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Newsletter No. 28 - Term 3 – Week 8 Thursday 4th

September 2014

From the Principal…………..

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

TO ALL THE KALINDA DADS

LEVEL 3 CAMP With the weather report looking very gloomy our brave Level 3 staff, students and parents went off to the Phillip Island Adventure Camp. We are very lucky that the weather has been brilliant with bright sunny skies and no rain. Karen has just rung in and everyone is full of beans and ready to go for their first activities of the morning. They will be having a wonderful time on the Giant Swing, Flying Fox, Archery, Ropes Course and beach walks. They will all return very tired but full of adventures from the three days. The Adventurers will no doubt have a full report in next week’s newsletter, with plenty of photos to share.

FATHER’S DAY STALL Thank you so much to our lovely ladies from Parents & Friends for their work on the Father’s Day Stall on Monday. It certainly was buzzing when I was visiting, with children choosing lovely treats for their Dads. These events are what makes us all part of a community and it is great to see so many enthusiastic helpers.

JAPAN TRIP As the holidays are looming closer we have some very excited Level 4 children who will be leaving for Japan on Monday 13

th October, one week into next term. The trip will be over 12 days, during

which time the children will be spending four nights with host families from Lillyvale School near Tokyo. Twelve children from Kalinda and eight children from Warranwood Primary School, as well as Japanese teachers and Principals from both schools, and Cheryl Henry-Wild, an Integration Aide from Kalinda will be travelling to Japan. This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to use their Japanese language and learn more about Japanese culture, as well as discovering the similarities and unique differences between people around the world.

INDIA TRIP Richard Lambert, Dani Thomas and Russell Monaghan are all still in India staying at our sister school and are very excited to bring back their new knowledge to Kalinda. I will be on leave from tomorrow and will be returning to Kalinda on the first day of next term. Richard will be writing the newsletter next week and I’m sure you will be hearing lots about India. I wish everybody a very happy and safe holidays and I look forward to another exciting term at Kalinda as we head towards summer and warm weather! GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

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Events Calendar

Forms sent home to Families – 28th Aug. – 4th Sep. 2014 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Year 2 Sleepover Year 2 15th Sept.

Footy Day –Pie Day order All students 8th Sept.

Canteen Stickybeaks Lunch Bags Order All students Asap

Level 4 Canberra Camp 2015 Yrs. 4 & 5 in 2014 11th Sept.

Production DVD Order Form All Families 12th Sept.

CADBURY CHOCOLATES – TERM 3 FUNDRAISER 2014

We now need to finalise this fundraiser so if you have not yet returned your donation of $20 or payment in full of $50, please send in as soon as possible. We can then announce the final total raised and also draw the $100 Coles Voucher.

September

3rd

- 5th

. – Level 3 Phillip Island Adv. Camp 8

th - School Council Mtg – 7.30pm Staffroom

10th - Level 3 Hooptime

13th - Working Bee – Saturday 10am-12noon

15th - P&F Meeting – 9.30am Stadium

- Branch Out Meeting at Warranwood PS 18

th - Pie Day / Footy Day

19th - End Term 3 – 2.30pm Dismissal

October

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th - Beginning Term 4

9th - SSV Division Athletics

13th - School Council Mtg – 7.30pm Staffroom

15th - Coach Approach – whole school

16th - SSV Regional Athletics

17th - Yr.2 only Sleepover at Kalinda

19th - Working Bee – Sunday 10am-12noon

20th - P&F Meeting – 9.30am Stadium

22nd

- Camp Quality Show – Free Incursion 24

th - Prep Transition Session 1 – 9.30-11am

13th

– 25th – Branch Out Japan Trip

31st - Curriculum Day (Pupil-free day)

November

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th - Cup Day (Public Holiday – Metro)

7th - Prep Transition Session 2 – 9.30-11am

13th - Graduation Dancing – MPR Level 4

14th - Twilight Market, 5-8pm at Kalinda

17th - P&F Meeting – 9.30am Stadium

17th - School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm

20th - Graduation Dancing – Level 4 MPR

21st - Prep Transition Session 3 – 9.30-11am

22nd

- Working Bee – Saturday – 10am-12noon 24

th - Curriculum Day (Pupil-free day)

27th - Graduation Dancing – Level 4 MPR

December

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nd - Parent Helpers Morning Tea

4th - SAKG Afternoon Tea

5th

– Junior Athletics Day – Preps – 2 8

th – Prep (2015) Info Night

9th -

Orientation Day for 2015 Preps & Yr 7. 9

th - Last day for Uniform Shop Sales.

10th - P&F Meeting – 9.30am Stadium

– and Christmas at Kalinda Kafe 11

th - Kalinda Carols Night

15th

- Uniform Shop Closed for Stocktake 15-18

th – Levels 1 & 2 Swimming

17th

- Year 6 Graduation Night 19

th – End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2014

Term 3 – 14 July - 19 September Term 4 – 6 October - 19 December TERM DATES 2015

Term 1 – 28 Jan (teachers start) - 27 March Pupil Free Day 29 Jan – Students begin 30

th Jan.

Term 2 – 13 April - 26 June Term 3 – 13 July - 18 September Term 4 – 5 October - 18 December CANTEEN ROSTER – Week 9

10/09/14 - Jacinta T. 11/09/14 - Karen P, Leesa S, Lisa W. 12/09/14 - Jo H. & Adrianne H. If you wish to contact Jo in the Canteen, her mobile number is 0402 031 447.

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

P/D Gemma K. - For great work in Maths using different take-away strategies. Oliver B. - For working so hard this week, putting his hand up and having a go. P/M Ryan S. - For great writing that has full stops, capital letters and finger spaces. Maeve G. - For using excellent reading strategies to work out tricky words. P/R Alana W. - For using all her amazing reading strategies when reading with Miss Davis. Lucy B. - For her hard work and effort learning to do subtraction. P/T Jett P. - For creating a fantastic subtraction story. Olivia H. - For recognising this week’s phonemes in reading groups. 12B Ava G. - For always working hard on her Literacy and Numeracy tasks. Well done! Ben H. - For becoming a responsible member of his class. Keep it up! 12C Jack C. - For showing initiative and thinking of a way to improve our school and environment. 12D Blake K. - For showing initiative in class. You used the iPad to research and write an informative information report on oceans. Amber C. - For working fantastically in Maths Groups. You recorded your findings in our Measurement Unit perfectly. 12S Sharon P. - For great work and understanding about ‘Capacity’ in our Maths activities. Jack P. - For great work and understanding about ‘Capacity’ in our Maths activities. Tiffany D. - For her willingness and confidence to participate in our classroom games. 56B Zac N. - For seeking feedback and advice about how to improve his blog posts, making them as detailed as possible. Great effort, Zac! Dylan B. - For his great effort with his writing and blog posts. Well done, Dylan!

PIRATES OF THE CURRY BEAN - DVD ORDERS Because of the Level 3 students being on camp this week, the return date for DVD Orders has been extended to next Friday 12

th September. Please have your orders

in then as they will be ordered on Friday afternoon, ready for delivery before the holidays. Great holiday viewing!! On the original order notice it was stated that the $25 was for a 2-DVD pack, with both nights included. Our apologies for the confusion – there is only 1 DVD in the cover, which does include both the Tuesday and Wednesday night performances on the same disk. LEXI MAURUS – PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER

CANTEEN NEWS

I'm looking to finalize the Stickybeaks lunch order bags by Tuesday 9th September. They can then be delivered back to school before the term finishes. Please send in your completed order, with payment, before next Tuesday.

Pie day orders need to be returned by Monday 8th September. We need to order from the supplier on Tuesday to ensure we receive our orders in time for Pie Day on Thursday 18

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September. We are looking for more volunteers for the 11am till 1pm timeslot. Please let me know if you are available to help out.

Soup day Thursday has been a success over the Winter months. Thanks to the children and teachers who supported it; it will return next Winter.

JO O’CALLAGHAN – CANTEEN MANAGER

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ONLY 1 DAY LEFT!!!

There is only 1 day left to complete the challenge, so keep up the fantastic reading, and try and read as many books as you can by the closing date!

The Closing date of the challenge is Friday the 5th of September.

Please ensure you have entered all of the books you have read on the website by the closing date.

The books will be verified at the end of the Challenge.

Please see Miss Davis if you have any questions.

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc/

HAPPY READING!

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From the sports desk…

KALINDA PRIMARY SCHOOL’S FREE ACTIVE AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES PROGRAM:

Every Wednesday and

Thursday from 3:45pm -

4:45pm.

Kalinda Primary School’s

dedicated Active After-School

Communities webpages can be

found here. The Term 3 AASC

program will commence on

Wednesday, July 30 and

Thursday, July 31.

Term 3 programs offer

participation opportunities based

on the following themes:

1. Wednesday - Soccer (Boronia

Junior Soccer Club), and…

2. Thursday - Squash (Squash

Victoria)

Wednesday afternoons (3:45pm – 4:45pm): Soccer (Boronia Junior Soccer Club)

Status Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7

NO PLACES

AVAILABLE

Wednesday,

July 30

Wednesday,

August 6

Wednesday,

August 13

Wednesday,

August 20

Wednesday,

August 27

Wednesday,

Sept. 3

Wednesday,

Sept. 10

Thursday afternoons (3:45pm – 4:45pm): Squash (Squash Victoria)

Status Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7

NO PLACES

AVAILABLE

Thursday,

July 31

Thursday,

August 7

Thursday,

August 14

Thursday,

August 21

Thursday,

August 28

Thursday,

Sept. 4

Thursday,

Sept. 11

DISTRICT ATHLETICS TEAM AND INFORMATION: Well done to the (nearly) 90 Level 3 and Level 4 students

who represented themselves and their school extremely well at Tuesday’s Ringwood North District Athletics

carnival. CONGRATULATIONS to those students who focussed their efforts towards Personal Best results –

regardless of their final ‘place’. Some students have performed at an extremely high level, earning an invitation to

the next level of competition; the Maroondah / Manningham DIVISION carnival (which will be held at the same

venue on Thursday, October 9). Those students are: Callum C. (1500m), Ethan Mc. (long-jump), Judson C. (200m),

Connor B. (triple-jump), Sam N. (Discus), Emily C. (800m) and Joel R. (800m).

A huge thanks as ever to the teachers and parents who supported (or offered support to) the processes of the day;

Ray Brookman, Matt Anthony, Tanya Italiano, Carli Lange, Aidan Fullerton, Jess Truong, Rachel Nicholson,

Amanda Brincat and Deb Gleeson, as well as to those parents who came along to watch their child/ren compete. If

there are other adults that I have omitted – I do apologise, and I do thank you.

SCHOOL SPORT VICTORIA EASTERN METROPOLITAN REGION LAWN BOWLS DAY:

I am still accepting expressions of interest from Level 4 (Grade 5 & 6) Kalinda students who

are interested in having a go at modified, competitive Lawn Bowls! Please contact Mr.

Harvey for further details (contact details below).

MILO IN2

CRICKET IS

COMING TO

KALINDA P.S

Details about all aspects of the program are

available here (search for Warranwood

Cricket Club details)…or via Mr. Harvey!

Best Regards,

Steve Harvey

Physical Education, Sport & Facilities Management SSV Coordinator: Maroondah & Manningham Division(s)

Ph: (03) 9876 3289 M: (0417) 392 572 E: Harvey.Steven.J@edumail.vic.gov.au

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Term 3 – Week 8 – 29th Aug. – 5th Sept.

Program Update

Hello OSHClubbers, Goodbye to grades 3&4 and have a wonderful time at camp! We can expect a smaller group in OSHClub with camp on this week, however our program is running as usual with a theme of collaboration and self-expression from all children. Intuition and imagination will run a course this week in our planned activities and these involve writing letters to Her Royal Majesty the Queen We are also participating in AASC on Wednesdays and Thursdays so If your child is interested in Soccer and Squash, let us know your child wishes to attend so they are automatically selected on the day. Parents are invited to come into the program during our hours of operation, 7am-9am and 3pm-6pm to have a look at our program, talk to staff and see us in action. We have parent information packs for new families and holiday program information for all OSHClub holiday programs in Melbourne.

GO TIGERS!

*2014 Premiership Winners* Becka Hume-Cook

This Week’s Activities

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care

Activities Loads of fun activities that cater for all ages. Including: Art & Craft, Games, Sports, Drama,

Imaginative Play, Board Games, Music, Cooking, Reading and many more activities.

After Care Activities

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0439 992 434 OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000

Coordinator: Jeffrey Michaels

Assistants: Becka Hume-Cook, Monali Shah, Tess Gianaros

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 If you have changed any of your contact details recently, could you please forward those changes to the office, either by note or email to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

TRANSITION DATES AT KALINDA PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR PREPS 2015 Our Prep Transition sessions for next year’s enrolled Prep students will be held on the following dates between 9.30–11am: Friday 24

th October

Friday 7th November

Friday 21st November

Tuesday 9th December (Orientation Day)

Our Uniform Shop will be open between 9.30 – 10.30am on each of these days. Parent Information Night for enrolled students is on Monday 8

th December at 7pm in the Library.

UNIFORM SHOP Uniform Shop is open every Monday from 3.00 – 3.45pm. If you are unable to get to the shop during these hours, order forms and price lists are available at the office, or can be downloaded from our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au and follow the links to Forms & Notices or to Community/Uniform Shop.

Sunsmart Hats – A reminder that 1st September is the beginning of Sunsmart. We are a

Sunsmart school which means that all students need to wear a school-approved hat, which can be purchased at the Uniform Shop. SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP COORDINATORS SCHOOL BANKING - FRIDAYS The Commonwealth Bank has advised that due to popular demand, stock of the penguin key ring reward items are running low, so please choose an alternative reward when you redeem your tokens. Thank you to all our fabulous bankers who bring their yellow Dollarmite wallet and deposit book to school each Friday. For every deposit made at school, students will receive a Dollarmites token. Collect 10 tokens, fill in your reward coupon and return both to school to redeem your chosen reward. The reward program has been incredibly successful, so please be patient as it may take several weeks to receive your reward! Happy Banking! JULIE & KYLIE STUDENT BANKING COORDINATORS

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

APPLES STRAIGHT FROM

THE ORCHARD…….

New seasons apples are now being picked. Our apple man will next be delivering apples on, Thursday 18th September. If you would like to order apples, please

see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 17

th September. Bags are

approximately 5-6kg. Available are:

Pink Ladies Fujis Granny Smiths Golden Delicious No Royal Galas available at the moment. ALL apples are now $10 per bag.

Green & Brown Pears are $8.00 per bag.

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events. The Department of Education & Early Childhood Development (DEECD) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DEECD and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

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TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR BIG SISTER Give your children the wonderful opportunity to have an international big brother or big sister by volunteering to host one of our exceptional international students arriving in Australia in February 2015 for their 3,5, or 10 month programs. Our international students from France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Japan and USA will live as a local, attend a local secondary school, arrive with their own spending money, and comprehensive insurance cover, all arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. You choose the nationality, the gender, the duration and the interests of the student that you feel is the best match for your family. Visit us at www.scce.com.au, email scceaust@scce.com.au or call us toll free on 1800 500 501, request our international student profiles, and capture the spirit of family and friendship!

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