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Kensington Primary School Newsletter 25 th October 2017 McCracken Street Kensington Vic 3031 Phone: (03) 9376 6013 Fax (03) 9376 4574 www.kensingtonps.vic.edu.au E-mail: [email protected] Care Program: 0478 155 322 Acting Principal: Julie Stephens Acting Assistant Principal: Rachel Combridge Upcoming Events DATE TIME EVENT October Fri 27 th ALL DAY CURRICULUM DAY – PUPIL FREE DAY Mon 30 th 3.45 – 4.45pm Fundraising Sub-Committee Meeting November Thu 2 nd 9 – 11am 11am – 2pm FE, Year 1A , Year 1B Cooking/Gardening Yr 6 Transition Program @ CoHealth Fri 3 rd 9 – 11am 9 – 11am Grubbies Adult Gardening Session Interschool Sport – Holy Rosary – away game Mon 6 th 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm Policy Sub Committee Meeting Finance Sub Committee Meeting Tue 7 th MELBOURNE CUP DAY – PUBLIC HOLIDAY – NO SCHOOL Wed 8 th 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm Facilities Sub Committee Meeting OSHC Sub Committee Meeting Thu 9 th 9 – 11am FC, Year 1R Cooking/Gardening Fri 10 th 9 – 11am Interschool Sport – St Mary’s – away game Tue 14 th 9 – 11am 2018 Foundation Transition Wed 15 th 9am – 1.30pm Year 3 Incursion – Hands On Science Morning Tea Fundraiser Thu 16 th 9 – 11am Year 1D, Year 1L Cooking/Gardening Fri 17 th 9 – 11am 9 – 11am Grubbies Adult Gardening Session Interschool Sport – Moonee Ponds West – home game Mon 20 th 6 -7pm School Council Tue 21 st 9 – 11am 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm 2018 Foundation Transition Policy Sub Committee Meeting Finance Sub Committee Meeting Wed 22 nd 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm Facilities Sub Committee Meeting OSHC Sub Committee Meeting Mon 27 th – 1 st Dec Book Fair December Fri 1 st 9am 9 -11am 2.30pm 6 – 8pm Adult Gardening Session Interschool Sport Expo Whole School Picnic Did you know? When you leave the school, please remember to exit via the side gate on McCracken Street and the gate on Epsom Road. That Friday 27 th October is a Curriculum Day – a pupil free day.

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Kensington Primary School Newsletter

25th October 2017 McCracken Street Kensington Vic 3031

Phone: (03) 9376 6013 Fax (03) 9376 4574 www.kensingtonps.vic.edu.au E-mail: [email protected]

Care Program: 0478 155 322

Acting Principal: Julie Stephens Acting Assistant Principal: Rachel Combridge

Upcoming Events

DATE TIME EVENT

October Fri 27th ALL DAY CURRICULUM DAY – PUPIL FREE DAY

Mon 30th 3.45 – 4.45pm Fundraising Sub-Committee Meeting

November Thu 2nd 9 – 11am 11am – 2pm

FE, Year 1A , Year 1B Cooking/Gardening Yr 6 Transition Program @ CoHealth

Fri 3rd 9 – 11am 9 – 11am

Grubbies Adult Gardening Session Interschool Sport – Holy Rosary – away game

Mon 6th 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm

Policy Sub Committee Meeting Finance Sub Committee Meeting

Tue 7th MELBOURNE CUP DAY – PUBLIC HOLIDAY – NO SCHOOL

Wed 8th 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm

Facilities Sub Committee Meeting OSHC Sub Committee Meeting

Thu 9th 9 – 11am FC, Year 1R Cooking/Gardening

Fri 10th 9 – 11am Interschool Sport – St Mary’s – away game

Tue 14th 9 – 11am 2018 Foundation Transition

Wed 15th 9am – 1.30pm Year 3 Incursion – Hands On Science Morning Tea Fundraiser

Thu 16th 9 – 11am Year 1D, Year 1L Cooking/Gardening

Fri 17th 9 – 11am 9 – 11am

Grubbies Adult Gardening Session Interschool Sport – Moonee Ponds West – home game

Mon 20th 6 -7pm School Council

Tue 21st 9 – 11am 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm

2018 Foundation Transition Policy Sub Committee Meeting Finance Sub Committee Meeting

Wed 22nd 5 – 6pm 6 – 7pm

Facilities Sub Committee Meeting OSHC Sub Committee Meeting

Mon 27th – 1st Dec Book Fair

December Fri 1st 9am 9 -11am 2.30pm 6 – 8pm

Adult Gardening Session Interschool Sport Expo Whole School Picnic

Did you know?

When you leave the school, please remember to exit via the side gate on McCracken Street and the gate on Epsom

Road.

That Friday 27th October is a Curriculum Day – a pupil free day.

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Principal’s Message

YEAR 3 & YEAR 4 CAMP The week I had the pleasure of attending the Year 3/4 YMCA camp at Lake Dewar. With 124 students and 13 KPS staff

attending, this was a huge organisational exercise, taking weeks of planning to ensure a wonderful, fun-filled and

successful camp adventure was had by everyone. The students embraced the many challenges, encouraging and

supporting each other to step outside their comfort zone and ‘have a go’ at the adventure and team building activities.

They demonstrated resilience quickly ‘bouncing back’ when things didn’t go as expected. Many successes, big and

small, were celebrated, including my attempts on the kickbike. I would particularly like to thank Jess Palmer for her

detailed planning and coordination of the camp and also staff for their attendance and ensuring the camp was a very

successful experience for our students.

Archery Flying Fox Tunnelling Team Challenge

Balance Team Challenge Kick bikes Hut Building

CURRICULUM DAY A reminder that tomorrow, Friday October 27th, is a curriculum day at KPS and children are not required at school. Teachers will be engaged in a full day of professional learning focussing on the development of our numeracy essential learnings, mapping and developing our Units of Inquiry to ensure alignment with the Victorian Curriculum and continuing our work on the development of professional learning communities across the school.

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ASSESSING AND REPORTING STUDENT LEARNING Every week teachers across the school meet in Learning Focussed Teams (LFTs) to plan classroom programs, design common assessment tasks, moderate student work samples, collate and analyse student data to inform planning and track student progress. Over the next few weeks, in preparation for report writing, teachers use these LFT meetings to focus on discussing, comparing and moderating student common assessment tasks and analysing student data. The school has an assessment schedule, which includes a range of formal and informal assessments, that are implemented throughout the year and provide evidence of student growth. Student work samples are moderated within the grade level and vertically across the school to ensure consistency of marking. Student progress is tracked over time using SPA (Student Performance Analyser) program, which enables detailed tracking of student performance. The process of report writing involves considerable teacher time outside of school hours to ensure all assessments and comments accurately reflect student progress and identify benchmarks against the standards in the Victorian Curriculum. WHOLE SCHOOL INTENSIVE SWIMMING PROGRAM This week you will have received two notes that contain information about our Intensive 10 day Aquatic Education

Program which will operate from Monday December 4th to Friday December 15th. Swimming and Water Safety are

important components of the Victorian Curriculum Physical Education Program. It is expected that all students will

participate in the Aquatic Education Program.

Cost of the Aquatic Education Program

The cost of the 10 day Aquatic Education program this year is $77 which includes $25 from your child’s Essential Activities Levy fee and funding from City of Melbourne. For families who still have money in their CSEF account (Camps Sport Excursion Fund), this has also been allocated to further reduce the cost of the program for your family. If your child’s Essential Activities Levy fee is still outstanding, the cost of the Aquatic Program is $100. Please refer to the top of your child’s blue swimming note, as the cost of the program is itemised for each of child.

In preparation for our 10 day intensive Aquatic Education program, parents are required to complete and return the

two following forms:

- Kensington Community Recreation Centre Consent Form (white form due Thursday November 17th. - KPS Aquatic Education Permission & Medical Form blue form together with payment by Thursday November

17th. If parents have any queries about the Aquatic Education program please speak to your child’s class teacher or Nuc

Presutti, swimming coordinator.

BIG CHILDCARE NEWS Some important dates for parents to note:

Thursday October 26th

Distribution of Big Childcare Flyers, informing the school community that the new provider at Kensington PS will be effective from January 8th 2018.

Thursday, November 2nd Big Childcare Parent information Packs will be distributed to families.

Tuesday, November 14th 7:30am – 8:45am 3:30pm – 6:15pm 9:45- 9:50am

Meet & Greet Big Childcare staff will be available to answer queries about the enrolment process. Enrolments will be accepted from this week. Foundation Transition Session –Big Childcare - 5 minute session for parents providing an overview of the KPS out of school hours care service.

Friday, November 17th 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Big Childcare staff will attend our school assembly and afterwards be available to answer queries and assist parents with the enrolment process. Ipads will be available if parents choose to enrol their children at this time. Brochures advertising the January Vacation Care program will be distributed.

Monday, January 8th 2018 Big Childcare January Vacation Care program begins

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PARKING RESTRICTIONS in MCCRACKEN ST We have been informed by Melbourne City Council that there will be a change to on-street parking in McCracken St. New two hour limited weekday parking restrictions will apply and parking signs will be installed in November. Parents are advised to note these new parking restrictions to avoid parking fines. The letter from MCC outlining the new parking restrictions is inserted in this newsletter. Julie Stephens Acting Principal

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Learning Snapshots Foundation

In Reading, the students have experienced texts from different cultures. We have read a variety of Dreamtimes stories from the Aboriginal culture and had a look at different writing crafts that might be specific to the culture. An example of this would be in the book ‘How the Birds Got Their Colours.’ The beginning of the story doesn’t start with the traditional ‘Once Upon a Time’. Instead, the story begins with ‘Long, long ago – in the Dreamtime…”

In Writing, the students have been listening to different stories such as ‘Meg and Mog’ and have had a go at writing their own adventures for the characters. Some children used the writing leads found during the Reading lessons to develop their story and make it more interesting for the reader. One story started with ‘Down a dark and spooky lane…” It was very exciting to read what happened next!

In Maths, we have been looking at Equal Sharing and Problem Solving. The students listened to worded problems where they were required to share and have experimented with making equal groups. The students’ next step is to draw an array to show the working out process.

In Inquiry, the students are focussing on the concept of Identity, or who they are and where they come from. They have brought their Memory Boxes into school and are starting to use these objects as seeds for their writing tasks. This week, we spoke about things we did when we were very little that we don’t do now. One of the children told a wonderful story stating “When I was little, I ate sand. Now I eat grown-up food.” Fantastic! Year 1-2A (Andrew, Hannah, Rhyl) Learning Snapshot

Inquiry began with lots of excitement as students explored our school garden and planted seeds for our classrooms. Students have also begun bringing in artefacts for show and tell to share their understandings with their peers. During maths, students have explored place value by connecting different quantities of materials to numbers. We have also begun recognising and classifying regular and irregular 2D shapes. In Reading, students have been exploring the language in persuasive texts that seek to convince the reader about a point of view. We have also begun to look at indigenous Dreamtime legends to explore cultural diversity. We have read aloud chapters of Polly and Buster by Sally Rippin as a whole class, with a focus on questioning for comprehension about what the characters feel and why. In Writing, we have begun to explore the connections between facts and opinions. We have found different parts of speech including: nouns, verbs, adjectives and different punctuation.

Year 1-2B (Jenny, Liz, Lucy, Jess) Learning Snapshot

In Writing, our students have used all their persuasive skills to persuade the teachers to take us on an excursion to the Botanic Gardens. We are starting to learn about the OREO structure for writing persuasive texts: state your Opinion, give Reasons, provide Examples and restate your Opinion. We have continued to work on our spelling, punctuation and handwriting to help make our work shine! We have been reading Polly and Buster. Students have been participating in lots of discussions about new characters and settings. Students have also been comparing and contrasting different texts and drawing their own venn diagrams to show their understandings. We have also been looking at Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories and trying to understand how characters feel as well as our first responses to these stories.

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In Maths, we have explored the difference between “groups of” and “this many groups”. We have also made the connection between repeated addition and multiplication. Now we can make a model to solve a division problem. This was the last week of our place value intervention where we explored 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers. In Inquiry, the students started exploring the living and nonliving things in our school gardens and play areas. This was exciting for them to examine the characteristics of living things and relate this to our seed planting. The students understand that plants require soil, water and fresh air to grow and to develop. We’re so excited to watch our plants grow in our classroom. Year 3

Thanks to all families for assisting the Year 3 students prepare for their first KPS camp. We had a great time with our Year 4 friends and the staff. We all did six activities and had lots of chances to play and chat. Highlights included the dual flying fox and adventure tunnelling. We did lots of activities we hadn’t done before and we took on the challenges we were set. Some of us slept in bunk beds for the first time. For many students this was their first night away from home. Many thanks to Jessie Palmer for organising the camp and to the staff who attended, we all had lots of fun!!

Inquiry this term is Chemical Science. The key questions for this unit are:

What is the difference between heat and temperature? How is heat involved in changing states of matter? How do the properties of materials influence how they are used? Why is it important to ensure that a test is fair?

The students have started experiments that test the effects of heat and the removal of heat on everyday materials. The students have also started to develop experiments and ‘fair tests’. Any parents or carers who have an interest in this area and are able to come in and speak with the Year 3’s please speak to grade teachers to tee up a mutually convenient time. This term in numeracy, we are working on mastering our multiplication facts (2, 3 5 and 10), place value, patterns, fractions, location, symmetry, time and interpreting data. We have revised subtraction and focused on setting equations out vertically and telling the time to the minute and investigating the relationship between units of time. In Literacy we have been working on the reading comprehension strategy summarising. S = Shorter than the text, U = Use your own words, M = Main ideas only. We have been working with texts about our inquiry into solids, liquids and gases. Much of our writing has related to our inquiry and more recently our camp memories. A continued emphasis has been placed on the student’s own writing goals, ensuring they are refining their writing craft. Year 4 Wowee what a week, camp has come and sadly gone. The grade 3/4 camp at Lake Dewar was a wonderful opportunity for students to take part in a variety of activities such as tunneling, geocaching, kick bikes, flying fox, archery and the survivor challenge. Thankfully no stray arrows were fired but many dampers were made, stick huts built, toys found, and memories made.

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Inquiry this term is based on Health. We are looking at the key questions: What factors contribute to being healthy? Why do people respond differently to similar situations? How are health issues communicated in the media?

The students have begun with working in groups designing an obstacle course that they will guide some 1/2 students through. In writing, interested students worked hard to create an application to be a Buddy to a new prep student in 2018. We were pleased to see such enthusiasm towards being a mentor to a younger student. It was a difficult process to choose the successful buddies as all student showed they were responsible and ready for the job. Students who have been given a buddy will find out soon. In Numeracy the students are working on Geometry and Division. Students have been using their Inquiry obstacle course as a way to use a basic map with our geometry learning. Looking at the properties of 2D shapes students have been joining 2 common shapes to make different shapes. Now that we are working on division it’s a perfect time to be learning division facts related to their multiplication facts. Year 5

Year 5 students have cruised into Term 4 with a whirlwind trip to schools in Finland, China and the USA. The students will be ‘journeying’ to their chosen country for a research exchange and exploration mission throughout Inquiry in the coming weeks. They will use their research skills to form a presentation that will WOW the audience and leave us wanting more.

The students have been making a SPLASH, fishing in a sea of knowledge and been as busy as bees to improve their literacy skills these last few weeks. Within some mini, focussed workshops, the students have further improved their figurative language, editing and revising skills in order to become better writers and reflectors. After breaking into thirds, the students travelled to the fraction world and beyond to split, cut, divide, strategise and share their way back to a whole. Now that we have been pieced back together, the students have taken a chance on chance. Within workshop groups, the students have learnt appropriate terminology and strategies, whilst also utilising prior knowledge in order to solve problems on probability.

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Year 6

GRADE 6 BRAG BOARD

PARLIAMENT HOUSE - INQUIRY FRACTIONS - MATHS

Engage and Explore have been the two areas of focus in Inquiry in Week 1 and 2. Friday of Week 1 saw the Grade 6 students venture into the city on the tram to see the inner workings of Parliament House. The students role played introducing a bill to the parliament (“Ban the Bag” for 6M and “No Junk Food Ads For Kids” for 6R). Students took on different roles from parliament, such as the Speaker, Premier and Leader of the Opposition to pass these bills. Alongside this was a walking tour of Melbourne, focussing on buildings and monuments that link to our political history. Once returning to school, students delved right into exploring how to create a parliament at KPS and deciding which bills/laws they may want to create or change.

In Maths, we have been focusing on fractions. Some groups of students have been identifying the lowest common denominator for fractions with related denominators and then plotting these fractions on number lines using pencil and paper (choosing the most appropriate scale). Following on from this, students are are now applying their knowledge through modelling number lines in spreadsheets. Other groups have been solving problems that have required various amount of pikelets to be shared fairly between different numbers of people. These students have been modelling their solutions using spreadsheets.

WRITING - PUBLISHED JOURNALISTS

& CREATING ONLINE SURVEYS

Reading - Critical Literacy

Congratulations to our student journalists who have had an article about the KPS footy team’s success published in the Ken Flem news! In other news, students have been creating surveys to be completed by student in grades 1-5. The purpose of these surveys is to find out what students of different ages love about KPS and what they would like to to be different. Student will then use this information to draft persuasive speeches which advocate for positive changes at the school. These speeches will be delivered in our classroom “House of Representatives.

Within Reading, students have been focusing on identifying facts, opinion and bias within non-fiction texts and newspaper articles. Some groups have been reading a variety of newspaper articles from different newspapers (Herald Sun, The Age and The Australian) and noticing the way that the same issue can be presented differently. There has also been a focus on identifying unknown vocabulary and using Thesauri to understand meanings.

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3 / 4 Camp – Lake Dewar

Grade 3/4 Camp

By Meth, Harper & Xanthe

On the 23rd to 24th of October the 3/4s went to camp at Lake Dewar YMCA Lodge. They all had an amazing time with lots of challenges and activities. Below there will be a list of the activities and the food we ate/did at camp.

Activities At our camp we had some really lit (cool) activities. Kickbikes was one of the activities. One of our fellow students, Patrick (from 4J) made a new camp record for riding a kickbike around the basketball court without touching the ground with his foot. He made 11 laps and he was still going, but sadly he was told to stop by one of the staff. There was a Flying Fox and Meth and some other crazy brave people went upside down the whole way. We also had adventure tunnelling and most people got soaked. We did many more activities including archery, low ropes, geocaching, cooking and hut building.

Food On the first day, the grade 3/4s needed take their own recess and lunch. But other than those two meals, Lake

Dewar Lodge gave us the rest. For afternoon tea we had fruit. We had honeydew, watermelon, rockmelon, pineapple and orange. For dinner we had spaghetti bolognaise, pasta (with vegetarian sauce), garlic bread and salad.

For dessert we had a tiny tub of vanilla ice cream. For supper after the movie (which was Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie) we had a small ANZAC biscuit and then went to bed. For breakfast the next morning we had cereal,

toast and juice. After our first activity on the second day, we had morning tea which was a chocolate muffin. For lunch we had hamburgers and we choose which toppings we wanted. We all thought the food was delicious!

We really enjoyed camp and we are really thankful for the YMCA staff making camp extremely fun. We all dreaded

the bus home. We will never forget the fun of Lake Dewar!

CAMP MEDICATION: Thank you to those families who have already collected your child’s camp medication. We

still have a lot left to be collected can you please come to the office on Monday to pick up your medication.

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Cooking and Gardening

Cooking, Gardening and Cooperative Games

Last Wednesday, the students from Louise’s foundation class teamed up with Lucy and Rhyl’s grade ones. The children had a wonderful time making new friends while engaging in cooking, gardening and cooperative games. Here are some recounts of the experience, written by students in FL.

Darcy, Aged Five

Yesterday we did cooking and gardening and sports with grade ones. First we did sports with Louise and we tried to get the ball off the parachute and into the hole in the middle. Second we did gardening and Rhyl helped us. First we planted sunflowers and then we planted tomatoes. Last we did cooking. We made pizza then

we are it all up! I felt happy

Harvey, Aged Six

Yesterday our class did cooking and gardening and games. The grade ones came and helped. We did it in the hall, the garden and the kitchen. We tried to guess who was the Beat Master. We planted tomato seeds and sunflowers. We made pizza and we got to eat it. I loved making the pizza.

Rajvi, Aged Six

Yesterday our class did the games with Louise. After the games, our group did cooking with Kay. I made a gluten-free pizza with cheese, mushrooms and pineapple on top. We also made ice-cream in the big mixing bowl. Next my group went to the garden and planted tomatoes. Then we went to the school. I felt happy.

Cherry, Aged Six

Yesterday our class, some grade ones, Cherry and Sunny’s Mum, Rhyl and Kay helped us do cooking and gardening. First we played with the parachute. We tried to get the ball to stay inside the parachute or out. Next we did gardening. We loosened the dirt. We planted some sunflower seeds. Last we did cooking and we made pizza. We ate the pizzas. They were yum! I felt really happy.

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Dear parents and community members,

Are you thinking about a spring clean in preparation for the influx at Christmas time? We need toys for the yard to

support the transition of next years Foundation students.

Wanted for creative play …

Cars and trucks big and small.

Sand pit toys, tea sets, mud pies and pretend cooking.

Plastic figurines, zoo animals, dinosaurs, superheros transformers etc

Any other donations gratefully reproposed.

Please bring your donations to Linda in the HOF art room or to the office for her to collect.

Thanks so much.

Linda Weisser

Visual Arts Coordinator

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OSHClub

You may have received an email last week informing you that OSHClub would be closed on Friday December 22nd, this is INCORRECT and was sent in error, we apologise for any confusion.

OSHClub After School Care will open from 1.30pm on December 22nd to coincide with the early finish of the last day of the school year. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS SCHOOL AS NORMAL ON THIS DAY FINISHING AT 1.30PM.

If you have any further questions, please contact Jack on 0478 155 322.

Fundraising

KPS are having a morning tea fundraiser on Wednesday 15th

November.

For just $3.00 students can order a cinnamon donut and a piece of fruit.

Please look out for order forms.

Orders need to be returned with correct payment to class teachers by

Wednesday 8th November

We are also seeking parent helpers to pack the orders between 9am-10am.

If you can help please let the office know.

Thanks so much.

MORNING TEA FUNDRAISER

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ommunity News

The Department of Education & Kensington Primary School do not endorse the products or services of any private

advertiser. No responsibility is accepted by the Department of Education or Kensington Primary School.

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Flemington Theatre Company Production

Starring KPS students and parents!!

This year's FTC show has a local theme: FLEMINGTON - the musical. It's about... Flemington. And has some singing.

Some Council shenanigans. Some jockeys. Some unwelcome developments. And some other fun and dramatic

exploits.

All of the actors (10 adults, 11 children and 6 choristers) and the crew (music, costumes, back stage, lighting...) are

putting in a huge effort to put a show together. But it's heaps of fun for cast, crew and audience alike. It runs for 75

minutes and is suitable for all ages.

We'd love you to come and share the fun and support community theatre.

You can buy tickets here: www.trybooking.com/RMFX

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6th Melbourne Scout Group

2017 Wine Drive Thanks to the support of Parkhill Cellars in North Melbourne, we are pleased to offer this great selection of wines for the Festive Season and summer.

Order at www.trybooking.com/RKFH

• Monday nights – Scouts – 8:00 to 8:30 PM

• Tuesday nights – Cubs – 7:30 to 8:00 PM

• Wednesday nights – Joeys – 6:00 to 6:30 PM

Cash Sales directly from the Scout Hall, 55 McCracken Street, Kensington, from: 13th November to 24th

November

Any questions? Contact Richie Robertson on 0417 604 799 or [email protected]

Ryder Shiraz 2015, Clare Valley SA

Clare Valley Shiraz are known for their elegance, refinement and grace. Crimson red with purple hues.

Rich, fully fragrant nose, showing black currants and cassis, pepper and chocolate box assortment.

Blueberries and mint follow on to the palate. Displaying dark raspberry plum flavours, black pepper and

spice, supported by smooth tannins and the supple influence of gentle oak. Soundly structured, Ryder is

soft and opulent before a long finish. $15.50 per bottle. $170 for cases of twelve.

Ryder Watervale Riesling 2017, Clare Valley SA

Watervale is a district renowned for producing premium wines for over 50 years and our elevated

vineyard is in the heart of this region. The elevated St Clare Vineyard has rich red loam over deep

limestone to produce this distinctive Watervale Riesling. Aroma and Palate Lifted floral aromas with a

delicate palate of zesty lemon and lime followed by a crisp acid finish. $15.50 per bottle. $170 for cases

of twelve.

Watershed Chardonnay, 2015, Margaret River WA.

This fruit driven unoaked Chardonnay has been produced using premium grapes from the Margaret River

region. The wine exhibits the classic varietal Chardonnay aromas of peaches and citrus. On the palate,

vibrant notes of stone fruit are complemented by fresh grapefruit characters and a creamy, nutty soft

finish. $15.50 per bottle. $170 for cases of twelve.

La Vieille Ferme Rosé 2016 Vin de France, Vallée du Rhône

Beautiful light pink colour, with pastel highlights. This lively and balanced wine offers a beautiful

freshness, with delicate red fruits, flowers and citrus aromas. On the palate, this very aromatic wine

shows fresh fruits notes with a great persistence. $18 per bottle. $198 for cases of twelve.

Dal Zotto Prosecco NV, King Valley, VIC

Pale straw, vivid green youthful hue; tantalizing hints of fresh cut pear, citrus blossom and a mere

suggestion of spice jump out and present themselves on the bouquet; the palate is soft, appealing,

approachable, and basically a whole lot of fun, with gentle bubbles and alcohol combining seamlessly,

and offering the maximum amount of freshness for a drink early, enjoy and not necessarily in moderation

style of sparkling wine; a spot-on example of Prosecco. $22 per bottle. $242 for cases of twelve

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6th Melbourne Scout Group

2017 Wine Drive

Order online from 9th October: www.trybooking.com/RKFH

Orders and payment must be received by 3rd November 2017.

Cash Sales & collections

13th November to 24th November

Case deliveries available Saturday 11th November 2017.

Any questions? Contact Richie Robertson on 0417 604 799 or [email protected]