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KENT PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

2013

EVERY CHILD, EVERY OPPORTUNITY to SHINE

No 27. TERM THREE Thursday, 29

th August, 2013

Friday 30th August Father’s Day Stall (Also from 3.15pm onwards for siblings to purchase if they wish)

Friday 30th

August BOOK WEEK – Kent Park Whole School Dress Up Day

Friday 6th September Wear Blue Day for National Asthma Week.

Friday 13th September Talent Expo 2013

Monday 16th September SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING – 7.00pm.

Wednesday 18th

September P to 6 Rock and Roll Night – 3 sessions – see details attached.

TERM FOUR

Thursday 17th

October Whole School Twilight Working Bee 3.45pm – more information to follow

PLEASE TAKE the OPPORTUNITY to VISIT OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE at www.kentparkps.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S SPECIAL COMMENDATION Congratulations to all competitors in the Year 5/6

Hooptime Program on Wednesday. The children at Kent

Park demonstrated great sportsmanship and teamwork.

Thank you to the staff and parents who positively

supported all of the teams at the Knox Basketball Centre.

Congratulations to Isabelle Jones who has been awarded

an Arts Scholarship to Wheelers Hill College in 2014.

Well done!

KENT PARK’S DRESS UP DAY-Friday 30th August The children are asked to come dressed as a book

character. If not dressing up as a book character then

please encourage the children to wear something “red”

eg. a ribbon, socks, windcheater to celebrate the saying,

“BE WELL READ”

Parents are encouraged to view the great Bookweek

doorways that have been created by each class.

A TIMELY REMINDER We currently have some children suffering from

chickenpox.

Between now and Christmas is the most prevalent time

for communicable diseases such as chickenpox.

If you are unsure of symptoms and exclusion periods for

any illnesses, please contact the office for further

information.

As the weather changes, more students have sniffs and

sniffles/coughs and splutters. If your child is well

enough to attend school, parents are requested to send

children to school with a handkerchief or tissues.

* Remember – the best place for a sick child is at home

to quickly recuperate.

BLUE DRESS DAY – Friday 6th September To help celebrate National Asthma Week,

students are invited to wear blue to school

and donate a gold coin to support asthma in

Victoria.

BALL GAMES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL We would greatly appreciate your support in ensuring

your children are complying with our school community

safety rule of ‘No ball games before and after school’.

REMINDER:

If you are leaving us at the end of 2013 or know of any

Preps eligible for enrolment in 2014 who have not yet

enrolled, we would appreciate you contacting the office as

soon as possible to assist with our planning for 2014.

Excursion/Incursion Notices Sent Home – Please read carefully and ensure deadline dates are met Year Incursion/Excursion Date Incursion/Excursion Due Date

Prep

1

2

3 Monday – 2nd

September Don’t Move Puppet Theatre Incursion OVERDUE

4 Mon–Wed (21st –23

rd October) Year 4 Camp – Permission Slip & Payment Form OVERDUE

5 Friday – 6th

September 5/6 Winter Sport Mon – 2nd

Sept

6 Friday – 6th

September

Mon – Fri (7th

–11th

October)

5/6 Winter Sport

Year 6 Camp – Permission Slip, Medical Form, Horse Riding

Permission & Payment Form

Mon – 2nd

Sept

Wed– 4th Sept.

Selected

Students

Monday – 9th

September Victorian Primary Schools Gymnastics Championship Fri – 30th

Aug

http://www.kentparkps.vic.edu.au/

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CADBURY CHOCOLATES FUNDRAISER Chocolate money / chocolates are due as follows:

Prep → Year 3 OVERDUE.

Year 4 → 6 due on FRIDAY 6th

September.

We have spare boxes of chocolates for those interested in

taking another box to sell. Chocolates are $1.00 and each

box has 50 chocolates inside. Please see Sue or Jenny in

the office.

Thank you to families for their great support with this

whole school fundraiser.

CANTEEN ROSTER FOR TERM 3 Monday 2

nd September: 9-1.45: Donna Bradford. 9-

11.30: Amie Crane. 11.30-1.45: Danielle Bortignon,

Belinda Whelan (10.30), Kate Phillips.

Tuesday 3rd

September – CANTEEN CLOSED

Wednesday 4th September – CANTEEN CLOSED

Thursday 5th September – 9-1.45: Carly McNeil, Lauren

Kidman, Kylie Davies.

Friday 6th September – CANTEEN CLOSED

IMPORTANT: If you are unable to carry out your

canteen duty on your allocated day, please contact

another parent from your Canteen Roster/Contacts List

and arrange a swap. If you have any problems, please

call Alica Cuthbert on 0407-534-043 or Debra Sutherland

on 0404093724.

CANTEEN NEWS

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NEW PRODUCTS AVAILABLE NOW

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Vegetarian Fried Rice - $2.30 *Vegetarian *Gluten-Free *Green-Rated

Potato Bake with Bacon - $2.30 *Gluten-Free *Green-Rated

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Weekly Merit Awards for Week Ending 23rd

August, 2013

Class Student’s Name Reason

Prep A

Riley Hamilton For asking excellent questions during our expert designer afternoon.

Geordie Hibbert For making a big effort with his listening.

Prep B Jai Westerman For great reading and sounding out. Super job Jai.

Mack Bradford For great working on doubles! Well done – Super!

Prep C Emilie Edgerton For a wonderful effort to learn how to count on using a number line.

Jordan Gale For making a fantastic effort to sound words out when reading and writing.

Prep D Mitchell

Buckingham

For constructing a wonderful design using a range of materials.

Grace Parsisson For showing a lot of enthusiasm when constructing her design.

1A Emily Deller For her fantastic effort when solving addition and take away problems.

1B Leo Wang

Brodie Hunter

For writing interesting sentences in his narrative.

For asking interesting questions.

1C Oliver Poidomani For his enthusiastic and hardworking approach to all tasks.

2A Ji-Min Lee For the thoughtful way she approaches all of her learning.

2B Nathan Gagic For making a fabulous model for his diorama and for trying hard to improve his

handwriting.

2C Zak Higginbotham For having such productive work habits this term.

2D Sam Kenny For excellent computer skills and assisting others.

2E Daniel Meehan For a great attitude whilst working on his Australian Animal Project.

3A Mylee James For always showing great enthusiasm in all her learning. Awesome work Mylee.

3B Lachlan Lampard For an excellent story presentation to the class! Keep up the great work/

3C Rylee Bolejko For writing an excellent book report. Well done Rylee!

4B Max Buxton For enthusiastically sharing his knowledge of Australian places and landmarks.

4C Max Randles For always having a positive attitude to all aspects of school life.

4D Mitchell Ellinger For efficiently completing his maths tasks and then thoughtfully helping his

classmates.

5A Jake Clancy For his positive attitude with all learning tasks.

5B Caitlin Quinn For writing an interesting buddy picture storybook your buddy is sure to enjoy!

5C Ryan Smith For creating a fantastic pie graph! Well done!

6A Felicity Rankin For working hard on her writing. Keep up the great effort and positive attitude

Flick!

6B Zoe Quirk For actively working towards improved classroom behaviour. Keep trying Zoe!

Perf. Arts Will Oliver For being a fantastic Rock ‘n’ Roll dance partner.

Japanese Amielle Sims For being a hardworking language learner. Well done, you are making great

progress.

Assist. Prin. Madison Church

Wyatt Porta

For being a conscientious and responsible worker and a kind and thoughtful

friend.

For a great job learning to tie his shoelaces.

Principal Brooke Williamson For being such a supportive, tolerant and caring friend.

TERM THREE HOUSE POINTS

Weekly Totals End of Term Final Totals

1st Daintree 156 1st Daintree 951 2nd Uluru 146 2nd Eureka 896 3rd Eureka 140 3rd Uluru 848 4th Franklin 132 4th Franklin 837

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YEAR 2 WRITERS OF THE WEEK

How Crocodiles Got Their Teeth One day a crocodile went hunting near a beach. He ate 5 crabs a day. His name was Snap. Snap looked ate the salt water.

He went in the water and saw a Great White Shark. Snap wanted to eat the Great White Shark. He tried to fight it and got

injured badly and won the fight. Snap ate the Great White Shark. But the sharks teeth got caught in Snaps gums. Snap

became a saltwater crocodile and got better from the injuries. Snap lived in swamps and hunted with is teeth from now on.

The End

By Freya Nixon 2D Turtles have hard shells. They can camouflage as a rock. They camouflage to stop themselves from getting eaten. Turtles

have a hard layer of scales on the legs and neck. This is like a suit of armour. Turtles have flippers to help them swim.

Their flippers let them swim away from predators fast!

By Lachlan Gerber 2C

Wombats are marsupials. This means they live in their mum's push as a baby and are born in their mum's pouch. Their

pouch is near their bottom because when the mum is digging a burrow the dirt doesn't go in the baby wombat's eyes.

When a baby wombat is born it is the size of a jelly bean. Marsupials feed their babies milk.

By Nicholas Quinn 2C

A selection of responses to an Integrated unit about the grouping of an Australian animal. My animal, a kookaburra is a small bird, compared with the cassowary and emu which are big birds. A kookaburra lays

eggs. Kookaburras have warm blood. A kookaburra has soft feathers and strong wings. It also has two legs.

By Lexi Jeeves 2B

My animal it is a kookaburra and it is a small bird. The kookaburra belongs to a group of birds. The kookaburra lays eggs

and is warm blooded. They are covered in feathers and have two legs. They also have wings.

By Jemma Partridge 2B

My animal the echidna is a monotreme. An adult monotreme doesn't have teeth and is warm blooded. They feed their

baby milk and they lay eggs instead of giving birth to live babies. They breathe air. There are only two of these in the

world.

By Kylie Smith 2B

The Grade 2s have been looking at the different categories Australian animals can be grouped into.

Koalas are marsupials because they have a pouch and feed their baby joeys milk. Baby koalas are born very tiny and need

to live in their mother’s pouch for a while before they can survive in the world. Marsupials have warm blood and they

breathe air.

By Isabella Hayes, 2A

Tawny Frogmouths are birds because they have warm blood and are covered in feathers. Birds have wings and have two

legs. They have a beak with no teeth and they can fly. Birds lay eggs and the baby birds hatch from the eggs.

By Jack Thomas, 2A

By Tom Edwards 2E

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