CALENDAR OF EVENTS · ‘I liked feeding the chickens. I felt happy.’ Heidi ‘I liked sweeping...

Kensington Primary School Newsletter

8th August 2019 McCracken Street Kensington Vic 3031

Phone: (03) 9376 6013 www.kensingtonps.vic.edu.au E-mail: [email protected]

Care Program: 0432 830 856

Principal: Bridget McLaughlin Assistant Principal: Julie Stephens

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August Fri 9th CURRICULUM DAY – NO STUDENTS TO ATTEND SCHOOL

Wed 14th 10:30am – 1:30pm Foundation Excursion – The Venny

Thu 15th 9:00 – 11:00am 5/6A Cooking & Gardening

Fri 16th 3:00pm

District Athletics Assembly – 4A

Tue 20th 7:45 – 8:45am 5:00 – 6:00pm 5:30 – 6:30pm

Finance Sub-Committee Meeting Policy Sub-Committee Meeting Pizza & Fruit Fundraiser School Tour for prospective 2020 families

Wed 21st 8:00 – 8:40am 2:30 – 3:30pm

Facilities Sub-Committee Meeting Fundraising Sub-Committee Meeting

Thu 22nd 9:00 – 11:00am 5/6B Cooking & Gardening

Fri 23rd 2:45pm 3:00pm

Year 2, 3 & 4 Roland Harvey Incursion Book Week Parade Fundraising Sausage Sizzle

Tue 27th 9:00am – 3:30pm Year 2B & 2C Excursion – Ripponlea

Wed 28th 9:00am – 3:30pm Year 2A Excursion - Ripponlea

Thu 29th 9:00am 10:00am 9:00 – 11:00am

Year 3 Indonesian Incursion Year 4 Indonesian Incursion 5/6C Cooking & Gardening

Fri 30th 3:00pm Assembly – 4C Sausage Sizzle

September Mon 2nd 6:00 – 8:00pm School Council

Thu 5th 9:00 -11:00am 11:30am – 1:30pm

5/6D Cooking & Gardening Foundation – Year 2 Science Incursion – The Jollybops Science Show

Thu 12th 9:00 – 11:00am 5/6E Cooking & Gardening

Fri 13th 9:00AM – 3:00pm 3:00pm

Year 1 Scienceworks Excursion Assembly - Indonesian

Sat 14th From 4:00pm CINEMA UNDER THE STARS – TOY STORY 4

Tue 17th 7:45 – 8:45am 5:00 – 6:00pm

Finance Sub-Committee Meeting Policy Sub-Committee Meeting

Wed 18th 8:00 – 8:40am 2:00 -2:30pm

Facilities Sub-Committee Meeting Fundraising Sub-Committee Meeting

Fri 20th 1:45pm 2:30pm

Assembly END OF TERM 3

October Mon 7th TERM 4 COMMENCES

Mon 21st Year 3 & 4 Camp – Lake Dewar Lodge

Tue 22nd Year 3 & 4 Camp – Lake Dewar Lodge

November Mon 4th CURRICULUM DAY – NO STUDENTS TO ATTEND SCHOOL

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Principal’s Message

Our school vision is “to be a safe and caring community, who learn and grow together to make a difference for us

and our world. Our school is full of communities, we have grade communities, year level communities, team

communities, teacher communities, Education Support communities, administration communities, parent

communities, the Grubbies community, the School Council and sub-committee communities, all communities with

the same shared vision. As a whole community we want our students, parents and staff to feel safe, to care and be

cared for. Our vision is to ensure the academic, social and emotional growth of every student. As a school we are

helping the next generation to be the best they can be, to be honest and fair, to be responsible, to support, to care

about and co-operate with each other, to be friendly, to respect the rights of everyone and see differences as

positive and helpful, as well as caring for our environment. As a community our value statements are recorded, they

are displayed in classrooms. I see the actions that come from our school values on a daily bases. In the mornings

when students smile and say good morning, the parent who waves or has a chat, being friendly. The children who in

challenging situations are able to reflect on a ‘not so good choice’ and take responsibility for their actions. The staff

who support our children every day, providing them with feedback, praising successes and providing support with

the next stage of learning and then there is the effort put into our school grounds by our parent community. As a

staff we have been inquiring into how we collaborate as a professional learning team. All teaching teams supported

by a Learning Specialist, Rachel Gurr Foundation and Year 1, Julie Stephens Year 2, Hayley Horne Years 3 and 4 with

Hayley Merat supporting Years 5 and 6 work on providing each student with a challenging and engaging curriculum.

All specialist teachers work with a team to ensure consistency of practise and shared expectations. I attend planning

sessions where work samples are examined, looking for evidence of students mastering the learning goal and

success criteria. I hear teachers discussing what actions they need to take when a student has mastered an

understanding and needs a further challenge, as well as the support which will be provided for those students who

require it.

All staff will be involved in a curriculum day tomorrow, focussed on further developing their pedagogy focused on

mathematical researched based practises. Rachel Gurr and Hayley Merat will share the professional learning they

have undertaken participating in the Primary Mathematics and Science Initiative.

Can I ask that any student who brings a mobile phone to school hand it in at the office. Mobile phones can be lost

and are not to be used during school hours.

Thank you to those parents who have shared information in regards to the challenges faced with Sentral. I have

communicated all concerns and am looking forward to meeting with a representative to fine tune the use of the tool

and communication. Thank you so much for your patience during this stage of introducing the new system for

communication.

I hope everyone stays a little warmer over the weekend.

Bridget


Cooking and Gardening - FB

On Thursday the 25th of July Jake’s class, FB, had their second cooking and gardening session. In the kitchen the children made some delicious veggie fritters and yummy corn fritters with a tzatziki dip and pikelets for dessert. In the garden they visited the chickens, helped out with some garden maintenance and planted some winter seeds. I caught up with the children after the session and they had the following to say about their morning:

‘I liked spreading the jam on the pancakes.’ Lachlan ‘I liked cooking food. I grated zucchini then I squished it to get all the water out.’ Remy ‘I was brushing the bench outside because we wanted it to be nice and tidy for when we were eating pancakes.’ Caleb ‘I liked sweeping because there were lots and lots of leaves.’ Madeleine ‘My favourite bit was eating the pikelets. We had to mix it.’ Emmaline ‘I liked sweeping because it’s tidying up.’ Eiman ‘I had to squeeze some lemons and I put it in the bowl and mixed it.’ Nha-Thi ‘I liked flipping the fritters. It was fun to work in the kitchen.’ Arlo ‘The most thing I liked to do was flipping the pancakes. I made a frog one.’ Abdurahman ‘I liked feeding the chickens. I felt happy.’ Heidi ‘I liked sweeping outside because I like sweeping leaves off the deck to eat there. Benji ‘I planted peas in the garden. They’ll grow into plants and make pea and we can cook them and eat them.’ Chloe ‘I planted some seeds. They were peas. I put them in a thing that’s a circle that’s made of like hay. You put your finger in the soil and make a hole and put the seed in it.’ Imogen ‘I liked feeding the chickens the seeds. I also liked the pikelets with jam on them.’ Logan ‘I liked looking at the pikelets because they looked so yummy. I even liked eating them.’ Intisar ‘I liked eating. I liked eating the pikelets with jam.’ Bryce ‘I liked cooking. I put the egg inside it and we stirred it and we had to flip it down so we can taste it.’ Amina ‘I liked cooking the pancakes. I liked watching them bubble.’ Luke ‘I was picking up rubbish. It’s looking after the environment. Then we had a break to play on the monkey bars.’ Elizea Thanks so much to Caleb’s’ mum and Sarah from 5-6B for coming along to help us.


Cooking and Gardening - FD

‘I liked cleaning the table because I like cleaning.’ Claire ‘I eated the pancakes that has honey. They was yummy.’ Sajid ‘I had to scrape the zucchini up and down. Then I had to mix them all together.’ Ajdar ‘I liked cooking the fritters. They had lots of vegetables in them and they were very healthy and yummy.’ Ara ‘You put the milk in then you put the egg in then put put the flour in. Then you mix it. You put sugar and salt in it. You put it in the frying pan to let it cook.’ Bonnie ‘I made pikelets.’ You turn them when they have lots of bubbles. I took one honey one out to play.’ Asher ‘I planted plants. They were little seeds, though my seed was pretty big.’ Charlotte ‘I was feeding the chickens. The one with the black was the best chicken.’ Marcus ‘I did cooking. I liked cleaning the dishes.’ Mrinmoyee ‘I flipped the pancakes over when we saw bubbles on them.’ Sienna ‘We got to flip the pancakes. My favourite was the jam ones.’ Lenny ‘I liked watering the plants so they can grow up.’ Hamza ‘I liked picking up the rubbish because I care about the environment.’ Cassius ‘I liked cooking. We put jam on the pancakes.’ Samar ‘I had to put my hand out and be quiet and wait for the chickens to come and eat the chicken food.’ Ren ‘We needed to put the ingredients in the bowl thing and we needed to put the veggies in.’ Aviann ‘I like the white chicken because it’s really fluffy and white is one of my favourite colours.’ Amia ‘I liked feeding the chickens. It was my first time.’ Clementine ‘I had to sit on the log and feed a chicken and the chicken pecked my hand but it didn’t hurt.’ Oliver

Thanks so much to Asher and Cassius’ dads and Bonnie, Sienna and Hamza’a mums for helping us out. Here’s our roster for the remainder of the term. We love parent helpers so feel free to come along any time (even if it’s not your child’s class!) Please ensure that you have a current Working With Children check. It’s also important that you’ve had a chance to read through the Volunteer Work at KPS page on our website. This can be accessed at www.kensingtonps.vic.edu.au/articles/79 Kate and the Grubbies Team

Thurs August 15th 5-6 A (Shani)

Thursday August 22nd 5-6 B (Grace)

Thursday August 29th 5-6 C (Melinda)

Thurs September 5th 5-6 D (Hayley/Viv)

Thurs September 12th 5-6 E (Claire)

http://www.kensingtonps.vic.edu.au/articles/79


Student Supervision

For 20 minutes before school and fifteen minutes after school, and during all recess breaks, there are teachers in the yard to supervise student play. Students are not to be in the school grounds before 8:40am when teacher supervision begins or after 3:45pm when supervision ends. Teachers on yard duty wear fluorescent vests so students can quickly identify them. If it is too wet or hot for the students to play outside, yard duty teachers share the supervision of the students in classrooms. Students are not permitted to be in classrooms when the teacher is not in attendance. The office will ring the parents of the students who have not been collected by this time. We ask that families leave the school grounds by 3:45pm as our OHSC program has begun and often leads to confusion with extra children in the school grounds.


Fundraising News

Pizza Lunch Fundraiser – Don’t forget to return your order and payment to the office or QKR!

by Monday 12th August.

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Get ready for the Kensington Primary School Cinema Under the Stars! Kensington Primary School is proud to invite you to our Cinema Under the Stars event. The evening promises fun for the entire family – and offers an excellent opportunity to support our school, whilst mingling with our local community. Our Cinema Under the Stars event will be held on the 14th September, with gates opening at 4pm before the movie starts at 6:30pm. Cinema Under the Stars is the major fundraising event of our school year, and we hope to raise a total of $50,000 in 2019 for a new school playground! Toy Story 4 Come join Woody, Buzz and the gang as they embark on an adventurous journey! Toy Story 4 is set to become a family classic, which appeals to both kids and adults alike. The fourth instalment of this much-loved franchise has received rave reviews from critics and is sure to be a crowd-pleaser! What could be better than relaxing back under the stars and going on a journey with everybody’s favourite toys? Don’t forget to bring a rug to sit on. Entertainment The Cinema Under the Stars event will also include a ‘kid zone’ complete with face painting, nail painting, crazy hairstyles, a colouring competition and the KPS Speedway attraction. There will also be a lucky dip and mystery bottles to win. For the adults there will be both silent and live auctions, raffle and plant stall. As part of the celebrations, we have received a brand-new Ultra Medium Trampoline from our friends at Vuly Play, Australia’s most trusted manufacturer of outdoor playsets and safe trampolines. Valued at $799 (plus free delivery), the Ultra Medium Trampoline is designed to withstand Australia’s changing outdoor conditions and includes built-in safety features to protect even the littlest members of our family. What an outstanding prize for one lucky family to win! Food & Drinks We are pleased to announce that our Cinema Under the Stars event will have a delicious range of food and desserts on offer, to satisfy every movie-watcher! For the main course, there will be a sausage sizzle and food stalls available. For sweet-tooths, there will be a delectable dessert bar featuring a range of ice blocks, and a ‘decorate your own cookie’ station. There will also be all your favourite movie snacks including fresh popcorn, fairy floss and a healthy juice bar. It goes without saying that the Cinema Under the Stars would not possible without the support of our community and sponsors. Thanks to all – we look forward to a fantastic event!

https://www.vulyplay.com/en-AU/choose-a-playset

https://www.vulyplay.com/en-AU/trampolines


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