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Newsletter No. 26 - Term 3– Week 7 Thursday 25 August 2016

From the Principal…………..

Another Accolade for Kalinda The Department of Education sent a film crew to Kalinda this week to create a video about our school -wide use of targeted digital resources for teaching Maths. The video and accompanying web page will be a part of the Department of Education's 'What's working in Victorian Schools Case Study’ series, designed to feature best practice examples in Victorian Schools. Kalinda is one of just 12 schools from across the State that were identified to be featured in this series. As part of the filming, some of our classrooms and students were filmed at work. If your child was in one of these rooms, a permission form will be coming home tomorrow to ensure you are happy for them to appear in the video, which will only be visible to staff at other government schools. We look forward to seeing the finished product! What a great recognition for the fantastic work our teachers do.

On the move again…. You may notice some tree and seat removal happening at the front of the school. This is to make way for more ground works during the holidays. We have quite a grand plan for the front of the school, part of which is a front entrance adjoining a new play area. This year we will be constructing a new entrance and the sport play area will follow next year. This is all very exciting as the front of the school has not really been revamped for many years. If you are near the school during the holidays please be aware that children must be supervised because there will be some large earthworks going on.

New Portables For those of you who have children in the 1/2 area, the new portables are now inhabited. Mrs Davies and Ms Salmon’s grades have moved out to the new portables and they report they are very, very happy with them. The view from those portables is quite lovely and it is a very appealing atmosphere for the children to work in. Please pop in if you would like a look.

Student teachers Kalinda Primary School is part of the Deakin Alliance group. This means that we are working very closely with Deakin University to support learning, particularly in Mathematics and Literacy. Yesterday we had 40 student teachers come and work in the school for the morning and many of these students will volunteer at the school in the coming weeks. This is a great way to support our students’ learning and to train the student teachers on site. These student teachers are 4

th years

and they will be ready to venture into the teaching professional workforce next year, so this is a terrific opportunity for them to be skilled before they start working in schools.

Trivia Night Don’t forget tomorrow is Trivia Night. The Fundraising Committee has worked really hard to make this a fun night and to raise funds for the school. There are over $3,000 work of prizes up for grabs. There is still time to book a table, or just come along and find some new friends.

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Richard away Richard Lambert will be out of the school for the next two weeks as part of a course through our Bastow Leadership Centre. Richard will be shadowing a principal from an inner city school for these two weeks and also during two weeks next term. The school he is visiting is very different to ours and we do hope we can share ideas across both schools.

HAPPY CAMPERS Grade 3/4 students are off to Camp next week. We certainly hope the weather improves and that they all have a fabulous time on the Giant Swing and the Flying Fox at the Adventure Camp. Our dear Gill is going to be away until after the holidays! Gill is off to Europe on long service leave for a well-deserved break so happy holidays Gill and keep safe and well. Sharon Gazzola will be joining us in the office as Gill’s replacement. GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families – 18-25 August 2016 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Concert Photos on Sale All families 2nd

Sept.

DVD Order Forms All families 2nd

Sept.

2nd

iPad List Grade 5/6 n/a

Grade 3/4 Camp Packing List & Medical forms Grade 3/4 asap

August

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th - Trivia Night

30th - District Athletics at Kalinda

31 Aug – 2 Sep. - Gr. 3/4 Camp – Phillip Island September

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st Aug – 2

nd Sep. - Gr. 3/4 Camp – Phillip Island

11th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

12th

- P&F Gen Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium - School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm Staffroom 14

th - Pie Day

15th - Canteen Closed for T.3

16th - End Term 3 – 2:30pm Dismissal

October

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rd - Beginning Term 4

6th - Divisional Athletics

13th - Regional Athletics

16th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

17th - P&F Gen. Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium

28th - Curriculum Day (pupil-free day)

November

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st - Cup Day Public Holiday

3rd

- Music – Count Us In – Incursion 11

th - Remembrance Day

- Twilight Market 21

st - P&F Gen. Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium

27th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

December

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th - P&F Annual General Meeting

- 9.30am Stadium 20

th - End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2016

Term 1 – 27 January – 24 March (Easter – Good Friday 25

th March)

Term 2 – 11 April – 24 June Term 3 – 11 July to 16 September Term 4 – 3 October to Tuesday, 20 December CANTEEN ROSTER

31/8 – Jacinta T. 01/9 – Nikki C. 02/9 - Elisha & Helper needed

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It’s not too late to book tickets for

Trivia Night

Friday, 26th August 2016

at Kalinda Primary School Stadium

arrive at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start

Book your tickets now!

Here’s one of the beautiful pieces of art work available tomorrow night.

Book Week 2016 Can you imagine swimming next to a real turtle and then having a real conversation with one? Such was the bold beginning to visiting Melbourne author Lauren Hastie’s children’s novel Oliver and Amelia: New Adventures of Urchin Grove. All of our Grade 1/2 students were treated to a fabulous visit from Lauren on Thursday. Lauren has just published her first children’s novel. Lauren read from the exciting book to the children.

Following the reading Lauren shared her writing process and discussed how she uses her own writer’s notebook to collect ideas and develop her characters, plot and setting. We were so impressed by the questions our children asked and their genuine interest in understanding Lauren’s writing process.

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/D Rebecca Z. - For your enthusiasm for learning. Your smile brightens our classroom. F/H Casey C. - For your wonderful work when handwriting on lines! Lily V. - For your fabulous writing piece in our Writing Workshop!! Hannah J. - For working so hard with your writing. I’m so proud of you Hannah. F/L Bailey E. - For working so hard at improving her handwriting. Terrific effort. Bailey H. - For much improved confidence when reading aloud. Great work! F/T Amelia McP. - For concentrating so hard on her handwriting. Keep it up, Amelia! Lucy B. - For her fantastic Mathematical thinking during Zone Maths. 12B Tayla Mac. - For your incredible enthusiasm when reading. You have shown fantastic progress, Tayla and should be so proud of your achievements.

Jordana S. - For your excellent work when THRASSing out your spelling words. You show some great skills, Jordana.

12D To all of 1/2D - For being so helpful and co-operative during the move to our new classroom. It was so easy with all your help! 12N Alex S. – For the wonderful way you talk about the author’s craft!

Spencer B.. - For the fantastic questions you came up with to ask our visiting author. 12R Reece T. - For settling in very well to Kalinda Primary School. Well done! 12T Oliver C. - For always having a fabulous attitude towards your learning. You set yourself a high standard and challenge yourself to keep learning. Sophie S. - For your excellent effort during our Publishing Party writing. You were able to use feedback to improve your piece. Well done! 34C Ava K. - For her wonderful Writers Notebook. I loved the ‘Olympic’ seed! Alex H. - For her work in CBL. Alex has helped many groups and has been a green screen and iMovie Master. Lily McC. - For her steady improvement with her number skills. Keep working hard. 34D Katya K. - For conducting excellent interviews with your friends in 3/4 on a range of topics. 34L Harry S. - For his enthusiasm during filming for CBL. You are a star, Harry! Grace S. - For helping to film many groups during CBL. Thank you, Grace. 34M Lucy F. - For using feedback to improve her writing. You have such wonderful ideas. Chloe S. - For the amazing commitment she has shown to explore new Math challenges. Ben W. - For showing everyone how to measure large items in metres and centimetres. 34P Yifei W. - For being an enthusiastic learner, who happily shares her understandings in our classroom. Your smile lights up our room, Yifei! Jared B. - For using a variety of sentence starters in his Kalinda Chapter.

Excellent writing, Jared! 34R Alexey K. - For the wonderful effort he has put into working with his THRASS chart and really identifying the phonemes in his words. Sebastian H. - For being a welcome addition to our classroom. Morena P. - For the great work she does in our comprehension programme, STARs. Krystal T. - For the great work she did with doubles in Maths. Sharon P. - For the excellent sentences she put together for our ‘Little Extra’ task. 56C The whole class! - Your Good News Morning presentations have been, informative, interesting and so inspiring! I am loving hearing these motivational stories from all around the world! Keep up the amazing work!

Kira S. - For speaking so well in her role as JSC Rep, thanking the volunteers at the Father’s Day Stall. Alana M. - For taking such pride in your Literature Circle journal! I really enjoy reading your thoughts after Literacy Groups.

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All children at Kalinda were given the opportunity earlier in the year to accept The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or experience 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read or experience 15 books. The Challenge will remain open until 9 September 2016. To complete the Challenge all books read must be entered online using the student login and password given to your child earlier in the year. If you do not have these details please contact your child’s class teacher. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and have their name included on the online Honour Roll. If you would not like your child’s name included on the online Honour Roll please change these details online using your child’s username and password to do so. To view the booklists or more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc Happy Reading! SANDY DOYLE VPRC COORDINATOR

BREAKFAST CLUB Don’t forget to come down to Breakfast Club on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to try a yummy smoothie or maybe some scrambled eggs. This week we would love any donations of butter (the spreadable kind is best), so if you were able to pop an extra tub in the grocery shop, that would be great. Please drop off any donations at the office or to the stadium on Tuesday or Thursday morning. Many thanks, MICHELE & KAREN BREAKFAST CLUB COORDINATORS

HEALTH ALERT This is to inform you that we have had a reported case of Impetigo (school sores) in the Grade 3/4 area this week. If your child does contract Impetigo, according to Health Department guidelines, they must not come to school until they have seen a doctor and treatment has begun. For further information, please visit the Health Department site at: www.health.vic.gov.au or contact your family doctor. ENROLMENTS DUE NOW FOR

FOUNDATION STUDENTS

BEGINNING 2017

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District Athletics A reminder to families of those students who have earned an invitation to next week’s District Ath letics Carnival, that it is NEXT TUESDAY (August 30). All details regarding the event are located on your child/ren’s Compass profile, and consent and payment for your child/ren’s participation are now due. Students are asked to wear appropriate athletic wear - in school colours (i.e.: blue shorts, skort, etc) – as well as appropriate footwear and additional layers of school uniform to wear whilst not competing. Mr. Harvey will distribute one of Kalinda’s current multi-sport tops to each athlete on (or prior to) Monday, August 29. Students are asked not to be late on the day, as the bus – with Mr. McLean, Miss D’Amico and Mrs. Thompson - will be leaving as soon after 9:00am as possible. Good luck to all Kalinda competitors. STEVE HARVEY PE & SPORTS COORDINATOR

Dear Parent/Guardian, Kalinda Primary School has been, and remains, a participant in the Healthy Together Children’s Evaluation. In 2016, all Grade 4 and Grade 6 students have been invited to participate. This study will examine influences on healthy weight and related behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, diet quality, sleep and quality of life) among children and adolescents across Victoria. Please read the information provided to your child/ren by evaluation staff back on Friday July 29, so that you can make an informed decision about your child/ren’s participation. Please only return the OPT-OUT consent form should you and/or your child/ren decide NOT TO participate. Please return that form to your child’s teacher or to the front office as soon as possible. * Please note that your child/ren’s participation in this study is assumed unless you indicate via the return of the signed OPT-OUT consent form that you do not wish for your child/ren to participate. This year, your child/ren’s involvement in the evaluation will involve:

Completing a brief physical activity, sedentary behaviour, food intake, sleep behaviours and health and wellbeing questionnaire

Having their height, weight and waist circumference measured in a private and professional manner with trained researchers

These activities will be conducted on Friday, August 26 in accordance with a timetable organised by the school to minimise class disruption. All information obtained in connection with this research that can identify your child will remain confidential. Your child’s data will be made anonymous during analyses, therefore, you child will not be identified in any report, publication or presentation. Results of this study will provide information about effectiveness of current efforts to improve the health of Victorian children and adolescents. This information will be used by educators, policy makers and researchers in future efforts to improve the health of Victorian children and adolescents. If you require further information or have any problems or concerns regarding this research, you can contact: Dr. Claudia Strugnell Research Fellow, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin Population Strategic Research Centre Geelong Waterfront Campus, Deakin University Locked Bag 20000, Geelong Vic, 3220 PH: (03) 5227 8483

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JAPANESE CORNER

I stayed with the Hamilton Family for 3 weeks from Aug 1st to August 21st. While I was with them we went to beach , markets , parties, and many other places. They were always concerned about my welfare and told me I could relax on weekend if I wished. They were so kind and took me anywhere I wanted to go. It was like staying t my own home! They gave me lots of love and taught me how big love is. I will never forget my time with the Hamilton family and will have many beautiful memories of my time with them. My heart is full of gratitude.

One Day Scholastic Book Fair!

We are holding a One Day Scholastic Book Fair

in the Library on

Friday, 9th September There will also be a large selection of stationery available to purchase at the fair ranging from $1 to $5 an item. Reading is an important skill that needs to be developed in children. Not only is it necessary for survival in the world of schools and (later on) universities, but in adult life as well. The more children read, the better they become at reading. The more enjoyable the things they read are, the more they'll stick with them and develop the reading skills that they'll need for full access to information in their adult lives. Reading should be viewed as a pleasurable activity - as a source of entertaining tales and useful and interesting factual information. We invite you to visit our One Day Scholastic Book Fair and experience a celebration of reading. Our Scholastic Book Fair theme this year is Australia: Story Country. If you are able to volunteer some time to assist at the Book Fair, please contact Wendy Robertson on wendyLrobertson@yahoo.com.au. Book Fair Date: Friday 9th September, 2016 Shopping Hours: 8:00 – 9:30am 1:30-5:00pm WENDY ROBERTSON LIBRARIAN

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Parents & Friends Update

Father’s Day Stall – Thank You

THANK YOU to everyone who helped to make the Father’s Day stall a big success! Our thanks go out to: Simone Z, Susanne H, Crissi K, Sarah F., Shona C, Candice W, Jo O, Andrea B, Mick & Coral H, Tracey M, Marianne B, Louise D, Sarah C, Runu J, Kylie T, Jo C, Petra K, Kate C, Lyn W, Adrianne H.

Lay-bys can be collected from the front staff room before or after school by Friday this week.

www.facebook.com/kalindaparentsandfriends kalindapandf@gmail.com

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Term 3 – Week 7

We have been having lots of fun at OSHClub this week, enjoying the somewhat milder weather, we have been meeting lots of new faces and encourage families to book in advance to secure their spots. We made scones on Thursday for our regular Cooking Club and cheese and lettuce sandwiches on Tuesday which fed us all for two Afternoons, with enough to take home. This week we will be making something chocolatey! On Friday we enjoyed our Pokemon themed curriculum day with a Poke hunt, story writing, Pokey ball making and other themed activities, we checked out the Prep playground and made cupcakes and cakepops. On our menu this week were ; fruit platters, sandwiches, yoghurt, Dips and pita, crackers with cheese and baked Nachos. We have enjoyed playing our Wii and are super excited to have been provided some new games to play we are always looking for any preloved Items you may have (Books, Games, Dress ups, Rugs, Wii Games etc). This week will be exploring the concepts of ‘tricky people’ and ‘Circle of trust’, we encourage families to continue these important topics at home, we have been happy to witness the children being really open to talk on these subjects, in particular the “Secrets V Surprises” discussions (and with father’s day coming up this is a great time to think about the language we are using in our communications. Our Family communication book is always on the sign on desk for anyone wishing to leave comments, suggestions or queries. We appreciate your feedback for our program and our team. We are available during program hours on 0439 992 434; feel free to leave a voicemail message if we are unavailable. We are also contactable at oshclub.kalinda@gmail.com. Alternatively, you are always welcome to contact our Area Manager (Kathi Rowan) on 0432 212 817 or Kathi@oshclub.com.au. We have a GOLD suggestion box on the “sign in” table and we invite everyone to leave suggestions whenever they wish! These can be anonymous We welcome everyone in OSHClub, our Children are very considerate of new students, we take pride in our ability to make every child feel special. Kind Regards, Michelle Dark

Program phone: 0439 992 434 Coordinator: Michelle Dark Assistants: Michelle Dark, Kaitlyn Robertson, Wendy Reid, Lorressa Mancuso. OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS REMINDER - Canberra Camp 2017 Deposit: This event has now closed through Compass. If you have been unable to process your payment/consent through Compass, please make payment at the office as soon as possible. Credit Card & BPay payments – Please remember that we cannot accept payments of less than $10 for credit card and less than $30 for BPay. If you are paying by BPay, please also send in a short email or note letting us know the amount, what the payment was for and the BPay Receipt number, to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au If payments of less than $10 are received, we will be returning them home and asking for cash payment. COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to log in to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add / Approve Absence” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER UNIFORM SHOP Opening Times: The Uniform Shop is open every Monday from 3:00 – 3:45pm. SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS STUDENT BANKING – EVERY FRIDAY As notified in previous newsletters, the Student Banking is now being done through Bendigo Bank. If you have not opened an account as yet, spare account opening kits are available through the office. For those students with Dollarmite accounts, you are still able to deposit through your local Commonwealth Bank branch, or you can also open a Bendigo Bank account.

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK!

Beef & Rice Noodle Stir Fry

Serves 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

What you need: 500 g lean beef mince

1 tbsp sunflower oil 2 cloves garlic, sliced 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 bunch gai laan (Chinese broccoli) sliced 4cm lengths 1 carrot, cut into batons 2 cups fresh rice noodles, soaked in cold water to loosen, drained 100 g snow peas, halved Coriander sprigs, to serve

Heat a wok over high heat, add oil and swirl to coat. Add mince and let it brown on one side.

Turn and move around to break up mince.

Once browned add garlic and soy.

Add noodles and toss to coat. Add carrot and gai laan and cook until almost tender. Add snow peas for the final 30 seconds of cooking. Top with coriander sprigs, to serve.

WENDY McLAUGHLAN KALINDA CHEF

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

MAROONDAH CITY COUNCIL

VACATION CARE PROGRAM

Maroondah City Council offers two fantastic

school holiday programs for children in

Foundation to Grade 6 that are jam packed full

of FUN! The programs are located at Belmont

Park in Croydon South and Springfield

Pavilion in Croydon.

For further information please contact the

Vacation Care team on 9294 5734.

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TRIVIA NIGHT SPONSORS

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