Ryde East Public School 12 Twin Road, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113 Tel: 9878 3681 9888 5620 Fax: 9878 6029 Email: rydeeast-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website address: www.rydeeast-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER 6th SEPTEMBER 2016 TERM 3 WEEK 8

A copy of this newsletter is available on the School’s website

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT This week students interested in joining our Band Program will have the opportunity to trial musical instruments. Year 1 Percussion trials will take place today and Years 2 to 5 on Thursday.

Congratulations to our Percussion Ensemble for their inclusion in the Ryde Schools’ Spectacular to be held at the Opera House in October. This is the first time we have been selected to participate in the Band Section of the program. The group will accompany the mass choir with a ‘Drum Line’ performance.

Thank you to Kelly Centellas and her band of helpers who prepared a delicious breakfast for our fathers and significant males last Thursday. We had a record turnout and were entertained with our String

Ensemble and very funny ‘Dad Jokes’. We were lucky to have so much support from local businesses to make this occasion such a success.

Best of luck to Wan Jia (3/4W), Ethan (4B), Sofia (5/6W) and Will (5/6W) who will be representing Ryde East Public School, next Tuesday, at the Regional Spelling Bee competition.

Yesterday our new LMBR system went live. The office staff have many tasks to complete in order to get this system up and running efficiently. We thank you for your patience whilst this process takes place. POP (parent online payments) should be reinstated within the next week.

Best of luck to our Dance Group who will be performing at the State Dance Festival next Monday evening.

This Friday our Gold Card Assembly wil be held in the school hall at 9.20am. We will be entertained by our Senior Band and everyone is welcome to join us.

Nicole Doig - Relieving Principal

Dates for Your Diary

W7/9 1/2F and 5/6W visiting New Horizons Th8/9 Year 2 Music Tryouts F 9/9 Gold Card Assembly Sa10/9 Trivia Night M12/9 State Dance Festival W14/9 School Photos

P&C NEWS A big THANK YOU to Kelly Centellas and her Fathers’ Day Breakfast team. We had

a great morning with the dads and grandparents of REPS kids! The dads were truly spoilt with bacon, egg and sausage rolls, pastries, fruit, coffees and juice and a goody bag too!! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. This weekend we have our infamous Trivia Night. Suzanne Kimpton, Siobhan Reynolds, Tully Sharp-Butler, Steve Hackett and Brian Swan have been working tirelessly to bring you an awesome night with loads of prizes!! Thank you to those who have generously donated prizes also!!! So bring your coins and I look forward to seeing you there and having some fun!!

Genevieve Webb - P&C President 0417 384 829 Genevieve.webb@hyh.com

Trivia Social Night THIS SATURDAY!!! We are very excited about our upcoming Trivia Night this Saturday. We will be opening the doors at 6:45pm to allow time for everyone to arrive and settle in prior to starting our trivia rounds at 7:20pm sharp! Please do not be late.

This is what you need to know about the evening…..

The venue: School Hall, Ryde East Public School.

Commencement: Doors open at 6.45pm. Please arrive as soon as possible after 6.45pm so that we can start trivia on time – which will begin at 7.20pm sharp!

Food and Beverage: the event is a BYO picnic dinner and drinks. Get together with your table before Saturday night and decide who is going to bring what nibbles! One bottle of red and one bottle of white wine, plus a bottle of water will be provided on each table. Tea, coffee, cake and slices will also be provided for late supper. We will provide wine glasses but please bring your own paper plates, plastic cutlery and napkins.

Trivia and Games: The night will comprise of 5 rounds of trivia and 3 fundraising games – so don’t forget to bring your gold coins! There will be a float of gold coins and $5 notes available if you need change for the games.

End-of-night clean up: please bring a wine box or similar to take your empty bottles home at the end of the evening. The school doesn’t have facilities for glass recycling so in the interest of the environment and to ease the burden for the volunteers cleaning up at the end of the night, please do take your bottles home with you!

Live and Silent Auctions: A live auction, numerous silent auctions and a raffle will take place throughout the night. Prizes include: A Blue Mountains weekend away for 4, $500 Vision Personal Training voucher, signed sporting memorabilia, cinema and dinner combos, yoga and pilates vouchers, food and wine hampers and much more…

Looking forward to a great night of fun, games and trivia.

If you have any questions please call me on 0414 560 907

Suzanne Kimpton

TRIVIA NIGHT SILENT AUCTION PRE-BIDS We have so many wonderful items for the silent auction at our Trivia Night this weekend that we have decided to make them

available for pre-bids for anyone who may be interested but will not be attending on the night.

Please see sheets at the end of the newsletter for a list of the items available. All bids to be emailed by 9th September. Receipt of bids will be confirmed but only successful bidders will be contacted after the auction.

Any enquiries to Tully Sharp-Butler 0414 671 923

FROM THE CANTEEN WOW WHAT A RECORD FATHERS DAY! A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME REPS MUMS who helped

make this our best ever ANNUAL FATHERS’ DAY BREAKFAST ever, arriving at school at the crack of dawn!

With a record 430 dads and their children attending we provided a gourmet hot breakfast buffet and barista made coffees last Thursday! A record 15 entries into the "The Best Dad Jokes Competition" was also very funny!

Every dad received a Fathers’ Day goodies bag and their own portrait to take home. The dads loved them.

Thank you to our loyal sponsors - Pryde Meats, Sapore Breads, Parmalat, Adore Coffee, Fedelles, Bunnings Artarmon, Cox Road Mall Fruit Shop, Nestle, Inside Sport, Sports Kickstart, Next Generation Gym. We raised over $3,000 at this great event!

When you do your shopping please support these local businesses.

Till next year!

REPS CANTEEN ROSTER FOR COMING WEEK WED 7/9 EBH: Lenora Joziasse LBH: Jieming Maxwell ALL DAY: Rosetta Shaheen PIK: Kate Hackett FRI 9/9 MON 12/9 EBH: Diane Shaw ALL DAY: Caroline Miller EBH: Tatum Pringle ALL DAY: Audrey Lam ALL DAY: Sally Langford PIK: Janine Sallaway All Day Or Late Bird Helper Needed PIK: Gen Webb

Helpers are needed for the following dates. Please come and support the canteen and your children. Let us know if you are available to help on

WEDNESDAYS 14/9 ALL DAY HELPER 21/9 ALL DAY HELPER FRIDAYS 23/9 ALL DAY HELPER 23/9 EBH HELPER

KEY: ALL DAY 9.15 – 1.45, EBH: 9.15-11.30, LBH: 11.30-1.45

Thank you Lisa & Kelly and Tonya Canteen 9878 2952 or rydeeastcanteen@gmail.com

ART CALENDARS Art Calendar orders are due this week: if you haven’t already placed your orders please do so!

You can order printed calendars, sketch books, diaries, mouse mats and cards featuring art work that your children will be producing in class. These make beautiful keepsakes and are also a great idea for gifts. You will receive the products in Term 4 (with plenty of time before Christmas).

There are now sample products on display in the office foyer and most teachers also have sample products in their classrooms if you would like to have a look.

As well as the artwork produced in class, if you wish, you can submit photographs or other artwork e.g. work produced by siblings, or a family project. Photos can be submitted online at www.kidsartworks.com.au. Note that the artwork must be produced on the designated art paper (available from the office) and these must be landscape format for calendars and mouse mats.

This is a fundraising event and all profits go back to the P&C to assist our school.

Any enquiries to Tully Sharp-Butler 0414 671 923 or at tullybutler@yahoo.com.au

P&C MUSIC PROGRAM NEWS SENIOR BAND AT GOLD CARD We are looking forward to another

fantastic performance by our Senior Band this Friday at the Gold Card assembly. Meet at the band room at 8.45am to help carry instruments and stands to the hall and don’t forget your instruments and music! As Senior Band missed last week’s rehearsal, please try and attend this week’s.

PERCUSSION TRYOUTS The Year 1 percussion tryouts with Mr G were on today and the students had a wonderful time. They have been given a note providing information about the percussion program for 2017. If your child would like to join the percussion program in 2017 you need to return the cut-off slip to the music drawer by Friday 23rd September. Available positions are awarded on a first-in-first-served policy, so get your note in as soon as possible!

INSTRUMENT TRYOUTS The Year 2-5 instrument tryouts are on this Thursday. The students will have an opportunity to

try out a variety of instruments to see if they would like to learn an instrument in 2017. Each student will bring home an assessment sheet of the instruments that they tried and information on the 2017 music program. If your child would like to learn an instrument in 2017 please return the cut-off slip to the music drawer by Friday 23th September. Available positions are awarded on a first-in-first-served policy, so get your note in as soon as possible.

MUSIC PHOTOS – WED 14/9 Band photos will be taken on Wednesday 14th September. Lina Diaz will be sending out further information on times and what to wear, shortly.

MUSIC DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES Week 8 – Friday 9th September: Senior Band Gold Card Performance; Thursday 8th September: 2017 Instrument Tryouts; Tuesday 6th September: Percussion Demonstration Week 10 – Percussion Tryouts and Instrument Tryouts ‘interest in joining the 2017 music program’ notes due.

CONTACT PARENTS Coordinator: Belinda Duncan – 0417 489 269, rydeeastmusic@gmail.com Secretary: Jennifer Harrison – bluettave@yahoo.com.au Band Manager: Lina Diaz – lina.diaz888@gmail.com Instrument Manager: Carol Crane – crane.ac@gmail.com

TENNIS COURT HIRE

The school tennis courts are available for hire out of school hours for a nominal fee of $20.00 per hour for each court. Contact Margie Simpson on 0407 280 864

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS - (New Uniforms only) The Uniform Shop is open every Tuesday morning from 8.45am – 9.45am or order online and have it delivered to your child’s classroom. www.picklesschoolwear.com Sara Rich – 0426 824 972

♥♥♥ Pre-Loved Uniforms ♥♥♥ Opening Time - Tuesday mornings from 8:45 - 9:30am. Pre-loved uniforms are available from the Canteen window alongside the New Uniform Shop. We are also selling 100% Cotton short-sleeve polo shirts for $27.50 each. Payment is by CASH only and notes of smaller denominations are appreciated. For any queries please contact Simone Haslehurst on 0414 965 225 or Cyndi Yu on 0430 202 071.

RYDE EAST OSHC NEWS Ryde East OSHC has its own website which can be accessed at any time. The website is www.rydeeastoshc.com.au

RYDE EAST VACATION CARE Ryde East Vacation Care program is available now. Booking ends on Friday 16th September, so book early. A range of fun action packed activities are offered to keep the kids active and entertained during the day and these activities are:

26th Sept – (Ex) Skypeak aerial Park Adventure

27th Sept – (Ex) Picnic @ Yamble Reserve

28th Sept – (Centre) Wheels Day

29th Sept – (Ex) Gala Fun Day Out

30th Sept – (Inc) Creative Cartoon Day

3rd Oct – Public holiday

4th Oct – (Centre) Pyjama & Movie Marathon Day

5th Oct – (Ex) Stardust Circus

6th Oct – (Centre) Electronics Day

7th Oct – (Ex) Movies & McDonalds

Booking forms are available on centre website http://www.rydeeastoshc.com.au OR contact Parthi on 98783773 OR email rydeeastoshc@optusnet.com.au