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Karoonda Area School North Terrace

KAROONDA SA 5307

Principal: Daniel Rankine

Phone: (08) 85781120 Courier: Murray Mallee

Facsimile: (08) 85781078 E-mail: [email protected]

Number: 04/2017

Monday 20th February 2017

Dear Parents and Community Members

The Acquaintance Night All Families Welcome Reception to Year 6 information session

5:30 pm until 6:15pm for R-6 parents (Green Room)

Middle School and Senior Secondary Sessions from

6:15pm until 7:00pm (Secondary Building)

A Sausage Sizzle will be available from 6:00pm onwards to allow for parents to have a bite to eat and chat to teachers individually.

This will be a great opportunity for families to gain an understanding of the school’s expectations and to get to know your child’s teachers. Therefore we encourage as many families as possible to attend the event.

Governing Council AGM to start at approximately 7:15pm in the Secondary Building

There will be 6 vacancies on the Governing Council in 2017. Please consider either nominating yourself or nominating another person to be part of the school’s governance body. A nomination form is provided below. If you would like any information on the role of a Governing Councillor, do not hesitate to contact me at school. There are also Committee representatives to be filled on the night. These committees are: Canteen Committee 1 rep Finance 1 rep Bus Committee 4 reps (Wynarka, Bowhill, Borrika/Sand, Yurgo/Kulky) Uniform Committee 2 reps Grounds and Facilities 2 reps Ag Advisory unlimited Fundraising Committee consist of Gov Council, Staff and interested parents.

AT KAROONDA AREA SCHOOL WE VALUE: RESPECT, HONESTY AND SUCCESS

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Complaint Procedure The Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) has issued a new ‘Raising a complaint with DECD’ guideline. The guidelines are found in the brochure accompanying this newsletter. It includes a flowchart that provides an easy reference and clarity if needed. The basic steps are: 1. Raise the complaint with the staff member it directly involves first 2. If it is not resolved contact the principal to help resolve the complaint 3. If it is still unable to be resolved contact the Education Complaint Unit on 1800 677 435.

Great Day at Lameroo Thursday saw all of our Preschool to Year 7 students involved in a great swimming event at the Lameroo Pool. The first to jump in were our Preschool to Year 3 students who were involved in a great splash carnival and other water based activities outside of the pool. From the smiles on the students’ faces it was obvious they had an absolute ball. Next up our Year 4 to 7 students participated in a series of serious stroke events (freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke) along with novelty events including kickboard, tube and noodle races and relays. The event finished off with the trade mark Big Splash and a bit of free time in the pool. It was great to see the students get in and have a go at the events and the sportsmanship on display. Thank you to all of the staff who helped to organise the event, drive buses and supervise students throughout the day. Thank you also to the parents who travelled over to support their children and helped time during the day. Finally a big thank you to Rebecca Pudney, Emily Edwards and Janet Neumann for being the life guards on duty throughout the day, we very much appreciate your time in helping to keep our students safe.

BYOD From 2017 onwards we will be offering families of students in Year 7 to 12 the opportunity to purchase carefully selected educational quality laptops for use at school and home. Detailed information has been sent home to all families in their enrolment packs. For families whose children will be in Year 7 to 12 this year the portal is now open for families to purchase devices if they choose to.

Go to: http://karoonda.asi.com.au Register using the code: karoonda16 Create a unique password Browse/Purchase

If you would like help with navigating the portal please contact the school and staff will be available to help you register and answer questions regarding the devices on offer.


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Change of Newsletter to Fortnightly After much discussion as a staff we are considering a change to the frequency of the school newsletter. We are proposing to have the newsletter go out on a fortnightly basis. The main reasons for these changes are the significant workload and the cost of producing a weekly newsletter.

Please fill in the feedback form at the back of today’s newsletter with your thoughts.

DANIEL RANKINE

Principal

Playgroup Wednesday 22nd February 2017 9:00 am in the Preschool Area

Please bring hat, water and healthy snacks. All welcome and hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please give me a call. NATALIE KOCH (Playgroup Co-ordinator)

85781254 or 0488 781 254

This Week’s Canteen Reminder Monday 20 CLOSED

Tuesday 21 Marie Hoare/Caroline Phillips

Wednesday 22 CLOSED

Thursday 23 Leanne Bakonyi/Alanna Smith

Friday 24 Tracey Clothier/Jenny Hood

Monday 27 CLOSED

Tuesday 28 Sally Kerr

Days Still Vacant Thank you to Brie McKay who offered to do two vacant days in the canteen.

There are only two (2) days needing to be filled.

These days are: Tuesday 14th March and Tuesday 28th March

If you are able to help, please call Linda or Jenny on 85781120. Thanks.

Primary Assembly hosted by the Year 6 class

Thursday 23rd February 2017 10:25 am in the Gym

Everyone most welcome


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Karoonda Area School Calendar Term 1, 2017

Week 4 Tuesday 21st February KAS Governing Council Annual General Mtg and Acquaintance Parent Night Thursday 23rd February Primary Assembly, 10:25 am in the Gym Year 6 hosting

Week 5 Tuesday 28th February SAPSASA Softball Trials Wednesday 1st March SSSSA Swimming – Adelaide

Week 6 Monday 6th March SAPSASA Swimming Trials Thursday 9th March KAS Athletics Day Friday 10th March Pupil Free Day

Week 7 Monday 14th March Adelaide Cup Holiday Friday 17th March SAPSASA Swimming Championships – Adelaide

Week 8 Tuesday 21st March Governing Council meeting Thursday 23rd March USE Athletics

Week 9 Tuesday 28th March Powel Personal Development Yr 6-12 Friday 31st March Farm Fair – no school closure Saturday 1st April Farm Fair

Week 10 Mon 3rd – 7th April SAPSASA Softball – Adelaide Friday 7th April SSSSA Athletics - Adelaide

Week 11 Mon 10th – Fri 13th April Year 10 Work Observation Camp – Adelaide Wednesday 12th April SAPSASA Football/Netball Trials Thursday 13th April End of Term 1 – schools closes 2:15 pm Friday 14th April Good Friday


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Reception/Year One Update Written by Julie Boughen Our swimming day at Lameroo last Thursday was the highlight for the week. The students enjoyed both the land water fun activities with Mrs Roberts and Mrs Hocking and the Splash Carnival with Mrs Boughen, Mrs Keough and Mrs Wegner. Thank you to our lifeguards Miss Edwards and Bec Pudney . The Receptions surprised us because they were given a choice between the small and larger pool and all of them ended up doing some modified events in the main pool. Well done Receptions and Year Ones. Thank you to the parents/caregivers spectators. Now for some Literacy News. The Receptions have been explicitly introduced to five sight words so far this year through stories, poems and flashcard games and on Friday they took home their first sight word shape inside their reader cover. They have also been introduced to 13 letter sounds through their corresponding Jolly Phonics stories, songs, actions and letter formations. They took their own letter sound books home to begin sharing on Friday. At school we have also begun studying how the letter sounds we have studied can be blended to make words.

All the Reception children have had their Phonological Awareness tested. This involves listening for syllables, rhyme, first letter sounds

of words, blending 3 letters and listening for 3 sounds in words. This has enabled me to focus on activities to teach skills still developing and to capitalize on skill strengths. The children have also been tested on their recognition of letter names and sounds. The children have been taking home repetitive reading books from week one. The purpose of these books has been to encourage concepts of print; tracking the text from left to right, touching each word as spoken, remembering the text off by heart and enjoying their role play reading. Many of the children are already noticing our five introduced sight words in these books too. Well done! Within Reception literacy groups we continually study the above concepts during guided reading. Our next focus is to learn to use the beginning letter sounds of words in context to work out what a word might be and sound out whole words if needed. This week we will also begin a focus on writing our names efficiently with correct letter formation and correct pencil hold encouragement will continue.

The Year Ones have continued their focus on writing descriptions with a little revisit to recounts for a writing piece on Friday after the swimming day last Thursday. They are also working better with their Words Their Way routines and have been pretested on their tricky writing words to begin learning these this week.


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Concentrating to complete tasks when the teacher is teaching another group will need some development and encouragement. Keep trying hard to do better. The Year Ones have blown out their holiday cobwebs and are reading and writing more fluently. Well done!

This week we are going to share our Guess Who? Bags. We will share a few per day. Thanks for helping your child(ren) organize their bags. I wonder if we are able to guess whose bag is whose.

Girls State Cricket Trials at Adelaide Oval For any girls aged 10 to 12 years, who may be interested in trialling for the Girls State Cricket, trials will be held at Adelaide Oval Indoor Centre on Saturday 18th March,

Saturday 25th March and Sunday 9th April. Please contact: KERRY CORNFORD (0429 773 512/85781120)

Mallee Medical Practice Karoonda Phone: 85791122

GP Services Mannum Medical Associates - alternatively ring 85690222

February

Wed 22nd, Thurs 23rd, Fri 24th

Closed Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Surgery Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

March

Wed 1st, Thurs 2nd, Fri 3rd Wed 8th, Thurs 9th, Fri 10th

Wed 15th, Thurs 16th Wed 22nd, Thurs 23rd, Fri 24th

Thurs 30th

Podiatrist Wednesday 15th February

Wednesday 15th March Wednesday 19th April

Karoonda School Community Library Opening Times Monday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Wednesday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Thursday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Closed for Lunch every day from 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm


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Karoonda Districts Cricket Club

This Week’s Matches – 25th February:

Under 15s: Imperials vs Karoonda at Imperials (Day 1) 8:30 am

C Grade: Monarto vs Karoonda at Monarto 1:00 pm

A Grade: Karoonda vs Mannum at Karoonda 12:30 pm

Thank You – Catering for a Class Reunion Thank you to those who worked in the bar, in the kitchen or donated

goods/money for the catering held yesterday. By all the comments

received, they enjoy the meal and the overall presentation and

friendliness of the club. Well done everyone

LINDA PAECH (Secretary)

Subs and Merchandise Overdue Subs are now way overdue. Please pay to Treasurer, Casey Jones, send to Linda at the

school or payment via Direct Deposit (please place your name in reference). Details for

Direct Deposit are:

BSB: 105-161 ACCOUNT: 015 119 640.

Subs are: Juniors: $20

Seniors: $60

Also if you have grabbed any merchandise over the season and

haven’t paid for yet, this can also be paid via Direct Deposit

(please place your name in reference). If you need a price on an item, just ask. Thanks.

CASEY JONES (Treasurer)

Murraylands Basketball Association Tuesday 21st February 2017 6:40 pm Hornets vs Jets Jack Norman/Alli Boughen 7:30 pm Bears vs Bulls Christian Koch/Simon Martin 8:20 pm Wolves vs Knights Chris Rudiger/Wade Boughen Pack Up: Bins & Bench: Knights Sweep & Door: Wolves

Pancakes and Coffee Morning Uniting Church Hall Tuesday 28th February 2017 Come and enjoy a break, have a coffee and chat. For more information, please contact:

CARLENE SCHULZ or PAT O’MALLEY


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Karoonda Districts Football Club News

Pope’s Clearing Sale – Friday 3rd March 2017 The club is catering for this event and would appreciate anyone who can lend a hand on the day. If you can assist, please contact either: Luke Hocking (0488 781 222) or Bruce Kerr (85789015).

Social Club Anyone who is interested in helping out in any way with Mallee Magpies Social Club activities please get in contact with Lucas Neumann (0417 829 690)

Working Bee on Sunday 26th March 2017 9:00 am start with a BBQ Lunch Get the season off to a fresh start with a general clean up and some maintenance jobs.

‘Many Hands Makes Light Work’ All welcome

Expressions of Interest for the role of Canteen Manager Karoonda Districts Football Club for Season 2017 If you are willing to take on this role, combine the role with someone else or even assist someone else in this role please contact the following people with your enquiry for further information. HANNAH LOLLER TANYA PILGRIM 85783432 / 0438783432 85781443 / 0427118917

Farm Fair Ute Muster Colouring In Competition Free Entry for Ages 4 – 13 years Closes: Friday 24th March.

Your child would have received the Entry form last week. Remember to: Please send entries to

Sonja Marchant or return to the school by the 24th March. Can’t wait to see your entry!!


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Karoonda Districts Netball Club News

Stay Up-To-Date

with all key dates, minutes of meetings, up-coming events,

correspondence & general news – follow “Karoonda District Netball Club”

on Facebook

2017 Registrations NOW OPEN – www.mynetball.com.au An email has been sent to all registered members with “how to” details

Contact Jodie Hawkes if you need support with this process (it can be tricky!)

Netball Dresses, Training ¾ Shirts & Singles

These can also be ordered online – closing date 28/2/17

Merchandise Order forms are included in today’s newsletter and are available from KDNC Facebook

page – closing date 11/3/17

Pre-Season 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm every Thursday night Older Juniors are welcomed & encouraged to attend all pre-season trainings

Senior Trials – Thursdays 2nd & 9th March 6:15 pm - Warm-up 6:30 pm Start You MUST be registered to attend trials, so we know grade/position

preferences

Please attend at least 2 trials (the more trials you attend the better chance you have of

being placed in an appropriate grade)

Trials will be conducted in a fair & non-discriminating manner.

If you cannot make a date, please let us know, preferably through our facebook page or

direct to the club secretary

Please refer to our club facebook page for updates on trials & training schedules, we

will not be contacting players individually

Selection in grades played in previous years does not guarantee automatic selection in

the same grade for the current year

Players are expected to attend the first training / team announcement to obtain

important club information, meet your coach & team mates

KDNC is committed to ensure all players are provided equal & fair opportunity during

trials in all grades with independent & experienced selectors. Every endeavour will be

made to accommodate all players where possible. Each player will be treated with

respect & will have at least a minimum of 2 court appearances each trial with at least

one in their first preference position indicated. Due to position choices, some players

may get more court time to ensure the team is fully fielded to provide each player with

trial opportunities in preferred position each trial

http://www.mynetball.com.au/


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KDNC Netball Warm Up Jackets If you would like to order a netball warm up jacket this season, please fill out the form in

the newsletter today, and return it by March 10th to Kerry Cornford. For those with

existing jackets who need Premiership information added, this can be done as well.

Jackets come in Child sizes - Adults 5XL and are $63.00 each which include the following:

The jacket

MALLEE MAGPIES screen printed on the back

Magpie cartoon emblem on left hand chest pocket

Name under emblem.

Optional extras (please see Kerry Cornford for details/prices -

different for existing jackets/new jackets):

PREMIERS (on right hand chest pocket)

Grade and year of premiership.

JODIE HAWKES (Secretary) EMILY ARBON (President)

0438 704 229 0417 590 102

Karoonda & District Historical Society Our next meeting will be held on

Tuesday 21st February 2017 Karoonda East Murray Council Chambers

at 7:30 pm All Welcome

DENIS ROBERTS (Chair) ELIZABETH KERR (Sec) 0427 162 734 0429 947 634


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Crispin Promotion Management And

Sherlock Community Centre Inc Presents

Stephen R Cheney

The Country Gentlemen Show Country Music Variety Show

Music from your favourite male country music performers!

Peake Hall

Saturday 4th March 2017

$25 per person (includes supper, tea & coffee)

Soft drinks available to purchase

Doors open at 7:00 pm

Show 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Enquiries & Bookings please contact

CHRIS POOLE 0428 366160 by 25th February


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TAFE SA is proud to announce the latest round of fee-free* short courses offered in small regional communities throughout South Australia for eligible participants, a number of these being offered to support digital literacy. Please see below for further information:

Chem Card Meningie 3rd and 4th April 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

AHCCHM303A Prepare and apply chemicals | AHCCHM304A Transport, handle and store chemicals We’ll teach you what chemicals should be mixed together correctly, how to safely handle, store and transport chemicals in an agricultural environment. Further to this, we’ll teach you how to safely prepare and apply hazardous materials. This chemical card course has a dairy focus.

Cups On, Cups Off 15th March 9:30 am – 3:30 pm and 16th March 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

AHCDRY201A Milk livestock (COCO) Whether you have one cow or 1200 head of cattle, this is the short course for you. The Cups On, Cups Off short course provides you with the skills to ensure you are using the most efficient equipment and operating procedures as well as identifying potential problems.

Quad Bikes Murray Bridge 20th February 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

AHCMOM212A Operate quadbikes Rest assured the next time you operate a quad bike, you’ll be equipped with all the knowledge necessary to ensure your manoeuvres are the safest for miles around. From learning how to correctly check the ride and perform routine pre-operational maintenance, to learning how to operate the bike in a range of weather and terrain conditions, we’ll ensure you have everything you need to operate the vehicle safely and effectively.


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ACQUAINTANCE NIGHT ATTENDANCE

I ___________________________________________ will be attending the Acquaintance

Night on Tuesday 21st February. (Please tick the sessions you will be attending below)

Primary Session 5:30pm - 6:15pm

Sausage Sizzle 6:00pm onwards

Middle School (Years 7 to10) Session 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Senior Secondary Years 11 and 12) Session 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Parent Signature: _____________________________________________________________

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GOVERNING COUNCIL

NOMINATION

I___________________________________________________________ (NAME IN BLOCKS)

wish to nominate ____________________________________________ (NAME IN BLOCKS)

as a member for the Governing Council.

Signed: ________________________________________________________________

NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE

I_____________________________________ (NAME IN BLOCKS) accept this nomination.

Signed: ____________________________________________________________________

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KAS COMMITTEES

I________________________________________________________ (NAME IN BLOCKS)

would like to volunteer for the following committee(s)

Canteen Committee

Finance

Bus Committee __________________

Uniform Committee

Grounds and Facilities

Ag Advisory

Signed: ________________________________________________________________


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KDNC NETBALL WARM UP JACKETS (RETURN BY 10TH MARCH)

ATTENTION: KERRY CORNFORD Name: ________________________________________ Phone: __________________ I would be interested in ordering the following jackets at $63 each. I understand that if I would like the Optional Extras, this is at extra cost and I need to contact Kerry Cornford for pricing.

Qty Size Name on Jacket Optional Premiers

Optional Year & Grade

Total

$

$

$

Total Payment $

Please find enclosed $____________ for payment in full. Parent Signature: ______________________________________________________________

Junior Basketball – It’s Finals Time!! ~ Please Note Change of Times ~

First Semi Final Tuesday 21st February – Tomorrow Night 4:15 pm game starts The time has change to allow parents/staff to attend the school’s Acquaintance Night with Sausage Sizzle and Governing Council AGM tomorrow night. The game will start at 4:15 pm with the winner of this game going straight to the Grand Final. Preliminary Final Tuesday 28th February 2017 5:00 pm Grand Final Tuesday 7th March 2017 5:30 pm (warm up) 5:45 pm (game starts) Time for the Grand Final will start later (5:45 pm) to allow parents time to get to the game. A presentation will be made straight after the Grand Final match where the winning team will be given their premiership medallions.

Hope to see you all there! ZARA KEOUGH / LINDA PAECH


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