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25.01.2022 Looking forward to seeing all of our 2021 Kindergarten families this afternoon. The preschool teachers will supervise the children on the junior playground so that parents and carers can learn all about Kindergarten in the library.

25.01.2022 Thank you to all students who bought their tickets for Kakadu Fun Day. A reminder these will be sold all week at Lunchtime and each afternoon this week.

25.01.2022 Tonight’s the night!! The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse Crew and the RIPP City DJ’s proudly present the ‘Richardson YR 6 Champions Grad Disco’. This awesome poster,... featuring all 15 graduating Richardson YR 6 students was designed by Clubhouse member Gloria - it was then turned into this disco-tastic video by student Ellsie, featuring an original dance-track by Cody! Phew..another incredible Clubhouse collaboration! Well done team..see you on the dance floor!* #discofever #The Clubhouse Network * This is a closed event

24.01.2022 K-5T had a special visitor, Taeko joined them for their Thursday cooking session. Taeko shared the art of sushi making with the class and certainly had everyone involved!

24.01.2022 Congratulations to our amazing readers who have reached 240 nights of reading! Both students received a book prize to continue developing their love of reading.

24.01.2022 Here are just some of the photos from the Year 6 graduation disco. A fun night was had by everyone.

24.01.2022 We had a Positive Behaviours for Learning (PBL) team working bee today. Our board at the front of school looks wonderfully refreshed. Please come and take a look

23.01.2022 If you happened to miss out the other day , or you would just love another ice-cream, come and support the year 6 fundraiser tomorrow.

23.01.2022 Congratulations to our amazing readers who have been reading every night, developing their reading skills and a love of reading!

22.01.2022 Wow, Year 6 disco is well and truely underway! Can’t wait!

21.01.2022 Our 5/6 students and teachers finished off the last day of school with a water fight. So much fun!

20.01.2022 Tomorrow is World Teachers’ Day! Join us in thanking our beautiful teachers.

20.01.2022 Richardson Primary School students are dabbing with excitement as they are rewarded for displaying respectful, positive and safe behaviour! #PBL

20.01.2022 Our RIPP board game group have enjoyed learning new games, cooperating and making new friends.

20.01.2022 Please come and join us at the preschool for playgroup tomorrow 9am - 10am. We look forward to seeing you.

19.01.2022 The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse Crew are thrilled to announce they'll be hosting a 'Naidoc Day Disco' at Richardson Primary School this Monday Nov 9 as part of the ...school's Naidoc celebrations. This fantastic poster for the event was designed by new Clubhouse member Peta. The Clubhouse students will be running the disco all by themselves, from set-up to pack-down and of course getting the party well and truly started! We can't wait.. #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOC #The Clubhouse Network #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination

19.01.2022 Please return library books and home readers this week. Thanks

19.01.2022 We all had an enjoyable last week of RIPP. The Board Games Group twisted their way through the afternoon.

18.01.2022 Today we celebrated those students who achieved 125 DABs and received their rainbow PBL Bands. Well done for demonstrating positive, respectful and safe behaviours.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to our two outstanding scientists for winning the People’s Choice Award at Richardson’s 2020 Science Fair.

18.01.2022 On behalf of the staff at Richardson Primary School we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you again next year. We would like to sign off by sharing with you Mr Fraser’s famous Movid movie!

18.01.2022 The YWCA Clubhouse popped by the ‘Butterflies’ Koori Class at Richardson yesterday for a tour of their amazing music studio that they’ve set-up in their classro...om! While we were there we dropped off a musical keyboard for the ‘Butterflies’ to add to their studio collection, kindly donated by our good friends at The Woden School. Thanks for having us, we had a blast...see you again soon! #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #The Clubhouse Network

17.01.2022 Year 6 students will be selling tickets each day this week for this Friday’s Kakadu Fun Day. Thank you to those students who have already bought their tickets.

17.01.2022 The UN came to visit us for 'World Children’s Day'!! Julia Dean and Cigi Surrao from UNIC Canberra popped by the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse to help celebrate 'Worl...d Children’s Day' - the day, which happens on 20 November each year, promotes international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare. Today also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on children's rights. Julia fielded many questions from the inquisitive Richardson Primary kindergarten class before partying with them at a disco hosted by The Canberra Clubhouse Crew DJ’s! This fantastic video show-reel of the UN visit was filmed and produced by the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse. Special shout-out to new Clubhouse member Peta E for composing the music featured in this video. Please feel free to ‘share’ this video far and wide - thanks in advance. Enjoy! #WorldChildrensDay #UNICEF #United Nations #ACT Public Schools #The Clubhouse Network #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #UNIC Canberra

16.01.2022 A reminder that tomorrow is Waste Free Wednesday. Well done to our junior classes who led the way last week in packing their food in environmentally friendly containers.

16.01.2022 Ellsie and Dakota tested out their origami skills today in the Clubhouse - after making some water bombs they put them into action and here's what happened next!!

15.01.2022 As part of our inquiry into how things change as they grow, the preschool Butterflies group conducted an experiment with bean seeds. We wanted to find out if seeds grew in different growing conditions. The seeds we kept in the cupboard, out of the sun, grew a lot quicker than the seeds we kept in the sun. We also put some snow pea seeds on cotton wool so that we could watch them grow. At the end of the term, our seed plants were getting too big for their containers. We planted them in the garden so that we could keep watching them grow. These are the beans and snow peas that have been picked from the plants we grew. Both the beans we kept in the cupboard and the beans we kept in the sun have kept growing and have beans growing on them.

15.01.2022 The Canberra Clubhouse studio has been a hive of activity this past week. Great to see Clubhouse member Lily back behind the microphone yesterday recording a b...eautiful version of 'Little Talks'. Not even a mid-song remote-control car studio interruption could throw Lily off...a sign of a true professional! Enjoy.. #The Clubhouse Network #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination

15.01.2022 Tomorrow is Waste Free Wednesday. Please remember to pack your children’s lunch in a user friendly container to help reduce packaging. Thank you for your support.

15.01.2022 The Swans Preschool group visited Kindergarten for their final transition today. We read the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and drew a picture of what we would eat if we were a caterpillar. We then practiced our counting skills, making our own caterpillars by threading 10 beads onto a pipe cleaner. We are very excited for next year!

14.01.2022 What a lovely way to spend a Friday afternoon stretching our bodies during RIPP Yoga.

13.01.2022 Celebrating student achievement is an important part of acknowledging student progress and success! Well done everyone!

12.01.2022 This afternoon Clubhouse member Gloria framed up the awesome Year 6 Champions Grad Disco poster that she designed in Photoshop!! (excellent photo bombing action Cody). #The Clubhouse Network #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #discofever

12.01.2022 Kindergarten started their basketball clinics today. They focused on balancing and bouncing. We can’t wait for next week!

12.01.2022 Happy World Teachers’ Day! Teaching a bright future

12.01.2022 Ms Watling is spending two days this week training for the next component of our PBL journey. Next year we will be moving our PBL expectations into classrooms.

12.01.2022 This afternoon the students in 1M enjoyed rotating through maths games which focussed on addition skills.

12.01.2022 Don’t forget to lock this date into your calendar!

12.01.2022 Congratulations to our first PBL Bronze Certificate winner. She has collected 150 DABs this year. Thanks for being a respectful, positive learner and safe. Well done!

11.01.2022 RIPP - Richardson Interests and Pursuits Program In RIPP groups today students enjoyed the sunshine while learning about bike maintenance and safety while riding. Other students learned about indigenous culture. Mrs Hogan shared a book called ‘Collecting Colour’, a story about a family from the top end of Australia who collect natural resources to weave. The students then went on to do some weaving of their own.... Painting using fingerprints, dance, sport and yoga were just some of the other interests explored today.

11.01.2022 The UN came to visit us today!! Julia Dean and Cigi Surrao from the United Nations visited The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse and Amie Smith's amazing kindergarten cla...ss at Richardson Primary this morning! While they were here they fielded many questions from the inquisitive students about UN International Children's Day this Friday, ‘favourite food, animal and super-heroes' were thrown in the mix too! The Clubhouse DJ's then hosted a mini-disco in The Clubhouse for the kindergarten students and our friends from the UN! Stay tuned for a video showreel of the UN's visit this Friday 20 Nov. #United Nations #The Clubhouse Network #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #UNIC Canberra #ACT Public Schools See more

11.01.2022 Richardson Primary School and our Koori Preschool group the Butterflies, are proud to be featured in this music clip to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020. We would like to thank Luke from YWCA Canberra Clubhouse for inviting us to be apart of this fabulous initiative. We feel very privileged to learn, play and walk on the land of the Ngunnawal people.

10.01.2022 Canberra Clubhouse member Ron hand-painted a Warcraft figurine last week that was made using The Clubhouse's MakerBot Replicator Mini 3D printer! Awesome stuff Ron. #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #The Clubhouse Network

10.01.2022 Tomorrow is the last chance to get your Kakadu Fun Day tickets. These can be purchased at lunchtime or after school at the front of the school.

09.01.2022 Thank you to our parents and community members who joined the School Review Panel this week and provided feedback on our improvement journey. We value your input and our strong partnerships to ensure success for every child, every day!

08.01.2022 This is serious goosebump-inducing stuff! Nobody has been working harder in the Clubhouse recording studio than Lilyana the last few weeks. As you can hear all... that practice has definitely paid off - this beautifully delicate version of G Flip's '2 Million' (her favourite singer) showcases Lily’s vocals perfectly. Keep up the amazing work, we're really proud of you! #The Clubhouse Network #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination

08.01.2022 On Friday 2/3L worked closely with K-5T on surface tension. We learnt that molecules in the liquid attract each other. We represented this by trying to float a paper clip on the water’s surface.

07.01.2022 We could not been prouder of our wonderful preschool children who had their first formal kindergarten transition visit yesterday. Ms Smith, the kindergarten teacher, was very impressed with their listening bodies, ability to follow instructions and the way that they asked for help when needed. The children listened to the story, 'The Giant's Ice-Cream' before creating their own version of the ice-cream. The preschool children have two more formal transition visits later this term. We also take other opportunities to visit our kindergarten friends, regularly meeting in the library to share stories and playing on the junior playground.

07.01.2022 Water, sand and trucks, what more could you want? Preschool enjoyed their time in the sandpit today negotiating, taking turns, being patient, listening to others and using manners. But also HAVING LOTS OF FUN!

07.01.2022 Richardson Primary School’s playgroup is in full swing this term. Our 2021 preschool students and their families join us each Thursday between 9-10am. This is a great opportunity to meet the teachers, other students and become familiar with the learning environment.

07.01.2022 The Canberra Clubhouse Crew and the 'RIPP City DJ's' are proudly presenting this year's 'Richardson Primary Year 6 Champions Grad Disco'! This incredible poster..., designed by Clubhouse member Gloria features every graduating YR 6 student! The 80's-themed disco-spectacular* takes place on Thurs 10 Dec - and yes you can expect some Rick Astley! * This is a closed event for current Richardson YR 6 students and staff only. ** RE: Liezel's staggering airborne leap...please don't try this at home kids! #The Clubhouse Network #discofever

07.01.2022 Please refer to the email sent by Ms Brooke Calvert which outlines further details about the changes to the End of Year Concert. Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

07.01.2022 Today we acknowledged and celebrated NAIDOC week ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE. Students learnt about the importance of our first people and engaged in a variety of Indigenous art, sport and story telling activities.

06.01.2022 Our DAB bronze award recipients. An outstanding achievement to have received 150 DABS for consistently displaying respectful, positive and safe behaviour.

06.01.2022 END OF YEAR CONCERT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE Date: Thursday 17 December 2020 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Unfortunately we will not be able to invite parents or community members to the event to ensure we are COVID safe. ... A note about this and what the children should wear was emailed today.

06.01.2022 Thank you to Mrs Watling and our super MC’s for hosting today’s assembly!

06.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who supported Kakadu’s Funday last Friday. Here are a few action shots from the day. It was great to see all the children have so much fun and also the staff too.

06.01.2022 5/6SG have completed another rotation of cooperative reading. This rotation focused on becoming experts on the four reading roles and mentoring the 3/4 students on how to effectively engage in all four roles.

06.01.2022 One of our new RIPP activities is Scavenger Hunts. We needed to work out the riddles, then find and photograph in the playground. Then share our photos with the group. Such fun!

04.01.2022 Another photo of our UN visitor, Julia Dean, fielding questions from the students of Amie Smith's kindergarten class at Richardson Primary yesterday. Canberra ...Clubhouse member Liezel (pictured here) not only captured photos of the UN's visit to mark International Children's Day this Friday 20/11, but also DJ'd at a celebratory disco in The Canberra Clubhouse for Julia and the kindergarten class! Video footage to follow.. #United Nations#The Clubhouse Network#WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #UNIC Canberra #ACT Public Schools

04.01.2022 Richardson Primary School will be celebrating Naidoc Week on Monday. We will run a day of rotational activity groups where students will experience Indigenous stories, sports, art and learn about the theme. This year the theme is, "Always Was, Always Will Be." After recess there will be a ‘Deadly Disco’ run by the Clubhouse staff. It looks like another exciting day!

04.01.2022 Following our visit from The United Nations Information Centre on Children’s Day earlier this term, Julia returned today to present the KS Ladybugs with a certificate of appreciation. It was lovely to see the children conversing confidently with Julia and recalling facts that they had discussed earlier in the term.

03.01.2022 The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse has teamed up with Richardson Primary School this term to run a 'Music Events' Richardson Interest and Pursuits Program (RIPP) at th...e Clubhouse! The YR 4/5 students taking part will be hosting the YR 6 Richardson Graduation Disco in December - planning is already in full-swing! The students, who have dubbed themselves 'The RIPP City DJ's', wasted no time by testing out the sound-system today with their curated, party-starting 80's-inspired playlist...and yes you can expect some Rick Astley! #WhereTechnologyMeetsImagination #theclubhousenetwork #discofever2020 See more

03.01.2022 Today the RIPP Scavenger Hunt group were challenged to find, record, photograph and share 12 items connected to a variety of their senses.

02.01.2022 Preschool enjoyed another fun-filled visit to kindergarten yesterday. We shared a story together and then moved into groups to participate in various maths games which included shape bingo, teddy bear races and making collections with blocks.

02.01.2022 School Concert rehearsal in full swing. Please tune in for the live streaming on Facebook at 12pm today. See you then!

02.01.2022 To celebrate International Day of People with Disability - Australia today the students of the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse have developed their own 'N-Clusion All-S...tars!' interactive music game! The game, designed by the students to promote 'Inclusion, Acceptance and Diversity' was created in Scratch - it will be the Clubhouse crew's entry in this year's amazing Engineer for the Week program! The students can't wait to share it with you. #International Day of People with Disability - Australia #The Clubhouse Network

02.01.2022 This afternoon we welcomed families to learn about starting kindergarten in 2021. Thank you to those families that attended. For those who were unable to make it, information packs can be collected from the front office.

02.01.2022 YWCA Canberra Clubhouse member Ellsie hit the studio this afternoon and recorded a beautiful cover of Hailee Steinfeld’s empowering song ’Most Girls’. It has be...en amazing to see so many talented young ladies expressing themselves in the Clubhouse studio this term! We can’t wait to see what they come up with next year! #The Clubhouse Network #Hailee Steinfeld

01.01.2022 Congratulations to KS who were the junior schools People’s Choice Award for their science inquiry into the cookie challenge at the Science Fair.

01.01.2022 After a bike basics and safety discussion, the RIPP Bike Maintenance and Skills group were off and riding!