congratulations on the big 45, stu!
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Issue Number 20 July 30, 2018
Term Dates for 2018
3 July 16—September 21
4 October 8—December 21
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.
2018 Curriculum Days Friday 17th August Monday 5th November
Richmond Primary School 85 Brighton Street Richmond 3121 > T: 9428 1909 F: 9428 9085 OSHC T: 0447 330 481 E: [email protected] www.richmondps.vic.edu.au > EFTPOS facilities available
No, it’s not Stu’s 45th birthday! In fact Stu attended a special celebration with a number of other honoured school employees who were acknowledged for their long term service to the Department of Education.
This year sees Stu celebrating 45 years as a teacher in the State system. You can see him pictured here receiving his certificate acknowledging this milestone from the Minister of Education, James Merlino.
Congratulations to Stu for 45 fantastic years (so far!) we are very grateful that you have spent the majority of these years at RPS!
Congratulations on the Big 45, Stu! Dates To Remember
July
31 Gr 3/4 Chinatown visit 3 Way Student Conferences
1 3 Way Student Conferences
8 School Council
10 Great Book Swap & Pizza Day
13 Gr 1/2 Puppet Incursion
17 Pupil Free Day
20-23
Grade 3/4 Camp
10-14
Grade 6 Play
14 SRC Dress up
20 Arts Gala 5.30—7.00
August
September
Stu in 1990
when he was a
Grade 3/4
teacher not
long after
joining the staff
at RPS.
Stu in 1999 in a staff photo.
Can you guess who the dapper gentleman with
the moustache is in the same photo?
Money, Money, Money! This term, the Grade 1/2 students are exploring money. The students have been learning skills such as recognising, describing and ordering Australian coins according to their value. They are practising counting and ordering coins and notes using concrete resources. They are loving using the plastic coins and notes. It has been great to see the students make connections between skip counting and using money by counting by 5s, 10s, 20s and 50s. In the next few weeks, the students will be making their own supermarket, allocating prices and spending their ‘own’ money. Tips for helping your child at home: Talk about money when you are at the shops Practise grouping like coins, e.g. making
piles of 5 twenty cents and 10 ten cents Practise laying out dollars, e.g. putting
coins together to make a dollar Use strategies such as counting the
dollars first, then the left-over coins Show your child how to use subtotals on
paper when counting large numbers of coins
Improving Maths skills In grade 1/2
Subtraction
This term, the students have continued to focus on subtraction. The students have been participating in Number Talks that focus on their mental strategies. At the beginning of a lesson, the teachers provide the students with a number sentence such as 45 - 23 = and ask the students to articulate the strategy that they have used to solve it. Fantastic subtraction mental strategies include:
Counting on Counting back Split strategy Jump strategy Doubles/Halves
This is a great simple but powerful activity that you can try at home! Ask your child’s teacher if you require any clarification. Happy spending and subtracting, The Grade 1/2 Teachers Simon, Lucie, Todd, Tammy and Peter
Grade Prep S Emeline Major For your amazing work when learning teen numbers and be-yond Eme. It’s great to see your enthusiasm and enjoyment during maths lessons. You’re a maths whiz!
Prep J Grace Irwin
For her enthusiastic involve-ment in the Red Riding Robin Hood incursion performance!
Grade 1/2 L Logan Chambers
For your creative subtraction problem. Your imagination is larg-er than life! Great job Logan.
Grade 5/6 C
Archer Donaldson
For the wonderful way you take on challenges - especially with the great persistence you've shown in Maths.
Grade 5/6 S Taylor Phelps
For having a persistent attitude towards all class activities and for demonstrating kindness and excellent classroom citizen-ship. We are lucky to have your in our class, Taylor!
Grade 5/6 E Sarah Dos Santos
For persistence in maths groups and bring-ing your creative ideas to class each day! You are a very valuable member of 5/6E, well done!
Grade 5/6R Kosei Inoue
For having a persistent attitude towards all class activities and for demonstrating kind-ness and excellent classroom citizenship. We are lucky to have your in our class, Taylor!
Grade 3/4 J Oxford Butler
For making such a great start to the term. You have certainly worked hard on your personal bests and putting lots more effort into your written work.
Grade 1/2 P Isaac Feehan
For consistently trying to improve the presentation of your work. Well done!
Grade 3/4 S April Alexander
For your amazingly expressive reading during our partner reading task; you truly captivated your audience, as well as giving great feedback. Well done April!
Grade 3/4 C Sammy Thompson
For your excellent work during Literacy Circles. I was super impressed with the work you completed as 'Literary Lumi-nary' on the book Two Wolves. You choose some really interesting parts to share with your group. Keep up the great work Sammy!
Grade 1/2 T Obadiah Laa
For doing an excellent job solving addition and subtraction problems when working on fact families. Keep up the hard work Obi!
Grade 1/2J ack Coughlan
For the leadership you show in the classroom every day and the excellent effort you put into all your learning tasks. Awesome effort Jack!
This week’s clue:
This Grade 3 student’s name and surname sound like
something you might have to pay after March.
Grade Prep A Yuvaan Meena
For the fantastic progress you are making in all areas. You have come such a long way. Well done Yuvaan!
NO WINNER LAST WEEK … here it is again!
Grade 1/2 T Arabella Aloi
For showing superb focus during our Maths lesson on fact families. You showed an excellent understanding of the link between addition and subtraction Bella, well done!
Building Update The first week of term saw two important meetings related to our planned projects occurring over the next 9 months. We had confirmation that our project funded through the Inclusive Schools Grant will be going ahead during the September school holidays. This will see acoustic panels and ceiling speakers installed in the Grade 1/2 and Prep areas. As well, we also had our first meeting with our architects about de-signs for the new Classroom Renovation project. We will get costings on the number of options presented and then look to share these with you all for feedback in the near future.
From The Principal’s Desk
School Review We have had confirmed that the school will be part of a DET supported School Review in Term 1 next year. This is a chance to review the achievements of our current Strategic Plan and then to decide the foci of our new 4 year Strategic Plan. We will be conducting a Self Evaluation process through Term 4. Please keep an eye on the newsletter for how you can be a part of this important process. Dean Banova Principal
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.
Entertainment Book For only $70 you can order either your digital version or hard copy book. 20% of all book sales will be donated to Richmond Primary School. The book pays for itself with just a few visits to local restaurants, cafes & attractions. There is a display book outside the school office - with all enquiries to [email protected] To order the digital version or hard copy book, click here www.entbook.com.au/1885w17. For the hard copy book, select ‘pick up $0’ and the book will be delivered to RPS Some parents have offered to forward this email to their family members, friends and work colleagues. If you can do this to help raise more funds for RPS, that would be great. Thank you. The Great Book Swap Thank you to the families who have already donated books to The Great Book Swap. We are still seeking do-nations, please drop them into the office before Thursday August 9th. The Swap will be held on Friday August 10th in support of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Scholastic Book Club Book Club orders can be placed online via the link below: http://www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP. Orders close next Friday August 3rd and will be delivered to school within the fortnight. Fair Craft Stall We are looking for handmade donations to sell at our craft stall at the Halloween Fair this year (Term 4). If you, or any family member or friend, is a talented crafter/knitter/sewer/artist of any kind please start thinking what you might be able to make to help us make this the best craft stall ever. If you can help please contact Krysia on [email protected].
2nd Hand Uniform Shop Would you like your child to be as dapper as these students ? Then come pick up a quality bargain at the 2nd Hand Uniform shop, be open this Wednesday 1st August from 3.00pm to 3.30pm