newsletter week 8 term 3 9 september 2020

Newsletter Week 8 Term 3 - 9 September 2020

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Ringrose Ave, Greystanes 2145 | Ph: 9631 8637 | Website: www.ringrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au| Email: [email protected]

From the Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Week 8! What a very busy, busy term it’s been. I can

assure you that our classrooms having been buzzing with learning

activities and it’s a huge credit to our teachers who have kept students settled in their

learning this term with a strong focus on daily improvement. We are engaging our

students with rigorous learning opportunities that have been well planned by

teachers.

I would like to say a big thank you to our P&C Association who made possible the

purchase and distribution of the Father’s Day Gift Bags last week for our families. This

was an incredible effort under current circumstances and I know that their

coordination of this has been well appreciated by our families! I would also like to

acknowledge their efforts in keeping both the school canteen and uniform shop open

and available to families. We are very thankful for their close attention to abiding by

strict health guidelines in continuing operations.

Currently, we have commenced processes in delivering on the new department

reform driving school excellence across the state – School Excellence in Action (SEIA).

This process has involved very rigorous evaluative thinking processes this term to

establish how our school is performing, where we are at in relation to both internal

and external student data sets, and the implications for the new 2021-2024 School

Improvement Plan (SIP). I look forward to unpacking this with you next term and

seeking your input into future aspirations and innovations to be outlined in the

strategic Directions in the SIP.

Next term, our Senior School will be participating in the ‘Middle School’ program every

Friday. This continues to be an outstanding opportunity for preparing students for the

rigours of high school including rotating six times throughout the day into different

subject focuses with a different teacher. A big thank you to Mrs

Cullen and the Stage 3 teachers who make this program so highly

successful!

Dates for your Diary

COLOUR FUN RUN

15 September

Please return

permission note with

the $5.00 entry

payment to the office.

16 September

Please return

sponsorship booklets

and money.

22 September

K-2 Colour Run

23 September

Years 3-6 Colour Run

25 September

Last day of Term 3

12 October

First day of Term 4

16 October

Middle School Program

commences

Years 5-6

Week 1 to Week 8

Every Friday

A reminder that strict

social distancing

measures are in place

to support end of day

Pick Up slots outside

our school gates.

Please be mindful to

continue to leave 1.5m

between yourselves

while waiting for your

children.

http://www.ringrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au


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A reminder that our ‘Colour Run’ in Week 10 will continue with K-2 on Tuesday 22 September and our

Yrs. 3-6 students on Wednesday 23 September. Our Senior School students have been actively

publicising this event through the creation of posters, assembly reports and in class visits.

Lastly, we are commencing sourcing links with Cumberland Council and local businesses to establish a

new ‘bush regeneration’ program in our playground along the side fence corridor. The intention of the

‘Regenerating the Cumberland Plains’ project is to help sustain our native flora and fauna. This project

will also provide more shade and provide students with the opportunity to engage in further

understanding of the richness and diversity of our Cumberland area. If there are any families who can

add value or bring expertise to the project, I would welcome your thoughts and input.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Loughhead

(Principal)


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Dear Parents and Carers,

New Online Enrolment System

We are excited to announce we will be rolling out the new Online Enrolment

System from Monday, 14 September 2020.

The Online Enrolment System is designed to provide flexibility for our parents to submit an enrolment

application online and at the time that best suits you. The application can be accessed on all browsers

and mobile devices including iOS and Android.

The online application process is currently restricted to:

Enrolments into local schools only

Children who are Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens or permanent residents

Children who live in NSW.

We offer our support and encourage you to complete your application to enrol online. If, however, you

do not feel comfortable completing an application online, a paper copy will be available for collection

from the front office or can be downloaded from the school’s website.

Further information about online enrolment can be found on the Department of Education website

https://education.nsw.gov.au/parents-and-carers/online-enrolment-for-nsw-public-schools

Tell Them From Me-Student Survey

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a

Department of Education initiative: The Tell Them From Me student feedback survey, the second one,

for our students in Years 4-6. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic

achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing,

engagement and effective teaching practices. Both surveys are an important opportunity for our

students to voice what they are thinking as we can use this information to continue our journey of

excellence.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. It is conducted online and typically takes less than

30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 14 September and

23 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form has been sent home with students in Years 4-6. If you do not want your child or children

to participate, please return the form to school by Thursday 10 September.

Thank you,

Mrs Zugna

Deputy Principal


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Seven Steps to Writing competition

Stage 3 have some budding authors who participated in the Seven Steps Narrative Writing Competition

and we are very proud of the stories they produced. Each of the entries are extremely creative and very

well written. The students used lots of figurative language which was a huge focus in Stage 3 and of

course their narratives were written using all of the seven steps. These include: plan for success, sizzling

starts, tightening tension, dynamic dialogue, show, don't tell, ban the boring and exciting endings. All of

the narratives had me hooked from the very beginning! Check out their sizzling starts.

A Visit to the Past

“They ate biscuits with weevils in them! What even are weevils?” Lachie exclaimed, as he stared at an

information screen in front of the convict ship display. Like all of Kyle’s friends, he had been very

annoyed when he found out about the excursion to the museum. “History is boring,” Lachie had

groaned. Kyle struggled with most schoolwork, history included. He had thought the museum looked kind

of cool, but he would never say that to his friends.

“I think weevils are some sort of bug,” Kyle offered tentatively.

“Ewww! That’s so gross! Still, they deserved it. Convicts were criminals. Who cares about them,” Lachie

said as he turned his back on the display, motioning for Kyle to follow. Suddenly, the ground lurched

beneath Kyle’s feet. He thrust a hand out behind him, searching for something to steady himself with,

but found nothing. He stumbled, and nearly fell, regaining his balance at the last moment. Eyes closed,

he breathed in deeply and a foul smell assaulted his nostrils, he gagged as he identified it as vomit. The

noise of his classmates around him faded away, and was replaced by sick groans and faint murmuring.

He had the strange feeling that he was on a boat, which was swaying gently on the waves. That couldn’t

be possible! Kyle opened his eyes slowly and reeled with shock at the sight of the vast ocean before him.

Sebastian 5/6W

A Visit to the Past As the moon shined as bright as an incandescent light bulb and soared high in the beautiful night sky, it

was peaceful and quiet. The night was soothing and calm, shining stars gently twinkled and the

occasional owl flew right past the lovely suburb of Mount Hill. However, the sweet serene sedate

situation broke as the sound of a skateboard rolling approached the railway station at the far end of

town. As the mysterious rolling sound halted, a teenage boy sprinted onto the railway and stood as still

as a statue. As he waited patiently on the long stretch of rail, a deafening honk of a train seemed to be

approaching the teenager. But curiously enough, it wasn’t an everyday train you see at the train station.

In fact, it was a self-propelled storage car and just before hitting the teenager, it came to a stop.

However, something unknown came out of the ominous car. A blinding flash of light radiated from the

car and out came a sleek, silver, shiny steam train.

Mathieu 5/6W


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Silver Awards

Mistaken Identity “Hey, George wait up”! I yelled from across the hall. “Why didn’t you come to

my party last night”? I asked, puffed out from running.

“I was busy” He replied with his head down. He was acting shy which was

unusual. It was very strange for George to be quiet. He was usually bouncing

around with energy in the morning.

“Are you okay? You seem upset”? I asked. George kept his head down and

continued walking further ahead. He wanted nothing to do with me.

Summer Abboud 5/6W

Mistaken Identity

Click Clack! Tin rollers putt along the hard rocky earth, as swiftly as a runaway

train. Kangaroos jump by and platypus dive into a cool murky river. Rough

hands seize me from behind, and in the distance, I hear the ringing of the

wake-up bell piercing through my dreams. “Anne, come on!” Mary yells

forcefully, as the bright rays of morning sun make my eyes tingle.

By Lily 5/6M

The Astonishing Bicycle Crisp, golden-brown autumn leaves fell peacefully, as the last rays of gleaming

shimmering sunlight danced playfully on the soft ends of the evergreen grass.

Amber wished it could stay that way forever. She found it the perfect scene to

tell her crush, Luka Cassidy, that she loved him. The grass let out shrill crunches

as she trudged through the needles with her boots. The thirteen-year-old was

so lost in thought that she didn’t realise she was taking the long way home to

Fauna Grove.

By Danielle 5/6M

Antasia KB

Kody KB

Adam KB

Lavinya KB

Aaron KM

Adalyn KM

Ethan KM

Arjun KM

Puneeth 1A

Ella 1A

Natalia 1H

Taleen 1H

Ibrahim 1/2E

Puneesh 1/2E

Julie 1/2E

Tiara 1/2E

Aimen 1/2E

Paul 1/2E

Aaliyah 1/2E

Adam 1/2E

Indyana 1/2E

Meekaa 2/3R

Angel 3M

Kian 3M

Laura 3M

Hesham 4S

Aydin 4S

Shaylar 5/6C

Noor 5/6C

Cassie 5/6C

Christina 5/6C

Madison 5/6M

Peter 5/6M

Alexander 5/6M


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Roy Ringrose has visited

1H this week!

Roy Ringrose 1H

I had a great time visiting the 1H students, Mrs Holloway and Mrs Chen this the

week. I saw the students learning about so many interesting things!

This term I learnt that 1H have been learning how to write persuasives texts. I was so impressed with

the quality of their writing. They wrote many persuasive pieces of writing including that we shouldn’t

squish ants and that dogs make better pets than cats. Their writing was very persuasive! Have a look

at the photo of some of their Wow Work!

During Smiling Minds this week students learnt the skill of savouring. We got to practice mindfulness

while eating lots of yummy foods like strawberries and chocolate. It made us slow down and fully

pay attention to the experience of eating.

Math lessons were also fun filled this week! We learnt about length. We compared the length of

different objects in the classroom, measured things using cubes and even measured ourselves using

cubes!

I also got to see how talented the students are at drawing. As part of their health lesson we learnt

that we are all unique. So students drew self-portraits to show how we are all different. Some of the

self-portraits are in the office to check out.

On Friday I got to see the students participate in

development play. It was so much fun! Some of the

activities were conducting experiments about

instruments and exploring how to make sounds

louder and quieter, learning how to running a fruit

shop and post office and using puppets to learn

how to solve problems.

I was so impressed with 1H and how their all tried

their best this week! Thanks for having me visit

your class!

Roy Ringrose


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Office Foyer Display - Week 8 Term 4

|1H –Mrs Holloway and Mrs Chen |


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Library News

eBorrowing

While we are unable to do physical borrowing of books, we still

have a great range of eBooks available through Wheelers

(https://ringrose.wheelers.co/), which you can also access through

Oliver Library (via the student portal). Students will need to be logged

into their school account. If you have any questions about borrowing

ebooks please email me at [email protected]

during school hours.

For any Library books you still have at home, please keep them there. We will advise when you should

bring them back to school. No overdues are being enforced at this time. Any enquiries please forward

to [email protected].

Book Club

Issue 6 is now open. Please NO CASH PAYMENTS. See the flyer below to the newsletter for how to

order by LOOP. Thank you to those who have already placed their order. Please order by tomorrow -

10th September. The books will be distributed to students when they arrive at school.

Mrs Kranenburg

Teacher Librarian

https://ringrose.wheelers.co/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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Pssst… It’s a P & C Update!

FATHER’S DAY MYSTERY GIFT BAGS Thanks to everyone who supported our Father’s Day fundraiser, we hope all the

Ringrose dads and grandads had a wonderful Father’s Day. We are pleased to

announce that we raised a total of $1440 which will go towards resources for the

school later in the year.

CANTEEN ONLINE ORDERING NOW AVAILABLE!

Our testing phase is now complete, and all families are now invited to sign up for an account with

‘My Kids Lunchbox’, a web-based ordering system. We believe you will find this a convenient way

of using the canteen and encourage everyone to sign up and give it a go! The website is

https://mykidslunchbox.com.au. A full user guide and further information should have been received as

a note home with your child/ren, but is also available for download on our Ringrose Parents Facebook

page and the Skoolbag app.

Please remember our canteen is OPEN WED-FRI for LUNCH ORDERS ONLY – no recess.

UNIFORM SHOP

With the warmer weather arriving, it might be time to look at your summer uniform needs.

Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 restrictions we are still unable to have the shop open for try-ons or

on the spot purchases, but can take orders via our Skoolbag app. If you are unsure of sizes, we will

exchange items with a receipt if they are in their original condition. Please return to the office with a

note explaining what you would like, and it will be processed on the next uniform shop day (Thursday

each week).

Kindergarten 2021

Enrolments now open

Enrolment forms for next year’s Kindergarten students can be collected from the School Office.

Please complete the form and return it with your child’s:

Birth Certificate

Proof of Residential Address (Rates notice, lease agreement etc)

Visa or Permanent Resident Documentation (if applicable)

Immunisation records (Medicare Immunisation History Statement or Blue Book)

Passport (Parents must also provide proof of citizenship if born overseas)

Health / Medical Needs / Medication Documentation (if applicable)

All original documents can be photocopied in the School Office.

Please refer to school website for further information.

https://mykidslunchbox.com.au/


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