We acknowledge the Wiradjuri people and recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of Aboriginal people in our community.

SCHOOL NE WSLE T TER Week 3 Term 3 - 2019

Principal’s report

Respect, Responsibility, Care & Cooperation

Hawkes Place, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650

phone 02 6931 1263fax 02 6931 4312

email redhillp.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.redhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Contacting us

Dear families

What a fabulous afternoon spent at the Marketplace celebrating Education Week. All the staff present were very proud of the way the students not only performed for a very large and supportive crowd, but also the way in which they rehearsed their items in the weeks leading up to this performance. The organising committee commented positively on the way the students performed and how well behaved they were. Congratulations to everyone involved and a big thank you to Ms Rochelle Harley for all the work she did in organising this event.

Next week Healthy Harold visits the school. We have made a commitment as a school to cover the cost of Harold visiting the school and helping the students better

Dates to RememberTuesday30 July -Friday9 August

BOOK FAIRSchool Library

Monday 5 August -Friday 9 August

Education Week

Tuesday13 August

P&C Meeting9.30am

Tuesday13 AugustMonday19 August

Life Education Van

Thursday22 August Book Parade

Thursday29 August -Friday30 August

Years 5 - 6 Beechworth Excursion

Friday30 August

Preschool Excursion (PS2)

OUR FACEBOOK PAGE IS NOW LIVE!

URGENT STAGE 3 BEECHWORTH EXCURSION

PAYMENT DUE NOW (Excursion under threat of NOT proceeding)

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2 Manning Classroom NewsAt the start of Term 3, 2 Manning worked alongside 2 Cotter to prepare for our Education Week performance which was performed on Tuesday at the Wagga Marketplace.As a class, the students decided to sing the song ‘Move your Feet’ from the movie Trolls. The students had a great time performing and looked and sounded fabulous on stage. Well done!

MERIT AWARD WINNERS

PBL AWARD WINNERS

understand how to choose to live a healthy life. Please ensure your children are at school next week so they don’t miss this opportunity.

External ValidationOur school has been selected this year to participate in an external validation process. Each year, a group of schools are nominated to participate. This process provides schools with a valuable opportunity to discuss and reflect upon judgements about their practice – and the evidence that underpins them – with a panel of peers.In a few weeks our External Validation Team will submit seven detailed sets of evidence as part of the external validation process. Our panel meeting will be conducted in Week 8 (10 September) where we will have an opportunity to further share and highlight the significant growth and improvement our school has made in the domains of Learning along with Teaching and Leading, as articulated in the School Excellence Framework. Thank you to our extremely hard working and dedicated External Validation Team and all staff at Red Hill PS for their contribution to this process.

Stage 3 Camp – BeechworthThe Stage 3 Camp to Beechworth is only 3 weeks away. At this time there are still a large number of families who have not finalised payment for the camp. To ensure the camp is able to go ahead, we encourage all families to complete payment for the camp as we need to provide final numbers for our accommodation. This is a fabulous excursion and one the students will particularly enjoy as it links closely with their history unit.

Connected Classrooms ProgramWe are in the final stages of the project which involves improving the wifi around the school to support our use of laptops and other devices. The Department of Education has spent a considerable amount of money at Red Hill Public School upgrading the wifi and the improvements in certain parts of the school have been significant.

Open Classrooms Thank you to the many parents who took the opportunity to visit the school as part of our open classroom morning. The students were very excited to see their parents and enjoy the opportunity to share their learning with them.

Have a great week.Matthew Gray