Contact: Michael Ennis - Principal, Phone (07) 5519 5300, Fax (07) 5519 5316, Email menni1@eq.edu.au
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Principals News

Welcome to the e-newsletter for Coomera Springs State School for 2009. Our e-newsletter is published fortnightly; and aims to provide a wide range of interesting updates and items of interest for our school community. Simply click on the live link of anything you want to know more about and it will direct you to the relevant page on our school website.

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P & C News

The tuckshop re-opened last week with our new revised menu. As you may be aware, Kylene Nicholls our previous tuckshop convenor resigned last term leaving us in the tricky position of having a tuckshop with no-one to run it!

Upcoming Student Free Day

Wednesday August 12th is a designated Student Free Day. Please make alternative arrangements for your child/ren on this date.

Continued Management of Swine Flu

Under the PROTECT phase, Queensland Health is no longer routinely following up on all confirmed cases of Human Swine Influenza (HSI).

Re-organising Classrooms

Welcome to Mrs Belinda Gustavson our new Year 2/3 teacher. Mrs G has been with us for many weeks now supporting all classes, so students know her. The reorganisation of Years 2 to 3 is required because of our continuing enrolment growth. Any parent of any child affected by the reorganisation was personally contacted and notified of the change. Please be reassured we will do all we can to minimise any disruption.

We thank all parents who were understanding and supportive of this inevitable reorganisation.

Expectations Term 3

We all work together to make Coomera Springs a “good” school. We are experiencing continued enrolment applications from students from both inside and outside our enrolment catchment area.

Year 7 Child Safety Handbook

Queensland Police Legacy provide free to all Year 7 students in Queensland a “Child Safety Handbook: An Awareness Guide for Children and Parents”.

Bike and Scooter Safety

As a “green” school with integrated bikeways, we encourage students to ride to and from school.

Congratulations

Two of our senior students representing Gold Coast North participated in the recent District Softball trials - Alex M (Year 6) and Chelsea J (Year 7).

The girls did us proud. The team came second overall winning 4 out of 5 games. Thanks to Mr and Mrs M for transport and supervision.

Education Tax Refund

We have received a number of enquiries from parents about the new Education Tax Refund. We have been advised to inform parents that:

Year 2 Diagnostic Net Intervention

Recently year 2 students have been doing some assessment in the areas of Reading, Writing and Numbers

. Students that were identified as requiring further support in one or more of these areas will soon receive some small group or one on one instruction in the relevant areas.

Parents of students to receive support will soon receive a letter detailing the support required. For further information please speak with your childs class teacher.

Coomera Hope Island Cricket Club

Coomera Hope Island Cricket Club is having it's sign on day. Details can be found in the flyer attached here.

Move and Groove for 2 - 5 year olds

An energetic and exciting movement program that teaches children to dance and express themselves physically and creatively while having fun, developing fitness and flexibility.

Educator and Parent Workshop

Calm for Kids are running an Educator and Parent Workshop to be held on the Gold Coast on Saturday 8th August 2009.

Stage Door Academy

STAGE DOOR ACADEMY is offering Dance & Drama Tuition on Thursday afternoons at Coomera Srings State School. Click here for more details.

Martial Arts Classes in Oxenford

The UK's top Martial Arts School is opening in Oxenford at the Oxenford Youth Centre. They are running a number of different classes for all ages.

Dates to Remember