Red Cliffs Primary School

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 18th November, 2015

Week 7 Term 4

IMPORTANT DATES

Grade 5/6 Camp begins Monday 30th November

Grade 2-6 Swimming starts Monday 7th December

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:

Facebook: Parents and community

members are reminded Red

Cliffs Primary School is now

active on Facebook. Facebook

users can search “Red Cliffs

Primary School” to see our

latest messages and photos.

Parents not wanting

photographs of their children

posted on Facebook must

inform the school accordingly.

Swimming:

Students from grade 2-6 will

be participating in swimming

lessons at Waves in Mildura

from Monday 7th - Friday

11th December.

Completed permission forms

and payment ($30 gr 2-5 and

$20 grade 6) must be returned

to school by this Friday.

Parents in receipt of CSEF

payments (that has not already

been used for camps etc.) do

not send payment for swim-

ming.

Prep Practice:

Today was the first “Prep

Practice” for 2016. 20 very

excited children arrived at

school today to begin their

transition to school.

Our newest students and their

parents enjoyed a tour of the

school before settling down to

some fun activities.

The second “Prep Practice”

will be held next Tuesday 24th

November.

Grade 5/6 Camp:

Preparations for this fantastic

camp are being finalised.

Parents who have not yet fully

paid for the camp received an

invoice recently. Payment

must be finalised by this

Friday. I am getting very

excited!

Health Education:

Year 5/6 teachers and Denise

Pragt, School Nurse, will be

presenting a Health and

Puberty programme for the

grade 5&6 girls and grade 6

boys next Tuesday 24th

November. As this programme

is part of the DET curriculum

parent consent is not required.

Parents not wanting their child

to participate should contact

the school.

Aussie of the Month:

Congratulations to Tavania

Leksas, Red Cliffs Primary

School’s Aussie of the Month for

November.

Tavania is a keen, reliable,

enthusiastic and friendly student

who always gives her best effort!

Well done Tavania!

Maths Quiz Wiz:

Congratulations to Zander Tyack

our Maths Quiz Wiz for this

week. Zander was able to write

missing number to show the

double facts.

Have a fantastic week. Keep cool!

Rod Beer

Principal

Stars of the Week

This Week’s Birthdays…… Eva Maddigan 9 Wednesday 18th November

Evelyn Magee 6 Thursday 19th November

Amele Biumaiwai 11 Friday 20th November

Parent Club News; Christmas Raffle: All families are asked to send

donations of treats, non-perishable food, drink and

etc. to school as soon as possible.

Parents are needed to help provide Yard Duty during

the Staff Christmas Lunch that will be held on Tues-

day 24th November. Donations of sweets and salads

will be needed for the lunch.

Science News: Prep & P/1 - “Shadows” (weather permitting).

Gr 1 & 2 - “Making rainbows” (not taken last week

due to bad weather).

Gr 3 & 4 - “Introducing electricity”.

Gr 5 & 6 - “Space Exploration”.

Did you know? - Birds need gravity to swallow!

Angelina

Jarvis

PrepH

Getting Along

Always helpful

and a good

friend.

Harrison

Tatchell

P/1G

Persistence

Fantastic

reading.

Ruby

Mayger

Pollock

1/2V

Persistence

Great maths

work adding

and

subtracting.

Shaun

Collins

2K

Persistence

Always giving

100% effort!

Sina

Taruia

3/4D

Persistence

Trying hard in

all subjects.

Dylan

Kaka

3/4L

Confidence

Fantastic effort

during concert

practice!

Tahlia

Norris

4/5C

Persistence

Always on task

and working

hard.

Andrew

Draper

5/6A

Persistence

Working very

hard on

on-demand

testing.

Osi

Lokeni-Vea

5/6W

Persistence

Great working

in class!

Great Behaviour in the Yard:

Congratulations to Riley Milne (gr. 1), Zane Parker

(gr.6) and Cassie Sandler (gr.3) for their Great

Behaviour in the Yard this week.

Enjoy those free Great Australian Ice Creams kids.

Infant 1/2

Due: November 25th

Complete the maths problem correctly, drop it in the

Maths Competition box (located in the front office)

and you could win a prize.

Circle the higher number in each pair. 56 103 99 98 19 18 17 16 12 22 108 107 Circle the lower number in each pair. 14 41 22 12 77 17 100 89 101 11 99 9

Important information for families using the School Bus Program

The School Bus Program (SBP) assists families in rural and regional Victoria by

transporting students to and from schools and is jointly administered by the Department of

Education (DET) and Public Transport Victoria (PTV).

To be eligible for this service, students must meet certain criteria.

An information pack has recently gone out to all families that we believe may be affected

by changes to this service for 2016.

If your child will be using either the Nangiloc, Colignan or Carwarp bus service in 2016,

please let us know if you have not yet received an information pack.

It is important that any families using one of these services in 2016 have provided us with

an updated application form and are aware of the changes that will be implemented at the

beginning of 2016.

Students who have not returned an updated application form for 2016 or received

confirmation that they are eligible for travel, will not be able to use this service in 2016 so

please ensure that you have familiarised yourself with your responsibilities as set out in the

information pack.

More information can also be found at: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/

secondary/Pages/schooltravel.aspx?Redirect=1#link16

Please contact me directly if you have any questions or require an information pack.

Thank you,

Sara Broster

Assistant Principal – School Operations

Red Cliffs Secondary College

P: 5024 1522