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Issue Number 15

June 3, 2019

Dates To Remember

Term Dates for 2019

2 April 23—June 28

3 July 15—September 20

4 October 7—December 20

Your school community is here to help. If

you have any comments, concerns or praise,

please speak to your child’s teacher, the

principal or a School Council member.

Pupil Free days for 2019

Term 2 Friday June 7

Term 3 Friday August 16

Term 4 Monday November 4

June

7 Pupil Free Day

10 Queen's B’Day Holiday

19 School Council

21 Gr 5/6 Winter Gala Sports Day

25 Student Reports Sent Home

28 Term Ends 2.30pm

FUN TIMES AT THE GRADE 5/6 CAMP IN

PHILLIP ISLAND

Camp 2019

We faced our fears

We had fun

We pushed ourselves

We swung from 18 metres in the air

We flew on the flying fox

With that said, camp was an excellent experience

“I liked team rescue be-cause of the obstacles that we had to overcome and everyone was able to contribute” - Miles

“It was scary the thought of swinging 18 meters in the air but it was really fun in the end”- Maddie

“Crushing Russell in an intense game of uno was my highlight” - Amelia

Thank you so much to the people who took some time to organise this fantastic event! We enjoyed it so much and it couldn’t of been better!

By Lucy Alexander

Cooking pancakes that were delicious

Always happy people

Make rafts that actually floated

Parents were rockstars

A reminder that families yet to pay their school fees,

though the Early Bird discount period has ended we

are still accepting payments. If you have paid from

home we would appreciate you sending in the Fees

This information will assist the office with checking

Second Hand Uniform Sale!

We are currently over-stocked in arrange fo

items in the uniform shop –so we’re having a

Clearance Sale! Come along and for a gold coin

you can fill a plastic bag with items from our

range. Come and see our volunteer helper,

Kym Croft this Wednesday from 3.00pm and

Thursday from 9.00am and pick up a bargain!

More From Gr 5/6 Camp

Photo hunting

High in the air on the giant swing

Irreplaceable camp

Lovely views of the hills

Lake on which we canoed

Incredibly fun

Ping pong was a hit

Incredibly brave kids

Shaharna was our camp leader

Luxurious food

Along walk on the beach

New friends

Disco was a blast

Thank you to these parents for putting up with us for 5 days

Anthony Rahilly, Jason Karavias, Belinda Mckibbin, Margaret Birrell, Clare Thomson and of course our amazing 5/6 Teachers Josh Hurn, Cassie Shaw, Sam Charlton and Russell Sivewright. By Will Rahilly

Choir Eisteddfod Performers Shine!

On Sunday 26 May, at Hawthorn Arts Centre, the Richmond PS choir

took part in the City of Boroondara Music Eisteddfod. We competed

in the Primary choir section, as we have done for the past few years.

The songs we sang were ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’, a Scottish/Irish

ballad, and ‘A Dark and Stormy Night’, a tribute to the horror writer,

Edgar Allen Poe.

We were one of 9 school choirs who took part, and while we did not

finish in the first three this time, we all gave of our best and gave the

huge audience a lot of pleasure with our singing. Our hard work over

the past month was worth it. (The adjudicator loved our T-shirts. And

the scream!)

We had all a great time, and we look forward to more opportunities

for choral singing!

Stu Cooper Performing Arts coordinator

LEA WATERS—Positive Psychology

Earlier this term, Dean, Cassie, Simon and myself attended the

network Principal Conference. One of the guest speakers was

Lea Waters. She has a PhD is a professor, published author,

psychologist, internationally-celebrated speaker and one of

the world’s leading experts on Positive Education, Positive

Organizations and Strength-Based Parenting and Teaching.

She spoke passionately about Positive Education and Strength Based Par-

enting and how she uses it as a parent. Her recent article in Wellbeing World

Magazine's Summer 2019, describes the benefits of strength based parenting

for parents and children. Lea will be doing a free presentation to a cluster of

Richmond schools in August. I believe her positive approach to parenting is

one that would resonate with many in our school community and there

would be something all of us could take away. Stay tuned for more infor-

mation and a confirmed date and venue.

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Grade 1/2L

Hayden Atkinson

For your amazing Sustainability

presentation. Your rain garden model was

impressive, 1/2L were fascinated and it

created some excellent discussions. Well

done Hayden!

Grade 3/4C

Xander Hill

For your impressive Maths work this

week when representing collections of

fractions. It was great to see you working

hard and even completing the extra

challenge tasks. Keep working hard,

Xander!

Grade 3/4E

Emily Theodossiou

For taking responsibility and ownership

over your learning. Emily, you have really

impressed me with with your confidence

and desire to try new things to improve

your learning. You are a wonderful role

model for everyone around you!

Grade 3/4J

Owen Boxer

For showing an inquisitive mind and always

wondering. Owen you have been asking

some fantastic curiosity questions and we

love finding out the answers to some of

them. Don’t ever stop wondering.

Grade 3/4P

Steven Shi

For settling into 3/4P and trying his best. Also

for demonstrating the values of Richmond

Primary School in class.

Grade 5/6S

Scarlett Crawforth

For her determination and resilience during

camp and class activities. You're a great all

rounder Scarlett!

SRC Dress Up Day

Lots of great

costumes were

presented as part

of this Fund

Raising event.

Ben’s letter of

choice was a ‘V’

while Lotsie and

Abbie chose the

letter ‘A’ -

Well done to

everyone!

Grade 5/6R

Miriam Thomas

Fab work last week on camp Mim! It was

great to see you have a blast all week and

look right at home! Now you have set the

Mim-imum enjoyment level for next time!

Grade 1/2F

Ben Jones

I have been really impressed with

the great attitude towards school;

from attempting all the Maths chal-

lenges to starting your work

independently. Keep up the good

work Ben!

Grade 1/2T

Cooper Barich

For the wonderful effort you put into all

your maths tasks and for being our

regular BUZZ champion! Great strategies

Cooper!

Prep J

Leo Hindle

For the extra effort he put into his

maths moderation test. Well done

Leo

Prep S

Zachy Sturgess

For you fantastic job as reporter

during Investigation Time Zach!

Your list of words with the ‘t’

sound in them was totally terrific!

Don’t Forget!

Assembly is held at 3.00pm every

Friday where SOW is presented.

Grade 1/2E

Chloe Clohesy

For improved focus in class, your

work has been outstanding! 1/2E

is so proud of you, keep up the

great progress!

Prep A

Zac Papalia

For your amazing writing piece

about your shoes that make you

invisible and help you do garden-

ing. Your writing is brilliant, Zac.

Grade 1/2S

Emma Doull

Congratulations Emma for working so

hard on your writing. I loved your story

that you wrote about a knight during

Investigation Time!

Grade 5/6R

Sundae Giannakopoulos

Fantastic work making it through 5/6 Camp

last week Sundae. You embraced every chal-

lenge, even getting to the top of the giant

swing! You certainly deserved a Sundae after

that effort!

Grade 5/6J

Leo Ballek

For giving everything at camp a cracking good

effort! Awesome work Leo.

The Ridiculous Rhyme Show

You would have received a

Signmee about this special

performance happening on

Wednesday morning. Please

ensure, if you have not paid your

excursion levy, that the $7.00

payment is sent in to the Office.

Selling your house? Mention RPS at the time of listing and Biggin & Scott Richmond will donate $1,000.00 to the school. They will also donate $500.00 to the school for every new management property signed up, where RPS is mentioned.

**KIDSQUIZ** This week’s clue

Re-arrange the letters in this Grade 6 student’s name and add a ‘g’, and you’ll

have the first name of an Australian Prime Minister of the 1970s.

Last week’s clue:

This Grade Prep student’s name is what some people say when they’re calling a cat.

Answer: KITTY Mosley PrepS (‘Here, kitty-kitty-kitty!)

Winner: Erik Mosley 1/2L … I wonder if you get away with saying that at home, Erik?

Hayden 1/2T

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge Update Congratulations to the following students that have completed the challenge

Sam Clauscen - Prep A Eloide Harvey – Prep A Sebastian Aquilina – 1/2T Aarav Rananavare – 1/2S Max Brass – 3/4E Alexander Hill – 3/4C Zahra Alexander – 3/4T Iris Edwards – 3/4J Emily Theodossiou – 3/4E Monty Cadusch – 3/4E Beth Feehan – 5/6J Orla Edwards – 5/6J

To view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

Please contact me directly for any log in or registering details at granger.lauren.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

Thanks Lauren Granger

Art room gallery

Curriculum Day- Friday June 7

Next Friday is a Curriculum Day for RPS. Teachers will

be involved in an exciting day of professional

development on Inquiry Based learning. Educational

consultant Dr. Jeni Wilson is presenting and the

teachers are very eager to learn how they can create

more student centered inquiry learning.

OSH CLUB are providing all day care for this Pupil

Free Day. Please book ASAP to secure a place.

Students in Grade 1/2 were asked to do an observational drawing of an owl—here

are some great results

Sophie 1/2L Ava 1/2L