RINGROSE PUBLIC SCHOOL Ringrose Avenue, Greystanes 2145

Phone: 9631 8637 Fax: 9896 3240 Email : ringrose-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.ringrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

2 September 2015

Week 8 Term 3

Dear Parents/Carers,

With the onset of this beautiful weather lately, it is a nice reminder that we are into Spring! The next few

weeks of school will certainly keep us all busy.

This year, school staff been focussed on the delivery of strong literacy and numeracy programs designed to

build the skills and ability level of students, and ultimately improve student outcomes. This is a key direction

of our 2015-2017 School Plan.

These programs include:

L3 (Literacy, Language and Learning)

Focus on Reading - emphasis on strong literacy practices such as Reciprocal Reading, Literacy Circles

and Super Six Comprehension techniques.

TEN (Teaching Early Numeracy)

This term under the Department of Education’s Reform ‘Quality Teaching Successful Students’ (QTSS),

teachers have been receiving close support in the delivery of quality literacy practices. This support has

included team teaching, class observations and research readings and where staff meet regularly together to

discuss and reflect on the impact of these programs. All Ringrose Public School staff understand that we need

to be the leading learners as strong role models for students.

Next term, under the QTSS model, we will be looking closely at the Numeracy program Taking Off With

Numeracy (TOWN) and the implications on student learning. Whilst all English and Mathematics K-10 Syllabi

are taught intrinsically in the classrooms, these pedagogy approaches strengthen the delivery of quality

lessons further. With all new changes, it will take time to embed these programs across the school. However,

we are already seeing the impact they are making into the learning cycle for students.

I would also like to the opportunity to thank the many parents who come in and assist with the reading

program ‘MultiLit’. This program allows our older students to receive one to one time with our volunteers on

specific reading techniques. It is making a positive difference to student outcomes!

As you may be aware, Mrs Willis will be taking Maternity Leave from next week. Mrs Palise will be taking

over the role of class teacher of KW. We all wish Mrs Willis the best on the safe arrival of her baby!

Today was a very exciting day for one young man in 2/3S who was able to return to school for the first time

this year. Justin as you are aware has been through extensive medical treatment and it was fabulous to see

him back. I know we will all continue to support the family. Welcome back Justin!

Newsletter

School Website - www.ringrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au All notes and newsletters distributed to students can be found on the School Website.

Finally, I am very proud of our significant achievements in this past fortnight which again highlights what a

great school we are. ‘It’s about Excellence’!

Yours sincerely,

Mr Loughhead

(Principal)

Last day of Term 3 - Friday 18 September, 2015

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School News / Upcoming Events

Whole School Photograph 2015

The whole school photo will be retaken on Friday 9 October, 2015 (Week 1, Term 4). Children must come to

school dressed in full sports uniform. School Photo orders will also be distributed to students in Week 3 of

Term 4.

Zone Athletics and Field Event Carnivals

Congratulations to our Zone Athletics and Field Events Teams. Your performances and behaviour were once

again exemplary. Of significant note, were the achievements of the following students who will be

competing at the Regional Carnival:

Yianni - 3rd 100m and 2nd 200m.

Max - 1st 200m, 1st Long Jump, 1st Discuss

Natasha - 1st High Jump, 2nd Shot Put,

Callum - 1st High Jump (and broke the record by 7cm!)

Jamal - 1st High Jump.

Congratulations to Max also for being the 12yr old boys Age Champion at the Carnival!

Kindergarten 2016

A big thankyou to our Kindergarten teachers (Mrs Stroud, Mrs Atkinson, Mrs Willis and Miss

Conroy) for leading our Kindergarten 2016 - Information Evening last week. Thank you also

to Mrs Harvey, Mrs Whittaker and Mrs Bendevski who were also part of our evening. If

there are family or friends who’d like to enrol their children here in 2016, can you please ask

them to drop in and get an enrolment form from the School Office.

Father’s Day Stall / Breakfast

Thank you to our Parents and Citizen’s Association and parent volunteers who have

coordinated our very successful Father’s Day Stall yesterday! There was an amazing variety of

quality gifts that were purchased by students. A special thank you to Mr and Mrs Fitzpatrick

for your organisation! It made our stall a huge success! A second stall will be held on Thursday

3 September, from 9:30am onwards, for students wishing to purchase extra gifts. A reminder

that this Friday, our Father’s Day breakfast will commence at 7:30am outside the School

Canteen. There will also be gifts available to purchase after the Father’s Day Breakfast as well.

School News / Upcoming Events

School Promotion Team.

Congratulations to our school Promotion Team who have been very busy collating and discussing

information from their recent survey centred around school communication. We look forward to changes to

both our newsletter and website over coming months to keep our whole school community well informed of

school successes, news and achievements.

School Disco

Please remember that our School Disco is on again next Friday evening, 11 September 2015 with the theme

of “Heroes”. Notes will be distributed this week.

School Swimming Scheme 2015

The 10-day Learn To Swim Program will run in Term 4, from Monday 19 October to Friday

30 October, 2015. Places have now been allocated to the 60 students participating.

Please ensure the remaining fees are finalised before Tuesday 13 October, 2015 (Term 4,

Week 2). No refunds can be given unless another student is found to fill the place.

Chocolate Drive 2015

Please ensure all outstanding Chocolate Drive money is returned to the School Office by the end of Term 3.

Notes have been sent home by the P&C, requesting outstanding payments to the finalised.

Year 6 Farewell Fundraising 2015

Year 6 will be holding a cake stall on Wednesday 9 September to raise money for the

Year 6 Farewell. There will be delicious cakes and slices available to purchase and

everything will sell for 50c.

PSSA Semi Finals 2015

Congratulations to our Junior and Senior Soccer and Senior Netball teams who were successful in their matches and will be playing this Friday 4th September at the PSSA Semi Finals.

The games will be played at:

Jones Park #1 Junior Soccer vs. Greystanes

Jones Park #1 Senior Soccer vs. Greystanes

Merrylands Oval Senior Netball vs. Greystanes

The Junior Netball team has also been invited to attend the semi-finals and support the Senior Netball team.

Permission notes were sent out to participating students today. Please ensure they are returned to the School Office by Thursday 3rd September, 2015. The permission form can also be found on the School Website.

Our Spectacular Choir and Dancers

Coming up on Monday 14 September, our Choir and dancers will be performing at the ‘Our Spectacular’

Concert at the Sydney Opera House. Good luck to these groups! We know it will be a wonderful experience.

Lost Property

Lost Property can be found outside the library in a plastic tub. The Uniform Shop staff have also been

working hard to return labelled lost property to students. Please ensure all uniform items are clearly labelled

with your child’s full name and class.

School News / Upcoming Events

School Banking

School banking will run every Thursday morning in the AV Room, opposite the

Uniform Shop, from 8:30am to 9:30am. There is no minimum deposit amount,

so let’s get saving! Please ensure your child has their banking book to make

their deposits, as each deposit is counted towards winning exciting prizes. For

more information, please see Mr Sharp at the Banking Table on Thursday

mornings.

Woolworths Earn and Learn Program 2015

Ringrose Public School is powering towards its goal of 60,000 points for this year’s Earn and

Learn Program! Students can return sticker sheets in the Woolworths box set up in our

office area. We also have a box set up at Woolworths Greystanes and Pemulwuy. I would

encourage everyone to help the school as valuable resources will be purchased for the

school at the end of this initiative. Sticker sheets can be collected from the School Office,

your local Woolworths or can be printed online.

Zone Athletics Carnival 2015

In the past fortnight, many students have had the opportunity to represent Ringrose Public at the Zone

Athletics Carnival. Each and every student did their best and did their school proud, amongst having to

battle the heat and then rain. We have a few students who have done so well that they will progress to the

next level, the Regional Carnival. We wish these students the best of luck.

Amongst these students, we are proud to say that we have a record breaker and a zone age champion.

Callum managed to jump over the Junior Boys High Jump record by 7cm, jumping a huge 1.32m. Max was

just named Senior Boys Age Champion, which means that he did really well in a variety of events. Every

student that represented Ringrose Public should be very proud of themselves - Well Done.

- Ms Crowe, Mrs Elliott & Mrs Cullen (Organising Teachers)

The S.R.C. Thoughts on the New Mural!

“It looks beautiful and I like the countryside because of all the

animals.” - Tayla 2/3S

“It’s nice, colourful, beautiful and I like it a lot!” - Baz 2/3S

“The Mural has so much detail, especially in all of the animals and

it really shows how beautiful Australia is.” - Elli 6M

“The Mural look pretty and it brings the Aboriginal culture to the

school and that’s what I like about the Mural.” - April 6M

The S.R.C. believes that the benefit of having the Mural, instead of

just plain old boring poles, is that there are a lot of Aboriginal

people in our school so it’s good that we have something that

reflects on them. Another reason is, not only is it good for the

Aboriginal people but its also good for all of us because we are all

Australian.

Ringrose Public School Gardening Club

Ringrose’s gardens are looking more lush and beautiful every day! I’m sure you have

seen all the new additions to our growing gardens. Thank you to Jennie, a friend of

Mrs Vucic who is a nurse at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, who donated all our

stunning Clivias. We would also like to thank the Cutajar family, who have generously

donated a Guava Tree.

Ringrose Public School

Debating Team - “Erudite” 2015

Last week, on Tuesday 25th of August, Ringrose “Erudite” debated against Newbridge

Heights Public School. The Debate Topic was “The Australian Flag should be changed.” As

we were the Affirmative team we unfortunately lost, but we were extremely proud of

ourselves for making it all the way to the Regional rounds!

- Gabby (5/6T) & Elli (6M)

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday 2 September Donut Day

Thursday 3 September Father’s Day Stall

Thursday 3 September School Banking - 8:30 - 9:30am in the AV Room (Opposite the Uniform Shop)

Friday 4 September Father’s Day Breakfast - 7:30am outside the School Canteen

Friday 4 September Whole School Assembly - 11:30am in the School Hall

Friday 4 September PSSA Semi-Finals

Monday 7 September K-2 Gymnastics

Tuesday 8 September Stage 2 Excursion - Sydney Observatory & Powerhouse Museum

Thursday 10 September Stage 1 Excursion - Sydney Observatory & Powerhouse Museum

Thursday 10 September School Banking - 8:30 - 9:30am in the AV Room (Opposite the Uniform Shop)

Friday 11 September K-2 Gymnastics

Friday September 11 School Disco

Last day of Term 3 - Friday 18 September, 2015

Certificate Awardees 2015

Gold

Luca K/1S

Emily 2M

Farissa 2M

Luke 2M

Ryan 2M

Ashley 2/3S

Isabella 2/3S

Vasili 2/3S

Zoe 2/3S

Silver

Tarek KA

Harlem KA

Lana KA

Senay KA

Paul KC

Briella KW

Mahi KW

Kirah KW

Mikayla KW

Chloe K/1S

Muskaan K/1S

Terrance K/1S

Megan K/1S

Ryan K/1S

Emelene 1R

Alana 1/2E

Jayda 1/2E

Ansh 1/2E

Flynn 1/2E

Palu 1/2E

Chloe 2M

Zac 2M

Hava 2M

Arad 2M

Callum 2/3S

Jessica 2/3S

Zuleikha 2/3S

Taylah 2/3S

Tayla 2/3S

Ryan 3/4A

Giancarlo 3/4A

Simeon 3/4A

Annabella 3/4A

Ali 5C

Zac 5C

Denny 5C

Johnny 5C

Waiam 5C

Tyler 5C

San 5C

Gizem 5C

Alana 5C

Cheyanne 5C

Nathan 5C

Lizette 5C

Joshua 5/6T

Jasmine 5/6T

Madison 5/6T

Kindergarten Enrolment 2016

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

time. Please complete the form and return it with your child’s original birth certificate, immunisation

certificate (or blue book) and proof of address, which will be copied and returned to the parent.

Nic 6M

Paris 6M

Lilly 6M

Caitlin 6M

Mallee 6M

Alyssia 6M

Lisa 6M

April 6M

Natasha 6M

Elli 6M

Mathew 6M

Kobe 6M

Nikitta 6M

Max 6M

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Thank you to all students who participated in Donut Day. It was a great success and I hope you all

enjoyed your delicious donuts!

I will be taking leave for the first two weeks of Term 4. Mr Fitzpatrick will be running the Canteen

as Relieving Canteen Manager, with the help of our dedicated parent volunteers, whilst I am on

leave. I ask that all Freshcard payments for Term 3 are finalised before the end of term. Please also

ensure you have enough money on your Freshcard to cover Weeks 1 and 2 of next term. If you

have any questions or concerns, please contact me as soon as possible on 0411 143 609.

The Canteen Lunch Order Box can be found on the Staffroom steps from 8:30am every morning.

Lunch orders are to be placed in the box or brought to the Canteen and pushed under the doors.

During wet weather, the Lunch Order Box will be moved to the School Office.

If your child is leaving school early and has placed a recess or lunch order, please notify the

Canteen staff before 10.30am so they do not prepare the food.

The Canteen Number is 0411 143 609

For Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4, the Canteen number will be 0432 904 086.

We are still in urgent need of helpers. If you are able to volunteer your time in the School Canteen,

please contact me via mobile.

-Ann Brett (Canteen Manager)

The helpers for Weeks 9 & 10 of Term 3, 2015 are:

Week 7 - Monday 7 September Chris Fitzpatrick

Tuesday 8 September Helper Required - AM

Katherine Cox - PM

Wednesday 9 September Martina Hulbert

Thursday 10 September Helper Required

Friday 11 September Amanda Caine

Week 8 - Monday 14 September Chris Fitzpatrick

Tuesday 15 September Manda Dalchiranis - AM

Katherine Cox - PM

Wednesday 16 September Martina Hulbert

Thursday 17 September Priscilla Lazanas

Friday 18 September Heather Nicholas -Last Day of Term 3