KELLYVILLE RIDGE NEWS

This week, 26 -30 August is School Administrative and Support (SAS) Staff Recognition Week. This week is a time when the school community – teachers, parents and students are encouraged to acknowledge and to say ‘thank you’ to the often unsung heroes in our school.

 “Thank you”

Mrs McDonald (Business Manager) Mrs Patrick (School Administrative Manager), Mrs Goodhew, Mrs Chan-Woerlein and Mrs Williams (School Administration Officers), Mrs Kuar, Mrs Wagner, and Mrs Moore (School Learning Support Officers), Mrs Moore (Library Assistant) and Mr Lee (General Assistant). 

To each of you, thank you for the valuable work you perform and your contribution to supporting great teaching and learning outcomes in Kellyville Ridge Public School.  We hope that you have a great week and know that your smile, your thoughtfulness and efficiency makes Kellyville Ridge PS ‘The Place To Be.’ 

One of our celebrations during Book Week was the Book Character Parade. It was great to see so many of our students passionate about reading and discussing their favourite titles and authors as they showcased their best-loved characters. Thank you to those community members who came to support the love of reading and the students' favourite characters. Thank you to Mrs V-L. Smith and Mrs G. Kaur for their organisation of this year's successful event.  Thank you also to Mrs N. Dowling for her superb musical co-ordination representing the characters the students love.  

This year we entered our first 9 Teams into the RoboCup Rescue Challenge.  Congratulations Sohaaib, Ben A, Ariana C, Riley C, Ruhee D, Jay G, Nathan H, Hayden L, Ritwik M, Kaitlyn M, Rebeen M, Rhea N, Ayman N, Shanyni R, Jackson SH, Henil S, Chloe W. Thank you to Mr Easton and Mr Haworth for working with our students to critically think, collaborate and problem solve their robots, sensors and coding to navigate the challenge courses.  All of our teams showed determination and resilience to represent Kellyville Ridge P.S well.  We look forward to competing again next year with even more finesse. 

Congratulations to our 4 Basketball teams in their stellar effort yesterday at the Norwest Basketball Challenge. Thank you to Mrs Carr and Mr Johns for coaching these teams and leading our Junior Boys and Junior Girls to be overall champions.  Well done everyone!

I have already had to submit the anticipated numbers for KRPS for 2020. For families with children in years K-5 there is nothing you need to do if you intend on being at KRPS next year. Where I do need your assistance is if you know any families in our catchment area that are planning to enrol for 2020 but as yet have not done so. Please encourage them to do so as a matter of urgency. Submitting the numbers was the first step in planning for next year and these numbers impact the school's teach and overall staff allocation and funding so it is important to try and get an accurate indication where possible. Obviously things may change between now and the beginning of next year. Additionally, if you are planning to leave the school at the end of the year (this does not include the current year 6 students) please send the school an email with that information to assist with our planning.  Thank you for your assistance in ensuring our school can start 

For students in years 4-6, staff and parents will have the opportunity to complete one of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys. These surveys are completed at many schools and look at a range of topics. These include wellbeing, extra-curricular activities, engagement, and inclusivity to name a few of the areas. The survey does take about 20- 30 minutes to complete, however, the data collated allows the school to strategically plan. The survey will be available in a couple of weeks and we will send out more information closer to the date.

This Sunday is one of the most important days of the year - Father’s Day. It is a day to acknowledge the valuable role fathers, grandfathers, uncles and significant male figures play in children’s lives. I truly hope all fathers have a great Sunday. To celebrate this day the school held a Father’s Day breakfast on Tuesday morning.  It was a fantastic event and a wonderful buzz to start the day. Thank you must go to Mrs V-L Smith, Mrs Marsden, Mr Marsden and their team for putting together the event. Congratulations to Roger M and Deepak B on winning the Bunnings vouchers.

There has been some small changes to the Enrolment Policy for the NSW Department of Education. Please click the link below to assist you with these changes. If you have any questions about your personal circumstances please feel free to contact me to discuss your individual situation.

https://bit.ly/2Ue7ReV

To support the Edison robots the school has purchased with Earn and Learn points, we are seeking donations of Lego.  The Lego will assist the students in creatively constructing their robots.  All donations can be left at the front office.  Thank you in advance.

If you are one of our families who has a small business that would like to support the Twilight Markets in the way of donations for Lucky Star stalls and raffles or holding a promotional stall, please contact the P&C Fundraising committee through the school.

https://kellyridge-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/calendar.html

Don’t forget every day to remind your children how special they are and how much you love them.

Kind regards,

Mrs Rhonda Gosman

Principal 

Well done to our Year 5 Debating Team involving Sienna Toh, Arden Bible, Ariana Castaneda and Shamaila Faisal who successfully won their debate against Riverbank Public School on Wednesday at the Ridges Friendly Debating Competition. These four girls demonstrated a strong front on the topic that ‘Schools should provide lunch and recess to all its students’. They spoke really well and confidently throughout their debate, whilst providing some solid rebuttals that consistently made sure that their negative view points were portrayed toward its audience.

Congratulations Girls! You worked really hard and deserve this great outcome!

Miss Kershaw

Debating Coach

Here is an up and coming activity suitable for our KRPS gifted and talented students. This is offered during out of school hours and completely run by an independent agency and does not require any school processes. All inquiries need to be made with the appropriate agency directly.

MindQuest 2019

Glenwood HS MindQuest offers a choice of 37 exciting courses for gifted and talented students Years 1-6 on Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th November 2019. This fast paced challenging program is designed to enrich and extend students of similar interests and abilities. If interested please request an information/enrolment form from the front office. Enrolments are made directly with MindQuest and close 18th October 2019. This is a parent enrolled program - parents to deal directly with MindQuest.

We welcome any feedback regarding any of these workshops after attendance.

Mrs Griffiths

G&T Coordinator

At the end of this term the SRC team are having a Colours for Cancer fundraising fun day. We will be donating the money we raise to try and help find a cure for cancer. On this day we will be wearing our favourite team colours and raising awareness. It will be a bright and colourful fun day. September is the Kids Cancer Awareness month that we are supporting. If you wear mufti, you need to bring in a donation as it goes to a great cause.

Sasha & Jai

Student Representative Council

Step right up, step right up! Year 6 token day is fast approaching. Token day will be held on Tuesday 17 September, in Week 9 this term. Students will be allowed to wear mufti on the day. Year 6 students are busy preparing their mini fete style fundraiser. The proceeds of the day help support the Year 6 end of year farewell and this year we would also like to provide a gift back to the school.

Tokens will go on sale at the end of Week 7 and all throughout Week 8. Tokens will be sold in two bundles, $5 for 15 tokens and $10 for 30 tokens. The Year 6 students will be collecting the money and recording how many tokens are purchased. The Tokens will be given to the students on the day by their classroom teacher.

This is one of the major highlights of the school year and something our students have looked forward to for many years. We hope that everyone can support our Year 6 by purchasing some tokens.

Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the Ridges PSSA Athletics Carnival last Thursday. There were some amazing displays of talent, teamwork and athleticism! Thank you to Mrs Scott and Miss Zammit for managing the team on the day.

We are pleased to report that 11 of our students have qualified in individual events for the next level of competition – the Sydney West Athletics Carnival, while our Junior and Senior Boys relay teams were both successful in advancing to the regional carnival. An amazing achievement to be proud of, well done!

Below are some notable performances from the day:

Darcy K. – 3rd 11yr girls discus; Mehaaz K. – 2nd 11yr girls 800m; Shreya A. – 2nd snr girls discus; Madison B. – 3rd jnr girls 200m and 3rd jnr girls high jump; Olivia T. – 4th snr girls 200m and 4th 11yrs girls 100m; Skye M. – 3rd 12yrs girls 100m and 2nd snr girls high jump; Georgia A. – 3rd 11yr girls long jump; Seth W. – 1st 8yr boys 100m; Riley D. – 4th 11yr boys 100m, 4th and 1st 11yr boys long jump; Shaun P. – 4th snr boys 800m; Ryan S. – 2nd 11yr boys 800m; Brayden T. – 4th 10yr boys 100m, 1st jnr boys 200m, 1st jnr boys 800m, 1st jnr boys discus, 1st jnr boys shot put, 2nd jnr boys high jump and 1st jnr boys long jump; Lachlan F. – 2nd jnr boys discus; Rebeen M. – 3rd 11yr boys discus; Kurt S. – 2nd 11yr boys high jump; Andes J. – 4th snr boys long jump.

For students who are competing at Sydney West, please ensure that you return your permission notes to Miss Scott by Wednesday 11 September. Good luck!

Mrs Carr

Athletics Organiser

Due to wet weather, our final winter PSSA competition round has been cancelled tomorrow Friday 30 August 2019.

A huge thank you to our teacher coaches who give up their mornings and recess to ensure that Kellyville Ridge can participate in Winter PSSA sport. Three cheers for Mr. Metcalf, Mr Bessell, Mrs Carr, Mrs Roby, Mr Haworth and Mr Johns!Stay tuned for final results – some competitions are coming down to the wire with this week deciding final placings. Rain, rain stay away!!

Congratulations to all our KRPS PSSA Representatives on your sporting spirit and fair play every week. You are a credit to our school.

Thank you also to our families who come to our games to support and encourage their children in their sporting team pursuits.

We look forward to re-commencing our Summer PSSA sports of AFL, Cricket, NRL League Tag and Teeball / Softball on September 13th (Week 8).

Please check the Ridges PSSA website https://ridgespssa.com.au/ regularly for the weekly venue details, cancellations / forfeits, ground closures and the competition ladder for each sport.

Miss R Scott

PSSA Coordinator