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Ryde East Public School
12 Twin Road, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113
Tel: 9878 3681 9888 5620 Fax: 9878 6029
Email: rydeeast-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website address: www.rydeeast-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
NEWSLETTER 17th MARCH 2015
TERM 1 WEEK 8
A copy of this newsletter is available on the School’s website
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Last Wednesday was a very busy time at school.
There are many, many people across the school who
helped us celebrate Harmony Day, morning tea for
parents, our Walkathon, the special canteen packed
lunches and the Kindergarten Home Reading
session. Thank you to all the people involved in
making this day such a success. The children had so
much fun they’ll remember the day for a long time.
Tomorrow after lunch, Birdlife Australia will be
joining our environmental group with Mr Ward, to
plant donated native seedlings and install bird baths
around our school. A permission note, to be able to
publish photos, was sent home with the students
involved yesterday. It needs to be returned
tomorrow morning as the media have been invited
to our school as we were successful in gaining the
above donations for our sustainability program.
On Wednesday afternoons, classes visit New
Horizons Aged Care Facility across the road from our
school. We have been doing this now for many years
with our students entertaining the residents with
music, dancing, plays and showing their school work.
We have a very good relationship with New Horizons
and our students and the residents get a lot out of
these visits.
Good luck to our students who are participating in
the Rotary Public Speaking Competition tomorrow
night at Eastwood Heights Public School. Our
students have been competing in this competition
for a number of years with Mrs Wilson helping them
to prepare for the evening.
This Friday is our second Gold Card assembly for the
year. Notes were sent home yesterday indicating the
students who will be receiving an award. Our school
band will be playing for the first time this year so it
will be a real treat for us. Everyone is welcome to
join us at 9.20am on Friday in the school hall.
This Sunday Kindergarten will be participating in
their first Working Bee. Mr Ward has lots of jobs that
need attention around our school, so we look
forward to seeing everyone around 9.00am.
We have some student chairs which will be thrown
out at the Working Bee in a giant skip bin along with
other old furniture we have been storing in our
containers. If you would like to take home any of the
chairs for your own children we are happy for you to
collect them from the tennis courts before Sunday.
Jane Imer
Principal
Dates for Your Diary
F20/3
F20/3
S22/3
T24/3
W25/3
F27/3
F27/3
Gold Card Assembly
Winter PSSA trials
Kindergarten Working Bee
Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews
Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews
Chess Tournament
Infants Assembly – 9.20am – 1F performing
Primary Assembly – 10.30am – 4T
ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL
What a great day was had by one of the largest Ryde
East Zone swim teams. We were very proud of the
behaviour and good sportsmanship exhibited
throughout the day by the Ryde East team and the
effort made by all. The day included great
performances from so many and congratulations to
those students who were finalists on the day. We
must thank the Ryde PSSA Swim Committee for their
fine organisation. Their experience and well run
carnival ensured a great day was had by all our
students. This of course would not be possible
except for the many parents, especially our team
managers Mrs Gray and Mrs Centellas, who also
assisted at the carnival – thank you for your support
also. Thank you to the parents who assisted in
transporting competitors to and from the pool.
Alison Aquilina and Kim Dhu
RYDE EAST ART COMPETITION
Recently the SRC ran an art competition to raise
money for Stewart House. We had many fine entries
and raised $64.00.
The Artworks were judged in four sections and the
winners are:
Kindergarten – Alexis KW
Stage 1 – Sophie 2AP
Stage 2 – Elyssa 3F
Stage 3 – Desma 6J
All of the artworks are displayed in our school hall.
Thank you to all who participated.
Mr Johnson - SRC Co-ordinator
WORKING BEE THIS SUNDAY FOR
KINDERGARTEN FAMILIES
Our next working bee will be
Sunday 22 March, 9am – 12 noon.
You are invited to an enjoyable
morning helping to maintain our school
environment. Children are welcome, too, under
parent supervision. THIS IS THE ONLY WORKING BEE
FOR KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR, so please come if
you can. Tasks to be tackled include:
 Rotary-hoeing the soft-fall material around the
playground equipment
 Raking and clearing rocks, sticks and seedpods
from the playground
 Dismantling old furniture to load into skip
 Developing wildlife corridor garden behind
library
 Cleaning playground drains and along the kerbs
inside the tennis court fences
 Washing playground seats and tables
 Pressure cleaning metal seats in the playground
 Weeding gardens and preparing sites for
planting seedlings
 Mowing grass under trees and places
inaccessible to tractor mower
Morning tea and a barbecue
lunch will be provided.
Please wear old clothes, hat and
work gloves. Bring any useful
tools you may have, such as
cleaning equipment, spades, buckets, pruners,
mower, brush cutter and wheelbarrow, to
supplement our school equipment.
Vehicular entry and parking will be available via the
Badajoz Rd gate.
To assist planning and catering, please return the
tear-off slip to the P&C box at the school office by
this Friday 20 March or send a note telling how
many of your family are coming. All members of our
school community are welcome, even if you are not
a Kindergarten class family.
Phillip Ward
Co-ordinator
Ryde East LEGO MOVIE Disco
WHEN: March 20, 2015
WHERE: School Hall
INFANTS (K-2) TIME: 5pm to 6.30pm
PRIMARY (3-6) TIME: 6.45pm to 8.30pm
See the form at the end of the newsletter for all the
details about the next AWESOME disco.
The costume choices are endless. Come as Emmet,
Wyldstyle, Batman, 1980’s space man, red bricks,
blue bricks.... We can’t wait to see what you come
up with.
DISCO entry – the usual place on the side of the hall
near Miss Flammia’s class room. DISCO exit –
parents walk in the disco entrance and exit on the
Tennis court side of the hall. All kids must have a
guardian/parent to leave the hall.
No early drop offs please. Thank you for your cooperation.
RETURN the NECESSARY form by Wednesday 20
March. No Form, no Entry.
The disco is designed as a night of fun for your
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. We have up to 150 children
on a registered list to supervise in the hall for each
disco. In addition, if there is any issue we know who
is present, and can provide the best care for your
children. We respectfully ask that you don’t bring
along younger children. We cannot be responsible
for these children. Very soon they will be at school
too, and can come and have a great time.
DISCO helpers needed for the primary disco. We
know it is not cool, but you can work behind the
scenes in the canteen. Please volunteer on your
child’s disco form.
Any enquiries please contact:
Kim Bunny – 0424 890 849
Edith McIlveen – 0407 943 992
RYDE EAST CAKE STALL – SATURDAY
28TH MARCH
Calling all volunteers!!
We are looking for volunteers to help us run the
cake stall at the State election on Saturday 28th
March. The stall will be running all day from 7am
until late afternoon and we are looking for people to
volunteer for 2 hour shifts. We will be putting
together a roster so please let me know if you’re
happy to help out.
We are also looking for volunteers to help sort and
label all the donated goodies on Friday 27th March
between 3pm – 7pm in the school canteen. It’s a big
job so all help will be most appreciated. If you can
spare an hour or two, please do let me know.
As a friendly reminder, we will be sending your child
home with a cake tray on Monday 23rd March. It
would be fantastic if these can be filled with baked
and store bought goodies and returned to the school
canteen on the afternoon of Friday 27th March.
We can provide you with tin foil loaf and cake pans
that you can bake in and patty pans for cupcakes so
please do just get in contact with me if you would
like these.
A big thank you to all those who have already
offered their support! This event will be raising much
needed funds for the school P&C so we encourage
everyone to get behind it as it will ultimately help all
the children at the school.
If you have any questions or would like to offer your
support, please contact Siobhan Reynolds on 0414
669475 or siobhanreynolds@hotmail.com.
STATE ELECTION BBQ AND CAKE STALL –
HELPERS NEEDED
The State Election is being held
on 28th March and our school
hall will be a polling place. We will be
running a BBQ and Cake Stall and we are looking for
people who would be able to help for a couple of
hours throughout the day from 8am – 6pm. If you
are able to help either on the BBQ or Cake Stall
please
contact
me
on
0414560907
or
skimpton@bigpond.net.au
Thank you
Suzanne Kimpton
WALKATHON
Thank you to all of our wonderful
students who participated in the
Walkathon last Wednesday. Even
though it was a bit hot, the students did their best to
complete their 20 laps. Thank you to Mrs Imer, Mrs
Abdulla and all of the teachers who did a wonderful
job to ensure the event ran smoothly.
Thank you to all the students who have already
returned their sponsorship forms and money. Could
all the remaining students please place their form
and money in an envelope clearly marked
“Walkathon” and place in the Yellow P&C box no
later than Friday 27th March.
Suzanne Kimpton
Ryde East P&C Fundraising
MOTHERS’ DAY STALL
6th – 7th MAY 2015
Thank you to all those who have started
donating gifts for the Mothers’ Day stall
this year. We will continue to collect gifts until Friday
1st May. A stall of this nature solely relies on the
generosity of all families at the school by
contributing items for the stall.
Gift donations may be in-expensive, however please
be mindful to only donate unused, quality items
which would be appropriate gifts for Mothers’ Day.
Remember, your child or your friends child might
just purchase the very gift which you donated!
It would be appreciated if items can be left in the
specially marked box in the school office. Thank you
in advance. Your contributions as always will be
gratefully accepted.
Suzanne Kimpton 0414 560 907
HARMONY DAY - PACK DAY RECORD !
What a great Harmony Day we had
last Wednesday. We did a Pack Day
record with over 350 Harmony Order
Packs made.
We could not
have done this without the
help of our fantastic mums.
A big thank you to Tassey,
Nicole, Rosetta, Sharon,
Tonya and Suzanne.
We also received lots of
fantastic comments from the students and parents
about our yummy, home-made penne and noodles.
Just a reminder that there will be no Pack Day on
23rd March as this was replaced with our huge
Harmony Pack Day last week.
If you can spare just a few hours any Monday,
Wednesday or Friday, to help in the canteen, please
drop us an email to Belinda Mortimer
belindamortimer@gmail.com. It’s a great way to
meet new parents.
If you have any suggestions or would like to be part
of the Canteen Committee please drop me an email.
We would love some more ideas and help!
Kelly.centellas@gmail.com
Cheers Kelly and Lisa
P&C MUSIC PROGRAM NEWS
SENIOR BAND AT GOLD CARD THIS
WEEK!
Senior Band will be performing for the first time this
year at the Gold Card Assembly this Friday 20th
March. All members of the Senior Band need to
arrive, with their instruments and music, at the band
room by 8:45am to help carry stands and percussion
instruments to the hall for set up. We are looking
forward to a fabulous performance, so come along
and cheer them on! (The Training Band will get to
play at the Week 8 Gold Card Assembly in Term 2.)
Our two Band Captains, Amy W and Angus T will
also be receiving their badges at this assembly.
AWESOME APRIL MUSIC ANTICS
Invitations went out yesterday for our fantastic
music event – Awesome April Music Antics on
Sunday 26th April! Students will experience a fun
day of music workshops and band rehearsals, see an
awesome performance by all the tutors, participate
in awesome music games and finish up with an
awesome concert for family and friends. This is the
perfect occasion for the Senior and Training Bands to
have more intensive tutoring, especially with the
upcoming competitions next term for Senior Band!
Permission notes and payments must be returned to
the Yellow P&C Box by Friday 27th March. Any
questions – contact our awesome music special
events coordinator, Liz Thomson (details below), or
Belinda Duncan.
MUSIC PROGRAM INVOICES SENT OUT
Most of the music program invoices have now been
emailed for Term 1. Everyone in the music program,
even those not in the band, will receive an invoice
for the annual $30 Music Program Fee. This is to
cover costs involved in administering the program
and putting on events, including the music day and
Musical Variety Night. Other costs on your invoice
may include band fees, for those in Senior or
Training Band; instrument hire fees, if you are hiring
a school instrument; or drumsticks and/or drumstick
bags, for those who have purchased them. Payment
by direct deposit is preferred using your invoice
number as the reference. BSB: 062 281 Account No:
10261085 Account Name: Reps Band Sub
Committee. If paying by cheque please advise
Nerradene via email and make cheques payable to
‘REPS Band Sub Committee’. These should be placed
in the locked P&C box in the school office, marked to
the attention of ‘Music Program Treasurer’. If you
have any questions, please contact our Music
Treasurer, Nerradene Wolken, or Belinda Duncan,
the Music Program Coordinator, details below.
UPCOMING MUSIC DATES:
Week 8 – Gold Card Assembly – Senior Band performs
TERM 2
Week 1 – Sunday 26 April, Awesome April Music Antics
Day
Week 5 – Ryde East Music Festival – Sunday 24th May
Week 8 – Wahroonga Music Festival, Sunday 14 June
COMMITTEE CONTACTS
Coordinator: Belinda Duncan - 0417 489 269,
rydeeastmusic@gmail.com
Secretary:
Band Manager: Lisa Mach – lisa@machsonline.com.au
Treasurer: Nerradene Wolken – repsband@gmail.com
Events Coordinator: Liz Thomson – liz-thom@hotmail.com
KINDY NIGHT OUT
When: Thursday 19th March from 7pm
Where: Hunters Hill Hotel, upstairs terrace
All kindergarten parents are welcome to come
along to The Hunters Hill Hotel this Thursday night
from 7pm. Come along, meet and have a drink
and/or dinner with other kindy parents.
Lisa Gregory
KI Class Parent
TENNIS COURTS FOR HIRE
The school tennis courts are available for
hire out of school hours for a nominal fee
of $20.00 per hour for each court. Contact Margie
Simpson on 0407 280 864
RYDE EAST OSHC NEWS
Ryde East OSHC has its own website which can be
accessed at any time.
The website is www.rydeeastoshc.com.au
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS - (New Uniforms only)
The Uniform Shop is open every Tuesday morning
from 8.45am – 9.45am or order online and have it
delivered to your child’s classroom.
www.youruniformshop.com.au
Sara Rich – 0426 824 972
♥♥♥ Pre-Loved Uniforms ♥♥♥
Opening times - Tuesday mornings from 8:45 9:30am.
Pre-loved uniforms are available from the canteen
window alongside the New Uniform Shop.
Payment is by CASH only and notes of smaller
denominations are appreciated.
Donations for Pre-Loved can be dropped at the shop
window on any Tuesday morning - please note that
we can only accept standard issue school uniforms.
Please do not leave your donations at the school
Office. For any queries, please contact
Vicky Moore on 0426 287 575 or
Simone Haslehurst on 0414 965 225
COMMUNITY NEWS
Harmony Day 2015 will be celebrated on 21st March
at Top Ryde Shopping Centre. Enjoy live music and
dance performances from 10.00am on the main
stage. See the flyer on the school noticeboard for
more information.
Northern Sydney Local Health District will
be holding Parenting Courses and Workshops in
Term 2 commencing between 6th May and 15th June.
Courses include Tuning in to Kids and Workshops
include Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) and
Resilient Kids. For further information see the flyer
on the school noticeboard or visit the website
www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services/CAP
Enrichment, Education, Excitement Become a Volunteer Host Family!
World Education Program (WEP) is inviting you to
experience another culture in your own home by
becoming a volunteer host family to an international
student arriving in July 2015. Our students from
Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Italy, Belgium, the USA,
and France are looking forward to experiencing life
in Australia, making new friends and becoming a
member of an Australian family soon. Contact WEP
today to receive a full information pack.
Phone: 1300 884 733 Email: info@wep.org.au
Online: http://www.wep.org.au
YEARS 2-4 STATE DANCE
WORKSHOPS
Applications are now open for students
in Years 2 – 4. APPLY NOW at
https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/years-2-4-dance-days
Applications close on Thursday April 2.
For further information phone
Joanne Gilmour
The Arts Unit
Student Dance Development
and Delivery Officer
(02) 8512 1178
The Years 5-6 Boys Only workshops are tailored to males in
Years 5-6. This is a new dance opportunity being offered by The
Arts Unit in 2015. These workshops are an excellent opportunity
for students with talent and skills in dance to develop in this art
form. Highly skilled professional dance tutors will challenge
students with technique and repertoire across a range of dance
styles across the two day workshops.
Workshop Date: Monday 18th May & Tuesday 19th May, 2015
Workshop Venue: Sydney Dance Company Studios
Applications Close- Monday 20th April, 2015 - DON'T MISS OUT!
For further information and to apply, click the link below.
https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/dance/boys-only-workshop
Or contact The Arts Unit on 85121176
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SCHOOL WORKING BEE - SUNDAY 22 March 2015
please return this slip to P&C box at school office
Family name:____________________________________
Would you like to stay for lunch?
Yes 
No 
No. of adults:_____
children: _____
Contact phone:_____________________
Equipment / tasks with which you may help: ________________________________________________________
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