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performance. If you have any clothing

from the 50’s, 60s, 70’s or 80’s please

send them along to Mr Langton.

Donations will be greatly appreciated as

Wakakirri promotes recycling as an

element of the competition.

WHOOPING COUGH

We have had a reported case of

Whooping Cough at school. Please see

the attached fact sheet for further

information.

LAST DAY OF TERM

8:55am School Commences

11:00am Recess

12:45 -1:00 Students Eat Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 Lunch play

1:35 – 2:20 School Assembly

2:30 Early Dismissal

OUR SCHOOL PLEDGE

At each assembly, led by members from

our Junior School Council we recite our

school pledge. Please take the time to

read and discuss our pledge with your

family.

We are the children of Kismet Park

Primary School. To make our teachers

and parents proud we use courtesy,

consideration and care. We will play

happily and safely in the yard and

strive to make our school a better

place to learn.

Dear Parents, Staff and Students,

We are very proud to announce that this

year’s worthy recipient of the Hume

City Council 2015 Connecting Hume

PC Award is Liam Johnston. Liam,

accompanied by Miss Ching and his

family, attended a presentation ceremo-

ny at the Hume Global Learning

Village last Thursday. Liam was one of

many recipients from Year 4 across

Hume City who was recognised for

their passion and interest in learning.

We will acknowledge Liam’s

achievement at assembly on Friday.

TERM 3 CALENDAR

School events and activities scheduled

for Term 3 are available through

Skoolbag which is available as an app

on all smart phones or through the

school website.

PARENT TEACHER

INTERVIEWS

On the first day of next

term we will send home information

about our Term 3 Parent teacher

interviews & Three way Conferences

which will be held on Tuesday 28th and

Wednesday 29th July. Booking can be

made online from 9:00am on Tuesday

14th July by going to:

www.schoolinterviews.com.au put in

the school code YBBCT and following

the simple instructions. If you do not

have internet access you can contact

the school office to arrange a suitable

time. Bookings close at 11:00am on

Monday 27th July.

THANK YOU!

Finally, we would like to congratulate

our students on the manner in which

they have worked throughout first

semester. Over the past few weeks it has

been a pleasure to read about their

achievements in their mid year reports.

Thank you to all of our wonderful

parent helpers who have assisted in so

many ways throughout the term. Your

efforts are greatly appreciated by us all.

On behalf of the staff we wish

everybody a happy and safe holiday.

Regards

Glenn & Cynthia

PREP 2016 ENROLMENTS

Our 2016 enrolment has commenced.

This information allows us to com-

mence planning for the coming year. As

the number of student enrolments

determines staffing and classroom

numbers, it is vital that we establish

student numbers for 2016 as early as

possible. When enrolling a child,

please bring proof of age (e.g. Birth

Certificate or Passport) and a School

Immunization Certificate. Information

regarding immunization certificates can

be found at::

http:www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/

public/services/acir/keeping-track.jsp

WAKAKIRRI COSTUMES NEEDED

We currently have over 60 students

busily rehearsing for their Wakakirri

performance on Friday 14th August. Mr

Langton and his team of helpers are

looking for costumes for their

D a t e s t o r e m e m b e r

Kismet News Building the foundations for success and happiness

25th June, 2015

Friday 26th June: Final Payment Due for 5/6 Canberra Camp

Friday 26th June: Last Day Term 2– Early Dismissal 2:30pm

Monday 13th July: First Day Term 3

Tuesday 28th July: Parent/Teacher Interviews & 3 way conferences

Wednesday 29th July: Parent/Teacher Interviews & 3 way conferences

Monday 3rd August– Friday 7th August: 5/6 Canberra Camp

Contact Us:

McEwen Drive PO Box 220 Sunbury Vic 3429 (03)9744 4566 E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/services/acir/keeping-track.jsp

http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/services/acir/keeping-track.jsp



You can help your child's learning every day, by sup-

porting and encouraging them and being excited by

their learning. Here are some ideas to keep them de-

veloping their literacy and numeracy skills at home.

Make reading fun Reading at home should be fun and easy – something

you both look forward to - a time for laughter and

talk.

Share the reading, take turns or see whether your child wants to read or be read to today

All children like to be read to, so keep reading to them. You can read in your first language

Visit the library together and help them choose books to share

Read emails from family

Play card and board games together.

Here's a tip - talk a lot to your child while you are

doing things together.

Talk about reading

Talk about pictures in books

Sing songs, read poems and make up rhymes together – the funnier the better

Be a role model. Let your child see you enjoying reading and talk about what you are enjoying

Point out words on signs, shops and labels

Play word games like "I Spy" and "Simon Says…" Make it a special time together

Reading is a great chance for you and your child to

spend special time together. Make reading:

quiet and relaxing

a time to sit close to your child

10–15 minutes without interruption, away from the TV

an enjoyable, interesting and special time

a time to praise your child for making an effort

Here's some tips -

If your child is stuck on a word wait a few seconds,

give them a chance to think. If they are still stuck,

help them to try to work the word out by saying "read

the sentence again and think what would make

sense". Ask "could it be…?" (and give a word that

might fit). The pictures also help them check they

have got the right word. If they still can’t work out

the word, tell them and praise their efforts. Remem-

ber, reading should be fun.

Help your child to link stories to their own life. Re-

mind them about what they have done when a similar

thing happens in the story.

W r i t i n g a t h o m e

Make writing fun

Help your child write an alphabet letter, then go letter hunting in your house or in a book to find that letter

Let your child see you writing – you can use your first language

Encourage them to write shopping lists or make birth-day cards

Water and a paintbrush on a dry path and a stick on sand are fun ways to write letters and words.

Give them reasons to write

Write to each other. Write notes to your child and leave them in interesting places, like their lunch box. Ask them to write a reply

Help them email, text or write to family or friends

Work with them to put labels on special things – like the door to their room or their toy box.

display their work. Put it on the fridge. Be proud of it.

Share it with others.

Talk about their writing

Talk about the letters in your child’s name and where the name comes from.

Help them create a scrapbook with pictures. Encour-age them to write stories under the pictures and talk to you about them.

Ask them to write about pictures they draw - on pa-per or on the computer. Or get them to tell you the story and you write it under the picture.

Here's a tip - talk about what your child writes.

Be interested. If you don’t understand what your

child’s picture or story is about, ask them to tell

you about it.

Encourage writing

Have felt pens, pencils, crayons and paper available

P u t m a g n e t i c

l e t t e r s o n t h e

f r i d g e – a s k w h a t

w o r d s t h e y c a n

m a k e w i t h t h e

l e t t e r s .

Ideas to help with reading and writing during the

holidays. http://parents.education.govt.nz/



Ideas to help with maths during the holidays M a t h e m a t i c s a t h o m e

Talk together and have fun with numbers and

patterns

Help your child to:

find numbers around your home and neighbourhood – clocks, letterboxes, speed signs

count forwards and backwards (clocks, fingers and toes, letterboxes, action rhymes, signs)

make patterns when counting "clap 1, stamp 2, clap 3, stamp 4, clap 5…"

do sums using objects such as stones or marbles eg 2 + 3, 4 +1, 5 + 4

make up number stories – "you have 2 brothers and 2 sisters. There are 4 of them" Here's a tip - maths is an important part of everyday life and

there are lots of ways you can make it fun for your child.

Use easy, everyday activities

Involve your child in:

preparing and sharing out food – "two for me and two for you". Ask, "How many for each of us?"

talking about time – "lunchtime", "storytime", "bedtime"

using words in everyday play like "under", "over", "between", "around", "behind", "up", "down", "heavy", "light", "round", "circle", "yesterday", "tomorrow". You can get library books with these words and ideas in them too

asking questions like "How many apples do we need for lunches? What do you think the weather is going to be like today/tomorrow? What are we going to do next?"

Here's a tip - use lots of mathematics words as

your child is playing to develop their understand-

ing of early mathematics (eg "over", "under",

"first, second, third", "round", "through", "before",

"after"). Use the language that

works best for you and your child.

For wet afternoons/school holidays/

weekends Get together with your child and:

play with water using different shaped containers and measuring cups in the sink or bath

bake – talk to your child about the recipe/ingredients using words like "how many?" "how much?" "more". Count how many teaspoons of baking soda are needed, how many cups of flour, how many muffin cases

play dress-ups and getting dressed, use words like "short", "long", and ask questions like "what goes on first?", "what goes on next?", "does it fit?"

create a ‘sorting box’ with all sorts of ‘treasure’ – bottle tops, shells, stones, poi, toys, acorns, pounamu (greenstone), cardboard shapes, leaves. Ask questions like "how many?", "which is the biggest group?", "which is the smallest?", "how many for each of us?"

do jigsaw puzzles, play card and board games and build with blocks.

Here's a tip - being positive about mathematics

is really important for your child’s learning –

even if you didn’t enjoy it or do well at it your-

self at school.

House Points @ Friday 19th June, 2015

Prep Year 1/2 Year 3/4 Year 5/6

Good Sport Alyssa Murphy for

excellent control when

dribbling a basketball.

Stasios Paras for great

catching skills in Netball

activities.

Riley Draicchio for

excellent soccer skills in

all activities.

Abby Hildebrand for

excellent shooting skills

in Basketball activities.

Budding Artist Aidrian Richards for

painting a great retell of

“Mouse Paint”.

Ella Rapetti for excellent

use of various papers to

create a sun.

Ryan Dale for always

doing his best work and

demonstrating great

Jake Barker for excel-

lent use of colour for

his composition “My

Great Performer Aleeya Raimondi for

always concentrating

and happily trying all

activities.

Kaiden Jenkins for having

a wonderful attitude to

trying new instruments.

Freya Bishop who con-

tinues to perform very

well in the school band.

Allie Devenish for doing

a wonderful job of

bringing her character

voice to life for the

puppet show.

Clarke Hogan Lambert McEwen

6040 4713 4692 5209



Extend OHS at Kismet Park

HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN!

We have heaps of fun activities planned these school holidays and we can’t wait for you to attend! Activi-ties include a range of arts and crafts, sports, team games, science, cooking, and much more. To check out what’s on visit our website at extend.com.au and book via the Parent Portal. Weekly recap. What an amazing week we have had at extend. We have had lots of fun with some arts and craft activi-ties this week. There were some fantastic skills shown in our rugby clinic run by Josh and some of the older students and we finished the week off with a movie and some quiet board games while the stu-dents got ready for the school disco on Friday night. We have had a great term and we hope everyone has a safe and fun time over the holiday period. There has been a lot of time spent planning and looking at our program and we look forward to in-troducing a wide range of new and exciting activi-ties to begin the new term.

PTA NEWS

A huge thank you to all who volunteered at the

disco. It was a great night and the kids looked

amazing! Our next PTA meeting is 20th July at

9:00am, we encourage anyone to join us!

You can also reach us at:

[email protected]

FREE TAX HELP FOR LOW INCOME EARNERS

Hume Volunteer Gateway and the Australian

Tax Office are offering a free service to help

the community with their tax return from 20

July to 30 October 2015.

Tax help volunteers are operating at the

following centre:

Goonawarra Neighbourhood House,

8 Gullane Drive, Sunbury

Please ring 9740 6627 to make an

appointment.

SUNBURY BLUE LIGHT DISCO

PYJAMA RAMA PARTY

When: Tomorrow, Friday June 26

Where: Sunbury Memorial Hall

Time: 6-8pm

Cost: $5

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