Week 6 – 6th June 2018 Sharing Our News It was amazing to see our students receive their Tawny Badges and PBL Awards at our Tawny Assembly last Friday. Congratulations to all of our students who continue to display our core values of being Kind, Safe Proud and Supportive at our school. All students have been working hard to complete their contracts and are recognised for their outstanding efforts in the classroom and in the playground. Be proud of your achievements boys and girls!

S2H received the gold medal at the Muswellbrook Eisteddfod with their poems 'Birdsong' and 'I tried to do my homework'. This is a wonderful achievement for our students with lots of hard work and continual practice assisting with their success. Well done to all of our other classes who have received Highly Commended for their performances. Also, congratulations to Harrison M who received gold in the individual section of the eisteddfod. Harrison wrote his own poem titled "Soccer". Great job!

Four students represented the Upper Hunter Zone at the recent Hunter PSSA Cross Country Championships. Congratulations to Elise K who finished 5th. Elise raced against eight other regional areas across the Hunter in the 11 Years age group. Elise will now represent the Hunter Region at the State Championships held at Eastern Creek Raceway in July. Elise has been training hard each week and is a regular Singleton parkrunner each Saturday morning at Rose Point Park. Your dedication is paying off. Great work Elise.

We have sixteen creative students taking part in this years Star Struck extravaganza. Our students have been rehearsing their performances now for a number of weeks and will be travelling to Newcastle next week to perform with many schools from all over the Hunter. Our school would like to wish all of our students the best of luck and we look forward to their final performances on the 15th and 16th June.

Bullying is a hot topic at present. The definition of bullying as stated in our KSPS Anti-bullying policy is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological behaviour that is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more persons. Cyber bullying refers to bullying through information and communication technologies. Please be mindful that bullying is repeated and/or continuous behaviour by a person or group of people. Bullying at King Street Public School is treated swiftly and with serious consequences however, it is important for all students to report these incidents to a teacher, parent or trusted adult immediately so that our school can act upon and eradicate any incidents quickly.

I would like to wish all of our families a relaxing and safe, long weekend.

Jonathan Russell Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS 2018 Term 2 WEEK 6 Thurs 7th June Stage 3 Eisteddfod Fri 8th June Biggest Morning Tea WEEK 7 Mon 11th June OUEENS BDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Wed 13th June Starstruck ICAS Spelling Thurs 14th June Starstruck ICAS Writing Fri 15th June Starstruck Infants Assembly 1pm Science Day - Year 5 WEEK 8 Mon 18th June Bookclub Orders Due Thurs 21st June Primary Athletics Carnival

(Alroy Oval) Fri 22nd June Canteen Movie Ticket Orders Due WEEK 9 Mon 25th June ES1, S1 Public Speaking 12pm Wed 27th June Canteen Pie Drive Orders Due Fri 29th June Debating Gala Day Stage 1 Wetlands Excursion WEEK 10 Thurs 5th July Stage 3 Public Speaking Fri 6th July Tawny Badge Assembly 9.30am Infants Athletics Carnival (at school) Last day of Term 2 Term 3 WEEK 1 Mon 23rd July STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY WEEK 2 Tues 31st July ICAS English Zone Public Speaking (Kurri) Wed 1st Aug Zone Public Speaking (Kurri) Thurs 2nd Aug NAIDOC Event WEEK 3 Mon 6th Aug Education Week Awards 6pm Tues 7th Aug Book Parade and Literacy Afternoon Book Fair Wed 8th Aug Book Fair Thurs 9th Aug Book Fair WEEK 4 Mon 13th Aug School Photos- Individual/Class Tues 14th Aug School Photos- Groups ICAS Maths Wed 15th Aug Zone Athletics Carnival Fri 17th Aug Netball Gala Day Infants Assembly WEEK 5 Wed 22nd Aug Kinder 2019 Information Evening

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KSPS CANTEEN NEWS Term 2 Canteen Roster 2018 Week 6 7/6/18 Di, Jennifer 8/6/18 Amy, Kate, Rechelle Week 7 11/6/18 Jodie and Emma 12/6/18 Sharee and Sandy 13/6/18 Glenn 14/6/18 Tracey and Chantelle 15/6/18 Amy, Kate and Rechelle BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES! You can order your child’s birthday cupcakes for our canteen for $20 per class. Please notify and pay 3 days in advance. Canteen Contact Number- 65 721497 CANTEEN DATES TO REMEMBER!

Movie Ticket Fundraiser Orders Due 22nd June

Pie Drive Fundraiser Orders Due 27th June UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS: Thursday 9-10am (Please see office staff outside of these hours)

King Street is an Allergy Aware School

This is a reminder for all families that some of our students have serious reactions to products containing nuts and fish.

We ask that you please do not send foods or containers to school that contain nut or fish products.

This includes nutella and peanut butter spread.

Showing Positive Behaviour for Learning

Tawny congratulates the following students for displaying our King Street Values of Kind, Safe, Proud and Supportive in Week 5:

Our Week 5 PBL draw winners. Tawny Badge Assembly Term 2 It was fabulous to see so many KSPS family and friends at our Term 2 Tawny Badge Assembly. Big congratulations to all recipients.

Wellbeing of Students Valued

Please be aware that we have two immune-suppressed students at our school.

If your child develops a contagious disease, please let the school know ASAP so we can act accordingly.

UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are hoping to open our KSPS Uniform Shop more regularly, but to do so we need your help!

If you are able to offer an hour a week, fortnight or month for afternoons or mornings please leave your details at our school office.

KSPS P&C Committee

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Elise Runs in to State

On Friday, four KSPS students competed at the PSSA Cross Country Regionals in Cessnock.

Brandon ran in the Under 11 Boys and Samara and Kady R in the Under 10 Girls. All placed in the top 20 of the region against

some tough competition.

Elise ran in the Under 11 Girls placing 5th in her age group. This qualifies Elise for the PSSA State Cross Country Carnival being held on the 27th of July in Sydney. Well done!

Congratulations to al students on a great effort.

PSSA Girls Soccer

On Monday, our PSSA Senior Girls Soccer Team went to Alroy Oval to play Singleton Heights. When we arrived Layla K went through some exercises to warm up. We kicked off at 9.45am and started our game. We had 3 defence (fullback), 1 goal keeper, 2 strikers and 5 midfield.

We played fantastic for the first half of the game as well as the second half. Charlize was our goal keeper until unfortunately she rolled her ankle. Bravely Constance stepped in to fill the goal keeper position for the rest of the game.

Unfortunately we lost 3-0, but well done to the girls for playing fairly and fantastically. Also a big thank you to Miss Streater for accompanying and supporting us at the game and also Mr Broadley for training us and organising our game. Great work team!

Layla K, Laila T and Jessica R.

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

There would be very few people who have not had family members, friends, colleagues or

acquaintances impacted by cancer. King Street Public School will again be supporting Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea raising money for the Cancer Council.

• When: Friday 8th June, 11.25am • What: Cake/slice/toffee stall

Parents and Family Welcome

Any items not sold at lunch can be purchased at recess. (Note: Please be aware of our peanut allergy policy) Donations can be left at our school office on Friday morning.

Thank you to our Student Parliament for hosting this event.

Phil Lindsell and Cindy Judge Talking About Maths- Use The Everyday

How many pairs of shoes?

How many laces are there?

If my dog ate one shoe, how many shoes would be left?

If five people came to visit (all of them wearing shoes) and they added their shoes to mine, how many shoes would there be altogether?

What fraction of the shoes have laces?

What percentage of the shoes are dark blue?

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Enrol for Kinder 2019 NOW

Now is the time to bring in your child’s details to enrol for Kindergarten 2019! We would like to invite all parents with children starting school in 2019 to please contact our office with your details. Similarly, if you have family, friends or neighbours with children commencing in 2019 please encourage them to do the same.

Dates and times for Kindergarten transitions:

• An Information Evening will be held on August 22nd at 6pm. We invite all parents/carers to attend.

• Kindergarten Transition Days will commence on Thursday, 6th of September and run each Thursday for 8 weeks (school holidays excluded). The final Transition Day will be Thursday, 8th November.

More information will be forthcoming in the following weeks. If you have any questions about the Transition Program, Information Evening or starting school in general, please do not hesitate to contact our school office.

Cindy Judge

April’s Artwork April W very proudly brought in her artwork that she has completed for the Singleton Art Show. It is a painting of her labrador that she did with her grandfather. Good luck April.

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TERM 3 | WEEK 6

REMINDER! Keeping KSPS Kids Safe on the Road

It is a priority for us at King Street to keep our children safe. Road safety in particular is of highest priority. We would like to remind motorists of the various RTA signs that surround our school and ask you to take care and abide by these rules when dropping off and collecting your children. We would also like to ask all motorists to please NEVER stop near the pedestrian crossing in Sussex Street. It blocks the view for other motorists being able to see students crossing the road.

For your convenience, we have included some information from the RTA website:

To further ensure the safety of our children, the P&C has erected signs on the Sussex street fences to remind drivers of the drop off/pick up area. These signs indicate the areas where the zone starts and finishes.

If you are stopping in this zone you must remain within 3 metres of your car, and you may only stop for 2 minutes. This means you can pull up, get out and collect school bags from your boot or backseat, kiss your child then depart. We would appreciate it if all motorists could use this zone correctly, as it would maintain smooth traffic flow in Sussex Street, and help to keep our children safe.

Encourage students to follow our footprints and to cross safely only at the designated crossing. We ask all parents to help us by reinforcing at home the safest way for your child to arrive and leave school each day, particularly if they are walking to a car on our busy roads.