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Newsletter No. 34 - Term 4 – Week 5 Thursday 3 November 2016

From the Principal……….. I hope everyone enjoyed their Cup Day with the crazy weather. Although the weather is not great for humans it is great for growing trees so we have decided to go ahead and plant the large trees along the pathway at the front of the school. We are very excited to see them in the ground and growing. GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

Japan Trip Reports Host Families – by Hayley M. (56J) When we arrived at Lily Vale Primary School we met our host siblings and we were in the same classes as them through the week. We had the Sunday and half of Saturday with our host families to go and explore. I went to KidZania, which is a place where you pretend to be a shop owner or worker and earn fake money to swap for gift. Other families went to Disneyland, Seaside Park or Disney Sea. Kyoto Sightseeing – by Lucy W. (56D) Japan’s ancient capital truly lives up to its name; full of history and beauty. We visited castles and temples that mesmerised us, especially The Golden Pavilion. This tour was led by a lovely guide who made sure that we were having the best time possible. We even visited the largest wooden house in the world! This day was, without a doubt, one of the best on the whole Japan trip. Miyajima Island – by Kira S. (56C) Miyajima Island was my favourite place. It was an island with beautiful beaches. There are wild deer just walking around. One night we had dinner on the beach and, while Ryan was making sure a deer didn’t eat any plastic that someone had dropped, another ninja deer came ad ate all his noodles that he had for dinner! Hiroshima – by Charlotte C. (56D) Hiroshima is a place that moves you beyond words. Its historic memorials and Sakako statue moved you as you toured the museum of a girl who developed Leukaemia 10 years after the A-bomb. Hiroshima is a gorgeous city with spectacular gardens and one of the best public transport systems in Japan. Depending on who you ask, the only downside is the regular earthquakes. It was one of my many highlights, closely followed by avoiding swiss roll eating deer! I will never forget it.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPIES This year, Friday 11

th November marks the 98th 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 17

th October, up to and

including Friday 11th November. Items for sale are:

Badges - $1 Poppies - $2 Wristbands - $3 Bag Tags - $4 Poppies (with blue ribbon) - $5 Poppies (with red ribbon) - $10 Junior School Council members will come around to the classrooms every day next week to give students a chance to purchase something from the tray.

CANTEEN NEWS The food processor in Canteen has broken down, beyond repair. If anyone has a food processor hiding in the back of their cupboard that they are not using anymore, and would like to donate it, please see Jo in the Canteen or let us know in the office. JO O’CALLAGHAN CANTEEN MANAGER

Letter to Santa Kalinda Primary School

If you would like to send a letter to Santa and receive a response from him,

please do the following:

Write your letter to Santa and deposit it in the green and red box on the Library desk by 2:00pm on Friday 2nd December.

This will ensure that Santa receives your letter

and writes back to you by the end of the school term.

Thank you. Hope you all have a lovely Christmas!

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Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families – 27 Oct. – 3 Nov. Notice Distributed to: Return by:

Kalinda Twilight Market Gr. 5/6 All Star Band 3/11/16

Kalinda Twilight Market Solo/Group Performers 3/11/16

Kalinda Twilight Market Choir 3/11/16

Kalinda Twilight Market Highland Dancers 4/11/16

Oxfam Music Festival For Schools Highland Dancers 11/11/16

November

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th - Gr. 5/6 Dancing Lessons - MPR

11th - Remembrance Day

- Twilight Market 14

th - P&F General Mtg – 9:30am Stadium

17th - Gr. 5/6 Dancing Lessons - MPR

18th - 2017 Foundation Transition – 9:30-11am

21st - P&F Gen. Mtg. – 9.30am Stadium

24th - Gr. 5/6 Dancing Lessons - MPR

27th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon

December

1st - Gr. 5/6 Dancing Lessons - MPR

2nd

- Junior Athletics Day (Foundation – Gr. 2) 5

th - Holly’s String Group (after assembly)

- 2017 Foundation Parent Info Night – 7pm - Japanese Activities Evening

6th

- G6 & 2017 Foundation Orientation Day - Last day of Uniform Shop for 2016.

7th - Kalinda Carols

8th - Gr. 5/6 Dancing Lessons - MPR

9th - Hot Dog Day & last day of Canteen

12th - P&F Annual General Meeting

- 9.30am Stadium 12-16

th - Foundation – Gr. 2 Swimming lessons

15th - Grade 6 Graduation

20th - End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

FORWARD DATES 2017 Grade 5/6 Canberra Camp:

Group 1 – 20-24 February Group 2 – 27 Feb – 3 March School Photo Day – 23

rd March

TERM DATES 2016

Term 4 – 3 October to Tuesday, 20 December TERM DATES 2017

Term 1 – 30 January (Teachers resume)

31 January (Pupil-free day) 1 February (Students resume) End Term 1 – 31 March Easter – Good Friday 14 April – 17 April Term 2 – 18 April – 30 June Term 3 – 17 July – 22 September Term 4 – 9 October to 22 December

CANTEEN NEWS

9/11 Mel M. & May U. 10/11 Suzanne H. & Claire D. 11/11 Jo H. & Sarah F. & Renee S. LAST DAY OF CANTEEN – 9

th December

LAST DAY OF UNIFORM SHOP – 6

th Dec.

PLEASE NOTE: Amendment to Summer Canteen Price List: Piranha Vegie Crackers - $1.50 Butter or Cheese Popcorn - $1.20

If there are any families who are intending to leave at the end of this year, please let the office

know, in writing, as soon as possible at kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/H Casey C. - For your fabulous attitude in Transition. Thank you for being so kind, caring

and considerate. Charli J. - For your wonderful writing during our Writer’s Workshop. Dylan K. - For all your hard work during our Writer’s Workshops. F/L Alexis W. - For working so well in all areas this term. Great effort. Jacob S. - For making a great effort during our ‘Writer’s Workshops’. Well done! F/T Georgie G. - For continuing to always give her best effort, no matter what she’s doing! Emin S. - For fantastic work during Zone Maths, to write all your numbers correctly. 12B Charlie B. - For showing fantastic initiative and bringing such a positive attitude to our classroom. You make it such a fun place to be, Charlie. Shae G. - For your outstanding effort with your reading this year. You have made such great progress, Shae, and should be so proud of your achievements. 12D Alexander H. - For your fabulous Portfolio Task. You have shown us all that you have learnt about division and presented it beautifully. 12N Alishea P. - For asking questions while you read and remembering important details and information.

Ayda H: - For the careful and focused way you reflected on this year as your wrote your report comment.

12S Seth L-B. - For his creative ideas and team work in making and selling sporting items in the class shop. Hamish C. - For his creative writing piece on the “Robber”. You have really started to find your ‘voice’ in your pieces of work. Lochie B. - For fantastic organisation, planning and enthusiasm in creating the

Grade 1/2 Pizza Shop. April D. - For her terrific effort, friendliness and courage shown at the Grade 2 Sleepover. Cara M. - For fantastic organisation, planning and effort show in the Grade 1/2 Café. Riley O’C. - For fantastic organisation, planning and effort shown in the Grade 1/2

Ice-Cream Shop. Maverick J. - For fantastic organisation, planning and enthusiasm in creating the

Grade 1/2 Fish & Chip Shop. 34D Tate F. - For writing and presenting an informative and entertaining slide show on baby polar bears. Kai W. - For writing an interesting slide show on baby polar bears. 34M Elise M. - For always giving everything a go and having a wonderful attitude each and every day. Emma L. - For the outstanding improvement she has shown in her creative writing. Gabriella C. - For doing such outstanding research for her CBL guiding activities. So many great resources to use! Noah B. - For the outstanding piece of writing he produced about being stranded on an island. Very engaging! 34P Ethan K-C. - For accurately reading his weekly THRASS words. Great work, Ethan. Jade G. - For being such a happy member of our class who always challenges herself in her learning. Jade, you are a STAR! Jared B. - For reading with fluency in his Literacy Group and for reviewing his text for information. Great work, Jared. Amber C. - For applying herself in a diligent manner whilst reading a non-fiction text in her Literacy Group. Great work, Amber. 56C Ava M. - For your wonderful enthusiasm towards learning new concepts in Zone Maths.

Spencer H. - For your enthusiastic and positive attitude, as well as your exemplary manners. You're a star.

56J Harrison P. - For demonstrating a ‘role model’ attitude to his learning.

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Our Adventure to the Shops ! During the term the Grade 1/2s had been working hard creating a shop. Their Learning intention, with a small group, was to create a shop and sell items, exchange money and give small amounts of change while having some fun in Numeracy . We all had a terrific time. Here are some student reflections of the event. On Friday the 21

st of October we presented our shops. My shop was called

‘Sharky’s’ fish and chips. The people in my group were Laura, Jonty, Maverick and Gemma. We sold fish and chips and potato cakes with sauce. The fish was $2.00, chips were$1.00 and the potato cakes were 50 cents. The best bit was selling the stickers for free and doing the money. Kaiya 12S

On Friday 21

st October at school Seth, Elise, Aiden and Abigail did the sport shop. I

did footy stuff. Aiden did the balls. Seth did the cricket stuff. Elise did the hats and shoes and Abigail the poster. We were popular and got rich! We had enough for two shops. The best part was making the shop. Rory 12S

On Friday I did shops. I had 5 people in my group. They were me, Mitch, Lochie, Ethan and Ashlee. I had so much fun seeing my friends in other grades. We sold lots and lots of pizzas. 12N and 12R came to buy our pizzas and drinks. We got rich. My group’s name was Pizza 5. It was so amazing and exciting. Brooklyn 12S

On Friday 21

st of October our shop opened. It was called ice cream galore. We made,

mint, vanilla, chocolate and bubble-gum ice creams. The people in our shop were Riley, Lachlan. B, April and Hamish. When the people came I was nervous. We sold everything. The best part was working together. Liam.K 12S

On Friday 21

st of October we made some pretend shops. Each different group had

a different shop. My group members were. Chelsea, Amelia, Tanya and myself. My shop was a café. Its name was “ Café 4 shop’. When people came in I was amazed about how many people at our store. We sold brownies, cakes, muffins, cookies, milkshakes, coffee, hot chocolate and we used a cash register. We sold everything. At the end we packed up. It was a very fun time. It was the best-selling food shop ever. Cara. 12S

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Term 4 – Week 5

Hello and welcome to OSH News. We had another great week getting to know our new families and welcomed back Alexis and Emily from their overseas adventures – we are all very jealous hearing about the swimming pools and sandy beaches. Celebrating Michelle’s favourite holiday – Halloween, and a curriculum day thrown in meant lots of fun and spooky activities this week. We spent the week creating ghosts, pumpkins and spiders to decorate our room for the party. On Friday we made chocolate spiders, decorated cookies and had a treasure hunt, we went camping and told “scary” tales and investigated the playground for paranormal activity. On our menu this week were; fruit platters, sandwiches, dips and pita, noodles, corn chips. We have enjoyed playing with our new maracas and jingle bells, adding on to our crazy fortes with a whole new set to build with, playing Boggle and creating book marks. We are again getting very near quota on Tuesday and Thursday nights, please ensure you book in early to avoid late fees and ensure we are well catered. 2017 is fast approaching and bookings will open in late November. Welcome to all our families welcoming in siblings to transition and good luck for all our existing students moving on up to new adventures. Thank you all so much for the generous donations – we always appreciate books, dress up’s, coloring in books, board games and more. We would really appreciate any gardening supplies you may want to shed – we would love to create a veggie / herb patch. Our Family communication book is always on the sign on desk for anyone wishing to leave comments, suggestions or queries. We appreciate your feedback for our program and our team. We are available during program hours on 0439 992 434. Feel free to leave a voicemail message if we are unavailable. We are also contactable at oshclub.kalinda@gmail.com. Alternatively, you are always welcome to contact our Area Manager (Kathi Rowan) on 0432 212 817 or Kathi@oshclub.com.au. We have a GOLD suggestion box on the “sign in” table and we invite everyone to leave suggestions whenever they wish! These can be anonymous. We welcome everyone in OSHClub; our children are very considerate of new students and we take pride in our ability to make every child feel special. Kind Regards, Michelle Dark OSHClub Coordinator

Program phone: 0439 992 434 Coordinator: Michelle Dark

Assistants: Michelle Dark, Kaitlyn Robertson, Wendy Reid, Lorressa Mancuso.

OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS SWIMMING – FOUNDATION TO GRADE 2 The Swimming Program for Foundation – Grade 2 payment of deposit, has now closed on Compass. If you wish your child to take part in this program, please call in to the office to organise payment. If you do not wish your child to take part in this program, please let us know by email or phone call as soon as possible. PARENT PAYMENTS & VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS 2017 The Parent Payment & Voluntary Contributions for 2017 is now open on Compass. The form has also been sent home through your Youngest Child. Please read carefully and feel free to contact the office if you have any queries. The 2017 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. REMINDER - Canberra Camp 2017 Full payment is now open on Compass pay. The full amount is due by 9

th February 2017 and can be

paid through Compass. If you wish to pay by instalments, please come to the office (as per instructions on Compass). If you have CSEF funding, please contact the office.

The second instalment of $100 was due on 27/10/2016 The third instalment is due 01/12/2016 - $100 The fourth instalment is due 09/02/2016 - $100 Please note these dates are the due dates. Payments must be made on, or before these dates. 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. COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to log in to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add / Approve Absence” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER UNIFORM SHOP Opening Times: The Uniform Shop is open every Monday from 3:00 – 3:45pm. The shop will also be open for each of the transition sessions from 9:00 – 10:30am up until, and including, Tuesday 6

th December.

This will be the last day of trading for 2016. Lost Property – There is already a mountain of lost property here at the office. The majority of the items are NOT named. We are very happy to return the items to your child but unfortunately we cannot do that if it is not named. All unnamed items will be washed and held for the next Jumble Sale or passed on to those families in need. Thank you for your donations! SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS

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STUDENT BANKING – EVERY FRIDAY As notified in previous newsletters, the Student Banking is now being done through Bendigo Bank. If you have not opened an account as yet, spare account opening kits are available through the office. For those students with Dollarmite accounts, you are still able to deposit through your local Commonwealth Bank branch, or you can also open a Bendigo Bank account.

Team Kalinda 12 November 2016

Relay for Life is on this year and Team Kalinda will be walking once again. If you would like to join our team,

please search for Team Kalinda and register at www.relayforlife.org.au

Bring a tent and sleep over or simply walk a few laps in memory of your loved ones.

Any queries, please contact Jo O’Callaghan on m. 0402 031 447.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on 12th November, 2016

FAQ - What is Relay for Life

Each Relay For Life event is organised by a local volunteer committee on behalf of Cancer Council. Teams of 10–15, which are headed up by a team captain, get together and fundraise year-round. Everyone then meets at the Relay to celebrate the amazing fundraising achievements of the past year. Teams participate in a relay-style walk or run, challenging themselves to stay on the track overnight. Each event is unique and you can stay for the whole event and camp overnight, enjoy the fun activities and attend the moving ceremonies that make Relay For Life so special.

Put your thinking cap on to plan your team theme, campsite decorations and costumes. It all adds colour to the event. While it's not compulsory to dress up, many teams do. From superheroes of hope to clowns, pirates and space outfits, dressing in theme is a great way to get your team having fun.

Each person on the team pays a registration fee, which includes a shirt and breakfast in the morning. There are no age limitations or fitness requirements – Relay For Life is suitable for everyone

GO TEAM KALINDA!

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

APPLES - STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will next be delivering apples on Thursday 10 November. If you would like to order apples, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 9

th Nov.

Bags are approximately 5-6kg. Available at the moment are: Pink Ladies, Golden Delicious & Granny Smiths at $10 per bag (approx. 5-6kg).

Green and Brown pears are also available at $8 per bag.

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