Risdon Vale Primary School
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2 Heather Road
Risdon Vale TAS 7016
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Email: Risdon.Vale.Primary@education.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6242 5222
Fax: 03 6242 5299

19 October 2016

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

Principal Libby
Robinson

Hello students, parents, carers and staff

A big welcome to our final term of the year. Of course, it will be busy and exciting but the important thing is that we work together to make sure that every child is upholding our Hi 5 Values right up until the last minute of the school year. We expect students to be:

  • Responsible
  • Respectful
  • Be ready to learn
  • Be a learning
  • Be safe

Our grade 6 students look really wonderful in their new 'RVPS graduate' tops. They are wearing them very proudly as their uniform.

Our school uniform is an expectation of the Department of Education, but what our uniform looks like is an agreement we have as a whole school community. The School Association sign off on all the elements of our uniform. It is expected to: look smart, be affordable and be safe to wear. This includes long hair being tied back, no make-up and no jewellery which is obvious (ear studs are safe but ear rings and stretchers are not safe). Thank you for continuing to support this.

Over the holidays, Rob Schmidt cleaned the school pool. We are hoping to run ECE water orientation classes later this term and to use the pool for some reward time. We will provide further information.

We have a number of new staff working with us this term. We would like to we welcome Anna Weymouth who is in 1-2 Rigney on Fridays as a trainee TA. Isobel Eaves is in her final semester of University, doing her teaching degree and is with 3-4 Patulny. Lastly, we welcome Celeste Phillips, our new Speech Pathologist.

We know that you will feel warmly welcomed and supported as part of our school community.

Our teaching staff will be at school this Friday, doing a day's professional learning. The areas we will be working on are: reflecting on our progress for 2016, planning for 2017. We will be doing a session on My Education as well as History and Studies of Society. Finally we will work together to look into our Positive Behaviour Support systems.

Kind regards, Libby Robinson

Home Reading Certificates 17 October 2016

Congratulations to these students, for receiving Home Reading Certificates at assembly this week.

50 nights of reading

Dax Temple - Prep/1Bowering
Jay Hopkinson - 4/5 Gearman

75 nights of reading

Lincoln Bryan 4/5 Gearman

100 nights of reading

Eliza Temple - 1/2 Rigney

Lucas Harper - 1/2 Rigney

175 nights of reading

Hannah Bellette - 1/2 rigney

200 nights of reading

Seth James - 1/2 Rigney

Assembly photos

Assembly - 10th October
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Assembly - 10th October
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Assembly - 17th October
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Assembly - 17th October
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Grandparent's/Grand-friend's Day

Grandparent's and Grand-friend's Day

What an amazing event Grandparent's and Grand-friend's Day was and what a privilege to take the challenge on to organise it. We had attendance of approximately 150 people who came to visit their special children in their lives and see exactly what they have been participating in at school.

The children from each classroom from Kinder to Grade 6 all completed pieces of work to be displayed in their classroom and in the art exhibition in the schools open room.

The LIFT program would love to say thank you to the parent's and carer's who supplied a fabulous afternoon tea, the students who kindly invited that special older person in their life and the grandparent's and grand-friends for attending the event and making it such a special occasion.

A HUGE thankyou to:

Marlene (Nanny) Downham
Natasha Aitken
Rachel Aherne
Anna Schmidt
Tamara Knop
Staff and Students

These people helped in many ways on the day to help the event be so successful.

The LIFT program looks forward to taking this challenge on next year. If you have any feedback on what we could improve or what you enjoyed, please email me katie.andrikonis@education.tas.gov.au or approach me at school and let me know.

Grandparents and Grand Friends Day

Back on the first week of term 4 and we already have a special day, "Grandparents and Grand Friends Day" and what a day it was. We had so many Grandparents and Grand Friends come in to see their Grandchildren. First all the Grandparents and Grand Friends went to go to the Grandchild's Classroom to say 'hi' and talk about the work that they have done or just some things that they have done recently. Afterwards we had an afternoon tea for the Grandparents/ Grand Friends and for the Grandchildren and some leftovers for the workers which were some selected grade 5/6 students. It was a huge success and a lovely day.

Journalist Joshua

Grandparents Day
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On-line Dot to Dot address

http://www.coloring4all.com/dot_to_dot.htm

ABC Phonics

ABC Phonics – Nursery Rhyme

Apple starts with a,a,a apple
Bear starts with b, b,b bear
Cat starts with c,c,c, cat
Dog starts with d,d,d dog
Egg starts with e,e,e egg
Fish starts with f,f,f fish
Goat starts with g,g,g goat
Hat starts with h,h,h hat
Igloo starts with i,i,I igloo
Jacket starts with j,j,j jacket
Kite starts with k,k,k kite
Lion starts with l,l,l lion
Monkey starts with m,m,m monkey
Nose starts with n,n,n nose
Ostrich starts with o,o,o ostrich
Pig starts with p,p,p pig
Queen starts with q,q,q queen
Rabbit starts with r,r,r rabbit
Sun starts with s,s,s sun
Turtle starts with t,t,t turtle
Umbrella starts with u,u,u umbrella
Van starts with v,v,v van
Wagon starts with w,w,w wagon
X-ray starts with x,x,x x-ray
Yoyo starts with y,y,y,y yoyo
Zebra starts with z,z,z zebra

These are the sounds and the letters of the alphabet
Learning letters and their sounds will help you learn to read
These are the sounds and the letters of the alphabet
Next time won't you sing along and learn them all with me
Next time wont you sing along and learn them all with me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dNI74FZ6Vc

Upper Primary Activities

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/

Don't forget Mathletics can be done from home too.

Launching into Learning Activities

Launching Into Learning
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What have we been up to this week?

Welcome back to Term 4. This week in the LiL group we opened up the supermarket in our home corner. We have all brought boxes and cartons from home to start our grocery store.

The home corner allows a child to play with other children with no adult assistance. It helps a child become an effective communicator and gives them a strong sense of well-being.

LiL group is open for any parents with children from birth to aged 4. Our sessions are on:

Tuesday 9:00am till 11:00am
Thursday 12.30 till 2.30pm

For any further information please email: katie.andrikonis@education.tas.gov.au

Premier's Reading Challenge

Congratulations to the following students who received certificates for completing the Premier's Home Reading Challenge:

Prep/1 Bowering

Brittney DeJong
Hazel Cordwell
Kayleb Turvey
Henry Aherne-Cowley
Jesse Cox
Dax Temple

Prep/1Porte/Varveris

Jakson Cox
Abbie Cowburn
Maddy Byrne
Candice Smith
Cody Rimon
Declan McKendrick
Jayla McCauley

1/2Rigney

Molly Page
Montana Rimon
Eliza Temple
Hannah Bellette
Connor Hopkinson
Lucas Harper
Blade McCauley
Charlette Kirk

2/3Weavers/Varveris

Amy Cowburn
Blade Braslin
Kayla Perkins
Madeline Hutt

3/4Patulny

Mason Burr
Brodie Young

4/5Gearman

Lincoln Bryan
Libby Burles
Tyson Walker

5/6Coombe

Latoya Atkinson

Special congratulations to Connor Hopkinson who was awarded a Book voucher for his fantastic effort in this challenge.

Quote of the Week

"Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already."

DaveWillis.org

Getting to know our staff

Name: Mrs Deb Bryan.

What is your job at Risdon Vale primary School?

School chaplain

How long have your worked at our school?

2 years.

What do you like about working with the students?

I like the energy of young people.

What is your favourite holiday place?

Indonesia Ubud

Name Mrs Jodie Gaul

What is your job at Risdon Vale primary School?

School Business Manager

How long have your worked at our school?

11 years

What do you like about working with the students?

Their happy little faces

What is your favourite holiday place?

Noosa Qld

Cooking

Berry tarts

Equipment

measuring scales
chopping boards
rolling pin
grater
large bowl
Large circle biscuit cutter
wooden spoon
muffin tray
wire rack

1 quantity of sweet pastry
300 gm frozen mixed berries
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup plain flour
2 tablespoons orange rind, finely grated

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  2. Spray muffin tray with oil.
  3. Roll pastry out in baking paper to 3mm thick and cut into circles with a large cutter.
  4. In a large bowl, gently combine berries with sugar, flour and orange rind.
  5. Spoon 2 tablespoons of berry mixture into each pastry circle.
  6. Place in the oven and bake for about20-25 minutes until pastry is brown and cooked.
  7. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before eating ( berries will be very hot!)

Recipe source: Fresh magazine May 2016

Chow mein

Equipment

chopping boards knives
bowls
measuring spoons
measuring cups
frypan
spatulas
pot
serving bowl
serving spoons
eating bowls

1 packet of 2-minute noodles
1 small onion, finely chopped
250 g beef mince or chicken thighs-cut into bite size pieces
1 tablespoon oil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cups mixed vegetables – diced carrot, peas, sliced cabbage
2 cups chicken stock
1 tomato, diced
1 teaspoon chilli sauce
3 tablespoon tomato sauce

Method

  1. Cook the noodles as per instructions on packet.
  2. Slice cabbage thinly.
  3. Cut tomato into small pieces.
  4. Peel and cut carrots into thin circles.
  5. Heat a wok or deep fry pan. Add oil and cook onion.
  6. Add mince, curry powder and garlic, stir well.
  7. Add soy sauce, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, chicken stock and mixed vegetables. Cook for 10-15 minutes until vegetables are soft.
  8. Add cooked noodles and mix well.

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/chow-mein-L4704.html

Cooking
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Nude Food Day

This year our school is participating in Nude Food Day on Wednesday October 26th. We would like all our students to bring a lunch to school that is as nude as possible! Try to pack fresh fruit and veggies that don't need packaging, sandwiches could be packed in reusable containers. Classes will be auditing the amount of rubbish their class generates. If you're not sure how to pack a nude food lunch, have a look at the information in this newsletter and look out for posters displayed around school to give you some hints.

Visit from Lollipop, a Story Dog

Kindergarten Cooking Photos

Kinder Cooking
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Kinder Cooking
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4/5 Gearman's class skipping

German Skipping
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German Skipping
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Would parents please let the school know as soon as possible if you have changed or lost your phone? This will assist us to contact you immediately in case of an emergency

CALENDAR 2016

Thurs 20th Oct

Hobart Show Day Holiday

Friday 21st Oct

Student Free Day

Wed 26th Oct

Nude Food Day (Ideas in this newsletter)

Friday 28th Oct

Halloween Discos. More info to come

Thurs 3rd Nov

Schools Music Count Us In – School Choir

Nov 28th – Dec 2nd

School Fire Education

Mon 5th Dec

Frog Prince Excursion Playhouse Theatre Kinder – 2/3W

Thurs 8th Dec

Community Carols by Candlelight at Fire Station

Tues 13th Dec

Community Christmas Lunch

Wed 14th Dec

10am Primary Performance Christmas Assembly

Wed 14th Dec

ECE Performance Assembly 11:45am

Mon 19th Dec

Leavers Dinner

Tues 20th Dec

Whole School Picnic

Wed 21st Dec

Last day for students – Final Assembly 12 noon

JAN 21st 2017

Risdon Vale Festival Fun – SAVE THE DATE 11-2