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The Randwick Buzz
Issue 19 Thursday, 6 December 2018
Term 4 - Week 8, 2018 Just a reminder that our
Semester 2 reports will be What’s on?
Principal’s Message published next week through
the Sentral Parent Portal Fri 7/12/18
PSSA and School Sport ends
Excitement is https://rps.sentral.com.au/ End of Year BBQ
in the air this portal/login. You will need to
week with many use your username (email) Mon 10/12/18
and password to access them. Sports Assembly
well earned
celebrations and If you have forgotten your Tues 11/12/18
the approaching password, please use the link Kindy - Year 1 Presentation Day
summer holiday under the ‘Sign in’ button.
If you have any questions, Wed 12/12/18 - Fri 14/12/18
freedom. It has Year 6 Camp
been an enormously successful please do not hesitate
year for Randwick, its students, to contact the school for Tues 18/12/18
teachers and families. assistance. Year 2 - Year 6 End of Year Picnic
Year 6 Farewell
This Friday, our school office
Today we held our formal and Principal and Deputy Wed 19/12/18
2-6 Presentation Day at John Principal offices will be moving Randwicks Got Talent
Clancy and if you attended Students last day of Term 4
to the new administration
this event you would have felt building on Avoca Street, in
very proud of your children, when walking through the
the next phase of the building carpark, to ensure children’s
their growth and development project. However, to ensure
and our school. Next week, safety, they walk with you.
consistency and student safety
we will celebrate our Annual we will still be running our School Infrastructure will be
Sports Presentation Day and main information, sick bay, holding ‘Drop-in information’
finally our Kindy/Year 1 formal phones, and early and late sessions on Monday 17
presentation. The professional, notes through the old school December, 3pm-4pm and
generous and caring staff office until 2019. On Friday, we 5pm-7pm on Level 1 of the
have done a marvellous job will run the office through the Beehive. Please see the flyer
both in teaching students Reading Resource room next in the newsletter for more
academically but also to the old office, and staff will information.
engaging them in their be nearby to assist parents
learning and the many extra- and students. Phones will be Don’t forget the end of Year
curricular activities. Please take out of action for the day, so for BBQ on Friday 7th December
time to thank them. They take any questions, please contact and try to lend a hand. We
extraordinary care with your the school via randwick-p. look forward to seeing many
children and are much vested school@det.nsw.edu.au parents over the final few
in their welfare and progress. weeks of school or at one of
The entrance to OOSH will the many events.
We would like to congratulate also change from Monday 10
Captains, Katharina B. and December, as the builders will Rachael Chisholm
Sam A. and Vice Captains, continue with the renovation Deputy Principal
Millie H. and Tom G. who will and landscaping in front
be ably supported by prefects of the Beehive and OOSH
Rhea.D, Ellie.E, Maya.H, Ali.N, area. The OOSH Cowper
Mia.S, Vevie.V, Taketoshi.B, Street pedestrian gate will be
Sam.C, Ethan.H, Aden.M, blocked and a temporary
Gabriel.M, Caleb.S. walk-way fence will go up
over the weekend to allow
Our students had an pedestrian access to OOSH
exceptional group of Year 5 through the staff carpark.
students to choose from for Please do not park in the staff
their leaders and once again carpark as it is already very
have done this wisely and well. cramped. It is also vital that
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Meet Dean Kennedy
from Bright Stars Music NSW Department of Education – School Infrastructure
Dean Kennedy,
who has
managed the
Randwick Public
School Strings
program for
the last three
years and is now
coming on board to manage
the school Band, has always
loved music.
Growing up he was constantly Artist impression of the Randwick Public School upgrade
exposed to a great variety of
genres of music and started
learning the piano in Primary Randwick Public School
school. It was at a school Construction update November 2018
concert, where he performed
on his keyboard with a parent Investing in our schools Construction update
who was a violinist in the The NSW Government's 2018/19 Budget includes $6
billion over four years to deliver more than 170 new
Works are progressing well and will continue over the
Summer holidays.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and upgraded schools. A further $160 million has also
The demolition of the 1970s Open High School
that he fell in love with the been invested as part of the record $747 million
building is close to completion.
maintenance funding announced last year. This is the
beautiful sounds, and sight, of largest investment in public education infrastructure
By Day 1, Term 1 next year, the majority of the project
the violin being played. This in the history of NSW.
will be complete. This includes all new and
changed his music direction – refurbished learning spaces and the staff and admin
Randwick Public School
from the piano to the violin. A project is well underway to upgrade Randwick
area. Students will continue to access the school via
the Cowper St and Frances St entrances.
Public School to increase enrolment capacity to 1,000
Dean then went on to learn students. The project includes: Early next year we will complete •• • •••••
landscaping, the
the violin, playing in a youth • 10 new classrooms housed in a new building multi-use play court, install air conditioning and
called the 'Beehive', allowing access between complete internal pathways. Construction vehicles
orchestra and performing with two existing school buildings will continue to access the site via Avoca Street.
fellow students, before finishing • demolition of the 1970s Open High School
school and studying a violin building
• landscaping to create more open play space
The project is expected to be completed by early 2019.
and viola performance degree • refurbishment of the heritage building to create Community Information Sessions
at the University of New South new staff and administration area Find out what to expect when school resumes
• refurbishment of the administration area and
Wales. relocation of the staff room to create two new
for Term 1, 2019 and speak to the project team
at the following drop-in information sessions:
classrooms within the existing building.
Now as a teacher, conductor, Monday 17 December
and the Director of Bright Stars For more information contact: 3pm- 4pm and 5pm - 7pm
Location: Level 1, The Beehive, Randwick Public
Music, Dean’s philosophy School Infrastructure NSW
School. Please access through the school carpark,
Email: schoolinfrastructure@det.nsw.edu.au
towards music education has Phone: 1300 482 651
along the walkway next to the new building (The
always been based on how www.schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au
Beehive). Walk up the spiral staircase to Level 1.
he and his team of conductors You can also contact us via the details provided.
and his tutors make their
students feel. As Dean let me
schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au
know “Everyday that I have
taught violin, viola, and piano
for well over a decade, I
think of that parent playing
the violin, the impact she
has had on my life, and the
responsibility our tutors and
conductors have in creating
iParent
a lasting impact on today’s
students”
Digital Literacy is very important
If you would like to find out
for everyone. Read CommonSense HAVE YOU GOT
more about Dean, the school
Band or Strings program
Media’s 5 must-have Google SOMETHING TO TELL US?
search tips for students:
contact Dean or the Bright https://goo.gl/qpjMDY
Stars Music team on 1300 856 https://bit.ly/2RpgVeZ
802, or info@brightstarsmusic.
com.au.
GUITAR LESSONS 2019
Enrol now for ‘Guitar Club’
Group guitar lessons year 2 and up, held at Randwick Public School.
Lessons start directly after school and finish at 4:30
For enrolment and all inquiries,
Email: Michael.brown361@gmail.com
Phone: 0403 126 818
Bachelor of Contemporary Music/Bachelor Secondary
Education
Public speaking tuition
COMING THURSDAYS TO
RANDWICK PUBLIC SCHOOL 2019
https://www.thespeechschool.com.au/
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