There was a great community atmosphere around the Book Week parade with some well thought out costumes that captured the spirit of the week.
Book Week at Richmond Primary School
What a wonderful week we had at Richmond Primary School during book week.
Each class enjoyed the lovely activities that were offered in the library as well as perusing the Notable and Shortlisted Children’s Book Week Council books. Each week the lower classes have been reading the Shortlisted picture books, with varied opinions on the winner.
On Wednesday, we had a fabulous Book Week Parade with Lisa O’Malley in attendance. Ms O’Malley presented a lovely book to William Richardson for his fantastic book character, David Attenborough.
The students’ participation was excellent, and the characters were very diverse. Thanks to all Parents and caregivers who provided moral support and help with the costumes. All the students had a great morning.
The Student Councillors were excellent, and with the help from Mr Tifflin provided us with a flawless parade. A big thank you to Mrs Kiera Appel who did a wonderful job of producing Pig the Pug characters for each of the student councillors. They have set the bar very high for the 2024 parade.
Also, a big Fie Fi Fo Fum to our “friendly” Giant, Mr Mackesey, Jack (Dave) and a far too young mother (Erika), and all the cast of the Jack and the beanstalk. Thanks teachers great work once again.
Wide Brimmed School Hats LAST CHANCE!!
Uniform Concepts are offering a strictly 3-week limited ordering window for the popular Wide Brimmed Hats.
Please follow the below link to order your hat directly from Uniform Concepts. Once orders have closed at 5pm on August 25th, the hats will be sent to be embroidered and will be delivered to the school office, we are expecting that they will be ready for collection before the end of Term 3. Please Note: Once the link has closed on August 25th there will be no opportunity for late orders.
We have arranged that Unform Concept will deliver the hats to school if parents click ‘Click and Collect’.
Underneath the Add to Cart tab on the ordering page it says to
‘PLEASE ONLY SELECT THE ‘CLICK AND COLLECT’ OPTION AND YOUR ORDER WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE SCHOOL RECEPTION’
https://www.nellgray.com.au/Schools/Richmond-Primary-School/Wide-Brim-Hat
School Disco
Countdown is on to the School Disco! Don’t forget to purchase your tickets.
Richmond Has Got Talent
The finalists will be announced on Monday with assembly planned for next Friday. I have been super impressed with the quality of acts auditioning and the judging process in place. If you get a chance, pop down next Friday and enjoy the talent on show.
P&C Wine Fundraiser!
Come and join us for an exclusive Leeuwin Estate wine tasting night, to kick off the P&C’s Wine Fundraiser! It’s on Thursday 7 September at 6pm, downstairs at Young George. Wine orders for the fundraiser will be available on the night and for a limited time afterwards. Bookings are essential, so grab your tickets NOW, via the link. We hope to see you there!
Make Your Own Story Book Competition
Well done to Isabel Greenacre who came third overall in Children’s Book Council Awards and congratulations to all students who entered the competition.
I even received the first publication from one of our young authors, Iris from Year 4 called “Zoe and the Dragon.” which was a fantastic effort.
Prime Ministers Spelling Bee
Five Richmond students are advancing to the State/Territory Finals!
Congratulations to Callum G, Asha D, Isabel L, Bill S for getting to the finals and keep hitting the books before the big day.
Data Information Evening
The School Board hosted an evening, which was well attended by parents. Mrs Holst-Marsh went through the development of our Business Plan, which sets out the schools broad planning for the next three years. Mr Carder also presented information about how standardised testing is used to inform teacher programs and annual whole school planning. Thanks for Jane Tandy for organising the evening and we are planning future events for interested parents. Cheers P&C
The Gardening Club
The first buds are appearing on trees and the Gardening Club aided by our very generous P&C have been busy planting Spring vegetable’s. Michelle arranged a team from Bunnings who donated their time, planter boxes and gardening equipment for the garden which soon be in full bloom. The P&C are also organising a Busy Bee to get the grounds looking great for the upcoming warmer weather.
We would also love to see parents and grandparents (please remember to bring your Working With Children Check)
Tea Towels
There has been a huge take-up for the Tea Towel Fundraiser which is reflective of the quality of the art our students are producing. Our thanks go out to both Mrs Driscoll, and Kelly from the P&C for making it all happen.
A Message from Our School Councillors
Dear Parents and Guardians
We were very happy to see that almost everyone dressed up as a book character for the annual book week on Wednesday 23 August, which was a great experience for the younger kids (and big kids too). We were also very privileged to have the representative for Bicton MLA, Lisa O’ Malley come and witness our fantastic book parade and present a prize.
The student councillors are very proud to announce that we will be introducing a new Richmond badge. It will be called the Richmond Citizenship Badge. We are hoping the badge will be available to be earned as of the start of Term 4, (Please read the citizenship logbook for more information on the citizenship badges).
As you all know, Jeans for Genes Day was a great success! Overall, we managed to raise $547 and, had nearly everyone dressed in denim. Funds raised has gone towards helping fix genetic conditions affecting people throughout Australia.
The school Disco will be held at Fremantle Netball Association Courts, on the 1st of September 2023.
Students in Years 1-3 Disco starts at 5:00pm and finishes at 6:15pm.
Students in years 4-6 Disco will start at 7:00pm and finishes at 8:30pm.
There will be pizza music and lots of fun to be had!
On the same day as the Disco, Richmond’s Got Talent Show will be happening.
Thanks to the organising parent committee, parent volunteers and Mr Carder who ensured auditions for the talent show went smoothly.
A big thank you to our performers who ensured the acts were very enjoyable to watch.
Results will be announced to students on Monday 28 August. We will also publish the names of the performers who will continue into the Final Richmond’s Got Talent Show on Friday 1 September on the RGT Connect page.
Kind regards,
Henry Larkin and Bronte Ekin
2023 Student Councillors
Commemorative Bricks
To mark Richmond’s Centenary, the P&C created Commemorative Bricks engraved with the names of past and present students and their families. The P&C are pleased to announce that they will be making Commemorative Bricks again this year.
Sales are open NOW and close promptly on Friday 1 September, to allow for the bricks to be made and installed by the start of Term 4. Bricks are $100 and all funds raised will be used by the P&C for School initiatives. If you would like to purchase a brick for your family, then please click on the ticket link and fill out your details.
https://rpspc.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events
Richmond Canteen Menu – New Menu
Holidays During Term Time
The School Education Act 1999 requires parents to ensure that children of compulsory school age attend school on each day that the school is open for instruction.
If you advise us that your child/children will be going on holidays during term time, this will be noted in lesson attendance as a notified but unauthorised absence.
Please be aware that teachers are not required to provide work for students with an unauthorised absence, this includes short- or long-term absences.
If you have any queries regarding this matter, please feel free to contact Dale Mackesey (Principal) 9438 700 or email him dale.mackesey@education.wa.edu.au
New Calendar Subscription
You can now subscribe to our Events Calendar. Go to our website, click on the Calendar icon, scroll down the page and you’ll see a box with “Subscribe to calendar” or click on the link below.
https://richmondps.wa.edu.au/events/
Containers for Change for our P&C
We have our Containers for Change wheelie bins next to the basketball courts for you to collect and return your drink containers, so they can be recycled to live another life. Richmond P&C is raising funds for school initiatives such as The Gardening Club.
Community Notices
Starlight Children’s Foundation Charity Event
This glamorous event will be at the Naval Store (Octopus warehouse) just near the container rainbow in Fremantle, it’s the perfect location for all of the Richmond parents to have a fun night out, child free!
You can check out all the details on the website here; www.decaidforstarlight.com