Risdon Vale Primary School eNewsletter

17 May 2019

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PRINCIPALS REPORT
SAFE FAIR CARE CERTIFICATESPRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY ON

PRINCIPALS REPORT

Dear Families,

Students are more likely to succeed at school and in life if they are attending school regularly. So far this year, a third of our students have been absent one or more days every fortnight. This translates to missing a whole month of school every year! We want to ensure every one of our students has the best chance of success at school and in life so we are asking families to work with us to improve attendance rates and give our students the education they deserve.

This term we are running an attendance challenge for all of our classes. For every day that the whole class is at school, they will display one of the letters from the word ‘attendance’ in their window. Once the whole word is displayed, the class will receive a reward.

We definitely do not want children to come to school if they are not well enough to do so. We have talked to the children at length about acceptable and unacceptable reasons for missing school (e.g birthdays, shopping trips, haircuts, sleep ins etc). The children are really excited about the challenge which is ongoing meaning every class will be able to reach the reward, even if some take a little longer than others!

Principal
Rachael Wells

SAFE FAIR CARE CERTIFICATES
PRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY ON

Monday 13th and 20th May 2019

Hannah Bellette	Consistent hard work
Harlee Peppiatt	For being a great class leader this week
Chayse Webb	For his enthusiastic contributions during maths discussions
Lillian Latham	Continued quality work in class
Tailyn Sproule	For her help in the morning with the weather chart
Blake Hansson	For his contributions in class discussions
Emily Harris	For having the confidence to participate in class activities
Beau Flakemore	For filling people’s buckets in a positive way
Campbell Rathbone	For being an engaged learner and making excellent progress in all areas
Jaylen Pennyston	For good narrative writing
Hunter Bridges	For being a great class member
Eliza Temple	For excellent narrative writing
Natoria Broadby	For a super effort and huge improvement in reading stamina
Conner Hopkinson	For increasing the amount of writing he does each week.
Jack Gourlay	For remaining focused and giving an excellent performance in the science
Casey Voss	For being a team player and showing good organisational skills
James Bryan	For showing greater engagement in mathematics
Rylie Fooks	For trying hard with his learning
Dominic Hansson	For increased resilience and confidence when starting the school day
Jayla McCauley	For her impressive contributions to our class discussions
Seth James	For his positive approach to learning and kindness towards others
Alicia Dillon	For her contributions to class discussions
Isaac Harper	For his contributions to class discussions
Luca Smith	Great thinking in telling the time
Ruby Cole	Great thinking in maths
Emma Pierce	For a great start at her new school
Casper Smith	Consistent effort in his English studies

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE ABOVE STUDENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAY
20th Monday	Assembly 3/4P, Prep B/J
20th Monday	NAPLAN
21st Tuesday	NAPLAN
22nd Wednesday	NAPLAN
23rd Thursday	NAPLAN
24th Friday	NAPLAN
27th Monday	Assembly 3/4R, 1/2/C/W
JUNE
3rd Monday	Assembly 5/6C, 3/4P
5th Wednesday	Scientastic Performance 9.15-10.45
10th Monday	Assembly 5/6S, 1/2V
11th Tuesday	Learn to Swim 11th to 21st June
13th Thursday	Div C Interschool Cross Country – Geilston Bay

IN THE KITCHEN

It’s getting colder, and I don’t know about you, but I like to look to warm and comforting food to keep the cold at bay. This newsletter we have two of the recipes that the classes are cooking. The grade 3-4’s are cooking patatas bravas – delicious fried potatoes in a warm tomato sauce with lots of fresh parsley. The grade 5-6’s are giving fried rice a new twist – serving it in lettuce cups – yum!