UPCOMING EVENTS`

Term 4

WEEK 10

Tues, 10th Dec ‘Storytime’ Pre K 2.30pm

Wed, 11th Dec Presentation Day

Thurs, 12th Dec Concert/Singalong 6pm

WEEK 11

Mon, 16th Dec Year 6 Farewell

Tues, 17th Dec Party Day

Wed, 18th Dec Talent/No Talent Quest

Last Day for Students

Thurs, 19th Dec Staff Development Day

Fri, 20th Dec Staff Development Day

2014 Term 1

WEEK 1

Mon, 27th Jan Public Holiday

Tues, 28th Jan Staff Development Day

Wed, 29th Jan Classes Begin (Years 1 – 6)

Fri, 31st Jan Classes Begin (Kinder)

Week 10 – 11 December 2013 ‘Students are at the centre of what we do. Our goal is to improve education

and learning outcomes for all students’.

These words are at the beginning of the Hunter Central Coast Regional

Strategic Plan and very much drive the targets of King Street Public School.

2013 has seen a continued focus on our targets of Literacy, Numeracy and

Engagement. Embedded in each of these targets is the Quality Teaching

Framework which guides us in the day to day art of teaching itself. Our staff

has also spent significant time planning and preparing for the new National

English Curriculum which is mandatory from next year. We were also

successful in our application for our Targeting Early Numeracy Grant earlier

this year which involved K-2 classes.

This year our grounds committee (made up of members of staff, P&C and

School Council) continued to concentrate on the promotion and appearance

of our school. We now have extra signs around the school, improved

gardens and are currently working toward an attractive entry into the school

in King Street. Our community liaison team have improved the appearance

and functionality of our website as well as developing our school prospectus,

improving our newsletter and our new school app which has been very

positively received.

The P&C and our School Council continue to support our school through

major fundraising activities such as the ever popular Cracker Night and

providing a wider community perspective on policy matters and school

improvement. We thank them for their ongoing commitment, advocacy and

support of our school community.

This year we welcomed Mrs Tan, Miss Merta, Miss Honeysett and Mr Ingram

to our permanent staff. We have also been lucky to have employed Mrs

Newton, Miss Gay, Miss Mclackland, Mrs Bowman and Mr Phelan on a

temporary basis. We farewelled Miss Hulyer and Mr Beh. We thank Miss

Hulyer and Mr Beh for their contribution to King Street. Our new staff are

settling well into our school and are closely supported by our other teaching

and administration staff.

Have a safe and Happy Christmas Season – Cath Larkman

King Tidings

King Street Public proudly presents:

“Singing in the Seventies”

A musical concert to be enjoyed by all.

To be held on Thursday 12th December

in the hall. The concert will start at

6pm and entry by gold coin donation.

All children will be participating so come

and support your talented children.

See you tomorrow night!

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School Assemblies

Stage 2 Thursday at 2.30pm in the Hall

12th Dec 3FM

Stage 3 Friday at 1.45pm – 2.30pm in Hall

13th Dec 5G

CANTEEN ROSTER

Week 11 16/12/13 Tayla Stamp 17/12/13 Sam Morgan 18/12/13 Shere Constable, Deb Papworth 19/12/13 Mark Holland, Jackie See 20/12/13 Tayla Stamp, Vanessa Ridling

UNIFORM SHOP

19/12/13 Dawn Knight, Alison Way

Important Dates for 2014

To all our busy parents/carers, please note the

following important dates for your children in the

2014 school year:

29th January: Students return to school

29th/30th January: Best Start Testing for

Kindergarten

31st January: Kindergarten commence

classes

10th February: School Swimming Carnival

21st February: Zone Swimming Carnival

6th March: Regional Swimming Carnival

7th March: School Cross Country

28th March: Zone Cross Country

9th May: Regional Cross Country

23rd May: School Athletics Carnival

30th July-1st August: Stage 2 Excursion

1st August: Zone Athletics Carnival

29th August: Regional Athletics Carnival

11th/12th August: School Photos

19th-22nd August: Stage 3 Canberra Excursion

Dinner Available on Concert Night

The King Street Public School P&C would like to

invite all students and their families to join us before

the End of Year Concert for a BBQ to celebrate the

holiday season. This will be a great chance to catch

up with other families, and for the P&C to thank

everyone for their support throughout the year.

From 5pm sausage and steakette sandwiches will

be available, as well as drinks and other treats.

Drinks and treats will also be available at

intermission, however please note you will not be

able to purchase anything while the children are

performing.

We hope to see you there.

King Street P&C

1B and 1T Enjoy Counting Vehicles On Thursday 4 December, 2013, 1B and 1T walked down to the front of the TAFE on the New England Highway. We have been talking about transport in HSIE and graphs in mathematics, so we surveyed the vehicles that drove past us. We discovered that the most popular form of transport is the car, that there were more vans than motorbikes and that we didn't see any emergency vehicles. Mrs Tan and Mrs Burgess picked a windy day so that the children had lots of practise in holding on to their piece of paper with one hand and keeping their hat on their head with the other! A great time was had by all and all the students were beautifully behaved. Mrs Tan and Mrs Burgess

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4 Ebony off to Gallipoli The staff and students of King Street were very excited to hear that our former student, Ebony Ford, was recently selected to represent Singleton High school in April 2015 at the centenary commemoration of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli. The selection process for Ebony began in last September, where she was required to research a selected soldier. Ebony researched her great, great, great uncle Peter (Todd) William Richmond who came from Delegate in the state’s Snowy River District. Private Richmond saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and France and was tragically killed at Pozieres in 1916 aged 26. After a school interview, then a further interview at Muswellbrook, Ebony received the great news that she was heading to Gallipoli. She is naturally extremely excited about the 20 day trip, and will act as a roving reporter for a local media outlet while away. There is also a very fancy ball she is looking forward to attending! All of King Street are very proud of Ebony’s achievement and congratulate her on this outstanding honour.

A Rewarding Afternoon for 009 Leaders Last Friday the year 6 students who participated in the 009 program had a reward afternoon. We were treated to pizza, a popper and an ice-block, and were allowed to bring in our electronics for the afternoon. We all had a fantastic afternoon, and we feel 009 was a great experience to be a part of. We would like to thank all of the year 6 teachers for supporting us all year. Phoebe and Millie

Sporting Star Sophie-May

Congratulations to Sophie-May R who is the

recipient this year of the NSW Premiers Sporting

Medallion. This award is presented to students

throughout NSW who have shown sportsmanship

and participation in their weekly sports program at

school. Recipients show excellence and

commitment as trainees, umpires and participants.

Sophie-May was nominated by King Street staff.

Well done Sophie-May on this well-deserved

honour.

A Cultural Day for Stage 2 On the 4th of December, Stage 2 had a Multi-Cultural Day filled with heaps of activities. We got to try some food from other countries. We got to dress up, and there were heaps of wonderful costumes. We had a wonderful day. Brodie F On Multi-Cultural Day everyone had to dress up as a country. All of the classes did activities about all different countries. After that everyone got their food that they made from different places. And then everyone went down to the car park and ate all the food. Sam H

French Jasmine Scottish Ewan

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2013 was an Exciting Year at King Street Public School!

Art Club

Book Week

Cricket

Easter Parade

Clean-Up Day Chess

Choir EWOKS

Chooks

Eisteddfod

Drumbeats Crazy Hair Day

Assemblies

Buddies

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Visiting Performances NAIDOC Week

Athletics Carnivals

Halloween

Gymnastics

Cracker Night

Rugby League

Concert Band Netball

Tree Planting Day

Pre School Visit

Rock Band

Swimming Carnival

Star Struck

Soccer

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King Street Mobile App NOW LIVE!

Great News! Our school now has a mobile phone app. What’s that you may ask, it is a little application that sits

on your phone and gives you instant access to our school information when you click on it, 24/7. The app is

going to give parents the ability to instantly access newsletters without going to the website, or to send in a sick

note while you stand outside the school because you forgot to write a paper note! We will be sharing many of

the other features with you over the coming weeks, but for now download it to your smartphone by going to either

the Apple App Store or Android Google Play Market and search for ‘King Street Public School’. Once you

have found it press install or download.

Features of the School App include:

Our mobile app will let you add Events instantly to your calendar. Just click on the event and look for the

+ sign in the top right hand corner. Press the + and the Event is automatically added to your phone's

calendar. You can then set reminders for yourself. Some phone models may not allow this feature.

When you touch a pin on the Venues map it will show you the details of that venue. And did you know

that if you click on the Directions button a new map will open specifically for the venue. You can then

press the Get Here button in the top right hand corner to get directions from wherever you are to the

venue. Some phone models may display this slightly differently.

You can share the app with friends and other school parents by clicking on the Tell Friend button located

on the home screen.

You can change your details or send an absentee note directly to the school, without having to use a

piece of paper. Simply click on the relevant tabs on the app.

The web site (showcasing events calendar and newsletter) is accessible directly through the app.

EFTPOS

Now Available at

King Street

Public School

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4 Canteen Volunteers

New Volunteers!!!

Name: ________________________________________

Phone Number: ________________________________ Mobile: _______________________________________ Work on: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday (Please Circle)

How Often: Weekly Fortnightly Monthly (Please Circle)

Shift: Breakfast Lunch Recess (Please Circle)

As little or as often as you like will be greatly appreciated, we need volunteers to keep the doors open. The canteen opens for breakfast from 8.45 with lunch finishing at around 11.45am. Recess is finished by 1.20pm.

All proceeds from the canteen directly benefit the children of KSPS. The canteen is currently funding the computers in the library. Please drop completed form to the canteen.

Regards, Brook Harris and Lorraine Evans Canteen Supervisors

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Infants Assembly Awards

Term 4 Week 9

Merit Cards: KM: Rylie N, Cooper F, Tayeisha M.

KP: Tahlia R, Sophie K, Frankie D.

K/1G: Jacob J, Alyssa B,

1B: Brock S, BJ P, Hopper F.

1T: Joseph S, Jack F, Charlie M.

2I: Isabelle G, Ethan H, Tyanna L

2R: Eliza P, Zeke S, Katelyn P.

Star Cards: KM: Ella T.

KP: Brandon

1B: Jacob T.

1T: Lachlan B.

2I: Morgan T

2R: Reillly A.

Stage 2 Assembly Awards

Term 4 Week 8

Merit Cards:

2/3U: Kye C, Archie D, Rishab K. 3FM: Jemma E, Tyler C, Leahni A, Sailor F. 3/4G: Callam C, Jasmine N, Diana P, Kiram T. 4B: Trent L, Beau H, Marcus J. 4/5B: Lucia S, Wyatt G.

K.S.P.S. – P.B.L:

3FM: Josie S, Frank W, Emma J. 3/4G: Zac R, Rochelle F, Charlotte W. 4B: Rylee G, Lara P. 4/5B: Nic C, Leo L.

Sports Awards: Josie S, Tyler C, Patrick Y, Casey S, Nic H.

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King Street Public School sincerely thanks the

following local businesses for their support of

our 009 Leadership Program:

Wynyard Street General Store

One-O-One Coffee House and

Homewares

Subway Singleton

Topshot Tenpin and Indoor Sports

Civic Video

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4 Congratulations to Award Recipients 2013 KP Jack Gilmore Outstanding academic achievement Brandon Cox Outstanding academic achievement

Katy Lewis Excellence in achievement and behaviour Evey Harris Fantastic attitude and achievement Tori Montgomery Encouragement award for effort and achievement Lily Swan Class citizenship Chloe Smith Persistence, respect and effort all year Principal’s Award Blake Atkins KM Holly Forbes Effort and Application and a commitment to learning Tayeisha Murphy-Peters Academic Excellence and commitment to learning James Feeney- Frazer Effort, Application and Achievement Brandon Ruming Effort, Application and Achievement Abby Burley Achievement in Literacy Brodie Skelton Achievement in Mathematics Perry Palmer Achievement in all areas Principal’s Award Baxter Felsch K/1G Stevie-Lee Morgan Academic Excellence Jacob Jones Academic Excellence Eamon Constable Achievement in Reading Laici-Ell Hill Class Citizenship Shaeleigh Tallar Trying hard in all areas Teisha Martens Class Citizenship Alyssa Basford Participation and achievement across all KLA’s Layla Korff Participation and achievement across all KLA’s Principal’s Award Lucy Robb 1B Julian Stewart Academic excellence Jessica Rumbel Academic achievement in mathematics Holly Thirkell Excellence in literacy Erica Pearce Excellence in literacy Thomas Cox Outstanding application in all areas Hopper Felsch Academic achievement in all areas Jai Rinkin Exemplary attitude to learning Principal’s Award Riley Maytom 1T Lotus Rossi Academic excellence Savannah Marshall Improvement in literacy Charlie McCarthy Excellence in literacy Aiden Jones Attitude, application and achievement Jessica Johnson Excellence in Creative Arts Hayden Harman Attitude and application in mathematics Ocearna Matthews Effort and application Principal’s Award Shae Gohl 2I Alisha Groves Continual achievement in all KLA’s Jessica Butler Commitment to learning in all KLA’s Kamrann Harman Outstanding achievement in Numeracy Samantha McKenzie Outstanding achievement in Literacy Rasharna Stewart Effort, application and achievement Adam Skelton Most improved in all KLA’s Grace Knight Achievement and effort all year Principal’s Award Emily Palmer

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4 2R Hannah Thirkell Academic excellence Imogen McLoughlin Academic excellence Charlotte Hornfeldt Consistent high achievement Sarah Newton Consistent high achievement Amara Francis Consistent effort and application Nell Smith Consistent effort and application Jamon Groves-Goodwin Consistent effort and application Principal’s Award Katelyn Papworth 2/3U Denzel Salvatierra Academic achievement in Year 3 Ryan Eastlake Academic achievement in Year 2 Jade McDonald Improvement in reading Chloe Baskerville Achievements in spelling, writing and grammar Ella Turner Achievements in spelling and grammar Mikayla Evans Improvement in reading Lachlan Fleming Improvements in Mathematics Hayley Pepperall Improvements in reading Principal’s Award Jade Silke 3FM James Bagnell Excellent academic achievement Isabel Swan Overall achievement in all areas Leahni Andrews Achievement in literacy Samuel Redgrove Consistent results all year Emma Joy Attitude and application towards learning Jacelyn McKenzie Outstanding student in all areas Macy Bright Conscientious application towards learning Principal’s Award Cliah Palmer 3/4G Isabella Tattis Her outstanding achievements and hard work Riley Stewart His efforts and achievements in all tasks Brodie Foster Creativity and imagination Charlotte Wilkes A unique and mature way of thinking Patrick Yeomans Hard work and efforts all year Kyra Rose Application in all tasks Ewan McLoughlin A creative and outgoing work ethic Samuel Rumbel Putting in the effort with fantastic results Principal’s Award Samuel Holz 4B Ashlee Cox Academic excellence and achievement in all areas Naomi Paschke Academic excellence and consistent application Cameron Monk Excellence in English Rhys Shearer Excellence in Mathematics Casey Smith Academic excellence and commitment to learning Kirsten Ridling Excellence in application and achievement Lara Pepperall Consistent effort to achieve great results Principal’s Award Jackson Thomas 4/5B Wyatt Gravenall Enthusiastic attitude across all KLA’s Alyssa Jones Commitment to improving Mathematics Deborah Fong Fantastic neat work Faith Pryor Improving in Mathematics Chloe Eastlake Quietly achieving in Creative Writing Kristin Cox Providing good support to fellow students Blake Edwards Quiet determining approach in all subjects Bayley Smith Enthusiastic attentive behaviour Principal’s Award Jordan Hollis

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4 5H Ewan Kelly Effort, Application and Commitment to learning Shakira Spinks Exemplary attitude to learning Jorja Payne Commitment to learning Lleyton Rose Outstanding effort, application and achievement Tom Stacy Academic excellence Samuel McNamara Wonderful achievement and hard work Tori Newton A wonderful work ethic and achievements Principal’s Award Tilly Staff 5G Jude Maddock Academic Excellence Ella Sills Academic Excellence Sam Merrick Achievement in Mathematics Mitch Cullen Application in Science Hannah Whalan Promoting school values Elena Bagnell Achievement in Literacy Matthew Dunn Encouragement Principal’s Award Josie Bates 5/6H Elliott Earnshaw Academic Achievement Jackson Shade Academic Achievement Amber Pippen Year 5 Class Literacy Award Riley Woods Consistent effort and achievement Erin Constable Year 6 Class Literacy Award Charlotte Smith-Hughes Consistent effort and achievement Amy Pascoe Consistent effort and improvement Nicholas Joy “Quiet Achiever” Award Principal’s Award Tamara Darmody 6K Katelin Pascoe Excellency in all areas Luke Judge Achievement in English Tristin Pitcher Achievement in Mathematics Taylar Heffernan-Meyn Enthusiastic participation in all school activities Phoebe Stewart Achievement in all academic areas Kyal Munroe Citizenship Grace Dunn Consistency in all areas Principal’s Award Liam Harris 6M Megan Davies Overall Academic Achievement Harlan de Jong Academic Achievement Lana Ries Excellent Literacy results Sophie Fishpool Consistent effort throughout the year Hannah Basford Positive attitude towards school Taneesha Burley Excellent application in Art Sophie-May Ryan A mature and reliable student Principal’s Award Maddison Berry

Band Awards Participation Certificates: Riley Woods, Isabella Tattis, Riley Stewart, Casey Smith, Julia Slater, Denzel Salvatierra, Phoebe Quayle, Lara Pepperall, Maddison Gardner, Dylan Pegg, Naomi Paschke, Christine Paschke, Ewan McLoughlin, Emily Knight, Alyssa Jones, Jordan Hollis, Brodie Foster, Jemma Earnshaw, Thomas Donehue, Kristin Cox, Ashlee Cox, Josie Bates, Elena Bagnell ,James Bagnell Special Band Certificates: Liam Harris, Alex Holz, Dylan Old, Bryanna Redgrove, Emily Slater, Charlotte Smith-Hughes, Luke Judge Band Person of the Year …Charlotte Smith-Hughes

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Sport Awards 2013 SPORT CERTIFICATES HUNTER AREA PSSA REPRESENTATIVES: Elliot Earnshaw, Maddison Berry, Oliver Berry, Ruby Bennett, Rhys Shearer Champion House Shield (Swimming) Gordon Champion House Shield (Athletics) Lawson

Combined Sports Shield Gordon

Chess Champion is Dylan Old

Year 6 Sportsperson 2013 Elliott Earnshaw

SPECIAL AWARDS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS COMPUTER, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, SPELLING AND MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS: Distinction (Science): Elliott Earnshaw NEWCASTLE PERMANENT PRIMARY MATHEMATICS COMPETITION HUNTER REGION: Distinctions: Lana Ries, Elliott Earnshaw, Jude Maddock, Thomas Stacy, Jackson Shade, Tyson Atton, Erin Constable, Jack Turner, Luke Judge, Connor Wynne, Megan Davies, Kyal Munroe, Harlan De Jong , Tristin Pitcher, Kirk Munro. ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS: Sponsored by Dawn Briggs Yr 4: Hayden Lewis Yr 5: Darcy Ryan ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD: Jye Marchant CITIZENSHIP- Louise Cole Memorial Award for Citizenship: Sophie Fishpool CAPA- Allison Richards Memorial Award for CAPA: Taneesha Burley MR & MRS BURGMAN AWARD FOR CONSISTENT EFFORT: Luke Judge PUBLIC SPEAKING AWARD: Sophie Fishpool ENGLISH AWARD: Erin Constable MATHEMATICS AWARD: Elliott Earnshaw DUX AWARD: Elliott Earnshaw SCHOOL SERVICE AWARDS: Elliot Earnshaw, Chloe Campbell, Liam Harris, Maddison Berry SCHOOL CAPTAINS 2014: Boy Captains: Oliver Berry and Leyton Rose Girl Captains: Piper Francis and Josie Bates

The Staff of King Street Public School wish you a Very Merry Christmas, and a Safe

and Happy New Year.