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Newsletter No. 23 - Term 3– Week 4 Thursday 4 August 2016

From the Principal…………….

Nearly There!

I hope everyone is getting excited about our Production on Monday and Tuesday evenings. There is a lot of singing, dancing, and acting going on around the school! We have had our dress rehearsal and we are nearly all ready to perform at George Woods Performing Arts Centre on Monday and Tuesday. PLEASE READ THE GREEN NOTICES THAT ARE COMING HOME TODAY WITH ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED REGARDING THE PRODUCTION FINAL REHEARSALS AND WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO ON THE NIGHT.

Here is a sneak preview………..

See you at the Theatre.

Trivia Night

Friday, 26th August 2016

at Kalinda Primary School Stadium

arrive at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start

Book your tables now! GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

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Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families – 28 July–4 August 2016 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Trivia Night Booking Form All families 15th August

Gr. 5/6 Camp 2017 Deposit Gr. 4 & 5 via Compass 4th August

Production Notices (Green) Specific to grade n/a

NEW PARKING RESTRICTIONS Maroondah City Council has changed the parking restrictions at the back of the school, along Berkley Street and other side streets close by. Please check the new areas carefully before you leave your car.

August

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th - All day rehearsal – George Wood Theatre

8th

- Robin & The Sherwood Hoodies – 7pm 9

th - Robin & The Sherwood Hoodies – 7pm

10th - Fire Service Education - Foundation

12th

- Literacy/Book Week Celebration Day 13

th - Working Bee (Saturday)

15th - P&F Meeting – Stadium 9.30am

- School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm Staffroom 18

th - Fire Service Education - Foundation

19th - Curriculum Day (Student-free day)

24th - Father’s Day Stall

26th - Oral Health Day

26th

- Trivia Night 30

th - District Athletics at Kalinda

31 Aug – 2 Sep. - Gr. 3/4 Camp – Phillip Island September

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st Aug – 2

nd Sep. - Gr. 3/4 Camp – Phillip Island

11th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

12th

- P&F Gen Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium - School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm Staffroom 14

th - Pie Day

15th - Canteen Closed for T.3

16th - End Term 3 – 2:30pm Dismissal

October

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rd - Beginning Term 4

6th - Divisional Athletics

13th - Regional Athletics

16th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

17th - P&F Gen. Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium

28th - Curriculum Day (pupil-free day)

November

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st - Cup Day Public Holiday

3rd

- Music – Count Us In – Incursion 11

th - Twilight Market

21st - P&F Gen. Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium

27th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

December

12

th - P&F Annual General Meeting

- 9.30am Stadium 20

th - End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2016

Term 1 – 27 January – 24 March (Easter – Good Friday 25

th March)

Term 2 – 11 April – 24 June Term 3 – 11 July to 16 September Term 4 – 3 October to Tuesday, 20 December CANTEEN ROSTER

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th Aug. - Melissa M. & Mei Y.

11th

Aug. - Susanne H. 12

th Aug. - Anita W. & Elisha M.

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PRODUCTION NEWS!

Whole School Rehearsal in the Stadium tomorrow, and Whole School Rehearsal at George Wood Performing Arts Centre

on Monday 8th August. Refer to Green notices being sent home today!

Trivia Night

Friday, 26th August 2016 at Kalinda Primary School Stadium

arrive at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start

Book your tables now!

Prizes to be won and heaps of fun to be had! You can come on your own, with a special friend, or get a group together.

Tickets $20 each (Tables of 8 maximum)

Talk to your friends, within the school and the community about getting a group together. If you can’t get a table together, we will put you with someone else in the same situation.

BYO Nibbles and Refreshments.

To book your table, please complete and return the booking form to the office

(sent home last week – spares available at the office) Numbers are limited, so get in quick.

Tickets will be sent home in the week prior to the event via your eldest child.

Mask / Wig or Hat Theme for the Night Get your table together and make it fun, the theme for the night is wear a Mask, Wig or Hat.

Go all out and wear them all.

Prize for the best table Kalinda Fundraising Committee Enquiries: Lindsey Baker 0433 432 264 or Tony Landi 0417 510 651

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TRIP TO CRANBOURNE BOTANIC GARDENS

Last Thursday the Grade 1/2s went on the best excursion! Want to hear more? Keep reading! When we first got there, Sally told us about the crow that was in the playground. Sally told us that animal prints are lucky for Aboriginal people. When they see animal prints they know that there are animals near them. They would go hunting for the animals. By Savannah K. Hi! Do you want to hear about the best excursion ever? Then read right here… Last Thursday we went to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Sally took us around to the Australia Garden. Then we kept on walking to the area where we did ochre art. There were only men’s handprints which showed that only men were allowed in that area. We learnt about them believing in two Gods. One was an eagle called Bunjil. The other one was a crow. When they saw an eagle or a crow they felt protected. After the lessons with Sally we went on a walking track to a playground. The playground was so much fun! After the playground we walked up to the Trig Lookout Tower. We could see all the way to Mt Dandenong. What a fun day! By Samantha C. Last Thursday we had the best excursion ever! All the 1/2s went to the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens. I liked doing the ochre art. We used the ochre paint to get your handprint. We made the ochre paint by putting water on the ochre and rubbing another stone on it. By Stephanie W. Last week we went to the Botanic Gardens. We had a teacher called Sally. We did ochre art. I put my handprint on the wall. By Antonio C.

Our Excursion to the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens - Grade 1/2S - Some of our highlights…. I could see a wombat burrow and I learnt about aboriginals. By Brooklyn. My favourite activity for the day was the aboriginal talk and we saw a wombat burrow and wombat poo on the way to have lunch. By Liam. We went to the lookout. My favourite thing was playing on the see- saw. By Abigail. When we got up all the stairs, to the lookout we could see far, far, far, far away. By Kaiya. We walked to the lookout and I saw the city, this was my favourite part. By Hamish. My favourite activity for the day was the tea. We got to taste lemon myrtle tea it was yummy and delicious. By Amelia B. First we went to the River Walk and we had our snack. By Tanya. In the gardens we were twisting through a maze! My favourite part was seeing the wombat burrow because it looked interesting. By April. At the top of the tower I could see the city and we walked to the playground to have our lunch. By Gemma. A woman called Gwen told us about how the aboriginal people lived and used their tools. My favourite part was feeling the tools. By Ethan. At the top of the lookout we could see the city. By Jonty.

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We walked to the lookout we learnt about plants. By Aiden.

I really liked walking around the gardens and discovering things. By Mitchell.

My favourite part was holding the aboriginal belongings. By Seth.

Gwen took us to drink lemon myrtle tea. It tasted like normal water, but a little warm. By Cara.

We walked to the lookout and I saw the city. By Riley.

My favourite thing was learning about the aboriginal people. By Elise.

I liked the lookout because it was high and I love heights. By Chelsea.

We played on the playground and I had a swing and a see- saw. by Laura W.

BREAKFAST CLUB Don’t forget that Breakfast Club is on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8.20am. All students are welcome to come down to the stadium to try the delicious and nutritious smoothies or a bowl of hot porridge. Karen and Michele whip up a range of yummy breakfast treats each week and would love to see you there. This week, any donations of eggs would be gratefully received.

JAPANESE CORNER

Firstly, I’d like to say thank you so much to the Crossman Family. I had a great time with them during the last three weeks. They have taken me to see many places such as, a Festival, football game, museum, zoo, watching birds and kangaroos, etc. Everything was amazing, especially when I saw wild kangaroos, I was so excited! I loved Mrs Crossman’s cooking! Her cooking is not only healthy, but also delicious. I also loved the coffee’s which Mr Crossman made. Jack always gave me some yummy snacks and Samantha always worried about me. Their Grandmother is very much like my grandmother. Zoe, who is their dog is one of my best friends. I will never forget my three weeks spent with them. TOMOKO KIKUCHI

Happy Birthday Tomoko! It is Tomoko’s Birthday today so from all of the students, parents and staff at Kalinda we wish Tomoko a very happy Birthday. Hiromi Hagihara LOTE Teacher

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CROYDON ROTARY SPEECH COMPETITION On Monday, 1st August, Lucas W. (56K) and Abbey W. (56J) entered the Croydon Rotary Melba College Speech Competition. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to put themselves forward to participate in an exciting and formal evening. As public speaking is ranked highly as one of the worst adult fears, these students have faced an amazing challenge. Lucas’s speech was titled, ‘It All Happened So Quickly,’ and Abbey chose, ‘If I Could Be Principal of My School, I would…’ The evening runs over two nights, and many schools from around the area enter. Each student receives a certificate, a journal and a pen. Kalinda Primary School would like to thank Croydon Rotary and Melba College for hosting this annual event. “It was really exciting, and I’m hoping to do more things like this in the future.” Lucas W. “It was quite formal and a lot of fun. It was a terrific night. I felt very nervous, but I thought if other people can do it, then I can do it.” Abbey W. LYSE CARLSON GRADE 5/6C

This year we will be celebrating Literacy and Book Week in the week beginning Monday 8 th August. Throughout the week children will be reading several of the books nominated for the Australian Children’s Book of the Year awards. The highpoint of our celebration will be Friday 12th August. On this day children are being asked to come dressed as something from the THRASS chart. We will be holding a THRASS Parade in the stadium at 9:30am, this will be followed by two multi-aged literacy based rotations, where children will visit two different classrooms and experience two different picture story books and fun activities linked to the books. After recess the fun continues with a very special book week performance Fair Dinkum. Celebrating the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 theme ‘Australia: Story Country’, Fair Dinkum is an action packed, fun filled adventure that encourages children of all ages to consider how significant books can be, not only as a means of entertainment and escape, but as a way of informing their understanding of the world around us. The performance features a selection of the CBC’s 2016 Shortlisted Books. Erin Norman Literacy Coordinator

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ORAL HEALTH DAY On Friday morning, 26

th August we will be holding an ‘Oral Health Day’. St. Mark

Dental Clinic from Wantirna will be coming in to talk to all grades about dental hygiene. This information will be age-appropriate and held in separate groups throughout the morning – Foundation to Grade 2, Grades 3 & 4 and Grades 5 & 6. If you wish your child to then undergo a dental check after the information sessions, please complete and return the permission form sent home last Friday, and return to school by Monday, 22

nd August. This will be held at no

cost to the school or families. If you have any queries regarding this program, please contact the office. GILL KNOWLES ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH ALERT This is to inform you that we have had several cases of Gastroenteritis across all levels of the school this week! If your child does contract Gastro, according to Health Department guidelines, they must not come to school until 48 hrs after symptoms have cleared. For further information, please visit the Health Department site at: www.health.vic.gov.au or contact your family doctor.

ILLNESS Winter months are always cold, wet and fraught with illness. We have had many children away already this term, as well as sick teachers. If your child is ill, please do not send them to school as this only makes the cycle of illness go round and round. Please make sure your emergency contact details are up-to-date in case we have to ring you. We do not have space to be tending to sick children at school.

CANTEEN NEWS

Hot Soup Our Soup Restaurant is proving to be very popular on Thursdays. Here’s how it works:

Bowls of soup will be available on Thursdays only in the Multi-Purpose room .

Choose from Chicken & Sweet Corn, Tomato & Vegetable or Pumpkin.

Cost will be $5.00 which includes a buttered bread roll.

Order your preferred choice in the normal way ie Lunch Order Bag.

At 1:10pm come to the Multi-Purpose room out of the cold and enjoy your lunch. Hot Soup Thursdays will continue for the rest of this term. JO O’CALLAGHAN CANTEEN MANAGER

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Voting For CUA Community Care Now Open!

Voting for CUA Community Care is now open and we’re keen to get as many votes as we can! To recap, we have entered this community-focused initiative run by CUA to be in the running to win $5,000 for a school project of our nomination –a new Outdoor Learning Centre. Our project is to build an outdoor learning centre in ur existing vegetable garden area. The students will use the outdoor learning centre as a project centre for our gardening studies. Activities will include: seed saving, organic gardening practices and native plant studies. We’re up against 19 other schools in the area to take out the $5,000 prize and, as the winner is determined by community voting, we need your votes! \ To learn more about the program and our project proposal, please visit www.cuacommunitycare.com.au and select our school from the drop-down menu. Voting is simple; you can place your vote via this website or go to the local CUA branch. Your local CUA branch is at Eastland Shopping Centre. The branch details are: Shop 1067, Eastland Shopping Centre, Maroondah Highway, VIC 3134 Phone: (03) 8878 5000 (Coles entrance, near Priceline Pharmacy and travelator up to Big W) Don’t forget, every person can vote once online AND once in the branch. Also, voting is open to anyone so please feel free to get friends and families involved and voting. So, place your votes and help us be in with a good chance of winning $5,000 to improve our school!

Voting closes at 4:30pm (AEST) on Tuesday 23 August. Thank you for your support. Kelly Woodman SAKG Specialist

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Parents & Friends Update

Winner of the cookbook name competition

Congratulations to Lucas in Foundation D for coming up with the fabulous name for our school community

cookbook - Kalindalicious! We have a great prize for Lucas that will be presented at assembly on Monday 15th

August (since there is no assembly next Monday).

There was a very similar name suggested by William in Grade 5/6M so we would like to present William with a prize

at assembly too.

We received 125 really creative entries in the ‘name the cookbook’ competition

so thank you and well done to everyone who sent in an entry!

Kalindalicious! On sale!

Pre-orders are now open for Kalindalicious!

Pre-order your copy for $20 before Monday 22nd

August and save $$$

(the regular price of the book will be $25 per copy after this date).

We anticipate delivery of the book during mid-late November so it would be perfect

for Christmas gifts for family and friends.

You don’t want to miss out - the recipes are AMAZING!

Pre-orders are only open until Monday 22nd

August so please return your order form

(being sent home today) and payment to the front office by that date.

Kalinda Kafé

Kalinda Kafé will be closed next Monday 8th August but open each Monday for the rest of the term.

Come down and have some morning tea and a catch-up over a nice hot cuppa.

Father’s Day Stall

We have been busy finding some brilliant gifts for Dad, Grandpa and Uncles. All the details will be coming home soon (including options to help out if you would like to).

Father’s Day Stall – Wednesday 24th August

P&F Meeting

Monday 15

th August, 9.30am in the stadium.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

www.facebook.com/kalindaparentsandfriends - kalindapandf@gmail.com

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS Canberra Camp 2017 Deposit: This event is now open on Compass, due today, 4

th August. If you are unable to

process your payment/consent through Compass, please visit the office to make payment. Credit Card & BPay payments – Please remember that we cannot accept payments of less than $10 for credit card and less than $30 for BPay. If you are paying by BPay, please also send in a short email or note letting us know the amount, what the payment was for and the BPay Receipt number, to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au If payments of less than $10 are received, we will be returning them home and asking for cash payment. COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to log in to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add / Approve Absence” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER UNIFORM SHOP Opening Times: The Uniform Shop is open every Monday from 3:00 – 3:45pm. SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS STUDENT BANKING – EVERY FRIDAY As notified in previous newsletters, the Student Banking is now being done through Bendigo Bank. If you have not opened an account as yet, spare account opening kits are available through the office. For those students with Dollarmite accounts, you are still able to deposit through your local Commonwealth Bank branch, or you can also open a Bendigo Bank account.

APPLES - STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will next be delivering apples on Thursday 18th

August. If you would like to order apples, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 17

th August. Bags are approximately 5-6kg.

Available at the moment are: Pink Ladies, Fujis, & Granny Smiths at $10 per bag (approx. 5-6kg).

Green and Brown pears are now available at $8 per bag.

ENROLMENTS DUE NOW

FOR FOUNDATION 2017

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK!

Janet Yen shared this recipe with the Kalinda community a few years ago and I thought it was time it had a comeback.

This is so easy to make and everyone will want seconds!!!

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Janet’s Fruit Loaf

What you need: 1 cup self-raising flour ½ cup wholemeal self-raising flour 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup dried mixed fruit ½ cup coconut ½ cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon of golden syrup 1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 180°. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl and put into a loaf tin. Bake for approximately 45 minutes. Serve buttered. Wendy McLaughlan Kalinda Chef

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events. The Department of Education & Training (DET) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DET and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.