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Rathdowney State Primary School
143-155 Mount Lindesay Highway, Rathdowney 4287
Phone: (07) 5540 4333 E:admin@rathdowneyss.eq.edu.au
Principal: Tina van Bennekom www.rathdowneyss.eq.edu.au
SCHOOL NEWS
No.1 29th January 2021
A Letter to the
Community
“Thought for the Week”
Welcome to 2021
at Rathdowney
State School!
We warmly welcome you
all to what promises to be
another eventful year at
Rathdowney State School.
We welcome back our
staff, families and students Early Learning Centre for
from last year. We are ex- all Prep to Year 2/3 stu-
cited to welcome several dents ensuring a seamless
new families to our school transition through those
community and hope that year levels until the stu-
you’ll soon feel like “part dents reach Year 3/4 level.
of the furniture”. Our two classroom teach-
ers for this year are
We have started the year Miss Lane for Prep to Year
with lots of excited and en- 2/3 and Ms V B for Years 3-
thusiastic students, not to 6. They are ably assisted
mention staff, for another by 2 full-time, and 2 part-
busy year at school. There time teacher aides,
were 4 new Prep enrol- namely, Mrs Wieland, Mrs
ments as well as one new Henderson, Mrs Masen
Year 1 student and one and Mrs Todd.
new Year 3 student. Our
school at present has a to- Mr Kroll is back at our
tal enrolment of 26. How- school on Thursdays,
ever, we continue to be teaching science and tech-
confident that our enrol- nology to each of the clas-
ment situation will only get ses in the school. He also
better in the future, as all works here on Wednes-
present indications are days teaching Health to
that in the coming years, Years 3-6 and PE with all
our school will continue to classes.
grow.
Ms Watson, our school’s
Our school continues to Business Services Manager
operate a very successful will continue working in
our school office on Mon- learning support with their
days, Tuesdays and Fridays learning in literacy and
this year. We don’t have maths. For this term she
anyone working in the will be doing her Support
school office on Wednes- Teacher on Mondays, while
days and Ms V B is in the relieving for Miss Lane on
office most Thursdays. Tuesdays and Fridays. Miss
Lane is on a Graduated Re-
Chappy Phil is our new turn to Work Program be-
school chaplain. He lives cause of voice issues, so is
on the Gold Coast and cur- only allowed to work with
rently spends 2 days here the class on Mondays and
(Tuesdays and Wednes- Wednesdays.
days) and 2 days at Ash-
more State School on the Mrs Kelly will be back this
coast. He will be offering term to teach Ms Lane’s
breakfasts at school on class on Thursdays. A
Tuesday mornings starting talented art teacher, Mrs
the week after next week Kelly will be teaching art to
on 9th Feb. The food for the Prep-3 class and the
the breakfasts is donated Years 3-6 class on Thurs-
so there is no cost to the days. We hope to have
students. some lovely art works to
display at the Beaudesert
Mrs Orevich (Mrs O) is Show this year!
back working at
Rathdowney SS this year. Ms Sugi, our Japanese
She will be working with teacher has moved to Red-
students who have special cliffe, so she won’t be
needs and those who need teaching LOTE at our
school anymore. The Re- school’s curriculum provid-
gion is working on a re- ing the students with first-
placement for her. hand experiences of many
of the concepts we study in
Miss Bauer is our class- class. The dates for this
room music teacher and year’s whole school camp
visits the school Wednes- for Preps to Year 6’s have
day morning each week. yet to be booked for mid-
year. We will again be
Mrs Masen is our school staying at the fabulous
cleaner and makes our Brookfield Convention and
school sparkle and shine! Conference Centre.
Parents are also welcome
Mr Masen makes the to accompany us on this
school pool sparkle and camp. As usual, camp
shine! costs are very reasonable
as our camps are heavily
Mrs Reilly, our school’s subsidised. This is done
janitor, (and Mr Reilly) through the efforts of the
make our gardens and P&C, which pays the camp
grounds look in tip-top bus costs each year and
shape. the school’s Student Coun-
cil, which raises the funds
We will continue to work to pay all the entries to all
with the Australian Curric- the venues the students
ulum in our school this visit on camp. Parents are
year. asked to pay only the cost
of the accommodation and
Our annual school camps catering for their children.
are an integral part of the The junior class will have a
3-day camp and the senior to visit our school or volun-
students will stay an extra teer to help in our tuck-
night and day. shop on Wednesdays,
come to our P&C nights
The P&C will be very busy (3rd Tuesday of the month
this year, too. The funds at school at 6pm) and/or
needed to send our stu- help out with working
dents to their camps are bees, catering events and
raised largely through their attend school functions,
fabulous efforts. They also camps and carnivals. We
raise funds to buy re- welcome help for sports’
sources for the school, and training leading up to
organise tuckshop once a school sports’ carnivals.
week, and working bees We’d also love to hear
for the school grounds. from people who may have
The school’s parents are special talents and/or
represented by our P&C some time to spare to help
and they work together us with our school’s read-
with the school’s staff to ing and spelling program.
provide the best learning
environment for all the Please never underesti-
students who are enrolled mate how much parent in-
here. terest and involvement in
the school helps your chil-
As you can see, there is al- dren to value their educa-
ready much to look for- tion and how it improves
ward to this year!! We their learn-
warmly invite parents ing.
and community members
‘Shrek’
“Shrek – the
Musical” on the The bus will leave at 9am
from the Post Office, to go
3rd February. to Brisbane. We hope to
Next week, on be back at approximately
Wednesday, 3 Febru- 5pm. Please keep an eye
ary. The whole school will on our school’s new Face-
be attending a perfor- book page as we’re travel-
mance of “Shrek – ling back from Brisbane
the Musical” at for more accurate time-
QPAC in Brisbane. lines. You will be able
We’ve hired Logan to then pick up your
Coaches to take us there children from the school’s
and even asked for our car park to take them
favourite driver, George, home.
to drive the bus. On the day, the children
We should have gone will need to wear full
“Shrek’ last year but then school uniform, sunscreen,
Co-vid 19 came along and including school hats,
the show was cancelled. plenty of water to drink,
So, when we heard it was and a substantial lunch and
coming back this year for a morning tea. We’re going
limited season (the show to be visiting another
ends on the 7 February) we venue in Brisbane before
rebooked the tickets. we go to the performance
of “Shrek” at 1pm in the af-
ternoon.
School Swimming Students’ Reward
Outing – 10 De-
School swimming has
started for this year. We cember
are swimming on Mon-
days, Wednesdays and Fri- The teachers and teacher
days. Students will need to aides took 13 students on a
bring swimming gear (togs, reward outing at the end
rashies, towel, goggles and of the year last year at the
sunscreen) on those days. Logan Hyperdome. We
We have spare sets of took them to a choice of 2
swimming togs, rashies movies, “The War with
and towels, if we have chil- Grandpa” and “Trolls
dren who’ve left their gear World Tour”, and then
at home. (We wash these bought them lunch in the
after the kids have worn food court and did some
them.) Please clearly label shopping at Kmart after
all the students’ items for lunch. The students were
swimming as well as their so well-mannered and
school uniforms as items well-behaved we decided
can get mixed up in the to give them a principal’s
change rooms. sticker each on parade last
Wednesday, for letting our
school shine on the day!
Aqua Fitness
Rathdowney School
Pool
Every Tuesday
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Only $5
Aqua fitness is a great strengthening workout, using the re-
sistance of the water. There is no stress on joints. And of
course, you stay cool while exercising! Come and give it a
try.
This “Be Healthy & Active” Activity continues until 9th
March and is supported by Scenic Rim Council.
Tuckshop 2021
Please find attached the Tuckshop roster for 2021, if you can
help run the Tuckshop on Wednesday’s or can provide cakes,
please complete and return by Wednesday 3rd if you are
able to help or not!
Dates to Remember-January-March 2021
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thurs- Friday
day
W 1 2 3 5
K Student
2 Swimming ‘Shrek’ Council
The Musical Ice Cream
Fundraising
Swimming
W 8 9 10 11 12
K Tuckshop Student
Swimming FREE TBA
3 Council
Chaplaincy Ice Cream
Breakfast Swimming Fundraising
Swimming
W 15 16 17 18 19
K FREE Tuckshop Student
Swimming Chaplaincy TBA
4 Breakfast
Council
P&C
Ice Cream
Meeting Fundraising
6pm Swimming
Swimming
W 22 23 24 25 26
K Tuckshop Student
5 Swimming FREE TBA Council
Chaplaincy Ice Cream
Breakfast Fundraising
Swimming
Swimming
W 1 2 3 4 5
K Tuckshop Student
Swimming FREE TBA
6 Council
Chaplaincy Ice Cream
Breakfast Fundraising
Swimming
Swimming
Studying the letter ‘S’. Sausage Sizzle & Strawberries
Printing number for scrapbook covers
First painting in prep
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