Inside this issue

M&S Fees……..……………………………2

New Playground....……….....………..2

Welcome………..……………....…….….3

Sports News………........................ 4

Sports Results ............................. 5

Nihongo News ............................ 7

World of Maths .......................... 8

World Studies Rm 10 .................. 11

Peru ............................................ 12

Community Noticeboard ............14

Diary Dates……………………………….16

Tuesday 21st October 2014

Term 4 Issue 10

KPPS NEWS

Email:

dl.0996_admin@schools.sa.edu.au

Website:

www.kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au

Final Notices were sent home last week for overdue 2014 M&S Fees. Prompt payment would be

greatly appreciated.

2015 MATERIALS and SERVICES CHARGES

The Governing Council have considered the Materials and Services charges for next year and have

recommended to increase our fees to $310 per student as per the watermarked ‘Notice’ page 10.

Parents are invited to attend the next Governing Council meeting on Thursday 30th October,

7.00pm in the Library, at which the proposed charges are to be approved. At the meeting there

will be an opportunity for the school community to provide direct input about the school charges.

Please contact the front office if you will be attending.

In lieu of attendance at the Council meeting, parents can express their views in writing to the

Governing Council Chairperson, Sean Connors.

NOTES SENT HOME: Sci World notes—U3,

U4, U5 & U6 Aquatics Camp—P1, P2

& P3 Australian Girls Choir—

for girls aged 5 to 12 Playground naming

competition

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NEW PLAYGROUND Your child may have told you about the new roster for the “New” playground. Over the last 6 weeks of term 3, the number of students using the playground was closely monitored. The new roster will be trialled for this term, hopefully enabling more students to safely access the equipment.

Playground Roster Term 4, 2014

KIDMAN CELEBRATES WEDNESDAY 10TH DECEMBER

At the Christian Family Centre, Seaton Put the date in your diary now!

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri

F, Years 1 Years 5 F, Years 1 Years 5 F, Years 1

Years 2, 3, 4 Years 6, 7 Years 2, 3, 4 Years 6, 7 Years 2, 3, 4

& LC & LC & LC & LC & LC

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WELCOME TO KPPS! We would like to welcome our new students and families to Kidman

Park Primary School. Welcome to Hanieh, Hedieh and Tara.

COMPETITION FOR THE RENAMING OF “NEW” PLAYGROUND

The “New” playground is no longer NEW (being built in 2010), so we

are having a competition to rename it. A naming slip

went home with the students today explaining the

process for the selection for the new name. Money

raised from the competition will go towards an

outdoors “Kindness Couch”.

DISABLED CARPARKS REMINDER: PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE DISABLED CAR PARKS UNLESS YOU HAVE A DISABILITY PERMIT ON DISPLAY.

These parks are for use by our families of students with disabilities only.

The City of Charles Sturt Parking inspectors regularly patrol the car park and do issue fines.

SPORTS NEWS CRICKET Information regarding our B grade and Kanga teams playing this Saturday will be given out shortly. Regularly check website : wspsc.sa.cricket.com.au It's also important to keep in close contact with your coach to let them know whether you're able to play.

NETBALL Off to a flying start this term for our 4 teams. A reminder: download the 'SportFix ' app to your mobile to get latest timetable info at St. Clair.

TEEBALL Clinics are being run tomorrow for many of our year 2-5 classes during school time by WTBC. There is a possibility we could field teams at the club on Fridays 4pm this term. Please read flyer given out Wednesday and let us know ASAP if your child is interested in playing.

TROPHY NIGHT A reminder: trophy night for all our sport teams Friday Nov. 14 (week 5). BBQ by OSHC at about 5 p.m. followed at 6pm by our streamlined trophy presentation.

Terry Ahern Sport Coordinator

SPORTS DAY CHAMPIONS

1st BLUE 381

2nd RED 358

3rd YELLOW 331

4th GREEN 317

1st RED 1390

2nd GREEN 1374

3rd BLUE 1318

4th YELLOW 1152

TERM 3 TEAM COMPETITION

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CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Portia M, P1 who has won a prize in the Mayoral Make a Book competition, she will be presented with her prize on Thursday 30th October at the Event Cinemas, Arndale, by the Mayor of the City of Charles Sturt, Ms Kirsten Alexander.

Congratulations also to Taylah B, P2 who is the Josiah Mitton Prize recipient at KPPS.

The Josiah Mitton Prize is offered to the most outstanding or best "all round" student in all primary and high schools in the City of Charles Sturt.

Josiah Mitton was one of the first elected Councillors of the Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh and its third Mayor (1878-1880). He participated actively in local affairs and in the Hindmarsh Institute Library, which was formed between 1852 and 1855. On his death a bequest of over 50 Pounds was presented to the library to set up a library scholarship for school children. The Josiah Mitton Prize was initially presented annually to a student from each school in the Hindmarsh area to perpetuate the memory of the Josiah Mitton

Scholarship to the Hindmarsh District Library and Mechanics Institute. When libraries became a free service the scholarship became irrelevant and an annual book prize was introduced and has been awarded annually by the City of Charles Sturt ever since.

SPORT RESULTS NETBALL

The girls smashed the netball courts last night with some really great team work and the scores to show it – well done teams! KPPS U9A 5 North Adelaide 1 Well done girls, great team work!

KPPS U11 15 Nazareth White 1 Well done girls, great team work!!!!! 15/10/14 U9 Kidman Park Panthers 4 Grange 1 Goals scored by: Annelise 2 & Marie 2 Well played by all girls!

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Today some KPPS students

competed in the Hiragana

Competition, with teams

placing 5th and 6th overall.

Well done to:

Ellie, Ethan C, Ethan S, Portia,

Taylah, Emilia, Bianca and

Wendy.

hiragana competition

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こんにちはKonnichiwa,

Welcome to Term 4. We hope you enjoyed your holidays with your children. We are looking forward to another busy term in Japanese – so keep an eye on the newsletters for more information as the term passes. Here’s an overview of what Hiroko and I hope to cover in Japanese this term. Foundation students in Unit 4 and Unit 5 will continue their learning about Japan

and Japanese looking at basic geography, numbers, colours and introductions. They will use their new vocabulary in songs, games, reading and matching activities.

The Early Years students will be focussing on a Japanese folk

tale “Omusubi Kororin,” (The Rolling Riceballs), learning about the ways in which different cultures tell stories and developing the language needed to retell this tale in Japanese.

Students in the Primary Years will continue their focus on

extending their knowledge of the hiragana alphabet. Everyone has been working so hard to achieve their Hiragana Karate Belts it is very impressive.

Middle Years students will consolidate the Japanese they have

learnt over the past few years of Japanese in the form of a “Language Passport.” We will review lots of vocabulary (such as greetings, introductions, colours, numbers, time, weather) and create a learning tool to share this learning with others.

Seasonally we are focussing on Autumn (aki) in Japan, check out our corridor display of autumn leaves and haiku poems. And finally we hope to find out a little more about Japanese food and try some cooking for ourselves.

Please pop in and see us if you want to find out more about this term’s work, our Japanese programme, second language learning or your child’s progress. We look forward to meeting some of you during the term.

さようならSayonara

Belinda Sensei and Hiroko Sensei

Nihongo News

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At the end of Term 3 the World of Maths Roadshow visited our school. The World of Maths Roadshow was an ideal opportunity for students to see how maths is applied to some real life situations. Students gained insight into problem solving, working in teams, and also various maths principles which are part of the Australian Curriculum. It was a highly engaging session which showed the students that Maths can be fun!

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This term our class has been researching African and South

American countries. After taking notes and presenting

information in a pamphlet form we compared the countries

with New Zealand to see the similarities and differences

between these southern hemisphere countries.

One of the countries we studied was Peru. We made some

Peruvian beads out of air drying clay.

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Location Peru is located in South

America .The area of Peru

is 496,224 square miles.

The capital city of Peru is

Lima. It is the 3rd largest

country in South America

after Brazil and

Argentina.

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Climate

In Peru they have

temperate weather most of

the time. It is cooler near

the coast because it is

winder. The amount of rain

increased from coast to the

selva.

Resources

Peru is one of the richest

countries in resources like gold,

zinc, lead, silver, iron and copper.

In Peru they have lots of t0urism

because of the temples and other

attractions. It is very hard to find

a job in Peru.

People

The population of Peru is

30,147,935. In Peru they speak

Quechua and Spanish but

Spanish is the main language. In

Spanish Peru is called Serla. They

have many different cultures such

as Indians, Spaniards and

Europeans. These days 70% of

the people live in cities.

Plants and animals In Peru there are lots of plants

and animals because of they

have a large ecosystem. There

are more they 6,000 types of

plants. Some are only found in

the amazon so they built some

reveres for animals only found

in the amazon .

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Plants and animals In Peru there are lots of plants

and animals because of they

have a large ecosystem. There

are more they 6,000 types of

plants. Some are only found in

the amazon so they built some

reveres for animals only found

in the amazon .

History The first people to be found on

the island are the Incas. The In-

cas were found there 600 years

ago. The Incas had their own

capital which is Casco. The Incas

thought to Andes Ranges were

gods.

Government The form of government in Peru

is Constitutional republic which

means the Queen who is our

Queen is not their Queen. Peru

has a supreme court.

Natural

features

Peru has the second highest

rangers in the world the

Andes rangers. They have

Ucayali River and Madre River

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On Sports Day, students from the Learning Centre joined their buddy class

for tabloid activities in the morning, then after recess went into the Hall for

walker races and to play “Golden child”. It was wonderful to see everyone

actively participating and being very competitive! Well done everyone.

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Team DS- DanceSport Club Learn to Dance Now!

Learn to dance like they do on Dancing with the Stars &

SYTYCD! New classes starting now! Classes aimed at

school aged boys and girls learning to dance to the latest

music! Learn latin, dancesport and solo dances in a fun

environment. Mention Kidman Park Primary School

and your first class is free!

When: Tuesday 4.30pm (during school term)

Where: 20 Crittenden Road, Findon

Email: info@teamds.com.au

www.teamds.com.au

www.facebook.com/teamdsadelaide

Phone: 0425 329 596

Tennis is the best first sport for your child to learn all

year round, teaching throwing, catching, striking,

movement & team building

ANZ Tennis Hot Shots

Tennis Australia’s official kids’ starter program for children aged 5-12 years

Designed to develop your child’s skills by using a learn through play philosophy,

smaller courts, racquets and low compression balls and a progressive pathway

using levels to monitor your child’s advancement towards competitive tennis.

Western Youth Centre Tennis Club

Hounslow Ave. Cowandilla

Sunday mornings, Cost only $70.00 per term

To organise a Trial Lesson or register for Term 4 please contact

John Gericke, Club Professional Coach 0419 829 624 or email: jgericke@senet.com.au

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DIARY DATES

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WEEK / DATE DAY / TIME EVENT

TERM 4

2 21st October Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—Rm 7

21st October Tuesday Hiragana Competition

21st October Tuesday Newsletter

23rd October Thursday 9.15am OPEN MORNING

3 27th October Monday Sci World Incursion

28th October Tuesday KPPS Update

30th October Thursday 6.00pm OSHC Committee

30th October Thursday 7.00pm Governing Council (2015 M&S fees)

4 4th November Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—U4 & U5

4th November Tuesday KPPS Update

5 11th November Tuesday Remembrance Day

11th November Tuesday 9.00 –10.30am First transition visit –U4 & U5 for new Foundation students

14th November Friday Sports Trophy Night

6 18th November Tuesday Newsletter

18th November Tuesday 9.00-11.30am Second transition visit—U4 &U5 for new Foundation students

7 25th November Tuesday KPPS Update

25th November Tuesday 9.00-12.30pm Last transition visit—U4 & U5 for new Foundation students

27th November Thursday 6.00pm OSHC Committee

27th November Thursday 7.00pm Governing Council

8 2nd December Tuesday Newsletter

3rd—5th December Wednesday—Friday Aquatics Camp—P1, P2, P3

3rd December Wednesday Variety Club Party

5th December Friday COP-Christmas Story

5th December Friday Reports sent home

9 8th December Mondays 5.00pm Year 7 Graduation Dinner and Presentation

9th December Tuesday KPPS Update

10th December Wednesday KIDMAN CELEBRATES (Christian Family Centre)

11th December Thursday Party Day

11th December Thursday Students visit new classes

11th December Thursday Year 7 Excursion

12th December Friday Final Assembly—Special Awards

12th December Friday END OF TERM

2.10PM FINISH