Newsletter Date Volume 1, Issue 1

Term Two 29 June 2016

KAS

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From The Principal...

A NOTE FROM FIJI I'm writing to you this week from Suva, Fiji, where the KAS Yr 11 Service Learning program is in action for the 8th consecutive year. The KAS-Suva Adventist College (SAC) sister-school relationship that has allowed successive cohorts of our senior students to experience service learning in a safe and supportive context is a key feature of our KAS learning program. Thank you to supportive KAS parents and families who understand the value of such experiences for their children and support these unique programs. This year our students will be teaching classes in the junior secon-dary school at SAC, delivering a Week of Worship program, partici-pating in the annual KAS-SAC Concert before an audience of 1500 people, travelling to sunbaked Fijian islands and experiencing tradi-tional Fijian culture, all of which are intentionally planned to ensure that our students return to our community with a greater vision of world needs and their own potential to change other people's lives. An understanding of the value of different cultures learnt through this Fijian experience also helps to prepare our students for the broader cultural exposure that they will experience when travel-ling to Nepal as part of the Yr 12 service learning pro-gram in 2017. Of course, such service learning ex-p e r i e n c e s would not be possible without the dedicated effort of our amazing KAS staff who are prepared to travel, be on duty 24/7 and give up their own time off over term breaks to make such programs possi-ble. Best wishes as you plan for the upcoming mid-year school break. I'll look forward to seeing many of you at the From Kindergarten to the World Beyond Kempsey: An evening program with Nick Salmon for KAS parents/carers/school community members on Thursday 21 July.

Thank you once again for your support of KAS and for the privilege you extend to us each day to partner with you in the education of your children.

KAS STAFFING UPDATE Deputy Principal (Primary) Throughout the 2015 and 2016 school years, KAS has been blessed to have Mrs Jill Pearce leading our primary school. Mrs. Pearce has many skills and talents, one of which is an interest in pursuing post-graduate doctoral studies in the area of social and emotional learn-ing. After much consideration, and with the support of KAS, Mrs. Pearce has decided that at the end of the 2016 school year she would like to step away from her current Deputy Principal position to under-take these doctoral studies. Whilst Mrs. Pearce will be missed in her current role, she will be remaining on staff at KAS in a part time posi-tion which will allow her the opportunity to commence her study program. KAS has now commenced a process of recruitment for a new Deputy Principal for our primary school to commence in 2017. Stage 5 Dean (Secondary) Mr. David Afele, the current KAS Stage 5 Dean will be taking Long Service Leave for Term 3 and a portion of Term 4 following the mid-year break. During this period of leave, Mr. Afele's position will be filled by Mrs. Melissa Metcalfe, the current Head of Department (Creative Arts). To accommodate this temporary change in roles, a new timetable for the secondary school, including several changes to staff teaching loads, has been necessary. Families of students in affected classes will be notified by mail. Yours Sincerely,

Rohan Deanshaw KAS Principal

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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONGRATULATIONS! Warm congratulations to Mr and Mrs Mainey and their daughter Charlotte on the arrival of their second daughter, Marcella. She has already made several visits to KAS and looks like she will fit right in! Blessings upon the whole family at this special time in their lives! Miss Maneesha Walsh will be teaching Mrs Mainey’s class, 6B, whilst she is on maternity leave and we look forward to welcoming Miss Walsh to our team.

BIGGEST MORNING TEA Thank you to all the support you gave to our Biggest Morning Tea. We are happy to announce that we raised $1089.65 for the Cancer Council.

CANTEEN We are happy to announce that as of Monday, 25 July, the school canteen will be open 5 days a week.

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING The Uniform Shop will be open in the holidays on Thursday, 21 July from 4:30PM - 6PM. Please make use of this opportunity to buy any new uniform needed for Term Three.

UPCOMING HOLIDAYS Please be reminded that the next holidays will be three weeks long for students, with school finishing this Friday, 1 July and resuming Monday, 25 July, which was communicated to all families by postal letter several weeks ago. During the third week of holidays, the teachers will be participating in Professional Development, with an opportunity for parents to be part of the learning.

KAS will offer free supervision on 20-22 July for those families who are unable to care for their children at home/elsewhere during that time. (Booking required)

Parents/guardians are invited to a session with Nick Salmon on Thursday, 21 July in the evening where free child minding will be available. (Booking required)

AUTISM SUPPORT GROUP Come and join us at The Hub on Thursday 30 June at 10am for the Autism Support Group. Meet some lovely parents and share your experiences. Come along wherever you are on the diagnosis journey and receive support and understanding. Speak to Rachel Bennett for more information (rbennett@kas.nsw.edu.au) or just turn up and enjoy a lovely hot drink!

BRING A FRIEND A reminder that our Bring a Friend program for new KAS enrolments is currently running. You should all have received a letter in your mail box regarding this incentive. If you have children attending elsewhere who you would like to join KAS, or if you have a friend who would like to bring their children to KAS, please let the ladies in the office know ASAP so that we can process your application in time for Term Three. Any enquiries are welcome.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS (con’t)

LOWER PRIMARY (YRS K-2) ATHLETICS CARNIVAL This will be held at Kempsey Adventist School oval on Thursday, 30 June. You should have received a note from school regarding this day. We look forward to your attendance and participation.

SAVE THESE DATES!

Book Fair 8th to 11th August

THRASS Book Parade 11th August at 9am (K to Year 2) and 10am (Year 3 to 6) - students can dress up as a character from the THRASS spelling chart and bring a book that includes the

character or the phoneme.

TERM OF READING COMPETITION During the holidays take photos of your children reading in unusual places (but not dangerous places!). Email the photos to Rachel Bennett (rbennett@kas.nsw.edu.au) before 9am on Friday 5th Au-gust and your child might win book vouchers to spend at the book fair.

PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION Australian Mathematics Competition will be held on 28t July. Please register your child for participation in this competition at the school office.

ENROLMENTS FOR 2017 The school office will be open a majority of the time throughout the school holidays. If not, you will be able to leave a message on the phone and we will call you back. We are happy to process en-rolments throughout this time so please give us a call or send an email to ldeanshaw@kas.nsw.edu.au. ‘Bring a Friend’ enquiries welcome! We are currently experiencing a VERY busy time processing enrol-ments for Pre-Kindy, Kindergarten and Year 7 for 2017. If you are hoping to send a child to KAS in 2017 and they have not been en-rolled here before, please contact us to enroll them ASAP. We do not want our KAS families to miss out!

SCHOOL RESUMES 25.7.16

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SECONDARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

TERM THREE Term 3 will start for students on the 25th of July as Week 2 of the cycle of the new timetable.

YRS 7-10 PARENT TEACHER STUDENT INTERVIEWS As advertised, our interviews for students in Yrs 7-10 will be held on Monday, 25 July, the first day of school for students in Term Three. Families receive their child’s school report at this event and have the opportunity to speak to their child’s teachers. To book, please go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and use the code 29hf9. You will need your child to be able to tell you which teach-ers they have. Alternatively, contact the ladies in the school office and they will be happy to book for you.

YR 10 FRASER ISLAND TRIP At time of publishing, the Yr 10 group had successfully completed their hike on Fraser Island and were off to spend a night in Hervey Bay before heading down to the Gold Coast to visit Dreamworld. The students have been extremely supportive of each other, being willing to put themselves out to help their classmates. We praise God for the growth and resilience that we have seen in our Yr 10 students.

YR 11 FIJI TRIP The Yr 11 group to Fiji left in the very wee hours of Sunday morn-ing. They have been running a WOW program each day and spend-ing time in the classrooms and playgrounds of Suva Adventist Col-lege. They are all stepping out of their comfort zones and according to Mrs Lesic and Mr Deanshaw they are doing us proud!

YR 10 SUBJECT SELECTION Next term, all Year 10 students and their families will be meeting with Mr Minett (Stage 6 Dean) and Mrs Leanne Lesic (Deputy Prin-cipal/Careers) to talk about subject selection for Yr 11 and career pathways. Look out for more information early in Term 3.

YRS 3-6 PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Congratulations to our winners and runners up!

Champion Runner Up

8 year old girl Celise Hoang Ella Saul

8 year old boy n/a n/a

9 year old girl Letitia Toomey Akayshia Emerton-Bell

9 year old boy Lachlan Miles Logan Browne

10 year old girl Chloe Ward-Moss Kaitlyn Wardrope

10 year old boy Ethan Dungay Jack Harding

11 year old girl Dominique Lardner Paige Secomb

11 year old boy Gus Hickson Oscar Williams

12 year old girl Jemeliah Morrison Molly Ward-Moss

12 year old boy Chris Ritchie Alex Smith

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LEARNING INFORMATION CENTRE

How about checking out these great websites during the holidays- The new free DK online Encyclopaedia for Kids (See Primary School Blog) Online Art Collections (See Secondary School Blog)

Above are screenshots of our fabulous Primary and Secondary School Blogs with links to the above resources. These blogs are packed with news and a host of useful learning information including links to World Book Encyclopaedia Online, The NSW Premier Reading Challenge, HSC Resources and much more. Don’t miss out on all the great things that are happening at KAS!! Check it out http://blogs.kas.nsw.edu.au/licprimary http://blogs.kas.nsw.edu.au/kaslicsecondary/ PW iloveblogs Why not subscribe by e-mail (on the website sidebar) so that you will never miss the news!! Don’t Forget the Premier Reading Challenge! Keep encouraging your child to read!! Help with Makerspaces in Term 3 Do you have a creative skill/talent you would like to share with our wonderful students? Art ? Craft ? Simple electronics? Poetry? ……………………………… I’m looking for adults in our school community who would like to come along on a Monday afternoon at 1.20- 1.50pm to share their skills with the students during our Makerspace time in the LIC . All volunteers would need to have completed the KAS Volunteer process and have a Working With Children Check.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Calendar

30 June

1 July

21 July

25 July

27 July

2 August

4 August

8-11 August

9 August

10-16 August

11 August

16 August

17 August

18-19 August

22-26 August

26 August

Autism Support Group 10AM

Primary Rewards Day

Last day of term

From Kindergarten to the world Beyond Kempsey

Parent session with Nick Salmon 6:15PM

School resumes for Term 3

Yrs 7-10 Parent Teacher Student Interviews

School Photos

ICAS English

Autism Support Group 10AM

Primary Book Fair

Parents’ & Principals’ Committee

HSC Trial Exams

THRASS Book Parade

ICAS Mathematics

NCIS Athletics Coffs Harbour

Primary Learning Partnership Session

Project Based Learning - Primary

WOW

BIG HOUSE

SPORT & LIBRARY TIMETABLE

CLASS SPORT LIBRARY

PreKindy N/A Wed

Kindy B Mon, Fri Mon

Kindy Y Mon, Tues Thurs

Year 1B Mon, Thurs Tues

Year Thurs, Fri Fri

Year 2B Thurs, Fri Wed

Year 3B Tues, Thurs Wed

Year 3Y Mon, Fri Wed

Year 4B Tues, Fri Thurs

Year 4Y Tues, Fri Thurs

Year 5Y Thurs, Fri Tues

Year 6B Wed, Fri Fri

Year 6Y Tues, Fri (Yr 6 shirt) Mon

Yr 7 Friday N/A

Yr 8 Friday N/A

Yr 9 Thurs

PASS Mon Wk 1

N/A

Yr 10 Thurs N/A

Yr 11 SLR-Mon, Thurs, Fri Wk 1 N/A

Yr 12 N/A

UNIFORM SHOP The uniform shop is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays before and after school. If you wish to sell any secondhand uniform please email your details or drop them into the office and we will publish it in the newsletter. All advertisements are deleted at the end of each term.

CANTEEN HELPERS

Thurs, 30 June Leanne

Fri, 1 July Chyral Help Needed

KAS COMMUNITY MESSAGES

FOUND - watch. See office. - brand new primary sized jumper - see office.

LOST - Reading glasses from Yr 3. Did your child end up with someone else’s glasses in their bag? If so, please return them to the school office so that we can reunite them with their owner.

LOST - Kindy child’s homework bag. If you have ended up with it by mistake, please return it to the kindy classrooms ASAP.

We have plenty of found items (not the glasses and homework bag unfortunately!) in the Student Services office, just behind the main office. You are always welcome to come and look for any of your child’s lost items .