IMPORTANT DATES!
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
What a wonderful week we have had at RGLPS. I think Wednesday may have been the best day of the year. All of our students returned together with big smiles and pyjamas. We also celebrated our teachers with world teacher day festivities. It has been wonderful just to take a little time to chat to everyone and settle back in. There is much excitement going forward as we prepare for 2022.
Drop Off and Pick Up
Just a reminder that we have a few measures in place to assist us to keep everyone safe. These include adjustments to pick up. Please note the following arrangements.
Students whose surname commences with an A – M will finish school at 3:20pm. Those commencing with an A – F will exit via the front gate and those commencing with a G – M will exit from the back gate. Older siblings are encouraged to pick up younger siblings from the basketball court to avoid adults waiting for multiple students. We continue to encourage families to arrange a meeting point if your child/ren is independent and allow them to walk and meet you away from the congested gate area. As per the arrangement last time around, students who are walking to school may exit through any gate.
Students whose surname commences with an N – Z will finish school at 3:30pm. Those commencing with an N – S will exit from the front gate and those commencing with a T – Z will exit from the back gate. Please note that we will be flexible with this arrangement and adapt as necessary. To avoid confusion for your child/ren please use the same gate at am drop off as you use for pm pick up. Please give particular attention to reducing the risks associated with congregation at school gates and take steps to contribute to physical distancing within the school.
Transitioning to 2022
Next week marks our start to 2022 transitions. We are delighted to be able to welcome our 2022 preps into school as we begin the important transitioning process. We have also been given clearance to run our whole school transition day later in December. During this day every child will have the opportunity to step up into their new classroom, meet the teacher and spend the day with their new classmates.
Kirrily Lamers
Principal
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT
Well done to all students who participated in the Premiers’ reading challenge this year. It has been amazing to see so many students participating and logging their books. I will be presenting certificates to all students who completed the challenge very soon. I would encourage all students who participated and did not quite complete the challenge to try again next year. My hope is that even if you didn’t complete the challenge, you read some amazing books and enjoyed the experience.
We have some very special pins to present to the first ten students to finish the Premiers’ reading challenge this year. Congratulations to the following students:
Nehan K 5LG
Charlotte P 3BD
Drake B 12L
Shamalka K 3SB
Lila M 1RC
Yorikage K 3AM
Toby C 1PL
Charlotte M 1PL
Aurora D 0KW
Amelia T 0MM
Parenting Webinar
There are still a few places left for the upcoming Family wellbeing webinar (see flyer below). Even though things are ‘feeling’ more normal now, it is important to continue discussing, working on and modelling positive behaviours and relationships with our families and children. If you are interested in attending follow the link on the flyer.
Luke Franklin & Denisse Lobos
Assistant Principals
TEACHING AND LEARNING
I hope everyone enjoyed the glorious weather across the long weekend and got to spend time outdoors and with family and friends. It has been wonderful to see all our students back in their classes onsite at the same time again this week!
ICAS 2021
With all students back onsite, we are finally able to conduct the rest of our ICAS for 2021. These assessments will be held next week at the following dates and times:
ICAS registered Year 3/4 students who are attending Camp will sit missed ICAS tests on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th November, 2021.
Semester Two 2021 Reports
RGLPS Semester Two reports will comprise of:
- Overview of Learning – Classroom teachers will outline the learning taught during Term Three and Four, including content taught during remote and flexible learning.
- General Comment – Classroom teachers will comment on your child ‘as a learner’. This will include a comment on your child’s engagement during remote learning and their transition back to learning onsite.
- Integrated Studies and Digital Technologies – Teachers will report on your child’s achievement from a lesson or series of lessons when we are back onsite at school. This will be aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Achievement Standards, reflecting the curriculum areas covered.
- Progression Points – These will be provided for all strands of English and Mathematics.
- Behaviour and Effort – your child will be rated using the Five-Point scale.
- Semester Two Attendance data
- Specialist Reports – Specialist teachers will provide an Overview of Learning taught for the semester and a comment on your child’s performance in their specialist content area. This comment will reflect their achievement during a lesson or short series of lessons aligned to the Victorian Curriculum when we are back onsite at school. Each specialist teacher will also rate your child’s Behaviour and Effort using the Five-Point scale.
Semester Two reports will be released on Wednesday 15th December 2021. All families will receive a Compass alert with information on how to access the reports.
2021 Maths Olympiad Results
A big congratulations to all RGLPS students who participated in the 2021 Maths Olympiad. Maths Olympiad problems are pitched several years above student’s actual year level. RGLPS team members from Year 4-6 are attempting problems involving mathematics concepts up to Year 10 level. To successfully solve any Maths Olympiad question, students are performing a minimum of 12 months above the expected level for their year and likely 3-4 years above their level. All participating students should be commended for taking on the challenge in 2021.
Due to disruptions caused by lockdowns and remote learning, APSMO have advised that this year’s certificates and prizes were awarded based on total scores from the first four Olympiads only. Results from Olympiad #5 were not included in the overall results this year due to difficulties maintaining Olympiad protocols in our remote learning context. The maximum score students could be awarded this year is twenty.
Several RGLPS students were awarded special certificates or prizes for high achievement this year. Congratulations to:
- – Bowen Y – Bowen answered 18/20 students correctly, placing him in the top 2% of students participating in the Maths Olympiad (Junior Division) around Australia. Bowen is awarded a Maths Olympiad trophy, medal and certificate for his achievements.
- – Madeline O’R scored 14/20 which places her in the top 10% of students in Australia. Madeleine is awarded a Maths Olympiad medal and certificate.
- – Jade D and Grace R placed in the top 40% of participating students Australia-wide. They will both receive certificates acknowledging this achievement.
- – Alexander L-Y and Leben R scored in the top 50% of participating students Australia-wide and will similarly receive certificates acknowledging this achievement.
All members of the 2021 Maths Olympiad team will be awarded a certificate for their involvement in tournament this year. Congratulations to: Eva L, Jed L, Violet T, Ellie V, Toby W, Samuel W, Levi H, Jack B, Eamonn N, Lachlan P, Lincoln T, Marshall H, Molly M, Kyle S and Sullivan C.
All students will be presented with their certificates and prizes at school this week.
Kerron Worsdell
Learning Specialist
MATHS QUIZ
Hi Deb,
Please find this week’s newsletter item below.
Can you please let me know who I should send the newsletter item to for the following week when we are on camp?
Thanks 😊
Maths Riddle:
Well done to everyone who solved the problem from last week. The answer to the Baseball Balance Challenge is…
See if you can solve this week’s riddle below. I’ll share the answer in the newsletter next week.
Star Pattern Challenge:
HINT: Start by identifying the change that occurs between each star, then use the function that you find to solve the ? star. There is more than one step between each star.
Extra challenge: Create your own patterns that require you to perform more than one step between each number.
If you’d like to share, please send your solutions and challenges to sarah.mclellan@education.vic.gov.au
Sarah McLellan
Learning Specialist
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