Ripley Valley State School

ITS OFFICIAL AND BEEN ANOUNCED - WIN A PIZZA PARTY FOR THE CLASS!
🎉 It’s our LAST WEEK to reach our goal! 🎉
Let’s finish strong and make it count!

🍕 Every student who creates a profile and raises $10 goes into the draw for a CLASS PIZZA PARTY!
💪 For every $250 your class raises, you’ll earn another entry into the draw!
🔥 Hit $500 and your class scores 2 BONUS ENTRIES!
💥 Reach $1000 and your class gets 5 BONUS ENTRIES!

⏰ Donations close Thursday 27th at 8pm — every dollar counts!
🏆 Winner announced Friday during the Slimming event!

Who's going to be the winning Class??? Let’s smash our goal and celebrate with pizza power! 🍕💙✨

1 WEEK TO GO!

The countdown is on for our Colour Fun Run, and our fundraising is gaining momentum! 🎉

We have already raised just over $12,200, which means our second Leadership Team member is officially getting SLIMED! 🪣💚

For every $4,000 raised, another brave member of our Leadership Team will be selected at random to face the slime. Can we get another one next week or even 2!?

This year, our goal is $22,000 — and if we reach it, Mrs Meerwald will be getting slimed too! 😱💚 Can you help up get Mrs Meerwld in the slime chair!

⭐️We’re recruiting!⭐️

Our team is recruiting for an AO3 Administration Officer to join our high performing Administration team in our Student Services Office, commencing in Term 4 2026 until the end of the school year.

The successful candidates will be a 'master of first impressions', often being the first point of contact for students, families, and community members to our school.

The ideal candidate will be efficient, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast paced Administration office. They will be collaborative, eager to learn, committed to continuous improvement, and confident in engaging with our students.

Queries regarding this position can be directed to our Strategic Services Business Manager, Ryley Wilson: [email protected]

Apply here: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobtools/jncustomsearch.viewFullSingle?in_organid=14904&in_jnCounter=223186429

COLOUR FUN RUN FUNDRAISING UPDATE!

We’ve now raised just over $11,000 — officially halfway to our $22,000 goal!

Even more exciting… we’re only $1,000 away from our next slime! Who from our leadership team will be selected next?

Our current Top Fundraising Classes are:
1st – Prep C — $1,313
2nd – Prep D — $930
3rd – 4C — $835
Equal 4th – 3F and 1C — $755

There’s still plenty of time for the leaderboard to change!

Keep those fundraising profiles going, keep sharing with family and friends, and help us reach that next $12,000 slime milestone.

$11,000 raised. $11,000 to go. And only $1,000 until someone else gets slimed!

Our year 1 Team our learning about facts and writing information reports about Australian animals… look at our Walls of Excellence taking shape.😄🌟

This week, Ripley Valley State School is proudly supporting Bullying No Way Week – 17–21 August! 💙

It’s a time to remind our school community that every day and every way, we can choose kindness, inclusion and respect.

Students are invited to wear a purple accessory, please note this is a full school uniform day.

Together, we can speak up, support one another and create a school where everyone feels safe, valued and that they belong. 💜

No Way to Bullying. Every Way to Belong.

IMPORTANT COLOUR FUN RUN UPDATE!

We’re officially counting down to the Colour Fun Run — Friday 28th Week 7
Please note the new event schedule — the Colour Fun Run will now run between 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

🕐 DAY SCHEDULE
12:00 pm — Prep & Year 1
12:20 pm — Year 2 & Year 3
12:40 pm — Year 4 & Year 5
2:00 pm — Year 6
2:20 pm — Gala Students
2:45 pm — Whole-school leadership sliming
And don’t forget… TWO leadership members are already guaranteed to be SLIMED!

Can we get even more leaders covered in colour and slime?! Keep those donations coming!

We’ve already raised an incredible $9,000 — 40% of our goal!
🏆 Top Fundraising Classes
🥇 Prep C — $1,193
🥈 3F — $755
🥉 4C — $735

Let’s keep the momentum going and make our Colour Fun Run the most colourful, messy and FUN day yet!

2 WEEKS TO GO!

The countdown is on for our Colour Fun Run, and our fundraising is gaining momentum! 🎉

We have already raised just over $8,000, which means our second Leadership Team member is officially getting SLIMED! 🪣💚

And now the race is on to unlock our next victim… For every $4,000 raised, another brave member of our Leadership Team will be selected at random to face the slime. Who will be next?! 👀

This year, our goal is $22,000 — and if we reach it, Mrs Meerwald will be getting slimed too! 😱💚 Can you help up get Mrs Meerwld in the slime chair!

Thank you to everyone who has responded to the Parent/Caregiver Survey.

If you have not had a chance to complete the survey yet, the online survey will remain open until Friday the 21st of August.

To have your say, check your emails for an invitation from the Department of Education titled ‘ School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2026’

The next slime is getting VERY close!

We are now just $1,500 away from reaching our next $4,000 fundraising milestone, which means another leadership member will be added to the slime list!

The wheel is ready… but who is it going to be?

Will it be Mrs Tonner, Ms Mugridge, Mrs Ashby or Mr Woodland?

And don’t forget, if we reach our ultimate $22,000 fundraising target, Mrs Meerwald is guaranteed to be slimed!

Keep fundraising RVSS, the next spin of the wheel is almost here!