Red Cliffs Primary School

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 26th August, 2015

Week 7 Term 3

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 2nd September 6.30—School Council

Friday 4th September—Footy Fever day

Home Page Address - http://www.redcliffsps.vic.edu.au

EMAIL: red.cliffs.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone: 5024 1044

Fax: 5024 2020

Principal’s Report: Book Week Parade:

This morning’s Book Week

Parade was a highlight of the

year. It was wonderful to see

so many children dressed up as

their favourite book character.

Well done kids!

I was thrilled to see so many

parents and visitors at this

mornings’ parade. Our

students really appreciated you

being here.

Parent Helpers:

Parent and grandparent helpers

are urgently required in all

areas of the school.

Parents with spare time in the

morning or afternoon are

asked to contact the office.

Class teachers would love to

have volunteers listen to

children read and even help

out in small groups.

Mr Beer’s Reading

Challenge:

Mr Beer’s Reading

Challenge is now on.

All infant students must read

10 books (not counting their

take home readers). Parents

can share books with their

infant children or read the book

to them.

Students in grades 3-6 must

read 15 books this month

(which includes some F.A.B.

books). This can include a

combination of junior fiction,

picture story books and novels.

Parents do need to sign off on

their children’s reading.

It would be fantastic to have

100% of our students

participating in and succeeding

in our challenge this year.

Prep Enrolment:

Red Cliffs Primary School is

now accepting 2016 Prep

enrolments.

Parents of children eligible to

be enrolled in 2016 are asked

to contact me and obtain

enrolment forms.

Children must turn 5 years of

age on or before April 30th in

2016 to be enrolled.

I ask all parents to tell friends

and neighbours that Red Cliffs

Primary is now accepting

enrolments for next year.

Maths Quiz Wiz:

Congratulations to this week’s

Maths Quiz Wiz - Emma

Giannelli - grade 4. Well done

Emma!

Footy Fever Day:

Next Friday, September 4th, is

“Footy Fever Day”. All children (and staff) are asked

to come to school in their

favourite footy colours.

We will have our footy-teams

parade at 9.00 am.

The infant students will enjoy

their Footy Fever Day activities

from 9.30 - 10.30am.

Students in grades 3 - 6 will have

their Footy Fever activities from

11.45 - 1.45pm

We would love to have parent

helpers come along and share

their footy skills with our

students.

Parents able to assist with either

the junior or senior sessions are

asked to contact their child’s

teacher.

Parent’s Club will be selling Hot

Dogs for lunch—more

information next week.

Rod Beer

Principal

Stars of the Week

This Week’s Birthdays…… Ebony Griffiths 11 Monday 24th August

Rokai Douglas 8 Wednesday 26th August

Flinn Lenartowicz 8 Thursday 27th August

Eboney Hocking 8 Saturday 29th August

Kiah Tree 10 Saturday 29th August

What’s happening in Science this week?

Prep & Gr. 1 - “Taking care of our resources”

- air, water and soil.

Gr. 1 & 2. - “The Four Seasons” - why does it

happen and how are they different?

Gr. 3& 4. - “The Earth’s Surface” - what is

soil?

Gr. 5 & 6 - “Geological Time Line” - Earth is

5,000,000,000 years old. What has happened

along the way?

“Did you Know” - The average person

accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their

life. Parent Club News: We need volunteers to help

cook the Hot Dogs for Footy Fever day next Friday.

Please contact the office if you can help out.

Danil

McKenzie

PrepH

Organisation

Always ready

to learn.

Sienna-

Maree

Kennedy

P/1G

Confidence

Working well

in reading

groups.

Savannah

Douglass

1/2V

Persistence

Working well

in maths

learning

division.

Eboney

Hocking

2K

Getting Along

Being a

friendly and

cooperative

class member.

Lucy

Sharp

3/4D

Getting Along

Being a helpful

class member.

Adam

Collins

3/4L

Getting Along

Always being a

helpful class

member.

Amele

Biumaiwai

4/5C

Persistence

Excellent effort

all of the time.

Jorja

Parker

5/6A

Getting Along

Being a

cooperative

class member.

Joel

Finch

5/6W

Getting Along

A great attitude

at all times!

Great Behaviour in the Yard:

Congratulations to Lilly Goldup (gr.5), Joel Finch

(gr.6) and Patricia Douglas (gr.4) for their Great

Behaviour in the Yard this week.

Enjoy those free Great Australian Ice Creams kids.

Upper (5-6) -open

ended maths problem

Due: 2nd September

Complete the maths problem correctly, drop it in the Maths

Competition box (located in the front office) and you could win a

prize.

What might the missing numbers be?

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5 0 0 0

SHELL QUESTACON 2015

SCIENCE SHOW

To the parents and students of Red Cliffs Primary School,

This Friday, 28th August, is PRINCIPAL’S DAY.

It is an opportunity to recognise the valuable leadership provided at our school and a

chance to thank Mr Beer and his staff for all they do for us and our school. I am sure

Mr Beer’s job is made easier by the fantastic support he has from all of his staff and the

students themselves. So, to Mr Rod Beer - THANK YOU for everything you do.

Please parents take the opportunity today to thank Mr Beer (and all staff) for the

fantastic work they do for our “kids” and OUR school.

Now a bit of a profile on our principal; Mr Beer has been principal of our school for 11

years. He was also formerly the principal at Merbein West and Koorlong PS. He has

taught at Cardross PS and Geelong Grammar and was a district reliever teacher.

Overall, Mr Beer has taught at more that 150 schools in a distinguished career that spans

36 years!

Mr Beer enjoys helping children and working with parents and staff - something I am

sure you will agree, he excels at.

Mr Beer is married to another school teacher her name is Mrs Beer (of course).

Her real name is Maria and they have two beautiful daughters, Maddie and Amelia.

Mr Beer’s hobbies include golf, walking, bike riding and umpiring football. He does

love his holidays too and his Sydney Swans. Something that links his hobbies with his

work is the BEER CUP which I am sure you are familiar with.

Once again Mr Beer we say a heartfelt THANK YOU.

John Collins

Red Cliffs Primary School President