KURUNJANG PRIMARY SCHOOL ~ “Learning Together”

NEWSLETTER 30 - 2017

Thursday 21st September, 2017

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Foundation Breakfast

Last Friday saw many Foundation students and staff wearing pyjamas and dressing gowns to school, not because they were late, but because our Foundation students were having breakfast at school as part of our camping program. Foundation students enjoyed cereal, toast with vegemite or jam and cheese toasties. They waited patiently in a line, remembered their manners and ate their breakfast nicely, sitting at the tables or on the floor. A big thankyou to our student leaders who helped to cook, serve and clean up after the event. Thank you also to the many staff who assisted our Foundation teachers during the breakfast and to our Foundation teachers for all the organisation and hard work in making this event a reality.

Year 1/2 Big Night In

Friday continued being a busy day with our Year 1/2 students returning in the evening for games and dinner and, for the Year 2 students, a sleepover, which included breakfast on Saturday morning. The students were very excited when they returned to school and enjoyed the games immensely. Pizza and ice-cream in a cone went down well for dinner, followed by a movie and popcorn for our Year 2 students, before settling down to sleep. Although there were a few tears, most students settled well. Thank you also to the Year 1/2 staff for their hard work and organisation and for the many other staff who assisted to make this a truly memorable event for our Year 1/2 students.

Student Absences / Lateness

On Monday, Wendy, Tom and Kathleen met with Benjamin Elisha, the Regional Attendance Officer, to discuss strategies to improve our current absence and lateness data. A slight improvement was seen in our lateness data last week. Thank you to those parents and students that have made a concerted effort to arrive at school on time, ready to learn. Remember every minute counts.

Parent Requests

A reminder that if you have a parent request regarding your child/ren’s placement which you feel will support their learning and you would like considered for 2018, please outline in writing and hand into the school office no later than Wednesday 25th October. Requests will be considered confidentially and

accommodated as far as is possible.

Staffing

Jenny Robinson returns from Long Service Leave at the beginning of Term 4. I spoke to her last Friday and she is having a wonderful break. I am sure she will tell us of her many memorable moments on her return. Wendy McCall will be taking Long Service Leave for the first two weeks of Term 4. Both Tom and I will be covering her role during her absence

Friday

Tomorrow is the last day of Term 3 and the students will be dismissed from school at 2:10pm instead of 3:10pm. We will be having a whole school assembly in the Gym at 1:30pm. All parents / carers are welcome to attend. Students from each year level will give a brief recount of the highlights of this term. I wish everyone an enjoyable and relaxing term break. Stay safe and take care.

Barbara Wellard ~ Acting Principal

FORWARD PLANNING

Friday 22nd September

LAST DAY TERM 3 ~ EARLY DISMISSAL 2.10PM

Monday 9th October

FIRST DAY TERM 4 ~ 8.50AM START Wednesday 25th October

Parent Requests Due Friday 27th October

Year 1/2 Werribee Zoo Excursion ~ Money Due Monday 13th November

Foundation 2018 Transition Day ~ Colour Day

Foundation 2018 ~ Parent Information Session Saturday 18th November

Djerriwarrh Festival Parade Tuesday 21st November

Year 1/2 Werribee Zoo Excursion Monday 27th November

Foundation 2018 Transition Day ~ Very Hungry Day

Thursday 7th December

Foundation 2018 Transition Day ~ Sepcialist Sessions

Tuesday 12th December

Foundation 2018 Transition Day ~ Classroom Orientation

Year 6 – 7 Orientation Day

CANTEEN

The canteen will be open as usual tomorrow the last day of school Friday 22nd September

and the first day of Term 4, Monday 9th October.

FOUNDATION

ENROLMENTS

2018 ARE NOW OPEN

Parents who would like their child/children to attend Foundation grade at Kurunjang Primary School in 2018 are invited to enrol their children at

the office. To be eligible to enrol for Foundation grade in 2018 your child must turn 5 years of age by 30th April 2018. You must provide proof of your child’s age by presenting a birth certificate. For students who were born overseas you must present their passport and visa details. Immunisation certificates are also required and may be posted to you on request by calling 1800 653 809. As the immunisation and birth certificates may take a little time to arrive, we suggest you get organised early and phone for your certificate now.

Please contact the school office on 9743 0633 if you would like to arrange a tour of our school.

SCHOOL LEAVERS & ENROLMENTS FOR 2018

Any parents who have children that will not be returning to Kurunjang Primary School in 2018 are requested to let the school know as soon as possible. If you know of families moving to our school in 2018, who have not yet been to the school to enrol, we would greatly appreciate it if you could ask your friends to do so. We also ask any parents who have not enrolled their child in Foundation for 2018, to do so as soon as possible. Immediate action on this matter will ensure that we have adequate facilities and resources available for the beginning of the 2018 school year.

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Please fill in and return to the school office as soon as possible:

STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING IN 2018

I would like to notify Kurunjang P.S. that my CHILD/REN NAME/S:_________________________________________ ________________________________________________ GRADE/S_________________________________________ Will not be attending Kurunjang P.S. in 2018

NAME OF SCHOOL ATTENDING IN 2018: _________________________________________________ Parent/guardian Signature:________________________________________

WEARING OF SCHOOL HATS

Please note that the wearing of school hats is compulsory in Term 4. Please make sure your child has a Kurunjang Primary School

embroidered hat for Term 4. School hats are only available from PSW in Deer Park.

ART ROOM DONATIONS

The art room is looking for donations of small clean grocery boxes.

If you can assist us with this, your donations can be dropped off at the office or in the large box outside the art room.

Thank you Mrs Havran

WEDNESDAY’S MULTICULTURAL

PLAYGROUP AT KPS

Children 0-5 years are offered the opportunity to join Playgroup with VICSEG.

PLAYGROUP AT KPS ~ FRIDAY’S 9-11AM

Children from 0-5yrs. Come along and meet new people while your child learns through play experiences.

Friday 13th October ~ Transport Trucks & Machines

New members welcome however, you must phone to register. For further information on any of our playgroups, please contact Kathleen McInnes on 9743 0633

FOOTY COLOURS DAY A BIG SUCCESS!

What a colourful day we had at Kurunjang yesterday. A number of sports were represented in our ‘Footy Colours’ day including AFL, soccer, rugby league, rugby union and basketball just to name a few.

JSC and the Melton Food Bank (ran by Combined Churches of Melton) would like to say a massive thankyou to the families who donated food. A special thanks to those students and families who were able to bring in more than one item.

WE ARE STILL COLLECTING ITEMS UNTIL FRIDAY IF YOU FORGOT TO BRING AN ITEM OR YOU WISH TO DONATE ADDITIONAL ITEMS.

FOUNDATION BREAKFAST

Last Friday, 85 Foundation children had fun making their breakfast as part of the Kurunjang Primary School Camping Program. They ate cereal, toasted cheese sandwiches, fruit, toast and drank juice before washing and drying their dishes. A huge thank you to the 9 student leaders from years 3 to 6 and staff that helped make this a very successful morning.

OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS

We currently have a large number of overdue library books. As the holidays are now upon us could I asked all Parents and Carers to help their children look for books that belong to our school and return them to the library early next term.

Thankyou Lynne Notman ~ Library Technician

NAPLAN ONLINE TRIAL

From next year students will complete NAPLAN online, our school is a pilot school for trialing NAPLAN Online. Over the last two weeks, 30 year 2 and year 4 students have participated in trial tests in writing and a combination of numeracy, reading, grammar

and punctuation. The tests are interactive and ‘fun’, according to our year 2 students. Well done to you all for displaying the school values of excellence and resilience when completing the tests.

Kim Mitchell Leading Teacher

OSHCLUB NEWS

OSHClub Kurunjang BSC: 6:50am-8:50am & ASC: 3:10pm-6:30pm each day during the school term. We are operating in Room MB(E)3, the room next to the playroom.

Our program provides a healthy breakfast and afternoon tea each day. Permanent and occasional vacancies are available for Before School & After School Care.

Please feel free to come in and see our program and the fun activities our staff provide!

Program Phone: 0400 028 149 Coordinator: Brittany Assistant: Danielle

All families must be enrolled to attend the program. 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.

MELBOURNE WRITER’S FESTIVAL

On the 29 of August four students by the names of Crystal, Tori, Jessica and Jordyn went on an inspiring journey through the writer’s festival and some totally awesome stops on the way. After much anticipation we finally got to see the famous Graeme base where he told us about what he did to become an author and illustrator and gave us some tips on how to get ideas for our writing, we also got to see his new book that’s coming out SOOOOOONNNNN and we also got him to sign our books.

After we had a walk around the city we had a vote, we could either go to the Melbourne Art Museum or the Melbourne City Library. The Melbourne Art Museum won but before we went there we had a little walk and look around the graffiti. There were pieces from a tiger to a penguin and finally to a heart in a tree with knives going through either way.

We had a chat with Alison Lester and she showed us how she did her pictures in her book and how she made them just right and we also got her to sign our books.

We then had to go back to school but that’s not all look down below for more

Fun facts –

Graeme Base’s favourite animal is an elephant. Alison Lester pictures aren’t perfect on the first try. Both authors are bringing out new books. Graeme Base gets his ideas from every day things. Graeme Base lives in Melbourne with his wife and three kids. Both authors didn’t intend to become an author it was by accident.

I hope you had fun reading have a nice weekend.

Written by Jordyn Goodwin from 5/6 McGettigan

PFA NEWS

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