Events

Our Year  6 students went camping for three days to Hamilton Downs Youth Camp in May 2011. The caretakers of Hamilton Downs sent us this feedback:

"Thank you for your visit to Hamilton Downs last week. We were both impressed by the behaviour and manners of the children. The camp was left in a very tidy state, so thank you for that. We thought the teachers and parent helpers were wonderful."

So far this year ..... 2011 ... events include:

• Teachers spent a day with ICT Consultant Tony Richards learning about ipads in the classroom
• Swimming for junior students, for two weeks in Term 4
• Spring Fair and 50th Birthday Concert, September
• Several winners in the 2011 Wearable Arts competition, August!
• Questacon Science Fair - every student participated in this excellent  science event in July
• Sports Day - a great success in June, with BURTON the winning team on the day
• Almost 200 entries in the Central Australia Eisteddfod in June
• Back to School event 3rd June  - former Ross Park teacher, Mrs Mary Blaiklock and former students Ash McDonell and Jacinta Price visited assembly and told us about the old days! The Mayor, Damien Ryan also told students how to stay safe at the Finke Desert Race
• Walk Safely to School Day - a great turn-out for breakfast, assembly and a walk around the oval on 20th May
• The Irish Music group, FADA, performed in May as part of the Musica Viva program
• School camps were terrific: Simpsons Gap for Year 2/3's, Year 3 - 5; and Hamilton Downs for Year 6's
• Mothers Day stall fundraiser a great success
  
• Harmony Day was held on 22nd March with the Doombul Dancers and a shared lunch
• Famous children's author and illustrator Terry Denton visited our students as did Darryl White and Chris Johnson from the Brisbane Lions! Darryl is a former Ross Park student.
• Our SRC students participated in a Leadership Day to give them skills to use as school leaders.
• CSIRO held workshops for budding scientists in Years 4/5
  

In 2010 we were involved in:

• Today Show weather live from the school, September
• Spring Fair, September
• Sunchase Solar Cars and Boats, October
• Lens Flair film competition and Wakakirri film entry "Stinkbugs"
• NAIDOC painting activity 
• Wearable Arts
• Alice Springs Desert Festival
• Children's Literature in the Centre (CLIC) festival
• Mothers Day stall
• School camps and sleepovers
• Sports Day
• Swimming
  
• NAPLAN
• Book Fairs
• Eisteddfod
  

Ross Park Primary also held a number of  very successful events in 2009.These included:

• Spring Fair - (took place  in September - a fabulous fundraiser)
• Mothers Day  stall and Raffle in May (a great success!)
• Harmony Day celebrations 
  
• Book Fairs - April (families bought more than $3500 worth of books!) & Oct
• Sports Day  - fabulous!
• Wakakirri - various entries in sections of this performance competition 
• Swimming classes for junior students,  2 weeks in October 
• Terrific Kids Award - two students awarded $50 cash prize each term, sponsored by various families
• School camps for Year 4 - 6 classes in Term 2 and Term 3
• NAPLAN - national assessment program for students in Years 3 and 5