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Newsletter Term 3 Week 8

Principal's PerspectivePrincipal's Perspective

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the Week 8 newsletter. Ithas been a very busy fortnight. As youknow, our Athletics Carnival was heldlast Friday. What a fantastic day it was!The weather was beautiful and the dayran like clockwork. I would like to thankMrs Kaminski, staff and volunteers who

made the day such a big success. Thank you to our amazingfaction captains for the wonderful job they did in setting up andorganising equipment. Well done to all our students fordisplaying excellent behaviour and effort throughout the day. Iwas disappointed to hear that there was a small number ofparents using inappropriate language directed at each otherthroughout the day, often around the sprint track, when tryingto establish a viewing position or other issues. This type ofbehaviour is unacceptable and was viewed negatively by manyparents who witnessed it. This is a school event and parentsare on school site as visitors and guests and are expected tobehave appropriately and provide a positive role model for thestudents. Unfortunately, I was not informed on the day andwas not able to address this at the time. The Principal has theright to request that visitors who behave inappropriately toleave the school grounds. Students are under staff directionthroughout the day and are doing their best to run events,judge, score and attend to any problems that occur. It isimperative we have the support of parents to enable us to doour job effectively and without disruption. Thank you to themajority of parents who were fantastic and cheered on thestudents, displayed good sportspersonship and enjoyed theday as a special event for our students to compete and havefun. The staff and students had a brilliant day! Mrs Kaminski isnow the proud grandmother of a healthy baby girl, Adelyn. Ihave attached some photos of the carnival for your viewing.

Interschool CarnivalInterschool Carnival

This Friday, 13th September, the interschool athletics carnivalwill take place at Mindarie Primary School. Congratulations toall our students who made the interschool team. I would like towish them well for the day. Parents are invited to come alongand watch and support our school throughout the day. I willattend in the morning; however, have a meeting to attend afterlunch.

Year 3 and 4 SwimmingYear 3 and 4 Swimming

Our Year 3 and 4 students will be attending swimming lessons,commencing next week. They will attend Joondalup Arenaeach morning. The first group will leave school at 8.45am sharp.TA8, TA9, TA10 and TA11 will attend the first session startingat 9.10am. The second group, TA4, TA12, Ta13 and TA14,will leave the school at 9.40 ready for their lesson starting at10.00am. Thongs are encouraged for to and from the pool.Please remind children to pack underwear and a towel. Labeleverything. Please make sure you send the grading sheet foryour child on the first day of swimming.

One Big VoiceOne Big Voice

The Kinross PS Choir performed at One Big Voice on Friday

30th August. It was a very long day for them with the eventnot finishing until approximately 9.30pm. I attended on thenight and was thoroughly impressed with the organisation andperformance of this special event. It was a spectacular siteviewing 7000 students performing together at the Perth Arenaand celebrating the joy of singing. I was immensely proud of

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all the students, including our soloists. Congratulations to allinvolved, particularly Mrs Brierley in preparing and supportingour students and of course the Kinross Choir. I would like tomake special mention of Mrs Lina Stravens and Mrs JacquiBrandish for assisting with supervision on the night.

K/P PlaygroundK/P Playground

During the next school holidays, the grass will be lifted in the K/P area and the new bike track will be constructed. After this,landscaping will be done and a few more additions. This isPhase One of the new upgrade happening in the K/P area. Thesmall junior playground is being sold and is available to anyinterested parent or community group for $500 (negotiable).You would be required to dismantle the playground andremove. We would like this done by the end of term. Pleasecontact the front office on 9305 6022 if you are interested.

Aussie of the MonthAussie of the Month

Congratulations to our latest Aussie of the Month, Mia Bertram.Mia is a Year 6 student who consistently demonstrates that sheis hardworking, resilient and humble in her achievements. Miaregularly represents the Kinross Primary School CARE valuesand pursues excellence both inside and outside of the school.She has had particular success on the netball court and will beparticipating in a state netball competition in Queensland thisyear. Congratulations on becoming Aussie of the Month, Mia.Good luck with your upcoming netball competition.

Kinross PS BoardKinross PS Board

The Kinross PS Board is formed with the fundamental purposeof enabling parents and members of the community to engagein activities that are in the best interests of students and willenhance the education provided by the school. The KinrossBoard has the power to establish and review the school’sobjectives, priorities and directions and evaluate the school’sperformance in achieving them. The Board also sets the schoolcodes of conduct and make recommendations on the dresscode for students when they are attending or representing theschool.

The Kinross PS Board is made up of 8 members.

Therese Gorton Principal

Nicole Van der Bank Chairperson

Louise Bennier Staff

Mel Hills Staff

Greer Prebble Parent

Mark Roemermann Parent

Steve Massey Parent

Janeen Thomsett Community Member-ECU

I would like to include a profile this newsletter for our wonderfulSchool Board Chair, Nicolene Van der Bank.

Name: Nicolene Van der Bank

Children: Abbygail and Zack

Interests: Sewing, swimming

Occupation: Building Inspector

Favourite Food: Lasagne

Favourite Movie: Cool Runnings

Favourite Book: Kane ek aan jou seluliet vat

Favourite TV Show: NCIS

Pet Peeves: Someone not chewing with a closed mouth

Favourite Holiday: Destination: South Africa, Ningaloo Reef

Other Interesting Facts: Used to work in pathology, enjoypublic speaking

Thank you Nicolene, for being a part of the Kinross Board.

Have a lovely fortnight.

Kind regards,

Therese Gorton

Principal

Mrs Bennier's NewsMrs Bennier's News

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Kindy Father's day breakfastKindy Father's day breakfast

It was lovely to see so many dadsand caregivers at the recent KindyFathers day breakfast. Thank you fortaking time out of your busy days tocome and spend time with your child/ren and create memories. I hope you

had a great time.

Author and Illustrator Visit – Dr Cameron StelzerAuthor and Illustrator Visit – Dr Cameron Stelzer

Monday 16 September 2019Monday 16 September 2019

On Monday 16 September, we have a special visit from Authorand Illustrator Dr Cameron Stelzer. Dr Cameron is visitingKinross Primary School to run workshops with our students.PP-2 students will enjoy an interactive Big Screen BookReading and follow-along drawing activity with Cameron. Year3-6 students will be taking a behind-the-scenes look at creatinga book, and applying their own creative components. Studentsand teachers are looking forward to a great day!

In conjunction with the Author Visit, Kinross PS families havea special opportunity to purchase signedsigned and personalisedcopies of Cameron’s books at special prices. Individual booksare $15 each and there are also exclusive book sets available.Students will receive an order form on the day of theworkshops. Forms and payment can be returned the followingday, Tuesday 17 September, to the OfficeOffice.

TimeTime ClassesClasses WorkshopWorkshop

9:00-9:45

(45 mins)

Pre-Primary Stories and More

9:45-10:40

(55 mins)

Year 1 and Year 2 Stories and More

11:00 - 12:40

(1 hr 40 mins)

Year 5 and Year 6 Write it, Read it, Live it

1:20- 2.45

(1 hr 25 mins)

Year 3 and Year 4 Write it, Read it, Live it

Mrs Dodge's NewsMrs Dodge's News

Mathletics Gold SuperstarsMathletics Gold Superstars

Congratulations to Will B (Year 1) andAlexander H (Year 4) for theirachievement of gold status inMathletics. To achieve gold, thesestudents have earnt 1000 points aweek for twenty weeks this year. Well

done, Will and Alexander.

Card Games in Year 4Card Games in Year 4

It was a pleasure to spend some time in a Year 4 classroomthis week to play Mathematics card games. TA12 and I playeda version of ROWCO which incorporates mental computationand strategy. The aim of the game is to accumulate thehighest total between yourself and your partner. It was great tosee so many enthusiastic students eager to play the game andtrack their points. Thank you for having me in your classroom,TA12.

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Free ChairsFree Chairs

There are still approximately 10 coloured ex-student chairs thatare free and available for you to take home. They are locatedoutside of the undercover area.

Mrs Smith's NewsMrs Smith's News

Year 4-6 ScitechYear 4-6 Scitech

On Monday 9th September TA11-TA20had their visit to Scitech and I wasfortunate enough to attend as well. Evenas an adult I learned a lot from my visit, forexample, scientists have used maths and

science to determine that there is a ninth planet in our solarsystem (not Pluto!) but nobody has been able to locate it yet.There was a lot of hands on learning with making a flyingobject and using Lil Bits to make a robot that writes. I thinkbased on the smiles I saw at Scitech and the tired faces I sawgetting off the bus in the afternoon, the day was a hugesuccess!

Year 2 Food Bank IncursionYear 2 Food Bank Incursion

On Thursday 29th August, TA5 and TA6 enjoyed a freeincursion from Food Bank. The aim of the incursion was toeducate the students involved on the benefits of healthy eatingas well as enjoy a shared meal experience. The studentsthoroughly enjoyed themselves and the tasty meals theycreated. Parents, I hope they demonstrated their new skills toyou at home!

TA5 and TA6 AssemblyTA5 and TA6 Assembly

What an absolutely fantastic assembly from TA5 and TA6 toend our Book Week. The theme this year was ‘Reading is mySuper Power’, and we were entertained with a skit about whatsuperpowers different books can give us and a lovely song atthe end. Several teachers made comments about how clearlyand confidently the students spoke. Well done!

Music NewsMusic News

One Big VoiceOne Big Voice

I cannot praise our wonderful choir highlyenough for their performance, and theirbehaviour, at the recent One Big Voiceconcert at the RAC Arena. You all sangwith such enthusiasm and looked likeyou were all thoroughly enjoying

yourselves! It's not easy to perform on a Friday evening after aweek of school and following a big rehearsal with 4000 otherstudents! You all looked fantastic in your choir uniforms andrepresented our school proudly. Thank you to all the parentsand carers for your support throughout the whole journey. I'msure you all had a wonderful evening of entertainment. Aspecial 'congratulations' must be passed on to the soloists,Evie O'Leary, Charlie Lavery, Lacy-Mae Toyne and SamMartin, for your amazing performances on that stage!

Please remember that the DVD, and now also photos, canbe ordered online. There are some greatones! www.onebigvoice.photoswww.onebigvoice.photos

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Kinross College's Grease PerformanceKinross College's Grease Performance

Last Monday, Mrs Kaminski and I took a group of Year 5 and6 students to watch the performance of Grease - The Musical,presented by Kinross College. The College very kindly offeredus some tickets and also a free bus ride to and from theauditorium at St Marks Anglican Community School where themusical was performed.

The students chosen were invited due to their dedication andhard work this year to the choir or to their recent danceperformance at the Crown. What an incredible performanceit was! We were thoroughly entertained from start to finishby the fantastic actors and actresses, singers, dancers andlive band. A big well done also to the backstage crew whomade the whole performance run smoothly and as slick asthe grease in Danny Zuko's hair! It was lovely to see a fewfamiliar faces of our ex-Kinross Primary students. We even gotto meet the cast at the end of the show! A huge thank youto the staff at Kinross College for giving some of our studentsthe incredible opportunity to see a live performance of musictheatre. Particular thanks go out to Dale Beaton, Ashlyn LaCava, Jaxon Barclay, Steve Adcock, the production team andalso to John Avenell for driving us all there and back.

School PhotosSchool Photos

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING!SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING!

Dear Parents,

Our school photo day is coming! Approximately two weeksprior to the photo day every student will receive a KapturePhotography order envelope to bring home. The recommendedmethod of ordering your photos is online through Kapture’swebsite as your payment is secure and can be easily verified atany time. If you pay online, there is no need to return the orderenvelope to school.

Alternatively you can pay by cash and return the providedenvelope to the school on the photography day. Please notethe photographers cannot open sealed envelopes and cannotprovide change.

SIBLINGSIBLING ORDERSORDERS CANCAN ONLYONLY BEBE PLACEDPLACED ONLINE:ONLINE: Laterequests cannot be granted.

You have the option to order a sibling photo package online,however please note siblingsibling ordersorders willwill closeclose inin mostmost instancesinstances@midday@midday sharpsharp atat leastleast oneone businessbusiness dayday beforebefore thethe firstfirst photophotodate.date. We suggest you place your online sibling order as soonas you receive your order envelope with your order instructionsas places are limited.

Log on to kapture.com.au for your sibling photo order cut-offdate and time.

Late payment envelopes cannot be accepted by the schooloffice or by Kapture. You can place an order online for classor individual photographs at any time for the remainder of thecurrent school year however a $15 fee will apply if you ordermore than 10 days after photography.

If your child is in a sports or special group photo, you can usethe same school code on your order envelope to view and orderthese photos on Kapture’s website, around the time that schoolphotos are ready to be delivered. Please note; Class group,individual and sibling portraits are not available to view online.

Kapture offer a money back guarantee for any parent who isnot fully satisfied with their photo package. Should you haveany queries before or after photo day, please direct them tothe Kapture office on 9240 1714 or emailenquiries@kapture.com.au.

All students will be photographed individually on photo day forschool administration records AS WELL as included in theirclass group photo available for purchase to all families. Shouldthere be any reason why your child should NOTNOT be included inthe photo shoot –please contact the school office.

Message from Mr CarlisleMessage from Mr Carlisle

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I would like to thank one of our Kinross fathers, Wade fromTraffic Hire Equipment, for kindly donating the electronicmessage board that you saw on the oval during the factioncarnival. Traffic Hire Equipment is a local Western Australianfamily owned hire company specialising in message signboards and other road safety equipment. Their messageboards have a diverse use from traffic management through toevent and retail advertising. From message and arrow boardsto lighting towers and barriers they have all your equipmentneeds covered. For more information, visitwww.traffichireequipment.com.au

Other NewsOther News

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Be rewarded when you support Kinross PrimaryBe rewarded when you support Kinross PrimarySchool!School!

Right now, when you purchase tickets to the Perth RoyalShow you can save 25% on your tickets! Plus, we receive a

portion of the proceeds towards our fundraising!

Don’t queue at the gate, buy and save online now.Don’t queue at the gate, buy and save online now.

Promo code:Promo code: Royalshow20070Royalshow20070

P&C NewsP&C News

TermTerm 33 update!update! WhereWhere YOURYOUR moneymoney hashas beenbeen spentspentthis year!this year!

We can’t quite believe we are ½ way through the school yeareither! We have had such a productive start to the year and weare really hoping to continue through to term 4. Supporting ourschool is something we are all so passionate about and it hasbeen really fulfilling to see all the changes we have been able tomake around the school.

Our volunteer base is looking a little small as of late and whilstwe understand our parents are all busy we’d like to remind youjust how valued you are and how much of a difference you canmake within our school.

This year we have tried to do things a little differently and as youmay recall we made it our mission to support not only the bigprojects but also our much loved teachers, and in particular thespecialist teachers. They gave us their wish lists and we havebeen able to tick so off in such a short amount of time already!It really is fantastic to see our parents fundraising efforts beingput to good use around the school.

Below is a snap shot of what we have spent this year. ($)

Year 6 bus for camp $1650

Basket ball jerseys $996

Library books $1996

Samba instruments $3682

Carpet for music room $2720

Art stencils $792

Radios for the office $515

Jogging club badges $1000

Junior Literacy books $3036

Chaplain annual contribution $2500

Library aircon $12209

Term 4 book awards $ 2000 ( to be paid )

TOTAL $31,000TOTAL $31,000

Our fundraising efforts so far this year have brought in nearly$9000. A further $6000 comes from the P&C contributions.The Uniform Shop and the Canteen have also contributed tothe above total spend and the balance from 2018’s fundraisingmakes up the difference.

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(The above information is available at every P&C meeting andis emailed out to every paying member)

Faction CarnivalFaction Carnival

A huge thank you to all our families who supported the P&C onSports day by purchasing food or drink, having hair sprayed orface painted or purchased a raffle ticket. We are still to do afinal count but we have raised over $2500 which will go towardsupgrades to the toilet blocks.

A special thank you to our wonderful team of volunteers for alltheir hard work both in the lead up to Faction day and on theday itself!

Raffle Winners:Raffle Winners:

Tupperware package – purpleC81 – Mrs Cavanagh

Nordic Food Hamper – blue E31 – Reef TA20

Mums on a Mission voucher – red C70 – Dan Emos

Rebel Fitness voucher blue B79 Isla Harris TA15

Redback pest voucher – blue B85 – Nicole Jones TA5

Indi Tay hair vouchers x 2 – blue F34 Anneke D & red D27Yvonne Fourer

Make up by Marta – blue f56 Rebecca McCloy

Callos Creations voucher – purple B93 – Jess Fourer

Custom Crossstich ( EmiBroidery) – red D58 – Renae Porter

******** GRANDGRAND PRIZEPRIZE –– 11 nightnight staystay atat CrownCrown CasinoCasino withwithbreakfast for 2 ****breakfast for 2 ****

Blue E32 Kirby TA2bBlue E32 Kirby TA2b

A big thank you is extended to our generous parents /businesses for their donations.

Quiz NightQuiz Night

We would like to thank Burns Beach Estate & Peet Kinross fortheir generous donation of $200 as the prize for the winningtable this Saturday! And their generosity doesn’t stop there!They have agreed to donate a further $300 into the P&Cbuilding fund which will be used for the toilet upgrades. Theirdonation totaling $500 is very much appreciated and we thankthem for their ongoing support as they welcome new familiesinto the Kinross Community with the new development beingbuilt.

So far quiz night has raised $1200 from the sale of tickets andwe anticipate further funds from the purchase of drinks on thenight! Thank you to Madi in the office for all her hard work inthe lead up to Saturday and we hope all who are coming arelooking forward to a great evening!

Halloween DiscoHalloween Disco

We thought we’d change things a little this year with a

Halloween Disco on Friday 1st November. Parents get yourthinking caps on for some great costumes and moreinformation will follow towards the end of term 3.

Uniform ShopUniform Shop

The uniform shop will continue to open on Tuesdays in term4. If you have old uniform that no longer fits please considerdonating as the money raised from second hand sales coverthe EFTPOS fees.

*** SALE ****** SALE ***

As we welcome spring and some warmer mornings we areoffering $5 off all long pants and long sleeved polo shirts(subject to stock) for the next 2 weeks only.

Our second hand uniform will also be on sale – anything in theboxes is now 2 for $1 and everything on the rail is $2!

Canteen NewsCanteen News

Claire is back from holidays and we thank Michelle for takingover for 2 weeks and keeping everything running smoothly.Also to the army of volunteers that help out regularly! We reallyappreciate you!!

Our new summer menu will be coming next term with somefresh changes! Keep your eyes peeled for more info.

The canteen will be open from 8.15 Tuesday - Friday. (Parentsplease note children should not be at school before this time).Please remember to utilize www.quickcliq.com.au for youronline ordering and save time lining up or digging out change inthe mornings.

If you can spare any free time either in the morning or at lunchtime please see Claire in the canteen to see how you can help.

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Pizza DayPizza Day

There will be a pizza day on Monday 23rd September (week10)Notes will be sent home this Friday with orders taken from

Monday 16th – Friday 20th in the undercover area and via thedropbox at the canteen.

SchoolSchool BankingBanking withwith thethe CommonwealthCommonwealth BankBankSchool Banking Program:School Banking Program:

Every time a new child registers for school banking the schoolgets money. We also earn money from our regular bankerseach term.! Our income from school banking this year(including term 4 of last year) is just over $1000. This has beensplit equally between the junior and senior years and will beused to update math supplies for the classrooms.

Our banking numbers are a little lower than usual. Rememberyou can bank as little as 10c and every time your child banksthey receive a silver token. The purpose of banking is to showour children that saving is positive regardless of the amount.

Thank you!

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