program, our

award structure

and quicksmart / minilit.

This afternoon will not be a

parent / teacher interview,

but rather a group

information session. Please

contact the office if you wish

to attend so that we have an

idea of numbers.

EOI FOR SHED

Our fabulous P&C are in the

process of organizing a new

shed for our school. We are

taking expressions of interest

from anyone who may be

interested in the old shed we

currently have. You will be

required to remove it. Please

let the office know. Cost to

be discussed later.

Please don’t hesitate to

contact me on

jodee.murrie@det.nsw.edu.au

or make an appointment by

calling Mrs Grant in the office

on 63791404

Jodee Burcher

Principal

CYBER BULLYING

Next MONDAY 31st July, we will

be hosting a CYBER BULLYING

information session for parents.

It will run from 9am-10am in the

hall. Please come along, it is

free and open for anyone who

would like to learn about your

child’s safety on the internet.

People who do not have

children at our school are also

welcome to attend, so spread

the word and bring a friend!

Could you please let the office

know on 6379 1404, if you wish

to attend so we can have a

rough idea of numbers.

OPEN DAY

Wednesday next week, 2nd

August, is our annual

EDUCATION WEEK OPEN DAY.

We will have open classrooms

from 12:30-1:00pm. Bring a

picnic lunch to have with your

child from 1:00pm –2:00pm and

then the action starts with the

Parents vs Year 6 student T-Ball

game from 2:00pm. EVERYONE

is welcome: Nanas, Pops,

neighbours, aunties and

uncles...this is an opportunity for

your children to celebrate their

learning and Public Education.

We have created a ‘Wonder

Wall’ with every student K-6

writing about the book

‘Wonder’ by R.J Palacio. Come

and see what we are doing at

Rylstone Public School!

SEEDLINGS

Don’t forget to remind anyone

with kiddies ready for Kinder

2018 to enrol in our Orientation

program ‘Little Seedlings’.

More information is available

from Mrs Grant in the office. Our

information day will be held on

the morning of Friday 1st

September, the first day of

Seedlings.

PARENT INFORMATION

AFTERNOON

Tuesday 15th August we will be

holding a general Semester 2

information session for all RPS

parents. Staff will be presenting

various new programs we have

introduced such as ‘Daily 5’,

the Bounce Back resilience

JULY

31st… Cyber Safety presentation

9:30am Parents Presentation

Debate here against Coolah PS

AUGUST

2nd… EDUCATION WEEK OPEN DAY

and BOOK FAIR! All welcome!

15th….Parent Information Afternoon 3:30pm

16th…. Year 6 ‘Bridge Building’ day @ KHS

23rd… Class 5-6 Hill End excursion

25th… Class 5-6 Assembly Item

28th-31st… NAPLAN online trial

SEPTEMBER

1st…. 9:30am Kinder 2018 Parent Orientation

meeting

‘Little Seedlings’ first day 9:30-11:30am

7th… GREEN DAY (Class 5-6)

8th… Little Seedlings

Class 3-4 Assembly Item

12th… Infants excursion

15th… Little Seedlings

Class 1-2 Assembly Item

22nd… Little Seedlings

Kinder Assembly Item & LAST DAY TERM 3

From the principal’s desk...

I n s i d e t h i s

i s s u e :

Class News 2-3

Professional

Development

3

Library 3

Bookfair 4

SRC 4

Book Club 5

Garden Report 5

P&C News 5

P&C Fundraising 5

Community News 6

Reminders 6

Dates for your calendar…

Rylstone Review T h u r s d a y , 2 7 t h J u l y 2 0 1 7 T e r m 3 , W e e k 2

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Rylstone Public School …

where everyone achieves success

P a g e 2

Class 1-2

From around the classrooms….

Kindergarten

Kinder are very excited about our

upcoming excursion and many are busily

thinking of ways to earn money at home to

go towards the cost.

This week we have worked up to reading

for stamina for 10 minutes. We are so

proud of ourselves.

In English we have been reading ‘Where

the Wild Things Are’ and have created

some great monsters with stories to go with

them. We’ve also written about our

favourite Toys and how they move.

In Maths we have been working on whole

number combinations and using 10’s

frames.

Sadly, Shree will be leaving our school on

Friday. We will miss his smile and happy

personality around our room and our

make project to complete at home AND an

excursion to the Toy Museum at Leura!

We have also worked very hard over the

past week too on our ‘Wonder’ writing for

Education Week. This was a challenging

topic but we discussed our ideas, drafted

our writing, edited it together (to make it

better) and then published it for all to see.

Year 1/2 are quite proud of their finished

products and so am I. Tomorrow we will start

the new Bounce Back program. This week’s

focus is Honesty. More information will come

home about this fabulous program in the

weeks to follow.

Mrs Suttor

What a busy start to the term we’ve had.

Everyone obviously had a relaxing holiday

as they’ve come back to school ready

and raring to go.

We’ve continued to implement Daily 5 into

the classroom learning. The children are

really enjoying the ‘freedom of choice’

whilst still ensuring that they are meeting

the weekly criteria. Reading for Stamina

has developed many important skills

already. The children are excited with the

new words that they can read, the ‘good

choices’ that they are making when

selecting books and being more fluent as

readers. The development of confidence

and independence as readers is our main

focus.

Our theme for Term 3 is Powering On. We

are investigating different types of energy

and how we use them in our day. We are

also incorporating Renewable and Non-

renewable Resources in this theme. The

children are very excited about this,

especially that they will have a design &

R y l s t o n e R e v i e w

school. We wish him and his family

happy times in their new town.

Everyone is looking forward to showing

their work on Open Day next week.

Mrs Balfoort

Class 3-4

P a g e 3 T e r m 3 , W e e k 2

This week we have been focusing on addition in

Mathematics and applying the different strategies

we have learned to solve tricky worded problems. In

science this term we are learning about night and

day. Students will be conducting investigations to

determine what causes night an day and develop

their understanding of the Earth and Space. We

have also been busy writing about what makes us a

‘Wonder’. All the students writing will be on display

for you to read at our open day next Wednesday.

Tomorrow we farewell our friend Haylee who is

moving to Bathurst. We will miss having her in our

class and wish her all the best at her new school.

Miss Burns

Remember the Library is open every morning so

that children don’t have to wait before the bell

in the cold. It is also open nearly every

lunchtime so children have somewhere quiet

and warm to go if they prefer not to be in the

playground.

Our library is stocked with games and activities.

The students have a variety of things to choose

to do. We have also started our ‘FLASHLIGHT

FRIDAYS’ which the children love!

Brayden and

Gabe enjoying

FLASHLIGHT

FRIDAY!

Mrs Grant and Ms Burcher are still out most weeks

completing the LMBR training.

Mrs Balfoort completed a Daily 5 course over the school

holidays.

All teachers were in serviced on Monday last week by out

Instructional Leader Mrs Gail Dyer on running Daily 5

literacy program in the Primary classrooms (Daily 3).

Mrs Suttor and Ms Burns gave a training session to teachers

on the Numeracy course they attended at the end of last

term.

The teachers have been learning about the ‘Bounce Back’

resilience program that we will begin teaching this week.

Mrs Grant and Mrs Stokes updated their anaphylaxis

training online.

Gee… We missed going to school for two weeks in

the holidays! (Really?)

So far this term we have grappled with Roman

Numerals, learned about the correct order of

operations, tackled adding and subtracting of

fractions, worked with a partner to problem solve

and continued to refine our knowledge of the 3

times tables! We have also presented our research

projects about cyclones. These were completed in

class, in pairs. We have looked through all of the

books which will be for sale at the Book Fair next

week and have compiled our Wish Lists. We can’t

wait to go shopping! We are in heavy training for the

Year 6 versus Parents T-Ball game next

Class 5-6

Staff Professional Development Library

Wednesday…..LOOK OUT! We begin our Bounce Back

program this Friday and will let you all know how it goes. We

are all looking forward to hockey tomorrow. We are future

Hockeyroos and Kookaburras. (We also have VERY healthy

self esteem.)

Mrs D’Ilio & Mrs Atkins

3/4

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P a g e 4

Book Fair WEDNESDAY, August 2nd.

What a wonderful way to begin Term

3 ...... with our Annual Scholastic Book

Fair. There are so many titles for the

children to choose from once again. All

of the children have had the opportunity

to look at the books on offer and compile

a “Wish List” to take home with them.

(Please be aware that these are only

WISH lists and not a predetermined

shopping list, or list of demand!) If any

parents would like to come to the school

hall and look at the books before hand,

they will be back on display after

assembly tomorrow until the Book Fair

begins. The Book Fair itself will take place

on Wednesday, August 2nd, to co-inside

with our RPS Open Day during Education

Week. Everyone is most welcome to come.

Doors open at 8:30 am.

See you there!

Mrs D’Ilio

SRC SRC are running a ‘Name the Dinosaur’

competition. Guesses are 50c each with no

more than 4 guesses per person. They’ll be

running this on Open Day.

Also they are still looking for flat river rocks

and ‘prehistoric’ plants such as succulents

to complete their garden.

Mrs Balfooort

R y l s t o n e R e v i e w

Photo supplied by R Guilfoyle

Photo supplied by R Guilfoyle

Book Club Update

P a g e 5 T e r m 3 , W e e k 2

As we are running the Book Fair soon we will skip Issue 5 of

Book Club. Issue 6 will be available in the 2nd half of Term

3.

Mrs D’Ilio

P & C News

My favourite shot from the Mini

Olympics—Max in full flight!

Jolly Joker

Rylstone Public School P&C and the Rylstone Kandos

Preschool are the beneficiaries of this fundraiser held each

Friday evening at The Globe. This fortnight’s ticket sellers

are: 28/7—Leanne N, Kath B & Renee F, 4/8 —Bernie A, Alisa

B & David B.

Uniforms

Opening hours: 9am - 9.30am every Friday.

Uniform Shop Coordinator: Sandra Stroud 0419 149 478

P&C Fundraising

Christmas In July – Friday 28/7/2017 – Rylstone Hotel 7pm

We are all looking forward to a great night. If we have any

one that needs last minute tickets please get down to

Foodworks Rylstone or phone Alisa Burlington on:

0429 567 200.

Plate Drive – Thursday 1st August – Friday 28th September

Cathi Reid is organising a plate drive through a company

called, “Picture Plates”. Children will be able to do an

artwork at school or home which will be made into a plate.

Some lunch time dates (1pm) have been set aside for the

21st, 22nd and 8th August. Parents are more than welcome

to pop into the school to help decorate or make one

themselves! What a great Christmas present, so please

come on board this great fundraising idea with the plates

costing $28.00 each. The P and C will make $6.00 per plate.

More information will be in next week’s newsletter. Any

questions please contact Cathi Reid on: 405 183 882.

Shopping Extravaganza – Saturday 14th October

Cheryl McCouat has been working really hard to get this

exciting event under way. A shopping trip to Sydney! What

could be more fun. So please save this date and start

finding some friends who may like to come on the trip as

well. This event has great fundraising potential for the P and

C. See future newsletters for more details.

Next Events

Christmas In July – 28/7/2017

Plate Drive – 1/7/2017 – 8/9/2017

Dog Club – Rylstone showground – 30/9/2017 (helpers

needed, please phone Mandy Kane: 0422 838 185)

Shopping Extravaganza – 14/10/2017

Aviation Day (round two) - 22/10/2017

Street Feast – 28/10/2017 (helpers needed, please phone

Bec Guilfoyle on: 0477 953 166)

Thankyou,

Rebecca Guilfoyle

P&C Fundraising Co-ordinator

Boy oh boy this winter has been cold, especially in the

mornings. I’m really hoping for some rain too. I don’t

remember having to water the garden this much during

winter in the past.

While growth is still pretty slow in the garden at the

moment, we have still managed to harvest our first basket

of winter goodies this week. Some yummy broccoli and

kale. As the weather warms up there should be broad

beans, spinach, carrots and salad leaves to pick too.

We have recently purchased some more garden beds to

give us the space to grow more delicious fresh food, and

we also now have a small greenhouse to start growing our

own veggies from seed. We are looking forward to putting

them together early in spring, at our working bee.

Helpers in the garden are always very welcome, so please

give me a call if you would like to get involved.

Kelly Lus (0429331182)

Veggie Garden Co-ordinator

School Garden Report

Kale and broccoli harvested from our school garden.

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remember to check that you are correctly

subscribed to your child’s year.

Voluntary Contributions are now due.

Contributions are: 1 student—$45, 2—$80, 3+—

$100. These contributions supplement the

purchase of student textbooks and exercise

books.

Rylstone Public School

25-27 Mudgee St,

Rylstone NSW 2849

Phone: 02 6379 1404

Fax: 02 6379 1532

E-mail: rylstone-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Webpage: http://www.rylstone-schools.nsw.edu.au/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rylstone-Public-School

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ALL arrivals and departures during school hours

(9.20am—3.20pm) MUST be recorded at the office.

Please call into the office before going to the

classroom.

Please return an absence note, written or via school

app, to the school immediately after an absence or

before if you know in advance.

Please make sure the school is able to contact you or

a nominated contact in an emergency. Keep the

school informed of any address and phone number

changes.

Reminders