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

Website: kincumber-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 - Week 1 P & C meet THIRD Monday of every MONTH, 7.00pm Thursday 21 July, 2011

FROM THE PRINCIPAL:

This week: Welcome back

Central Coast Showcase

Central Coast Awards of Appreciation Parent forums

Disco

Well done School Performance

Rule of the Week

Welcome back After a welcome break we are back for another term of hard work.

This term though, the hard work will result in a lot of fun when we

present Waltzin Kincumba in Education Week. Classes are rehearsing intently to bring you their best performances and tickets

are selling fast. A link to the ticket sales website is available from

the home page of our school website.

The children, school staff and I thank you for your support of their

effort. I also want to thank school staff, Mrs Donna Judd and Mr

Larry Katz, who came in on a number of days during their holiday break to get the hall and stage ready.

I also want to thank my husband for volunteering several days during the holiday break and dismantling and removing the old

playground equipment and helping Mr Katz to build the outdoor

learning centre up near the kinder rooms.

Central Coast Showcase and Festival of Instrumental Music

Our school has many talented children across a wide range of

pursuits and I’m pleased to be able to promote more of our

incredible students. Brody Upton of 3T is a member of the Hunter

Central Coast Wind Ensemble and will perform tomorrow night in the

Central Coast Showcase at the Laycock Street Theatre. Brody plays

trumpet and is one of the youngest members of the group.

Our violin group is also preparing for their part in the Festival of Instrumental Music at the Opera House on 8 August.. Central Coast Awards of Appreciation

I am delighted to be able to congratulate three members of our

school community who have been nominated for recognition at a

special ceremony next Tuesday afternoon at Brisbane Water

Secondary College. These awards are presented in appreciation of

service to public education on the Central Coast. Congratulations to:

Mrs Susie McCarey, who has volunteered hundreds of hours of time

for many years by covering library books and keeping the financial

records of the uniform shop. Susie has a magic way with sticky

contact book covering!

Mr Ted Cole, who has volunteered every day for a number of years

on our kindergarten classes. His kind and patient way with our

students has made him loved by us all! Miss Mary Liddy, who has worked tirelessly to build up community involvement and pride within our school’s Aboriginal community. Mary volunteers many outside of school hours time to develop great relationships.

Parent Forums

Thank you to all the parents who gave up their time to attend a

parent forum last Term and provide us with feedback. We

appreciate your time, your candour and your support. A summary of

results was presented at the P & C meeting last Monday and will be

presented to staff at a staff meeting. Some strong themes were

increased collaboration between parents and teachers and improved

communication. We look forward to establishing a school

improvement team of parents and staff who can pick up these

themes and develop them into an action plan for future

improvement.

Disco

Dust off your sequins, shine up your shoes and get ready to dance!

The P & C will be running a disco on 17 August. More details in next

week’s newsletter; but we need all the parent helpers we can get to

make it a great night for the kids. Please consider putting your hand

up to assist – email your offer of help to pckincumber@gmail.com.

Well done

I want to make mention of two boys who are working hard on their

self-development. Congratulations Joshua Siely and Justin Uzelac –

your persistence is paying off.

School Performance

Our school performance Waltzin’ Kincumba is ready to step up to the

next level of preparation. Rehearsals will become more frequent and

excitement will increase as we count down the days until we

perform.

Tickets are on sale online from tomorrow from a link on the front

page of our school website. Although we have not limited the

number of tickets or the number of performances that you can

attend, I would encourage everyone to think about being mindful

that everyone would like to see their own child perform.

The P & C supported our proposal to start school late on 4 August to

allow children to have a little sleep-in before two performances on

Thursday. School will start at 10.30am when we will have recess.

Children will be able to place lunch orders then and lunch will be at

1pm after the matinee. Supervision will be provided for students

who arrive at school at the normal time. A note will go home in the

week before the performance to give more details and for you to

advise whether your child will be starting late. Continue over

page........

President P&C

Sam Cardy

YMCA OOSHC

0408 658 187

KH Gabriel Edwards 1EL Elise Georgeson 2C William Melville 3M Jamie Jackson

KL Zack Visconti 1G Lauren Griffiths 2M Liana Parish 3T Kristen Twomey

KM Tyrell Hamilton-Welsh 1K Liam Harvey 2N Jordan Mahler 3W

K/1W Kandace O’Neil 1S Alexis Hartle-Fahy 3G Hayley Sim Library Lani Lingbeek

1D Kate Behrens 2A Mikayla Verkade 3K Kirra Cohen-Young

C A L E N D A R Monday 1 August Education Week

Tuesday 2 August ICAS English Competition

Wed 3 August Waltzin‟ Kincumber Matinee 11.30 am , evening 6.30pm

Thurs 4 August Waltzin‟ Kincumber Matinee 11.30 am , evening 6.30pm

Tuesday 16 ICAS Maths Competition

Wed 17 August P & C disco

Thurs 18 August S2 Powerhouse Museum

Rule of the Week

This week’s rule is “Walk on the paths”. When walking around the school, please stay on the paths. The

reason for this request is to prevent damage to the gardens.

You may have noticed when you returned to school that there

had been a lot of work done on the gardens. Mr Gary Willett, who works here regularly as a relief teacher, came in on most

days of the holidays as a volunteer and replanted and remulched

a number of garden beds. To respect the hard work of Mr Willett, Mr Katz and Mrs Conacher’s Green Thumbs Garden Group, we

need you to only walk on designated paths and protect new

plants. Walk on the paths and keep the school looking good.

Hope you had a great week at our great school!

Trish Peters

Principal

Guitar

Students -

Please note

NO LESSONS NEXT

WEEK (WK 10)

Due to teacher

illness

It has been a very busy semester 1 in 2011. We have had 3 carnivals and many PSSA trials and teams competing in a range of PSSA sports. All students have tried very hard in all the events and should be commended on their behav-iour and positive attitude some outstanding achievements of some students include: Bilal Belkadi - representation Sydney North Soccer, com-peting in State Cross Country on Friday (5th - Sydney North Cross Country) Nicholas Duell - Ferguson - Representation Sydney North AFL (Captain), 5th in State swimming in backstroke. Luke Cassidy - Representation Sydney North Basketball Ottie Clarke - competing in State Cross Country on Friday (5th - Sydney North Cross Country). Jamal Belkadi - Competing in state Cross Country on Fri-day (2nd - Sydney North Cross Country). A number of PSSA teams are still competing in Term 3. Good luck to the netball, boys’ basketball and soccer teams. Our best wishes to Bilal, Ottie and Jamal who will be competing in the State Cross Country carnival on Friday at Eastern Creek. Go boys!

Kinder enrolments are

now being accepted for 2012.

Please apply at the front office

for an application package.

LEADERS/SPORT CAPTAINS/YEAR 6 PHOTOS

School leaders, sport captains, year 6 group and „year 6 fun shot‟

photos are displayed in the foyer at school. These photos can be or-

dered - forms are available from the office, and need to be returned

to school with payment by Friday 29 July (Week 2, Term 3). Photos

are $15 each with reduction in price if you purchase more than one.

Waltzin’ Kincumba

Tickets to our gala production Waltzin’

Kincumba are now on sale through Trybook-

ing.com. To purchase tickets use this ad-

dress

http://www.trybooking.com/OKJ

Parents who require internet access to pur-

chase tickets can use a computer in the

school library between 8.20 and 8.50am Mon-

days Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Tickets will cost $8.00 for the matinee per-

formance and $10 for the evening perform-

ances.

Opening Night Wednesday 3rd August 6.30pm

Matinee Thursday 4th August 11.30am

Closing Night Thurs 4th August 6.30pm

Parking will be available at Frost Reserve.

We look forward to seeing you at one of our shows.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

„A Cleaner, Greener Environment - Give the Land a Hand‟

During the semester holidays there has been extensive planting of na-

tive flowering plants to enhance and compliment an area of school

grounds adjacent to the staffroom and covered walkway. „Westringia

Fructicosa,‟ a Native Rosemary and „Dianella Caerulea,‟ Blue Flax

Lilly being planted in clusters complete the project. Children of all

ages will be inducted as Environment MinisteRS and be actively in-

volved in the care of the garden and surrounds, creating an abiding in-

terest and a worthwhile activity in their leisure time. These experiences

will promote the growth and appreciation of the natural world and de-

velop healthy attitudes and responsibility for the conservation of our

natural heritage. In closing, a sincere thank you to school grounds

staff, Mr Larry Katz, for his invaluable assistance on the completion of

this project.

Mr Gary R. Willett

Don’t forget to use our online ordering

Fleximeals on line: www.fleximeals.com.au

WALZIN’ KINCUMBA

“KINTEEN” FUNDRAISER

“Kinteen” Canteen will be hosting fundraising events dur-ing our School Productions. On the following dates we

would kindly ask our School Community to contribute

cakes, biscuits, slices etc to our canteen for sale on the matinee & evening performances.

Dates 3rd & 4th August, 2011

Please deliver your donations to the School Canteen from 8am on each of these dates. Kind regards Linda

Date

MONDAY 25 July Naree

TUESDAY 26 July HELP NEEDED

WEDNESDAY 27 July HELP NEEDED

THURSDAY 28 July HELP NEEDED

FRIDAY 29 July Brenda, Lee

Rule of the Week

“Walk on the paths”

Congratulations to all the students who have completed the Premier‟s Reading

Challenge over the holiday break.

Lucas Brown, Sarah Groom, Allie Southers, Anya Tatarinoff, Emily Andrew, Chloe Casey, Qwennette Chau, Mikayla Convery, Kaela Harle, Summer Lloyd-

Johnson, Karla Nicholls, Carys Campbell, Canley Chau, Seanne Kearney, Conor

O‟Dwyer and Ella Wilson.

We now have a total of 26 students who have completed the PRC 2011. The

school closing date for student records to be validated will be 11am Tuesday the

30th August. So keep on reading and adding to your reading record. Will you

complete the PRC this year?

Kincumber's annual Community Festival is on Sat 17th Septem-

ber 2011 9.30am to 2.30pm. Put the date in your diary. Fun for all the family.

We need stallholders, street per-formers, volunteers etc. for the

event. Go to www.kincumber.nsw.au or ph

43631044

ATTENTION CATHOLICS

The catholic Parish of Kincumber will begin prepar-

ing children Year 2 or above, to receive the Sacra-

ment of Confirmation. Your child should receive a

letter and enrolment form from their Scripture

teacher, the week of 18/19 July. Please contact Ann

at the Parish Office on 43691211 for more informa-

tion.

FREE fun program for

kids to become healthier, fitter and happier!

How can I join the program?

Next program runs in Term 3. Places on the Program are being given away on a first come, first served basis. Children need to be in Grade 1- Grade 6 and above their ideal weight to qual-ify for the program. Contact Rebecca Elliott (Program Manager) on (02) 4394 7974.

You can also visit www.mendprogramme.org and click on ‘Join a MEND Pro-gram’.

*Please note a parent or carer must accompany each child to every session .

About the education Tax Refund

Those eligible can claim 50% of eligible education

expenses up to the maximum amounts.

For the 2010 - 11 financial year the maximum

amounts that can be claimed are:

$794 for each primary school child - that is, a re-

fund of up to $387, and

$1,588 for each secondary school child - that is a

refund of up to $794.

For more information go to:

www.educationtaxrefund.gov.au

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