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Number 24

28 August 2017

We had to tie our hand to our hip to see what it would be like if we could only use one hand. I am right handed and so had to use my left hand. The hardest thing was cutting one handed as it was really hard to manage the scissors.Henry L 3/4J

I had to use my left hand all morning. It was hard to lift things like my bag. I had to get Henry to help me when I was cutting out. He held the paper as I cut with the scissors. I think it must be hard for people who only have one arm.Abbey T 3/4J

August

28 Aug-1 Sept Grade 6 Play Boot Camp

30 School Council

1 September

1 Father’s Day Stall

4-8 Grade 6 Play

6-8 Grade 3/4 Camp – Lady Northcote

14 Grade 1/2 Sleepover

15 SRC Dress Up Day & Pizza Afternoon

22 End of term

Life With One Hand Tied Behind Your BackAs part of the Term 3 Inquiry Study about Disability the Grade 3/4's conducted an experiment to see what life is like for those with a disability that affects their upper limbs. They had to tie their dominant hand beside them and try a range of activities with only the use of their non-dominant hand. They had to see how they would cope on their own and then try to work together to complete simple tasks including cutting and writing. Below are some reflections.

Learning To Write – Through Cooking!

The Grade Preps have been studying about writing procedural texts. They were very clever and chose to learn to write recipes as it meant their writing work would have a yummy reward at the end of it all! All the Prep Grades learnt the recipe for pikelets and got to try out each of the steps in their ‘Method’ in our Kid’s Kitchen. Thanks to our parent volunteers who helped out on the day.

Congratulations Jagga!

Here are some reflections:

We learnt the recipe for pikelets. I wrote these ingredients in mine – flour, milk, eggs and sugar.Elodie W PJ

We got to eat the pikelets after they were cooked. We could choose jam or honey. I chose honey. It was yummy!Arabella M PJ

Congratulations to our Sports Captain, Jagga Smith who was part of the undefeated Victorian Primary School AFL team who won the National Championship last week in Darwin. Victoria beat South Australia in the final to take the National Cup – well done Jagga and the victorious Victorians!

Richmond Junior Footy Club U12

Just a short note to let you know that the Richmond Junior Footy Club U12 Girls team has made the big dance! Four grade 6 gals - Saskia Blackburn, Charlotte Thomas, Erin Rahilly and Rita Cahill are in the team that has made the U12 girls Grand Final on Sunday. (Rita’s dad Richard is coach). They play the Kew Comets, who are undefeated in 2 seasons, so we’ve definitely got the underdog status!It’s a huge achievement for the girls who are only in their first and second seasons of footy.

2nd HAND UNIFORMSWe have a large stock of 2nd Hand Uniforms at the school that can be purchased at a small cost. If anyone is interested please see either Jane or Judy at the school office so we can check your requirements to see if we can help.

Every week, we pose a quiz question based on the name of one of our wonderful students.Write your answer on a piece of paper, along with your name and grade, and put it in the cream letter box in the office. The first correct entry drawn will win

a Student Pass for one hour.

The winning entry will be drawn on Wednesday at 3.30pm.NOTE:

> You may place only one entry per

week in the box.> Each player must put in their own entry

(no joint entries).> If you win, you are win-binned

(disqualified) for one week, to give others a go.

* NO WINNER so we are repeating last

week’s clue *

This Grade 3 student’s initials are what little kids call a horse.

Student of the week

KIDS QUIZ**

1/2NCordelia Postill For her beautiful manners, outstanding focus and awesome reading improvement. You are an absolute pleasure to teach Cordelia!1/2TBen Major For always being a reliable and super helpful member of 1/2 T. You are always happy to lend a hand to your peers and to the teachers when it is needed. Fantastic Ben!1/2CLiam Birrell For being such an enthusiastic learner and trying his best to excel in all his learning tasks. Keep up the hard work Liam. 1/2KJMitchell Irwin For your creativity as a thinker and your enthusiasm for books and reading. Readers are leaders! Never stop!Sophia Koulouris For giving maths a go – and for your creativity and energy as our classroom SRC rep. 3/4JArchie Forster

There once was a boy called Archibald.When writing he often stalled.So he decided to show him, that he was great at writing poems.Which left his teacher quite enthralled. 3/4AHugo Mayo For your very descriptive and captivating narrative about a group of stranded sailors. You are an incredibly talented writer.

3/4CTom Doull For making an incredible effort to put his best effort into every class activity. Your focused, positive attitude are a great role model for other students, Tom.

3/4SHamish Munro

For your outstanding NAPLAN results; your hard work and concentration definitely paid off Hamish! 5/6SBen TyrellCongratulations Ben for producing an inspiring Wish for the World book. You wrote a fantastic piece about marriage equality. 5/6LHugh Hamilton

For putting together such an impressive PE lesson. 5/6L will be on Ninja Warrior in no time! Great work Hugh. 5/6RLorenne KoppensCongratulations on your work efforts in class this week. Your improved work ethic and output has been outstanding! It just proves that you can do Lorenne-ything if you put your mind to it! Keep it up!5/6RHarry MorrissGreat job on your Wish for the World writing Harry. Your piece was highly emotive and heartfelt. Excellent work Harry!

PREP SIsaac Feehan Congratulations Isaac on your amazing achievement of being able to read and spell all of the Magic Words! You are a reading and spelling whiz!PREP JMillie Kerr For your courage and enthusiasm in entering the young authors award. You should be very proud for always challenging yourself. Congratulations on the outstanding achievements in all your writing this year Millie.

PREP CAnthony Di Fresco For his amazing doubles work in Maths. You are the doubles champion among us Anthony!1/2PCooper Zammit For consistently trying hard and for fitting into 1/2P so well. Well done!

PHONE CYCLE ZOOS VICTORIA DONATION - HANNAH JONES 5/6R

Well done to our Environment Captain, Hannah Jones for organising the collection all those

unwanted mobile phones. Thank you to all those families who sent their phones in so they could be

recycled to help Save Our Planet!!!!

ENVIRONMENT CAPTAINS’ WEEKLY FASCINATING FACT

A sunflower is not just one flower. Both the fuzzy brown centre and the yellow petals are actually 1000-2000 individual flowers, held together on a single stalk.Thank you!Hannah and Ryan

Selling your house? Mention RPS at the time of listing and Biggin & Scott Richmond will donate $1,000.00 to the school. They will also donate $500.00 to the school for every new management property signed up, where RPS is mentioned.

School Banking

* Prize Update *

The Cyber Handball (Term 1 Reward) is now out of stock no longer available for redemption. (The Volt Handball which was released this Term is still available.)

Reward card is available at https://www.commbank.com.au/content/dam/commbank/personal/apply-online/download-printed-forms/school-banking-parent-pack-rewards-card-colour.pdf?ei=bl3-tl-download-reward-card-colour

Two Competitions

The Future Savers Grand Prize Competition finishes at the end of Term 3. Students who have made 15 or more school banking deposits between 23rd January and the end of Term 3 are automatically entered into the draw to win a family trip to Tokyo Disneyland.

The second competition is running from 14th August - 10th November. School Bankers have the chance to win high tech prizes. A leaflet will come home with your child’s bank book tomorrow with more info about this competition.Don’t forget, School Banking occurs every Tuesday at RPS.

Any queries, please contact the banking team at joannecollins1@optusnet.com.au

Kind regards,

The School Banking Team

Father’s Day Stall This FridayDon’t forget that there will be a Father’s Day stall this Friday on September 1st. There will be a great range of gifts for the special men in your life. Check for an email update later this week.

Thanks,

The Father’s Day Stall Team