Issue 609
04 Aug 09
Contact our school
18-20 Ruskin Avenue(P. O. Box 249)
CROYDON, Vic 3136
Ph: (03) 9723 3886
Fax: (03) 9725 5355
OSHC: 0439 345 134
Email: ruskin.park.ps
@edumail.vic.gov.au
Web: www.ruskinparkps.vic.edu.au
Our Sponsors
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 Somers Camp
Congratulations to the following
children who have now left for Somers Camp until 5 August: Mia
K., Kaitlyn A., Rebecca
M., Paul F., Ben S., Cody S., and Devin RB. Mr. Murphy is the
camp
coordinator and he has enlisted
Mrs. Marg Bloom to assist for the first five days. We wish them
all
a safe and happy time and
await their stories upon returning to Ruskin Park Primary School.
Reminder of newsletter link
The school newsletter is
still available in hard copy to parents who submit a written request
to the
school. Parents may subscribe
to the electronic newsletter using the following link:
Thank you…
Thanks to the following
Eastern Metropolitan Schools for donating good quality used
computers to Ruskin Park
Primary School at the end of term two: Eastwood Primary School
and East Doncaster Secondary
College. We are very grateful for these PC’s and emacs.
Everyone who came out to
assist at the recent working bee on 19th
July: Taylah, Caitlin and
Sandy J., Peter and Mireia
L., Peter S., Natalie, Paul and Melanie T., Jesse M., Casey,
Kieley, Dave and Michelle
A., David, Coralie, Alexander and Nicholas C., Darren, Sam,
Liam and Aidan C., and teachers:
Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Elms, Mrs. Bloom, and Mrs. Rainbow.
Your support and help was
greatly appreciated.
Creative Music for Schools
for their generous donation towards the development of music
at Ruskin Park PS of $100.
The school values the wonderful work that Ann and Stewart do
in teaching instrumental
music to so many children.
To all the office and school
support staff especially during ES Week (10-14 August) –
where the school will formally
recognize and celebrate the work of support staff in our
school: Gwen N., Debbie
B., Vicki R., Emma S., Sharyn C., Carol B., Melanie H., Bev S.,
and Christine McQ.
Walking School Bus Team
– for all your past assistance in keeping the children journeying
by foot to and from school
safe – Julie H., Tracey R., and Melanie V.
Footy Day & The Winter
Warmer Appeal
The date for the annual
school Footy Day has been changed to Thursday, 20 August. On this
day,
students are invited to
dress out of uniform in support of
their favourite footy team. In support of the
State Schools’ Relief
Committee, supporting needy students in schools across Victoria,
the school
encourages every student
who dresses out of uniform to donate at least $2 toward ‘The
Winter
Warmer Appeal’.
More details will be announced
closer to the school Footy Day. In addition, information will
be
provided to all students
and families regarding the special lunch offers available to students
on this
day.
NED is coming to our school!
The NED
Show will take place on Wednesday, 5th
August at 12:30 pm for the whole school. The
show uses yo-yos to
teach the children how to develop three valuable characteristics
involved in
becoming champions at school
and in life.
Please note the special
notice that has been sent home to all families with more details.
Students
interested in owning their
very own yo-yo, have the option of purchasing NED gear from
a range of
options following the show.
Thank you,
Elle May Laikve
Principal.
Parents,
Share your thoughts with us
 To all the parents who recently
attended the Ruskin Park PS Trivia Night on the 20th
June, we
would value any feedback
you could give us. A short survey has been set up for anyone willing
to
share their thoughts. Simply
log on to the following:
Introduction of House Points:
This Term we have seen the
introduction of House points at
Ruskin Park.
Students are awarded
points in each classroom. House captains
collect and tally the points
each week and the House cup is
awarded to the highest
scoring team at assembly the following
Monday morning.
In week one the house cup
was won by Red House and in week
two it was won by
Blue House. Although they have yet to be a
weekly winner, Green
house has scored well in both weeks.
The overall tally sees Blue,
Green and Red equal first with 6
points.
Mary Kelly,
Assistant Principal
FOOTY DAY
The children are asked to
dress in footy gear on Thursday August 20 for our annual footy
day.
More details in the next
Ruskin News
TRI SKILLS
A notice went home last
week regarding Tri Skills Gymnastic Program for our Year Prep
1 and 2
children. This program commences
on Friday August 21st.
INTER SCHOOL SPORT AWARDS
Congratulations to the following
children who received awards last Monday at assembly: Football
–
Paul F; Soccer – Aaron
S; Netball – Olivia K and Taylah J; Newcombe – Renee
G
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
An advance notice that
our Year 5/6 children will be involved in an all day Athletic
Carnival at Town
Park on Friday August 28th.
If any parents are able to come along on the day they would be
most
welcome.
SPORTS CLINICS
Last week we had a few
special visitors conducting Sports Clinics with our students.
On
Wednesday star Kilsyth
USA import Joe Warner came to the school to conduct some basketball
clinics for our Year 5/6
children.
On Thursday former student
Matthew Bass from the Scorpions basketball club conducted some
clinics for our Year 3/4
children. They are currently recruiting players and he has left
some
information in our school
foyer.
On Friday two representatives
from the Richmond Football Club conducted a football clinic for
our
Year Prep 1 and 2 children.
After the clinics the children received an activity pack from
the
sponsors Connex.
 Thank you,
Brendan Murphy
The
Victoria Police Showband
visited the school on Thursday
the 30th July.
They played from 2.30 until
about 3.15
and everyone in attendance
enjoyed an afternoon of great
music.
Thanks to Mr. Alexander
for organizing this performance.
Family and Friends in conjunction
with the school have decided to try and address the problem of
lost property. It has been
decided that once a fortnight we will be going through the lost
property
cupboards and returning
all named items to their owners.
Any items that remain unclaimed
and unmarked are now to be sold, at a reduced cost, back to the
school public so to avoid
a buildup of unclaimed items.
Please remember to check
for lost property on a regular basis and make sure all items are
clearly
labelled so owners can be
found.
Please keep your eyes open
for the notice being sent home to advise when and where the first
sale will commence. First
in best dressed, no guarantee on availability of items.
Warmest regards
Samantha Unsworth
President Family and Friends.
We conducted a very successful
Prep Transition session last Thursday 23rd
July, with approximately
50 eager preschoolers in attendance. The children
thoroughly enjoyed making
Teddy Bear Puppets and singing songs.
The transition sessions
held at Ruskin Park PS are a wonderful way for
preschool children to become
familiar with the staff and the school setting.
Our next Transition session
will be held on Friday 21st August between
2.30-3.30pm. The
children will explore a range of activities related to
Mathematics.
Afternoon tea will be provided
for parents. So please feel free to come
along.
Alaine Beare
Prep Transition Co-ordinator
 Thank You
We would like to thank one
of our parents, Rian Hull for giving up his time to make Pumpkin
Soup
and Garlic Bread with the
children in After School Care, on Thursday 16th July. The
children were
delighted to have their
own “Master Chef” show them how to make these dishes
and everyone
enjoyed tasting the results
for afternoon tea.
We would also like to thank
Mr Scott one of our Grade 1 / 2 teachers for running a basketball
clinic
with the children in After
School care on Tuesday 21st July. The children had lots
of fun learning a
number of basketball skills
and were thrilled to have Mr Scott join in our After School Care
activities.
Programs
These programs are planned
in consultation with the children and highlight “Special
“activities
based around the children’s
interests and requests. We aim to repeat these activities
during each
week to ensure all interested
children have an opportunity to participate.
Other activities available
every day include: Dramatic Play, Construction, Music/DVDs, Game
boys
and Computers, Drawing,
Junk Construction, Puzzles and Board Games, Quiet Area for Reading
and Homework, Sports Equipment
and Outdoor Games.
WHAT’S ON AT BEFORE
SCHOOL CARE
Monday 3rd
August –
Friday 7th
August 2009
Craft: - Creations with
Wool
Cooking: - Honey
Rock
Cookies (Wed)
Games: - Jelly
Bean Bingo
Outdoor Fun: - Hoola
Hoop Challenge
Monday 10th
August –
Friday 14th
August 2009
Craft; - Salt
Ceramic Creations
Science Fun: -
Slime
Games: - Board Game
Rotations
Outdoor Fun: - Bowling
Challenge
WHAT’S ON AT AFTER
SCHOOL CARE
Monday 3rd
August –
Friday 7th
August 2009
Cooking: - Pizza
(Tuesday)
Requested by Ted
Craft: - Creations
with
Wool
Games: - Hopscotch
Fun
Sports: - Badminton
(Wednesday)
Dance (Thursday)
Monday 10th
August –
Friday 14th
August 2009
Craft: - Candles
Games:- Three Legged
Races
Cooking: - Butter
Chicken (Friday)
Requested by Vincy
Sports: - Badminton
(Wednesday)
Dance (Thursday)
Oshc Team
Out of School Hours Child
Care
 Just a friendly reminder
that we are now accepting enrolments for Prep 2010. If
you have a preschool child
or have friends whose children will be attending our
school next year, enrolment
forms and information packs are available at the
school office.
Our Prep classes are filling
fast so please enrol as soon as possible.
Ruskin Park Primary School
will be
participating in the annual
Planet Ark Tree
Planting Day for schools,
which is a nation
wide program. This
will be taking place on:
Friday, 31st
July, 2009 at 2.30pm.
Students will be selected
from each grade to
represent their class and
they will plant
Australian native trees
and shrubs provided by
Candlebark Nursery.
The plants donated will
be planted in a designated
area of the school
yard. Each class will
be given responsibility for
monitoring and caring for
their trees.
During this week our students
will be involved in lessons designed to explore the importance
of
plants and the need to care
for our Planet. We look forward to a fun filled week of
activities.
Alaine Beare and Natalie
Tisch
Co-ordinators
All of the Level 4 students
in the first
semester had an opportunity,
as part of their
classroom activities, to
program a robot to
move to music. Josh C. and
Caleb B. took on
the challenge to develop
a program and
robots for the Robocup Junior
Championships.
With the experience of being
part of last
year’s team to go to
Perth, Josh had a vision!
He, along with Caleb’s
help, has spent the
last 2 months listening
to ‘Jail House Rock’
while he built up a program
second by
second. The result was a
very clever detailed
program in which two robots
move to the beat
of the music outside a prison
scene.
Last Saturday the two boys
took their robots to Sacre Coeur in Malvern where the Metropolitan
Competition took place.
The boys were very organised and didn’t experience any problems
on the
day, which enabled us to
have a great day watching all the other robots perform.
Each team had two excellent
performances and were marked on an interview about their robots
and their program. The
interview score and the score of the best performance
were used to decide the
winners of the competition. Their score was good enough to win
the Junior
Dance’ competition.
 They intend to develop their
program and scene further in the next few weeks in preparation
for the
Victorian Competition which
is to be held at Scienceworks on August 14th.
We wish them all the
best for the next level of
competition.
Margot Pope
THE RUSKIN PARK PRIMARY
SCHOOL VISION
Every student at Ruskin
Park Primary School can develop their natural curiosity and imagination
through new and engaging
approaches to teaching and learning.
The encouragement of a positive
attitude within a friendly community of learners will promote
success today, tomorrow
and into the future.
THE RUSKIN PARK PRIMARY
SCHOOL VALUES ARE
Building Friendships
Creativity
Honesty, and
Respect
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