Rutherford Public School€¦ · TERM 4 IMPORTANT DATES: November 9 Colour Run November 14 Great Aussie Bush Camp –Year 5 November 21 MADD Night (Music, Art Dance, Drama) November

Rutherford Public School Newsletter

WEEK 3 & 4, TERM 4 2018

Day Events

No Assembly this week

Term

4 Week 3

29/10

30/10 9:00am AECG Meeting at RTHS

12:40pm to 2:00pm RTHS talk to Year 5 and 6

31/10 9:45am K/6J Shops

Year 6 - Moving in to Teens - Session 3

6:00pm Maitland HS Welcome to Parents

1/11 11:30am K/6J to PCYC for Gymnastics

3:15pm to 4:00pm Great Aussie Bush Camp Parent Information Meeting

2/11 1:15pm K/6J Pedal Cars in the Hall

ASSEMBLY WEEK

Term

4 Week 4

5/11 9:30am to 2:00pm Leadership Day - Year 5 students to prepare speeches

6/11

7/11 9:45am K/6J Shops

10:30am Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition Presentation - Shreyash, Drew and Ajay

1:30pm Targeted Transition at RTHS

8/11 11:30am K/6J to PCYC for Gymnastics

9/11 Colour Run

Day Events

No Assembly this week T

erm 4 W

eek 5

12/11 Leadership Voting for Year 6 Leaders

13/11 6:30pm P&C Meeting

14/11 Year 5 Great Aussie Bush Camp

9:15am P&C Morning Tea Chit Chat

9:45am K/6J Shops


4:00pm to 5:00pm 2019 Year 5 Opportunity Class Orientation - Parent Information Session in the Library


9:00am Little Dragons Morning Session Celebration Ceremony

12:45pm Little Dragons Afternoon Session Celebration Ceremony

11:30am K/6J to PCYC for Gymnastics


ASSEMBLY WEEK

Term

4 Week 6

19/11 12:50pm Leadership Speeches - Girls

20/11 Year 6 ATSI student Transition at RTHS

12:40pm Leadership Speeches - Boys

21/11 9:45am K/6J Shops


MADD Night at RTHS (rehearsals during the day)

22/11 9:30am to 11:00am Kindergarten 2019 Orientation Session 1 - All students attend this session

11:30am K/6J to PCYC for Gymnastics

23/11 2:00pm Year 6 Football Program at RTHS

School Calendar

...Together We Strive…

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: [email protected]


ALL

ATSI STUDY CLUB Monday at 3:15pm

Little Dragons Weeks 1 to 4 - Little Dragons Program

Week 5 - 9:00am Thurs 15th November - Little Dragons Morning Session Completion Celebration

Week 5 - 12:45pm Thurs 15th November - Little Dragons Afternoon Session Completion Celebration

Week 6 - 9:30am Thursday 22nd November - Kindergarten Orientation 1 - All students to attend this

session

Week 7 - 9:30am Thursday 29th November - Kindergarten Orientation 2 - All students to attend this

session

Sport Year 1 - Wednesdays

Year 2 - Thursdays

Kindergarten, Stage 2 and Stage 3 - Fridays

Band 8:30am Wednesdays

P&C Canteen orders through Flexischools only

Canteen Meeting - 2:30pm Community Room

Next P&C Meeting - 6:30pm Tuesday 13th November in the Staffroom

ES1(K) Thurs 12:50pm Stage 2 Fri 1:20pm

(Year 3 and Year 4)

Stage 3 Thurs 1:30pm

(Year 5 and Year 6)

Year 1 Tues 12:50pm

Year 2 Fri 12:50pm

What Who How Much Pay By

Great Aussie Bush Camp Year 5 $225 Balance after deposit Fri 26/10

School Contribution K to 6 $45 one child / $90 family



SCHOOL CANTEEN

The school is changing day by day with our building works well

under way. On the weekend a temporary canteen was craned

into the quad. It will be two weeks before it is ready for use.

Canteen operations continue as usual.

A big thanks to our canteen staff, volunteers and P&C for all

their efforts in managing the move. We certainly look forward

to a new canteen being built for our school.

DEBATING

Thank you to everyone who was involved in the ice-cream day

yesterday, especially Mrs Clarkson. It was a big success and

will certainly help our debating team with costs to attend the

state championships.

WELCOME BACK MR BROWN

Next Monday we welcome Mr Brown back following his leave. I

have enjoyed filling in for him and I know the children will be

happy to see him back. Mrs Debbie Ross

TIME TO ENROL FOR KINDERGARTEN 2019

Enrolments are now being taken for children starting

Kindergarten in 2019. You will need to provide your child’s

original birth certificate, statement of complete immunisation

from Medicare and proof of your current address (rates notice

or tenancy agreement).

If you have any friends or neighbours who may have a child

ready to start school next year, please let them know it is time

to contact the school for information.

We already have nearly 130 students registered in our P-K

program!

TERM 4 IMPORTANT DATES:

November 9 Colour Run

November 14 Great Aussie Bush Camp – Year 5

November 21 MADD Night (Music, Art Dance, Drama)

November 27 Times Table Tournament

December 4 Year 6/Year 7 Orientation at RTHS

December 10 Kindergarten Presentation

December 11 Stage 3 Presentation



December 13 Year 6 Farewell

December 14 RTHS Presentation Day

December 14 Party Days

December 19 Last Day for Students

HAVE YOUR SAY ON DIABETES IN SCHOOLS

Diabetes Australia is currently leading consultation to develop a

national program to better support kids with type 1 diabetes in

schools.

The new nationally consistent training program for teachers and

school staff will be targeted at every school with a student with

type 1 diabetes and this will cover the safe administration of

insulin, hypoglycemia (low blood glucose level) management,

and ‘normalising’ diabetes in schools so the students are not

stigmatised.

The program will also clarify the legal framework for diabetes

management in schools and resolve any confusion over who

can train school staff, and which school staff should be trained.

To ensure the new program meets the needs of schools,

students and parents, and builds on all the good work already

happening, we want to hear from you about what works and

what needs to be improved.

Please take five minutes to complete a survey.

Parent survey

School survey

If you have any questions please visit

www.diabetesaustralia.com.au

https://pwc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bg53IRWlH7CPZDD

https://pwc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3yHApNmt7OWYlQ9

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH SURVEY What's your health story? Tell us by taking part in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) - Interviewers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are now knocking

on doors in your area, so make your story heard!

The NATSIHS collects information about the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We will ask you a range of questions face-to-face about your health and lifestyle, such as:

• visits to doctors, nurses or Aboriginal health workers • health conditions • medications • smoking • exercise

• what you eat and drink

You will have the opportunity to take part in a voluntary

hearing test and have some physical measurements taken, if

you agree (height, weight, waist and blood pressure).

For general enquiries, visit the ABS website at www.abs.gov.au/surveyinfo

SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE

A reminder to parents:

Parents who have questions about school

policies, changes and events are advised that

the Facebook page is not monitored on a regular

basis and they should not rely on a response.

Parents are encouraged to call the office on

49325900 or make an appointment with the

school executive if they would like to raise ideas

or query changes to school policies and

procedures.


http://www.abs.gov.au/surveyinfo

This week we congratulate the whole of the Rutherford School Concert Band on

their amazing win at Bandfest 2018!

Well done all band members!

Students from our band competed in Bandfest at Lake Macquarie Performing Arts

Centre on Tuesday. Under the direction of Howard Ward the band performed three

songs to an excellent standard!

Parents and teachers alike were so proud of their performance and the adjudicator

agreed, awarding them first place in their category out of seven bands!

Thank you to all the parents who transported children to and from the event, we

know it is an experience they won’t forget!


2018 PaTCH Parents as Teacher and Community Helpers

Congratulations and a huge thanks to Belle Cedron, Sara Diamond and Sheree Clark (as well as our

little helper Olivia Clark) for your participation, and dedication to our students and teachers. Well

done.

Belle, Sara and Sheree shared in a term-long course on ways in which children first begin to learn

literacy and numeracy skills, and the ways that we can support them at home and when they come

to school. These dedicated parents came to hands-on workshops every fortnight and volunteered in

classrooms to assist students and teachers. Olivia helped by showing us what she knows about

numbers and counting, and how we can support students with their learning.

Sara, Belle and Sheree left the following comments:

“Thanks to PaTCH I’ve not only become more confident in the classroom but I feel more confident

going into the next stage of my life and pursuing a career in educational support!”

“I’m so happy that I decided to come to PaTCH. I learned a lot of new things or strategies to teach

children at home or at school. It was a great and fun learning experience.”

“Thank you so much for all that you have taught us. I hope this program continues to help others

willing to support our lovely teachers and kids. PaTCH is such a great program. It has given me all

the tools I need in being a parent volunteer, not just in my child’s class but in any class. I also liked

that I was able to bring my four year old daughter with me. PaTCH has been a great experience for

her as well when she joined in the games and learnt during the lessons we had.”

Mrs Foley hopes to run PaTCH again next year, so please let her know if you’re interested.



Important Dates for your diary

We welcomed back our Little Dragons this term, along with some new faces. We welcome our new families to Rutherford

Public School. Little Dragons came back ready to learn and get ready for Kindergarten.

Over the next four weeks, we will be revising our first five sounds (s,a,t,i,p) and our numbers 1-5.

By this stage your child should be enrolled ready to start Kindergarten for next year. Please see the ladies in the office for any

further information.

Graduation

Students are required to wear their Little Dragon shirts and sign in as usual. Parents are then asked to attend the hall and

await our arrival. After graduation, teachers will take students back to the Little Dragons’ room to say goodbye. Parents w ill

then be able to sign them out and have photos with our Webland Dragon Mascot. Students will not need to bring their bags

for graduation.

Orientation sessions

Students are required to come to Little Dragons at 9:30am and sign in. Little Dragons will be going into Kindergarten

classrooms in smaller groups.

Session 1 on Thursday 22nd November, Little Dragons must arrive at the Community Room by 9:15am to be sorted into

class groups.

Session 2 on Thursday 29th November, Little Dragons will, at this stage, check in outside KH and KE classrooms, due to our

building upgrade commencing.

Once Little Dragons have been signed in each week, parents will then attend an information session in the Library whilst

students are visiting classrooms. Students will then need to be signed out as usual and picked up from their allocated areas.

Seesaw

Please make sure you are logged onto Seesaw. This is a fantastic way for teachers to communicate important information and

keep you involved in your child’s education. If you do not have a note for Seesaw, please ask your child’s classroom teacher.

Week 3

Friday 9th November

Colour Run

Week 5 Little Dragons

Celebration Ceremony Parents required to stay

9:30 am for Morning Session

Little Dragons

12:45pm - Afternoon Session Little Dragons

Please refer to seesaw for

further information

Week 6 Kindergarten Orientation 1

9:30am all students

Session 1 Thursday 22nd November

Students and parents

to attend

Please refer to seesaw for further information

Week 7 Kindergarten Orientation 2

9:30am all students

Session 2 Thursday 29th November

Students and parents

to attend

Please refer to seesaw for further information

Kindergarten students have started the term well, and teachers are working hard getting ready to prepare

end-of-year reports.

We remind parents to please keep a close eye on your Seesaw App for updates around the building project

and important dates for our school. This term, the timetable trial will be continuing (9:00am to 3:00pm) for

Infants students.

Important Dates for your diary

Class of the Week: KT

KT had a wonderful time visiting the newborn lambs last term at the high school. Mr O'Leary taught us how

the mother sheep identify their young and why the sheep have shortened tails.

Back at school, KT wrote some fantastic recounts about our visit and enjoyed sharing them with each other.

We thank Mr O'Leary and his student helpers for taking us around the farm!


Week 3

Friday 9th November

Colour Run

Week 4 ES1 Assembly

Thursday 12:50pm to 1:10pm

We invite you to celebrate those students receiving awards


Assemblies

Year 1

Week 4 Wed 1S 12:30 Hall

Week 6 Wed 1K 12:30 Hall

Week 8 Wed 1A 12:30 Location to be advised

Year 2

Week 2 Fri 12:30 cancelled

Week 4 Fri 2L 12:30 Hall Assembly - Colour Run to follow

Week 6 Fri 2Z 12:30 Location to be advised

Week 8 Fri 12:30 Location to be advised


Welcome back to a very busy Term 4. We are already into Week 3. Thank you to all the grandparents that visited the

classrooms on Grandparent’s Day. All of the children and teachers loved having you in their classrooms.

3A did an amazing job with their performance last Friday. Unfortunately this will be the last Stage Assembly for the year. Week

4 is the Colour Run and then, due to our building progress, we will no longer have a hall to run the assemblies in. Teachers will

present their fortnightly awards in classes every second Friday.

The end-of-year Stage 2 party will be held at Strike Bowling on Friday 14th December. Notes have been sent home, allowing

plenty of time to return notes and money to your class teacher. This is to celebrate finishing Year 3 or 4.

Class of the Week: 3T

On Thursday 25th October, 3T were extremely lucky to have

Mrs Patel come and cook some Indian food with us. We

prepared and cooked some chickpea curry and Indian pouri.

The class rated our experience and awarded Mrs Patel a 10/10

for her hard work and culinary skills. She also prepared puff,

an Indian pastry with potato filling.

Some of our class thought it was a little spicy, but overall the

food was very delicious. We loved having Mrs Patel come and

cook for us.

Rudra Patel and Paul Faulkner

NEWCASTLE PERMANENT MATHS TEST

A massive congratulations to Ajay Thomas and Shreyash Karajagar who have received a District Award in the Year 6 Division of

the Newcastle Permanent Maths Test. To receive this award they have placed within the top students receiving a High

Distinction Award. The boys will travel to a special awards ceremony at McDonald Jones Stadium in November to officially

receive their award.

Drew Fullerton has also received a District Award in the Year 5 Division of the Newcastle Permanent Maths Test and will also

attend the special awards ceremony to officially collect his award.

Congratulations to all students on these fine results.

DEBATING

Massive congratulations go to our debaters who beat Booragul Public School's team, to be named regional champions in the

Premier's Debating Challenge! Out of 874 teams who entered the challenge this year, Rutherford Shields are one of the

remaining ten who now go on to compete in a three-day knockout tournament to decide State Champions for 2018! They are

looking forward to honing their skills and participating in a variety of other exciting activities at The Tops Conference Centre in

Stanwell Tops from 18 - 21 November 2018.

We wish them the best of luck!



INTERRELATE

Year 6 have now completed their Interrelate lessons. All Year 6 students who participated in these lessons have been

complimented by the program coordinators on their maturity during these lessons. We hope that all students have gained

valuable new knowledge as a result of these lessons.

GREAT AUSSIE BUSH CAMP

Thank you and well done to Year 5 for returning camp notes so quickly. Don't forget, final payments are now overdue and need

to be paid to the office as soon as possible.

We have just over 100 campers going to Great Aussie Bush Camp in Week 5, and unfortunately our rooms/tents are full, so we

are unable to take any more students. A “reserves” list has now been formed.

If you need another note about Dietary Requirements, Camp Rules, List of Things to Pack or Souvenir List please see Mrs

Evans or Mrs Lupton.

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER

Year 6 students will be teaming up with McHappy Day coordinators to sell bouncy balls and pens to support the work that the

Ronald McDonald House does for families of sick children. $1 from each item sold will be returned to the school and will assist

Year 6 with their end-of-year fundraising. Bouncy balls and pens will be on sale on Monday 12th November during lunch time

for both infants and primary school. Representatives from the Ronald McDonald House will be on site to assist with the selling

of these items. In the event that your child is away or forgets their money, a small collection of bouncy balls and pens will be left

at school to be sold on Tuesday.


FUTURE LEADERS – YEAR 6 2019

Expressions of Interest for School Leaders 2019 have now been sent home and are due to be returned on Friday 2nd November.

No more notes can be returned after this time. Over the next few weeks, students who have applied to become School Leaders

will have the opportunity to participate in a speech writing workshop in order to help them improve their speech writing and

public speaking skills.

ELECTION WEEK

Election Week will take place in Week 6. Girls will present their speeches on Monday 19th November. Boys will present their

speeches on Tuesday 20th November. Both boys and girls speeches will take place after lunch play, beginning at

approximately 12:40pm in the library. Sports Leader elections will take place in House Meetings on Thursday 22nd November.

YEAR 6 FAREWELL DANCE

Notes have now been sent home for any students wishing to be exempt from learning and performing the Year 6 Farewell

dance. If you require another note please see your class teacher.

STUDY CENTRE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENTS

As our year is coming to an end, our last study centre afternoon will be Monday 12 th November (Week 5). A massive thank you

to Miss Griffiths and Ms Leonard for all of their hard work and effort put into running the study centre this year.

ABORIGINAL DANCE

An interested group of students are enjoying Aboriginal dance on Thursday mornings with Jake from RTHS. We look forward to

performing for you at the MADD night. Notes regarding what to wear and organisation for the night will be coming home soon.

CANBERRA 2019

Canberra and Snow Camp has been booked for 2019. The dates will be August 27th – 30th at this stage. We will spend one day

at the snow again, snow-tubing and having snow play. Final costings are not available yet but we expect the cost next year to

be between $480 - $500 per student (similar to 2018). In the coming weeks, parents of our Year 5 students can start making

payments towards the excursion if they wish, to make it a little easier to afford over a longer period.


ORIENTATION INFORMATION

RTHS TRANSITION PROGRAMS

The end of the year seems a long way away, but we like to be organised. With that in mind, we can now share with you some

dates for other transition programs for Year 6 students transitioning to RTHS.

VULNERABLE STUDENTS – This program is for students who would benefit from extra transition support due to emotional/

social and/or learning needs. This program won’t begin until November, however if you think that your child might benefit from

extra transition, please take time to have a talk with their classroom teacher.

ATSI TRANSITION DAY

This transition day is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to meet the staff in the Aboriginal Education team at

RTHS.

Parents and carers will be invited to attend a BBQ lunch to meet the team as well. The projected date for this is Tuesday 20 th

November.

PARENTS & CARERS OF YEAR 7 2019 INFORMATION EVENING AT RTHS

This night is for Year 6 students enrolled at RTHS for Year 7, 2019. Year 6 students may also attend this evening. This is

scheduled for Monday 3rd December 2019. Time is TBA.

ORIENTATION DAY AT RTHS – TERM 4

This is an all-day event for Year 6 students enrolled at RTHS for Year 7, 2019. This day is scheduled for Tuesday 4 th

December. More details will be available soon.

For students attending other high schools, information regarding your transition programs will be available soon (if not already).

SAVE THE DATE

Please mark these two important dates in your calendar for Stage 3 students.

Our Presentation Day will be held at Club Maitland City on Tuesday 11th December beginning at approximately 9:30am

(depending on the arrival of students to the club).

The Year 6 Farewell will take place on Thursday 13th December at Club Maitland City beginning at 6:00pm and finishing at

approximately 9:00pm. More details about both of these events will be available as we get closer to the end of the year.


Public School

Colour Run

This year, one of our major fundraising goals is to raise money for playground equipment and

basketball/netball courts on completion of our new build.

The Colour Run will promote health and happiness whilst raising money for the benefit of our

students. It will be an exciting and fun-filled event for the whole school community.

P-K Little Dragons and their families, as well as Rutherford Public School students, parents and

siblings (under primary school-age) are invited to join us!

The day will involve students running or walking laps of the oval whilst having brightly-coloured, non-

toxic, holi powder thrown at them. We can't wait to see Rutherford Public School in COLOUR! Be

sure to wear old clothes, preferably WHITE!

The canteen will be open for cold cans of drinks, ice-blocks, lollies and chips!

We are expecting the day to begin around 1:30pm. We will provide more details and a firm start time

closer to the event. The day will conclude at the end of our school day. Students will not return to

class when they have completed their run.

Entry fee is $10 per person. There will be no sponsorship collections required this year. Entry fees

will be the main fundraiser.

Entry forms will be sent home soon with more information. Stay tuned…..


Canteen

Corner

As you can imagine, with over 950 students, our canteen is a very busy place!! A reminder that all lunch &

afternoon tea orders will need to be ordered online through Flexischools. Cut off for orders will remain at

9:00am and you can purchase from the full canteen menu.

For orders placed online after 9:00am there will be a limited menu available. This limited menu will cut off at

10:00am. It will consist of:

6 pack of chicken nuggets

cheese or ham & cheese toasted sandwiches

cheese or vegemite sandwiches

red or green apples & pears

normal drink menu

Students are still able to use cash to purchase normal lunch & afternoon tea items over the counter such as

ice blocks, drinks, homemade muffins/pikelets and other snacks at break times.

Log onto www.flexischools.com.au or click on the flexischools picture below to login or set up your account.

If you need any assistance to do this, pop by the Canteen and see the canteen manager.

All of the profits raised from the Canteen go back into the school.

Thank you in advance for your understanding in this matter.

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Rutherford Public School€¦ · TERM 4 IMPORTANT DATES: November 9 Colour Run November 14 Great Aussie Bush Camp –Year 5 November 21 MADD Night (Music, Art Dance, Drama) November