Term 3 week 6 2021
- Principal's Report
- News from 1E
- News from 6N
- Bucket Filling
- School Mentors
- Prep 2022 Enrolments now open
- Parent Teacher Interviews
- Sport
- Road Safety Week
- NAPLAN Online
- Premier's Reading Challenge
- ICAS Assessments
- Finance
- Facilities
- Student of the Week
- P&C News
- 2022 Year 7 : Coolum High School Enrolment
- Community Notices
- School Information
Principal's Report
Last week we welcomed all our marvellous students back to Coolum to begin face to face learning together again. I would like to thank our wonderful staff for their resilience and flexibility as they have transitioned from face to face learning - to learning at home - back to face to face learning. It has been a mammoth job and one that I am very proud of our teachers for completing. I would also like to thank our parents for the amazing support during at home learning and following the Covid-19 restrictions to ensure we can get back to normal as quickly as possible. Thank you one and all!
Air-conditioning
Our first four classrooms are done. We have had four of our year 3 classrooms in different parts of the school and they are looking forward to getting back to their classrooms. Our next group of classrooms will be year 2. They will relocate this week. Everyone is looking forward to a cooler summer this year!
SafeST meeting
Last week we held this term's SafeSt committee meeting via phone. During the meeting we discussed possible changes to drop zones and parking on School Rd and Barns Lane. Sunshine Coast Council are following up with some of these ideas and will report back to us at the next meeting. The planning for Barns Lane that runs parallel to the senior oval is on hold while the developers of Barns Lane Farm negoiate with council and Transport and Main Roads. We commended Councillor Maria Suarez for her advocacy to get the footpath extended on Park Cres. Dan Purdie MP shared an update on planning for the study on the duplication of the Sunshine Motorway which extends to the Coolum-Yandina Rd and School Rd intersection.
Remember we all have a part to play in ensuring our students are safe when coming to school. Please ensure we share with our children regular the safe options when coming to school, for instance using the crossing, not crossing between cars, and staying on the walk and bike paths. Are we leading by example in following the rules of the road? Children learn by seeing and doing.
School Uniform
I am a strong advocate for the wearing of school uniforms. Our uniform looks fantastic and we have received many positive comments about them. It is great that nearly all our students are able to wear their full uniform every day. There are enormous benefits for ensuring all students wear full school uniform. These include:
- Defining our school identity
- Developing within our students a sense of belonging to our school community
- Provides an opportunity to build and enhance ‘school spirit’
- Promotes a sense of inclusiveness, non-discrimination and equal opportunity
- Enhances the health and safety of students when involved in school activities and excursions
- Complies with our obligations under Occupational Health and Safety Legislation. e.g. Sun Smart and broad-brimmed hats
- Promotes positive community perceptions of our school
- Makes school clothing more affordable by eliminating the risk of peer pressure to wear current fashions and expensive clothes
While we appreciate that there are times when children will be out of uniform, it appears we have a small number of students ‘electing’ not to wear their full uniform. Coolum State School uniform shop is well stocked with supplies of our school uniform, as described in our school's uniform policy. Your support in discussing this with your child is appreciated.
News from 1E
This term in Year 1, we have been learning about measurement. We learnt about the different units of measurement and how we could measure with informal units. We had lots of fun exploring capacity and length through hands on experiences. The students learnt how to measure the capacity of a container with water and we explored length and compared the different heights of students in the class. Below is a snapshot of the students learning.
News from 6N
This term 6N have been working on objective language in English. We thought it would be great to share some Fun Facts about ourselves. So here it is… “Everything you didn’t know about 6N!"
Immogen’s great, great, great, great, great, great uncle is the famous French author, Victor Hugo! Max is a King video gamer and Flynn has a 17 year old cat that is mad at him. Tadhg’s dog’s name is Bunji, which is the Aboriginal word for “mate” and Jake has a sister. Kalani has 16 pets including a snake and 2 Alexandrine parrots who laid eggs that will hopefully hatch in 2 weeks and Josh has a Youtube channel called “Scuttlergaming”. Lucas has recently reached Dan 2 (black belt). He started training when he was 3. Summer has a cat called Peanut. James can pop an eleven o’clock on his ATV and Jaxon specializes in rhythm games. Blake played the role of Captain Hook in drama. Jati is in both the Primary School and the Middle School bands and Aliss likes to run in the rain when it’s thundering. Lucy is the Captain of the Coolum Chargers (school surf team). Kayden has a grumpy, 15 year old cat. Haloe is an amazing artist, Paige has a chocolate lab called Tilly and Ahju plays drums. Grace had a fighting fish called Garrg that died because she didn’t feed it enough. Evie does three styles of dance and placed 3rd out of the whole of Australia for hip-hop. Harper got barrelled on Friday morning and Lily has a toy Cavoodle x King Charles spaniel puppy. Kiarni loves birds, Sophie speaks French and Isaac is brilliant at Maths and Science - 5 of our 6N students were selected for the Alpha class at High School and Mrs Nix has tap danced for over 45 years.
What a fascinating bunch!
Bucket Filling
Bucket Filler Poster Competition
This week voting began for the Yr. 3-6 Bucket Filler poster. We received over 200 entries and 90 were selected for voting. Students were able to view and vote during breaks on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Votes have been counted and the top 20 posters will be shown in a slide show during virtual parade on Friday. All students in all classes will have a chance to vote tomorrow. Next week voting begins for the Prep-2 entries. The video highlights students sharing, how they have filled others buckets this week.
School Mentors
How awesome are our school Mentors!! Mr Moody has been busy getting 26 mentors active across the school. The year 5 and 6 students run games and activities during lunch times, showing younger students how to share, co-operate, be kind and fill our buckets. Coolum is Community!!!
Prep 2022 Enrolments now open
Do you have a child that is eligible to enrol in Coolum State School in 2022? If so, please see our Enrolments Officer Katie in the office to collect your enrolment pack.
Parent Teacher Interviews
Sport
Depending on announcement on the 22 Aug:
Aug 27 Cricket T 20 Blast at Tewantin
Sept 7 Final Mark West Cup at Beerwah
Sept 15 Billy Moore Shield (Yr 5 & 6) at Maroochydore
Road Safety Week
The focus this year is to 'Sign up for Road Safety' and put a spotlight on road safety. Last year hundreds of Queenslanders shared their road safety messages online, let's make this year even bigger.
How can you and the family take part… think of a road safety message and put it on a sign – be as creative as you like. Take a photo or video of your sign and make sure your message is clear. Post it to the StreetSmarts website – use the QR code on the left and tag @StreetSmartsQld or #QRSW2021
What can you do with the kids at home? Qld Road Safety week is around the corner! Show your support by kicking those bad driving habits and make our roads a safer place for everyone. Check out the StreetSmarts website for a range of activities and resources (find a word, colouring activities)
NAPLAN Online
We are moving to the online platform for NAPLAN assessments in 2022. To enable this to happen we will be trialling our capacity in regards to devices and connectivity with the server on Wednesday September 1 in the morning session. The students who will complete the NAPLAN assessments in 2022, our present Year 2s and Year 4s, will participate in a School Readiness Test, a ‘practice’ test, to ensure our bandwith on the server can cope with all the devices being used at the same time.
The School Readiness Test exposes the students to the NAPLAN online environment so they will be familiar with this platform in 2022. The ‘tests’ are not marked or returned to the school.
Terry O’Brien
Deputy Principal – Curriculum
Premier's Reading Challenge
This year’s challenge has now closed. Our book lovers have submitted their record sheets and the count is on.
Teachers are counting their class record sheets to see if their book lists are the longest and if so, will they be triumphant in the most well-read class?
Mrs Gers and Mrs Morris are comparing and searching through all of the student record sheets to identify the most highly read student in each year level and Coolum’s overall most prolific reader. Is it you?
You will have to hold your breath a little longer whilst the counts are completed. Our winners will be announced during the Book Week Parade on August 27.
ICAS Assessments
International Competition and Assessments for Schools
On Wednesday 45 of our students sat the ICAS English assessment. This is the 40th year these tests have been made available to students across the globe. This year 16 000 schools have put forward students to enter from 41 countries across the world. Congratulations to all the CSS students who stretched their brains and choose to enter.
Mathematics assesment will be in Week 8.
Finance
To ensure your child is able to attend any excursion, incursion or participate in an extra curricular activity please make payment prior to the due date.
Payment can be made by cash, EFTPOS or using the hyperlink on the invoice emailed to you. If you are experiencing finacial difficulty contact the office to arrange a meeting with the Business Manager, Sharyn O'Brien .
If you require further information about any activity please contact the office on 5471 9300.
Coolum State School Bigger, Better, Brighter CBCA Book Week LIve Performance has been rescheduled for Wednesday 15 September. This is a whole school incursion, meaning students will participate during classtime at school. Notes have been sent home and all of the initial information is still accurate apart from the performace date now being Wednesday 15 September. Please make payment of $7.50 via Direct Deposit, using the hyperlink on the invoice emailed to you, cash or Eftpos.
Coolum State School Gympie Gold Mine has been rescheduled to Thursday 2 September. This is a Year 5 excursion with the coast for this activity at $20.00. Students will travel to Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum on Thursday 2 September by bus, leaving schol at 9am and returning to school for normal finish atrrangements. Notes have been sent home and all of the initial information is still accurate apart from the excursion date. Please make payment of $20.00 via Direct Deposit, using the hyperlink on the invoice emailed to you, cash or Eftpos.
Coolum State School Sunshine Coast Junior Eisteddfod - Concert Band and Junior/ Senior Voices that was scheduled for August 3&4. We are awaiting information as to whether this event will proceed.
If the event is RESCHEDULED - your monies already paid will automatically transfer to the new date and no action will be required from you. If you haven't paid you will be required to pay one week prior to the event's new date.
If the event is CANCELLED - For those parents that have already paid, you will receive a credit of $10.00 on your student's account to use towards future activities. For those parents who have not paid the invoice, you will receive a CREDIT ADJUSTMENT via email. Please note this is a credit of the unpaid invoice and no action is required.
Coolum State School Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Golden Tickets were handed out to the very excited lucky few last week. If your child came home with one, please read the information very carefully. We are not asking for payment as yet, you will be invoiced when payment is required. Selected students will travel to QPAC on Wednesday 8 September leaving school at 10am and returning at approx 6pm. Please return the consent form to Mrs Macaky ASAP.
Coolum State School Caboolture Historical Village payment is due by Friday 3 September. This is a Year 2 excursion and students will travel by bus leaving school at 8.30 and will return for normal pick up arrangements. This excursion will occur over 2 days with classes 2P, 2S, 2Z and 2G on Thursday 9 and classes 2M, 2C and 2R on Friday 10 September.
Please make payment of $26.00 via Direct Deposit, using the hyperlink on the invoice emailed to you on Monday 16/08/2021, cash or Eftpos by the due date.
Learn to swim for Years 1 and Years 3 will commence in week 2 of term 4. All students are required to participate in the 6 lessons. Year 1 will attend their learn to swim lessons on Tuesday and Year 3 will ateend on Wednesdays. Students are required to bring their swimming requirements to school, where they will change, travel to Coolum Aquatic Centre via bus, and return to school again to complete their school day. More information will be sent home in due course. We anticipate the cost to be $50.00 per child for the program.
Facilities
It has been an exciting couple of weeks!
Air conditioning in 3A, 3P, 3S, and 3W is well underway with the students moving back into their classrooms. The next classes that will be worked on are 2P, 2S, 2G, and 2Z with the students relocating to alternate rooms for the next couple of weeks!
Student of the Week
P&C News
COOLUM OSHC VACATION CARE
Book online at:
www.coolumafterschoolcare.com.au
or contact the office on:
p: 07 5446 2026
m: 0419 614 111
Also online, our Full Sept-Oct Vacation Care Program
2022 Year 7 : Coolum High School Enrolment
Community Notices
School Information
School Year 2021
Term 3 – Monday 12 July to Friday 17 September
Term 4 – Tuesday 5 October to Friday 10 December
Remember to update your details by email or with the Office if you have –
- a new phone
- moved house
- started a new job
- changed your contact details
School Contact Details
Address PO Box 374 School Road, Coolum Beach. 4573
Phone 5471 9300
Website www.coolumss.eq.edu.au
Email info@coolumss.eq.edu.au
Parades Senior – 8.40 am Junior – 9.20 am
Tuckshop Wednesday to Friday
QParents App & Facebook
Download the QParents app (it’s free) for instant access to the school website or follow us on Facebook.
Uniform Shop Hours
The Uniform Shop is located at the P&C Room and opens every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 2.00 pm – 3.15 pm.
Monday and Friday 8.00 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.
P&C Association
Meetings are the fourth Tuesday of each month, in the P&C Centre at 7.00pm. All welcome
Outside School Hours Care
6.00 am to 8.30 am and after school from 2.40 pm to 10.00 pm
Phone: 5446 2026
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