KIALLA CENTRAL

PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

6/12/2016 Issue 37 Quality Education

Rural Environment

HOUSE POINTS WEEKLY WINNER

MITCHELL

Telephone: 03 5827 1373

www.kiallacentralps.vic.edu.au

kialla.central.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

KIALLA CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

6/12/2016 Issue 37

Stars of the Week

TERM 4 ~ WEEK 9

Maddy ~ Grade 6

Lucas ~ Grade 2

Harry K ~ Grade 1

Science Award

TERM 4

WEEK 9

Riley H

Grade 2

SPOTLIGHT ON K.C.P.S.

Name: Riley

Nickname: Ryles

Favourite Food: KFC

Favourite Colour: Green

Favourite Sport: BMX

Favourite Book: Zoo Power

Favourite Pet: Tyson my dog

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I want to be a monster truck driver.

What do I most like about Kialla Central … All the kids, teachers & sport.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Wednesday 7th December MACC Van (Art) Last visit for this year!

Thursday 8th December Grade 6 Graduation

Tuesday 13th December School Concert & Presentations

Friday 16th December End of Year Excursion

Tuesday 20th December Last day of school Out of uniform day for Grade 6s Early dismissal 1.30pm

No Outside School Hours Care

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Term 4 ~ Calendar of Events 2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 5 6

Orientation Day

7 MACC (Art) Van 8 Grade 6 Graduation

9 Student Reports go home

12 13

EoY Concert & Presentations

14 15 16

EoY Excursion

19

20

Last day of school …

1.30pm dismissal!

2017 Term 1 School resumes for ALL students on

Tuesday 31st January

NOVEMBER 2016 ~ CONGRATULATIONS

Callum ~ Grade 6

For always being a positive role model

& leading by example! Thank you Callum!

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Last Friday Parents Club hosted out

traditional Whole School Christmas Lunch in

the Kialla District Hall. Students and staff

enjoyed roast chicken, roast potatoes, mixed

vegetables, gravy and a bread roll. This was followed

by ice cream, Christmas M & Ms, a chocolate Santa

and chocolate topping. We had all the Christmas

trimmings including: a tree, Santa hats & bon bons.

This is a very unique experience that has been a long

tradition at our school. I would like to sincerely

thank our amazing Parents’ Club and our helpers on

the day. Such events are just not possible without

you! Photos will be in next week’s newsletter.

The fun continued on Friday night with our

K.C.P.S. Student Disco. It was great to see so

many of our students attend this event and

have so much fun. There were some amazing dance

moves on the dance floor, singing that was

interesting and laughter that was infectious! The

song of the night was definitely ACDC’s

Thunderstruck! Thanks to our parents for

supporting this event, John Kerr from Nitro Disco,

Mr Z, Miss Baker & Mrs O for their help.

I would also like to thank the Kialla District Hall

Committee, in particular Zena & Sandy Proven

(bookings officers), who always look after K.C.P.S.

Today was Victoria’s State wide Orientation

Day for students transitioning to secondary

school and our Kinder kids who are heading to

primary school. There was a buzz of mixed emotions

from Mr Z’s room on Monday. There were times of

excitement and times of uncertainty … “but what if

…” This was the 3rd session for our new Foundation

students at Kialla Central. They have a morning

session, an afternoon session and then the whole day.

All of our students spent the day in their grade for

2017. An enjoyable day was had by all! I look

forward to hearing the adventures of our Grade 6s.

On Monday 5th December I sent home a

note regarding our School Concert. The

note outlined what costume each grade or student is

required to have. Jacquie Monk has sourced a lot of

the props and overlay costumes from Grahamvale

Primary School. If you have any questions about the

costumes please come and see Tracey Opie or myself.

I would like to take this opportunity to thanks

Damien Hunt who is picking up the risers on Friday

morning for our concert from Notre Dame that

Jacquie has organised. Thanks Damien!

Booklists for 2017 went home last week

with each student. These are due back to

school this Wednesday 7th December. All booklists are

due back regardless of whether you are purchasing

items from another supplier. Payment & pick up of

supplies is on Tuesday 24th or Wednesday 25th

January from 10.00am to 3.00pm.

This coming Thursday is our Grade 6’s

Graduation dinner and ceremony. Parents’

Club host our Graduation Dinner based on the menu

and theme selected by the students. The staff and

students enjoy sharing some quality time together

over a meal before the formalities begin. A couple of

our Grade 5 students are asked to be waiters and

waitresses for our dinner.

At 7.30pm family and friends join us in the formal

part of the evening. Students share their “Primary

School Memories and Future dreams” presentations.

Mr Zito speaks about each student and they are

presented with their Graduation Packs. This

concludes with a slideshow of the Grade 6’s journey

through Kialla Central. Families and friends enjoy

supper before heading home. Once again a big thank

you to our highly dedicated Parents’ Club for making

this a special part of our Grade 6’s celebrations.

Our Semester 2 Student Academic

Reports will be sent home on Friday 9th

December. Our staff take pride in

knowing every student as an individual and I believe

our reports reflect this. We have quite an extensive

process that we go through before getting to the

final printed copy that is sent home. I would like to

acknowledge the dedication and high level of

professionalism of our teachers: Mr Zito, Miss

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Baker and Mrs Gamble.. The production of our reports is a team effort with administrative support from Mrs Opie and Mrs Stonehouse. Thank you to our remarkable Kialla Central Team!

On Friday 16th December we are having our local End of Year Excursion. Permission notes were sent home on Monday outlining

the day. We are leaving Kialla Central at 8.45am and heading to Lake Victoria in Shepparton. We will divide into 2 groups and do a rotation of activities. Morning tea and drinks will be supplied so students are not required to bring anything. At 12.00pm we are at Spaghetti Hollow for a sit down lunch. Special thanks to Karli and the Crew for offering to put lunch on again for us this year. We are then heading around to Village Cinemas for a private viewing of the movie “Sing” which is not released to the general public until Boxing Day. We anticipate that we will return to school at 3.30pm. Please note: the later pick up time. This is a whole school excursion that requires all staff members to attend leaving no one at school. Heather Adderly and Dale McCully are also joining us for our end of year celebrations.

A uniform order will be going home this week. We are looking at introducing a new polo shirt for next year as our current polos are just not wearing as well as they should be. There will be a transition period where both types of polos can be worn. There are still a few of our current style in the uniform cupboard that will be offered at a discounted price. There is also a new bucket hat being introduced to replace our broad brimmed. Finally, there are a couple of style changes with our shorts, skorts and pants that will be phased in as stock is replaced. Thank you to the uniform working group for your input. Our uniform has been reviewed based on the feedback from parents and students from the KCPS surveys I conducted. Your

input and feedback is valuable!

There will be NO Outside School Hours Care on Tuesday 20th December. School finishes at 1.30pm as this is the last day of the term so please ensure you have alternative arrangements in place.

Thank you to Terry Dohnt who maintains our grounds on a voluntary basis. Last week he mowed our lawns.

Also thanks to Alan Keat who gave our oval its first mow since it was scarified and the new sprigs plant-ed. Andy Ryan has been keeping a very close eye on its progress.

If anyone has walked past our vegetable gardens lately you would be impressed to see lots of healthy plants growing. Recent additions include: corn, strawberries and some tomatoes. A big thank you to Zoi Tricarico for our vegetables gardens!

Finally, I would like to wish Mr & Mrs Stonehouse all the best for the upcoming wedding of their eldest daughter Ellen to Chris this Saturday. Ellen is a teacher at Orrvale PS and is the first of the Stonehouse kids to get married. Congratulations!

Next week’s newsletter is the last one for the year. It will go home on Wednesday or Thursday next week due to our School Concert and Presentations.

Debbie Humphries

Proud Principal of KCPS

Team Player Award ~ Term 4 ~ Week 9

Congratulations Jakob on being this week’s winner. He has really stepped up

& accepted responsibilities. Jakob had a great time at our disco dancing with

everyone & making sure everyone was included. Jakob simply takes his

certificate to the Shepparton Market Place store and he will receive a free

Boost Juice. Well don Jakob!

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5/6 Melbourne Camp 2016 Zoe – Camp was really interesting and fun. I enjoyed mixing with the Kialla West students.

Xavier – Learning about the history of the MCG was my favourite part.

Jarred – I liked exploring Melbourne.

Kasey – I liked my room, because I was with new friends from Kialla West.

Maddy – I liked doing all the fun activities.

Gemma – Polly Woodside was by far the best, because the instructor made everything funny.

Remi – I enjoyed walking through the Shrine. It was very emotional.

Acacia – I really liked going to the Melbourne Goal because of all the history.

Jenna – I liked meeting a lot of new Kialla West students and also walking through Melbourne

was fun.

Chloe – I liked everything, except for the walking!

Dallas – Eureka Tower was really fun and I survived the edge.

Harry M – Exploring Melbourne was my favourite because there was a lot of diversity

and we got to choose where we wanted to go.

Callum – Parliament House was interesting and how the gold was on the roof was quite fasci-

nating. It was also good that we got to meet Suzanna Sheed who is an MP in our state’s Lower

House.

Satinderjit – My favourite part of camp was Parliament House. It was really interesting

learning about Australia.

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2017 GUITAR & KEYBOARD LESSONS Cliff Doornkamp will be conducting both guitar and keyboard lessons at Kialla Central

Primary School in 2017. Lessons are held each Wednesday with individual lessons lasting 20

minutes. The cost of lessons is $17.00 per lesson (payable at time of lesson).

For more information please contact Cliff Doornkamp on 0474 769 963.

Please return the form below as an expression on interest for 2017.

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2017 GUITAR & KEYBOARD LESSONS

Name: ____________________________ Grade: ____________

Parent / Guardian Name: ______________________

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Kialla Central Primary School’s 2016 School Concert & Presentations

WHERE: Kialla Central Primary School

WHEN: Tuesday 13th December 2016

TIMES: 6.00pm - School Council Sausage Sizzle

7.00pm - Concert and Presentations

WHO: Students, their families and the K.C.P.S. Community are invited

BRING: Chairs, plates, cutlery, cups, your own salad, drinks & a plate

of supper to share.

Our School Council is hosting a sausage sizzle for the school community.

We will supply sausages, bread and sauce for this event.

We will also be drawing our MAJOR raffle!