Develop ing Respons ib le Learners for a Changing Soc ie ty

PO Box 126 HAMPTON PARK 3976 Web: www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au Phone: 9702 8688 Fax: 9702 9212

Term 3— Issue 3

29th July 2015

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THURSDAY

30th JULY

AUSTRALIAN

MATHS COMP’N

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FRIDAY

31st JULY

SENIOR

ASSEMBLY

2.45PM

EVERYONE

WELCOME

&

ERTH’S DINOSAUR

ZOO EXCURSION

GRADES

PREP, 1, 2 & 3

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FRIDAY

7TH AUGUST

JEANS FOR

GENES DAY

GOLD COIN

DONATION

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TUESDAY

11th AUGUST

ICAS MATHS

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WED - FRI

26th AUG- 28th AUG

GRADE 4 CAMP

PHILLIP ISLAND

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WEDNESDAY

9th SEPT

INTERGALACTIC

NEMESIS

EXCURSION

GRADES 4, 5 & 6

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Dear Parents,

Grey Haired Preps?

What was going on last Friday as

we saw many grey haired Preps and

walking sticks?! I mentioned last

week the junior school students

were celebrating 100 days of school

for 2015 and we saw many

centurions attending on Friday.

(It actually felt great to have a few

people at school with more grey

hair than myself!) One thing is a

certain at Kilberry Valley Primary

School – that is when we have a celebration of some sort the

wonderful food and creativity of the school community come to

the fore. We have a very creative community, so check out some

of the food I tasted and saw on Friday. You are so amazing!

Your involvement makes our great school so special –

thankyou!

School Assemblies

If you have attended our school assemblies you will

know that they are totally organised and run by our

school leaders. There is quite a process each Friday to

ensure all the awards have been finalised and any

staff are consulted to ensure the students know the

successful classes or students for the variety of

encouragement awards that are publically presented at

these assemblies. I wish to acknowledge the

organisation completed by our leaders. They do it all

themselves and only seek assistance if there is an

issue they cannot resolve – which is rare!

From week 3 each term (as a rule) we also have classes performing as part of the performing

arts thrust we have at Kilberry Valley. This is always such fun and we see the creativity of the

staff and students as they select a performance of their choosing each week.

Last Friday 1CC and 1LG entertained the crowd with their rendition of the song Hi5 Base to

Outer Space. Assemblies are a great time to get together and you are always most welcome to

attend. They commence on Friday afternoons at 2.45pm with the senior school (years 3-6) and

junior school (years Prep – 2) alternating weeks.

Staffing News

You would be aware that Maramba Primary School has been through quite a tough time lately with the

passing of their Principal Andrew Groh. Due to the Acting Principal now taking some leave, I have been

approached by regional Department of Education and Training personnel to assist the school by fulfilling the

role of Principal for the remainder of the term. The school is currently undertaking a selection process for a

new Principal to commence in term 4. Therefore, I am in the interesting, and certainly challenging, space of

being Principal of Kilberry Valley Primary School and Co-Principal of Maramba Primary School for the rest

of this term. I will be required to split my time between two schools, but I have full confidence in the

Kilberry Valley staff to be able to take up any actions required here in my absence. Thank you in advance

for your cooperation and support while we help out a neighbouring school.

Parent Opinion Survey

If you did receive one of the surveys. I ask you to please return it as soon as possible – by this Friday would

be wonderful.

ICAS

We would like to congratulate the following students who obtained a distinction in the recent Digital

Technologies ICAS testing.

Rusandi Botheju, Selini Athauda, Suran Jashandeep, Bushan Guruge, Thevni Karunaratna, Nimisha

Kulkarni, Dhanidu Pinnawala, Inuka Wickramasighe and Gathika A Withanage

Thursday 30th July – Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC)

All students enrolled in the AMC test will need to meet on the deck outside the grade 6 classrooms at

7:40am on Thursday 30th July so that we are ready to begin testing at 7:50am. All students will need to

bring a calculator, 2B or B pencil and eraser!

Footy News

Another annihilation that the Hawks dealt out to the Blues on Friday night. A percentage

booster that will be handy as the end of the season approaches. The fight for the top 2 spots

will be close so a strong percentage will be essential! Hopefully this can continue this Friday

night again as the Hawks face the Tigers at the MCG in another Friday night clash.

Go Hawkers!

Have a great week and keep smiling!

Neil Cunningham

Principal

27th July to 2nd August, 2015

Samia 0MU

Codi 2SD

Arsalan 2SD

Aara 2SR

Jaicen 3CT

Naseem 3YH

Yazan 4JR

Joel joy 4jr

Hamdan 4RF

Robert 5JP

Pamadhi 5JP

Ethan 5JP

Eren 5TT

Luke 6RB

ABSENCE NOTIFICATIONS

REMINDER TO PARENTS:

If your child is absent from school, please ring the school

office on 9702 8688 on the morning of the absence or send a

note with the student on the day they return to school.

2015 SCHOOL MUSICAL NEWS- “A PIRATE’S TALE” It’s Term 3 at Kilberry Valley so that means its School

Musical term.

Rehearsals will be getting underway in our classrooms

very soon.

Our School Musical, “A Pirate’s Tale”, will be held at the

Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Boulevard, Pakenham

from Monday 14th September to Thursday 17th

September, 2015.

Tickets for the musical will be going on sale from Monday,

17th August, 2015.

Notices with all the details about musical ticket sales and

everything else your family needs to know will be sent

home with students in the coming weeks.

Also, watch this space for more exciting information.

Ahoy me hearties!

Prep AM Stephanie Prep CM Zaph Prep PD Annalees Prep SW Lachlan 1CC Zaheer 1LG Mevan 2CM Grace 2JB Hydee 2JT Annleyah 2SC Monique 3CA Daeshantae 3CT Thevni 3DJ Mikey 4DP Sinadi 4JR Teagan 4JW Taha 5JP Ethan 5KB Charliece 5TT Mitchell 5JS Marianne 6JM Braydon 6KJ Jess 6RD Sayani

KILBERRY VALLEY PLAYGROUP

In Term 3, Playgroup will be continuing every

Monday from 9:00 to 10:30 in Room C11.

There are 8 places available for children to come along with their parent/caregiver and

play. Playgroup is a great way to meet other parents in our school community and for

children to interact with each other.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Mrs Holtkamp via the School

Office on 9702 8688 for further information.

HAMPTON PARK TENNIS CLUB

Booth Reserve, Somerville Road.

OPEN DAY 9th August 2015

11.30 - 3.30pm

1CT and 1CS, together with the Year Ones, celebrated

100 fabulous days of learning at Kilberry Valley.

We all planned learning experiences that focussed

on the number 100.

Students in 1CT and 1CS had a wonderful day working together.

They made crowns, counted to 100 in different ways ; by tens, fives,

twos and ones. 100 wooden blocks and 100 cups were used to make

different structures. The scales were used to compare the

weights of different bags of items.

Which was heavier—100 M&Ms or 100 cotton buds?

100th Day of Learning

Friday

7th

August

2015

Wear your

favourite

pair of

jeans to

help raise

money for

medical

research

into

childhood

diseases

Gold coin

donation

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge has started for 2015.

Consent forms have been sent home, please sign and return to school to

enable your child to be registered.

Let’s make 2015 our best challenge ever……..start Reading!!!!

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back for 2015.

This community program enables schools to earn

educational resources when anyone in the school

community shops at Woolworths.

Starting from 15th July to 8th September, 2015 anyone from our school

community can collect stickers to place on sticker cards available

at all Woolworths stores.

You will get one sticker for every $10 you spend.

It’s that easy!

When you have filled your cards with stickers

you can place them in the Earn & Learn box

located in the foyer at the School Office.

Thank you in anticipation of your

support for this program.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

It’s that time of year again when we ask for some wonderful volunteers to help

us with sewing for our costumes for the school musical.

If you can help, please come to the Art Room every Friday afternoon from 2pm.

THANK YOU

CHANGE OF CLOTHING FOR STUDENTS

We would like to remind parents to

provide a change of clothing in children’s school bags (preferably some clean underwear, track suit pants, shorts or a dress), particularly as we are coming into cooler and

wet weather

This is handy for ALL children in ALL grade levels as it makes them feel less stressed if they require a

change of clothing owing to an accident. We ask for your co-operation with this matter as our Sick Bay is unable to

cope with the large volume of people requiring changes of clothing.

THANK YOU

HELP FOR THE ART ROOM

NEW ITEMS REQUESTED FOR DONATION

The Art Room are now asking for the following items please:

2L & 3L MILK BOTTLES

WE NEED ABOUT 80 MORE PLEASE!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL THE HELP YOU GIVE US WHEN WE ASK FOR THESE ITEMS

FOR ART ROOM PROJECTS

Please Note:

The closing date for lodging the CSEF form has been extended to Friday 18th September 2015.

Kilberry Valley Primary School

ADVERTISING

Please Note: The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

does not endorse the products or services of any private advertisers. No responsibility is accepted by

DEECD for accuracy of information.

KILBERRY VALLEY NOTICES SENT HOME

The following notices have been sent home to families and require your prompt attention:

GRADE 3 CAMP 2015-MOUNT MORTON CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTRE Consent forms and a non refundable deposit of $50 MUST be received by Tuesday, 4th August, 2015. The approximate cost of the camp is $180. All monies MUST be paid by Friday, 11th September, 2015.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL GRADES 4-6 (SELECTED STUDENTS) Consent forms and payments MUST be received by Tuesday 14th August, 2015. The cost is $14.

GRADE 4 CAMP 2015-PHILLIP ISLAND ADVENTURE RESORT All camp money MUST be paid by Tuesday 18th August, 2015. The approximate cost of the camp is $280. All monies MUST be paid by Tuesday 18th August, 2015. GRADE 6 GRADUATION BEAR / BALLS All money MUST be received by Friday 4th September 2015. Bear cost is $16.00. Ball cost is $ 15.00 THE LION KING Consent forms and payment MUST be received by Wednesday 5th August, 2015. For selected children from grades 4 / 5 and 6. Cost $80.00

Students who do not return consent forms and payments by the closing date for incursions/excursions will not be able to participate in the activity. We would appreciate your support and co-operation with these matters. Thank you.

LATE PAYMENTS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

DIARY DATES-TERM 3 2015

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Excursion - Friday 31st July.

Grades Prep, 1, 2 & 3.

An Afternoon with Dad– Friday 4th September

from 2pm-3.15pm

Intergalactic Nemesis Excursion - Wednesday 9th

September. Grades 4, 5 & 6.

School Musical-Monday 14th September to

Thursday 17th September

GRADE 6 GRADUATION

A very big thank you to Glenn Rogers of GDR Carpentry &

Maintenance for his $100 donation toward Grade 6 Graduation 2016.

WELFARE CORNER

Supporting learning in the home

For some areas of learning, children may need lots of support.

This is especially the case when they are learning new things.

As children’s abilities develop, they gradually become more

independent in their learning and parents and carers can start to

reduce their direct involvement. Parents and carers can assist

children to think through tasks to support their learning and build

independence. Teaching children thinking skills can also help

children to become independent thinkers and learners.

Some other ways parents and carers can support their children’s

learning include:

Providing a challenge that is just beyond what your child

can already do easily by him or herself

Giving prompts

Asking questions

Showing the steps involved

Praising your child for attempting the task, not just

succeeding

Watching to see if your child is struggling or becoming

frustrated, as these may be signs that the task is too hard

Zania Cope-Assistant Principal

HPV Team Donation

A huge thank you to Dr D Flynn for your $270.00 donation towards this years HPV Team.