Issue Number 34

26th Nov, 2018

Richmond Primary School

85 Brighton Street Richmond 3121

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Term Dates for 2018 & 2019

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.

Dates To Remember

November

4 October 8—December 21

1 Jan 31—April 5

December

26

–

30

P—5 Swimming Sessions 1-5

3-

5

P—5 Swimming Sessions 6-8

7 SRC Dress Up Day

Pizza Day

Grade for the Morning

10 Gr 6 Graduation Dinner

13 Jam Factory Visit Gr 3/4

13 Grade 3/4 Electives Day

14 Meet the Teacher Gr 1-5

17 End of Year Celebration Concert

18 Reports go home

21 Last Day of term 1.30 Dismissal

SCIENCE ‘MOVEs’ The Grade preps!

Science in Prep

The Preps have been busy investigating forces this term and how they make objects speed up, slow down or stay in one place. As part of this unit we had ‘Hands On Science’ come and run an engaging and incursion where the Preps got to experi-ence the impact of forces first hand. They explored the forces of gravity pulling down and water pushing up by placing many different materials including plasticine and wax into water to observe whether they would sink or float. They also got to make mini cars using a variety of wheel options and discuss which ones moved best. But best of all, they made a take-home rocket to explore the relation-ship between the strength of a push and the move-ment of an object. It was a fun (and very messy) day of learning!

The Prep Team—Aimee, Julian & Sarah

Pupil Free Days 2019

Term 1 - Jan 30

Term 2 - June 9

Term 3 - August 16

Oshclub News

Hello from Oshclub!

Term 4 is flying by so quickly! Our holiday program schedule should be avail-

able for parents in the coming weeks so please keep an eye out for the bro-

chure which will be placed on the doors of the GP Room.

Parents and Guardians, we ask you to please book in for before and after-

care as early as possible. Bookings close online 48 hours before the session

starts. We have had many students in the last couple of weeks with no book-

ings coming to before and aftercare. Emergency bookings can be made for

After school care by texting us before 9.15am on the day. After this time, we

cannot guarantee that your child will be accepted into the session. If there is

no place Dean has advised us that families will be contacted by the school

office to pick up their child by 3.45pm.

Please note Same Day Bookings will incur an additional late charge and any

late pickups after 6pm will be charged at $2 per minute.

With the first two days of Term 1, 2019 being Pupil Free days for the school

please note that OSHClub will be offering vacation care for both days. A no-

tice will be sent home to families soon with details.

Preparations for 2019

In preparation for the organisation of classes for 2019, all students from Prep to Year 5 are being asked to select five ‘learning partners’ that they might like to share a class with next year. A learning partner is not always the same as a friend in the play-ground. A strong learning partnership is a source of growth within the classroom, rather than a social friendship that can be a source of distraction. By the end of any year, our teachers have sound knowledge of each child’s educational, social and emotional strengths and needs, and many have discussed these needs with parents through the year. Teachers know which students need to be separated in class, those students who have friendship and other social needs, and will use this whole student understanding to do the best they can to place every child for 2019. As well, teachers will need to balance classes, reflecting a distribution of gender, abilities, and behaviours. We really would like to provide every class and every child and teacher, the very best environment for learning and teaching in the ensuing year so each group needs to be considered from a whole school perspective. To assist us with this a Signmee form has been sent out and we ask that you discuss with your child who would be great learning partners to grow with in 2019, and then to select five students from their area level (not just their class) that they believe fit this criteria. Please complete the Signmee form and submit it by this Friday November 30th. As I mentioned last week, if you have any concerns about placement please email me directly via the school office.

Classes for 2019

It’s always a challenge to get arrangements for our students and class areas right as we balance different factors such as our number of students, our staffing profile and our available space. In particular is the challenge of our growing numbers with our enrolments looking certain to breaking 380 next year. To assist with this our building works will see us able to now accommodate an extra class in the Grade 3/4 class area, growing from 4 to 5 classes. With the building works due for completion some time into the term this extra class will need to spend the first few weeks working out of the Library. We are seeing some staffing changes with extra support staff being provided to help the class teachers across the school. We are still finalizing our final staffing and will be letting the community know which teachers will be teaching where.

We are saying welcome back to some staff with the return from Family Leave of Lauren Granger, Kate Melven (in Term 2 and Blythe Neve (in Term 3.) A big welcome to a new staff member Joseph D’Aspromonte who has a provisional appointment to the school. I will be providing more information about teacher placements closer to our Meet The Teacher session on December 14.

The class room arrangements for 2019 are detailed below. I look forward to seeing how our students will take on the challenge of their new classes and, in particular our Grade 3/4’s in their renovated space.

Dean Banova Principal

Grade Prep

3 Grades – Area 4 (upstairs in the South Block)

58 students total - classes of 19/20

Grade 1/2

5 grades – Area 3 (upstairs in the West Block)

111 students – classes of 22/23

Grade 3/4

5 grades –Area 2 (Upstairs in the East Block)

118 students – classes of 19/20

Grade 5/6

4 grades – Area 1 (Downstairs beside the Office)

98 students – classes of 24/25

Grade Prep J Isla McQualter

For being an all round superstar this year in Prep J! Well done Isla!!!

Grade 3/4N William Parker

For the fantastic letter you wrote from the perspective of your soccer ball. Your use of ‘voice’ was great, as you establishes the mood and tone of your writing! Amazing work William!

Grade 1/2 L Michael Matyear

For all your hard work with your writing Mikey! You are now able to take your time and think be-fore you write which results in excellent pieces of work! Keep it up!

This week’s clue:

Rearrange the letters in this Grade 2 student’s

name, and you’ll have a wreath they put around

your neck to greet you in Hawaii

Last week’s clue:

The first syllable of this grade 3 student’s name is a

popular type of music.

Answer: JAZZMYN Holt 3/4C (The music is ‘Jazz’, of course.)

Winner: Ally Gillespie (3/4C) … Hey Ally, maybe we should

change your name to ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie!

Grade 1/2 S Will Spinks

Congratulations Will for producing such wonderful writing! I love how you improved your sentence during the Austin's Butterfly activity.

Grade 3/4 C

Mitchell Irwin

For your impressive work during Genius

Hour. You have been working hard to design

and make an engine of a car for your re-

search project. I can’t wait to see the end

product. Great work Mitch!

Grade Prep A Bella Nguyen

For using your excellent under-standing of animal features to create the 'Penguin Fly' - a pen-guin with a pouch, wings, ele-phant ears and a horn. Your design was very creative and well thought out.

Grade 1/2 T

Aarav Rananavare

For having a great understanding of

his chances of picking a coloured

counter out of a bag. You were

CERTAIN to do well Aarav!

Grade 3/4S

Liv Worth

For the amazing concentration and

effort you put into your reading this

week, making great inferences and

showing determination with your

TORCH test. Well done Liv!

Grade 3/4 J Harriet Hutchins

For always impressing the class with your amazing homework tasks. Keep up the great effort Harriet!

Grade 5/6R

Amelia Judd

Well done on your wonderful narrative

writing piece. It was an engaging and

emotional story that painted a vivid picture in

your readers' mind. Next time we just need

to Judd-ge your time management better.

Grade 1/2J

Aarya Agarwal

For the passion and enthusiasm

and attention to detail you put

into all your learning tasks. You

are a great role model Aarya.

Amazing effort!

Grade Prep S Gracie Otter

For your amazing reading Gracie! You show a great focus and determination when reading and learning your Magic Words. It has certainly paid off!

Grade 5/6C Alex Arzanas

For having a great growth mindset and always giving 100%. You're a fantastic role model in everything you do, Alex!

SRC Dress Up/Pizza Day

Friday December 7

A reminder that students are invited to dress up

as an Aussie Icon and raise money for the Salva-

tion Army Christmas Appeal. Join in the fun and

bring along your gold coins for this worthy

cause! Swimming Grade Prep—5

Monday November 26 to Wednesday December 6 Just a reminder to all families that the swimming program will be taking

place all through this week and finishing next week on Wednesday.

Students were reminded at Assembly of how they may help by preparing

for their lesson each day in the following ways:

1. Getting their swimming bag ready each evening. (This can even be a

plastic bag with their undies, towel and bathing cap in it!)

2. Having their bathers on each morning under their school uniform

and their swimming bag in their school bag.

3. When they come home getting their wet things out of their

swimming bag and having them out to dry.

4. Being ready to do it all again the next day!!

I hope everyone is able to remember to help so they are ready for a great

swimming lesson!

Selling your house? Mention RPS at the time of listing and Biggin & Scott Rich-

mond 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.

Please support our RPS Fair Sponsors