UPCOMING EVENTS`

Term 4

WEEK 5

Thurs, 7th Nov Kindergarten Orientation

WEEK 6

Mon, 11th Nov Remembrance Service

Principal, Captains & Vice Captains

Tues, 12th Nov JumpStart Year 6

Wed, 13th Nov Stage 3 to Panto @ S.P.S. 9.30am

Thurs, 14th Nov Kindergarten Orientation

WEEK 7

Mon, 18th Nov Band Rehearsal

School Council Meeting 4pm in Library

Thurs, 21st – Fri, 22nd Nov Yr 5 Girls Leadership

Camp

Fri, 22nd – Sun, 24th Nov Yr 5 Boys Leadership

Camp

WEEK9

Tues, 3rd Dec Smart Science Show

Fri, 6th Dec GOLD/SILVER CARD ASSEMBLY

WEEK10

Wed, 11th Dec Presentation Day

Thurs, 12th Dec Concert/Singalong 6pm

WEEK11

Mon, 16th Dec Year 6 Farewell

Tues, 17th Dec Party Day ES1, S1, S2

S3 Party Day

Wed, 18th Dec Talent/No Talent Quest

Last Day for Students

Thurs, 19th Dec Staff Development Day

Fri, 20th Dec Staff Development Day

Week 5 – 6 November 2013

Sharing Our News

Dinner Dance – Bass Clarinet A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all who came to dance

with Howard Ward on Friday evening at Singleton Diggers.

Thanks go to so many members of staff for their coordination of

the night under the guidance of Mr Upcroft: Miss Honeysett,

Miss Gay, Mr Phelan, Mr Kember, Ms Clout, Miss Mclackland

and Mrs Judge. Also to our P&C members who donated

toward prizes for our competitions. I imagine it could go ahead

again in the future without the target of purchasing a bass

clarinet!

We have raised enough funds for our purchase.

Kindergarten Orientation begins Our first Kinder Orientation session went very well – thanks to

our team: Mrs Griffiths, Mr Old and Mrs Judge. We were ably

supported by members of the School Council and P&C as well

as our senior students.

Our 2014 Kinder students continue to enjoy story time each

Tuesday afternoon in the school library. Our next orientation

session will take place on Thursday the 7th November at

9.00am.

Assessment Time All classes are settled and working well. I would like to

recognise the ongoing dedication of our teachers in their day to

day preparation and teaching.

This is the time of year your children especially need to be at

school on time and ready for work. Stages are already

beginning assessments as reports are due to stage supervisors

in a few weeks.

Enjoy your Week

Cath Larkman

Principal

King Tidings

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School Assemblies

Infants Thursday at 2.30pm in the Hall

7th Nov K/1G 21st Nov KP

Stage 2 Thursday at 2.30pm in the Hall

14th Nov 4/5B 28th Nov 3/4G 12th Dec 3FM

Stage 3 Friday at 1.45pm – 2.30pm in Hall

15th Nov 5H 29th Nov 5/6H 13th Dec 5G

Great Representation at Boys Cricket Trials

On Friday 6th King Street students took part in the

PSSA cricket trials at Cook Park. Jackson S, Mitch

C, Kayden F, Tom S, Cody R and Samuel H spent

the day participating in batting and bowling trials in

the nets, and a number of fielding activities.

Jackson and Tom were successful in making it to

the regional trials to be held at a later date.

Well done boys for your fine representation of our

school.

Jackson, Tom, Samuel, Mitch and Cody (absent: Kayden).

CANTEEN ROSTER

Week 6 11/11/13 Tayla Stamp 12/11/13 Sandy Thirkell, Sheree McLoughlin 13/11/13 Cynthia Cross, Kate Bennett 14/11/13 Maxene Chesworth, Merri Pankhurst 15/11/13 Tayla Stamp, Jackie See, Vanessa Ridling

UNIFORM SHOP

14/11/13 Belinda Richards, Alison Way

All Smiles at Kindergarten Orientation

Last Thursday, King Street welcomed our 2014

children and their families to our Kindergarten

Orientation. They were a wonderfully settled group

of children, very eager and enthusiastic with

beautiful manners. We look forward to seeing them

over the next 2 Thursdays.

Just a reminder for our new Kinder parents that

‘Storytime’ sessions will be held each Tuesday for

the rest of the term in our library. Storytime starts at

2.30pm and all children and their parents are most

welcome. These sessions and orientation days will

give your children a great start to their schooling.

Shayna and Grace enjoyed their first Orientation Day, and they

certainly looked the part!

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Storytime is proving to be

very enjoyable for our

future Kindergarten

students. The sessions are

held each Tuesday in the

library at 2.30pm, and

allows children and their

families the chance to

become familiar with our

school, staff and routines.

As you can see by the

smiles, a lovely time is being

had by all!

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Dinner Dance

Last Friday night saw what many hope will be the first (in many years) of many Dinner Dances hosted by staff

and P&C members. The night was intended to raise money for the purchase of a new bass clarinet for our

school band. The goal was that through ticket sales, donations and fund raising activities on the night we could

raise enough money to pay for this instrument to broaden out the sound of our band and give one of our senior

students the opportunity to branch out and learn this exotic instrument.

The Dinner Dance was a great fun night out with something for everyone who went to enjoy. Our night began

with fundraising activities using prizes donated by The Criterion Hotel, the Royal Hotel, Tattler Wines, Hollydeen

Wines. Amongst other prizes that were donated by the community but sourced through the efforts of the

amazing Rochelle Foster and Bec Monk. The tone of the evening was set by our spirited hosts Ms Adrianne Gay

and Ms Abbey-Lee Honeysett who were never short of a joke or witty banter throughout the evening. They

kicked off the evening with trivia and ended it with an amusing but very amateur auction hosted by yours truly.

In addition to this the crowd were entertained by a number of familiar faces. Dinner entertainment was provided

by our very own Mr Tim Phelan who wowed the crowd by playing a variety of Irish songs and instruments and

even capped off his performance with cameos from John Kember on Banjo and myself on guitar. Then the

master took the stage with Mr Howard Ward captivating his audience with dance competitions, medleys and

ripping guitar solos. The whole room was up dancing for the remainder of the night that even included guest

backing vocal spots from a certain King Street Principal.

At the end of the night we had easily raised over $1,600 which is more than enough to pay for our school's bass

clarinet. Everyone had a blast with many people I have spoken to since already talking about "next year's Dinner

Dance."

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‘Excellence’ from King Street Swimmers

Six King Street students have recently qualified for

Swimming Australia’s Junior Excellence

Programme. Olivia E, Maddison B, Oliver B, Tegan

M, Elliot E and Bella J have all been given this

honour which makes them some of the top

swimmers in the country. To achieve such status

they had to qualify by obtaining a certain number of

personal best times (depending on their level), within

one swim meet. All of these swimmers have

achieved some remarkable times over the last year

and should be extremely proud. We are certainly

very proud of them!

Horse Sports We would like to congratulate all the students who

attended Belltrees Horse Sports last Friday. We had

some outstanding results from Thomas D who in the

Main Arena Event managed to come 2nd Barrel

Race, 2nd American Pole Bending, 2nd Mug Race,

2nd Bending Race and in the Ring 2 Event he came

1st Key Hole, 3rd Duck Race, 2nd Clover Leaf.

Thomas also was the Champion Boy for the Highest

Point Score.

Chloe D also had some great results 1st Hack

Class, 1st Mug Race, 2nd Rider Class, 2nd Bending

Race, 3rd Clover Leaf Race, 3rd American Pole

Bending, 4th Key Hole, 5th Barrel Race, 5th Duck

Race. Both students came home with many ribbons

what a great effort!

Stage 2 Assembly Awards Term 4 Week

Merit Cards:

2/3U: Denzel S, Kye C. 3FM: Sam R, Chloe F, Lacee F, Cally H. 3/4G: Rochelle F, Sam H, Charlotte W. 4B: Brendan W, Naomi P, Hayden L. 4/5B: Jack H, Catherine B.

K.S.P.S. – P.B.L:

2/3U: Ella T. 3FM: James B, Ainsley H, Josie S. 3/4G: Vaun T, Riley S. 4B: Jackson T, Cameron M. 4/5B: Nic H, Nic C.

Sports Awards: Kirsten R, Kipp H, Marshall T.

Environment Award: Jye M, Madison B.

Star Cards: Luke M, Stella S, Jye M, Laura C.

Stage 3 Assembly Awards

Term 4 Week 4

Achievement:

6K: Phoebe S, Chris W.

6M: Harlan D, Sophie F.

5/6H: Kaylee H, Kayla M, Lynsey H.

5G: Sam M, Maddi G, Karla R, Elena B, Hannah S,

Josie B, Stevie W.

5H: Amiee F, Bradley W, Tori N.

PBL:

6K: Katelin P, Tayla H.

6M: Harvey C, Dylan E, Abbey P, Sophie-M R.

5/6H: Nick J, Lachlan P, Jack T, Harry W, Jacquilyn D,

Elliott E.

5G: Joel C, Sam M, Hayley G.

5H: Oliver B, Cooper M, Harry L.

Star/Green Cards: Jorja P, Kyle C.

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Beware of the Dogs King Street Public School tries at all times to support

our neighbours. One of our neighbours in Edinburgh

Avenue is having to pay huge vet bills at the

moment due to students teasing their dogs on the

way home from school. As a result of this behaviour

the dogs will attack each other causing themselves

injury. The owners are also worried that a child will

get bitten.

Please remind your children that these signs are for

their safety and that our values of Kind, Safe, Proud

and Supportive also apply to how we treat our

neighbours and their pets.

Cath Larkman

King Street Values the Wellbeing of

our Students

Please be aware that we have an immuno-

suppressed student in our school.

If your child develops a contagious disease, please

let the school know ASAP so we can act

accordingly.

Selective High Schools If you would like your child to apply for selective high school placement in Year 7 for 2015, you need to do so soon. For more information go to www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement

applications close 18 November 2013.

BUS PASSES 2014 (STSS) Parents are reminded that ALL students

in Kinder, Yr 1 & Yr 2 are entitled to free

bus travel.

If your child is starting Yr 3 you need to

re-apply for a bus pass. All other

students with a current bus pass need not

apply, unless the student’s address has changed. Students

who live outside that 1.6km radius will continue to

receive free travel as long as they continue to attend

school. Any students inside this radius will need to pay

for travel.

Year 3 students need to reapply for a bus pass if

they are eligible, i.e. they live outside the 1.6km

radius from school. If your child is going to use free travel in 2014,

please contact the office for an application form.

King Street Public School sincerely thanks the

following local businesses for their support of

our 009 Leadership Program:

Wynyard Street General Store

One-O-One Coffee House and

Homewares

Subway Singleton

Topshot Tenpin and Indoor Sports

Civic Video

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Keeping Our Kids Safe

Thank you to all those parents and carers

who continue to use Sussex Street

carefully when dropping off and collecting their

children. At King Street it is of high importance to us

that we keep all your children safe.

We continue to have a few motorists who appear to

be unfamiliar with the RTA signage and laws, so we

ask all motorists to be particularly aware of the

following:

There is no parking in the School Drop

off/Pick up zone during the allocated ‘kiss

and drop’ times.

‘No Stopping’ signs indicate no stopping at

any time. These are generally in the more

high risk areas.

Motorists must not leave their car when

stopping in the School Drop off/Pick up zone.

The area immediately outside the

Kindergarten gate is not to be used to drop

off children. This is a ‘No Stopping’ area.

It is illegal to drop off or pick up children in

the middle of the road.

Thank you for your continued support in keeping our

kids road safe.

King Street is an Allergy Aware School

This is a reminder for all families that some of our

students have serious reactions to products containing

nuts and fish.

We ask families to carefully consider the danger that

others could face if they touch or eat these products.

We ask that you please do not send foods or

containers to school that contain nut or fish

products.

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.

Thank you

K Kermode

WHS Committee

Fresh Fruit & Vegetables

Mick & Chris’s Fruit & Vegetable Store open Fridays

& Saturdays over the Railway Bridge on Glenridding

Road.

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Singleton Family Support in conjunction with Advanced Personal

Management (APM) will be holding a free workshop on

Thursday November 14th 2013 from 10am to 12pm.

Katie from APM will be delivering tips for returning to the

workplace, including assembling resumes, writing cover letters,

interview technique and offering personalised follow up support

to help overcome any barriers that may inhibit a return to the

workforce.

Childcare will be provided. For more information or to book a

place please call Singleton Family Support on 0265 724 288.

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