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60 Crook Street (PO Box 45) Strathdale 3550 www.kenningtonps.vic.edu.au kennington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone: 5443 2011 Fax: 5441 7321

Acting Principal:

Assistant Principal : Assistant Principal: Assistant Principal

(Deaf Facility):

Jo Menzel Trudi Jacobson Luke Monaghan Marg Tope

Newsletter No. 5 Thursday 3rd March, 2016

Kennington Primary School Values Awards

Caring

Is showing concern for others and being thoughtful, and understanding of their feelings. It means your thoughts; words and actions show consideration for others.

Community

Is working together for the common good. It means being able to work together and act positively with others.

Inclusion

Is respecting and valuing differences. It means we include others in work and play.

Personal Best

Is always aiming high and being the best I can. It means being optimistic: that I will be successful in the end.

Respect

Is treating everybody and everything with consideration and courtesy. It means looking after myself, others and the environment.

Preps PA Ashlyn H

PB Tayah O

PC Kirra C

Grade 1-2 1A Jared R

1B Ashton O

1C Isla J

1/2D Roman G

2A Nate D

2B William W

2C Ella M

Grade 3-4 3A Keira B

3B Ella B

3C Kayden R

3D Thomas M

4A Maggie G

4B Aaron C

4C Todd E

Grade 5-6 5A Tate L

5B Jackson R

5C Eva A

5D Brooke E

6A Hanna B

6B Jai O

6C Andrea C

Specialist

MUSIC: Mackenzie M (1B)

VISUAL ARTS: Rhys H (5A)

PHYS.ED: Kya P (1A)

AUSLAN LOTE: Lugas S (3A)

EAL: Hay Moo (5C)

Hand Writing: Prep A Hugo F (2B) Mitchell S (5B)

Dates to Remember

Term 1

March

Fri 4th 11:15am –

1:15pm Division Swimming

Mon 7th

8:45am – 9:15am

Harmony Day at Assembly

Tue 8th 9:00am –

9:30am Community Auslan Classes

New Date Now Tue 15th

Family Ukulele Night Change of Date

Wed 9th Division Tennis

Fri 11th 9:00am –

10:30am Preps Grandparents and Special Friends’ Morning

Mon 14th No School Labour Day

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Tue 15th Multicultural Sports

Day for EAL students

Tue 15th 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Family Ukulele Night

Tue 15th 9:00am –

10:00am Preps Rotary Visit

Tue 15th 9:00am –

9:30am Community Auslan Classes

Wed 16th Grades 3 – 6

Athletics Day

Thu 17th Division Volleyball

Thu 17th 3:30pm –

6:00pm KPS Fair

Mon 21st Grade 6

Urban Camp departs

Mon 21st Regional Tennis –

Swan Hill

Mon 21st 6:45pm

7:15pm 7:30pm

Annual Reporting Meeting Annual General Meeting School Council

Tue 22nd

9:00am – 9:30am

Community Auslan Classes

Wed 23rd

Grade 6 Urban Camp returns

Thu 24th 2:30pm Term 1 concludes

Term 2

April

Mon 11th 8:35am School commences

Tue 12th 9:00am –

9:30am Community Auslan Classes

Wed 13th State Swimming

Mon 18th No School Curriculum Day

Tue 19th 9:00am –

9:30am Community Auslan Classes

Fri 22nd

School Cross Country

Fri 22nd

1:00pm – 1:30pm

ANZAC Day Ceremony

Mon 25th No School ANZAC Day

School Council President’s News Principal Position 2016 The process for the advertised Principal vacancy is now complete. A No Appointment decision has been made. This means that the position will be readvertised and a new process will commence with a potential take up by the new Principal in Term 3 2016. DET will appoint an Acting Principal for Term 2.

Peter Dyer School Council President

Principal’s Report Dear Parents/Carers, Disabled Parking at KPS At KPS we have a need for disabled parking. The first priority for these parking spaces should be for the drivers of disabled students. These students are unable to walk long distances and the parks are there to support them. It would be appreciated if the two car spots closest to the BER are left for such students. This would be very helpful. In addition to these two places, there are an additional 4 disabled parking spaces available at the front of the school. Police have informed us that they will be patrolling the roads within and around KPS in the near future. Student Safety Members of our school community are reminded to have conversation with their child/ren about personal safety at all times, and particularly on the way to and from school. Please ensure your child/ren knows which route they are expected to take and always encourage them to walk in pairs or small groups. Also talk with them about appropriate strategies if they encounter someone they do not know, or who makes them feel uncomfortable. Extreme Weather With the prediction of very warm weather, we will monitor the conditions very closely. On extreme days we will keep the students inside for additional time. In addition, we will remind students frequently about the importance of drinking water, applying sunscreen and wearing their hats. We appreciate your support in reinforcing these messages. With sunscreen it is appropriate for students to apply sunscreen before coming to school in the morning, and to carry sunscreen in their bags to apply during the day. Instructions for this should be clearly communicated to your child by you. Public Holiday A reminder that Monday 14

th March is the Labour Day

Public Holiday. Students do not attend school on this day.

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Principals Report continued……. School Council Elections I would like to congratulate the following parents that have been duly elected as Parent Representatives of the Kennington Primary School Council:

Chris Braden

Darren Lewis

Damien Palmer

Erica Peak I would also like to sincerely thank our outgoing School Council members; Kylie Brady and Heather Dixon (Parent Representatives) and Kim Kirkpatrick and Corrina Hartland (DET Representatives) for the key roles they have played in supporting the best possible educational outcomes for our students. The following outlines membership of School Council for 2016:

Parent Members 2015 – 2016 (Retiring next election 2017)

Peter Dyer Darren Eldridge Nicole Hodges Cameron Turnbull

DET Members 2015 – 2016 (Retiring next election 2017)

Marg Tope

Dianne McKean

Parent Members 2016 - 2017 Chris Braden

Darren Lewis

Damien Palmer

Erica Peak

Community Member Gavin Salvador

DET Members 2016 - 2017 Trudi Jacobson

Acting Executive Officer

Jo Menzel

The Annual General Meeting of School Council will be held on Monday 21

st March.

Grade 6 Camp The Grade 6 Camp is in the last week of Term 1. Final payment for the Grade 6 Camp should already be finalised, if you haven’t please pay by Friday 5

th March

2016. Bookings at venues will be made reflecting the numbers of students where camp payment has been paid in full by this date. Every Day Counts – School Attendance We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day. Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future – a student missing one day a fortnight will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind and can affect their educational outcomes.

Coming to school every day is vital, but if for any reason your child must miss school, there are things we can do together to ensure they don’t fall behind:

Speak with your classroom teacher and find out what work your child needs to do to keep up.

Develop an absence learning plan with your teacher and ensure your child completes the plan.

Remember, every day counts. If your child must miss school, speak with your classroom teacher as early as possible. From 1 March 2014, new laws will mean that parents can be fined for not sending students to school without an acceptable reason. If you’re having attendance issues with your child, please let your classroom teacher know so we can work together to get your child to school every day.

Student Information Full Detail Forms The forms which were given out on book pickup day need to be returned to the office ASAP, even if there are no changes.

Family Law Courts & Intervention Orders Families that have Family Law Court Orders or Intervention Orders are requested to provide a copy to the school so that the school can act in accordance with any orders. Family Law Court Orders stipulate the rights of both parties and enable us to act appropriately and lawfully. It is also appropriate that the school is in possession of the most recent Family Law Court Orders or Intervention Orders. Twilight Fair/ Community Night – Thursday 17

th March

This year our Twilight Fair is from 3:30pm until 6:00pm on Thursday 17

th March. We look forward to as many

members of our school community joining us as possible. Each class is running a stall and your help would be appreciated. We plan to have a BBQ meal available along with a range of rides and activities for our students. Please add this date to your calendar and take the opportunity to join with us for this special community event. Fair Competition At our Twilight Fair we will be holding a Fair Competition. The prizes will be Easter hampers. These have been very popular in the past. Tickets will be sold on the night of the fair for $1.00, and the winners will be drawn at approximately 5:45pm. If you are able to contribute to our prizes e.g. Easter eggs/chocolates, Easter soft toys, baskets for prizes, clear cellophane, tissue paper, coloured ribbon, Easter colouring books or general colouring books, pencils, crayons, stickers, notepads, and biscuits. Please bring your donations to the office. Please don’t send along any products containing nuts. (As has been the case in the past the office staff have promised not to eat them!!!) We hope to make up 10-12 prizes so all donations are greatly appreciated.

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Rides/Fair Activities

At the Twilight Fair this year all activities and rides will be prepaid. Students and visitors can purchase a mega pass for $20.00 ($22.00 value - see draft sample) which will be hole punched at each activity. If students and or visitors want less or more value, $10.00 or $5.00 passes will also be available.

All rides/stalls accept mega passes only.

Cash is only accepted at the cake stall and coffee van.

The passes will be held at school until the day of the fair. Passes can be purchased from Monday 29

th February.

Personal Possessions The school insurance does not cover the loss or damage of personal possessions. Students are therefore encouraged to leave valuable personal possessions at home. The Link The Link is the main form of communication with you so please ensure that your child brings it home. The Link will be sent home with the youngest child in each family or look on www.kennington.vic.edu.au. The Link will be published on Thursdays. Sometimes, where we need to ensure that a piece of information gets to all of our school community, a notice will be repeated in a number of newsletters. Regards

Jo Menzel Acting Principal

Konnective

In order to improve communications between school and home we have recently purchased a school phone app that works on iPhones and android devices. The school will send out regular notifications via this app including reminders of upcoming events as well as links to newsletters. The app is called Konnective and can be downloaded free of charge from the App store or Google Play on your phone. Once you have downloaded the app you will need to register via the app. In the My Connections tab you can then select Kennington Primary School.

Whole School Handwriting Awards Handwriting is valued and celebrated at Kennington Primary School. Each week two students are selected to receive a handwriting award. These students are chosen according to criteria including the correct formation and size of letters, neatness and the overall presentation of book work. This year, there will also be a whole class award for the class which consistently strives to improve handwriting and book presentation. This will be chosen on a monthly basis. The names of students who have been chosen to receive the handwriting award will now be published in the newsletter, in advance, under the Kennington Primary School Values Awards section to further acknowledge the outstanding achievement and also to allow families to attend the presentation at assembly. The award winners will receive a certificate and a stationery item to keep, as well as a medal to wear during class time for the whole week.

Prep News We would like to invite our Grandparents to attend out “Grandparents and Special Friends” morning on Friday 11

th

March 2016. . We are very conscious of the fact that many students will not have grandparents close by, and hope that a special friend is able to attend instead. A special friend could be a babysitter, neighbour or family friend. Grandparents and special friends are welcome to go to their child’s classroom at 9:00am for activities and fun. The morning will conclude at 10:30am. Due to the size of the room, and potential of overwhelming our students, extra family members (mums, dads, toddlers) are asked not to go into the classroom. Thank you for your support with this. We look forward to meeting you on this day. Regards, The Prep Team

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Harmony Day Banner by EAL students

Harmony Day - 7th

March On Monday 7th of March we will be celebrating Harmony Day at Assembly. All students across the school have been busy making cultural crafts during Art sessions as part of Cultural Diversity Week. They will be displaying these crafts at Assembly. Preps

Grade 1 and 2 Indian Teepees

colourful feet

Grade 3 and 4 Bunting

Grade 5 and 6 Canvas paintings

The Deaf facility – Will share about sign languge around the world. Did you know that each country has their own sign language? Despite this, Deaf people are very good at communicating with someone from a different country. Mime and gesture also help to understand each other.

The Choir For Harmony Day the Performance Choir will sing their first song for the year, " Walk a mile in my shoes", the classic song about compassion and tolerance. They will be placing shoes at the front that represent their own different life interests, and to demonstrate in a physical way, how we are all different. Please come along and help us celebrate Harmony Day. Michele Chng EAL Teacher

PE News Kennington Primary School Middle & Senior Athletic Sports

Wednesday 16th

March 2016

Dear Parents, The senior school (Grades 3 to 6) athletic sports will be held on Wednesday 16th March. The sports will be held at LaTrobe University Bendigo Athletics Complex. The sports will commence at approximately 9:15am and should conclude at 2:30pm. Events that will be run on the day include; High Jump Hurdles Sprint Triple Jump 200m Sprint Shot Put Discus Long Jump Long Distance (completed at school) The day will be broken into three parts. The children will compete in two events in the morning, break for recess, then complete 4 activities, break for lunch, and then complete the remaining two events. Payment and permission for this activity should already have been through the major sporting events charge at the beginning of 2016. As a Sun Smart School all children are required to wear a hat between September and May and are encouraged to apply sunscreen. During athletic sports it is very important that your child takes responsibility for being sun smart. Please remind your child of the importance of being sun smart and the importance of taking responsibility for keeping themselves as safe as possible from the sun. Please ensure your child can apply their own sunscreen. During the day whilst not competing your child will be reminded to;

Sit in the shade where possible

Wear their hat

Regularly apply sunscreen (provided by you) I hope to see you at this event. ** Please refer to page 9 of the LINK for timetable details** District Tennis Congratulations to Toby H, for representing KPS at the District Tennis Tournament.

Regards, Luke Monaghan Phys. Ed. Teacher

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Performing Arts News Family Fun Ukulele Night - Tuesday 15th March

6:30pm – 7:30pm in the B.E.R building

Everyone Welcome – No cost

For adults and children interested in learning the

ukulele together! (Particularly those families with

a student in the Grade 4 Ukulele program at

school)

Learn the basics of how to play the ukulele

Learn which common chords are used for 100s of

popular songs

Take away song-sheets to practise at home

Look at online resources for further learning

Meet and listen to local ukulele enthusiasts from a

local ukulele group

Try different ukuleles on the display from Muso’s

Stuff Music Shop

A limited number of ukuleles will be available for families to use. If your family has a ukulele, please bring it on the night to ensure that we have enough instruments for everyone. If you plan to attend, please fill out the form below and return it to the office to assist with the preparation of materials.

_______________________________________

Family Fun Ukulele Night - Tuesday 15h March 6:30-7:30 pm

Family Group Name: ________________________ Number attending in the family group: ____ Do you have a ukulele you can bring? Yes No If Yes, how many? ____

Grade 6 News –

Grade 6

In 2016, there are three Grade 6 classes:

6A – Miss Erin Jackson and Mrs Sarah Broadbent

6B – Mr Geoff Pitson

6C – Miss Aimee Welton

We are all located in the new BER building.

Our Specialist classes and teachers are:

-Visual Arts with Mrs Lisa Findlay

-Physical Education with Mr Luke Monaghan

-Auslan with Mrs Sharon Guthrie

1:1 iPads

Each student has an iPad. Students use their iPads

across all subject areas.

Extra-Curricula

Our Grade 6 students are offered opportunities to be

involved in many extra-curricular activities, including the

instrumental music program, choir, production, interschool

sports and Energy Breakthrough.

Buddy Program

Each Grade 6 student is assigned a Prep buddy. The

Grade 6 and Prep students have ‘Buddies’ each Friday

afternoon where they complete creative, educational

activities together. The Grade 6 students continue to act

as positive role-models to their Prep buddy.

Camp

Our overnight camp will occur during the final week of

Term 1. Some of the places we will visit include the MCG,

Shrine of Remembrance, Scienceworks and the

Immigration Museum.

Year 7 Transition

We will undertake a number of activities to assist our

Grade 6 students to make a smooth transition to

Secondary College. Activities include; tours of the

Secondary Colleges, attending musical performances at

BSE and participating in interschool sports with other local

primary schools.

Science

This year we will study microorganisms, electricity, natural

disasters and chemical changes.

Integrated Studies

Our Integrated Studies topics are exploring Asia, migration

to Australia in the 20th century, Federation and significant

contributions to Australian society in the 20th century.

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Bounce Back!

Students complete regular Bounce Back lessons as part of

the Wellbeing program. These lessons cover areas

including core values, emotions, relationships and

bullying. Each classroom also has regular class meetings.

Drug Education

We will complete ten Drug Education lessons throughout

the year. These lessons will cover what a drug is, caffeine,

alcohol and tobacco.

Parents and Friends’ News

Next Meeting Monday 27

th April @ 8:45am in the staffroom after

assembly. Everyone welcome!

++++++++++++++ Bake Stall The School Fair is fast approaching. Once again, the Parents and Friends’ will be running a Bake Stall, where lots of yummy home cooked foods will be available to buy. We will be asking the school community to assist us with donating "baked" goods for the stall. All items need to be home-made; we cannot accept and sell pre-packaged, store bought items. It would be appreciated if all home baked goods were nut free also. We will be having small items to buy and eat on the spot like chocolate crackles or biscuits and larger things to take home like cakes, so anything you make would be fantastic. See the back page for the form to be attached with item. The Bake Stall will accept Mega Passes and cash on fair night.

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Mother and Special Friends’ Day Stall Thursday 5

th May

We gratefully accept all donations to help make this a special day.

Chocolates are always a great donation! (Please make sure they do not contain nuts)

All donations can be dropped at the school office.

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Team China News

Dinner Fundraiser

Yes Team China are at it again! We are full steam ahead with our fundraising. We’d like to invite you to join us at our fundraising dinner. We will be running a raffle on the night and 50% of all adult meals purchased will be donated to the KPS team. Date: Sunday 20

th March

Time: 6:30pm Where: The Bendigo Basketball Stadium Invite your family and friends along for a fun filled night and book a table with Leah. RSVP by Monday 14

th March re table numbers to

Leah Daley on daley.leah.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

Here is a sneak peek of some of the prizes up for grabs at the Bendigo Stadium Team China dinner

Rifle Brigade $50 meal voucher

Refresh Day Spa 2 x 45 min sauna treatments @$36 each

Silk Day Spa $50 voucher

Hashtag $50 meal voucher

All Seasons 2 x $50 vouchers

IGA – Strathdale $50 voucher

Woolworths – Strathdale $30 Wish Gift Card

Bicknell’s Intersports Sporting shirt and drink bottle

Parkey’s Park Lane Indoor Play Room

2x Wonderland Play Passes

Sim R Cafe $20 voucher

Dominoes Pizza Pizza vouchers

Trove Market Earrings

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Fresh Fruit in Classrooms Fresh fruit has commenced again in our classrooms Thank you to the sponsors of this program;

McKern Foundation

J.L King & Co

Porter Davis

Adroit Insurance Group

Bluescope Distribution

Community News

ASTHMA FOUNDATION – for your information

www.asthmafriendlyschools.org.au

FREECALL 1800 645 130

Falcons Netball Club

2016 Season

Falcons Netball Club are still accepting players for the 2016 season!

Ages from Grade 3 – 18/U (boys upto Grade 6)

No need to tryout, everyone is accepted and placed into a team over the team selection period Our family friendly club est. in 1960, we offer choice of being in teams that offer the chance to have some fun and learn some new skills or be in a High Performance team with coaches ready to take you to the top.

Contact: Heather Abdy 0400 170 468

(after hours only) Mikaela Abdy 0484 822 249 mikaela.abdy@gmail.com

Sandhurst Junior Football Club 2016 BJFL season

U/9 1.1.2007 – 30.04.2009 U/10 1.1.2006 – 31.12.2007 U/12 1.1.2004 – 31.12.2006

Registration is open to all boys and girls that meet the age

criteria.

All sides are based at our junior ground Ewing Park.

For more information please contact Greg Murley on 0419 756 237.

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Strathfieldsaye Storm Junior Football Club

Positions Available

Under 9 Under 10 Under 12

Under 14

Youth Girls – DOB 1.1.1998 – 31.12.2003 Junior Girls – DOB 1.1.2004 – 31.12.2006 For registration enquiries please contact SJFC Registrar Angela Gamble 0409 304 654 or

sjfcregistrar@bigpond.com

School Banking

School Banking has commenced again for 2016. School Banking day is Tuesday

Kennington Primary School Athletics Timetable Wednesday 16

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10:25 11 boys 10 girls 10 boys 8/9 girls 8/9 boys 12 girls 12 boys 11 girls

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11:10 11 girls 11 boys 10 girls 10 boys 8/9 girls 8/9 boys 12 girls 12 boys

11:40 12 boys 11 girls 11 boys 10 girls 10 boys 8/9 girls 8/9 boys 12 girls

12:10 12 girls 12 boys 11 girls 11 boys 10 girls 10 boys 8/9 girls 8/9 boys

Break

12:55 8/9 boys 12 girls 12 boys 11 girls 10 girls 10 girls 10 boys 8/9 girls

1:25 8/9 girls 8/9 boys 12 gilrs 12 boys 11 girls 11 boys 10 girls 10 boys

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KENNINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 3686 60 Crook Street, KENNINGTON 3550 PO Box 45, STRATHDALE 3550 Phone: (03) 5443 2011 Fax: (03) 5441 7321

Email: kennington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.kenningtonps.vic.edu.au

‘Bake’ Stall – Twilight Fair 2016

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KENNINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 3686 60 Crook Street, KENNINGTON 3550 PO Box 45, STRATHDALE 3550 Phone: (03) 5443 2011 Fax: (03) 5441 7321

Email: kennington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.kenningtonps.vic.edu.au

‘Bake’ Stall – Twilight Fair 2016

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Activities @ the Kennington Twilight Fair 2016 Thursday 17th March 3:30pm – 6:00pm

Class Activity Cost

1A

1B

1C

2

nd hand books / games stall

Slushie Machine Badge Machine

Various

$2.00 small or $3.00 large

$4

12D

Mystery Boxes

$2

2A

2B

2C

Lucky Bags Football Target

$2

$1 = 3 throws

3A

Tennis Hot Shots. Decorated biscuits Guess – How many balloons in the car? Pop a balloon towards the end of the night for whatever prize is in the balloon.

$2 per court for 5 mins

3B

$1

3C

3D

$1

$1

4A

4B

4C

Lob the chocolate Dunny roll toss Guess – How many lollies in the jar?

$1 = 3 throws

$1 = 3 throws $2 = 8 throws $5= 15 throws $1= 3 guesses

5A

5B

5C

5D

Nail Painting Footy in the barrel / Ladder rung Trailer…choc…coin toss

$2

$2 for 3 kicks

6A

6B

6C

Stick Lotto Drinks Fairy Floss

$1

$2

$4

Preps

Lollipop Draw Chocolate Lucky Dip

$1 $1

Art

Ms Findlay & Ms Guthrie– Coloured hair chalk and spray Ms Williams – Plaster figurines

$2 for 2 streaks

Deaf Facility

Ping Pong Pringle

$1 for 3 goes

Admin

Mega Passes Sausage Rolls Show Bags

various

2 for $3.00 $7.00

Outside

Rock Wall Farmer Darryl Slide Air Balls Face Painting Coffee Van

$7.00 $5.00 $4.00 $7.00 $5.00

Various

Council

BBQ - sausages

$2.00

P & F Bake Stall Raffle Tickets

various $1.00

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