Principal’s Message

Thank you to all our families for your ongoing support with donations and selling of raffle tickets for

Bonfire night. All money raised goes back to supporting all the students attending Rous Public

School. In the past, this has included learning resources such as readers, musical instruments and

laptops, as well as major infrastructures in the playground such as the extension of the basketball

court, fixed equipment, cricket pitch, sandpit and at present the development of an outdoor

learning centre.

Congratulations to Miss Curran and her family on the announcement of

her pregnancy. We wish the coming months to be full of joy and

happiness for her family. Further information regarding Katie’s

maternity leave will be provided in early term 3.

Communication with the school

We request any communication by email to the school be addressed to the school email marked

‘attention to’ the intended recipient:

rous-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Staff Changes

Miss Curran will be on leave next week. Mrs Simpson will be taking the 1/2 class.

We are now taking kindergarten enrolments for 2020. Please contact

the office if you have children or know of families with children wishing

to attend Rous School.

Regards,

Pauline Houghton

Term 2 – Week 8 20 June 2019

Brainstorm Production - Monday, 1 July

On Monday, 1 July, Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing program

‘The Human Race’ for all year levels at Rous Public School. Please fill in the permission note attached

and return to the office with payment.

Semester one reports – Monday, 1 July

Semester one reports will be sent home on Monday, 1 July. Parents are welcome to contact class

teachers if you would like to arrange an appointment to further discuss your child’s progress.

Rous School Athletics Carnival – Thursday, 4 July

Our school athletics carnival will be held on Thursday, 4 July. The day will commence at 9.30am with

a march past. Parents and the wider community are welcome to attend.

Roos- blue/yellow Red backs- red/black

Library News

PLEASE, PLEASE look for overdue

library books at home. We

currently have 161 books overdue

that equates to nearly 2 books per

student here at Rous! We are due to

do a stocktake soon and really need

all these books returned. Thank you

for your cooperation. Overdue

notices will be attached today so

you know what to look for.

Calendar of Events

TERM 2 2019

Date Activity Payment Due Cost

Mon 24 Jun P&C meeting Pre-bonfire

X X

Wed 26 Jun Discovery day @ SCU (selected students)

X X

Fri 28 Jun Setup for bonfire X X

Sun 30 Jun Cleanup from bonfire X X

Mon Jul 1 Brainstorm Fri 28 Jun $10

Thu 4 Jul Athletics Carnival X X

Fri 5 Jul Last Day Term 2 X X

TERM 3 2019

Tue 23 July Students return for

term 3 X X

Wed 4 Sept Life Education Van

visit Fri 30 Aug $10 per student

Our Award Winners this Week K/1 Luca – for beautiful fluent reading that is such a pleasure to listen to Jessica – for creating texts, including images in Word with independence Ethan – for improvement in completing independent activities in literacy 1/2 Madelyn – for being a kind and caring friend Chloe – for completing tasks to the best of her ability Levi – for using strategies when he finds a task challenging 3/4 Zoe – consistent effort and application in all learning areas Billy – being an effective and confident learner Marley – for always demonstrating a growth mindset in all learning areas 5/6 Maddie – for thinking about others Nipahkul – for staying on task in science Scarlett – for effort and progress in writing

Certificates

Bronze Certificates were awarded to:

Rowan, Patrick, Indi, Edward, Lani, Keiran,

Joscelyn, Marley, Noah, Tim, Luka, Tyler

Silver Certificates were awarded to:

Maci, Jessica, Luca, Kye

Bookclub orders

due in tomorrow!

P&C News

The next P&C meeting (pre-bonfire) will be held on Monday, 24 June

7.30pm

in the 5/6 classroom.

All welcome!

School Canteen

Please note Canteen will be on Monday in Week 9 instead of Friday due to Bonfire setup.

BONFIRE NIGHT – SATURDAY 29 JUNE

Craft/Produce Stall

Any knitting grannies out there? Or expert jam

makers? Everyone loves handmade items. The

produce stall would appreciate donations of

jams, pickles, sewing/craft items or farm

produce.

Canteen Roster Term 2 Fridays

Week 8 June 21 Ash & Joan

Week 9 Monday 24 Jun

Please note canteen change of day this week due to

bonfire preparation on Friday Jen, Joan & Ash

Week 10 July 5 Linda & Deb

Assembly - Thursday 27 June

Class leaders 5/6

Trash ‘n Treasure Stall

Thank you for all your donations, please keep them coming in. Clean,

saleable items for the trash ‘n’ treasure stall are gratefully accepted and can

be dropped at the office anytime.

Book Stall

Clean out your bookshelves!

If you have any unwanted books, please consider donating them

for the stall. Donations can also be left at the office.

Chocolate Toss

Mr Johnson and the 3/4 class will be running the stall.

Donations of chocolates would be appreciated and can be

left at the office. Thanks to the families who have already

donated for the chocolate toss – we still need plenty more!

Plant Stall

If you have any plants to donate to the stall. Please drop them in closer to the day.

Café de Rous 2019

Dear Rous Community

We are excited to be organising Café de Rous for the upcoming Bonfire!

Last year was an incredible success and again a huge thanks to both community sponsors and contributing

parents/carers.

This year we will have Nat’s Coffee on board again. He is supplying coffee and accessories, a very generous

donation for our Café.

We are conscious of the need to reduce waste so as part of Café de Rous, so we will be encouraging

customers to bring along their own cup/mug for a discounted price on coffee!

From observing last year’s delicious delights sold we noticed the most popular and easy to sell items were

single serve pieces of cake, slices and biscuits. Cupcakes and muffins are easy to prepare and popular with

the kids. Slices/cakes and biscuits seem to be a preference of the adults with anything lemon, orange and

chocolate selling like “hotcakes”!! Sprinkles and pink icing was also popular!!

To ensure the night runs as smoothly as possible, please attach a list of ingredients to your donations.

Essentially we need to know this for allergy purposes. We will provide a simple ingredient card for you to fill

out and attach to your donations.

For ease of pack up containers will be left for collection in Mr. Johnsons room when the bonfire has

finished. They will be available for pick up during clean up Sunday morning too.

Thank you for your continued support of Café de Rous and we look forward to seeing you all there,

Sally, Naomi and Susann

Community News

FIREWOOD

$130.00 a load

Mat Smith

0410 246 402

Please fill in the permission note

on the next page and return to

the office with payment.

Bonfire Roster – August 2019

Updated Bonfire Roster All families are expected to fulfil their shift on the roster.

Please let us know if you are unable to do your shift as

rostered and we will try our best to accommodate another

shift but CANNOT GUARANTEE the change.

Please notify Jo Bate as soon as possible should the time you have been allotted not be suitable or if

your name appears more than once.

All parents are rostered on an allotted time for the night. You are expected to fulfil your allocated

time. In order to do this you may need to organise family or friends to look after your children on the

night. Free family passes are available from Jo in the office. Remember this is our only major fundraiser

for the year, and the funds raised go to assist all areas of learning for all of our children.

Every attempt has been made to ensure that parents are not rostered on at the same time unless

requested. Each area is allocated a leader and you are encouraged to contact these people if you have

any questions about your role in that area.

Cash Office Leader – Nicole Eather

3:00-6:00pm 5:00-7:00pm 6.30-finish

Nicole Eather Kaylah Berger Nicole Eather

Jo Bate

Runners Paul Towner, + Bronwyn Wade

General Duties Paul Towner, Dave Milnes

BBQ Cashiers Leader – Richelle Chrysostomou

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Richelle Chrysostomou George Chrysostomou

Spit Roast Carving and BBQ Cooking Leader - Gavin Hart

4:30-6:30pm 5:30-7:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Brett Shaw Dave Green

Aiden Thomas

Craig Irvine Gavin Wade

BBQ Servers Leader – Pauline Houghton

4:30-6:30pm 5:30-7:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Pauline Houghton Katie Pratt

Sharon Kramer

Paul Cooke Shane Powell

Caitlin Geyer Michael Lynch

Liz Powell

Bonfire Roster – August 2019

Drinks Van

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Tim Davis Melanie Davis John Turner

Teoni Huet Susan Monson/Naomi Roberts

Ben Walmsley

Hot Potatoes/Hot Dogs Leader – Andrew Eather

4:30-6:30pm 5:30-7:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Andrew Eather Jason Lassig

Alex Rae Shai De Blasio

Matt Geyer Karla Llewellyn

Peter O’Toole Kahlee Strudwick

Daniel Pearson Dane Smee

Vege Burgers Leader – Pat Gillett

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Melissa Ison Hayley Thomas Steven Ison Marissa Paki

Café de Rous Leader – Sally Thompson & Naomi Byrnes

4:30-6:30pm 5:30-7:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Naomi Byrnes Sally Thompson

Geraldine O’Toole Susann Weidemann

Cassie Dwyer Michelle Ninness

Rebecca Shaw Gopal Thorburn

Nat Salter

Show Bags/Lollies & Produce Stall Leader – Michelle Smith

4:30-6:30pm 5:30-7:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Deborah Skennar Chloe Fuller

Narelle Shortt

Nicole Heath Kelly Ramsay

Joan Lovett Linda Kirk

Plant Stall Leader - Kam McInnes

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Kam McInnes David De Nardi

Heidi Lunn Tammy McCann

Book Stall Leader – Regan Kelsall

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Danica Birdsall Karina Offley

Sarah Moore Kate Lord

Bonfire Roster – August 2019

Chocolate Wheel Leader - Tom Silver

4:30-6:30pm 5:30-7:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Tom Silver Jennifer Blanch Matthew Wood

Ryan Salter Troy Shaw

Michael Offley Colin Dawson

Veronica Silver Nicholas Blanch Andrew Holmes

Rachel Wood

Hair Extensions Leader – Kristie Clarke

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Michelle Seymour Denielle McKinnon

Tractor Ride Leader – Pat Byrnes

5:00-6:30pm 6:30-8:00pm

Pat Byrnes Mathew Smith

Brandon Rhodes Cassandra Johnston

Corey Johnston

John Scott McKinnon Lyndal Rhodes

Mel Towner

Trash and Treasure Stall Leader – Natalie Gibson

4:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Jo Grossman Amanda Baker

Dutch Pancake Stall 4.30-8:30pm

Breugem Family

Chocolate Toss Mr Johnson & 2/3 students

Raffle Stall Elaine/Jo/Marg & 5/6 students

Ducks Miss Allen/Kylie Hart & K/1 students