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PO Box 126 HAMPTON PARK 3976 Web: www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au Phone: 9702 8688

Term 1— Issue 2

19th February 2020

Friday 21st February

5/6 ANZ Hotshots Gala Day

Friday 28th February

District Swimming Carnival

Friday 20th March

Halogen Foundation Young Leaders Day

Wednesday 25th March

Year 5 Mill Valley Ranch Camp

Thursday 26th March

Year 5 Mill Valley Ranch Camp

Friday 27th March

Year 5 Mill Valley Ranch Camp

Tuesday

24th March Grades 4C 4D Royal Botanic

Gardens Cranbourne

Wednesday 25th March

Grades 4A 4B Royal Botanic

Gardens Cranbourne

“We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay our respect to all the elders past, present and future for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia”.

Principal’s Message Over the past fortnight I have seen many things happening around our wonderful school. Our Foundation students are settling in and are excited about the year they have ahead. This week they begin their first full week and they are beginning to learn the routines of going to school. It is wonderful to see their smiling faces. Our Year 6 students went to camp at The Briars in Mt Martha. Last Thursday I took a trip down to the camp and spent the day with them. We had beautiful weather and the students were enjoying some fantastic activities such as the Flying Fox, Archery, Hut Building and the Giant Swing. We also went to the beach for the afternoon. It was a lot of fun! Thank you to our Year 6 students and teachers for inviting me along. This week our teachers are currently getting to know our students and their families a bit better at their ‘Getting to Know You’ interview. These interviews started on Monday and will continue through to Thursday. They are a wonderful opportunity for teachers to get to know their students better through talking with their parents. If you have not booked in for an interview and would like a time, please speak to your child’s teacher. Respectful Relationships Each week we are continuing to implement the Respectful Relationships program. This fortnight I visited the Year 6 classes and students were learning about their feelings. Students discussed different types of feelings such as happy, sad, nervous, anxious, excited and joyful. The students had to categorise these feelings as positive and negative feelings and discuss why. They also had to select several of these feelings and describe a time when they have felt this emotion. This was a powerful session and the students came up with some lovely examples. School Council Last fortnight we announced that we are looking for parents to join our School Council. The school council is an essential group of parents and staff, who together develop the direction of the school. While we have had some interest, I encourage all parents to please consider becoming a member of our council, nomination forms and information about this important role is available at Reception.

Fortnightly Newsletter For those families new to our school, the newsletter is published fortnightly on Wednesdays. Our newsletter is uploaded to our school website and emailed electronically. Please read the newsletter each fortnight because it contains important information. Camps Sports Excursion Fund Allowance This allowance is to help families pay for the cost of camps, sports and excursions and is available to people who hold a valid Health Care Card or Pensioner Benefit Card. If you think you may be eligible for this allowance please complete the application form, which can be picked up from the office. Application forms must be completed each year and returned to the front office with a copy of your current card. Absences from school It is important that all students attend school every day to ensure maximum opportunities for learning. It is a department requirement that all absences are recorded at school on the morning of the absence and with the reason. Staff are required to follow up on all unreported absences. Please help staff by calling the school and advising if your child will not be attending school and the reason of their absence. We appreciate your assistance with this.

Regards,

Corey Fleming

We want you! SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS All government schools in Victoria have a School Council. School councils are groups who make decisions that set the direction of the school. They:

help create and check the school’s budget contribute to the school strategic plan

make decisions on policies like investments, payments by parents, dress code.

Our Council has 9 members and includes: the principal, who is the executive officer parents who are chosen through an election a school or Department staff member

Some councils also have community members who are chosen by the council. These members have special knowledge or experience in the local community. School Councils are legally constituted bodies that are given powers to set the broad directions of a school in accordance with their constituting Orders and the Education and Training Reform Act 2006. In doing this, a school council is able to directly influence the quality of education that the school provides for its students. The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as fol-lows:

The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as follows:

Membership category Parent member Term of office Year From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022 Number of positions: 4 Membership category DET employee member Term of office Year From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022 Number of positions: 1 Following the closing of nominations, a list of the nominations received will be posted at the school. If the number of nominations is less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations will be posted in a prominent position at the school.

Schedule 4: Notice of election and call for nominations An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of Kilberry Valley Primary School Nominations will open from WEDNESDAY, 19TH FEBURARY and will close at 4.00pm on WEDNESDAY, 26TH FEBRU-ARY. Nomination forms can be obtained from the school office. If we require an election, nominated parents will be contacted to prepare a statement outlining reasons for nominating. The ballot will open on WEDNESDAY 4TH March and will close at 4pm on Thursday 12TH MARCH. The first official meeting of the new school council will be held on TUESDAY, 17TH MARCH 2020.

GRADE NAME Prep A Gawhar Prep A Samara Prep B Irie Prep B Hussain Prep C Irha Zahra Prep C Destiny Prep D Iniya Prep D Oscar 1A Belinda 1A Mason 1B George 1B Jessica 1C Ava 1C Ethan 1D Lukesha 1D Mariana 2A John 2A Pia 2B Lilly 2B Gurmehar 2C Dean 2C Howaida 3A Alpha 3A Mustafa 3B Masuma 3B Ryvjot 3C Sarah 3C Saleha 3D Jayden M 3D Javan 4A Zilissa 4B Yavannah 4C Dawn 4C Dyllan 4D Mia 4D Dion 5A Siliva 5A Linendee 5B Tzyon 5B Nathalee 5C Calais 5C Sara G. 5D Stephanie 5D William 6A Holly 6B Vasilios 6C Valerie 6C Leah

Jason 0B Minhaj Ali 0B Jason 0C Seja 0D Aliyah 1A Hamid 1B Aftab 1B Hayley 2A Devinder 2B Breeana Abby 2B Alyra 3A Ahlia 3B Alisha 3B Joshua 3C Devi 3C Sebastian 3C Jayden 3D Elodie 3D Danika 4A Cael 4A Aayan 4C Vihan 4C Alex 4D Sophia 4D Lilly 4D Jordan 4D Lutfullah 5A Ishana 5A Besmillah 5A Shiv 5B Mikayla 5C Miya 5C Chandler 5D Maisum 5D Stephanie 5D Branden 5D Hassam 6A Muhammad 6A Eden 6B Vinoj 6B Kade 6C Baylin 6C

February

PARENT HELPERS REQUIRED

KVPS continues to purchase new books for our library to provide our students with

a large range of reading levels and interests with the latest titles.

We also have purchased a large amount of new literacy learning books to use in our classrooms and take home books.

After they are processed these books require covering to protect them.

We are looking at setting up a group of volunteers to get together, have a chat in the staffroom to help cover our new books so that our students

can begin reading.

If you are interested in helping

please contact Mrs. Merritt in the Library

A Current Working with Children Certificate is required

Note: no previous experience required we will show you how to do it and you

will be an expert by the end of the day :)

https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

Mindfulness will be running once a week in Term 1, Wednesdays - 2.40 to 3.25 for selected students in Grade 3 - 6

A few things that mindfulness offers:

Discussing how the brain works when you're feeling sad, angry, happy, anxious and other emotions.

Discussing emotions and how to recognize them.

How to love and believe in yourself.

Learning from your mistakes.

Persistence is my superpower.

Growth mindset.

Breathing techniques.

Positive thinking. Each session has a 10 minute meditation as well. What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a whole body-mind state of awareness that involves ‘tuning in’ to the present moment, with openness and

curiosity, instead of ‘tuning out’ from experience. Mindfulness is being aware and undistracted in the present moment.

It is about focusing attention on the present, rather than thinking about the past or worrying about the future- which is often

our brain’s default mode.

Mindful awareness is something that we all possess and that can be strengthened through practice. Mindfulness can be

developed through formal sitting meditation practices, or through informal everyday mindfulness activities that use the senses

to anchor the attention: such as mindful walking, listening to music, eating or conversation. Mindfulness is a clinically proven

tool to support wellbeing and mental health by reducing stress and allowing life to be experienced more fully.

The benefits of mindfulness with children

Research shows that mindfulness training increases connectivity in the frontal lobe of the brain, which is linked to improved

attention, memory processing and decision making abilities.

Mindfulness training involves tuning in to internal and external experiences with curiosity resulting in increased self-

awareness, social awareness, and self-confidence.

Mindfulness training increases children’s ability to self-regulate their emotions, especially difficult emotions such as fear and

anger, through breathing and other grounding techniques.

Mindfulness has been shown to improve empathy or the ability to understand what another person is thinking or feeling,

which improves children’s awareness of others and helps them to build positive relationships.

Mindfulness training has been to shown to reduce the severity of anxiety in children. Mindfulness builds resilience by giving

children skills to help them to cope better with stress, as well as engage more fully with themselves

and the world.

Mindfulness

@ KVPS

On Wednesday the 12th until Friday the 14th the Year 6 students went to the Briars Outdoor Education camp at Mt. Martha on the Mornington Peninsula. 66 Year 6 students who went on camp had an amazing and fun time. They did a lot of activities; Archery, The Giant Swing, Flying Fox, Hut Building, Low Ropes, Crate stacking, as well as going to the beach on Thursday.

Get social and build friendships at OSHC!

An experience in outside school hours care is an experience in forming friendships. You get more than care

with OSHC - building confidence, learning life skills and having fun, while trying something new.

OSHC is a great way for children to step out of their comfort zone and to get to know some students at their

school they may not have otherwise met.

Plus, we’re all about convenience - there’s no travel time, traffic or complicated arrangements to be made,

so your child can leave the classroom and be playing soccer, eating a healthy snack or learning how to play

a board game within minutes of leaving the classroom.

It’s FREE to Register. (and if you want to use OSHC, you first need to register).

Register at pp.campaustralia.com.au/account/login. Once registered, it’s easy to make and manage your

bookings online via our Parent Portal.

You may be eligible to claim subsidies on your care usage!

If eligible, to help you with the cost of childcare, you may be entitled to receive the Australian Government

Child Care Subsidy. Visit my.gov.au to find out more.

For more information on our service and fees, visit our website www.campaustralia.com.au. Alternatively,

come and meet the team in the OSHC room. We’d love to meet you, and you can find out more about

OSHC from our friendly, qualified Educators.

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon!

From the Team at Camp Australia

CHANGE OF CLOTHING FOR STUDENTS

We would like to remind parents to provide a change of clothing in children’s

school bags—preferably some clean underwear, track suit pants,

windcheater, shorts or a dress.

This is handy for ALL children in ALL grade levels .

We ask for your co-operation with this matter as our Sick Bay is unable to cope

with the large volume of people requiring changes of clothing.

One of our children in the school community is receiving medical

treatment which puts them at serious risk if they are exposed to

infectious illnesses, in particular: Chicken -Pox, Measles,

Mumps or Shingles.

It is also important that while your child is unwell they remain at home until they

are no longer contagious. Please let us know immediately by calling

the school office on 9702 8688.

As a school community we value your support in relation to the wellbeing of

all our students.

Any parent who wishes to help out in our classrooms or on excursions,

must provide a current Working With Childrens Card (WWCC) to the office.

Its free to register as a volunteer https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

On the day you come to assist, please come

through the office and sign in using the visitors kiosk, you will be given a “Classroom helper

Privacy Agreement” to read and sign.

Please ensure you bring your Working With Childrens Card with you, to display in our lanyard, which you will wear while in the

classroom or on excursions.

If your child is absent from school,

please ring the office on 9702 8688

before 9.30am on the morning of the

absence or notify us by e-mail

kilberry.valley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au.

THANK YOU

KILBERRY VALLEY NOTICES SENT HOME

The following notices have been sent home to families

and require your prompt attention:

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS – VICTORIA Grades 4A, 4B, 4C & 4D Please return consent form and payment by Wednesday 18th March Cost $ 22.00

LATE PAYMENTS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

Kilberry Valley Primary School ADVERTISING

Please Note: The Department of Education and Training

does not endorse the products or services of any private advertisers. No responsibility is accepted by

DET for accuracy of information.

Important

Students who do not return consent forms and payments by the closing date for

incursions /excursions will not be able to participate in the activity.

We would appreciate your support and co-operation with these matters.

Thank you.