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Email: kincumber-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: kincumber-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:

This week:

• Market Day • Term 4 • OOSH • Holidays and Headlice Market Day Everyone had a great time yesterday at Market Day! Our Year 6

students showed great leadership and organisational skills in the lead up to, and running this event. Market Day is a long standing tradition

and is a fund raiser for Year 6’s gift to the school. Last year the school was presented with the fantastic digital photo display in the

foyer cabinet. A great time was had by all. Thank you to the stage 3 teachers for organising the day, to the students and their families who supported it and to Year 6!

Term 4 Term 4 commences for everyone on 19 October. It is a short term of

only nine weeks and finishes for students on 16 December. Reports will be distributed on 15 December. OOSH

How exciting! We finally have our own OOSH service. Starting on 19 October, the YMCA will operate quality before and after school and

vacation care from our school. No more jumping on a bus (or missing it) to be transported elsewhere. To ensure your place, attend the enrolment and information session to be held this afternoon in 1/2C

room from 3 – 7pm. Holidays and Headlice

We have a great opportunity in the holidays to attack these annoying critters. If everyone from our school did a thorough check over the next three weekends of the holidays and treated any found, then we

would have far fewer visitors during term 4. Although time consum-ing, the benefits outweigh the inconvenience. I have provided some

information for you. Head lice are small, wingless insects that live, breed and feed on the human scalp. They do not carry or transmit disease. They have been

around for thousands of years and, given the chance, will move from head to head without discrimination. A female louse will lay between

three to eight eggs (nits) per day in the hair, within 1.5cm of the scalp. These eggs resemble dandruff but cannot be brushed off. Head lice do not have wings or jumping legs so they cannot fly or jump

from head to head. They can only crawl. People get head lice from direct head to head contact with another person who has head lice.

This can happen when people play, cuddle or work closely together. Head lice are most common among children and their families. If

your family has head lice, tell anyone who has had head to head

contact with them, so that they can check and treat their family if needed. There is no need to treat the whole family, unless they also have head lice. Concentrate on treating the affected person’s head.

There is no evidence to suggest that you need to clean the house or the classroom. The only linen that requires specific washing is the

affected person’s pillowcase. This should be washed in hot water (at least 60°C) or put in a clothes dryer on hot or warm setting for 10 minutes. The itchiness may not disappear immediately after treat-

ment. Persistent itch is not a reason to repeat the treatment. Finding head lice

Half of the people who have head lice never scratch their head so itching is not a reliable sign. Lice can be hard to spot because they move quickly. The easiest and most effective way to find head lice is

to follow these steps weekly: Step 1 Comb hair conditioner on to dry, brushed (detangled)

hair. This makes it difficult for lice to grip the hair or run around. Step 2 Wipe the conditioner from the comb onto a paper towel or tissue.

Step 3 Look on the tissue and on the comb for lice and eggs. Step 4 Repeat the combing for every part of the head at least four

or five times. Step 5 If the person has been treated recently and only hatched eggs are found, you may not have to treat them again since the eggs

could be from the old infection. Step 6 If lice or eggs are found, the person should be treated. Treating head lice The two preferred treatment options available for treating head lice are the ‘conditioner and comb’ method and the use of an insecticide.

Using insecticide products Any head lice treatment product you choose should carry an Austra-

lian Registered or Listed number. If you use lotions, apply the prod-uct to dry hair. For shampoos, wet the hair, but use the least amount

of water possible. Head lice live in the hair and go to the scalp to feed. Therefore, head lice products must be applied to all parts of the hair. Care should be taken when using these products:

• If you are pregnant or breastfeeding • In children less than 12 months old • In people who have allergies, open wounds on the scalp, or asthma.

All products can cause reactions. If you are unsure, check with your chemist or doctor. Insecticide resistance is complex and common, so you need to check that the lice are dead. If the insecticide has

worked, the lice will be dead within 20 minutes. If the lice are not dead, the treatment has not worked and the lice are resistant to the

product and all products containing the same active compound. Find a product with a different active compound or speak to your chemist

or doctor. No treatment kills 100 per cent of the eggs so treatment must involve two applications, seven days apart. The conditioner and comb method

If you choose not to use an insecticide, the comb and conditioner method described under ‘Finding head lice’ can be used every second

day until no live lice have been found for 10 days.

Have a great holiday!

Trish Peters

Principal

Students of Week 9 Term 3 2009

President P&C

Kylie Long

President School

Council:

Kirsty Walker

KP Samara Vallack

KM Leighton Rubins

KLH Taylor Scott 1R Maddie Eyre

1G Michael Savin

1D Sasha Vrenegoor

1/2C Henry Parkins 1S Chloe Chant

1K Ruby Heighington

Term 3—Week 10 P & C meet 2nd Monday of each month, 7.30pm Thursday, 1 October 2009

OCTOBER: • Friday 2 October—last day

Term 3 • Monday 19 October—1st

day Term 4 • Wednesday 21 October—

Canteen Committee Meeting 9.00am

• Wednesday 28 October—

Grocery Drive

TERM CALENDAR:

2A Cody McLean

2N Harry Groom

2J Amie Couper 2H Georgia Lee

3E Cameron Allday

3G Shenee Sopp

3M Logan Staff

3T Darcy Dunlop 3J Rosie Roberts

3W/L Lachlan Bush

Library: Georgia Graham

3J

NEW WEBSITE FOR PARENTS

Catholic Care’s Parent Line is a free counselling service for

Parents and Carers of children 0 – 18 across NSW 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our professional counsellors are

available now to talk to parents about a wide range of

Issues. At Parent Line, we know that the joys and rewards of

parenting are many. We also know that sometimes issues can crop up that can challenge families. Some of these

include challenges with adjusting to going to school, transi-tions from primary school to high school, issues around

family breakdown, helping a child who is being bullied at school, the stress of supporting children through the HSC to

name a few. At times parenting can be tough! It’s during times like these, that we all need someone to listen to our

story, help us remember and acknowledge our successes and strengths and help us find new ways of sorting through

these challenges. Parent Line NSW provides exactly that. Now just before our 2nd anniversary of going 24/7 we have

launched a new website www.parentline.org.au. This website

is a great new resource for parents and carers that is easy to read and access and gives parents and carers the facility to

email us with enquiries. Of course the best way to get the best help from Parent Line is to talk to one of our profes-

sional counsellors. They can listen to your issues and tailor some strategies that could assist your family. Last year

Parent Line Counsellors helped over 8,000 parents and carers across NSW with a wide range of parenting issues. We

are lucky enough to have 5 male counsellors on our team, if there are Dads who prefer to speak to another male.

Concerned about any parenting issue? Ring Parent Line NOW.

1300 1300 52 www.parentline.org.au

YEAR 6 MARKET DAY by 3J

Yesterday was market day; it was really great because year 6 got our first chance to run stalls for the younger kids. I ran

my own stall along with Hannah—called ‘Bust A Balloon’. We started to set up straight after lunch and we had 1 hour to

do that. What you had to do was throw a spiky ball at any 3 balloons on the table. There was a number behind each

balloon and whatever balloon you popped, the number behind it was how many lollies you won. I found market day

a lot of fun. Sally Holm

Yesterday we had Market Day and Shaun, Josh and I made

up a game called the ‘water bomb slide’. What you had to do was throw water bombs at me and Josh and Shaun. We used

380 water bombs and when we ran out of water bombs Jamie and Liam helped us by filling up more. It was great.

Mitchell Eagles

On 30 September our school had a market day held by the year six. There were lots of fun activities. My favourite activ-

ity was the sponge throwing because we got to throw the sponges at people that were standing against a wall and it

was funny when our canteen lady Linda came and threw a bucket of water over one of the girls’ (Ashley’s) head.

Simone Bradley

BEAR READING

Next term BEAR reading will be held in the A.V. room (in the library building) due to Kindy Start

needing to use the Stage One wet area. BEAR read-ing will stop at the end of Week 7. Thank you for all

your wonderful effort and support so far this year.

The children have enjoyed and benefitted from reading to you. Thank you.

NSW COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN

& YOUNG PEOPLE Nominations are being sought for the Commission’s Young

People’s Reference Group (YPRB) for 2010. The YPRG advises the Commission on the issues that are important to

children and young people aged 12-17 years. Twelve young people from a variety of backgrounds from different parts of

the state make up the YPRG. The YPRG is one mechanism that helps the Commission keep in touch with the views of young

people in NSW. An application form and more information can be found on the website, www.kids.nsw.gov.au. Applications

should be forwarded to Ms Zeah Behrend, Senior Participa-

tion Officer, by 6 November 2009. You can contact Ms Behrend on 9286 7224 or at kids@kids.nsw.gov.au.

PREMIER’S ADVENTURE CHALLENGE

Dear Parents,

In July I wrote to all primary schools in NSW advising them of an exciting plan to encourage children to visit our great

galleries and museums by signing up to the Premier’s Adven-ture Challenge. The Adventure Challenge began on 13 July

2009 and has been extremely popular with children from all over our State. I launched this initiative because I believe that

every child in NSW should have the opportunity to develop to their full creative potential. With 76 museums and galleries to

choose from, more than 730 children have already completed

the Challenge. As you are aware, the Challenge involves each primary school student collecting their free Kids’ Adventure

Passport from any of the participating museums or galleries in NSW. A list of these can be found at www.arts.nsw.gov.au.

This is how it works:

• Every primary school student (K to 6) can participate by

visiting one of the 76 participating institutions across NSW.

• Most of the institutions are free but for those with a

general admission charge, each passport holder will be

entitled to free entry on weekends, public holidays and school holidays.

• The passport is valid through to 27 January 2010.

• Passport holders collect a stamp on each visit.

• Children with only one participating institution in their area

may take part in the Challenge by visiting on three sepa-

rate occasions. • Once three stamps have been collected, parents or guardi-

ans complete and return the tear-off form and I will send

them an official Premier’s Adventure Certificate to acknowledge their child’s achievement.

Further details can be found at www.arts.nsw.gov.au

Yours sincerely, Nathan Rees MP

Premier and Minister for the Arts

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PARENTING

Share your thoughts and ideas about parenting and programs to support parents, as part of a project conducted by the

Parenting and Family Support Clinic (PFSC) at the Univer-sity of Queensland. We are looking for parents of a 2-10 year

old child to complete a survey and view some short videos about parenting programs. The study is available online at:

https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/engagement. Alternatively if you re-side in the Brisbane metropolitan area, you can complete the

study at the PFSC by contacting Faye Nitschke (Email: faye.nitschke@uqconnect.edu.au or Ph: 07 3365 7307).

an exciting plan to encourage children to visit our great

to support parents, as part of a project conducted by the

RIDE WRISTBANDS

Don’t forget to make payments off your ‘rides wristbands’ each Wednesday morning. All wristbands that are paid for in

full prior to the fete go into a draw to get the cost refunded—you could get your wristband for FREE!!

TALENT QUEST FINAL

What a fantastic array of talent we have at KPS! On Friday the students watched the

final of the primary talent quest, with acts ranging from comedy to dance, vocals, guitar,

drums and “drama”. The judges were very impressed with the standard of all performances and had a

difficult task judging the winners. Stage 2: 1st—Amber

Kelly, Rhianna Scott, Bobbi Borg, Kirra Cohen-Young—dancing to “Kids in America”. 2nd—Jordan Duncan, Dexter

Bamford—drums, guitar and vocals—”Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (unfortunately a third member of the act, Dylan

Hall was absent on holidays). 3rd—Stephanie Catley and Heather Day—dancing to “Girlfriend”. Stage 3: 1st—

Hannah Araula—dancing to “Love Story”. 2nd—Tom Mahler, Demi Zanze—guitar and vocals—”Hit me with your Best

Shot”.3rd—Rebecca Forrest—dancing to “Halo” (unfortunately her dance partner, Jordia Pettinato was

unable to perform due to injury).

Thanks to all competitors this year. All money raised from

the Talent Quest goes to Stewart House. Sue Jordan

PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATION 2009

As Term 3 comes to a close, our P.S.S.A sporting commit-

ments for 2009 have concluded. It has been an extremely busy year for all students, teachers and parents involved.

During 2009 we had 200 Kincumber students compete in a variety of sports including basketball, soccer, netball, rugby

league, rugby union, cricket, tennis, touch football, swim-ming, athletics and cross country. The performances of all

our P.S.S.A representatives, both on and off the sporting grounds, have been fantastic. I congratulate all representa-

tives for the outstanding sportsmanship and mature approach that they demonstrated in both victory and defeat.

The following students represented our zone at a state level:

Luke Maljevac: State Touch Football Haylea Clark: State Netball

Kaitlin Clague: State Basketball Kiran Richardson: Sate Swimming

Nic Duell Ferguson: State Swimming Libby Jones: State Swimming - National

Swimming

Libby was successful in qualifying for the state swimming team to participate in the National Swimming Champion-

ships. Due to family commitments Libby was unable to compete, an outstanding achievement regardless.

Ben Wheeler: State Basketball - National Basketball As a result of participating in the Basketball State Champi-

onships, Ben was successful in being selected for the

P.S.S.A State Basketball, and competed in the National Championships in Newcastle. I would like to extend thanks

to all the parents who assisted with transportation through-out the year. Both teachers and students appreciate the

time given up to help contribute to Kincumber’s sporting success this year. Without your support, our students would

not have had the opportunities that have been afforded them. Looking to the future, there are some exciting oppor-

tunities coming for Stage 3 students with the commence-ment of the Premier’s Sporting Challenge ‘Learning to Lead’

Program. More information will be posted early Term 4 for those who are interested in being a future leader. I

anticipate another successful sporting year for Kincumber Public School in 2010.

Mr Jarmaine.

CANTEEN NEWS TERM 4 WEEK 1

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NAPLAN RESULTS

In May 2009, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 completed the second National Assessment Program - Literacy and

Numeracy. The 2009 NAPLAN test results were released nationally on 11 September. Reports to parents and caregivers

were dispatched from schools in the week beginning 14 September. To facilitate access to NAPLAN information

for parents of NSW school students, a new website www.naplanforparentsnsw.com.au has been developed. In

addition to general information about NAPLAN, this website

contains documents to assist parents in understanding the student report and the NAPLAN reporting scales. Parents are

also invited to provide feedback on NAPLAN reporting by completing an online survey.

Des Gorman General Manager, Learning and Development

KINCUMBER/AVOCA CRICKET CLUB

Players wanted under 12’s—Contact Danny Rowe:

0424 953 404

SCHOOL DISCO Another successful disco with approximately 350 students at-

tending. A big thank you to all our wonderful teachers who

once again put in the extra time to supervise the children. A big thank you also to those parents & students who volunteered

their time, it’s very much appreciated. Karen Charlton.

GIFT BASKETS

Thank you to everyone who sent in items for the gift baskets. We urgently need some more baskets (cane or plastic will be

fine) or gift boxes to make up the hampers. Please leave any baskets at the office on Friday.

CAR PARK COFFEE

Kincumber Anglican Church invites you to share a

free tea or coffee in the church car park before or after school in the first week of next term—20-23

October. This is part of ‘Jesus All About Life’. Annabelle Cope-

man on behalf of Kincumber Anglican Parish—4368 4669.

DAY HELPER

Monday 19 October Help Needed

Tuesday 20 October Help Needed

Wednesday 21 October Help Needed

Thursday 22 October Help Needed

Friday 23 October Help Needed

P & C THANKS

We would like to thank the following companies for their

generous donation towards our Fete: Please support the businesses who

support our school

North Kincumber Physiotherapy RV Sandstone

Kincumber Vet Hospital Peninsula Chiropractic

Classique Dance! WEST GOSFORD & KINCUMBER

Ballet Spanish Modern

Jazz & Tap

4328 2325 OR 0412 201 726 Kerrie Smith ARAD RAD RTS

Pilates Classes for Mums and Dads

Locally owned & operated by Shannon & Peta Fell

Rajdhani Indian Restaurant

Winner 1996-2006 NSW Winner 1998

NSW Finalist 1999-2000 National 2002 and 2005 Regional Award 2009

Shop 9, 37/41 Avoca Drive KINCUMBER 2251

(Next to Australia Post) Phone: 4369 1277

ERINA FAIR

4365 4616

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