Dear Parents and Carers

Well done to all the staff and students who dressed up for our ‘Escape to Everywhere’ Book

Week Dress up Day! The costumes looked amazing. Thank you to all parents and caregivers for your support of Book Week and Book Fair last week.

Faction Carnival What an awesome display of sportsmanship and athleticism at our

Faction Carnival yesterday. It was lovely to see so many students involved in all events and enjoying the day.

Special thanks to the P&C volunteers who ran the Sausage Sizzle,

Cake Stall and helped in the canteen. The P&C continue to be very supportive of the Faction Carnival and donated many ribbons and trophies.

Thank you to Mrs Jackson who spends many hours each year

organising and preparing for the day and the events, as well as practising with the students beforehand. Thank you also to both teachers and support staff from the Primary and Education Support

Schools whose contributions and efforts are also greatly appreciated.

NAPLAN Year 3 and 5 students NAPLAN reports were sent home yesterday. A pamphlet outlining how to read your child’s report was enclosed. If you require any further information please see your

child’s teacher. An overview, from a whole school perspective, will be shared in a future newsletter.

Thank you

Cherie Dobbs

Principal

Riverside Primary School, Phone: 9534 0300, Principal: Cherie Dobbs http://riversideps.wa.edu.au

P&C President: Mrs Vivienne Cantem Riverside Education Support Centre, Phone: 9534 0328

Thursday 31st August

1.40pm School Assembly - Room 12 Thursday 7th & Friday 8th September Pre-Primary - Year 6 School Photos

Week 6 Term 3

24 August 2017

NEWSLETTER

Book Week / Book Fair

Thank you to all the families who visited Book Fair and to

the students, with the support of their parents, made this year’s Book Week Dress Up Day our best ever.

Visiting Author Program

In September, the Year 4 students at Riverside Primary School will be fortunate to have a visiting author session with acclaimed author and illustrator, James Foley. The visit is sponsored by the combined Rotary Clubs of Mandurah.

Thank you also to Rotary for the donation of James Foley books to the school Library.

Riverside Family Playgroup

Last Wednesday, a small but enthusiastic group of parents and children participated in our first day of Playgroup. Playgroup will take place each Wednesday in the Community Room from 9:00-10:30. It is open to children from 0-4 years of age and their families. Please bring a hat for your child and a piece of fruit to share and come!

Faction/House Points

Red 705 Gold 687 Green 652 Blue 550

School Photo Day

Pre-Primary -Year 6

Week 8

Thursday 7th & Friday 8th September

Kapture photo envelopes were sent home with

students on Thursday. Parent information from

Kapture has been sent home outlining the

ordering & payment process.

A copy of this is available from the School office

if you did not receive one.

WOOLWORTHS

EARN & LEARN

Thank you to those families who have already brought completed sticker sheets to the library.

Please continue to bring in sticker sheets so that the library can purchase some more

great resources for the school.

Story Dogs Come to Riverside

We would like to welcome our Story Dog volunteers to our school. The Story Dogs program is a volunteer program dedicated to make reading fun for children, so they become confident, lifelong readers.

We are very fortunate to have two volunteers, along with their dogs Poppy and Seth, working with our Year 2 and Year 3 students. The volunteers visit the school once a week to work with a small group of children to help them develop their reading skills.

Enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and December/January school holidays.

With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children can swim competently and safely is a must for all families.

Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim in lessons conducted at pools and open water venues across the State.

VacSwim is for all children - from beginners through to advanced survival, rescue and resuscitation.

Congratulations to these junior readers who have achieved their targets. Keep up the awesome effort!

100 Nights 150 Nights

Rm 12 Kandee Focus Rm 15 Jasmine Chance

Rm 16 Adele Rm 17 Isabella Matthew Rm 18 Riley L

Rm 23 Marley Jake Rm 24 Bonnie Alexander

Rm 23 Kelsie Ella-Jay Joselyn Tnisha

Rm 15 Lucy Bailey W Rm 16 Summer Cienna

Rm 17 Amira Anna Rm 23 Konnor Isabelle

Rm 24 Aaliyah Ella Neev Beth

RIBIT Home Reading

New P&C BBQ purchased from the gold coin donations, Sports Fever Day!

Thanks again to everyone who donated. Pictured with the Canteen Sub Committee from left to right Bianca, Lauren, Amanda & Lori Canteen Convenor, (Kristy absent).

Welcomed girls & boys aged 5 - 99 not out! Easy online registration playcricket.com.au

search: Mandurah Junior Cricket Club 6210 Open Day 11 –2 Sun 10/09

P 0468 476 522

Meadow Springs Sport Facility on Oakmont Avenue

Email: mandurahjcc.registrar@gmail.com

Student Artwork Display at the 2017 WACSSO (The Western Australian Council of State School Organisations).

The Conference was held at Crown on the weekend. The P&C would like to thank Teachers who submitted pieces for the display.

Fresh Fruit Friday Family Fun Day

Parents/grandparents of Year 1 students are invited to join their chil-dren/grandchildren in a Fresh Fruit Friday Family Fun Day at 8:50 am on Friday 8

th September. The children will participate in outdoor games

followed by eating fresh fruit. You are invited to spectate or participate in the games and then join the children eating a healthy fruit picnic.

Please bring along a picnic rug and some fruit to eat with your children/grandchildren.

Parents/grandparents of Year 1 students who attend will receive a free raffle ticket in the fruit platter draw.

Normal classes will resume at 9:50am.