School & Community Partnerships
On behalf of the school community I would like to thank the members of the School and Community Partnerships Committee (Rob Graham. Amy Rose, Sally Bradshaw, Karolin Freedman, Susan Attrill, Tom Scott, Vicki Smith, Linda Rippingille and Andrew Cock) for their contributions in 2017.
Class Representatives
Thank you to our Parent Class Representatives who have generously and ably taken on the role of assisting our Class Teachers with organising family participation this year: Martha Rand, Bridget Hast, Joey Cooney, Gina Millar, Jaclyn Paltos, Susie Condron, Kym Smith, Katrina Walter, Fiona Quail, Kylie Jeffares, Amy Rose and Laurian Treleani.
Ripper Families
While every parent in our school community is a member of our social and fundraising body, Ripper Families, the organisation of each individual event falls to a few, therefore I am truly grateful for the time, effort and dedication of the following parents:
- Hot Cross Buns – thanks to Helen Tyrrell
- Burger & Shake Day – thanks to Kym Smith
- Family Movie Outing – thanks to Michelle Loft
- Entertainment Books – thanks to Kylie Jeffares
- Mothers Day Stall – thanks to Karolin Freedman and Kate Keon-Cohen
- Soup Day – thanks to Hani Papalia
- Dim Sim Day – thanks to Kym Smith
- Mums’ Night – thanks to Susie Condron and the Mums’ Night Committee
- Fathers’ Day Stall – thanks to Kim Thurlow and Susie Condron
- Bunnings Sausage Sizzle – thanks to Kim Thurlow, Kym Smith and Ryan Condron
- The Block Sausage Sizzle – thanks to Susie Condron and Kylie Jeffares
- Twilight Market – thanks to Kym Smith, Heidi Skillen and Kylie Jeffares
- Twilight Market Cake Stall – thanks to Rosh Shushan and Caroline Heath
- Twilight Market Face Painting Stall – thanks to Bridget Hast and Rebecca Valk
- Christmas Puddings – thanks to Amy Rose
- Cake Raffles – thanks to the baking efforts of Kate Atkinson, Sarah Leslie, Michelle Loft, Julie Takoulas, Amelia Michael, Kylie Jeffares, Joey Cooney, Arwen Tuck, Bridget Hast, Kym Smith, Jaclyn Paltos, Fiona Quail, Delia Want and Nina Edwards.
I would like to extend special thanks to Joey Cooney who has coordinated the online social media promotion for all of these events via Instagram and the school Facebook site – an outstanding effort!
And to Susie Condron, who has cheerfully and tirelessly assisted with the execution of all of these events ... a truly inspirational Social and Fundraising Coordinator!
2017 also brought our biannual Ripper Art event, organised magnificently by Miria Kostiuk and Heidi Skillen. A huge job and one that greatly amplifies the promotion of our school in the local community.
These events would not be successful without the support of each and every family at Ripponlea Primary, therefore we are extremely grateful to everyone who has participated this year - you have enabled Ripper Families to raise over $26,000. Along with the funds raised at Ripper Art in May and parents’ voluntary contributions to our Building, Library, Maintenance and Special Projects funds, we made a number of improvements to the school this year, including classroom acoustics and the purchase of iPads and robotics for the Maker Space.
The work of the Class Reps, School Council and Ripper Families would be impossible without the support of Natalie, Sarah, Linda and Andrew ... thank you for your assistance with everything we’ve undertaken this year. And to Mark Soroczynski who is always willing to clean up the mess we make at these events – we are eternally grateful for your support.
I would also like to acknowledge and thank Fiona Quail and Andrea Rutherford for their coordination of the Year 6 Graduation Book – a beautiful and treasured keepsake. The Graduation Ceremony held earlier this week was absolutely beautiful – so many proud parents and happy students.
Snack Shack
For their assistance on the Snack Shack Committee, I thank Susie Moloney and Tobi Dikstein, and Hani Papalia who leaves us this year after many years of involvement. And of course the MANY parents who helped out each Wednesday and Friday. Without your involvement we cannot provide this invaluable opportunity for grade 5 and 6 students to gain customer service experience and for the whole student body to practice money handling and shopping skills in a safe and supportive environment. Thank you also to the grade 4, 5 and 6 students who gave up their recess time each week to serve the other students.
Uniform Shop
Amy Rose, Sally Bradshaw, Kate Keon-Cohen and Michelle Loft again enabled us to provide an on-site uniform service and we are very thankful for their efforts every Friday morning and throughout each week.
Finally, on a personal note, I thank Kim Thurlow for nine years of extraordinary contribution. She has worked tirelessly for continuous improvement in all areas of our school. Her enthusiasm, support, wise counsel and guidance have been invaluable. We will miss her greatly.
I am, once again, grateful to have worked alongside the RPS families who are so dedicated to providing a rich and diverse learning environment for our children. Thank you for your support and involvement.
Kylie Jeffares
School and Community Partnerships Committee
We extend gratitude and thanks to staff leaving us in 2017
Tom Scott
Katrina Pantzopoulos
Caroline Vinecombe
Adriana Conti
Ivana Jovanovic
Andrew Cock
Linda Rippingille
Wendy Newman
We warmly welcome our new staff members in 2018:
Joanne Ritson
Lucy Clover
Jacqueline Barrow
Patrizia Kelly
Zoe Keystone
Dominique Wimpole
Farewell and Best Wishes to all our graduating families who are leaving RPS in 2017:
Boglis Levi-Weitzman Soroczynski Atkinson
Canedo McDonell Staples Beeson-Bradshaw
Dovison Oyston Susskind Elkins
Floriano Papalia Tanner Greig
Healy Rucli Thurlow Lawson
Johnston Sidhu Treleani Nolan
Kerr Sinodinos Vakhariya Roberts
Kuvacic Walsh-Bosci
Thank you for your contributions to the RPS community over so many years – you will all be missed.