Kelso Capers

Principal: Lance Cooper 19 Gilmour Street, Kelso, NSW, 2795

Phone: 6331 1577

Fax: 6332 1983

Email: kelso-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Always Our Best

Principal’s Message

Dear Parents, This week has been very exciting at Kelso Public School. Grandparent’s Day was combined with Community Access Day thus leading to the chance for families to become aware of the support services available to the community. The assembly was very special as it was the opportunity to thank all the elderly community members for their contribu-tion to our children’s lives. The audience was entertained with songs, drama and a powerpoint centred on images and quotes about grandparents followed by looking at the past, present and future of everyday useful items such as the bath, phone, television and toys. The students then shared a morning tea with their visitors. Thanks must go to the many parents and carers who cooked to support our morning tea cake stall. Today Seaforth Public School Band performed for our primary students in a free concert. Again our students en-joyed this cultural experience. Our students were also very interested in learning about the other hobbies students from the city have. This Friday Miss Dowling’s class is travelling to Canberra to visit the War Memorial as part of a unit of work they have been doing in class. We hope they have a good time. Also Stage Two are participating in an excursion to Featherdale as part of their classwork. The activities planned for this day will also be very enjoyable.

Lance Cooper

Principal

BOOK CLUB DUE: MONDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2013

School CANTEEN is CLOSED

Don’t Forget .

Term 4 Week 8 28th November 2013

Fri 29th Nov Stage 2 Featherdale Wildlife Park Wed 11th Dec Yr 6 Fare-well

Future Events

Mon 16th Dec Carols in the courtyard

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A Day to Remember Our IO/AU class visited the Sydney aquarium and wildlife park. For some this was their first visit to the city, for others an adventure which took them out of their safe environment and to experience and practice life skills in a new environment. We worked very hard in class so the children knew exactly what would happen, what we would see and what we would do.

On Friday the 15th of November K-4W had an amazing day in Sydney. We woke early and caught the Bathurst Bullet and finally after a long trip and 21 tunnels (which Charlie did not put in our visu-als) we were in Sydney. Now we were ready for our very adventurous day. On our way to the wildlife park we saw a stretchy bus which bent in the middle. We saw a gold tree and lots of wa-ter fountains, already our day was full of interesting things. On the water we saw a big navy boat and a submarine, they were huge. The wildlife park was full of animals such as lizards, snakes, koalas, and a crocodile with a big tail which we looked at in the underwater area. A snake did a poo in front of where we had to walk. Yuk!!! We looked at lots of different animals and then it was time for lunch.

While we ate our lunch under shelter there was a big sun shower, lots of people were getting wet but we were dry.

Next we were off to the aquarium. Up and down we went on the ramps, our legs were getting tired. Lots of different and bright coloured fish were everywhere in lots of tanks. Some things we were allowed to feel and explore with our hands but we had to be gentle. There were lots of things shaped like wheels so everyone was happy. We saw a dugong who ate lots of lettuce, 100kg a day, big sharks and stingrays. Mrs Watters was very scared when we had to walk on the glass floor, it was funny.

We had some afternoon tea then a play at the park. There were lots of things to climb and slide on but it was very busy. On our walk back to the station we thought we were in China. We could smell lots of Chinese food, saw lots of Chinese writing and people were talking in Chinese. Back at the station we had Hungry Jacks and got back on our train. We were exhausted but what a great day we had.

We were so tired that when Charlie got off in Lithgow Mrs Watters told us to wave and we were waving at the reflection in the window instead of Charlie, oops,

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AASC AASC has now finished for the year. Thank you to all the students who came along and had fun AND improved their skills and fitness. Ms Hall, Miss Cain and Mrs Michael

HOT DOG MEAL DEAL!! $3.50 Hot Dog with tomato sauce and ice block

Every Tuesday till the end of term. Orders MUST

be to the office by 10:00 am Tuesday morning.

We are a Positive Behaviour for Learning School

Debbie Johnson

A big thankyou to Debbie Johnson and Lorraine Salon, the parent

representatives on our PBL Committee. We have appreciated their

input into the decision making that is needed to continually improve the

operation of PBL at Kelso Public.

Please consider becoming a representative on next year’s team.

Nominations will be called for early in Term 1.

Lorraine Salon

SPECIAL CHILDREN’ S CHRISTMAS PARTY Thursday 12th December 2013

This year the Support Unit has decided not to organise an excursion to the Special Children’s Christmas Party. This is a great experience for students and is free for the day. Please contact Mrs Beattie with a list of children, ages and disability. Siblings may also attend but not receive gifts. You would need to transport your own child to Sydney for the day. Please refer to the website for more information http://www.christmasparty.com.au/sydney.html Mrs Beattie Comprehension help for teens Some kids will read perfectly in primary school and then suddenly struggle with comprehension in high school. Here's why. Comprehension help: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/english/english-tips/reading/comprehension-strategies-you-can Planning for the future Throughout your child's school life you'll need to make choices about aspects of their education and future. Here’s a selection of tips to help you plan for parent-teacher talks, subject selection, careers advice and back-to-school. Planning for the future: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/planning-for-the-future Kids, homework and lies Do you think your child is lying about their homework? Listen to psychologist Anne Hollonds chat with James O'Loghlin on what to do when the dog eats the homework. Homework tips: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/homework-tips/kids-homework-and-lies Maths at home Kids' early experiences with measurement are often based on watching their parents. Seeing mum or dad measure and pour ingredients for a recipe or weigh items at the fruit shop will often become part of their play. Maths at home: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/mathematics/mathematics-tips/helpling-your-child-measure-mass-and-volume

CWOOSH VACATION CARE 23/12/13 AND 02 - 27/01/14 Breakfast is provided 7am - 8am and the day finishes at 6pm. Half day sessions are available. Reasonable rates. 23/12/13 - Jamie Sartori, Head Chef from Canberra will be cooking with the children and Nicole from 'Nikki Pants Crea-tions' will be doing hands-on Christmas craft activities. January 2014, activities will include: Photograhy, Scavenger Hunts; Mini Olympics; Hollywood Blockbuster 'Lights, Camera, Action'; Scrapbooking; Ceramics; and Lego eV3 Robotics. Excursions will include (subject to numbers): Mov-ies & Picnic Day Races; Flipout, Sydney; Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney; Farm Visit, Perthville. Discounts are available for full week places and for siblings attending same days. Government Child Care Rebates/Benefits are available to eligible families. Please contact Tanya at Central West OOSH Services on 0411 521 460 or email her on admin@cwoosh.com.

FEATHERDALE WILDLIFE PARK — EXCURSION Stage 2 On Friday 29th Nov 2013 students in class 3/4S, 3/4M & 4/5/6D will be going to Featherdale Wildlife Park. Departure will be from the bus bay at the rear of Kelso Public at 7.00am and will return to the same spot by 5.30pm. All staff travelling with the children have CPR and emergency training. Accompanying staff are Jo Simpson, Natasha Jayasuriya, Cassie Hayes, Tracey Di Falco and Richard Simpson.

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL

All visitors to the school, including parents, grandparents and carers, must sign in at the office. If you need to speak to a teacher an appointment will be made for you. No parents are to go directly to the classrooms. As this is a school safety issue we ask that you please ad-here to these guidelines.

NUT FREE ZONE

A note to new parents and a reminder to ex-

isting parents that our school is a nut free

zone.

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