No 34 Wednesday 6th

2019 KFPS News

Dear students, parents and friends, Welcome to Week 5 of this term. I must say we are experiencing some incredible swings in the weather! Warm weather, wind, rain, sunshine, thunderstorms, hail, wind, sunshine. It may be a little unpredictable at present but our expectations remain that all students need to be wearing a sun smart hat and clothing needs to be labelled as we have a growing number of jumpers that are finding themselves in our lost property tub. I would encourage all families to keep checking the calendar and the LED sign outside to keep in the loop. NO CANTEEN THIS WEEK A reminder note was sent home on Monday of this week informing families that the canteen will not be open and available for lunches this week due to Rayelene taking leave this week. The canteen will resume its normal hours of operation next week. We thank parents/carers for their support. Neighbourhood Newsletters On Monday your child/ren should have brought home their neighbourhood newsletter. Each term our neighbour-hoods send home a newsletter midway through the term to update families of events coming up and to acknowledge and celebrate the work that is being done by students in their classes. If you haven’t received your child’s neighbourhood newsletter please check with your child’s teacher or contact the office to have another sent home. Alternatively, these neighbourhood newsletters are uploaded onto our website so you can check out the news on there! Grade 6 2020 T-shirts Next year our Grade 6 students will have a ‘Class of 20’ t-shirt for their final year of primary schooling. These Grade 6 t-shirts need to be pre-ordered. Information to parents was sent home a couple of weeks ago. Orders close this Friday 8th November. For our current Grade 5 students you need to ensure that you have your t-shirt order in on time as these shirts are being made and no late orders will be accepted. Crusoe College Grade 4/5 Science Extension What a wonderful opportunity for those students that participated in the Science extension program at Crusoe College. Please see the photos from the afternoon of our budding scientists.

Remembrance Day This Monday 11th November, we have the Kangaroo Flat Remembrance Day service at the Memorial Park ceno-taph in High St Kangaroo Flat. The service commences at 10:40am and will take approximately 25 minutes with the minute silence commencing at 11am. Our school choir has been asked to sing the national anthem. Our school captains will lay a wreath and we will also have students raising the flags during the services. Families available in the day are warmly invited to join us at the service. Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to the following 26 students who achieved the reading requirements of the Premier’s Reading

Challenge this year. You will receive your official certificate of achievement at assembly this Friday.

Tajh Blythman Jack Burns Courtney Butcher Blake Demarchi

Jye Dingfelder Nicholas Dodsworth Logan Haigh Paw K’Pru

Linkin Pierce Xavier Sawford Knate Stephenson Phoenix Watson

Tiffany Williams Tyson Egglestsone Makayla Farnsworth Matthew Holmes

Sophie Hull Ashen Kelly Sky Nowell Ella Reynolds

Calais S Rylan Smith Ella-Rose Stewart Ahkeela Thomas

William Vandervalk Samantha Evans

Planning for 2020 – Parent Input invited Class structure for 2020 Class structures Next year we will have 12 classes across our school. With consideration for the student numbers at each grade level, the decision about the structure of the classes is as follows: 2 classes x Foundation 3 classes x Grade 1/2 3 classes x Grade 3/4 2 classes x Grade 5 2 classes x Grade 6 There is an opportunity for you to provide information to the school based on educational or social grounds which you believe is important for us to consider when making our 2020 class placements. This information needs to be in writing. Please forward this to me by Friday 15th November. Late information will not be able to be consid-ered. Class placements will be made taking this information into account, along with class numbers, gender mix, social and academic needs. The decision made at the conclusion of this process will be final and no changes will be made unless there is evidence that a clear error was made. This process is not about naming a preferred teacher.

REMINDERS: Upcoming dates and events to note. Kangaroo Flat Remembrance Day service Next Monday 11th November, our school choir and school captains will be attending the Remembrance Day service to be held at the Kangaroo Flat memorial Park and cenotaph. Students attending this very special service must be in school full uniform and bring their hat and water bottle. The bus will leave the school at 10:15am to be ready for the 10:45am service. Student Support Group Meetings – next week. Next week we will be holding our Student Support Group meetings on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th Novem-ber for those families who have a scheduled SSG for each term. Wendy will be in contact with you to finalise times/arrangements for these meetings. We really appreciate the opportunity to meet with parents/carers to discuss the progress of their child/ren – the home-school partnership is exceptionally important to us and for the success of student outcomes.

School Council A reminder to our school councillors, next Tuesday 12th November we have our November council meeting commencing at 6:45pm. School Council papers and documentation will be emailed later this week.

Parent Club fundraiser – Friday 15th November – Out of uniform & Crazy hair A casual clothes/crazy hair day will be held on Friday 15th November as a fundraiser for the Parent& Friends Club. Students will be expected to pay a gold coin donation to come dressed out of uniform and wearing a crazy hair do for the day. Last year this was so much fun to see the effort that a number of students put into their hair styles. Think colour, think 80’s big, think CRAZY!! Thought of the week Kind Regards, Kim Saddlier Principal

Grade 3-6 Bike Ed/Grade Prep-2 Scooter Ed Starting week 4, all students in grades 3-6 will be participating in a Bike Education unit., and grades prep-2 in Scooter Education. This will be conducted during PE classes and students are encouraged to bring their own bikes/scooters if possible. We have bikes/scooters at school for those who cannot get their own to school but we ask that as many as possible bring helmets (even if you haven’t got a bike or scooter) as we have a few, but not enough to cover a whole class. If you have any queries please contact Travis Colley at the school. Classes are as follows: Rooms 7 & 3 Monday, Room 13 Tuesday, Rooms 8, 12,14, 4 Wednesday, Rooms 5,18, 19 Thursday and 6, & 9 Friday.

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WANTED:

Old CLEAN socks for the Art

room to make sock puppets!

Prep Enrolments for 2020 Prep Transition Program

Our ‘Step Into Preps’ orientation program commences in November.

Transition Program Dates:

Tuesday 19th November 9.15am-10.45am Tuesday 26th November 9.15am-10.45am Tuesday 3rd December 9.15am-10.45am Tuesday 10th December 9.15am-10.45am

During the Orientation Program students come to school for the hour and a half. Parents take their child to the prep classrooms and once the child is settled they leave and come back to collect their child at 10.45am.

KFPS Website

Have you looked at our Website? Subscribe and receive an email to link you to the latest e-news.

Go to: https://www.kangarooflatps.vic.edu.au

Then: click onto the ‘Subscribe’ link. Your re-quest will be accepted and then you’ll be right to go. This is a great way to always stay up to date

with all of our events and a chance to see the newsletter in colour.

Congratulations to all of the

students who will receive a

Principal Award this Friday.

Welcome to our new students:

ROOM NO. Student

18 Masuma S

19 Ahkeela T

3 Zahra S

4 Shaleesha N

12 Alyssa L

13 Reid M

14 CJ B

5 Banjo N

6 Ben P

7 Tin O

8 Mara G

9 Narges S

Principal Awards:

Congratulations to all of the students who received a Principal Award last

Friday.

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Breakfast Club Hamper:

We are a lucky school to have a breakfast program on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. On Tuesday and Thursday we have some very helpful students and on Wednesday we have very caring

helpers from the Anglican Church. This week we are holding a raffle that cost nothing, just come to Brekky Club to enter!! It has milk, Cheerios, Weetbix, Baked beans, Fruit and Oats in the hamper. This will be drawn on Friday at assembly. You better hurry, your last chance to enter is tomorrow.

Writing Extension Program

This week students began looking at persuasive texts. We have worked on gathering all of our ideas for and against a particular topic, before we choose a side. Students worked in small groups to brainstorm ideas about a particular aspect of school (for example – recess times should be longer). After brainstorming, students picked their side. We spent lots of time talk-ing about how to order arguments to tighten the tension and convince our reader to agree with our point of view. This week’s Writers of the Week are: Gumnut Neighbourhood: Ruby S (room 6) Ruby’s topic: all classes should have free time for the last hour of the day.

Ruby is for this and her 3 strongest arguments are:

Children can learn to work together in free time

Children have more time to do whatever they want

Children should have free time so teachers can do work

Grevillea Neighbourhood: Ava O (room 14) Ava’s topic: school should finish earlier

Ava is for this and her 3 strongest arguments are:

You can spend more time with your family

If you are away for the day you actually miss less school

You will have more time to rest and be better for the next morning at school

Well done to all students – we can’t wait to read your completed persuasive texts!

NO CANTEEN THIS WEEK Canteen News—Menus for the following week are as below. When placing an order from the MIX ‘n’ Match Meal Deals please cut out and use as a template below.

Volunteers Welcome. Our Canteen needs volunteers from 8.45am -11.45am. Kids love seeing mum, dad or grandparents smiling face in the canteen. Please contact the office if you are able to help.

"Make My Own" Lunch Order Form Name_______________________ Room________ Circle your choices (Please Note: Each item circled is charged as an extra choice to add on)

I'd like - White Bread, Wholemeal Bread, Small Bowl ($1.00) _____

White Roll, Wholemeal Roll, Muffin, Wrap, Taco Shell ($1.50) _____

Sushi Rice Roll, Foccacia, Pizza Base, Nachos, Large Bowl ($2.00) _____

Meat - Chicken, Ham, Beef, Tuna, Chicken Tender, Bacon ($2.00) _____

Crumbed Fish, Beef Pattie, Crab Meat, Prawns (x2) ($2.00) ____

Salad - Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber, Carrot, Red Onion (.50c) _____

Corn, Beetroot, Mushroom, Capsicum, Pineapple (.50c) _____

Toppers - Salsa, Sour Cream, Grated Cheese, Sliced Cheese (.50c) _____

Sundried Tomatoes, Pumpkin, Avocado, Olives, Guacamole ($1.00) _____

Egg, Cous Cous, Baby Spinach, Rice, Feta, Parmesan ($1.00) _____

Condiments- French, Italian, Caesar, BBQ, Tomato Sauce (.50c) _____

Extras - Butter, Salt, Pepper, Toasted, Mayonnaise, (No Charge)

Orders must be placed by 9am on the day required. Total $ ______

$5.00 Meal Deal Lunch Order Form Name________________________ Room___________

Choose and Circle ONE from each Box Wednesday/ Thursday/ Friday

SLUSHIES ARE BACK

$2.00 Small $4.00 Large

Watermelon, Fruit Salad, Apple Slinky,

Corn Cob, Sultanas, Popcorn,

Dip n Salad Sticks, Juice Pop

Milkshake, Juice Box, Water,

Jelly Fruit, Apple Pie, Muffin,

Strawberry Mousse, Pancake

Taco, Hotdog, Pizza, 6 Chicken Nuggets,

Chicken Stick, Ham & Cheese & Tomato

Sandwich, Ham, Chicken or Beef & Salad

Lateness Please ensure your child is at school for the start of the day. It is hard not to notice the number of students arriving late each morning. School commences at 8:50am. In classrooms on most days, students begin with the Literacy Block. One hour of Reading and one hour of Writing. Time missed is not time that can be reclaimed. Being late to school will impact student’s learning. Being punctual is an important life skill also.

Times for the school day: 8:50am – 11:20am: Learning Session 1 11:20am: Eating time 11:30am – 12pm: 1st recess (30 minutes) 12pm – 1:30pm Learning Session 2 1:30-2pm: 2nd recess (30 minutes) 2:00pm – 3:00pm Learning session 3

Where will you be in 2020? If your family is relocating next year, can you please let the school know to enable us to plan accurately for 2020. (eg. How many classrooms, class sizes, staff required etc)

Please phone 5447 5100 or fill out the form below: Student Name: _______________________________ Room: __________ School or area that the family are relocating to in 2020.______________________________________ 2020 enrolments forms are available at the front office. The completion of these forms commences the

partnership between school and home and provides information to support all children to transition to school. If you have family, friends and / or relatives planning to attend Kangaroo Flat Primary School,

please encourage them to complete the enrolment forms as soon as possible.

A copy of the Birth Certificate and Immunization Certificate are required to complete the enrolment. To start primary school your child will need to turn five years of age by 30th April 2020.

REMINDER: Grade 6 2020 Shirts: Remember to have your

orders and payment into the office by

Friday 8th November. There will be no late orders accepted.

Remembrance Day—11th November

Please help to support the RSL Poppy Appeal by purchasing a poppy or wrist band. We have for sale in the office:

Poppies for $1, $2 & $5, Wrist Bands for $3 Key Rings for $4, Pens for $5

CONTACTS @

kfps Principal: Kim Saddlier Assistant Principal: Faye Martin Business Manager: Maree Wayman Reception: Lorraine Fowler/Ange Jobe Music: Tue, Wed , Thur & Fri Jessica Dellow Art Studies: Wednesday– Friday Sue Gloury First Aid Officer: Tania Riddick Library Hub: Julie Holt Neighbourhood Leaders: Gumnut– Kim Anketell /Brooke Cole Grevillea– Kate Novak Ironbark– Felicity Creighton Whirrakee– Carryn Hendy Wellbeing Officer: Wendy Donaldson School Chaplain: Rose Amy Sports Program: Travis Colley Canteen Manager: Rayelene Burns School Council (School Council meetings held every second Tuesday of the Month) School Council Members Kim Saddlier (Executive Officer) Faye Martin Corey Gilmore Melissa Cusack Leticia Laurien (President) Brad Gould Amanda Hooley Lauren Marron Kristen Miller Verna Greenhalgh David Hunter Parent Club : Vice President: Amanda Hooley Secretary: Lauren Marron Treasurer Sharyn Holmes Parent Club meeting on the First Monday of the Month at 2.30pm in the Parent Clubroom near the Canteen. After School Care: YMCA Bendigo Central Booking

5444 6666 Breakfast Club Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings commencing at 8.15am– 8.35am

kfps Calendar Term 4 2019

60-80 Olympic Parade, Kangaroo Flat 3555 Phone: 5447 5100 (Absence Message Service: 5447 5100 Press 1)

www.kangarooflatps.vic.edu.au

Monday 11th November Remembrance Day Ceremony—Choir/Captains

Tuesday 12th November School Council Meeting

Wednesday 13th November Grade 1/2 Excursion Kyabram Fauna Park

Friday 15th November Crazy Hair/Casual Dress Day. Gold Coin Donation

Tuesday 19th November WALA performance: The Spirit of Ghana (Duo)

Tuesday 19th November Prep Transition Day 9:15am—10:45am

Tuesday 26th November Prep Transition Day 9:15am—10:45am

Grade 6 Careers Excursion 11:30—3:00pm

Tuesday 3rd December Prep Transition Day 9:15am—10:45am

Thursday 5th December Grade 6 Market Day

Tuesday 10th December Whole School Orientation Day

Prep Transition Day 9:15am—10:45am

Thursday 12th December Celebration Night

Friday 13th December Prep Swimming

Monday 16th December Prep Swimming

Tuesday 17th December Grade 6 EOY Fun Day

Prep Swimming

Wednesday 18th December Grade 6 Graduation to be held at the JB Osborne Theatre

Prep Swimming

Thursday 19th December Prep Swimming

Friday 20th December Last Day of the Year 1.30pm finish.

Every face has a place