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2019 School Leaders… Congratulations to Gabriel Geach-Andrews, Josh Barrett, Jude Bennett, Lily Quentemiyer,

Zvi Ho-Schacher, Ben Turner and Ruth West. I look forward to a wonderful year with

these students along with Year 6 who will be in leadership positions for our school.

It’s ok to be scared.. being scared means you are about to do

something really, really brave Words for our Year 6 students.. For all of you it’s a new adventure.. an exciting

adventure.. so take a deep breath and give it everything you have.. volunteer for new

things, try new subjects, try new sports, try new clubs.. get involved! Your enthusiasm

and hard work has been evident in many activities throughout our school.

Congratulations and good luck to all of Year 6, we have had a great time with you this

year. A special thank you to our wonderful stage 3 teachers, Ms Abbey and Ms Wilson

your professionalism and care of our students is appreciated. Fiona Paine

Principal

From the Principal

KatNews Newsletter Date The official newsletter of Katoomba Public School

Volume 2018 No: 40

Term 4 Week 9, 13th December 2018

School Expectations

Respect Yourself

Respect Others

Respect the

Environment

Uniform Shop opens

every Tuesday

morning from

9am-9.30am

No Canteen facilities.

Please ensure your

child has food for

crunch & sip, recess

and lunch every day.

Assembly this week

will be run by KB

Breakfast Club every

Wednesday before

school

The Virtue this

week is

Creativity

Our PBL Lesson is

“Respect others in

lines”

Merriwa Street, Katoomba NSW 2780

Tel: 4782 1226 Fax: 4782 2996

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.katoomba-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Upcoming Events ………… Friday 14th December Presentation Day Assembly

Tuesday 18th December Year 6 Formal Dinner

Wednesday 19th December Last day of school for 2018

Wednesday 30th January 2019 First day back for Years 1 - 6 Term 1

I would like to wish all our students, staff and families a very Happy Christmas.. may it be safe and full of fun.

KatNews Volume 2018 No: 40

Community Liaison News KPS Band Meeting

The meeting with Jade Tinkler, our new Band Director, was on Monday. Parents and carers got to meet Jade, get

advice on where to source instruments for their young musicians and ask questions. The band will hold its first

rehearsal for 2019 in week 2 of term 1 (note will go out in week 1 next year). If you haven’t filled in an Expression

of Interest note and you have someone interested in giving the band a go, you can grab another note from the

Office.

Thank you to everyone for making our school the wonderful, supportive community that it is. Thank you to every-

one who volunteers at our school and also thank you to those who would volunteer if they were able to. We wish

you a very pleasant, relaxing summer break and look forward to seeing everyone again next year.

Bush Classroom Update #5

What a fantastic day we had on Friday – we started planting in our bush classroom! A huge thank you to Greening

Australia for bringing 500 plants for us, and to Monica and Victoria from Council for coming and helping. We learnt

how to get the plants out of the pots without damaging them and we’re particularly excited because we planted

lots of acacia longifolia which King Parrots (our school’s totem) find particularly tasty. We can’t wait to watch our

new plants grow.

This project is jointly funded through Katoomba Public School P&C and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

Cate Paterson Community Liaison Officer


Congratulations to the following students who received awards in Week 8

Principal Book Awards: Josh Barrett, Banjo Mansfield, Beatrice Erntner, Amy Nguyen, Rose Woodburn,

Charlie Bennett, Sascha Mosig, Macarthur Wallace, Akiro Dallmayer, Charlie Redd, Sarah Carlos, Thomas Laws,

Amber-Lee Bergmann, Silas Doyle, Lucy Hope, Daniel Clark, Ella Wallace, Ben Turner, Roman Fungo, Gabriel

Geach-Andrews.

Class Assembly Awards

KB : William Maskell KG: Deane Sweaney

K/1C: Roman Mar 1B: Wolfie Dubrow

1/2S: William Pennicuik 2M: Harry Keogh

2/3G: Ada Blaxland 3/4N: Jacob Mackay

4H: Deakon Bobolas 4/5T: Pia Bourke

5/6A: Imogen Taylor 5/6W: Jasmine Stodart

K/6N: -

BMMF Update The end of the year is coming and probably we are all wondering about how to keep the kids engaged and busy during the holidays. Well I can’t help with that but I thought I’d quickly fill you in on how volunteering for the Festival works.

After you have signed up (on the online form: www.bmff.org.au from 1st January) you will be assigned to a team for three shifts (3 hours each) and a one hour training session. We normally suggest you do the three shifts across the week-end (one per day). This way you get to see the music and enjoy the festival. In case I hadn’t mentioned it before, if you volunteer, you get a weekend ticket free of charge. So you can and go as you like.

Likewise, if you share childcare with another volunteer, we can make sure you are not together so one of you can hang with the kids. You just need to let us know when you apply. Some of the jobs in the bump-in and bump-out teams are all done before and after the festival. This team gives up nine hours of the week, but then get the whole festival free. There are also jobs in stalls/bars, rubbish pick up and as part of the welcoming team on the gates. It’s a fun way to contribute to the festival and KPS involvement in it.

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any specific questions about volunteering or the festival. You can get me on : [email protected] or of course you can always ask me at pick up time at school.

Matt Leach (Edie and Frankie’s Dad)

Parents/Carers of Year 6 students can take their young person to Echo Point at 5.30pm for

some group photos (weather permitting) before dropping them off at the Hotel Blue at

6pm.

After you drop your young person at the Hotel Blue for their farewell dinner, come and join

other parents/carers at the Station Bar for a farewell of our own!

Year 6 Formal Dinner Next Tuesday Night


Some End of Year Housekeeping…. School Banking has finished for 2018. Please do not send in bank deposits next week.

The Uniform Shop has also closed for the year. It will reopen on Wednesday 30th January when

students return in Week 1 as the Tuesday is a Staff Development Day (Pupil Free Day). It will then

be open every Tuesday as usual from Tuesday 5th February 2019.

School Reports will be sent home tomorrow (Friday 14th December).

Any parents/carers of Year 6 students who have medication (e.g.Ventolin) kept at KPS should

collect their medications from the front office on the last day of school - Wed 19th December.

Ella Wallace Book Signing

What an honour! The buzz of excitement was felt by all. A book signing in the KPS

Library and the published author was none other than our own School Captain …

Ella Wallace!

On Friday Ella signed copies of “Total Quack Up” after assembly. We are so proud

of you Ella. Your story has been a hit, it is clever, witty and amusing. You are an

inspiration for the younger students, your peers and the teachers.

Congratulations Ella from all of us at KPS!

St Hilda’s Christmas Extravaganza

Last Sunday our school band gave a beautiful performance at St Hilda’s church in Katoomba in a concert alongside

Blue Mountains City RSL Band, Trombone Quartet and the Blackheath Heathens Choir. They sounded amazing

and highly accomplished for such a young band.

This concert raised $1000 in support of

the Blue Mountains Refugee Support

group. Thank you sincerely to Volker

Schoeler and Samantha Schoeler-Jones

for your amazing time, patience and

commitment to the school band. Our

little band family will really miss you

both.

Amanda Galbraith


Garden Working Bee Come along and join in the last Garden Working Bee of the year and give the wonderful veggies and

flowers some TLC before the holidays. We’ll be here between 2pm and 4pm on Tuesday 18th December.

Drama Performance

The KPS Drama Club presented a collection of short fairytales on Tuesday 11th December. These

students have worked hard all year to learn their selected scripts, create characters and

costumes and develop their plays. The performances were fantastic and enjoyed by staff,

students and families of KPS. Well done Drama Club! Ms King & Ms Abbey


Milkshakes with Ms Paine Several of our students received 5 Class Awards this term so they joined Ms Paine, Mrs

Barrie and Ms Brown for a milkshake at the Gingerbread House in Katoomba on Wednesday.

Angus was an early finisher and Luka is probably still full from her milkshake!


Looking for Something To Do in the Holidays?


KPS Carols … #fun #awesome

If you came along on Tuesday afternoon to Carols

under the COLA you would know how proud I am of

our wonderful staff and school community! What a

fun night …… Mrs Galbraith led the school in singing

the carols for the evening .. Thank you for your

energy Amanda! Year 6 sold iceblocks. Well done!

Thank you Ms Wilson. Thank you to all the staff who

came along and helped to make it a success.

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