ENewsletter

From the Leadership Team

Welcome to Term 4

Welcome to Term 4

It's wonderful to be back as principal and I look forward to continuing to be part of the Reynella Primary School community into 2025. As we begin Term 4, it’s important to remember that, while this term is packed with excitement, we should stay grounded and make strong, thoughtful decisions as we approach the end of the school year.

Chief Executive Visit

This week, we had the honour of hosting the Chief Executive for the Department of Education, Mr. Martin Westwell, who visited our school on Tuesday. Members of the Communication Action Team had the responsibility of escorting Mr. Westwell on a tour of the school. They spoke so incredibly well about Reynella Primary School, sharing what makes our school special and how we approach learning. They should be extremely proud of how they represented the school.

Mr. Westwell also spent time in a number of classrooms, engaging with students about their learning. He made particular mention about how well our students could articulate their thinking and how effectively they work together in groups. This is a testament to the collaborative ethos that has been built at Reynella and we should be proud of both our students and staff for their hard work.

Sports Day

We are eagerly anticipating Sports Day next Thursday, 31st October, which is shaping up to be a fun and action-packed event! To ensure everyone enjoys the day safely, we remind all students that wearing their school hat is mandatory throughout the day for sun protection.

We kindly ask that children apply sunscreen at home before coming to school and encourage them to bring their own sunscreen for reapplication during break times. While sunscreen will be available to all classes, if your child has allergies to a specific brand, please make sure they bring their own to avoid any issues.

We look forward to a fantastic day of energy, teamwork, and school spirit

Class Placements for 2025

As we begin planning for 2025, I’d like to remind you of the class placement process mentioned in the previous Grapevine. If you wish to provide input, please collect a form from the Front Office and return it by Friday, 1st November. Alternatively, the Audiri eForm is now available for online submissions.

We kindly ask that parents refrain from requesting specific teachers or friendship groups unless you feel it is necessary for your child’s learning. While we will carefully consider all requests, we cannot guarantee they will be fulfilled and appreciate your trust in this process.

Looking forward to a successful and engaging Term 4

Chris Tippett

Principal

Student News

School News

Wellbeing

Canteen News

Can you help?

Volunteers Needed

Our canteen staff would love to speak to any parents or grandparents who would like to consider volunteering.

Jillian (Canteen Manager) and her team are happy to answer any questions you might have and discuss options for days and times you are available to volunteer.

We are very flexible with times: if you can only volunteer for 1 day a fortnight or month, that would be a big help to assist our staff to prepare food for our hungry students.

Fundraising

Can you volunteer this year?

Our major fundraiser this year is our bi-annual Run4Fun.

We have a LOT of idea's to make our Run4Fun even bigger and better this year. The number of volunteers we get 'on the day' and for the 'lead up' determines how much we can do. If you'd like to be involved in anyway, please contact Kay.

We need help at many times of the day and night for all fundraiser and are very flexible with times:

during school, after school, in the evening
1/2 hour, an hour, a few hours, a whole day.

There is no obligation to help when we ask for help on the Fundraising Helpers List, if you can't help, just reply with 'I'm unavailable this time'.

Need more information:

email dl.0379.finance@schools.sa.edu.au
text 0416 905 323
phone 08 8381 1493
chat to our Front Office staff

Finance News

School Card 2024

If you're a low-income family with children attending a government schools, you can get financial help with school fees, materials and services charges, through the School Card scheme.

If you believe you are eligible, please apply now and DO NOT pay any of your fees until you receive a result from School Card.

Applications for 2024 are now open. Click on this link for more information School Card 2024

If you are experiencing financial hardship, please do not hesitate to contact us. We can help with instalment plans, delayed payments, financial assistance, School Card applications and more.

You can talk to Kay or Debbie in Finance, Carly or Karina in the Front Office, your child's class teacher or one of our Leadership Team.

If it's for an event, please make sure your contact us before the last day to pay, so your child doesn't miss out.

After School Sport

Basketball News

Want to tryout for District at Southern Tigers? Here is your opportunity!

Our friends at Southern Tigers Basketball Club are looking for Under 12 Girls to come and try out for the Junior District Trials 2024/2025

If you are new to District Basketball, playing SDJBL, Tiger Cubs, or playing at a different club and want to be at the Tigers next season? Come try out for our External Trials! Even if you have very little experience with basketball, we would love to see you.

All the details are here:

https://www.southerntigers.com.au/external-trials

Thanks

Mark Bennier

Co-ordinator: Mark Bennier: 0419 867 389 / mark.bennier@gmail.com

Soccer News

Co-ordinator: Courtney Moule: 0423 476 528 I cmoule@outlook.com

Communication

Absences from School

If your child will not be attending school for any reason please send a text through at your earliest convenience to the school text number 0416 905 323 so we can record your child’s absence.

If your child is marked as 'unexplained absence' on the Class Roll, you will receive a text asking you to provide an explanation of their absence.

Please let the front office know even if you have notified your child's teacher as this is required to be entered by our front office staff.

If you are planning an extended absence of 5 days or more for your child, you will need to apply for an exemption. Please see our Front Office staff for more information. We appreciate your support in keeping our students safe!

School Communication

All school communication to parents is via Audiri, SeeSaw or text.

Audiri: To ensure you don't miss important communication relevant to your children, it is essential you have joined ALL groups relevant to your children on Audiri and have your phone notifications turned on (see Fact Sheets below) Example if your child is in year 1, join the classroom number group along with the year 1 group.

SeeSaw: this is how teachers communicate with parents. If you haven't set up your SeeSaw account, please speak to your child's class teacher.

SMS: to ensure you don't miss out on texts, please ensure you notify our Front Office if your mobile number changes. Both parents can be on our SMS data base, please let us know if you'd like to be added.