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Newsletter Week 4 Term 1 2021

Principals ReportPrincipals Report

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone backfor the 2021 school year. With COVID restrictions graduallybeing eased, we are hopeful that we will be able to reconnectwith parents and community in ways that were not possible lastyear. 2021 brings with it lots of exciting opportunities whichwe will let you know more about in the coming weeks. It wasfantastic to see so many parents at the ‘Meet the Teacher’event last night. Hopefully you all found the sessionsinformative and helpful. I look forward to catching up with manyof you over the remainder of Term 1.

Congratulations to all the students that participated in ourschool swimming carnival last week. I am always impressedwith the efforts put in by students to push themselves to bettertheir times or even to simply finish the race. These eventsprovide a great opportunity for students to set themselves agoal and work hard to achieve it. Thanks to those parentswho came along and supported their children and also tothose teachers who assisted in the running of what was avery successful carnival. Special thanks to Ms Mace for herexcellent organisation.

I have been working hard to transform and update ourrnps.org.au website over the past weeks. You may have visitedthis site previously when we set it up as our Learning fromHome Hub. It has been reformatted to be just a regular learninghub. On the webpage you will find lots of school information– including videos, links to our radio broadcasts, details aboutpolicies and processes, class information etc. While not all ofthese items are available just yet, it is worth checking backregularly as we continue to build and add further elements. Ifyou have any suggestions about what content you would like tosee on this page, please let us know.

Students are very excited to see the return of Wakakirri for2021. Ms Kane has lots of exciting plans in store for this year’s

performance. Initial information about this exciting opportunityis being sent home over the coming days.

The commencement of each new school year is an ideal time toremind everyone about our school rules. At Richmond North,we try to keep it simple when it comes to rules – so we havejust 5. Our school rules are –

It is important that each student follows these rules so thatschool is a safe and welcoming place for all students. We askthat parents support the school by taking some time to reviewthese rules with their children. When students follow theserules, everyone benefits.

While we are always striving to do our best at Richmond North,there will inevitably be times when parents have a worry orconcern. When this does occur, I urge parents to discuss theconcern with your child’s class teacher in the first instance. Thevast majority of problems can be addressed and resolved atthis level. In the rare instances where issues can’t be resolvedat this level, parents can discuss the concern with the StageAssistant Principal. We can’t always solve every problem butwe endeavor to resolve issues where ever we can.

Finally, I wanted to acknowledge and thank the many parentswho took part in our focus groups and responded to oursurveys at the end of 2020. Your valuable feedback andsuggestions have provided us with plenty of information thathas helped shape our new school plan. When the communityand school work together for the benefit of students, it reallydoes provide the best outcomes.

Here’s to a super successful 2021!

1. Respect yourself and others.

2. Keep your hands and feet to yourself

3. Be in the right place.

4. Do as you are asked

5. Look after our school and environment

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Days to RememberDays to Remember

Monday Canteen Open

Breakfast Club

Tuesday

Wednesday Scripture

Student Banking

Uniform Shop Open

Breakfast Club

Thursday Breakfast Club

Friday Uniform Shop Open

Canteen Open

Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events

DATEDATE EVENTEVENT

3rd March 2021 District Swimming

School CaptainsSchool Captains

Our new school captains have started with their official duties,after receiving their badges and blazers at the PresentationAssembly last term. They successfully ran the first assembly

of the year on the 5th February. Our new School Captains areKobie T and Aiden A, and our new Vice Captains are Grace B,Hayley B, Bailey B and Noah B. We are sure that they will begreat representatives of our school.

Sport CaptainsSport Captains

We recently had elections for our 2021 Sports Captains. Thesports captains play a very important role within the school.They not only lead their house groups at the athletics and crosscountry carnivals but set up and pack away every week for theweekly primary sport competition.

Congratulations to these students who have been electedcaptains for their houses.

Spartan: Makayla W and Bailey B

Hercules: Payton B and Ty C

Caribou: Tiarna S and Blake H

Neptune: Leia P and Mackenzy L

School Pick-up and Drop-offSchool Pick-up and Drop-off

Some of the COVID-19 restrictions around parents enteringthe school have been eased in 2021. Parents of students inKindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 are now allowed onto thegrounds for pick-up and drop-off only. The school gates onGrose Vale Road and Elizabeth Street will be open at 2.50pmto allow parents of Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students to

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enter the grounds. Parents are asked to spend no longer thanis required on the school grounds, meaning that either as soonas your child is settled and ready to be left at school or you havejust picked them up from the Infants area, you make your wayhome again.

PLEASE NOTE: Every person who enters the schoolgrounds whether picking up or dropping off must checkin using the COVID Safe QR code which is a requirementof NSW Department of Health. These can be found onthe school gates or in the front office.

Library NewsLibrary News

What a fabulous beginning to the year in the library it hasbeen. I am so excited that I get to see every child in theschool once a week. Please take note of your library daysand encourage your children to borrow and bring a librarybag. There are so many amazing books in our library. Anddon't forget to ask your child about Arnold and the novel/story that we are reading in each class.

Monday 4C, 5/6Z, KM

Tuesday 1/2S, 1/2Y, 5/6W, 1/2M

Wednesday KG

Thursday 3/4M, 3/4D, 2/3M

If your child forgets to borrow on a certain day, they arewelcome to come and see me before school or at recessand lunch to borrow on another day.

Looking forward to a fabulous year in the library.

Mrs Dreves

Assembly Awards Week 2 05/02/2021Assembly Awards Week 2 05/02/2021

KG Ashton S

Elliot R

Wyatt H

KM William T

Jaxon P

Hurley R

1/2Y Gloria D

Amelia S

Abel E

1/2M Indiana S

William H

Rex J

1/2S Archer S

Evalina C

Xavier B

2/3M Ella R

Brodie V

Callie F

3/4D Michae K

Harrison S

Riley C

3/4M Declan B

Eden W

Chase N

4C Brock B

Maddison C

John O

5/6Z Charlie V

Ty C

Dylan W

5/6W Will Mc

Chase I

Emilie Mc

Studio KStudio K

We have begun our weekly broadcasting from our Studio Kradio room her at Richmond North. The times will be exactlythe same as last year:

You can listen via our website https://www.rnps.org.au/studio-k-media. If you are unable to listen live then you willfind a small selection of our back catalogue by following thedirections from this same website.

◦ Monday 2-3pm with years 3-6 appearing

◦ Tuesday 2-2:30pm with K-2 appearing

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Prior to our broadcast, our RNPS Facebook page will beupdated with the classes that are going to be on today'sshow.

Sports NewsSports News

RNPS Swimming CarnivalRNPS Swimming CarnivalWell, it was so great to get back to watching the kids doingwhat they enjoy, the sporting events!!! RNPS held the school

Swimming Carnival on Monday 8th February at RichmondPools.

The students that attended the carnival on the night, bothswimmers and spectators, all enjoyed themselves and whetherthey were swimming or cheering the competitors on they put in100%, well done kids.

A big congratulations to every student, the ones that have donethis before, the ones that it was their first ever swimming race,the ones that came a place and earned a ribbon, the ones thatbeat their time from last year and the ones that just had loadsof fun and swam their best!!!

The students that will now go to represent RNPS at the PSSA

District/Zone Carnival on Wednesday 17th March are; Alyrah.M,Evie.S, Adele.T, Ivy.R, Cooper.G, Kobie.T, Brock.B, Zali.M,Memphis.F, Mackenzy.L, Callie.F, Cooper.T, Hayden.W,Jagger.R, Kobe.M & Zoey.B.

Also, a big thank you to the spectators that came to cheer onall the competitors, Miss McCoy Lancaster for the wonderfulphotos and a huge thank you to all the teachers that ran thecarnival!!

ResultsResults

100mtrs Freestyle Opens100mtrs Freestyle Opens

BoysBoys GirlsGirls

1st – Memphis.F 1st – Mackenzy.L

2nd – Dylan.W 2nd – Callie.F

3rd – Cooper.G 3rd – Kobie.T

50mtrs Freestyle – Boys50mtrs Freestyle – Boys

8YRS8YRS 9YRS9YRS 10YRS10YRS 11YRS11YRS 12YRS12YRS

1st –Cooper.T

1st –Jagger.R

1st –Memphis.F

1st –Dylan.W

1st –Cooper.G

2nd –Hayden.W

2nd –Kobe.M

2nd –Brock.B

2nd –Chayse.H

2nd

3rd –Aston.K

3rd –Flynn.A

3rd – Liam.D 3rd –Pheonix.H

3rd

50mtrs Freestyle – Girls50mtrs Freestyle – Girls

8YRS8YRS 9YRS9YRS 10YRS10YRS 11YRS11YRS 12YRS12YRS

1st –Callie.F

1st – Zoey.B 1st –Evie.S

1st – Zali.M 1st –Mackenzy.L

2nd 2nd –Alyrah.M

2nd –Marli.B

2nd – Ivy.R 2nd – Kobie.T

3rd 3rd –Charlotte.W

3rd 3rd –Payton.B

3rd

50mtrs Backstroke – Boys50mtrs Backstroke – Boys

JUNIORJUNIOR 11YRS11YRS SENIORSENIOR

1st – Memphis.F 1st – Dylan.W 1st – Cooper.G

2nd – Jagger.R 2nd 2nd

3rd – Brock.B 3rd 3rd

50mtrs Backstroke – Girls50mtrs Backstroke – Girls

JUNIORJUNIOR 11YRS11YRS SENIORSENIOR

1st – Callie.F 1st – Adele.T 1st – Mackenzy.L

2nd – Evie.S 2nd – Ivy.R 2nd – Kobie.T

3rd – Zoey.B 3rd – Zali.M 3rd

50mtrs Breaststroke – Boys50mtrs Breaststroke – Boys

JUNIORJUNIOR 11YRS11YRS SENIORSENIOR

1st – Memphis.F 1st – Dylan.W 1st – Cooper.G

2nd – Brock.B 2nd – Chayse.H 2nd

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3rd – Jagger.R 3rd – Phoenix.H 3rd

50mtrs Breaststroke – Girls50mtrs Breaststroke – Girls

JUNIORJUNIOR 11YRS11YRS SENIORSENIOR

1st – Evie.S 1st – Adele.T 1st – Mackenzy.L

2nd – Callie.F 2nd – Zali.M 2nd – Kobie.T

3rd – Zoey.B 3rd – Ivy.R 3rd

50mtrs Butterfly – Boys50mtrs Butterfly – Boys

JUNIORJUNIOR 11YRS11YRS SENIORSENIOR

1st – Memphis.F 1st 1st – Cooper.G

2nd – Jagger.R 2nd 2nd

3rd 3rd 3rd

50mtrs Butterfly – Girls50mtrs Butterfly – Girls

JUNIORJUNIOR 11YRS11YRS SENIORSENIOR

1st – Callie.F 1st – Tyanna.D 1st – Mackenzy.L

2nd – Evie.S 2nd 2nd – Kobie.T

3rd 3rd 3rd

200mtrs Individual Medley200mtrs Individual Medley

Male JUNIORMale JUNIOR Girls JUNIORGirls JUNIOR Male SENIORMale SENIOR Girls SENIORGirls SENIOR

1st –Memphis.F

1st – Evie.S 1st –Cooper.G

1st –Mackenzy.L

2nd 2nd –Callie.F

2nd 2nd – Kobie.T

3rd 3rd 3rd

Upcoming Sporting EventsUpcoming Sporting Events

PSSA AFL Trials (Held at RNPS) Fri 19th Feb

PSSA Basketball Trials Tue 23rd Feb

PSSA District/Zone Swimming Carnival TBA

PSSA TRIALS & INFORMATION 2021PSSA TRIALS & INFORMATION 2021

PSSA TRIALSPSSA TRIALS

PSSA Trials notes for some particular sports are starting to behanded out to the students that are interested. Please be sureto get Mr Thurling or the Sports Co-ordinator to sign the notesprior to taking the note on the day to hand to the Coach/SportsConvener. Without this permission note your child may not beable to trial on the day.

How it works:How it works:

The schools in our Hawkesbury District inform the students ofthe trials available to them by a note in Term 1. A number ofour local teachers are assigned a particular sport and run thetrials selecting students from our local public schools to form aHawkesbury Team to represent our District at the Sydney WestCompetitions in each particular sport.

What it involves:What it involves:

The students’ parents are responsible for taking them to andfrom trials (can be up to 3 trials) in after school hours where theywill meet the coach of that team. If the student is selected forthe District Team in a particular sport, parents are responsiblefor their child on competition days (along with the coachassigned to that sport) and also for travel to and from the eventswhich are held in school time. A representative from SydneyWest PSSA will be present at these competition days and willthen select from all the students competing on that day toform a Regional Team to represent Sydney West at the StateChampionships.

• NRL Opens and Under 11's

• Soccer (Boys & Girls)

• Touch Football (Boys & Girls)

• Basketball (Boys & Girls)

• Cricket (Boys & Girls)

• Tennis

• Diving

• Softball (Boys & Girls)

• Hockey (Boys & Girls)

• Netball

• AFL

• Orienteering

• Golf

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Great Opportunity:Great Opportunity:

It is a great opportunity for our students to give it a go andpossibly get selected to not only represent themselves,Richmond North PS, the Hawkesbury but even maybe theirRegion and State.

What to do next:What to do next:

If your child is in Yr5 or Yr6, feel they are skilled in one ofthese particular sports and would like to try out for this team/individual sport the school will be handing out the notes in thefirst month of school to any student that is interested. Pleasesee Mrs Wilkins if you have any questions.

Many Thanks,Many Thanks,

Emma RackerEmma Racker

Wakakirri 2021Wakakirri 2021

We are in need of your Help! If any parent would like to helpwith costumes for this years Wakakirri performance pleasecontact Ms Kane at school.We are also after 6 small kids sports electric cars and electricpolice motorbikes for the performance.

Commonwealth BankingCommonwealth Banking

Congratulations to Aston K, Lakyn T, Araiah T, Charlotte G,Alexis R, Lincoln Q and Austin Q for reaching your bankinggoals and receiving your reward.

Community NewsCommunity News

• NRL Opens and Under 11's

• Soccer (Boys & Girls)

• Touch Football (Boys & Girls)

• Basketball (Boys & Girls)

• Cricket (Boys & Girls)

• Tennis

• Diving

• Softball (Boys & Girls)

• Hockey (Boys & Girls)

• Netball

• AFL

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