KELLYVILLE RIDGE NEWSTERM 3 WEEK 6 - Thursday 29 August 2019

Calendar

Diary Dates

Monday 2 September Ridges Festival - Final Rehearsal

Monday 9 September K-2 Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 11 September P & C Meeting 9.15pm - 8.15pm

From the Principal

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SAS Recognition Week

This week, 26 -30 August is School Administrative and Support (SAS) Sta� 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 O�cers), Mrs Kuar, Mrs Wagner, and Mrs

Moore (School Learning Support O�cers), 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 e�ciency makes Kellyville Ridge PS ‘The Place To

Be.’ 

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Book Character Parade

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.  

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RoboCup

This year we entered our �rst 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 �nesse. 

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Norwest Basketball Challenge

Congratulations to our 4 Basketball teams in their stellar e�ort 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!

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Enrolling K-6 students for 2020 NOW!

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 �rst step in planning for next year and these numbers impact the school's teach and overall

sta� 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 

Tell Them From Me Surveys

For students in years 4-6, sta� 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.

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Father’s Day

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 signi�cant male �gures 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.

Enrolment Policy

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.

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Lego Donations Needed

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 o�ce.  Thank you in advance.

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Save the Date: Saturday 30 November – 4pm - 8pm - Twilight Markets

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 ra�es or holding a promotional stall, please contact

the P&C Fundraising committee through the school.

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Global Art Competition 2019

Congratulations to Emily L, who competed in the 2019 Global Art National Competition (Theme: My

Appreciation) and came in Champion in Group B for her age category. She will be representing Australia

for the International Competition held in Singapore this year on 1 December 2019. We wish her all the

very best and look forward to seeing her next entry

School Calendar

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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 

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Ridges Friendly Debating Competition

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 con�dently

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

Gifted & Talented Opportunities

Here is an up and coming activity suitable for our KRPS gifted and talented students. This is o�ered

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 o�ers 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 o�ce. 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 Gri�ths

G&T Coordinator

Every Student Every Voice

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 �nd 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

Year 6 Token Day 2020

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.

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Sports UpdateSports Update

Northwest Basketball Schools Challenge

Well done to our 40 students who yesterday competed at the Northwest Schools Basketball Challenge at

the Hills Basketball Stadium. Your behaviour, sportsmanship and skill was outstanding!

We are pleased to announce that our Junior Girls and Junior Boys teams were both VICTORIOUS,

winning their respective grand �nals in an extremely tight contest! The players’ tenacity and

determination was a sight to behold and your coaches and parents were very proud of your e�ort and

success. Our senior teams also played with distinction, with the boys �nishing 3rd overall and the girls

�nishing in 5th.

Thank you to the large number of family members who attended to cheer on our basketball squad and

for your help in scoring and o�ering coaching assistance.

We look forward to defending our titles in 2020!

Mrs Carr and Mr Johns

Basketball Coaches

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Ridges PSSA Athletics Carnival

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 quali�ed 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

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FINAL WINTER PSSA COMPETITION ROUND

Due to wet weather, our �nal 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 �nal results – some competitions are coming down to

the wire with this week deciding �nal 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

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