Term 2 Week 8
Principal's Report
Learning Styles
We are each unique individuals with our own likes and dislikes, thoughts, attitudes and behaviours. We all learn at different rates and in different ways. Consider your friends and family; what is unique and special about them?
This week the leadership team have conducting learning walks throughout the school. When I walk into classrooms, I’m always intrigued by the multitude of learning styles our teachers cater for each and every day.
"Seek first to understand, then to be understood." (Stephen Covey)
Teachers spend a great deal of time with your children and get to know them very well by the end of their time with them. They are quickly able to determine what style of learning best suits each child. Can you recognise your child by these descriptions?
Do they easily recall things they have has seen? Do they need to see the ‘big picture’ before making a decision? Are they organised, neat and observant? Is appearance important? Do they have trouble remembering spoken instructions? Are they a good speller? Do they like to read?
If you said yes to many of these, your child is most likely to be a visual learner. They will memorise things by pictures and words.
If your child is easily distracted, often talks to themself and vocalises when they read, then they are probably a more auditory learner. You may notice that they find spoken language easy, but have difficulty with maths and writing. They probably like music and learn best by listening and memorising steps and procedures.
A kinaesthetic learner is one who moves a lot, likes to touch or stand close to people and learns by doing. They will usually point to words as they read, gesture frequently when speaking, and memorise things by walking and doing. They will develop large muscle movement early in life and react physically to situations.
Each of us has a preferred learning style, but we are capable of learning in a variety of ways. Teachers are very mindful of planning their lessons to cater for a range of learning styles and abilities. Talk to your child about the way they like to learn; it may help them to understand why they find some tasks difficult to undertake, and others are easy for them.
Anthony Ryan
Principal
News from 1G
Last Thursday it was Kindness Day. We all looked fantastic wearing our crazy socks and crazy hair. We sat down as a class and chatted about what kindness looks like and we what were grateful for in our lives. This is what we came up with:
I am grateful for…..
Billie – having lots of friends to play lots of fun games with.
Jakob – having good friends who help me learn new things.
Max- having friends to play football with.
Isla – the beautiful animals in the bush.
Stevie – having nice friends who play with me all the time.
Shiloh – going to an amazing school. Coolum is the best!
Mila – having fun friends who always make me laugh.
Paige – having friends who help me learn and make me laugh
Lulu – living close to the beach so I can find shells and build sandcastles
Rocco – Gene helping me make paper aeroplanes.
Gene – seeing animals I’ve never seen before at Australia Zoo
Solly – having the best friends in the world and a nice family.
River – having a really nice school with lots of teachers who are nice
Julian – being able to go to the beach every day so I can swim and climb on the rocks.
Ruby – my dad taking me to Toowoomba to see my friend Molly.
Ariane – friends who are kind to me and my big brother who helps me.
Nathan – my muscles that keep my body strong and my friends who do garden club with me.
Flynn – going to the beach and seeing my friends Eli, Ada, Nathan and Mrs Keating.
Alexander – my super good friends because they play with me all the time
Lincoln – having fun with my next-door neighbours who play in the yard with me.
Odin- cuddles from my teachers and family.
Leilani- the beautiful animals in our world.
Susan Gers
Teacher of 1G
News from 3G
This term 3G have been learning all about living things. As part of our learning, we went to Sea Life Mooloolaba. We had a fantastic time. Here are our favourites:
Frank: I liked seeing the penguins.
River: I liked to see the penguins.
Amali: I liked the seal show.
Olive: I loved the upside-down jellyfish.
Apollo: My favourite thing was seeing the penguins.
TJ: My favourite was the sharks.
Lennox: I liked to see Goku the turtle.
Riley: I liked seeing the sharks in the tunnel.
Ben: I have that all living things grow.
Lauren: I liked the upside down jellyfish and the seal show and the glow jellyfish and the penguins.
Leah: I liked the turtles in the tunnels.
Mia: My favourite thing was when I got to see the seals and the penguins.
Edie: My favourite thing was seeing the seal show because they were being funny and their tricks were really cool.
Parker: I liked how there were lots of different types of fish.
Melody: I like how I saw different types of marine animals like sharks, stingrays and fish in the tunnel.
Brax: I liked the sharks.
Ava: I liked seeing the moonlight jellies.
Roko: My favourite things were the penguins and the sharks in the shark shipwreck.
Milly: I liked seeing the shark shipwreck.
Amanda Perina
Teacher of 3G
Pomona King of the Mountain
King of the Mountain will be run and won on 23 July. There is no school team relay this year however athletes can enter the Prince and Princess of the Mountain. Nomination fee is $10. Nominations close 10 July. Head to https://kingofthemountain.com.au/ for more information and please see flyer attached.
Ben Moody
PE Teacher
Japanese Word of the Week
おすすめのメニュ―はどれですか？(o-susume no menu wa dore desu ka?): What menu item do you recommend?
If you don’t know which one to choose, or just want to know the staff-picked recommendations, you can use this phrase to ask them.
Brad Yaxley
Japanese Teacher
Recycling at Coolum
On Friday the Environmental and Containers for Change Team took there recycling investigations off site. Sandie from Envirocom started the day upskilling our students about recycling at home and school. We learnt that every year a household throws away as much rubbish as would fit into your entire house and that whenever doing something you should think about how you can AVOID creating waste, REDUCE the amount of waste you create, REUSE when you can and RECYCLE if possible and last of all create WASTE.
After Sandie’s talk, we headed to Caloundra Recycling Depot to observe how waste is recycled and how sadly, so much ends in landfill. On our way back to school we went to the Containers for Change Depot at Coolum and met Glenn and Anna. We were very impressed by how easily they sorted the bottles and cans and were inspired to collect containers at home and keep them out of landfill.
So, what did the students learn on the excursion
Ruby – “I learnt that you shouldn’t put nappies and full cartons of milk into the recycling bin as these have nasty smells and are horrible for the workers who have to sort it out!”
Milla – “Only 25% of household rubbish actually needs to go in to the waste bin, 75% could be recycled.”
Fiona – “The container for change building in Coolum do a great job recycling bottles, cans and cartons.”
Juliet – ‘I learnt that you can recycle tin foil but it has to be as big as a yoghurt container, so save it up and keep it in a scrunchy ball then put it in.”
Malachi – “It is very bad to put soft plastics in the recycling bin!”
Mitchell – “ I learnt that there was a lot more things that could be recycled than I knew before like aerosols, aluminium foil has to crushed up and can lids need to be squashed inside the tins because they won’t get picked up by the magnets.”
Finn – “I didn’t know before that you could take green fill waste to the dump for recycling.”
Curtis – “The landfill is 2x the depth of the PCC, crazy deep!”
Skye – “I can confirm, tissues do not go in the recycling bin!”
Traviss – “I learnt about the environment and landfill and what type of recycling materials go into land fill that should have saved.”
Bonnie L – Sometimes people put things in the wrong bins like grass in the waste bin and a pizza box with pizza still in it, in the recycling bin.”
Finnlay – “One family makes one house worth of rubbish every year, ridiculous. Avoid creating rubbish”
Lochie – “The bin chickens eat the rubbish and get a free feed.”
What’s next? The plan is for the team to work on strategies to help all our students and the community to understand what CAN, and CAN’T go into bins.
Coolum Environmental Team
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Reporting your child's absence
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Absences may be reported both on the webform and on the telephone in advance for planned absences.
We thank you for your assistance.
QParents
Did you know that the QParents portal is available for Coolum State School? QParents enables schools to offer parents secure access to information about their child. Parents can communicate directly with the school and update their child’s address and medical conditions and submit reasons for absences.
QParents is available to all families and not just our new families! If you would like to receive your unique invitation code and child's EQ ID please email us info@coolumss.eq.edu.au to request this.
Contact details
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It's important that we hold up to date contact details for you and your nominated emergency contacts. If you would like to update your details please pop in to the Administration Office or email us at info@coolumss.eq.edu.au .
RideScore Active Schools
REGISTER NOW!
- Do you live close to school?
- Do your children have a bike or scooter?
- Would you like peace of mind knowing your children have safely arrived at school?
If you answered YES to these questions, then RideScore is for you!
What is RideScore?
RideScore is an incentive-based program delivered by Sunshine Coast Council and We Ride Australia to increase active travel to and from school. The program is open to all students who ride a bike or scooter to school, as these can easily be fitted with beacons.
Participating students will receive a personal sensor (beacon) to attach to their bike or scooter. The school bike storage facility will be fitted with a Bluetooth reader that detects the signal from the beacon and sends a notification to the nominated contact that the student has arrived at or departed the school gate. Please note that the beacon is not a tracking device, it only records school arrivals and departures.
Data is collected by the online platform, enabling incentives to be offered at certain milestones.
Activities will also be planned throughout the school year to promote and encourage active travel, including cycling education classes for all Year 4 students.
How do I register?
Step 1 - Download the RideScore App (Search for ‘RideScore’ in the App Store or on Google Play)
Step 2 – Receive your sign on bag (will be distributed via the classrooms) that includes:
- Your child’s beacon & instructions on how to pair and fit
- Bike Lock
- Scorecard
- Road Safety Information
Step 3 – Start riding or scooting
Step 4 – Visit the RideScore website for great resources and safety tips
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