Wednesday, 21 November 2018

SAFE RESPECTFUL RESPONSIBLE

Principal’s Report

DATES TO REMEMBER Wednesday 28 November P&C Meeting 6:30pm school staffroom Tuesday 4 December Years 1 & 2 Hunter Valley Zoo excursion Thursday 13 Dec Year 6 Surf Day Monday 17 December Year 6 Farewell Tuesday 18 December K-6 Christmas event. 11:30 am All welcome for a sing-a-long. Wednesday 19 December Year 6 Graduation Ceremony 9:30am - 11:00am

Kanwal Public School Phone: 02 43923477 Fax: 02 43931621 ABN: 18 246 198 266 Email: kanwal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Craigie Avenue, Kanwal NSW 2259 Web: www.kanwal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

School Disco and Cyber Safety Parent Talk This term we are holing a disco for our students and at the same time we will be holding a Cyber Safety Talk for parents. Cyber Safety is an ever changing landscape and we need to be responsive to the needs and develop strategies on how to keep our students safe and cyber aware when online. At this special community event we will be discussing the concepts about good cyber safety practices to help you at home.

Disco Where: KPS Hall. Who: Current KPS students only. When: Wednesday 5th December, 2018. Times: K, 1 & 2: 5:00pm – 6:00pm 3, 4, 5 & 6: 6:15pm – 7:15pm Cost: $4 per child or $8 per family

Cyber Safety Talk Where: Tiered Learning Room Who: Parents / Carers When: Wednesday 5th December, 2018. Times: K, 1 & 2: 5:00pm – 6:00pm 3, 4, 5 & 6: 6:15pm – 7:15pm

*Full more information, please refer to the information note that was sent home on Monday November 19. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Quality Work with Mr Moxon

Off We Go to the Hunter Valley Zoo (Stage 1) Stage 1 are gearing up for an exciting excursion to the Hunter Valley Zoo. This will be an amazing educational excursion learning about Australian and non-Australian animals and their environment. This program is linked to the Stage 1 Science Unit “Living Things’ which is currently being explored in our classrooms. Please remember all permission notes and money need to be returned to school by Wednesday

For more information, please refer to the information sheet that came home to

families earlier this term. Also if you are keen to complete some additional research before your visit or would like see what daily shows are on offer at the zoo check out their website at: www.huntervalleyzoo.com.au

Celebrate with our P&C All community members are welcome to attend our next P&C meeting. At our P&C meetings you will hear the latest updates from members of our school executive team and have the opportunity to have your say in how our school runs. We have a wonderful dedicated team of members and we would like you to come and join the fun.

Where: KPS Staffroom

When: Wednesday 28th November

Time: 6:30pm

Over the last two weeks I have received several letters of commendation for our wonderful teaching staff.

Mr Schasser, Mrs Mason, Mr Hernandez, Mrs Newton, Mrs Ryan and Miss Tracey have all received positive

feedback about their teaching, enthusiasm and professionalism. We are super lucky to be working and going to a great school like Kanwal!

I would also like to acknowledge the amazing work of Miss G Thompson of 2N who came to show me her amazing holiday journal of her recent trip to Queensland. She had fun on the water slides at Nambucca Heads and on day four she saw the dolphins, seals and penguins at Sea World. This is an exceptional recount of a great holiday with a vast array of accompanying photographs. I felt like, I had been on holidays too.

K Ferris and H Lewin of 1M also popped in to show me their quality writing samples. I can see these students are working hard in their classrooms. Speaking of working hard it was nice to drop into 6A last week to see them

working on designing their own robots out of recycled items. This design challenge was allowing for some very cre-ative designs and some robust design conversations.

Have a great week Kanwal.

Mr Moxon

Home reading achievements Congratulations to these fantastic readers!

Infants and Primary 50 nights Johaan Alex Branden Ansell Indigo Atkinson-Miller Cooper Austin Lachlan Austin Coby Battese Jacob Bishop Tolkien Black Abigail Chaney Charlee Dickson Delija Dobson Rihanna Doolan Allira Duncan Connor Edwards Georgia Finnerty Vaiuku Fotuaika Ashlee Franco Taj Goodman Ava Graham Kyden Hagan Indie Hardyman Selena Harney Gemma Hay Tayson Hudson Bodhi Jenkins Taj Johnstone Sophia Kinlyside Montana Masterson Hunter-Rose McRitchie Harlem Mills Mia Milne Emma Northridge Ella Peach Luke Perry Eva Phillips Sienna Phillis Angelina Player Haiden Polovineo Inglis Ritchie Laura-Deane Sales-Buckley Courtney Sennett Jazzmyn Smithers Kevin Thompson Miah Trisic Jaxon Warwick Taj Warwick Sharelle Wills Elle Woodbine

100 nights Kobe Atkins Fiona Bi Ruby-Pearl Farrugia Nash Fitzgerald Skye Fowler Benjamin Frew Zoe Frost Darrius Funaki Michael Gorman Jorja Kent-Duggan Hannah Lewin Hunter Luke Jessica Mace Sophie McNaughton Isabelle Mott Mason Quarta Dennah Rowe Caitlyn Scott Vasa Seruilumi Tyler Woodford Ayden Wynen

150 nights Danica Connell Rhiannon Davis Jay Dunlop Elke Hendrickse Kirk Hutchison Ollie Immerz Callum Johnson Izabelle Lee Kexson Ly Marcus Parry Tyisha Peat Tristan Pocock Lachlan Saunders Hunter Scarsbrook Lily Storer Nixon White Cooper Wilding

200 nights Natalie Bond Rhiannon Donaldson Roxy Duncan Kaydence Goodman Ava Green Angus Hutchison Isabella Killen Lachie Quinn Hamish McBride Errol Parry Emma Regner McAlister Kiara Stewart Jonathon Sturgeon Keira Wright

250 nights Wyatt Coe Ava Daniel Chloe Doessel Alex Evans Curtis Farrelly Neva Farrugia Tyler Huggins Benjamin James Blessna Kurian Tiana Milne Neva Moran Summer Norris Bailey Parrey Elise Robards Savannah Robinson Tyler Ryan Aamon Smith Caitlin Trisic Gethin Williams Macy Willis

We look forward to congratulating more fabulous readers in our next newsletter.

The ‘300 night surprise’ is coming up very soon for the students who have achieved this level.

Come and Try Camp Australia’s Outside School Hours Care for FREE! We are excited to announce that the children at your school can now come and try their first day of Outside School Hours Care for FREE! This is a great chance for parents to see what Camp Australia is like before signing their children up to our services. It’s also free to register. You can register at pp.campaustralia.com.au/account/register-firstdayfree. Once you have completed the registration, you can activate your session whenever you like. This free trial is only for parents who register between the 5th November and the End of Term 4. Make sure you use your session as First Day Free will expire at the end of Term 4 2018. Our Outside School Hours Care programs provide fun and engaging experiences every single day, and includes elements of:

Outdoor play time – sport, skills development, general play and inclusive games Construction and Manipulative play – art and craft, cooking, construction and indoor

games Creative time – includes activities like drama and music Life skills – community involvement, role playing, communication and social skills develop-

ment Homework and quiet time – so children can relax with their family when they go home Unique and new experiences – trying new sports and artistic pursuits like circus skills, yo-

ga, skate boarding, martial arts, golf and calisthenics just to name a few. For further information please contact our Customer Care Team on 1300 105 343. The team are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except National Public Holidays). Kind Regards, Camp Australia

Maths Olympiad The annual APSMO Maths Olympiad consists of a series of 5 separate con-tests, one per month from May to September. The Junior Division Olympiad (Division J) is specifically designed to stimulate and challenge students at pri-mary school level. It teaches major problem solving strategies and strength-ens students' mathematical intuition.

This year 27 students were selected to represent our school.

The students worked diligently to try and solve mathematical problems that would prove challenging for people of any age.

Congratulations to the following students who represented Kanwal Public School in the Maths Olympiad:

Dime B, Luke C, Amber S, Carter M, Samuel P, Jay M, Tyler H, Cameron P, Aamon S, Lucy M, Skye G, Brooke S, Gracie L, Alex E, Ryan L, Julien R, Macey D, Olivia E, Curtis F, Lachlan S, Samuel C, Macy W, Nathan P, Luke V, Thomas A, Dani W and Jaxon H.

Miss Cole

Kanwal Public School

Second Hand Book Sale Thursday 6 December, 2018

Books will be on sale for 50c, $1 and $2. The students will have an opportunity to purchase books

throughout the day.

Donations of pre-loved children's books would be appreciated. These can be sent to the school office or Miss Trudgeon.

Money raised from the sale will assist reading programs within the school. Thank you for your support.

Kanwal Public School Second hand Uniforms

New Polos $10 Old Polos $5 Jackets $10 Dresses $20 Shorts $10 Silky Jackets $20 Thank you for supporting

Kanwal Public School P&C

The Flexi Schools app is now available Introducing the Flexischools app,making online ordering easier.

The Flexischools app includes a communications feature, powered by

FlexiBuzz, so families can get important news, like newsletters, alerts and events from the school while ordering their students lunch.

Best of all the app is free to use for Flexischools , parents and schools

The following letter was sent from the Children’s University Team at the University of Newcastle.

Dear CU Children and Families, November, 2018

I would like to write a letter of thanks and congratulations to all students that attended the recent Children’s University graduation ceremonies. This year we welcomed onto campus 932 graduating students and over 2,500 families across the three evenings.

The CU team would like to congratulate all students for their behaviour and enthusiasm shown throughout the evening. We planned for these evenings to be a celebration and recognition of the effort and time you have placed into all the learning opportunities throughout the year.

Thank you to all families that attended. We appreciate your presence on the evening, hope you enjoyed the celebration, and look forward to seeing you all again in the future.

Children’s University continues to encourage children and their families to keep learning in their communities during the Christmas holiday period. All learning experiences that occur between now and Term 1 next year are added into the hours for 2019 Graduation. Please place a line in your passports to indicate that 2018 hours are finalised.

Your passport hours continue across into next year. To be eligible for graduation in 2019 you need to have moved up into the next award category. For example, if you got 30 hours this year you would have to make it to 65 hours to get the Silver Award.

This program is an annual commitment. Children have the capacity to opt into the program each year. If you would like to be involved next year, please indicate this to your teacher in charge of the pro-gram.

Once again thank you, children for your enthusiasm for learning and parents for your support. If you or your family has any questions about the program, please contact us.

If you would like to make suggestions for improvements or place a comment regarding the evening please do

so at childrensuniversitynewcastle@newcastle.edu.au or call 49218739. Hope to see you all in 2019,

Children’s University Team

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Children’s University Program at Kanwal P.S. Expression of Interest for 2019 – Years 3 to 6

Please return this note to Miss Trudgeon by Friday 30 November, 2018 Current Children’s University students My child _________________________________ class ____________ will be continuing the Children’s University program in 2019.

New students for 2019

I am interested in my child _______________________________ class __________ participating in the 2019 Children’s University program. I understand that there may be a cost of $15 and further information will be provided when it is received by the school from the University.

Signed: _______________________________________ (Parent/carer) Date: ________________