Peek at the Creek Kemps Creek Public School Newsletter

Term 2 Week 10, 2018

"We Care"

Message from Mrs Rogers

Welcome to the Term 2 Week 10 edition of Peek at the Creek! Wow, what a busy but

wonderful term we have had. I would like to thank all of you our parents and carers for your

wonderful support throughout the term.

This week you will receive your child's half yearly academic report. Please read through the

report with your child and if you have any questions contact your child's teacher who will be

more than willing to answer them for you.

Tomorrow is our whole school Symbio excursion. Please ensure your child is at school no

later than 8.15am ready to leave promptly at 8.30am.

Our school’s annual Athletics Carnival will be held in Term 3 on Tuesday 7th August 2018. A

permission note will be sent home soon!

Playgroup and Community Breakfast will not operate in Week 1 of Term 3. Playgroup will

resume Monday 30th July and breakfast Wednesday 1st August.

Only one more term of printed bulletins! If you have an email account please register it with

the school otherwise you will need to use Facebook or access it from the school website from

next term.

I wish you all a happy holiday! Enjoy some sleep-ins and rest.

Mrs Amanda Rogers

Coming Up Soon

Week 10

Tuesday 3rd July - Whole School Symbio Excursion

Wednesday 4th July - Reports home

Wednesday 4th July - stage 1 PBL Showcase day, 1.40-2.30pm

Thursday 5th July - Jump rope for Heart Jump Off Day

Week 1

Monday 23rd July - School Development Day

Tuesday 24th July - Students return

Canteen $1.00 Recess Deal

Each week the canteen will have a special deal at recess. The treat will only be available at

recess time and will always be only $1.00.

Week 10 - Nachos cup

Week 1 - Garlic bread

Yum! Don't miss out!

Thank you PACER!

Students from our school have recently undertaken, an education tour of the national capital.

Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with

a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to

visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in

meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20

per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs.

The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion and has already

been passed onto students by way of discount before camp.

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off day!

This Thursday students in Years 3 to 6 will participate in their Jump off session to raise funds

for The Heart foundation.

Students will have a session to share skipping skills and fun all in the name of health and

charity.

If you have raised funds online, we thank you for your support!

Any other money not collected online is due to the office this week. Please make sure you

have returned money to the office by the end of term!

Happy heart and great skipping!

KD

Last week KD and some of our fantastic parent helpers went exploring around our school for

different types of leaves. We made a whole community of leaf people and wrote descriptive

sentences about them. KD are very proud of how much we have learnt over the last 6

months!

Stage 1 - Project Based Learning

1H and 2V have been working hard on their projects this term. The students were given a

'problem', that Year 6 needed help to raise funds for their farewell. The students then formed

groups and decided upon a product that they could create and sell at school. There are a

variety of products that will be available to be sold including plants, fancy pencils, cookies,

lemonade and even edible slime! We hope you will be able to join us!

PBL SHOWCASE DAY

Date: Wednesday 4th August 2018

Time: 1:40- 2:30

There will be also be a small sausage sizzle available for purchase on the day!

Stage 2 - Science Incursion

Stage Two recently had Ranger Jamie and his crew visit our school for a day of hands on

science fun. Students participated in a variety of activities to support the topics learned in

class this semester. They learned about solids, liquids and gases and how they interact with

each other to change form. We made lava lamps, exploding bags, exploding rockets... did

someone say 'HOT DOGS?' and of course the winner of the day Oobleck. Oobleck was the best

fun and the most mess! Sorry Mums and Dads for the messy clothes at the end of the day but

we had a BLAST!!!

Transition to High School - A Taste of Cecil Hills High School

Year Six Students were invited to experience a day in the life

of a high school student last Monday at Cecil Hills High School.

Year Six experienced a variety of lessons including woodwork,

cooking and art. It was a great day. It is always lovely to hear

reports back from CHHS that our students were safe, respectful

learners. A great experience as high school draws closer.

Stage 3 Camp

Best Wishes to Miss Dixon

We would like to wish Miss Dixon all the best for her special day. She will be on leave from

Wednesday this week and return on Monday Week 2 Term 3. Miss Abdou will take KD.

Uniform Prices

There has been a small increase to some items of uniform. The new prices are listed below.

My Best Gift

Remember, if you are planning a party, event or course My Best Gift has a variety of great

ideas and options. If you use them, add our school code and the school will receive 10%.

Check out the flyer below as they have some great ideas.

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