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.

MUSIC

Congratulations and thank you to the Senior Choir for participating in the 2018 Oxfam School’s Music Festival last year at Box Hill Town Hall. OXFAM is reporting that this year was the biggest Oxfam School Music Festival ever!

Our singing at the festival helped raise $20,000 for life changing Oxfam projects including a farming project in Timor-Leste, an emergency appeal for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and a program to engage Indigenous women from across Australia in conversations with politicians in Canberra.

Thanks to all our choir families for enabling the participation of the children, and for being our very supportive and adoring audience. Our music making has made a positive difference in the everyday lives of real people faced with great challenges. As we sang in the Ed Sheeran song, I'll be sitting here with a song that I wrote, sing, love can change the world, but what do I know.

What's not to like about that! Well done everyone!

MATHLETES OF THE LAST 2018 FORTNIGHT

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.

MATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2018

Congratulations to both Jasmine and Paul.

UNIFORM SHOP

Exciting Times Ahead

Ringwood North‘s Uniform Shop will be moving to new premises in Ringwood and also available Online as of 3rd January, 2019.

School uniform’s can be purchased by attending the RHS Retail Shop Monday to Friday 9.am to 5 pm or by ordering Online at www.rhsports.com.au.

Final sales from the current school Uniform shop will be the 7th

December, 2018.

This new venture will enable parents easier access to uniform

purchases and with the option of delivery to the school or direct to your door.

Open the following flyer for more information.

KEYBOARD PIANO EXAMS 2018 RESULTS

The following students have sat their end of year exams and have all passed with flying colours!

Congratulations to:-

- ANZCA First Class Honours - above 95%

Brittney Maffia - Preparatory Grade

Isaac Soo - Preliminary Grade

-ANZCA High Honors 90% - 94%

Emma Campbell - Preliminary Grade

Bronwyn Newnham - Preliminary Grade

Bridie Vahrmyer - 2nd Grade

AMEB Honours

Liam Groseclos - 2nd Grade

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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 8976 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.

CHESS CLUB

Enrol online for your child to attend Chess classes at RNPS. Details below.

OUR FIRST FUNDRAISER FOR THE YEAR - WHAT A RIPPER!!!

We are holding an RNPS COLOUR RUN on March 6th. However, we need people to help run it. Avril Smith has agreed to be the Event Coordinator so if you are able to assist her in ANY way please phone her on 0400 289 928 or email rsmi8219@bigpond.net.au

This should be a wonderful experience foe all students in the school.

More information to follow.

OSHC

A MESSAGE FROM JUDY AND THE OSHC STAFF

What a fantastic drawing by Isabella.