Issue No. 22 Wednesday, 15th August 2018

This year’s Book Week theme is ‘Find Your Treasure’ and at KPS we will be finding our treasures in books!

Book Week Dress Up Day - Friday, 24

th August.

Students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite storybook character. The parade will be at 9.00am on the Astro Turf (weather permitting) or alternatively in the Stadium.

All Welcome!

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating their birthday in the coming week.

We hope you have a lovely day.

August 17th Liam 2T 19th Joseph 3/4C

Upcoming Events

AUGUST Friday, 17th August

Nude Food Day

Monday, 20th August Grade 3/4 Adventure Camp Phillip Island

Tuesday, 21st August

Grade 3/4 Adventure Camp Phillip Island

School Council Meeting, 7.00pm

Wednesday, 22nd August Grade 3/4 Adventure Camp Phillip Island

Thursday, 23rd August Father’s Day Breakfast

Form & Money Due

Friday, 24th August School Assembly 2.30pm - All Welcome

Book Week Dress Up Day - Parade 9am

Tuesday, 28th August Parent Education Course 6.30pm

Wednesday, 29th August

Father’s Day Breakfast

8.00am in the Stadium

Money due for District Athletics

Thursday, 30th August Father’s Day Stall

Foundation 2019 Discovery Day 9.15-10.15am

Friday, 31st August

Mitchell South District Athletics Carnival

Conveyance Allowance Applications Close

Maths problem of the Month Entries Due Today

SEPTEMBER Tuesday, 4th September

Parent Education Course 6.30pm

Wednesday, 5th September Funds for a Farmer Dress-up day

Gold coin donation

Friday, 7th September School Assembly 2.30pm - All Welcome

Thursday, 13th September

KPS Art Show and Fete starting 2.15pm

Term 3 Name

17th August Sam Densworth

24th August Jodie Schultz

31st August Emily Dove

7th September Melissa Laffan

14th September Catherine Ivory

21st September Jenni Peggie

SICK BAY LINEN ROSTER

What’s gone home recently? The following notices were sent home Thursday,

9th August to Wednesday, 15th August

Whole School: Nude Food Day

Eldest In The Family:

Individual Grade Levels:

Foundation: Nil

Grade 1: Nil

Grade 2: Nil

Grade 3: Nil

Grade 4: Nil

Grade 5: Grade 5 Newsletter

Grade 6: Nil

Selected 3-6: Mitchell South District Athletics

Carnival

Spare copies of notices are available from the office.

Another fortnight done!!! The time is ticking past much too quickly. Great job! On Monday August 6th Rhonda Cole, our Senior Education Improvement Leader visited the school to discuss our progress this year. As part of the day, she visited several classrooms, looked at our school documents and discussed our school data. At the end of the conversation, her feedback was extremely positive. She was very impressed with the learning environment our teachers are providing, the consistency of good practice and the high expectations that are being set for our staff and students. I was extremely proud of our teachers and our students and glad to hear the positive affirmation that Kilmore Primary School is a great place to be. On Tuesday, I had a Casual Relief Teacher who has been doing some work at the school approach me to share his positive experiences while working at KPS. He said that it is the best school that he has worked in this year and commended the children on their manners, behaviour and attitude to work. What wonderful feedback. Well done everyone! Road safety Below is an email I received last week that I would like to share with you as it reinforces our concerns about the safety of our students when leaving the school grounds. We have spoken to all students both as a whole school and in class groups about the need to be vigilant when crossing the roads around the school. I have invited Adam or a member of his team to talk to the children as well so that they are getting the safety message from all perspectives.

Have a great week everyone.

Kim Laffan Principal

Good Morning, There have been two recent reported incidents at Schools within Mitchell Shire where children have been struck by cars, both incidents occurred as a result of children not crossing at school crossings. I have been to both sites where the incidents have taken place. I have noted that the incidents could have been averted if children had crossed at a school crossing or a parent or guardian assisted the child with crossing the road. As a parent myself with 3 young daughters, I understand that it doesn't take much for children to do something around cars and traffic that could result in an accident. I ask that you communicate with kids at your schools about the importance of crossing at school crossings, I also ask that you communicate with parents and people responsible for collecting children about assisting children with crossing busy roads. It only takes a few minutes out of their day. Over the last 4 School days there have been in excess of 45 infringements issued to people collecting children because they have parked illegally. This is very disappointing, I would prefer to have safe school zones, where people collecting children park legally which in turn provides a safer environment. If you have any concerns and or would like to discuss this matter or any other matter further, please feel free to call. I am also more than happy to met with Schools to see if improvements can be made in school zones. Regards, Adam Evans Coordinator Local Laws Mitchell Shire Council - 113 High Street, Broadford 3658 Ph: 5734 6200

Principal

Problem of the Month

August

We are excited to introduce our very first numeracy ‘Problem of the Month’. Each month, four maths problems will be included in the newsletter for families to solve together. Families are invited to share their answers as mini posters to be displayed in the main office area. All entries will go into the draw for a small prize announced at the end of each month at assembly. Each problem has more than one answer. How many examples can your family find? Be as creative as possible finding the solutions and presenting your answers. We can’t wait to see the solutions for the problems below! Give each answer page/poster to Miss Crowther and include student/s name and grade. Due: By Friday 31st August.

Foundation Asha is thinking of a number

between 0 and 20. What could

the number be?

Grade 1/2 I am thinking of a number with nine ones. What could the number be?

Grade 3/4 I picked up a handful of

smarties. One quarter of them

were red. What might a draw-

ing of the smarties look like?

Grade 5/6 In a timber yard, I found 15 pieces of timber, all different lengths but all between 2.1m and 2.4m. How long might each piece have been?

Remember to write your name/s and grade on your answer page/poster!

I’m think-ing….

Kilmore Primary School 2018

Student Art Show

and Fete Thursday, 13th September 2018

2.15pm to 5.00pm

35 Lancefield Road, Kilmore

Popcorn Bags

Slime Station

Mini Games Arcade

Hair Salon

How many balloons are in

the car?

Photo Booth

Dream Catchers Target Practise

Lucky Dip

Face Painting & Masks Toffee Apples

Friendship Bracelets

At KPS we are always working on modelling our school values and giving our students opportunities to learn and put them into practice. The students listed below are recognised for displaying our school values and good manners and will receive an award at our next assembly. We congratulate:

Manners Matter at KPS- Student Awards

Foundation S

Madeline W

Grade 2G

Nathan S

Grade 34M Ashley C

Foundation W

Oscar T

Grade 2D

Shylah P

Grade 34P Charlotte N

Foundation J

Amelia H

Grade 2T

Ruby P

Grade 5P

Matthew C

Foundation D

Aviraj K

Grade 2J

Seth T

Grade 5J

Zoe D

Grade 1R

Keely P

Grade 34B

Skye C

Grade 5H

Lewis B

Grade 1V

Payton M

Grade 34C

Lacey W

Grade 6E

Tom A

Grade 1F

Molly L

Grade 34G

Caylin I

Grade 6W

Lachlan C

Grade 6M

Sameera G

Student Work Matt - 6M

Being On Time Matters!

This year Kilmore Primary School is focusing on student at-tendance and arriving on time at school. Over the course of the year individual students and their families have worked hard on being organised – making lunches the night before, having school clothes and school bags packed ready for the morning and making sure everyone gets a good night’s sleep. Help your class win our being on Time Matters Award by arriving at school on time. Congratulations to the students who arrive at school on time.

If you are experiencing difficulties being at school on time please feel free to contact me.

Ms. Julie McCarthy - mccathy.julie.t@edumail.vic.gov.au

Try to be On Time

everyday….

Week Day Number of students requesting late passes.

Thursday 2nd August

35

Friday 3rd August

31

Monday 6th August

27

Tuesday 7th August

29

Wednesday 8th August

30

Thursday 9th August

30

Friday 10th August

26

Monday 13th August

32

Tuesday 14th August

36

Wednesday 15th August

28

Science Club Fun

Every Monday, Miss Dennis hosts Science Club. This week was extra special because Science Club ran on Monday and Tuesday with Miss

Dennis and Miss Grech because it’s Science Week.

It’s amazing what you can do with some milk, food dye and washing up detergent!

Congratulations to our Foundation

students and teachers who celebrated

100 days of learning last week!

The Herald Sun - My Little Seed Garden We are collecting the My Little Seed box packaging to put us in the running to win a vegie patch starter kit worth $750. Please leave your packaging at the office.

For more information, visit: https://www.droughtangels.org.au/

Funds for Farmers

Wednesday, 5th September

Come to school dressed as a farmer, farm animal, crop, fruit, vegetable, farm machine, farm something….

Bring a gold coin to donate to Drought Angels

Our Student Representative Council (SRC) invites the KPS community to participate in our ‘Farm Day’ to raise money for Drought Angels who provide support for farmers. It all started with a question on the school Facebook page about raising money to support

farmers in drought stricken parts of the country. Mrs Laffan gave it the ‘green light’ and asked

our SRC to brainstorm ideas and research possible organisations to support. A survey was

conducted to determine the organisation, with ‘Drought Angels’ being chosen. A wonderful

example of parents, students and staff working together to support the wider community.

Foundation – Grade 2 Incursion – A Fish Story

Arjeetha - 2D On Tuesday, Foundation, Grade 1 and Grade 2 got to watch the word problem fish story. The story was very funny. The people who were acting in the show were Nick and Beth. They were super funny everyone loved it.

Austin - 2T I really liked the Fish Story because Mike made a portal and he and Beth pulled stuff out of the portal. I also liked when the man in the boat dropped his iPhone in the water.

Ruby - 2T I really enjoyed the fish story because Mike and Beth were really funny they also were being really silly. The funniest part was when Mike asked people for words and Beth wrote them down but Mike didn’t hear them properly

Guilly - 2D I really liked the Fish Story because the iPhone bit was hilarious because a fish founds the iPhone and it hit the fishes head.

Kilmore Primary School Book Fair

This year our Book Fair will be held from Thursday 23rd August to Thursday 30th August. All class will have the opportunity to visit the book fair in class time. Children will be given the opportunity to view the amazing books we have on offer. The Book Fair is a great fundraiser for our school. ALL funds raised are taken in books for our classrooms and borrowing library. Book fair stall will be open the following hours for purchase and viewing. We will accept CASH or EFTPOS or CREDIT CARD Thursday 23rd August 10am to 1pm Friday 24th August Straight after book Parade to 1pm Monday 27th August 1.30pm to 3.45pm Tuesday 28th August 10am to 1.30pm & 3pm to 3.45pm Wednesday 29th August straight after father’s day breakfast to 1pm & 3pm to 3.45pm Thursday 30th August 3pm to 3.45pm Students & parents will have the opportunity to come and purchase during operating times. Any questions please contact the office or Jodie Cloke on 0433271301 This year our book parade will be held on Friday 24th August in our first session in the stadium. Children are encouraged to come as their favourite book character.

Unfortunately we have several parents who continue to ignore the Department and school rule that parents are not to drive onto school grounds in cars unless authorised to do so.. We have had several near misses at the Lancefield Rd Car Park. This action compromises the safety of our children, putting convenience ahead of children safety. Thank you to the major ity of parents who abide by the rules to look after our students. I understand that parking is an issue and acknowledge that most primary school’s face the same dilemma. Disregarding safety rules is not the answer. The school car parks are not to be used for parent parking, dropping off children or picking them up unless authorised by the principal.

Overheard this week on my classroom visits and yard pawtrols… “Asha, why are you licking the carpet?” “ Do you ever run? Can you run faster than me?” “I didn’t know you liked banana!” “Have you got your Book Week costume ready?”

During a teacher meeting, I found a super spot to snooze. I tip pawed into a classroom, climbed aboard some

beanbags, snored and snored some more. Whilst I was in the land of nod, my teacher friends were busy

planning lessons for the week ahead. My student friends were at PE. Each week when my small friends go to

specialist classes, teachers work in teams to plan literacy and numeracy. Was I in your classroom?

Congratulations to my smallest friends – 100 Days of School! The Foundation Team celebrated with lots of

fun activities all about the number 100. Mrs James even let me borrow her party hat for a photo. I had to sit

very still so it didn’t fall off. I hope everyone has enjoyed their first 100 days of school. There are plenty

more to come! J

Father’s Day Breakfast

Father’s Day is fast approaching.

We are having a father’s day breakfast!

(or any other special people in their lives)

This year’s father’s day breakfast will be held

WEDNESDAY 29th August @ 8am in the stadium

Breakfast will include Egg & Bacon rolls, Sausages in bread,

croissants with condiments, tea, coffee, juice and water.

Costs - Adults $5 each Children $4 each or Family $10

Please return below slip and money to school by

Thursday 23rd August for catering purposes

Any questions please contact the office or Jodie Cloke 0433271301

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Father’s Day Breakfast - Wednesday 29th August

Costs - Adults $5 each Children $4 each or Family $10

Child’s Name: _____________________________ Class: ___________

Number of adults: _____ Children: _______ Money included: $__________

I can help cook on the day_ Name & Number: _______________________

Kilmore Primary School Father’s Day Stall will be held on Thursday 30th of August.

Students will be able to purchase 2 gifts and 5 raffle tickets (once class is complete all students are given an opportunity to purchase more gifts

if they have money left over and remaining gifs for their class)

Gifts are priced from $1.00 - $5.00

There will also be a raffle held in conjunction with the stall. Tickets are $1 each & a maximum of 5 tickets per student.

Don’t miss out on the chance to win a prize. Helpful tips to make your child's Fathers Day stall shopping experience easy.

# Please put your child’s money in an envelope or snap lock bag with their name, class and amount on the front. If you could also send a plastic bag with their name to put their gifts in so they will not get misplaced after they visit the stall

*KPS Father’s Day Raffle Donations* We are asking if families could please donate items, to help make up the prizes for this years raffle. Suggested items for donation include: Toiletries e.g. soap, shower gels, men’s aftershave or cologne. frames, Book / Recipe Books, Kitchen or BBQ Utensils, Car products, Vouchers, etc. If anyone has any baskets that they would like to donate for the prizes to be wrapped in. However please be mindful to only donate unused, quality items. It would be appreciated if any donated items could be left in the donation box near the office

Volunteers needed to help run our Father’s Day stall Thursday 30th If you can help with your time, it would be very much appreciated. If you would like to assist for more than one shift please let us know. Toddlers or little ones are welcome with our volunteers. We have tables set up for them & some toys to play with. Adult Name /s: …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Email /: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Mobile Phone Number: ......................................................................................... Yes I can help at the Father’s Day stall, times are as below. Please circle which time suits you.

1st shift is – 8:50 to 11:00 2nd shift is – 11:00 to 13:30 3rd 14:00 to 15:10

Please hand your form to the office, and they will pass onto the Friends & Family team. If you can also bring a plate of something to share, whether it's biscuits, cookies, sandwiches or something else that is yummy ECT. Then we can all can have a nice time together.