Assistant Principal’s Report

December 10th, 2015

Issue 39

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Well Done Awards 7th December, 2015

Assistant Principal’s Report

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Year 6 Students Graduate

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our Year 6 students on completing their final year of primary schooling with a simply stunning Graduation Evening on Wednesday 9th December. The night was a wonderful celebration of their time at primary school and K.P.S. in particular. To see the girls and boys dressed so beautifully and perform their Year 6 Graduation Song, dance the Pride of Erin with their dance partners and then significant adult was simply marvellous. Thank so much to our Year teachers – Jenny, Christine and Craig as well as all the other K.P.S. staff who assisted in any way to make it such a memorable night. A huge ‘THANK YOU’ to the small but dedicated hard working band of parents who decorated the Gym and the Quadrangle for the Graduation event. While many students were recognised for their efforts over the year, our Year 6 group has as a whole been fantastic – certainly one of our best groups in recent years. They are a credit to themselves and

their family and will certainly be missed by us all.

To see the personal, academic, social and emotional growth in them has been very pleasing to see. We look forward to following their progress in the years to come. They have all performed the many roles associated with being a Year 6 student at KPS with diligence, commitment and enthusiasm. In particular, I would like to acknowledge their efforts with Peer Mediation, Action Stations and many different Assembly roles during the year. I wish them all the best of luck as they prepare themselves for the next stage of their

education at their various secondary colleges in 2016.

To the students and families who are finishing their formal association with KPS, thank you for your support of your children and our school. We look forward to following these students and

their families’ progress in the future.

Buildings & Grounds

In 2016, there will continue to be updating of our buildings and grounds. Projects planned include the replacing of the top of the timber garden retaining walls around the quadrangle as well as the tiered seating outside the Gym, extending the covered way to the entrance of the Senior building, repaint some sections of the Library building not done prior to the centenary of that building in 2012, some tree pruning and the usual maintenance of gardens and our play equipment pits. I would like to thank the other members of our very active 2015 Buildings & Grounds Committee - Jodie Olden, Kam Whyte, Andrew Newton, Lance Kibble, Ben Grabham, Simon Brady, Michelle Villinger and Nathan Pirouet together with our

School Council for their support of all our proposed projects.

Student Leadership

Our group of 2015 Year 6 Student Leaders have done an exceptional job this year. They have accepted every challenge and adapted to their roles with confidence and enthusiasm. I would especially like to thank Jorja, Jordan, Jamillah, Mitchell, Erin, Byron, Ellie N, Aaron, Zoe, Jay, Ellie S. and Riley as well as our J.S.C. leaders – Jade, Ari, Belle, Patrick Boys, Mackenzie and Patrick Bier

for their efforts in 2015.

I would like to acknowledge the role that our School Captains Jorja Whyte and Jordan Thomas have played this year. They have performed their roles with confidence and enthusiasm and always represented our school terrifically. I would like to wish them both the

best of luck in their futures and thank them for their efforts this year!

Many of our Year 5 students have been part of the selection process for our 2016 Student Leadership positions. Those who nominated themselves for these positions have completed applications, sought references from referees, spoken in front of their peers about why they want to be a leader and many have also had interviews for the various positions. We had nearly 40 students apply for the 14 positions and the short-listing of applicants was a difficult process. Many will have to be part of an interview process in front of Year 5 teachers, our School Captains and Vice Captains as well as Mr Pirouet and myself. The 2016 Student Leaders will be announced to our school community at our final Assembly next Thursday 16th December. Whether ultimately successful or unsuccessful in gaining of our leadership positions, there are many other ways in which all our Year 6 students have leadership opportunities. We look forward to seeing all our Year 6 students step-up to meet such challenges

and new opportunities.

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Transition

On Tuesday, our school had children coming and going as part of the state-wide Transition Day. Our Year 6 students were attending their 2016 secondary colleges, while our 2016 Prep students came to school for their final transition session before commencing school properly at the end of January next year. Our Year 1-5 students also enjoyed their afternoon when they got to ‘move up’ to their 2016 class and meet their 2016 class teacher. There were many, many excited students eagerly now looking forward to the start of the 2016

school year.

Lulu

This year our Year Prep and 1 classes have had the experience of learning a Language Other Than English and at K.P.S. this language has been Mandarin. We have been fortunate to have our Mandarin sessions delivered by a very fluent-speaking Mandarin teacher – Lulu. Sadly, this week has been Lulu’s last week with us before she moves on to other projects next year. We would like to thank her for

her efforts and wish her the best of luck with future endeavours.

Next Week

Next week is our final week of school for 2015 and boy, this year has gone quickly! Even next week will be hectic I’m sure with our usual Assembly on Monday morning seeing the drawing our Parents & Friends Christmas Raffle winner. The wheelbarrow is choc-a-block with goodies and I’m sure any of the prizes will be worth winning. The more tickets you buy, the more chances you have of winning! Tuesday, 15th December will be our Class Parties Day. Also on Tuesday, our Year 4 students, staff and parents will have their annual Bike Hike from Leongatha to Koonwarra. We wish them good luck with their bike hike. Our final Assembly for the year will be held on Thursday morning at 9:00. This will be the students’ last day at school. The students will break-up for their Christmas vacation at

3:30 as staff will be at school on Friday, 18th December.

School Chaplain – Matt Stear

As we are quickly approaching the end of the year I would like to take this opportunity to thank our School Chaplain Mr Matt Stear for his dedication to the students and the wider school community. Matt has provided a wide range of students and parents with support and advice throughout the year. He is an excellent role model to the students and is always available to listen to their concerns and ideas. Matt does a fantastic job leading the school’s Bikes ‘R’ Us program as well as his pastoral care duties with our students.

Thanks Matt!

(Continued from page 2) JSC Dress Up Day

Our JSC held their final dress up day for the year today (Friday) with the theme of Summer Days. There were certainly some colourful creations on parade today. Monies raised will go towards supporting one of the local Korumburra families who sadly had their house destroyed in last weekend’s fire. Thank you to all our students & staff who dressed up today. Thank you also to Year 6

student Taleesha Kelly who suggested we support this family.

Spot the Spelling Mistake

Congratulations to all the people who have spotted my deliberate spelling errors in my reports! Special congratulations to Sophie McKenzie who is a regular prize winner. Maybe I’ll trick her next year. I look forward to trying to trick our great spelling error

spotters again in 2016!

Holiday Season I hope all our families have a wonderful and safe break over the coming weeks and that those who celebrate Christmas enjoy the festive season. I would like to thank everyone for their support during this year and look forward to another exciting year ahead for KPS, its students and families, in 2016.

David Gray Assistant Principal

Izabelle, Ellie, Maddi, Abbey, Zoe and Jorja

Senior Department Report

Page 4 Newsletter Title

Wednesday evening’sYear 6 Graduation was a smash!!!

Weeks of planning, practise and preparation culminated in a wonderful evening that the Class of 2015 and their families will never forget.

A huge thanks must go to those parents (ably led by Mrs Tania Findlay) for decorating both the school gymnasium and the quadrangle. Both

areas looked amazing with the twilight dance session under the lanterns a true highlight. We wish to thank old Twinkle Toes himself, Mr

Shorty Alger and his lovely wife Joan for their guidance and patience teaching the students the dance moves.

To our Year 6 parent community, thank you for supplying a truly tasty supper that was enjoyed by all.

To the Year 6 students, you should be so proud of all that you achieved on the night, from your silhouettes to your dance moves, you should

be commended for your outstanding efforts.

Each year we see a number of our families that leave our school. This year is no exception. Listed below are those families that no longer

have children attending Korumburra Primary School in the future. We wish them all the very best and thank them so much for their contribu-

tions to our great school over the years.

We wish to farewell the following families………..

Allaway (Evan), Bourke (Morgaine), Butler (Jade and Rhys), Blogg (Nicholas), Brown (Taleiya), Bier (Patrick), De Bono (Josh), Clark (Flynn),

Connell (Sharna), Donohue Corr (Imogen), El Ali (Josh and Jacob), Fievez (Tyson), Gardner (Emily), Grabham Andrews (Isabella), Gugich

(Tahlya), Hancock (Tykren), Harris (Jed), Keene (Capri), Kelly (Taleesha), Kennedy (Brodie), Matser (Grace), McQueen (Reide), Murrell

(Lachlan), Newton (Ellie), Patterson (Zoe), Pearce (Ethan), Slinger (Max), Smith (Brock), Smith (Aidan), Stewart (Ellie), Summerfield

(Makayla and James), Quine (Brock), Thomas (Jordan), Turner (Emma), Ward (Tamira).

Craig Friebe

Classroom Teacher

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Middle Department Report It has been a very busy year in LD 2-3, NK3, DM3, HA4 and BH4. We have learnt about and celebrated special events within our classroom

including Roald Dahl Day, National Wattle Day, Anzac Centenary, Movember, Remembrance Day, Life-Education and Science Week.

We have built bridges and conducted experiments. Written recipes, poems, recounts, reports, retells and narratives. Read novels, comics,

stories and news articles. Looked at different sounds with our Word Work and learned how to spell lots of words and what they meant.

Watched Behind the News episodes and became more aware of national and global events. Counted, added, subtracted, multiplied and

divided numbers. Measured length, mass, time, price, capacity and temperature.

Year 4 students have become familiar with their Netbooks and all students have been using PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher and Word to

enhance their knowledge of digital learning.

Students have been involved with camps, sports days, free-dress days and special assemblies. They have made new friends and become

more confident with their learning.

We wish everyone a happy and restful Christmas break and look forward to seeing everyone return for another busy year.

Nigel Kilpatrick

Classroom Teacher

Junior Department Report

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The end of the school year is fast approaching and the children are all very excited because Christmas is nearly here and it’s 14 sleeps until

Santa comes! However, there are still many things to do. Please could your child return any Library or take home books that may have slipped

under the bed! Class parties are on next Tuesday and a note will have gone home regarding this with a request of the plate of food your child

is to bring.

The Preps have been enjoying the great activities of the Junior Aquatic program, building up confidence within the water at the pool and

developing safety awareness and rescue skills. A big thank you to all our parents who have volunteered to help in and out of the pool and staff

who have provided these great learning experiences.

Jan Clark

Classroom Teacher

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P E Report Junior Aquatic Education

This Friday is the third and final week of swimming for our Prep and Prep/One classes. Congratulations to all students involved. Many

students have been challenged by some of the activities and it is wonderful to see their confidence grow in such a short space of time.

I would sincerely like to thank all the volunteer parents who helped either in the pool or with dressing students! A special mention must go to

Jan Legg, Kim Fowles and Sharon Jones who made themselves available each Friday over the six weeks. The program could not run

without this valuable assistance!

Sporting Attire

Notes recently went out to those students who I had recorded as still having sports clothing at home! However sometimes there is the odd

jacket or shirt that may not have been noted. Could students please have a final check at home for anything that may belong to the school

sports cupboard!

Merry Christmas

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those parents, friends, ex-students and grandparents who have assisted me in any way this

year with the various sporting activities. Your contribution to the sporting program at KPS is truly appreciated.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday!

Shelley Snooks

P E Coordinator

Art News

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Eileen, Charlee, Jed, Crystal and Ella

Oscar Rahja Eileen

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Music News

In Music this semester the students have been working hard on their understanding of written (notated) Music.

The Year 3/4s have developed their own screen plays supported by Music that they composed by themselves as a sound track for their films.

To close the year we will be celebrating our Musical accomplishments in the assemblies ahead. Below is a listing of the classes to perform

and the items they will be presenting.

Friday the 11th of December: LMc 5 Carol of the Bells.

Monday the 14th of December: LD 3 Tanner Walkers Film Group and the Year ½ Elves and the Shoemaker Dance, Music and Reading

performance.

Thursday the 17th of December: BH 4 and TK 1 are leading the school in performing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town with a twist!

I look forward to seeing you at one of these assemblies and welcome all Choir parents along to our annual Christmas Choir Tour of

Korumburra on Monday the 14th of December from 1:45 at IGA working our way down, then back up Commercial Street finishing at the

Corner Café.

2015 has been an exciting year in Music for all and I congratulate each and every student for your hard work and dedication to your studies in

Music class, instrumental lessons and outside of school activities. Keep up the great work into the future.

Merry Christmas,

Gabi Mathews

Music Teacher

Reading Club

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We have finished another fantastic year at Reading Before School Club. There has been 2005 visits to Reading Club during the year and it

has been a pleasure to read with so many of our students. On Wednesday morning we celebrated our year with our annual breakup breakfast.

Lots of yummy fruit, yoghurt and milk was devoured! Reading Club resumes on Tuesday February 2nd, 2016. See you there! Merry Christmas

to all our book clubbers and their families.

Brenda, Jenni, Helen, Sharon and Kathy

We enjoy Reading Club because……..

‘We read and have fun at the same time.’ Cooper Quaiffe

‘There are lovely hosts waiting for you to share reading with you.’ Jac Turton

‘You see Kathy, Mrs Jones, Mrs Cripps, Jenni and Sharon and you have fun reading and getting prizes.’ Tarkyn Walker

‘Reading Club is good because you get to learn more strategies and you get to have fun.’ Coby Fowles

‘I like Reading Club because of the teachers. We have lots of laughs and we have fun reading.’ Amber Walker

Brenda Jones

Reading Club Coordinator

Amber, Abbey, Shu and Jacquline

What a feast ! Jacq & Abbey having

a chat over breakfast

K.P.S a

UNITED

Community

School

WELL DONE

AWARDS

Piper Harding Matuk

Samuel Brown

Levi Gooch

April Reeves

Zoe Patterson

Tarkyn Walker

Sophie Mckenzie

Jay Mathies

Brodie Hall

Ruby Courtier

Sam Beachley

Tamsyn Duve

Sophie Olsen

Zenna Tanaka

Morrison

Cassidy Patten

Ethan Black

Reide MacQueen

Thomas King

Mitchell Hough

Ally Kitchingman

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Parent’s & Friends Hi everyone,

We had a big weekend last weekend with 42 Christmas trees being collected from the school. Wow some of

those trees were BIG!!

The Christmas Wheelbarrow Raffle is over flowing, thank you again to everyone for donating so many

goodies. It’s not too late to buy your tickets. Make sure to get your tickets back to the Office ASAP. Good

luck to everyone who has bought tickets.

I really can’t express how great the team at Parents and Friends are. I’d really like to thank all the members

of the Parents and Friends for supporting me in my first year as President. It has been a wonderful year with

this fantastic group of people. I am really looking forward to next year. I would also like to thank Mr Pirouet,

Mr Gray, Mrs Hall, Ms Ammitzboll for all their help and support.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the

members of the Parents and Friends group. Have a safe and happy holidays and we look forward to seeing

you next year.

Merry Christmas.

Sam Davies

President, P and F.

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Calendar of Events 2015 & 2016

2015

December

14th December - P & F Christmas Raffle Draw

- Canteen Closed

15th December - Year 4 Bike Hike

15th December - Class Parties

16th December - Canteen Open - Hot Chip Special

17th December - Last Day Term 4, 3.30 finish.

- Canteen Open

18th December - Pupil Free Day

2016

January

22nd January - Book pick up day.

28th January - First Day Term 1

February

3rd February - House Swimming Trials

11th February - House Swimming Sports

17th February - District Swimming Trials

26th February - District Swimming Sports

March

7th—11th March - Year 3—6 Aquatic Program

14th March - Labour Day Public Holiday

15th—18th March - Year 6 Wilson Prom Camp

22nd March - School Photos

Library News

ALL BOOKS, INCLUDING HOME READERS, ARE NOW DUE BACK IN THE LIBRARY. PLEASE RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thank you.

Helen Cripps

Library Technician

15 sleeps until

Xmas