KENT PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

2019

Kindness – Respect - Responsibility

No 15. TERM THREE Thursday 19th September, 2019

Friday 20th September LAST day of Term 3 – 2.00 assembly, 2.30pm DISMISSAL

Term 4

Monday 7th October First day of TERM 4

Monday 7th October Y6 2020 Windcheaters & Polos Try-On Night (6pm-7pm)

Tuesday 15th October School Council Meeting – 7.00pm (6.45pm sub-committees)

Friday 18th October LAST DAY to place orders for 2020 Y6 tops.

Wed-Fri 16th-18th October Y4 Camp – Phillip Island

Tuesday 22nd October Y3/4 Hooptime Regional Final

Tuesday 27th October P-2 Living Connections Excursion

Friday 8th November Y5/6 Hooptime Regional Final

Y5/6 VPSSA Division Finals – Cricket (18th Oct), Basketball (21st Oct), Tennis (22nd Oct), Volleyball (24th Oct)

IMPORTANT REMINDER for TERM 4 ‘NO HAT NO PLAY’ SUNSMART POLICY between Sept 1st and April 30th

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From the Principal

Camp Coonawarra I was lucky enough to be able to visit our intrepid Grade 6

campers for a couple of days this week and they were

definitely having a great time. Camp is always a rollercoaster

of excitement, challenges, teamwork, exhaustion, a few

bumps and bruises, laughter, friendship, getting along, a few

tears, smelly cabins (routinely inspected), games and

prizes… which typically is all summed up by just one

word….. Camp was “fun”!

Special thanks to our great team of staff that have taken time

away from their families to give our students the opportunity

to experience our camping program.

Footy Colours Day

Our grade 5 students have really stepped-up to demonstrate

their growing leadership skills recently and today’s Footy

Colours Day was another great success for the team.

Congratulations! With many winter sports seasons coming to an end we’ve had several of our Kent Park students receiving awards in a wide

range of sporting fields. Make sure you send in any photo’s you may have and we will always try to include them in our

newsletter.

AMAZING RESULTS CONTINUE!!!!

Parent Opinion Survey

The official results for the 2019 Parent Opinion Survey arrived this week and they were almost identical to the results we

achieved in our ‘unofficial’ survey. I’ve added another column to the results we sent out in the last newsletter in order to

compare both results from 2019 with our results in 2018.

Factor 2018 2019 Unofficial 2019 Official

School Improvement 52% 81% 81%

School Support

Positive Transitions

60%

71%

86%

97% 90%

73%

Parent Participation

and Involvement

54% 78% 78%

School Pride and

Confidence

57% 75% 81%

Promoting Positive

Behaviour

69% 85% 90%

Staff Opinion Survey

We’ve also achieved some very positive improvements in our Staff Opinion Survey for this year

Factor 2018 2019

School Climate 68% 86%

School Leadership No Data 94%

Professional Learning No Data 90%

And finally……

It has been yet another great term at KPPS and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to a well-deserved break with the

promise of warmer weather and an exciting term 4 fast approaching. Have a nice holiday everyone! Kieran Denver

Principal

FANTASTIC STUDENT (Current and Past!) ACHIEVEMENTS!

Jackson Edwards and Yonal Gunawardena E.F.L. Best and Fairest Awards

“On Monday the 9th of September I went to the EFL (Eastern Football League) BNF (Best And Fairest). It is when the top 5

players are invited to a night where you get awards. The top 3 got awards; 1st got a medal, 2nd got a trophy and 3rd got a

trophy. They got us all on the stage and declared the winner. I luckily came first with 17 votes. Also Yonal from 6K came

3rd. I got the medal. It felt like I won the Brownlow” Jackson Edwards

A huge congratulations to both Jackson and Yonal!!

Tyler McLeod Congratulations to Tyler McLeod who won the 2019 Neil Field Junior Clubman Award

representing the Scoresby Magpies Junior Football Club U9s.

Callan Burns (Past KPPS student) Congratulations to a former KPPS student Callan Burns, who has been

crowned the 2019 EFL Premier Division Eastland Reserves Best & Fairest winner! What a huge

achievement!!

Division Athletics Report

to follow next term with a fantastic effort from several KPPS students!!

Weeky Merit Awards for Week Beginning 08th September, 2019 Class Student Reason

PW Grace M. For showing kindness towards others and for trying her best with all learning tasks.

P/1H Damon D.

Sam S.

For persisting with writing his Haiku poem! Well done!

For great understanding of the ‘5’s’ counting pattern.

1/2H Cooper W. For his improved participation in learning tasks. Keep it up!

2B Tyson O. For making an improved effort with his handwriting.

3K Alex D. For thinking deeply about texts to improve his comprehension.

3M Kyan C. For his effort in writing a more thorough and thoughtful reading response.

4C Veer P. For his understanding about how the writer uses first person to interest the reader.

4/5C Emily H. For persevering to develop an understanding of maths concepts.

5B Logan P. For showing great determination in the classroom.

6K Ian Z. For his wonderful persuasive piece of writing why Barcelona F.C. is the best team in the

world!

6M Wyatt P. For his excellent effort with persuasive writing and always trying his best.

6S Leroy L. For being an organised, responsible and eager leader when running our classroom.

Auslan Arya T. For practising her Auslan song at home. Well done Arya!

Phys. Ed. Ryan Q. For being an awesome helper in sport.

STEAM Amelia J. For a great car and being a wonderful helper.

Principal Jai Westerman For being an outstanding Prime Minister and organising a great event.

Weeky Merit Awards for Week Beginning 15th September, 2019 Class Student Reason

PW Maya L. For remembering to use capital letters and full stops when writing sentences. Well done.

P/1H Sam H. For an amazing effort with writing sensational sentences in his Acrostic poem.

2B Cooper C. For making a great effort when choosing good fit books.

3K Curtis S. For his entertaining comic strip showing examples of Onomatopoeia.

3M Jake B. For a sensational effort in producing quality work. Well done.

4C Sofia F. For her determination to strive to improve her ability to add money and calculate change.

5B Lucas R.

Isaak G.

For showing appreciation when working in the classroom.

For demonstrating fantastic work habits in the classroom.

Art Sophie W. For her fantastic footy painting! Well done Sophie.

Phys. Ed. Mitchell S. For being a great helper on Footy Day.

Auslan All Grade 5 Students For demonstrating great leadership this week!