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Kensington Catch Up

4 July 20184 July 2018

Principal’s ReportWelcome to the last newsletter for Term Two.

Recently we had a visit from the DoE Home School LiaisonOfficer for a regular Roll Check. This is a timely reminder thatparents of children from Kindergarten to Year 12 must ensuretheir children attend school every day. However, over thecoming months some of our students will unfortunately catchwinter colds and viruses. On these days your child may needto be kept home from school until they are well enough toattend. When a child is away from school parents must providean explanation for the absence within 7 days. Where anexplanation has not been received within the 7-day timeframethe school will record the absence as unjustified as per DoEGuidelines.

I would also like to remind all parents that if your child is late toschool the adult is asked to bring them to the office for a lateslip. Students who are late should not be going directly to theirclassroom.

It is important that each day, students arrive at school on timeas ‘Every Minute Counts’. Remember you can always submityour absent notice via the Schoolzine SZapp.

We are adding features to our Schoolzine App. Please returnto the registration page on your Schoolzine app and connectwith all the groups now available. Your messages will be gradeand activity specific. That way you will only get messages thatare important to you.

Reports will be sent home on Thursday. If you have takenearly leave they will be sent home on Tuesday 24 July whenstudents return next term. If you are on leave and would like thereport posted please let the office know by 3pm Thursday. Asalways, if you have questions about your reports please emailthe school office to make an appointment for next term withyour classroom teacher.

Upcoming P & C Meeting: The next meeting will be held onTuesday 31 July, Tuesday of Week Two.

We will be starting to plan the fundraising events for the secondhalf of the year and we need your help. Please put this date inyour diary as we are looking to establish some small workingparties to organise the following events:

The P&C voted on including a voluntary donation to beincluded in the termly invoices. The P&C understand thatfamilies are busy and are sometimes unable to volunteer theirtime at school functions. This is therefore another opportunityto help the P&C raise funds for resources for our students. Thedonation amount is up to you and remember - every little bitcounts.

Please see later in the newsletter for more P&C news andevents.

MyOrganic School. Thank you to David who came and spokeat our recent P&C meeting. We are all very excited to have thisopportunity at our school and we would encourage you to enrolto show your interest. Please visit the following website for moreinformation and watch this following video. Remember friendsand relatives are all welcome to be involved. They will just needto be available to pick up their box on a Thursday afternoon.

• Father’s Day activities

• Halloween Disco 26 October

• Food trucks and Market Night

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http://www.myorganicschool.com/kensingtonpublicschool

Our Kindergarten Orientation will be on Tuesday 18September and Tuesday 25 September in Term Three. Pleaseremind those with students starting in 2019 that theirpaperwork needs to be finalised now.

Recently I had a meeting with Mr James Anthony- Our CanteenManager, Ms Belinda Smith - The Root Cause, Ms Emily RoseYates and Mr David Walsman from the Organic School teamto discuss further programs at our school ensuring we areeducating our students to make healthy life choices. I am veryexcited about the programs and conversations that will all havea positive effect on our students.

Please enjoy the two week break and we look forward to seeingstudents return on Tuesday 24 July.

Ms Louise StonePrincipal

Schoolzine SZappWe are working with Schoolzine to further enhance the SZappto include specific year groups for up- to-date messages. Don’tforget to register for the app. Details on how to register can befound in the banner on the left hand side of this newsletter.

Please note that you can always inform us of your child’sabsence through the SZapp ‘Absentee Form’ rather thansending in a letter or making a phone call.

Kenso CaresWhen food scraps and other organic materials are sent tolandfill, they begin to rot anaerobically (without oxygen) andrelease greenhouse gases, primarily methane (CH4), whichcontributes to climate change. Many people don’t realise thatthe impact of methane on climate change is around 25 timesgreater than carbon dioxide (CO2).

Of course, transporting all of that heavy organic waste to landfillrequires big trucks which spew pollution and add to its carbonfootprint. To make matters worse, the rotting organic mattermixes with heavy metals and other chemicals from electronicsin landfill and creates a toxic sludge that can sometimes eat itsway through the clay lining of the landfill basin. Eventually, theseunderground toxins can make their way into the water supply.

How big is the problem?

By composting your food scraps instead of sending them tolandfill, households can significantly reduce their ClimateChange footprint. In fact, about 3% of Australia’s totalgreenhouse gas emissions comes from organic matter rottinganaerobically (without air) in landfills. To put that in context, thatis about as much as the entire country’s aviation industry.

The journey of food to our plate

Long before our food even gets to our plate; it has alreadyhad a long, resource-intensive journey. It takes a lot of water,fertilizer, energy, refrigeration, storage, packaging and transportfuel to grow your food and get it to the supermarket before yourtake it home. Composting your food waste is a good way of

reducing the impact of landfill waste, but it’s also important tominimize food waste in the first place.

Visit the Food Lovers Republic to learn how you can minimizethe amount of food that becomes waste in the first place byplanning your meals, creating shopping lists and storing yourleftovers well.

Also please visit the Compost Revolution website and orderyour very cheap compost bin.

We are working hard at KPS to collect our food scraps and turnthem into compost with our new bins. Come and visit them andadd to them if you desire, they are under the big Fig Tree nearthe Bowral Street gate.

Cucumbers and Snow Peas

Putting our food scraps into the new compost bins.

Here are some photos of our fantastic reusable containers forour canteen. Anna says it works really well and the children areenjoying using all the products.

Reusable Containers and Utensils

Education WeekEducation Week is on from Monday 6 August to Friday 10August to celebrate NSW public education. The theme this yearis 'Today's schools – creating tomorrow's world'. KensingtonPublic School is opening the gates all week to the schoolcommunity to join us in our celebrations and have a chance tosee and experience our outstanding educational programs. Theprogram of events is outlined in the attached Education Weekflyer. Further information will follow in the Week 2 Newsletter.For any questions, please see Mrs Straker.

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KPS Organic Vege Box Co-op"We are excited to announce that Kensington PublicSchool will be launching our very own Organic Vege BoxCo-op.

Member families volunteer to divvy up bulk organic produce intoweekly boxes making the organic produce up to 45% cheaperthan retail. The divvy is planned to occur at 3pm Thursdays infront of the student's washrooms.

Your help volunteering to pack the boxes is welcomed.However you can still be a member of the co-op if you can'thelp due to work commitments. Funds go towards maintainingour school’s environmental programs. "My Organic School" is afull loop nutritional transformation program for your school.

Please register your interest by going to the link below.

http://www.myorganicschool.com/kensingtonpublicschool

David WalsmanFounder: My Organic Schooladmin@myorganicschool.comwww.myorganicschool.com

The 2018 Nationally Consistent Collectionof Data (The NCCD)

All Australian schools are required to participate annually in theNCCD.

The national data collection will count annually the numberof students with disability who are receiving adjustments toaccess education in schools across Australia. The data willbe used to provide governments, schools and educationauthorities with an evidence base about students with disability

in Australian schools, where they are and the level ofadjustments that are provided for them to participate inschooling on the same basis as other students. It will also beused as input to policy development for future funding andother policy requirements.

Please refer to the attached Parent Information Sheet for furtherinformation.

Bettina WilsonAssistant Principal

Microsoft Office 2016Below is the link containing instructions on how students andteachers can access Microsoft Office 2016 for free on theirschool / work computers.

Zrinka KrivosicTechnology Coordinator

Lionel Bowen Young Writers’ CompetitionStudents in Years Three to Six are invited to enter a short storyor a poem into the Lionel Bowen Young Writers' Competition.All entrants have a chance to win fantastic prizes and anamazing opportunity to have their work printed. This year'stheme is "plastic - choose to re-use and reduce". The shortstory entries must be a maximum of 2,000 words and poetryentries must be a maximum of two typed pages. The closingdate for the competition is 31st July 2018. Please click on thelink below to find our more:

https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/222059/Entry-form-Lionel-Bowen-Young-Writers-Award-2018.pdf

Zrinka KrivosicTeacher Librarian

Multicultural DayOn Tuesday 19 June, our whole school community celebratedMulticultural Day. Many children came to school dressed inbeautiful traditional costumes. In the morning, students learntabout different countries that represent our students culturalbackgrounds, including; South Africa, India, Ireland, China andVietnam to name just a few. At Kensington, we believe themore we know about each other, the better friends we will be.This was followed by a wonderful lunch which gave everyonethe opportunity to taste delicious food from all over the world.Thank you to everyone who contributed plates of food to shareand to all students who brought in a gold coin donation. Themoney raised contributes towards the annual sponsorship ofSor, who lives in Cambodia.

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Multicultural Day 2018

Public Speaking NewsLast Thursday, three of our fabulous public speakers competedin the local final of the Multicultural Perspectives PublicSpeaking Competition, at Darlinghurst Public School.

Our students faced very tough competition as they deliveredtheir opinions on multicultural and global issues. Our Stage Tworepresentatives, Xavier and Edward, tackled the impromptutopic ‘Trying Again’. While our Stage Three representative,Manas, explored the importance of ‘Taking Risks’.

All of the boys were strong contenders and were commendedby other audience members for their mature and eloquentmanner. We are very proud of their achievements!

A huge thank you to the Charleston and Breslin families for theirhelp with transporting students to and from the venue.

I am looking forward to our next project, the Ultimo OperationalDirectorate Public Speaking Competition. Stay tuned early nextterm for more information about this exciting opportunity!

Miss PittPublic Speaking Coordinator

Focus of the Fortnight

Value AwardsThe following students are receiving their first silver value award.They have worked hard to reach 100 ticks and could choosebetween Honour, Knowledge or Community.

Honour

Aranab KB, Thomas KB, Cody KL, Ally KL, Bob 1C,Sonny 1C, Andy 1C, Ivy 1E, Aranya 1M, Anton 1M,Yunqing 2B, Milos 2B, Oscar 2M, Trithon 2M, Maxim 2P,John Z. 3P, Noa 3D

Knowledge

Annabelle KB, Sergey KL, Zara 1C, Avia 1C, Gabriella1C, Tomoki 1E, Blake 1E, Sean 1M, Parsa 2B, Gina 2B,Jack 2M, Mateo 2M, Chloe 2M, Zara B, 4W, Leo 4W,Simrah 4W, Arjun 3P, Linh 3D, Ryan 3D, Mishaal 3D,Siobhan 4W

Community

Hadiya KB, Grace KL, Hamish KL, Ivy 1C, Eric 1C,Teejay 1C, Kingston 1C, Jax 1C, Grace 1C, Chelsea 1C,Mikey 1E, Matteo 1E, Sahithya 1E, Fatimah 2B, Oliver4W, Zen 4E, Vika 4E, Jessica 4W, Eiad 4E, Eddie 3P,Gabby 5H

ICAS 2018The ICAS tests are due to begin in Term Two. Students areasked to arrive at school no later than 7.45am and to wait atthe seats outside of the library for each test. Teachers will cometo collect their groups and once the students are seated andready, the classroom doors will be closed. Because each testis timed, students who arrive late will not be permitted intothe classroom.

The dates for the ICAS tests are as follows:

English Friday 27 July 2018 - Please note that thedate has changed due to the Stage 3Camp.

Mathematics Tuesday 14 August 2018

ICAS Results: Digital TechnologiesThe Digital Technologies competition results were received lastweek. Congratulations to the following students who receivedDistinctions, Credits and Merits.

Year 6

Distinction: Dean J, Manus and CharlieCredits: Dean F. B and Lara

Year 5

Credits: Venice and ChloeMerit: Jo R

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Year 4

Distinction: ZhenyuCredits: Xiao, Simrah, Eva, Rita, Zara. M, Alex, Minh,Abigail and SiobhanMerits: Oscar. M

Year 3

Distinctions: Hana, Linh, Carina, Noah and LisaCredits: Edward C, Ariel, Ally and KayMerits: Nandana and Kayla. H,

C. EspinosaICAS Coordinator 2018

K-Two Assemblies

Tuesday 2.20pm School Hall

K-Two Assemblies take place on Tuesdays from 2.20pm until3.00pm in our school hall. We warmly invite parents of studentswho are presenting or receiving special awards to attend.

To ensure that all students and audience members have anenjoyable assembly experience, we respectfully request thatparents with small children closely monitor their noise levelsand take them outside for resettling if needed. Thank you forsupporting our community.

Week 1 No assembly

Week 2 1C item

Week 3 No assembly- China Day

Week 4 Year 2 SRC hosting

KB NewsKindergarten has been learning to describe position and giveand follow simple directions using everyday language inmathematics. We read the book Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchinsand decided to make a film about Rosie's walk around ourclassroom. We worked together in pairs and came up withways to use positional language to talk about where Rosiewent. We hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDv9mQCvyy4

Performing Arts KindergartenKindergarten has been having so much fun during PerformingArts!!

We have learnt many dances including the Farmer in the Dell,the Birdie dance and the Waka Waka dance. It was greatfun learning to do the aeroplane and the monkey climb. Andeveryone has enjoyed singing Kookaburra Sits in the Old GumTree and Row Your Boat accompanied by the ukulele.

In Drama we made Dog Sock puppets and then performedshort shows. We have also acted out traditional tales such asThe Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

It has been great fun playing percussion instruments andeveryone wanted to play the xylophones and drums.

We have enjoyed singing many songs, which include handactions and dancing. Two of our favourites are New Shoes andWash Your Face in Orange Juice.

Maybe you can sing some songs for your family!!

Linda NoordewierCreative Arts

Performing Arts Stage OneStage One have been creating musical instruments fromrecycled material.

PSSA ResultsNo PSSA reports due to the grounds being closed.

SportsproAs part of our school-wide focus on sustainability and caring forthe environment, we have partnered with Sportspro to ensurethat the certificates of completion for the sport programs will beavailable online for families to print at home should they wish todo so.

This term students have successfully participated in the SportsSkills and Game Sense program.

Students in 2P, 1M and KL were taught by Mr M.Students in 2B, 1C and KB were taught by Mr R.Students in 2M, 1E and KD were taught by Miss P.

Congratulations to all K-2 students for a fun and exciting termwith Sportspro.

Miss CobbSportspro co-ordinator

Kitchen Garden Enrichment Group

We harvested our snow peas and made a healthy salad inkitchen garden enrichment group.

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Mohsen’s VisitOn Friday 29 June we had a special visitor to our school calledMohsen, an Iranian refugee.

Ms Fredman was very fortunate to hear Mohsen’s story andturned it into a book. The students in Year Four then illustratedthe story and turned it into a picture book.

We presented the book to Mohsen at the assembly. We willalso be displaying the book in the school library.

Mohsen’s visit

Volunteer Ethics Teachers Required forKensington Public School

Dear Parents and Carers,

Ethics classes are available at Kensington Public School asan option for children who don’t attend Special ReligiousEducation (SRE/scripture).

Ethics classes support children in developing skills in ethicalreasoning, critical thinking, collaborative enquiry and how tosupport their arguments with evidence. The lesson materialshave been approved by the Department of Education.

We do not have enough volunteer ethics teachers atKensington Public School to meet the demand for classes in2018. The more children and stages we have requests for, themore teachers are needed.

Volunteering is a great way to engage with the school.Volunteer ethics teachers do not need a background inteaching or ethics, just a willingness to learn how to deliverclasses. They must complete a two-day workshop and otheronline training and accreditation requirements. The approvedlesson materials are provided. Ethics teachers must commit toconduct classes each week at the school during school termsfor at least one year.

For more information about Primary Ethics, the curriculum orto volunteer as an ethics teacher, please visit the link belowwhere you can complete an on-line application or contact JoeBowers, Volunteer Ethics Coordinator on (M) 0403 395 488 or(E) joe@smallbusinessauthority.com.au

http://www.primaryethics.com.au/

P&C NewsThank you for joining us for The Incredibles P&C Movie Night!The kids (and of the parents) loved watching the return of theirfavourite family superheroes.

Next Fundraising Event

We are excited to announce our next fundraising event:

Wine Education with Matt Dunne (Sommelier) and GinTasting with Matt Jones from Four Pillars*This is an over 18 years of age event*Friday 31 August7-9pmRegister your interest now to register your interest byemailing the kensopandc@gmail.com - limited seatsavailableCost TBA

KPS Umbrellas

Don’t forget we have KPS umbrellas for sale $29 at schoolbanking pop up and uniform shop on Tuesday mornings.

Coming soon: P&C Father’s Day in September

Next meeting: Tuesday 31 July 7.30pm in theSchool Library

Uniform Shop NewsPre- loved Uniforms - We have a small cupboard of pre- loveditems and we gratefully accept any donations of clean uniformsin good condition. Please drop them to the uniform shop onTuesdays or at the front office and they will be delivered to theUniform Shop.

Kensington Public School uses an online ordering system foruniform shop items. An online catalogue has been establishedwith Flexischools. Orders will be ready for collection oncecompleted. Delivery methods include – pick up from theUniform shop on Tuesday morning between 8.30 and 9am orpick up from your after school after -care provider, SquigglerAcademy or it will be delivered to your child’s classroom. Pleasenote that when the completed order is delivered to your child itis their responsibility to take it home. Please allow 10 days fororders to be completed.

https://www.flexischools.com.au/

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Entertainment BookThe new 2018/2019 Entertainment Books are ready to orderand are packed with thousands of up to 50% off and 2-for-1offers. For just $70 (Sydney Region), you'll receive over$20,000 worth of valuable offers!

With every purchase, $14 goes to KENSINGTON PUBLICSCHOOL

Spoil yourself and grab a copy (book or digital)OR

Purchase as a gift for friends & family

To order, simply contact John Donohoe:

Email: John.Donohoe@boq.com.auMobile: 0422 332 838 or 0412 335 436

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/2x00483

KPSOOSH News

Kensington Public School OOSH Care IncorporatedCentre Number0425 291 281

Email admin@kpsoosh.com.au

Dear families,

Welcome to KPSOOSH news Term 2 Weeks Nine and Ten

WINTER VACATION CARE PROGRAM IS OUTNOW!!

Our WINTER vacation care program and forms are nowavailable. Please click on link below.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BMoSO9Ey_rkhM25hYwHcVTtQFE7GiJ5X

Look at What the kids at KPSOOSH have beenup to. See down below

Kind regardsKPSOOSH Team

Squiggler Academy News

The Squiggler Academy Vacation Care program has arrived!!!

This July school holidays, why don’t your kids join us at theUltimate Fun Centre or the Museum of Magic? Or, perhapsthey’d like to try their hands at Strike Karaoke or Laser Tag, orthe many other activities we have arranged!

Our Vacation Care program is entirely excursion-based, whichmeans kids will be out and about every day, learning, jumping,climbing, playing, creating and having fun.

To receive a copy of the program or to make a booking, pleaseemail info@squiggler.com.au or call 1300 777 884. But hurry,places are very limited!

Squiggler is an Out of Hours School Care service on TodmanAvenue, which cares for a number of kids from a number ofschools, and your children are more than welcome to join uswhenever you need!

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