Red Cliffs Primary School

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 22nd July, 2015

Week 2 Term 3

IMPORTANT DATES

School Council—Wednesday 5th August

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

EMAIL: red.cliffs.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone: 5024 1044

Fax: 5024 2020

Principal’s Report: I.N.O.K.T.B.A:

Later this week, 103 students

from Prep to Grade 6 will

receive an invitation to

participate in a free Pizza

Lunch on Thursday 30th July

to celebrate their fantastic

attendance throughout first

semester this year.

All 103 students achieved at

least 96% attendance (four

days absence or less). 29

students attended school every

day for the semester. Grade

3/4L had the best grade

attendance with 65% of the

class missing only 4 days or

less for the semester.

I do apologise to the many

students who just missed out

on receiving an invitation to

the Pizza Lunch but we must

be firm with our expected

attendance standard.

Students who achieve 96%

attendance or better for the

entire year will be invited to

participate in a free trip to the

Mildura Aquacoaster in the

last week of the school year.

Royal Flying Doctors Mobile

Dental Care Program: A team of volunteer dentists

and dentistry students from the

Royal Flying Doctors Mobile

Dental Care Program will be

visiting Red Cliffs Primary

School on Wednesday 5th

August to offer dental

examinations and oral health

education to our students.

Parents wanting their children

to participate in this free care

program should complete and

return the consent forms as

soon as possible.

*Consent forms were sent

home with individual students

today.

Parent Opinion Survey:

Each year our school conducts

an opinion survey of 15% of

the school community.

40 randomly selected parents

will soon receive their survey.

The survey takes about 20

minutes to complete.

Our school values parent

opinion. Parent views do help

to change the way we do

things.

Parents who receive a survey

are asked to return the

completed survey as soon as

possible.

Mr Beer’s Reading

Challenge: Light up August with Mr

Beer’s Reading Challenge.

Mr Beer is setting a challenge for

reading during August.

All infant students must read 10

books (not counting their take

home readers). Students in grades

3-6 must read 15 books in the

month (which includes some

F.A.B. books).

All students will soon receive a

booklet to fill out from their

teachers.

This year there is a super

challenge on the back of the

booklet.

Parents do need to sign off on

their children’s reading.

It would be fantastic to have

100% of our students

participating in and succeeding in

our challenge this year.

Get ready to read!

Miss Hardie

Challenge Co-ordinator

Book Week:

Book Week 2015 starts on

Monday 24th August. The theme

for this year is “Books Light Up

Our World”.

Red Cliffs Primary School will be

having a Book Week parade and

related activities on Wednesday

26th August.

Start thinking about your

costumes early kids…

Have a great week.

Rod Beer

Principal

Stars of the Week

This Week’s Birthdays…… Ruby Mayer Pollock 7 Thursday 23rd July

Liam Briscoe 10 Thursday 23rd July

Kordie Hartnett 11 Friday 24th July

Head-Lice:

Parents are advised to

regularly check their

children for head-lice.

The policy of regularly

conducting school wide

checks only works if

parents continue to check

their children and then

properly treat any

infestation.

School Photographs: Parents are reminded they

can order duplicate or new

photos from MSP photog-

raphy at any time. Call

them on 03 5881 3436.

School Captain, House

Captain and Junior School

Council photographs can

be ordered from the

office. Cost is $20 per

photo. These photos are

available for viewing in

the office.

The Total Learning Centre is

excited to have expanded their

playgroups to Red Cliffs

Primary School.

This playgroup helps develop

a love of books and

storytelling.

Adults discover the joy of

reading, singing and learning

with their children through

play.

Playgroup is every Monday

from 9:30 – 11:00am

in the OOSH (Out of School

Hours) room.

Healthy snacks provided,

structured activities and loads

of fun!

All children 0-5 welcome!

Contact Sharn on 50217475

or 0458001775.

Faith

Preston-

Gillespie

PrepH

Organisation

Always

organised and a

great role

model in the

class.

Natayah

Preston

P/1G

Persistence

Beautiful

writing in

spelling

Brodie

Millhouse

1/2V

Giving Effort

Working hard

to complete his

work neatly.

Nickolas

Gill

2K

Persistence

Completing

work quickly

and quietly.

Cheyenne

Riordan

3/4D

Confidence

Re-settled into

her “new

school”

beautifully.

Ashliegh

Pumphrey

3/4L

Confidence

A terrific start

at Red Cliffs

Primary.

Patricia

Douglas

4/5C

Confidence

Always trying

her best.

Kaitlin

Price

5/6A

Resilience

A happy class

member who

has settled into

her new school

very well!

Michaela

Bennett

5/6W

Organisation

Wonderful

work at all

times!

Great Behaviour in the Yard:

Congratulations to Shaun Collins (gr.2), Liam

Briscoe (gr.4) and Darcy Stonehouse (gr.2) for their

Great Behaviour in the Yard this week.

Enjoy those free Great Australian Ice Creams kids.

Morning Session 9am—11am

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Checking the ladder on

the IWB before

completing our Footy

Tips.

Maths

Working hard as a

group. Working on

tasks in Mathletics.

Middle Session 11.45am—1.45pm

Brushing up on our

footy skills during

P.E.

Concentrating on

writing a narrative.

Afternoon Session 2.15pm — 3.15pm

Lined up and ready

to finish off the day

with a session of

singing!

RED CLIFFS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Congratulations to these students for having 96% attendance or better

during Semester One, 2015

Well done kids! Enjoy your free pizza lunch!

In all, 29 students attended school every day in first semester. 103 students had 96% attendance or better! Grade 3/4L had the best attendance— 65% of students were absent for only 4 days or less!

Prep H

Joseph James

Angelina Jarvis

Evie Magee

Danil McKenzie

Hannah Nagle

Ella Schreiber

Jorja Stonehouse

Brandon Walters

Prep/1G Harrison Tatchell*

Zander Tyack*

Emosi Biumaiwai

Bree Chambers

Art Faulkhead

Justice Hocking

Josie James

Cody Laird

Cameron McDonald

Emily Rundell

Benjamin Sharp

Grade 1/2V

Liam Collins* Fraser Jopling*

Ruby Mayger Pollock*

Jimione Biumaiwai Nadia Cohrs

Nathanyl Dempsey Ashton Gowers

Kiara Herrick Riley Milne

Brocklyn Munro

Nadia Van Miltenburg-Lucas

Grade 3/4D

Jemmika Douglas* Nicholas Douglas*

Holly Gould* Harvey Jopling*

Molly Gleeson Memphis Hocking

Chase Holmyard Xander Morrison

Lucy Sharp Jonty Staley

Sina Taruia

Kayne Wissemann

Grade 5/6A

Andrew Draper* Zachary Heath*

Nikki-Lee Tatchell* Jasper Turner*

Joel Bailey Katrina Clifford

Ezgi Donmez Olivia Doolan

Emily Gleeson Trent Hamilton

Mackala Holmyard Ashlee Manzie

Hayley Scase Nate Taruia

Grade 5/6W

Michaela Bennett* Sharnti Gould*

Tavania Leksas* Tyrell McKenzie*

Kirby Taliloa*

Jayde Denehey Atalaya Douglas

Elijah Edwards Joel Finch

Jackson Norris Reece O’Donnell

Zeb Sos

* Denotes 100% attendance for

the entire semester

Grade 3/4L

Adam Collins* Jasmine Shepherd*

Molly Taliloa* Darius Taruia*

Lauren Clifford Katie Doolan

Dylan Douglass Matthew Hocking

Noah Holmyard Dylan Kaka

Bryce Manzie Katelyn Milne

Sonny Trevenar Hannah Warburton

Erica Wright

Grade 4/5C

Annika Crothers* Patricia Douglas*

Amele Biumaiwai Liam Briscoe

Diesel Draper Ava Faulkhead

Emma Giannelli Ebony Griffiths

Blake McDonald Tahlia Norris

Jessica Wyld

Grade 2K Jack Collins*

Mathew Drendel-Neyland*

Nickolas Gill*

Aidan Collins

Shaun Collins

Rokai Douglas

Thomas Markadonatos

Harry Nagle

William Schreiber

Riley Somers

Kurt Wright