[email protected][email protected](02) 4957 5319 150 Rae Crescent Kotara South 2289 Kotara South Public School Newsletter A Great Place to Be! 27 March 2018 | Week 9 | Term 1 From the Principal Our Cross Country carnival has been run, we are preparing for the Disco tomorrow night and then the Easter Hat Parade and Easter festivities on Thursday. WOW, for a short week we are super busy. This morning I could not have been prouder of our children as they displayed their resilience and persistence in running the fun run (1 lap) for Kinders, year 1 and some year 2’s, the 2km (4 laps for 8,9,10) and then the 3km (6 laps for 11,12,13 years). A big thank you to our P & C who supported the carnival with drinks and snacks, to Mrs Ward, Mr Warren and Mr John for their organisation and especially to all our parents and community who cheers all our runners on. Together we all make #KSPSagreatplacetobe A very big thank you to Harry and Wes’s nan Mrs Daly for her contribution of KSPS aprons to our canteen. Mrs Best was very surprised to receive such a lovely gift. So handy for all our upcoming events. Thanks Mrs Daly for contributing to our school in such a practical way. Our Disco will be run tomorrow night as it was postponed from last week due to the rain. The times remain the same: Juniors 5-6pm and Seniors 6-7:30pm. Our P & C are supporting the discos with a sausage sizzle. The cost is $5 entry and our Student Ministers lead this event. P & C will also be wrapping for the Easter Mega Raffle on the Thursday. Thanks to all the parents for their contributions of yummy Easter eggs and goodies. In the next six to eight weeks our school will be undergoing some major works with painting to the exterior of senior toilets and canteen, re-concreting of the internal canteen floor space, painting the western face on A block, refurbishing the interior of the junior toilets and the asphalt outside the Kinder rooms being repaired and replaced in particular areas. Along with the bannisters and railings on stairways at OOSH, external gates on Rae Cres and Bender parade. This extensive amount of work will take some careful planning and flexibility on behalf of the school. In saying this, unfortunately I have requested from the P & C that we close the canteen for the last two days of term Thursday 12 and Friday 13 April to allow for concrete to be cleared form the canteen. This is a loud and dusty job This will mean that Mrs Best will bring forward her end of term supa surprise to the Wednesday. More information on that later in the newsletter. Our Star Struck dancers and Choir members are busily rehearsing and are looking forward to their collective rehearsal days next term. Thank you to all the parents for their commitment with the transport and cost of Star Struck. Without the parent support, this event could not go ahead. Miss Martin leads our choir group and Ms Gibson leads our dance group. To all our school community, thank you for your commitment to our school, together we are making #KSPSagreatplacetobe Susan Maxworthy PRINCIPAL
From the Principal Our Cross Country carnival has been run, we are preparing for the Disco tomorrow night and then the Easter Hat Parade and Easter festivities on Thursday. WOW, for a short week we are super busy. This morning I could not have been prouder of our children as they displayed their resilience and persistence in running the fun run (1 lap) for Kinders, year 1 and some year 2’s, the 2km (4 laps for 8,9,10) and then the 3km (6 laps for 11,12,13 years). A big thank you to our P & C who supported the carnival with drinks and snacks, to Mrs Ward, Mr Warren and Mr John for their organisation and especially to all our parents and community who cheers all our runners on. Together we all make #KSPSagreatplacetobe
A very big thank you to Harry and Wes’s nan Mrs Daly for her contribution of KSPS aprons to our canteen. Mrs Best was very surprised to receive such a lovely gift. So handy for all our upcoming events. Thanks Mrs Daly for contributing to our school in such a practical way. Our Disco will be run tomorrow night as it was postponed from last week due to the rain. The times remain the same: Juniors 5-6pm and Seniors 6-7:30pm. Our P & C are supporting the discos with a sausage sizzle. The cost is $5 entry and our Student Ministers lead this event. P & C will also be wrapping
for the Easter Mega Raffle on the Thursday. Thanks to all the parents for their contributions of yummy Easter eggs and goodies. In the next six to eight weeks our school will be undergoing some major works with painting to the exterior of senior toilets and canteen, re-concreting of the internal canteen floor space, painting the western face on A block, refurbishing the interior of the junior toilets and the asphalt outside the Kinder rooms being repaired and replaced in particular areas. Along with the bannisters and railings on stairways at OOSH, external gates on Rae Cres and Bender parade. This extensive amount of work will take some careful planning and flexibility on behalf of the school. In saying this, unfortunately I have requested from the P & C that we close the canteen for the last two days of term Thursday 12 and Friday 13 April to allow for concrete to be cleared form the canteen. This is a loud and dusty job This will mean that Mrs Best will bring forward her end of term supa surprise to the Wednesday. More information on that later in the newsletter. Our Star Struck dancers and Choir members are busily rehearsing and are looking forward to their collective rehearsal days next term. Thank you to all the parents for their commitment with the transport and cost of Star Struck. Without the parent support, this event could not go ahead. Miss Martin leads our choir group and Ms Gibson leads our dance group. To all our school community, thank you for your commitment to our school, together we are making #KSPSagreatplacetobe Susan Maxworthy PRINCIPAL
School News EASTER FUN DAY 2018 Our Easter celebrations will be held this Thursday March 29 commencing with the Easter Hat Parade at 10.15am for students in K–2 and HSUB. If students and parents are still finalising those extra special Easter hats, these should be brought in to classrooms prior to Thursday. Hot-cross buns, tea and coffee will be available for purchase at the school canteen after the parade. All students will participate in the tradition of egg rolling and children are asked to bring a very hard boiled, brightly coloured egg for the occasion. This activity is for students only and will take place at some stage during the day. There will also be an optional Easter Egg Decorating competition where students are invited to decorate an egg in a creative way. Egg decorating categories are best character, funniest egg, best animal and best artistic design. Entries and entry forms should be taken to the Library on Thursday morning before 9am. Easter Hat Parade day will be out of uniform day for all students. Please ensure your child is wearing suitable clothing (sun safe) and enclosed shoes for the day (no thongs). Looking forward to seeing you at this exciting event!
Miss Brooke Partridge – EASTER FUN DAY COORDINATOR
THE IPLAY PROGRAM I Our school has signed up to be involved in The iPLAY Program. Over the coming months, you can expect to hear more about this is exciting program.
What is iPLAY?
iPLAY is a teacher professional development program, designed to provide primary school teachers with the skills and strategies to improve sport and PE lessons. Some of our teachers have signed up to be iPLAY Leaders. The iPLAY leaders will oversee small changes in the school to ensure children have plenty of opportunities to be physically active. Research has shown that children who are more physically active perform better at school. The iPLAY Program is here to help us increase student physical activity, improve learning, and improve overall student health.
iPLAY is a school-based program conducted by Australian Catholic University and the University of Newcastle, and is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and NSW Department of Education. iPLAY aims to promote children’s physical activity through implementing a whole-of-school approach. iPLAY involves 6 key components: 1) quality physical education and school sport, 2) classroom movement breaks, 3) physically active homework, 4) active playgrounds, 5) community physical activity links and 6) parent/caregiver engagement.
Over the next 4 school terms a section will be dedicated to iPLAY in your school newsletter. This section will have information and ideas for promoting physical activity and fundamental movement skill development in children.
Canteen Hello from the canteen for another awesome week.
This Thursday is the Easter Hat parade and you will be able to purchase Joslin Street Bakery hot cross buns, tea/coffee and cold drinks. We are also looking for helpers. If you have some free time pop over to the canteen to lend a hand.
I would like to give a massive thank you to everybody who has supported our canteen in helping and patronising. There is no other canteen as amazing as ours.
The last day of school for this term is Friday 13th April, however the canteens last day will be Wednesday 11th April. We will not open the canteen on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th April due to work being carried out around the school grounds.
End of Term lunch Order special – We will be having a Titanic Special for the end of term 1. Pre – Order your lunch by Friday 6th April. Titanic Holiday Special includes: 6 Chicken Chippies, 1 Packet of Chips (any), 1 Titanic Mega Cup that has caramel milk, piece of oreo chocolate, scoop of ice cream, oreo biscuit, fresh whipped prink cream and a medley of sprinkles in a tumbler. Yummy !!!! Fiona Best – CANTEEN SUPERVISOR
Hot Diggy Dog $4.50 Pizza Rio $3.00 1 Hot dog ( sauce/mustard optional) 1 Packet of chips (any) 1 Special milk cup
1 Warm pizza roll (ham, cheese, pizza sauce)
( Olives optional) 1 Cookies 1 Juicy Tube
SUNSCREEN SAFETY While summer is the highest risk time, skin damage from the sun can happen throughout the year. Outdoor sport and recreation activities usually happen during the high UV radiation risk period of the day (10am-2pm and 11am-3pm daylight saving time).Many activities take place in environments in which there is little or no shade and high levels of UV radiation are reflected from surfaces such as cement, sand or water. Here at Kotara South Public school we have reconised this and with support from Port of Newcastle and the Cancer Council we have sunscreen available around the school grounds to apply when needed. These sunscreen stations are portable therefore can be taken to school sporting events or moved to different location around the school.
Protect yourself in 5 ways:
• Slip on clothing that covers your shoulders, arms and legs. Choose shirts with collars, high necks and sleeves and trousers or longer shorts and skirts that come below the knees.
• Slop on SPF30+ or higher broad-spectrum water-resistant sunscreen. Apply generously 20 minutes before going outside and re-apply every 2 hours. Never rely on sunscreen alone.
• Slap on a broad-brimmed hat that protects your face, ears and neck. Broad-brimmed, bucket and legionnaire style hats provide good protection. Baseball caps are not recommended, as they do not protect the ears, cheeks or neck.
• Seek shade whenever you can especially when UV levels are highest between10am and 2pm (11am and 3pm during daylight saving).
• Slide on sunglasses that meet Australian Standard AS1067 and that fit your face well.
28 Mar Disco: J 5-6pm S 6-7:30pm 29 Mar Easter Hat Parade 30 Mar Good Friday-SCHOOL CLOSED
2 Apr Easter Monday- SCHOOL CLOSED
6 April Athletics Carnival 9 April Rugby Gala Day 9 April Canteen Closed 11 Apr P&C Meeting 13 Apr ANZAC Assembly 13 Apr Last Day of Term 9-15 Kinder Parent/Teacher Interviews
For more details and events visit http://www.kotarasth-
THANK YOU Thank you to everyone who gave up their time yesterday to help at the Bunnings BBQ. We made in excess of $1,000 profit that will go towards supporting our children at KSPS.
THE WEEK AHEAD We have so much on this week and would appreciate all help available for these events.
Disco – we still need one helper for the Junior disco canteen from 5 pm till 6 pm and one helper to clean up after the BBQ at 6:30 pm. All sausage orders previously placed will remain – please bring your money on the night. If you still wish to place an order, visit here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/KSPSPAndC/Disco28MarchKSPSPCBBQPreorder
Easter Raffle wrapping – during the disco from 5:30 pm in the library – see further details below.
If you can help at the Disco or the Easter wrapping, please visit signup.com here: http://signup.com/go/JJVxbjJ. Thank you.
MEGA EASTER RAFFLE It’s that time! We need helpers to wrap up all the Easter Raffle -Mega Prizes-! Please come to the library on Wednesday night (Disco night!) at 5:30 if you can lend a hand.
We would greatly appreciate donations of Easter Eggs and other items to make our MEGA Easter Baskets. The last day for donations to the office is this Wednesday 28th March. Thank you for your support!
The Mega Easter Raffle will be drawn at the Easter Hat Parade this Thursday 29th March. Tickets are $1 each and come in books of 10. All tickets need to be returned to the office ASAP (sold with payments and unsold tickets).
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL – FRIDAY 6 APRIL The Athletics carnival is on Friday next week. We need helpers to setup, cook the BBQ, serve at the canteen and pack away. We will also be taking pre-orders again for the BBQ. Please keep an eye on the Skoolbag App and Facebook for details as well as the newsletter next week.
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