Newsletter to Parents

Kooringal Public School PRUDENS FUTURI – Thoughtful of the Future

Phone (02) 6922 6443 Fax (02) 6926 2034 Website www.kooringal-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Week 4 Term 4 Tuesday 28th October 2014

Calendar of Events Term 4

October

Friday 31st October KHS Dance Performance 1.30pm—3.20pm

November

Monday 3rd November Silver Assembly

Wednesday 5th Nov P&C Fun Run

Thursday 6th Nov Band Recruitment Night

Thursday 6th Nov K-6Hay Athletics Carnival

Monday 10th November Swim School Starts

Road Safety Concerns were raised at the last P&C meeting regarding students and parents using Cooinbill Crescent safely. Please be conscious of the speed of some cars using this street as often it is not parents using this road during school hours. We also ask that you do not call your child across the street but rather come to the gate to collect them. It has also been observed that parents are encouraging their child/children to enter and exit the car via the door facing onto the road rather than using the footpath facing doors. By exiting straight onto the road the child is putting themselves at risk of being hit. Safety for all is our paramount concern. Leave I will be taking leave from Monday 3rd November until Thursday 27th November. Whilst on leave Mrs Jenkyn will be the relieving Principal and Mr Fletcher will undertake the relieving Assistant Principal role for Stage 1. Sally Davidson Principal

Band

Recruitment Night

When: Thursday 6th No-vember

Time: 6:30pm Where: Kooringal PS- HALL

Current band students to arrive by 6:15pm to set up.

Tiqbiz Kooingal Public School App

Opening a good line of communication is essential when you are committed to building strong links between parents, the community and school; Therefore, Kooringal Public School will be trialling a new app that is designed to assist you keep in touch with ‘what’s going on’. The ‘Tiqbiz App’ will allow you to access a calendar of upcoming events, view photos and even the weekly newsletter. The App can be used on most mobile devices and computer and is very easy to find and download. Just go to your preferred app store and search for TiqBiz. You can even have the app in one of eighty different languages It is a great App for keeping in touch with what your child is doing at school…. and it is free to download! More information on how to download has been attached to this weeks newsletter.

Kinder Barham Aluel Gak

2 Clare Abot Gak

4/5 Hyden Cayleb Harris

Bronze Award Winners

Merit Awards Week 3 K-6 Hay Josh

Kinder Ashford Lachlan Churchill Rachael Dughetti

Kinder Barham Hallie Engelbrecht Tyler Whitmore Sage Maidment Clark

Kinder Walgett Thomas Dippenaar Tanilha Munro

1 Jugiong Cooper Fallon Shelby Trotman Deacon Crawford

1 Tingha Lily Martini Automne Quade

2 Clare Cassie Penfold Jazz McCarthy Lilly Lewis Joshua Brown

2 Jindabyne Bethaney Geale Ivy Liu Jeherne Curtis Dremel Blake Wheatley-Dowling

2/3 Nyngan Emily Skipworth Malakai Tremain Aleesha Carl Olivia Fynn Bailey Manning

3 Nangus Lachlan Wall Sebastien Coyle Jake Hinds Emily O’Brien

3/4 Jeparit Luke Nixon Gemma St John Jordan Bunter Jayden Wordsworth Josephine Galvin

4 Barraba Tahlia Cooper Lakeasha Curtis-Dremel Maya Jeeawody Jake Flanigan-Carrick

4/5 Hyden Cayleb Harris Emma Banger Jonathon Mulhearn Elizabeth Turner Taya McGuinness

5/6 Cootamundra Abby Cheney Bryce Hesketh Blayke Worsencroft Alice Oxley Emelee Norris

5/6 Kununurra Zara Clemson Jordan Robbie Courtney Ede Lochlan Daniels Mikayla Jones Wade

5/6 Stawell Aaliyah Fikkers Angel Bielefeld Brooke Woods Isabella Mohr Riley Cole

5/6 Tarcutta Lara Rossiter Alifaleti Mone Nathaniel Galvin

Liam Crozier Jaylem Byrnes

Scholastic Book Fair Our annual book fair will be coming to KPS library on Friday 6th Nov through to Thursday 13th Nov. A great opportunity to stock up on your Christmas wishes and catch the reading bug. Buying times will be pub-lished closer to the date. There will be lucky door prizes. Profits go directly to buying new resources for our school library.

KPS Fun Run News The KPS Fun Run is fast approaching and will be held in week 5 on Wednesday 5th November. On the day, students will be required to follow a des-ignated course and run as many laps as possi-ble in 30 minutes. The course does require the stu-dents to exit the school grounds to complete a lap. If you DO NOT give permission for your child/ren to leave the school grounds, please notify the office or your classroom teacher by week 4, Friday 31st October. Morgan Davy, Coordinator

NO MAROON HAT PLAY IN THE SHADE

Now that the weather is warming

up we will be applying the ‘NO MAROON HAT PLAY IN THE SHADE’ rule. All students are required to wear a maroon hat if they want to play in the sun. New hats are available from the Uniform shop or front office for $12, second hand hats $2 from the uniform shop.

ICAS Results We are very proud of the wonderful results achieved by our students in the ICAS competitions. Several students were awarded a High Distinction placing them in the top 1% of Australian students and students who achieved a Distinction are placed in the top 10% of Australian students. Julie Smith, ICAS Coordinator

Science Jayden Wordsworth, Luke Nixon and Lachlan Wordsworth - Distinction

Computer Skills Jayden Wordsworth, Leon Hemmings and Dekota Jones - High Distinction Fletcher Holmes, Aidan Barrett, Preston Oakman, Andrew Trenaman and Lachlan Wordsworth - Distinction

English Charlotte Jefferis - High Distinction Olivia Fynn and Josephine Galvin—Distinction Maths Freya Matthews, Maggie Castle, Madison Alcorn, Jayden Wordsworth, Jake Hinds Charlotte Jefferis, Luke Nixon and Preston Oakman—Distinction

ARE YOU MISSING A PAIR OF GLASSES? These glasses have been handed in to the office. If you or your child are missing a pair of glasses please call in to the office as soon as possible.

Cricket 2014 Game 1 KPS vs Tumbarumba A fantastic team effort resulted in a solid win for KPS. KPS scored a solid 4 for 159 (Connor Willis 47 N/O Retired, Leon Hemmings 37, Emerson McLaren 31) in the Innings. Tumbarumba were kept to 7 for 76 due to great fielding and tight bowling. Standouts with the ball included Leon Hemmings 2 wickets, Liam Davies 2 wickets, and 1 wicket each to Emerson McLaren, Rhys Jerrick and Kyle Hockley. Emerson and Connor’s batting partnership was a highlight and showed great determination and skill.

Game 2 KPS vs Wagga Wagga PS Our Round 2 Game against Wagga Wagga PS was unfortunately a tight loss. It was played on the day after the night time PSSA AFL Knock-Out Grand Final. Many of our boys were carrying little injuries and tired bodies into the clash. After a rocky start with the loss of quick wickets the KPS boys fought back well to post a score of 9 for 64 (Riley Cole 17, Koby Wilson 16, Connor Willis 5). We were able to produce a number of chances early in the Wagga Wagga PS innings but were unable to hang onto a few tough catches. This allowed the Wagga Wagga PS batsmen to capitalise and post a score of 2 for 80. Kyle Hockley was the pick of our bowlers with 2 wickets.

NSW

PPSA Boys Touch Knockout

2014

Game1 KPS vs Turvey Park PS A fantastic team effort with a rampaging 11-1 over

the boys from Turvey Park. The highlight being Connor Willis scoring 4 tries and a 40m intercept

try to Cameron Elphick.

Game 2 KPS vs Franklin PS (Tumut). KPS won via Forfeit

This result saw KPS move onto the Riverina Finals Gala Day held at Jubilee Park.

Game 3 KPS vs Young PS After we jumped out to a 2 try through slick ball work and fast paced play Young PS staged a

comeback and lead heading into the final 10mins of the game. KPS never gave up and dug deep to

score a gutsy come from behind win 6-5.

Game 4 KPS vs South Wagga PS We were given a touch lesson by the boys from

South Wagga and suffered our first and only loss of the day 18-1. Our try was an action packed solo effort by Connor Willis after the half time siren dodging and evading the entire South

Wagga team to score.

Game 5 KPS vs Lake Albert PS We returned to the winners circle with a

convincing whole team effort against LAPS. We were run away winners 12-1.

The Boys worked as a team throughout all of their games in both attack and defence. They always played in the true spirit of the game displaying

honesty and integrity. They supported each other and played with plenty of determination, flair and

pride.

Well done boys on a great effort in 2014.

Wagga Wagga Show Results

During the recent holidays, Wagga Wagga celebrated their 150th Show. The children at Kooringal Public School have entered items for many years and they once again made a large contribution to the 2300 entries in the School Work section. Children from Kindergarten through to Year 6 entered numerous items in a variety of categories including; digital photography, visual arts, computer art, integrated theme work, poetry and handwriting. Congratulations to the children who had items in the show and to those who received, Highly Commended, Second Prize and First Prize for their entries. Nyibol Khol was surprised and delighted to receive a ribbon for her Champion Craft Exhibit. Nyibol made her robot from recycled materials and it obviously impressed the judges!

Principal Awards

NOTES WITH THIS NEWSLETTER Tiqbiz flyer

CANTEEN ROSTER Week 5 Term 4

Please call Colleen on 6922 6443 if you can help one day per fortnight, month or term.

Monday 3rd November Closed

Tuesday 4th November Janelle Moorby

Wednesday 5th November

Jill McLeod

Thursday 6th November Lisa Griffiths

Friday 7th November Lisa Reilly Barb Cole

Please make sure you are using the

Bright Orange coloured price list. If you do not have one, please

pick one up at the Canteen or Office.

Save the Date Friday 5th December

Canteen Christmas Party More details to follow later

REMINDERS / SPECIAL NOTES MONEY DUE

Swim and Survive money due Wed 29th October

Year 1 Terrific Transport Excursion money due Friday 31 Oct

Yearbook Sponsorship due Wed 19th Nov

P&C NEWS

ONGOING FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES The KPS P&C is an active committee within the school community who raise funds for resources for students & staff of KPS. We would encourage parents/carers to become involved, as without your generous support many fundraising events will not be possible. Other ways of supporting the P&C on an ongoing basis include:

· Uniform Shop - all profits go directly to school resources.

· Bakers Delight “Dough Raiser Program”. · Hume Bank - school banking facilities.

SCHOOL HATS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FRONT OFFICE

Uniform Shop Roster Wednesday 29th October (2.45p—3.45pm)

Sarah Wardman

Thursday 30th October (2.45p- 3.45pm) Michelle Burton

Friday 31st October (9.00am—10.00am) Rachel Lidden

UNIFORM SHOP All second hand winter stock will be half price until the end of term 4.

VOLUNTEERS The Uniform Shop is run by a friendly group of volunteers and we would like you to join us. If you can spare a few hours a term we would love to hear from you. We open the shop from 2.45pm (although 3pm is fine) until 3.45pm on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and again on Friday morning from 9-10am. If you are interested please give your details to the school office and our Uniform Shop manager will contact you. Thank you

Wagga Hockey Association Selection Trials for Rep teams 2015

U/11 through to U/18 boys and Girls

Wednesday 5th November 4.30pm to 5.30pm at Jubilee Park Hockey fields.

Bring mouth guard, shin pads, stick and drink bottle. If unable to attend but would like to be considered for a team please email waggahockey@gmail.com or contact Kylie on 0248229405