Welcome to the Richard Gill School Blog for the month of October. As we settle into the halfway point of school holidays, we reflect on another successful term with thriving students, active school communities and of course, our hard-working staff at RGS. There is also a great link focusing on the importance to take time to rest and relax during the holidays.
2024 Cultural Spectacular
Richard Gill School students were excited to participate in this year's Cultural Spectacular by decorating a corflute Kawal (wedge tail eagle). The event was held at Muswellbrook Showground on Saturday 14th September and our RGS Kawal was displayed alongside other local school and early childhood centre entries. The Cultural Spectacular is a bi-annual event hosted by MACH Energy Mount Pleasant Operation - Aboriginal Community Development Fund (ACDF). The Spectacular is a free, family-friendly event, and open to everyone in our community. What a wonderful way to connect with our wider community and celebrate local cultural history.
Final Assembly for Term 3
On Friday 27th September, representatives from Towarri sporting house hosted our end of term assembly for parents and families. During this assembly, we celebrated the accomplishments of our students from Cross Country and Athletics Carnivals by awarding age champions and overall house winners. Congratulations to Towarri students for taking home the shields for both carnivals. Well done also to Barrington and Wollemi houses for their fantastic effort and dedication during the carnivals.
We reflected on Character Strengths focused on throughout the term and acknowledged those students who have worked hard to demonstrate the strengths of Curiosity, Forgiveness and Perspective. It is wonderful to see our students recognising character strengths in themselves and others as they learn more about each strength.
Our Stage 2 String Ensemble treated the audience with a performance during the assembly. It is wonderful to see how far they have come in just a few short months. We are very excited to see how our string ensemble grows as we add additional students in 2025. Please enjoy a taste of their performance.
Stage 2 String Ensemble performing at our end of term assembly.
School Holidays: The Importance of Rest and Relaxation
“School holidays are a great opportunity for children to take a break from the intensity of the school routine and embrace the joys of lazy days, playtime, and exploration. However, while many parents try to plan activities and outings to keep their kids ‘busy’ and entertained, they often forget the importance of rest and relaxation time during these breaks.”
Please follow the link to read more about the importance of rest and relaxation during school holidays. These tips not only benefit our children’s growing minds and bodies but are important reminders for caregivers also.
Enrolment
We are excited to announce that our Kindergarten Orientation sessions will take place on Friday 1st of November, Friday 8th November and Friday 15th November. During these sessions, future students of RGS take part in fun and engaging activities to build connections with classmates and teachers. We begin to introduce school routines while maintaining the play-based education styles of Early Childhood Education and Care.
If you have any questions about Kindergarten in 2025 or would like to speak with our staff about enrolment enquiries, please follow the link below.
The school is currently teaching Kindergarten to Year 4 in 2024 and is taking enrolment enquiries for Kindergarten - Year 5 for 2025.
We look forward to helping you unleash your child’s creativity at Richard Gill School.
Term 4 Discovery Day at Richard Gill School
With great excitement, we announce that our first Discovery Day will take place at Richard Gill School from 5-7pm on Thursday October 24th. This is an important opportunity to share what we have to offer at RGS while connecting with our wider community. We are looking forward seeing our families and communities come together to celebrate.
Thank you,
Tara Stanford