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Issue No.19 Wednesday, 28th June 2017
Kilmore Primary School now has it’s own official Facebook page.
The Facebook page is a place where parents/guardians can ask
question, get reminders about school events and share school
related information. As per the Facebook policy, this is a closed
group so only members of the page will be able to see posts and
comments on the page. Anyone wishing to join the Facebook group
must read our Facebook policy and Code of Conduct before signing
the request form. This information is available from the school
office.
The KPS Singing Group
The KPS Singing Group has been working hard over the first
semester. They have learnt a number of songs and performed
yesterday at lunchtime. Well done to: Milly, Milla, Brielle, Zoe
and Jemma! Thank you to Mr Thompson for all his dedication to the
singing group and who accompanied the girls on the day playing
guitar.
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Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating
their birthday in the coming week. And over the term break We hope
you have a lovely day.
June 28th Lachie 5M 30th Roman 2W Kenzie 3H Milla 4J July 3rd
Maddison 3B 6th Kayla 1V Cadence 6D 7th William 6G Jack 6G 8th
Matilda 2G 9th Jessica 3B 10th Lachlan 1R Airlie 1V Lincoln 2G
Chelsea 4T 11th Jocelyn FW Liam 5J Emma 5J 13th Jewell FS Jenaya 6G
14th Brock 1V Victoria 5J 15th Seth 1P Lillie 1V Jenna 4J 16th
Lilly 1P Hunter 1R Mia 2C 18th Ashleigh FW
What’s gone home recently?
The following notices were sent home between
Thursday 22nd June & Wednesday 28th June
2017
Whole School: Nil
Selected Families: Years 3-6 Word Mania
Competition 26/06/17
Selected Students: Nil
Individual Grade Levels: Nil
Foundation: Nil
Grade 1: Nil
Grade 2: 2G Head lice notes 26/06/17
Grade 3: Nil
Grade 4: 4J Head lice notes 26/06/17
Grade 5: Nil
Grade 6: 6D / 6G head lice notes 23/06/17
Spare copies of notices are available from the
office.
Payments Due Dates
Please note any payment received after the due date will not be
accepted.
Calendar
June
Friday, 30th June CSEF applications close
End of Term 2
Finish time 2.30pm
July Monday, 17th July
First day Term 3
Monday, 24th July Education Committee Meeting 2.30pm
August
Tuesday, 8th August
School Council Meeting 7.00pm
Thursday, 10th August Melbourne Discovery Camp final
payment due today
Thursday, 17th August Grade 3 & 4 Camp final
Payment due today
Monday, 28th August— Wednesday, 30th August
Grade 5/6 Melbourne Discovery Camp
September Wednesday 6th—Friday 8th September Grades 3 & 4
Adventure Camp ADANAC
November
Monday, 6th November Pupil Free Day– Report Writing
National Tree Planting Day National Tree Planting day will be on
Friday morning 28th July (Week 2 Term 3) This year the foundation
and grade 4 students will be planting. If you wish to join in
please let the office know.
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Sick Bay Linen Roster Term 2/3
30th June Melanie Hooke 21st July Sam Paton 28th July Jo Clark
4th August Jessica Martin 11th August Sally Porter 18th August
Ainsley Sporle 25th August Stephanie Kilner 1st September Sally
Chadwick 8th September Natalie Campbell 15th September Melanie
Hooke 22nd September Samantha Paton
Thank you for your support
From the Principal’s Desk…………... Welcome to Term 2 Week 11 at
Kilmore Primary School. Well that is it folks! Another term down
and we are at the half way mark. What a wonderful term it has been.
We have enjoyed excursions, incursions, interschool sports, a
teacher v’s students netball game, travel expos, KPS TV episodes,
singing group performances and so much more. There is certainly
never a dull moment at KPS.
I would like to acknowledge the behaviour of our students this
term. It has attracted some very positive comments. Our student’s
behaviour at the Wallan Taster Day was outstanding and the
sportsmanship at the interschool sports day was exemplary. It was
great to be approached by a Foundation parent during the week who
wanted to tell me how impressed she was by the behaviour of our
senior students towards the younger children. Their nurturing, role
modelling and willingness to help the younger children has been
appreciated. I see evidence of a wonderful culture of support and
positive behaviour every day that I am at this school.
On Monday, I was in my office working at lunchtime when I heard
some music drifting through the corridor. At first I thought it was
a CD playing and then I realised it was live music. I went to
investigate and found that our singing group, led by Mr Thompson,
were performing for the students. They sang a range of songs and it
was so lovely to see the student gathered around the AstroTurf area
as if at a concert. The girls sounded amazing and were so
enthusiastic about performing. As I watched and listened, I could
not help but think how lucky we are as a school to have so many
opportunities to participate in extra curriculum activities like
the singing group. Well done girls and Mr Thompson. I would like to
wish Mr Thompson all the best for his secondment next term to work
for the department in Melbourne. This is a very exciting
opportunity for Mr Thompson and we wish him all the best. He will
be missed and we look forward to his return in term four!
On behalf of the community, I would like to wish Anna Sloane all
the best as she leaves to go on family leave next term. Anna is
expecting her second child and we wish her well. The PE teacher for
term three will be Mr Lenny de Cruz. We welcome him to our staff
and look forward to working with him. Mr De Cruz has substantial
experience as a PE teacher and comes highly recommended.
I wish you all a wonderful mid year break and look forward to
working together to achieve the best for our students in semester
two.
Kim Laffan Principal
Joey Scouts Promise Challenge
Joel in 2W has achieved a significant award in Joey Scouts. Joel
worked hard to achieve the Joey Scouts Promise Challenge. To
achieve his Promise Challenge Badge Joel had to complete a number
of challenges including researching the history of the founder of
the scouting movement, participating in community service – Joel
walked his neighbours dog, completing a staged ten kilometre hike
and various other tasks. Joel is the first participant to achieve
the Promise Challenge Badge in the Kilmore Scouts. Congratulations
Joel.
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Hello everyone!
This time next week we will be on holidays! I’ll be spending
some time in front of the fire, going on walks, sleeping in,
chasing balls and playing with my doggy friends. I’ve heard that
I’m also off to see the vet for my annual vaccination. Last time I
was offered a treat after my injection. Mmmmm, now there’s
something to look forward to….
Reports went home last week. My report said that I am
friendly, make people happy, can fall asleep anywhere
and make food disappear just by looking at it. My future
learning goals are to try and stay awake more and not
try to eat absolutely everything. What did you think of
the new report format? The last page has a quick
parent survey and my teacher friends hope that lots will
be completed and returned.
Mrs Marr donated a bike to KPS and asked that it be raffled off
to raise money for my
expenses. This was really nice of her and very generous. Some of
my friends from Grade 6
have been selling raffle tickets and we get to find out on
Friday who is going to have a brand
new bike to play with over the holidays. Remember to wear a
helmet when you’re riding your
new bike! I hope you all know how grateful I am to everyone who
helps look after me.
Below & Right: We were treated to a
pawformance by Mr
Thompson and the Singing
Group on Monday at lunch
time. I joined the audience
and listened to some lovely
tunes. They are a talented
bunch!
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I’ve kept my ears open this week and have heard some things in
the yard. Here are some that I’ve remembered: “Asha, do you curl
your hair? Your back is sooooooo curly!” “You’re one of those dogs
that looks so grown up!” “Oh Asha, you’re so good for my
confidence!” “Asha, would you like a German sausage?” “Asha, are
you being a Labradawdle?” (I may have
been walking quite slowly when this was said)
I travelled far and wide this week, all without leaving KPS.
‘How did I do it?’ you might ask. Well, my Grade 5/6 friends have
been researching countries as part of their Inquiry unit this term
and yesterday they held their Travel Expo. It was AMAZING. I learnt
so much about different climates, landmarks, languages and my
favourite thing of all, food! It was a very special occasion so I
was even allowed to try a tiny bit of German sausage and a dessert
from Sweden and Jamaica. Delicious. I wish it was the Travel Expo
every day. I think I’ve got the travel bug.
Now to organise a
passpawt…
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Numeracy Student Forums
This week, representatives from each year level participated in
Student Forums. The forums
provided an opportunity for students to share their thoughts on
how maths is taught at Kilmore
PS. The first, and main, part of the forum was a group
discussion and the last part was an
individual reflection. At the Grade 5/6 forum, students
suggested introducing a lunchtime club for
students who would like to practise things they learn in class.
It will be similar to Homework Club,
but run during school time and with a focus only on maths. We
will trial a lunchtime maths club in
Term 3. The forums will run throughout the year and we look
forward to including more ‘Student
Voice’ in our KPS maths curriculum.
Numeracy News
Term 3 What You Can Do @ Home to Help Prepare
F Counting Practise counting everyday items. For example, how
many white cars can you spot on a trip somewhere? How many
letterboxes can you count? Count the washing as you hand it on the
line.
1 Division / Sharing
Look for ways to share items. For example, if you bake 12
cupcakes and there are four people in your family, how many
cupcakes can each person have if you share them equally?
2 Place Value Read and write two and three digit numbers. Order
them. Work out which number is the largest/smallest. Talk about how
many hundreds, tens and ones are in particular num-bers. Eg. 483
has 4 hundreds, 8 tens and 3 ones.
3 & 4 Multiplication & Division
Practise times table facts. Solve division problems using times
table facts. Notice when you use multiplication to solve everyday
problems.
5 & 6 Time Read analogue clock times throughout the day.
Convert 12 hour time to 24 hour time. Work out the duration of
events. Use a timetable to plan a trip. Eg. If you go to the
mov-ies and the movie starts at 11:30am, what time should you leave
home?
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Author Visit - Oliver Phommavanh
Our Grade 3 and 6 students were treated to a special visit last
week by children’s author Oliver Phommavanh. Oliver is a standup
comedian and children’s author. He told the students he gets his
ideas for his books from his toys – his favourite toy was ‘Bubbles’
from Power Puff Girls. The students found his presentation engaging
and funny and Olivier appealed to their sense of humor. Will from
grade 6 said that Oliver’s books sounded very funny and he enjoyed
hearing his life story. Joey liked how he got his ideas and that he
is a comedian because he would like to be a comedian one day
too.
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Wednesday, June 28 2017
Dear Parents/Guardians, Next term, students at Kilmore Primary
school will be competing in the Australia and New Zealand Word
Mania competition. This online spelling competition runs for a few
weeks in term 3. Currently, the students are able to access the
APP/Website to practice their spelling and the activities that are
part of the competition. To give our students the best chance at
winning some of the prizes on offer for our school, and to improve
their spelling, it would be great if you could access the practice
activities over the school holidays. Students in grades 3-6 with an
iPad will be required to have this APP downloaded and ready to use
on day 1 of term 3. It can be downloaded from the App store, free
of charge. All students will receive their own unique log in
details, which they use to log in to the website/APP and
participate in the activities. If you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to get in contact. Regards, Kylie Jeffs & Simone
Parkes [email protected]
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