Rutherford Public School Newsletter

WEEK 7 & 8, TERM 2 2018

Reminders

ALL

ATSI STUDY CLUB Monday at 3:15pm

Little

Dragons

Registrations for third intake (26 July) close Fri 29 Jun

Sport Fridays

Playgroup 9:10am -11:10am Tuesdays in the hall

Band 8:30am Wednesdays

P&C Canteen orders through Flexischools Only

Next P&C Meeting - 6:30pm Tuesday 12th June

Day Events

No Assembly this week

Term

2 Week 7

11/6 Queens Birthday Public Holiday

12/6 1J Walking Excursion to Maitland Baptist Long Daycare

10:30am Soccer vs Bolwarra at Bolwarra

4:00pm AECG Meeting at All Saints Campus St Marys

13/6 8:00am ICAS Spelling Test - Community Room

14/6 8:00am ICAS Writing Test - Community Room

9:10am KA and KT visit to RTHS

15/6 9:30am KG and KE Coles Walking Excursion

ASSEMBLY WEEK

Term

2 Week 8

18/6

19/6 Rutherford Play to Learn will be on an excursion to Maitland Art Gallery this week. We will meet you there!

Infants - Hunter Water Conservation Show in the hall

Girls Touch vs Bolwarra at Norm Chapman Oval

9:30am Women’s Yarn Up - Community Room

20/6

21/6 Year 6 Transition - 15 boys to RTHS Soccer Day

22/6 Year 6 Transition - 15 girls to RTHS Soccer Day

9:00am K/6J to Hunter Valley Zoo

23/6 Pink Jets to the Stage Aerobics Finals in Sydney

Term 2 Financial Planner…

What Who How Much Pay By

K/6J Hunter Valley Zoo K/6J $17 Overdue

78 Storey Treehouse Year 3 & 4 $24.50 Wed 13/06

Little Dragons Program P-K $30 Before start

Canberra Year 6 $435 Bal. Fri 03/08

Great Aussie Bush Camp Year 5 $225 Bal. Fri 26/10

School Contribution K to 6 $45 one child / $90 family

Day Events

No Assembly this week T

erm 2 W

eek 9

25/6 Multicultural Public Speaking Local Area Final in the hall - Stage 2 and Stage 3

26/6 1K Walking Excursion to Maitland Baptist Long Daycare

27/6 Year 3 Excursion to 78-Storey Treehouse

28/6 Year 4 Excursion to 78-Storey Treehouse

KE, KG & KC Excursion

29/6

30/6 P&C Trivia Night - $15 per person

ASSEMBLY WEEK

Term

2 Week 10

2/7 NAIDOC Assembly in Quad

12:40pm Stage 3 Hunter Inter-Schools Public Speaking

3/7 9:30am Women’s Yarn Up - Community Room

1H Walking Excursion to Maitland Baptist Long Daycare

4/7 School Band to Opal Aged Care Maitland

9:30am Early Stage 1 Hunter Inter-Schools Final

10:30am Stage 2 Hunter Inter-Schools Final

12:20pm & 1:00pm Band Performance in Library

5/7 PSSA Newcastle Gala Day for Basketball Knockout

9:30am Stage 1 Hunter Inter-Schools Final

11:10am K-2 NAIDOC Disco in hall

6/7 Indigenous Games for Sport

Last Day of Term 2

School Calendar

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Building Works goes to Tender

We have been advised by the Department of Education that the

Major Capital upgrade has gone out to tender last week. This

means that it’s ‘all systems go’! The tendering process will take

a few months to complete with a target start date of early

October 2018. You might see numerous visitors to the school

over the next few weeks, looking at the site and preparing

quotes for the project.

Public Speaking

All classes are currently in the process of selecting their best

public speakers to represent their Stage in the upcoming public

speaking finals to be held in Week 10 of this term.

All students are encouraged to prepare a speech and practise

the art of speaking in front of an audience.

Reports

All teachers are currently preparing reports for parents and

carers to indicate how their child/ren are progressing in

Semester 1.

Reports will be sent home in the last week of Term 2.

ICAS TESTS

Spelling - Wednesday 13 June 2018 - Community Room

Writing - Thursday 14 June 2018 - Mrs Lupton’s Room 5/6V

Students who have paid to sit the UNSW ICAS test will need to

be at school by 8:00am this Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14

June 2018. The test will be administered before school to avoid

any interruptions to school routines and learning.

All students who sit the morning tests are untitled to free toast

from the breakfast club!

Entries for this test are closed and no late entries can be

accepted.

Good luck to the students sitting this test!

Upcoming ICAS dates:

English Tuesday 31 July 2018

Mathematics Tuesday 14 August 2018

Enrolments continue to Steadily Climb

Our current enrolment this week stands at 940 students. As we

receive more in-zone enrolments, we are constantly looking at

ways to minimise disruption to school routines and classes.

If you are leaving the school over the holiday break, we would

appreciate you letting the office know so we can make plans for

the future.

If you know of any families who are yet to enrol their

Kindergarten child for 2019, please let them know that we are

well underway with our planning and they should enrol their

child as soon as possible.

Bullying

Rutherford Public School is always looking at ways to minimise

bullying behaviours in the school. Conflict between students is

inevitable, but repeated and ongoing conflict needs to be

addressed quickly and resolved so all students feel safe and

valued. Parents and carers must be part of the solution. Over

the next few newsletters, we will highlight some of the ways the

school and community can work together to reduce bullying at

our school. Please contact the school if you are concerned

about potential bullying behaviour.

Bubbles and Supa Squirt Water Saving Show

Hunter Water will present the Bubbles and Supa Squirt Water

Saving show to all K to 2 students in the hall on Tuesday 19th

June 2018.

The comical romp highlights how wasteful individuals can be

with water and promotes simple ways to use less by instilling

water saving habits into everyday behaviour.

The fun-filled performance won the Performance in Schools

Award for 2014 and incorporates the use of clowning, circus

skills, magic, and music to deliver a very important lesson. The

show will be delivered to all K to 2 students for FREE.

We hope our K to 2 students take away some great tips on how

to be a water warrior!

NAIDOC 2018

Our NAIDOC assembly will take place on Monday 2 July at

9:30am. We would love for the community and our families to

attend. There will be a Smoking Ceremony, a performance

from our Baa Waa Girls and a whole school song. We hope to

see you there.

BAND PERSON OF THE WEEK:

This week we congratulate:

RYAN HEGGS

as Band Person of the Week for his

commitment to the Rutherford

School Concert Band.

Ryan is doing an excellent job

improving his drumming skills. Well

done Ryan!

Membership of the school band is open to students in Years 3 to 6. If you are interested in learning an instrument and joining

the band please see the front office for an information pack.

Tuition is available in a wide variety of brass, woodwind and

percussion instruments as well as bass guitar.

K-2 MUSIC PROGRAM

This week in the K-2 music program 1K, 1S and KE have been learning about dynamics and tempo. Students have learnt the terms piano (soft) and forte (loud) to describe the music they have been playing and listening to. Students have had fun learning how dynamics make music interesting to listen to and

how music can be a variety of different speeds.

Amarnii from 1S wrote about her music lesson during a recent

literacy lesson:

“In music we learned about dynamics. We learned about forte as well. It was so much fun. When we bang on the side drum it plays forte. We also learned about piano. Piano is soft music. When we bang on the tambor it is soft. We bang on the side

drum and the tambor with the mallet.”

Multicultural Public Speaking

The stage finals for The Premier's Challenge Multicultural

Public Speaking Finals will be held in the library on Monday

18th June. Stage 3 will run from 9:30am until approximately

11:30am.

The Stage 2 finals will begin at 12:30pm and finish around

1:00pm.

The local area finals will be held in the hall on Monday 25th

June, with Stage 2 from 9:30am to 11:30am and Stage 3 from

12:30pm to 3:00pm.

Sue Swetnam and John Quinn will be adjudicating.

The Red Shield Appeal

Thank you to everyone who dressed in red to support The Red Shield Appeal. The SRC sold over $200 worth of red goodies at recess time, and students donated money to come dressed in red. All of the donated money will be given to the Salvation

Army who we are sure will be very grateful.

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Little Dragons are beginning to adapt to the routines and structures of school. Over the last few weeks we have started to

incorporate group activities which can include craft, scissor skills, and playdough and writing activities. Little Dragons have

now started saying ‘Goodbye’ to parents/carers at the door to prepare them for ‘Big School’. They have also learnt how to use

the toilets appropriately and wash their hands.

Please ensure you’re logged into Seesaw to keep up to date with photos and resources to support your child’s learning

journey to big school. If you do not have a note with the instructions on how to register, please see one of the Little

Dragons Teachers.

We are now taking enrolments for the group that will start the program on Thursday 26th July (Week 1 Term 3). Week 6 to

10 enrolments for this term have now closed.

Please ensure you have returned all necessary paperwork (student profile and

enrolment forms). We also encourage that you advise us of any medical

information that could be important to your child’s participation in the program.

Term 2 Feedback will be ready for parents at the start of term 3. This Feedback is

for children who started the program in Term 2. It gives parents an insight on how

their child is developing throughout the program. All students who participate

consistently in the Little Dragons program will receive feedback in Term 4 also.

Little Dragons who are already registered for the program should now be on

Flexischools (www.flexischools.com.au). This means parents can prepay for the

Father’s Day gift stall, and also participate in any P&C fundraisers during the year.

Keep in mind for next year, that lunch orders can only be placed via Flexischools.

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Important Dates for your diary

Please make sure you are logged onto Seesaw. This is a fantastic way for teachers to communicate important information and

keep you involved in your child’s education. If you do not have a note for Seesaw, please ask your child’s classroom teacher.

CLASS OF THE WEEK: KT

In writing, KT have been learning to use capital letters, full stops and spaces between words. They have been very excited

and have become proud of their writing journey with Miss Tsang. At the end of a writing lesson, KT participate in a sharing

circle to observe and discuss each other’s work. Fabulous job KT!

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Week 8

ES1 Assembly

Thursday 12:50pm to 1:10pm

We invite you to join us in celebrating Kindergarten

achievements. If your child is receiving an award you will be notified

prior.

Week 8

Hunter Water Bubble and Squirt

Water Conservation Show

Tuesday 19th June

Free show provided by Hunter

Water to present safe water usage to all students

K-2.

Week 9 Parent

Fruit & Vegetable Workshop

Thursday 28th June 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Cancer Council is coming to

present to parents fun, healthy lunchbox alternatives.

Refreshments provided.

P&C Trivia Night

Saturday 30th June

School Hall

Come support our school community for this fun event! Some great prizes to be won.

Maitland Baptist Long Daycare Visits

This term Year 1 classes will be visiting Maitland Baptist Long Daycare on Tuesday afternoons. On their

visits, they will be reading stories to the younger children from the books that they have been reading in

class. So far 1S and 1B have been to visit and both had a wonderful time. The other year 1 classes will be

visiting later this term.

News from 2D and 2G

To conclude their Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) unit from Term One where they

researched construction methods of the world’s strongest bridges and then attempted to build their own

bridge, students from 2D and 2G took a tour of local bridges in the Maitland area on Friday 8th June.

Students also spent some time at the Morpeth Museum to take at look at artefacts from yester years. A

great day was had by all.

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

In the coming weeks we will begin to take a look inside all the Stage 2 classrooms.

This week we will focus on K/6J!

K/6J are studying some exciting topics in their classroom, and one of these topics is Rainforests! As you can see they have

been working hard to create a display representing the habitat of the rainforest, “Watch out, the animals in the rainforest b ite!”

They have been looking closely at the types of animals found in the rainforest and also where rainforests can be located in the

world. I was so impressed when I visited and it was amazing to see such fantastic illustrations.

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

K/6J Excursion

On Friday 22 June, K/6J will travel by bus to the Hunter Valley Zoo. This excursion will support their

learning of animals and the animal’s habitats. There will be some great pictures to come, so watch this

space.

Civic Theatre Excursion

Not long now and we will be relaxing inside the Civic Theatre enjoying the live performance of “The 78-Storey

Treehouse.” All notes and money (POP until Wednesday and cash ONLY on Thursday and Friday) must be

paid by Friday 15 June. NO MONEY WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER Friday. If you have lost your note and

need a new one please see the ladies in the office. We would appreciate permission notes and money being

returned by this Wednesday 13th June 2018 as we need to order our tickets from the theatre as soon as

possible. I look forward to seeing all students at the performance.

Assembly Presentation Roster

Don’t forget to check the Assembly roster so you never miss a performance.

Mrs Kate Slaven, Assistant Principal, Stage 2

Year 3 Assembly Roster Year 4 Assembly Roster

Term 2 Week 8 – 3/4N (Year 3 students) Week 10 – whole grade singing

Term 2 Week 8 – 4C Week 10 – whole grade singing

Term 3 Week 2 – K/6J Week 4 – whole grade singing Week 6 – 3T Week 8 – whole grade singing Week 10 – 3BR

Term 3 Week 2 – 4R Week 4 – whole grade singing Week 6 – 4D Week 8 – whole grade singing Week 10 – 4M

Term 4 Week 2 – whole grade singing Week 4 – 3A Week 6 – whole grade singing Week 8 – 3/4N (Year 3 students)

Term 4 Week 2 – whole grade singing Week 4 – 3/4N (Year 4 students) Week 6 – whole grade singing Week 8 – 4C

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

YOUTH ENVIRONMENT FORUM

Four superb members of Year 6 came along to a Maitland City Council youth environment forum with Mr Burke-Smith last

week. There were many environmental messages presented and encouraged. Our students have signed up for a tree

planting day. There is also some talk about a special native garden. Watch this space.

WEBBIE WONDERLAND

Webbie Wonderland took place last week on Thursday 7th June. Students were able to select an activity that they were

interested in to celebrate making positive choices and taking cues from our PBL lessons!

SPORT

PSSA Soccer, Basketball and Softball have taken place this past fortnight as the teachers and students strive for success in

our local area. Great work and best of luck in future events.

CANBERRA NOTES

The second note to prepare for Canberra has now been sent home. This note included the medical and dietary information

section. Please return the section to school as soon as possible. Please also note that numbers for this camp have now been

finalised meaning that we are unable to take any extra students. Please let your classroom teacher know if you need another

copy of this note.

Mr Josef Burke-Smith, Relieving Stage 3 Assistant Principal

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Knights Knockout Wrap Up - Rugby League

On Tuesday 29 May, the Rutherford Public School Under 12's

Rugby League team travelled to Waratah to compete in the

2018 Knights Knockout, along with 33 other teams. Our boys

and girls played five, 13 minute rounds and represented the

school with commitment and sportsmanship. The following are

our results for the day:

Defeated Maryland Public 16 - 12

Defeated East Maitland Public 12 - 8

Lost against Singleton Public 4 - 8

Draw Belair Public 8 - 8

Draw St Joseph's Taree 4 - 4

Our team finished in 5th place and should be commended on

their efforts. A special thank you to all the parents and the

trainers who attended and assisted throughout the day.

Tom Bourke, Coordinating Teacher

Improving your online payment experience

Our Parent Online Payment (POP) system is going to be

improved to make it a little more user friendly.

Easier to use:

Collapsible sections have grouped information in a more

logical order making the form easier to use

Browser auto-fill will allow parents and carers to make

payments without having to re-enter details

More time to enter details

Larger controls to make it easier to use on mobile screens

Allow payment via a credit card or direct debit from a bank

account.

There will be no disruption to the online payment portal. It will

continue to work as normal.

Assembly Days - Even Weeks

ES1(K) Thurs 12:50pm Year 3 Tues 1:30pm

Year 1 Tues 12:50pm Year 4 Fri 1:20pm

Year 2 Fri 12:50pm Stage 3 Thurs 1:30pm

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Public School

P&C NEWS:

TRIVIA NIGHT

It’s back! We had so much fun last year, we are going to do it again!

Join the P&C for a fantastic night of trivia, raffles and games to help raise funds for our children. Grab some friends and book a table of

8, or we can place you on a table. It’s a great way to meet new people!

$15 per person! BYO nibblies & drinks!

Email rpspandc@gmail.com to secure your table, or phone 0403292520. We have limited tables available so don’t leave it until the last

minute!

This is an adults only event.

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Canteen

Corner

As you can imagine, with over 940 students, our canteen is a very busy place!! A reminder that all lunch &

afternoon tea orders will need to be ordered online through Flexischools. Cut off for orders will remain at

9:00am and you can purchase from the full canteen menu.

For orders placed online after 9:00am there will be a limited menu available. This limited menu will cut off at

10:00am. It will consist of:

6 pack of chicken nuggets

cheese or ham & cheese toasted sandwiches

cheese or vegemite sandwiches

red or green apples & pears

normal drink menu

Students are still able to use cash to purchase normal lunch & afternoon tea items over the counter such as

ice blocks, drinks, homemade muffins/pikelets and other snacks at break times.

Log onto www.flexischools.com.au or click on the flexischools picture below to login or set up your account.

If you need any assistance to do this, pop by the Canteen and see Di.

All of the profits raised from the Canteen go back into the school.

Thank you in advance for your understanding in this matter.

Weblands Street Rutherford 2320 Phone: 4932 5900 Email: rutherford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Canteen Roster

Click here for the canteen menu:

Week 7

Monday

11/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Public Holiday

Tuesday

12/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Shirley, Denise

Wednesday

13/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Rio & Will

Nat

1 Volunteer Needed

Thursday

14/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Cassandra

1 Volunteer Needed

1 Volunteer Needed

Friday

15/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Lisa 10:30am

Marlieta

2 Volunteers Needed

1 Volunteer Needed

Week 8

Monday

18/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Lisa, Unya

Tuesday

19/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Shirley, Denise

Wednesday

20/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

2 Volunteers Needed

Nat

1 Volunteer Needed

Thursday

21/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Cassandra

1 Volunteer Needed

1 Volunteer Needed

Friday

22/06/2018

All day

9:15am - Noon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Lisa 10:30am

Marlieta

2 Volunteers Needed

1 Volunteer Needed

BELL TIMES

Rutherford Public School have two separate play periods for the Infants and Primary students. This will maximise

playground space and ensure children have plenty of room to move.

Please note that there is NO SUPERVISION before 8:40am each morning.

Our bell times and organisation for Term 1 2018 are as follows: