Newsletter Issue 1, 2025: 7 February 2025

Dear RPS community,

On behalf of Connie, myself and all staff at Reservoir Primary School, I’d like to welcome all families back for 2025. Our students are ready and enthusiastic for learning, and all classrooms are humming.

We enjoyed our first assembly for 2025 this morning and I look forward to meeting together as a community throughout the year. Please note that assembly is held at 9:10am every Friday morning in the Gym, and caregivers are invited.

We begin our assembly every week with our Acknowledgement of Country, National Anthem and ensemble. Throughout assemblies we have presentations from classes, student awards and musical performances. Once selected, our Young Leaders will host each week. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Newsletter Issue 19: 13 December 2024

Dear Caregivers,

It’s hard to believe we have come to our final newsletter for the year. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the school community your support in both my acting and now substantive role as Principal; your ongoing commitment to public education and Reservoir Primary School ensures we can provide the best education possible. I’d also like to once again thank Helen Miller for her significant service to our school community, and by all accounts, Helen is enjoying time with family and friends.

My thanks extends to our amazing staff who invest hours upon hours of their time to do what is needed. We are truly so privileged to have such expertise at our school. Thanks to our school council who volunteer their time to improve our school through various meetings, subcommittees and fundraisers. Finally, I’d like to thank Connie for her leadership throughout this year and her care of this community.

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Newsletter Issue 18: 29 November 2024

Dear Caregivers,

It’s hard to believe we have just three weeks left of the school year! The amazing 1S students reminded us today at assembly about kindness, and I think that’s a great message for us all. This time of year is a time of happiness and excitement, but can also make us feel stressed and tired. My message to the students was to try to show some kindness each day to their peers, their teachers and their loved ones.

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Newsletter Issue 17: 15 November 2024

Dear Caregivers,

This week we have some new arrivals in the Prep area; our chickens have began to hatch! Prep students are learning all about life cycles, and this experience will be something they remember throughout their schooling. They are also learning about taking care of animals and respecting their environment.

Our current Prep students also enjoyed Pizza night on Wednesday which is always a highlight on the calendar!

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Newsletter Issue 15: 18 October 2024

Dear Reservoir community,

Term 4 has kicked off with some beautiful and much needed sunshine. The grass on the oval is looking lovely and it’s great to see students SunSmart with hats for Term 4. This term we will enjoy Mini Fair, the Art Show, Prep Orientation, Grade 6 Graduation, and many more celebrations and reasons to come together.

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Newsletter Issue 14: 20 September 2024

Dear RPS Community,

It’s hard to believe this is the final day of Term 3! This term has been jampacked with exciting events and news, culminating in Footy Colours Day and the amazing Year 2 sleepover last night. There were certainly some tired bodies (staff too!) today but we had fun.

Mini Fair

Mini-fair is happening again next term in Week 4. Please look out for ways you can support this great fun afternoon with donations for stalls. You may also want to run a stall yourself to raise money for the school. Look out for more information in this newsletter.

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Newsletter Issue 13: 6 August 2024

Dear Reservoir Primary Community, 

This week we have had a visit from Andrew and Loretta from Preston Police, who delivered important presentations regarding cybersafety to parents and students in Grade 3-6. They will be returning next week for sessions for students in Grade Prep-2.

Andrew and Loretta delivered the Think u Know presentation, with a focus on cybersafety, in particular, preventing child exploitation and grooming. Their key messages for students were:

Never speak to people online unless you have met them in person
Tell an adult if you are worried
Never give people online your name, age or where you live.

Key messages for parents were:

Make sure you are supervising your child’s online activity – parental controls are not enough
Report any concerns to the e-safety commissioner or police
Ensure your child feels safe to tell you if they have handed over information or money to someone online.

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Newsletter Issue 12: 23 August 2024

Term 3 has been absolutely jam packed with exciting events and important celebrations. Over the past fortnight alone we have marked Bullying No Way: A Week of Action, Science Week and Book Week! It seems every week is something new to learn and celebrate. Next week is Wear It Purple Day, and the week after Curriculum Day where our staff will be trained in a Whole School Approach to Respectful Relationships. Please note that Curriculum Day, 30th August is student free, and as previously communicated, we will not be offering an OSHC service.

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Newsletter Issue 11: 9 August 2024

Dear RPS Community,

What a wonderful week we had celebrating 100 years of Reservoir Primary School.

We had many visitors through our exhibition throughout the week, a day of dress ups and activities on Wednesday, 100 days brighter with our Preps, an amazing Musical Soiree Assembly, and over 300 Alumni on Saturday (see page 5 for photos). We also had a visit from MP Nathan Lambert who was amazed at how great the school looks and the improvements that have been made. A big thank you to everyone who participated; many hours of preparation goes into events like these and they can’t happen without passionate people giving up their time.

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