into the unknown with grades 3/4 · into the unknown with grades 3/4 this term in area 2, grade 3/4...
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Issue Number 17
June 18th 2018
Dates To Remember
Term Dates for 2018
2 April16-June 29
3 July 16– September 21
4 October 8– December 21
Your school community is here to help. If
you have any comments, concerns or praise,
please speak to your child’s teacher, the
principal or a School Council member.
2018 Curriculum Days
Friday 17th August
Monday 5th November
June
Richmond Primary School
85 Brighton Street Richmond 3121
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www.richmondps.vic.edu.au
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16 Term 3 begins
21 3/4 Expo Afternoon, 2.10
26 Reports Go Home
27 Gr 5/6 Expo Afternoon
29 Term Ends
INTO THE UNKNOWN WITH GRADES 3/4
This Term in Area 2, Grade 3/4 students have been learning all about Explorers in our History unit, ‘Into the Unknown’. Students have looked at what explorers have achieved, how they have changed the world globally and on a more local scale in Australia. In Week 5 ,we visited the Old Treasury Building, where we learnt about what Melbourne was like prior to European settlement and how the discovery of gold shaped our city. We also did a learning walk through Fitzroy Gardens and found out about Captain Cook’s cottage. It was a rich learning ex-perience and we’d like to take this chance to thank our parent helpers who came along for the day. To celebrate and present our learning for the Term, we will be having a whole area afternoon showcase on Thursday the 21st of June; parents and family members will be welcome to come and take a look at the presenta-tions and movies the children have created. It begins at 2:10pm in the 3/4 area.
Now onto some sad news; you will have all heard by now that the one and only Nick Buckley will be going off to face new challenges in Kenya at the end of this Term. We wish him the best of luck on the next chapter of his life and look for-ward to hearing all about African adventures. Thank you for all the incredible work you have done, not only in 3/4 but at Richmond Primary over your time here. You will definitely be missed! Make sure you come and say goodbye and good luck to Nick before the end of term.
After a busy but extremely enjoyable start to the Term, Area 2 is looking forward to a relaxing winter break!
The 3/4 team, Sarah, Josh, Jordy and Nick.
Term3– July
News From School Council
Following feedback from the school community, students and teachers, School Council on Wednesday night approved the plan to renovate the corridor space beside the Grade 3/4 area into a new classroom.
Thank you to all those who responded to our survey. As you can see in the graph below this renovation option was first choice for the majority of respondents. There were a number of comments expressing concern for the loss of valuable playspace which would come with the installation of a relocatable building. There was also concerns expressed about losing our Library space to being a classroom. We hope that by completing this corridor renovation that both these may be avoided for the near future and allow us to have more flexibility in how our different classes are organised. A number of comments were focussed on ways the school may pursue fund raising toward building a 4 room level above the current building. Such an option would cost about $4 million+ which would be a huge fund raising challenge (we are raising currently about $100,000 each year.) This type of option could only be achieved with a significant government contribution.
I would again like to thank all our respondents. Your feedback is important as it will help inform our School Review which will be conducted by DET in Term 1 of 2019. Your comments and insights will be included as part of this process and will help us in developing our next 4 year Strategic Plan.
The next step is to get our planning concept for the area approved by the Department of Education and then to engage our architect in beginning the design for this space.
A big factor will be our enrolment numbers for 2019. We will know more about this after our Prep Enrolment application process closes at the end of term. I will let the school community know in Term 3 what the profile will look like for next year.
Dean Banova
Principal
Last Wednesday some students from Grade 3-6 went to division cross country at Boroondara. We all had heaps of fun even though it was windy and cold. We all tried really hard, and well done to these students that got through: Gemma Gowans, Archer Donaldson and Grace Morriss. Good luck to them at regionals this week. Thanks to Cecilia(student teacher),Gary and Russell for helping us at cross country.
By Kaitlen Swenson and Lucy Mansfield.
OUR CHAMPIONS FROM THE DIVISION
CROSS COUNTRY
Grade Prep S
Nate Corker
For your excellent recount writing Nate, you have been adding some fantastic detail to your writing and it has been great to see you challenge yourself in your learning! Well-done.
Prep J
Cahaya Fuller
For the excellent progress she
has made with her reading this
term. Well done Cahaya!
Prep A
Sebastian Acquilina
For writing such fabulous
Investigation Time recounts. You
are doing a great job with your
WOW words and your linking
words. Keep it up!
Grade 1/2 L
Erik Mosley
For your incredible spelling skills! You are whizzing through your magic words. Keep up the amazing work Erik!!
Grade 5/6 E
Neve Webb
For persistence and effort in maths, I love how you always strive for success and motivate the peers around you. Well done Neve!
Grade 1/2 S
Anya Welbourn
Congratulations Anya for working so hard on your writing. Your space story is coming along beautifully!!
Grade 5/6R
Luca Beattie-Stocklinger
For your improved focus and attitude this week. I have been impressed with your work this week. You have set a good example for other students to Luc-at!
Grade 3/4 J
Francesca Van Vliet
For constructing some amazing iMovie creations. You have been able to use a variety of camera angles and cinema-tography techniques to make your work look extremely professional. What an amazing talent!
Grade 3/4 N
Charlie Cowley
For your outstanding Read Around The World presentation about Ireland and for responding so well to your 'iPad break'. Charlie, you have shown such maturity recently and I am so proud of you! Well done!
Grade 3/4 S
Arielle Hopkinson
For the fantastic improvements you’ve made this term, from writing to your read-ing responses. Keep up the great work Arielle!
Grade 3/4 C
Sam Mincone
For your impressive diary entry you wrote from the perspective of the explorer Vasco da Gama. It really felt like you were him and were completing the voyage through Portugal on the ship. Keep up the great writing Sam!
Grade 1/2 T Phobe Johnston
For being a wonderful friend for all of your peers in 1/2 T. You are al-ways one of the first ones to offer your help whenever it may be needed. Keep it up Phoebe!
Grade 1/2J
Rachael Fraser
For the focus you put into your learning, and the awesome effort you made com-pleting learning tasks on your recent holiday. Well done for being such a self-motivated learner Rachael!
This week’s clue:
Rearrange the letters in this Grade 4 student’s name, and you’ll have something you spend to make game machines work.
Last week’s clue:
This Grade 5 student’s name rhymes with what you call any language that doesn’t come from your own
country.
Answer: LAUREN Stowell 5/6E (The language would
be ‘foreign’.)
Grade 1/2P
Nick Karakostas
For all the hard work and planning he put into his ‘’Superhero’ narra-tive. A fantastic effort. Well done!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
BLYTHE AND KATE
Congratulations to Blythe on the safe arrival
of Oona, and, to Kate on the birth of Rueben
Arthur.. Mothers and babies are safe and
thriving.
SRC DRESS UP DAY
FRIDAY 22 June
Come dressed as a hero
or, someone you admire.
PIZZA DAY
June 22nd
Selling your house? Mention RPS at the time of listing and Biggin & Scott Richmond will donate $1,000.00 to the school. They will also donate $500.00 to the school for every new management property signed up, where RPS is mentioned.
RPS Writing Program
Some of you will have noticed, in our student reports, reference to Writers Notebook. Writers Notebook is an im-portant supplement to our formal writing framework, 6 Traits +1 of Writing. Students enjoy this weekly writing experi-ence of unpacking what it is like to be a writer, and spreading the experience out on the page according to their own imaginative interpretation of life and story. Their Notebooks are for experimenting with writing text types such as poetry, narrative, reports and procedures. Writers investigate ideas and delve into the vocabulary that supports these ideas. They plan their writing with drawings and diagrams and THEY make the decisions about which ideas will end up as a ‘published’ piece of writing. We want them to feel like writers. Teachers support students in conferences to keep improving as writers.
At RPS we adopted 6 Traits +1 of Writing four years ago as a framework for formal teaching of writing. The 6 + 1 Traits are: Ideas, Organisation, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions plus Presentation. Please feel free to talk to any of our teachers if you would like more information about our Writing Program.
Kate Finlay
Literacy Coordinator