RPS Chatter June 2024

Is it just me, or has there been a sudden change in the weather? Goodbye to that glorious Autumn mild temperature, Melbourne Winter has well and truly arrived! The cooler weather means the winter jumpers and jackets are back in full swing. It also is the season where jumpers and jackets tend to get lost. Don’t forget to label your child’s clothes, that way they usually find their way back home.

We have had a busy few weeks at school, from excursions and incursions to District Sports and Pizza Day. A highlight last week was welcoming parents and carers into the classrooms for our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) opening morning. I am extremely lucky in my role and I get to be involved in teaching and learning across the school, and regularly visit and work in classrooms from Foundation to Year 6. It is great to see the teaching and learning in the STEM space at RPS throughout the classrooms and the students develop their skills in questioning, creativity, communication, collaboration and problem solving.

 

A reminder of a few upcoming important dates this term

• King’s Birthday Public Holiday – Monday 10th of June
• Cyber Safety Incursion All Year Levels- Tuesday 18th June
• RPS Arts Gala – Thursday 20th of June
• Year 5 / 6 Winter Gala- Friday 21st of June
• Year 3 / 4 excursion to Scienceworks- Wednesday 26th June
• Teeth on Wheels- Thursday 27th June and Friday 28th June
• Last Day of Term 2 Finish at 2pm– Friday 28th June

 

Have a wonderful long weekend! 🙂

Hayley

Just a reminder that we have Teeth On Wheels visiting our school for dental check-ups and oral health education starting on the 27/06/2024.

Please click on the link below to complete your child’s consent form.

Teeth On Wheels Consent Form 

Please complete your form today and the Teeth On Wheels team will be in contact to schedule your child’s appointment and notify you on your eligibility. If you are not eligible, Teeth On Wheels will offer you a special deal of $99 for the full check-up, oral cancer screening, clean, fluoride treatment and any x-rays if required (this can be claimed back through your private health insurance).

For any further questions, please contact the Teeth On Wheels team on (03) 9338 1191.

PLEASE NOTE, THE CUT OFF DATE FOR COMPLETING YOUR CHILD’S FORM IS 20/06/2024.

Kindly Press Here for a step-by-step instruction on how to sign-up!

 

 

As part of our school’s commitment to becoming an eSmart School we are required to build our student’s knowledge on how to be safe in the cyber world. This is also a requirement of the Department of Education’s Child Safe policies.

We have engaged the Cyber Safety Project to deliver an incursion on Tuesday 18th of June. Each year level will be attending this incursion in separate sessions, targeted towards their learning needs.

The cost of the incursion is $13, consent and payment can be made through Compass by Monday 17 June.

STEM Open Morning and Pizza Day

 

On Thursday 30th May Richmond Primary School held an open morning. This year’s theme, Spotlight on STEM, highlighted the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in our everyday lives, in the classroom and beyond. On this day we also held our second Pizza Day for 2024. A big thank you to The Royal Saxon for providing the dough and Luke for his support running the day.

 

In Reading and Writing students have been learning about the features of a Procedural texts, as well as analysing debates. We can’t wait to watch these in action. In Maths, students have been learning about prime, composite, factors and multiples, and learning about division and exponents indices.

In Inquiry, the students have been working on science reports to take action, and beginning to start their individual projects.

On the 30th of May, we held our termly pizza day, raising over $1300 for the Year 6 Graduation. Thanks to everyone that helped Luke during the day, and supported the event.

 

 

Winter Holiday Program

 

 

Year 1/2

• Camilla B – For being a reliable and hardworking student. You are a star!

 

Year 3/4

 

• Grace W – For being such a positive, caring and hard-working student. It’s been great to see you share you ideas and give everything a go. Well done Gracie!!
• Rosie W – Being a fantastic role model and leader in our class, always trying her best, and writing an amazing information report on Lyrebirds. Well done superstar!

 

Year 5/6

 

• Ben C – Ben, your determination with your writing is infectious. You should be very proud of the effort and creativity that you put into your writing pieces. Well done on your information report about Galapagos Tortoises. Keep up the good work Ben!

Please see the below list of extracurricular activities that you can enrol your child into for 2024:

Code Camp: Tuesdays, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Drama lessons: Thursdays, Lunch Time

Music Lessons: Individual Bookings

Tennis Lessons:  Wednesdays & Thursdays, 8:10AM – 8:50AM

Dance Lessons: Wednesday’s, Lunch Time

Chess Club: Fridays, 8:00AM – 8:50AM

If you are interested in any of the above activities for your child, please see the links below for further information.

• Code Camp (currently full, but accepting bookings for Term 3)
• Drama Lessons
• Music lessons
• Tennis Lessons
• Dance Class
• Chess Club