4th March, 2021 Issue 3, 2021

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

4th March, 2021 Issue 3, 2021

Coming Events

Karingal Primary School Mallum Avenue, Karingal 3199

P.O. Box 6112, Karingal www.karingalps.vic.edu.au

[email protected] Phone: 9788 4800 Absence Line: 9788 4838

RESPECT, INTEGRITY, PERSISTENCE, RESILIENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS

MARCH 22nd Harmony and Friendship Day 26th Bayside District Track Athletics 29th Semper Dental Visits Begin APRIL 1st End of Term—2.30pm finish 23rd Bayside District Field Events MAY 21st Bayside District Cross Country

School Vision Karingal Primary School is committed in providing a friendly, dynamic and secure learning environment that strives to develop respectful, resilient , lifelong learners. It supports students to achieve their personal best in an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation.

Calendar

Monday 8th March

LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 9th March

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am

Wednesday 10th March

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am 01A,01B, 1/2A, 23A, M12 & M2A Year Level Information Night 4.00pm—4.45pm

Thursday 11th March

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Friday 12th March

Monday 15th March

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Tuesday 16th March

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am

Wednesday 17th March

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am 3/4A, M3A & M3B Year Level Information Night 4.00pm—4.45pm 5/6A & 5/6B Year Level Information Night 4.45pm—5.30pm

Thursday 18th March

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Friday 19th March

Every family has received a paper copy of the newsletter this week, however only those families who request a paper copy will receive one from now on. Our newsletter is available on our school app: School Stream and our website: www.karingalps.vic.gov.au Kiss and Go Parking Zone Just a reminder about the “Kiss and Go” parking area at the front of the school on Mallum Avenue. These are short term parking spaces of 2 minutes marked with supplementary “Kiss and Go” signs. The area is designated for only dropping off and picking up students and not for leaving your car to collect students from inside the school. Frankston Council has indicated they will enforce the parking restrictions. School Council Elections 2021 Thank you to Hang Dang and Helen James for nominating for two of our three parent positions on School Council and congratulations on becoming members. We are hoping to be able to fill the other position in the near future. A special thankyou to Simon Tiller and Claire Montgomery-Campbell for their commitment, contributions and support to School Council over the last 4 years. Congratulations also to Deirdre Finnegan and Danielle Goldsmith who have re-joined school council as D.E.T. member representatives. Our first meeting and Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday 17

th

March at 6:30 pm. in the BER building. I would like to thank all the school councillors for making this ongoing commitment to our school. Our sub committees are Finance, Resource Management, Education Policy, Parents and Friends and Family and Community. Please give some thought to joining one of our sub committees. They meet approximately twice a term. If you feel you can’t make an ongoing commitment to any of our sub committees they would still love to have your support over the year. Lost Property Please don’t forget to label all items of school clothing, drink bottles and lunch boxes! We already have a growing pile of lost property. Every Day Counts We all want our students to get a great education and come to school each and every day. Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future- a student missing one day a fortnight will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes. If your child must miss school please let us know by 10:00am via the absent line, School Stream, school website or in person so that they can be marked absent for the appropriate reason. Our goal at Karingal Primary School is to have all students at school every day.

Every day matters Every absence needs an explanation Every Day Counts

Labour Day Public Holiday Monday 8

th March is the Labour Day Public Holiday

and students are not required to attend school.

Karen Luff Principal

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Supervision in the School Grounds Teachers are on yard duty in the school grounds at the following times:

8.45 – 9.00am Before School 11.00-11.30am Morning Recess

1.45-2.30pm Lunchtime

2021 TERM DATES Term 1 28th January to 1st April Term 2 19th April to 25th June Term 3: 12th July to 17th September Term 4: 4th October to 17th December

2021 STUDENT FREE DAYS Term 2: Thursday 20th May Term 3: Friday 13th August Term 4: Monday 1st November

MARCH 4th Lucy 01B 5th Thomas 5/6B Xavier M3A 6th Xavier M12 8th Kimberly 01A 9th Ammon M12 Olissia M3B 10th LuLu 5/6B 12th Varshana M3B Sapphire 5/6A 13th Thomas 5/6A 14th Maddison 2/3A Ollie M3B 16th Sophie 01B Torah-Lee 5/6A 17th Isabelle 01B Vejiko M3A

2021 School Hours

Classroom Session 9.00am -11.00am Morning Recess 11.00am-11.30am Classroom Session 11.30-1.30 Lunch Eating Time 1.30 - 1.45pm Lunch Play Time 1.45pm-2.30-pm Classroom Session2.30pm -3.30pm

SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

President: Rachael Franks Vice President: Simon Tiller Secretary: Assistant Secretary: Claire Montgomery- Campbell Treasurer: Michael Wilkinson Assistant Treasurer: Carol Chainey Parents: Simon Tiller, Claire Montgomery- Campbell, Kathy Frolley, Michael Wilkinson, Rebecca Gaiewski Executive Officer: Karen Luff DET Representatives: Danielle Goldsmith, Deirdre Finnegan, Carol Chainey, Sam Marston Community Members: Rachael Franks

SCHOOL HATS

BROAD BRIM SCHOOL HATS ARE COMPULSORY DURING TERM 1 & 4

School Hats are available at

PSW, 22/13 Gateway Drive, Carrum Downs and the School Office

CHANGE AT OFFICE

The office does not carry change, please provide exact change when sending

money to school.

Thank you

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY

Karingal Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures. We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously. Our school is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks. Our school has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers. Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability. We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. If you believe a child is at immediate risk or abuse phone 000.

Privacy Policy Reminder Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.

Please take time to remind yourself of the school’s collection statement, found on our website under ‘About Us’ Policies.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in nine community languages:

Amharic

Arabic

Dari

Mandarin

Somali

Sudanese

Turkish

Urdu

Vietnamese.

CAMPS, SPORTS AND EXCURSION (CSEF) APPLICATION FORMS DUE

Parents are reminded to lodge the CSEF

application form to the school office ASAP.

Your child has been given a

Semper Dental form. If you require this service, please return the completed form to

school by Friday March 19th.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

GRADES 3 TO 6 ATHLETICS DAY

On Wednesday 24th February we held an athletics day! While the teachers desperately tried to keep up, the students whizzed through six different events. We had shotput, discus, hurdles, 100m, long jump and high jump. The students loved to compete on Ballam Park’s nice track and field park as well as use the ‘real deal’ equipment. While our legs hurt at the end of the day, we’re all roaring ready for the next one! As well as for the ribbons to be presented at assembly of course!

- Mr Smith

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

GRADES 3 TO 6 ATHLETICS DAY

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Our School Stream

app is now available

to download! The app allows us to deliver information and notices directly to your phone. We encourage all families to install the new app and stay in touch with the latest news and information regarding your child’s education. When you install the School Stream App, you will need to enter an email address to verify that you are a parent/guardian at KPS. This is an email address you have previously provided to the school. You will then need to wait a short time to get the app unlocked. You will be notified when the app is unlocked and ready to use. You will also be able to remove the classes that are not relevant to you by swiping left on the grade’s that you don’t need and remove them so that you don’t receive notifications for other grade’s.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.