Principal: Mr. John Picton

Email: raymondter-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Telephone: 49872083

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Term 1 2020

March Issue

Dear Parent/Caregiver,

Talk about hit the ground running in 2020! We are all in full swing now. The students have settled into school particularly well with all classes busy with teaching and learning every day. Shortly you will receive information about your child's parent, teacher and student 3 way confer-ence. This is a great opportunity for you to participate in setting some learning goals for your child and be a part of their ongoing learning.

Congratulations and thankyou to our new 007 Student Leaders. These leaders have just completed 3 days of training and will be out and about in our school playground running activities for juniors and being supportive of our younger students. Their moto is as always "big looks after little". Our extra curricular activities have also commenced with Star Struck rehearsals already underway, rugby league games played and cricket approaching on Thursday. It is great to see students participating in a wide range of activities, with even more to come during the year.

Our school is receiving some programmed maintenance in the weeks ahead. We have already had our Computer Room painted and painting has started on the Maker Space Room. Next week the painters will start moving into some of the classrooms to start freshening them up. We are also having our guttering around classrooms and the Library replaced.

On an exciting note the school has just received a Sustainable Schools Grant to construct an Aquaponics garden. This will include a water tank, fish ponds and grow beds. Watch this space as the plans evolve.

Kind regards, Andrew Price, Relieving Principal

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March 2nd-5th Book Fair

5th PSSA Cricket Game

13th Yr 6 STEM day @HRHS

18th Harmony Day—wear orange

16th-26th Parent/Teacher Conferences

20th Yrs 3-6 Athletics Carnival

April

1st PSSA Hockey team @Maitland Park

2nd Under 12s Knights Knockout

3rd 3-6 Cross Country Carnival

6th Disco K-2 4:15, 3-6 5:30

8th K-2 Easter Hat Parade 12pm

9th Last day Term 1 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 10th—28th April

27th Staff Development Day

28th Term 2 starts for students

30th Under 10s Knights knockout

May

1st ANZAC Assembly 9:40am-11am

7th Yr4 Bridge Building workshop

12th to 22nd NAPLAN

19th School Photos

22nd Rebecca Young Cup

27th National Simultaneous Storytime

29th Yr 5 STEM day @ HRHS

June

2nd Stage 1 TOCAL excursion 8th Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 12th/13th Star Struck 29th K-2 Half Year Assembly 29th School Disco July 3rd Last day Term 2

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 4th—20thJuly

Easter Hat Parade 2020 Calendar

From the Principal

Early Stage 1 TARONGA ZOO Kinder will be visiting Sydney’s Taronga Zoo in Term 4 on 22nd October.

Deposits of $25 student and $30 adult are due by the 9th April.

Stage 1 TOCAL EXCURSION On Tuesday 2nd of June in Term 2, students will visit the historic Tocal Homestead to deepen their understanding and knowledge of their history unit 'Past and Present'. Notes will go out soon with more information.

Stage 2 SYDNEY CAMP Stage 2 students will be going to Sydney as part of their history unit on 22nd-23rd September in Term 3. Notes will go out soon with more information.

Stage 3 CENTRAL WEST NSW EXCURSION As part of Stage 3 History & Geography Units, a Central West NSW excursion has been booked for 3 nights, 11th-13th November in Term 4. Students will visit Bathurst, Jenolan Caves, Echo Point, Blue Mountains and much more. Deposits of $50 are due by 9th April.

K-2 EASTER HAT PARADE will be held on Wednesday 8th April under the COLA. The parade will go from 12pm—1pm.

All students will be making their Easter hats in the classroom for the pa-rade. All families and friends are welcome to attend and stay after the parade

to have a picnic lunch with their children. We encourage students to stay at school until the end of the day. If you wish to take your child home early, you must first go to the office to sign them out.

As part of our connection with the local Early Childhood services, we have invited the local preschool/day care centres to attend our parade.

There will be a K-2 Cake Stall Fundraiser. We would ask all K-2 families to donate yummy cupcakes, slices, biscuits or treats for the cake stall. All proceeds go towards K-2 end of year party days.

The Easter Raffle will be drawn at the end of the parade.

Upcoming excursions

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Library News from Mrs. Wales

Harmony Day Cultural News

Thanks for your amazing support with Scholastic Book Club Issue 1 – we earned $121 in rewards from your purchases. Issue 2 will come home in early March. Please let us know if your purchase is a gift, so that we can arrange for you to collect your items, rather than sending them home with students.

Tomorrow is the last day to purchase from the Book Fair. It will be open after school on Thursday for families and friends and at Recess and Lunch for students. We will host another Book Fair in Term 3.

Information on upcoming library events can be found in the library entrance.

Amy Wales, Teacher Librarian

Library lessons take place weekly for classes. Each lesson takes place in the library for 40 minutes and looks at fostering a love of books and reading as well as introducing information skills.

This term Library days are as follows:

Monday: 4BW; 3MA; 4LM; 6JS.

Tuesday: K/1SW; 5CM; 3SA; 5CN

Wednesday: 2BT; 1ER; 6GN

Thursday: KSP; 2LH; KND; 1EK

Sometimes these days may change, to accommodate other school programs, thank you for your understanding. Students require a library bag to borrow - students can use any re-usable bag, or school library bags can be purchased from the library for $2.

Harmony Day 2020! On Wednesday 18th March, students are invited to wear orange clothes to school, to celebrate Harmony Day. Families are invited to have lunch with their children from 1:05pm. If you would like to pre-order lunch from our canteen, a special canteen order form for the day has been sent home. Orders and money to be returned by 11th March. No late orders!

After lunch, families are welcome to stay for a special assembly, where classes will present aspects of Harmony to the school.

Harmony Day is a day to celebrate our cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness,

respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

WAKALDA ABORIGINAL DANCE GROUP

TUESDAY AFTERNOONS at Vi Barnett Field

Behind the deck 4PM-5PM

Run by WANDIYALI http://wandiyali.com.au/

Our Aboriginal Cultural student group will be working together this year learning about

families, strength, culture and community.

The Wandiyali staff will be visiting on Fridays to work with students on social, cultural

and health topics and provide support to our students to

‘Keep our Culture Strong’.

2020 ASTI RTPS Staff:

Mrs Neal, Mrs Dipietro, Mrs Wiffen, Franky, Mrs Wade and Mrs Duhring

From Carmel Dunn (CLO) 2nd hand uniforms are available to purchase from the community centre on Tuesdays 9am—9:15am. Alternatively, orders can be left at front office with name, size, items required, phone number, cash only payment in an envelope. Orders will be filled and we will ring you when order is ready for pick up. 2nd Hand UNIFORM SHOP PRICE LIST Plain Shirt $1 Sport Shirt $7 Plain Jackets $4 Logo Shirts/ Jumpers $4 Logo Jackets $15 Skorts, Shorts, Long Pants $3 Dresses $10 New Dresses $35 Jumpers $1 Lay buys welcome

Community Centre News

** Respect ** Do as you are asked ** Friendly Talk ** Hands off ** In the right place **

P & C President: Todd Cole P & C Treasurer:

P & C Vice President: Jacky Lamey

P & C 2nd Vice President: Tash Ruse

P &C Secretary:

P & C meetings are held on every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

P & C Next Meeting:

Annual General Meeting 2020

is on 10th March 6:30pm in staff room.

NEW and current members welcome.

In order to vote in AGM you must be a financial member.

If you would like any information about NSW P & C Association go to https://www.pandc.org.au/

P & C News School Disco Easter Raffle

School Disco Monday 6th April

K-2 4:15pm—5:30pm

3-6 5:45pm—7:15pm

Disco Menu Orders will be sent home soon and are due in by

Friday 4th April.

No late orders accepted!

The Easter raffle will be drawn at the Easter Hat Parade on 8th April.

All money raised goes towards playground equipment.

Tickets will be sent home soon.

Lots of prizes to be won!

Head Lice

Tips for parents in reducing the spread of head lice

As infestations are particularly common in primary schools, it is best to choose a treatment that can be used over time.

regularly check your children's hair

treat and rid lice from your child’s hair before sending them back to school.

teach older children to check their own hair

tie back and braid long hair

keep a fine tooth head lice comb in the bathroom and encourage all family members to use it when they wash their hair.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/health-and-

physical-care/health-care-procedures/conditions/head-lice

2020 Parent/Teacher conferences will be held from Monday 16th March through to Thursday 26th March. These conferences will be your opportunity to meet your child’s classroom teacher to discuss your child’s progress and establish learning goals for your child to work towards in 2020.

We recommend all parents participate and join us to cooperatively plan your child’s year. If you wish to participate in our Conference program during March 2020, please return the form to your child’s teacher by Thursday 12th March.

Class Conference Days:

Monday 16th March—4LM, KND, 6JS

Tuesday 17th March— 1ER, 5CN, 3SA

Wednesday 18th March—2BT, 2LH, 3MA

Thursday 19th March—1EK

Tuesday 24th March—K1SW, 5CM, 4BW

Wednesday 25th March—6GN

If you need another form please ask your teacher.

Tell Them From Me survey Parent/Teacher Conferences

Canteen News The Canteen is open Monday to Friday.

Lunch/ recess / fruit break orders need to be handed in by 9:15am, must include child’s name and class. Please order from the Jacaranda Café RTPS 2019 Menu. A NEW menu will be out soon!

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state,

will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me

student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect

academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW wide

survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. More

information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nse.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and

quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with

school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300

schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey

5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we

do things at our school.

I want to ensure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online

and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered the

school hours between 9th March and 8th May. Participating in the survey is entirely

voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home

with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return

the form to school 7th March. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents

Thank you,

Mrs Michelle Abel, Assistant Principal, R.T.P.S.

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Hats & Uniforms are available for purchase at front office:

• New school hats $13*

• New school sport shirts $30*

• New school jackets $37*

• New school long pants $25*

*New prices from 1st March

For K-2 students—please supply a change of clothes in case of any accidents that may occur throughout the day.

School Fees & SMS Messages Parking & Staff Car Park

Office Payments Update of details

ONLINE PAYMENTS

Log onto the school website at http://raymondter-p.schools.nsw.edu.au, click on “make a payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or Mastercard. Only the fields marked with an asterisk* are required. Please record your receipt number on the permission slip.

CASH PAYMENTS

It is preferred that all cash payments are sent in an envelope with the family name clearly printed and correct money enclosed. Payments made at the office will still be enveloped and correct money is required as change is not always available. No cash is kept on the premises, therefore we don’t keep a float. Thank you for your assistance.

In the event that you have changed address, phone numbers etc, could you please ensure that the school is notified as soon as possible, thank you. It is important that we have updated information in the event of emergency.

Change of routine Please notify the school via a note or phone call by 2:15pm if your child needs a change of routine e.g. catch a bus or being picked up etc.

Office Hours

8:30am to 3:15pm All students who arrive late must be signed in by a parent/carer at front office.

NO Canteen orders accepted through online payment.

Canteen orders are CASH ONLY!

VOLUNTARY SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION

This year our School Contribution has been set at $50.00. This is a voluntary contribution, per family, to help offset the education costs associated within the classroom - this could include exercise books, stationery, paints, computers, software and resources. Payments can be made at the office or online at any time.

STAFF ONLY CAR PARK Please do not park in the Staff Only Car

Park. The Car Park gets locked through-

out the day.

No pedestrians are to walk through the

car park. It is not safe for you or your

child to walk through the car park.

The NSW Department of Education values that volunteers bring differing levels of expertise and life skills and provide a broad knowledge base for children and young people to benefit from. They come from a range of backgrounds that reflect the diversity in the wider community.

If you are volunteering at our school you must meet the expected requirements as per the department’s policy. You are required go to the front office where you will be required to show 100 points of ID and also fill out a form, either Appendix 5 or Appendix 11 . As a volunteer on site you must sign in at front office whenever you arrive. You will also need to have a Working with Children check number, which you can easily apply for FREE from the following website:

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-working-children-check.

Volunteer Policy

Absence SMS messages are sent out daily. You can easily respond with the child’s name, date of absence and reason. On Fridays, a reminder SMS is sent out for any unexplained absences from two weeks prior (please check the date of absence in SMS before responding). Please SMS response for each child’s absence separately.

** Respect ** Do as you are asked ** Friendly Talk ** Hands off ** In the right place **

Volunteers at R.T.P.S.

Raymond Terrace Public School P&C Association

Jacaranda Café Volunteer Form 2020

The P&C Association is responsible for running our school canteen known as “Jacaranda Café”. We have been fortunate enough to be able to re-open 5 days per week. We require the assistance of volunteers to keep this going. If you could be of any assistance, even if it is only 1or 2 hours on a day, please fill out this form and return to the office and a member of the executive will be in contact with you.

Name: …………………………………………………………………...………………………………………...

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

Contact Number: ………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………..

Date of Birth: ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………………….

Working with Children Number: ...................................................................................................................

I can volunteer: (please circle)

Weekly Fortnightly Monthly

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

OR dates I can volunteer are:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

A roster will be drawn up and distributed to volunteers each term.

All new volunteers will be provided training on canteen operations.

If you have never applied for a Working with Children’s check, the website is https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-working-children-check

If you require assistance with obtaining a Working with Children’s check, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Raymond Terrace Public School P&C Association

Volunteer Emergency Contact Form 2020

The information in this document will only be used in an emergency and will be kept confidential.

Name: …………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………….

D.O. B …………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………….

Phone Number: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………

…………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………

Allergies: ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………….

Additional Medical Information

(e.g. Asthma, Diabetes): ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Emergency Contact Name: ………………………………………………………………………….

Phone Number: ………………………………………………………………………….

If you would like to volunteer for the Canteen, please fill in both forms below and take to front office. On the day you are volunteering, you MUST sign in at front office.