No. 4 – Term 2: 19 June 2019 Kinross College: 9233 6700

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TERM 2 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2019

JUNE

20-22 Rangers Camp – Mornington

24 Board Meeting – 6:30pm – KC Boardroom

26 Year 10 Transition Day – Mindarie Senior College

27 Year 10 Immunisations

28 Year 10 River Cruise

JULY

2 Mindarie SC ‘In Area’ Enrolment Information evening

4 Parent Teacher interviews 1 pm – 7 pm

Students finish at 12 midday to accommodate for this event.

5 Last Day Term 2

5 Whole school Assembly 10 – 11 am

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 6 – 21 JULY

22 Pupil Free Day – Staff Professional Learning

23 Students commence Term 3

29 7pm - P & C Meeting, Board Room, Administration

30 6pm - Colours and Honours evening

AUGUST

6 Mindarie SC ‘Out of Area’ Enrolment Information evening

9 Fundraising Quiz Night – Kinross College Music Program

Dear Parents, Students and Caregivers

Recently I read an interesting article entitled “Not Every Act of Meanness is Bullying”’ by Michael Horton and

felt that there was an important message for parents, educators and even our students in what was written.

Some of what is written is taken from the article.

One of the roles of parenthood and teaching is to help children interpret events proportionally.

Like the author, I too have seen a shift involving the incorrect application of words such as trauma, depression

and bullying. When these words are misused, their misuse can result in unwarranted consequences. As the

article indicated, “What might be unkind behaviour of another may, in fact, not be bullying.

How we as adults define the two correctly can teach children resilience and how to cope with conflict.

‘All of us know from our own experiences of childhood or the schoolyard, that children can be thoughtlessly

mean. An experiment by a Debra Peplar at the York University brought children from years 1 to 6 who were

identified by their teachers as being either particularly aggressive or particularly non-aggressive. What they

discovered after observation was that the aggressive students were mean to others on average every two

minutes, and arguably more revealing was the finding that the non-aggressive students were mean on average

every three minutes’.

Conflict is unfortunately a part of life that we all deal with, no matter what age. Bullying is however, way more

than that and can have serious and sometimes tragic consequences.

According to the ‘Bullying No Way’ organisation the National Australian definition of bullying is in part; ‘the

ongoing misuse of power in a relationship through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that causes

physical and /or psychological harm’. The key word here is the ongoing nature of the abuse.

It is important for children to understand the difference between someone being insensitive or mean and what

constitutes bullying because being able to successfully resolve and navigate these situations is a huge step in

their emotional growth.

Whilst bullying is never right and needs to be correctly understood and dealt with, calling every act of meanness

bullying sends an unhealthy message: It says to children ‘Your fragile. You cannot handle if anyone is even slightly

unkind to you’.

‘By defining the behaviour correctly, we are encouraging our kids to assess and respond in a way that with long term practice, creates resiliency and emotional maturity’.

Warm regards Rod Buckenara Principal

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS: Thursday 4 July 1:00PM – 7:00pm

Students will be dismissed early, at midday on 4 July, to allow for these appointments.

The Parent Teacher interviews commence at 1:00 pm and run to 7:00 pm. Online Bookings will open on

Thursday 27 June. The link to online bookings will be shared to all families via a Connect notification (delivered

to your email or Connect app) and Flexibuzz. A link to your childs’ report will be emailed home on Monday 1 July

(this link is active for 4 weeks only, please remember to download and save within this timeframe). Please

ensure we have your correct email address at all times.

Note that students are welcome to attend appointments with their parent/s to discuss progress with their

teachers.

DELIVERY OF COMMUNICATIONS HOME

All schools have several methods of sending communications home and this seems to evolve and improve over

time. At Kinross College we, more and more, are using CONNECT (the Department of Education system) for

general communications instead of the Flexibuzz App that we have been using for a number of years. We will

phase out the use of Flexibuzz in the next few months and stop completely by November 2019.

The effectiveness of communication delivery relies upon parents keeping their emails up-to-date at school, at

all times.

If you have children at more than one school, could you please ensure that all schools have up-to-date email

contact details. When details are not correct, across all schools, this can affect the delivery of communications

home through CONNECT.

To ensure you receive your communications from school and prevent any landing in your junk mail, add the

domain name: ‘@education.wa.edu.au’ as a safe sender. If you think this may be happening and you are unsure

of how to fix this, we advise you search for the relevant advice online for your particular mail client (Outlook,

Apple Mail, Gmail etc) and/or device (PC, Android Phone or Apple phone etc).

GREASE PRODUCTION

Many of our students have been working tirelessly since

November 2018 to put together a wonderful production

of this timeless classic ‘Grease’. We are thrilled that all

songs will be played LIVE by a mixture of WAs top

musicians and lecturers from the Western Australian

Academy of Performing Arts who have played in

nationwide productions such as ‘We will Rock You’,

‘Legally Blonde’, Jesus Christ Super Star’, and the

upcoming production of ‘Cats’. We even have a few of

our teaching staff join in and perform! We are staging

this production at the Barbara Godwin Performing Arts

Complex, situated within the St Mark’s Anglican

Community School in Hillarys. Our students are so

excited and we all hope that many in our community

will be able to come along to support our students and

enjoy the show.

Dates: 3 NIGHTS ONLY: Wednesday 4 September,

Friday 6 September and Saturday 7

September 2019

Time: 6:00 PM - Doors open, food and drinks

available in the foyer from 6:00pm and

during the intermission

6:45 PM – move to seating for a

7:00 PM start

Venue: Barbara Goodwin Performing Arts Complex, St Marks Drive, Hillarys. (Situated within the campus of

St Mark’s Anglican Community School)

Tickets: $25 each - available from Friday 21 June 2019 released to all in our community via Connect,

Facebook, and Flexibuzz

Program: $5

CYBERBULLYING INFORMATION

Cyberbullying is the use of technology to bully a person or group with the intention to hurt them psychologically,

socially or physically. — Office of the eSafety Commissioner

Cyberbullying hurts people and can ruin lives.

There are laws which apply to serious online harassment and online bullying.

There is no reason that justifies cyberbullying

WHAT IF YOUR CHILD IS CYBERBULLYING?

It’s important that as a parent or carer, you consider that there are circumstances in which your child may be

online bullying, even if it’s in retaliation.

Young people may not always be aware that their actions are cyberbullying

Talk to your child about their behaviour and the importance of being respectful to others online

and offline

Encourage your child to read comments out loud before posting

HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CHILD IF THEY ARE BEING BULLIED?

Collect the evidence, keep text messages, print emails, take screen shots for submitting a report to the

Police

Block and report cyberbullying to the website, app or social media platform

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner can help you remove serious cyberbullying material if it is not

removed by the social networking site within 48 hours of making a report

Change your privacy settings

Take some time out from online activities and manage screen time

SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE:

Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800

Lifeline 13 11 14

ReachOut www.au.reachout.com

Youth Beyond Blue www.youthbeyondblue.com

Office of the eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au

The website or application that you were using at the time

Never share your password or account with another person

RECYCLING OF SOFT PLASTICS – REDcycle

REDcycle bins can be found in many supermarkets and

shopping centres around Perth. These bins allow us to place

our soft plastic bags away from landfill and into recycling. https://www.redcycle.net.au/where-to-redcycle/

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OFFER

http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/86151w

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Kinross College P&C Association Maxine Crook 0416036032 histomax@icloud.com

EXTERNAL NOTICES TO FOLLOW:

WAAPA WINTER SCHOOL 2019

WAAPA at ECU is offering an exciting performing arts program for children and young people in years 1 to 12,

these July school holidays. The Winter School includes classes in drama, acting, screen acting, film making and

musical theatre. For information about the many courses on offer please visit Winter School or contact Gabrielle

Metcalf at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.

DENTAL TREATMENT AT THE SOMERLY DENTAL THERAPY CENTRE

Dental Health Services provide free dental treatment for Pre-primary to Year 11 students. We are

currently updating our records for high school students. If you have changed address and wish to

be kept on our waitlist, please contact us to update your details. If you have not been enrolled

previously with us and now wish to be enrolled for treatment, please contact us.

Somerly Dental Therapy Centre, Somerly Primary School, Orange Grove Boulevard, Clarkson 6030

Phone 94079457 or email SomerlyDTC@dental.health.wa.gov.au

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ATHLETICS CLINIC FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGED 8 TO 16

YEARS

Tues 16th & Wed 17th July 2019. WA Athletics Stadium. 8.30am-3pm. $90 per day. Or

$160 for both days. Includes a Shoe Bag or Cap. Prizes and giveaways. Choose 4 events per day. More Info:

http://sprintingfast.com/