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CROSS COUNTRY FUN DAY 2012 PDF Print E-mail
Congratulations to everyone who participated in our annual Cross Country/Fun Run yesterday. The weather was ideal, the enthusiasm high and the competition tight-all the ingredients to create a successful event.
A big thanks to our P and C for the ice blocks after the event and providing the bbq for everyone to enjoy.
Thanks to Greg and Frank for the setup, our efficent first aid team, supportive admin team and all the teachers who joined in on the fun. Our house captains deserve a special mention in the way they performed their duties in an efficient and capable manner.
 
Results:
1st Cawley 1520
2nd Kenny 1504
3rd  Robinson 1458
4th Curry 1454

Mr. Pearton
 
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL 4 May 2012 PDF Print E-mail

    

Dear Parents, Caregivers, staff and students,
I hope the notices we provided about the postponement of our cross country this week reached you OK. Even though the sun came out two hours after we made the decision, the state of the grounds still makes this a good call. We hope that we get a good roll up of parents next Wednesday 9 May. The P&C have gone to a lot of trouble to make this a fun day. Come along for coffee from the Café, a sausage from the BBQ and to cheer along your home grown champion. The program will remain the same. Go to the CROSS COUNTRY LINK on our email to view or print the brochure.
 

 

One of the new responsibilities we have as parents is to ensure the safety of our students in a cyber-world. Please remember that parent awareness of what our children are experiencing through the wide range of social media sites and feedback on the suitability of contacts and sites is essential. Just this week, I came across a You Tube site which was on the most popular hit list for young people, which I immediately reported to federal police due to its sexual innuendo and paedophile overtones. Please use the link on the email NEWSLETTER/PARENT INSIGHTS to find some practical suggestions for dealing with this issue or go to our website http://mtncreekss.eq.edu.au. I will provide you with a new article on a different topic each newsletter. I hope you find them interesting.
 

 

On another front I would like to share with you the planning we are doing through our Chaplaincy Local Consultative Committee which supports Mountain Creek SS, Mountain Creek SHS and Mooloolaba SS. We will be formally launching the “Friends of Chaplaincy” Program which is aimed at businesses, corporate sponsors, church groups, not for profit benefactors and parents who would be willing to provide ongoing support over three years to cover the labour and program costs of our Chaplaincy programs. This is to complement our Commonwealth grants and P&C support. As part of this we hope to offer sponsors exposure to over two thousand households and consumers in the Mooloolaba and Mountain Creek areas. If you are interested in this program or can contribute in any way, please contact me via the school within the next week. In particular, if you would like to consider our platinum sponsorship package which offers exclusivity in your business area, please ring as soon as possible, as they will be offered on a “first in first served” basis.
Warm Regards,
Glenn
 


 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24 th February 2011 PDF Print E-mail

 

 
Dear Staff, Parents and Caregivers,
 
Last week I had the pleasure of spending two days with our year seven teachers and students at the Tallebudgera School Camp. It was inspiring and motivating to see two things. Firstly the dedication, commitment and compassion of our teachers who gave up a week of family time to make our leadership camp an everlasting positive memory for our school leaders, the year sevens. It was the same professionalism that permeates every classroom in our school and allows us as one of the biggest primary schools in the state to have such a smooth start to the year. Thank you so much to all our teachers for your efforts, they are greatly appreciated.
 
The second thing I noticed is the quality of our students, your children. One of the things most parents want for their children is to have great friends and role models around them. Some parents attempt to buy this through expensive private school fees but I can honestly say the behaviour of our students was second to none. It certainly made the selection of our school leaders a very hard task. I would like to thank Noel Baggs our year 6 and 7 sector leader for running such a fair and robust process to select our leaders.
 
Our School Captains for 2011 are:
 
Emily and Cameron School Captains and
Eloise and Callum School Vice Captains.
 
Congratulations to the following students:
Emily, Callum, Cameron, Matthew, Indiah, Bryn, Eloise, Lily and Jade on your success in being short-listed and doing such a great job in presenting themselves to staff and students as part of the selection process.
 
On another note we were thrilled to hear the Ministerial announcement that Mountain Creek State School is to receive a Kindergarten. Officers from Facilities Branch in Brisbane have already been out to view potential sites. The building will be completed by the end of November in readiness for its first two groups in 2012.
 
The program will be run through a joint partnership with C & K and our department. It will provide a single unit centre with a dedicated play area and car parking. At this stage one of the potential sites for our kindergarten is on the edge of our forest adjacent to the Kanjini Centre. If this was to occur we would need a full feasibility study through the Environmental Protection Authority and the building would need to be placed in such a way to ensure that the integrity of the rest of the forest was not compromised. There will be a discussion of this issue at our next P&C meeting.
 
Thank you for your ongoing interest and support in our school.
 
Warm Regards,
Glenn