Term 2 Week 6
Tuesday 30 May 2023
From The Principal
Welcome to Week 6!
Firstly congratulations to AJ Killeen for his participation in the Barrier Cross Country Carnival last Thursday. AJ placed 18th and enjoyed attending a bigger carnival.
Thank you for your continued support in helping to keep our students, staff and community safe while COVID-19 is still circulating in the community. With winter approaching, we will also see an increase in coughs and colds. We are trying to minimise the risk of transmitting an illness by staying home and testing for COVID-19 if showing any symptoms. Thank you to all the families for calling or sending teachers a Dojo message to let us know.
Sadly, Mrs McInerney has had to remain on sick leave for the remainder of this term. 5/6M will be taught by Miss Lynch and Mr Chapman.
We have noticed that Wills Lane is becoming very busy in the afternoon for school pick up. We now have three buses that pick up from this gate and require the room to do so. We are encouraging families to collect their children from the Harris St or Wills St gate as there is more room.
We have a number of events coming up including the Athletics Carnival next Tuesday with Broken Hill Public School. Notes have been sent home and parents and families are welcome to come and watch.
Miss Liz Gleeson
Principal
Railway Town Public School has launched our new School Bytes Parent Portal this week and we have had lots of positive feedback from parents telling us how easy it is to use. Thank you!
Some of the Parent Portal features are:
provide absence explanations (past and future)
track your child's activities
make payments for school fees, uniforms, book club, activities/excursions
fill out standard forms (change of details, permission to publish, request for health support)
Parents can register for the portal by clicking https://portal.schoolbytes.education/auth/login, using the email address on file with the school.
Please let our office know if you have any issues accessing the portal and we will send you an individual linking code.
We look forward to hearing your feedback on the Parent Portal.
Important Dates & Events
See all upcoming events on our website here
Monday May 29-Friday June 2
Year 4 and 6 Check in Assessment
Tuesday 6 June
Athletics Carnival - Railway Town Public School & Broken Hill Public School
Thursday 8 June
School Photographs - winter uniform
Tuesday 27 June
Academic reports go home
NAIDOC Week has been postponed to Term 3 - date TBA
Notes Sent Home
5/6M Teacher
School Photograph envelopes
Athletics Carnival K-6
Book Club - due back 13 June
Assembly
Assembly Roster
Week 6 - June 2
Mrs Wetherall & 3/4HW
Week 7 - June 9
Miss Niass & KN
Week 8 - June 16
Miss Lynch & 5/6M
Class Attendance
Target attendance rate: 92%
School Attendance - Week 4 and 5
K N: 82.5
K-6 G: 81.4%
1-2 R: 81.3%
1-2 W: 80%
3-4 HW: 77.7%
4-5 W: 81.7%
5-6 M: 73%
We have seen an increase in cases of COVID recently in our community, with many cases presenting as vomiting and high temperatures, without obvious cold/flu symptoms.
Please read the COVID smart measures for schools for updated information.
If you require additional RATs, please contact the school.
Also available to read here: https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/going-to-a-public-school/media/documents/translated-documents-/covid-smart-measures-in-schools/english-COVlD-19-advice.pdf
Assembly Awards
Assembly Awards - Term 2 Week 4
Congratulations to our Assembly award recipients
KN - Caileb C & Naria D.
K-6G - Nikolaus F. & Brax B.
1-2R - Zaiden D. & Acacia B.
1-2W - Hugo M. & Skylah W.
3-4HW - Marli H. & Samuel B.
4-5M - Bridie S. & Bella R.
5-6M - Samuel O. & Steele B.
Library - Braelynn F.
Assembly Awards - Term 2 Week 5
Congratulations to our Assembly award recipients
KN - Christie-Lee W. & Thea S.
K-6G -Nate H.
1-2R - Sierra L. & Willow H.
1-2W - Lucy N. & Summer M.
3-4HW - Myah S. & Wyatt T
4-5M - Zebastian H. & Mila B.
5-6M - Cooper B. & Naleeah R
Library - Mila B.
Home Reading Awards
Home Reading Awards
50 Nights - Sierra L, Bryce S
75 Nights - Summer B, Mila B
School Events
MQ Roads - Astronomy Visit 4/5W & 5/6M
From the P&C
Our next P&C meeting will be held on Wednesday 31 May, at 7pm in the RTPS Staffroom. All welcome.
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