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Newsletter No. 29 Friday 15th September 2017

13th October

Human Development - Gr 1&2 17th October

Human Development - Gr 3-6

2018 Prep transition 2pm -3.20pm 20th October

Human Development - Gr 1&2

23rd October School Council meeting 7pm

24th October

Human Development/Gr 3-6 Soiree 8-10th November

Gr 3-4 camp

11th November KPS Fair

Assistant Principal’s Message:

Michael McLean

Monday 18th:

3 way interviews begin

Tuesday 19th:

Wednesday 20th:

Thursday 21st:

Friday 22nd:

Footy Day/Gr 6 BBQ/ Chocolate Donation/Finish 2.30pm

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The Progress Report will be available via Compass this afternoon

from 4pm. These will be brief, regarding Behaviour in class,

Homework completion, Effort in class, English and Maths standards.

Interim reports

Three Way Interviews start next week for all classes. These

interviews are a good time to discuss any questions you may

have from the Progress Reports, to see what your child has been

up to in class, and discuss any goals for your child for the

remainder of the school year.

Three Way Interviews

Kerrimuir School Fair 2017

Preparations are in full swing for the Kerrimuir School Fair 2017

to be held on Saturday 11th November between 12pm and 5pm.

A big thank you must go out to all the members of the

organising committee for the all the hard work they have put in to

ensure this day is a huge success. The school fair is a great

opportunity to get to know other school families and raise some

money to continue to make the facilities at Kerrimuir engaging for

all students.

Footy Day

Planning is in full swing for Footy Day next Friday. Remember to

wear your club colours, jumpers and beanies. The parade will

start at 9.00am on the FFG with footy rotation starting at

10.00am. I am expecting to see a large contingent of proud and

passionate Richmond fans this year. Go the Yellow and Black.

Last Day of Term 3 next week

A reminder to all parents that school finishes at 2.30pm next

Friday 22nd September. Camp Australia will be operating as

normal from 2.30pm onwards.

CARE Awards

Congratulations to last week’s

winners of the

Kerrimuir CARE Awards!

These students have all been recognised by their

teachers last week for an achievement related to

one of our four school CARE values.

The KPS Fair is

Coming…

11th November 2017

SAVE THE DATE

School Council Meeting Term 4

23rd October 2017

Commencing 7pm in the staff room.

Visitors welcome!

NOTICES

Fruit Roster

Monday 18th – Rachel Allsop

Tuesday 19th - Sue Kelly

Wednesday 20th - Erica Yee

Thursday 21st - Handahae Seo

Friday 22nd– Nicole Popplewell

First Aid Roster

Friday 22nd September - Rachel Allsop

Friday 13th October - Amy Gavriel

Friday 20th October - Lily Cui

Friday 27th October - Melissa Duanne

Diminutive

Now that Spring is here, it’s time

to start wearing your school hats.

Nude Food Tuesday and Wednesday

Please remember to bring your snacks and

lunches in containers, not wrappers!

This weeks winners are: 2B & 4A

Diminutive: extremely small or tiny

Example: The diminutive baby mouse scurried through a tiny hole in the side of the house.

Please remember

the

‘No Hat, No Play’

policy!

Writing is one of the most difficult tasks for students with learning difficulties due to the number of cognitive processes required to occur simultaneously to clearly express ideas in the written form.

Please see the link below for an insightful article on this challenge.

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/writing-

disabilities/

NOTICES

Don’t Forget!

Footy Day Last Day of Term 3, Friday 22nd September

1. Wear the colours of your favourite football team (If you are not an AFL fan, other football codes also welcome)

2. Optional BBQ lunch: Last day for return of order forms

is Wednesday 20th September!

3. Bring a block of chocolate

for the School Fair.

ORDER OF EVENTS FOR

THE DAY

9am - Footy parade

10am - Footy tabloid

sports

12.30pm - Early lunch for Gr 6

BBQ fundraiser. Get

your order forms in!

1.30pm - Assembly

2.30pm - Early dismissal for

end of term.

SCHOOL News

What’s happening in Grade 3!

Term 3 Science: Melting Moments

Aim: To find out how long it takes various materials to melt, and why some things melt faster

than others.

Method: Heat up the materials in a frying pan and observe how they change over time.

NAPLAN Results

Congratulations to all grade 3 students who successfully completed the NAPLAN

test. Results have been distributed and everyone should be extremely proud of

their achievements.

SCHOOL News

He was as tall as an oak tree.

She was as quiet as a mouse.

It was as blind as a bat.

They were as brave as a lion.

It was raining cats and dogs.

That test was a piece of cake.

I was on the fence with my

decision.

She was feeling under the weather.

I better pull my socks up in Term 4!

Are you pulling my leg?

Similes

Idioms

Our Grade 3 students at Kerrimuir really embraced Wordmania this year! We have been focussing on setting goals and achieving our personal best, so Wordmania gave

us the perfect opportunity to practise AND measure this.

We were extremely proud to have won each of the practise and preliminary rounds, unfortunately we just missed out in the final. Each time the students played they were improving their scores; by the end of the competition the students could easily

score over 2000 points per game.

Wordmania also gave the students a chance to exercise their knowledge of root-words and how prefixes and suffixes affect them. We will definitely be giving the 2018

Wordmania Challenge a Red-Hot-Go!

Our Grade 3s came 2nd

in all of Australia this

year in Wordmania!

Onomatopoeia

Time

Symmetry & Area

LIBRARY News

Library news I would like to thank families who have made donations to the

Kerrimuir Library Fund and those parents who have paid for lost

or damaged library books. Your contributions are kept in

a Library Trust Fund account which I can access, with School Council approval, to

spend on new books for our library. At the last School Council, I was given

approval to access some of the money to buy new books during Term 4. This

means that I will be able to continue buying new books until the end of the year.

The Australian children’s literature scene is alive and well with publishers

producing many excellent quality books for children. The quality of overseas

books remains a high standard also, however the Australian children’s publishing

industry is well renowned throughout the publishing world for producing high

quality books for children, especially in the face of competition from digital

books. In the past year or so I have been amazed at not only the quality and

range of children’s books but also the number of books entering the market.

Book stores also seem to be making a bit of a comeback.

And, of course Term 4 also means new books for Christmas – a time when

publishers flood the shelves with new books to capture the Christmas market.

Now, with these additional funds I will be able to continue stocking our library

with the latest books for our

students as well as replacing old

favourites.

Thank you again to the School

Council for their ongoing support

of the library.

Denise Pilinis

Library technician Some new books from the last few weeks

STUDENT Leadership & Extra curricular activities

Lunch/snack

time activities

Lunch & Snack Time Activities Quiet Reading: Monday - Friday

lunch time, 2nd half

Choir: Monday lunch time

Grades 1-6. New members welcome

Chess Club Wednesday lunch time,

Senior School Building All ages, all abilities welcome.

Gardening Club Wednesday & Friday

lunch time, Everyone welcome

Hiragana Reading Challenge Thursday lunch time,

Japanese Room. Craft with Georgi Wednesday & Thursday,

snack & lunch, Georgi’s room, Senior building.

Enrolled students only: Special Religious Instruction Tuesday lunch time, held

in Prep A classroom

A message from our Environmental

representatives….

BRAIN Training

Fundraising

The famous Kerrimuir Cake Raffle takes place every Friday afternoon at assembly. It’s a great opportunity to raise funds to make improvements to

our school, and a bit of fun for the kids. We’re always looking for bakers to help out with the raffle. You don’t even need to be a baker, as

purchased goods are also welcome. Thank you to the parents and other volunteers who bake or buy our delicious prizes. Tickets are 20c each at the canteen window, and the winning tickets are

drawn by the children of our weekly bakers/contributors.

To sign up to help out...

Email barb.sorell@gmail.com OR Click below to go to Sign up genius:

www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4cafae2ea6fa7-term OR Put your name on the sign up sheets at the canteen

Bakers needed for Term 4!

Please see Liz in the office or sign up as shown if you’re able to

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

Dear Parents,

This year KPS are participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn

program. This program will enable our school to obtain new resources.

From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September (or while stocks last), we will be

collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers. If you shop at Woolworths you can collect

one Earn & Learn sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tabacco and gift cards).

Place stickers onto the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when the sheet is

complete, drop it into the Collection Box at the school office or at Woolworths,

Blackburn North Shopping Centre. Sticker sheets are available at the school office or

can be downloaded from woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn. At the end of the

promotion, we will be able to get some new equipment for our school, including

resources for Maths, English and Science, Art & Craft and Sport. For more information

visit woolwortths.com.au/earnandlearn.

Kirrily Gloufchev (Mrs G)

Friday 22/09/2017 Chefs - Aya Fleischer x 2, Stef Tallariti, Fiona Mebalds

Raffle ticket sales and cake deliveries can be done at the canteen on Fridays at:

8.40am-9am or

2.20pm– 2.45pm

Last Friday’s winners: Ruby Mc, Sienna C, Ethan, Emily I, Liam H

Funds raised: $43.20

Don’t forget to

buy your tickets!

The Extreme Sports Challenge is as much fun for the

spectators as it is for the participants! Enjoy the thrill

of the pull! 4 challengers are harnessed in and try

their best to make the touchdown or sink the ball in

the basket, but there is a catch, the participants are

connected to each other with the bungee, and this

tug of war is nothing less than EXTREME!

Tune in to next week’s newsletter to check out ride number 5!

Ride wrist bands go on sale from the beginning of Term 4,

$30 each pre-purchased online, $35 on the day.

Look what we’ve got!

Announcing Ride No. 4:

X-Treme Sports Challenge

Don’t forget...bring a Block

of Chocolate,

last Friday of term

for the

famous KPS

Choc Toss!

Time to sign up! Every class has been allocated one stall or activity to look after on fair

day.

Next week a link to an online roster for each class will be distributed via a

Compass email. Please go to your class sign up page and enter your

name against your preferred time as

soon as you can.

Our class reps and fair committee are working hard to make the fair a

reality. If everyone can sign up early it will make the job that much easier, knowing our community is behind us

and ready to lend a hand on the day.

It is really important that EVERY KPS family signs up to a

minimum of one shift to make

our fair a success.

Community Notices

KPS Students in the Spotlight!

Hi! We are Charlie and Ben from 6B.

Now that we are done with being Maid Marion and

Robin Hood in the senior school production, we are looking forward to being on stage again. We are

playing the roles of Young Cosette and Gavroche in Nova Music Theatre’s production of Les Miserables at

the Whitehorse Centre from 28th October to

12th November.

If you would like to see the show,

you’ll need to get in quick because tickets are selling fast. The good news is that two extra shows have just gone on sale, including the matinee on

October 28th.

We have four kids in the cast, sharing the two roles of Cosette and Gavroche to make sure that we all last the distance! The two of us will be performing in the

following shows:

28th October (2pm)

29th October (2pm - SOLD OUT)

3rd November (8pm)

4th November (8pm)

9th November (8pm)

11th November (2pm)

(School fair! )

12th November (2pm)

To book visit

www.novamusictheatre.com.au

Or phone 1300 304 433

Community Notices

This unit teaches the basic work of the scientist using forensic chemistry. It includes: collecting and examining evidence; document and text analysis; handwriting styles; fingerprints and shoeprints; fibre and hair

analysis; following step by step procedures; learning to observe details; interpreting information and

drawing conclusions; gathering evidence to create a mystery story; investigating and helping to solve a

mystery. We’ll have fun and learn to be good detectives.

WiseOnes Application for 4th Term 2017

This program is available for all Grade 1 - Grade 6 children who have qualified for WiseOnes.

The unit for fourth term commences week beginning Monday, 16th October, 2017

The unit will run for 8 weeks commencing: Monday 16th Oct, 23rd Oct, 30th Oct, 6th Nov (Cup Day 7th Nov),

13th Nov, 20th Nov, 27th Nov and 4th Dec.

WiseOnes Teacher: Catherine Cross 0421 112 692

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I wish to enrol my child in the unit "The Wandering Widget" starting week beginning Monday, 12th October,

2017. I give permission for a copy of this slip to be handed to the WiseOnes teacher.

Child's Name ______________________________________ School: Kerrimuir Primary School

Date of Birth ________________________ Class (2017) ________

Parents' Names ________________________________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________________________

Phone: BH ___________ AH ____________ Mobile _________________ Email:

______________________________

My child has already qualified for WiseOnes YES/NO

I would like a free test for my child YES/NO.

I would like my child to be tested with a fuller assessment to qualify for WiseOnes (assessment cost $280 inc

GST).

Please send this slip and payment of $243.00 on Thursday, 12th October, 2017. As we are a non-credit

business, children will not be accepted into the program for the term unless the fees and enrolment form are

returned by the above date.

If paying by cheque please make it payable to Kerrimuir Primary School.

For further information please contact Pat Truscott on Mobile: 0407 313 657.

Coming up

Term 4, 2017

THE WANDERING WIDGET

(Another WiseOnes Forensic Science Unit)

Kerrimuir Primary School

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