Red Cliffs Primary School

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 6th August, 2014

Week 4 Term 3

IMPORTANT DATES Royal Flying Doctor Service—Friday 8th

The Beat—Tuesday 12th August—7.15pm

Home Page Address - http://www.redcliffsps.vic.edu.au

EMAIL: red.cliffs.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone: 5024 1044

Fax: 5024 2020

Principal’s Report: Welcome:

On behalf of all Red Cliffs

Primary I welcome the

following new students and

their families to their new

school– Andrew (gr.4)and

Diesel Draper (gr.3) and

Tavinia Leksas (gr.5) and

Bailey Gill (gr.4)

I know our newest students

will soon feel right at home in

our fantastic school.

Red Cliffs Primary now has an

enrolment of 196 students– the

largest enrolment in six years!

Parent Opinion Survey:

Last week 40 randomly

selected families received the

2014 Parent Opinion Survey.

I do thank those parents that

have already completed and

returned the survey. I ask

parents yet to compete and

return the survey to do so by

Friday 8th August.

OOSH Bookings: Parents are advised the OOSH

Co-ordinator, Liz, will no

longer be available to answer

the OOSH phone during the

day between 10.30am 3.00pm.

Parents needing to book their

child/children in for the day are

asked to call 0409 992 246 and

leave a message for Liz.

Alternatively you can contact

the school and leave a

message. Office staff will

ensure your children are

booked-in for that day or days.

Aussie of the Month:

Congratulations to Zac

Shepherd, Red Cliffs School’s

Aussie of the Month for July.

Zac is extremely reliable,

exceptionally organised, re-

sponsible and a wonderful

Calder House Captain role

model. Well Done Zac!

Oral Health Survey:

Recently all students were invited

to participate in a free Oral Health

Inspection as part of the Victorian

Child Oral Health Survey.

Parents wishing to be involved

are asked to return the completed

consent form as soon as possible.

The Beat:

Thirty-one grade 5 and 6 students

will be representing Red Cliffs

Primary School at “The Beat” in

Mildura next Tuesday evening.

“The Beat” is a concert

showcasing talented students

from government schools

throughout Sunraysia.

Parents wishing to attend “The

Beat” may still be able to access

tickets from the Mildura Arts

Centre.

Royal Flying Doctor:

Students from Prep-grade 6 will

be participating in the activities

conducted by the Royal Flying

Doctor Service this Friday.

Parents should keep an eye out

for an aeroplane on the Netball

court...

Rod Beer

Principal

Stars of the Week

This Week’s Birthdays…… Kynan Mitchell 12 Monday 4th August

Jake Martin 12 Monday 7th August

Tristen Rosebottom 11 Sunday 10th August

Garden Club: Garden Club will meet

Mrs Nulty at lunch time

tomorrow.

Gardeners will be planting

trees and working on new

garden beds.

Asthma Plans: Parents of children with

asthma are reminded to

provide the school with a

current asthma plan.

It is vital that staff know

how to treat your child in

the event of an asthma

attack.

Fraser

Jopling

PrepH

Persistence

Fantastic

independent

writing.

Aliesha

Krogh

P/1G

Persistence

Great work in

maths.

Sonny

Trevenar

1/2K

Persistence

Working tough

in all areas.

Lauren

Clifford

2V

Persistence

Great work in

solving maths

equations.

Emma

Giannelli

3/4D

Persistence

Excellent FAB

pages.

Tyler

Van Steenis

3/4L

Persistence

Great effort in

maths.

Finn

Ellis Castle

5/6A

Organisation

Always setting

a good example

at school!

Liam

Luke

5/6W

Confidence

Tackling all

activities with

confidence.

Great Behaviour in the Yard: Congratulations to Eboney Hocking (gr.1)

Janaya Sheahan (gr.6) and Sharnti Gould (gr.4) for

their Great Behaviour in the Yard this week.

Enjoy those free Great Australian Ice Creams kids.

Entry is NOW OPEN in the 2014 Schools Writing Competi-

tion! Students all over Australia are invited to enter their

short stories OR poems, and battle it out for the great cash

prizes on offer. There is no theme!! Entrants are encouraged

to let their imaginations run wild and get their creative juices

flowing to write on ANY TOPIC and in ANY STYLE.

Students from ALL GRADES are welcome to enter -

Entry is FREE and all entries must be in by Sunday 31st

August 2014.

Red Cliffs P.S 90th Birthday Celebrations.

Mrs. Gleeson with her

daughter Molly (left), made a

cake that was a replica of the

original brick building.

Mrs. Lever (right) was the

eldest past student present.

Mr. Beer invited her to cut the

90th birthday cake.

Bob Walton and Helen Petschel

came to speak about what school

was like when they were children.

Mr. Warburton, Mr. Laity and

Mrs. Green were dressed like

teachers from the past.

Molly and Katie (above)

had an egg and spoon race.

Thomas, Miss Knyvett and

Noah (below) looked very

happy and had lots of fun.

Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Warburton looked great in their outfits. Here

they are with some of the children from 2V outside the original

brick building which was built in 1924.

RED CLIFFS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Congratulations to these students for having 96% attendance or better

during Term 2, 2014

Well done kids!

43 students attended school every day in Term 2. 107 students had 96% attendance or better! Grade 5/6W had the best attendance (again) – 64% of students were absent for only 2 days or less!

Prep H

Lynnzea-Lee Bailey*

Liam Collins*

Nathanyl Dempsey*

Fraser Jopling* Cody Laird*

Ruby Mayger Pollock*

Nadia Cohrs Ashton Gowers

Josie James

Brodie Millhouse

Riley Milne William Tree

Kyan Wallace

Prep/1G

Murphy Eagle* Ben Sharp *

Harrison Tatchell*

Ashton Douglass Mia Martin

Sitiveni Raqauqau

Riley Somers Noah Staley

Grade 1/2K

Jack Collins* Shaun Collins*

Rokai Douglas*

Aidan Collins

Mathew Drendel-Neyland

Jerome Johnson

Thomas Markadonatos

Katelyn Milne Harry Nagle

Skye Payne

William Schreiber

Darcy Stonehouse

Grade 2V

Lauren Clifford* Adam Collins*

Katie Doolan*

Noah Ellis Castle*

Harvey Jopling*

Molly Gleeson Eva Madigan

Lucy Sharp Emrich Tree

Hannah Warburton

Grade 3/4D

Bianca Allen* Amele Biumaiwai*

Katrina Clifford* Ezgi Donmez*

Jemmika Douglas*

Clay Ellis Castle* Sharnti Gould*

Jordan Douglass Emma Giannelli

Abbey Grey Zachary Heath

Jaylee Payne

Grade 5/6A

Joel Bailey* Olivia Doolan*

Bruce Douglas*

Finn Ellis Castle*

Fei Taliloa* Pedrin Taruia*

Shania Edwards

Trent Hamilton

Liam Heath Isabelle Martin

Daniel Nulty Zane Parker

Buddy O’Donnell

Zoe Sedgmen

Grade 5/6W Hayden Allen*

Atalaya Douglas*

Joel Finch* Lucas Gallardo*

David Harris* Tylah Johnson*

Jerry Markadonatos*

Tyrell McKenzie*

Kirby Taliloa* Lani Taruia*

Courtney Baird

Tahlia Coad Jayden Dowsley

Jayde Johnson-Holland

Jackson Norris

Natasha Sandler

Zac Shepherd

Isabelle Zappia

* Denotes 100% attendance for

the term

Grade 3/4L

Patricia Douglas* Elijah Edwards*

George Stanley* Molly Taliloa*

Nikki-Lee Tatchell*

Annika Crothers

Jayde Denehey Dylan Douglass

Bree Lanigan Blake McDonald