coming eventsthank you for your wonderful support and

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

10th June, 2021 Issue 8 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.

Coming Events

JUNE 23rd School Photos 25th Last Day of Term 2. 2.30pm Finish

Calendar Monday 14th June

Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Tuesday 15th June

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am Division Cross Country

Wednesday 16th June

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

Thursday 17th June

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8/45am -

Friday 18th June

Monday 21st June

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Tuesday 22nd June

Running Club 8.35am to 8.50am

Wednesday 23rd June

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

Thursday 24th June

Breakfast Club 8.15am—8.45am

Friday 25th June

Last Day Term 2 Early Finish - 2.30pm

Thank you for your wonderful support and commitment and congratulations to all the students, parents, carers and teachers for the amazing effort put in by all to make the most of the remote learning experience over the last two weeks. It hasn’t been easy at times, and our school values of Respect, Integrity, Persistence, Resilience and Relationships have certainly been well displayed throughout the current circuit breaker. As I am writing this, I’ve just heard the great news that we will be returning to face to face teaching on Friday 11th June - just prior to the long weekend and will hopefully remain that way for the final two weeks of Term 2. The large number of students we have had online has been a great way to stay connected. I know that our staff have been extremely grateful to see our students each day and have been rapt at being able to support and guide their remote learning. Please look out for further communication about our return to face to face learning and teaching. A few tips to support positive mental health: ¨ Prioritise sleep to support mental and emotional

wellbeing. ¨ Exercise and eat healthy—it helps to boost our mood. ¨ Stay in touch and catch up with friends and loved ones. ¨ Make time to do things that bring joy ¨ Practise positive self-talk and remind ourselves and our

children that we are not alone. It remains a challenging time for many in our community. Please contact us at school to see how we may be able to support you. Postponed Activities Unfortunately due to the circuit breaker lockdown a number of school activities have been postponed. I know this will disappoint students across the school, but we are working hard to reschedule these special events: PTO


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 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 Finne-gan, Carol Chainey, Sam Marston Community Members: Rachael Franks, Lisa Agar

¨ School Photos—rescheduled for Wednesday 23rd June.

¨ Jump Rope for Heart— a time will be organised when all the students are back at school.

¨ Fairy Tale Fiasco Incursion—the incursion organising teacher is currently in conversation with The Drama Tool Box for a possible date in Term 3.

¨ Boys’ Movie Night—a date to be confirmed in Term 3.

¨ Interschool Sport– to be confirmed with other schools.

¨ Division Cross Country—the potential date is Tuesday 15th June.

¨ Sex Education Australia—Grade 5 and Grade 5 Parent and Child session—the organising teacher is currently in conversation with Sex Education Australia for a possible date.

Our school will hold onto all money paid by families for these events as a credit against the family statement—this means that money paid will go to the event when it has been rescheduled. Mid-Year Reports Teachers are in the process of compiling the Mid-Year Reports. The reports will be sent home at the end of the term. If you require two separate reports or your family has two separate addresses, could you please let the school know. Alternative Family Forms are available from the Office. Queen’s Birthday Holiday Just a reminder that Monday 14th June is a Public Holiday and the school will be closed. With the intention of finishing off the week on a positive note….. What went well for you today and throughout the week? Thank you again for your support, understanding and thoughtful messages. - it means a lot! Please take care everyone! 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.

JUNE 13th Oscar M2A 16th Esha P1B Max 3/4A 18th Madeline 1/2A Xhianna M3A 20th Alicia 1/2A Alicia 5/6B 21st Isabell M2A Luka M3A 25th Nathan 1/2A Sebastian 2/3A


The Cycle of a Raindrop By Millabell

Emma woke up. Yes, my name is Emma, and this is my sis-ter Anna. We live in a white fluffy cloud, soft as cotton wool. Suddenly, the cloud began to shake. We knew what that meant. We began to fall. Drip...drop...drip...drop. We needed to land, so Anna and I fell into a big lake. We were in the lake. Getting deeper and deeper. We could not see the bottom. We were so scared that we thought we would not come back up. We went even deeper and deeper. It got as dark as the night sky.

But then all a sudden, we came back up. We came flying out of the water. Not heavy like water but misty like vapour. At that moment we realised we had become vapour. We went up and up and up into the sky. There was not a drop of water anymore. All the drops were vapour now. Suddenly there was no more rain in the area. There was only vapour rising to the clouds.

All the vapour went up into the sky and came together to make a big soft cloud. It was so amazing! You could see everything.....THE SKY WAS AS BLUE AS THE OCEAN!!!

We were so happy up here together and happy not to be in the dark anymore. We were so proud of ourselves for getting through this so well. We were as brave as a fierce bear in a cave. The day had ended, and we went to bed. Good night Emma. Good night Anna.


SCHOOL CONCERT

Odyssey ~ A Story Book Voyage Wednesday 15th September 2021, Frankston Arts Centre, 7pm This year the concert will be held in Week 10 of Term 3. The

concert rehearsal will be held on the same day, Wednesday 15th

September during school hours at the Frankston Arts Centre. The

students are very excited and look forward to presenting

‘Odyssey ~ A Story Book Voyage’ to you.


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.

coming eventsthank you for your wonderful support and

Documents