13-23 Boree Street Email: [email protected] Rankin’s Springs, NSW, 2669 Phone: (02) 6966 1206 Website: www.rankinspr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax: (02) 6966 1296 What’s happening This week is Book Week. The theme is ‘Find your Treasure’. Each morning staff will be reading a new book from the library to each class. The books being read have all been selected from the 2018 Children’s Book Awards list. Students will then be able to borrow these new books from the school library. We look forward to welcoming parents and friends to our school for the annual Book Week parade on Friday. There will be a sausage sizzle lunch available for a gold coin donation. Good luck to the Year 3-4 students participating in the Trent Barrett Shield day on Thursday. All information needed has been provided on permission notes last week. Congratulations to the Erica, Angus, Cade, Tahlia, Rilee, Melissa and Sophie for being selected to compete at the Griffith Zone Athletics carnival last week. All students tried their best and showed great sportsmanship. P&C meeting The meeting in Week 8 – Wednesday 12 th September will be at 7pm at the school. Special guests at this meeting will be Peter King (Executive Principal Murrumbidgee Regional High School) and David Lamb (Griffith Director Educational Leadership) to discuss the changes to the high schools in Griffith. They will be talking about what the new school Murrumbidgee Regional High School will look like, answering questions and explaining more about what will be different. Friendly Reminder We would appreciate it if people would not smoke within 4 metres of the school boundary. Smoking on school premises, including school buildings, gardens, sport fields and car parks, is prohibited. Please see the information below: The Smoke-free Environment Act 2000 makes a number of outdoor public places smoke-free. Smoking is banned within 4 metres of a pedestrian entrance to or exit from a public building in NSW. This law is called the ‘4 metre law’. TERM 3 Week 5 BOOK WEEK Wed 22 nd Aug Thu 23 rd Aug Fri 24 th Aug Sat 25 th Aug Kinder Transition Peer Support Trent Barrett Shield Book week Assembly P&C Bunning’s BBQ Week 6 Thu 30 th Aug Geography Learning Week Kinder Transition Peer Support Week 7 Tue 4 th Sept Fri 7 th Sept School Council Meeting Kinder Transition Peer Support Week 8 Mon 10 th Sept Wed 12 th Sept Science Learning Week Kinder Transition Peer Support P&C Meeting Week 9 Wed 19 th Sept Fri 21 st Sept Kinder Transition Peer Support Round Robin Week 10 Tue 26 th Sept Thu 27 th Sept Infants Excursion Kinder Transition Peer Support School Photos Reminder: It is extremely important that all students are in attendance during Geography and Science Learning Weeks. Rankin’s Springs Public School Newsletter Monday 20 th August 2018 Term 3 Week 5
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13-23 Boree Street Email: [email protected] Rankin’s Springs, NSW, 2669 Phone: (02) 6966 1206 Website: www.rankinspr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax: (02) 6966 1296
What’s happening This week is Book Week. The theme is ‘Find your Treasure’. Each morning staff will be reading a new book from the library to each class. The books being read have all been selected from the 2018 Children’s Book Awards list. Students will then be able to borrow these new books from the school library. We look forward to welcoming parents and friends to our school for the annual Book Week parade on Friday. There will be a sausage sizzle lunch available for a gold coin donation.
Good luck to the Year 3-4 students participating in the Trent Barrett Shield day on Thursday. All information needed has been provided on permission notes last week.
Congratulations to the Erica, Angus, Cade, Tahlia, Rilee, Melissa and Sophie for being selected to compete at the Griffith Zone Athletics carnival last week. All students tried their best and showed great sportsmanship.
P&C meeting The meeting in Week 8 – Wednesday 12th September will be at 7pm at the school. Special guests at this meeting will be Peter King (Executive Principal Murrumbidgee Regional High School) and David Lamb (Griffith Director Educational Leadership) to discuss the changes to the high schools in Griffith. They will be talking about what the new school Murrumbidgee Regional High School will look like, answering questions and explaining more about what will be different.
Friendly Reminder We would appreciate it if people would not smoke within 4 metres of the school boundary. Smoking on school premises, including school buildings, gardens, sport fields and car parks, is prohibited. Please see the information below: The Smoke-free Environment Act 2000 makes a number of outdoor public places smoke-free. Smoking is banned within 4 metres of a pedestrian entrance to or exit from a public building in NSW. This law is called the ‘4 metre law’.
TERM 3 Week 5 BOOK WEEK Wed 22nd Aug
Thu 23rd Aug Fri 24th Aug Sat 25th Aug
Kinder Transition Peer Support Trent Barrett Shield Book week Assembly P&C Bunning’s BBQ
Week 6
Thu 30th Aug
Geography Learning Week Kinder Transition Peer Support
Week 7 Tue 4th Sept Fri 7th Sept
School Council Meeting Kinder Transition Peer Support
Week 8
Mon 10th Sept
Wed 12th Sept
Science Learning Week Kinder Transition Peer Support P&C Meeting
Week 9 Wed 19th Sept
Fri 21st Sept
Kinder Transition Peer Support Round Robin
Week 10 Tue 26th Sept Thu 27th Sept
Infants Excursion Kinder Transition Peer Support School Photos
Reminder: It is extremely important that all students are in attendance during Geography and Science Learning Weeks.
Rankin’s Springs Public School Newsletter
Monday 20th August 2018
Term 3 Week 5
Did you know that you can make payments to your child’s school online? We have launched a new online payment portal linked to your school’s website to make it easier for you to pay for school related payments. This is a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. What expenses can be paid online? * Voluntary School Contributions* Subject Contributions* Excursions* Sport* Creative and Practical Arts* Sales to Students* OtherThis payment method is nowavailable for RSPS.How?Log onto School site atwww.rankinspr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au. Click on “Makea Payment” and follow the promptsto make a payment via Visa orMasterCardPlease remember to record clearly,your child’s name, class and activityyou are paying for and record yourreceipt number on associatedpermission notes.
The Premiers Reading Challenge ends on August 25th. Please send in your Student Reading Log to be entered!
Reminder: Start saving for the Primary Excursion. Payments are able to be made at the school office. Eftpos and Online Payments are available.
The Primary Excursion for Years 3 – 6 will be on Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th October. Students will be travelling to Canberra. More details will be provided soon.
Weethalle Show Entries
Student’s artworks and handwriting were submitted to the Weethalle Show last week. Several students were fortunate enough to receive awards. A list of prize winners will be provided in the next newsletter.
13-23 Boree Street Email: [email protected] Rankin’s Springs, NSW, 2669 Phone: (02) 6966 1206 Website: www.rankinspr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax: (02) 6966 1296
P&C News Meeting in Week 8 – Wednesday 12th September will be at 7pm at the school.
Thank you to everyone that provided donations or helped in any way towards the P&C catering on Saturday night for the football presentation. Your help was greatly appreciated.
Bunning’s BBQ – 25th August. Please contact Monica Molloy if you are able to help. Trivia Night – P&C will be holding a Trivia night on Saturday 15th September at the Rankin’s Springs Hall. Golf Day Major Raffle Winners: 1st – Scott Schmetzer ($200 Caltex Fuel voucher & Quest voucher) 2nd – Henry Kent – ($200 voucher at Yenda Producers) 3rd – Ian Munro($100 voucher at Hip Digs) 4th – Brent Parsons (Eclipse voucher) 5th – Lex Vearing (coffee machine) Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and attended our Golf Day. Your support is greatly appreciated.
CWA News Our next meeting will be held at the CWA Rooms on Monday 10th September at 9.30am for a 10am start. New members are welcome and membership is free until 30th September if you wish to join. We had 6 entries in the August land cookery competition and the results were:
Date Loaf; 1st Annette White, 2nd Kaylene Hudson Lime and Buttermilk Cake; 1st Kaylene Hudson, 2nd Annette Vearing.
Found We have had a very friendly, male, desexed ginger cat that arrived at our place about 2 weeks ago. If you think that this cat might be yours, please contact me on 69661338 or email [email protected].
Golf Club Memberships are now due and payable to Ellen Walker, or by direct deposit. Please support your golf club, even if only with a social membership. Competition: · This year, the committee will be running acompetition where individual golfers will playnine holes and complete their score on theirown individual cards.· The competition will be played over sixweeks, where players will have to submit aminimum of three cards to be eligible for aprize at the end of the competition. The threebest cards of each player will be taken intoaccount for scoring. If a player has a handicap,this will be used, otherwise the basic handicapwill be used.· Cost will be $10 per player per card.· The competition will commence on Saturday18th August and will run for six weeks, endingon Saturday 22 September 2018. Play willcommence each day at 1:30pm (names in by1pm), with the bar operating after 4pm for acouple of hours.· On two Saturdays, 25th August and 22ndSeptember, any and all social golfers arewelcome to also come and play ‘3 PersonAmbrose’ alongside the above competition. Allplay on these two days will be followed bydinner (at extra cost) and the bar will operatefrom 4pm til 10pm.Enquiries to Rocky 0429 116 895, Scott 0428361 865 or Ellen 02 6966 1270.
Rankin’s Springs Public School
invite family & friends to celebrate
Book Week 2018
Friday 24th August
11:30am – Parade
12:30/1pm – Sausage Sizzle Lunch
(Gold Coin Donation)
Students are to select a book that they to
inspire a dress up costume.
Students will participate in a short parade and share with the audience the name and brief description of
their chosen book.
What book is your treasure?
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