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Newsletter No. 37 - Term 4 – Week 7 23 November 2017

Student Workbooks coming home this Friday… a celebration of learning!

Following on from the feedback we received from the school community about Assessment

and Reporting in Term 2, this Semester we are trialling something a little different instead of

Portfolios.

This Friday 24th November students in Grades 1-6 will bring home their Maths workbook,

Reader’s Notebook and Writer’s Notebook. Over the weekend of the 24th-26th of November

we ask all families to make time to take a look through your student’s books, taking particular

note of the tasks that are labelled with Learning Intention and Success Criteria. These are

weekly examples of the work going on in classrooms, and by referring to the Success

Criteria; you and your child can discuss their progress and what next learning goals they

have set for themselves.

Correcting spelling⁉️ ✅ ❌

Your child’s writing skills are a work in progress. Children’s spelling abilities develop at

different rates. You will see many approximations and attempts in the books coming home

on Friday. We encourage risk taking and creativity!

Not all spelling errors will be corrected all of the time. Teacher judgment is used when

correcting, as the purpose of this is to give meaningful feedback for growth. If we do too

much correction, children can be overwhelmed and not learn anything. When we give

targeted feedback they have a better chance of remembering it.

All student workbooks are required back at school on MONDAY 27th NOVEMBER so

that our hardworking students can keep filling them with great work! We hope that families

enjoy this opportunity to see a ‘snapshot’ of their students’ progress well before Assessment

and Reporting is made public in mid-December.

Note: This new routine will not apply to students in Foundation who will be bringing their

“Learning Journey” home at the end of the school year, this is a wonderful collection of your

child’s best work in their first year of school and a cause for real celebration. Something for

Foundation families to look forward to in December!

We would love to hear your feedback on this trial.

ERIN NORMAN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

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Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families - 17-23 Nov. 2017 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

2018 Parent Payment Contributions Youngest in Family (via Compass) 5/12/17

Graduation Pack (Year Book & USB) Grade 6s (via Compass) 1/12/17

Graduation Bears Grade 6s (notice home) 30/11/17

Sticky Beak Lunch Bag Order Forms 2018 Family Asap

Highland Dancers & Choir – Aged Care visits Highland Dancers & Choir Asap

Ride Wristbands Notice Families 24/11/17

Grade 6 2018 Polos & Jackets Grade 5 6/12/17

Student Workbooks All students n/a

Karnival Final Update Families n/a

SunSmart is here

A reminder to all families that Term 4 is a SunSmart term and hats are needed to be worn in the playground at all times. Hats are available at RHSports. The direct link is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

Please ensure hats are clearly named.

November

24th - 2018 Foundation #4 9:30-11:00

- Kalinda’s Got Talent - Stadium 25th - Kalinda Karnival - 11am – 4pm 26th - Working Bee (Sunday) – 10am-12noon 27th - Grades 1&2 Excursion – Melb. Aquarium 30th - Graduation Dancing – Gr.5/6 – MPR December

1st - Gr. 3 Table Tennis Extravaganza 4th - P&F Annual General Mtg – 9:30am Stadium - Foundation 2018 – Information Night 7pm 5th - Orientation Day: – Foundation 2018

- Graduation Mtg. 7th - Graduation Dancing – Gr.5/6 – MPR 8th - Junior Athletics Experience – a.m.

- String Group end of year concert 2:30pm 11th - Parent Helpers Morning Tea – 11am MPR 12th - Orientation Day – Yr. 6/7 - Carols Evening 14th - Graduation Dancing – Gr.5/6 – MPR 15th - Gr. 4 Table Tennis Extravaganza

- Reports distributed 18th - Graduation Dancing – Gr.5/6 – MPR 20th - Grade 6 Graduation 22nd - End of Term 4 – 1:30pm Dismissal

FORWARD DATES:

School Photos – Tuesday, 20th March 2018 Grade 5/6 Camp – 30th April – 2nd May 2018 Kalinda Production – 7th & 8th August 2018 Grade 3/4 Camp – 22nd – 24th August 2018 TERM DATES 2018

Term 1 – 29 Jan – 29 March (Students resume 31 January) Term 2 – 16 April – 29 June Term 3 – 16 July – 21 September Term 4 – 8 October – 21 December

CANTEEN ROSTER 29/11 - Helper Needed please 30/11- - Helper Needed please 01/12 - Andrea B.

Countdown to Fete:

Only 2 days to go!

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

Please note: as the Grade 1/2 classes are out on excursion on Monday, their Pupil of the Week Awards will be presented at the assembly on Monday 4th December. F/D Owen T. - or your success in putting good reading strategies into practice. Your reading is ready to take off! Stirling W. - For the way in which you have adapted to a new school and its different routines, with confidence. Fraser G. - For demonstrating excellent problem solving strategies during our Maths sessions, and then being able to explain them to the class. Claire H. - For her engagement in class discussions. She listens attentively and offers her idea willingly. Liam W. - For participating during group time and THRASSing out the word, ‘honey’. F/G Milly MacG. - For your great work with THRASS Code-breaker this week! Harrison R. - For being such a responsible and enthusiastic member of FG, always! F/H Lucy H. - For your amazing THRASS story about the queen who lost her bird. What a wonderful author you are! F/L Liam G. - For using a wide range of strategies when playing Math Games. Terrific Work!

Taha H. - For demonstrating such great counting strategies using MAB to represent teen numbers and beyond!

12P Lily C. - For working really hard in her Math lesson on Probability, and creating a probability scale. Chloe A. - For her wonderful design of an ocean floor, labelling the sea creatures who live there. Oceantastic! 34C Maddison P. - For your excellent presentation and detail in your Reader’s Notebook. Your work is a pleasure to read.

Dhruva B. - For your enthusiastic and dedicated attitude towards Essential Assessment. You love to challenge yourself, Dhruva!

34P Jimmy Y. - For always having such a great attitude. Love your positivity, always!! Tayla W. - For great contributions during class discussions. You are always tuned in! 34R Eleanor D. - For your wonderful stories that you share with the class. Thiyara H. - For being such a fine student and wonderful role model for the other students.

CANTEEN NEWS Order forms for Stickybeaks Lunch Order Bags went home last week. If you did not receive a form, there are spares at the office. This is a good time to update the old bags and buy fresh for next year. Order forms are due back by Thursday, 30th November. Kalinda Pantry – Thank you to everyone who has donated items to our Kalinda Pantry recently. We have had a fabulous response. We are still taking donations right through to the end of the year and these can be dropped off at the office. Toiletries and non-perishables are much appreciated. Goods can also be dropped off on Karnival Day. JUSTINE WATSON CANTEEN MANAGER

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Let’s Enjoy a

Green Tea

Ceremony!

This is a free activity!

Parents are welcome, too!!!

Ceremony session times are:

11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00

in our Japanese room.

See you at our Kalinda Karnival!

Letter to Santa Kalinda Primary School

If you would like to send a letter to Santa

and receive a response from him, please do the following:

Write your letter to Santa and deposit it in the Green and Red box

on the Library desk

by 2:00pm on Friday, 8th December.

This will ensure that Santa receives your letter

and writes back to you by the end of the school term.

Hoping you and your families

have a lovely Christmas!

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ABC Maths Poem

By Claire – 5/6D

Annoying for some, easy for others.

Ballistic teachers are growing crazy.

Counting, waiting, for the answer.

Drawing groups, counting dots.

Ending, never! I have to restart.

Five, six, I give up!

Groaning and moaning in my head.

Hard work, I must admit.

It makes me start to throw a fit.

Joke questions, the tricks are killing me!

Key words underlined.

Long, tiring work.

Many things I don't get.

Never ending!

Oh my goodness, can I leave?

Poison for my mind.

Questions flood my brain.

Reading over and over.

Strategies I'm forced to do.

Telling them my working out.

Understanding all to know.

Voices in my mind telling me I'm wrong.

Working out is not my strength.

X-axis or Y? I have no idea!

Yelling in my mind.

Zero energy, but I'm done!

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Shopping Time at Kalinda in Grades 1 & 2 Last week, the Grade 1 & 2 students were very busy setting up their shops and items they have worked hard to make and create for four weeks, and then sell to their peers. This included planning, designing and working with money. Each group was very enthusiastic on the day, even with the wet conditions and almost every shop sold out of all their goodies, while we all had fun calculating the change! Some of the shops made were flower shops, pets, footballs, sporting goods, bakeries, books, jewellery, lucky dips, pizzas, chess boards, ice creams and fashion. We all had a lovely time and have learnt heaps!

MULLUM MULLUM ENVIRONMENTAL WALK

Last Friday, Grade 3/4 students walked along the Mullum Mullum Creek Trail, as part of their CBL research. They learned how important this area was to the Wurundjeri people of the past, and how important it still is today. The Creek is the main watercourse from the Yarra Valley to the Yarra River, which then leads out to the sea. It is one of the only watercourses within the suburbs of Melbourne that is surrounded by native bushland for its whole length. That¹s 22 kilometres! The students learned about Œriparian¹ plants, and the native animals that use the Creek as a natural corridor. Not quite dodging a sudden downpour, the students were privy to seeing firsthand the drains in action, and how the rubbish really does make its way into the gutters, drains, stormwater, and eventually out to the Yarra River, instead of this being an abstract concept. They also witnessed the rapid rate the Creek rises after rain. It¹s not often that we don¹t ³duck for cover² and we got to experience the feeling of summer rain and the fresh, almost rainforest feel and aromas. After a quick lunch, it was back to school to research the answers in their Mullum Mullum Creek Field Study booklet, which is the segway into their Challenge: To create a learning station about an Australian environment, with the intention of teaching a younger grade. Hopefully many of our families will take advantage of the Creek Trail over the holidays - it really is a beautiful place on our very own doorstep. Lyse Carlson Grade 3/4 Teacher

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KARNIVAL SPONSORS

THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY SPONSORS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY

DONATED VOUCHERS AND PRODUCTS TOWARDS OUR SILENT AUCTION AND SPINNING

WHEEL. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOL.

Boost Juice Eastland $1000 worth of vouchers Priceline Pharmacy Eastland $270 hamper The Firehouse Ringwood 2 x $100 meal vouchers Hunter and Barrel Eastland $100 meal voucher Anh Doh Autographed book and DVD Maroondah Leisure $350 - 3 month individual lifestyle membership Puffing Billy Family return trip Oztenpin Bowling Chirnside Park Bowling pass for 4 people Olivigna $50 voucher Hedgend Maze 10 passes Enchanted Adventure Garden 4 x admission passes Rumor Mill $30 voucher Kmart Eastland Voucher Coles Eastland Voucher David Hodgett MP Sporting pack Bayswater Roller City 2 x family passes Bounce Inc Blackburn North Passes Kmart Chirnside Park Voucher Coles Burnt Bridge Voucher Bunnings Ringwood $50 vouchers Tone and Trim Zone 1 month membership/water bottle Coles Ringwood Square Voucher Just Cuts Eastland Hair cut vouchers Warran Glen Nursery 4 x $25 vouchers and soy candles Yarra Valley Chocolaterie 1kg Milk Mega Bar Wallies Lollies $25 voucher Melbourne Museum 2 x passes Scienceworks 2 x passes The Big Goose, Moorooduc Family pass Collingwood Children’s farm Family day pass Chesterfield Farm Junior passes Ace Space Chirnside park Children’s passes Lollipop’s Playlands Croydon Children’s passes Moonlight Sanctuary Daytime family pass Domino’s Pizza Ringwood Free Pizza Vouchers Masterfoods Sauces Street Dance Studios Free week pass to trial any class

Thank you also to the Kalinda families who have donated prizes/

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT

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Hi everyone,

My name is Lauren and I am the new program coordinator at Kalinda OSHClub. I am currently completing my Bachelor of Education at Monash University, specialising in generalist primary and specialist Health and Physical Education teaching. I have previously worked for Kelly Sports, where I planned and implemented games-based after-school sports sessions for primary school students. I have also worked in pharmacy, and currently provide tuition for primary and secondary school students in Mathematics and English. In my spare time, I enjoy running and walking my dog, Minty. I also enjoy hiking, and in 2018 hope to complete the Overland Track in Tasmania. I am a chocolate fiend; my friends and family call me the ‘Choccie Monster.’ I am looking forward to meeting you all and hope for an exciting end of 2017 together! LAUREN OSHCLUB COORDINATOR

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS Parent Payment Contributions 2018 – These are now open on Compass for processing. Copies have also been sent home through the ‘Youngest in the Family’ for your convenience. Book Pack pickups are on the following days: 5th December for 2018 Foundation students only. 6th, 7th & 8th December and 31st January for Grades 1 to 6. If you wish to go on a Payment Plan, please come to the office before 5th December to organise. This will enable you to then pick up Book Packs for your child/ren. If you are eligible for Camps, Sports & Excursions Funding (CSEF), please do not process through Compass, as this will alter the amount owed. Complete your form and bring into the Office for payment. Grade 6 Graduation Pack (Year Book & USB) – This is now open for payment on Compass, to be finalised by 1st December. Please note: this event is not covered by CSEF. Grade 6 Graduation Sign Bears - Notices are available at the office if you would like to order a Graduation Bear. This is not part of the Grad pack, and is an optional extra. This year, we only have the bears on offer. Students get a chance to sign bears as a memento at the end of the year and it makes a great souvenir. Payments and orders need to be in BEFORE THURSDAY 30th November to ensure correct numbers are ordered and they arrive before end of year. Please see your G6 teacher or the office if you have any questions. Credit Card & BPay payments – Please remember that we cannot accept payments of less than $10 for credit card and less than $30 for BPay. If you are paying by BPay, please also send in a short email or note letting us know the amount, what the payment was for and the BPay Receipt number, to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au If payments of less than $10 are received, we will be returning them home and asking for cash payment. The 2017 Parent Payment Policy and the Kalinda Primary School Hardship Policy is located on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/ - Notices & Forms, for your information. . If you have any queries regarding any of the above, please contact the Office. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to login to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add / Approve Absence” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass.

STUDENT BANKING Forward your child’s deposit book to the school every Friday morning. The banking is processed on Mondays and will be returned to your child’s class Monday afternoons.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports

Kalinda Primary School Uniforms are available to purchase offsite at RHSports at Unit 12, 100 New Street, Ringwood. Notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms For your convenience, the RHSports Shop is open every day from 9:00am – 5:00pm, including school holidays. The direct link to RHSports is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

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LOST PROPERTY If your child is missing any items of clothing, lunch boxes, etc. please check the Lost Property tubs at the end of the corridor near the office. Smaller items or valuable items (toys, jewellery, etc.) are normally held at the office. Occasionally, uniform items go home with the wrong child. Please check all your child’s clothing at home and, if you have an item with someone else’s name on it, please return it to the school office. Thank you for your co-operation.

PLEASE NAME ALL ITEMS OF CLOTHING, LUNCHBOXES, DRINK BOTTLES, TOYS, ETC. We would love to be able to return them to your child, if found.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK!

Pasta Salad

What you need: 1 carrot, grated

½ cucumber, diced ½ capsicum, diced 6 spring onions, sliced 500g spiral pasta Sauce: 1 & ½ cups mayonnaise ½ cup tomato sauce ¼ cup sweet chilli sauce Salt and pepper

Cook pasta, drain and then pour over several cap-fulls of Italian dressing to prevent the pasta from sticking together.

Mix in carrot, cucumber, capsicum and spring onions.

Mix together sauce ingredients, measurements are estimates only so do a taste test to make sure you are OK with the flavour. Stir through the pasta and other ingredients, serve.

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

Monday 8th to Tuesday 30th January 2018

(excluding 26-28th January – Australia Day

& weekend)

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See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events and information. The Department of Education & Training (DET) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DET and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

APPLES & STRAWBERRIES

STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will next be delivering apples and pears on Thursday 30 November. If you would like to order apples, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 29 November. Bags are approximately 5-6kg.

Pink Ladies, Royal Galas, Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Green & Brown Pears are also available at $8 per bag. Next delivery he will have Strawberries & Blackberries Strawberries: Small punnets (250g) for $2.50 Large punnets (500g) for $4.00 Blackberries – Large punnets $10