Karoo News Term 4 Week 10 Wednesday 12th December, 2018 DECEMBER Thursday 20th December Year 6 Activities Day Canteen open as normal Friday 21st December Canteen open as normal Last day of Term 4—students dismissed at 1:30pm (following Final Assembly at 1:15pm) JANUARY 2019 Thursday 24th January Book Collection—10am-1pm Wednesday 30th January First day of Term 1 (Years 1-6) FEBRUARY 2019 Thursday 7th February Preps first day of school Friday 8th February School photos Term Dates 2019 Term 1 30 Jan—5 Apr Term 2 23 Apr—28 Jun Term 3 15 Jul—20 Sept Term 4 7 Oct—20 Dec 2019 Preps start school on Thursday 7th February 2019. Respect Responsibility Excellence Honesty & Fairness Tolerance & Understanding VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL All visitors to the school must sign in and out at the office, and collect a green visitor’s badge. These badges help the students and staff identify you as an ‘authorised visitor’. Please remember to return the badge when you sign out. Reminder ... SCHOOL HATS ARE COMPULSORY IN TERMS 1 & 4 Karoo Calendar Principal’s Comments Year 6 Graduation On Monday evening we enjoyed a fabulous evening celebrating the 2018 Year 6 Graduation. The Year 6 students were there to enjoy themselves and they certainly sparkled on the night. The dancing was superb! The reflection speeches highlighted the key events of the students’ years at Karoo and some of their personal stories. It was a lovely evening of celebration. Best wishes to them as they progress on to secondary school. There were many nominations for all of the awards and we were pleased to make presentations to the following students: Performing Arts: Jade P (6V) Visual Arts: Dino P (6F) Library Award: Hannah W (6L) ICT Award: Declan P (6L) English Award: Erin R (6V) Mathematics Award: Ryan K (6V) Science Award: Hayden J (6F) PE Award—Girls: Sophie J (6F) / Jasmine H (6V) PE Award—Boys: Will V (6F) Encouragement Award: 6F: Elly L 6L: Adam S 6V: Lilly L Academic Excellence Award: Aimee B (6V) and Kaitlyn C (6F) Rowville Award for Endeavour: Sahil S (6V) Aston Shield Citizenship Award: Chelsea M (6L) Citizenship Awards On Monday at assembly the 2018 Citizenship Awards were presented by Mr Alan Tudge MP. Our congratulations to the following recipients: The Melissa Bowler Award (Prep) : Elise P (0M) The Len McCarrick Award (Year 1): Matthew B (1S) The Rob Nelson Award (Year 2): Isabelle G (2H) The Sharyn Wilson Award (Year 3): Georgina B (3C) The Graeme Caudry Award (Year 4): Rhys H (4RD) The Leah McCarroll Award (Year 5): Joshua F (5J) Aston Shield Citizenship Award (Year 6): Chelsea M (6L) School Leaders Congratulations to Natalie B ( 5B) and Tom M (5T) who have been selected as our 2019 School Captains. Year 5 students went through a rigorous selection process with speeches to peers, and then the short-listed students presented their speeches to the principal class. We look forward to Natalie and Tom being positive role models and leaders. Congratulations also to the following students on their new roles for 2019: House Captains: Wyandra: Tylah K and Josh F Murrindal: Emmie J and Harry S Kellbourne: Brianna E and Emily C Baringa: Regan F and Aidan C Student Voice Captains: Charley A and Nick C Science Captains: Amy V and Alana B Performing Arts Captains: Montana F and Monique S Art Captains: Mackenzie D and Mitchell H ICT Captains: Elai B and Alex P Environment Captains: Shayna B and Maya F Library Captains: Lacey Q and Maddy K ..Principal’s comments continued overleaf Phone: 9759-6222 Fax: 9759-6211 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.karoops.vic.edu.au LAST DAY OF TERM 4: FRIDAY 21ST DEC STUDENTS DISMISSED AT 1:30PM