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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 21st APRIL 2015
TERM 2 WEEK 1
A copy of this newsletter is available on the School’s website
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Welcome back. The weather may be wild but the
classes are settled and students are well rested after
their holiday break. This morning we formed our 19th
class with Ms Monique Olgers joining us again as the
teacher on the new Year 1 class. Ms Olgers’ class will
be known as 1M, Mrs Small’s straight Year 2 class
will be called 2S and Miss Mitchell’s class will now be
2M.
It was sad to hear the Leadership Camp for our
captains and prefects was postponed due to the
weather and negotiations with the venue is currently
taking place for the two day camp to be held in the
middle to the end of May.
On Thursday the students will be participating in the
yearly ANZAC Day Service in our school hall at
11.35am. Again we are fortunate to have one of our
former parents, Mr Mick Leayr, an active member of
the Australian Armed Forces, speaking at this very
special service. All students in the SRC are
encouraged to bring flowers to lay with the school
wreath at our flagpole near the centenary ANZAC
garden. Parents are welcome to join us to
commemorate 100 years since the landing at
Gallipoli. In the afternoon our Stage 2 and 3 classes
will have the privilege of hearing a local Ryde author,
Mrs Kim Phillips, speak about her new book, “The
Spirit of Gallipoli A Centenary of ANZACS”.
On Saturday our captains and prefects along with
other students have been invited to join the ANZAC
Day March at North Ryde RSL. We meet at North
Ryde Oval on the Cressy Road side at 6.30am to then
assemble behind the school banner and march to
the rose garden at the North Ryde RSL Club. It is a
moving ceremony and with this year’s special
significance we would like to see as many families
joining us.
This Sunday students involved in the school music
program will be participating in a music camp here
at school. This camp helps prepare the students for
our Music Festival on the last Sunday in May. It also
provides students opportunities to fine tune their
skills in a series of tutorials provided throughout the
day.
In the holidays four of our classrooms (KI, KW, KJ and
4T) had their walls painted and Ms Olgers new class
received brand new furniture. Our science room was
relocated to the computer lab and the technology
from the lab is being relocated around the school.
New
Horizons
Aged Care facility
which is across
the road from our
school asked me
to pass on their
sincere thanks for
the cakes donated
to them after the
election day cake stall. They appreciated us thinking
of them as we have a lovely relationship with the
residents as our students visit them each
Wednesday afternoon.
Jane Imer
Principal
Dates for Your Diary
Tu21/4
Tu21/4
Th23/4
F24/4
F24/4
Su26/4
W29/4
W29/4
Students Return for Term 2
Student Banking resumes
ANZAC Day Assembly
Gold Card Assembly
Winter PSSA Sport begins
Band Camp
5D and 1F visit to New Horizons
P&C Meeting
SPORT REPORT
Round 1 for our Winter PSSA season begins this
Friday, 24th April. Those students who have not
returned their permission note and behaviour
contract need to do as soon as possible.
Draws for PSSA are yet to be finalised, however they
will be available on the Ryde PSSA website in the
resources section shortly. The draws can be accessed
at www.pssa.net.au/Ryde. Please note there are
central venues for Winter PSSA sport, Soccer and
Netball at Meadowbank Park, Tag at Morrison Bay
and AFL at ELS Hall.
Notes have been given out for Gym and
Environmental group and need to be returned by
tomorrow so that these groups, as well as home
sport groups, can be organised before they begin on
Friday. If we do not get enough students
participating in these programs we may not be able
to run them.
Sport Co-ordinator
Ms R Flammia
P&C NEWS
I truly hope everyone thoroughly enjoyed
school holidays and that you spent the last
2 weeks enjoying the break with bellies full of hot
cross buns and chocolate eggs and are now ready to
return to school refreshed. I know my little kindy girl
has been counting down the days till school starts
back!
We have a busy few weeks ahead of us with our
Mothers’ Day stall fast approaching and next week
we have our 2nd General Meeting for the year which
is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 29th April at
7.30pm in the school staff room. It would be really
wonderful to see you there as we will be discussing
some exciting things that will benefit the kids and
make our lives easier! If you have any agenda items
that you would like to discuss please email them to
our secretary Lina Diaz at lina.diaz888@gmail.com
Look out for news in next week’s newsletter as we
will be discussing the spectacular Ryde East Music
Festival and as this is one of our major fundraising
events we will be asking for helpers to make this day
a success.
Cheers and hope to see you soon!!
Genevieve Webb – P&C President
MOTHERS’ DAY STALL
6th – 7th MAY 2015
Donations and Helpers Needed
If you would like to help serve at the
Mothers’ Day Stall, a form is
included at the back of the newsletter. For those of
you not familiar with our Mothers’ Day Stall, it is run
over 2 days. The first session is set aside specifically
for infants (K-2) to allow them to make their
purchase during school time, class by class. All other
sessions are open to all children (K-6). We usually
need around 10 helpers for the infants session and
then around 4-6 helpers for all other sessions.
Thank you to all those people who have already
donated items for the Mothers’ Day Stall. We are
still looking for more items and have listed below
some suggestions.
 Kitchen Related Items – tea towels, cake tins,
utensils, pot holders etc.
 Frames
 Recipe books
 Coffee Mugs and Tea Cups
 Chocolates / Tea / Coffee
 Candles / candle holders etc.
 Toiletries e.g. soap, shower gels, hand and body
cream etc.
Gift donations may be inexpensive, 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
as your contributions are always gratefully accepted.
Note: Collections will continue through to Friday 1st
May 2015.
Suzanne Kimpton 0414 560 907
Cindy Berghofer 0404 096 153
COMMITTEE MEETING - YEAR 6
PARENTS/CARERS
I am looking for volunteers to help co-ordinate the
end of year farewell for Year 6. The first item on the
agenda is to put together a group of dedicated
parents who will help plan the event scheduled for
December 2015 and be part of the committee. Our
first meeting will be on Tuesday 28th April 2015 at
North Ryde RSL. We will meet in the foyer at 7.00pm
to make it easier for members to sign in nonmembers. If you can't make it and would still like to
help feel free to call me on 0439539178.
Belinda Rossi - Year 6 Farewell Co-Ordinator
RYDE EAST SCHOOL CANTEEN
NEW WINTER MENU LAUNCH
Welcome back everyone! Hope you
didn’t eat too many Easter Eggs. The
Canteen will open from Wednesday
22nd April 2015. The new Winter Canteen Menu has
been sent home today. Please refer to it this term,
as there have been a few updates.
New additions to our menu include home-made
soup on Mondays starting next Monday 27th April
2015 with a favourite, Country Chicken Noodle so
don’t forget to put your order in. We also have a
new fried rice as well as a range of Piranha Gluten
Free Chips.
We are launching a new pasta range for winter to
give the students some more warm lunch options
such as penne bolognaise and macaroni and cheese!
Favourites which have returned are hot popcorn,
meatball subs as well as sushi on Wednesdays. We
also offer a new free range chicken nuggets and our
chicken patties are 100% gluten free.
If you can spare just a few hours and would like to
bring a friend or meet new parents please drop us
an email to belindamortimer@gmail.com
If you have any suggestions or would like to be part
of the Canteen Committee please drop me an email.
We would love to hear your ideas!
Kelly.centellas@gmail.com
Cheers Kelly and Lisa
P&C MUSIC PROGRAM NEWS
Welcome back to all our fabulous music
students! I hope you have had a
relaxing break as we are in for a very busy term!
Lessons began today, as did Training Band, and will
continue on Thursday. Senior Band will be
rehearsing as normal on Thursday morning.
AWESOME APRIL MUSIC ANTICS THIS WEEKEND!
We are kick-starting the term with our day of
awesome music antics. If there is any last minute
interest, it’s not too late, we can squeeze a couple
more students in but you only have till Wednesday
to pay – please send Belinda Duncan an email ASAP
if your child has had a change of mind. For those
attending, the most important things to remember
are:
It’s on Sunday 26th April – arrive at 8:45am ready to
start at 9.00am. You will be sorted into your groups
and whisked away for your first round of workshops
starting promptly at 9.00am. Don’t forget to bring
your drink bottle, a piece of fruit to share and,
most importantly, don’t forget your music and your
instrument (or drumsticks)! There’ll be games,
instrumental tutorials and band or group rehearsals,
lunch is provided – yummy pizza, and then it’s time
to show off to your family and friends at the
concert, which will be held in the hall at 2:30pm. It
should be a great day, we’re looking forward to
seeing you all there, and hearing the fantastic
results of all your hard work, at the concert.
RYDE EAST MUSIC FESTIVAL - SUNDAY 24th MAY
Make sure Sunday 24th May is in your diaries. The
Senior Band will be competing in the festival, which
is a huge event at Ryde East, attracting hundreds of
students from other Sydney schools and their
families. The Music Program committee also has a
fundraising stall at the festival, which will hopefully
include a raffle. So any prizes, donations or
suggestions that you may be able to come up with
are most welcome.
STRING ENSEMBLE
String Ensemble will be commencing next week,
Week 2 – Tuesday 28 April at 8:25am, in the band
room.
MUSIC DATES for your Diaries
st
Tue 21 April – Lessons and Training Band commence!
th
Sun 26 April – Awesome April Music Antics workshops
and concert
th
Sun 24 May – Senior Band - Ryde East Music Festival
Week 8 – Training Band – Gold Card Performance
Week 8 – Senior Band, Wahroonga Music Festival, Sunday
14 June
CONTACT PARENTS
Coordinator: Belinda Duncan - 0417 489 269 rydeeastmusic@gmail.com
Secretary:
Band Manager: Lisa Mach – p.l.mach@optusnet.com.au
Instrument Manager: Akhila Nagarajan – anlgw02@yahoo.com.au
Treasurer: Nerradene Wolken – repsband@gmail.com
Flute Contact: Lee-Anne Bamde – gandlbamde@bigpond.com
Clarinet/Sax Contact: Lina Diaz – lina.diaz888@gmail.com
Brass Contact: Sue James – sueandalex08@optusnet.com.au
Guitar Contact: Sharon Sagnella – SSagnella@ccia.unsw.edu.au
Percussion Contact: Kim Bunny – reps.percussion@gmail.com
Violin Contact: Bronwyn Stacey – bronwynstacey@optusnet.com.au
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
MOTHERS’ DAY STALL
If you can assist at this year’s Mothers’ Day Stall, please
complete the following and return to the P&C Box in the office by
Wednesday 29th April.
Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Email Address: __________________________________________________________________
Contact Number: _________________________ Mobile: ________________________________
Students Name: _______________________________________ Class: ____________________
Please circle which session(s) you can help at
Session 1:
Wed 6th
May
1:30pm – 3:15pm
(infants Session) 10 helpers needed
Session 2:
Wed 6th
May
3:pm – 3:45pm
(after school) 6 helpers needed
Session 3:
Thur 7th May
8:20am – 9.20am
(before school) 4 helpers needed
Session 4:
Thur 7th May
2:45pm – 3:45pm
(after school) 4 helpers needed
Thank you!
Suzanne Kimpton
0414 560 907
Cindy Berghofer 0404 096 153