Welcome back to the new term. From my conversations with the students

it seems like there were plenty of great holiday activities and, better than that, they were

all happy to be back at school.

Staff Development Day - On Monday the staff took part in a foundation session run by

Kidsxpress: Understanding Adversity -A Brain based approach to learning and behaviour.

The course provided staff with foundational knowledge in the neuroscience of challenging

behaviour; key concepts in trauma informed education, as well as practical classroom and

playground strategies to support wellbeing and learning readiness. The session helped

staff develop an understanding of the prevalence and impact of toxic stress and trauma

on learning and behaviour, and practical trauma-informed education strategies which

help students to be learning ready and build skills to manage their behaviour successfully.

Great start to the term!!!

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The staff and I are looking forward to a great ten weeks!! Opening of Gunar Garung our outdoor learning space, Recorder Group to the Opera

House, Education Week (Week 3) Every Student Every Voice, Choir at KHS, Book Week

Parade 23/8, Dance at the Joan, Stage 2 Camp to Bathurst, Primary Proms to Sydney

Town Hall….. just to name a few plus a Disco and Trivia Night!!

To stay up with all that is happening stay tuned to KatNews each week.

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2020 Kindergarten enrolments are now open.

If you have neighbours who intend to enrol their child here please let them know. We

have great Kinder Orientation activities coming up!

Starting School Play Group started this week.. if you have children starting school this is

an important activity to get involved in - a great opportunity for you and your child to

get to know everyone ready for 2020.

Fiona Paine Principal

From the Principal

Friday 26th July Gunar Garung opening (no assembly) Thursday 1st August Recorder Group to Opera House Friday 23rd August Book Week Parade Tuesday 27th August Father’s Day Stall

KatNews Newsletter Date The official newsletter of Katoomba Public School

Volume 2019 No: 22 Term 3 Week 1, 25th July 2019

School Expectations

Respect Yourself

Respect Others

Respect the

Environment

Uniform Shop opens

every Tuesday from

9am-9.30am

Canteen is not

Operating in 2019

No Assembly this

week due to

Official Opening of

Gunar Garung.)

The Virtue this

week is

Joyfulness

Our PBL Lesson is

“ Revise all

Settings”

School banking is

every Tuesday

Merriwa Street, Katoomba NSW 2780

Tel: 4782 1226 Fax: 4782 2996

Email: katoomba-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.katoomba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Upcoming Events …………

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Thank you Chook Monitors … and everyone else! Thank you to Lily, Freya and Willow and their families for the fabulous job you did looking after the chickens in the holidays. I hope you enjoyed the eggs they laid for you to say “thanks”!

Thank you also to all our volunteers who are straight back on the job as soon as the holidays are over. On the very first day back I passed people doing student banking, working in the uniform shop, bringing donated fruit boxes and changing home readers – and I’m sure that I missed many others popping in to do a bit around the school. So a huge thank you to you all!

We want to hear what YOU want! Going home with this newsletter is a note asking for your feedback on topics that you might be interested in finding out more about in parent/carer information sessions. It would be great to find out what sort of short information sessions or workshops you’d like and what time of day suits you best. If you have time, please fill in the form and return it to school with your child.

Gunar Garung helpers in the holidays In the holidays we had a group of enthusiastic young helpers from the CMS’s MMM camp come and volunteer at school. They spent a couple of hours weeding Gunar Garung and putting plant guards around our plants to protect them from the cockatoos. It’s looking great.

Cate Paterson

KPS Community Liaison Officer

Community Liaison News

P&C Fundraising Disco

P&C fundraising.. DISCO!!!

Friday 16th August

5pm – 7pm

$5 child entry includes:

Nacho’s Dinner, Drink and a finger glow light

Parents/Carers will be able to buy dinner for $3

We do need volunteers on the night

to help serve

Please call or text April 0481128118

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Congratulations to the following students who received awards in Week 10

Principal Book Awards: Ziggy Buhler, Keira Brennan, Harry Taylor, George Lawday, Ivy McManus, Eve Miller.

KG : Emelia Erntner K/1C: Henry Fisher

1PS: Macarthur Wallace 1/2B: Laila Madden

2G: Quinn Bosman-Cooper 2/3H: -

3/4S: Zoe Locke 3/4T: Polly Turner

5W: Harry Taylor 5/6A: Sascha Mosig, Phynix Hail

5/6K: Beau Murray, Finn Cousins K/6N: Isaac Riley Page

Education Week

You are invited to -

Education Week: Every Student Every Voice

KPS Open Afternoon

Wednesday 7th August

You are welcome to have lunch and play with your child from 1.30pm and following

from 2.00pm Classrooms will be open for Lesson Observations.

Please come along and take the opportunity to see your child

in their class environment.

Community Notice You Don’t Know Me From a Bar of Soap

Yaslene’s and Zvi’s Dad Alan Schacher is making an artwork and performance that

requires USED pieces of soap (not liquid soap). If you could donate a scrap of soap

from your household please leave it in the tub at the front office. The soap pieces

can be loose (if dry) or otherwise please put them in a paper bag or wrapper but not plastic.

They are required by Friday 2nd August at the latest.

Many Thanks!

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Mental Health and Wellbeing are important to us. We are participating in a new mental health initiative called the Got It! Program.

All K-2 families will be receiving an information note today.

Got It!

Parent Programs We are planning some

great parent programs in

the coming weeks. Please

help us understand what

you would like by filling

out the questionnaire on

the back of this KatNews.

Education Week Parent Session - Save the Date. On Tuesday 6th August 3:30pm. We will

be having a parent session on moving from Bullying to Wellbeing. Hear about how KPS is

combating bullying and promoting positive wellbeing. Participate in a circletime! There

will even be childcare!

Circle of Security - Parenting Program will be held at our school! FREE Every Monday 9:30

-11:30am from 12th August – 23rd Sept. Childcare available. Register online through

Gateway Family Services.

P&C Tea Towel Fundraiser The KPS P&C are fundraising with Tea Towels again this year! These tea towels

feature a drawing of all the students and the teachers with their names (the

students draw their own portraits) and make a wonderful memento of school

life.

We will be selling them for $12 each (or 3 for $30) and they will be available

before Christmas. To make sure they’re ready in time to be given as Christmas

gifts we have to start drawing soon. Paper and the special marker pens will be

going around to classes early this term to make sure we get drawings of every-

one’s faces. We’ll be seeking final order numbers later in Term 3, for delivery

during Term 4.

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PARENT WORKSHOP SURVEY

We have the opportunity to provide a variety of free and low cost workshops and information sessions for

parents and carers and want to know the sorts of things that you would be interested in. If you have the

time, please fill out and return this form with your child by Thursday 1 August.

If we were to offer a short information session, which of the following topics would be of

interest to you (pick one or more):

Emotion coaching

Anxiety in kids

ADHD

Building resilience in our kids

Special play workshop

Bullying

Helping kids develop social skills

______________________________ Please add any other topic of interest

Would you prefer to see information sessions or workshops run:

During school hours

In the afternoon after school

In the evening

Would it make it easier for you to attend if there was free or low-cost childcare provided?

Yes

No

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with feedback.

Angie Wilson Assistant Principal, Welfare 25 July 2019

Please tear off this page and return it to your child’s teacher