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Wednesday 2nd August Parent Teacher Meetings This is a curriculum day.

Monday 7th August

Middle School Marguk Workshop Wednesday 9th August Wakakirri Performance Thursday 10th August

Senior ‘Thank You’ Incursion Friday 11th August

School Disco - Years 3 to 6 Friday 25th August

District Athletics Tuesday 29th August

Fathers Day Stall Fathers Day Open Morning

Wednesday 30th Aug - Friday 1st Sept Middle School Camp

Tuesday 12th September Prep Places in the Community Excursion

Interschool Chess Competition 12th September - 21st September

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Junior YMCA Swimming

Friday 22nd September

Footy Pie & Fun Day Last Day of Term - 2:30pm dismissal

Email address: [email protected] Website address : http://www.kingsleypark.vic.edu.au

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Wednesday 2nd August is a curriculum day for Parent Teacher meetings and for

staff to work on school review documents in the morning.

These meetings are an important opportunity for you to speak with your child’s classroom teacher. Each discussion will take no longer than 10 minutes. Parents can now book their interview times online. Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au Enter the school event code dsc83 then follow the 3 simple steps.

Enter your details.

Choose the teachers.

Choose the times. For parents that don’t have access to the internet, please contact your child’s teacher. If you need to change your booking after the closing date, please contact your child’s teacher directly. If you are unable to attend any of these sessions or need further time, the class teacher will endeavour to arrange an alternative time. On this night, we are opening our Sentral Parent Portals. Sentral is our school communication system. It allows you to view your child’s attendances and their learning progression, see the school calendar and communicate with their teachers. Come along to the library before or after your child’s meeting and the specialist teachers will show you how to log on and access.

Welcome back to all our families for the start of a busy Term 3. Welcome also to our many new families who have enrolled this term. I hope the holidays allowed some special time with family and friends. It was great to see our students back on Monday looking fresh and ready for learning. It was great seeing the buzz of excitement as they shared holiday stories with their teachers and friends. Yesterday our Year 5/6 students went to Mt Erin SC for a Science Immersion Day. They took part in fun science activities and got to know more about life in Secondary College and all the wonderful opportunities that Mt Erin has to offer. Today was our first whole school assembly for the term. Don’t forget that module assemblies are held each alternate Friday, parents are most welcome to come along to those also. Next week we have our Parent-Teacher meetings, please book in your time and don’t forget, it is a pupil free day. We look forward to a busy but productive Term 3. Keep smiling! Gill Gray Principal

Staffing update….. We would like to introduce to you Mrs Jessica Emery, Miss Melinda Hames and Miss Perri Davies. Please welcome them all to the Kingsley Park Community.

Mrs Emery is our new music teacher. She will be working with Prep and Junior classes this semester. Miss Hames is the new teacher in S12. Miss Hames has spent the past 6 months in the school replacing staff on leave and now has her own class after spending a few years as our Before and After school Care Coordinator whilst studying to become a teacher. Miss Davies is working in S8 for the next 3 weeks replacing Mr Quick who is taking some long service leave.

Mrs Emery Miss Hames Miss Davies Mr Brand Mr Bressan is currently on personal leave. Mr Matt Brand is acting Assistant Principal whilst Mr Bressan is on leave.

Celebrating the 100th day of school for 2017 On Tuesday 25th July the Junior Grades in rooms 1 - 6 celebrated the 100th day of school. The children participated in several mathematical activities including :

In 100 years - making predictions about what they may look like at 100 years of age, what phones, cars and toys may look like in 100 years time

Using MAB to build the number ‘100’ in different ways

Making a fruit loop necklace with 100 fruit loops

Playing Target 100

Stacking 100 cups

The children also participated in some physical activities where they had to estimate how many of each tasks they could complete in 100 seconds. Children took turns to do the task or count for their partner.

How many star jumps do you think you could do in 100 seconds ?

How many times could you say the alphabet in 100 seconds ?

100 days of learning has already been enjoyed this year !

What will the next 100 days bring ?

Secret dad’s business………

DAD’s, please keep the morning of

Tuesday 29th August free between

8.15am and 9.15am

for some fun activities with your kids.

Be prepared to be spoilt and have fun.

Lunchtime activities with parents Each term we run lunchtime activities for our students. If there are any parents who would like to offer a lunchtime club due to having a particular interest (gardening, sewing) or talent (football or netball), we would love to hear from you. All parents will be supervised by our staff and must have a Working with Children’s check. If you are keen to share your talents/interests and help offer our students some additional interests during their lunchtimes one day per week, please contact the office.

Middle Team News

In Years 3 and 4 our term focus will be on First Australians.

We will investigate:

The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and

Their lifestyle, story-telling and celebrations from the past

We will also explore Australia as states and territories, and Australia’s major natural and human characteristics.

We are having an incursion by Regional Arts Victoria (Marguk) to support our topic of First Australians on Monday 7th August. Marguk uses drama to meaningfully explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and issues in an engaging and powerful way. Students will gain understandings of creation stories and history.

Year 4 Camp is between 30th August and 1st September. We will be visiting the Quarantine Station and Point Nepean in Portsea, prior to arriving at the Briars as a link to our topic.

Prep Team News

Preps have an exciting and busy term ahead! Next week, on Friday, we will have our Grandparent’s visit us at school which links to this term’s topic; Our Community. The children will be learning about their family, school and wider community. Also, linking to our topic will be our first excursion. We will venture out to visit some local attractions and of course (the most exciting bit) go for a ride on a BIG bus!!! In Literacy, we will be focusing on understanding what we are reading, retelling the story and making connections. We are learning Kung Fu Punctuation and to use WOW words in our writing. In Numeracy, we will be learning all about numbers to 20 including addition and subtraction, place value and ordinal numbers. We’re also learning some problem solving strategies such as Draw a Picture and Act it Out. We want to say a HUGE thank you for all the hard work you’re doing at home supporting the children’s learning, particularly practising reading every night, it really does make a difference to their growth and confidence.

LEARNING FOCUS AREAS - Term 3

Junior Team News

This term the juniors will be learning about fairy tales, fables and Indigenous dreamtime stories as well as an Author Study on the reimagining of these traditional tales by Yvonne Morrison. This will tie into our topic for the term about Past and Present. Students will be exploring their own personal histories as well as the differences between everyday life in the past and the present such as: technology, toys, school etc. At the end of the term the juniors will be participating in the swimming program as well as learning about water safety.

Senior Team News In Term Three the Senior School’s inquiry topic is ‘global enterprise changing the way we produce, design and market products’. Students will explore the significance of ‘means versus ends’ discussing the role of conscience and reasoning in ethical decision-making. They will investigate design and technologies and address competing considerations, including sustainability and design of solutions for current and future use. Students will then design and present their own product while considering ethic and sustainability factors. This topic will be supported by an incursion by the company Thankyou who is providing a presentation to our students regarding how their philosophy and vision has benefited communities locally and globally.

Woolworths Earn and Learn We are once again participating in Woolworths Earn and Learn program which runs from Wednesday 26th July through to Tuesday 19th September. A collection box will be located in the school office for sticker returns. Our sticker tally from last year was 45,900 - lets aim to beat that in 2017 ! School Rewards - Karingal Hub The School Rewards promotion runs from July 26th - 6th September. Customers who shop during this time at Karingal Hub/Star Zone can allocate every dollar spent as points towards our school. Local schools with the most points allocated will win a share in $10,000. Further information is included in flyer on back page of this newsletter. Father’s Day Stall Wrapping We will have two wrapping mornings on Thursday 10th and 17th August. We would greatly appreciate parent helpers on these mornings so come along have a cuppa and a chat while wrapping presents. ‘More hands make light work’.

Save the date: Saturday 14th October ‘Dolly Disco’ Parents Night

KPG NEWS KPG Committee Coordinators

Hayley Laird Joanna Abbott (0438 250 611)

Jane Taylor

Current parents - Do you have another child

starting at Kingsley Park next year ? A reminder to our Kingsley families to please make arrangements to enrol your kindergarten child for Prep 2018.

Please see Ros or Jo in the office to complete the necessary paperwork - a copy of your child’s birth certificate and immunisation form is required. Thank you.

Lost property is now located in the gym foyer! Has your child lost their jumper?

Has your child lost their drink bottle or lunch box? Please come in and have a look for your child’s jumper. Items that are clearly labelled with

names have been returned to classrooms. All items left after week 2 of next term will be washed and sold as second hand uniform.

Breakfast Club Term 3

All children are invited to participate in Breakfast Club for Term 3.

This is a whole school activity and we encourage children from all year levels to attend.

Breakfast Club operates from 8am each Thursday morning and is held in the school hall.

Donations required - Art Room

Thank you to our families for the generous donations and support in providing resources throughout the year. We are currently seeking the following donations to be used in the Art Room :

Metal Coat Hangers Stocking/tights Plastic Bottle Caps Newspapers

If you have any of these resources around your house that you no longer need they would be greatly appreciated and put to use in our various Art projects. There will be a drop box outside the Art Room, where donations can be placed. Thank you

Thumbs Up to: Cooper R from S12 for doing a great and fair job of umpiring the AFL games that happen on the oval each day. Poppy E from S13 for making a new parent on a school tour feel very relaxed and informed when assisting with a school tour. Joshua W from M11 for keeping fit and healthy by doing laps of the school each morning. Very impressive! (and the high 5s I get on your way around. All our students who are on time every time! Well done! P21 for their fabulous attendance in w eek 1 of term 3. Only 2 absences.

Student absences are on the rise, sadly many are unexplained. If your child is absent it is a legal requirement that you explain their absence and that it is a legitimate reason. Learning happens when we are at school however, if we are sick, bedrest at home is needed.

Next KPG Meeting 9:00am

Thursday 17th August

DON’T FORGET: Have you changed your address, medical details

or phone numbers recently? If so, it is vital that you provide updated details to

the school.

Once a week, take a peek !

Have you

checked your child’s hair for

headlice today ?

Annual Parent

Opinion Survey

The Parent Opinion Survey is completed annually by the Department of Education and Training and is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at every school in Victoria. This year, about 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The survey helps our school gain an understanding of how you view our school climate, student engagement, and relationships. Our school will use the results to inform school planning and improvement strategies.

The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. It can be accessed from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.

The survey is available in English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (Hakha) and Hindi.

Results will be sent back to our school at the end of September. We are conducting our own survey to find out what all of

our parents think of our school. Kingsley Park would really appreciate five minutes of your time to complete the two very short surveys links

below. One in asking for general feedback on the school, the other is specific to our reporting format. Your

thoughts and ideas are highly valued and will provide us with the opportunity to continue to improve.

Thanks for your time!

https://tinyurl.com/kppsparentsurvey

This was sent as an email to all parents last Friday. We truly appreciate that 28 parents have already completed the survey. Please keep them coming as we value your

feedback and thoughts.

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