Richmond Primary School

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Issue Number 30

October 28 2019

Dates To Remember

Term Dates for 2019

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 4 Monday November 4

December

2019 Annual Arts Gala

A huge thank you to everyone for such a fantastic Arts Gala. It was a massive team effort

and the hard work has paid off to once again showcase Richmond Primary School and our

talented, dedicated and resilient students. It takes a lot of courage, practice and dedication

to get on stage to perform and our resilient students were able to showcase their perform-

ing arts and music abilities on the stage. The art exhibition component of the evening con-

sisted of creative, expressive and interesting art pieces taking on many different forms and

using a variety of mediums. Congratulations to Chony and Stu, it was fantastic to see all of

your knowledge and passion in your specialist area shine through, you should be extremely

proud. Without our parent community, nights like the Arts Gala would be impossible, a big

thank you to Amy, Zoe and Krysia, as well as your crew of helpers.

9 Grade 6 Graduation

16 Celebration Night

November

4 Pupil Free Day

5 Melbourne Cup day

18 3/4 T-Blast Cricket

22 3/4 Mini Boss Incursion

RPS Swimming Program

Nov 25—Dec 11

After School Supervision

While our school grounds are a fun and

exciting place to play during school time.

Unfortunately after 3.45pm there are no

teachers on yard duty for supervision. The

OSCH staff are unable to supervise students

unless they are enrolled into the program.

We ask that if you are running late, students

are either enrolled into OSCH or make their

way to the office when the 3.45pm bell rings.

Parent supervision is required after school

times to ensure the safety of our RPS stu-

dents.

Save the date—Stu’s Farewell

Stu Cooper is retiring from RPS. To cele-

brate his retirement from teaching and stel-

lar career we will be holding a special fare-

well assembly on December 13th from 2.30-

3.30pm. More details will follow, so watch

this space.

ITS ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS & DECIMALS IN THE 3/4 AREA It has already been a very busy and fun start to our Maths unit this term in the 3/4 area. The 3/4 students have been learning all about fractions and decimals in class. We have been learning about the different types of fractions e.g. proper, mixed num-ber and improper fractions, then making these using 2D shapes. The students also have been learning how to plot and count by fractions on a number line and then represent the fractions as a decimal. We finished our awesome unit on fractions and decimals by showing all our knowledge using a ‘thinkboard’. We are very proud of all the students how they have come in ready to make the most of their last term.

3/4 Team

ASK AN EXPERT! The 3/4 students were lucky enough this week to have a group of parent experts come in to chat to them about the design process in their profes-sion, for their inquiry investigation. The students were engaged, interested and were able to con-nect their learning to real life careers. A huge thank you to our parent volunteers, for taking time away from their busy jobs to share their expert knowledge with us. It is fantastic to see our RPS Community willing to contribute to our students learning journey.

Parent Opinion Survey 2019 Results In the Annual Implementation Plan for 2019 the goal for teacher communication was to reach 77%. The results clearly surpassed this

which was very pleasing. The table below shows high levels of parent satisfaction in their ability to engage with the school. The last point of teachers communicating with me often enough about my child’s pro-gress is currently being addressed through a trial of KAT’s through the Seesaw App. We will seek parent feedback on KAT’s in a cou-ple of weeks. At RPS we are always reflecting and initiating ways that we can be continual-ly improving our school.

STUDENTS OF THE

WEEK

Grade 3/4P

Chelsea Clohesy

Showing resilience and using problem

solving to work out conflicts with

others without assistance. Excellent

job, Chelsea!

Grade 3/4E

Carlotta Mortley-Mora

For your determination and diligence

in Math. Carlotta, you have worked

hard at having a go before seeking

help and your confidence is growing

day by day. Keep it up!

Grade 5/6S Luca Spinaze

For his continuously enthusiastic approach to all school activities. Keep it up Luca, you’re a good egg!

Grade 3/4T

Declan Leivers

For upping his game in Writing over

the past few weeks, doing an extra

good job with a procedure for “How to

Play Basketball”. Well done Declan!

Grade 3/4C

Tessa Rawther

For your amazing confidence and skill in playing

your solo drum piece at the Arts Gala. Tessa

you did an outstanding job. So proud of you

Tessa! Prep J Yvonne Parnell For her fantastic results in her numeracy online test!

Prep S

Matilda Holmes

For your fantastic Investigation

Time recount Matilda! I loved

the detail you added to your

writing, well-done!

Grade 1/2E

Albert Fisher

For having such a killer year,

your progress in writing and

reading has been outstanding.

Well done!

Grade 5/6R

Ella Karavias

For your Ella-borate collation of information in

your diversity inquiry project. You clearly com-

pleted a large amount of research and this

showed in your timeline. Well done!

Grade 5/6J

Xavier Naylor

For the effort and dedication given to your in-

quiry project this term. You've been a fantastic

role model in our class this year Xav!!

Grade 1/2T

Nick Karakostas

For being a much more enthusias-

tic and engaged writer this term .

Your "Giraffe in my House" story

was terrific. Well done Nick!

The last Scholastic Book Club order for 2019 will close next Friday 2nd November. Please place your orders online via www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP before then. Thanks, Sam.

Grade 1/2F Ben Jones For the excellent work you com-pleted in your Numeracy key assessment task; it was great to see you use skip counting and different addition strategies. Well done Ben!

Grade 5/6C Wentworth Walker

For the lovely ideas you bring to our class dis-cussions - your perspective is always thoughtful, especially in Lit Circles where you show great leadership. Love your work, Wentworth!

Grade 1/2T

Isaac Feehan

For the passion, enthusiasm, and amaz-

ing insight you have brought to all our

Inquiry and Science lessons this year!

Awesome efforts Isaac!

Grade 1/2L

Sophia Court

For your descriptive Imagine Po-

em. You even managed to make

it rhyme! Fantastic work Sophia!

**KIDSQUIZ** This week’s clue:

This Grade 5 student has the same surname as a former Carlton champi-on who was called ‘the Flying Door-

mat’!

Last week’s clue:

This Grade 6 student’s name is another name for a monastery.

Answer: Winner: Hayden Atkinson 1/2L … were you just lucky, Hayden, or did you planet?

Winner: Elodie Worth 1/2E … keep entering, Elodie, and winning could

become an ‘abbot!’

Grade 1/2S Aarav Rananavare For doing such a brilliant job on the 'If Voice was a Colour' activity. "If green was an animal, it would be a green tree snake".

Prep A

Ben Coutts

For the outstanding progress

you have made in Maths. You

have an excellent understand-

ing of numbers and you can

clearly explain your thinking.

Well done, Ben.

Grade 3/4J

Grade 3/4J

Jos Kerr-Smith

For consistently having a positive attitude to-

wards your learning and always participating

and staying focused on the daily tasks. Keep up

the incredible work!

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.