20th October 2017

Kismet News

McEwan Drive Sunbury. Victoria 3429 Phone: (03) 9744 4566

Email: kismet.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://kismetparkps.vic.edu.au

Building the Foundations for Success and Happiness

Fri 20th Oct School Assembly & Division Girls B/Ball

Mon 23rd Oct Grade 6 Graduation Photo

Tue 24th Oct Grade 5 Visit to Kinder

Fri 24th Nov COUNTRY FAIR FETE

Wed 20th Dev GRADE 6 GRADUATION

Dear Parents, Staff and Students,

Yesterday we attended a presentation by ‘The Resilience

Project’ who we will be working with us in 2018. A key

message was how much time we spend ‘worrying about what

we haven't got’ rather than focussing on ‘what we should be

grateful for’. A nice way to build resilience is to spend a few

minutes each day listing three things you are grateful for.

Some high profile AFL players and sporting personalities

practice gratitude, achieving great success through a healthier

mindset. You are encouraged to try this at home with your

family. We look forward to be bringing ‘The Resilience

Project’ to Kismet Park next year.

On Tuesday Sunbury Rotary Club kindly

donated $400 towards our efforts to es-

tablish a Father’s group which aims to:

help fathers realise how important they are in a child’s life

and to give them advice on how to encourage their

children.

encourage fathers to be proactive and get involved with

their children.

help fathers and father figures get connected in positive

ways.

We thank Sunbury Rotary Club for their generous support of

school communities in Sunbury and look forward to

launching our Father’s Group early next year. If you would

like to get involved in the planning of activities please speak

with Glenn.

There are only five weeks to go until our Country Fair Fete!

It is full steam ahead—the Amusement company has

inspected the site and reconfirmed there is plenty of space for

our rides!

Please look out for our Fete Newsletter which will be sent

home next Monday 23rd October. Important information

about wrist bands for rides, donations and other activities will

be included. We are still looking for volunteers to assist with

preparations and on the day. Please call the office on

9744 4566 and leave your name if you would like to offer

your support.

At tomorrow afternoon’s assembly students who

participated in this year’s Australia wide ICAS English and

Maths competitions will be presented with their certificates.

The ICAS competitions are very challenging.

Congratulations to all who completed this challenging

assessment!

While the Performing Arts Space continues to move along

well, completion of our front entry has been delayed. The

builders are pushing to have the front entrance reopened by

the end of next week. Once again we thank you for your

patience and understanding.

If there is any information that we may not be aware of that

may affect your child’s class placement next year please

put the details in writing and forward to the office marked

Attention: Mr Glenn McConnell by Friday 27th of

October. This is not a teacher / class selection process, but

an opportunity to provide information which may assist

with your children’s social and academic grouping. While

all information will be carefully considered we can not

guarantee that all needs will be met.

To assist us with our forward planning we ask any

families / students who are moving to another area and not

returning to Kismet Park in 2018 to notify the school

office as soon as possible. This information is critical in

terms of class structures and staffing. Thank you for your

assistance.

Please remember students should arrive at school from

8:40am and leave grounds after school by 3:30pm. Grounds

are supervised from 8:40 – 8:55am and from 3:15 –

3:30pm. If you need to access the school earlier in the

morning and/or later in the afternoon than these times we

do have an excellent Before & After School program which

is operated by Extend. For further information about this

program please visit their website at www.extend.com.au

or call on 1300366437.

Regards

Kismet Park Staff

HOURS OF SUPERVISION

PLANNING FOR 2018

CLASS PLACEMENTS 2018

BUILDING PROJECT UPDATE

ICAS MATHS & ENGLISH COMPETITION

COUNTRY FAIR FETE— Friday 24th November

FATHERING PROJECT

PC Declan Pitts Griffiths

PJ Kade Cusack

PL Tilly Barrie

1G Oliver Heath

1M Sophie Merrigan

1T James Thorn

1/2H Forde Paterson

2A Cooper Schilling

2G Zoe Koekoek

3/4M Michaela Bench

3C Robyn Longworth

3W Levi Galvin

4A Noah Nielsen

4B Ben Dellar

4S Rhys Cheyne

5/6A Samantha Finn

5/6B Jake Maguire

5/6L Jason O’Rafferty

5/6O Bridie Collings

‘YOU CAN DO IT’

IT’S SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB TIME

Weekly recap

Last week at Before and After School care we eased into the school term with a Chill Week. We started our week by getting back into our group games and learning how to be a team again. We

also made some banana bread thanks to Trinity's request! We then made dream catchers and stress balls which are excellent at keeping us calm and we ended our week with a group dance party because who doesn't love to dance to some awesome music!!

Stay tuned to hear all about our next adventure!

Sarah, Team Leader

What's on next week:

NBA WEEK (requested by Lily.D) Monday 23 October: Basketball drills Tuesday 24 October: H.O.R.S.E shooting game Wednesday 25 October: Basketball jersey making Thursday 26 October: Basketball cupcakes Friday 27 October: Basketball game PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au

Notices for the Scholastic Book Club are being sent home today. It

is the first Book Club for the term. If you would like to order a

book from Book Club, all orders and monies must be returned by

lunchtime on

THURSDAY October 26th.

Alternately, you can order your own child’s Book Club by Thursday

October 26th online using the new LOOP system. If you have any

queries regarding Book Club or the LOOP system, or would like

some extra brochures, please come and see me in the Library.

Orders usually take about 1 week to arrive and will be delivered to

your child’s classroom.

Thanks

Jennifer Driver

ICAS Mathematics and English 2017

Results are now in and presentations will be

made at tomorrow’s assembly.

Thanks, Rosie Smyth ICAS Co-ordinator.