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

5 August 2015

Week 4 Term 3

Dear Parents and Carers,

I would like to start this week by thanking and congratulating all of our students, teachers and parents/

carers for our Education Week activities last week. We were all thrilled to see so many visitors to both our

classrooms and our Open Day Concert. I know that the students and teachers have been busily preparing for

the concert over many weeks. Thank you also to Stage 2 students and families for providing us with so many

delicious cakes for our Cake Stall.

Yesterday, our Stage 3 students (Years 5&6) departed for their three day camp at the Sport and Recreation

Academy in Narrabeen. The students have been very excited and I know they will return with many fabulous

stories from the activities and adventures they'll partake in. A special thank you to Mrs Thorn, Miss Crowe

and Mr Stroud for accompanying our students while leaving their own family and friends behind.

My congratulations to both of our debating teams for their recent successes against other schools. Their

performances, sportsmanship and dedication to practices should be congratulated. Thank you also to

Mrs Marone and Mr Stroud for coordinating and preparing our two teams. Did you know that Team Erudite

is undefeated? A magnificent effort!

As part of our commitment to the directions outlined in our School Plan, last week the Promotions Team

under Miss Smajlagic's coordination met to discuss communication needs and opportunities across our

school. I'm looking forward to seeing some of their initiatives come to fruition where the intention is to

ensure that through strong communication avenues, mums and dads will be better informed and connected

to their child's learning at our school. In the immediate future, this will include a revamp of our school

newsletter and relook at our school website page.

Coming up in Week 5, we will be holding our School Photo Days. Further information has been sent home

and is also available at the office. Mrs Marone is our photo coordinator again this year.

Lastly, with last week's stranger danger incident, I have been in close contact with Holroyd Police, the

Department's Safety and Security Unit and Ringrose District Office to continue to look at ways to keep our

site safe. Interim measures for both student safety and driveway access will include both District Office

driveway gates to be closed from the hours of 8:30am to 3:30pm. Our back Pedestrian gate in Damien

Avenue will continue to be closed between the hours of 9:15am and 2:45pm. Our own Staff Carpark fence

and accompanying pedestrian gate close at 9:15am.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Loughhead

(Principal)

Newsletter

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

All notes and newsletters distributed to students can be found on the School Website, which is updated daily.

School News

Athletics Carnival Ribbon Ceremony 2015

On Friday 7 August 2015, the Athletics Carnival presentation of ribbons will occur. The presentation will be held during

the school assembly. This assembly will begin at 11.30am in the school hall. We would like to invite you to this

assembly to watch this presentation. Well done to all of the students who participated at the Athletics carnival.

Student Safety

Please note, for safety of all students, families and visitors to Ringrose Public School, dogs are strictly forbidden to be

on school grounds.

Student Banking

It’s coming! - On behalf of Ringrose P&C Association, SCHOOL BANKING will be

introduced to our children. A short presentation will be held at assembly in the

Hall this Friday 7 August by a representative from Commonwealth Bank. All

children will then receive a pack from their teachers, which will explain what is

involved if you are interested. Sign-up will take place in the AV room, which is

next to the Uniform Shop, on Tuesday 11 August between 8:30am and 9:30am.

A second sign-up session will be held again on Thursday 13 August, from

8:30am to 9:30am.

Woolworths Earn and Learn Program 2015

This year, we have again enrolled our school to be part of the Woolworths

Earn and Learn Initiative. 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.

Holroyd City Council Library Colouring Competition 2015

The Holroyd City Council Library Service is running an exciting Colouring Competition for Book

Week, which runs from Saturday 22 August to Friday 28 August, for children in Years K-6.

Children are invited to enter, for their chance to win one of twenty book pack prizes. Entries

close on Thursday 20 August 2015 and the winning entries will be displayed in the Libraries

during Book Week 2015. Copies of the Colouring Competition pages can be found at the back of

this newsletter, or can be collected from the School Office. Completed entries must be returned

to Merrylands Central, Greystanes, or Wentworthville Libraries with the child’s name, age and

school attached.

Promotions Committee- Online Survey

This term Ringrose Public School has formed a Promotions Committee with the aim of improving communication and

engagement with the school community. The team members include Miss Smajlagic, Miss Sayers, Mrs Thorn and Miss

Couper as well as a P&C representative, Mrs Rich, and a parent representative, Mrs Whittaker. We are starting by

looking at the school newsletter. We would love to get your thoughts on the current newsletter and have put together

a short survey online to get your feedback. If you go to the link below you will be asked a few short questions about the

newsletter. Your identity will remain anonymous. We value the feedback from our community and would like to thank

you in advance for your feedback and support!

If you have any questions about this project please feel free to come and talk to our members involved.

The Promotions Committee

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNBJHCQ

Ringrose Public School will be having their school photos in Term 3. The scheduled dates

are: Monday 10th August & Tuesday 11th August, 2015

Please ensure that students come to school in their full winter school uniform on these

days. You can visit the Ringrose Uniform Shop on Thursday mornings or the school’s

website for a detailed description of the school uniform.

Family Photo envelopes can be collected from the School Office in Week 3.

If you have any questions, please see Mrs Marone.

School Photographs 2015

ThinkUKnow is an internet safety initiative which aims to raise

awareness of the issues which young people face online and whilst

using mobile phones. It is a partnership between the Australia Federal

Police and Microsoft Australia, and is now proudly supported by Ninemsn and Datacom.

Ringrose Public School will be hosting a ThinkUKnow presentation on Wednesday 19 August at

5:30pm in the school library and all parents, carers and teachers are encouraged to attend. This

presentation will cover topics such as how young people are using technology to have fun, online

grooming, cyberbullying, inappropriate content and e-security.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about how young people have fun online, how

you can help them to stay in control on the net, and how to report a problem.

For more information, you can visit the ThinkUKnow Australia website at www.thinkuknow.org.au.

We look forward to seeing you all at the presentation.

ThinkUKnow Parent Information Presentations

(Internet Safety Initiative)

On Monday the 27th of July, the Year 5 debating team went up

against Fairfield West Public School in the Premier's Debating

Challenge. Our topic was "That Students in Year 5 should be

allowed to vote in elections". We were the negative team. We had

some great arguments such as "Kids aren't old enough to make

the right choices", "They will just vote how their parents want

them to vote", "Most won't take it seriously", etc. We won this

debate against some tough Year 6 opposition and were

congratulated on a well structured case!

By Taleisha 5C

Ringrose Public School

Debating Team - Ringrose “Erudite”

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday 5 August Stage 3 Camp - Day 2

Thursday 6 August Stage 3 Camp - Day 3

Friday 7 August Whole School Assembly - 11:30am in the School Hall

Friday 7 August Athletics Carnival Ribbon Presentation - at School Assembly

Friday 7 August Chocolate Money due - No chocolates can be returned to School Office

Monday 10 August K-2 Gymnastics

Monday 17 August Kindergarten Masterchef commences

Monday 17 August K-2 Gymnastics

Wednesday 19 August ThinkUKnow Presentation - 5:30pm in School Library

Wednesday 27 August Kindergarten 2016 Parent Information Session - 6:00pm in the School Library

Monday 14 September Our Spectacular Performance - Sydney Opera House

Certificate Awardees 2015

Silver

Peter KA

Reece KA

Nazanin KA

Zack KC

Walid KC

Issa KC

Luca K/1S

Danielle K/1S

Michael K/1S

Madilyn 2M

Bethany 2M

Tsawm Tsawm 2M

Asrin 2M

Zackery 2M

Daniel 3/4A

Tommy 3/4A

Keiralee 3/4A

Jasleen 3/4R

Norah 3/4R

Julia 3/4R

Bailey 3/4R

Tia 3/4R

Jazmyn 3/4R

Tarun 3/4R

Penelope 3/4R

Nicole 5C

Safa 5C

Ruya 5C

Samantha 5C

Karthik 5C

Mady 5C

Kaylee 5C

Denny 5C

Taleisha 5C

Sophia 5C

Osman 5C

Arash 5C

Zac 5C

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.

A Parent Information Session will be held on Wednesday 27 August 2015, at 6:00pm in the School

Library. Information regarding Kindergarten Orientation and further sessions will be posted to families.

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Thank you to all students and families who participated in the Winter Meal Deal for

Years K-2. It was a great success and I hope you all enjoyed your delicious food!

The Canteen has introduced a delicious new product! Banana

Bread will be sold in the School Canteen for $2.50, at Recess

and Lunch. If you would like Banana Bread for lunch, it must be

ordered.

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.

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 5 & 6 of Term 3, 2015 are:

Week 5 - Monday 10 August Chris Fitzpatrick

Tuesday 11 August Manda Dalchiranis - AM

Katherine Cox - PM

Wednesday 12 August Martina Hulbert

Thursday 13 August Trina Mazumder

Friday 14 August Sue Wilson-Deeth

Week 6 - Monday 17 august Trina Mazumder

Tuesday 18 August Helper Required - AM

Wednesday 19 August Karen Huang - AM

Thursday 20 August Priscilla Lazanas

Friday 21 August Heather Nicholas