From the Principal

From the Principal

Since our previous RJ Review there have been so many notable learning activities and fantastic School community events. For instance, we enjoyed superlative Primary Book Week events, at both Campuses, which were outstanding celebrations of reading, imaginative thought and great community spirit and fun! Our aim of cultivating tremendous participation and connection for all ages through these events was certainly achieved. We are indebted to all the Primary staff for their amazing energy and commitment, achieving superb memories for everyone, especially the children.

 

Book Week at Oakhurst Photo Gallery - https://www.rjas.nsw.edu.au/photo-galleries/book-week-at-oakhurst-2019

 

Book Week at Marsden Park Photo Gallery - https://www.rjas.nsw.edu.au/photo-galleries/book-week-at-marsden-park-2019

Principal's Awards

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Principal's Awards at recent Assemblies:

From the Deputy Principal

From the Deputy Principal

Next week our Student Forum across both our Marsden Park and Oakhurst Campuses are running a Mufti Day to support the work of the R U OK? Organisation. The theme in Secondary is ‘Movie and Memes’ and in Primary it is 'Vibrant Colours from your Favourite Movie'. All students should donate a gold coin for Mufti and to help raise additional funds, ice cream cones will be sold across the Campuses on the day.

Primary Matters

From the Head of Primary

ASSEMBLY

Students in KP and KJ presented the story of Lydia during their respective Campus Assemblies last week. Our youngest students have been very excitedly presenting their Items to family and friends. KS and 1M will be presenting Assembly Items in Week 6. There is no Assembly at Marsden Park in Week 7. At the Oakhurst Campus in Week 7 there will be a music item assembly by some peripatetic groups. Parents are welcome to attend Assemblies when their child is presenting an Item.

Secondary Segments

From the Head of Secondary

There has been some discussion in recent days about the release of the NAPLAN results and what it tells us about student performance and engagement with this form of testing in 2019. There are many questions being raised, especially because the performance of Year 9 students significantly improved when it was tied to achieving a minimum Band 8 standard for the HSC. While that is no longer the case, we have found that there are very few students who have not achieved the National Minimum Standard in subsequent testing in Year 10 or Year 11 – 99% of our students have already achieved that benchmark in Reading, Writing or Numeracy. The second round of testing this year for Year 11 has been completed, and Year 10 testing will occur next week.

40 Hour Backpack Challenge

Last Thursday the Student Service Learning Team who are coordinating the School’s 40 Hour Back Pack Challenge organised a fantastic Bake Sale raising $774. Thank you to the students and staff who supported the Bake Sale. This amount will be added to the amount already raised by students at the School for the World Vision 40 Hour Back Pack Challenge. Altogether over $5,700 has been raised, which is a wonderful effort so far!

Duke of Ed Bronze Practice Hike

On Friday 16 August, five of our intrepid students set out with nine students from Wycliffe Christian School to tackle their first Bronze level hike. Having some training at the Year 9 Camp and preparation with Mr Bemrose they were packed and ready to go.

From the P&F Association

Father's Day Stall Recap & School Fete!

It is an extremely busy month for our P&F community. We have successfully run the Father's Day Stall at both Campuses and the P&F would like to thank Danuta for her many hours of preparation involved. Thank you also to all the volunteers who assisted our children purchase their gifts for the dads. We hope all the dads enjoyed their gifts!

Careers Report

From the Careers Advisor

What a wonderful few weeks coming up on the careers' front. We will continue our university school visits by welcoming the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 September.

Year 8 English Excursion

Wednesday 14 August was a fantastic day for 8A English students attending the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta to watch the production of the novel Hitler’s Daughter. The students were very excited to be given the opportunity to explore how some of their favourite characters, chapters and words had been transformed into a live production on stage.

Sports Reports

Primary Sport Report

CRICKET CLINIC

The cricket clinic commenced yesterday and by all accounts, the students had a great time. Just a reminder to parents that the clinic finishes at 4:40pm.

Secondary Sport Report

Wow, over halfway through Term 3 already. It has been a great Term for sport with many Gala Days, Carnivals and other sporting events. We have had many students represent the School at various levels of competition and it has been great to see their efforts and achievements.

Dates to Remember

TALKFEST COMPETITION SHOWCASE EVENING

You're invited to the Secondary TALKFEST Competition Evening on Monday 9 September, 6pm in the AV Room at The Hub. Finalist students will showcase their speeches on the theme ‘Change the World’. 

Announcements

School Fete

Vacation Care Program