29th april 2021 issue 7, 2021 - karingalps.vic.edu.au

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29th April 2021 Issue 7, 2021

Karingal Primary School Mallum Avenue, Karingal 3199

P.O. Box 6112, Karingal www.karingalps.vic.edu.au

[email protected] Phone: 9788 4800 Absence Line: 9788 4838

RESPECT, INTEGRITY, PERSISTENCE, RESILIENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS

School Vision Karingal Primary School is committed in providing a friendly, dynamic and secure learning environment that strives to develop respectful, resilient , lifelong learners. It supports students to achieve their personal best in an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation.

Welcome Back! Welcome back to the start of Term 2. It was great to see all the students back last week, looking refreshed and eager for the busy term ahead. Many students were happily sharing stores of their holiday adventures. It was certainly a stark contrast to where we were 12 months ago. Congratulations Alex Karingal Primary School is very proud of Alex M who represented the school at the State Swimming Championships in the Under 9/10 Multiclass 50 metres freestyle and backstroke events. Alex swam fantastically in both his events and has brought home two silver medals as reward for his hard work and dedication to the sport. An amazing effort Alex! Year 6 to Year 7 Transition This week an information pack on Year 6 to Year 7 Transition was sent home with the Year 6 students. The pack contains a letter to parents and carers from the Department, an application form for Year 7 Placement and Privacy information. Please complete the Application for Year 7 Placement form and return it to school no later than Friday 14th May, 2021. Building Project At School Council last week Stewart Price, the architect from Cottee Parker presented the current Schematic Design plan, which was endorsed by the councillors present. A number of the consultants have attended the school site over the last few weeks to scope out the work, which comprises of a new Multipurpose area (hall), a Visual Arts room and a STEM room . To ensure all stakeholders have a voice in the project, Cottee Parker has conducted workshops with leadership, staff, students and school councillors. The focus of these workshops has been to understand our school pedagogy and to design learning spaces that complement what we do at Karingal Primary School. COVID Update—The Department of Education and Training The following information came through from DET late last term. Visitors are welcome to our school, however face masks must be carried by individuals 12 years and over at all times and worn when physical distancing of 1.5 metres cannot be maintained. There is no requirement to limit the number or type of visitors to school premises. However, the density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres should continue to be applied to any space or activity being attended by parents/carers and other visitors. The density limit applied to all persons in the space, including students. For the time being, we are still unable to hold school activities and events inside with large groups of students and parents/carers attending. Thank you for your understanding and support as we continue to implement COVIDSafe practices at our school. PTO

Coming Events

MAY 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th Swimming

Lessons for Grades Prep to 4 7th Mother’s Day Stall 7th Girl’s Movie Night 10th The Zones of Regulation Parent Information Session 20th Curriculum Day 21st Bayside District Cross Country JUNE 1st School Photos

Calendar

Monday 3rd May

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am Swimming Prep-4

Tuesday 4th May

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am Swimming Prep-4

Wednesday 5th May

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am Swimming Prep-4

Thursday 6th May

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am Swimming Prep-4

Friday 7th May

Swimming Prep-4 Mother’s Day Stall Girl’s Movie Night

Monday 10th May

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Tuesday 11th May

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am

Wednesday 12th May

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Thursday 13th May

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Friday 14th May


Supervision in the School Grounds Teachers are on yard duty in the school grounds at the following times:

8.45 – 9.00am Before School 11.00-11.30am Morning Recess

1.45-2.30pm Lunchtime

2021 TERM DATES

Term 2 19th April to 25th June Term 3: 12th July to 17th September Term 4: 4th October to 17th December

2021 STUDENT FREE DAYS Term 2: Thursday 20th May Term 3: Friday 13th August Term 4: Monday 1st November

2021 School Hours

Classroom Session 9.00am -11.00am Morning Recess 11.00am-11.30am Classroom Session 11.30-1.30 Lunch Eating Time 1.30 - 1.45pm Lunch Play Time 1.45pm-2.30-pm Classroom Session2.30pm -3.30pm

SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

President: Rachael Franks Vice President: Kathy Frolley Secretary: Lisa Agar Assistant Secretary: Samantha Marston Treasurer: Michael Wilkinson Assistant Treasurer: Carol Chainey Parents: Kathy Frolley, Michael Wilkinson, Rebecca Gaiewski, Helen James, Tania Richardson, Hang Dang Executive Officer: Karen Luff DET Representatives: Danielle Goldsmith, Deirdre Finnegan, Carol Chainey, Sam Marston Community Members: Rachael Franks, Lisa Agar

Grateful On Monday morning I was greeted by a number of students eager to share the results of weekend sporting activities. It reminded me of pre-COVID times and how great it is we are back into so many sporting activities and hobbies that others around the world are still unable to participate in. Let’s not take this for granted and make sure we are being as safe as possible. Reminders School Starts at 9.00am. Please do your best to have our child in the school grounds from 8.45am when supervision begins. The music will play for about 2 minutes (from about 8.58am) before the bell and your child should be making their way to class. Late passes can be obtained from the office, but let’s make an effort to be on time! Mother’s Day Stall Our Mother’s Day stall will be held on Friday 7th May. The P&F have been working hard in preparation for this over the last few weeks. We thank them for all their hard work. Mother’s Day Raffle The Mother’s Day Raffle will be drawn on Friday7th May. Please make sure ALL tickets sold or unsold are returned by Wednesday 5th May. I would like to send a special thank you to all members of our school community who have support-ed this fundraising event. I would like to wish a “Happy Mother’s Day” to all our mums, grandmothers and female caregivers without our school community and hope you have a special and wonderful day on Sunday 9th May. Take care, Have a great week. Karen Luff Principal


OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY

Karingal Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures. We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously. Our school is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks. Our school has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers. Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability. We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. If you believe a child is at immediate risk or abuse phone 000.

CAMPS, SPORTS AND EXCURSION (CSEF) APPLICATION FORMS DUE

Parents are reminded to lodge the CSEF

application form to the school office ASAP.

CEREAL BOXES

If you have any empty, clean cereal boxes could you please give them to

the school for the Art Room.

Thank you.

APRIL 28th Michael M12 29th Oliver 01B Mitchell 56B Krispin 56A MAY 1st Theodore M2A 4th Tommy 34A Millabella M3B


Our very own Alex M represented Karingal Primary School in the State Swimming Championships Monday 26th April. Alex competed in the U9/10 Multiclass 50metre freestyle and backstroke events. He proudly won silver in both of his events. The event was livestreamed so that Alex’s classmates were able to cheer him on from school. On return to school Alex was greeted by claps, handshakes and cheers from his classmates. He did himself and our school proud.


Important information for Parents In 2021 many parents will still need to make decisions regarding their child's education for 2022 and beyond. To assist in their decision making and as we are environmentally conscious and mindful of being contact free during this current health crisis we have provided below a direct link to the April 2021 edition of the Government Schools Guide which we would request that you include in your next newsletter to parents, encouraging them to use this link which is a useful digital resource tool to aid in their decision. To assist your decision making in relation to your child's education for 2022 and beyond, please find below a link to the 124 page April 2021 edition of the Government Schools Guide. CLICK HERE: https://victoriaschoolguides.starcommunity.com.au/government-schools-guide/

https://api.secondstreetapp.com/m_c_t/31702971/187778291





Our School Stream

app is now available

to download! The app allows us to deliver information and notices directly to your phone. We encourage all families to install the new app and stay in touch with the latest news and information regarding your child’s education. When you install the School Stream App, you will need to enter an email address to verify that you are a parent/guardian at KPS. This is an email address you have previously provided to the school. You will then need to wait a short time to get the app unlocked. You will be notified when the app is unlocked and ready to use. You will also be able to remove the classes that are not relevant to you by swiping left on the grade’s that you don’t need and remove them so that you don’t receive notifications for other grade’s.

29th april 2021 issue 7, 2021 - karingalps.vic.edu.au

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