We are very pleased to be partnering with Dandenong Learning and Community Centre and are inviting our families to get involved. DLCC are going to be leading a program within our school which will help to establish and maintain our gardens. We are looking for enthusiastic community members to help create and maintain engaging play spaces for our students. There is no experience necessary! We would like to expand some of our current garden play areas, plant more trees and shrubs and maintain our current gardens.

Please contact the school if you would like to volunteer some time and help keep our school looking beautiful.

Over the last few weeks, the students in Unit A have really enjoyed getting into the spirit of the Buddies program by participating in some activity sessions with the Grade 5/6 students.

Even though the Prep children have not yet been allocated a particular Buddy, they have enjoyed some sports activities outside, and an indoor play session with construction, puzzles, games, and drawing.

The senior school students were wonderful and demonstrated the care and compassion that made the younger children feel safe and comfortable working and playing with them. The Preps are already asking when we are having Buddies again.

The Grade 1 students are having fun interacting with their Buddies and building on the relationships that were started last year. We are impressed by the Grade 6 students who are continuing in their roles as positive mentors and role models for the junior students.

Unit A is also very excited by the prospect of our Hat Parade on the last day of Term 1. We hope everyone is working on their hats at home and we look forward to seeing some wonderful creations.

The past few weeks, the Grade 3s and 4s have been busily clearing our Unit C Garden in preparation for our winter seedlings. The students have shown teamwork as they have worked towards a collective goal to have our garden ready for Term 2.

We would like to remind families that students and parents need to go via the office to sign in students if arriving after 9:05am. Some students arrive late at our rear doors, bypassing the office.
We hope everyone has a safe and relaxing break! We look forward to seeing everyone back in Term 2!

During our literacy rotations last week, the Grade One students got creative and built their very own robots from boxes. This week, they will name their robot and write a narrative about it.

Another highlight of last week was our buddies program that will be taking place every Wednesday afternoon. The students were engaged in a range of different Developmental Play activities where they could get to know each other and have some fun!

It has been a pleasure to see the Grade One students' excitement when they progress with their M/100 words and daily take-home reader levels. Thank you for supporting your child in reading at home.

The Grade Two students have been using their five senses to add descriptive language to their writing pieces. We have worked on expanding our vocabulary from commonly used adjectives to more exciting ones in our narrative writing. During maths, the students have been consolidating their understanding of addition and subtraction by investigating the relationship that they share.

We are pleased to present the 2022 RDPS Green Team! We are very fortunate to welcome some very enthusiastic members this year and they have already successfully run a few workshops. Their latest campaigns were to raise awareness about Earth Hour and not littering the school grounds. They held interesting recycling clinics during lunchtime on Clean up Australia Day. They were also very quick in mastering the art of composting and feeding our worms.

Watch this space for future 'green' events!

Grade 5 and 6 children have enjoyed learning guitars in Music. They have learnt to play tunes, chords and strumming patterns.

Grade 2 children have been excited about learning the celebration of Lunar Chinese New Year. They have made a Year of the Tiger bookmark to celebrate the Festival.