Newsletter to Parents

Kooringal Public School PRUDENS FUTURI – Thoughtful of the Future

Phone (02) 6922 6443 Fax (02) 6926 2034 Website www.kooringal-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Week 8 Term 3 Tuesday 2nd September 2014

Calendar of Events Term 3

September

Wednesday 3rd Sept Premier’s Sporting Challenge at KHS

Wednesday 3rd Sept Year 4 Borambola

Thursday 4th Sept Eisteddfod - Bands

Friday 5th Sept Eisteddfod - Choir

Friday 5th September Stage 2 AFL Gala Day

Monday 8th Sept Kinder Environmental Studies Centre Excursion

Monday 8th Sept Boys PSSA Touch Football Gala Day

Tuesday 9th September Eisteddfod - Kinder and Year 2 verse speaking

Wednesday 10th Sept Stage 3 Excursion to Canberra

Wednesday 10th Sep Band Meeting 7pm in Staff Room

Thursday 11th Sept Stage 3 Excursion to Canberra

Friday 12th September Stage 3 Excursion to Canberra

Friday 12th September K-6 Hay Walk with me Excursion

Tuesday 16th Sept P&C Meeting

THANK YOU! This week is SASS Recognition Week, a week during which we can acknowledge and thank our wonderful school office and support staff for the work they do in supporting our whole school community and the special care they give our students especially when they are injured or unwell. The teaching staff held a morning tea last week to show our appreciation for their wonderful efforts. Our SASS include, Mrs Martin, School Admin Manager, (SAM); Mrs Rutherford, School Admin Officer (SAO); Mrs Trevaskis, SAO, Mrs Mathis, SAO; Mrs Lean DSTA; Mrs Young Braille Outpost; Mr Swaffield, General Assistant (GA); Mrs Murphy, School Learning Support Officer (SLSO), Mrs Anselmi, School Learning Support Officer (SLSO) and Mrs Pople, SLSO. SCHOOL PLANNING 2015-2017 We are currently in the process of planning the strategic directions for our school for the next three years. Each three years schools are required to develop and publish a plan outlining the intended directions the school will take and the specific areas for development for the next three years. In the next few weeks, staff, students and parents will be given the opportunity to participate in surveys to identify focus areas for the future. We commenced the consultation process at the P&C meeting held on 19th August 2014 but will be giving further opportunities later this year to provide for people to give input into the planning process. We welcome all ideas and look forward to your participation in these events. Sally Davidson Principal

SCHOOL HOLIDAY DATES (2014) Monday 22nd September – Friday 3rd October (Public Holiday – Monday 6th October). Students return to school on Tuesday 7th October

Last day of school for 2014 is Wednesday 17th December

Kooringal On Show is nearly here

Wednesday 17th September

5.30pm—6.30pm Infants

6.45pm to 8.15pm Primary

Please see note for further details

Merit Awards Week 7 K-6 Hay Malakye Kennedy

Kinder Ashford Brianna Demamiel Lachlan Churchill Lily Clemson

Kinder Barham Kieran Gumbleton Hallie Engelbrecht Brianna Tsang

Kinder Walgett Tanilha Munro Iesha Dickson Aiden Smith

1 Jugiong Eve Stein Luke Johnson Ryley Parr

1 Tingha Cooper Rodham Tyron Scriber Kirianah Wallace

1 Urana William Restall Meshack Gak Nicole Sison

2 Clare Cooper Fisher Lucke Bray Brianna Higgins Layla Veneris

2 Jindabyne Blake Wheatley-Dowling Piper Ryan Sophie Hunt Fatemeh Feli

2/3 Nyngan Zara Elliott Aiden Barratt Titus Madeley Freya Matthews

3 Nangus Lexi Mayfield Charlotte Jefferis Ryan Deighton Aleesha Robertson

3/4 Jeparit Anais Stein Genevieve Cooney Graham Harris Adol Jurkuch Megan Goodhew Gak Gak Bayli Parr Lindsay Mayfield Preston Oakman

4 Barraba Wesam Al Mashaqbh Olivia Casey Paige George Brielle McDonnell James Elphick

4/5 Hyden Ella Crozier Harrison Brennan Morgan Twaddell Jonathan Mulhearn Hayley Hinds

5/6 Cootamundra Emerson McLaren Lachlan Stephens Lillian Kelleher Maddison Manning Sally Custance

5/6 Kununurra Jordan Robbie Lochlan Daniels Mikayla Jones Wade Robert Grantham

5/6 Stawell Taleah-Ann Kornacki Phoebe Torres James Neal Isabella Mohr Cameron Elphick

5/6 Tarcutta Emily Horne Bronte Oakman Faith Zirkzee Jaylem Byrnes

Sweet Treat Day

BUDDY SPORT It has been an exciting term for Kindergarten and Year 5/6 students. This term Mrs Smith and Mrs McAuliffe have set up a Buddy Sport Program for Kindergarten students with students in Year 5/6 as their buddy coach. At lunch time Kindergarten students get to learn a new skill in a sporting activity they selected at the start of the term. The Year 5/6 Buddies have loved and enjoyed every minute, the responsibility they have taken on this term is to be commended. The Kindergarten students have all gained confidence, new sporting skills and friendship for life. The Buddy Sport Program this term included teaching the students skills in football, netball, handball, basketball, cricket, soccer, relays and skipping. As you can see the Buddies and Kindergarten students have been very busy. A HUGE thank you to our wonderful Buddies who have been excellent coaches. Kindergarten students are super excited for Buddy Sport next term.

How can I help my child improve their writing?

Writing, like all aspects of your child’s learning, requires lots of practise. It is important to read their writing or ask them to read it to you and it is especially important that you find one positive aspect to comment on. For example, “I really like the way you’ve described this …..”. Some simple activities you can do with your child include:

Read and talk about the writing that your child

brings home from school.

Praise your child for using neat and legible handwriting.

Play games such as I Spy, Scrabble, Boggle, Scattegories and Crossword Puzzles to help build vocabulary and spelling skills.

Draw a picture or ask your child to, then get them to label it. For example, a butterfly picture could be labelled with wings, antennae, thorax, proboscis, legs, etc.

Make a photo album or scrapbook with your child and have them write captions for each of the photos.

Write notes to your child and encourage them to respond in writing.

Ask your child to help with day to day writing activities such as preparing a shopping list.

These are just a few ways you can help improve your child’s writing. For more ideas please see your child’s class teacher and have fun with writing!

Kindergarten Orientation Last Tuesday was the first in our three day Orientation Program for our new 2015 Kindergarten students. Our students spent the afternoon familiarizing themselves with their new school and engaging in reading and craft activities in the Kindergarten rooms, while mums and dads made their way to the library where they participated in Kinder “O” talks. I would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our presenters for their informative talks with our Kinder parents The day culminated with afternoon tea which was an opportune time for our new parents to get to know one and other and ask any questions that were not answered during the presentation. A big thank you to Jo Moorby for her superb catering of afternoon tea. The final two days for Kinder Orientation are September the 9th. Both sessions start at 2pm. Tim Harris Assistant Principal

REEC Year 6 Students A group of Year 6 students attended a science workshop at the Riverina Environmental Education Centre (REEC). This workshop was held for 4 days Monday, Wednesday and Friday last week and Monday this week. We learnt about magnetism, water, gases and much more. Many other schools were invited to share this experience with us including Sturt, Young, Ashmont and Sacred Heart. We got to stay there for the whole day and during our lunch break we got to do an obstacle course. There were roughly 12 students each day who attended this workshop. At the end of the day all students received a certificate to show that we participated in the workshop. This was a great experience and it was fun to learn with other schools. Written by Amy and Ella 5/6 Tarcutta

PARENT ON‐LINE PAYMENTS HAS  ARRIVED It is now possible for parents and carers to make payments on‐line through the school’s website via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments for $5 and more can made by clicking on the “Make A Payment” tab on the school website below: www.kooringal‐p.school.nsw.edu.au

Bronze Award Winners 1 Tingha Jazmine Wanless

2 Jindabyne Marcus Guelfi

5/6 Kununurra Nyibol Kuol Jess Sison Tegan Eastwood

Jesse Melbourne Robert Grantham Mikayla Jones-Wade

The next SRC fundraiser is coming…

On Friday 19th September the SRC will be holding their next fundraiser in support of the Children’s Ward at the Wagga Base Hospital. Students have decided to hold a pyjama day as part of the fundraising effort.

All students wishing to support this worthy cause are requested to wear their best pyjamas or onesie to school and bring a $2 donation. Students that make a donation will also be able to go to the hall to watch a movie and enjoy a bag of popcorn and lollies.

PG movie permission In order to provide students with a greater selection of movies as part of the SRC Pyjama Day, as well as events throughout the end of the school year, the KPS staff request permission to show PG movies.

All movies will be carefully selected to ensure they are appropriate for a young audience.

If, for any reason, you DO NOT wish your child to view PG movies (i.e. you only wish them to view G rated movies), please contact the school office by the 8th September to inform us that you DO NOT CONSENT for you child to participate in activities where PG movies will be shown.

Unless you contact the office by the above date it will be presumed that you do give permission for you child watch PG rated movies.

Principal Awards

Build a Reader! Home reading can be a time which is stressful.

But does it need to be? Try these helpful hints to build a reader and make

your home a peaceful reading haven!

EXPLORE BOOKS Visit the KPS or local library

and share time choosing a text that your child is interested in.

READ, READ, READ Make reading a priority activity in your day. We are all busy but try to dedicate a short time each day to spend reading with your

child to help them with a most important life skill.

QUESTION AND DISCUSS Ask questions and discuss different aspects of the text.

The chatter that you have with your child is valuable and helps with comprehension skills. Ask questions, make predictions, discuss characters, find the main ideas, retell the story and

rate the book.

MAKE IT FUN! Reading shouldn’t be a

chore. Read what interests your child and keep stress low, smile and encourage

your child. Reward the efforts your child

makes.

IS THE TEXT A GOOD FIT? To pick a good fit make sure your

child can read and understand most of the words and can tell you about what they have read.

FOR BEGINNING READERS Point out and read words in our world like street and shop signs and items in the

grocery store. Practise sight words and read home readers every day. Ask questions before, during and after reading. Help sound out words by breaking them into chunks and read out aloud so you can

hear each other. Try different sounds for vowels to help (short and long vowel sounds) Use the pictures to help work out words. Skip a really tricky word, complete the sentence and then read again to work the

word out.

FOR CONFIDENT READERS Take turns reading aloud to help your child with

pronunciation and expression. Encourage your child to look at all the information like

illustrations, graphs and the table of contents. Notice interesting new vocabulary and try to use the

words in your everyday conversations.

Happy Reading! KPS Literacy Team

NOTES WITH THIS NEWSLETTER Kooringal On Show Little Athletics Saver Plus Stage 3 Exucrrsion

CANTEEN ROSTER Week 9 Term 3

Please call Colleen on 6922 6443 if you can help one day per fortnight, month or term.

Monday 8th September

Tuesday 9th September Janelle Moorby

Wednesday 10th September

Kylie Gumbleton

Thursday 11th September Lisa Clarke Lisa Griffiths

Friday 12th September Rachel Lidden

Please make sure you are using the blue coloured price list. If you do not have one, please pick

one up at the Canteen or Office.

Please Note: No longer available Potato Bake or Blue Quench

REMINDERS / SPECIAL NOTES MONEY DUE

P&C NEWS

SWEET TREAT DAY – THANK YOU Thanks to all the parents and careers who donated to the Sweet Treat Day and to parents and ca-reers who organised this event and helped out on the day. The kids love this event and it is a good fundraiser for the P&C. ONGOING FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES KPS P&C is an active committee within the school community who raise funds for resources for students and staff of KPS. We would encourage parents/carers to become involved as without your generous support many fundraising events will not be possible. Other ways of supporting the P&C on an ongoing basis include:

· Canteen

· Uniform Shop

· Bakers Delight “Dough Raiser Program”

· Hume Bank - school banking facilities.

SCHOOL HATS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FRONT OFFICE 

 

Uniform Shop Roster Wednesday 3rd September (2.45p—3.45pm)

Helen Crawford

Thursday 4th September (2.45p- 3.45pm) Bernadette Priest

Friday 5th September (9.00am—10.00am)

ENROLMENT CONFIRMATION FOR 2015 Dear Parents and Carers of students at Kooringal Public School We ask if all parents of current Kindergarten to Year 5 students please confirm if your child WILL NOT be returning to Kooringal Public School for 2015. Please complete and return the form below to the school office by Friday 12th September 2014. Sally Davidson, Principal Please return to School Office by Friday 12th September 2014 Name of Child: ………………………………………… Class: …………………….. Name of Child:………….……………………………… Class: ……………………… WILL NOT be returning to KPS in 2015 (please tick) Signature of Parent/Carer:

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