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KENT PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

2017 http://www.safety4kids.com.au/

EVERY CHILD, EVERY OPPORTUNITY to SHINE and GROW

No 13 TERM THREE THURSDAY, 3rd August 2017

Friday 4th August FOUNDATION students – 100 Days of Schooling Dress Up Day

7th, 8th and 15th of August Year 6 Family Life Program

Tuesday 8th August Year 1 Excursion to Your Favourite Fairytale Performance

Friday 11th August 2017 Cadbury Chocolate drive Expression of Interest Slips to be returned

Friday 11th August Year 4 Mad About Science Incursion

Wednesday 23rd August Year 5 Leadership Expo

Thursday 24th August Book Week Celebration Dress Up Day and Parade – 9.30am

Wednesday 30th August Year 3 and 4 Hooptime and Year 1 Mad About Science Incursion

Thursday 31st August Father’s Day Stall

Friday 1st September Father’s Day Stall

Monday 11th September FOOTY COLORS and SPECIAL LUNCH DAY – more information soon

A warm welcome to Mr Brendan Morgan, newly appointed classroom teacher for 6H for Terms 3 and 4,

and to Tipene Vincent (3M).

WINTER BUGS 2017- PLEASE HELP BE A GERM STOPPER To ensure the wellbeing of all members of the community (to include those who may suffer significantly from low immunity

to bacterial and viral infections) we remind everyone of the importance of attending school only when fit and well. Please

ensure that the children wear a clearly named school windcheater to school each day and have a warm jacket in their bag, if

required. Your ongoing support and assistance in managing the nasty winter bugs would be greatly appreciated.

We request that you contact the school immediately if your child is suffering with an infection.

BOOK WEEK CELEBRATION - AUGUST 24th Our Book Week Celebration is coming up on Thursday 24th August. Students are encouraged to dress up as a book

character, as their favourite author or to match the year’s theme – ‘Escape to Everywhere.’ Our parade will be in the BER

Hall at 9.30am and parents, friends and family are most welcome to attend. Following the parade, students will participate

in multi-age rotations led by the Junior School Council and Library Captains. We kindly ask that students bring a gold coin

donation on the day to assist with purchasing new books for our school library.

Excursion/Incursion Notices Sent Home – Please read carefully and ensure deadline dates are met Year Date of Event Incursion/Excursion/Event DUE DATE

Foundation

Year 1 Tuesday, 8th August Your Favourite Fairytale Performance Friday, 4th August

Year 2 Monday, 4th Sept. Hands on Science (How Objects Move) Friday, 25th August

Year 3 Wednesday, 30th August 3/4 Hooptime Basketball Friday, 25th August

Year 4 Friday, 11th August

Wednesday, 30th August

Mad About Science

3/4 Hooptime Basketball

Wednesday, 2nd August

Friday, 25th August

Year 5

16th-Wed 18th October

Y5 Camp to Sovereign Hill

- Permission Slip & Medical Forms –

- Payments: 4/8-Dep $50, 25/8-$65, 22/9-$65, 09/10-$75

Wednesday, 9th August

← See dates

Year 6 7th, 8th & 15th August

Mon 18th-Fri 22nd Sept

Personal Development/Health Education

Y6 Camp – Permission Slip, Medical & Payment forms

Payments: 11/8-$130 25/8-$130 8/9-$120/$153 (if riding)

OVERDUE

← See dates

Selected

students

Mon-Wed 4 - 6 Sept. Gymnastics OVERDUE

Whole School Monday, 11th Sept Footy Day TBA

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AUSSIE of the MONTH for JUNE and JULY 2017

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YEAR 4 WRITING - MY LIFE AS A CONVICT – Jai Westerman 4C

Dear Mother and Father,

As you know I was convicted for stealing a piece of bread worth 2 shillings. I’m really sorry for what I’ve done. I really

wanna’ come back to England. I have been sentenced to New Holland for 7 years. I heard that New Holland would be

great. They have weird new plants and Aboriginals I don’t know why but they call us ghosts.

The Voyage was terrible. It had tiny cells with 30 people in each one. The food was disgraceful. They gave us gruel that’s

dirty and our beverage was dirty water. The toilets were unquestionable we had to wipe our bottoms with a rope. Lots of

people got seasick and diarrhea from the food. The Voyage smelt like salt water, gruel and diarrhea. Mother and Father you

wouldn’t believe what the ship looked like it had rats, huge holes, cells flooded because of the big holes, it was rotty and

the convicts looked dirty. The gruel and water tasted dirty, horrendous and disgusting. It sounded if I could hear the crew

talking about me because I’m the youngest convict on the ship.

My life in New Holland is horrible. But I work for the Streak family. They are really nice but I still have to do hard work.

The work I do is farming. I milk the cows and I dig the soil to make crops. I work from dawn to dusk in very hot

conditions. I live in a big, rich town called Woot Woot. Woot Woot is where the rich people live. For my dinner if I’m

good I get maize, beef and bread. But if I’m naughty I get nothing. It makes me very sick if I don’t get dinner. I sleep in a

tin shed. My bed is a pile of hay. At night it gets really cold and rain hits the shed really hard. It’s hard to sleep when I’m

cold. The Aboriginals still call us ghosts. There are these weird animals. My favourite animal is the gangaroo. A gangaroo

is a two legged animal that hops really weirdly and funny. I am aiming to get a ticket of leave. I’m very sad. I want to see

you both face to face again. I think I will get the ticket soon because I have been good for six months.

I miss you both so very much but the photo of you two helps me.

Bye mother and father,

From your beloved son Jai.

Weekly Merit Awards for Week Ending 21st July, 2017

Class Student’s Name Reason

FJ Zac Campbell For being an attentive listener and a kind friend. Well done Zac.

FN Sophie Young For her amazing effort beginning school at Kent Park. Well done Sophie!

1D Ashley Thomas For having an enthusiastic attitude during reading groups.

1B Mahli Allwood For making excellent progress with her reading.

2T Ashton Osborne For his amazing effort to improve his reading. Keep up the great work.

2H Jackson Shultz

Sofia Faddoul

For making a great effort with partitioning numbers to 1000.

For great sentences using nouns, verbs and adjectives. Well done.

3M Will Barton For improved attentive listening and working hard on all tasks.

3B Natalia Baulch-Crawford For having a positive and supporting attitude towards others.

4C Lincoln Mann For his wonderful imaginative text written from the perspective of a convict.

Well done Linc!

4M Teagan Brown For the outstanding work and information you provided about the map of

Australia.

4K Chloe Pitch For displaying creativity in Diary Writing, in our Aussie Adventures Unit.

5W Levi Jalowicki For his outstanding start to the term and his focus during writing sessions.

5H Charlotte Antonopoulos For her attentive listening during our leadership inquiry.

6H Amy-Lee Clarkeson For being warm and welcoming and for exceptional work.

6G Luke Macauley For his hard work and effort during our Daily 5 activities. Well done!

6C Jackson Steers For greater concentration and applying himself to his work.

6M Zoe Christensen For her thoughtful and mature approach when setting her Term 3 goals!

LOTE Nick Allen For his great growth in Japanese thanks to his smart choices and hard work.

Principal Jace Sharp For being such a co-operative and caring class member.

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Monthly Merit Awards for July, 2017

Class Student’s Name Reason

FN Chloe Korompay For always trying her very best in everything she does. Well done Chloe!

FJ Asher Cosson For trying very hard with her work. Well done Asher!

1D Sean Briggs For his fantastic attitude to learning. Well done!

1B Tejai Higgins For making an excellent effort with his reading strategies.

2T Lydia Thomas For her excellent attitude towards all learning tasks.

2H Charlize Jeeves For always trying her very best with everything.

3M Livinia Hogan For always displaying mature work habits and being a kind classmate.

3B Jake Drew For making a good effort with his writing.

4C Tyler Murray For his positive attitude towards all learning tasks and constantly striving

to achieve his personal best.

4M Mia Holmes For working consistently, competently and diligently on all her work in

the classroom.

4K Jack Hawkes For the fantastic start to term 3. Keep up the good work!

5W Cooper Renshaw For his positive attitude towards all learning tasks and consistently trying

his best. Keep up the great work.

5H Casey Wood For her bright and cheery attitude towards school. Keep up the great

work.

6C Olivia Roche For her great attentive listening and contributions to discussions.

6H Jordan Church For his determination, persistence and positivity in all he does.

6G Hayley Simpson For always trying her best in all areas of her learning

6M Emily Peters

For her consistent and mature approach to all activities and development

of expressive language when writing.

Vis. Arts Jai Westerman For showing great persistence with his weaving technique. Well done Jai!

Japanese Brody Betts For always participating in Japanese enthusiastically and for using clever

strategies to help him solve problems.

Principal Emily Cost For showing such a positive approach to everything she does at school.

Well done Emily. You are a great Kent Parker!

HOUSE POINTS

FORTNIGHTLY TOTAL PROGRESSIVE TOTAL

1st Daintree and

Eureka 110 1st Daintree 880

2nd 110 2nd Uluru 857

3rd Franklin 96 3rd Eureka 812

4th Uluru 73 4th Franklin 806

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5/6 HOOP TIME REPORT On Wednesday 26th of July the grades 5 and 6 went to Knox Basketball Stadium to play 4-5 games with several different

schools. Our school came 1st in both the boys and girls teams. Everyone played wonderfully and cooperated well. Our team (Rookies Pumas) drew our first and second game with the point 8-8. In our third game, we lost with the scores 2-

8. Our fourth game was a win with the scores of 10-6! Our final game was a very tough game but we lost 2-10.

We watched other teams play and they all played amazing while showing great sportsmanship! Everyone had a great time

and enjoyed watching each other play! A big thanks to the teachers for scoring us, the parents for coming and supporting us

and to Mr Parker for organising the day and doing his best at his first year at our school!

By Ji-Min and Fogut 6G

On the 26th of July, the 5/6 All Star 1 teams played 5 games of basketball at Knox Basketball Stadium. Both boys and girls

teams were undefeated for the whole day and moved onto the next round. Overall, it was a great day and everyone tried

their best. We would like to thank Knox Basketball for the venue, Mr Parker for organising the day and the parents and

teachers for supporting us and coaching us.

By Lexi, Daniel and Jordan

On the 26th July at Knox Basketball Stadium, year 5/6s played 6 games of basketball. We were Future Stars Kangaroos.

Unfortunately we lost all our games. The first 2 games were close, losing by 1 goal each. The 3rd game was close but we

lost by 2 goals. The other Kent Park teams did well and a couple of them won the grand final.

By Marco and Loudy 5H

YEAR 5/6 AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL TEAM

On Tuesday the 1st of August some of our 5/6 girls participated in the Australian Rules football finals for the Eastern

Metropolitan Region. Students played in a round robin tournament and throughout the day they played 5 games. The girls

came second in their pool and went on to play a final consolation game which they won. The girls had the opportunity to

have a question and answer session with two players from Collingwood Football Club Women’s team. It was a beautiful

sunny day for the event and the girls had a fantastic day. They should be all very proud of themselves for the way they

represented Kent Park on the day.

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WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION?

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (the national data collection) is an annual

collection that counts the number of school students receiving an adjustment due to disability and the level of reasonable

adjustment they are receiving.

The national data collection counts students who have been identified by a school team as receiving an adjustment to

address a disability as defined under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (the DDA). The DDA can be accessed from the

ComLaw website at www.comlaw.gov.au.

Please note - Kent Park Primary School families received a copy of the Information for parents and carers on MONDAY

31st of JULY. Please contact Alison Macauley if you have any further questions.

WOOLWORTHS EARN and LEARN PROGRAM for 2017

Please collect the stickers and place on the booklet sheet (available at stores) and return to the collection

box in the school office foyer, or the KPPS box at the local Mountain Gate store

by the

19th of SEPTEMBER.

Thank you for your support in earning points to buy classroom resources for our classrooms.

LUNCH TIME LEGO CLUB for F to 2 and YEARS 3 to 6 Miss Hogan and Mrs Nacha are providing students with the opportunity to join in with a LEGO lunchtime club.

If families have any LEGO they could donate to the school, it would be greatly appreciated.

LOST PROPERTY – Please clearly name all new school uniform items with a waterproof pen and encourage your

child(ren) to check lost property regulary if The Parents Club have kindly offered to display unamed items and will

announce in advance on tiqbiz when doing so.

FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS FOR 2018

If you have a Foundation student to be enrolled at Kent Park in 2018 we would greatly appreciate you contacting the

Office as soon as convenient to collect and complete enrolment forms to ensure that you receive information regarding our

Prep/Foundation Transition Program. Please note - The first transition newsletter has been posted to enrolled families and a

copy is available from the office.

We look forward to welcoming our new students and families during our transition sessions this term.

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Program Update Hi everyone, it was with great sadness that we said goodbye to Erin, who finished with us the 19th July. The children created cards and had a small farewell party. We all wish her well in her future endeavours. In the meantime, Jeffrey will step into the coordinator role. Jeffrey comes with a wealth of experience having working in OSHC for the past 11 years, 5 of those with OSHClub. Please feel free to pop into the OSCHClub room and say hello. Over the last two weeks, the children have been completing a range of activities, such as, football, tennis, basketball, line tiggy, silent ball, creating bracelets, learning how to cook honey joys and make playdough. It has been fantastic to see the children work together as a team and help support each other.

Play On Sports will be commencing on Monday 7 August from 3:45pm. Please register at www.playonsports.com.au/register. For any additional enquiries, please contact pete@playonsports.com.au REMEMBER: Ensuring your children are booked to attend OSHClub helps us to cater for your children’s needs and ensure we have enough educators to look after your children. For families having difficulty accessing the online booking system, please see us in the OSHClub room where you can access our computer, or feel free to call our Customer Service & Billing Team on 1300 395 735 and they will be able to assist with any needs. Otherwise, you can book your child into the program on the day by calling or texting 0429 093 847. We are always welcoming new children into our program. If you plan to have your children attend, you are more than welcome to bring them in for a few minutes to observe what occurs each morning and afternoon. Remember, enrolling your children into the program is FREE, and you only pay once your children have attended a session. Always a good option as an emergency backup should the need arise. Kind regards OSHClub Team

Parent Information

OSHClub Program Phone: 0429 093 847 Program Coordinator: Jeffrey Program Assistants: Sarah OSHClub Head Office: 1300 395 735 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

2017 KENT PARK CHOCOLATE DRIVE Term 3 Parents are requested to confirm if they do/or do not wish to participate in this whole school fundraiser by carefully

completing the tear off slip below and returning no later than FRIDAY 11th AUGUST, 2017.

Each box will contain a mix of 50 x Freddo Frogs @ $1.00each (various varieties).

Please note: As only 100 boxes have been ordered, only the first 100 slips returned will receive a box.

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2017 KENT PARK CHOCOLATE DRIVE – Term 3 REPLY SLIP

Please mark your preference below to advise if you would like chocolates to go home with your child next term

(eldest student) and return to the school office by FRIDAY 11th AUGUST, 2017.

(only 100 boxes ordered so get in early)

YES or NO

Name: _________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature:________________________

Eldest Student: _________________________________ Class: _______________