Riverton Review Principals: Paul Grundy and Vicki Sturgeon

255 Corinthian Road, RIVERTON WA 6148

Phone: 9457 2644

Website: riverton.ps.wa.edu.au

Email: riverton.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Riverton Primary School Ed Support Centre: 9457 8307

Riverton Primary School Western Australia

Tuesday 13 November Crazy Science Club Year 5 Puberty Talks Messy Mud incursion -

Rooms 5, 7, 22, Kindy Purple and PP3

Wednesday 14 November Year 6 Dance Lessons Messy Mud incursion -

Rooms 2, 10, 12, Kindy Orange and PP2

Clubs Roving Robotics Zany Zentangles Garden Grubs

Thursday 15 November Kooky Cartoons Club Messy Mud incursion -

Rooms 4, 9, 11 and 21 Friday 16 November Junior Assembly Messy Mud incursion -

Rooms 1, 8, 15 and PP1 Clubs

Tumbles Circus Troop Just Dance Drama Club Burning Bey Blades

Under the Sea Disco Monday 19 November Year 1 and 2 Yoga Origami Clubs Rivo’s Got Talent Auditions -

Year 3 Tuesday 20 November Year 1 and 2 Yoga Origami Clubs Rivo’s Got Talent Auditions -

Year 4

From the Principals

13 November 2018

We were lucky enough to hear our talented SIMs musicians play for us at the senior

assembly on Friday morning. They entertained the audience with a number of tunes and

played confidently and enthusiastically. I thank their music teacher for the hard work in

preparing them. Well done to the students!

The majority of the assembly was dedicated to Remembrance Day and the ceremony

related to remembering and honouring those Australians who have fallen and served in

conflicts around the world, whilst serving for our nation. The Year 5 and 6 students from

Room 5 led the ceremony, explaining the program and the symbols involved, whilst telling

the story through their own poems and published poetry. Thank you so much to the

students for leading us through the moving ceremony and to Mrs Hooper for all her work.

Congratulations to the students on a fine effort in leading this very important event. Lest We

Forget.

Messy Mud Week is upon us again this year and classes have already begun enjoying the

fun and games associated with this event. Thankfully the weather has been kind thus far

and the students have been enjoying themselves. Please remember to have the students

bring a change of clothes so they can get really “down and dirty” in the mud.

Our future leaders will be on show this week with the Year 5 student candidates for student

leader positions speaking to their peers. These speeches provide an opportunity for the

students to speak publicly, explaining why they wish to be a Student Leader in 2019 and

getting some experience in public speaking. Once the candidates’ speeches are completed,

their peers will have the chance to vote, with the elections overseen by the WA electoral

commission, thereby providing another real link to the HASS curriculum studies by the

students, as seen in their excursion to the Electoral Centre last term. I wish all of them the

very best. Regardless of the result, they have all displayed their commitment through

nominating and taking part in the process. Thank you to Mrs Stanbridge for all her hard

work preparing and supporting the students.

To help you with planning for the 2019 school year we have outlined the school terms and Professional development days below.

Term 1 Monday 4 February - Friday 12 April 2019

Term 2 Monday 29 April - Friday 5 July 2019

Term 3 Tuesday 23 July - Friday 27 September 2019

Term 4 Tuesday 15 October and Thursday 19 December 2019

Term 1 Thursday 31 January and Friday 1 February 2019

Term 2 Tuesday 4 June 2019

Term 3 Monday 22 July 2019

Term 4 Monday 14 October and Friday 20 December 2019

SPORTS LEADER ELECTIONS

Just a reminder to all year 5 students, the Sports Leader Elections are being held this Thursday 15 November 2018.

STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Congratulations to those selected to represent Riverton on the 21 November in the State Basketball competition. The selected students have already been notified and begun training hard at lunch times. The permission slips and tournament details will be released shortly.

Important up and coming dates

21 November – State basketball tournament (Only the qualified teams)

6 December – Red ball tennis competition

Kane Tomasevich PE Specialist

Do you have amazing talent? Can you sing? Dance? Play an instrument? If so Rivo's Got Talent is for you. Items under 3 minutes, singing with backing tracks not with singers, solos and groups welcome. Provide your own costume/instrument/backing track. Auditions week 7 in the music room at lunch only for auditioning students;

Year 3 - Monday 19 November Year 4 - Tuesday 20 November Year 5 - Wednesday 21 November Year 6 - Thursday 22 November

Finals (if qualified) in the C.A.A. at lunch everyone welcome Year 3 - Monday 26 November Year 4- Tuesday 27 November Year 5 - Wednesday - 28 November Year 6- Thursday 29 November

Rivo's Got Talent Junior Year 1 and 2 Week 9 Monday 3 December Tim Davey Music Specialist

31 superstar families, 7,621 points. We did it!! Over 7,000 points. Not long until the end of term. Can we reach 8,000 points by week 7? It is super easy to sign up. You can do it at the counter when you pay. All the points come back to the school. So you get great produce and you are helping Riverton Primary Campus. Nat Smith Co-ordinator

Riverton Primary Campus will be holding an information session to provide family members with support on letter sounds, blending and segmenting words, games, sharing books and supporting your child's oral language over the holiday break. Mrs Margaret Campbell will be holding a session on the below date; Date: Monday 26 November 2018 Location: Riverton Primary Campus Staffroom Time: 11.00am to 11:45am. Hope to see you there! Natalie Smith EAD Specialist

On Friday November 23, there will be a special Japanese Culture Day for all students in Years 1 to 6. Regular classes have been cancelled and students will be allocated new groups for the day. There will be students from each class making up the new groups, with older students helping and looking after the younger students during the day. There will be two visitors helping with some special Japanese activities, such as origami, calligraphy, taiko drumming, dancing, costume dress-ups, games, crafts, quizzes and challenges. There is no cost for the day's activities, however, students may wish to pre-order a special Obentou lunchbox from the canteen or purchase a kakigoori (shaved ice dessert) for $1.50. The P & C committee are seeking volunteers to help with the kakigoori stall between 10.00 and 11.00am and / or between 11.50am and 1.00pm. Please contact them if you are available to help serve these desserts. Terrena Hall LOTE Specialist

Riverton Primary Campus is endeavouring to make our environment as autonomous as possible for our non-verbal students and for those students using AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices. A lot of the students in the centre have very good receptive language (can understand what is being said) but have poor expressive language (communicate their needs and wants). Around the Campus you may have noticed that we have placed wooden poles, these are our Communication Poles. These poles will be a place for our students to place their AAC devices, and also to access relevant words/ actions that they can access to express their needs and wants in the playground. We are in the process of painting them in bright colours and will talk to the students at assembly on Friday explaining to them the purpose of the ‘Communication Poles’. The students at Riverton are an exceptional bunch of students and their inclusive nature comes from acceptance and tolerance of others. We are very proud of the way our students accept and socialize with the students from the Education Support Centre.

The Garden Club has been super busy.

Have you seen the new garden at the

front of the school? It is amazing! We

still have one more member to set up

home in the garden.

Riverton Primary P&C Event Indian Cooking Class

Let’s learn how to create colourful, simple and satisfying one pot Indian meals for our family and friends in this special

Parent only Event! Only 25 places so please register ASAP

When: 22 November 2018 Where: Multipurpose room Time: 12.00pm - 2.30pm Cost : $5.00 donation (Thanks to P&C) RSVP: Donna on 0432 841 837

“The power of food is really spiritual.It not only brings the whole family together but also brings the whole whole world together.”chef Vikas Khanna

Bunnings Family Night is on Wednesday 5 December 2018 from 6.00pm - 8.00pm. They will have lots of fun activities including high ropes climbing course, disco fever bouncy castle, face painting, Santa visit, sausage sizzle and kids DIY to name a few. Bunnings Willetton supports the school in many ways – so please go down to their family night and show your support for them. There are colouring in forms at the front office and on our website.

Get your dance shoes on……...We are looking forward to hosting the ‘Under the Sea’ Disco this Friday and can’t wait to see all the kids dressed up. Don’t forget we are putting on a sausage sizzle at 5.30pm and will have plenty for the kids and the adults. See you ‘Under the Sea’. Thanks P&C

Dear Families

Our Canteen is 60 years old and needs a major refurbishment in the next 18 months. This will

cost the school approximately $75,000 and ensure it keeps up with modern regulations. There

are a number of facts the Board knows about the canteen;

1. Some families are passionate advocates for our canteen while others may not care

too much.

2. It provides a great service and unites the school community in a unique way.

3. Our school is lucky to have a canteen open 5 days a week. Many schools no longer

have canteens at all.

4. Once a school loses a canteen it is unlikely it will return.

Could you please help the School Board make the best decision for the school community now

and into the future by completing the following survey;

Canteen Survey 2018

It will only take a few minutes and provide us with the necessary community insight.

Thank you for your time.

The School Board