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Red Cliffs Primary School NEWSLETTER Wednesday 10th September 2014 Week 9 Term 3 IMPORTANT DATES R.C.P.S. Athletics day—Wednesday 17th September Term 3 ends next Friday, 19th September—1.45pm Home Page Address - http://www.redcliffsps.vic.edu.au EMAIL: [email protected] Phone: 5024 1044 Fax: 5024 2020 Principal’s Report: Athletics Day: The Red Cliffs Primary School Athletics Carnival will be held next Wednesday, 17th September. All students will participate in a variety of athletic events throughout the day. The focus of the day is participation, however, place getters in age group events will receive ribbons for their efforts. Our day starts at 9.15am. Presentations and announcement of Age Group Champions will be made at approximately 2.45pm. It is important students come prepared for the day- shorts and running shoes are recommended. Children must have a water bottle and a hat. Parents/grandparents are invited (welcome) to come for the whole day or just an event or two. Sausage Sizzle: There will be a Sausage Sizzle next Wednesday- Athletics Day. Students must order their sausages before school as usual. Parents wanting sausages are asked to order their sausages with their children's (order form sent home today). Parent Club members will be cooking a number of spare sausages but will not cook after 11.45am. Water bottles will be on sale during the day. Fruit: The infant and Middle Unit would love to receive donations of fresh fruit to use as Brain Food. Parents or community members that may have excess home grown fruit are asked to send it to school for use by those students who may otherwise miss out. NAPLAN: Parents of students in grades 3 and 5 are reminded Student NAPLAN Reports are now at school and ready to be collected. Reports will not be sent home with students. Parents are asked to meet the child's teacher before or after school to collect the reports. End of Term: Term 3 ends next Friday, 19th September, at 1.45pm. As usual we will be conducting special end-of-term activities from 11.45-1.00pm. Children are encouraged to dress in purple— the “Resilience” colour. 2015 Enrolments: Parents and community members are reminded that enrolments for the 2015 School year are now being accepted. Parents of children eligible to enrol in Prep next year are asked to contact me as soon as possible to arrange an interview and tour of the school. Parents with neighbours/relatives with children eligible to enrol next year are asked to pass this message on. Rod Beer Principal
Transcript of Red Cliffs Primary School NEWSLETTER · at all times. Ashlee Manzie 3/4L Persistence Working tough...
Red Cliffs Primary School
NEWSLETTER Wednesday 10th September 2014
Week 9 Term 3
IMPORTANT DATES
R.C.P.S. Athletics day—Wednesday 17th September
Term 3 ends next Friday, 19th September—1.45pm
Home Page Address - http://www.redcliffsps.vic.edu.au
EMAIL: [email protected]
Phone: 5024 1044
Fax: 5024 2020
Principal’s Report: Athletics Day:
The Red Cliffs Primary
School Athletics Carnival
will be held next
Wednesday, 17th
September.
All students will participate
in a variety of athletic
events throughout the day.
The focus of the day is
participation, however,
place getters in age group
events will receive ribbons
for their efforts.
Our day starts at 9.15am.
Presentations and
announcement of Age
Group Champions will be
made at approximately
2.45pm.
It is important students
come prepared for the day-
shorts and running shoes are
recommended.
Children must have a
water bottle and a hat.
Parents/grandparents are
invited (welcome) to come
for the whole day or just an
event or two.
Sausage Sizzle:
There will be a Sausage
Sizzle next Wednesday-
Athletics Day. Students
must order their sausages
before school as usual.
Parents wanting sausages
are asked to order their
sausages with their
children's (order form sent
home today).
Parent Club members will be
cooking a number of spare
sausages but will not cook after
11.45am. Water bottles will be
on sale during the day.
Fruit:
The infant and Middle Unit
would love to receive
donations of fresh fruit to use
as Brain Food.
Parents or community
members that may have
excess home grown fruit are
asked to send it to school for
use by those students who may
otherwise miss out.
NAPLAN:
Parents of students in grades 3
and 5 are reminded Student
NAPLAN Reports are now at
school and ready to be collected.
Reports will not be sent home
with students. Parents are asked
to meet the child's teacher before
or after school to collect the
reports.
End of Term:
Term 3 ends next Friday, 19th
September, at 1.45pm.
As usual we will be conducting
special end-of-term activities
from 11.45-1.00pm. Children are
encouraged to dress in purple—
the “Resilience” colour.
2015 Enrolments:
Parents and community
members are reminded that
enrolments for the 2015 School
year are now being accepted.
Parents of children eligible to
enrol in Prep next year are asked
to contact me as soon as possible
to arrange an interview and tour
of the school.
Parents with neighbours/relatives
with children eligible to enrol
next year are asked to pass this
message on.
Rod Beer
Principal
Stars of the Week
This Week’s Birthdays……
Cassie Sandler 9 Monday 8th September
Nadia Van Miltenburg-Lucas
7 Tuesday 9th September
Neomai Burton 7 Thursday 11th September
Jake Twigden 9 Friday 12th September
Parent’s Club News:
A Parent’s Club meeting
will be held Monday
15th September, directly
after assembly.
As part of Athletics Day,
Parents Club will be
running a sausage sizzle
on Wednesday 17th
between 11am-11.40am.
A sausage on bread can
be purchased for $1.50.
Bottled water will be on
sale for $1.00.
A coffee van has been
arranged for the day.
Swimming School:
The First Stroke Swim
School, located in Red
Cliffs is looking to con-
duct Learn to Swim clas-
ses each evening.
Interested parents should
leave their details in the
office.
In Science this Week:
Prep &P/1-Transport-
How do we move from
place to place? Transport
in the olden days.
Gr.1/2&Gr.2”Materials”
Extension of
classification skills
through “Material
boxes”.
Gr.3/4- “Mould”-Part of
the fungi family. Helpful
mould is penicillin.
Gr.5/6- “Reaction &
Change” -Acid/Base
reaction when a catalyst
is added e.g. Alka Seltzer
& sherbet.
HOLIDAYS:
Home required for the
guinea pigs over the
holidays.
Please contact the school
if you can help.
A. Vallender.
Tyree
Taylor
PrepH
Persistence
Always giving
effort!
Mia
Martin
P/1G
Persistence
Fantastic work
in Mathletics.
Mia
Cook
1/2K
Getting
along
Fantastic start
at her new
school.
Harvey
Jopling
2V
Persistence
Striving to
solve maths
problems and
not giving up.
Jessica
Wyld
3/4D
Persistence
Working hard
at all times.
Ashlee
Manzie
3/4L
Persistence
Working tough
in all areas!
Emily
Gleeson
5/6A
Confidence
Working hard
across all areas.
Jayden
Dowsley
5/6W
Persistence
Creating a
good financial
plan in maths.
Great Behaviour in the Yard:
Congratulations to Katie Doolan (gr.2), Cohen
Tatchell (gr.6) and Jessye Coverdale (gr.3) for their
Great Behaviour in the Yard this week.
Enjoy those free Great Australian Ice Creams kids.
Grades 1 &
2 integrated
their paper
weaving
skills with
collage to
create
Elmer &
Friends in
the Jungle.
Prep & Prep/1’s Sailing Boats
and Bathing Boxes Collage
Grades 3 & 4 used collage materials for their Calendar Cover
and mixed media for their Special Forever projects.
Grades 5 & 6 used Zentangle patterns to create
their Abstract Design. Scratch Art paper for
patterned bird was used in their Calendar Cov-
er and mixed media to create city scape.
