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Principal’s Desk: Alistair Williams Kadina Memorial School is truly unique when it comes to schools within South Australia. Not only is it one of the largest schools in the state, it also caters for students from Reception to Year 12. This offers many opportunities that may not exist at other sites. An example of this is the peer mentoring within year levels and across sub-schools. The benefits of peer mentoring cannot be undervalued for it allows older students the chance to develop their leadership skills, whilst the younger students experience what it takes to be successful ‘higher up’ in the school, giving them something to strive for. Term 3 demonstrates just how many opportunities there are for our students to come together across year levels for the benefit of all. Book Week was a strong example of where this learning takes place with students, and teachers, of all ages taking the opportunity to share their love of reading. Secondary students also shared their love of writing, creating their own stories to inspire younger students. The Japanese Exchange program allowed for students of all ages to meet people from another culture and education system, with the Receptions being read to by our guests, other students creating origami creatures with them, whilst others tested their sporting abilities against them. Of course, there are many other opportunities for our students to mix across year levels from the buddy program within the primary world, music bands and the new AFL program. Opportunities These are not the only opportunities that our students have had this term. There were camps and excursion to Illawonga and AFL Max, a week at the Adelaide Show for many students working with the animals that they had cared over many months and also trips to Adelaide for study trips from lead teachers in Year 12 subjects. The Choir performed not only in the Festival of Music in Adelaide but travelled to Port Pirie to become part of the Choir of the North for what was an outstanding performance. Many of our students were able to visit the inaugural Career Expo to further increase their understanding of the world of work, whilst the loose parts incursion meant that our youngest students were able to play creatively and safely with sticks, tyres, pallets and drums, despite the rain. We are fortunate to live in a country community where there is such a large educational facility that provides so many opportunities for our students to learn outside the classroom, whilst also providing a strong education to our children. TERM 4 starts Monday 14 October, 8:30am Term 4 SunSmart All R-12 students wear a navy bucket- style hat while in the sun.
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Principal’s Desk: Alistair Williams Kadina Memorial School is truly unique when it comes to schools within South Australia. Not only is it one of the largest schools in the state, it also caters for students from Reception to Year 12. This offers many opportunities that may not exist at other sites. An example of this is the peer mentoring within year levels and across sub-schools. The benefits of peer mentoring cannot be undervalued for it allows older students the chance to develop their leadership skills, whilst the younger students experience what it takes to be successful ‘higher up’ in the school, giving them something to strive for. Term 3 demonstrates just how many opportunities there are for our students to come together across year levels for the benefit of all. Book Week was a strong example of where this learning takes place with students, and teachers, of all ages taking the opportunity to share their love of reading. Secondary students also shared their love of writing, creating their own stories to inspire younger students. The Japanese Exchange program allowed for students of all ages to meet people from another culture and education system, with the Receptions being read to by our guests, other students creating origami creatures with them, whilst others tested their sporting abilities against them.

Of course, there are many other opportunities for our students to mix across year levels from the buddy program within the primary world, music bands and the new AFL program. Opportunities These are not the only opportunities that our students have had this term. There were camps and excursion to Illawonga and AFL Max, a week at the Adelaide Show for many students working with the animals that they had cared over many months and also trips to Adelaide for study trips from lead teachers in Year 12 subjects. The Choir performed not only in the Festival of Music in Adelaide but travelled to Port Pirie to become part of the Choir of the North for what was an outstanding performance. Many of our students were able to visit the inaugural Career Expo to further increase their understanding of the world of work, whilst the loose parts incursion meant that our youngest students were able to play creatively and safely with sticks, tyres, pallets and drums, despite the rain. We are fortunate to live in a country community where there is such a large educational facility that provides so many opportunities for our students to learn outside the classroom, whilst also providing a strong education to our children.

TERM 4 starts Monday 14 October, 8:30am

Term 4 SunSmart All R-12 students wear a navy bucket-

style hat while in the sun.

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Principal’s Report continued: Class Placement Request This year a new process has been developed for class placement requests including information guidelines with frequently asked questions and a proforma to complete with request details. We ask that requests be forwarded by Wednesday 16 October next term to:

• R-6 to Head of School, Debbie Terrett: [email protected]

• Years 7-9 to Head of Middle School, Tarryn Germein: [email protected]

All requests will receive an email acknowledgement. Class Placement Guidelines and Class Placement requests can be found on the school website at: https://www.kms.sa.edu.au/learning/policies/ The request template is also available from the Front Office. Stage 2 Food & Hospitality Brunch Congratulations to Miss Frost’s Stage 2 Food and Hospitality students who catered for a Parents and Friends brunch last week. We were treated to a tasting plate with each dish professionally prepared and served. The assessment task provided students with a ‘real-life’ experience of working under pressure to a deadline to produce a café or restaurant worthy meal. Their tropical theme did not disappoint.

Above, photos of the dishes served at brunch!

Term 4 SunSmart A reminder under the current SunSmart Guidelines all R-12 students are expected to wear a navy blue bucket-style hat while in the sun during Term 4. Hats are available to purchase for $11 (inc GST) from the Finance Office, alternatively from the current uniform supplier Sportspower. Please ensure all hats are clearly labelled with your child’s name. A SunSmart Committee, comprising Governing Council and staff, is currently reviewing the guidelines as per normal practice. Achieving Students Congratulations to Year 7 student Fenella McIntosh who has been selected in the State under 13 Girls’ Hockey team to compete in Tasmania during the school holidays. We wish her well. Year 8 student Bethany Garfield competed and placed in the RDA’s State Dressage Championship at Mallala in early September. Bethany won second and fourth in her events riding a borrowed horse on the day called ‘Joe’ making her achievement very well deserved. Congratulations to Zac Phillips, Year 11, and Lachie Jones, Year 12, who were in the winning under 18’s Woodville-West Torrens Eagles premiership team at Adelaide Oval recently.

In addition, we wish Lachie all the best when he competes in a curtain raiser to the AFL Grand Final at the MCG on the weekend. Lachie was one of 48 players from across Australia to be selected to play in the Futures under 17’s, which is a great achievement.

Fenella McIntosh, Bethany Garfield, Zac Phillips, Lachie Jones Finally, congratulations to all students and staff who competed in winter sport finals over the past few weeks, including those who umpired and had official duties. There were some exceptional performances, results and haircuts at school on the Monday.

Enjoy the two-week break and I’ll see you all refreshed on Monday 14 October, 8:30am. Regards, Alistair Williams Principal

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R-6 Corner: What is Geography? Geography is one component of the HaSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Curriculum which is taught during Semester 2. Geography is more than identifying countries and continents and where they are on a map. It is also about developing a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about people, cultures and environments throughout the world. So what does Geography look like in the Junior Primary? Our focus for the first three years is about exploring locally: in Reception students start with the familiar places, observing what they see around them, what makes places special and how we can look after the places we live in. Initially, Year 1 and 2 students identified the different features of a location: natural, constructed, managed features and how places are organised included investigations using Google Earth. Later they progressed towards more distant places globally. Term 3 included a focus on Epic Flight Centenaries with SA connections. Who are they? Firstly, Harry Butler who flew in the Red Devil on Yorke Peninsula and secondly the winning aviators in the challenging “First Flight across the World”. In 1919 the Smith Brothers flew their Vickers Vimy Aeroplane in the air race that captured the imagination of the world. This plane will be displayed soon in the new terminal at Adelaide Airport and is worth a visit. Learning in Term 4 includes topics of how we can find places, map work and studying how people are connected to places locally and globally. The weather, seasons and probing into recycling and sustainability is also explored. Geography is taught through photographs or film clips, reading newspaper or magazine reports, field work in the school grounds and local area, reading stories, role play, creating models, drawing places they have seen, playing games and globe and atlas learning. Skills such as observing, questioning, collecting information, recording, responding and analysing are taught within learning activities. Literacy and numeracy are an integral part of geography. Consideration is given to developing critical and creative thinking, working cooperatively with others and thinking and behaving ethically. The aim of HaSS is to increase every student’s understanding and appreciation of the world around them. Di Chamberlain, R-2 HaSS Teacher

Disability News Here we are at the end of another term. As they say “Time flies when you’re having fun”. We have certainly packed in a lot of activities over the course of the term, and there has always been something to look forward to each lesson.

The Junior class has been very busy doing their folder work in literacy and numeracy at their work stations. They have learnt lots of sounds and words, enjoyed reading Peppa Pig books, practised their money skills and made items relating to the Community Helpers theme in STEM. The students participated in some fantastic cooking lessons as well as weekly swimming lessons, and the occasional visits to the Kadina Preschool for play.

The Senior students have been doing some great Guided Reading sessions and learning about “Working with Words”. Their Money Maths skills have improved with intensive lessons and the opportunity to use these skills each Thursday morning when they go shopping at Woolworths. The students have enjoyed the engaging Science lessons learning about their bodies, made a variety of breakfast food in cooking on Friday mornings, had weekly swimming lessons as well and continued taking recyclables to the depot fortnightly.

We all look forward to a busy Term 4. Sandy Mumford, Unit Coordinator

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KMS students hungry to help community For the third consecutive year, students from Year 9 are utilising skills and knowledge developed through their HaSS and English studies to help Anglicare SA by designing advertisements to promote a food drive planned for Week 5 of Term 4. The food drive aims to collect non-perishable food items for storage and use in emergency situations at our local Anglicare outlet.

In Week 8 of this term, approximately 100 students had the opportunity to listen to guest speaker Cathy Obst of Anglicare SA, who spoke of the need to raise awareness and community support for those less fortunate. This presentation helped to develop the students’ understanding of Anglicare SA, the role it plays within the community and set the context for this real-world learning task. Last year, Kadina Memorial School (KMS) students contributed over 900 food items through the food drive with this year’s aim to top 1000.

The students’ advertisements will be used to drive the campaign, encouraging all KMS students and families to donate food for use at the local Anglicare Emergency Pantry in Wallaroo. We are proud to be continuing the strong ties between the school and the local community.

If you know someone who may need a helping hand with emergency support please call Anglicare SA on phone (08) 8305 9200. Shane Moss & Chris Rennie, Year 9 Teachers

Middle School Assembly Congratulations to all Term 3 Middle School Value award winners – Respect, Opportunity and Excellence.

Senior School Year 12 students are counting down the school days before their exams and life after school begin! A final meeting was held in Week 8 to go through the finer details including School Leaver Forms and Year 12 Farewell Assembly requirements. Dates to put in the calendar:

• Year 12 Farewell Assembly, CCSLC, Friday 1 November, 9am for a 9:15am start

• Stage 2 Exams start, Monday 4 November – Friday 15 November, please refer to timetable provided

• Year 12 Formal, Monday 18 November • Years 7-12 Prize Presentation Assembly, CCSLC,

Friday 6 December, 10:45am for 11am start.

Cybersafe Families Parent Evening

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Adelaide Youth Wind Orchestra On Monday 16 September, the Adelaide Youth Wind Orchestra visited Kadina Memorial School. This opportunity was three terms in the making and students from the 5/6 Festival Choir, Concert Band and Junior Band performed 10 pieces of music as one large orchestra to over 450 KMS, Bute and Wallaroo Mines Primary students. In total, 70 students performed songs like “The Lion King”, “Route 66”, “Dragon Dance”, “Game of Thrones Theme”, just to name a few. Thank you to AYWO and coordinators Lexi Buxton, Dom Meehan, Ben Graefe and Sandy Hahn for providing the opportunity for our students to perform with this orchestra.

On Tuesday 17 September, Taylah Wreford and Mackenzie Weltman performed at the Festival Theatre as Guest Artists for this year’s Festival of Music. Congratulations girls!

Guest Artists at Festival of Music 2019

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Year 6 Camp to Illawonga Arrival day In Week 8 Mr Cook’s, Mrs Ellis’ and Miss Williams’ classes went to Illawonga Camp to have loads of fun. Our class went with Mr Cook’s class from Monday to Wednesday and Miss Williams’ class went from Wednesday to Friday. We arrived at Swan Reach after a three-hour trip with movies, chattering and some sleep. After we unpacked the bus, we had tacos on Monday (no taco Tuesday). Time flew by and when it was time everyone raced to their cabins and claimed a bed. After that we got split into two groups to have an adventure of caving or going on a safari trip with go-karts, a maze and archery. We had gym time and we also used the recreation room. Jumping into the foam pit was awesome! To finish the day, we had a slice of cake and a glass of cold chocolate milk to make sure we had a full stomach before we dozed off. Second day We got up bright and early to have pancakes, cereal and toast for breakfast. Later group 1 and 2 rotated and had loads of fun. Then it was time to split up again for a boat tour along the Murray River with some figure 8’s at the end, while another group got to go and have fun in the gym. As the daylight slowly faded into night, we went to a place called ‘Big Bend by Night’ with sheep shearing, sheep racing, whip cracking lessons and a spinning gate that leaves you walking in circles. We had some fun with karaoke and a bonfire to finish up the last night at camp. Last day of camp It was the last day and we were all felt a bit sad about leaving Illawonga. We went to Swan Reach to visit a museum and complete a quiz. We saw lots of old tools that have been used in the past. On the way home we stopped at a park to have ham, sauce and cheese sandwiches with cordial and play time. When we got back to Kadina we were welcomed back by our families. Thank you to all of the teachers, staff and parents for supporting us on camp. Written by Cassidy Smith

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2019 Royal Adelaide Show Report Kadina Memorial’s Royal Adelaide Show Team won numerous ribbons for its dairy heifers, goats, pigs and grain judging, as well as entering in the world’s largest single sheep class ever assembled. The Show Team, comprising 34 Year 9-11 students, exhibited four dairy cows, six sheep, eight goats and four pigs at Royal Adelaide competing against other South Australian schools. It was the first time Kadina Memorial entered dairy cows, achieving a second and fifth place in the ‘Heifer born from 1 January of the current year’ category, led by Year 10 students Taj Kleinig and Sophie Venning, respectively. ‘Scarlett’ led by Taj was also awarded second in the All Australian Holstein Youth Calf Class, capping off a successful curriculum program focusing on livestock health and the dairy industry. On Wednesday both the Year 9 Goat team and the Year 10 Dairy team participated in the Grand Parade on the main arena along with other schools from around the State, beef stud representatives and equestrian competitors. The Year 9 Sheep Team entered in the Schools’ Merino Wether Competition, with 201 animals assembled in the historic sheep pavilion, making it one of the largest ever assembled in the world making for an impressive sight. Year 10 students also entered in the State Grain Judging Competition with Cheyanne Ostendorf, Taj Kleinig and Brianna Stewart making it through to the final presenting a two minute speech about grain quality. In addition, Imogen Russack was named the State Junior Wheat Judge with Brianna Stewart placing third, while Matilda Jones was awarded a third place ribbon in the State Junior Barley category. The goats were washed, dried and groomed on Wednesday and further prepared for the State Schools’ Leading Competition the following day. Coota Park ‘Terry’ led by Ryan Kirley was placed fifth in the Live Export 42kg-44.9kg section, in what was described as a high standard in a competitive field this year. The school’s pigs were awarded a fourth placed ribbon in the School Handling category on Friday. We sincerely thank the livestock breeders who supplied and supported the school with our animals - Ms Margaret Miller from Coota Boer Goats at Wallaroo, Gary and Ros Zweck from Blyth for the Holstein cattle, Jersey farmer Neveille Krieg of Gawler, Bronte and Lee Blyth from Carricowie Stud Brentwood, Bensen Farming, Schuam Pork at Freeling for the Berkshire pigs and Salt Lake Bacon at Lochiel for the Landraces. We also thank Ag teachers Miss Hickman, Mr Bensen and Mr Nelson and support staff Fab Appay and Darren Cox in the lead-up and during the event. By the Show Team

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Sports News

State Soccer Boys’ Carnival Our carnival campaign began with a cracker game, winning 9-1.

Game 2 was a bit tougher as we were up against a few players who play national soccer, but we managed to hold up pretty well with 1-2 loss.

Game 3 was an outstanding start to the first half as our boys managed to score 1 and take the lead, but the second half we had our hopes up a bit too much and the opposition kicked 3 goals to win.

Game 4 started with two easy goals in the first half, but the opposition were not finished with one of their players considered as one of the strongest in the competition scoring a hat-trick. The final score 2-3.

That evening we joined the NYP Girls’ team at laser skirmish and a buffet at the Watermark.

On Wednesday Game 5 was our hardest game yet as we came up against Mid North who was second on the leaderboard. We didn’t manage to score a single goal as they kept the ball on our half most of the game and they constantly scored, resulting in 0-8.

Game 6 was another tough one as we were once again pushed up on our side, but near the end of the first half our team managed to score a goal so we were up. As the second half started our defence stood strong but an opposition player managed to curve the ball into the top corner of the goals and that brought the score to 1-1.

Game 7 started and we kept our formation strong but they managed to get a few goals in the first half. Our team couldn’t get the ball out from the goals as the opposition kept sinking in shots from close up, but our goalie Harry performed one of the best saves in the carnival using his whole body to stop a top corner shot. The game ended with the score of 0-4 leaving that team still undefeated.

Game 8 came and we held up pretty well in the first half scoring two goals, but as the second half started we started to get tired as it was the last game of the carnival and we let them score lots of goals. We couldn’t do much as their players were pretty fast. The score ended at 2-5 against one of the best teams in our division. Written By Layne and Adon

State Soccer Girls’ Carnival Three Kadina Memorial Year 7 girls joined students from other local schools and North Eastern schools to represent NYP at the State Soccer Carnival in Adelaide recently.

Ella Halls, Tessa Paterson and Georgia McKay enjoyed the week-long carnival improving their soccer skills and meeting new friends from North Eastern.

The girls played well as a team and achieved mixed results throughout the week with a number of wins.

On Monday NYP achieved a win against Eyre Peninsula but a loss against a better Barossa and Light side.

Tuesday was a successful day winning both games. The team had an opportunity to play on turf which made the ball go quicker and managed a 3-nil win against Murraylands’ strong defensive side.

Wednesday proved a tough day playing very experienced teams, losing 12-nil against Mount Barker and a loss to Southern Fleurieu.

On Thursday NYP lost to Gawler, finding it difficult to get around their strong defence, with injuries such as sore ankles, wrists and being winded resulting in defeat to Adelaide North Eastern.

We had a great week and thank our supporters and coaches Mr Alan Derosi and Mr James Rigby-Meth for encouraging us. By Tessa Paterson and Georgia McKay

Above, Ella halls, Georgia McKay and Tessa Paterson. Pictured opposite, representing NYP Soccer were Kadina Memorial School students Enrique Hernandez, Jasper Dennett, Adon Pringle-Pearce and Cameron Martin.

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SAPSASA Girls’ Hockey Champions What a great SAPSASA week winning the State hockey championship in our Division! We won our first game 8-0 against Onkaparinga with team work being the key factor. The second game wasn’t as easy but we managed a 3-nil win against Barossa and Light. We met Barossa and Light again in our third match with the opposition ‘stepping up’ their game, forcing us to change our game plan to win 3- nil. Our fourth game was against South West with teamwork allowing us to remain unbeaten. Our defence was strong and managed to keep the ball out of the circle for most of the game. Final score 2-0 Our fifth game was against Hills and Barker and we scored 2-0 but those 2 goals were very hard to get because on the leader board, we were tying first. The game was really close but thanks to Erin Martin and Ellise Harmer they scored no goals because we got there in time to tackle them on our defensive goal line. The ball was constantly going back and forth because we were equal teams. Our sixth game was against Port and Western which was a good team but we managed another win. Our seventh game was a hard game against Mid North because that was the first game Mid North played as a team so we only scored 2-0. Once again we had to wear bibs because our uniforms looked very alike. We played Port and Western once again and because they knew how we played it proved to be a difficult game, winning 1-nil. It was a hard fought goal because Port and Western did not want to lose so it become a physical game to get through their much greater defence. Thank you to our coaches and families for supporting us during the week-long event. By Ellise Harmer

SAPSASA Boys’ Hockey campaign Day1: The first game we played Pt Pirie as it was a tough game but in the last half we were lucky to get a goal from a short corner and then for the rest of the game we played defensively holding them off until full time. In the second game we played Whyalla and in the first half they scored and then held us off for the rest of the game. Day2: We met Whyalla again in our third game. We improved our game holding them until the dying seconds and then they scored. We versed Upper South East in our last game for the day and it was close but in the first interchange we had a free from the half way line and we hit down and to the circle where it was picked up by one of our players and we got a goal. There were no goals for the rest of the game as it was close. Day3: We lost both of our games 1-0. The games were hard fought and close but the result put us to sixth place on the ladder. Day4: We played Adelaide South East winning 2-0. In our final game we lost 3-2. Overall we played well as a team even though we didn’t know each other. We thank our coaches and families for their support every day. By Hudson Duka

Kadina Memorial School students Hudson Duka and Lachlan Mills represented the NYP Boys’ Hockey team.

Kadina Memorial School students Erin Martin, Lucy Daniel, Fenella McIntosh, Aviril McIntosh and Ellise Harmer represented the winning NYP Girls’ Hockey team.

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Sports News

Mid North Basketball Carnival On Thursday 29 August and Friday 30 August Mrs Henderson’s and Ms Hawes’ classes attended the Mid North Basketball Carnival in Port Pirie. We left at 9.00am and arrived in time for the opening ceremony. Schools from Port Augusta, Whyalla, Port Pirie and Clare attended, with 131 students participating, making it the biggest carnival yet.

We were responsible for organising and preparing the carnival. We wrote emails to people asking them for help. Mr Driver helped to organise the basketball uniforms, Mrs Rule helped to book the bus and Mrs Ferguson helped to organise the finances.

The first game we played was against John Pirie Secondary School, they were very good shooters and great fun to play against. Some of our team members had never played basketball before the carnival but it didn’t take long for them to enjoy it. Our teams were great at sharing the ball around and extremely supportive towards other players. After our fourth game for the day we left the stadium at 3.00pm.

We visited Port Pirie Foreshore Caravan Park where we showered and changed ready for the dinner and disco. We had an hour to wait so we went to Kmart, and looked through the store and relaxed. At 6.00pm we headed to Solomontown Football Club to eat dinner with the other students and dance the night away. We watched the news report and saw some of our classmates on TV. We ate dinner and listened to music while we chatted with friends and students from other schools. The free drinks were awesome.

We left the disco at 7:45pm and headed back to school, parents met us at 9.10pm. The senior school students set up their beds and prepared for the class sleepover in the staffroom. After supper and a quiet chat everyone fell asleep. In the morning we woke up, had breakfast and got ready to head back to Port Pirie.

We played 3 more games of basketball and tried our hardest to win. We met up with friends and made the most of the day. After our games had finished, we had a presentation where we received medallions and certificates. We thanked the organisers and headed back to school. Everyone was excited about the carnival with everyone giving a 110%.

We had an awesome time and thank Ms Hawes, Ms Patto, Deb, Corinne Mrs Z and Mrs Morrison for all their hard work and for making the carnival possible, we can’t wait to go back again next year! Written by Senior Small Class students

Above, students at the dinner and disco.

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DMC and School News

Decision Making Committee The Kadina Memorial School Decision Making Committee is a representative committee consisting of staff, students and parents who meet each fortnight. The next DMC is scheduled Term 4 Week 1, Monday 14 October, 5pm in the Conference Room.

Proposals submitted for consideration: Proposal: NAP – Civics & Citenzenship Date: Tuesday 29 October Proposer: Caroline Kennett Canteen TERM 4, is our new Blue Summer Menu available with today’s Newsletter, Daymap, Class Dojos, Canteen and Front Office. Qkr will be updated during the holidays to reflect the new menu.

NEW to Canteen: Beachbox – 4 Nuggets & Junior Salad includes Quelch iceblock $5.00 Peach, zucchini & baby spinach Salad $6.50 Sushi (Fridays only) from $3.50 Cold Rolls (Tuesdays only) $1.50ea Nicoise Salad $6.50 We are looking for volunteers to help serve at lunchtime as summer is a busy time with iceblocks. If you are a student in Year 6, or a parent who can help us, please pop in to canteen to see us. All parents need to have a WWC Clearance to volunteer at our school. Students will receive a complementary iceblock. Your help is much appreciated. Enjoy the holidays and see you next term. Vicki, Annie, Jeanette and Amelia On the ‘moo’ve Thank you to our many concerned community members who called or helped to search for our two dairy calves and one sheep during the storm last week. We are pleased to report Sadie, Fritz and Sheep were safely found playing a game of midnight golf on the Kadina golf course.

Library News Libraries are wonderful resources for school research projects and a safe-keeping place of historical documents, including old school magazines. We were thrilled to receive four copies of the Kadina Memorial High School Magazine from 1928 to 1931 from Mr Colin Hill’s family recently. These documents provide an insight into education almost 100 years ago.

Year 3 students Shayla and Phoebe with Librarian Kerry Rover look through magazines from another era. 2019 School Magazine We are excited to provide a sneak peek of this year’s 2019 School Magazine. The cover was designed by Stage 2 Creative Arts students Damon Mills and Will Hunter. Each icon represents an area of the school, including the school values of Respect, Opportunity and Excellence. The magazine provides a colourful snapshot of school activities and learning across every sub school throughout the year. The magazine costs $25 (inc GST) and will be available Term 4 Week 9. Order forms will be available in early Term 4 and payable by cash at the Finance Office or via the Qkr app.

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Notices

Principal: Alistair Williams Doswell Terrace (PO Box 346)

KADINA SA 5554 Phone: 8821 0100

Fax: 8821 1058 [email protected]

www.kms.sa.edu.au

The newsletter is published fortnightly and given to the youngest member of the family. Alternative ways of receiving the newsletter are e-mail (please send a request to [email protected]) or accessing on the school website at www.kms.sa.edu.au, facebook or Daymap Parent Portal. To access daymap please visit the website’s Contact Us or call the Front Office for assistance (8821 0100). Please inform the Principal in writing should any contact details or consents, including media and walking permissions, change.

School Dental Service: dental care is FREE for ALL babies, preschool and most children under 18 years at School Dental Service clinics. Call now for an appointment at the Wallaroo Clinic, located at Wallaroo Hospital, phone 8880 5210 or use the link on the website to ask us to contact you: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/dentalappointment Bute Netball Club: seeking early registration of interest for any new players for the 2020 season (especially looking for players born 2009 through to 2014 - Net Set Go, H & G Grade age girls). For more information please contact Junior Coordinator, Karen Green 0417 811 501. WOOLWORTHS CRICKET BLAST: Kadina Cricket Club will run the Junior Blast Cricket Program for girls and boys aged between 5-7 on Fridays during Term 4 from 5-6pm. Junior Blasters is for children new to cricket with participants building their skills through fun, game based activities. First session commences 25 October (Term 4 Week 2). Contact Matt Petherick on 0488 550 534 for further information. Please register at playcricket.com.au

TERM 4 2019

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Week 1 14th October Read Aloud at Moonta Probus Club DMC, 5pm

15th October Crossing Monitor Training, 2-3pm Youth Opportunities, Yr 10

16th October R-6 Assembly, 9am SAPOL ‘Fatal Five’ and ‘Getting your Ls & Ps’ (Yr 10 & 11)

17th October KMSC Captains Mtg SACA cricket clinic Yr 3-4 NEWSLETTER

18th October

Week 2 21st October Bike Ed KMSC Junior/ Middle mtgs PPEP talk, Yr 10 girls, 9-10am State-wide Girls 9-A-Side football finals

22nd October Bike Ed Kindy transition, 8:45-10:30 Youth Opportunities, Yr 10 Feeder/ Middle School Transition parent mtg 6pm-6:30pm State-wide Girls 9-A-Side football finals

23rd October Bike Ed Year 8 Immunisation, L1-4

24th October Bike Ed Kindy transition, 8:45-10:30 R-2 Disco, BER Hall, 5:15-6:15pm 3-6 Disco, BER Hall, 6:30-8pm World Challenge Pre-departure Information session, Library, 3:30-6:30pm Finance mtg, 3:30pm

25th October Bike Ed Clare High School Interschool Gymkhana

Week 3 28th October 29th October Kindy transition, 8:45-10:30 Youth Opportunities, Yr 10 Cyber Safety lesson, Yr 5-9, CCSLC Deadly Thinking, ATSI Yr 7-8 NY Partnership Cybersafe Family workshop, CCSLC, 7-8:30pm

30th October Performing Arts Showcase, Kadina Town Hall, 6pm-7:30pm Deadly Thinking, ATSI, Yr 7-8

31st October Kindy transition, 8:45-10:30 NEWSLETTER

1st November Year 12 Farewell Assembly

To inform KMS that your child/children are absent or late with reason:

1. Phone: 8821 0100 2. Text: 0437 010 328 with name and class 3. E-mail: [email protected], or 4. Write and sign a note in your child/ren’s diary.

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