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Newsletter No. 7 - Term 1 – Week 7 Thursday 16 March 2017

From the Principal…………… I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend with your families. The weather has been very hot and I want to remind children to wear their hats until the end of April, a timeline Sunsmart recommends. You can also follow the Sunsmart Widget on our website for daily advice. Last night we had our Family Life Victoria information sessions. The feedback from parents reported that the sessions were extremely professional and very well done. Certainly the parents who attended the evening appreciated the information and the time they could spend with their children in discussions. Now that our camps are over, children have been working very hard on their classroom work. Our short term has meant that we have had testing and have been doing our planning for the year. Our support groups are up and running so all children should be coming home talking about all the interesting things in their day. On the sporting front Steve Harvey has been training our Grades 3-6s for cross country, which is on the 27th April, here at school. Paul Todd has the choir practising and twelve of our students will be chosen to sing in the combined choir for the NEV Region production at Hamer Hall, later in the year. This is a new inclusion in our calendar of musical events. Don’t forget to get your Easter Raffle tickets in by 3:30pm on the 24th March. This year we will be drawing the raffle tickets prior to the children leaving for the holidays. Be in it to win it!

SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS We still have two 2-year parent positions and two 1-year parent positions to fill. If you would like to be on School Council, please contact the office, it is a very rewarding activity.

PARKING ISSUES On Friday afternoon we were contacted by an irate neighbour in Chesney Drive, opposite the school. A Kalinda parent was parked in Chesney Drive but too close to the corner of Kalinda Road, which meant that cars into Chesney Drive had to drive over the traffic island to get into their street and driveway. The family in the car was verbally abused by the person in the parked car. The Maroondah City Council have been contacted and traffic officers will be observing and acting on any person parking illegally in Kalinda Road and other streets around the school. We ask that parents please respect residents’ right of way in their own streets and not block the streets or driveways when dropping off or picking up their children.

BADGE PRESENTATIONS On Monday, our newly elected Junior School Council Representatives, House Captains and House Vice-Captains, will be presented with their badges. GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

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Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families – 9 – 16 March 2017 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Beginning of Year Permission Forms All students ASAP

Grandparents & Special Friends Day Reminder Foundation students N/A

Hot Dog Day All students 22/3/2017

Easter Raffle Families 24/3/2017

HOT DIGGITY DOG DAY Hot Dog Day is on Thursday 29th March. To avoid missing out, please get your orders in before next Wednesday, 22nd March. We will not be able to cater for any late orders.

HEALTH ALERT

The Victorian Health Department have just released a warning about Measles. For full details please go to: https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/news-and-events/healthalerts/measles-14-march-2017%20%20?utm_source=Chief-Health-Officer-Alert&utm_medium=EDM&utm_campaign=sili-82

March

20th - P&F General Meeting – 9.30am - Stadium 22nd - Canteen closes for lunch orders. 23rd - School Photo Day 24th - Grandparents & Special Friends Day - Foundation only. 25th - Working Bee – Saturday 10am-12noon 27th - School Council Gen. Mtg & AGM – 7.30pm 29th - Hot Dog Day 31st - End Term 1 – 2.30pm Dismissal April

17th - Easter Monday 18th - Term 2 begins 25th - ANZAC Day – Public Holiday 27th - Cross Country – Grades 3-6 30th - Working Bee May

9th - Mother’s Day Stall

TERM DATES 2017

Term 1 – 30 January (Teachers resume)

31 January (Pupil-free day) 1 February (Students resume) End Term 1 – 31 March Easter – Good Friday 14 April – 17 April Term 2 – 18 April – 30 June Term 3 – 17 July – 22 September Term 4 – 9 October to 22 December

CANTEEN ROSTER

22/3/17 - Susanne H. 23/3//17 - Yuko W. & Clare D. 24/3/17 - Vicky P. & Martina M. (12-2) + 1 Helper Needed please

FORWARD DATES:

Mother’s Day Stall – 9th May Kalinda Fete – 25th November 2017

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/news-and-events/healthalerts/measles-14-march-2017%20%20?utm_source=Chief-Health-Officer-Alert&utm_medium=EDM&utm_campaign=sili-82https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/news-and-events/healthalerts/measles-14-march-2017%20%20?utm_source=Chief-Health-Officer-Alert&utm_medium=EDM&utm_campaign=sili-82

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/D Claire H. - For confidently sharing information about your family for our CBL topic, ‘Who Am I?’ Patrick H. - For the extra effort you have been putting into your work. You should be proud of your results. F/G Milly Mac. - For your persistence with colouring and cutting during CBL. Jonty B-A. - For being a reliable classroom helper AND your persistence with hand- writing. F/H Xavier M. - For working at your personal best when learning to write on dotted thirds. Myah J. - For always completing her work and trying her best! F/L Darcy A. - For concentrating so hard and working well to make your THRASS Sun. Keep it up! Lilly M-R. - For such careful cutting out and pasting in your Reader’s workshop activity. Well done! 12B Rory T. - For making great choices with your learning and showing fantastic initiative in, and outside of the classroom. 12D Curtis H. - For fabulous handwriting this week. Great job Curtis! Jonty B-A. - For demonstrating our Kalinda Values in your interactions with others. Ethan W. - For being a fabulous whiteboard monitor. Ayda H. - For the enthusiasm you show towards all your learning! 12K Charlie B. - For showing great persistence in learning, even when you were unsure. Well done, Charlie! 12R Bridgette W. - For always being a responsible leader in the classroom. You have also shown great improvement in your spelling this year. Kingston W. - For always being a responsible leader in the classroom. You have also created excellent writing pieces with lots of detail. 12S Gemma S. - For writing and delivering a terrific JSC speech in front of her peers. Tenulie S. - For writing and delivering a terrific JSC speech in front of her peers. Lucien Di M. - For his persistence to write a sentence on his own in Literacy. 34C Maddison P. - For taking so much pride in your work during Literacy Groups. Cooper W. - For your excellent active listening skills in both whole class and small

group work. 34K Tayla Mac-H. - For making an effort to join in all of our class discussions. We love hearing your ideas Tayla! Lachlan McN. - For working hard to complete your THRASS explosion activity to a Personal Best standard. Keep up the great work, Lachie! 34P Charli R. - For demonstrating excellent research skills and writing relevant and interesting information on the Elephant during her Literacy activity. Alexandra S. - For writing excellent questions as part of her “Wonderings” for her CBL presentation. Great questioning, Alexandra. Oliver B. - For demonstrating a sound understanding of locating the main idea when reading a variety of texts. Great work, Oliver. Tyler E. - For carefully reading his text in his Literacy Group and referring to it to answer comprehension and grammar questions. Terrific work, Tyler. Heidi C. - For always being such a kind and caring member of our class. Thank you for always sharing your understandings with others. Dylan W. - For presenting a well-researched and informative news presentation. Outstanding work, Dylan. 34R Aaron R. - For his fantastic work in Maths. You are amazing! 56D Charlie B. - For taking on challenging problems in Maths. Claire A. - For being brave and stepping outside of her comfort zone. 56N Jake L. - For your perfect demonstration of our partner reading strategies. Jade G. - For your fabulous demonstration of our partner reading strategy. Brodie S. - For your fantastic efforts this week and especially during our moderated writing task. 56T Sienna H-M. - For seeking help and clarification in order to further her understanding! Tana C. - For having the courage to put herself forward for JSC and speaking so clearly to her audience. Well done.

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1/2D and 1/2R’s Whole Class Story

1/2DR together planned and created a Narrative Story titled, ‘Diver Dan’s Special

Song’ The purpose of this was to model the process of planning, rereading, editing

and the 6+1 Traits of Writing, such as structure and ideas.

We used a beautiful picture prompt that had to be included into the story in some

way. This became the setting for our story. We hope you enjoy our story!

Picture prompt and plan

Diver Dan’s Special Song

Diver Dan was excited, today he was going to visit a coral reef that had an

underwater castle. He had seen pictures of it before and could not wait to see

the how the ocean had changed the building over time as well as the merpeople.

Would it still have the double axes on the huge front door or the glistening blue

flags? Would it still have gold around the window frames? Would it still have a

winding staircase leading up to the turrets? He could not wait to find out.

Diver Dan goes deep into the sea and can see the beautiful castle. Dan can see

shadows moving past the windows upstairs. He swims up to the huge door, goes

inside and the door crashes behind him. Dan felt terrified. He heard an echo from

the staircase but he couldn’t see who made the sound.

Dan remembered a song that his Grandma had taught him and he began to sing

it. It went like this

Mermaids, mermen we are all friends.

Mermaids, mermen do not be afraid.

Mermaids, mermen come out wherever you are.

Mermaids, mermen

When the merpeople heard the song they started to reveal themselves and joined

in!

Dan was thrilled to meet them and gave them a special box containing human

trinkets. The merpeople knew he was friendly because he had sung their secret

song and they invited him to visit again. They also presented him with his very own

magical trident.

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Term 1 – Week 7

Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome to the world of OSH Club. This week was a very busy and very hot one, lots of icypoles and cool watermelon to keep the heat at bay. Lanna X. made a beautiful paper dahlia with our assistant Avril; it is proudly on display in our room. Well done, Lanna. We have been playing Octopus, Silent Ball and Fruit Salad during our morning sessions, and enjoying the sunshine and outdoor play at the Chalk painting and basketball courts during the afternoons. We have also been making the most of the concrete and grassy areas outside our room to play cricket, tennis and use our ribbon wands each morning. On our menu this week were fruit platters, cheese rolls, pita bread and dips, and corn chips. There are still lots of spots left for our Thursday Afternoon session of Play On sports - a 10-week Footy coaching workshop available to both OSH attendees and non OSH club children which runs for 45 mins. If you are interested in registering, you can do so via our website. For more info, please visit us or contact Head Office. We are very pleased to say our numbers are hitting cap on Tuesdays and Thursdays; please do make sure you book in advance. It's lovely to see the list of names for our social gathering to see Beauty and the Beast; pop in to sign up. We are really looking forward to the day. Our Family communication book is always on the Sign-in desk for anyone wishing to leave comments, suggestions or queries. We appreciate your feedback for our program and our team. We are available during program hours on 0439 992 434. Feel free to leave a voicemail message if we are unavailable. We are also contactable at oshclub.kalinda@gmail.com. Alternatively, you are always welcome to contact our Area Manager (Kathi Rowan) on 0432 212 817 or Kathi@oshclub.com.au. We have a GOLD suggestion box on the Sign-in table and we invite everyone to leave suggestions whenever they wish! These can be anonymous. We welcome everyone in OSHClub. Our children are very considerate of new students and we take pride in our ability to make every child feel special. Kind Regards, Michelle Dark

Program phone: 0439 992 434

Coordinator: Michelle Dark

Assistants: Jane Evans and Wendy Reid

OSHClub Head Office: (03) 8564 9000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

mailto:oshclub.kalinda@gmail.commailto:Kathi@oshclub.com.auhttp://www.oshclub.com.au/

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF) Applications for CSEF can now be submitted to the office for processing. If you do not have a form, please call in at the office. Don’t forget to bring your Centrelink/Healthcare Card with you for copying. PARENT PAYMENTS & VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS 2017 For those parents paying by instalments, the 3rd Instalment was due on 1st March. 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. 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. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER STUDENT BANKING – EVERY FRIDAY Student Banking is now operating for 2017. Opening account packs will be available in the near future for Foundation and other new students to the school.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports Kalinda Primary School Uniforms are now available to purchase offsite at RHSports in New Street, Ringwood. A notice with all the specific details was sent home before the end of Term 4. Please see the notice for opening/closing times. Spare notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms The direct link to RHSports is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

BE SUNSMART IN TERM 1

Here at Kalinda we are a Sunsmart school which means that all students need to wear a school-approved hat during Terms 1 & 4. If anyone is not wearing a hat, the Yard Duty Teacher will ask them to stay undercover, out of the sun, for recess and/or lunchtime.

http://www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/mailto:kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.auhttp://www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&formshttps://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

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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 new seasons apples on Thursday 23 March. If you would like to order apples, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 22 March. Bags are approximately 5-6kg. At the moment only Royal Galas, Fujis and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Also available for the next delivery are:

Blackberries at $10 per 1/2 kilo Strawberries at $5 per 1/2 kilo

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WALKSPOT – A WALKING SURVEY

Help us find Maroondah’s greatest places to walk

15/03/17

Maroondah is striving to become a great place to walk. To assist us to achieve this outcome,

Council is participating in the WalkSpot project. WalkSpot is an online mapping survey focused

on understanding people’s experiences, feelings and perceptions of walking locally.

The WalkSpot project is a collaboration between Victoria Walks and CrowdSpot supported by a

TAC Community Road Safety Grant.

How to participate

Residents are invited to provide their feedback about their walking experiences in Maroondah by

using the Walkspot’s project’s mapping website.

Participants can choose to provide comments in three ways on the interactive map:

Adding a spot on the interactive map quickly and easily (by completing the survey).

Commenting within an existing spot.

Voting on an existing spot.

To add your spots to the Maroondah WalkSpot website, visit

http://walkspot.crowdspot.com.au/14/-37.81355/145.25179

WalkSpot will be open for submissions until Friday 28 April.

How will the feedback be used by Council?

Posting on the mapping website will provide Council with unique data to inform priority pedestrian

path improvements. Any infrastructure requests that residents indicate will be noted yet may not be

resolved by Council at this time.

Residents reporting serious damage or concerns with Council’s footpaths are asked to contact

Council at maroondah@maroonda.vic.gov.au or 1300 88 22 33.

Let your fingers do the walking and share your great and not so great walking spots and

experiences.

http://walkspot.crowdspot.com.au/14/-37.81355/145.25179

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