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Newsletter No. 4 Friday 24th February 2017

6th March

AFL Clinic

8th March

School Photos

9th March

Interschool Chess tournament

10th March

Summer Sports Gala Day (G5-6)

13th March

Labour Day Public Holiday

Oval Resurfacing Project

I would like to acknowledge all of the hard work that has been put into our school oval. Last year the Kerrimuir School Council commissioned a working party to investigate options for improving the surface of our school oval. Lead by Gary Howell the working party of Duncan White, Sam Benson and myself investigated options for improving the surface which

included irrigation levelling and reseeding.

Thanks to the support and hard work over the Christmas holidays of Sam from Benson Plumbing and Mark from the

Groundsman we were able to achieve fantastic results.

We look forward to the whole school community being able to use our wonderful new surface at the upcoming Twilight Sports night.

Before the oval was cleared and

levelled

After oval was levelled and

reseeded

Oval was watered day

after day

Fresh new growth for

everyone to enjoy

Assistant Principal’s Message

Michael McLean

Monday 27th: Parent Teacher Interviews

Tuesday 28th: Parent Teacher Interviews

Wednesday 1st March: Parent Teacher Interviews

Thursday 2nd: Parent Teacher Interviews

Friday 3rd: Parent Teacher Interviews

CARE Awards

Congratulations to this week’s

winners of the

Kerrimuir CARE Awards!

These students have all been recognised by their

teachers this week for an achievement related to

one of our four school CARE values.

Kerrimuir Primary School Council

Annual General Meeting

Monday 20th March 2017

7.30pm in the staff room

Visitors welcome

Fruit Roster

Monday 27th - Angela Robbins

Tuesday 28th - Kate Phelan

Wednesday 1st - Emma Barker

Thursday 2nd - Pamela White

Friday 3rd - Sarah Benson

NOTICES

KPS Fair

Wine, Cheese and Ideas Night! Our KPS Fair is coming on the 11th November, and we need your ideas!

THIS TUESDAY 28th February,

7.30 to 9.00pm in the staff room

Come along and share your ideas for the school fair over

wine and cheese.

This is intended to be a casual, enjoyable evening to get the ball rolling for our

2017 Fair. It will also be a great opportunity for families new to our school to

meet other families.

While we’d of course love any offers of ongoing help with fair planning (however large

or small), rest assured that you can come along to our Ideas Night with no expectation of

ongoing commitment.

Welcome to our class reps

A warm welcome and big thank you to the following people who have

volunteered to be class reps in 2017:

Sanette Wood (Prep A)

Kristen Cullen (Prep C)

Pip Turner (1A)

Kate Stephens/Sharyn Murray/Leah McErlain (2A)

Marina Scherbanuk/Sanette Wood (2B)

Jamie Edge (3B)

Marina Scherbanuk/Angela Robbins (4B)

Kate Stephens/Sharyn Murray (5A)

Annalise Fowler (6B)

We still require class reps for Prep B, 1B, 3A, 4A, 5B and 6A.

Please email me or leave your details at the office if you can assist.

Katherine Harding Promotions and Communications, KPS Council

anka@ozemail.com.au

SCHOOL News

What’s happening in 5A?

In the Senior School we know how

important goal setting is to achieving our

goals. We each set 4 personal goals for

our learning in Term 1. One for:

Maths

Literacy

Writing

Extra-curricular

In Maths we are focusing on improving our quick recall of

times tables! Some fun games we have been playing

include Circle Champion and Spiral Multiplication using a

deck of cards and dice.

We have been

working hard to

improve our

teamwork skills in

Grade 5. Some of

these activities

included a

Scavenger Hunt using QR codes, and a building

challenge to create structures using playdough and

toothpicks.

Check out our class blog for more updates on our

learning!

http://www.missmitchellsclasskps.blogspot.com.au

Miss Mitchell and 5A

SCHOOL News

St John Ambulance - First Aid Incursion

St John Ambulance visited our school on Monday the 13th of February to deliver free First Aid in Schools training to ours students. Through the First Aid in Schools program, trained St John presenters led students from all grades through tailored sessions on the importance of First Aid and what to do in the event of an emergency. Our junior students learnt about how to identify when there is an emergency, keeping themselves safe, and how to call for an ambulance. Senior students learnt about delivering CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the things they can do to

assist in an emergency.

All students have been given a special piece of homework for parents to

complete: we hope you had some time to do this over the last week.

We encourage you to “do your homework” and go online (www.stjohnvic.com.au/quiz) to see how much you know about First Aid.

More information about the St John First Aid in Schools program can be

found at:

www.stjohnvic.com.au/schools

Ms Jolly

Are you First

Aid READY?

LIBRARY News

Borrowing a Book?

Is it the ‘right fit’? Library borrowing is well under way with our students borrowing each week

during their library session. Please make time to talk with your child about

library and the books they have borrowed. The library books make ideal stories

for bedtime reading or sharing as a family. If students happen to bring home a

library book that is too difficult for them to read, use this as an opportunity to

have some quality family time, reading the book to your child.

Learning to borrow from a library brings with it the challenge of finding a book

that is the ‘right fit’ as there are books in our library suitable for students from

grades Prep to 6. Students are reminded to read the blurb, and flick through the

pages to check the book before borrowing. However, sometimes they may bring

home a book that is not quite the right fit, being more suited to a younger or

possibly older student. If this happens, have a chat about checking the book is

‘the right fit’. If it is suitable in content, but out of reach of their reading ability,

why not read it to them! Alternatively if the book is too easy, they may still

enjoy the story so allow them to enjoy the book and return it when finished. If

you have any queries about the books your child is borrowing, please do not

hesitate to contact me.

Denise Pilinis

Library technician

Library donations: Thank you to the Piperkos

family, Meropy Barut and a past family who

have donated a huge bag of books for the

library. They are very much appreciated.

BRAIN Training

Fundraising

Cake Raffle

The famous Kerrimuir

Cake Raffle takes

place every Friday

morning at assembly.

Thanks to the parents

and other volunteers

who bake our yummy

prizes. Tickets just

20c at the canteen

window, and the

winning tickets are

drawn by the children

of our weekly bakers.

This Week’s Winners: Harvey, Brooke, Liam H and Sophie B Funds raised: $68.10

Next Week’s Chefs (3.3.17):

Grain Y, Brooke Chapman and Emma Barker x 2

Please Help!

We need bakers for the cake raffle for

every week in Term 1 & 2!

To sign up...

Email barb.sorell@gmail.com OR

Click below to go to Sign up genius: www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4cafae2ea6fa7-term OR

Put your name on the sign up sheets at the canteen

window during Friday assembly.

Thank you. Barb 0415164753 (Mum of Brooke 6B)

REBEL SPORT

FUNDRAISING

Register for Rebel's

loyalty program at

www.seasonpass.com.au

and nominate Kerrimuir

Primary School, and 5%

of the value of your

purchase goes back to

the school.

Cadbury Chocolate Fundraising

Chocolate boxes have arrived!!

Your youngest child should have brought home 1 box of chocolates this week. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in selling these to families, friends, neighbours or work colleagues at $1 each to assist with our fundraising efforts. Please use the envelope provided with the box to collect the money. Please return your

payment to the office by the 30th March.

All monies received by this date will go into

a draw to win a mystery prize. Good luck!

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