Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Build your vocabulary

make synonyms

How many words for group can you think of?

group

crowd
audience
gathering
mob

Display in Science Room for Literacy & Numeracy Morning
by Mrs Ingerson



Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

INTERSCHOOL Spelling Bee

Well it's been and gone and was a huge success.
Our students were enthusiastic and persistant and we are so proud of them.
CONGRATULATIONS to you all!!!
Below is the official write up from our school newsletter -


2012 Primary Schools’
Inter-school Spelling Bee

Renmark Primary hosted a spelling bee competition On Tuesday 14th August with five schools participating on the night, including Loxton, Renmark North and Renmark West with Renmark Junior Primary and Primary joining together to form two year 2/3 teams.

The event took place in the main building between 6 30pm and 8 30pm.  Students were selected in teams of four, to ensure a non-threatening environment was established.  This is in contrast to the famous American Spelling Bees where one child recites their word over a microphone.  The Riverland teams wrote their words on whiteboards and held up their choices after a 20 second time bell was rung.

Successful Spellers who represented our schools were:

J Year 2/3s:  Anna Son, Lochlan O’Brien, Hazal Siy, Maddison Holmes, Isobel Atkinson, Kira Watts, Kieara Irrgang, Angus Pankhurst and Shakira Crack              .


J  Year 4/5s:  Ben Pankhurst, Holly O’Brien, Damon Kassebaum, Vi Vu, Paul Chandler, Dilay Baykan, Felicity Evans, Mackenzie Peters and Ashleigh Porter.

J Year 6/7s:  Brock Thiele, Bronte Smith, Jarryd Vigar, Marie Albanos, Joseph Cole, Taran Trimper and Jay Turnbull.


Spelling Bee Results
Year 2/3                 1st            Renmark North
                                2nd          Loxton
                                3rd           Renmark
Year 4/5                 1st            Renmark West
                                2nd          Loxton
                                3rd           Renmark
Year 6/7                 1st            Loxton
                                2nd          Renmark North
                                3rd           Renmark

Congratulations must go to the students who performed enthusiastically and consistently, only missing out on the top prizes by a couple of words.  We are very proud of how they represented our schools!

Many thanks to Julie Raggett and Chris Humphries from the Junior Primary and Ashlyn Jones, Martine Turnbull, Grant Schwartzkopff and Lyn Bretag from the Primary School for your contributions and support at the Spelling Bee.

Also thank you to Maria Dowzard who baked an amazing spread for supper and to the Parent Group who also baked and came along on the night to organise and serve. 
Everyone’s contributions to a fabulous night were very much appreciated.  Thank you all.




Students in action at the year 2/3 Bee


One of our Year 2/3 teams - Shakira, Hazal, Anna, Isobel and Kieara


Some of our Year 6/7 Spelling Bee students - Jay, Jarryd, Bronte, Brock, Marie and Joseph














Wednesday, August 8, 2012

INTER-SCHOOL SPELLING BEE

Well it's nearly here! 
Good luck to everyone!

SCHOOLS INVOLVED ARE

Renmark Junior and Primary
Renmark North Primary
Renmark West Primary
Loxton Primary

Pictured below is Dilay Bakan who is really looking forward to the Bee.  She has been practicsing so hard and is a member of the RPS Year 4/5 Team!

Monday, July 2, 2012

Literacy Focus Group schedule for Term Three

Week 2   MONDAY 23rd JULY
            
              Bring along marked pieces of work from Week 10, term 2, for discussion about
              moderation 

Week 5   MONDAY 13th AUGUST

              Revisit clauses and have a look at simple, compound and complex SENTENCES

Week 8   MONDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER

              VERBS

Week 10  MONDAY 17th SEPTEMBER

              Nominalisation


WRITER of the WEEK WINNERS Terms One and Two 2012

Term One winners
CONGRATULATIONS

Arryn Ratcliffe



Jordan Schulz



Kiara Saxby



Lachlan Rapisarda




                                     Yasemin Al



                                     Matt Stone

And the term two winners were ...



Bronte Smith




Yaman Sultani



Jordan Schulz
(two time winner - photo above)


Aiden Courtney



Mitchell Anderson


Jesse Rover



Brianna Nitschke




Tyler Minniss-Haenan



 Makayla Duffin