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Red Cliffs Primary School NEWSLETTER Wednesday 12th November 2014 Week 6 Term 4 IMPORTANT DATES School Council—Tonight—6.30pm Grade 1 Activity Night—Thursday 13th November Home Page Address - http://www.redcliffsps.vic.edu.au EMAIL: [email protected] Phone: 5024 1044 Fax: 5024 2020 Principal’s Report: Prep Practice: The first Prep Practice for our 2015 prep students will be held next Monday, 17th November. All new prep students have been invited to visit our school from 9.30am 12.00pm. Our newest students will enjoy a tour of the school before enjoying some fun activities while their parents/carers have a cup of coffee and a chat with me. Student Lunches: After undertaking a casual “audit” of school lunches last week I was shocked to discover the amount of “occasional” or “junk” food in some children's lunch boxes. Children—and adults - need substantial, quality food to sustain them during the day. While acknowledging it is always the parents’ right to provide food they deem appropriate, I encourage all parents to ensure children have suitable food for lunch. Grade 1 Activity Night: Grade 1 children will be participating in an Activity Program at school from 3.15- 6.00pm tomorrow, Thursday 13th November. The children will be preparing and then eating afternoon tea. They will then participate in fun activities and games. All grade 1 children are asked to wear green coloured clothing instead of their school uniform tomorrow. Road Safety: Red Cliffs Police contacted me yesterday to express their concern about several road safety issues. They have received reports of students riding scooters and bikes without wearing helmets. By law, every person riding a scooter or bike (or any wheeled device) must wear a helmet. As well as avoiding a possible $185.00 fine, the wearing of a helmet helps to ensure your child’s safety in the event of an accident. Police will be patrolling school zones regularly before and after school. MiloT20 Blast: Nine Grade 5/6 students travelled to Aerodrome Ovals in Mildura to complete in the 2014 Milo T20 Blast Cricket competition today. Conditions were a little warm but as always our students represented their school with distinction. Our students won two games and lost one game, narrowly missing out on the major final. Well done kids! Money Owing: Some parents will soon be receiving individual reminder invoices for outstanding payments. The school is owed significant money from parents for (i) the grade 5/6 Lake Cullulleraine Camp (ii) unpaid School Materials Charges and (iii) the Grade 3/4 Local Camp. Parents owing money are asked to finalise their accounts before the end of November. Have a great week! Rod Beer Principal

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Page 1: Red Cliffs Primary School NEWSLETTER · NEWSLETTER Wednesday 12th November 2014 Week 6 Term 4 IMPORTANT DATES School Council—Tonight—6.30pm ... Reece O’Donnell 11 Tuesday 11th

Red Cliffs Primary School

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 12th November 2014

Week 6 Term 4

IMPORTANT DATES

School Council—Tonight—6.30pm

Grade 1 Activity Night—Thursday 13th November

Home Page Address - http://www.redcliffsps.vic.edu.au

EMAIL: [email protected]

Phone: 5024 1044

Fax: 5024 2020

Principal’s Report: Prep Practice:

The first Prep Practice for

our 2015 prep students will

be held next Monday, 17th

November.

All new prep students have

been invited to visit our school

from 9.30am 12.00pm.

Our newest students will enjoy

a tour of the school before

enjoying some fun activities

while their parents/carers have

a cup of coffee and a chat with

me.

Student Lunches:

After undertaking a casual

“audit” of school lunches last

week I was shocked to discover

the amount of “occasional” or

“junk” food in some children's

lunch boxes.

Children—and adults - need

substantial, quality food to

sustain them during the day.

While acknowledging it is

always the parents’ right to

provide food they deem

appropriate, I encourage all

parents to ensure children have

suitable food for lunch.

Grade 1 Activity Night:

Grade 1 children will be

participating in an Activity

Program at school from 3.15-

6.00pm tomorrow, Thursday

13th November.

The children will be preparing

and then eating afternoon tea.

They will then participate in

fun activities and games.

All grade 1 children are asked

to wear green coloured

clothing instead of their school

uniform tomorrow.

Road Safety:

Red Cliffs Police contacted me

yesterday to express their

concern about several road

safety issues.

They have received reports of

students riding scooters and

bikes without wearing helmets.

By law, every person riding a

scooter or bike (or any

wheeled device) must wear a

helmet.

As well as avoiding a possible

$185.00 fine, the wearing of a

helmet helps to ensure your

child’s safety in the event of an

accident.

Police will be patrolling school

zones regularly before and

after school.

MiloT20 Blast:

Nine Grade 5/6 students travelled

to Aerodrome Ovals in Mildura to

complete in the 2014 Milo T20

Blast Cricket competition today.

Conditions were a little warm but

as always our students

represented their school with

distinction.

Our students won two games and

lost one game, narrowly missing

out on the major final.

Well done kids!

Money Owing:

Some parents will soon be

receiving individual reminder

invoices for outstanding

payments.

The school is owed significant

money from parents for (i) the

grade 5/6 Lake Cullulleraine

Camp (ii) unpaid School

Materials Charges and (iii) the

Grade 3/4 Local Camp.

Parents owing money are asked

to finalise their accounts before

the end of November.

Have a great week!

Rod Beer

Principal

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Stars of the Week

This Week’s Birthdays……

Reece O’Donnell 11 Tuesday 11th November

Atalaya Douglas 11 Friday 14th November

Jasmine Kennedy Krogh 11 Saturday 15th

November

Parent Club News; School Disco-

Next Tuesday 18th

November—$2 Entry.

Prep-Gr.2 2.15-3.15pm

Grades 3-6 6.30-8pm

Students in Grade 5/6 to

bring a plate of food.

Casual dress (infant

students to bring a change

of clothes if they wish).

Christmas Raffle

Parents Club are looking

for donations of

non-perishable items for

their Christmas hamper

raffles. Items can be left in

the office at any time.

VICSWIM Summer

Kidz: Learn to Swim. Enrol now

for summer.

$25 for 5 sessions.

For more information visit

www.vicswim.com.au

School Council: The November School

Council meeting will be

held tonight, commencing

at 6.30pm.

Members unable to attend

are asked to contact me

before 5.00pm.

Ashton

Gowers

PrepH

Persistence

Fantastic effort

on the 5L’s of

listening.

Harrison

Tatchell

P/1G

Persistence

Sensational

reading in

reading groups.

William

Schreiber

1/2K

Persistence

Fantastic effort

in writing.

Jy

Austin

2V

Persistence

Fantastic

reading and

understanding

of the text.

Jemmika

Douglas

3/4D

Getting along

Making good

choices.

Charli

Masotti

3/4L

Getting along

A reliable class

leader.

Daniel

Nulty

5/6A

Persistence

Giving effort in

all areas.

Liam

Luke

5/6W

Persistence

Working very

well in class.

Great Behaviour in the Yard:

Congratulations to Cody Laird (prep), Ruby Malik

(gr.5) and Dylan Douglass (gr.3) for their Great

Behaviour in the Yard this week. Enjoy those free

Great Australian Ice Creams kids.

This Week In Science: Thursday 12th November

Grades 5/6 -Complete a

project on a planet of their

choice.

Grade 3/4- Composition

of the earth and

classification of the 3 main

rock formations.

Grade 1/2 and 2- “Our

Earth” Simple rock

classification.

Prep/1 and Prep- “Hot or

cold”- Different foods for

different seasons. “Where

do these foods come

from?”

Drawing Competition: Red Cliffs Focus Group

Christmas Drawing

Competition. Create your

best Christmas themed

picture and return to school

by October 31st.

Prizes for Kinder, Lower

Primary and Upper

Primary. Information flyers

are in each classroom.

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Special points of interest:

Two teams lined up

along the sides.

Goalkeepers are

between the witch’s

hats at each end.

Everyone is given a

number.

When your number is

called, you race into

the centre and try to

score a goal by

kicking the soccer

ball through the

witch’s hats.

You only get 30

seconds to try and

score.

More than one

number can be

called out at once.

G R A D E 3 / 4 D V E R S U S G R A D E 3 / 4 L

Number Soccer

VICTORY IS OURS!