Issue No: 465 19.02.2020 75-79 Victoria St. Kerang Email : kerang.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone:5450 3181

Kerang Primary School 1410 News Our Values: Compassion Accountability Respect Inclusiveness Nurture Gratitude

Feb 28: Schools Clean Up Day

Mar 9: Public Holiday

Mar 16: School Council Meeting

Mar 18: Hockey Roadshow

Mar 19: Gr 6 Grip Leadership Bendigo

Mar 24: Pupil Free Day– Staff CPR/First Aid

Mar 27: Last Day Term 1

Apr 14: First Day Term 2

Important Dates School Council

There are still unfilled parent positions on school council.

If you would like to consider being a member of school council, please speak to the Principal or one of the current councilors.

Nomination form available from the front office.

(Please note the timeline for School Council nominations and elections if required.)

School Council Meeting

School Council Meeting will be on Monday 16th March at 7:00 p.m. in the school staffroom. This will be the AGM of the Kerang School Council.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Thankyou to all who supported our Parent/Teacher interviews on Tuesday. Many positive comments from that process. Class teachers will be following through on those few who were unable to attend.

Staff Training

On Tuesday March the 24th from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. staff will be undertaking their Anaphylaxis and Asthma training session.

On Wednesday 25th March they will be participating in a full day training program on CPR and Level 2 First Aid Update.

This will be a Pupil Free Day and no students are to attend school that day.

School Promotion

If you are aware of any new students arriving into town then it would be great for our school and the students, if you were to direct them to KPS for a quality education. Kerang Primary School students Shine Bright

School Fees

School Fees for 2020 have been set by School Council. School fees for 2020 are:

Grades P-4 - $50 Grades 5/6 - $60

Individual student supplies are included in this fee structure.

Please pay your fees as soon as is possible. Any concerns or queries speak to Robyn in the office. Thank-you for your cooperation with this.

Mr. Taylor. Principal.

School Arrival Times 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Arrive at school

8:45 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Enter room / prepare for learning

8:50 a.m. Formal teaching begins.

Please ensure your child is at school prior to 8:45 a.m. to be prepared for their learning each day

Building Works The builders have been busy this week trying to complete our refurbishment program. The new carpet is going into the classroom this week so the students are getting very excited about their new classroom. The new front entrance is now accessible with the updated Passtab sign in register.

Just a Reminder

When coming to school during class instruction time please ensure you register via the office. This is for safety reasons and to prevent irregular disruption to student learning.

Issue No: 465 19.02.2020 75-79 Victoria St. Kerang Email : kerang.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone:5450 3181

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Amazing Prep!

Welcome to Week 4!

This week we have been loving our investigation

activities, in particular the construction area, light box

and the magical blue water tub. Students are

continuing to have a go at independently writing from

a model about what they have done in investigations.

Next week I will be attending a Walker Learning

Professional Development seminar in Melbourne and

I am very excited to be given this opportunity to

enhance my teaching skills and come back with some

great ideas for Investigations!

In Jolly Phonics we have been learning about the

letter i and p and the sounds they make. Students

have made some amazing igloos and penguins.

These are displayed in our classroom if any parents

would like to come and check them out.

In Math’s we are continuing practicing counting to 10

and beyond. We have been doing math group

rotations and have been playing hands on maths

games in those sessions. We also started a new topic

in Math’s this week which is patterns. Students have

been coping patterns and continuing them, they have

been doing a great job at this. Next week

students will be creating their own patterns.

IMPORTANT:

Please remember to check your child’s

reader folder each night as notes go

home in them regularly.

Tissue boxes, art smocks and headphones

need to be brought in.

ICT forms need to brought back ASAP.

Magical Grade 1/2…....

Grade 1/2 have had a fantastic week! We have been busy little bees this week working on so many tasks.

In Maths we have been working on calendars, days, dates

and seasons. The children are enjoying this and are so

clever at this. We have also been practicing counting by 2’s,

3’s, 5’s & 10’s

In our reading this week we are focusing on the Australian

author Aaron Blabey. We are enjoying reading the Pig the

Pug story of books.

In our writing this week we have been writing narrative sto-

ries and the focus this week is on the traditional favourite

story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have written

great stories, creating their own version of this fairytale.

In spelling we are discovering as many th words as possible

this week.

Reminders

We encourage healthy eating – please en-sure there are no lollies in lunch boxes

• Drinkers – Water bottles need to be brought in every day

• Head checks – Students must stay home until they are

treated and then repeat treatment after a few days

• Readers – readers need to be SIGNED each night and

returned every day.

Ms Janelle & Mrs Lake

Parents Club: This Fridays Lunch special will be Sweet Chilli Wraps.

Our first Parents Club fundraiser for the year is coming very soon. Please stay tuned, as it will 'plant the seed' for our 2020 fundraisers and contribute to the growth and blossoming of the schools resources.

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Grade F/1 JC

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5/6 Brilliant!!!!. Firstly a big thank you to all the parents who made

it to interviews. I still have a few families to catch

and will do so over the next week or so.

Spelling: In spelling we are doing i-e words and

learning to use adjectives. Spelling homework is

due on Friday!

Reading: Don’t forget to read every night. We are

learning to locate interesting words and flip sounds

as a tricky word strategy. Reading groups are up

and running using the needed strategy as a guide

to our grouping rather than level.

Maths: Math mate is due on Friday. We are

leaning about decimal places to the thousandths

and their fraction equivalents.

Writing: We are working on quick powerful

narratives and are about to start critiquing authors

we like..

Just a reminder:

ICT, medical and occupation notes are due back

please.

Great work so far this week Grade 5/6!!!

Thanks to Tracy and Wendy for all their help

each week! We love it.

Grade 3/4 ....incredible!

Congratulations to our ‘Student of the Week’ Macey Hall, who showed great resilience at swimming and is a co-operative, hardworking student. Thanks to all our parents who turned up to our parent/teacher interviews. It was great to be able to discuss the student’s progress and any issues that may have arisen.

Our reading has focused on procedural text and our writing procedure text for a task the students are familiar with. In maths we have focused on odd, even numbers and 3D shapes. Thankyou to Kristen Hall for assisting us with cooking in our literacy groups.

ZONE TRIALS SWIMMING SPORTS. Well done to our representatives at the Zone Trials Swimming Sports on Monday. A big thankyou to the parents who took their children to the pool for this event. Congratulations to Kai and Beau Roberts who have qualified for the Mallee Zone Swimming Finals at the Swan Hill Pool on Monday 24th February. Good luck boys.

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Child Safety Kerang Primary School is committed to Child safety. The safety and wellbeing of our students is a primary concern. We

want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We have zero

tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and

procedures. To ensure the safety and best interests of all students, we take into account the needs of those with an Aboriginal or Torres strait

Islander heritage and those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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Pupils of the Week

Charli O’Regan, Macey Hall, Logan Threlfall, Amelia Beale,

Amelia Sanders, Natalie Spark, Liam Strickland

Congratulations!

MARC Library News Term 1, 2020

Welcome to the school year for 2020! I am looking forward to teaching MARC, (which stands for Mobile Area Resource Centre) this year and preparing to do lots of Literacy based activities connected to texts, as well as Author Studies on popular Australian authors. The MARC van is stocked and ready for borrowing. Children will visit the van with their grade and are able to borrow for the week. Books can be returned each week.

# Each MARC book has a sticker of a van on the front to show that they belong to MARC. Children from Grade 2 up are able to borrow two books each week. Foundation and Grade 1 students are able to borrow 1 book each week.

Please let me know if books are missing/ damaged or cannot be found.

Happy Reading!!

Mrs. Kylie Leahy

Stephanie Alexander

Kitchen Garden Program Some years ago, a couple of staff from KPS

decided that the SAKGP would be great for our

students to enjoy… so began our journey.

This year we continue with the grade 3’s and 4’s

planning, planting, producing and preparing.

For those of you who wonder why we are involved

in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden

Program?

Through a kitchen garden program, children learn:

. positive food habits for life

. about their natural environment, the seasons, and

how to care for gardens

. practical skills, from recycling, composting and

preserving to budgeting and fundraising

. life skills, such as cooperating, sharing, critical

thinking and leadership

. by doing and having fun (they don’t even realise

they’re learning)

. to be engaged, especially those who face barriers

learning in the traditional classroom environment.

If you would like to be involved and have some time to volunteer on a Tuesday from 11:30 to 1 why not contact either Mr A or Mrs Mac. We would

love to have you involved in this program.