RPS Chatter October (2) 2023

Can you believe there are still 8½ week to go until the end of the school year?!  Personally, I’m struggling with all the Christmas promotions as I walk up and down the supermarket aisles that are already appearing….We have to many things to do before I can even start to think about being organised for Christmas.

 

How often do you read?

 

Did you know that if your child ready every day (or is read to) for just 10 minutes, they will be exposed to over 600,000 words in a year.  20 minutes a day results in more than 1,800,000 word exposure in a year!  Dr Seuss wisely said “The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more places you’ll go.”  Reading for a variety of purposes broadens a child’s horizon and creates opportunities in the future.

We recommend that children read a home as often as possible (in an ideal world that would be every day).  Sometimes it can be a fine line between providing the challenge for your child’s reading to improve and making the reading task to difficult and boring so the child loses interest.  We want to ensure that you child develops their reading skills to their greatest level whilst maintaining a love of reading and literature.  Some of the books your child chooses to bring home will be the books that they are able to read by themselves, so will be more suitable for you to read together, and some will be best suited for you to read to your child.  All these situations are valuable reading experiences for children.

 

Should I stay or should I go?

 

Planning for the 2024 school year is in full swing! To assist us in making sure we are ready for next year, if you or anyone you know hasn’t enrolled or intends on not being a part of our school community in 2024, could you please let us know as soon as possible.

Which leads me to the next point…… later this term we will start the complex process of placing students into classes for 2024.  We spend many hours undertaking this important work, which considers variables such as (but not limited to):

• Academic ability and performance
• Working habits (e.g. ability to work independently)
• Classroom behaviour
• Social network/friendships
• Social maturity and personality
• Special needs (e.g. siblings/twins/family members)
• Other factors such as anxiety.

During this process, changes and adjustments to the proposed class groups are made over several weeks.  Draft class lists are then submitted to the Leadership team for final ratification and then finally teachers are assigned to class groups.  For the record, teachers do not ever pick students to be in their class, all classes are assigned by the Principal Class team (i.e. Nerida and myself) once the groups are decided.

If families have any requests for placement of children on educational grounds, please send me an email (megan.dell@education.vic.gov.au) no later than Friday 10th November.  It is an important goal that we place children in a happy and secure learning environment.  Requests from previous years become dated in terms of relevance, so we will only consider information from the past twelve months.

 

Swimming

 

This is your little reminder that our swimming program for Foundation – Year 2 commences on Monday.  Years 3 – 5 will be the following week.  Remember to pack clean underwear, bathers and a towel each the program occurs.  If you have any questions, make sure you touch base with your child’s classroom teacher.

 

COLOUR RUN

 

Fingers crossed the weather says like this for next Friday for our 2023 COLOUR RUN!  Get sponsors and outfits ready…because it’s gong to be lots of fun (if last year is anything to go by).  On personal note, I’m hoping the slime is warmer than last year!

That’s all from me this week.  I look forward to seeing you around the school ground.

Stay safe.  Stay healthy.  Stay happy and remember to be kind to yourself and others.

Megan 😊

 

Pizza day

On Tuesday the 16th we had our final pizza day!!!🍕🍕🍕🍕

Thank you to everyone who came with two dollars or more.

We just wanted to give the Royal Saxon a big thank you for gifting their delicious dough for all four of our pizza days, everyone enjoyed every single bite! It was a great day for the last pizza day for the year sixes! Another thank you to Dimmi Mavridis, for the wood that we used! The final thank you to our school community for donating to enjoy our scrumptious pizzas that we will put towards the year six graduation! Making pizzas is so fun!!

 

 

 

Newsletter, Important Dates & Curriculum Day

 

 

 

 

Year 1/2

 

• Ky P – For his outstanding commitment to his reading this year and challenging himself to track his thinking in different ways. Go Ky!
• Hannah G -For your enthusiasm during our multiplication lessons. You displayed excellent problem solving skills and shared your thinking with the class with great confidence. Well done Hannah! Keep up the fantastic work 🙂
• Jude F – I have loved seeing the way you show kindness to your classmates. You have been such a huge help in the classroom, and have been trying so hard to stay on task when we do writing! Keep it up!

 

Year 3/4

 

• Arthur O – For sharing great ideas in our bridge designing Inquiry task. Great job Engineer Arthur!
• Michael V – For the amazing focus you showed in our memory game. Well done Michael!
• Mia S – You understands your strengths as a learner and how to adapt things to this. You have grown into such a confident learner, especially in Literacy. I can’t wait to see what you achieve next!
• Oliver W – For embracing your growth mindset and consistently attaining remarkable achievements in every lesson. Keep up the outstanding effort!
• Anna W – Anna, your boundless enthusiasm for learning is truly commendable, and you should take great pride in the dedication you display every day.

 

Year 5/6

 

• Audrey D – For a more than Audr-inary start to Term 4. I have been super impressed with your diligence, attitude and persistence. Keep it up!
• Charlie C – Your insightful contributions to finding out about our Inquiry unit, Sustainability and Interdependence. You have shown particular interest in the topic which has led to some impressive discussions. Well done!
• Seb A – Seb is a superstar and has continued to show such strong motivation and dedication towards all tasks at school. He is a consistently positive and friendly face in our classroom. Well done on a great year Seb! I know you will continue to shine for the rest of the term and as a Grade 6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why can’t a leopard hide?

Because he’s always spotted

 

 

 

Please see the below list of activities that you can enrol your child into for Term 4:

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.

• Drama Lessons
• Music lessons
• Tennis Lessons
• Dance Class
• Chess Club