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Newsletter No. 27 - Term 3– Week 8 Thursday 3 September2015

From the Acting Principal………

India Trip Students and staff staying at our sister school in Bangalore, India are having a fabulous time. They are staying on site at Jain International Residential School, and experiencing school life, as well as having some fantastic day trips to see local events and attractions. School life begins early, with students rising at 5:30am and morning sport commencing at 6am each day. This can include hockey, basketball, swimming, soccer, tennis, golf, horse riding, cricket or even billiards. As you can see from the photos, classrooms are quite different, with individual desks all facing the front of the room, and each student standing to answer questions put to them by the teacher. Each school day has organised classes and sport activities right through until around 8pm at night, so our travellers are kept very busy! Our students have fit right into school life at JIRS, and are loving the experience with all their new classmates. As well as school life, during this week they have experienced some fantastic day trips. They attended a local celebration of Raksha Bandhan, a Hindu and Jain festival that celebrates the relationship of brothers and sisters, a water park and shopping centre in Bangalore, and travelled to the neighbouring city of Mysore where they toured through the King’s Palace. They are looking forward to experiencing another big festival at the school on Saturday before they begin their journey home.

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Father’s Day Stall A big thank you to our Parents and Friends group, as well as all the extra volunteer parents that came along to help run our Father’s Day stall yesterday. These special opportunities for our children can’t happen without parents giving up their time to organise the event and help out on the day. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the community, especially all the Dads, Granddads and Great Granddads, a very special Father’s Day for Sunday. RICHARD LAMBERT ACTING PRINCIPAL

Events Calendar

September

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th - Foundation – Cake Stall/Bake Sale (CBL)

9th - THRASS Parent Info Sessions

10th - Grade 5/6 Market Day (CBL)

11th - Last Day of Canteen

12th - Working Bee – 10am - Noon

14th - P&F Meeting – After assembly – Stadium

- Japanese Day 16

th - Pie Day / Footy Day

17th

- CANTEEN CLOSED 18

th - CANTEEN CLOSED

18th

- End of Term 3 – 2.30pm Dismissal October

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th - Beginning of Term 4

8th - SSV Division Athletics

11th - Working Bee – 10am – Noon

16th - Grade 2 Sleepover - Library

19th - P&F Meeting – After Assembly - Stadium

23rd

- Foundation 2016 Transition – Session 1 9:30 – 11:00am 30

th - Curriculum Day (Pupil-free day)

November

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th - Foundation 2016 Transition – Session 2

9:30 – 11:00am 20

th - Foundation 2016 Transition - Session 3

9:30 – 11:00am - Twilight Night Market 21

st - Working Bee – 10am-Noon

23rd

- P&F Mtg – 9.30am – Stadium

December

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st - Parent Helpers Morning Tea

7th - Foundation 2016 Information Night – 7pm

8th - Orientation Day - Year 6/7 & Foundation

9th - Kalinda Carols Night

14th - P&F AGM & Mtg – 9.30am – Stadium

16th - Year 6 Graduation

18th - End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2015

Term 3 – 13 July - 18 September -2:30 dismissal Term 4 – 5 October - 18 December – 1:30 dismissal TERM DATES 2016

Term 1 – 27 January – 24 March (Students resume Friday 29

th Jan 2016)

(Easter – Good Friday 25th

March) Term 2 – 11 April – 24 June Term 3 – 11 July to 16 September Term 4 – 3 October to 20 December CANTEEN 9/9/15 - Helper Needed

10/9/15 - Megumi N. & Yuko W. 11/9/15 - Skye C. & Adi H. & Helper Needed

If you wish to contact Jo in the Canteen, her mobile number is 0402 031 447.

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/D Evie R. - For her fantastic work using the 100s chart to look at the counting by 5s pattern. Max L. - For his wonderful writing about the visit from the Fire Brigade. F/M Mackenzie A. - For fantastic reading! I love how you are using all your reading strategies. Kaiya H. - For recognising the 2s, 5s and 10s counting patterns. Amazing work! F/T Amelia B. - For her wonderful work with the skip counting patterns of 2s, 5s and 10s. Jonty B-A. - For great work during Maths skip counting from different numbers. 12D Cooper W. - For improved spelling. Congratulations for achieving 100% each week on your spelling tests. 12N Ryan Z. - For your fabulous focus and efforts during our THRASS Writing and Spelling sessions. Ruby H. - For all the extra effort you have been putting into extending your understanding of

multiplication. 12R Will J. - For learning to measure objects in the classroom with a ruler. Great Maths work! Zara L. - For concentrating on your handwriting and making it very neat in the lines. 12S Jordan M. - For always working hard in class and being friendly to others. 12T Alishea P. - For being inclusive with her classmates and showing great care towards her peers. Chelsea Q. - For showing initiative in the classroom and taking care of her own and others’ belongings. Fantastic work, Chelsea!

34C Espen V-G. - For writing a very thoughtful memory-message in our Father’s Day writing. Tate F. - For researching a terrific poem for the first day of Spring, for our Spring-board!

34L Eric Z. - For working hard at improving his writing skills. Leila C. - For working hard at improving her writing. 34M Emily W. - For the outstanding progress she has made in her reading this term. Keep it up! Diesel McD. - For the outstanding dedication he has shown towards his CBL. South P. - For the outstanding dedication he has shown towards his CBL.

34P James T. - For using the correct structure when writing his narrative and for making excellent spelling choices. Great work, James. Brodie S. - For realising the importance of being a focused and reliable learner. Keep up the great effort, Brodie. 34R Madison F. - For always being a helpful and kind class member. Alicia B. - For your wonderful work in Maths and Literacy. You are a Star! 56B Luke B. - For putting some great effort into your application task. You applied yourself well and produced a great piece, Luke. 56J Emily C-T. - For overcoming her nerves to place 2

nd in Shot Put. Smashing effort, Emily!

Canteen Award F/D Alexandra McM. - For using “Please” and “Thank you” at Canteen.

Forms sent home to Families –27 Aug. – 3 Sep. 2015 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Twilight Market Help Eldest Asap

Grade 2 Sleepover Grade 2 5th October

The SAKG produce trolley is now back in the Stadium Foyer. Check out what’s on offer now has delicious Beetroot and Apple Relish (made last term) for sale. We have only a few jars so first in.....!! New addition from next week – Chilli Jam – yum! Jars - We now have enough jars thank you, but it would be great if you could continue to return any empty jam or relish jars and lids from your purchases here. MICHELE O’CONNELL

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Japanese Day

Come to see us in costume at the assembly

on Monday, 14th September On Monday, 14th September, we are going to have our Japanese day.

All parents and friends are most welcome to join us at the assembly at 9:10 a.m. in our stadium and also 2:00 P.m. for professional energetic Japanese drum and shamisen performance, followed by our students singing and dancing performance.

This is a whole school event. This year, the whole school is NOT divided into Aka (red) and Shiro (white) teams. Instead, we encourage you to dress up as one of Japanese anime characters, one of Japanese food or anything you could relate to Japan! At the opening assembly in the morning, we will have the costume parade, everyone will have turn to show off your costume!! There will be prizes for each level. So please start thinking about your costume!! You might create something using a garbage bag, cardboard and face painting?? Parents and friends are most welcome to join our assembly.

We hope you enjoy co-ordinating the clothes and be ready for the fun day!!

There are many activities and a special performance planned as below!!

The details are coming in the next newsletter. Arigato!

Japanese LOTE Staff

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9:00

-9:05

9:10 - 10:00

10:10- 11:00

11:30- 12:10

12:15- 13:00

14:05- 15:00

15:00- 15:30

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Assem

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Soran

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excise

Stadium

Oni mask

Fan

Wasab

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Singing in level

Sushi dance

PT

PD PD

PR PR

1/2R kabuto

Stadium

Fan

1/2C

1/2D 1/2D

1/2N 1/2F

1/2L 1/2L

1/2T 1/2P

1/2S 1/2S

3/4L Naga kabuto

Fan

Stadium

3/4B

3/4C 3/4E

3/4S 3/4J

3/4P 3/4P

3/4R 3/4R

3/4M 3/4M

5/6D Stadium

Fan

Tsubo Kabuto

5/6A

5/6K 5/6B

5/6M 5/6M

5/6J 5/6O

5/6B 5/6R

Foundation D Book Reports

Isla’s Book Report

Scary Night by Lesley Gibbes

I like this book because the bear went “ROAR!”

I liked when they counted to three then said “surprise”. She was tickled pink!

Charlie B’s Book Report

Scary Night by Lesley Gibbes

I like this book because I liked the bear going…”ROAR!!”

I like it when they tip-toed and counted to three.

Ella’s Book Report

Go to Sleep Jessie by Libby Gleeson

I like the book because it was funny.

The most fun part was when her sister put her finger up her nose!

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FIRE ED VISIT TO FOUNDATION Roberto FD “The firemen came to school. They had a truck. We played with the hose.” Ayda FD “The firemen came on Monday. They parked in front of the MPR. We got to play with the hose. I loved it. It was great.” Natasha FD The Fire Brigade. On Monday afternoon the firemen came. We met them in the MPR. Then we got to go outside to play with the hose. I loved that day. Evie FD On Monday firemen came to school. They had a truck. We played with a hose. I loved it! Alex FD We saw the fireman. We saw them at the MPR. They told us about fire safety. It was the best! Isaac FM The firemen came on Monday. They taught us about how to be safe in a fire. I had a fun day. Riley FM The Firemen came to Kalinda Primary School. We got to spray the hose and we got to look at the truck. My favourite part was when one of the teachers got wet. I had fun. Ava FM The Fire Brigade came to school! On Monday afternoon the Fire Brigade came to Kalinda. Fireman Joel and Fireman Marty came in a fire truck. They came from the Ringwood Fire Station to us. They came to talk to us about fires. I got to play with the hose. I loved it.

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CAKE STALL/BAKE SALE

Dear parents, students, teachers and friends,

FOUNDATION is having a Cake Stall at school to help raise money for a really good cause. We would love to raise money to adopt an animal buddy from Edgar’s Mission.

Please come along and buy some of our home made, scrumdiddlyumptious treats.

Where: The Foundation Module

When: Tuesday 8th September

3:15pm to 3:45pm

Only 1 week left to complete the

Challenge! Please enter online

all the books you have finished

reading by 10th September.

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CBL in 1/2N

Grade 1/2N have decided for our CBL challenge we are going to help meet the need of friendship in our school as well as meeting a need in an overseas school.

We are planning to make a friendship bus stop at Kalinda. We are hoping this will meet the need of children that can sometimes feel a bit bored or can’t find anyone to play with during lunchtimes or recess.

If you are lonely or bored you can go to the friendship bus stop, located outside grade 1/2N’s classroom, there will be a box of toys that we have made. Or if you want someone to play with, you can sit on the chair and someone passing by will know that you are waiting to be asked to join in a game.

We are going to paint the bus stop in beautiful bright colours and we are making a terrific sign for it also.

For our second action we are meeting a need in a Cambodian school. We learnt from Mr Allen, who is the director of Teachers Across Borders, that in Cambodia not many children got to go to school because they were very poor and had to stay home and work with their parents. We also learnt that children are not allowed to go outside to play when they are at school and there was not enough toilets and no drinking taps. The only water supply they have is from a well. We were surprised to learn that the children had no textas, pens or paper and they were not given any books to read until they were 11 years old.

So we want to help make a small difference to them. We have decided to make some coloured books to send over to Cambodia. These books had information about colours, senses, numbers, seasons, changes, shapes and environments. Mr Allen is going to take these books directly to some schools in Cambodia.

We hope you are all as excited about the projects as we are!

Written by Aaron, Yifei and Tayla on behalf of the children in 1/2N

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GRADE 3-4 SCIENCE PROGRAM Continuing with our wonderful Science program in Grades 3 and 4, and also linking our learning to ‘needs and wants’ in CBL, students looked at the huge impact of deforestation, and the long-term effects for both mankind and our fellow animal species, in particular, the orangutan. Do our students have a voice? Can they make a positive change? Yes they can! By researching companies that use uncertified, unsustainable palm oil, they wrote postcards, urging them to source RSPO palm oil instead. They discovered that many companies have pledged to change by a certain year. What a proactive way to remind them! Go Grades 3 and 4!! http://mothernatured.com/2013/06/27/act-for-orangtuans-action-postcards-for-kids/

LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PROJECT

Dear Parents and Students,

As part of the Grade 6 Leadership Program, on Friday the 4th of September we are raising money for brain cancer. The money raised will go to the Carrie Bickmore Foundation, whose husband died from brain cancer. In order to raise money, we ask that all students wear a beanie on the day and bring a gold coin donation and wear their beanie for the whole day. If you don't have a beanie, you can wear a hat to show your support.

Thank you for your support of this important research. Yours sincerely Douglas, Jackson, Josh, Xavier, Luke

CANTEEN NEWS Footy Pie Day orders are now CLOSED. Thank you to all our volunteers who have offered to help out on the 16th September, I will follow up with an sms shortly. We would appreciate it when children come to the canteen to collect lunch order baskets or to purchase Icy Poles that they give us respect and use their MANNERS. We have noticed a decline in common courtesy and as our helpers are parents who give up their time to serve your children, a please and thank you would not go astray. Our supplier was unable to give us Chocolate Big M’s, so our stock is running low. We will replace it with strawberry if required. Soup Club – Our last Soup Club day will be next Thursday, 10

th September.

JO O’CALLAGHAN CANTEEN MANAGER

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SPORT NEWS

District Aths Results On Tuesday of this week, 90 of our Grades 3-6 students travelled to Burwood to compete in the Ringwood North District Athletics. We had some wonderful results, which are listed below and everyone tried really hard to beat their personal bests, which is all we ask of our students here at Kalinda. The Placings: Judson 2

nd 1500 metres

Ethan Mc. 2nd

Triple Jump Sienna 3

rd Triple Jump

Josh 1st Discus (PB by 7 metres!!)

Abbey 1st Discus, 1

st Triple Jump

Emily C-T 2nd

Discus Dayna 3

rd Long Jump

Connor 2nd

Triple Jump, 2nd

100 metres Tilly 2

nd Hurdles, 1

st 200 metres

Ashton 3rd

Hurdles Mitchell 1

st Hurdles, 3

rd 200 metres

Ava 3rd

Shot Put Sam 2

nd Discus

Emily 2nd

200 metres Jess, Abbey, Grace, Daisy 1

st 4 x 100 metre relay

Overall, Kalinda finished 3

rd in the Field Events, 4

th in the Track Events and 4

th Overall.

The students who placed first in their event will be progressing on to the Division level of athletics, which will be held next term. We wish them the very best of luck. STUART McLEAN

A big thank you to those volunteers who helped make

yesterday’s Fathers’ Day stall a resounding success!

People with lay-bys can pick them up before and after school

today and tomorrow from the Staffroom

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Term 3 - Week 8 – 3rd September 2015

Program

Hello everyone and welcome to week 8 of OSHClub! Whoa! Time has absolutely flown by this term! I cannot believe that it’s already Spring! On a serious note, I regret to inform you all that Jeanette has had to leave our service for family reasons. It was a bit of a shock, however, we have all been working together to provide stability and continuity throughout the service. If any children or parents would like to send a farewell greeting to Jeanette I can make sure that they are passed on to her. Looking forward towards the end of Term 3 I need to remind children and parents that hats will once again be required for OSHClub in Term 4 AT ALL TIMES. Children will strictly not be allowed outside (apart from the shaded area directly in front of the doors) without a hat and sunscreen. If your child requires a specialised type of sunscreen please provide this in the child’s school bag or alternatively you may keep some here at the program (it will be labelled with the child’s name and used only for your child). We do provide generic Coles-brand “everyday sunscreen” to all children during Terms 1 and 4. I am also excited to announce that Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School, which is located on Plymouth Road next door to Luther College, will be running their first OSHClub Holiday Program these coming school holidays. I will be one of the Coordinators working at this service and would sincerely love to see some of our regular children coming to attend this service with me! It is very easy to book into the holiday program through the online booking system. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me (via details below) or Good Shepherd Lutheran OSHClub on 0423 777 355. Kind Regards, Kalli Boag, Samantha Lawrence, Wendy Reid and Tayla Alderson.

Program phone: 0439 992 434 Coordinator: Kalli Boag.

Assistants: Wendy Reid, Samantha Lawrence, Tayla Alderson.

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 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. End of Term arrangements – The office will close for payments at 10am on Thursday 17

th September for end of

term processing. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER UNIFORM SHOP Opening Hours – Mondays from 3pm – 3.45pm. If you are unable to make this time, order forms are available from the office or you can download from the website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au / Notices and Forms. Just send in your order, with payment and it will be processed as soon as possible. SPECIAL - GRADE 6 2015 TOPS & JACKETS – Very Limited Sizes Polo tops $30 Jackets $40

PLEASE NOTE – THE UNIFORM SHOP WILL NOT BE OPEN ON THE FIRST TRANSITION SESSION DAY – FRIDAY 23

RD OCTOBER.

SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS

SCHOOL BANKING - Term 3 Competition! To activate the Prize Portal, students must simply make three or more School Banking deposits during Term 3 and they will automatically be entered into the competition for a chance to win one of hundreds of prizes. Students can also complete a Money Mission at commbank.com.au/prizeportal to double their chance of winning a prize. 2015 Competition! The grand prize: a family trip to Disneyland!! Students who make 25 or more School Banking deposits during 2015 will automatically enter the draw to win a trip to California’s Disneyland where they can enjoy Space Mountain and everything the park has to offer. The prize includes return airfares, 5 night’s accommodation, transfers and 3 days park entry for up to two adults and two kids, as well as AUD$2000 spending money. If your child does not have a Youthsaver Account, you can open one at any Commonwealth Bank branch, or if you have NetBank, you can apply online. Alternatively, please contact one of the coordinators to discuss (we are in the Staff Room on Friday mornings from 9am). Happy Banking! JULIE & KYLIE STUDENT BANKING COORDINATORS

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ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO COLLECT YOUR E&L STICKERS

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back and it is now easier than ever to earn valuable resources for our school. Last year we were very fortunate and benefited greatly from the program, boosting supplies in our classrooms and the library.

It's simple to participate. From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday 8th September 2015, when you shop at Woolworths you can collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers from the checkout operator or through an online order and place them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet. There’ll be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent.

Once completed, simply place the Sticker Sheet in the Collection Box outside the main office.

ERIN NORMAN LITERACY COORDINATOR

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

Teaching your child health eating habits - Part 2 “Eat your vegetables or you won’t get any dessert” This is another example that sets up healthy foods as something to be endured. It’s quite natural for kids to prefer sweet tasting foods but that doesn’t mean they can’t get to like, or at least tolerate, less sweet foods like vegetables. Only one in twenty Australians are eating enough vegetables so it does matter how you get your kids to eat them. By “bribing” your child to eat healthier foods with the promise of getting a less healthy food you are saying “It is awful, but something you have to do” AND you are also using less healthy food as a reward- both of which are unhelpful. Your child may not naturally love vegetables but you need to keep putting small amounts on their plate all the time and encourage them to try them and praising them when they do. Of course, it’s also really important the adults at the table are eating vegetables too- healthy role modelling matters! Lisa Renn, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.dietproofyourkids.com.au

APPLES - STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

New seasons apples are now being picked. Chris, our apple man will next be delivering apples on, Thursday 10

th September (Week 9 of Term 3). If you would like to order apples, please see

Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 9th

September. This will be the last delivery of this term so if you want to stock up for the holidays, Chris assures me the apples will last a full 3-4 weeks. Bags are approximately 5-6kg. Available are:

Pink Ladies ALL apples are now $10 per bag. Fujis Granny Smiths Green & Brown Pears are available Golden Delicious at $8 per bag.

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

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