Develop ing Respons ib le Learners for a Changing Soc ie ty

PO Box 126 HAMPTON PARK 3976 Web: www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au Phone: 9702 8688 Fax: 9702 9212

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Term 1— Issue 2

11th February 2015

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TUES-FRI

10th to 13th February

GRADE 6 CAMP

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FRIDAY

13thFebruary

JUNIOR

ASSEMBLY

2.30PM

EVERYONE

WELCOME

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FRIDAY

20th February

BREAKFAST CLUB

STARTS FOR 2015

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MONDAY

9th March

LABOUR DAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

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WEDNESDAY

18th March

CURRICULUM DAY

STUDENTS DO NOT

ATTEND

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WEDNESDAY

25th March

HARMONY DAY

CONCERT

2PM

EVERYONE

WELCOME

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Dear Parents, 2015 Student Leaders Badge Presentation Ceremony It was certainly warm but a great afternoon when we were able to present the 2015 leaders with their badges last Friday. Once again our 2014 leaders, Sethumi, Isabeau, Kavin and Seth, displayed the confidence and poise they gained throughout their experiences last year while they presented the badges and made impromptu speeches encouraging the 2015 leaders to enjoy their new roles. I congratulate the following students and look forward to seeing them develop over the year as they perform their particular duties and roles.

School Captains Cedric Anthonee 6RB

Nilesh Fernando 6RD Teodora Bingula 6KJ

Hristina Travica 6KJ

House Lindsay Merrigan Kettner Van Wisse

Captain Matthew RAMEA

6RB

Matthew LOVREKOVIC

6RB

Chamod PERERA

6KJ

Sharvin NARAYANAMURTHI

6RB

Captain Tara SAYERS

6KJ

Sakhi KAUR 6KJ

Salini LOKUHEWAGE

6JM

Viranya SAMARASINGHE

6KJ

Vice Captain Luqman KHAN 5LM

Gathika ATHURULIYA WITHANAGE

5TT

Terence KATENE

5KB

Grehem DE ZILWA

5KB

Vice Captain Kiara SIALE

5JS

Senya EDIRISINGHE

5JP

Nethaya LINDAMULAGE

5JP

Yasara ABEYSEKARA

5LM

Student Representative Council (SRC) 2015

Parent/Student/Teacher ‘Getting to Know You’ Meetings We will be conducting these interviews in the week starting 23

rd February 2015. You will soon be able to log onto the school

website and click the link to ensure you book your desired time over the week. There will be a notice coming home to outline the procedure. Booking will be open on Thursday (Tomorrow) from 3.00pm. These meetings are a chance for you to talk to your child’s teacher and inform them of information you think we should be aware of to assist your child this year. Year 6 Camp As you read this Valley Views I will be enjoying time with the Year 6 students at The Briars Camp, Mt Martha. Every year this is a tremendous camp where the students are encouraged to meet many challenges with the help of their peers in a very supportive and fun manner. I am sure I will once again have a great day. Check the school Facebook page for updates. Swimming Trials Monday the Grade 4-6 students travelled to Koo Wee Rup Pool to participate in the KVPS Swimming trials. They had a fabulous day full of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, fun noodle races and beautiful weather. The PE department would like to thank the wonderful parent helpers who assisted on the day along with Mrs Newport. Stay tuned as this week the results of Monday’s carnival are being collated and our District Swimming Squad will be announced. District Swimming Carnival is held on Wed 25th Feb at the Pines Aquatic Centre Frankston North. Breakfast Club Breakfast Club begins next Fri 20th Feb. Like last year meals will be FREE to ALL students. Breakfast Club is on EVERY Friday from 8:30-9am in the Gymnasium. Parent Helpers welcome. School Council - Elections We have our first meeting for the year next Monday evening and once again I remind you that everyone is welcome to attend these meetings. The School Council election process will commence next week. I will have more details in next week’s Valley Views about the process you will need to follow if you are interested in joining the School Council for 2015. If you have any queries please catch me at school or ring to make an appointment so I can have a chat about the role. Have a great week and keep smiling! Neil Cunningham

Principal

3YH Jayden Preab

3RC Rusandi Botheju

3CA Maya Bingula

3DJ Anirudh Sharma

3CT Thanuja Athuruliya

Withanage

4GB

Madison Gabriel

4DP Montana

Reckerman

4RF Jovana

Sankovic

4JR Inuka

Wickramasinghe

4JW Rachael Borg

5KB Harith Halpita

Acharige Perera

5LM Malena Edwards

5JP Nikhita Pilathinja

5JS Aditya Ragupathi

5TT Rosmine Sidhu

6RB Elly Espinoza

6RD Saveen

Dalukdeniya

6KJ Georgia Manzat

6JM Amelia Brindas

ABSENCE NOTIFICATIONS

REMINDER TO PARENTS:

If your child is absent from school, please ring the school office on

9702 8688 on the morning of the absence or send

a note with the student on the day they return to school.

THANK YOU

STUDENT PAYMENTS We are pleased to advise that we are now

able to receive student payments

at Kilberry Valley via EFTPOS.

The minimum payment that can

be accepted is $10.

We are still happy to receive payments

through all our previous methods

(classrooms and direct payments etc )but

this facility now gives everyone another

option to help in all financial matters.

We look forward to seeing you at the

School Office.

9th February to 15th February, 2015

Vinoj 1CS

Amaya 1CT

Eden 1RB

Ezekiel 2CM

Heidi 2CM

Matthew 2CM

Cassius 2JB

Heroon 2SD

Sugirthan 2SR

Byron 3CA

Kaithleen 3RC

Brodie 3YH

Nikhil 4RF

Lilly 6JM

Prep AM Kabisan Prep CA Jan Prep CM Prince Prep JB Jemima Prep MU Aiden Prep PD Skye Prep SW Jasper 1CC Dominic 1CS Filip 1CT Sabastian 1LG Joshua 1LT Ella T 1RB Farhad 2JB Sameer 2SD Codi 2SR Aara 3CA Jimmy 3CT Sethmin 4DP Montana 4GB Daneka 4JR Inuka 4JW Rachael 4RF William 5JP Nikhita 5JS Jake R 5KB Terence 5LM Aaron 5TT Rosmine ICT (Gr 5-6) Tharushi 5KB

2015 Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club will start FRIDAY 20st Feb 2015

There will be FREE toast for all Grade 3 - 6 students

Time: 8:30- 8:55am

Day: FRIDAY mornings

Place: The Gym

Cost: FREE for all students

10c for all additional meals

We are always looking for parent helpers.

If you have a current WWCC (Working With Childrens Check) and would like to

help us out on FRIDAY Mornings please contact Mrs Cavanagh in the Gym.

(Please note that this is a non profit program- all money collected is spent on

buying items for our Breakfast Club)

PEANUT ALLERGIES: Unfortunately we are unable to offer Breakfast Club

to children with nut allergies. Although we do not serve ‘nut foods’, we

cannot guarantee that our kitchen is complete ‘Nut Free Zone’.

Thank you for your understanding.

Please help our Breakfast Club!

The volunteers at the KVPS Breakfast Club are proud to announce that

we served 6531 FREE meals last year.

These numbers demonstrate the popularity and need for this program amongst our community. It is a wonderful chance for students and families to socialize and make a healthy start to their day. In order for our Breakfast Club volunteers to continue to offer this essential service we are asking for a donation of 1 food item from each family at KVPS. If you could be kind enough to send 1 of the following items to school we would be extremely grateful. Please note this donation is optional and only one item per family is required. As we need a range of products, we ask that each year level please donate a different item Prep Jam Grade 1 Long-life milk Grade2 Honey Grade3 Honey Grade4 Vegemite Grade5 Vegemite Grade6 Jam FRIDAY 20th there will be FREE toast for all students Time: 8:30- 8:55am Day: FRIDAY mornings Place: The Gym Cost: FREE

We are always looking for parent helpers. If you have a current WWCC (Working With Childrens Check) and would like to

help us out on FRIDAY Mornings please contact Mrs Cavanagh in the Gym.

Lamont Book Club for

2015

This year our school is participating in Lamont Book

Club. The first issue for 2015 has just been handed

out to students.

Lamont Book Club is Australian owned, contains a great selection of products at affordable

prices and, best of all, every order supports our school!

To place an order you have two options:

1. Order online using their fast and easy website—FOR CREDIT CARD/PAY PAL ONLY

Orders can be placed online at www.lamontbookclub.com.au.

You will need to register before you will be able to place an order, which can be done quickly and

easily by selecting the “Sign In” link on the top right hand corner of the website.

Select our school as part of your registration.

Once you are registered, you can browse all the items

from the Junior, Middle and Upper brochures, view

more information about the products and add them to

your cart. Once you have selected your items you

can view your shopping cart in the top right of

the website. Payment options available online are

credit card and PayPal.

You can specify the name of your student when you checkout and all items in that order will be

delivered to the named student. If you would like multiple students to receive items, please place

an order for each student individually. You won’t need to register again to do this.

2. Hand in your brochure to school with a cash payment

Alternatively, you can complete the order form on

the back of the brochure and hand this back to

school with a cash payment. Please include the

correct money. Each issue will have a cut-off date

printed on the back so please make sure that your

order is submitted by that date.

We hope our students enjoy our Book Club in 2015 and that they find lots of fantastic titles to

read! Mrs Merritt—library

1ST ISSUE DUE BACK by Friday 20th February—delivery 1st week in March

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK

We would like to remind parents who are

interested in helping at the school in any way, that you

will require a Working With Children Check.

YOU CANNOT ASSIST IN ANY

CAPACITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL UNLESS YOU

HAVE A WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK.

THIS INCLUDES EXCURSIONS,INCURSIONS

& CLASSROOM HELP.

There is no cost involved.

Application forms can be accessed by

visiting the Department of Justice website at

www.justice.vic.gov.au

and follow the link for Licences

and Certificates.

Once you have received your

Working With Children

Check card, bring it to the office to

register and wear the card

whenever you volunteer at the school.

This will ensure an even greater level of

security for your children.

THANK YOU

Kilberry Valley Primary School

ADVERTISING

Please Note: The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

does not endorse the products or services of any private advertisers. No responsibility is accepted by

DEECD for accuracy of information.

KILBERRY VALLEY NOTICES SENT HOME

The following notices have been sent home to families and require your prompt attention:

2015 BOOKPACKS Payments for the 2015 Book Packs is due IMMEDIATELY. Please finalise all payments as they are now overdue. DISTRICT SWIMMING CARNIVAL (SELECTED STUDENTS ONLY) Payments must be finalised by Wednesday, 18th February, 2015. The cost is $2. Students who do not return consent forms and payments by the closing date for incursions/excursions will not be able to participate in the activity. We would appreciate your support and co-operation with these matters. Thank you.

LATE PAYMENTS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

JUST A REMINDER

Please be respectful of our

neighbouring houses and to

ensure you don’t park on their

nature strip or across their

driveways.

DIARY DATES-TERM 1 2015

Monday 9th March Labour Day Public Holiday

Wednesday 18th March Curriculum Day

Students do not attend

Wednesday 25th March

Harmony Day Concert 2pm

PLAYGROUP NEWS

PLAYGROUP at Kilberry Valley Primary School for preschool children has begun WHEN : Every Monday, from 9am till 10.30 am WHERE : Room C11 (opposite the art room) NOTE : Due to limited space there will be only 15 places

HARMONY DAY CONCERT

Harmony Day

25th. March 2015

'Everyone Belongs'@ 2pm a concert will be held in

the gym to celebrate the rich skills our students bring

with them to school.

If there are any parents who would like to be a part of

this performance or help the children practise their

routine it would be greatly appreciated.

EAL teachers can be found in room

C11 opposite the art room.

WELFARE CORNER

Getting organised:

Most children generate a little chaos and disorganisation. Your child

might flit from one thing to the next – forgetting books at school,

leaving towels on the floor, and failing to finish projects once started.

You’d like them to be more organised and to stay focused on tasks,

such as homework. Is it possible? Yes! A few children seem

naturally organised, but for the rest, organisation is a skill learned

over time. With help and some practice, children can develop an

effective approach to getting things done. And you’re the perfect

person to teach your child, even if you don’t feel all that organised

yourself.

Easy 1,2,3

For children, all tasks can be broken down into a 1,2,3 process.

1. Getting organised means a child gets where he or she needs

to be and gathers the supplies needed to complete the task.

2. Staying focused means sticking with the task and learning to

say “no” to distractions.

3. Getting it done means finishing up, checking your work, and

putting on the finishing touches, like remembering to put a

homework paper in the right folder and putting the folder

inside the backpack so it’s ready for the next day.

Once children know these steps and how to apply these steps they

can start tackling tasks more independently. That means homework,

chores and other tasks will get done with increasing consistency and

efficiency. Of course, children need parental help and guidance, but

you probably won’t have to nag as much. Not only is it practical to

teach these skills, but knowing how to get things done will help your

child feel more competent and effective. Children feel self-confident

and proud when they’re able to accomplish their tasks and

responsibilities. They’re also sure to be pleased when they find they

have some extra free time to do what they would like to do.

Zania Cope– Assistant Principal

FAMILY FOOD SUPPORT Transit Food Support

Transit Family Food Support is now open every

Thursday from 3pm-6pm.

A wide range of dairy, fruit and vegetables and groceries can be

picked up. Clothes and other items may be available at times.

Food will be available free of charge to families with school aged

children as well as students and young adults

Located at Narre Warren Christian Church,

Factory 4,5/3 Webb Street, Narre Warren

For further information please call Pastor Keith

On 0438 398 594 or 9796 8966