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Issue 7 2016

3 November

significant growth spurt in all areas.

This is on the back of many

successes last year. I am particularly

proud of the fact that the synergies

created by the team at KICE has

worked to continuously improve the

educational options and outcomes

for all students.

As parents you can be confident that

your school is providing an

education to your children that is

equal to and if not better than many

schools on the mainland. Your

support of the school has been

fundamental in its growth.

At the Kingscote Campus of KICE

there is a work of art being created

by Taka (see video via the following

link https://vimeo.com/69138889)

and a crew of Japanese master

craftsmen. They have built tree

houses all over the world and each

one is unique (progress photos on

this page).

This artwork has

been donated by

Daisy and

Gordon, a Chinese

business couple

who have bought

Middle River

Homestead and

Happiness

Winery. They own

a chain of

department stores

in China and in

each one they

have a floor

dedicated to

Kangaroo Island.

From the Principal

They promote and sell KI produce.

They will be doing a presentation of

the tree house, the school and KI in

their main store in November.

I already have a magazine, GOELIA,

that they produced in the spring of

2015 that features KI. This magazine

is distributed to millions of Chinese

and other nationalities around the

world. If you are in Kingscote and

want to have a look at this magazine

just ask at the front office.

This connection we have with Daisy

and Gordon holds us in good stead

as the school gradually transitions

from teaching Indonesian language

and culture to Chinese (Mandarin)

language and culture. Our work here

over the next year or so fits perfectly

with the State Government Strategic

Plan. There will be more information

in the next newsletter.

Ian Kent

The school/partnership

is undergoing an annual

review by DECD for

the second time in less

than 12 months.

This will occur on

Wednesday 23rd of

November and will involve school

and preschool leaders. The review

officers will go through a

“mountain” of data related to

student/school achievement – both

as a whole school and individual

campuses. They will look at and ask

questions about different year levels

and programs that we are running

and will use our responses and the

data to see if we have achieved the

targets set after last years review.

In week one this term we had a pre-

review meeting with DECD

personnel from the Business

Intelligence Unit and went through

our data step-

by-step. The

data range

includes

Running

Records,

NAPLAN,

PAT-R, PAT-

M, Attendance,

SACE

achievement,

Student

Wellbeing and

the list goes on.

The good news

is that KICE

has shown

another

Speed Limit Reminder

KICE Principal Ian Kent would like to remind all motorists

of the need to slow down to 25km when passing a school

bus that is collecting or dropping children at the roadside.

There have been numerous reports from bus drivers of

speeding cars when their bus has been stationary dropping

off and collecting students.

Country roads have high speed limits and if motorists slow

down to 25km when passing a stationary school bus, they

reduce the risk of a fatality if a

child was to walk onto the road.

Parents should also remind their

children to wait until the bus has

gone before crossing the road so

that they have a clear view of

oncoming traffic in both

directions. Parents are encouraged

to drop and meet their children on

the side of the road that the bus

drops them off to avoid having

them cross the road

unaccompanied.

Motorists must also be aware of children

walking and cycling on country roads as many

do not have designated footpaths.

Slowing down and staying aware is key in

keeping our school children safer on the road.

KICE Executive Leadership

and the persistence. At KICE we are actively

striving to improve levels of resilience and

persistence and the Middle Years Camp

Program is just one of the strategies we are

using. Our goal is for children to try new

things without fear or doubts holding them

back. Safe risk taking builds self-confidence.

Parents will be joining us for tea on the first

evening of the camp and I look forward to

their feedback about the experience and the

programme.

Maxine

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Kingscote Campus from Maxine McSherry

KI CE NEWS LE TT ER

As I am writing this

week’s newsletter I am

also preparing to attend the

Year 9 camp today. This

year our camp is based on

the Rite Journey, it is a

programme aimed at

supporting young people

in their move from childhood into becoming

a young adult. Our MDI data (a national

survey completed by all children from Years

6-9 at KICE ) shows that our young people

have low levels of resilience and their ability

to persist is not as strong as it could be.

Our data is reflective of many schools state

wide. As parents we often want to rescue,

blame others for our child’s behaviour or

help out too quickly because we don’t want

our children to experience failure. We can

overpraise each step that a child takes

which lowers resilience. As a parent I can

certainly think of occasions where I have

gone into rescue mode too quickly and

overpraised. Sometimes children need to

work hard to overcome the challenge be-

cause that is what builds their resilience

Language in Action—Year 6

Asian Market This year’s Asian Market was a huge success, with a

great turnout. After our recent dark and stormy

weather, the sun came out, giving a beautiful

backdrop to the day. A big thank you goes out to all

our community participants, especially Tru Thai,

Foodland and Maria Sexton for their substantial

support and donations. Our KICE students proved

how resourceful and hardworking they can be,

demonstrating a real passion for what they were

doing. Their participation both in preparation and on

the day was outstanding. Thank you to all who made

the effort to join us on the day, your support is

crucial to the success of Asian Market. Look forward

to seeing you all again next year!

Takeda McMulkin

On Wednesday the 19th of October KICE

recognised Mental Health Week, with events

at all three campuses.

The representative from the Black Dog

Institute, Shai, talked to students about

mental illnesses and how to get help when

you are struggling. It was a very good

presentation because Shai was very natural

when presenting, and made it easy for

students to relate to what she was saying.

Nat from Canteen organised a workshop for

students about being able to talk to friends

about issues. She showed students how to be

able to be there for each other.

As part of the

event, students

have also been

fundraising by

selling bandanas

for CanTeen’s

main fundraising

drive. Not only

does CanTeen

support children

and teenagers

who are

diagnosed with

cancer

Mental Health Week @ Kingscote themselves, but also offers support for

young people who have a family member

or friend who is battling cancer.

At Kingscote Campus, Uniting

Communities’ Ric and Bec also ran a

workshop for students in the library. It

was really enjoyable because students

worked in groups with people that they

don’t often spend time with.

After all of the presentations, students

joined together outside to have some fun

with CanTeen’s messy games. Some of

the games involved throwing painted

sponges at each other, dipping for

oranges in a

bucket of

water, or

dipping for

marshmallows

in a bowl of

flour.

We would like

to thank

Sharon from

NEAMI, Nat,

Shai, Ric, Bec

and Annie for

the time and effort they put into

organising the events. We would also like

to thank Sealink, Canteen and Uniting

Communities for helping with some of the

costs.

Meg Cooper

Left: Jack and Kaiowas enjoying the

water and flour relay.

Above: The end result of the Middle

Years Messy Games!

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Hospitality Block News were very impressed with the students’

professionalism.

COFFEE CONUNDRUM TRAINING

CAFÉ

The school café continues to go from

strength to strength. Each week we have

lots of staff and students coming to enjoy

beverages and we have made changes

based on customer feedback.

Of course we have the occasional hiccup,

which we thank all our customers for

being brilliantly understanding about and

continuing to support us. The Hospitality

Training Block and the School Café offer

fabulous training in work skills for our

students. It enables a pathway into further

studies in Hospitality and Commercial

Cookery, and can

also provide a

valuable source of

income for those

students wanting to

go on to further

study. Hospitality

jobs compliment

STEM Works Update Progress on our STEM Works upgrade is

gathering pace, following the appointment of

David Shannon, from Shannon Architects as

the project’s architect. STEM is the name

given to science, technology, engineering and

mathematics (incorporating physics and

chemistry). These are often taught together,

recognising their interrelationship.

Over the next six weeks, the architects will

work closely with school and department staff

TAFESA HOSPITALITY TRAINING

BLOCK

In Week 9 Term 3 Riang and Mary came to

the Kingscote Hospitality Centre to do a

week long training block for the Hospitality

students. They trained the students in Barista

and Bar skills, with Responsible Service of

Alcohol and Financial Transactions. There

were 14 students involved from Yr 10 and

Yr 11. This training is so valuable for our

students who do Hospitality in Yr 11 and 12

as it enables them to begin or continue

working in the school café with a greater

level of confidence. Yr 11 students who

completed their training in yr 10 have all

said that it made a critical difference to their

understanding and confidence levels when

working in the café.

I would like to thank the

students for their

awesome effort during

the week, finishing the

training and assessment

in four days instead of

five. Riang and Mary

Basketball Results

Senior Girls – Yankalilla 24 (M Wilson 11) defeated KICE 19 (A Green 7)

Senior Boys – KICE 60 (J Spark 21) defeated Yankalilla 8 (C Lewis 4)

Middle Years Girls – KICE Blue 28 (G Horjus 15) defeated Yankalilla 10 (M Baxter 8)

Middle Years Girls – KICE White 18 (M Helyar 6) defeated KICE Blue 12 (G Horjus 6)

Middle Years Girls – KICE White 37 (M Helyar 16) defeated Yankalilla 3 (E Riley 2)

Middle Years Boys – KICE Blue 18 (J Ordway 6) defeated KICE White 4 (H Kinghorne 2,

S Rourke 2)

Middle Years Boys – Yankalilla 11 (N Tull 4) defeated KICE Blue 8 (K Warena 4)

Middle Years Boys – Yankalilla 14 (N Tull 4, D Ker 4, A Terrell 4) defeated KICE White 8

(H Kinghorne 4)

Volleyball Results

Senior Volleyball – KICE defeated Yankalilla

Middle Years – KICE 25 defeated Yankalilla 15

Middle Years – KICE 25 defeated Yankalilla 20

Middle Years – KICE 26 defeated Yankalilla 24

Middle Years – KICE 25 defeated Yankalilla 23

Middle Years – KICE 25 defeated Yankalilla 17

to develop project plans. This begins the

process of turning our school’s vision into

reality, with plans and designs in place at

the study’s conclusion. Our $3.5 million

project is one of 139 across the state.

Projects are expected to be completed from

February through to December 2018. For

more information please visit: https://

www.decd.sa.gov.au/sites-and-facilities/

stemworks

other studies really well as they are usually

night time or weekend work.

CONGRATULATIONS YR 12

I would like to also congratulate the Yr 12

students who are the first to complete the

Certificate III Hospitality. Ashleigh G,

Ruby G, Michaela K, Shea T, Nat G and

Belinda Z have been the driving force

behind the café for the last two years. They

started the café in Yr 11 and over the last

two years have implemented many changes

to create a great small business. They have

spent this last year coaching the yr 11

group in the procedures and policies and

will now leave the yr 11 group to continue

their outstanding effort.

It has been an absolute pleasure to work

with these students over the last few years

and I wish them the best of success in

whatever dreams they pursue. I would like

to thank them for their ownership of the

café and the reliability and responsibility

they have shown to customer service and

their hospitality studies.

Pat Welford

Interschool Sports Competition The inaugural secondary years interschool

sports competition between KICE and

Yankalilla Area School (YAS) took place in

Week 8 last term at Kingscote Campus and

the Pavilion. Despite the atrocious weather

conditions the competition by all accounts

was a roaring success. The students

participated in basketball and volleyball,

where there was an 8/9 boys and girls

competition, and a 10-12 boys and girls

competition. The day started with a huge

crowd for both the Open Girls and Boys

basketball games, where KICE and YAS split

the points. In the afternoon the atmosphere in

the Rec. Centre was electric with the courts

full of enthusiastic volleyball players. There

were many examples of fair play and good

sportsmanship during the day, with countless

friendships being formed. KICE looks

forward to travelling to YAS to compete

against our friends on the Fleurieu in 2017.

Michaela, Ruby and Belinda setting up

Café Conundrum

Damon F contests a rebound

in the Senior Boys

Basketball game

Well I am extremely

happy to inform you

that we now occupy the

refurbished Preschool

building. We were

given approval at the

start of the last week of

term three.

Our Preschool educators; Lynette Ley and

Jane Weatherspoon are very excited as are

the Preschool students. The fortnightly

Wednesday Playgroup will also be using

this space.

What an awesome school and community

event was the Bush Dance; it really was a

fun night. There were many helpers both

school and community and we

acknowledged these on the night but I

and aquaponics facilities at Parndana

Campus. This “Road Scholars” group come

from all over the USA and in some

instances other countries. This is the

second group this company has sent

following an exceptionally well received

previous tour group.

The students show them through the

facilities and then they will be provided a

lunch in the Food Processing class room/

cafe using the produce from our facilities

and produce our students have made with

teacher Dave Christensen in the

Food Processing facility. This is real life

learning at its best.

Hopefully we see you at the Parents at

Parndana morning week 4; Wednesday the

9th of November 9am.

Peter Philp

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would just like to again thank Brooke

Boulden, our Pastoral Care Worker for her

excellent coordination and management of

this event.

Hopefully you saw the SCOPE TV program

on Saturday the 29th of October at 8:30am

which featured the barramundi and

aquaponics facilities at Parndana Campus. It

highlighted the workings of these systems

and how the students are engaged under the

guidance of our outstanding Agriculture

teacher Barb Cooper. Our students are very

lucky to have such a capable and passionate

Ag teacher. If you missed the SCOPE TV

program you will be able to catch it via Ten

Play.

This week we have a group of 28 overseas

people visiting the agriculture, aquaculture

Learning Assistance Program

Parndana Campus from Peter Philp

KI CE NEWS LE TT ER

Parndana Campus would like to thank the 2016 LAP volunteers

that have assisted students and invite volunteers to work with our

students in 2017…..

Do you……

Have an hour of spare time in a week

Have a genuine concern for other people

Enjoy and appreciate working with students

Have an interest in contributing to the educational programme

of the school

Have a particular interest, talent, skill or language you wish to

share

Enjoy meeting new people

The child you work with would value the opportunity to have

special time with a mentor and friend in a safe and happy envi-

ronment.

Community Bush Dance

LAP children might:

Have an interest that you could nurture

Have low self-esteem or confidence

Have a gift or talent that they are passionate about

Need encouragement and support with class work

Be shy and need a friend

Have identified special education needs

Have English as a second language

Be very creative and would benefit from a creative outlet

Find literacy and numeracy a chal-

lenge

Have emotional needs – anxiety,

stress or grief

Please contact Madelyn at the front

desk 85596068 if you are able to work

with our Parndana Campus children as a

LAP volunteer.

On Friday the 28th of November the community danced, clapped and stomped their way through the night. Smiles and laughter filled

the Hall as all ages joined hands and danced together. The children had been working hard to learn the dances and demonstrated each

dance before the community joined them to fill the hall with music and dancing. A big thank you to our MC Jeremy Wells and the

many helpers who worked with our Pastoral Care worker Brooke Boulden and the Student Leadership Group to run a very successful

community event.

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Penneshaw Campus from Leanne Woods Confucius Institute

16 Legs

Wow, we are into the final term

of this year. To start this term,

we would like to welcome

Isabelle and her family back to

Penneshaw after two years

overseas. It is

lovely to have

you back! We also welcome

Aiesha and her family to our

campus community. It has been

wonderful to see our new faces

fit in so well; this is a credit to

our welcoming, friendly

students and families.

Congratulations to all.

We have several on campus out

of school opportunities

occurring this term. Dance

classes are held each Thursday after school and

basketball season has started again. We

welcome these activities as they provide more

opportunities for our Dudley kids. These are

not school supervised activities and we ask that

you remind your children that areas other than

the Rec Centre are not to be accessed after

school hours without adult supervision.

On the 9th November 1.30 - 3pm we are

holding another session with the DECD

Behaviour Support Coach Mat Hasslet. Last

time Mat spoke to parents here it was well

supported and feedback from parents said that

he offered practical, down to earth, non-

judgmental support for families. This term he

will hold a session on supporting your child as

they start school. Even though this suggests

that it is for pre-school families, his

ideas and strategies will also be helpful

for school families too. Mat will share

research and insights into how you can

assist your child to be "school ready"

and will be available to chat to over

coffee and cake after his presentation.

We have had approval to replace the

main playground area of our campus.

The students have been working on

plans for what they would like in the

area. We are hoping that this upgrade

can occur in the Christmas holidays. We are

going to need parent/community assistance in

removing the old playground equipment and

preparation of the site. A newsletter with

more information will be coming home soon.

It is with sadness we note the passing of parent

Terri-Ann Davis. Our condolences and

thoughts go to Damien and all of Terri-Ann's

family.

Here’s to a fabulous last term,

Leanne

Mental Health Week @ Penneshaw

On Wednesday 19th October, all classes from

Penneshaw Campus travelled to Parndana to

view the Sixteen Legs Exhibition. Students

found out lots of fun and interesting facts about

the Tasmanian Cave spider and their natural

environment. On the day we were also

lucky enough to visit the Parndana

Soldier Settler Museum where we

found out some interesting details

about the history of Kangaroo Island

and got to view some old artefacts.

After our visit to Parndana, the

whole school headed south towards

Seal Bay where our tour guides,

Conrad and Mel, showed and told us

all about Australian Sea Lions. We

were lucky to have such great

weather for our big trip to the centre

of the island. Left:: The 8/9 class with their web that will travel with the

exhibition.

Above: Conrad explaining the life cycle of the Australian

Sea Lion

Students in Years 6-9 participated in

Mental Health Week activities in Week 1.

Natalie from CanTeen ran a session on

‘having difficult conversations’ that was

designed to help students to support their

friends in challenging situations. Shannon

from Black Dog Institute ran a session on

mental health and resilience building.

Together, the presenters ran some fun team

challenges that allowed the students to

break down personal barriers.

Georgie H taking part in the team chal-

lenge A group photo after things got messy

On Monday 31st October three Chinese

teachers from the Confucius Institute

came to do two workshops with the years

5/6/7 and year 8 students in lessons 5 and

6. In the first lesson we learned a bit of

history about the art of Calligraphy. We

were taught how to do 5 basic strokes

then we proceeded to learn to write 8

characters. For the last 15 minutes we

learnt to do Tai Chi.

“It was really fun and enjoyable. Thank

you to the teachers coming to teach us.”

“It was great to learn new characters and

the technique used to write them. Wrist

control is very important.”

“Each character has a specific connection

to the “sketch” of the object.”

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School Crossing 111 REASONS TO USE YOUR

SCHOOL CROSSING.

Reason 1: Nearly one in every eight road

deaths in South Australia is a pedestrian. In

addition to fatalities there are on average

just under 100 pedestrians seriously injured

as well as many more who receive minor

injuries each year.

Reason 2: Your child will learn about

pedestrian safety by watching you, so use

safe behaviour around cars, roads,

footpaths and car parks. Always stop, look,

listen and think before crossing a road,

and use pedestrian crossings wherever

In Week 1 of this

term, Mr Stewart

and Ms Evans took

the Year 10

Outdoor Education

class on our first

overnight hike as a

group. On Tuesday

morning we met up

with students from

Yankalilla Area

School and their

Outdoor Recreation teacher who would all

be walking and camping with us. Over the

following two days we hiked a portion of

the Heysen Trail, beginning at Chookarloo

Campground, Kuitpo Forest and ending up

27km away at the old Jupiter Creek Gold

possible. Always cross at the safest

point, even if you have to walk further

out of your way and if you’re crossing at

the lights, wait for the green man!

Reason 3: Queensland’s Centre for

Accident Research and Road

Safety recently conducted an

Australia-wide survey of

parents focused on keeping

kids safe around roads and

cars. They found until the

age of NINE, children’s

perceptual and cognitive

abilities are not sufficiently

developed to enable them to make

sound judgements when they are

KICE Music Showcase The 2016 K.I.C.E Music Show Case was

held on Thursday the 23rd of September

at the Kingscote Campus Performing

Arts Building.

Over 145 K.I.C.E students from

reception to year 12 participated in a

concert which included the Junior

Primary Choir, the year 4 recorder

students, the year 5 beginner Band, the

middle school vocal group, the Year 6/7

Continuing Band, the K.I.C.E Jazz

Ensemble and the K.I.C.E Jazz

Ensemble.

The Junior Primary Choir and the Year 4

students opened the concert singing

Geronimo by ‘Sheppard’.

The year 4 students played several songs

from the recorder book demonstrating

their ability to read rhythm and pitch and

play in time with each other.

The Year 5 beginner Band played a short

selection songs from the Tradition of

Excellence including a fantastic version of

“Rain Rain” which incorporated Boom

Wackers and Bells.

The Kingscote Campus Middle school vocal

group sang accompanied by Mrs Bell on

Piano and Mrs Frears on Guitar.

The KICE Continuing Band played

“Rocket Science” by Robert Buckley,

“Thunder Bolt Peak” by Timothy Johnson

and “Smoke on the Water” by a band named

Deep Purple, arranged by Paul Martha.

The Kingscote Campus Jazz Ensemble

played “Blue Train” by John Coltrane,

arranged by Michael Sweeney, “Killer Joe”

by Benny Golson, also arranged by Micheal

Sweeney and “Reunion Blues” by Milt

Jackson, arranged by Rick Stitzel.

The K.I.C.E. Senior Ensemble played

“Mars” by Gustav Holst, arranged by Jane

Bocook, the second movement of the Three

Ayres From Gloucester by Hugh .M Stuart

and “St Petersberg’s Marchz” by Dr.

crossing roads. Holding hands with your

children is the best way to keep them safe

around a school crossing.

Reason 4: The Australian Road Rules state if

you are within 20 metres of a crossing

(including a school crossing) you must

use that crossing to walk from one side

of the road to the other.

And the other 107 reasons? 107 is the

number of dollars an expiation notice

(fine) will cost you if you are

detected breaching the above Australian

Road Rule. So keep an eye out for any

hazards and keep holding hands until

you’re all safely in the school yard or in the

car.

Year 10 Outdoor Education Camp - Kuipto Forest

Johnnie Vinson.

The KICE Music Show Case aims to celebrate

the hard work of Kangaroo Island Music

students in a performance for family and

friends.

Participation in musical activities stimulates the

natural release of endorphins and oxytocin

which has found to alleviate anxiety and stress.

Music builds naturally builds confidence, which

has a broad and long lasting effects on general

well being.

Participation in music education stimulates the

growth and development of the parts of the

brain which process literacy and numeracy

functions.

Practice at home is a key component of learning

an instrument and parents play a key role in

supporting this at home.

Well done to all the students who have applied

themselves to practice and attendance at

rehearsals in 2016. Your efforts were on display

at this year’s event.

Mr Frears

Prospecting Fields.

The weather we

experienced within

the first few hours

was definitely

‘character building’

as we had to face

pouring rain, hail,

knee deep creek

crossing and

freezing winds.

Despite the weather

everyone walked well with their

13kg rucksacks on their backs.

We all had a go at being the

‘navigator’ and the ‘back

marker’, a great test for our

leadership, map reading and

orienteering skills. Our campsite at Rocky

Creek Hut was beautiful and everyone did a

great job cooking

dinner on their

Trangias.

Overall the camp was

a great experience and

a huge success! It was

so much fun, whilst

also being

challenging, and I

think everyone loved

getting to make new

friends.

Holly M

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Community Links

Upcoming Events

8 November KICE Governing Council

Meeting @ Kingscote

11 November Junior Sports Day @ Parndana

17 November Year 12 Graduation, 1:40pm @

Kingscote

18 November Year 12 Assembly, 9am @ Parndana

21-25 November SAPSASA Cricket & Tennis Carnivals in Adelaide

2 December Penneshaw Year 9 Graduation Dinner

www.kice.sa.edu.au

Need help with Bedwetting?

Did you know?

20% of five year olds wet the bed 5% of ten year olds wet the bed

The most effective form of treatment for bedwetting is the use of a bed

alarm Treatment can start from the age of 7

Help is available locally

For more information please contact

the Community Nurses at the Cook

Centre Ph. 8553 4231.

KICE Junior Sports Day

Friday 11 November @ Parndana Campus

10am—2pm

Includes a Remembrance Day

Ceremony

Penneshaw Resource Centre

Book Fair 2016

Open

Wednesday 9th November

8.30am to 1.30pm

3.30am to

4.30pm

Thursday 10th November

8.30am to 3.45pm

Monday 14th November

Penneshaw Resource Centre Book Fair

Wednesday 9th November 8.30am -1.30pm

3.30pm - 4.30pm

Thursday 10th November 8.30am - 3.45pm

Monday 14th November 11.00am -3.45pm

Tuesday 15th November 8.30am - 3.45pm

Wednesday 16th November 8.30am-1.30pm

KICE Year 8 Cultural Experience Camp

RE SPE CT HO NE STY DOING

YO UR BE ST RE SPONSIBILITY

CARE

Kangaroo Island Community Education

sponsored and supported by

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The benefits of board games

Research on brain theory suggests that board games such as Cluedo, Chess

and Mastermind have a positive impact on children’s brain development.

Children who regularly play board games develop skills in:

number and shape recognition, grouping, and counting

letter recognition and reading

hand-eye coordination

visual perception and colour recognition

Board games are an important tool to provide hands-on and heads-on skill

and knowledge development for people of all ages on all subjects.

Team-based board games not only inspire learning, they encourage

communication, collaboration and risk taking. These games also support

literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.

Middle Years Leaders from across KICE are working together to determine

the best way for students to have access to board games at school.

Crystal Henderson

Coordinator, Primary Australian Curriculum (CPAC)

Kangaroo Island Partnership

In Week 10 Kingscote R-5 students participated in

the Jump Rope for Heart ‘Jump Off Day’. The day

started with a demonstration from the Kingscote

Skipping Crew and then each class tested their

jumping skills at a variety of stations throughout

the day. Children had the option of fundraising

money as part of the program and overall the

school raised over $2000 for the Heart

Foundation.

Parent Survey leadership to be collated with other data

already collected.

Thank you again to all the parents that

were willing to participate, I feel this is a

great way for parents to have a say.

Also parents are always welcome at the

Governing Councils meetings held on

the 4th and 8th week of each term.

Contact your school

for locations and

times as these

meetings are rotated

through each

campus.

Lois Wilson

KICE Governing

Council Chairperson

On the 8th and 9th of September, Year 8s from all

three campuses attended the Cultural Experience

camp. Throughout the two days we visited the

Capri Theatre, the Migration Museum, the Art

Gallery of South Australia, the old Adelaide

Treasury Building, St Peter’s Cathedral and the

Central Markets.

Another activity we participated in was a walk

visiting the sites of public art around the city. We

learnt lots of interesting facts on the camp, for

example, the architecture of the Capri Theatre is

in art deco style, which means everything is

curved.

In the event we had a cultural banquet featuring

food from three different regions. All of it was

delicious.

Unfortunately, due to the weather, we weren’t

able to visit Sellick’s Hill. Even with this minor

setback, the camp was still great and lots of fun.

Julia H, Imogen L and Kelly S

Curriculum Corner

Last term the governing council surveyed a

random selection of parents across all 3

campuses. The questions were in relation to

the recent change to break times and also the

new assessment reporting format.

Forty five parents gave their feedback via

telephone or face to face with governing

council members.

The Governing council had positive feedback

from parents on this type of exercise and plan

to undertake further surveys in this way in

the future.

After analysing the results, the new change to

break times has not caused issues for most

families. The results for the assessment

reporting have been given to the executive

Saturday December 3rd

is the International Day of People with

Disability. This is a day devoted to celebrating diverse abilities. The website www.idpwd.com.au has

information and resources for staff, care-givers, and anyone who may be interested in finding out more. Watch this space for any events taking place

at KICE.

Jump Rope for Heart

Above Right: Jed at the jumping obstacle

course.

Above: Rory assisting Archer to use jumping

equipment.