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Ringrose Ave, Greystanes 2145 | Ph: 9631 8637 | www.ringrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

From the Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a fantastic day we had yesterday at our Grandparent’s and Book Character Parade! The costumes were fantastic and the support from our families brilliant! A big special thank you to both Mrs Colluci and Mrs Thurley for coordinating this event. The memories on these sort of days stay with the children forever!

A big congratulations also to our Senior Soccer boys who entered the Wanderer’s Soccer Day Cup Finals last week on a wild card entry. Not only did we have a very successful day we also defeated the school who knocked us out earlier in the year! Fantastic effort boys and thank you to our super coach Mrs Cullen.

Coming up in the next 4 weeks, we have our Kindergarten Kickstart Orientation program for our 2018 Kindy students. I would like to welcome you all and I know that you will be well looked after! Thank you Miss Twarloh for your organisation and allowing our new students to start to transition into ‘big school’. If you know of a local family that still has not enrolled, can you please encourage them to do soon as we have commenced our planning for these students to ensure a smooth start in 2018.

Coming up on Tuesday 14 November (Wk. 6), I would like to invite all parents and carers to one of two sessions we are running in relation to future directions in the new 2018-2020 School Plan. These meetings will be held at 9:15am and 5:30pm respectively in the School Library. We will look at what we have achieved over the past three years and where we believe we need to head to next. Of particular note, I will be unpacking the plans for the future inclusive of:

Embedding more explicit Formative Assessment into the student learning and teaching cycle to ensure that all student needs are met. Incorporating ‘Effective Feedback’ into the learning cycle to increase student engagement. An in-depth whole school focus on Writing.

Continuation of evidence based early literacy and numeracy programs. The incorporation of an off-class Assistant Principal to take on the role of Instructional Leader working closely with the Principal and all teachers on their pedagogy approaches.

Discussing the formation of a boy’s education class for Years 2 and 3 next year.

I have already discussed the possibilities with teachers and looked at the data carefully that supports these directions. The upcoming opportunities are very exciting and I look forward to discussing them all with you further. At the parent meetings, we will also present some of the data that supports the mind set behind the future directions.

Lastly, our formal school blazers for special events and leadership activities have arrived at the school. Thank you to Mrs Cutajar and Mrs Harris for organising them! They have been purchased as the gift to the school from monies raised by the 2016 Year 6 students. The blazers look amazing and we will be starting to use them. If you’d like to pop into the office, we have one on display.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Loughhead

Dates for your Diary

Thurs 02/11

Uniform Shop / School Banking- 8:30

Fri 03/11

K-6 Assembly - 2:00pm (ICAS Mathematics and English certificates will be presented.)

Fri 03/11

PSSA

Mon 06/11

Book Club orders due

Thurs 09/11

Kindy Kickstart Orientation #1

Fri 10/11

Cookie Dough Orders Due - Canteen

Mon 13/11

Selective HS Entry for 2019 - Online Applications close today

Wed 15/11

P&C Meeting - 7:00pm

Thurs 16/11

Kindy Kickstart Orientation #2

Thurs 23/11

Kindy Kickstart Orientation #3

Wed 06/12

Presentation Day

Fri 15/12

Last Day of Term 4

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Roy Ringrose has visited 4/5S this week!

Today I had the pleasure of visiting 4/5S and saw all the

students working with their grandparents on a fantastic

activity. The students were creating word clouds

on the character Auggie from the book ‘Wonder’

which they had spent a term reading and

discussing.

I also saw many interesting book characters from

a range of wonderful books such as Dr Seuss,

Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland and much

more. It was wonderful to see the students get

into the spirit of things and dress up as one of

their favourite book characters.

It was such a fun day to go and visit 4/5S today!

Gold Awards

Silver Awards

Office Foyer Display - Week 4 Term 4

| 4/5S- Miss Smajlagic |

Charbel KT

Emily KW

Mohammad KW

Daniel KW

Izzy 1R

Mikaella 1/2O

Jahnavi 1/2O

Sapphire 1/2O

Joel 2C

Lily 2C

Emelene 3M

Amne 3/4D

Annalise 3/4D

Jessica 3/4D

Talon 4H

Ethan 4H

Jack 5C

Ryan 5C

Gohar KT

Jacinta KT

Lara KW

Sanat KW

Pranshu KW

Marcus KW

Baran KW

Amelia 1C

Hesham 1C

Yaseen 1R

Aydin 1/2O

Aiden 1/2O

Issa 1/2O

Anthony 1/2O

Ryan 2C

Luca 2C

Paul 2C

Harrison 2C

Adam 2R

Alanah 3M

Azaan 3M

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Intention to apply for Year 7 entry to a

selective high school in 2019

If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school

entry in 2019, you need to apply online by Monday 13 November 2017. You

will need to apply on the internet using a valid email address.

The application website opens at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7 on 10 October 2017 and closes on 13 November 2017. You must apply before the closing date. If you have any questions regarding selective high school entry please see Miss

Smajlagic.

Silver Awards

Canteen Roster - Term 4

Week 5

Mon 06/11 - Amy Simon

Tues 07/11 - Jo Forbes

Wed 08/11 - Helper Required

Thurs 09/11 - Priscilla Lazanas

Fri 10/11 - Katherine Cox (Cookie Dough Orders Due)

Week 6

Mon 13/11 - Helper Required

Tues 14/11- Fatima Yucel

Wed 15/11 - Trish McIntosh

Thurs 16/11 - Jo Forbes

Fri 17/11 - Heather Nicholas

John Paul 3/4D

Julia 3/4D

Palu 3/4D

Zac 3/4D

Angelina 3/4D

Blair 3/4D

Vaivalo 3/4D

Madison 3/4D

George 3/4D

Amelia 3/4D

Levi 3/4D

Zuleikha 4H

Taliya 4H

Sarah 4H

Yazmine 4H

Joe 4H

Chloe 4H

Joseph 4H

Lily 4H

Chelsea 4/5S

Ryan 4/5S

Bethany 4/5S

Brock 5C

Tahlia 5C

Chloe 5C

Lily 5C

Fayez 5C

Nicole 5C

Jean 5C

Annaliese 5C

Denzel 5/6E

Dante 5/6E

Declan 5/6E

Penelope 5/6E

Matthew 5/6E

Georgia 5/6E

Samuel 5/6E

Teana 5/6E

Jasleen 6M

Canteen News

Thank you to all families who participated in Halloween Jelly Day. It was a great success! Order forms for our end of term fundraising, Billy G's Gourmet Cookie and Biscuits Dough Drive, have been sent out. Pick up will be on Presentation Day - 6th December. Order forms are due back by Friday 10th November.

Thank you, Ann Brett (Canteen Coordinator)

Ringrose Uniform Shop needs you!

Kindergarten Kickstart Orientation 2018 will begin next week. The Uniform

Shop needs volunteers to assist our new Kindergarten families in the Uniform

Shop on the following Thursday mornings, from 9:30am to 10:30am: 09/11,

16/11, 23/11, 30/11. If you are able to volunteer your time, please contact the

School Office or see Miss Twarloh.

LEAVING RINGROSE / STARTING LATE 2018

If your child is leaving Ringrose Public School at the end of 2017, or starting after Tuesday 30th January 2018, please complete the slip below and return to the School Office before Friday 15th December 2017.

My child ________________________________ in class ________

will either be: (please tick appropriate box)

Leaving Ringrose Public School at the end of 2017

OR

Starting after Tuesday 30th January 2018, returning on ________

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Western Sydney Wanderers - Soccer Gala Day 2017

Last Tuesday, some of the Year 5 and 6 boys attended the Western Sydney Wanderers Regional Finals. We came third in the heats, so we were given the wildcard entry for the day. We were so excited for the opportunity to play against some of the best teams in New South Wales, as well as playing on some professional fields. We had 4 rounds to play before finals. With one loss and 3 wins, we came second in our pool! What was very exciting about this is that we ended up winning against the team that won our local heat! We really were playing so well as a team and played our best soccer! During the finals, we held out one of the more difficult teams until the last minute, losing 2-1. In our final match, in the blazing heat, we played our very best to draw at the end leading us into a penalty shoot out. What a nervous way to end the day! However, the boys didn't let nerves get the best of them and we won the shoot out 4-0! What a brilliant day it was! They played the best soccer I've seen them play all year! However, what stood out was the manner in which the boys held themselves - they were polite and great sports throughout the day. They helped each other and were willing to let all of their teammates get the best out of the day. I am very proud of every single boy who attended. What a brilliant way to end our soccer year together!

Mrs Cullen Soccer Coach

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Book Character Parade & Grandparent’s Day 2017

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