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TERM 1 - 5 FEBRUARY 2021
WHAT''S HAPPENING
AT RPS
Rutherglen Primary School
Newsletter
DatesDATES TO
to Remember: W e l c ome back to what i s g o i n g t o b e a y ea r o f g r e a t t h i n g s a t
REMEMBER R u t h erglen Primary.
It’s b e en a very positi v e s t a r t t o t h e y e a r a n d o u r s t u d e n t s s h o u l d
Friday 12th February
Book Club due by today be p r oud of the way th e y h a v e s e t t l e d i n t o t h e i r n e w c l a s s e s a n d
the p layground, and ha v e d e v e l o p e d a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e
Tuesday 15th & Wednesday stru c tures and routine s w i t h i n t h e i r U n i t . A v e r y s p e c i a l w e l c o m e
16th February to o u r new Foundation s t u d e n t s , a n d o t h e r n e w s t u d e n t s a c r o s s
First Aid in Schools program F-6 vari o us year levels an d t h e i r f a m i l i e s . W e h o p e y o u a l l e n j o y
FREE bein g a part of our RP S c o m m u n i t y .
Last year was certainl y a c h a l l e n g e f o r e v e r y o n e , a n d I t h a n k a l l
Tuesday 16th February
our f amilies for suppo r t i n g u s a s a s c h o o l a n d y o u r c h i l d r e n
School Council 6:30pm
duri n g the many COVI D r e s t r i c t i o n s t h a t w er e i n p l a c e . It i s s o
Friday 19th March grea t to have families b a c k o n s i t e a n d I t h a n k y o u a l l f o r
Assembly 2-4 building and via prep a ring your childre n s o w e l l f o r t h e i r s t a r t t o s c h o o l i n 2 0 2 1 .
Google Meet 3pm O u r t e ache rs and othe r s t a f f h a v e d o n e a n am a z i n g j o b i n
sett i ng up classrooms a n d l e a r n i n g s p a c e s r e a d y f o r o u r
Monday 1st March
stud e nts' return. The cl a s s r o o m s a r e p u r p o se f u l a n d r e a d y t o
Steve Herrick author visit Year
enga g e and challenge o u r l e a r n e r s .
3-6 FREE
This year as part of our w h o l e s c h o o l u n d e rt a k i n g o f S c h o o l - W i d e
Friday 5th March P o s i t i ve B ehaviour Su p p o r t ( S W P B S ) , w e ha v e i n t r o d u c e d t o o u r
Schools Clean Up Australia Day stud e nts during the firs t f e w d a y s o f s c h o o l o u r n e w s c h o o l - w i d e
9am - families welcome to join expe c tations and matri x . This sits alongside ou r s c h o o l v a l u e s
in. and i s a set of expect a t i o n s t h a t w a s c o - d e v e l o p e d w i t h o u r
S t u d ent Voice - Studen t L e a d e r s h i p T e a m i n T e r m 4 l a s t y e a r .
Monday 8th March
O u r t h ree e xpectation s o f a l l m e m b e r s o f o ur s c h o o l c o m m u n i t y
Labour Day Public holiday - NO
is t o
SCHOOL & NO Out of School
Hours Care BE S A F E BE R E S P ECTFUL BE R E P S ONSIBLE
O u r school-wide expe c t a t i o n s m a t r i x i s i n c l ud e d i n t h i s
news l etter, and we enc o u r a g e y o u t o m a k e y o u r s e l f a w a r e o f
Thursday 1st April this , a nd to disc u ss this with your c h i l d / r e n .
Last day of Term 1.
2:30pm finish
RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY - INTEGRITY - EMPATHY
CANTEEN 2020
Canteen will begin operating as of Wednesday 10th Feb and will be REMINDERS
provided by Caffeine n Machine, Rutherglen.
This will operate Mon - Wed - Fri with the menu available listed below.
Weekly specials will be communicated through our school Facebook
page and Compass. We thank Meg, Nick & the Team for supporting this
service for our students and families.
If for any reason your child was
scheduled to travel home on the bus
and you pick them instead, please
notify the Office by 3:25 or go to the
bus meeting point at the back of the
school near the oval and notify our
bus duty teacher Alan Spithill, so that
buses are not held waiting while we
look for students who had at the start
of the day been marked as travelling
home on the bus.
Please ensure your child knows each
day if they are going home on the bus
or not.
LATE ARRIVAL / EARLY DEPARTURE
If your child is late or needs to be picked up early parents/carers must
sign them in/out at the front office
BELL TIMES
The music starts to play at 8:50am to signal the time for students to
move inside and prepare for the day. It is in the best interests of
students in setting themselves up for a successful day that they are at
school by this time. Students should not be arriving at school prior to
8:40am. Staff are not on supervision duty until this time and we ask for
your support in not having your child arrive prior to 8:40am.
regards Karryn
RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY - INTEGRITY - EMPATHY
Welcome to our New Staff
A very warm welcome to the 8 new staff who have joined our RPS team this year
or are returning in a new role.
Please say hello to them when you see them, and make them feel welcome.
Gabby Potter 5-6P Lucy Turner 2-3T Ella Kinnear F-1K Lucy Brown 3-4G & Year
5-6s on Thursdays
Sara Pfeiffer - Rob Hill - Kate Ross Nick Taylor
Education Support Education Support Learning Tutor - School Chaplain
Tutor Learning Initiative
Introducing
our...
School
Captains -
2021
L-R Jack Chandler, Ebony Brunskill-Mills, Bryce Maloney & Harry Chandler
Introducing our...
2021 SPORTS CAPTAIN
S
RED KANGAROOS
Abbey Collis &
Ella Neuman
BLUE KOALAS
Malakye Pinn &
Meg Pearson
YELLOW POSSUMS
Indigo Decker &
Brodie Walters
GREEN ECHIDNAS
Laurie Nelson &
Bill Linden
TUTOR LEARING INITIATIVE
The Department of Education has launched a “catch-up” learning program in response to the impact on
student learning in 2020. All schools across the state of Victoria have been partially funded and directed
to implement a tutoring program for eligible students, with our schools having to co-contribute to this.
Our school has begun this initiative already and has appointed Kate Ross to this role. Kate will work
alongside teaching staff and other ES to provide essential support to students who meet the criteria. We
are very fortunate to have this initiative put forward by the Education Dept. and to be able to to run this
level of support in our school. We will be communicating further information to families in the coming
weeks, but if your child talks about being in a small group or individual session with a teacher other than
their classroom teacher, it may be the TLI Tutor or an Education Support team member.
12th February
EMPATHY
RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY
INTEGRITY
RPS Values Awards
acknowledges students who display our school values by the choices they make in their
daily actions
FOUNDATION - YEAR 1
Logan Saunders for consistently showing respect
to everyone around you and for your fantastic
efforts in your writing. Well done Logan!
Paige Peuton for showing great leadership in your
classroom and being a role model for your fellow
classmates. Keep it up Paige!
Stella Brown for settling quickly into Rutherglen
Primary School and being a leader in our classroom
Jack Frampton for challenging yourself, and drawing and counting 100 circles in Maths!
YEAR 2-3
Ryeder Decker for consistently showing kindness
and respect to those around you. Your delightful
smile is infectious, Ryeder.
You make us want to smile too!
Alex Duursma for the impressive effort you put
into your independent writing. We loved hearing
your detailed, entertaining retell about your
pet ferret having a bath!
Jake Piuila-Hogan for your kindness in always
being willing to help people in our classroom.Congratulations!
Ellie Pertzel for your excellent efforts to complete your learning tasks. Well done!
YEAR 3-4
Zavi e r M a n n s f o r m a k i n g a g reat start to th e school year. You have real l y s t e p p e d u p , a n d a r e
showi n g s o m e emerging leadership qualities.
Keep it up!
Erica Harder - Setting a great example in the
classroom, and helping those around you when
they are struggling, or don’t know what to do.
Well done, Erica!
Michael Smith for an awesome start to the year!
You have been focussed on your work and tried
your hardest in all areas of your learning.
Luke Chandler for being super organised with your learning materials. You are often the first to
have everything ready to begin your tasks.
Lachie Hawkey for being super organised with your learning materials. You are often the first to
have everything ready to begin your tasks.
YEAR 5-6
Chilli Good - for being a kind and helpful member
of our class and for displaying the qualities of a
caring and supportive friend to others
Bryce Maloney - for starting the year positively,
working hard and giving your best effort in all that
you do
Milan Whyte for being such a positive person,
always trying your best and kindly offering help to
others.
Ella Kelly for being a kind and patient person and always giving your best effort.
Ebony Brunskill-Mills for always showing the school values and giving your best in your
learning.
Malakye Pinn for showing kindness and care towards your Foundation Buddy.
Congratulations to our
Playground Super Stars Be Safe
for playing safely, respectfully and
responsibly during lunch and recess
Joseph Winkler, Michael Smith, Blair Livingston-Laing,
Ellie Pertzel
Be Respectful
P rid e o f
Be Responsible
R P S w in
n er...
Introducing our School Chaplain 'Mr Nick'
Nick Taylor or 'Mr Nick' as we like to call him, is returning to RPS this
year in the role of School Chaplain which we successfully received
Ellie Pertzel funding for, both for the 2021 and 2022 school year.
Nick's role in supporting students will stay the same as it has over the
past 2 years within our school where he will will work with small
groups of students at a time, undertaking projects and jobs around
the school, connecting this to their classroom learning. Through this
time with Nick they have an opportunity to talk about things that are
going well for them, or things that they might be a bit worried about,
are bothered with, or just want to chat about. Nick will also run The
Stride program for our year 5 & 6 boys and will continue to run the
very popular Chess club at lunchtimes.
Nick is also available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for parents/carers
and staff who may just want to have a chat with him or may like to
seek some guidance or support. No apointment is necessary.
News from the
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chCheck out our next newsletter to meet our Student Leadership Team Captains and the members of the Student Leadership Team, and learn all about their role in our school and what they have planned for 2021.
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