RIPPONLEA PRIMARY SCHOOL

School & Community Partnerships

RIPPER FAMILIES SOCIAL & FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Here’s what we have in store for you this term:

Thursday 9th May:  Mothers Day Stall – all gifts $5.00

Saturday 18th May:  Election Day Sausage Sizzle and Cake Stall

Monday 20th May:  Ripper Art Raffle Tickets ON SALE

Thursday 23rd May:  Parents Battle of the Bands at the Prince Band Room St Kilda 

Thursday 30th May:  Smoothie Day at Snack Shack

Saturday 22nd June:  Ripper Art Attack and Art Show & Auction

PLUS:  our Student Council Cake Raffles every fortnight

MOTHERS DAY STALL

Our annual Mothers’ Day Stall will be held on Thursday 9th May

 

All students will have the chance to purchase a gift for their Mum, Grandmother, or special lady in their life.  All gifts cost $5.00.

 

Payment can NOW be made on QKR (we will have a list at the stall of all students who have paid - PLEASE make sure your child’s details are updated with current year level and class)

or students can bring CASH on the day.

 

This year we are supporting the Deafness Foundation Butterfly Badge Appeal.  If students would like to also purchase a badge, pen, keyring or backpack charm,  their $5.00 will go towards the appeal for Deaf and  Hard of Hearing.  Hearing loss affects one in six people  in Australia.  You may like to send along an extra $5.00 to allow your child to support the cause.

 

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help wrap and sell our gifts!

Any questions, please contact ripperfamilies@gmail.com

STUDENT COUNCIL CAKE RAFFLE

                                                   Our first Cake Raffle for this term will be drawn at the Whole School Assembly

at 3:00PM on Friday 17th May.  

 

Tickets are only 50 CENTS each from the Office 

OR via QKR! and we’ll put your name in the draw.

 

You could win a delicious PEAR & WALNUT CAKE!

 

All proceeds raised through our cake raffles go towards Student Council projects.

CAKE RAFFLE DATES FOR TERM 2:

Friday 17th May:  Pear & Walnut Cake (Ilana)

Friday 31st May:  Irish Tea Cake (Amy)

Friday 14th June:  TBA (Tasma)

Friday 28th June:  TBA – volunteer needed

 

Please email ripperfamilies@gmail.com if you’d like to

bake a cake/cookies for one of our raffles – thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZFZHGad0B_pUNcP5tLkyrceN_KPcLUXHW0IJ-eaNeC0/edit

Ripponlea Primary is a VOTING STATION at the upcoming Federal Election ... and we all know that voting without a sausage in your hand or leaving without a home-baked cake is positively un-Australian!!

 

We need your help to ensure this essential service is provided on Election Day.  A few ripper parents have put up their hands to organise these stalls … now all we need are some volunteers to help us out on the day.

 

Come along to cast your vote, spend an hour or so on a stall AND please donate a cake for our cake stall...

 

You’ll find cake stall boxes/bags/labels available for collection outside the school office next week.  Your goodies can be delivered on:

  • Friday 17th May – 8:45am to 4:00pm – Staff Room
  • Saturday 18th May – from 7:00am to the Stall

If you have any questions, please contact ripperfamilies@gmail.com or speak to one of our stall coordinators:

  • Sausage Sizzle - Martyn Rose
  • Cake Stall – Romina Edwards and Caroline Heath
  • Coffee Stall – SEEKING A BARISTA TO HELP US RUN THIS STALL ... PLEASE CONTACT ripperfamilies@gmail.com or call Kylie on 0405-450-355 if you can help

FINALLY – remember to tell all your family and friends

to cast their vote at Ripponlea Primary School on Election Day!!

FOOD OF THE WEEK: CHEESE SCONES

WEEK 3:  GINGERBREAD FLOWER BISCUIT

WEEK 4 & 5:  YUM YUM BALLS

WEEK 6 & 7:  SHORTBREAD COOKIES

WEEK 8:  BERRY PIKELETS

 

Our winter menu is now active:

FRUIT TOAST is back!  And we will be selling WARM MILO during term 2.  Chicken Noodle Soup will be offered in term 3. 

 

Please remember, students MUST bring their OWN heat-proof/keep cup in order to purchase a Warm Milo for 50 cents.  Help us support the Australian environment.

 

PLEASE visit the on-line roster and put your name down for a shift in Snack Shack ... we can’t open without parent helpers and every class has a turn this term:

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fdli9FbQE-BhDulxu-vm-KBy6xApEcXEwBhcArbgpLM/edit

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS/CARERS

It’s not too late to complete the online RPS Parents’ Skills Survey.

 

It 's only a few minutes of your time ... thank you:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RPSskills

Lunch Orders at RPS

69 families completed our Lunch Orders survey and the responses were varied!

  • 66% of the respondents currently use Beavers Tail for lunch orders.
  • What they like about Beavers Tail:  easy to use, convenient, it’s online.
  • 70% of respondents would like to see more options/variety/choice, and the provision of healthy options is considered important.
  • 72% of respondents rated the Classroom Cuisine menu as good. 

 

Finding a lunch order service that meets all our requirements is extremely difficult.  It is clear from our survey results that many families are satisfied with Beavers Tail, however many families would also like to see more variety offered.  For this reason, School Council is considering offering Classroom Cuisine as an additional lunch order provider in term 2.

 

In selecting a lunch order provider, School Council considers a number of factors:

  • ease of use, including online ordering and cut-off times
  • range and variety of foods available – healthy options with some “not so healthy” options for those families who like to use a lunch order service to provide an occasional treat
  • if possible, local businesses using locally sourced ingredients - to reduce food mileage
  • providers who are environmentally conscious – reducing the use of packaging and where packaging is used, ensuring it is recyclable

Beavers Tail and Classroom Cuisine tick most of the boxes above.  We will provider further information about Classroom Cuisine shortly.