Red Cliffs Primary School

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 20th May, 2015

Week 6 Term 2

IMPORTANT DATES

Walk Safely to School Day—Friday 22nd May

School Wide Head-Lice Check—Friday 22nd May

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: Welcome:

On behalf of everyone at Red

Cliffs Primary School I

welcome Jasper Turner (gr.5)

and his family to our great

school.

I am very sure Jasper will soon

feel right at home in his new

school.

National Walk Safely to

School Day:

This Friday, 22nd May, is

National Walk Safely to

School Day.

Students, parents, grandparents

and staff are encouraged to

walk, skate or ride safely to

school this Friday.

Perhaps parents could park the

car a little way from school

and enjoy the walk with their

children.

Mrs Doering and Mr Laird will

meet children at Big Lizzie at

around 8.30am.

Mr Warburton and Mrs Vale

will meet children near the old

West Cliffs Store at 8.30am.

Let’s make this N.W.S.T.S.

Day a great success.

Bunnings BBQ:

On behalf of school council,

parents and students I sincerely

thank all who assisted in the

running of the Bunnings BBQ

on Sunday.

Because of their efforts, we

raised just over $1,400.

Nut Free School:

Parents, carers and students are

reminded Red Cliffs Primary

School is “Nut Free”.

I am very thankful that all

parents have accepted this

policy so enthusiastically, but

as new parents and children are

always enrolling at Red Cliffs

we do need to keep informing

the school community of the

nut free policy.

Zeb Sos, Grade 6, has a severe

anaphylactic response to nuts

and nut products. It is essential

everyone is very vigilant in

keeping our school nut free.

Nationally Consistent Collection of

Data on School Students with

Disability :

All schools in Australia, including

Independent and Catholic schools, will

participate in the Nationally Consistent

Collection of Data on School Students

with Disability this year.

The Data Collection is an annual count

of the number of students with

disability receiving educational adjust-

ments to support their participation in

education on the same basis as students

without disability.

All education agencies are now required

under the Australian Education

Regulation 2013 to provide information

on a student’s level of education,

disability and level of adjustment to the

Australian Government Department of

Education and Training.

Data will continue to be de-identified

prior to its transfer to the Australian

Government Department of Education

and Training.

No student’s identity will be provided

to the Australian Government

Department of Education and Training.

The collection of this information from

states and territories will inform future

policy and program planning in relation

to students with disability.

If you have any questions, please do not

hesitate to contact me, or the Victorian

Department of Education and Training

Data Collection Hotline on

(03) 9651 3621.

Condolences: On behalf of staff, students and

parents I offer the deepest of

sympathies to Miss Knyvett on

the recent loss of her father, Peter.

We are all thinking of you Steph.

Rod Beer

Principal

Stars of the Week

This Week’s Birthdays……

Lauren Clifford 9 Tuesday 19th May

Clay Ellis Castle 11 Wednesday 20th May

Dylan Kaka 8 Thursday 21st May

Diesel Draper 9 Friday 22nd May

Sonny Trevenar 8 Saturday 23rd May

Lynnzea– Lee Bailey 7 Sunday 24th May

Mildura South Zone Cross

Country: Eleven children from Red

Cliffs primary School

competed in the Sunraysia

South Cross Country races in

Mildura on Monday. The 9-10

years old runners ran 2km,

while the 11-12 years olds ran

3km. Everyone had a fantastic

day. Our medal winner on the

day was Emma Giannelli who

came 2nd. Joel Bailey and

Jemmika Douglas both came

close 4th placings and Joel

Finch was 5th.

A big thank-you to Cara

Douglas and Kevin Laity for

assisting with transport and

other parents for leading our

cheer squad!

John Warburton

Science this week: Prep & P/1— “Solids &

Liquids” - Making a jelly.

Gr1/2 & 2/K— “Soluble/

Insoluble”

Gr 3/4— “Fabrics” - fibres,

wear and tear.

Gr 5/6— “Materials and

their sources”.

SunSmart in Winter: At this time of year, it is

very difficult for our bodies

to make enough vitamin D

because:

there is less sunlight

UV levels are low

we cover our skin up to

keep warm.

From May to August, aim

for sun exposure to be:

daily

longer (about 20 minutes

in the middle of the day)

expose as much skin as

practical – you need sun-

light on as much skin as

possible.

Sun protection is not needed

when the UV levels are below

3 unless you are near highly

reflective surfaces such as

snow or water OR are outside

for extended periods (most of

the day).

Bonnie

Perkins

PrepH

Persistence

Concentrating

and giving

effort in class.

Emily

Monahan

P/1G

Persistence

Fantastic effort

with story

writing.

Izabelle

Jones

1/2V

Organisation

Being

responsible in

the classroom.

Mia

Cook

2K

Confidence

Becoming

more

independent.

Kayne

Wissemann

3/4D

Persistence

Great listening

to instructions.

Jasmine

Shepherd

3/4L

Persistence

Earning her

pen licence!

Emma

Giannelli

4/5C

Persistence

Excellent

running at the

district cross

country.

Nikki-Lee

Tatchell

5/6A

Persistence

Always giving

100% effort to

everything she

does and being

a great role

model.

Tavania

Leksas

5/6W

Persistence

Awesome work

at all times!

Great Behaviour in the Yard:

Congratulations to Harrison Tatchell (gr.1), Daniel

Monahan (gr. 3) and Summer Nalder (gr.1) for their

Great Behaviour in the Yard this week.

Enjoy those free Great Australian Ice Creams kids.

Richard Galbraith

Prep H LOVED learning how to draw cartoons with Richard Galbraith yesterday!

We love to draw!