Page | 1 Roseville Public School Bulletin Wednesday 6 th May 2020 Term 2 Week 2 Email: [email protected]Web: roseville-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Phone: 9417 4107 Fax: 9417 4922 Phase 1 Return to School Timetable Thanks so much to everyone for continuing to support the school and engage in the RPS Remote Learning program. Our staff are continuing to do their best to deliver the very best product they can and as such you would have noticed some gradual changes to certain aspects. Again, I would like to commend everyone on how you’ve accepted these changes. Of course, we understand that certain practices we are initiating won’t always be accessible to everyone but we are putting options out there that we hope will be educationally beneficial. A big congratulations to our staff who haven’t just taken the attitude of getting through this situation without looking to constantly improve. Their willingness to evaluate, discuss new ideas and be innovative has been extremely inspiring. As the vast majority of people are aware, students are being asked to come back to school one day per week from Monday 11 May. The school will continue to be open for students who need to attend every day or if families need to make additional arrangements for siblings. Please inform us via email: [email protected]if you need to send your children to school in addition to their rostered days. It’s probably good to be prepared for some fairly rapid changes to occur with regards to the timetable below. There has been no direct timeline set but schools are expected to begin asking students to return to school two days per week in the near future and, once we have a more defined set of student numbers available, we may also make some internal changes to the model as well. We’ll continue to provide as much notice as possible before any changes occur. It will be fantastic to begin to see all of the children back at RPS again! Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Kindergarten (Students with surnames beginning with A-K) Year 1 and Year 2 (Students with surnames beginning with A-K) Year 3 and Year 4 (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z) Year 5 and 6 (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z) Kindergarten (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z) Year 1 and Year 2 (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z) Year 3 and Year 4 (Surnames beginning with A-K) Year 5 and 6 (Surnames beginning with A-K) Diary Dates Monday 11 th May Students return to school one day per week. See timetable below. Friday 3 rd July Last day Term 2 Are you following us on Twitter? https://twitter.com/R osevillePublic 71 followers so far!
Phase 1 Return to School Timetable Thanks so much to everyone for continuing to support the school and engage in the RPS Remote Learning program. Our staff are continuing to do their best to deliver the very best product they can and as such you would have noticed some gradual changes to certain aspects. Again, I would like to commend everyone on how you’ve accepted these changes. Of course, we understand that certain practices we are initiating won’t always be accessible to everyone but we are putting options out there that we hope will be educationally beneficial. A big congratulations to our staff who haven’t just taken the attitude of getting through this situation without looking to constantly improve. Their willingness to evaluate, discuss new ideas and be innovative has been extremely inspiring.
As the vast majority of people are aware, students are being asked to come back to school one day per week from Monday 11 May. The school will continue to be open for students who need to attend every day or if families need to make additional arrangements for siblings. Please inform us via email: [email protected] if you need to send your children to school in addition to their rostered days. It’s probably good to be prepared for some fairly rapid changes to occur with regards to the timetable below. There has been no direct timeline set but schools are expected to begin asking students to return to school two days per week in the near future and, once we have a more defined set of student numbers available, we may also make some internal changes to the model as well. We’ll continue to provide as much notice as possible before any changes occur. It will be fantastic to begin to see all of the children back at RPS again!
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Kindergarten (Students with surnames beginning with A-K)
Year 1 and Year 2 (Students with surnames beginning with A-K)
Year 3 and Year 4 (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z)
Year 5 and 6 (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z)
Kindergarten (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z)
Year 1 and Year 2 (Students with surnames beginning with L-Z)
Year 3 and Year 4 (Surnames beginning with A-K)
Year 5 and 6 (Surnames beginning with A-K)
Diary Dates
Monday 11th May Students return to school one day per week. See timetable below.
Arrival and Departure From School As previously communicated, we are asking parents and carers to, wherever possible drop off and collect their children from outside of the school grounds. Please arrange this with your child prior so there is limited confusion. Community volunteers and school staff will be available to assist with this process to ensure there is no risk for children.
ANZAC Day Here is a sample of the great work Year 1-6 students did for the ANZAC Day program.
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Please see more examples at the end of the Bulletin.
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Writing Sample Beach Description by Jason You 1/2 Orange
Sean Moran Principal
From the Deputy Principal Roseville Respect and Regard for Yourself and Others For those children and parents new to RPS, this is an initiative aimed at teaching and encouraging children to remember to be polite and demonstrate good manners at all times, both inside and outside of school. They are the little things that make our community, as a whole, and our school environment, in particular, a more pleasant place to live and learn. Each fortnight we will be focusing on a different aspect. Again week we ask students if in a crowded space, such as a corridor or on the stairway, and they need to get through, to say “excuse me, please”. Also, when moving around the school, we need to keep to the left and walk in a single file. We hope you can encourage your own child to demonstrate these behaviours over the course of the year and help them to understand their importance. Deborah Lane Deputy Principal
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From the Library
The role of animals in WWI Animals had a big role in World War 1. Many of them in the first world war were helpful
companions and friends that served you.
Carriers
Most of the animals were donkeys, camels and mules. Animals that you could ride on and put
things on like water. Elephants were also brought there to carry heavier things.
Other awesome jobs
There were also some super helpful animals with jobs other than carrying everything on their
backs. There were MORE animals with other amazing jobs to help the men in the war. The
pigeons nesting near the war helped them by carrying messages, tied to their leg because
humans, back then did not have emails and all the fancy technology that we have today. For
longer flights, though, different birds could carry messages on their legs because some birds
are not made for flying far. The men in World War 1 needed to send messages back to their
family sometimes to keep them “up
to date.” The men also kept helpful
dogs and wolves with them to sniff
out the dead and injured and track
the enemy. Last but not least, the
humble glow worm. The men often
carried a few glow worms in a jar to
light up the area. These were
extremely helpful when in war at
night.
Years 3 and 4 complete both ● Research Simpson and his donkey. Find 5 interesting facts you didn't know about this extraordinary man before today. Please include illustrations. 1. Simpson’s full name was John Simpson Kirkpatrick.
2. This statue of Simpson and his donkey has been erected at the Australian War
Memorial, Canberra.
3. According to legend, Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey saved the lives of 300
men at Gallipoli. Yet he was only there for 24 days, an average of 12 rescues a day. 4. The bravery of this "man with the donkey" soon became the most prominent
symbol of Australian courage and tenacity on Gallipoli. 5. The day Simpson was shot dead, Duffy the donkey still carried the injured solidier to safety, perhaps knowing Simpson would’ve wanted him to help. ● Who was ALEC WILLIAM CAMBELL? Write a paragraph about Alec and draw him too.
Alexander William Campbell (26 February 1899 – 16 May 2002) was the final surviving Australian participant of the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. In 1915, when Alec was working as a clerk, he falsified his age up to 18 years and five months in order to be an eligible age to enlist on 2 July 1915. Private Campbell arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915 with the 15th Battalion and remained there through to the evacuation. During his time at Gallipoli, Private Campbell dodged bullets and saw mates shot as he carried water, ran messages and stood sentry. Sam Sterritt
