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Kensington Catch Up

9 June 20219 June 2021

Principal’s MessageWelcome to Kensington and Week Eight,

After much consultation I can let you know that the newplayground structures have been approved and are now withthe department for installation management. It is a four-monthturnaround so hopefully it will be installed and ready to go inTerm Four. The children are very excited.

Unfortunately, the re-roofing has been delayed but we dobelieve that it will start in the coming weeks hence we have notmoved the office back. Please continue to register at the frontdesk in the Library instead of in the main building.

With the new cluster of COVID-19 cases that has developed inVictoria and now into NSW this is a timely reminder that the DoErequires all people entering the school grounds to register withthe QR Code and our normal Passtab registration procedures.I thank you for adhering to these important safety proceduresand would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyonethat social distancing should continue to be common practice.All schools are ready to convert to online learning as standardpractice now but hopefully we will not have to go down thattrack.

Congratulations to our Public Speaking Competition winnerswho represented our school at the Multicultural Public SpeakingCompetition at Randwick PS last week. Stage Tworepresentatives were Ally and Devan Stage Threerepresentatives were Amalyn and Max. An extra congratulationsto Devan for receiving a Certificate of Commendation.

Good Luck to Ayla who will be representing Kensington as partof the ESPSSA Regional Cross Country team this Friday.

Year One and Two parents please mark Friday 25 June at2.30pm in your diary. Years One and Two students have beenworking on persuasive text types this term and have persuadedus to have an open afternoon. We would love to invite parentsto be part of our games and outdoor activities program. Pleasekeep an eye out for a letter coming home soon.

On behalf of the family at our school for which we held the muftiday last week, I can’t thank our community enough for theirgenerosity, well wishes and offers of help. For those who havebeen in contact individually, we will be in contact with the familyand then get back to you. I met with the family yesterday andthey were extremely touched by your generosity.

Please keep an eye out for the Student School Reports thatwill be sent home in Week 10. If you have any questions aboutthe content please feel free to email the school and the classteacher will be in contact at the beginning of Term Three.

Stay Warm everyone.

Ms Louise StonePrincipal

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The Thomas Flowers Memorial LibraryFund

The Thomas Flowers Memorial Library Fund was establishedin the 90s by The Class of 54 in honour of their Year Fiveand Six teacher who had tremendous influence on their lives.The donations to the fund are used for ongoing renewal andsupport of school's library resources and are tax deductable. Alldonations over $100 are acknowledged on the honour boardin the library. Payment can be made online through the schoolwebsite using POP;

https://kensington-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Birthday Celebations ReminderWe understand that many students enjoy celebrating theirbirthdays with their classmates. We appreciate the kind gesturefrom families who bring in treats to share.

However, our arrangements for these celebrationscommunicated earlier in the year will remain unchanged andwe are unable to share and send home any birthday treats(eg. food or toys) brought from outside the school. This alsoaddresses issues of food allergies and equity so we will becontinuing this process. If you would like to celebrate yourchild’s birthday at school please feel free to order class‘Birthday Buckets’ - ice blocks through our school canteen.

As always, we continue to acknowledge birthdays with schoolstickers and awards.

We thank you for your understanding.

Help for the P&C Movie NightAs you know the P&C are organising a movie night. As it drawscloser we always ask for parent helpers. If you are able tovolunteer for some or part of the time, please leave your detailsin the link below and it will be passed on. If you have alreadyvolunteered you don’t need to register again. Remember Manyhands make light work.

Dates for your diary- see the schoolwebsite calendar and Schoolzinenotifications for more details

Monday 14 June – Queen’s Birthday Holiday – Schoolis closedThursday 17 June – SRC Mufti Day. Theme: PJs,Onesies and Oodies DayTuesday 22 June – P&C MeetingFriday 25 June – Last day of Term 2

School Council MinutesIf you wish to read the School Council Minutes, please emailthe school office where a copy is held. Please be aware thatthe School Council reports to the P&C, who publish their reportafter their monthly meeting. This report is sent out to currentmembers. The council meets up to twice a term before the P&CMeetings. If you ever have questions or concerns, please emailthe school and mark it with ‘Attention School Council’ and thecouncil will get back to you.

Education Week 2021 – Monday 26 Julyto Friday 30 July

Education Week 2021 is a state-wide, annual event to celebrateNSW public education which will be held 26 – 30 July this year.The week communicates the achievements of public schools,their students and the value of public education. KensingtonPublic School will celebrate in many ways and we encourageour community to be involved. This year, the theme is ‘LifelongLearners’ and celebrates education as a lifelong journey. Pleasekeep an eye out in the next newsletter (Week 10) for moredetails about what will be happening at Kensington at varioustimes during the week that we encourage you to visit.

Special AssemblyOn Friday June 4, the official badges were presented to thePerforming Arts Leaders,

Term Two Student Representative Council and the CrossCountry Ribbons were presented to students who came first,second and third in the 2021 Cross Country for age groupsfrom 8 Years to 12 Years. Cross Country. The assembly waslivestreamed via the NSW Education Zoom platform.

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Stage 2 ExcursionOn Monday 24 May, the Stage Two students walked to theWild Play Discovery Centre at Centennial Park to experience thehands-on, play-based learning program and learn the skills ofnavigation, map making and data collection in a way that is funand full of movement. Students thoroughly enjoyed exploringthe Ian Potter Children's Wild Play Garden in groups and thelight drizzle definitely enhanced the experience. As the cloudscleared, students were able to have a play and make the mostof the beautiful green parklands before walking back to school.

Environmental News

The Randwick City Council's EnvironmentalSchools Grant

Kensington Public School has been successful in receivingthe Randwick City Council's Environmental Schools Grant. Thefunds will be used to further enrich school's Gardening Clubprogram. We look forward to sharing photos of our students'endeavours with the wider community via Twitter and schoolnewsletter. A big thank you to Randwick City Council forpromoting sustainability and supporting our school'senvironmental projects.

A staff member has come across this product and thoughtsome people may be interested. We are not endorsing theproducts but do love the concept and felt people may beinterested and have provided the link so you can look into it.

https://www.zeroco.com.au/

This term our Eco Warriors are being given the opportunity towork with the team at Sydney Garden Maintenance to learnhow to care for our school gardens. On Friday May 28, someof the students in the Environmental Club as well as some ofour future Eco Warriors in Year 2 worked with the team totransplant and mulch the garden beds.

I learnt how to transplant plants. I enjoyed getting my handsdirty. It was fun gardening.

Isabella, 4K

I learnt how to transplant, which is cutting off a little bit of a bigplant and putting it into a pot to grow. We started off by gettingour gloves on, then we got pots and filled them up with soil. Thegardening people cut off a bit of red ruby and watered it beforeputting it in the sun. I like growing plants because usually mymum and dad do all of the gardening in our front and backyard.

Louisa, 4K

I learnt that sometimes mulching the plants makes themstronger. I liked learning how to help plants grow.

Joy, 2F

I never knew that plants take a very long time to grow. I likegardening because I learnt new information about plants.

Elaine, 2F

Thank you very much to OOSH for funding this program.

Weekly Awards 2021

Merit Awards

Term 2 Week 6

Class Recipient First Name Recipient First Name

KF James -

KP Andreas Isabella

KV Gabin Charlotte

1G Hannah Jed

1L Daniel Darsh

1K Anaya Zachary

2E Jack Vinny

2F Ethan -

2SR Charlotte Eera

3M Margaret Alicia W.

3R Rosie Tim

4/3E Alveena Alice

4D Devan Aranya

4K Ivy Jesse

6/5B Uunai Reina

6/5J Vivian Diana

6/5R Chloe Ernie

6/5T Alyssa Sophia

Term 2 Week 7

Class Recipient First Name Recipient First Name

KF Wilton -

KP - Zara

KV Eve Lucas

1G Joshua Khushi

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Class Recipient First Name Recipient First Name

1L Reet Ridwan

1K Callum Bonnie

2E Rebecca Angelina

2F Rahi Johnny

2SR Lucca Luca

3M Maxim Yena

3R Adrian Geraldo

4/3E Sofia Clara

4D Ivy Callum

4K Chelsea Irmuun

6/5B Ned Samuel C

6/5J Diana Vivian

6/5R - -

6/5T Jamie Ryan

Value Awards

Community

KV Leila, Otis, Benji, Antony 1L Darsh, Anna 2F Johnny, Ella,Alexa, Philippa, Jonas 2SR Joshua 3M Savannah, Oscar 3RSaskia 4/3E Chengqu Alexandra Clara 4K Irmuun, Andy, Tejas,Avia 6/5B Hana 6/5R Jesse 6/5T Hannah, Keren

Knowledge

1L Gul, Willem 2F Emma, Ollie, Elaine, Joy 2SR Charlotte, Carl,Tian, Xavier, Jeffery 3M Minh 3R Noah, Hamish 4/3E Boaz4KVincent 6/5B Max 6/5T Arjun

Honour

KF Rayaa, Lachlan KP Christabelle, Harriet KV Evelyn 2E Tim,Honzik 2F Xinyi, Tahlia, Xiao-En, Rhys, Narvintar, Jack, ChiDat 2SR Amelie, Megan 3M Michael, Margaret, 3R Allora,Annabelle, Milica, Rosie 6/5B Ali 6/5R Kai, Tanner 6/5T Surin,Linh, Connor, Mateo, Zahra, Ayla

Book Club

It is easy to order. The Book Club LOOP platform for parentsallows you to pay by credit card. Your child’s order is submitteddirectly to school safe and sound and the books will bedelivered to class. You can place your child’s order at the linkbelow or using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded fromthe App Store or Google Play.

https://mybookclubs.scholastic.com.au/Parent/Login.aspx

PSSA SPORT RESULTS

PSSA

Senior Kensington 8 Rose BayB

0Gold

Junior Kensington 4 Rose BayB

0

Senior Kensington 2 RandwickB

6Green

Junior Kensington 4 RandwickB

3

Senior Kensington 0 Coogee 2

Football Friday28.05

Girls

Junior Kensington 2 Coogee 1

Senior Kensington 21 Bronte B 2Netball Friday

28.05Junior Kensington 2 Bronte B 3

Senior Kensington 0 BellevueHill

59AFL Friday28.05

Junior Kensington 0 Rose Bay 57

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PSSA

Gold Senior Kensington forfeit Bronte

Junior Kensington forfeit Bronte

Green Senior Kensington 1 WoollahraC

3

Junior Kensington 2 BellevueHill B

4

Girls Senior Kensington 0 Woollahra 6

Football Friday04.06

Junior Kensington 6 Woollahra 1

Senior Kensington 19 PaddingtonB

2Netball Friday

04.06

Junior Kensington 1 PaddingtonB

3

Senior Kensington 15 Rose Bay 17AFL Friday04.06

Junior Kensington forfeit Bronte

Celebrating and Highlighting OurCommunity

Please email the school with details of anyaccomplishments that our wonderful community hasachieved and we will publish it in our next newsletter. Don’tforget to include a photo!

Congratulations Billie 3R

Billie was awarded the under 8 age champion by the EasternSuburbs Little Athletics Club at the Sunday night awardsceremony.

Community News

School Crossing Supervisor

Transport for NSW have a vacant School Crossing Supervisorposition at Emanuel School - Randwick area and are seekinginterested applicants for the position.

POUNDWITH POWER at KPS

Classes have started at Kensington Public School onThursdays at 7pm. If you would like to BOOK YOUR SPOTNOW then you can go to the booking link on thepoundwithpower Instagram page or you can contact Doireanndirectly via email: poundwithpower@outlook.com. FIRSTCLASS is FREE!!

Let's MAKE SOME NOISE in Kensington!!!

Peace, Love and Rock & Roll,Doireann de Paor

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School Holiday Programs

Junior Engineers

Extra Curricula Programs at KPS 2021

Call them directly for information

Speech and Drama Term 3 2021

Due to personal circumstances there will be no Speech andDrama Class in the third term. However, I intend torecommence in the fourth term in October for a 6 week termand will be advertising in the newsletter towards end of thirdterm. I look forward to seeing my students once again in thefourth term. If you require more information please do nothesitate to contact me on 0404 961 358.

Violin Lessons

Isabel Tzorbatzaki - Eastern Suburbs based Violin Teacher–

Please contact her directly to register your child

Email: isabeljtz@gmail.com Phone: 0481 539 430

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