13-23 Boree Street Email: rankinspr-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Rankin’s Springs, NSW, 2669 Phone: (02) 6966 1206 Website: www.rankinspr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax: (02) 6966 1296

What a fabulous first week back for Term 3. We started with a very busy week setting goals for the term, lots of soccer and netball practise in the playground and enjoying our Community Christmas in July lunch. The staff and students catered for 85 guests at the hall. The meal was beautifully prepared by the Year 5/6 students, the hall was set and decorated by the Year 4 students, and our guests were entertained by the K/1/2 students. Thank you to all of the family and community members that attend, we hope you enjoyed it. We finished the week with Round Robin on Friday. There were approximately 200 students in attendance and it was a wonderful day at the Sport & Rec Grounds. Our students displayed a high level of sportsmanship and we are so incredibly proud of their achievement of winning the Round Robin for 2019. Special thanks to Julieanne and her valued team of helpers for running the canteen. Thank you also to the parents that were able to help with setting up and packing up to make the day run with ease.

Miss Payne and Mrs Munro met with the NSW Department of Education’s External Validation panel on Tuesday to complete our schools External Validation process for this year. The panel provided wonderful feedback and high praise to our staff for their hard work completing this process.

What’s happening TERM 3 Week 2 Tue 30th July Wed 31st July Fri 2nd August

Indigenous Games Spelling Bee K-2 Library dayP&C Surveys due

Week 3 Education Week Tue 6th August Wed 7th August Fri 9th August

Open Classrooms Life Education Van KROP @ Griffith Regional Theatre

Week 4 Thu 15th August Zone Athletics Week 5 Book Week Tue 20th August Book Week Character Parade Week 6

Week 7 Fri 6th September NAIDOC celebrations at Lake

Cargelligo Week 8 Tue 10th September Trent Barrett Shield (Yr. 3/4) Week 9 Tue 17th September Mobile Library Week 10 Fri 27th September End of Term 3

Please note dates and events are subject to change, please check for weekly updates.

Rankin’s Springs Public School Newsletter

Monday 29th July 2019

Term 3 Week 2

Education Week Open Day

Tuesday 6th August 2019

10:30am – 11:15am 12:00pm – 12:30pm

Rankins Springs Public School All parents/carers/family and friends are invited to Rankin’s Springs Public School during Education Week. This is a time to interact in your child’s classroom and see what happens at our school.

Students take great pride in their learning and would love to be able to show their family what activities they do each day in the classroom.

We welcome visitors in the times listed above. The sessions will be before and after the student’s lunch break, so feel free to bring along your lunch to have with the students.

Indigenous Games On Tuesday 30th July students will be participating in Indigenous Games run by Mr Mathew Daniels, our local Aboriginal Communities Liaison Officer.

Traditional Aboriginal Games were almost lost after colonisation. It has taken a lot of consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders to re-establish the traditional games and their rules. We are looking forward to developing a greater understanding and appreciation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture through experiencing these games.

Please keep checking the calendar of ‘what’s happening’ as we have a huge term ahead with lots of exciting and varied experiences for the children to engage in.

Education Week A massive week of activities for our students at Rankin’s Springs Public School will be highlighted by our Education Week Open Day on Tuesday 6th August. Please see the flyer attached. Monday - Leadership Awards Ceremony at West Wyalong Tuesday – Open Classrooms and family lunch Wednesday – Life Education Van Thursday – Year 6 Transitions begins for MRCC Friday – Whole school excursion to Griffith Regional Theatre to watch Kids Rapt on Performing (KROP)

July Birthdays

Zoe-21st July, Angus – 28th July, Naomi – 31st July

P&C Survey Your feedback is valued and important! Please return the school/P&C surveys to school ASAP. Survey answers will be compiled and evaluated to help make informed decisions. If you have misplaced your survey please come to the office to get a new one.

Reminder: Students in the 3-6 class are to hand in their Home Reading Log books and homework sheets every Friday.

Library News – change of day The K-2 Class will have

Library borrowing days on Fridays for Term 3.

Christmas in July Lunch

2019 Round RobinThis year there were approximately 200 students in attendance to participate in the 2019 Round Robin.

Special thanks to GB’s Sport & Lifestyle in Griffith for their generous donation towards this year’s Round Robin. Thank you also to the RSPS Canteen/P&C for catering on the day.

Congratulations to Rankin’s Springs Public School for being the outright winners for the Netball/Soccer Round Robin event. School Captain, Tahlia McPherson accepted the winner’s trophy and voucher from GBs, on behalf of the RSPS team.

Eric Molloy received a ‘Sportsmanship Award’ for his fantastic participation in the Rankin’s Springs Public School team.

P & C News Next meeting is Wednesday 7th August at 7pm. Rural Fire Service Rankins Springs Rural Fire Service Committee as at 30th June 2019. Captain: Garry Lamont Secretary: Marilyn O’Reilly Treasurer: Julie Groat Assistant Treasurer: Megan Groat All the other positions remain the same. Permit Officer – Garry Lamont Senior Deputy Captain and Permit Officer – Michael James Deputy Captain – William (Bear) O’Reilly, Peter Groat and Tom Groat Memberships are now due and payable to the Rankins Springs Rural Fire Service. PO Box 20 RANKINS SPRINGS NSW 2669 Town Residences is $10.00 and Farmers and Business is $25.00 Progress Association A meeting will be held on Tuesday 20th July starting at 7pm at the Rankins Springs Hotel.

CWA News Our next meeting will be held on Monday 12th August at CWA Rooms in Ninti St from 9.30am for a 10am start. Members please bring a plate to share, everyone welcome to come along. Anyone thinking about becoming a new member of CWA, we currently have a discounted membership rate of $24.25. The community is welcome to come to our Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser for the cancer council on Tuesday 30th July at Wally’s Junk Art Gallery. Bring along your best decorated cupcake for the competition! Birthday Celebrations The Craft ladies will be celebrating Fay Wade’s 89th Birthday at Fay and Sid Wade’s home, Invercargil. Time: 12 o’clock lunch. Please bring a small plate to share. Date: Wednesday 31st July Come and join us, everyone welcome. Enquiries to Irene 0428661324.

Rankins Springs CWA is hosting a Biggest Morning Tea

Tuesday 30th July 2019 From 10am Venue Wally’s Junk Art Gallery

(Purple Shed) Rankins Springs

$5 for a cuppa and plate of cakes

Competitions for Best Decorated Cupcake for Adults

Best Decorated Cupcake for Primary Children

Best Decorated Arrowroot Biscuits for Preschool

Raffle

Donations for Can Assist are welcome