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KENT PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL 2016

A Community of Learners – Knowing and Growing Our Students

No 15 TERM TWO IMPORTANT DATES 11

th August, 2016

Friday 26th

August BOOK WEEK CELEBRATION and PARADE DAY - 9.30am in BER

Wednesday 31st August 5/6 HOOPTIME CARNIVAL for all students

Thursday 8th

September FOOTY COLORS DAY - please return the order by 1St

September

Friday 9th

September School Disco Session 1 - P to 2 Session 2 - 3 to 6 – see below

Friday 9th September Premier’s Reading Challenge due (www.education.vic.gov.au/prc)

Monday 12th

September Year 6 Camp until Friday 16th

PARENT HELPERS would be greatly appreciated for the following COMMUNITY EVENTS

SCHOOL DISCO - September 9th – see notice below

FATHERS’ DAY STALL – September 1st at 9am – contact the Office

GRADUATION DINNER – December 12th – contact the Office

YEAR 6 2016 GRADUATION NIGHT – MONDAY DECEMBER 12th

The Annual Year 6 Graduation Dinner and Ceremony is a very special event for our Year 6 students. Each year a group

of generous volunteer parents organise and facilitate this memorable night. If you are able to assist Maria Gagic with the

planning, setting up and serving of the meal on December 12th, we would really appreciate your help.

Northern Star Chess Tournament Last Tuesday the 26

th of July 7 students competed at Mt Evelyn in the Northern Star

Chess Tournament. These students did really well. Albie coming 12th, myself

coming 16th, Lachlan coming 18

th, Xander coming 20

th, Conner coming 44th, Kobe

coming 46th

,and Zac coming 48th.Our school came equal 3

rd .

We all had a great time with Kobe and Conner getting a bronze medal in the Prep to

2’s age group. Griffin, Xander Lachlan and I will continue in the next round.

We would like to thank Mrs Moore for organising the day and Grant Kidd and

Janine Begelhole for driving us.

Albie Cunningham, Griffin Kidd and Lachlan Lampard

Excursion/Incursion Notices Sent Home – Please read carefully and ensure deadline dates are met Year Date of Event Incursion/Excursion/Event Due Date Prep

Year 1 Tuesday, 16th August Mad About Science Incursion OVERDUE

Year 2 Tuesday, 30th August` Hands on Science (How Objects Move) Incursion OVERDUE

Year 3

Year 4 Mon 17th Oct – Wed 19th October Y4 Camp – Phillip Island Adventure Resort

- 25/8-$100, 15/9-$95.00, 13/10-$90 or 13/10-$285

Thurs - 13th October

Year 5 Tues 29th Nov – Thurs 1st Dec

Wednesday, 31st August

Y5 Camp – Sovereign Hill Camp

- 22/8-$60, 12/9-$60, 31/10-$60 or 31/10-$240

Y5/6 McDonalds Hooptime Basketball

Mon – 31st October

Wed – 24th August

Year 6 2nd, 9th & 16th August

Mon 12th Sept – Fri 16th Sept

Wednesday, 31st August

Health & Human (Family Life)

Y6 Camp – Camp Coonawarra

- 29/7-$120, 12/8-$80, 26/8-$80, 2/9-$82or$50

or 2/9-$330 or $330 if not horse riding.

Y5/6 McDonalds Hooptime Basketball

OVERDUE

Fri – 2nd September

Wed – 24th August

Selected Students Mon 5th – Wed 7th September Gymnastics Championships OVERDUE

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

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Football A Team Report On the 2

nd of August the football a team went to Koonung Reserve to play 3 games of football.

For our first game we played against Templestowe, but they pulled out the day before so that meant that we won through

forfeit. Our second game we played against Auburn South and we lost. That meant our 8 game undefeated streak was

over. But we kept going with our heads held high. Our 3rd

and final game we played against Emerald. Once again we lost

but the boys fought well and we gave it our all. In the end we had a great day! We would like to thank Mr Martin for

coaching us, Mr J for organising the day and all the parents for coming and supporting us. Thank you.

Liam Dickinson and Declan Mitchell

BOOK WEEK Amanda Ball – Book Week Coordinator Our Book Week Celebration Day is coming up on Friday 26

th August. Students are encouraged to dress up as a book

character, as their favourite author or to match the year’s theme – ‘Australia! Story Country’. Our parade will be in the

BER at 9.30am and parents, friends and family are most welcome to attend. Prizes for winning posters include a special

lunch with Mrs Macauley and winning posters will be displayed around the school to promote Book Week.

ASIAN PACIFIC CHILDRENS CONVENTION – LEXI JEEVES (5M) On the 9

th July, I left Melbourne Airport to go to Fukuoka, Japan for 2 weeks. It was for the 28

th Asian Pacific Childrens

Convention where I stayed at a camp for 5-6 days with children from 54 other nations. The camp had a range of fun

activities such as a play hall. It’s purpose was for us to learn about other cultures. I also stayed in a house/apartment with

my host mum - Emi, host dad – Masakazu and host sister – Rena for 7 days. They were a very lovely family and we had

lots of fun together such as swimming in the pool, going to school and playing Japanese style dodgeball. When it was

time to say goodbye it was very sad. I missed home a little bit but would recommend it to others who are willing to put

themselves out there. It was so much fun and I am glad I was given this opportunity. Thank you,

By Lexi Jeeves 5M

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Weekly Merit Awards Class Student’s Name Reason

FH Ashley Thomas For working really hard and completing quality work. Super star!

FJ Grace Howard

Nate Gogarty

For her beautiful manners.

For his wonderful explanation of his 100 day t-shirt.

FN Lazar Ivanov

Ellie Brough

For his great effort listening. Well done Lazar!

For the wonderful effort she puts into all her work.

1B Cinta Purcell For making a fabulous effort with shared between equations.

1D Madison

McConnon

For her improvement in narrative writing and commitment to always doing her

best.

2B Zaine Farrell For his wonderful Wonder Box presentation and making positive choices with his

learning.

2R Connor Ward For his great reading and love of his texts. Well done!

3M Nate Shefelbine For a fantastic effort in increasing his reading stamina.

3W Jackson Edwards For his positive and friendly nature. Thank you for being a great friend to everyone

in 2W.

4C Taylah Bracher For her enthusiasm and inquiring questioning during our Mad About Science

incursion.

4H Tamieka Power For always practising attentive listening. Keep it up!

4K Emily Deller For a fantastic effort with her observations and explanations in her floating and

sinking experiment.

5D Sam Kenny For being kind to his classmates and letting others join in.

5L Nikita Ryan For always being enthusiastic in the classroom and her willingness to help others.

5P Sean Fankhauser

Zak Higginbotham

For outstanding improvement and application shown in his homework. Well done!

For outstanding improvement and application shown in his homework. Well done!

6C Rylee Bolejko For her great efforts with improving her stamina with reading.

6M Blake Stratton For his excellent effort at applying himself with his Maths Investigation. Well

done.

V. Arts Chelsea Martin For a brilliant Olympics painting – great colour!

Phys. Ed. Lincoln Smith For his excellent attitude and effort in lessons.

Japanese Campbell Black For his hard work and fantastic attitude.

Principal Kylie Smith For always showing a responsible and positive attitude.

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Weekly Merit Awards

Class Student’s Name Reason

FH Kyle Winters

Leni Farrell

For his fabulous number writing. Well done Kyle.

For her wonderful listening!

FJ Tyler McLeod

Izabelle Bird

For this perfect writing of z’s and k’s on the whiteboard and learning more and

more letter names.

For trying her best with her reading and sounding out more of her words.

FN Ella Cooke

Summer Kuppers

For always being a kind friend.

For the wonderful effort she puts into all her work.

1B Caleb Limanto For always working to the best of his ability.

1D Chase Campbell For his improvement in classroom behaviour and making good choices.

2B Akshi Nirmilan For her enthusiasm towards her learning and settling back into our routines.

2R Logan Pettitt-Brown For his fantastic progress in his learning and making good choices to show

attentive listening.

3B Jamie Sarem For making a good effort to complete all tasks.

3M Wyatt Porta For excellent work habits and being a responsible student.

3W Grace Parsisson For her sportsmanship at Hoop Time and commitment to improving her

writing.

4C Cooper Renshaw For his determination to spell high frequency words correctly in his writing.

Keep trying Cooper!

4H Jackson Hayes For his improved attitude towards reading. Keep up the great reading.

4K Liana McNamara For her detailed explanation of her chocolate experiment.

5D Luke Macauley For being supportive and encouraging his peers.

5L Mishka Chandak For putting in a huge effort with her BFG open-minded portrait. Well done

Mishka.

5P Riley Harris For enthusiastically sharing his interesting adjective/noun groups within his

writing. Well done!

6C Sera Baker-

Athanassiou

For making greater efforts to further her understanding in all areas.

6H Chloe Heron For being supportive of and encouraging to her classmates.

6M Chloe Brown For always completing all her work to an excellent standard.

Performing

Arts

Ben Hemmings For being fully engaged when learning to play the xylophone.

Japanese Zaine Farrell For helping his classmates to remember the new sentence and for his great

growth and performance.

Principal Brodie Hunter

Logan Pettitt-Brown

For showing a mature and caring attitude in the playground.

For making sensible choices within the classroom and playground.

HOUSE POINTS

Fortnightly Total Progressive Total

1st Eureka 72 1st Daintree 234 2nd Franklin 98 2nd Uluru 212 3rd Uluru 128 3rd Franklin 190 4th Daintree 144 4th Eureka 160

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Friday – 9th

September, 2016 Important information for parents -

The disco will be fully supervised at all times by staff and authorized parent helpers. All other parents are expected

to leave the hall once their child is inside. No child will be permitted to leave the hall at any time during the disco -

parent helpers will be stationed at all doors to ensure this does not occur.

Children will be required to be signed in on arrival (canteen entrance) and signed out of the rear double doors

(near oval) of hall on departure.

Times: F - Grade 2 students: 5.00 pm to 6.15 pm

Grades 3 - 6 students: 6.30 pm to 8.15 pm Cost: $7.00 per student or $16.00 for a family ticket of 3 students or more - includes a glow stick, packet of

chips and continuous cups of water, dancing, games & prizes

Please ensure prompt pick up of your children as they do become anxious if you are late getting there to collect them.

Disco Rules:

No running or playing chase, tiggy etc.

Lots of great dancing and having a great time with your friends.

Consequences:

Parent helpers present will ask for inappropriate behaviour to cease

If it continues the child will be removed from the hall to the canteen for time out

If inappropriate behaviour continues after time out, the parent will be contacted to collect the child, who will

remain in the canteen until parent arrives.

Dress Code:

Please send children dressed in comfortable, appropriate clothes for their age. ATTENDANCE TO BE PRE-PAID USING THE SLIP BELOW.

ONE GLOW STICK WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH STUDENT UPON ENTRY TO THE DISCO

FORMS AND PAYMENT DUE BY 3.30pm WEDNESDAY – 7th

SEPTEMBER, 2016 to ensure all attendance

checklists are completed prior to the event

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K.P.P.S. SCHOOL DISCO

The following students will be attending the school disco on Friday 9th

September, 2016

Student Name ______________________________________ Grade ________________



Single Tickets @ $7.00 each (Cash or C/Card only – NO B-PAY) - QTY

Family Ticket @ $16 (3 or more children) (Cash or C/Card only – NO B-PAY) - QTY

TOTAL ENCLOSED: $______________

Parent Name: ________________________________

Parent Signature: ______________________________ Contact Number: _________________________

* If you are available to be a parent helper - please put your name below to be added to

the roster and thankyou for your support.

________________________________________________ Junior / Senior / Both

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