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Newsletter No. 16 - Term 2 – Week 7 31 May 2018

On Tuesday our Foundation students, their teachers and some brave parent-helpers embarked on our very first school excursion to Healesville Sanctuary. Some of us couldn’t sleep the night before because we were so excited about going on a bus for the first time! They had seatbelts and everything! We were met by the educator, Bec, who engaged us with a chat about Tasmanian Devils. We had fun pretending to run and growl and eat like Tasmanian Devils. We then set off on our adventure to discover how animals change and how they adapt to their environment. We met some great keepers and educators on our travels and were able to do things the general public doesn’t. Some of us got to pat a blue tongue lizard behind the scenes at the reptile house. Some of us fed a bilby. Some of us fed a red-tailed black cockatoo. We even had adventures eating our lunch. There were some very cheeky ibis who were intent on stealing our lunches. Lucky our parent helpers were so good at shepherding! One of the highlights of the day of the Spirits of the Sky bird show. We were fascinated by how different birds have adapted to survive like the buzzard using a stone to break open emu eggs and the black kite eating on the wing. We learnt that swapping to recycled toilet paper can have a big impact on saving habitat for birds and other animals. There were some very tired little Foundlings on the bus ride home and we hope they slept well that night. A very big, heartfelt thank you to all our parent helpers who helped us on the day. It would not have been a success without you and we hope you slept soundly that night too! Below are some of the children’s reflections on the day. I saw a python, blue tongue lizard and snakes. I learnt that echidnas eat ants. - Liam S I saw a kangaroo. I saw a platypus show. I saw a bird show. I learnt that koalas eat 1200 leaves a day. - Pippi I saw a platypus show and we saw the birds. I learnt about baby Tasmanian Devils, that they are little like the size of your little fingernail. - Charlotte G I saw a cuddly koala in a tree. I saw some toilet paper. - Gavin

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Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families – 24 - 31 May 2018 Notice Distributed to: Due Date:

Kalinda Disco Information Letter Foundation n/a

Kalinda Disco Forms (Prep – 2 Yellow / Gr. 3-6 Blue) Whole School 08/06/18

Australia’s Biggest Afternoon Tea Families 01/06/18

Incursion – Red Riding Robyn Hood Gr. 3/4s (via Compass) 22/07/18

Ringwood North District Cross Country (via Compass) 22/05/18

Kalinda House Athletics Carnival Gr. 3-6 (via Compass) 16/07/18

Hot Dog Day All students 15/06/18

Fundraising Cookie Dough Order Form Families 08/06/18

CANTEEN NEWS Keep a look out for Hot Dog Order forms which were sent home today!

June

5th - District Cross Country - Australia’s Biggest Afternoon Tea – 2:30pm 11th - Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 16th - Kalinda Disco (P&F) 18th - School Council Mtg – 7:30pm 24th - Working Bee – 10am – 12noon 27th - Special Food Day – Hot Dog Day 28th - Canteen Closed for Term 2 29th - End of Term 2 – 2:30pm dismissal July

16th - Beginning of Term 3 27th - 3/4 Incursion – Red Riding Robyn Hood 30th - Gr. 3-6 House Athletics Carnival August

7th - Production Day Rehearsal & Night perf. – George Wood Theatre – YVG. 8th - Production – George Wood Theatre - YVG 18th - Working Bee (Saturday) 10am – 12noon 29th - Father’s Day Stall 31st - Book Week Celebration Day September

6th - Cyber Safety Incursion 10-12th - Gr. 3/4 Phillip Island Adventure Camp 19th - Footy Maths Day 21st - End Term 3 – 2:30pm Dismissal

FORWARD DATES:

Grade 5/6 Canberra Trip – 25th – 29th March 2019 TERM DATES 2018

Term 1 – 29 Jan – 29 March (Students resume 31 January) (Easter – Good Friday 30th March) Term 2 – 16 April – 29 June Term 3 – 16 July – 21 September Term 4 – 8 October – 21 December CANTEEN ROSTER

4/6 Karen P. 5/6 Closed (icypoles & lunchboxes only) 6/6 Susanne H. 7/6 Elisha McP. 8/6 Jeanette I. & Amanda C.

**Please use the new menu (sent out in Week 1 of this term). Please check prices as some have changed. The canteen is open before school to purchase Brain Food and Recess snacks.

ENROL NOW FOR 2019

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/A Kailyn V.P. - For showing our key concept, ‘be brave – participate to progress’, in her friendships and learning. You should be extremely proud of your bravery Kailyn. Eloise L. - For consistently following our Golden Rule and showing great care towards her friends. F/A is lucky to have a person like you in our grade, Eloise! F/B Harper V.D.J. - For answering questions with confidence on our excursion to Healesville Sanctuary. Charlotte G. - For stepping outside your comfort zone and participating bravely in our class activities. F/J Mikayla H. - For all the interesting facts you shared with us at Healesville Sanctuary. Sara B. - For participating bravely during whole class discussions. F/K Grace H. - For being such an enthusiastic and positive member of Foundation K. Eziah J. - For participating bravely in our Play is the Way games and trying new things. F/Z Harrison K. - For pursuing your personal best in Writer’s Workshops, when writing about Healesville Sanctuary. Willow C. - For your enthusiasm and determination in Reading and Writing. 12A Aidan W. - For working so cooperatively with his partner in our Play is the Way game. Hani O. - For persisting and trying his hardest in our Reader’s Workshop. 12B Isaac B. - For making good learning choices within the classroom. Jordan S. - For pursuing your personal best in your completed tasks this week. 12E Gabriel B. - For your beautiful descriptive writing about “Fire”. Your word choices created a striking picture in the reader’s mind. Wonderful work! Stirling W. - For challenging yourself to experiment with word choices. Your writing about “Fire” was excellent. Very well done. Jacob S. - For great work in Maths using different addition strategies. Having a go helps you progress – well done! Marli C. - For consistently following our Golden Rule and being a considerate and helpful member of our class. Keep it up! 12F Jordan C. - For his excellent role as an ICT Monitor and valuable contributions to our class ‘Play is the Way’ discussions. 12H Serena F. - For always treating others as you would like them to treat you. Taylah D. - For working hard and trying to do your best in class. 12K Isla L. - For using a variety of punctuation, including talking marks in her narrative, “Vicky Gets Stuck in Space!” Ethan H. - For writing an excellent bold beginning for his narrative on “fire”. Ruby P. - For always following our ‘Golden Rule’, treat others as you would like them to

treat you! 34C Sienna S. - For consistently demonstrating the Golden Rule, and treating all her peers with kindness. 34F Zach A. - For pursuing your Personal Best and understanding that you can learn just as much from failure as success. Gloria X. - For being brave and speaking up, asking questions when she is unsure what to do! 34P Bailey B. - For showing bravery, as you are now making strong learning choices. I am so proud of your successes, Bailey. Ethan H. - For always pursuing his personal best and for being a true friend to others. You are wonderful, Ethan. Leah P. - For showing what hard work and perseverance can achieve. 34S Nathan McC. - For thinking before he acts and for respecting the rights of others. Free G. - For not allowing himself to get distracted by others and for respecting the rights of others. 56B Gabriella C. - For consistently giving every piece her absolute best and always looking to extend her learning. 56D Brodie S. - For being a leader in our grade and prioritising doing what’s right over winning.

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SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR UPDATE:

The recent Book Fair sold almost $7,500 worth of items.

A BIG thank you to everyone who made a purchase as all the profits earned go to Kalinda.

The following people donated books to either their classroom or to the Library, so a special thank you should go

their way.

Ayda – 3/4 S

Chloe – 1/2 S

Yumiao – FK

Ryan – FZ

Dylan – 1/2 K

Phuri – FJ

Abby – 1/2 E

Eva – 1/2 S

Lily – 1/2 K

Natasha – 3/4 L

Patrick – 1/2 A

Flynn - FZ

WENDY ROBERTSON LIBRARY TECHNICIAN

STUDENT BANKING EVERY FRIDAY Simply place your money into the deposit book cover and fill in the deposit slip. Send to school every Friday morning, it will be processed and returned to your child’s class on Mondays. Spare account opening kits are available from the office, or through Bendigo Bank at Heathmont.

KALINDA PANTRY Thank you to everyone who has already made donations to our Pantry. Your help is much appreciated by families in need. We welcome any donations at any time to the Kalinda Pantry and the Breakfast Club. Donations can be left at the office for your convenience.

BREAKFAST CLUB Thank you everyone for your donations of milk, we do have enough to last the term now but would welcome more in Terms 3 & 4. We would also welcome any donations of healthy cereal (remember – no nuts please), e.g. weetbix, cornflakes, special K, etc. KAREN KLEWER BREKKY CLUB COORDINATOR

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Tsunami Appeal Green Tea Ice-cream Fund Raising

----Thank you! -------Arigato! -------- Thank YOU very much for your support on the Open Night. We have raised approx. $550 which will go to the Japan Red Cross Tsunami Appeal. Special thanks go to Branch Out Ambasadors and their mums who came to help scooping the greentea ice cream, receiving the money, making the greentea icecream and also displaying the posters around the school. This year, we have a wonderful group from Grade 1/2E who have shown inisiatives of making origami and selling them with colouring sheets. Arigato for your special fund rasing! Abby, Isla, Jacob, lily, Sayane and their very supportive mums. Arigato to our amazing canteen manager, Justine, and office staff for helping us.

Thank You!! Arigato!!

White sensei and Hiromi sensei (Japanese Language teachers)

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Kalinda Parents & Friends Committee is hosting our annual

BIGGEST AFTERNOON TEA 2018

Please come and enjoy some tea, coffee, cordial and afternoon tea while

raising much needed funds for Cancer research and services.

When: Tuesday 5th June

Session 1: – 2:30 - 3:25pm Session 2: – 3:30 - 4:30pm Where: Kalinda Kafé, Stadium Foyer

Cost: $5 adults, $2 Children

RSVP: and prepayment due to office by Friday 1st June # If you would like to bring a plate please contact:

candicewilson1980@hotmail.com Please complete the form sent home this week and return, with payment, to the office by Friday 1st June. Thank you for your order and donation. FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

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Our Term 2 Fundraiser is here so get in fast and order your Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough just

in time for school holidays.

Please return your brochure & monies by Friday 8th June, orders will be sent home with your

child on Thursday 28th June.

Purchase the Gingerbread dough and receive a FREE Gingerbread Man cookie cutter.

The kids will love baking their very own Gingerbread Men.

Billy G’s is an Australian family owned and operated business. There are ten (10) delicious flavours including a new

Gingerbread and Shortbread Biscuit dough, a cheese flavoured Doggie Dough that your favourite furry animals

will go bonkers over and a Gluten Free Choc Chunk. There are FREE PRIZES detailed in the order form. The more

tubs you sell, the better the prize!

The cookie dough is packed in a reusable 1kg tub which makes 40 x 25g cookies. 35c-40c per

cookie.

You can REFREEZE the cookie dough and thaw it out as you require for baking.

You can keep the thawed cookie dough in your refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.

Paying for your orders, you have two options:

In person: Return monies with the attached order form with your prize selection to your

coordinator for yourself and multiple orders for family, friends and neighbours.

Order and pay online: Go to www.cookiedough.com.au and place your order and pay

online.

All orders to be placed and paid for by Friday 8th June.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS

GRADE 3/4 PHILLIP ISLAND CAMP - The Grade 3/4 Camp instalments are now live on Compass and open for payment and consent under Course confirmations. Instalment payments are $80 each and due on 4/6, 22/6 and 18/7. You can also pay in full at the office. The balance owing is $240. If you have CSEF please come to the office so we can adjust your balance owing. GRADE 3/4 Red Riding Robyn Hood Incursion - This event should now be showing on your child’s event tab on Compass. Please consent and pay through Compass before 22nd July. WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS – There has been some confusion recently over the requirements of Working With Children Checks. If parents, family members, or members of the community would like to volunteer their time at Kalinda Primary School (or any other school or childcare service) they will need a current Working With Children Check. The WWCC card you receive will then need to be presented to the office for copying. They will then be added to our WWCC Register. If this card is not presented, you will not be able to help out in any area of the school or on excursions outside of the school. If you would like to apply for a WWCC, this needs to be done online through: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/ Once you have registered your card at the office you may help out in any area of the school, i.e. classroom activities, sports days, excursions, canteen, SAKG, etc. However, before you do this you must enter via the office and sign the Visitors Register and wear a Visitors badge before you proceed to the area you are visiting. If you are eligible for Camps, Sports & Excursions Funding (CSEF), please do not process through Compass, as this will alter the amount owed. Complete your excursion permission form and bring into the Office for 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. The 2017 Parent Payment Policy and the Kalinda Primary School Hardship Policy is located on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/ - Notices & Forms, for your information. . If you have any queries regarding any of the above, please contact the Office. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to login to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add Note / Approval” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports

REMINDER. The RHSports Retail Shop will be closed Friday June 1st.

The shop will closed all day for stocktake. (Normal retail shop trading will resume at 9.00am on

Monday June 4th. Alternatively, online ordering will be available during this period)

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Support your school and enjoy discounts on so many fun activities and places to eat.

There is so much to choose from.

We have a small number of books at the school right now with more being delivered

very soon so grab yours to start enjoying the discounts now’.

A Kalinda Mum’s experience with the Entertainment Book she has had for 4 months– Mum of 2 primary school children:-

“We purchased the Woolworths vouchers which has a 5% discount and used these to purchase fuel using our

Everyday Rewards card - we receive another 4 % discount = 9% discount (who wouldn’t want 9% discount on fuel

every time you filled up!).

We also use the vouchers to purchase groceries meaning we have a 5% discount on all groceries before we even

walk in the store. Plus discounts at Big W, Dan Murphy, Chemist Warehouse. In 4 months, by just using the

discounts, we have saved $495!

Then there are the free coffees – Coffee Club, Laurent and 2 for 1 voucher with bowling, Crocs, Roller skating,

plus discounts at Lindos, Carlos Cantina, Pancake Parlour, Mrs Fields.

We love the electronic version and it shows me that in just 4 months we have saved $177 dollars on just 8 activities.

All local activities and using everyday benefits for food and fuel means a savings in 4 months of approx. $672.

Wouldn’t be without it and love that it’s easy to use and helps my children’s school raise money.”

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events and information. 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.

APPLES

STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will be delivering apples on Thursday 7 June. If you would like to order apples or pears, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 6 June. Bags are approximately 5-6kg and are freshly picked from the orchard.

Pink Ladies (NEW SEASON), Royal Galas, Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Fujis are now $12 per bag. Green & Brown pears are now available too, also at $10 per bag. Jazz apples available at the moment for $15 per 5-6kg bag.

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Nathan Pearson Bootcamps

When: Saturday Mornings

Time: 8am-9am

Where: Kalinda Primary Multi-Purpose Room

Cost: $15 per session

Contact: nathan24.np@gmail.com or 0418739729 for more information

(Sessions capped @ 18)