Richmond Primary School Newsletter Wednesday 2nd July 2025

Principal's Address

This term has been packed with a variety of activities and events, including excursions, moderating, reporting, professional learning, cross country, and fundraisers.  Our term holidays will begin at the end of this week and students will return on Monday, 21st July. We hope everyone enjoys a restful and enjoyable break!

Lantern Walk

Last Thursday, we held our annual Lantern Walk, and it was a resounding success with record-breaking crowds, and we raised over $6000. A huge thank you to the Lantern Walk Committee and everyone who contributed, from planning and setting up to providing food, packing down, creating lanterns, producing artwork, and performing the whole school song. It truly takes a community to make such an event possible, and we are incredibly fortunate to be part of this wonderful community.

An Extra Huge Thank you to

Allison & Anthony Scott – for the Lamb

Justina Scott – for the Pork

Derwent Electrical – for their donation of Lights

Nick Pastoor – for the Mulled Wine

Aligntech Automotive – Smiggle vouchers (Lantern Prizes)

Brendan Scott – Electrical assistance

James Spencer – for the amazing selfie frame & table art

Kate Lewis – for the Firewood

Hannah Direen – for the wonderful Fire pots

Emma Davidson – for the donation of Maggi Gravy

Maya Turnbull - Cooking for All/Kids Cooking Academy– for the wonderful Brownies & cupcakes

Alysha McCarthy – for the donation of Butchers paper

Cripps– for the Rolls/Bread

Kat Hudson – for the donation of Ice

Cate Scott – for the donation of disposable cups

Emma Roberts – for the set up and decoration of the beautiful tree

Wattlebanks – for the yummy Chips & Soup

Tasmanian Kitchen Pantry – for the amazing hot chocolate

Neville Webberley – for the loan of Hay

Sharon Cozens Community Bank Sorell & District – for the supermarket voucher

Kylie Howard & Woolworths – for the supermarket voucher

And of course, to our many volunteers who helped set up, serve, and pack up — we couldn’t have done it without you.

A big thank you to our 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 for their support behind the scenes both prior to, during and after the event.

A special shoutout to our event sponsors Evolution Plumbing Tasmania and Freelance Building Services Pty Ltd for their generous support.

Busy Final Week of Term

The last week of term remains busy with parent-teacher meetings. Thank you to everyone who has attended or will be attending, these meetings are an important opportunity to discuss your child's progress with their class teacher. We also extend our gratitude to parents who have rescheduled due to staff illness. Your flexibility and understanding are greatly appreciated

Term 3

Term 3 promises to be action-packed with a variety of events and activities. Highlights include 5/6 Winter Sports, High School Information evenings, SWSP for Years 3-5, assemblies, Book Week, Open Classroom, fundraisers, Brixhibition, and Richmond’s Got Talent, just to name a few. We look forward to another fantastic term filled with learning and fun! 

Term 3 Dates for your Calendar

Term 2 in Prep

In Prep, we have been learning about Connecting to Country. We went on an excursion to the Sustainability Centre, where we enjoyed a variety of activities, including a nature walk during which we had the chance to try some native bush foods. We also explored the grounds and deepened our understanding of the environment. We used the outdoor fire to make our own charcoal pencils and used them to express our experiences through drawing.

A few weeks ago, we went on an excursion to the museum and had a fantastic time exploring all the fascinating information about Antarctica. When we returned to class, we shared our favorite facts and even conducted some of our own research about this incredible place. We also created our own penguin artwork, bringing the experience to life!

Kinder Community Excursion

As part of our focus on community connection, our Kinder group set off into the Richmond Community to visit some of our important local places.  We visited the Margaret Mitchell memorial park, the Bakery, The Richmond Bridge, the IGA, the Post Office, the Village Green Park and the Lolly Shop.  We were very grateful to all of the local places that hosted us.  The Bakery and the Coulson family supplied us with biscuits to decorate for morning tea and the Bridge St Café supplied us a delicious lunch of hot chips. 

Lantern Walk Poems by 5/6A

Assembly Awards

Aussie of the Month for Term 2

BRIXHIBITION 2025

Richmond Primary School students are invited to enter our school Lego Building competition.

Students are invited to have a Lego creation of their own design completed and ready for judging at Richmond Primary school in Term 3, Week 7. Entries are to be brought to school Monday September 1st and collected on Friday September 5th.

• There are 4 age groups, with prizes awarded for each:
  • Kindergarten – Prep
  • Grade 1-2
  • Grade 3-4
  • Grade 5-6

Judging will take place over the week with students, families and staff involved. Builds will be securely displayed in the staff room for the duration of the week. Winners will be announced on Friday September 5th.

The overall school winner will be invited to participate against other Southern Primary Schools and be judged for a Grand Prize at the 2025 Hobart Brixhibition date TBC.

Please note:

• Brixhibition Lego Competition is completely free to enter. 
• to be fair to all students, teams are not allowed.
• Using a kit or instructions is not allowed; we want to see original ideas and imagination in the creations.
• Duplo and Compatible bricks and pieces from other non-Lego brands are permitted.
• Each Lego creation is not to be larger than 52cm Wide, 52cm Deep, 52cm High or no larger than Four 32x32 lug Lego baseplates. 

Quiz Night

It's back! After a 6-year hiatus, Quiz Night is gracing Richmond Primary School once again!

If you want to prove you're the smartest parent, carer, or friend, then get a team together and book a table for the Richmond Primary School Association Quiz Night!

Date: Friday 22nd August 2025

Time: Doors open 6:00pm | Quiz kicks off 6:30pm 

Where: Richmond Primary School Hall – 11 Commercial Road, Richmond

Cost: $20 per person (includes some light nibbles)

Drinks available for purchase on the night

Great prizes on offer, other chances to win prizes throughout the night and our amazing silent auction throughout the evening!

Tables of up to 6–10 people

Organise a team and book your table now: Email association.rpsa@gmail.com, or Text/call Nick on 0418 575 274.

Storytime. Anytime.

We are delighted to let you know that Richmond Primary School now has access to StoryBox Library, as part of the Department for Education, Children and Young People’s Lifting Literacy initiative! Follow the steps below to login and start engaging your children with a diverse range of Australian children's literature read aloud by fabulous storytellers:

1. Go to: https://storyboxhub.com/login

2. Sign in with:

Username: tasliftrichmondprimary

Password: richmondprimary

3. Select the Browse Stories tab and start exploring!

Reading aloud to children, in particular by diverse and engaging storytellers, greatly improves language and literacy skills, especially in the early years of a child’s development. Sadly, studies show that many children are not read to frequently enough.

Since 2013, Story Box Library has been committed to supporting and encouraging the practice of storytelling. It is intended for use as a complementary form of delivering the precious experience of being read aloud to, in order to improve children’s lives. We connect children with literature through the complementary medium of film providing a vibrant, interactive experience via a diverse range of everyday storytellers - sportspeople, musicians, grandparents, teenagers, comedians, actors, with varying accents and from different cultures - each sharing past and present book titles.

Use it as a bedtime tale, a facilitator for discussion in the classroom, or a read aloud model - the choice is yours. No matter what the reason for your visit to Story Box Library, we help get kids excited about reading, inspire their imaginations, and let them have fun with stories.

Symmons Plains Cross Country

Richmond students have certainly done a fabulous job with their distance running in recent weeks.

We had a number of students who travelled up to Symmons Plains to take on the best runners from around the state.

The students had to confront cold, windy and muddy conditions. The grade 3 and 4 students had to run 2km with the grade 5 and 6 students having to run 3km.

The following students did a terrific job representing our school:

Cooper

Henry

Scarlett

Grace

Sam

Ryan

Bailey

Archie

Elizabeth

Theo

Georgia W

Zoe

Thanks to all the parents who took our students up on the day.