Highland Reserve State School

Prep A and B had a wonderful afternoon yesterday celebrating Father's Day with our dads and some special grandparents. 🌟💖

🌟 Just a quick reminder for all parents! 🌟 Tomorrow, Friday, August 30th, is the Gold Coast Show Holiday. 🎡 School will be closed.

Parents and caregivers are welcome to attend the coffee van available onsite tomorrow morning for our Book Week Parade. The van will be located on our top level near the Lighthouse.

This week we celebrate all the wonderful things our Speechies (Speech Language Pathologists) do. Thank you to Sophie and Peta for supporting our staff and students.

What an amazing day to enjoy the outdoors. Our Year 1A and 1B students have found Mrs Forget Me Not and have made their way to the Pirate Park, finding her memories along the way.

2024 Father's Day Stall Thursday 29th August for one day only! Prices range from $1 - $10. Students must bring their money in a snack bag with their name and class on it.

Father's Day is Sunday September 1.

Costco Coomera hosts an annual backpack program for local schools, just last week they donated new backpacks to Highland Reserve SS. These were gratefully accepted by our schools Social Worker Ms Gabriela Peres Rodrigues.

Thank you, Costco Coomera for your generous support!

On Friday, our Reading Rockets participated in the Highland Reserve Readers Cup! Students had to answer challenging questions about several books they have read throughout the term. The questions were written by some of the Year 6 Reading Rockets, who also ran the competition. Congratulations to all our Reading Rockets, but especially to the winning teams!

🌟 A Big Thank You! 🌟

We want to thank our fantastic grounds team, Mr. Luke and Ms. Megan! 🎉 Your hard work and dedication have truly transformed our riverbed area, creating a beautiful space that our Preps are absolutely loving. 🌿💧

Your efforts in rejuvenating this area have not gone unnoticed, and it’s clear that the kids are enjoying every moment in their refreshed environment. 🙌🌈

Thank you for making such a positive impact on our school community!

Congratulations to our two soccer teams that represented Highland Reserve at the Pacific Pines tournament today. Both teams played extremely well and should be very proud of their efforts. Highland Reserve 1 finished in 3rd place after a penalty shootout 2-1. A massive shoutout to Porter who was named player of the tournament! An outstanding individual achievement! We are so proud of everyone's effort and their commitment to our soccer academy this year!

Amazing effort Junior Choir, first place at Gold Coast Eisteddfod!

Thank you to everyone who supported the Book Fair! The Fair concluded on Friday, August 16th, and unfortunately, we are no longer able to process any additional orders.

Congratulations to the Year 4-6 award winners who were presented with their certificates on assembly this week.

Tomorrow our junior choir departs for their performance at Glow Church Robina for the Gold Coast Eisteddfod. Just a reminder to all participants to wear full formal school uniform including the striped shirt, black shoes and culottes or shorts. Looking forward to hearing you sing!

What a wonderful morning for our Term 3 Active School Travel Walk'n'Wheeling Wednesday. Thank you to everyone that supporting this community event.

Congratulations to the Senior Choir who were awarded 3rd place at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod.
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Thanks to Mrs Barker, Mrs Morgan and Mrs Teese for all your hard work preparing our students for their amazing performance.

Wishing our senior choir students a wonderful performance today at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod. Don’t forget to wear your full formal uniform. The bus will be departing just after 9am.

Welcome to the latest edition of our school Newsletter!

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Highland Reserve SS Newsletter 16th August 2024 Check out this A4 designed by HRSS.

Today 11 of our students participated in the Gold Coast MLTAQ languages speech contest. Everyone did a wonderful job and they have all practiced so hard for today’s competition.😊
Well done everyone!
Year 5 speakers
Porter, Anahera, Kobi and Ely
Year 6 speakers
Heidi, Scarlett, Xavier and Julia
Year 6 Background speakers
Salli, Remi, and Emily

We are proud to be part of a school that's all about inclusivity! This Bullying No Way Week let's reaffirm our commitment to kindness, respect, and making sure everyone feels like they belong.
Today let's talk about promoting Empathy - Understanding and compassion for others makes it less likely students will engage in hurtful behaviour.
Remember this Friday is 'Wear a pop of purple' to school to show our support for this year's theme, 'Everyone Belongs'.