Term 4 week 4 2021
Principal's Report
What a Night!!
Thank you to the Coolum Community for you support of Coolum Carnival as it returned from a years absence. It was wonderful to see the many students, parents, grandparents and friends enjoying the many events of the evening. To our many wonderful sponsors thank you for your support. An evening like this dosen't happen without someone extraordinary to co-ordinate the event, Denise French you are amazing, thankyou from the whole Coolum Community. Staff and parents who worked on the stalls and helped with the both the setup and clean up, your efforts are appreciated.
Class Placement for 2022
Due to increases in enrolments throughout the year and changes to year level numbers, all year levels and classes will be reviewed in order to create classes for 2022. When formulating classes teachers consider the needs of each student to ensure we have the best fit for all students and balance of students for each class.
Drop Off Zones
When using the drop off zones on School Rd and Barns Lane you are required to stay with your vehicle. When you leave your vehicle you are deemed to have parked your car. These areas are designed to move fluidly for quick pick ups and drop offs. If you wish to have conversations with friends or organise sleep over please find another area around the school to enable the traffic to continue to flow.
News from PRD
This term, Prep D is learning how to write a letter. We have had lots of fun writing to Mr O’Brien and playing in our post office in the classroom. Mr O’Brien has been very busy writing back to every child. There were many excited faces when they received their letter in our mailbox. Below are some questions and responses from Prep D children and Mr O’Brien.
Zion – Do you have a porcupine?
Mr O’Brien - I have had a lot of animals but I have not had a porcupine!
Jarvis – In the holidays, I played at home.
Mr O’Brien – What games did you play at home on the holidays?
Honour – In the holidays, I played at home.
Mr O’Brien – What games did you play at home? Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Mason – In the holidays, I went to Wet and Wild.
Mr O’Brien – Your visit to Wet and Wild would have been fun. I love going there. What was your favourite ride?
Tahlia – In the holidays, I went in my pool with my Grandma.
Mr O’Brien – Is your Grandma a good swimmer? Did you play games with her?
Archie – In the holidays, I got tickets to Magnetic Island.
Mr O’Brien – When are you going to Magnetic Island? I have been there a few times also. It has great sandy beaches.
Henry – I went to Rush and climbed the rock wall. When I climbed up the rock wall, I hit the buzzer up the top.
Mr O’Brien - How exciting to hit the buzzer! I wonder if I would be able to do that. Would Mrs Dellow be able to?
Jakobi – Do you like dogs?
Mr O’Brien – Yes, I do like dogs. I always had a pet dog when I was little.
Byron – In the holidays, I went to Fraser Island.
Mr O’Brien – Did you camp there or stay in a house or resort?
Zoe – What is your favourite colour?
Mr O’Brien – My favourite colour is blue. What is your favourite colour?
Hannah – What is your favourite colour?
Mr O’Brien – My favourite colour is blue. What is your favourite colour?
Aubry – In the holidays, I went to Currumundi Lakes.
Mr O’Brien – Was your visit to Currumundi Lakes fun? What did you do at the lake?
Ryan – What did you like doing in Prep?
Mr O’Brien – I liked Buddies. Do you like Buddies?
Luke – Do you like going on rides?
Mr O’Brien – I love going on rides. I scream loudly on the scary rides.
Lia – In the holidays, I swam in my new pool with Charlotte. I dived down to get a slinky toy.
Mr O’Brien – How exciting to get a new pool! Was the water cold? I love swimming. I wonder how long your pool is?
Lola – Have you been to Badu?
Mr O’Brien – I haven’t been to Badu but my friend Miss Lauren used to teach there.
Zander – What did you like doing in Prep?
Mr O’Brien – When I was in Prep I loved listening to stories and playing on the swings.
Bella – In the holidays, I went to the ice cream shop.
Mr O’Brien – Yum! I love ice cream. What is your favourite flavour?
Willow – Do you have a cat?
Mr O’Brien – I don’t have a cat because I’m allergic to cat hair.
Raki – In the holidays, I went to Moreton Island. Have you been four-wheel driving?
Mr O’Brien – Yes, I have been four-wheel driving. It was great fun.
Hamish – I went to Coolum Beach. Did you see a shark fin?
Mr O’Brien – No, I didn’t see a shark fin. Did you? What is it like?
Megha – In the holidays, I played at home.
Mr O’Brien – It is always fun to play at home. Did you play with your sister?
Johnny – Do you like dogs?
Mr O’Brien – Yes, I love dogs. Do you have any pets?
Ashley – In the holidays, I went snorkelling? Do you like swimming?
Mr O’Brien – Did you see many fish when you were snorkelling? I love swimming. It is one of my favourite sports. I still swim every week in the ocean.
News from 6A
STEM News
Prep Digital Technology Lessons
This semester our Prep classes are learning about digital technologies and algorithms in STEM.
We’re learning that all digital systems (computers, iPads, drones etc.) are designed to help solve problems (or meet a need).
Digital technologies use electricity to work. The electrical signals flow through circuits that allow our devices to Input, Store, Process and Output information (data). See if your child can show you the actions.
Students are exploring Bee-Bots (hardware) and are enjoying using algorithms (sequence of steps) to code (software) them to move around on different maps. Our code is represented using arrows and words like forward, turn left/right, backward.
We are also using the Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot apps to learn about algorithms. These apps are free and available on iOS (Apple App Store) and Android (Google Play Store) for parents to download.
If you are interested in purchasing a physical Bee-Bot, these retail for approximately $140 and are available from a variety of suppliers.
Blue-Bots are around $220 each and offer some more advanced features like being able to be connected to the Blue-Bot app on iPad. They also have a transparent case so you can see the internal parts. Search ‘Bee-Bot’ or ‘Blue-Bot’ in your preferred search website for a supplier.
Day for Daniel
Day for Daniel tomorrow 29 October, wear red and remember your gold coin donation.
Day for Daniel is Australia’s largest child safety education and awareness day, and honours the memory of Daniel Morcombe. The key safety message on Day for Daniel is to teach children to Recognise, React and Report if they ever feel unsafe.
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation’s key role in the community is the education of all children about their personal safety. The Foundation works to empower all Australians to make their local communities safer places for children.
The Foundation would like to see a future where all children and young people are provided with education, protection and support to be safe. Through the gold coin donations which have been made at Coolum State School and many other schools today, the Foundation can continue to provide resources and education on personal child safety, to children, young people, their families and educators.
Get Set For PREP
"Get Set” for Prep day offers an opportunity for 2022 Prep enrolments to explore our Prep classrooms. Whilst you are attending information sessions, your child will make friends and be guided by our caring and dedicated staff as they explore a range of fun-filled activities within the Prep classrooms. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to introduce our school to your Prep child and explore our campus with your family.
Bucket Fillers Poster Competition
Al the students votes were counted. These are our winning posters that are now seen in all classrooms around the school.
Queensland Primary Schools Netball Cup
On the first weekend of the September school holidays our Coolum State School Netball team travelled to the Gold Coast Hinterland to compete in the Queensland Primary Schools Netball Cup. Over the two days of competition the girls had to play 12 games of netball. We came away with 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Overall, we placed 11th out of 95 teams. A huge congratulations to the following 10 girls who represented our school with great sportsmanship and pride – Ziggie, Tilly, Jordan, Natalie, Lucy, Ellie, Lily, Jati, Laylah and Sienna.
On Friday 15 October Coolum State School hosted a Netball Gala Day. The day saw teams from Noosaville, Peregian, Tewantin and Eumundi State Schools join our Coolum teams for a fun and exciting day of Netball competition. Coolum State School had 3 Netball teams across the two divisions competing. In the A Division our Gold team won the competition and our White team placed third. In the B Division our Blue team came runners up. Again, a huge congratulations to all 24 girls who competed and represented our school with great sportsmanship and pride.
Music News
Music Fest
On Monday 18 October 2021, the Coolum State Primary School Concert Band and the Coolum State Highschool Middle school Band took a long 1 ½ hour bus trip to Iona College in Brisbane, to participate in a music program called Music Fest.
All those Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon rehearsals and the all-day long Sunday rehearsal the day before, had lead up to this day. Both of the bands played lovely, with the Concert Band playing ‘Voyage of the Dragon Armada’, ‘Mythos’, and ‘Appalachian Folk Dance’. The Middle school Band played ‘Predators of the Deep’, ‘Ghost Lights’, and ‘Bunyip Blues’.
As I said, both bands played really well, with the Middle school Band coming home with a Silver Award and the Concert Band coming home with a GOLD AWARD! Our brilliant conductor Mrs Sharelle Guest was very proud of our success.
After leaving with pride on our faces it was sadly turned around when it started storming around 30minutes into the bus trip home. It rained so hard that water came in through the windows. Most of us (including me) got a little wet and so did our bags because there was water all over the bus floor.
But overall it was a great day, and I’d like to thank our truly amazing conductor for giving us the chance to go to Music Fest, and also the chance to play music. Also, a big thanks to Mrs Roz Mackay for coming along to help.
Sophie Guest
Music Leader
Performing Arts Week
This week at Coolum State school was the amazing ‘Performing Arts Week’ with a range of different musical activities and performances by so many talented people. Over four days teachers, parents, families and students got to experience a performance of a lifetime.
On Monday the Junior Voices, Senior Voices and Drama students put on an amazing show by performing their Eisteddfod pieces and also re-enactments of classic shows like Alice in Wonderland and Annie.
On Tuesday the extraordinary Woodwind, Brass, Percussion and Strings students played. Both Senior and Junior bands and ensembles played extremely well. There were also some soloists who did breathtakingly brilliant!
On Wednesday were the skilful Coolum AllStarz, and gifted Year 6 Vocal Rock ‘Sonic Singers’ - who both executed their performances perfectly. The energy was high, and audience was amazed!
And for the final day on Thursday, the ‘Welcome to Wind Symphony’ instrumentalists are going to rehearse all day at a special combined musical workshop, in preparation for a concert this evening. Students from our Year 6 Middle School Band program, will join with the High School Wind Symphony students. They will perform their exceptional songs to some lucky classes from our school this afternoon, before the final concert to family and friends at 6pm this evening.
However, none of this could have been done without the amazing teachers, Miss Anderson, Mrs Guest, Mrs Nix, Miss Warren, Miss Bollard and most importantly Mrs. Mackay, who put together the whole week for the students and parents to enjoy. So, thankyou to all the teachers who helped to create this fun and exciting music extravaganza.
Harper Green
Music Leader
Choirs
Instrumental Showcase
Dance Team Extravaganza
Year 6 Singers
Wind Symphony
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 financial difficulty contact the office to arrange a meeting with the Business Manager, Rebecca Hann.
If you require further information about any activity please contact the office on 5471 9300.
Student Resource Scheme at Coolum State School
In consultation with the parent bodies and the P&C, Coolum State School will be implementing a Student Resource Scheme (SRS) of $100.00 per child in 2022. The SRS is designed to be a cost-effective way of ensuring your child has access to consistent, high quality resources while they are at school.
We are asking that families pay the invoice once it has been issued, whether in full or using one of the payment options outlined in the information provided. Early in 2022 you will receive the participation agreement form which is required to be signed only once for the duration of your child's enrolment at Coolum State School.
Further information can be found in the document below about the SRS at Coolum State School. I encourage you to read this information and make a time to see Rebecca Hann, Business Manager to discuss any concerns you may have.
Learn to Swim Term 4
Learn to swim for Years 1 and Years 3 has commenced. Year 1 attend their learn to swim lessons on Tuesday and Year 3 attend 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.
Student of the Week
Dental Van News
The school van is currently seeing Year 3s and 4s for check-ups and subsequent dental treatment if required.
Medical History/consent forms have now been handed out through class to all Year 2’s. If you would like your child to be seen please return the form to their school teacher or to the office.
For any enquiries please contact the dental van on 0408 008 154.
Lori Lacey
Dental Therapist
School Bus Service
How do we service Coolum State School?
For network maps and detailed route information please visit the school specific webpage below.
https://cdcqueensland.com.au/school-services/coolum-state-primary-school/
We strongly recommend that parents check this webpage for any Service Changes prior to the beginning of Term 1 2022.
What fare do you need to catch a bus?
Fares are determined by the State Government and all fares collected belong to TransLink as part of the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Due to COVID restrictions we have been directed not to take cash fares. As a result, students will need a bus pass or go Card to board our buses.
How do I get a bus pass for my student? https://cdcqueensland.com.au/bus-services/school-transport-assistance-scheme/
How do I get a go Card for my student? https://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/go-card
Community Notices
From the High School
Enrolments for year 7 2022 now due.
School Information
School Year 2021
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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