Rainbow Beach School Monthly Wrap October 2020
Great work from students who participated in the ‘Bush versus Beach’ Under 10s/11s football exhibition matches hosted at the Rainbow Beach Community Oval last month
by Principal Steven Bennett
What a busy Term 3 we have just had, with many opportunities for our students to demonstrate their skills, knowledge and attitudes. We are all very proud of what our students can achieve and we are reminded daily what a privilege it is to be a part of the wider Rainbow Beach State School community.
Earlier this term we held both our School Cross Country and Athletics Carnivals. These events not only provided our students an opportunity to test their athletic talents but it was also the first real chance for our student leaders to take an active role in leading Fraser and Cooloola Houses inter school competition.
All of our students tried their best and some individual performances recorded would have normally resulted in making district and regional teams if not for the changes imposed this year.
In 2020, Cooloola House won the Cross Country and Fraser House won the Athletics Carnival. When we calculated the combined points of both events there were less than 20 points separating the two teams. This highlights the importance of everyone attending and having a go!
Recently we combined with the students from Gympie East SS to field a team in the Broncos League Challenge. This is an annual Primary School Rugby League competition that has been running for 16 years. This year, 12 teams from state and independent schools across the Gympie region played for the shield.
Our boys and girls played exceptionally well throughout the day, winning all six games in their pool to make it to the final against St. Pats.
The final game was very satisfying to watch as the kids all played as a team and prevailed over St Pats 5 tries to 2. Our combined team had won the Broncos League Challenge. We were all very happy with the result and could not be prouder of their efforts.
After travelling back to Rainbow in the Club bus we decided to do a quick drive through town to share with some of our supporters the great result.
This term we also held our annual Handball Competition that has also been happening for the last 16 years, organised by Mr Peter Mileson. Over the course of the last few weeks’ students competed at lunchtimes and I have to say how impressive it is to see the way that students organise and facilitate this event with the expert guidance of Mr Mileson.
Our successes were not limited to the sporting arena as Miss Tina McColl took a number of Year 5 and Year 6 students to compete in the Small School Maths Challenge. Ours performed exceptionally well, tying for first place after regular competition and only after a tie-break round being awarded second position.
A big thank you to Miss McColl for preparing the students and putting in the extra efforts in order for them to experience days such as these.
We hope that everyone enjoys a well-earned rest these holidays and we look forward to another fun-filled Term 4 when school returns on Tuesday October 6.
