Principal’s Report

December 3rd , 2015

Issue 38

K.P.S. PRESS

OUR VALUES

Aim High Be Respectful Be Resilient Be Responsible

The end of the year is fast approaching now, yet there are still many events and jobs to complete before that final day on Thursday the 17th December. Teachers have been busy finalising semester reports this week. Next week is shaping up to be the busiest week of the year! On Monday the week starts with our Annual Volunteers Morning Tea. On Tuesday we have the State Wide Orientation Day as well as the final 2016 Prep Information Session. Teachers will be busy conducting student led conferences on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and our Year 6 students, staff and parents helpers have been busy preparing for the year 6 graduation night to be held next Wednesday night. Just to

name a some of the things that are happening!

Student Led Portfolio Conferences

Thank you to all those parents and family members who have booked in to attend next week’s Student Led Portfolio Conference. The conferences provide an important opportunity for our students to demonstrate what learning has taken place and what goals they have

met over the year.

Students take great pride in their portfolios and have worked hard to prepare them. Thank you also to all the teachers for their work in preparing

for next week’s portfolio conferences.

School Council and P& F

I would like to use today’s newsletter to thank the members of our School Council and Parents and Friends for their support and their contribution to our school over the year. We are very fortunate that we have such committed parents who are willing to give up their time and work for the benefit of our school and our students. The excellent governance of our school and the many improvements in facilities and resources would not be possible without the support of these fantastic volunteers who work hard for

the benefit of all students.

Special thanks to our Executive members of both our organizations and to our School Council President, Kamron Whyte and our P & F President, Sam Davies who have both had a very successful years in their leadership of

these important roles within our school.

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Well Done Awards 30th November, 2015

Principal’s Report

Page 2 Newsletter Title

2016 School Fees

In the coming days parents can expect to receive paperwork outlining the School Fees for 2016. Parents are able to pay in advance, either at the office or through BPay. We will also attach the indicative 2016 Excursion costs to assist parents with their planning. A reminder to parents who have a valid Health Care Card to please enquire at the front office about accessing an excursion levy that is

provided by the Education Department.

The book box collection date is Friday 22nd January. Fees can be

paid on this date.

Semester reports

We are pleased to advise that the Compass School Management System has been in operation at Korumburra Primary School and we are getting closer to allowing our parent community to login and access the system. We expect that we will advise parents of how to

do this at the beginning of 2016.

Compass provides our school community with a range of facilities that will streamline communication and provide enhanced access to information. It will also improve many of the school’s administration processes. This brings me to this year’s Semester 2 Reports. Parents will notice that this semester’s reports have a different format. Teachers have had their first go at doing their reports using Compass. At a school level we are really happy with the new format and feel that we have made a number of improvements. We are looking forward to hearing if the parents also feel that the new report

format and detail is helpful.

Teachers spend considerable time and effort when compiling and writing these reports and the information included in them should

inform parents and students about the current levels of achievement.

Please be aware that we have a very rigorous editing process where the reports are checked and re-checked to overcome any errors; however it is quite possible that some errors may have slipped through the safety net. If there are such mistakes on your child’s report please let the class teacher know, or alert either Mr Gray or

myself through the office, and we will arrange for a reprint.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff for their hard work in compiling and writing these reports. It is a very demanding part of teachers’ duties that takes a lot of time. I would also like to thank Mr Wells for leading us through Compass Professional Development. Thanks also to Dave Gray, Betty Hall, Paul Jones

and Doug Alexander for their support throughout this process.

Please note that the reports will be sent out on Wednesday December 16th

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Christmas Wheelbarrow Raffle

Thank you to our very generous parents who have donated to our annual P&F Christmas Wheelbarrow Raffle. The wheelbarrow is over flowing with goodies. Your generosity is most certainly going to ensure that the lucky winner has a Christmas to remember. There is still time to donate. A reminder, that the raffle will be drawn on

Monday the 14th December at our Assembly.

Nathan Pirouet

Principal

Reading Club Members enjoying a

Christmas Breakfast Break Up Party

MANIC MONDAY LUNCH

SPECIAL

Hot Reindeer (Dog)

Cookie/Brownie

Slushie

$6.00

K.P.S a UNITED

Community School

WELL DONE

AWARDS

William O’Neill

Raj Lamers

Mac Jiang

Billy Austin

Blake Webb

Tristan Bivolcheff

Tahlia Zizic

Eliza Neal

Josh El-ali

Thomas Farbus

Ell deBondt

Blake Dean

Sienna Beekman

Jayden Douglas

Payton Swain

Isabella Morrison

Connor Hewitt

Kelsey Kruger

Patrick Boys

Stephanie Hough

Nyah Gilliatte

All Year 6

Georgia Kyle

Lauren Sinclair

Regan Guest

Tyrah Kruger

Declan Beames

Mia Belvedere

Lane Dubignon

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Parent’s & Friends Christmas Tree Orders

Tree collection is on Saturday the 5th of December at the Primary School between 9.30 am –

10.30am. Don’t be late.

Christmas Raffle

A big thankyou to all families who have returned their tickets and donated to the

wheelbarrow. What a great first prize it will be. Raffle to be drawn at Assembly on the 14th

December. Please return your raffle tickets by Friday the 11th December.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be on Monday 7th of December after Assembly. Please feel free to join us for a cuppa

and a chat.

Sam Davies

President, P and F.

21 sleeps until

Xmas

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Calendar of Events 2015 & 2016

2015

December

4th December - Junior Swimming

5th December - Christmas Tree order pick up.

between 9.30 and 10.30 am.

7th—10th December- Portfolio Presentations for all classes except Mrs. Zizic’s

7th December - Volunteers Morning Tea

8th December - Prep 2016 Orientation Session No 4

- Year 6 to KSC

9th December - Year 6 Graduation

11th December - Junior Swimming

- Last day for raffle tickets to be returned.

14th December - P & F Christmas Raffle Draw

- Canteen Closed

15th December - Year 4 Bike Hike

15th December - Class Parties

16th December - Canteen Open

17th December - Last Day Term 4, 3.30 finish.

- Canteen Open

18th December - Pupil Free Day

2016

January

22nd January - Book pick up day.

28th January - First Day Term 1

February

3rd February - House Swimming Trials

11th February - House Swimming Sports

17th February - District Swimming Trials

26th February - District Swimming Sports

March

7th—11th March - Year 3—6 Aquatic Program

14th March - Labour Day Public Holiday

15th—18th March - Year 6 Wilson Prom Camp

22nd March - School Photos

24th March - Last Day Term 1

25th March - Good Friday

Library News

All books are now due back in the Library. Please return your books as soon as possible. Thank you.

Book Club News – Next year we have opted in to the Book Clubs LOOP payment system for parents. LOOP is the Scholastic Book Clubs Linked Online Ordering & Payment platform for Parents. Please read the information below

from Scholastic about LOOP.

There is no obligation to use this new service. Orders can still be sent to School in the usual way. This is just another option for you. If you have any questions please come and

see me in the Library.

Helen Cripps

Library Technician