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Zing Gymnastic lessons every Thursday

Friday 6 June 2025	Winter PSSA
Friday 13 June 2025	Winter PSSA
Friday 20 June 2025	Winter PSSA
Friday 4 July 2025	Last Day of term 2
Tuesday 22 July 2025	All students return to school for term 3

On Friday in week 4, I was invited to meet with Jason Miezis the Relieving Executive Director – Metropolitan North, Daniel Hurd Director of Educational Leadership - Carlingford Network and five other primary and high schools, to discuss our extremely impressive and positive student attendance rates at Rydalmere Public School and Preschool. Student attendance data indicates that in comparison to the same time last year, we have an increase of 2.7% overall, and for students attending 90% or more of the time an increase of 15.3%. That is a fabulous achievement in twelve months. In the meeting I attributed this success to the wonderful opportunities that are being created for our students where they are challenged, excited and inspired in the classroom.  Along with a range of student voice initiatives such as SRC, sport monitors, PBL student leaders, coding club, and the upgrading of the school’s physical environments in the classroom and on the playground. All of these factors have led to building a sense of belonging and engagement for all of our students.  

Thank you to our wonderful staff, parents and wider school community for supporting and embracing the positive changes that have taken place here at Rydalmere Public School and Preschool over the last year and a half. It is fabulous to know that our students love coming to school everyday.

Last week, our school celebrated Reconciliation Week alongside National Sorry Day, with a variety of activities aimed at promoting understanding and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.  Together, we reflected on our journey towards a more inclusive community. Thank you to Mrs Arnott for leading these activities during library time. 

Yesterday the RPS Cross Country team took part in the Zone Cross Country competition, where they competed against 20 other schools. Despite the wet and cold weather, our runners showed great effort and determination as they raced in their events. They worked well as a team and displayed strong sportsmanship throughout the event. Many students achieved personal bests, and a big congratulations to Kenzo who has qualified for the Sydney West Cross Country.

Our students looked very impressive as they were wearing our new 'RPS Representative' singlets which from now on be worn by students when they attend Zone Cross Country and Athletics carnivals.

Well done to all our runners and good luck Kenzo at the regional carnival. 

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Regards,

Warren Yee

Thank you to our P&C for their generous $5,000 donation. We also raised approximately $1,200 from the disco and lolly bags. In addition, we were fortunate to receive a grant from the Department of Education to help purchase new home readers.

We now have hundreds of home readers to cover and are seeking parent volunteers to help with this process. We will be holding a brief home reader wrapping induction for any interested parent volunteers next Thursday from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

We're excited to share some of the new initiatives happening across our school as part of our PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) journey!

PBL Leaders:

We’ve introduced PBL Leaders to help model and reinforce our school values of being safe, respectful learners. Each week, they support the focus of our PBL lessons by promoting positive behaviour across the school. Our PBL Leaders are out in the playground during recess and lunch, handing out sport wrens and fast and frequent tokens.

Congratulations to our newly appointed PBL Leaders! These students are setting a fantastic example by promoting safe, respectful and responsible behaviours on the playground. 

Sport Wrens

This term, we’ve also introduced sport wrens to encourage and reward sportsmanship across a range of school activities. Students can earn a sport wren during school sport, zing, PSSA and while playing on the playground by demonstrating fairness, encouragement, teamwork and respect.

Each sport wren is coloured to match the student’s house team – Blaxland, Macarthur and Schaeffer.  Sport wrens are placed in the corresponding sport wren box located near the school noticeboard.

When a house reaches 500 Sport Wrens, they’ll be rewarded with a mufti day to celebrate their positive sportsmanship and team spirit!

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Certificates of Merit and PBL Awards!

Sick Bay

If your child is unwell and needs to be picked up from the sick bay, the school will contact you from one of the following phone numbers: 9638 1568 or 9638 2944. 

To ensure you can easily recognise the call, please save these numbers in your mobile phone under the name Rydalmere Public School. 

Change of Contact Information 

If any of your contact details have changed, including phone numbers, please let us know via the school App Audiri by selecting Forms > Change of Details, or by emailing the administration office at rydalmere-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au. 

Keeping your contact information up to date ensures we can reach you when necessary.  

Lost Property 

At Rydalmere Public School, our PBL expectations of being Safe, Respectful Learners encourage students to take responsibility for their personal belongings, including jumpers, hats, lunchboxes, and drink bottles. 

To help us return lost items, please ensure all your child’s belongings are clearly labelled. Any unclaimed items will be donated to the P&C Uniform Shop at the end of each term. 

RPS Preschool Expression of Interest for 2026 – Now Open 

General Guidelines 

Public preschools offer enrolment for one year only, in the year before children start Kindergarten. Children are eligible to enrol from the beginning of the school year if they turn four years old on or before 31 July of that year. 

For more information, please visit: Enrolment in a public preschool (nsw.gov.au) 

Our office staff are happy to assist with any questions or to guide you through the enrolment process. 

We hope that you are staying warm in these cold days. 

We want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to our fundraising efforts so far this year. We are delighted to say that your help, we have met our first goal and have given the school a $5,000 contribution to go towards the purchase of K-2 decodable home readers.

Every contribution—large or small—has helped us put more stories and knowledge into the hands of our littlest learners. Thank you for being a part of this meaningful fundraising effort!

The School has advised that the books have been ordered and our K-2 readers will have access to these valuable resources as soon as possible.

In the coming weeks, we will be starting to set up our subcommittee for our major fundraising event for 2025 – the Colour Run! The Colour Run will be held on Friday, 7 November from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM. While we will also need volunteers to help us run the event, we will also need assistance with planning the event. If you have a flair or interest in event planning, making social media posts, sourcing donations, or have A+ organisational skills, please consider joining the event planning subcommittee. Reach out to secretary@rps-pandc.org.au and we will send you more information. 

We will be asking for volunteers to help us run the event starting in October. 

Our next meeting will be held in Week 8 of Term 2 – Monday 16 June at 7:00 PM in the School Library. If you would prefer to join via Teams, that is also an option by clicking the below link and entering in Meeting ID/Passcode. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th.

Join the 16 June meeting at 7:00 PM 

Meeting ID: 419 237 344 230 - Passcode: oh37xE6a 

Upcoming dates for your diary

•  7:00 PM, Monday 16 June: all are welcome to join in person or via Teams! 

• Term 3: Father’s Day Stall, SLSO Appreciation Morning Tea, General Meetings in Weeks 3 & 8  
• Term 4: Colour Run (5:00PM – 6:30 PM Friday, 7 November), Teacher Appreciation Morning Tea, Last Day School Lunch, General Meetings in Weeks 3 & 8 

I hope you're having a great week!

I just got back from a fantastic network conference in Melbourne, hosted by Community Hubs Australia. Hub leaders from all around the country came together to share ideas, swap stories, and inspire each other. I left with a bunch of fresh ideas that I can’t wait to tell you about—and I’d love to hear your thoughts on whether you’d like to see some of these new programs at our Hub.

A lot of parents have asked for this, so we’re putting together an information session about the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) on June 10th. If you have questions about whether your child might be eligible for support, or if you’re struggling to figure out how the system works, this is your chance. Come meet the experts, bring your questions, and feel free to invite friends—everyone’s welcome. We’ll have a relaxed atmosphere and some light morning tea to share.

Hub will be partnering with MobilEYES to provide free eye check up for our school students and families. This check up will be in term 3, week 6 (25th August to 30th August). Please follow this space for more information on how to register.

Our playgroup is going on a picnic on June 11th! If you’ve got little ones under 5, join us for our regular playgroup on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 am. It’s a great way for kids (and parents!) to make friends and have fun together.

If you joined the swimming program at Parramatta Aquatic Centre this term, we’d love your feedback—especially about how accessible it was for you and your family. Also, if you have kids aged 3–5, would you be interested in a free story and craft session? Let me know what you think—your input helps us create programs that truly work for you.

If we haven’t met yet, I’m Seetha, your Community Liaison Officer here at the Hub. You’ll find me around school Mondays to Wednesdays and on Fridays. The Hub is here to help you connect with other families, the school, and local services. It’s a space where everyone’s welcome, and there’s always something going on—whether it’s a regular group or a special event. Drop by for a coffee and chat, or jump into one of our activities. I’m looking forward to meeting you!

Want to know more about the Hub, or get involved? Just call me on 0448331588 or email seetha.srinivasan@det.nsw.edu.au.

Hub week in a glance:-

Mondays (9:30 am - 11:30 pm):  Drop by for our Conversational English class—no appointment needed!

Tuesdays (9:30 am - 11:30am): Bike together program (Only for registered participants)

Wednesdays (9:30 am -11:30 am): Playgroup with SDN Children's Services (9:30 am - 11:30 am):** Just walk in and play!

One Box Collection Exclusively for those who've signed up.

Fridays: (9:30 am - 10:30 am): Dance Fitness with Sophie Get your groove on—no need to sign up, just show up!

See you at the Hub!