AROUND THE SCHOOL
SUNSMART POLICY
To keep in line with the Sunsmart Policy all children must wear hats when outside as from September 1st 2018 through to 1st May 2019.
SCHOOL FEES
Parent Contributions.
Thank you to all the families who have made payments to the school either complete or in instalments in February.
Parent payments are a vital component in supporting the diverse opportunities available to your children at Ringwood North Primary School.
Please find attached the 2019 Parent Payments letter that was sent out to families at the end of Term 4,2018.
It outlines the programs that benefit from the payments we receive from our families.
Payments can be made in a range of ways either through Compass, or at the office.
A range of support is available to parents who are experiencing financial difficulty, please contact the office and speak to either myself or Deb.
2019 School Fees are due 15th February, or 28th June if paying in instalment, or date as arranged. Thank you for your support with forwarding your payments as outlined in the parent letter and contribution notice which will support this year’s learning programs.
Please open the document below for further information.
Regards
Ricarda Lillis
Business Manager
2019 CSEF (Camps, Sport & Excursions Fund)
Please notethat if you applied for CSEF last year you do not need to reapply this year.
Eligibility
On the first day of term one (29 January 2019) or the first day of term two (23 April 2019), a parent or legal guardian of a student must:
- be an eligible beneficiary of one of these cards:
- Veterans Affairs Gold Card
- Centrelink Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- OR they must be a temporary foster parent
- OR the student is 16 years or older and holds a valid concession card (such as a Youth Allowance Health Care Card)
- AND the parent or legal guardian must submit an application by the due date.
Parents who receive a carer allowance on behalf of a child, or any other benefit or allowance not income tested by Centrelink, are not eligible for the CSEF unless they also comply with the above.
Eligibility will be determined when the parent’s concession card successfully validates with Centrelink on either the first day of term one or term two.
If the eligible card is in the name of the student, the fund is only granted to that student, not their siblings.
PARENT HELPERS WORKSHOP
We will be running a Parent Helpers Training Workshop on Thursday 14th March at 4pm in the Auditorium.
This workshop will focus mainly on Literacy and Mathematics and will provide you with an overall understanding of the types of activities you will be expected to assist with.
The information provided will also be useful in supporting and working with your child at home, e.g. reading ‘Take Home Books’ and completing homework .
If you are interested in attending please email Jess Mann or Fiona Davis:
Jess Mann: mann.jessica.l@edumail.vic.gov.au Fiona Davis: davis.fiona.f@edumail.vic.gov.au
We are looking forward to running the Workshop and seeing many of you there!
Fiona Davis and Jess Mann
MATHLETES OF THE FORTNIGHT
ARE YOUR DETAILS UP TO DATE?
Please remember to keep your details up to date. Just give the office a call if you need to change your address, your emergency contacts or your childs medical issues etc.
HELPERS NEEDED FOR 2019 BIG ON BOOKS
Big-on-Books is a school based literacy support program for students in Grades 3 – 6 who would benefit from additional support with literacy activities. In this program, volunteer tutors work with a student once a week for half an hour session, supporting them with their reading. A key factor in the Big-on-Books program is reliable volunteer tutors from the community. You yourself may be interested in participating in this program as a volunteer tutor, or you may know someone in the wider community (such as a retiree) who is interested in participating in this program.
It is most important that these students see their tutors every week, so before signing on, please be very sure that you are prepared to commit fully to the program and can come every week.
We are hoping to get the Big-on-Books program operating early in Term 2. We will run a short training session for those who would like to become tutors, on a date to be advised. If you have already trained previously, you do not need to train again, though you are more than welcome to attend the session.
You must have a current ‘Working with Children’ card. If you do not have one, you need to apply at the Post Office as soon as possible and state that you are a volunteer (this will then be free of charge).
If you are interested in participating in this program, please email the following information as soon as possible to:- Fiona Davis - davis.fiona.f@edumail.vic.gov.au or Sheridan Pover - pover.sheridan.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
Alternatively you can ring the school office on 9876 3411.
Name:
Contact no. (mobile and home):
Email:
Days available:
Time available: eg. 1/2 hr, 1 hr
Time: eg 9:00 — 10:00
Thank you,
Fiona Davis and Sheridan Pover.
RNPS REWARD POINTS
When shopping at Ritchies and by using a community benefit card linked to Ringwood North Primary School then Ritchies will donate money back to us. These cards can be used at ANY Ritchies IGA store, supermarket or liquor throughout Vic, NSW and QLD by any of our staff and families/ grandparents of the children.
If you would like to support us and you don’t already have a Community Benefits card please collect one at the registers next time you shop at ANY Ritchies store to use every time you shop. All you do is nominate Ringwood North Primary School. It’s that easy!
We also benefit from every purchase you make at Rebel Sport.
All you need to do is sign up as a ‘Rebel Active Member’ and have your card linked to Ringwood North Primary School.
We then receive 5% of the sales which goes towards buying sporting goods for our school.
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
Secondhand uniforms are still available to purchase from the school.
The shop will be open on Tuesday and Thursday Mornings from 9:00 - 9:30am.
Come into the office to purchase as the shop has been moved to the Administration area.