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Newsletter No. 28 - Term 3 – Week 8 7 September 2017

MARKET DAY

Come and browse through the amazing stalls created by our Grade 5/6 students on Wednesday, 13th September at 11:30am. Buy everything from Pom Poms to Bath Bombs and even join in a carnival game where you can bring out your competitive side to win amazing prizes. All of the profits arising from Market Day will go towards a charity of the Grade 5/6 students’ choice. If you are passionate about a charity, please let us know. So, come one, come all and join us to support the students' work and contribute to a worthy cause.

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FAMILIES LEAVING KALINDA As we are heading towards the end of the year, we will soon be planning classes for 2018. If your family is intending to leave Kalinda at the end of the year, or before, please let us know by email to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au or send in a note to the office. It would be very much appreciated if this could be done as soon as possible so that grades for next year can be arranged.

SCHOOL CROSSING – Important Information Maroondah City Council have advised that the flag operated school crossing at Yarra Valley Grammar (YVG) on Kalinda Rd will not be supervised from Mon 18 Sept to Fri 22 Sept 2017 and to use the flag operated school crossing outside of Kalinda Primary School. The flag operated school crossing on Plymouth Rd at the side of YVG will still be in operation: Before School: 7.45am to 8.45am. After School: 3.15pm to 4.15pm

(except Fri 22/9 which will be 2pm to 3pm) The flag operated school crossing at YVG on Kalinda Rd will resume Monday, 9th October, 2017.

Events Calendar

September

8th - Foundation – Gr.2 Swimming 8th - STEAM Science Inc. (Gr. 3&4) – MPR 11th - School Council Mtg. – 7:30pm – Staffroom 13th - Gr. 5/6 Market Day 15th - STEAM Science Inc. (Gr. 3&4) – MPR

- KPS Sports Maths Day – whole school 17th - Working Bee (Sunday) 10am – 12nn 19th - Performing Arts Showcase (evening) 21st - Last day of Canteen 21st - Grade 1&2 Publishing Party – 2:20pm 22nd - End of Term 3 – 2:30pm dismissal October

9th - Term 4 begins 13th - Dental Visit – all grades 16th - Fire Ed Visit – Foundation 20th - 2018 Transition Session #1 – 9:30 – 11am 23rd - P&F Meeting – 9:30am - Stadium 26th - Grade 2 Sleepover 28th - Working Bee (Saturday) 10am—12pm November

25th - Kalinda Fete 11am – 4pm 26th - Working Bee (Sunday) – 10am-12noon FORWARD DATES:

Kalinda Fete – 25th November 2017 – 11am – 4pm Grade 6 Graduation – 20th December School Photos – Tuesday, 20th March 2018

TERM DATES 2017

Term 3 – 17 July – 22 September – 2:30pm Dismissal Term 4 – 9 October to 22 December – 1:30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2018

Term 1 – 29 Jan – 29 March (Students resume 31 January) Term 2 – 16 April – 29 June Term 3 – 16 July – 21 September Term 4 – 8 October – 21 December

Countdown to Fete:

Only 11 weeks to go!

CANTEEN ROSTER 131/9 Susanne H. 14/9 1 Helper Needed please 15/9 Amanda C. & 1 Helper Needed please (12 – 1pm)

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Notices sent home to Families – 31 Aug. – 7 Sept. 2017

Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Grade 2 Sleepover Grade 2 (by Compass) 12/10/17

Grade 1 Tabloid Sports Grade 1 (by Compass) 12/10/17

Performing Arts Showcase Eldest in Family n/a

Senior Hooptime Future Stars Team (via Compass) 31/10/17

CANTEEN NEWS LAST DAY OF CANTEEN – The Canteen will be closing for lunch orders and over the counter sales after Thursday, 21st September. It will be closed on the last Friday for stocktake and cleaning. Please note: Because of Branch Out Special order day, there will not be another special food day this term. When making out lunch orders for your child, please check to make sure the correct amount of money is enclosed. We are still receiving quite a few orders with not enough money to cover the items chosen. Please note also, it would be appreciated if you could supply plastic spoons and forks if you send lunches from home which need those utensils. We don’t always have these available. Thank you for your cooperation. JUSTINE WATSON CANTEEN MANAGER

SPORTS MATHS DAY

Friday 15th September

Wear your favourite team colours and take part in some fun maths challenges

with a sporting twist.

All students and teachers are asked to wear a number somewhere on their

outfit. The number can be permanent (like on the back of a footy jumper or

basketball top) or temporary (masking tape, safety pins, chalk etc). The whole

school will be doing a number investigation with our numbers.

*NB: Numbers must be one or two digits, no larger.

We will finish our day with a celebration assembly

at 3pm in the Stadium. We can’t wait! Regards, Lauren Hopkins,

Acting Assistant Principal

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/D Kaiden L. - For making a super effort to learn his Hot Words. Well done, Kaiden! F/H Belinda Q. - For completing every task to your personal best. Well done! F/L Conor S. - For improving his effort during Writer’s Workshop. Keep it up! Kayla M. - For joining in class discussions in such a positive way. Keep it up! 12A Blake F. - For great work completing his fraction pizza this week. Well done. Declan K. - For his amazing effort in writing his Publishing Party story. You should be so proud, Declan! 12B Reece T. - For his great effort in the classroom this week and the extra effort he put into his

Publishing Party. Well done Reece! 12D Zac N. - For the incredible effort you have put into the use of ‘organisation’ and ‘voice’ in your Writing. Rebecca Z. - For making good learning choices with your time during the week. Juli V. - For your use of ‘voice’ in your Publishing Party writing. 12K Amelia McP. - For excellent participation, effort and behaviour, during swimming week. 12T Mikayla E. - For your writing in Writer’s Workshop. You put so much effort into making every piece your personal best. Well done! Ruby M. - For challenging yourself during swimming! You should be so proud of your achievements and your bravery. Great job! Sophie P. - For challenging yourself during swimming week! You should be so proud of your achievements and your bravery. 34C Matthew G. - For trying new foods during SAKG lessons! SO proud of you, Matthew for being open-minded and liking new things!

Hamish L. - For working out how many counters he needed to make inverse operation arrays. 34D Zach P. - For his wonderful information report on the Thorny Devil. Your hard work paid off! 34D learnt so much. Nicholas L. - For his very informative report on the Giant Panda. It was very well presented. Well done, Nic! 34P Tegwen R. - For always applying herself in a positive and keen manner towards her learning. Tegwen, you are a Five Star Learner! Blake K. - For researching facts on the Corrobo0re Frog and demonstrating to our class how to make an origami frog. Great work, Blake.

THE GREAT BIG 1/2 PUBLISHING PARTY The Grade 1/2s have been learning lots of new skills in Writer’s Workshop all year, and this term they are publishing their very own book! In acknowledgement of their efforts, they will be hosting The Grade 1/2 Publishing Party on Thursday, 21st September at 2:20pm and we hope to see as many families along as possible to celebrate the students’ achievements and growth in Writing.

An official invite from the author will come home next week. Mel Tattersall Grade 1/2 Teacher

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PERFORMING ARTS SHOWCASE – 19th September Many students have been working hard preparing performances for the Performing Arts Showcase on Tuesday 19th September. Mark this event in your calendars and come along for a fantastic (and free) night’s entertainment. The Kalinda Kafé will be open at interval thanks to our Parents & Friends Association. Hope to see you there! Paul Todd Performing Arts Teacher

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From Yoko………… Thank you so much to Kalinda Primary School for having me. I had such a precious and wonderful 11 months. It was such a great experience for me to teach Japanese at Kalinda Primary School. Kalinda kids are all awesome and kind! I enjoyed joining Japanese classes so much! Thank you for talking and saying “Konichiwa” to me. I was happy to play with you at lunch time as well. Thank you to all the kind Kalinda teachers and lovely parents for being so nice to me. The Farewell letter which all the classes gave to me was wonderful and I was so moved! Thank you so much! I miss all of your lovely smiles! I hope to come back to Australia again and visit Kalinda someday. I wish you all the best! Hope see you soon! YOKO

Thank You to My Host Family

Thank you so much to the MacFarlane Family for hosting me. I had a great time with you! The MacFarlane Family hosted me for last two weeks of my stay. They were such a warm and kind family and they were so nice to me. I felt happy and comfortable to stay at their house. On the first day I arrived at their house I played Wii with my host children, Jack and Ned. They were very nice, kind and funny boys. They lived so close to Kalinda and I enjoyed talking and walking to school in the morning with them. My host mother, Andrea, was so kind and cheerful. One day she took me to the beach and that was such a beautiful place. I slept in the caravan at night and it was fun and also a new experience in Australia! Last weekend was Father’s Day and we had a party at their house. Lots of people came to their house and we enjoyed talking, eating and dancing! I enjoyed the whole day! I also loved to sit on the couch with them and their two lovely dogs and a cat, and talking and watching TV shows. It was a very heart-warming time. Thank you to the MacFarlane family for a wonderful time! I have returned to Japan, but one day I want to come back to Australia and visit you!! Please keep in touch and I hope to see you soon! YOKO

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Term 3 – Week 8

Kalinda OSHClub

Hello Everyone!

We have had lots of awesome activities this week that have kept the children involved and entertained. We have a few new students join our program this term which is great to see! We

welcome anyone interested in joining our program to come down and see how OSHClub is run and to meet our amazing team!

If you require information about our program please feel free to drop and say hi. We have brochures

in our room or you can speak to one of our staff members.

Kalinda OSHClub has lots of exciting activities. We have arts and crafts, dress ups, home corner, homework club, sports equipment, gardening, a games arcade and much more! We have also

introduced a sports day where once a week students who want to participate can come down with some of the staff to the basketball court to play a variety of games. Last term we began Basketball

Fridays which we will continue into this term.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care Activities:

Loom Bands Dodgeball Make Moon Sand

Hama Beads Paper Plane Competition

After Care Activities:

Beyblades Competition

Planting Seeds Portrait Painting

Making Scones

Basketball Tournament

Information:

Please note all families must be enrolled to attend the OSHClub program- this is free!

Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au.

All bookings and cancelations can also be managed via your online account.

For on the day bookings and cancellations please contact the coordinator direct at the program.

Kind Regards,

Rachel and the OSHClub team

Opening Hours:

Before School Care: opens at 7:00am After School Care: closes at 6:00pm

OSHClub program phone: 0439 992 434

OSHClub program Email: Kalinda@oshclub.com.au

Coordinator: Rachel

Assistants: Angela, Jane & Wendy

OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000.

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FETE UPDATE!

With only 11 weeks to go the Kalinda fundraising committee is working hard to create an exciting and

fun-filled day for the Kalinda and wider community, and of course, raise funds for our amazing school

to keep doing what they do so well!

VOLUNTEERS

We need as many volunteers as possible on the day so please keep your eye out for some more

information regarding being involved on the day.

DID YOU KNOW?

It takes at least 20 volunteers just to run two of our food stalls on the day!

WHAT CAN THE KIDS DO?

Many of the kids will be directly involved with stall holding, entertainment, art show and more so it’s

SO important to come along and get involved to support your kids – there’s nothing more exciting than

seeing mum, dad or special person working the fairy floss stand or BBQ!

WHO CAN I BRING?

Bring everyone you can! There will be Entertainment, Rides, Devonshire Teas, Book & Plant Stalls,

Lucky Jars and face painting just to name a few. Plus PLENTY of FOOD!!

Stay Tuned!

Saturday,

25th NOVEMBER

11:00am – 4:00pm

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS Please Note: The Office will be closed for payments after 10:00am on Thursday 21st September. Last day of Canteen will also be Thursday 21st September. Students will be dismissed from class at 2:30pm on the last day of term, 22nd September. 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. COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to login to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add / Approve Absence” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass. The 2017 Parent Payment Policy and the Kalinda Primary School Hardship Policy is located on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/ - Notices & Forms, for your information. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER

STUDENT BANKING Forward your child’s deposit book to the school every Friday morning. The banking is processed on Mondays and will be returned to your child’s class Monday afternoons.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports

Kalinda Primary School Uniforms are available to purchase offsite at RHSports at Unit 12, 100 New Street, Ringwood. Notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms For your convenience, the RHSports Shop is open every day from 9:00am – 5:00pm, including school holidays. The direct link to RHSports is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

Sun Smart Season is starting soon – be prepared! Please ensure you purchase a hat and name it for our Sun Smart Terms. – just a reminder, hats cannot be shared or borrowed.

KALINDA PANTRY (Formerly “Casserole Bank”) We're looking for donations of meals (preferably in foil trays) that can be frozen and heated up in the oven easily, non-perishable food items and toiletries. Meals should have a list of ingredients and cooking instructions on them. There will be wheelie bins set up (one for non-perishables and one for toiletries) or people can drop at the office or canteen. There will also be a drop-off point at the school fete. Sarah Fairhurst P&F Secretary

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events and information.

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.

APPLES - STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will next be delivering apples and pears on Thursday 21st September. If you would like to order apples, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 20th September. Bags are approximately 5-6kg.

Pink Ladies, Fujis, Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Jazz apples are available at the moment for $15 per bag Green & Brown Pears are also available at $8 per bag.

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