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16 September 201916 September 2019

UPCOMING EVENTS

DATE EVENT

29th July – 23rd September(Mondays)

Panthers on the ProwlStage 3

30th July 24th September(Tuesdays)

Stage 2 Cooking Classes

30th July – 10th December(Tuesdays)

Kick Start to Kindergarten

18th September-19thSeptember

Stage 2 CampYarramundi

17th September ICAS English

19th September ICAS Mathematics

20th September Stewart House ClothingCollection

23rd September P & C Meeting

26th September Netball Gala Day @Kurrajong PS

27th September Colour Explosion Run

DAYS TO REMEMBER

MONDAY Homework Club

Breakfast Club

Canteen Open

WEDNESDAY Scripture

Student Banking

Uniform Shop 8.25am-8.55am

Breakfast Club

Canteen Open

THURSDAY Breakfast Club

FRIDAY Assembly 2pm (Even Weeks)

Uniform Shop 8.25am-8.55am

Canteen Open

TEACHERS AWARDS GIVEN AT WEEK 6TERM 3 ASSEMBLY 30.08.2019

KR Havana H

Jackson S

Noah G

KV Jett H

Lincoln Q

Caelan B

1W Brayden D

Mia B

Kingsley L

1/2D Scarlett s

Brenten R

Jackson S

1/2M Thor H

Cooper T

Alyrah M

2H Lily D

Brock B

Evalyn L

3/4D Will Mc

Cameron S

Chloe C

3/4E Tyanna D

Rydar B

Mahalia Mc

4/5P Blake H

Joshua L

Bailey B

5/6W Hannah N

Oliver B

Savannah B

5/6Z Tipyasuda S Multi-Lit/Reading Abbie A

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Coen W

Annika B

Special Awards Oliver B

Kyan D

BIRTHDAY AWARDSHappy Birthday to Caelan B, Alexis R,Jackson S, Evalyn L, Oliver B, Noah B,Roman B, Tyson V, Khloe Y, Mia H andBenjamin D who have all celebrated abirthday.

COMMONWEALTH BANKING

Congratulations to Kennedy R, Luca N for reaching yourbanking goals and receiving your rewards.

BIRDLIFE AUSTRALIA

Environmental and Cultural EducationPreparing our Future Custodians of the Land

Year 2-Year 6 Aboriginal Studentssponsored by

Birdlife Australia and Penrith Lakes

As Custodians of the Land, the 2019 Year 2-6 Aboriginalstudents at Richmond North are learning about birds in theenvironment. After conducting research, they will be creatingan action plan which improves bird life. Then they will beconducting an authentic research study for several years todetermine if their solutions had a positive impact on birdpopulation and species diversity.

Environmentalist from Birdlife Australia, Tom Covell andRichmond North Aboriginal Education Liaison, Alyse McDonaldwill be the teachers for this Environmental Education program.

Schedule of Events:

Date Time Content

04/09/19

2pm -3pm

Program Introduction

05/09/19

9am -10:50am

Birdlife Australia Incursion

31/10/19

9am -10:50am

Birdlife Australia Survey Incursion

08/11/19

8:30am-2:30pm

Fully Funded Excursion to PenrithLakes (details to follow)

?? 9am-10:50am

Action Plan Implementation (Plantsprovided by Penrith Lakes)

*There will be some afternoons when the students will be withMrs McDonald to prepare for our lessons with Tom Covell andcreate our action plan.

For all the dates above-If you have a set of working binocularsthat your child can use for bird watching then your child will nothave to share with their group.

All parents of students who are a part of this program arewelcome to join us on any of these occasions.

We learned to use our ears and then our eyes to find birds. Thisis a Noisy Minor nest. We figured this out after looking at Ken’s(one of the Birdlife Australia volunteers) Bird Watching App. Thedistinctive marks on the egg shell gave us the main clue weneeded.

Learning how to use binoculars properlyLearning how to use binoculars properly

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Group 1 Leader: RhysGroup 1 Leader: Rhys

Group 2 Leader: VeronicaGroup 2 Leader: Veronica

Group 3 Leader: LolaGroup 3 Leader: Lola

We are the Custodians of the Land!

TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS.PNG

Tournament of minds is about creative thinking and thinkingoutside of the box.

On Saturday, the 31st of August, Richmond North PublicSchool went to the regional competition for Sydney West, inthe arts category. Our challenge was that we had to rewritethe Wizard of Oz, but set it in your state territory or Country. A

short term challenge is where you get 5min to come up with asolution and present it to a panel judges.

We decided to go with the Aboriginal theme because it said setyour challenge in your state territory or country. In our team wehad 8 people Jessica H, Rhianna S, Kyan D, Summer H, Lily H,Holly K, Ariah M and Thomas W.

We won the entire competition with our ‘Dreamtime in Aus’ playand we are now off to compete at State! We were so proud ofour achievement.

ByKyan DowlingRhianna Shaw5/6Z

Sydney West Regional ‘The Arts’ Champions

Dreamtime in Aus (Oz)

Summer, Kyan, Holly, Lily, Jessica,Thomas, Rhianna and Ariah

Judges’ comments: “Your performance is incredible and blewus away! We absolutely loved the inclusion of Aboriginal cultureand your consistent implementation of your chosenpresentation skills. Well done on such a spectacular result!

Amazing teamwork and a fantastic way of building off of eachother’s ideas! Keep up the strong teamwork!

Mr Thurling and I are so proud of YOU ALL! Good luck at State!

Mrs McDonaldTOMS Facilitator

PAPER PLANE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPSOn the 13th of August 2019, I participated in the QualifyingPaper Plane contest at the school. All the kids from Years 3-6participated. We all had to fold our own paper planes to fly onthe Basketball court. On the day my acrobatic plane flew for6.04secs and I needed to get 6secs to qualify for the StateChampionships.

The State Championships was held at the University of Sydneyon Saturday 31st August. Mr Palladino had registered me toparticipate because I had reached the qualifying time at school.Kids from all over Sydney were there.

There were 2 events per Year, Longest distance and Longestairtime. There were 2 heats to qualify for the finals, and in thefinal there were 2 attempts. We all had to fold our paper planes

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with the paper provided, no glue or sticky tape was allowed.We could fold a new plane for every throw.

In my heats, I fly my plane for 5.20secs and 4.60secs. Thetop 6 student times got through to the finals. My times got methrough to the finals. I folded a new plane and started all overfor points in the final.

In the finals, many of us didn't throw very long times and someplanes even nose dived. We then had to wait until the longdistance was completed to know our places. The results gotput up on the board and I saw I came third with 4.53secs. Thetop 3 then got presented with our medals and a certificate. Thefirst place winner got a prize of $100.

Next year, I am going to try to win first place!

By Sean Tatton 5/6Z

DISTRICT ALTHLETICS – RECOUNTOn Wednesday 4th September, Dad and I went to DistrictAthletics and before we arrived we got a coffee.

As soon as we arrived we realised that we were the first peopleto arrive. At 8:35 am we noticed Richmond North kids so wewent over to set up the tent with Mr Morton.

The first event was the 200m sprint and Luca from our schoolwon the 200m finals. The event after that was the 100m sprint.A kid named Jordan won the 100m finals by 1 second and hebroke a district record. After those finals it was my race, the 800m finals.

As I lined up with Tristan, I began to get very nervous. As soonas we started, my foot had a bad pain that I could not getrid of. That pushed me down to 13th. I then sprinted the last150-200m of the race which got me the position of 7th.

Many records were broken on both Friday and the Mondayincluding:-

Luca,who broke the district record for long jump and he brokeit by 30 cm.

By Joe B 5/6Z

On Wednesday the 4th of September 2019, some studentswent to the District Athletics Carnival in Kurrajong and racedin different kinds of running events. I went into five events andthey were the 100m I came 2nd. In the 200m I came 1st. Inthe 100m finals I came 6th. Also, in the 200m finals I came 3rdand finally in the relay we came 1st. In the 200m, I found outthat I am the 3rd fastest junior girl in the whole district carnival.Everyone from our school did so well in their races, no matterwhere they placed. It was a great day for all of our students.

By Chloe S 5/6Z

SPORTS NEWS

RNPS Athletics Carnival – 1500mtr Results

This year was the first year that RNPS has included the 1500mtrrace into our Athletics Carnival and it is also the first time thatit was run at the District Carnival. See below RNPS Carnivalresults. Well done kids in such a long tough race andcongratulations to the runners that came 1st & 2nd thatqualified for District!

1500mtrs – Girls & Boys

JUNIOR

Girls

JUNIOR

Boys

11YRS

Girls

11YRS

Boys

12YRS

Girls

12YRS

Boys

1st –Ivy.R

1st –Noah.B

1st –Charlotte.M

1st –Joe.B

1st –Este.H

1st –Chayse.T

2nd –Leia.P

2nd –Jackson.S

2nd –Summer.H

2nd –Tristan.F

2nd –Aleisha.G

2nd –Oliver.B

3rd –Kobie.T

3rd –Luca.N

3rd –Liam.T

3rd –Ashlee.W

3rd –Jackson.C

District Athletics Carnival

This year we have had an awesome outcome with studentscompeting in the District Athletics Carnival. We had 25 studentsattend on Wednesday 28th Aug and 22 students attend onWednesday 4th Sept. Such a fabulous effort by all the studentswho put in 100% in their events. A huge congratulations to thestudents who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall and to the 1st &2nd place getters who will now go on to represent not only ourschool but the Hawkesbury at the Regional Athletics Carnivalbeing held on An extra special congratulations to Luca.D forbreaking the District record in Long jump, the record has beenheld since 2001 at a distance of 4.58, Luca beat this recordjumping a distance of 4.89!!

Place Getters & Regional Representatives

1st – Luca.D (Long Jump & 200mtrs 11yr Boys)2nd – Este.H (800mtr & 1500mtr Snr Girls)2nd – Aldrich.L (Shot Put Jnr Boys)2nd – Krystal.E (Discus Jnr Girls)3rd – Chloe.S (200mtr Jnr Girls)3rd – Luca.D (100mtr 11yrs Boys)3rd – Chayse.T (1500mtr Snr Boys)

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NSW PSSA Primary Golf Challenge

A big congratulations to Chayse.T who represented RNPS andthe Hawkesbury competing in the NSW PSSA Primary GolfChallenge on the 3rd, 4th & 5th Sept at Blackheath Golf Club.Chayse had a big week competing over 3 days, the first daybeing a team event finishing first with his team mates andthe other two days competing individually. There were 66competitors with Chayse finishing 7th overall with a score of 72gross being a personal best, getting him selected for the NSWRepresentative Team!!! He will now compete at the NationalPSSA championships in Toowoomba QUEENSLAND inNovember doing RNPS, the Hawkesbury and NSW proud!!!What a fantastic achievement, good luck Chayse!!!

Upcoming Sporting Events

School Sports Australia 12yrs & Under AthleticsChampionships

18thSept

Netball Gala Day (Yrs 3 to 6) 26thSept

PSSA Trial Information

Please see below the PSSA (Primary School SportsAssociation) Trials that are held annually starting from Term 1.

If your child is in Yr5 or Yr6, feel they are skilled in one of theseparticular sports and would like to try out for this team/individualsport please feel free to contact Mrs McDonald ASAP for moreinformation.

We encourage and like to give the students the opportunitythat have knowledge and skill in any PSSA Sport to representRichmond North Public School.

If you have any news or photos from our school Gala Days orDistrict/Regional Events please feel free to see me and I canhave them added to the Sports News in the school newsletter.

Many Thanks, Emma Racker.

NOTES FROM THE OFFICE

School Gate

Parents please be aware that high school students who arecoming to pick up their siblings will not be allowed on schoolpremises until the school gate is opened at 2:45.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2020

We are now taking enrolments for Kindergarten 2020. If youknow of anyone who is starting Kindergarten in 2020 or youhave a younger child who has a sibling at Richmond NorthPublic School and is starting Kindergarten next year please seethe office to complete an enrolment form.

• NRL Opens and Under 11's

• Soccer (Boys & Girls)

• Touch Football (Boys & Girls)

• Basketball (Boys & Girls)

• Cricket (Boys & Girls)

• Tennis

• Diving

• Softball (Boys & Girls)

• Hockey (Boys & Girls)

• Netball

• AFL

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