Number 26 August 27th 2020

Acting Principal: Mrs Kimberley Nicholls

Ph: 5429 5099 School Council President:

Mrs Elizabeth McDonell Email:

romsey.ps@education.vic.gov.au Website:

www.romseyps.vic.edu.au Our School Values Are: Respect Integrity Responsibility

Romsey Primary School is an inclusive and empowering learning community which fosters confident, creative, caring, curious and collaborative learners who “dare to be excellent”.

Birthdays Happy birthday to everyone celebrating a birthday this week: Thomas D. Levi C. Bryce E. Daxton A. Sebastian A. Tully C. Liam H. Piper C.

SPOONVILLE!

Welcome to Spoonville! We would love to grow our village, so grab a

spoon and get decorating! A few things to know about

Spoonies…

Spoonies love the outdoors but litter makes them sad, so try

to make sure anything you add to your spoon will stay put in

the wind and rain. (Also nail polish is good

for rain proof faces!)

Spoonies are afraid of dogs, please keep your

dogs away from them so they feel safe.

Please respect our spoonies, if

it’s not your scene, let it be. Our Spoonville village will be set up out the front of the school shortly —look out for the signs!

Mrs Nicholls’ Notes

What another great week at RPS!

Our Preps did a great job celebrating their 100 days at school, photos are attached to the

newsletter. I have seen lots of different ways that our Preps celebrated with their families,

some included having ice cream cakes, one of my all-time favourites! YUM!

We are about mid-way through this remote learning period. At this time we can all start to

feel uneasy and a bit on edge. This is normal and we all go through this feeling. Just make

sure that you are looking after yourself. I am talking to you parents! Think about when you

are on a plane and you listen to the safety instructions. They always say to fit your oxygen

mask first as then you can help others. This is the same when dealing with this pandemic.

Make sure you are looking after yourself so you can look after your family.

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind all families that when you are engaging in

a Google classroom session it is just like being in class. It is an expectation that all students

are sitting up watching the session and taking part as they would if they were in class. It is

also an expectation that all students be dressed in appropriate school clothing and sitting

in a location that is beneficial for learning.

This year’s Attitude To School survey has been extended into Term 4. This is valuable

information that the school uses and I welcome the idea that we will have the opportunity to

complete the survey once we return to school. Parents of students in Years 3-6 will receive

more information about the survey and how it is conducted in the near future.

Keep up the sensational work, you are all doing an amazing job.

Have a great week and stay safe!

Kimberley Nicholls

Enrolments for 2021 If you are intending to enrol your child for the 2021 school year please lodge your enrolment forms with the school as soon as possible. The earlier we receive enrolments the more accurate our planning is for the next school year. If you know of any families intending to enrol their children please alert them to this information. Enrolment packs are available from the office, the Romsey Kindergarten and the child care centre in Romsey. Please note that we cannot accept an enrolment until we have a copy of your child’s birth certificate.

From the office…..

Remote Learning Attendances Hi everyone. Can we just remind all parents that we require your child to log in from home to record their attendance each morning (by about 8.45 or so) or, if you cannot log on, please phone the school to let us know that they are doing their remote learning. It is important to log on early—some children are logging on later in the morning and thus being recorded as absent because the teacher has already marked the roll for the day. This does not always get amended before we send out sms reminders to explain absenc-es, which is causing some confusion and a little bit of angst for parents. If your child is not doing their edu-cational program on any day for any reason (illness, appointments etc) we need to record this as an ab-sence, so you will need to inform the school in the usual way. If we send you an sms regarding attendance please respond to it.

Remote Learning Photos We are loving seeing your photos of your home learning activities! Please keep sending them in so that we can share them on Facebook and in our newsletter. There is some amazing and creative learning going on so keep up the good work. The Facebook post for the week will be open until 3:00pm every Wednesday in time for the newsletter to go out each Thursday. Please note that unless you have returned a ‘permission to publish’ form, we are unable to publish your child’s photo.

Returning Work Completed Work Packs / Submitting Work Online Thank you to everyone who is submitting their home learning tasks online on a regular basis or returning completed work packs. If you are returning work packs please make sure that you put your full name and your class on each sheet so that we can easily get it to your classroom teacher. We do understand that it is not always possible to get through every task every week—sometimes family commitments or illness or other things interrupt your studies, but please keep sending in whatever work you have achieved and keep doing your best!

Wellbeing Weekly

Quotable Quote

‘You have not lived today Until you have done

Something for someone who can never repay you’

– John Bunyan –

Have Fun!

Get creative in the ways you have fun at home.

Try the ideas below: • Video call your grandparents or cousins to say hello. • Create a stop motion video; show a friend. • Go for a walk outside with your family • Write a song, poem or rap • Learn to play a new game • Have a family talent contest • Try a new recipe or craft • Make up a dance to a favourite song

Learn It! Caregiving

Watch ‘Kid President’s 20 Things

We Should Say More Often’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=m5yCOSHeYn4 Think About: what other ideas

could be added to that clip? Caregiving can mean looking after

and caring for others.

Spend the next 5 minutes showing care to someone today.

Get Crafty

Make your very own gratitude chain to decorate your room.

Get Crafty Use a balloon, a permanent marker and some playdough to make this squish ball.

Remote Learning 2.0 Week 7

ART This week students looked at a number of different artists and learnt about abstract

art. We investigated a range of different artists

including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Deb McNaughton, Lee Krasner, Agnes Martin, Wassily Kandinsky & Helen Frankenthaler.

We looked at how artists used shape, colour, line and texture in their work.

Our students have done a fabulous job of using a range of different materials to create

amazing abstract art this week.

Ani G 1/2MK Harper P PMS Leo D 3/4 AG

Brock M 3/4AG, Hannah M PEM & Benjamin

Isla W PMS

Liam C 5/6ES Parker A PMS

Shannon D 3/4SD

Zoe K 1/2MK

Trentyn F 1/2AG

Chase R P1SH Jaxson C 5/6LS

Luke T PEM

Piper C 1/2MK

Tyrian S P1SH

Ella J 1/2TM

Kyra J 5/6LD Matilda G 5/6LS

Ryan P 1/2TM

Xanthe A 3/4AG

WORD CLOUDS This term year 5/6 students have been exploring our Vocabulary cycle by completing a series of fun activities. Some activities have included Boggle, create word finds and designing Word Clouds. Here are

some excellent examples of our week 6 Vocabulary activity, Word Clouds.

Aaron C.

Dylan F.

Jack G.

Marcus P.

Juniper D.

Aaron G.

Jackson S.