opportunities in school sport including gala days, and the school musical, as evidence of building a positive school culture across the school.

The school is held in high regard by students, parents and the local community. Staff members speak positively and proudly of the school. The school has established partnerships with parents, early learning centres, local high school schools, a cluster principals’ network, local agencies, an Indigenous Elder and community organisations for the purpose of improving opportunities and outcomes for students and building teacher capability.

The school has a significant partnership through the Barna Jarjum regional project to establish a cultural champion to strengthen understanding within the school community.

Regional NAIDOC Award for School

We celebrate the work of our school Barna Jarjum Committee which was recognised last week with a South East Region NAIDOC Award. These are a group of dedicated and committed staff members and indigenous students who work on cultural recognition, understanding and identity.

Term 2

This newsletter will mark the end of Term 2 and the first half of the 2022 school year. This term has continued a level of vigilance and challenge with the backdrop of the continuing worldwide pandemic, wet weather and critical staff shortages. We thank our community for your support and understanding as we work together to ensure that all planned activities were able to go ahead.

Term 2 started with ANZAC Commemoration and will finish with our School Athletics. In between, our students have been involved in many special events and opportunities: Year 1 Starlab,

Parent-Teacher Interviews, Music COE, NAPLAN, Fanfare, Full School Review, Life Education, Year 4 Camp, Year 6 Camp, Music Showcase, Kids Lit, Prep and Year 2 Swimming, P-2 Athletics, 3-6 Athletics, Kokoda Team Training, SRC Career Day.

Our focus on learning also continued over this term. Student Reports will be emailed home at the end of this week.

School holidays are often times for families to travel or spend time together. We wish all of our families a safe and special school vacation.

Please see the following dates for Term 3:

• School finishes for Term 2 on Friday 24 June 2022
• School resumes for Term 3 on Monday 11 July 2022
• State-wide Student Free Day scheduled for Friday 2 September 2022

Students continuing learning during the cold and flu season

We thank our school families for keeping their students away from school with symptoms. This is keeping our COVID rate down which is vitally important at this time. If your child has mild symptoms and is capable of completing learning tasks, we would like them to continue their learning until they can return to school. Students may be able to complete work on OneNote or via learning that can be emailed home.

These are exceptional times, but we would like to see all students continue their learning wherever possible.

Current COVID Measures – COVID Normal

The Queensland Government has announced the relaxation of some COVID measures from 4 March.

• All staff, contractors and volunteers fully vaccinated
• Face masks not required but encouraged and supported
• Mass gatherings and events can resume
• Restrictions on parents, carers and visitors eased
• All assemblies, incursions, camps and excursions can recommence
• We continue our day cleaner to continually sanitise high touch areas during school hours
• Students who choose to wear face masks will continue to be supported
• We maintain a supply of face masks to support staff and students who request
• Anyone who is unwell or with symptoms to isolate away from school and get tested
• We maintain a supply or RATs for unwell staff and unwell students to take home
• Close contact rules have changed as of 6pm on Thursday 28 April provided close contacts test negative and wear face masks may leave home.

Our community keeping everyone safe

We are all very aware that coronavirus has been and is circulating within our broader community. We acknowledge and thank many families doing the right thing in getting tested and isolating if positive. The school has a supply of RATs to be sent home with students who are referred to sick bay with symptoms. Coomera Springs families experiencing symptoms at home can access testing through HAAN Respiratory Centre (100m south of the school) or any testing centre or RAT supplier. Testing and isolating if positive is helping to reduce the spread of the virus at school.

Confirmed cases of COVID are occurring within our school community on a daily basis. Vigilance in keeping students with symptoms at home and getting tested is still the best way to contain the spread at this time. Thank you for testing and isolating if positive or close contact. This is important at this time.

Celebrate Success

We are really impressed with the achievements of our students. Students achieving well in their learning and across other areas such as sport.

We celebrate Year 6 Camp, Prep and Year 2 Swimming, Year 1 Paradise Country and Kokoda Kids Event Practice in our slideshow in this newsletter.

Kind regards,

Chris McMillan
Principal

School Opinion Survey 2022

The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted in Term 3 and will close on 12 August 2022. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (5, 6, 8 and 11) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.

An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 11 July. The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022. Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it. The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.

Prep 2023 Enrolments Now Open

2023 Prep Enrolments are now open!

Little ones born between 1 July, 2017 & 30 June, 2018 are eligible to start Prep in 2023!

Download an enrolment pack from our website or pop in and see Vicky and Janine in the office.

LATE ARRIVALS and EARLY DEPARTURES:

Explicit teaching begins at 8.40am and finishes at 3.00pm. Consistently arriving after 8.40am or departing before 3.00pm, may mean your child is missing quality learning time.

Arriving late, often means the class teacher has to stop the lesson, welcome your child, explain what they have missed and then return his/her attention back to the class who is trying to wait patiently.

Departing early, also means the class teacher has to stop the lesson, answer the call from the office, support your child to pack up belongings, and then return attention to the rest of the class who, again is waiting.

We believe that all of our students can achieve success at our school with our dedicated teaching staff, their expertise and research-based pedagogy but this can only happen if our students are at school, on time, learning every day.

We understand that some late arrivals and early departures are for legitimate reasons, but the effect remains the same.

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.

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News from our PE Department

Gala Day

Nigel Bailey
Sports Co-ordinator

News from our Music Department

Date Claimer – Term 3 Eisteddfod Performances

In Week 3 of next term our Year 4 Junior Band, Year 5 & 6 Senior Band, Year 4 – 6 Senior Strings, Year 4 – 6 Drumline, Year 1 – 4 Intermediate Choir and Year 3 – 6 Senior Choir will be performing at the City of Logan Eisteddfod. Permission notes for this event have been distributed and were due back before the holidays – please email Mrs Murray amurr51@eq.edu.au if your child is performing and has not brought home a note to attend the Eisteddfod.

Our students will be performing at Logan Entertainment Centre on the following dates:

Tuesday 26th July – Intermediate and Senior Choir (meet at Music Room at 7:15am)
Wednesday 27th July – Senior Strings (meet at Music Room at 7:00am)
Wednesday 27th July – Junior Band, Senior Band and Drumline (meet at Music Room at 7:30am)

South East Region Music Camp 2022

Seven of our Year 5 students represented our school at the South East Region Music Camp this week, joined by our Instrumental Music teachers Craig Alloway (Band) and Stephanie Williams (Strings). The selected students performed music at an advanced level as part of an advanced choir, string ensemble or concert band, and they also enjoyed a variety of camp activities along with music students from other South East Region primary schools. The Music Camp concluded with a culminating concert where the students had the opportunity to perform for their parents and teachers and showcase their musical development over the week.

Well done everyone!

Year 5 students at SER Music Camp (L to R):
Rocky L (Band), Cailin O (Choir), Jessica Q (Strings), Selina J (Choir), Kaeli S (Choir), Josephine B (Choir), Ethan C (Band).

Music Shirts – Clearance

The P&C have advised they still have remaining stock of Music Shirts from the old supplier (identical looking shirts) – these are available from the Tuckshop for $21 while stocks last. If your child’s size is not available at the tuckshop you are still able to order online via School Locker’s website.

Music shirts can be worn to school as a uniform option on Thursdays this year.

Alison Murray
Music Coordinator

P&C News

The P & C have had a busy term, helping out and running several events over the month within our school. We had a very successful Mother’s Day stall, Music Night and Sport day fundraisers. We would like to thank all of our parents and carers for all your support. Through our fundraising this month we have managed to supply our tuckshop with some essential equipment including a second fridge and bench top mixer. As we look forward to term 3 we have many exciting events in the pipeline so watch this space! If you would like to volunteer to help at any of our events please email pandc@coomeraspringsss.eq.edu.au

Thank you to all of our volunteers for all your efforts this term and we look forward to term 3.

Volunteers are required in the TUCKSHOP

Angela in the Tuckshop is seeking assistance with volunteers to assist her and Viv in the Tuckshop. Should you have a spare few hours and looking for some way to assist in your child’s school, please contact the School on 55195300 to be added to her roster. Or just drop by the Tuckshop and have a chat with Ang.

General Meetings

It was decided at the AGM that General Meetings will be held on the 2nd Friday of the month.

Next General Meeting will be held on Friday 22 July 2022 at 3.15pm in the School Staff Room (Resource Centre)

We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable school holiday.

Kelly
P & C President

Uniform Shop

Click the link below to be taken to The School Locker Website

Tuckshop

Frankie’s Tuckerbox

The Tuckshop is open Monday - Friday and offers a range of healthy choice options. Please click here for the 2022 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

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

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