Koondrook Primary School

Principal’s Report Welcome back to Term 4. Can you believe we are in our final term of 2018, where has the year gone? We hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday. Ms Bradford and Mrs Lake will be away this week and Mrs Nicholson and Mrs Frisby will be replacing them. Please let Ms Bradford enjoy her time off and ring the school if your child is absent; please leave a message if the phone is not answered. Walk to School October is Walk to School month. It has been fantastic already to see so many students and families walking, riding or scooting to school. Last year, Koondrook Primary School walked the distance from Koondrook to Canberra in the month of October. I believe that the challenge was set by Lenny to walk to Darwin this year! Let’s all support this fantastic initiative and make the most of the warmer weather. On Thursday 25th of October, the Gannawarra Shire will be visiting the school. See further in the Newsletter for what the Grade 6 students have organised. Reading Challenge Well done to everyone who completed the Reading Challenge over the holidays. We had 31 students complete it. Our winners were drawn out of the hat from each classroom. Congratulations to Abigail, Mason, Ella H and Emily W. These students will get a chance to choose a book from the next Book Club catalogue. Can you help? The Prep & Grade 1/2 classrooms are always on the lookout for cardboard boxes, magazines and newspaper for our craft and construction areas. Boxes can be any shape or size.

Issue no: 30 October 8th, 2018

Term Dates 2018

Term 4 ~ October 8th – December 21st Public Holidays Melbourne Cup Day – November 6th School Dates To Remember

* October 15th – Regional Athletics @ Bendigo

* October 19th – 20th – Koondrook Barham Show (kid’s work on display) * October 31st – KTHS Information Night * November 2nd – T/20 Cricket @ Kerang, Yr. 5/6 * November 30th – Curriculum Day * December 11th – Step-Up Day * December 17th – Yr. 6 Graduation * December 20th – Picnic on the Green Assembly October 12th – Preps Hosting

Dates to Remember

KPS: Respect, Responsibility, Resilience

*MATES ROYAL HOTEL RAFFLE*

DATE: FAMILIES:

November 9th --- McInerney/Hobson/

Whelan/Bettinelli

December 14th --- Woolhouse/Carter/

M & C Hall

Walk to School Activities Laughter Yoga Fresh Fruit Snacks

Assembly We will have assembly this Friday at 3pm. The Prep class will be hosting.

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Barham Koondrook Show We have the Barham Koondrook Show next weekend. Make sure to look out for our show posters in local businesses. All students completed a poster and we had many prizes winners. Congratulations to all students, a fantastic effort from Koondrook PS. Poster Prize winners were: 8 years and under 9-12 years 1st - Hazel 1st – Pyper 3rd - Indigo C 2nd – James B Highly Commended – Indi M

Highly Commended – Elektra

Transition to School Program This term, we look forward to beginning our Transition to School Program. The program prepares the incoming students with the new environment, familiarisation with staff, socialisation with other children that will be in their classroom and knowledge of the expectations of attending school. We kick off in Week 3. If you have any questions about the program, please contact the school. Below are the days and times: Wednesday 24th October 9am to 11.30am Wednesday 7th November 9am to 11.30am Wednesday 21st November 9am to 2pm Wednesday 5th December 9am to 2pm Tuesday 11th December 9am to 3:30pm Goodbye & Good Luck On the last day of Term 3, we farewelled Harper from the Prep classroom. Harper and her family have relocated to Moulamein. We wish them all the best in their new school and town. Harper’s smiley face will certainly be missed in our school community. Have a wonderful week, Kate Donehue J Acting Principal Walk to School

Silly Sock Day On Thursday 25th October the Gannawarra Shire will be visiting and as a school we will be walking to the wharf. On this day students are encouraged to wear any type of silly socks. They can be colourful, odd or decorated by a student. The Grade 6 girls will be judging the person with the silliest socks and they will receive a prize. We look forward to seeing your silly socks! Emily will explain at assembly tomorrow. Colouring Competition During Walk to School Month at lunchtime we will be having a colouring activity where students can design a bike, scooter or shoe. This will be happening in the BBQ shelter and be run by the Grade 6 girls. Thanks, The Leadership Team Regional Athletics Good luck to Emma, Ayla, Harrison & Ella W who will be competing in the Regional Athletics next Monday in Bendigo.

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Barham High School P & C Association

AGM Monday 15th October 2018

7pm Barham High School

In Room B1 Secretary - Julie Frankling

0429841699 New members most welcome

BARHAM KOONDROOK BASKETBALL 2018/19 Registration NOW OPEN

Players 9-18 years Aussie Hoops 5-8 years Register & pay online by October 11th www.koondrook.basketball.net.au $50 per player 1st Game October 18th Barham Recreation Reserve Players must be registered to play ALL WELCOME Any issues registering online call Mardie: 0419 836 080 or attend the information night at the Recreation Reserve 5.30pm October 11th.

BARHAM-KOONDROOK JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION

Calling for new and old players for our Under 16 cricket competition.

WHEN – Friday nights 4.30-7.30pm WHERE – Games in both Barham & Koondrook FORMAT – 20/20 games CLUBS – Barham, Cubs, Murray & Koondrook AGE – 9-15 years with both girls & boys most welcome CONTACT – Tim 0418 377 924 or Shane 0429 168 517

Come along and enjoy a family atmosphere for kids

starting their cricket career.

Koondrook Tennis Club Junior tennis training to commence Wednesday

17th October.

Love to see some new faces, come for a hit, you don’t need a racquet we have plenty.

Starting at 5.30pm – 6.15pm.

Any queries, please phone Helen on: 0448 147 299.

Book Club Book Club orders need to be back before October 25th.

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5/6 News

I am looking forward to getting back tomorrow and hearing all about the students’ holiday break.

73 days until the end of term! With that in mind, there will be some tight planning to ensure our year 6 girls are well and truly ready for secondary school and our 5s are set to be the leaders of our school in 2019.

Over the next few weeks the plan is as follows:-

Mathematically we will continue to explore very large numbers as well as negative, prime, ordinal and composite numbers. We will mix that up with fractions, decimals and percentages and some work with division and multiplication. We will also revisit Area and Map Reading.

English wise the Reading plan includes Author Craft and how authors create atmosphere both in text and poetry. We will link this with our creative writing. The students have been working on improving their handwriting. We have a variation of “styles” within the class and the focus continues to be on where letters begin, how they join to the next letter and the size of each letter.

We will also be commencing our final Educational Research Project. I am planning to do things a little bit different this term. If you have any ideas on how the EXPO should go we would appreciate your feedback. The students wondered if there were any parents would like to join them on the EXPO committee.

Jennie Callow

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CONTACT: Koondrook Primary School Phone – 03 54532428 Website: koondrookps.vic.edu.au Murray Parade Koondrook, Fax – 03 54531147 E-mail: koondrook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au PO Box 8, Koondrook, 3580