Phone: 6572 2281 Fax: 6571 1177

PRINCIPAL: Cath Larkman

MOB: 0412 218 451

King

TiDiNGS

Wednesday 25th July, 2012 TERM 3 ….WEEK 2

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: www.kingstreet-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal's Report

We have had a lot on over the last 10 days. Thank you to

all who have helped us to effectively run our extra

curricular activities.

It is Education Week next week. Each year we celebrate

across our community of Public Schools. This year's

nominated award winners from KSPS are:

School Achievement Award: Quality Kindergarten

Transition Program

Outstanding Contribution by a School Community

Member: Donna Williams

Outstanding Contribution by a Non-Teaching Member of

Staff: Tony Old

Excellence in Teaching: John Kember Sue Gilmore

Excellence in Student Achievement: Connie Yeomans

Within our school we will celebrate also:

Monday: Leanne Davy welcomes any interested

observers to her after school Art Classes (Sue Winsor's

room 3.30pm - 4.30pm)

Tuesday: Singleton Education Week Reception:

Singleton High School 6.30pm for 7.00

Wednesday: KSPS Showcase Concert (come and see a

sample of all the extra curricular activities we do at King

Street Public School) 12.00 noon until 1.15pm.

Stage 3 Public Speaking 2.00pm

Friday: Cracker Night

Congratulations to our Gifted and Talented students who

are currently at camp at Morisset with Mrs Maher (Art

Coordinator). We also thank Ms Garven for taking over a

Maths session at the camp on Tuesday at late notice.

Congratulations also to all our Parliamentarians who will

be recognised at a special assembly on Friday.

Enjoy your week.

Cath Larkman

Principal

SCHOOL PHOTO’S

Monday 13th

August

Personalised envelopes will be sent home with your child

with next weeks newsletter (Wednesday). Please fill them

out, enclose the money and return them on or before

Monday 13th

August. Family Portrait envelopes are

available from the office.

Prices are:

Premium Pack $37

Value Pack $33

Basic Pack $31

Group only $22

Portrait Pack $22

Group photos of sporting teams and school

performance groups will be taken Tuesday 14th

August (if you are in a sporting team please bring

playing gear, uniforms, instruments).

Term 3, 2012 Calendar

Fri 27th July Parliamentarians Induction

Assembly - Hall

Mon 30th July Stage 3 Roadshow 9.30am-11.30am

Mon 30th July All School League 10’s – Sydney

Tues 31st -3

rd Aug Education Week

Tues 31st July Uni Exam – English

Wed 1st Aug Education Performance Hall 12pm

Wed 1st Aug Public Speaking Stage3 Hall 2.00pm

Thur 2nd

Aug Public Speaking Stage2 Hall 9.30am

Fri 3rd

Aug Cracker Night

Fri 3rd

Aug Zone Athletics Carnival Alroy Oval

Mon 13th Aug School Photo’s

Tues 14th Aug Sporting/Group Photo’s

Fri 24th Aug Father’s Day Stall (Due to Stage 3 Camp)

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 3 WEEK 3

Monday 30th July:- Sandy Thirkell

Tuesday 31st July:- VACANCY

Wednesday 1st Aug:- Robyn Stacy

Thursday 2nd Aug:- Jason Gould

Friday 3rd Aug:- Melanie Weber, Penny Stewart, Lorraine Evans

UNIFORM SHOP

Friday 3rd Aug:- Donna Williams, Paula Hannan

OPENING HOURS 9am–10am

Student Assistance

Each year we have children who advise the school

that they will not be able to attend the stage major

excursion. The school has a small pool of Student

Assistance funds available for those families that may

be experiencing financial difficulties. We would not

like to see a child miss out for this reason. If you feel

your child may benefit from this assistance please

contact the school to make an appointment to see the

principal. Any discussion will be totally confidential.

Stage 3 Public Speaking

Stage 3 Public Speaking will be held on Wednesday

1st August at 2pm. All parents are welcome to attend.

It is a wonderful opportunity for our Stage 3 children

to show their competent Public Speaking skills to us.

They will deliver a prepared speech and then an

impromptu address for 1 minute.

Jan Hovey

Can you help?

The EWOKS are having a plant stall on Cracker

Night. If you have any potted seedlings, bunches

of lavender or anything you think could go on

our stall, we would really appreciate your

assistance.

Many EWOKS.

thanks,

P&C Meeting Next meeting is on the 6th August 2012, in school library at 7pm.

All welcome.

WANTED for CRACKER NIGHT

Clean, unwanted clothing for an Op Shop stall. Limit

one bag per family. All items will be sold for

$2 -$10 with all proceeds going to our school. Please

be advised, all unsold items will be donated to local

charities at the end of the evening. Please give the

clothing to Mrs Griffiths.

GET EXCITED, TELL YOUR FRIENDS

9 sleeps to cracker night

SAVE THE DATE!

2012 CRACKER NIGHT

FRIDAY 3rd August.

Cracker Night Volunteer For the night to be a success we need your help!

I will be able to help:

Set up (Friday 10am – 3pm)____

At the fete _________________

(1 Hour blocks please between 4.30pm – 8.00pm)

Clean up: (Sat 7am – 9am)____

Donate cakes, slices etc________________________

Name: ___________________ ph:______________

Please return to the Office.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

ALL STICKERS NEED TO BE

RETURNED BY

MONDAY 13th AUGUST KSPS will be purchasing many resources for the

students.

TOYS REQUIRED

If you have any preloved toys that we can use for prizes on Cracker Night, please

leave them at the office.

We need your odd socks! This year for Cracker Night there will be a ‘Lucky Sock” stall. If you have odd socks at home you are going to throw away (as we all do!) they can be left at the office. Please ensure they are clean. Thank you.

BOOK CLUB ORDERS

Are due back to the school office by Thursday

2nd

August 2012.

King Street is a Nut & Fish

Free School This is a reminder for all families that some of our

students have serious reactions to products containing

nuts and fish.

We ask families to carefully consider the danger that

others could face if they touch or eat these products.

Please do not send foods or containers

to school that contain nut or fish

products.

Active After School Sport

Active after school sport will begin again

next week 30th July and will be run on

Mondays and Thursdays by Mr Upcroft.

New students are always welcome and can

get a permission note from the office.

Guitar Lessons Sam of the Guitar liberation front

Bachelor of Music Accredited

8 ½ years Teaching experience

$25 per ½ - $45 per hour Song Writing + Music Theory Technical Skills + Performance Recording Techniques A fun and rewarding skill for life. Phone Sam: 0432 089 187

5/6H’s Cracker Night Fund Raiser 100

Club

Win $100

Tickets: $5 PER NUMBER

Choose a number _______ (Only if number is

still available. If not available you will be given

the closest number.)

Name: ___________________________

Phone Number:_____________________

How to Play – Pay for a number between 1 or

100. When all the numbers are sold we will draw

out the lucky winners.

Return in an envelope to Mrs Hovey ASAP

or each morning in quad 5/6H will be

collecting with your name and phone number.

UNSW INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS

AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS

Computer Studies Results Participation

Year 3

o Sam Holz

o Ewan McLoughlin

o Cameron Monk

o Jasmine Ninness

o Heath Russell

o Lucia Smith-Hughes

o Riley Stewart

Year 4

o Oliver Berry

o Kristin Cox

o Mitch Cullen

o Amiee Ford

o Ewan Kelly

o Jackson Shade

o Tom Stacy

Year 5

o Maddison Berry

o Zachary Herbert

o Alexander Holz

o Luke Judge

o Dylan Old

o Charlotte Smith-Hughes

Year 6

o Mitch Kelly

o Ethan Lawrence-Bright

o Connor McLoughlin

o Curtis Rushby

o Joshua Shade

o Cameron Shearer

o Kathryn Stacy

Credit

Year 3

o Ashlee Cox

o Grace Hornfeldt

Year 5

o Elliott Earnshaw

Year 6

o Lachlan Upcroft

Distinction

Year 3

o Charlotte Wilkes

High Distinction

Year 4

o Chanuka Perera

2012 SEMESTER 2 PARLIAMENTARIANS

Member for Kinder B Naite Howlett

Member for Kinder P Julian Stewart

Member for Kinder R Jessica Rumbel

Member for Year 1F Emjae Mason

Member for Year 1S Tyanna Lopez

Member for Year 1T Imogen McLoughlin

Member for Year 2G Isabel Swan

Member for Year 2K Neeve Charlesworth

Member for Year 3B Sam Holz

Member for Year 3M Brodie Foster

Member for Year 3/4K Alexina Ruming

Member for Year 4B Josie Bates

Member for Year 4M Bayley Smith

Member for Year 5B Nicholas Joy

Member for Year 5F Elliott Earnshaw

Member for Year 5/6H Madison Rutland

Member for Year 6G Rodney Cerezo

Member for Year 6W Conaugh Stewart

EDUCATION WEEK

For Education Week we will be

presenting a concert which will showcase

many of the extra curricula activities

undertaken by the students at King Street.

This concert will feature performances by

our concert band, choir, guitar group,

Starstruck, KB percussion, drums group,

rock band, gymnastics group, art club,

piano, eisteddfod, and public speaking.

The concert will be held on Wednesday

1st August in the hall commencing at 12

noon and concluding at 1:15p.m. Stage

3 public speaking will begin at 2:00p.m.

Come along and be amazed by our

wonderfully talented children.

Father’s Day Stall

Father’s Day is around the corner and to say thank

you to all our GREAT DADS, King Street P&C will

once again be holding a Father’s Day stall. We are

asking families to donate gifts to help with the stall,

and each time a student brings in a gift they will get a

ticket and go in the draw to win a major prize for

their dad.

Some examples of gifts you could donate are:

Shaving Cream, Fishing items etc.

A Father’s Day raffle will also be held, with some

fantastic prizes to be won.

The Father’s Day stall will be held on Friday 24st

August.

Please watch future newsletters for gift collection and

raffle information.

JUNIOR DISCO SINGLETON PCYC 25 High Street 6572 1653

Friday 27th July 6.00pm to 8.00pm Primary School Age

$5 Members $6 Non Members FULLY SUPERVISED

Canteen Open Lucky Door & Dance Prizes

-PS3 & XBOX 360 games to win!

School Assemblies

Infants Thursday at 2.30pm in the Hall

26th July KR

9th August Parliamentarians

23rd

August 2K

6th September 2G

20th September 1S

Stage 2 Thursday 2.30pm in the CAPA Room

26th July 4B

9th August 4M

23rd

August 3/4K

6th September 3M

20th September 3B

Stage 3 Tuesday @ 2.30pm in Hall

24th July 5F

7th August 5B

21st August 6G

4th September 5/6H

KSPS Under 10 Boys

The King Street Under 10 boys went down to Hunter

Stadium Newcastle on Wednesday 18th July, to play

Caves Beach Public School. We got to go and visit

the dressing rooms and shed where the Knights train

and play. The game starting at a fast pace with both

teams determined to take the trophy home and

become Hunter Champions. With tries to Joel

Croucher, Cody Rowe and Harry Whitehead, the

teams played well. We gave it all and tried our

hardest. The tries were converted by Liam Harris,

Cooper Maytom. With the hooter sounding it was full

time, and a draw so we had to go into extra time, with

our heads held high we kept Caves Beach from

scoring, but we just couldn’t put any points on the

board. So with no score after extra time, Caves Beach

were awarded as the winner, as they scored the first

try, but from all the boys we would like to thank Mr

Beh for this countless emails and paper work, Mrs

Maher for her great cheering and accompanying us

down, Dean Rose our super coach, John Woods our

FAO Officer, and our water boys/men Glen Maytom

and Damian Whitehead. We thank you, as this team

would never have been so successful without all the

dedication you all put in.

Josh Shade & Lleyton Rose

THANKYOU

On behalf of all the students involved in the King

Street Soccer team we would like to thank Singleton

Strikers Michael Akrill and Singleton Storms Hayley

Frazer for all the hard work and time they have put in

to make both our boys and girls soccer teams such a

success.

Stage 3 Assembly Awards – Term 3 Week 2

Merit Cards:

6W: Mikayla Matthews, Tyler Baker, Maddy Sales-

Standing

6G: Tomeeka Woodbury, Coen Atkins, Makye Sims

5/6H: Maddison Berry, Zoe Green, Joel Ruming

5B: Blake Barber, Blaine Mulligan,

Ella Smith-Ballard

5F: Bradley Baskerville, Dean Swan, Amelia Nguyen

Star Cards:

6W: Issy Lewis

5/6H: Nathan Einam

5B: Hannah Dennis

5F: Jai Nicholson

Star Cards:

Sophie Fishpool, Emily Smith

KSPS GIRLS SOCCER

On Monday 23rd

July, the girl’s soccer team

played Rutherford in the PSSA Primary Schools

knockout. All the girls played a great game

coming out winners 2-1. To Mr Stacy and Ms

Hulyer we would like to thank you for giving up

your time at recess for us.

Mikayla Matthews and Calista Griffiths

KSPS BOYS SOCCER

On Monday the 23rd

July, our Boy’s soccer team

played a great game of soccer against Rutherford

Public School. The whistle sounded and the game

began, it was wet and muddy but that made us more

determine and Rutherford scored the first goal but

Ethan hit back with a brilliant goal. The score was

all tied up at half time. We ate some oranges and red

frog at half time. The whistle sounded for the second

half, we started well with Mitch kicking the ball into

the net. Then Lachlan got the ball from across the

field and smashed the ball into the goal. Mitch then

got a dot shot, and with all the team cheering him on

he kicked the ball like beckham, what a goal King

Street celebrated with the final whistle blowing.

Special thanks to coach Simon Kelly and Mrs Hovey

for all the effort they have put into our team, and to

all our parents for cheering us on and supporting us.

Lachlan Fry & Mitch Kelly

Lost Key

Nissan Car Key was handed into the office on the

last day of school. Found in the Sussex Street

entrance. Please see the office for details.