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Kardinya Primary School Journal

From the Principal

Hello everyone,

Winter weather has been a feature of life over the last two weeks. I enjoy that, between the days of rainy, wintry weather, in Perth we have glorious sunny days. It has been wonderful to see the students outside, enjoying the sunshine, playing with their friends. We have been providing pavement chalk as an additional engagement activity during the COVID-19 restrictions and some of the messages the students have been creating are heartwarming.

School Maintenance You may remember that the State Government announced additional funds for School Maintenance in late 2019. It is important to understand that maintenance refers to items that need to be fixed to preserve the condition of the school. We did get approval to use some of the funds for preventative maintenance, such as the installation of the gate over the D Block alcove area and an additional pathway in the Early Childhood. Other funds were spent stripping back and painting corroding rafters, and as part of this work we were also able to negotiate the painting of verandah posts. The last of the funds went to repairing water damage that has occurred over time to the staff toilets.

In some schools, additional funds were allocated for various upgrades, which is different to maintenance works. We are still awaiting the maintenance works allocated to the student toilets in the Senior Block (A Block) and expect this work to be completed by the end of the year. The Department of Education runs a continuous maintenance program to fix any issues as they arise. We report these issues and they are assigned a priority for completion. Please let us know if you see any items that have been damaged or broken so these items can be reported.

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Friday 22 May 2020

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Thank You P&C Today is P&C Day in Western Australia and I want to send a heartfelt shout out to everyone involved with our P&C here at Kardinya. Our P&C are a wonderful band of volunteers who contribute so much to enhancing life at Kardinya PS. You can thank them for the Canteen, the Uniform Shop and the many fundraising and social activities that bring us together as a community. The P&C contribute so much to the spirit of Kardinya PS.

Please join me in thanking our P&C for the time they put into making Kardinya PS such a wonderful school.

JULIE SIMPFENDORFER PRINCIPAL

Together we promote “Learning for Life”

Congratulations to our Merit Certificate Winners

Congratulations also to our Aussie of the Month Winner : Emma Carroll

Myla Askew Noah Perera

Billy Austin Linh Pham

Shaamvir Bhabra Layla Pumphrey

Jake Chapple Blake Randall

Alim Gicic Aidan Rebisz

Charlie Hampton Nadal Ristic

Nina Jiang Sudipto Sarker

Minh Ha Le William Schrape

Zach McIntyre Arianna Smith

Kelly Tran

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2021 ENROLMENT

Do you have a child that you need to enrol for schooling in 2021? Did you know NOW is the time to enrol?

Do you have any family, friends or neighbours that may not be aware that it’s time to enrol and to consider our wonderful Primary School when enrolling their children. Kardinya Primary School looks forward to being a part of the magical experience and being part of your children’s learning journey. Whilst Kindergarten is not compulsory attendance is highly recommended so your child builds on important social and emotional skills to help them throughout their school life. Kardinya Primary School is now taking enrolment applications for

Kindergarten – four years old by June 2021.

Pre-Primary (first year of compulsory education) – 5 years old by 30 June 2021.

Any Students changing schools

Visit Enrolling in Schools on the Department of Education website for more information. Enrolment Applications are available on our website. Please contact our office on 9312 4900 to arrange a time to bring in this paperwork and the original documentation required as listed below.

Birth Certificate

Proof of Address (two types of evidence required eg; drivers licence, rates notice, utilities bills

Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement this is “up to date” and not more than two months old, a Catch Up Schedule not more than six months old or a valid Immunisation Certificate issued by the Chief Health Officer.

YEAR 6 STUDENTS - ENROL IN SECONDARY SCHOOL Now is the time for Year 6 students to enrol for Year 7 at their local secondary school. Visit https://www.melville.wa.edu.au/ website for more information.

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Sustainability News Trash Free Tuesday/Thursday Don’t forget about the added day to our TFT school initiative. Bring along your food on a Tuesday and Thursday in reusable containers and beeswax/material wraps. Help us to reduce our waste and make a difference to our school environment. Imagine how empty our bins would be if we all went trash free! Collection point Do you have any old mobile phones or batteries? Don’t throw them in your bin! Take them to Ms Crawford’s classroom in A2 where they are collected and disposed of correctly. Many thanks. The Sustainability Team

Library News

If your child has an overdue book, a letter is sent home as a reminder. We certainly do not expect payment for the book/s as they usually turn up. The only time we require payment is if the books is lost or damaged and they have been in our library less than five years. I have edited the letter to omit the cost so there is no confusion. I hope this helps clarify things.

I also would like to thank the Frei and Hurley families for the wonderful donation of books last term. They have certainly added to our general and lexile stocks.

Our library roster is: Monday Tuesday Thursday B1 Yr 3 Mrs Springett B4 Yr 4 Mrs Kozak-Calabrese A2 Yr 5 Ms Crawford/Mr Green B6 Yr 4 Mr Carr C1 PP Miss DePalma A4 Yr 5/6 Ms Galati C4 Kindy Blue Mrs Willcocks C2 PP/Kindy Yellow Mrs Gomez A5 Yr 6 Ms Wallace D2 Y 2 Mrs Gilbert D1 Yr 2 Mrs Platts C2 Kindy Red Mrs Gomez D3 Yr 1 Mrs Allison/Mrs Heard C4 Kindy Green Mrs Knight D4 Yr 1 Mrs Robinson/Mrs Palumbo

If students have finished reading their books before their next library class they are welcome to change them before and after school when I am at my desk or at lunchtimes on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

Thank you.

Mrs Ah Siu – Library Officer

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UNIFORM SHOP UPDATE

Dear KPS Community, The Uniform Shop would like to provide a quick update regarding supplies. Due directly to the current pandemic situation, suppliers are struggling to fill many orders, for many schools. Currently we are OUT of stock of: Size 2, 4, 6 & 10 track pants & Size 4 jumpers We are very LOW on stock of: Size 8 track pants THE ETA FOR ALL THE ABOVE IS JUNE. WE WILL ADVISE WHEN THESE ITEMS BECOME AVAILABLE. Please continue to place your orders for uniforms, however we are asking that you please DO NOT place orders for the above items . All orders that contain uniform items that we cannot supply have been refunded. We will not be managing a waitlist (unless ordered via quickliq) in order to keep things as simple as we can for Volunteers. We thank you for your understanding, please know that there is nothing that could have been done to avoid this stock deficit. The Uniform shop is managed and run by Volunteers. We thank each and every person who gives up their valuable time to help keep the Uniform Shop running. Please direct all enquiries to : kardinyapcauniform@outlook.com

** SAVE THE DATE **

May 25 Wear your Pyjamas Day (no donation) May 28 Assembly B6 Yr4 Mr Carr 2.00pm

WebEx

May 28 School Board Meeting 7.00pm May 29 SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY

No students attend.

Jun 01 PUBLIC HOLIDAY – WA Day Jun 04 P&C Meeting 7pm

Jun 11 Assembly B4 Yr4 Ms Kozak-Calabrese 2.00pm WebEx

Jun 25 Assembly A5 Yr6 Ms Wallace 2.00pm

WebEx

The kids have been adjusting to the new rules here at OSHClub and have begun to get inventive with creating new and interesting games. The kids have been playing “minute to win it” challenges that test their movement and knowledge skills. We have also been doing different daily fitness and created some interesting fitness obstacle courses and challenges. Jemma Phillips Coordinator