13 June 2019 Dear Parent / Caregiver With reports now being finalised for Semester One it is an ideal time for parents to be talking with their children about how they feel they are progressing with their school work and identifying areas of strength and areas of potential challenge. Prior to completing reports the school has implemented some really strong processes around the moderation of student work and achievement, which ensures that student assessment and reporting are inline with the Austrialian Curriculum expectations. Upon recieiving your child’s report I would encourage all parents to consider making a time to meet with your child’s class teacher to discuss the report and celebrate any achievements. As the saying goes ‘success breeds success’ and it is really important that we all acknowledge the progress and efforts of the students after a semester of teaching and learning. Choral Fanfare Finalist The school received some positive news this week, with the award winning Senior Voices being selected as a Regional Finalist in the penultimate stage of Choral Fanfare! From our region, five Primary School Choirs have been invited to attend the Regional Finals and our Senior Voices are one of them! The final will be hosted here at Coolum State School next week, details are below: Date: Monday 17th June. What: Regional Finals Choral Fanfare Program: Primary School final from 9.00am-11.00 am. High School Final from 11.30am-1.00pm. For those parents with a few hours to spare why not come along and support the kids in their final – hope to see you there. Attendance Great to see so many students attending school regularly each day, with the school currently having an attendance rate of 93.5%. For each student to reach their potential it is important that they attend school regularly. Keep up the great work here. If you are having difficulties getting your child to school, please phone the office on 54719300 and ask to speak with a member of the admin team. 2018 School Annual Report Coolum’s School Annual Report for 2018 has now been finalised and will be on the schools website from next week. For those parents interested this is a great opportunity to find out a little bit more about the schools achievements in 2018 and its plans for 2019. Enjoy the long weekend Mick Connors

Under 8’s Day– Thursday 13 June

News from 4R

We designed Food Trucks for an Art and English lesson. We had to focus on making our trucks stand out with bright colours and show casing our food items we would be selling. My food truck is a Snow Cone Truck because who does not like flavoured ice that cools you down on hot days. (Tahlia) My food truck is a Donut Truck because it is the best thing ever to eat and they have different toppings. (Mia) My food truck is a French Fries, Burger and Drink Truck because it will make you love it and want to eat more and more. (Lily) My food truck has yummy Coffee and Cookies and I am always busy. It helps with stress for adults so they can relax. (Grace) My food truck has nice refreshing Slushies with heaps of flavours to choose from. There are three cup sizes and they taste nice. (Kayden) My food truck is a Chocolate Truck because I LOVE chocolate. It is a bit boring so I made it colourful and called it Colour Chocolate and you can get every kind of chocolate. (Kiarni) My food truck is Slushy Puppy Stall because I like slushy puppies with strawberry flavour. (Tadhg) My food truck is a Pizza Stall because I love pizza and it is awesome and that is why I made it. (Josh) My food truck is a Pizza Truck because pepperoni is so delicious and who does not like pepperoni pizza! (Sam) I chose a Donut Truck because they make everyone feel happy but they make me the happiest. They have so many toppings but glaze is my number one favourite. (Harper) I chose a Pizza Truck because pizza is the best. You can choose so many different flavours I even made a mystery pizza. (Ollie) My food truck is called Curly Moustache. It is an Italian food truck because I love lasagne because it has lots of cheese. (Jati) My food truck is a Chip Shop because every time I go to the beach we get chips and it is my favourite food. The chips are so crispy. (Jake) I have an Ice Cream Shop because every time I go out to the park I want ice cream and I love the taste of ice cream. (Summer) I have a Mexican Shop food truck because my Aunty is Mexican and I like Mexican food. (Mahli) I did a Snow Cone Truck because if you get hot you can go to the Snow Cone truck and get a cold refreshing cone of ice with whatever flavour you like. (Miller) I did an Ice Cream Truck because if you get hot then you can get some ice cream and that will get you cooled down. (Max) I chose my food truck because I did not know what to do so I did as many different foods as I could and I like all the food I put on it. (Charlie)

News from 4R continued I did a Milkshake Truck so you can get hot one day and you can go to my store and get some refreshing drinks. (Meg) I chose my food because I have seen them everywhere, I love Hot Dogs, and they are really yummy. (Cooper) I chose The Multi-Food Van to give a message that food vans are not just for tacos or pizza or coffee or donuts. (Oliver) I chose a Donut Truck because I like donuts. (Hunter) I chose an Ice Cream and Donut Truck because they are my favourite foods. (Justice) (Renee Proctor)

COOLUM ALLSTARZ DANCE TEAM

The Coolum AllStarz Dance Team have been extremely busy rehearsing three lunchtimes a

week and after school every Wednesday, in preparation for the upcoming competition season.

They had their first public performance at our wonderful Senior School Athletics Carnival, where

they performed their Pom routine in bright, colourful house shirts to an appreciative crowd. The

girls are looking forward to performing their Pom routine at Under 8’s Day and Pom and

Greatest Show at the end of term whole school parade. The team are very excited as their polo

shirts have arrived and the girls have been proudly wearing these on Friday’s. The first

competition for the Coolum AllStarz will be the Evolution Dance Competition, held at Kawana on

Saturday 27 July. More details will be posted in the newsletter closer to the date. (Sam Bollard)

Music news

Well, just when you think the news can’t get any better – it does!! Our sensational Senior Voices

have been selected as a Regional Finalist and invited to attend the Finals, to be held here at

our school hall, this coming Monday 17th June! From over 40 State Primary School Choirs,

Coolum was placed in the top 5 Choirs from our Region (extending from North Brisbane up to

Hervey Bay) and was selected by the adjudicator to be a part of the Regional Finals! I cannot

express how proud I am of all of these sensational singers, and how excited I am for them to be

able to showcase their talents amongst the best Choirs from South-East Queensland. I am sure

you will join me in wishing them the best of luck for this upcoming performance. (Roz Mackay)

Stem News Robotics Success Congratulations to Year 5 student Sunny (5P) and his robot 'Mr. Chicken Nugget' for reaching the finals of the Sunshine Coast Sumo Robotics Competition last Saturday. Mr. Chicken Nugget placed in the top 8 out of 100 teams which was a fantastic achievement. Thank you to Sunny’s family for their support during the day. Sunny has worked diligently with his team, along with other Year 5 and 6 students at lunchtimes to design, build and code their EV3 robots. Their hard work and dedication has delivered Coolum some amazing results in the competitions we’ve entered this year, especially considering this is the first time Coolum has competed in such competitions. There are lunchtime robotics and coding groups for all students in Years 1 – 6 and new students are always welcome. STEM Lunchtime Groups Our STEM groups meet in the STEM room (next to the Junior Computer Lab) at the following times each week. Monday Morning Tea: Year 1 Lunch: Year 2 Tuesday & Thursday Morning Tea: Year 5 & 6 Robotics Lunch: Year 5 & 6 Robotics Wednesday Morning Tea: Year 3 Lunch: Year 4 Friday Morning Tea: Year 3 & 4 Coders Club Lunch: Year 5 & 6 Coders Club (Andrew Grummitt - STEM Teacher) Monies Now Due We work hard to ensure that your children have the ability to attend and have access to a wide range of extra-curricular activities throughout the school year. I ask you to support us by ensuring that all outstanding monies are paid by the end of the term. This includes all outstanding camp payments, excursions, Instrumental Music levy’s and the Voluntary Financial Contribution. Payment can be made electronically or in person at the office. (Sharyn O’Brien – Business Manager) Sports Update Upcoming events Event Date Location Junior Athletics Carnival. 6 Sep Coolum State School (Ben Moody – PE Teacher) Active bodies….Active minds Host Families Needed Coolum State School will be hosting a visit by Japanese students in a program conducted by AIIU from July 31 to August 11 2019.

Daily program (Mon-Fri) organised by a Coordinator includes excursions

Japanese language not necessary (students want to practice English)

Normal family meals

A Stipend (tax-free) $35 per night will be given to host families to assist with hosting costs.

For further information or if you can assist in hosting, contact: Kathy Roselt on 0439 866 321 or email; hugh_kath@bigpond.com (Wendy Jonas)

Casual Position Vacant A position exists for a Casual School Crossing Supervisor at Coolum State School and at other

schools in the area.

The Casual School Crossing Supervisor may be required to work five days per week in all

weather conditions. The hours of work for Casual School Crossing Supervisors are normally 1.5

hours a day and usually comprise of one hour in the morning and ½ hour in the afternoon.

Applications packages are available at the school office.

Applications close at 3.00pm on 21 June 2019.

For further information please phone the Road Safety Officer on 07 5452 1827.

(Sharyn O’Brien-BM)

P&C News

Friday Tuckshop Volunteers

If you have a spare hour on Fridays, our Tuckshop would appreciate your help. It might be cold

outside but the Tuckshop can promise you a warm welcome!

Hot Diggity Dog Day on June 20!Orange order forms are coming home today for Hot Diggity

Dog Day next Thursday. Make your selection and return with money to the school office by next

Tuesday June 18.

Coolum Colour Run

'I survived the Coolum SS Colour Run' Limited edition t-shirts available from the Uniform Shop

and online from Monday 10th June. Perfect to wear on the day - how colourful will yours look at

the finish? $12 for one or $10 for multiples. (Denise French-P&C manager)

Community Notices

Tennis with Jamie Fletcher: every day either before or after school. Lots of fun for all ages. Call Jamie: 0412 667327

School Year 2019 Term 2 – Tuesday 23 April to Friday 28 June

Term 3 – Monday 15 July to Friday 20 September

Term 4 – Tuesday 8 October to Friday 13 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

Fax 5471 9307

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

Q Parents App & Facebook

Download the Q Parents 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 am – 9.00 am.

P&C Association

Meetings are the last Tuesday of each month, in the school staffroom at

7.00pm. All welcome

Outside School Hours Care

6.00am to 8.30am and after school from 2.40pm to 10.00pm

Phone: 5446 2026

Email: admin@coolumafterschoolcare.com.au