Kismet News

McEwan Drive Sunbury. Victoria 3429 Phone: (03) 9744 4566 Email: kismet.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://kismetparkps.vic.edu.au

Building the Foundations for Success and Happiness

19th Feb School Council

22nd Feb Twilight Swimming

2nd March House Athletics

5th March SCHOOL PHOTOS

9th March Curriculum Day – NO SCHOOL TODAY

12th March Labour Day—NO SCHOOL TODAY

20-21st Mar Parent Teacher Interviews

29th March Last Day of Term 1

Dear Parents, Staff and Students,

Thank you to all families who attended our ‘Community

Welcome Evenings’. We trust you found the information we

shared to be useful. If you have any feedback or suggestions

for future information evenings please speak with Glenn or

Cynthia.

At this morning’s meeting PTA scheduled a

variety of exciting events for 2018. Dates

for these events will be made available on Skoolbag in the

coming days. Information about PTA events will be promoted

through our weekly newsletters and a new, Term PTA news-

letter. There was also discussion about how funds raised by

PTA can best support the needs of our students. Details will

be provided once ratified by School Council.

Today’s newsletter includes important information about

School Councils. Our 2018 School Council election process

commences on Monday 19th of February with a notice of

the election and call for nominations. The following timeline

will apply for this election:

Mon 19th Feb: Notice of election & call for nominations

Mon 26th Feb: Nominations close

Wed 28th Feb: List of candidates displayed

By Tuesday 6th March: Ballot papers distr ibuted by this

date.

Tuesday 13th March at 4pm: Ballot closes

Tuesday 13th March at 5pm Vote count

Wednesday 14th March: Declaration of ballot

Monday 19th March: First School Council Meeting to elect

office bearers.

Nomination forms can be collected from the school office. If

you would like more information please speak to Glenn or

Cynthia.

In teaching the skills of organisation we expect all students

to use a communication bag (Red or Blue ) to carry important

messages, take home readers and home learning activities to

and from school. Communication bags can be purchased from

the office for $10. There will be prizes for classes where all

students have a communication bag.

Punctuality is a valuable habit for children to learn. Students

arriving late miss out on important information or instruction

time at the beginning of the learning session. It also distracts

other students from their work and disrupts teachers. As we

strive to make the most of all learning times, please assist

class teachers by ensuring your children arrive at school on

time.

Please remember students should arrive at school from

8:40am and leave grounds after school by 3:30pm. Grounds

are supervised from 8:40 – 8:55am and from 3:15 – 3:30pm.

If you need to access the school earlier in the morning and/or

later in the afternoon than these times we do have an excellent

Before & After School program which is operated by Extend.

For further information about this program please visit their

website at www.extend.com.au or call on 1300366437.

Kismet Park has two adventure playground areas—a Prep to

2 playground and a Years 3-6 playground (with the spider).

The equipment in each playground has been designed as ap-

propriate to each age group. We ask that parents ensure their

children play on the appropriate equipment before and after

school.

For student safety reasons please ensure you always Drive

& Park Safely and Legally. Because of the nar row streets

surrounding our school parking can be a problem. Please do

not exacerbate this problem by careless or illegal practices. To

provide a safe environment for all of our students to arrive

and leave school safely please ensure that you:

Do not use the staff car park.

Do not double park anywhere.

Do not drop off in the oval car park if there are no parking

spaces.

Always ensure you and your children use pedestrian

crossings.

Ensure your children DON’T jump fences.

Have a great week! The Staff of Kismet Park

15th Feb 2018

SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTION

ORGANISATION—COMMUNICATION BAGS

IT’S NOT GREAT TO BE LATE CLASSROOM TIME IS

‘FIVE TO 9’

HOURS OF SUPERVISION

STUDENT SAFETY

PTA NEWS

ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS

CANTEEN

NEW COUNTER SALE ITEMS

New and delicious items now available ranging from 60c—$1.00 each.

(all muffins $1.00)

-Raspberry & White Chocolate Muffin

-Blueberry /or Blueberry & White Chocolate Muffin

-Banana /or Banana & Choc Chip Muffin

-Apple Cinnamon Muffin

-Anzac Biscuit

Fruit Cups with seasonal fruit 80c

GOOD SPORT

BUDDING ARTIST

GREAT PERFORMER

SUBARASHI STUDENTS (JAPANESE)

Hayley Elliot Prep Great self portrait painting using

her whole piece of paper. Also

assisting others to tidy up.

Mackenzie Baird 1/2 Mackenzie used oil pastels very

carefully adding extra detail to

her cat drawing

Luke Chapman 3/4 Luke completed a terrific printing

using colour and pattern

Sasha Cherry 5/6 Drawing a variety of symbols for

her artwork “My Story”

Eliza Drummond Prep Eliza has made a very good start

to her learning in the Performing

Arts room.

Sophie Merrigan 1/2 Sophie brings a positive attitude

to the Performing Arts room.

Ethan Recinos 3/4 Ethan listens to instructions in

Performing Arts room and works

well.

Amy Beattie 5/6 Amy is a diligent conscientious

student who always tried her

best.

Dylan Snow Prep Showing a good understanding of

rules and expectations in PE

Jacob Edgerton 1/2 Showing great leaping skills over

the mini hurdles

Zoe Koekoek 3/4 Great jumping in high jump—

cleared the bar every time.

Joshua Ayres 5/6 For great persistence when running

around the oval during the time

trials.

EXTEND

What's on next week:

CLOUD WEEK (planned in collaboration with Mikayla Mitchell) Monday 19 February: Cloud in a jar science experiment and group games Tuesday 20 February: Clouds and rain weather windsock and basketball Wednesday 21 February: Cloud bread and downball Thursday 22 February: Cloud clay and cricket Friday 23 February: Ink blot cloud shapes and tennis PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au

IT’S SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

TIME Notices for the FIRST Scholastic Book Club

for the year are being sent home today. If

you would like to order a book from Book

Club, all orders and monies must be returned by

lunchtime on THURSDAY 22nd of February.

Alternately, you can order your own child’s Book Club by

Thursday February 22nd online using the LOOP system. If

you have any queries regarding Book Club or the LOOP

system, or would like some extra brochures, please come

and see me in the Library.

Please remember to put your child’s name on your order

sheet and order by the due date.

Orders usually take about 1 week to arrive and will be

delivered to your child’s classroom.

Thanks and Happy Reading

Jennifer Driver

Akari Mizuno Prep For being so helpful in Japanese

classes.

Callan Bennett 1/2 For always being positive and

kind to others.

ALL STUDENTS

IN 4B

3/4 For an amazing start to Japa-

nese this year.

Georgie Thomp-

son

5/6 For confidently using Japanese

for the first time.