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UPCOMING EVENTS`
WEEK 5
Thurs, 30th May U/10 R L Knights Knockout
Fri, 31st May Starstruck Rehearsal
WEEK 6
Mon, 3rd June Eisteddfod K-2
Years 5 & 6 to S.H.S.
Tues, 4th June Stage 3 Eisteddfod
Wed, 5th June Uni Exam – Science
Thurs, 6th June Stage 2 Eisteddfod
Fri, 7th June Regional Touch Trials @ Broadmeadow
WEEK 7
Mon, 10th June QUEENS BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY
Wed, 12th June –Sat, 15th June STARSTRUCK
Fri, 14th June Starstruck Excursion for students Yr 2-6
WEEK 8
Mon, 17th June Yr 6 Interrelate
Tues, 18th June Uni Exam – Spelling
Wed, 19th June DC Green Author Visit
Thurs, 20th June Yr 6 Interrelate
Fri, 21st June Regional R. League Trials Waratah
GOLD CARD ASSEMBLY
WEEK 9
Mon, 24th June Yr 6 Interrelate
Wed, 26th June Athletics Carnival 3 – 6 @ school
Singleton Arts Festival K.S.P.S. @ 6pm
Thurs, 27th June Infants Carnival @ school
Yr 6 Interrelate
Fri, 28th June LAST DAY of TERM
Week 5 29 May 2013
Sharing Our News Leadership Adventures
One of the descriptions of leadership I found was: Somebody who
people follow – who can direct and influence others.
Last Wednesday Mrs Hovey and I had the pleasure of
accompanying 19 of our school leaders (Chloe was at the Galuwa
Scholarship hub) to the Grip Leadership Conference in Newcastle.
This day was designed to teach leaders from many schools in the
Hunter about how to lead and the impact they could make on their
school.
Our leaders bought their return train tickets to Civic from Singleton
train station at 6.45am and proceeded to show behaviour on the
train which was considerate of others. They showed excellent
listening skills and participation at the conference and met many
leaders from other schools. They were still on their best behaviour
by the time we returned to Singleton at 5.30pm. As an aside, Civic
Railway Station coffee shop saw a lot of business with late
breakfast and afternoon tea snacks!
A busy time for students and teachers
I mentioned all the activities taking place at the moment at school.
This often causes our students to have to make choices and
prioritise where they go at break times. Continued communication
with their teachers should solve problems here.
It is also assessment time and teachers have started to enter data
for reports. For this reason we are also trying to minimise the time
that students are out of the classroom during the day. To keep up
with schoolwork your child needs to be at school every day unless
they are sick or have a school based activity approved by us.
Have a good week
Cath Larkman
Principal
King Tidings
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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School Assemblies
Infants Thursday at 2.30pm in the Hall 13th June K/1G 22nd June KP
Stage 2 Thursday at 2.30pm in the Hall 6th June 4/5B 20th June 3/4G
Stage 3 Friday at 1.45pm – 2.30pm in Hall 7th June 5/6H 21st June 5H Next Term 6M
More Sporting Success
Netball
Last week a team of year 5 and year 6 girls
participated in a Local Schools Netball Gala
Day. This team was put together very quickly
and had minimal training, but were still
able to come away with 3 wins out of 5 games.
Well done girls.
Rugby League
The second round of the open rugby league
competition was held on Monday afternoon.
The boys came up against Singleton Heights
Public School, who are traditionally very tough
opponents. In wet conditions King Street came
away with a 16-6 victory. Congratulations boys,
and good luck in the next round.
THANK YOU Many thanks to those generous people who sent along cakes and slices, & made monetary donations to support our cake stall to raise funds for the Cancer Council. The total of $431.80 was raised. Once again, many thanks for supporting this worthwhile cause.
K.Kermode
CANTEEN ROSTER
Week 6 3/6/13 Tayla Stamp, HELP NEEDED 4/6/13 Melanie Barber, Cathy Smith 5/6/13 Alison Way, Robyn Stacy 6/6/13 Jason Gould, Tennielle Rossi 7/6/13 Melanie Weber, Penny Stewart, Tayla Stamp
UNIFORM SHOP
7/6/13 Dawn Knight, Simone Hamson
Canteen Promotional Offer Vanilla Paddlepops $1.30
Hurry Limited Time!!!
ICE CREAM SUNDAES On Thursday we will be selling ice cream sundaes in the quad at lunch time to raise money towards the cost of performing in Star Struck. The cost is $1.00, students will be given a choice of chocolate topping, strawberry topping or sprinkles. We thank you for your support.
Jenny Stewart and Wendy Tan.
Students begin Athletic Carnival Preparation
During the last few weeks our Primary students
have been preparing for our Athletics Carnival.
During their sport sessions, the children are not
only striving for the chance to qualify for the field
events, but are improving on their skills. The
carnival is being held on Wednesday June 26th,
and will run for the whole day. We welcome all
parents and friends to join us in spectating or
helping out on the day. The Zone Carnival will
be held on Friday August 2nd.
Our infants carnival will be held on Thursday,
27th June.
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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Congratulations Chloe
Year 6 student Chloe C last week attended a 3 day
camp as a successful recipient of the Galuwa
Scholarship. The Galuwa Scholarship is a
pathway program for Aboriginal youth in partnership
with Xstrata Coal and the Department of Education
and Communitites. Chloe firstly met the criteria of
attaining a high level of proficiency in the 2012
Naplan assessments. She then was required to
submit a written application with references from the
School Principal and the Aboriginal community.
Last week’s camp was attended by 80 year 6, 7 and
8 students. They participated in a variety of cultural
and fun activites and lessons. Well done Chloe for
being a fine
representative of our school.
Stage 3 Day at Singleton High
On Monday 3rd June our stage 3 students will be
visiting Singleton High School. They will join other
stage 3 students from throughout the district and will
have the opportunity to undertake different types of
lessons, routines and timetables from a high school
perspective. It will be a very informative and
interesting day.
King Street Joins Singleton Arts Festival
On Wednesday evening 26th June (same day as
athletics carnival), our school will be hosting a
combined schools concert in our beautiful hall. This
event will be part of the Singleton Arts Festival, and
will be coordinated by Singleton Public School. This
is the first year local schools have participated in
such a way. It is a wonderful opportunity to
showcase some of the opportunities our children are
offered in the Arts field within our schools. King
Street will be represented by our Rock Band,
Starstruck performers and some of our Eisteddfod
entrants.
School Leaders attend Conference
Last Wednesday, 22nd May, 19 of our school leaders
headed down to the train station at 6.30am to catch
a train. We were soon at Civic Train Station ready
to walk to the Panthers Club. First, we stopped at a
little café where the teachers got coffee and kids got
croissants and yummy stuff.
We arrived at Panthers and got a conference book
and a pen. Our conference started with a game of
‘noughts and crosses’. The first session lasted
around 1 ½ hours. We played ‘Heads, Shoulders,
Knees and Toes’. ‘Head’ symbolised thinking of
others, ‘Shoulders’ was carrying the weight of
others, ‘Knees’ moving forward, and ‘Toes’ was
about balancing your priorities.
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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After lunch we were back learning about leadership.
In the second and third sessions we had to identify
good leaders and their characteristics. It was
awesome. Soon we were home, and it was raining
and dark.
Maddi B and Megan D
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN
Our school will be again participating in the Earn and
Learn program run through Woolworths. If you would
like to collect your points and send them into the
office we will collate them and exchange them for
craft or stationery items for the children to be able to
use at school.
“Mad Professors” to visit on Friday
This Friday stage 2 students will be taking part in a
very exciting Science Day. They have been
encouraged to dress the part and come to school as
‘mad science professors’! They will take part in 4
activities in the morning session which include:
Taste Test Room- blindfolded tasting of
some unusual foods,
Make a lung experiment with empty drink
bottles and balloons,
Make a human body system collage with
crafty materials,
Hands on Bones and Organs- children will be
able to look, touch, and smell organs such as
the heart, lungs, brain and bones.
In the afternoon their learning will continue with
Magic School Bus videos on appropriate body
systems. These activities all support their current
unit of study on the human body.
Look out next week for what are sure to be some
very interesting photos on our website!
Debating Skills on Show
Last Tuesday the year 5 and year 6 debating teams
participated in a Round Robin day at Singleton
Heights Public School.
The year 6 team came up against teams from
Singleton Public School in both debates, and
unfortunately were unsuccessful both times. In the
second debate we were very unlucky not to win.
It was a fun day.
Dylan O
WANTED
If you have old fan blades that are no longer needed
please drop in to Mrs Stretton for use in craft
projects.
Term Reflection
By Nick J
Good morning 5/6H. Over last term on the 27th of
February, my family and I put 10 eggs under one of
our chooks, which was a Plymouth Rock. These are
grey bodied with white spots all over them. After 20
days, 6 of the eggs hatched and we found one white
and 5 brown chickens. These are cross bred Rhode
Island Red and Isa Brown, which are some of the
old school chooks from last year, as well as other
breeds we already have.
We are hoping for females, which are called pullets
until they start laying.
Again another chook went broody and on the
11th March we put another 7 eggs under this one,
which was a Peking Hen. She hatched all her eggs
on the 31st of March, which was Easter Sunday. As
I mentioned before they were the same breeding,
but this time we ended up with 2 black, 1 striped and
4 brown.
In six months the female chickens will begin laying
eggs for my breakfast and the males will be crowing
and sold at the poultry auction or on my dinner plate!
This is something I have done this term. I would like
to finish with a question for all of you. What came
first, the chicken or the egg?!! Thank you.
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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REMINDER At King Street School we have a
policy endorsed by the WHS Committee (Work, Health,
and Safety) that no animals are to be on school grounds.
The only exception would be if they are brought in for
“Show & Tell” and taken home immediately after by
parents. It has been noted that some parents are
bringing dogs to school with them when dropping and
collecting children. We would ask that these parents
cease this practice for the safety of the children at our
school.
Thankyou
K Kermode
WHS Committee
P & C Cracker Night Meeting
The P&C Cracker Night Committee will be meeting
again this Thursday 30th May at 9:30am outside the
school canteen. Anyone interested in helping to
organise, run a stall or has any suggestions for
Cracker Night please come along. Any kind of help
is much appreciated.
Thanks
Bec Monk
EVACUATION & LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES
The school has evacuation and lockdown
procedures in place to ensure the safety of students,
staff and visitors. A “whoop” sound indicates an
evacuation a flat “beep” indicates a lockdown.
We would ask that parents/visitors who are on the
school site during these times adhere to our
Emergency Management Plan.
In an evacuation we would ask you to move to the
Assembly Area on the main oval. During a
lockdown we would like you to move into the nearest
classroom.
At these times, signs are placed on our gates
informing people which procedure is happening. We
would ask that you follow the directions on these
signs as the safety of everyone is very important to
us.
Thank-you for your cooperation.
WHS Committee
Whooping Cough
There has been a reported case of Whooping Cough
at the school. Please see your Doctor if your child is
unwell.
For more information, please follow the following
link;
http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/Infectious/
whoopingcough/childcare_schools.asp
Lost Property At the moment there are a lot of jackets, jumpers
and hats that are in the Lost Property box. If your
child is missing an item can you please check the
box which is outside the ‘Bell Room’ in the quad. In
order to help it is a great idea to put your child’s
name on their clothing so it can be returned to them
promptly!!
Thank you
Year 2 to Year 6
Excursion to see Star Struck
Star Struck is a live 3 hour spectacular presented by
Hunter Public Schools. A cast of over 3500 children
singing and dancing give a performance you will
long remember.
On Friday 14th June we will have an excursion to
Newcastle Entertainment Centre to see the matinee
performance. Anyone in Year 2 or Primary plus
parents, grandparents and friends are welcome to
attend. If you would like younger students to go,
there has to be an adult accompanying them.
The cost of the excursion will be $40 for students
and $46 for adults this includes your ticket and bus
travel. If interested please fill out the form below
and return to the office with the money included.
The note and money need to be returned by 31st
May.
Sorry, we are unable to give refunds on the tickets
as we are unable to get a refund from The
Entertainment Centre.
Thank you Jenny Stewart
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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(for further details please see me)
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I give permission for
_________________________________
of class ___________ to travel by bus to the
Newcastle Entertainment Centre on June 14th
.
Signature:
___________________________________
No. of tickets _____________
Super Sensational Stretched Sentences
Here are some sensational sentences from the students who attended the Writing Enrichment Day held
at KSPS on Monday 6th May. This opportunity was made available to the talented writers in Year 3 and
Year 5.
The brown and funky mouse ran gracefully across the beautiful, green paddock, chasing a grey, fluffy dog.
Shakira S.
In the future, the population of large, old, green, sea turtles will be below one hundred because the water that
they live in has been polluted horrendously! Piper F.
Last Friday I ate some chocolate cake with ice-cream after my friends and I played in the huge, colourful
playground in Queensland. Emily S.
Of the oak tree’s wonderful, patterned hardwood the beautiful golden door is made. Ella S.
The weird, blue-eyed, crazy, dairy cow loudly jumped over the bright, glistening moon and said “I eat cheese
very awkwardly”. Jude M.
At dawn, the little, black cat sat quickly on the filthy, torn mat near the gum tree and said “I really hate this filthy
torn mat Rat.” Danika G.
I hit the yellow, cricket ball with a red, Adidas, cricket bat and it went flying swiftly over the moon. Ewan K.
The extremely petite, brown dog excitedly ate creamy, chocolate cake last night for dessert and felt sick in his
really, large stomach. Tyson A.
The brown fluffy cuddly female dog sat on the bright green long grass. Isabella T.
I quickly kicked the hard, black, dirty, round, Adidas ball away from me towards the tall, broken goal posts.
Jackson S.
The grubby, brown, fluffy cow quickly jumped over the glistening, silvery moon as she came home after work.
Bodie C.
“Maybe, just maybe, this game would be more thrilling if there wasn’t so much waiting,” thought the blue-eyed,
brown haired, crazy boy. Amber P.
The fat, brown, ugly, smelly rat quickly ate the blue, mouldy cheese off the ground and ran to his small, cramped
hole. Leahni A.
Denzel and I have two big brown smelly dogs which we took to the shops and we said “Why can’t we go home
on our jet packs?” Kye C.
The dangerous Tyrannosaurus Rex ate the other dinosaurs and then he went time travelling into the future
eating humans and robots for dessert. Denzel S.
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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The soul sucking skinny ghost quickly threw the tall fat man over the hard steel fence. Declan S.
The crazy zombie called “Zomo” likes to eat brains and rotten bananas on the Mondays in July. James B.
I am a fluffy, black cat that has a colour-changing nose, multi-coloured paws and I can turn into anything that is
cat themed, such as a cat mat, a foot-rest or a cat blanket. Tariya L.
The black, soft, big dog and the small, pretty, stray cat played with the colourful ball of string. Jemma E.
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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Cracker Night 2013
At the P&C meeting on Monday night plans came
well under way for this year’s cracker night, as it will
be here before we know it!
We would like to ask that all parents/carers put the
2nd August in their diaries so you are able to attend,
and hopefully help out at, this fantastic event. This
evening raises in excess of $10,000 each year for
our school, and as a result we are able to purchase
many valuable resources for your children.
We would also like to get an early indication of
volunteers available. Any help would be much
appreciated, whether you would like to help co-
ordinate a stall or help serve for an hour. Please fill
out the form below and return to the office.
I am able to help at Cracker night on
2nd August.
I am able to:
Coordinate a stall: Y/N
Serve: Y/N
Help set up: Y/N
Time available: ___________
Name: _________________
Phone: _________________
Email: ___________________
Any comments/suggestions:
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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Working Bee
The KSPS P&C will be holding a Working Bee in
the school grounds on Saturday 22nd and Sunday
23rd June.
We are eagerly looking for support to help with a
number of jobs including:
Sorting/clearing of the garden shed
Removing/relocating furniture from under the
infants buildings
Sports equipment audit
Tidy up of the vegetable garden/chook area
Miscellaneous gardening.
Lunch will be provided on both days, and we would
ask if you are able to bring along a trailer or spare tip
vouchers they would be put to good use.
If you are able to help could you please indicate on
the form below and send it in to school with your
child, or hand it in at the office. The P&C sincerely
thanks everyone for their continued support.
KSPS P&C Committee.
I am able to help with the Working Bee on
(please indicate):
Saturday 22/6/13:
Sunday 23/6/13:
I am able to provide a trailer: Y/N
Name: ________________________
Phone: ________________________
www.kingstreet-p.schools.edu.au
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CHRISTMAS in JULY SHOPPING TRIP
GET YOUR FRIENDS TOGETHER AND GRAB SOME BARGAINS......
Parents and their families are invited to join King Street staff on a Shopping Trip to Sydney on Thursday 11th July.
There are 24 seats available on the bus and seats will be allocated on a first-in-first-served basis.
The bus will depart King Street at 7.30am and return at approximately 7pm. Cost per person will be $30.00 non- refundable which includes travel as well as tickets for lucky draws.
We will spend a full day at Birkenhead Point Shopping Centre. We will stop at the twin service stations on the Central Coast, both on the way down and on the way home.
If you would like to join the staff on this wonderful shopping experience, please indicate below. Send your payment and the note below back to Mrs Griffiths as soon as possible. Seats will disappear quickly!
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Griffiths on 65722281.
NAME
NUMBER OF SEATS
PAYMENT ENCLOSED
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