Whole School News

School Savings Bonus Update - Change Of Close Off Date to Tomorrow Friday 27 June

Families can continue to use School Savings Bonus funds until Friday 27 June 2025 to buy uniforms, or to allocate funds to school activities using the parent/carer online system.

After this time, you will not be able to purchase uniforms with your bonus.

All unspent School Savings Bonus funds will be automatically transferred to school and held as a credit against the family account for each student and can be used to pay for Excursions, Incursions and Camps. These funds cannot be used to pay for school fees.

Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions.

INTERSCHOOL SPORT

Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce that three of our teams have qualified for the Heidelberg District Semi-Finals. These games will be played this Friday 27th June. The winners of these games will progress to the Grand Finals held on the same day.

Tee ball – boys

Tee ball – girls

AFL – B team. The A team are welcome to support the B team.

A bus will be provided for transportation at a cost of $10 per student, due to the reduced number of teams participating. This payment can be made on the day or through QKR.

Please ensure that all students are at school by 8:50 am on the day as the bus will be leaving at 9.00 am sharp.

Parents are welcome to attend:

Tee ball Mixed/ Boys

Semi Final :9.45 am Grand Final: 11.45am

Venue: A.J Burkitt Oval, 50 Beverley Rd, Heidelberg

Tee Ball Girls

Semi Final :10.45 am Grand Final:12.45am

Venue: A.J Burkitt Oval, 50 Beverley Rd Heidelberg

AFL B team

Semi Final :10.35 am Grand Final :12.15pm

Venue: Beverley Rd Oval, Heidelberg

Good luck to all teams!

Chicken Update

It’s been a while since I’ve done a chicken update. They have gotten through their molting season and are back laying eggs again. I hope we will have more eggs for sale in term 3. Please look out for these and any fresh produce for sale at assembly. We take cash or QKR payments. All money goes back into the school garden.

We are always happy to have new families to look after the chickens on the weekends. The commitment involves letting them out in the mornings, and putting them away in the evenings before sunset. For your efforts, you get to keep the eggs they lay. I will meet with you to train you on the finer details. I’ll be doing a new roster for term 3 & 4 soon, so text me if you would like to get involved. 0413218751.

In the meantime if you have excess vegetable scraps and want to bring them up to the school, the chickens will love to eat them. The more veggies they eat, the healthier they are. The only things they can’t eat are potatoes, avocado, and the onion family, and they’re not a huge fan of citrus. Please feed them through the feeding holes in the wire. They love anything green: lettuce, spinach, beans, broccoli. They love corn as well.

They also really love weeds so if you do any weeding or see any weeds walking to school, then feel free to bring them up for the chickens too. You can throw weeds straight over the wooden fence for them.

I hope everyone has a lovely winter term break. And I’m looking forward to connecting with some new families for the up and coming roster.

From Jackie (the slightly obsessed chicken lady!)

Prep Winter Uniform Package

CSEF Reminder

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. Means-tested concession cards must be valid on the first day of Term 1, 2025 (Tuesday 28 January 2025) or Term 2, 2025 (Tuesday 22 April 2025).

Eligible families will receive a payment of $154 per year for primary school students. The funds will be paid directly to the school to be used towards camps, sports and excursion costs for the benefit of your child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please contact the school office on 9457 2592 and ask for an application form. Please return completed application forms to the school office as soon as possible.

Applications close on the 4th of July.

Big Group Hug

Every child deserves to feel warm and comfortable. Unfortunately, many children in our community are living without the most basic necessities - warm clothing and bedding. This is where you come in!

We’re asking the RPS community to donate new and pre-loved winter clothing and bed linen for children aged 1-16 (sizes 4-16 most needed) for distribution to the families Big Group Hug supports in the cold winter months, and year-round.

Please see here for more information: https://winterwarmers.biggrouphug.org/