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Kuluin Classifieds

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(All advertising must be deemed suitable

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Would you like your birthday included in

the Kuluin School Calendar?

Once again we are giving Kuluin School children the opportunity to have their name printed on the school calendar. We will record your child’s name on the month/date of their birthday. All you need to do is return this slip and include $2.00 for each child’s entry. Please fill out a separate sheet for each child. All names and money must be dropped into the collection window by Thursday 31 October, in a sealed envelope marked ”Birthday”.

Month of Birthday: ____________________________________ Date of Birthday: ____________________________________ Given Name: ______________________________ Family Name: ______________________________ Class:___________ Phone No.: _________________________

If you require multiple forms - fill out the above details on a separate

blank piece of paper. Please print clearly!

Parade Change Term 4

Prep, 1, 2 & 3 Parades will return to Wednesday morning at 9:00am.

Dale Wolfenden Deputy Principal

P & C News

Kuluin School Spellathon

Forms will be coming home this week

Spellathon Testing will be held on

Wednesday 30th October

Return Spellathon Money & Forms by

Friday 8 November to gain incentive prizes/random draw entry and to be included in the winning class totals

School Disco

Thursday 7 November

Volunteers required for Supervision,

Canteen and BBQ

Christmas Raffle

Raffle Tickets will come home on Tuesday

20 November

Raffle Drawn Thursday 12th December

Great Prizes!

Joke of the Week

Q. What do you get when you mix all the days of the week in a blender?

A. A sundae! Kobi Wright - 6PA

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Kuluin

From Your Principal

I would like to congratulate all of our students and staff on a very smooth start to the final Term of the school year. Well done everyone! Quadrennial School Review (QSR) The school is currently undertaking a review of all areas of operation of our school. The purpose of this review is to set the direction for the next four years for our school. In order for us to gain a better understanding of how our school is running and the way it is seen by others, particularly our parent body, we would appreciate it if you could complete a survey. This survey should take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Please follow the link below. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K9YGKXC It would be appreciated if this survey could be completed by 23 October. Thank you in anticipation for your support. Student Leadership Process for 2014. For our current Year 5 & Year 6 students next year will be their final year of Primary School. Therefore, the Student Leadership Process for our school will be quite different for 2014. The election process will be occurring during Term 4 and has currently commenced. All of the students have been made aware of the process and the associated timelines. Two separate, yet identical processes will run for both Year 5 and Year 6. Mr Randall will be coordinating the Year 5 process and Mr Allen will be coordinating the Year 6 process. At the end of the election process the following positions

should be filled. Only student leaders may run for these positions.

State OptiMINDS Congratulations to our Science Engineering and Language Literature Opti-MINDS teams who participated in the State Finals in Brisbane on the weekend. Both of our teams performed to a very high standard and enjoyed this very special experience. An opportunity such as this does not occur without the hard work and organisation that goes on behind the scenes. I would like to sincerely thank our four Opti-MINDS facilitators – Ms Stunden, Mrs Neighbour, Mrs Bowd and Mrs McCormack who have invested a huge amount of time to supervise, facilitate support and nurture our students. I would also like to acknowledge our supportive group of parents who have been committed to our school teams from the beginning of Opti-MINDS. Thank you to our school community who have helped to support our

students financially to make this experience more affordable for each of our students.

Alison Welch - Principal

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KULUIN SCHOOL

Principal Alison Welch Deputy Principals Jill Kindt Dale Wolfenden Head of Special Ed Services Catherine Dolphin Business Manager Buleah O’Shea Office Karen Krutli Ashleigh Robins Guidance Officer Kim Smith School Chaplain Glen Chambers Community Development Pauline Belsar - 5477 3727 Outside School Hours Care Pam Kildey - 5477 0175 Tuckshop Kellie Bell 5477 3748 P&C President Peter Luke School Dental Clinic Dental Van - 0407 695 226 School Watch 13 17 88 Newsletter Email Address newsletteritems@kuluinss.eq.edu.au ADDRESS Tallow Wood Drive, Kuluin 4558 TELEPHONE 5477 3777 FACSIMILE 5477 3700 E MAIL

info@kuluinss.eq.edu.au WEBSITE

http://www.kuluinss.eq.edu.au OFFICE HOURS: 8:00am - 3:30pm

21 October Pupil Free Day

22 October Spirit of Kuluin Awards - Nominations Open

23 October Student Council Selling Ice-Creams Outside Library 1st Lunch

24 October Bookclub Orders Due for Issue 7

25 October World Teachers Day

29 October Kuluin School 26th Birthday

30 October Kuluin School Spellathon - Testing Day

31 October Year 6 Leadership Day - Apex Camp Mudjimba

1 November Year 5 Leadership Day - Apex Camp Mudjimba

Dates To Remember Break Times First Bell: 8:50am School Commences: 9:00am First Session: 9:00am – 11:00am First Break: 11:00 – 11:40am Second Session: 11:40 -1:40pm Second Break: 1:40 – 2:10pm Last Session: 2:10 – 3:00pm

Year 5 - 2013 Year 6 - 2013 Total positions for 2014

Student Council (6 positions) - 3 Boys & 3 Girls One boy and one girl from this group will become Year 6 School Captains for 2014.

Student Council (6 positions)–3 Boys & 3 Girls One boy and one girl from this group will become Year 7 School Captains for 2014.

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Sports Captain (8 positions) – 1 Boy and 1 Girl per house. (School Captain can’t be a Sports Captain)

Sports Captain – (8 positions) 1 Boy and 1 Girl per house. (School Captain can’t be a Sports Captain)

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Performing Arts Captain (1 position) – 1 boy or girl. (School Captain can’t be a Performing Arts Captain)

Performing Arts Captain (1 position) – 1 boy or girl. (School Captain can’t be a Performing Arts Captain)

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Sports News

Aquathlon event is a 1km run/200m swim and 1 km run and will be held at Lake Kawana on Sunday November 10. It is open to children turning 11 and 12 in 2014 and it will serve as a selection for the State Championships in Hervey Bay in 2014. The nomination fee is $30.00. All the details are on the noticeboard near the Tuckshop. If your child is turning 13/14 years of age in 2014 and would like to do a triathlon this event will also be held at Lake Kawana on the same day. (The cost is $50.00 for the entry fee). The distances are 400m swim, 12km cycle and 4km run and this event is a selection trial for the Sunshine Coast Regional Team that will compete at the State Championships in 2014 at Hervey Bay on February 13 -15, 2014. If your child wishes to compete please see Mr Doherty for more details. Entries close on November 4 and entry forms need to be done through Triathlon Queensland. Swimming for Years 1 - 3 commences on Tuesday October 29 and notes will be forwarded to all classes. Tony Doherty PE Teacher

Bookclub - Issue 7

Orders for Issue 7 are due back to school NO LATER than Thursday 24 October. This is the 2nd last Issue for the year so now is a great time to be thinking about Christmas gift buying. Books are a wonderful gift to give to your child. If you would like to collect your order from the Library please attach a note and your contact details and I will phone you when your order arrives. Trish Koltermann Bookclub Co-ordinator

Parent Workshop

Half Day Workshops

Who: Prep - Year 7 school representatives interested in facilitating school-based Parent Information sessions in Mathematics.

When: Friday 8 November Session 1 - 9:00am – 12:00pm Session 2 - 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Discuss the key messages from the Australian Curriculum - Mathematics

Engage in activities, tasks and games suited for use with parent audiences

Develop capacity for presenting parent information sessions at school

Take a PowerPoint presentation and print materials suitable for use with a parent audience

For more information contact: Peter Carmichael Email: peter.carmichael@dete.qld.gov.au

Dance Fever Challenge 2013

What an outstanding event – the kids were awesome and the dancing was amazing. We had a very successful day with every child making at least one final and most making two finals. Well Done! Results Year 4 Cha Cha 2nd Aiden H and Kya W 3rd Shaynee R and Lily S Year 5 Cha Cha 1st Lucy H and Alicia K 2nd Cohen S and Lilly A Year 6 Cha Cha 1st Kaelan S and Eva A 2nd Daisy G and Jade G 3rd Lucy H and Alicia K Year 7 Cha Cha 1st Taylah R and Destinee H 2nd Kaelan S and Jade T 3rd Jack C and Kasey J Year 4 Foxtrot 2nd Shaynee R and Lily S 2nd Aiden H and Kya W Year 5 Foxtrot 1st Lucy H and Alicia K 2nd Mackenzie C and Leiayna G Year 6 Foxtrot 1st Lucy H and Alicia K 2nd Kaelan S and Eva A 3rd Geordie H and Mhia C Year 7 Foxtrot 1st Taylor D and Emily C 2nd Lachie B and Abbe M

Year 5 Overall Ballroom Champions Year 6 Overall Ballroom Champions Year 7 Overall Ballroom Champions

Our Show Dance was spectacular. The kids performed with enthusiasm and precision winning the audience over with their entertaining routine. All students involved in the 2013 Dance Fever Challenge should be extremely proud and deserve a gigantic congratulations. Hope to see all of you and more next year.

Jarda Samaha (Dance Fever Co-ordinator)

Kuluin School Disco

Junior & Senior Disco will run from 6:00 - 7:30pm on Thursday 7th November. The Hall will be divided into two areas - Junior (Prep - Year 3) and Senior (Year 4 - Year 7)

Cost $5.00 Entry Fee

Sausages, glowies, drinks and snack items will be available for purchase. As this is a fundraising event for the school, glowies brought from home are not permitted.

Children in Prep and Year 1 must be accompanied by a parent (not an older sibling). Please make sure you pick children up at 7:30 sharp! Our School Discos are held each term for the students of Kuluin School. It is a typical Disco with music, dancing, dimmed lights, excited children and noisy! This being the case it may not be suitable for children under 5. If you don’t have any alternative care and you are bringing little ones, please supervise children appropriately. Thanks in anticipation for helping us to keep all the children happy and safe. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Please We require lots of volunteers to run the Disco in a safe manner. If you can help with the door entry, supervision, canteen, cooking the bbq (5-6pm) please phone/email Pauline Belsar on 54773727 / pbels1@eq.edu.au if you can assist. Alternatively just send a note to school letting us know. P & C Committee

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Opti-MINDS State Finals

Our school’s Language Literature and Science Engineering teams participated in the awesome Opti-MINDS State Finals held at the University of Queensland last weekend. It was a huge event, with over 110 teams from throughout Queensland and Western Australia participating. Our fantastic teams presented their “Vision for the Future” projects (Capture Creativity and Chooks for Books) which were displayed in an ideas’ expo held on the Saturday. Our teams presented their ideas with confidence, maturity and enthusiasm. On the Sunday the teams had to solve a long term problem and a spontaneous problem.

The long term problems were very challenging! Consider this. Many fairy tales teach a moral or a lesson. Traditional fairy tales are stories that date back to 1749! Times have changed, in fact nearly everything has changed since most of these tales were written. What might a fairy tale – written in 2050 – look like and sound like? And this! As Ecotopia Jones had earlier discovered, the Topi-Topi Tribe have a thing about pendulum technology. Ecotopia’s most recent expedition has unearthed another pendulum structure, which for some reason is used to cause the displacement of small objects in opposite directions! But just what are these small objects? Why do they need to be ‘displaced’ and most importantly, what happens when they are displaced? These were precisely the dilemmas that the members of our Language Literature and Science Engineering teams faced! Team members could only use a few simple materials and had to solve all aspects of this complex problem within a three-hour time limit. Students had to incorporate their solution into a dramatic performance and create props and costumes as well! The students then presented their solution to a panel of judges and in front of an audience of hundreds of people. Our Kuluin students proved to be wonderful ambassadors for our school and worthy representatives of the Sunshine Coast region. The team handled the demanding three-hour problem-solving situation admirably displaying productive group skills, problem solving strategies and a confident demeanour. The teams both gave very credible performances on the day and thoroughly enjoyed participating in this special event. We are all immensely proud of the way our students conducted themselves. Their levels of maturity, commitment to hard work, co-operative team skills and pursuit of excellence were of the highest quality. Thank you to all our students for their dedication to the Opti-Minds process. I’m sure they have learned a great deal from their involvement. A special thank you to all our parent supporters. You were a fantastic cheer squad! Thank you also to our team facilitators, Julie Bowd, Janelle Neighbour and Denise McCormack. Your ongoing expertise, commitment and unwavering support are invaluable! Our teams’ ongoing successes could not occur without your involvement. May the Opti-Minds spirit be with you all! Bring on 2014! Opti-MINDS State Finalists

Science/Engineering Chelsea S Year 7, Jordan E Year 7 Clare H Year 7, Sophie K Year 6 Kayla A Year 6, Harry S Year 6 Nikita F Year 5

Language/Literature Ryan M Year 7, Kate W Year 7 Ben T Year 7, Kaelan S Year 6 Georgia M Year 5, Lucy H Year 5 Ayden G Year 5,

Liz Stunden (School Opti-MINDS Coordinator)

Oliver & Harry’s Studio Experience - ‘Recording the song’ to mark

25 years of Opti-MINDS

Science/Engineering Team Language/Literature Team