Principal’s Message

Term 1 Week 5 - 26th February 2020

It was wonderful to see such a nice turnout of students, parents, teachers and community members at our PLSP Breakfast. The purpose of the breakfast is to set achievable goals and opportunities for our ATSI students in class, the playground and about their culture. A huge thanks to Aunty Pauline for her organisation of the breakfast and all staff who supported the morning.

Good luck to Kyden M and Mia-Rose R who will be representing the school and the Upper Hunter Zone at the Hunter PSSA Tennis trials held at Broadmeadow on Friday. We are positive you will represent us all with distinction and give your best efforts throughout the day.

Student, Teacher and Parent conferences will be held in Week 10 this term. There will be information sent out in the coming days to book a time to sit with your teacher and child to discuss their learning goals and any information relevant to your child's learning. We look forward to seeing a great turnout for the conferencing.

Congratulations to Mr Lindsell who is now a trained facilitator in Mental Health First Aid. Mr Lindsell has been working very hard on our Visual Wellbeing initiatives and our Positive Behaviour for Learning team over the past few years and it is great to have this resource now in our school. Mr Lindsell will be able to train other teachers and community members in the area of Mental Health.

Our school leaders will be heading to Sydney on Monday 2nd March for the Youth Leadership Conference. This is a chance for our leaders to mix and network with other school leaders from across the state and hear some of the world's best entrepreneurs, writers, news readers and sports people. We are sure they will come back inspired from the day. Jonathan Russell Principal

High School Information for

Year 7 2020

Singleton High School is holding

an Information Evening for Year

6 Next Tuesday 3rd of March,

4.45pm to 6.45pm in the MPC.

Parents, carers and students

welcome.

UPCOMING EVENTS 2019

TERM 1 2020

WEEK 5 Wed 26th Feb Zone Rugby League Fri 28th Feb Primary Assembly– 1pm Hunter Tennis

WEEK 6 Mon 2nd Mar Interrelate- Year 6 Canteen AGM 5pm Library P&C AGM Meeting 6pm– Library Tues 3rd Mar Hunter Swimming Children’s Uni Launch 9.15am Fri 6th Mar Zone Netball Infants Assembly– 1pm WEEK 7 Mon 9th Mar Interrelate– Year 6 Tues 10th Mar Yarning Circle PaTCH Meeting– 2.30pm Wed 11th Mar Zone Soccer Fri 13th Mar Primary Assembly– 1pm WEEK 8 Mon 16th Mar Interrelate– Year 6 Hunter Rugby League Tues 17th Mar Hunter AFL Fri 20th Mar Infants Assembly– 1pm Say ‘NO WAY’ to Bullying Day WEEK 9 Tues 24th Mar Zone Touch Fri 27th Mar Tawny Assembly– 9.30am WEEK 10 Mon 30th Mar Cross Country Fri 3rd Apr Infants Assembly– 1pm WEEK 11 Fri 10th Apr Good Friday SAVE THE DATE! Stage 3 Canberra Excursion- 30th June to 3rd July Stage 3 Point Wolstoncroft- 29th April to 1st May

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

Monday 8.30am – 9.30am

Thursday 8.30am – 9.30am

(Please see office staff outside these hours)

Canteen Roster—Term 1 Week 5 2020

2/3 3/3 4/3 5/3 6/3

Amanda & Erin Jill Kerry & Bec Chantelle Kate & Rechelle

Canteen News

In line with the Government’s Healthy Canteen Strategy, we would like to share with you some of our healthy options available in our school Canteen.

Rice - Easy to digest - Low in fat and cholesterol - High in starch - Contains Vitamin B & E plus minerals including potassium which helps the body reduce toxins. Vegies - Provides many nutrients & fibre for our daily recommended serves.

Ham - Good source of protein

The Australian Government Guidelines suggest 35% of our daily intake of calories should come from complex carbohydrates such as pasta.

To learn more go to www.healthyschoolcanteens.nsw.gov.au

Canteen Roster—Term 1 Week 6 2020

9/3 10/3 11/3 12/3 13/3

Robyn Mattise & Deanna Chantelle & Natalie Jill Lynn & Lauren

Yellow Medical Notes

Medical notes were handed out to Primary

students at the beginning of the year.

Please return notes ASAP so we can make sure

all student medical records are up to date.

These notes can be found on our school web

page at

kingstreet-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Medical notes will be issued to infants students

this week. Please return as soon as possible.

Showing Positive Behaviour for Learning

Tawny congratulates our students for displaying our King Street Values of Kind, Safe, Proud and Supportive. Our Term 1 Week 4 Focus is ‘Tawny Tickets’.

S2M Challenge Mr Russell

S2M have been focusing on Addition and Subtraction strategies as part of their mathematics program. They

have been drilling basic number facts, which they do daily, timing their progress and keeping a record of their

performance as part of their success criteria.

S2M students put out an invitation for Mr Russell to have a race and they really got excited when he accepted

the challenge.

First they set him up with a broken pencil, (after all, all is fair in love and war, but he did notice before they

started and swapped it for a new one....)

There were 3 timed heats.

S2M performed strongly with the best time doing 25 addition sums in 29 secs, but Mr Russell beat them with a

time of 21 seconds.

Mr Russell kindly put out a further challenge saying he would offer a McDonalds lunch to any student who wants

a rematch and can beat him.... so stay tuned.

What a fantastic way to have fun with Maths!

PBL Prize Winners Week 4 Sports People of the Week

NSW Department of Education– School Infrastructure.

King Street Public School Works Notification.

Our school will be in partnership with Children’s University Newcastle for 2020. This program is designed to connect children and families to learning opportunities beyond the classroom. Children are given a passport to learning and encouraged to find NEW learning experiences within their local and regional areas.

Children work towards logging the learning hours and are able to work through certificate levels based on hours of learning. All children who reach 30 hours for the year will be invited to attend a Graduation Ceremony with their family in Term 4.

Our KSPS Launch meeting will be held on Tuesday 3rd March at 9.15am in the quad. Parents and careers are welcome.

Find out more via the Children’s University Facebook page -Children's University Australasia (Newcastle)

Stage 2 Excursion to Point Wolstoncroft 2020

Dates: Wednesday, 29th April - Friday, 1st May (Week 1 Term 2) Cost: $340 per student (a deposit of $50 MUST be paid by Monday, 9th March to hold your child's place)

This excursion may be paid in instalments. If seeking financial assistance, communication with the school MUST take place by the same time as the deposit date (9th March). This excursion is a wonderful opportunity for our students to develop independence, self-esteem and teamwork. It is an expectation that all students will attend, as follow-up learning tasks are completed upon arrival back at school.

If you have any questions regarding Point Wolstoncroft, please contact Ms Harman on 65-722281.

We encourage parents and carers to view the website for further information: https://sport.nsw.gov.au/facilities/pointwolstoncroft/tour Rachel Harman Assistant Principal

S1G Independent

Writing

S1G enjoyed learning

about complex and

compound sentences using

the ‘Bad Seed’ book.

They learnt to plan,

compose, edit and now

publish in the newsletter.

Well done!

Would you like to help in the classroom?

Are you interested in learning how to be a great classroom helper?

Would you like to improve your ability to assist your child at home with reading, writing and maths?

PaTCH may be exactly what you are looking for!

If this is you, please come and join us for afternoon tea to find out more!

When: Tuesday 10th March, 2020

Where: In the Instructional Leaders Room

Time: 2:30pm

Hope to see you there!

Michele Keith & Wendy Tan

Be Part of our Energetic P&C

The P&C Annual General Meeting will be held Monday, 2nd

March at 6pm in the school library.

If you would like to nominate for a position on the P&C or would like to nominate someone, please fill in the following

nomination form and return in a sealed envelope to the office where they will be passed on. Each nomination will need a

nominator and a seconder. Positions to become vacant are:

President

Vice President (2 positions)

Secretary

Treasurer

Clothing Shop Co-ordinator

Fundraising Co-ordinator

All Welcome to Join Canteen Committee

Our Canteen Committee will be holding their Annual General Meeting, Monday 2nd

March at 5pm in the Library.

Positions to be filled at this meeting are:

Canteen President

Canteen Vice President

Canteen Secretary

Canteen Treasurer

Everyone is welcome.

Nomination for P&C Executive 2020

Date:………………… I hereby nominate…………………………………….

For the position of………………………………………………………………... in the 2020 P&C Executive.

Signed: (Please print)………………………………… Seconded: (Please print)…………………………….

(Please sign)………………………………………….. (Please sign)………………………………………….

Wellbeing of Students Valued

Please be aware that we have two immune-suppressed

students at our school. If your child develops a contagious

disease, please let the school know ASAP so we can act

accordingly.

King Street is an Allergy Aware School

This is a reminder for all families that some of our students

have serious reactions to products containing nuts and fish.

We ask that you please do not send foods or contain-

ers to school that contain nut or fish products.

This includes nutella and peanut butter spread.

KSPS NEWSLETTER BY EMAIL

One of the ways you can help us to reduce the amount of

paper usage of our school is to opt to receive our weekly

newsletter via email. To do this, fill out the section below

and return it to our school office.

I would like to receive the KSPS newsletter by email each

Wednesday instead of a paper copy.

Eldest Student at School: ……………………………...

Students Class: …………………Year………………..

Parents Email Address:

……………………………………………………………

Confirm Email Address:

……………………………………………………………

Parent/Carer Name: …………………………………..

Signature: ………………………………………………

JOIN THE KSPS BAND!

It’s not too late! There are still positions available in our

KSPS School Concert Band. You don’t have to buy an

instrument- maybe rent (for 6 months) to see how they

go? Most of the rental money paid will come off purchase

price.

If your child would like to be a part of our fabulous Concert

Band,

Please phone: Howard Ward

0419663389

ATSI Meet and Greet Breakfast

Parents and carers of ATSI students had the opportunity last Friday to connect with teachers and dis-

cuss wellbeing and academic success. Our students are very fortunate to have such support from their

families and our staff.

Thank you to our Aboriginal Education Officer, Aunty Pauline for organising such a great morning.

Thank you also to Eric and Mr Northey for cooking and the staff from Singleton High School’s Clontarf,

Girls Academy and Kawal Centre for your support.