Relieving Principal: Mr. Andrew Price

Email: raymondter-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Telephone: 49872083

Fax: 49874079 Like us on Facebook

Term 4 2020

November Issue

Dear Parents/Carers, COVID safety is still at the forefront of our minds at school and the kids and staff, including our hardworking cleaners, are doing a great job. Please remember, at this stage parents should not be on school grounds unless booked in for a specific meeting with staff or working in the canteen on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. All adults that enter the school grounds need to sign in at the school office and make their COVID safe declaration each day they attend. It is also important students continue to bring a drink bottle to school every day as we are still unable to use our bubblers due to COVID restrictions. Students will be given plenty of chances to refill their drink bottles during the day. Updated COVID advice now allows us to put more concrete plans into place around our end of year routines. It is important to recognise and celebrate everyone’s hard work during this very unusual year and I can confirm there will be stage and class based celebrations, Year 6 Farewell and School Presentation Day Awards. Our hard working P&C can now meet again. All these things will look different to the way we have usually done things and we will keep you informed as soon as we can around the details. This may mean some extra notes and posts to keep you in the loop. OTHER IMPORTANT SAFTEY STUFF Parking around our school is tricky. The area in Swan Street at the main entrance has been identified as a dangerous area with a Children’s Crossing and specific parking restrictions in place to help keep everyone safe. Clear signs are now back in place and the council and police confirm all are correct. Please contact me if you have any concerns. The Adelaide Street pedestrian crossing is an important safety feature built into the roads around our school. All children should cross Adelaide Street at this crossing and I ask adults to support us in communicating this to the kids.

Sun Safe All students need to wear a school hat when playing in uncovered areas eg candyland, astro turf areas and back field. School Improvement Planning The school is currently commencing a new planning cycle aimed at ongoing improvement. As part of this we have been undertaking a Situational Analysis to use as a base line for ongoing improvement planning. As part of the Situational Analysis we are seeking feedback from people around our school in relation to teaching and learning, wellbeing and engagement. Our P&C will be key community members and I ask any other interested parents to make contact with me if you would like to be involved in some small focus groups to help us with the process. On a special note I would like to recognise our 2020 Student School Leaders. Our Year 6 007 leaders step up every day to support our younger students and not just in the way that everyone sees, they are models for the little kids in what they do. These leaders have our 8 elected ministers at their helm. These guys do an amazing job all over the school, are involved in everything and, although they have not been in the spotlight at things like special assemblies this year, they shine as role models for everyone. There are lots of things coming up, please be patient with us as we continue to navigate COVID, help us with our planning and enjoy celebrating our kids success. Kind regards, Andrew Price, Relieving Principal

** Respect ** Do as you are asked ** Friendly Talk ** Hands off ** In the right place **

School Magazine K-2 Athletics Carnival Calendar

From the Relieving Principal

November 8-15th NAIDOC WEEK 13th U12s Rugby League Gala Day 20th Rebecca Young Cup @ Lakeside 24th Kinder Orientation 1:40-2:45pm 25th K-2 Athletics Carnival Day 1 30th Kinder Orientation 12:20-2:45pm December 1st H.R.H.S. orientation day 2nd K-2 Athletics Carnival Day 2 3rd I.H.S. orientation day 9th Presentation Day 10th Year 6 Farewell 16th Last day for all students 16th Year 6 Final assembly & walk out

SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 17th December 2020 to 28th January 2021

2020 has definitely been a year to remember! This year's RTPS School Magazine is nearing completion and we are now taking orders. The School Magazine contains photos of school events, pages from each class and Year 6 profiles. If you would like to order a unique keepsake of a very unique year, please return the order form and payment by Wednesday, 2nd December. Magazines will be sent home during the final few weeks of term.

The 2020 K-2 Athletics Carnival will go over two days. Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, parents are not allowed on site. Day 1 is age races & day 2 will be race finals & tabloid games. Dates are: 25th November & 2nd December Time: 9:15am –11:15am each day It is compulsory for all K-2 students to attend the carnival. Students have had a note sent home about the event which includes their house and colour. House Colours are: Paterson - green; Allyn - yellow; Williams - blue; and Hunter - red. Reminders for all students:

• Can wear their house colours (not out of uniform day),

• Bring plenty of bottled water

• Wear school hat and appropriate footwear

• Wear sunscreen

• Bring fruit break, recess & lunch

You Can Do It: Resilience Confidence Organisation Persistence Getting Along Quality Work

Library News from Mrs. Wales

Term 4 Library news

The last Scholastic Book Club for the year goes home today. If the order is a gift,

please let the school know.

Next week, is the last week for students to borrow. All books need to be returned to

the library by the end of the year!

Thanks,

Amy Wales,

Teacher Librarian

Our school has embarked on decorating another fibreglass koala in 2020 for the Kreative Koala: Design A Bright Future Challenge. Students are working on United Nations Global Goal for sustainable development No. 13—Climate Action. A small group of Aboriginal students are working together with Mrs van de Wijgaart & Miss Perry to transform their learning and tell their story using mosaic tiles. This koala will feature in our future Aboriginal garden at R.T.P.S. Kreative Koalas uses art and

multimedia as a vehicle to inspire young people to investigate and reflect on global sustainability issues and act at a local level.

http://kreativekoalas.com.au

Kinder 2021 Orientation

Our Kinder 2021 Orientation Program has had two sessions already with two more to go on: Tuesday 24th 1:40pm– 2:45pm & Monday 30th November 12:20pm—2:45pm. We would like thank our Year 5 ‘buddies’ for helping during Kinder Orientation on Day 1 giving up their time and being super friendly and great role models. Our 2021 Kindergarten students enjoyed meeting their Year 5 ‘big’ buddies who gave them a tour around the school, joined in with some fun activities and read to their ‘little’ buddies. They will be helping in the weeks to come and will be a friendly familiar face when they start school in 2021! We are very proud of the way our students uphold school and community values and always remembering

"Big Looks After Little".

Kreative Koala Competition

** Respect ** Do as you are asked ** Friendly Talk ** Hands off ** In the right place **

P & C President: Todd Cole

P & C Treasurer: Danica Greentree

P & C Vice President: Tash Ruse

P &C Secretary: Laura Semple

P & C Vice President: Kylee Flanagan

If you would like any information about NSW P & C Association go to https://www.pandc.org.au

P & C News Canteen News

Canteen orders: Lunch, recess and/or fruit break orders need to be handed in by 9:30am. Write your child’s name and class on paper lunch bag with payment and either hand in at a table at main gate in the morning or your child can place order in classroom lunch basket.

Friendly reminder Our Canteen is CLOSED on Mondays & Tuesdays

and OPEN on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays

Cultural News

Canteen Volunteers needed!

If you can help, please leave your name & number at front office.

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The revised November dates for NAIDOC Week 2020 follow its postponement from the original July dates due to the impacts and uncertainty from the escalating Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

RTPS celebrated NAIDOC Week 2020 on 30th October at school where students experienced playing traditional NAIDOC games, painted artworks, wrote messages and listened to stories. We recognise and acknowledge NAIDOC week from 8-15 November under the theme Always Was, Always Will Be. Congratulations to our class winners of the NAIDOC colouring in competition: K-2: Yalannah W, Jaxon M, Tiana S, Chelsi M, Zahlia K, Alfie W, Cassidy P 3-6: Quinn W, Amalie G, Reagan A, Shatayah N, Kerry-Anne S Multicat: Blake H, Kaylem S & Ellijah M

In the event that you have changed address, phone numbers, etc, could

you please ensure that the school is notified as soon as possible, thank you. It is important that we have updated information in the event of an emergency.

Office Hours 8:30am to 3:15pm

All students who arrive late must be signed in by a parent/carer at front office.

Due to health advice and the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the front office can only have one adult at front counter at a time. Please wait outside until your turn.

All adults must maintain physical distance from each other (1.5m).

You Can Do It: Resilience Confidence Organisation Persistence Getting Along Quality Work

General School information

Community News

2020 School voluntary fees are $50 per family for the year.

ONLINE PAYMENTS Log onto the school website at http://raymondter-p.schools.nsw.edu.au,

click on “make a payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or Mastercard. Only the fields marked with an asterisk* are required. Please record your receipt number on the permission slip. CASH PAYMENTS It is preferred that all cash payments are sent in an envelope with the family name clearly printed and correct mon-ey enclosed. Payments made at the office will still be enveloped and correct money is required as change is not always available. No cash is kept on the premises, therefore we don’t keep a float.

Have you noticed a student from our school in the community who has displayed the values of: Safety, Trust and Honesty, Acting Responsibly , Respect and Success.

If you have, please phone the school with their name and reason for nomination for a chance to win the Community Star award.

Raymond Terrace Community Members are S.T.A.R.S. Everyone. Everywhere. Every time

It’s that time of year where we, as a community, come together to help support people in need. The Spirit of Christmas Food Drive is about the community donating goods that go directly to the Raymond Terrace Salvation Army & St. Johns Parish Pantry. If your family would like to donate any long life food items, just send the items in with your child and their class will collect items.

The food drive will end on Tuesday 1st December.

There will be a free pizza lunch for the class with the most items donated.

PBL in the Community

Good for Kids, Good for Life supports

the promotion of healthy eating and

physical activity by children across the

Hunter and New England regions.