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Newsletter No. 35 - Term 4 – Week 5 8 November 2018

From the Assistant Principal…… What a week it has been! An extra day at home, and for many of our families…a long weekend. Time waits for no one at Kalinda though and there has been plenty going on. It always fills me with pride to walk the halls and hear excited students and teachers talking about their achievements. This week, Mrs Rouda is representing Victoria at the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast. We are all looking forward to hearing her tales, she is hopeful she might have a medal to show off as well!

Visiting schools We know that our programs at Kalinda are fantastic and once again this week we are reminded that other people think so too! We have had several schools contact us lately to arrange visits to see our programs in action, as they are known to be exemplary. Recently, two teachers from The Patch came to see our Literacy and THRASS programs in action and tomorrow we are welcoming the leadership team from Montrose Primary for the second time to visit Mrs Sandra Blackwell and the amazing work she does with Grade 3/4 students in the Macqlit programs.

Performing Arts Yesterday Cheryl Henry-Wild, Paul Todd and Paul Booth took our lucky Grade 3-6 performing arts students (including Highland Dancing, Rock Band and Choir) to a schools performance of School of Rock. A picnic lunch in the city was followed by the spectacular performance and what a buzz there was on their return! The group thoroughly enjoyed the experience of a professional production (a first for many) and were full of song and inspiration when they returned. Thank you to our amazing staff once again for always being on the lookout for amazing experiences for our children.

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Parent Committees As graduation looms closer, our Grade 5/6 team are once again so grateful to the army of helpers who are working tirelessly to prepare such a special night for our Graduates. We are also so appreciative to Shannon and her team for organising the fitting and ordering of our 2019 Grade 6 tops. With a change in school polo the student body voted to head in a slightly different direction for tops next year and the quick ordering turn around now will hopefully mean we have tops nice and early in the new year!

Kalinda Conversations The power of language and connection when it comes to our children is irrefutable and something as simple as sharing an anecdote from our day can be the starting point for powerful conversations in our family. A chat in the car or around the dinner table is a daily occurrence for many families but often after a busy day we get stuck on ‘what did you do today?’ which we all know, can have varying amounts of success with our children! Each Monday on our Facebook page you will notice a suggestion for a conversation starter. This week’s was “What was something that made you smile today?” Don’t forget to join in with your own answers Mums and Dads, learning about how adults navigate life’s ups and downs is great learning for our children. LAUREN HOPKINS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Events Calendar

November

9th - Transition 2019 Session 1 – 9:30-11:00am 13th - Performing Arts Soiree – 7-9pm – MP Room 15th - Grade 5/6 Dancing 16th - Transition 2019 Session 2

- Gr. 5/6 Cricket Day 19th - School Council Mtg – 7:30pm Staffroom 20th - Graduation Comm. Mtg. – 5:30pm 22nd - Grade 5/6 Dancing 23rd - Transition 2019 Session 3 24th - Election Day – Cake Stall & Sausage Sizzle 25th - Working Bee – Sunday – 10am-12noon 26th - Junior Athletics Experience – F-2 - Japanese Evening – 5:30pm 27th - Gr. 1/2 Financial Incursion Day 29th - Grade 5/6 Dancing

- Gr. 1/2 Financial Incursion Day 30th - Transition Session 4 December

3rd - P&F AGM – 9:15am – Stadium

- Fairy Tale Ball - Foundation 4th - Canteen Special food day (Ice cream Day)

- Choir & Highland Dancing at Nursing Homes 5th - Parent Helpers Morning Tea – 11am - MPR 6th - Grade 5/6 Dancing

- Carols Night 6th-12th - F-2 Swimming – Group 1 13th-19th - F-2 Swimming – Group 2 7th - Wonnies Concert 10th - Foundation 2019 Parent Information Night 11th - Orientation Morning (Foundation & Yr 6/7) 13th - Grade 5/6 Dancing 14th - Last day of Canteen for 2018. 19th - Grade 6 Graduation 21st - End Term 4 – 1:30pm Dismissal

FORWARD DATES:

School Photos – 19th March 2019 Grade 5/6 Canberra Trip – 25th – 29th March 2019 TERM DATES 2018

Term 4 – 8 October – 21 December – 1:30pm Dismissal TERM DATES 2019

Teachers resume 29th January Students resume 31st January Easter – 19th April – 22nd April Term 1 – 29/1/19 – 5/4/19 – 2:30pm Dismissal Term 2 – 23/4/19 – 28/6/19 – 2:30pm Dismissal Term 3 – 15/7/19 – 20/9/19 – 2:30pm Dismissal Term 4 – 7/10/19 – 20/12/19 – 1:30pm Dismissal CANTEEN ROSTER – TERM 4

12/11 Justine W. 14/11 Helper needed please 15/11 Helper needed please

16/11 Jan B. & Martina M.

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK AWARDS

F/K Willow G. - For consistently demonstrating strong learning choices in the classroom.

Keep up the good work. F/Z Sofia V. - For consistently understanding the value of hard work and effort, especially in our Writer’s Workshops. 12A Jaylen H. - For doing a great job at decoding the secret Maths message. 12B Jordan S. - For your accurate measuring in Maths. You were ‘pursuing your personal best’. 12E Owen T. - For excellent focus and creative thinking about ways to compare the capacity of two containers. Great work! Maya R. } For great teamwork designing your healthy messages poster. Isabella G. } You both had a fantastic message about being Sunsmart. Well done! 12F Sarisha S-D. - For great skills shown during our ‘Measurement’ lessons on mass and length. Conor S. - For great skills shown during our ‘Measurement’ lessons on capacity and mass. 12M Nikhil V. - For determinedly working toward his personal best and recognising that this looks different for very person. Charlye D. - For making the choices every day that have led to improvement in her reading.

It wasn’t always an easy choice, but it has paid off! 12S Antonio C. - For having a positive attitude when attending MiniLit. It is fantastic to see you trying to achieve your personal best. 34L Grace S. - For her entertaining presentation of her recent holiday. It takes courage to speak to a large group. 34P Elise B. - For always making strong choices in her learning and for being a kind and caring friend to many. Ryan Z. - For always pursuing his personal best in everything he does. You are an amazing person, Ryan. 56B Jet W. - For sharing your amazing coding experience with the class – well done! 56D Flinders W. - For his persistence with his Reading and Maths. Congratulations on achieving such fantastic results.

Notices sent home to Families – 1-8 November 2018

Notice Distributed to: Due Date:

Grade 6 (2019) Commemorative Tops – Order forms Grade 5s 13/11/18

Canberra Trip 2019 (Compass - see Office News for details) Grade 4 & 5 29/11/18

Grade 6 Graduation Via Compass 8/11/18

Swimming Forms Foundation – Gr. 2 15/11/18

Japanese Cultural Evening All families 22/11/18

Term 4 is SunSmart – Wear Your Hat!

Just a reminder that Term 4 is a SunsSmart term and it is compulsory for hats to be worn in the playground. Slouch hats are available to purchase offsite at RHSports at Unit 12, 100 New Street, Ringwood. Notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms

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REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPIES ON SALE TOMORROW

This Sunday 11th November marks the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18). Each year on this day Australians observe one minute’s silence at 11am, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. We will be selling items for the Poppy Appeal on behalf of the Ringwood RSL from Monday 29th October, up to and including Friday 9th November. Items for sale are: Poppy Badges (small) - $1 Poppies - $2 Wristbands - $3 Key Ring - $4 Poppies - $5 Junior School Council members will come around to the classrooms every day during the week beginning 29th October, to give students the opportunity to purchase something from the tray. They will also be available for sale at the office.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT - Material Preparation I know it’s still October, but Christmas Craft will begin in the coming weeks! If you would like to be part of these popular activities please consider either coming in to Art sessions or helping out at home by preparing materials. There are lots of materials to be cut up in readiness including fabric, wire and timber and I would greatly appreciate some assistance with this huge job. If you are able to collect materials for cutting at home, please email kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au or leave your details at the Office. Samples and measurements will be provided. Times and dates for Art sessions will be posted closer to the time. LIBBY SHAW VISUAL ARTS TEACHER

Canteen News NEW MENU – The new menu was sent out on Monday 8th October. Please note some prices have changed. This is also available on our website under “Canteen” and “Notices & Forms”. Spare copies are available at the office. Please dispose of your old menu. The new online menu shows the “Healthy Traffic Light” system, with some areas in green, some in orange and some in red. The green writing shows foods that are healthy and can be eaten at any time. The items in orange means that it’s quite okay to have them sometimes, and the items in red are those that should only be eaten as a very special treat. You can use this as a guide for your child’s choices. FUTURE DATES: 4th December - Special Food Day – Ice Cream Day 14th December - Last day for lunch orders for 2018.

Helpers Needed If you are able to help at any time in the canteen, it would be very much appreciated. Please contact me in the canteen or leave your name at the office. We are short of volunteers and children love to see their mums, dads, or other family members helping out. JUSTINE WATSON CANTEEN MANAGER

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Kalinda Wellbeing Last week we introduced three of our Key Concept posters and discussed some examples of how we might refer to theses posters when discussing certain emotions and behaviours throughout a day at school. Let’s look at our other two Key Concept posters and our Self-Mastery Checklist. “If you don’t know why you’re doing something, then don’t do it because it’s most likely the wrong thing to do.” This Key Concept is all about thinking deeper and going beyond the ‘shoulder shrug’ or “I dunno” response that we’ve all had when questioning children about the reasons behind their behaviour. Thinking deeply and discovering the true reasons why we choose to behave in certain ways can be confronting, but it is an essential part of taking responsibility for our behaviour and setting ourselves up to make stronger choices in the future.

This Key Concept is all about assisting children to pursue their personal best in everything they do. It encourages children to focus on bettering themselves, rather than comparing themselves to others. This poster can be used as a tool to discuss academic goals and achievements, sporting successes and failures and dealing with the disappointment of missing out on things such as production roles or leadership opportunities. This poster is also used when discussing who students choose to work with, and how pursuing our personal best shouldn’t change depending on who we work with.

Our Self-mastery Checklist is comprised of six questions that children can ask of themselves or can be asked by teachers. These questions will hopefully trigger a self-reflective process and will assist children in self-regulating their own emotions and behaviours. You will notice they are all closed questions, which helps children to focus and simplify the problem and identify how they can make responsible behaviour choices. This is just a quick snapshot of our key concepts and how we might use them throughout the day at school. We are loving hearing that this whole school language is making its way home and that kids are discussing these key concepts with their families. Please keep encouraging them to do so! For more information on Play is the Way, visit the website or chat to your child’s teacher!

https://playistheway.com.au/ BIANCA DAVIES WELLBEING COORDINATOR

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Junior Athletics Experience The Foundation and Grade 1/2 students will soon be taking part in the annual Junior Athletics Experience! On the day students will participate in a range of modified athletic track and field events while representing their house team. Date: Monday the 26th of November Time: 9:30am - 1:00pm Location: Kalinda Primary School On the day, please bring:

Asthma puffer (if required)

A hat and sunscreen

Adequate snack and lunch, and a full drink bottle Students are encouraged to wear runners and come dressed in their ‘House’ colours ensuring appropriateness for participation in physical activity. The House colours are Chisholm (Red), McCubbin (Green), Melba (Yellow) and Parkes (Blue). If you are unsure of your child's house, information can be found on their homepage in Compass, or through the class teacher If students, choose not to attend in ‘House’ colours they need to attend in appropriate school uniform and wear appropriate shoes for running. Parents, as always, are most welcome to attend on the day. JESSICA SWINGLER PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER

GRADUATION DANCING Our Grade 5/6 students started their Graduation Dancing lessons today! They will be doing six lessons over the rest of this term. The Grade 5 students are learning their steps for Graduation next year, while the Grade 6 students, who started lessons last year, will be continuing through this term in readiness for their big Graduation night on Wednesday, 19th December. We would like to thank Mr Ken Marshall for once again instructing our students, not only teaching them the dance steps, but also teaching them the value of teamwork and cooperation. We’re very proud of the spirit in which the students have begun their lessons today. It’s so much fun! GRADE 5/6 TEAM

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JAPANESE CULTURAL EVENING

All Kalinda Primary School students and their families are invited to attend our Japanese Cultural Evening to be held at Kalinda Primary School on Monday November 26th starting at 5:30pm

Families will be guided through four cultural experiences:

Sushi workshop will be run by our recent school trip team Branch Out 2018

Japan Trip Trivia session run by Branch Out Team.

Origami (paper folding), let’s make a jumping origami!

Manga .workshop by the cartoonist Kenny sensei The evening will conclude with a short Koto (Japanese harp) concert in front of our Japanese garden. Children are encouraged to dress in something with a ‘Japanese’ theme on the night and prizes will be given to the best dressed. We strongly advise families to arrive a little early in order to collect a program and be at their first activity ready for a 5:30pm start in our Library. To help with the planning and preparation of the evening, if you and your family are planning to come to our Japanese Cultural Evening could you please let us know the number of people attending on the form, which is being sent home shortly for you to complete and return by Thursday 22nd November. We hope to see you on Monday, November 26th for a fantastic cultural experience. Jess White Noriko Sato Hiromi Hagihara Japanese LOTE Teacher Japanese Intern Teacher Japanese LOTE Teacher Grades 5/6 Grades Foundation - 4 Grades Foundation - 4

Please enter from the main office entrance to the Library on the night!

Arigato!

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS

There are a number of events on Compass at the moment needing payment and consent. Please check your children’s Compass profiles for details and due dates. Instalment Details for Canberra Trip 2019: Payment in full or by instalments is available on Compass under “Course Confirmation & Payments” (not Events). Instalment #1 ($161.50) was due by 25th October; Instalment #2 ($156.75) is due by 29th November; Instalment #3 ($156.75) is due by 14th February 2019 Payment in full - $475.

Please note: If you are eligible for Camps, Sports & Excursions Funding (CSEF), please do not process through Compass, as this will alter the amount owed. Please come in to the office to arrange amended payment. Credit Card & BPay payments – Please remember that we cannot accept payments of less than $10 for credit card and less than $30 for BPay. If you are paying by BPay, please also send in a short email or note letting us know the amount, what the payment was for and the BPay Receipt number, to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au If payments of less than $10 are received, we will be returning them home and asking for cash payment. The Parent Payment Policy and the Kalinda Primary School Hardship Policy is located on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/ - Notices & Forms, for your information. . THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to login to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add Note / Approval” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass. As per the DET requirements, notifications will be sent out via text if your child has an unexplained absence. Please take the time to ensure all your details are correct.

STUDENT BANKING Don’t forget to send in your child’s Bendigo Bank Deposit book every Friday. Deposits will be processed and the books will be returned to your child each Monday.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports

Kalinda Primary School Uniforms are available to purchase offsite at RHSports at Unit 12, 100 New Street, Ringwood. Notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms For your convenience, the RHSports Shop is open every day from 9:00am – 5:00pm, including school holidays. The direct link to RHSports is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events and information. The Department of Education & Training (DET) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DET and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

APPLES

STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will be delivering apples on Thursday 22nd November. If you would like to order apples or pears, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 21st November. Bags are approximately 5-6kg and are freshly picked from the orchard.

Pink Ladies (NEW SEASON), Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Fujis are now $12 per bag. Green & Brown pears are available at $10 per bag.

Strawberries (‘A’ Grade) are also available at $5.00 per 1/2 kg punnet. (early orders are needed for strawberries - Tuesdays)