Great Work This week I would like to congratulate Shuvai N and Poppy M from the Foundation class for their great work on Australian Animals. Both students were able to tell me some very interesting facts about Echidnas. Well done girls. At the other end of the school, I would like to congratulate Vicky L and Marco S for a great effort in working out the perimeter and area of regular shapes, that were written in a worded form. The team work they showed was very impressive . I would also like to congratulate all of the students from Foundation to Grade 2 who have taken part in our swimming program. The students have just completed the school swimming program at Reservoir Leisure Centre. All of the students have benefitted from being involved. Foundation Transition Foundation transition commenced last week with all of our new Foundation students coming to school last Friday. They had a chance to meet their buddies and work in the Foundation room. They all had a terrific time leaving the session with a smile on their face and some work to display. Thank you to all of the grade four and five buddies for supporting our new students. They will be back again on Friday for the second transi-tion day. Parent Helpers morning Tea Parent helpers play an integral role at our school. They help out in a variety of ways, from hearing children read, participating on School Council, school banking, helping in class, covering books and doing odd jobs around the school. The support that we get from our school community is what helps make William Ruthven PS a great school. As a small token of our appreciation, we will be holding a parent helpers thank you morning tea on Wednesday 30th November commencing at 10:30. If you have helped out around the school in any way at any time this year, it would be great to see you there. Thank You I would like to thank the Raydan family for their wonderful sponsorship of our Student of the Week Awards. Students who receive an individual student of the week award at our school assembly, will also receive a free pizza gift voucher from the Pizza and Pasta on Broadway for their great work. Please support Pizza and Pasta on Broadway restaurant as they have supported the school. Important Dates We have a number of important events coming up soon. Please check the calendar for these events and dates.

Allan Waterson

Principal’s message

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For all the latest information on our school visit our website: www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au

Important Dates

NOVEMBER

10th - Swimming Pro-

gram

11th - Prep Transition 9:15-

10:30

18th - Prep Transition 9:00-

10:50

21st - School Council

Meeting

24th - Foundation excur-

sion Healesville Sanctuary

30th -Parent Helpers

Morning Tea

DECEMBER

6th - Grade 6 Orientation

Day & Whole school step

up day.

7th - Celebration Night

12th - School Council

Meeting

14th - Funfields - Grade 6

15th - Grade 6 Graduation

Night

20th - Last day of school

for 2016

60 Merrilands Rd

Reservoir 3073

Ph 9460 1668

Fax 9460 1858

10th November 2016

2016 Term Dates

WILLIAM RUTHVEN PRIMARY SCHOOL 5544 ABN: 84116388399

RESPECT CONFIDENCE COMPASSION

Term 1 27th January– 24th March

Term 2 11th April—24th June

Term 3 11th July—16th September

Term 4 3rd October—20th December

Student Of The Week

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21st October 28th October

Grade 5/6 Art

Prep A Cameron

Prep B Ekam

1/2 A Chiara

1/2 B Max

1/2C Patrick

3/4 A Tyler

3/4 B SiFeng

3/4C All students in 3/4C

5/6 A

5/6 B

5/6C Ralph

Art F-6

PE - F - 2 PE - 3-6

L.O.T.E Amarbir

Performing Arts Mariam S

Library F-6

Science F-2

Science 3-6

Assist Principal

Principal Marco S, Lily Rose M, Isabella P

Prep A Sarbatt

Prep B Amelia

1/2 A Nicolai

1/2 B Sophia

1/2C Abin

3/4 A Nadaa

3/4 B Izaiah

3/4C Eva

5/6 A

5/6 B

5/6C

Art F-6

PE - F - 2 PE - 3-6

Max P Hector O

L.O.T.E Shakayla M

Performing Arts

Library F-6

Science F-2

Science 3-6

Assist Principal 1/2B, 3/4A, 5/6A

Principal

3D sketches from Grade 5/6B during Art with Mrs O

2017 Foundation Students and their Buddies during the 1st Transition Session

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Grade 3/4

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Halima

Grace

3/4A Historical Aboriginal Art Work This term we have been looking at Aboriginal History and Dreamtime Stories. So far we have looked at The

Rainbow Serpent, How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch and Tiddalick the Frog. We always write a summary and do

dot paintings about each story and now we have started to create a comic about The Rainbow Serpent.

Grade 3/4B have been working on an aboriginal dreamtime story called the Rainbow Serpent. We wrote our own versions of The Rainbow Serpent.

Grade 3/4

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Natalie

SiFeng

3/4C recreated the dreamtime

story ‘How Flying Fox Divided Day and Night’ into

fantastic comics. Every student in 3/4C put in lots of time, effort and creativity.

Each student is proud of their

work.

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS EXCURSION: MONDAY 7th November, 2016

1. List three things you did on the excursion. We walked through a tree called Bunya Bunya pine tree. We made paint with rocks. We use the Lomandra bush to make string. 2. List two interesting facts you learnt We learnt a new word called Wominjeka it means Welcome in Aboriginal. We also learnt that there are two different boomerangs, one is used to make some animals think it is a bird and that would be a distraction and that is the one that would come back, the second one was to kill the animals and it wouldn’t come back. 3. What was your favourite experience and why? My favourite experience was making the paint because it was fun and it was also so smooth. You had to crunch this red rock that was soft and then put a little bit of water on it. Once you mixed it then you were able to use that paint to make a paint-ing. 4. What was one plant used in the welcoming ceremony and what did it represent? One of the plants was a eucalypts tree and that would repre-sent the parents, the wattle tree represents the grandparents, and the Cherry Ballard tree represented the children. 5. Write one artifact, its name and purpose. The emu caller was a sphere shape. It would attract the emus so that the men could kill them and eat them. 6. Did women and men have different roles? What were they? Yes, women and men had different roles. They were hunters and gatherers. The men were hunters they would kill animals and the women would gather the food. By Lemi

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Grade 5/6 Excursion Royal Botanic Gardens

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Whole School Celebration Concert & Sport Reports

The Whole School Celebration Concert Night is happening very soon!! Wednesday December 7th, 6:30PM. Rehearsals are buzzing with excitement in the air. Please ensure that your child/ren show their costume to their classroom teacher to get checked off ASAP. Tickets will be available shortly for the show - “Together”. All students are expected to participate. If there are unavoidable circumstances and your child/ren cannot attend, then please write a note to the Classroom Teacher ASAP. Thank you, Mrs B.

On Friday 28th of October the William Ruthven Bat Tennis teams played against Reservoir East Primary School. The people on the boys team were Amir, Raymond, Seb, Yousef, Joey and Patrick. The boys singles were Amir (WRPS) vs Luka (REPS) - final scores were Amir 0 games and Luka 9 games. Raymond (WRPS) vs Homing (REPS) - final scores were Raymond 1 games and Homing 9 games. The boys doubles were Seb and Yousef (WRPS) vs Arash and Xavier (REPS) -final scores were Seb and Yousef (WRPS ) 2 games and Arash & Xavier (REPS) 9 games. Joey and Patrick (WRPS) vs Ethan and Kirk (REPS) -final scores were Joey and Patrick (WRPS) 5 games and Ethan & Kirk (REPS) 9 games. The highlight was …. The final results for the boys games….Reservoir East 36 games. Vs William Ruthven 8 games The girl’s singles were Dempsey (WRPS) vs Megane (REPS) - final scores were Dempsey 1 game and Megane 9 games. Alek (WRPS) vs Maddy (REPS) - final scores were Alek 9 games and Maddy 5 games. The girls doubles were Bella and Bonnie (WRPS) vs Grace and Maddy (REPS) -final scores were Bella and Bonnie (WRPS ) 9 games and Grace and Maddy (REPS) 2 games. Sifeng and Grace (WRPS) vs Shahad and Nada (REPS) -final scores were Sifeng and Grace (WRPS) 0 games and Shahad and Nada (REPS) 9 games. We all enjoyed the lovely weather and enjoyed meeting and playing great bat tennis with new friends. The highlight of the day was when Alek and Maddy played their game, while we all cheered for our own schools. Alek won her difficult game and the final score was Alek 9 and Maddy 5. The final results for the girls games were Reservoir East 25 games. Vs William, Ruthven 19 games Thanks to all the players and our coach for a great day!

2016 Summer Sport Fixture

11th November BYE

18th November Thomastown Primary V William Ruthven Primary

25th November Reservoir Views Primary V William Ruthven Primary

2nd December William Ruthven Primary V St Joseph the Worker

William Ruthven Primary School Is now taking enrolments for 2017

Academic Excellence Personalised learning Innovative curriculum

A strong focus on Literacy and Numeracy Committed and dedicated teaching staff

Strong partnership between school and family

A specialist Science School

William Ruthven Primary School 60 Merrilands Rd Reservoir Tel: 9460 1668 Fax: 9460 1858

Email: william.ruthven.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au

Pizza & Pasta on Broadway are now our sponsors for the PATHS/Student of the Week awards. Each student who

receives a PATHS/Student of the Week award will receive a voucher from Pizza & Pasta on Broadway. We hope the WRPS community gets be-hind and supports Pizza &

Pasta on Broadway.

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