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P U B L I C SCHOOL

n P (02) 6922 6443 n Lake Albert Rd, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

n kooringal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au n www.kooringal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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KOORINGAL

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n 2016 n Term 4 n Week 6 n Newsletter

CalendarNOVEMBERTuesday 15 November P&C Meeting 7pmThursday 17 November Kinder 2017 Transition

9.30am - 11.00amThursday 17 November Defence Day at WWCC

Stage 3Friday 18 November P&C Fun RunMonday 21 November Swim & SurviveThursday 24 November Kinder 2017 Transition

9.30am - 11.00amFriday 25 November Book Club dueTuesday 29 November Volunteers thank you

morning tea

DECEMBERThursday 1 December Year 6 KHS OrientationThursday 8 December Presentation NightFriday 9 December Reports home to

parents

Kooringal Public School n Acting Principal Beverley Jenkyn n kooringal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au n www.kooringal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

MERIT AWARDS WEEK 5

Kinder ApplesCharlie LipscombeWalter Reilly

Kinder BlackberriesBlake MeekinRyley Corning

Kinder DellMegan NewmanAnnabella Cheney

1 GigRuby CastleTayla Lawrence

1 BoldTyler WilliamsFletcher PollardJamie Darlington

1 MP3Cooper DennisZeke TaylorJonah Stein

1/2 JavaMariella VigarTiger NewlingPaige Holden

2 FontTanilha MunroLana GoldthorpeCooper Doneley

2 TweetEliza WilsonDimitrios LigakisLucy Greenhill

3/4 SafariBenjamin DutoitAbot GakWilliam RestallAshley Byrnes

3/4 BingHaylee GibbAutomne QuadeRiley McDonnellMaison SmithGrace Godden

3/4 YahooJasmine WanlessNicole SisonEleanor CrawfordFreya MatthewsKaung Aung

3/4 ExplorerTitus MadeleyJoshua WeekesElisha ThurlingSophie Hunt

5/6 ClarkeDominique CatoFletcher HolmesRuby ReillyEuan KingHayley Hinds

5/6 JobsZara McLarenElijah RedmondAdrian WilsonTahlia CooperJake Scott

5/6 GatesTara HadfieldBrielle TremainSimon DughettiJake HindsLily Bielefeld

5/6 SassonLexi MayfieldZoe McGuinnessZach RodhamBrielle McDonnellJoshua Prowse

K-6 FoxRiley Harvey

CANTEEN NEWSCOMBO DEALSBeef burger with lettuce, tomato, cheese and sauce,Bag of oven baked chips and fruit box**** $6.50**** LARGE.Ham and cheese sandwich, Choc chip muffin and a zing ice tube****$4.50**** MED.2 party pies, Peckish cheese cracker and a flavoured milk shake****$3.50**** SM.

Avaliable till end of term.

Zi TyeCanteen Manager

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURSThursday 3.00pm - 3.40pm

Friday 9.00am - 9.30am

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEWe are nearing the middle of Term 4, with only five weeks remaining and our students are preparing to transition into the next grade. Our focus at KPS remains on quality teaching and learning programs for all students in our classrooms. This leads into my next point about attendance.

Applications for Extended Leave

At this time of year, we are having various enquiries about students being taken out of school for holidays or accompanying parents on business trips. We need you to come to the office or send in a note if your intended absence is over 10 school days (10 days and under requires a note to the class teacher) as this extended leave must be signed off by the principal. Where the principal considers that the travel is appropriate an approval will be granted of Extended Leave. Absences relating to travel will be marked as leave on the roll and contribute to your child’s total absences for the year. Research evidence shows that even one week’s absence may have a significant impact on your child’s learning and ask you to carefully consider these choices.

Arrival time

Children should not be arriving at school before 8.50am, unless they catch an early bus. I am noticing an increasing number of students who walk to school or are dropped off by relatives arriving well before this time. I would appreciate your support in making arrangements to ensure your child/ ren do not arrive before 8.50am when staff supervision formally commences. Exceptions to this are early bus arrivals, band students on their respective rehearsal days and children who are attending KOOSH.

Are you moving?

Thank you to the parents who have already responded to the newsletter over the past weeks to let us know you are moving. For those who may have missed this important information: it is that time of the year when we are starting to plan for the 2017 school year. It is important for us to have up to date information about the number of students we can expect to have in each year group. If your family will be moving in 2016/2017, or your child will no longer be attending Kooringal PS, we ask you to notify the school office as soon as possible.

Swimming Scheme

Over the next two weeks students from Years 1-4 are participating in the Intensive Swimming Scheme at the Wagga Swim School. This is an extremely valuable

experience as the program enhances the development of swimmers at their point of need through the instruction of qualified teachers. Every student learns survival skills and work on stroke development which are vital to know, especially as many families head to the coast for a summer break or visit family and friends’ pools. Thanks to Mrs Wenda Guthrie for her organisation of this scheme.

Bev Jenkyn, Acting Principal

BOOK FAIROnce again our term 4 book fair was a huge success. I would like to thank our families for their most generous support. Due to your support we have raised approximately $850 to go towards further resourcing our library. Winners of our lucky door prize are pictured with the goods they have selected.

Major prize winner Malakai Tremain 3/4 Bing - $30 worth of goods. Minor prize winners Rachel Hall 5/6 Jobs, Victoria Gratham 5/6 Jobs, Paige Holden 1/2 Java,

Tayla Lawrence 1 Gig and Kaden Thomson 3/4 Yahoo.

Winsome Cox

Teacher Librarian

BAND NOTESWelcome to Week Six!

Band Recruitment Night

Last Thursday night KPS held the annual Band Recruitment Night. I would like to thank the students and their parents who have shown interest in joining the band.

Being a part of the band is a wonderful way to meet new friends and learn an instrument. It also develops your confidence and helps you with your concentration. You

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and family. It was a spectacular day that, again, highlights the talents of so many of our students at KPS. A special thanks to Mr Harris for organising the day and coming along to support the band students and myself, Mrs Jenkyn for her appearance in our proud audience, and especially to Jenny Binovec, our talented and dedicated band conductor.

Mrs Redfern

PROUD AND DEADLY AWARDS 2016Last Tuesday, twenty two students travelled to Wagga Public for the 2016 Proud and Deadly awards ceromony. The annual ceromony acknowledges the hard work and dedication of Riverina’s Indigenous students and awards students with certificates for academic, creative, leadership, cultural and sporting excellence. Our KPS students represented the school beautifully on the day and received awards from three of the five categories, which is an excellent effort.

Mr Kerr

learn organisation skills and team work skills also.

Throughout the year our Junior and Concert Band members participate in many fun activities such as Band Sleepover, Eisteddfods, Sydney Band Trip and the Band Reward Day.

If you are interested in being in the band and weren’t able to make it to Band Recruitment, you haven’t missed out! All you need to do is grab a band information pack from the front office or Mr Harris, fill in the forms and send them back to school.

If you were able to make Band Recruitment Night last Thursday you would have had the opportunity to hear our amazing Concert Band. I would like to thank all of our Concert Band members who performed at our Band Recruitment Night last Thursday evening and their parents who took the time to be their also.

Macquarie Band Visit

On the 16th of November, our school will be hosting a school band from Macquarie Park, who will be performing for us. Our Concert Band are then invited to participate in a workshop with our visiting students.

Due to time constraints, Maquarie Band will not be able to hold workshops this year.

Baptist Community Care

On the 24th of November our bands will be utilising their talents to entertain the residents of the Baptist Care Facility. This will be a wonderful learning experience for our band members as they use their talents to bring a little bit of music and happiness into the lives of others.

A note with further information will be sent home during this week.

Tim Harris, Inschool Band Coordinator

INTER-SCHOOL BAND DAYLast Friday, students in our Junior and Concert Bands participated in the Inter-School Band Day held at the Wagga Wagga Conservatorium of Music. This fun filled day was attended by Kooringal, South Wagga, Sturt and Lake Albert Public Schools. The day is an opportunity for band students to get together with their instruments and rehearse pieces they have been learning back at their own schools. Along with this, they also broke off to tutorials, specific to their instrument, with experienced teachers from the Conservatorium. In the evening, students performed within their individual bands and then as a whole group to an audience filled with friends

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P&C NEWSAdidas School Fun Run –

This Friday – 18 November 2016

The P&C Adidas School Fun Run is on this Friday 18 November, 2016. Students will run/walk a course around the school for 30mins. Sprinkler stations will be set up along the way to cool down the students.

If you like to assist on the day please send an email to the address below.

Fun Run BBQ

After the Fun Run at lunchtime the P&C will be holding a sausage sizzle at the cost of $2.50 each.

School Sunnies Now Available

The P&C have available for purchase School Sunnies. School Sunnies provide high quality UV protective eyewear for students. A note was sent home on Friday. If you didn’t receive a note please collect from the office.

School Shades can be generally sized

Small: Kindy- Year 1, Medium: Year 2- Year 4 and Large: Year 5-6

Cost $15 a pair and are available for purchase from the canteen.

Tea Towel Fundraiser

The P&C together with the students have designed a tea towel available for purchase for $15.00. If you wish to have a look at the tea towel there is a sample in the front office or a picture near your child’s classroom. If you didn’t receive the note/order form, please collect one from the office.

Next P&C Meeting – TONIGHT Tuesday 15 November 2016

The P&C Meeting is being held on tonight, Tuesday 15 November, 2016 commencing at 7pm in the school staffroom. All welcome to attend.

If you are interested in becoming involved with the P&C please email kooringalpublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au

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