Ryde East Public School 12 Twin Road, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113 Tel: 9878 3681 9888 5620 Fax: 9878 6029 Email: rydeeast-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website address: www.rydeeast-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER 13th SEPTEMBER 2016 TERM 3 WEEK 9

A copy of this newsletter is available on the School’s website

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Thank you to Suzanne Kimpton, Siobhan Reynolds and the wonderful parents of the P&C for their organisation of Trivia Night last Saturday evening. It was a great night and very well supported by our parents and community members. A large number of sponsors and generous parents donated prizes and the money raised will go towards our school. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed. It was a fantastic evening. School photographs will be taken this week. Please ensure your child is dressed in full school uniform and that you have returned your payment envelope or alternatively paid using the online system. We have had a slow response to the ‘Tell Them From Me Parent Survey’. This survey helps to clarify and strengthen the important relationship between home and school. We value your feedback so it would be great if you would take the time to complete the survey simply by following this link https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/j23fk. The link can also be found on the school website.

Well done to our athletes who represented Ryde Zone yesterday at the Sydney North Carnival. A big congratulations to Sam T (4T) who won the junior boys Long Jump with a jump of 4.41 metres. Sam will now compete at the State Carnival. What a remarkable achievement. If you have been on our website recently you would have seen that Parent Online Payments (POP) is now up and running. We thank you for your patience. Our Gold Card assembly is a celebration of student achievements and it is important that parents are aware of the correct procedures regarding this event. There has been some confusion recently regarding what awards need to be placed in the Gold Card box in order to receive a Gold Card at the assembly. I have outlined below the different levels of the system:

- Students may receive Flower Cards, Merit Certificates and KLA Awards from their teacher throughout the year.

- Flower Cards and KLA awards need to be kept and handed back to the teacher once 3 have been collected ( can be a combination of both)

- These 3 awards will be stapled to a Merit Certificate and presented at a Friday assembly. Additional Merit Certificates are also awarded by teachers each week for positive achievements.

- Once a child has achieved 3 Merit Certificates, they can place these in the Gold Card Box at the front office to receive a Gold Card.

- 3 Flower cards should not be placed in the gold Card box unless they have been stapled and awarded with a Merit certificate by the classroom teacher.

- A banner is awarded when 3 Gold Cards have been collected.

- 3 banners results in a morning tea with the Principal.

- Parents will receive a letter home notifying them if their child is receiving an award at the Gold Card Assembly up to a week prior to the assembly.

If you have any further queries please speak to your class teacher. Nicole Doig Relieving Principal

Dates for Your Diary

W14/9 School Photos W/14 2F and 4B visiting New Horizons F16/9 Sport and Choir Photos F 16/9 Infants Assembly – 9.20am Primary Assembly – 10.30am F16/8 Last day for Art Calendar orders

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RESULTS OF INTERSCHOOL CHESS CHALLENGE Well done to our team of 14 students who competed in the Interschool Chess Challenge at

Meadowbank Public earlier this Term. The results are in and we finished in 4th place overall. Special congratulations should go to Ryan L, William N and Ethan Y who all won 4.5 out of a possible 7 tournament matches.

Miss K Dhu

ENGLISH COMPETITION All students who recently sat for the University English Competition and gained a merit, credit, distinction or high distinction will be receiving their certificates in this week’s assembly. Participation certificates will be handed out in class. Miss L Bonvini

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS School photographs are being taken tomorrow. All students need to wear their full summer school uniform including black school shoes. House and Vice Captains need to wear their full sports uniform on Friday. Please remember that students who are in the band, percussion and string ensemble need to bring in their instruments tomorrow and arrive at school early for their photograph. They are requested to arrive at school at least 10 minutes prior to their scheduled photo time as detailed below. A reminder that you are still able to hand in your photo envelope tomorrow. Please remember to use the special code if ordering your photos online – MBB Y7C CD2. Wednesday 14th September: • Senior Band – 8.45am • Training Band – 9.00am • String Ensemble – 9.00am • Percussion Ensemble – 9.00am • Prefects • SRC • Year 6 Photo • Class Photos • Dance Group • Individual Photos • Family Portraits (taken at lunch) Friday 16th September: • House and Vice Captains – 9.00am • Senior Choir – 9.15am • All PSSA Team Photos Thank you, Mr Johnson and Miss Bonvini - Coordinators

P&C TRIVIA NIGHT What a fantastic night! Thanks to all the wonderful support of our sponsors

and everyone who attended. We raised over $11,000! We had over 30 sponsors from a variety of businesses and REPS families so there were lots of great prizes, silent auctions and live auction items on offer. We want to say a very big Thank you to our sponsors Bresic Whitney who attended on the night and auctioneer Romany Brooks who was absolutely fantastic as our auctioneer. Congratulations to all our winners on the night. A great big THANK YOU to our Trivia Master, Swanny (Brian Swan) who did a brilliant job on the night and with all of the trivia questions. Thank you also to the rest of the trivia committee, Siobhan Reynolds, Tully Butler and Steve Hackett who have been fantastic to work with on this event! Thank you to Lina and David Diaz who did all the marking and helped to run the night. Also to all of the wonderful helpers who came in on Saturday to set up the hall. It looked great! A big thank you to all our sponsors for the event. Your very generous donations were much appreciated and helped make the night such a success. We hope that all who attended had a great night and we look forward to doing it all again next year. Suzanne Kimpton, Steve Hackett, Siobhan Reynolds, Brian Swan and Tully Butler

ART CALENDARS – EXTRA WEEK! If you haven’t already placed your orders, it’s not too late. We have added an extra week to do so. Final Art Calendar orders are now due by this Friday 16th

September! Please place them in the P&C box in the office.

If you need an order form there is one attached at the end of the newsletter. This is a fundraising event and all profits go back to the P&C to assist our school.

Any enquiries to Tully Sharp-Butler 0414 671 923 or at tullybutler@yahoo.com.au

REPS MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON Tuesday 1st November 2016 GIDDY UP. REPS will be holding their first fundraising Melbourne Cup Luncheon at the North Ryde Golf Club Tuesday 1st November 2016

from 11.00am. Get your table organised with your friends and get dressed up! Best dressed e.g. fascinator, hat, tie will win prizes on the day. Includes a 3 course gorgeous menu, champagne, fashion parade, stalls, prizes sweeps, viewing of the live race and more! First in best dressed! Tables of 10 - $50 per head. Everyone welcome! Spread the word! Please see the attached flyer. Giddy Up. Cheers Kelly Centellas (0416) 297812 Kelly.centellas@gmail.com

REPS CANTEEN Term 4, WOW! We are organising the roster so if you have any changes or would like to come and help out at the canteen please see me in the canteen

or email me at the address below. Helpers are needed for the following dates. Please come and support the canteen and your children. Let us know if you are available to help on: WEDNESDAYS 21/9 ALL DAY HELPER FRIDAYS 23/9 ALL DAY HELPER 23/9 EBH HELPER ROSTER FOR COMING WEEK WED 14/9 EBH: Lenora Joziasse LBH: Ayesha Ahsan ALL DAY: Telesia Aminzadeh PIK: Susan Mason FRI 16/9 EBH: Melissa Holt ALL DAY: Sharon Pratt ALL DAY: Leanne Smith ALL DAY OR LATE BIRD HELPER NEEDED PIK: Melissa Holt MON 19/9 ALL DAY: Sharon Pratt EBH: Melissa Yusofzai PIK: KEY: ALL DAY 9.15 – 1.45, EBH: 9.15-11.30, LBH: 11.30-1.45 Thank you Lisa, Kelly and Tonya Canteen 98782952 or rydeeastcanteen@gmail.com

P&C MUSIC PROGRAM NEWS Well done Senior Band on your

performance at the Gold Card assembly last week! We were treated to two pieces, Stanley River Overture and George of the Jungle – two contrasting pieces that the band students voted to play. I am already looking forward to the Musical Variety Night for their next performance! MUSIC PHOTOS - TOMORROW Please note that music photos will be taken tomorrow morning, Wednesday 14th Sept. Lina has sent an email about what to wear. Senior Band – Photo is at 8.45am –please meet under the awning outside the hall at 8.30am to collect your black band shirt. Don’t forget your instruments! String Ensemble – arrive at 8.40am with violins. SOC Percussion Ensemble – arrive at 8.50am with drumsticks. Training Band – arrive at 8.40am with instruments! Lina will give you a band shirt to change into. Please arrive on time as any child who arrives late may miss out on the photo – the music photos are the first photos for the day and we can’t hold everyone else up.

2017 MUSIC PROGRAM INSTRUMENT AND PERCUSSION TRYOUT NOTES We had such a great time at the percussion and instrument tryouts days last week with many enthused students trying the various instruments. If your child would like to partake in the music program in 2017, in either the percussion or instrumental program, please return your slips to the music drawer in the front office. Remember, positions are taken on a first in first served policy. Final date for the return of the slips is Friday 23rd September. COMPOSITION COMPETITION Don’t forget to encourage your child to participate in the REPS Composition Competition, due Friday Week 3 in Term 4. It is particularly inspiring listening to students’ music creations and the winner of this competition will have the opportunity to perform their work at the Musical Variety Night. If you have any questions about the requirements, please contact Lina Diaz. MUSIC STANDS FIRE SALE! We are selling off our old music stands in a fire sale - $5 each. Please see advertisement at the end of the newsletter for further details. MUSIC DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES Week 10 – Percussion Tryouts and Instrument Tryouts ‘interest in joining the 2017 music program’ notes due Week 6, TERM 4 – Musical Variety Night, Friday 18th November

CONTACT PARENTS Coordinator: Belinda Duncan – 0417 489 269, rydeeastmusic@gmail.com Secretary: Jennifer Harrison – bluettave@yahoo.com.au Band Manager: Lina Diaz – lina.diaz888@gmail.com Instrument Manager: Carol Crane – crane.ac@gmail.com

TENNIS COURT HIRE The school tennis courts are available for hire out of school hours for a nominal fee of $20.00 per hour for each court. Contact Margie Simpson on 0407 280 864

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS - (New Uniforms only) The Uniform Shop is open every Tuesday morning from 8.45am – 9.45am or order online and have it delivered to your child’s classroom. www.picklesschoolwear.com Sara Rich – 0426 824 972

♥♥♥ Pre-Loved Uniforms ♥♥♥ Opening Time - Tuesday mornings from 8:45 - 9:30am. Pre-loved uniforms are available from the Canteen window alongside the New Uniform Shop. We are also selling 100% Cotton short-sleeve polo shirts for $27.50 each. Payment is by CASH only and notes of smaller denominations are appreciated. For any queries please contact Simone Haslehurst on 0414 965 225 or Cyndi Yu on 0430 202 071.

RYDE EAST OSHC NEWS Ryde East OSHC has its own website which can be accessed at any time. The website is www.rydeeastoshc.com.au

RYDE EAST VACATION CARE Ryde East Vacation Care program is available now. Booking ends on Friday 16th September, so book early. A range of fun action packed activities are offered to keep the kids active and entertained during the day and these activities are: • 26th Sept – (Ex) Skypeak aerial Park

Adventure

• 27th Sept – (Ex) Picnic @ Yamble Reserve • 28th Sept – (Centre) Wheels Day • 29th Sept – (Ex) Gala Fun Day Out • 30th Sept – (Inc) Creative Cartoon Day • 3rd Oct – Public holiday • 4th Oct – (Centre) Pyjama & Movie Marathon

Day • 5th Oct – (Ex) Stardust Circus • 6th Oct – (Centre) Electronics Day • 7th Oct – (Ex) Movies & McDonalds Booking forms are available on centre website http://www.rydeeastoshc.com.au OR contact Parthi on 98783773 OR email rydeeastoshc@optusnet.com.au