Richmond Hill State School

NEWSLETTER

PHONE: 4756 2222 WEBSITE: www.richmondhillss.eq.edu.au Email: principal@richmondhillss.eq.edu.au Mark Brady

Everyone Successful Every Day

Thursday 29th April, 2021.

07 May 27 May

Interschool Cross Country Under 8’s Day Celebra*ons

CHARTERS TOWERS COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL EVENT

Our school will be participating in this annual community event.

DATE: FRIDAY 30th April 2021

SCHOOL COUNTRY MUSIC FLOAT

TIME: 5.00 P.M. (children to come down to float) for a 5.30 P.M. START

WHERE: CHARTERS TOWERS FIRE STATION

(grass area)

COLLECTION PLACE AFTER PARADE:

6.15pm CHARTERS TOWERS REGIONAL COUNCIL BUILDING (across from the Waverley Hotel)

in the SAFE Zone with RICHMOND HILL STATE SCHOOL SIGN Our Prep Classes can sit on the float with supervising teachers.

Our other grades will walk behind the float.

THANK YOU TO BOLT & FODDER FOR TRUCK/DRIVER SUPPORT-

Mr Brady for banner and our Teacher-aides for working on float items in 2021

THIS FRIDAY COUNTRY DRESS UP DAY AT RICHIE-Thank you for ge3ng in-

to the spirit of this community event in 2021.

RICHIE TAKES TIME TO REMEMBER SERVICEMEN &

WOMEN WITH RSL SPECIAL GUEST MR JENSEN

DAWN

SERVICE & CT ANZAC

DAY MARCH 2021

Photos of students

par*cipa*ng-Thank

you staff, parents and

students.

SHARING WHAT MAKES RICHIE A TERRIFIC

SCHOOL INSIDE ACTION AT RICHIE

Miss Lisa Pi= (Deputy Principal)

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

CHESS/COME TAKE

A LOOK….

ART ROOM BOARD GAMES UNO CLUB

(At Tables)

Miss Lisa Mrs Ugarte Mrs Forward Chappy Lydia

Mrs Forward

caught these

happy photo snaps

this week.

Year Day 1 Tuesday Day 2 Wednes-day Day 3 Thursday

Year 3 Language conventions: 45 minutes

Writing: 40 minutes

Reading: 45 minutes Numeracy: 45 minutes

Year 5 Language conventions: 45 minutes

Writing: 40 minutes

Reading: 50 minutes Numeracy: 50 minutes

NAPLAN IS ON THIS TERM FOR OUR YEAR 3 AND YEAR 5

CLASSES.

Our school team Miss Gibbs, Miss Hartmann, Misss Casey, Mrs

Achilles have been working on skills to build student confidence to

do their best.

CHARTERS TOWERS STATE SCHOOLS COMBINED UNDER 8’S DAY IN 2021

THEME: “Children Celebrating Outdoor Play and Learning” VENUE PCYC

DATE: Thursday 27th

May 2021

Thank you for your support Richie Families Over the past week, the Richie students have had the opportunity to be involved in the ANZAC Day March, School Ceremony and Dawn Service . These event were very well attended by students with over half the school participating in the March. Many thanks to the Richie families who supported their children to attend these functions and marched with us on Sunday. Many thanks also to the Richie staff who sup-ported this event. Also well done and thank you to Mr Andrew Jensen, Christopher Ford and our Richie School leaders who ran another successful ANZAC Day parade at school last Friday despite the wet weather. The students’ behaviour during this service was exceptional. NAPLAN in a fortnight. The students in years 3 and 5 are going through final preparations for their NAPLAN testing in week 4. Breakfast snacks will be provided for the students to help them relax and engage with each other prior to the testing. I would like to thank the P&C for their financial support for the breakfast. The teachers have undertaken great work with the students in Literacy and Numeracy in preparation for the tests. The time table for the tests is below – • Tuesday May11

th – Language Conventions and Writing

• Wednesday May 12th – Reading and Comprehension

• Thursday May 13th – Numeracy

It is important all year 3 and 5 students arrive at school before 9am so that the tests can begin on time. We look forward to support from parents making sure their child gets a good night’s sleep before each test over the 3 days. Cross Country The annual school Cross Country at Richie was held today from 9am – 11am. Preps – Year 6 ran various length races. Around the school and Friemann oval. Congratulations to Burdekin House who took out the overall points in 2021. The announcement of the individual winners will be in the next newsletter. Country Music Parade - • The theme this year is ‘Aussie Mateship” • Country Music Dress Up Parade at School – Friday April 30

th – 9:20am after parade - Students

can dress in their country and western gear or dress up to reflect the theme of mates. • Country Music Parade down Main Street – Students assemble at 5pm for a 5:30pm start opposite the Charters Towers Fire Station in the Park area. Please keep an eye out for the truck. Students follow our Float along Gill Street into Mossman Street. Collection after this parade is at the Charters Towers Regional Council Chambers grassed area safe zone labelled ‘Richmond Hill State School’ at 6:15pm. Students must be collected by parents unless otherwise arranged with the school. Our song is ‘G’Day G’Day’ by Slim Dusty so once again dress as a typical country singer, an Aussie Mates or just your western gear as was done for the Parade at School. A huge thank you to the Staier Family from ‘Bolt and Fodder’ for the use of their truck for the event. Popits Banned As of yesterday Popits were banned from school at Richie, as some students were us-ing them in classes, during lunch breaks and some were causing fights in the school. Students can only use Popits given to them by staff at school. New Adopt – A – Cop For Richie Our new Adopt – A – Cop Constable Maria was adopted by the school in a ceremony on Tuesday Morning. Maria, who is a past parent of Richie, enthralled all of the students present showing them what a police officer carries with them. Some great and challenging questions were also asked by the students at the ceremony. Welcome back to the Richie community Maria.

CONGRATULATIONS Richmond Hill students for the awesome effort of raising

$9136.40 in the recent Colour Explosion Fun Run!

Fundraising prizes arrived this week and were handed out to students yesterday.

The Queensland Government has made a decision to discontinue school banking pro-grams in government schools from July 2021.

This decision will impact on thousands of children, families, school communities across Queensland. We understand you may be disappointed.

If you have any questions you can contact the School Banking Helpdesk on 1800 674 496 Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm (AEDST).

This Week is Guidance Week!

Your school Guidance Officer is available to support students, teachers and families to ensure

every student has an opportunity to succeed at school. This week we celebrate the work that

Guidance Officers do in schools and in the community. h*ps://educa,on.qld.gov.au/students/

student-health-safety-wellbeing/student-support-services/guidance-officers.

If you would like to talk to me, please feel free to contact the school to arrange an appointment!

Eating Healthy Most processed or ‘packaged foods’ are generally high in sugar, fat or salt. The body also uses these foods quicker for energy. Fresh fruit, vegetables and sandwiches are not only healthier, they also release the energy kids need a lot slower into the body. Please try to pack sandwiches and fruit in your child’s lunch box every day for the sustained energy they need.

RICHIES WEEKLY SCHOOL WIDE BEHAVIOUR FOCUS: Week 1 & 2 I AM RESPECTFUL – Respect the property of others I AM SAFE – Play by the rules and agree to the groups decisions I AM A LEARNER- Set goals for the term and try to achieve them.

Have a great long weekend holiday everyone! Mark Brady Principal

P & C News from Mee*ng on 22nd April 2021

• Le*er from some Year 6 students regarding more books for the Library. Decision made that P

& C Associa,on will look at purchasing some book packs from Scholas,c Australia each term to

increase the number of books available for children to borrow. To assist with the costs of this

there will be 1 Free Dress Day per term. Free Dress Day dates to be nego,ated with Mark Brady.

• P & C to provide fruit pla*ers for Year 3 & 5 students during NAPLAN tes,ng

• Change to what is being sold over the counter at tuckshop.

Commencing this week we will be selling items from the following selec,on over the coun-

ter: plain cupcakes, muffins, Bulla Frozen Yoghurt, Zingers, Packets of savoury items e.g. rice

cakes, popcorn, chips, Cheese & crackers, Grapes, Watermelon, plain biscuits e.g. Anzac biscuits,

Jam drops. Not all items will be available each day.

P&C TEAM

PRESIDENT: Miriam Gough

VICE PRESIDENT: Lydia Griffiths

SECRETARY: Orvon Gough

TREASURER: Kerri Forno

WE WELCOME VOLUNTEERS TO LEND A HAND IN OUR GREAT

SCHOOL

YOU HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCHOOL FAMILY

Please call at the Office to register your interest in

becoming a Volunteer at our school!

We thank Anna Pearson & Carmel Hutley for their volunteer work in the Tuckshop.

Thank you to these people who volunteered their �me at Vaca�on Care during the Easter

Holidays. We appreciate your support and assistance: Lisa Pi$, Selina Pi$, Miriam Gough

and Kerri Forno

Our next P & C Meeting is

Thursday 20th May

5:30pm in the Staffroom

All parents & community

Members are invited to attend

REMINDER– Richmond Hill State School is part of the Containers for

Change recycling program. Please send your containers for recycling

into the school. There is a recycling bin located in the stairwell near

the main office. Students also participate in this program each day

by placing their recyclable containers in the boxes in each eating area.

Thank you for supporting this project.