Issue No.4 Wednesday, 20th March 2019

This morning the students and teachers

made the most of their learning during the

power outage by creating outdoor

classroom. Nice work 2T & 2J

WHAT’S ON & WHAT’S DUE @ KPS

MARCH

Thursday 21st Hot Cross Bun Forms and Payments close.

Friday 22nd School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend. Year 1 & 2 students Dance performance during Assembly.

Wednesday 27th School Council AGM & Meeting 7.00pm.

Thursday 29th Mitchell District 5/6S Summer Sports Tournament Permission forms and payment close.

APRIL

Thursday 4th Mitchell District 5/6 Summer Sports Tournament.

Friday 5th

School Run 4 Fun Colour Explosion (Family and Friends) Located on the oval. From 11.20am to 1.20pm approximately End of Term - Finish Time 2.30pm.

Tuesday 23rd First Day Term 2.

Thursday 25th ANZAC Day Public Holiday no school today.

MAY

Friday 3rd School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend. District Cross Country, more details to follow.

Friday 17th School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

Friday 31st School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

JUNE

Monday 10th Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday no school today.

Friday 14th School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

Friday 28th CSEF Parent Applications close. School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

JULY

Wednesday 17th Grade 4 Camp (Camp ADANAC) returns on Friday 19th July.

Principal Each week I sit down to write the Principal’s letter to you our community, I am amused at how quickly the weeks go by. I was in a Foundation Class during the week and the students were so settled and in the daily routines. You would think they had been here for years.

As I have mentioned previously, the school is currently involved in a School Review Process. The panel commented during their Field Day and Observation Walks through the classrooms how well established the learning culture here is at the school. They noted the bright environments of classrooms, the willingness of students to engage in learning and the professionalism of the staff, just to name a few. They also noted the obvious parent participation and support of the school. (Well done Jill Patford on your involvement on behalf of the parents.)

I was very excited when Mr.Babic told me that Kate Porter has made the State Finals in Swimming on the 24th April. As a community we wish Kate and her family all the best as they attend this exciting event.

The students, and staff looked amazing for our school photos and the day progressed very smoothly. Yet another compliment, the photo company congratulated the school on the excellent behaviour of our students. Thankyou to the parent who helped on the day.

The week also saw Asha’s fourth Birthday Celebrations. The students gave him a day full of fun and laughter. He slept very soundly Friday night! Well done everyone.

Parents may have been mistaken thinking that KPS had gone back into the 19th Century with the day starting with no power, teachers set about responding to the challenge. Mr Parkinson even rand an old school bell manually. The students worked diligently and with a great sense of calmness without laptops, printers and learning opportunities continued as usual.

A big thank you for Jodie Cloke and her band of parent helpers for making the chicken schnitzel hot food lunch a huge success. They made a total of 442 schnitzel rolls which is a huge effort.

Only two weeks until the end of term.

Have a great week everyone

Kim Laffan

Principal

Payment of Essential

Educational Items Received

527 Students at the school 426 have completed payment

=81 percent

Let the CHALLENGE begin… This term we are focusing on ensuring we are on time to school. Our ‘Bee on Time Challenge’ works like this: * Each time your child is at school before the bell goes, he/she can place a ‘precious pebble’ in the BEE on Time jar. * The class will work as a team to fill their jar and the class will receive a certificate at assembly. * The BEE on Time Trophy will be presented at the end of each term, to the year level that has filled the most jars. * Being on time has also been linked to our school values of Kind, Proud and Safe.

On Friday 15th March it was the National Day Against Bullying. All classes participated in a ‘Buddy’ activity to promote the importance of being a ‘Buddy and not a Bully’. Pictured is 1R & 4J’s T-Shirt

designs produced by students to

promote this day.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating their birthday in the coming week. We hope you have a lovely day.

March

20th Dusty FD Shayla 5P 21st Jensen 1R Tyla 5H Eliza 5P 22nd PJ FS Alby 2J 24th Holly 4V Annabelle 5P Ashley 6M 25th Hannah FM 26th Madeline FW Tyson 6B

Sick Bay Linen Roster

Term 2

March 8th Jo Clark 15th Cassie Newbery 22nd Jodie Cloke 29th Melanie Hooke

THANK YOU ALL

Thursday 21st March

Inappropriate usage of disabled car parking

Just a reminder that Disabled Car Parks are for people with a suitable permit. We have had several complaints about people using these spaces without a valid permit. We have several families and grandparents with mobility issues that rely on these parking spot to collect their students safely. We have notified the council and the local police who will be conducting frequent checks at school drop off and pick up times. We do acknowledge that parking is limited but we do ask that patience and consideration is shown at all times.

Don’t Forget Colour Run 4 Fun will be held on Friday 5

th April.

We request for all sponsorship forms and money to be returned to the school by Wednesday 3rd April 2019.

Students who obtain donations from family and friends can earn exciting reward prizes according to

the amount of money raised. If you have used the online profile page you can order prizes from there or you can complete it on the

hardcopy paperwork that is handed in with cash donations.

All students can participate on the day regardless if they have donations for the run

We will be holding our colour run after recess it will run from 11.20am to 1.20pm approximately (2.30pm school day finish)

Kids will be running in their house colours, one lap with just their house colour getting squirted onto them and a second with all the colours.

It is hoped that each house colour will get two turns of doing laps around the fantastic obstacle course with many fun stations created by Mr Babic and F&F.

There will also be a run with no colour for any children who do not wish to get sprayed.

We do ask that you send your child in clothes that can get coloured on the day including a white top (the one purchased through school or just from home).

The colour powder is made of high-quality corn starch with permitted food colours. It is non-toxic, bio-degradable, skin safe and environmentally friendly.

Parents and family are encouraged to come along to watch and help out on the day!

All students will get a headband and sunglasses before the runs start on the day Some parents have modeled the items below

Regards from your Friends & Family Group

Manners Matter at KPS- Student Awards

At KPS we are always working on modelling our school values and giving our students opportunities to learn and put them into practice. The students listed below are recognised for showing that they ‘Care about Others’. The students listed below will receive an award at assembly this Friday. We congratulate:

Foundation D - Lily

Grade 3G –Phoebe

Foundation J - Matilda

Grade 3M –Ruby

Foundation M - Tilly

Grade 3V –Ashley

Foundation S - Grace

Grade 4M - Lucy

Foundation W - Riley

Grade 4J -Hayley

Grade 1E –Isabelle

Grade 4V - Cooper

Grade 1J – Charlotte

Grade 5H - Force

Grade 1R - Abby

Grade 5M -Lacey

Grade 1/2B - Logan

Grade 5P - Olivia

Grade 2F -Afizah

Grade 6B - Maddison

Grade 2J –Emma

Grade 6M –Ruby

Grade 2T -Joshua

Grade 6W – Charlotte

Grade 3D - Eden

“People can say they care, but it means nothing until they prove it....!”

Numeracy News

Across the school, many of our students are focusing on content from the measurement section of the Victorian curriculum. Our Grade 1s have been learning about capacity. They have been comparing and ordering different containers. Students made predictions before checking using liquid or sand. They discovered it was important to use the same unit of measurement and also that some containers might be short and wide but have a larger capacity than tall, thin containers.

Real life examples of capacity

Our Grade 3 and 4 students have been exploring length. They have measured items in centimetres and metres and used different tools, including rulers, tape measures and trundle wheels. Did you know that from one end of the asrtoturf to the other, it is approximately 38 metres? Students estimated prior to measuring and measured twice to confirm their first measurement was accurate. Knowing how to measure accurately is an important skill used in many occupations every day. Maths really is everywhere!

Our Foundation

students recently

celebrated 20 days at

school. They explored

the number 20 and

made collections of

20 with different

materials. We use

numbers every single

day – not just at

school. How many

times have you used

numbers today?

Real life examples

of numbers

Asha’s Adventures

Hello everyone! This is my first newsletter as a four year old! Thank you so very much for celebrating my birthday with me last week. I hope you had as much fun as I did! A special thank you to Mrs

Bloomfield, Miss Parkes and

the Student Action Team

(formerly known as SRC)

who organised games for us

at recess and lunchtime. The

doggy disco was a hit. I chose

to supawvise as I’ve got two

left feet, literally, so dancing

can be tricky! Musical dogs

was lots of fun too – I think it

will catch on and musical

statues will be a thing of the

past.

The Student Action Team are now busy counting all of the gold coins to find the total amount we will be donating to Seeing Eye Dogs Australia. SEDA will use the money to train guide dogs to help people in the community who can’t see so well. Kindness is one of our school values and everyone was supaw kind and generous donating a gold coin. Thank you!

Asha’s Adventures continued…

I was spoilt rotten with pats, cards, birthday wishes, treats and a special doggy cake. There were even four little carrot candles. There aren’t four little candles anymore…

Comments and questions that have put a smile on my dial this week… “Asha, you’re four today! That means you’re not three anymore!” “You should put all your cards in your room. Wait, do you have your own room?” “My brother is four. Just like you!” “Happy birthday, Asha!”

Being four is hard work!