Inside this issue

Staffing ……………………………………..2

SSO week…………..……….....………….2

Welcome…………..…………...………….3

2015 Enrolments ........................ 3

Interviews ................................... 4

Playground ................................. 4

Carpark Safety ............................ 5

Sport results ............................... 6

Book Week ................................. 7

Nihongo News.….…………..............9

2014 Team Competition…………..10

OSHC News………………...…………...12

Diary Dates……………………………….18

Tuesday 12th August 2014

Term 3 Issue 7

KPPS NEWS

Email:

dl.0996_admin@schools.sa.edu.au

Website:

www.kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au

Congratulations

to our

2014 Team Captains

As you know John is overseas having an amazing time visiting Greece, Turkey and Solvenia. In his emails

he makes it a point to let us know about the warm weather he is experiencing!! In the meantime as we try to

keep warm Sandra Gibbons is acting Deputy and Elaine Coleman has teamed up with Kerry in Rm 11

working on Wednesdays, Thursday and Friday. Nicola Holmes has been in P4 and will be there until Peter

Georgeopoulos returns to Australia at the end of this week. While we await the news of Kelly Bonaguro’s

fourth baby, Alex Stojanovic is in U4 on Fridays.

NOTES SENT HOME:

Chess tuition fees (due

asap)

THE SSO SONG (sung to the tune of

Advance Australia Fair)

Kidmans all let us rejoice

For we have SSOs

We’ve got the best

forget the rest

They keep us on our toes.

Our SSOs abound in skills

Are amazing and they care.

In Kidman Park they

make their mark

To advance our kids out there

In joyful strains then

let us sing

Hooray for our SSOs!

STAFFING

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SSO WEEK Every year in term 3 we make time to celebrate the fabulous work of our School

Support Officers (SSOs).

At KPPS we are very lucky to have a group of hard working, self-motivated,

caring, supportive SSOs who regularly go above and beyond to make sure our

students receive the care, help and support that they need to be successful.

This support also assists teachers in their classrooms in a myriad of ways. It is

not an understatement to say that SSOs are the lifeblood of every school, we

can’t say THANKYOU enough to them for their dedication.

If you spot some of our SSOs in the school this term remember to say thankyou

for the fantastic work they do for your children and our school. KPPS would not

be the school it is without them!

“ SHOW DAY - Friday 12th September”

PHOTO CATCH UP

Photo Catch Up day has been booked for Monday 18th August (next week) for any students who were absent on photo day.

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WELCOME We welcome all of our new

students and families to Kidman

Park Primary School, we hope you

enjoy your time here at KPPS.

2015 ENROLMENTS As we are well and truly past the first half of the year we are beginning to think about

our numbers and classes for 2015.

Please notify the front office if:

you have a child starting school in 2015 (we still need confirmation and an enrolment

form filled out indicating that your child will be enrolled, even if older siblings are

already attending KPPS).

your family will be leaving our school community.

you know of families who are moving into our area.

I have also began discussions with Steven at BKK on the transition on our next group of

Foundation students and their families into KPPS in 2015. If you were a new parent to

our school in 2014 we would appreciate any ideas to further develop our transition

program. Please talk to our Governing Council members or email suggestions to us at:

dl.0996_admin@schools.sa.edu.au

Last Tuesday and Wednesday a large majority of our families took the opportunity to hear about

their child’s learning. The students had an opportunity to showcase their skills as skilful

communicators, receive positive feedback and demonstrate their knowledge as ICT learners and

confident operators. Teachers also very much appreciated the feedback they also received about

their programs. Thank you again to all the teachers who worked very long days to make this form

of reporting so successful.

STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

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PLAYGROUND This term we have had a few serious accidents

from students falling off equipment. Each time

we have done a risk analysis and the

playgrounds have been cleared by Safe Work

SA. We are however re-educating the students

on the correct ways to play on the equipment

eg. going down the slippery dip, taking it in

turns and giving each other space.

Please reinforce safety rules when you are

supervising your children after school hours on

our grounds.

The use of the NEW playground (which is not

that new anymore) near the hall is being

reviewed by our student leaders. We have had

the same roster since the playground was built

and was often over crowded because of its

novelty (and FUN). The student leaders will

survey students and monitor the use of the

playground over the next week before

negotiating a new roster with us.

“ Families took the opportunity to hear about their child’s learning”

STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

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CAR PARK SAFETY Again the car park is an item in the newsletter due to the parents who put

convenience first before the safety of children and other adults at KPPS.

At NO TIME should children be dropped off at the crossing.

At NO TIME should cars be parked along the fence near the swings in the new

playground.

At NO TIME should parents speed through the car park.

At NO TIME should people use disabled car parks when they are not eligible.

Police and Council presence has again been requested to enforce rules and

ensure the safety of students and adults. You will be fined if you are willing to

put others at risk.

YOUR CHILD’S SAFETY We work closely with the Charles Sturt Council to ensure the safety of everyone

in our community. Another improvement to ensure our students can be safe on

the neighbouring roads is the new path that has been laid on the corner of

Sydney Avenue and Francis Street.

A new fence (yet to be erected) will direct students to cross at the corner as this

is deemed the safest place to do so. Students will then need to walk up our path

to the end of the oval, go

through the small gate and

cross over the Learning

Centre entry road to the

corner.

Yellow NO PARKING lines

(as indicated on the map)

will be marked once the

fence is complete to ensure

cars won’t block the vision

of traffic coming around

the corner.

PRE SERVICE TEACHERS This term we also welcome 9 Pre service teachers (PST), Jason Masters (rm 7), Leesa

McDonald (P4), Lesley- Anne Petrie (P5), Nada Al-dasooqi (Rm 10), Paige Stewart

(P1) Raffael Velhuyzen (Rm8) Samantha Lazarus (Rm 12), Vanessa Switala (U5) and

Helen Ouban (returning for her 2nd practicum in U4) who will be completing their

major blocks here at the end of August.

The PSTs are maily from Adelaide University and Charles Darwin University. Due to

our high calibre of teaching staff, KPPS is highly sought after by training teachers.

Thank you to the teaching staff who competently support the learning of our future.

RED 390

GREEN 412

BLUE 386

YELLOW 334

TEAM POINTS

SPORT RESULTS NETBALL U9 Kidman Pink Panthers 12 St Francis A 2 Goals: Marie D 5, Annelise M 2, Jade H 5 The team played really well! Special mention to Sarah F who did some clever intercepting. Awesome goals by the girls! SOCCER U9 Kidman Pink 2 Nazareth 2 Goals: Marie D 5, Annelise M 2, Jade H 5 Fantastic game, our team effort was amazing and we were so close to winning. Sean got his first team goal and we scored the best team goal, when Jude finished a 5 pass move, just so exciting to see the team play short passes to each other and get a goal at the end (thumping shot too).

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Book Week 2014 Activities Monday 18th August to Friday 22nd August

1. Design and draw the craziest race car Cost 20c

2. Make a Dove of Peace Cost 20c

3. Make a crown for King Pig Cost 20c

4. Origami with Hiroko Cost 20c

5. Complete a Book Week Word Search. Cost 20c

Create or find a costume to wear at the

Book Week Parade at 9:30 am on Tuesday

19th of August. You can be a character

from any story. All students and staff who

dress up will earn house points.

We are asking students to pay 20c to enter each competition

so that the entry forms are valued. Students may pick and

choose which activities to participate in. All money raised will go towards

prizes for the Premier’s Reading Challenge. An assembly will be held in

November when the medals and certificates arrive.

Premier’s Reading Challenge finishes on Friday September 5th.

Don’t forget to hand in your form to Ms Burrow.

Happy Reading Everyone and Enjoy Book Week 2014

Ms Burrow and Mrs Grant

We have recently purchased a large quantity of take home reading books. We

hope the students are enjoying the new books with you! We speak with

students regularly about how to care for books. Please reinforce this message

at home so our lovely new books can stay new for longer.

Reading at home

We will be holding a reading session for parents and caregivers of early year’s

students.

When: Tuesday 19th August at 2:10pm

Where: Library

What: This session will include information about

supporting children’s reading at home. Angela from Pearson will

be presenting ideas about how to use Bug Club (the digital books

used at Kidman Park).

If you would like to attend the session but have not received a

note, please see your child’s teacher. We hope to see you there!

New Japanese Room

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During the winter holidays I was extremely lucky to have some help from

my husband David in transforming the Japanese Room. We wanted it to

represent a Japanese environment to enhance the inter-cultural

understandings of our students – one of the priorities in the Australian

Curriculum.

After much research and planning we now have a KPPS version of a

Japanese home, complete with low tables, tatami mat, zabuton (floor

cushions), shōji (paper screens), a red torii gate entrance and more.

These words have been learnt so well by all the students, reflecting the

amazing impact that relevant content and concepts can have on

learning. Ask them what else they can remember from their last few

weeks in Japanese.

It has been fabulous to see the excitement on the students’ faces as they

enter their renovated learning environment and sit at the new tables,

Japanese style (shoes off!). What will we do next?

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こんにちはKonnichiwa,

Welcome to Term 3. I hope you kept warm over the winter break. We have had some major changes in the Japanese Room over the holidays….we’ve ‘Turned Japanese’!! Please come in and see the differences - it’s just like stepping into a Japanese home. Your children should be coming home able to tell you all about it

as we learn lots of new words related to Japanese furniture, buildings and homes. We also welcome Hiroko Furuya to our school. Hiroko is an exchange teacher from Okayama and will be working with us on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until March next year. This is a very special opportunity for all students to learn and use language with a native speaker. Please say KONNICHIWA if you see Hiroko in the school.

On top of this, as always we have planned for a busy term in Japanese – you’ll hear more in each newsletter so keep an eye out. Here’s an overview of what Hiroko and I will cover this term. Foundation students in Unit 4 and Unit 5 will continue their learning about Japan and Japanese looking at basic geography, numbers, colours and homes. Then they will use their new vocabulary in songs, games, reading and matching activities. The Early Years students will learn about Japanese homes and develop the language needed to talk about their own home or a Japanese home. Students in the Primary Years will focus on

reviewing and extending their knowledge of the hiragana alphabet. We will once again use the Hiragana Karate Belt system to document their learning, but initially focussing on home vocabulary.

Middle Years students will also learn about Japanese homes and develop the language needed to talk about Australian and Japanese homes, comparing rooms, their purposes and different customs. Finally, they’ll do some research into Japanese house design. Please pop in and see us if you want to find out more about this term’s work, our

Japanese programme, second language learning or your child’s progress. We look forward to meeting some of you during the term.

さようならSayonara Belinda Sensei and Hiroko Sensei

Nihongo News

2014 Team Competition The captains and vice captains for this year’s team competition demonstrated the

team chants and received their certificates at assembly. Congratulations to:

Red – Noah, Charlotte, Athan and Victoria

Green - Diogo, Aiesha, Angelo and Kayla

Yellow - Nic, Lea, Ethan and Marie

Blue – Billy, Anna, Aleks and Courtney

Check out the team chants below:

RED:

Who’s going to win this year. Come on red let’s cheer

We’re strong as a flame. You can’t put us out

We’re red as a chilli. No doubt

We’re fast and tall. Big and small

We’re smart and quick. Let’s beat them all

We will fight through the night.

Until we see the sunlight

Go go go red

GREEN:

Green, green we are the best

We are better than the rest

Green, green we have a dream

That we will beat the other teams

We will win the cup that’s right

We are green and we will fight

Green, green we won’t stop til we beat

the other teams

Mean green fighting machines

We’re green!

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RED:

Who’s going to win this year. Come on red let’s cheer

We’re strong as a flame. You can’t put us out

We’re red as a chilli. No doubt

We’re fast and tall. Big and small

We’re smart and quick. Let’s beat them all

We will fight through the night.

Until we see the sunlight

Go go go red

BLUE:

Blue, blue we are the best. We are better

than the rest!

Turn up the radio, what do you hear?

Blue will win sports day this year.

Blue, blue check us out, we’ll tell you

what we’re all about

Blue, blue we’re fair and square. Try

and beat us if you dare.

Go, go, go blue!

YELLOW:

Come on, come on read all about it,

yellow gonna win,

There’s no doubt about it.

We will fight, we will run.

We will show you how it’s done.

We’re rough, we’re tough we’re hard

to beat.

So come on yellow move your feet.

We’re gonna win that prize, come

OSHC NEWS MULTICULTURAL COOKING MONTH

Our month of multicultural cooking is going very well at OSHC. Last week we cooked a

Traditional Sheer Khurma and it was a great experience. It was a very good opportunity to learn

not only about the delicious dish itself but also about the cultural meaning that this recipe has

for some communities in the world. Good for the participants who made part of last week’s

multicultural cooking team and thanks to the family who provided us with the recipe.

SNACKS AT OSHC

At OSHC we are proud to offer a balanced snack during our afternoon sessions which includes a

fruit and veggies platter and a different savoury option every day. During snack time our

participants have the opportunity to develop a lot of different skills including proper hygiene,

social skills and personal criteria about what to choose to eat and what not to.

Our service includes participants with different dietary needs, age and likes in terms of food. For

that reason we encourage our children to express themselves and provide us with feedback

about the quality of the food and the amounts that we serve, which is different for every child.

Even though we try our best to cover all our children we also respect if a child does not feel

hungry or decides not to eat for any reason.

Part of our duty of care involves a responsibility with medical requirements, allergies,

overweight, etc. For this reason it is important to obtain constant feedback from parents/

guardians in terms of needs and likes of their own children and how they feel at the end of our

sessions in terms of the snack that we provide.

This is also an opportunity to friendly remind our parents/guardians and our participants that

we provide a snack and not a big meal in the afternoons.

If your child has special requirements please see Freddy at OSHC to assess the possibility to

deliver something more personalised.

QA2

As per our KPPS OSHC National Quality Plan for 2014, we are working this month to focus our

attention mainly in the improvement of Quality Area 2 (CHILREN’S HEALTH AND SAFETY). Our

Educator Lee Reeves has dedicated a lot of energy and time to lead the review of this quality

area.

For those who would like to provide us about feedback please find the quality areas described in detail at www.acecqa.gov.au QA2 focuses mainly in the assessment, reflection and improvement of the following aspects:

2.1) Each child’s health promotion, 2.2) Healthy eating and physical activity embedded in the

program for our children and 2.3) Each child’s protection. Feedback especially in these aspects

during August is very welcome.

BOOKINGS AND CANCELLATIONS

To enable us to meet staff radios allocations (as per SA Government requirements) parents

must book our service in advance.

Absences for permanent bookings will be recorded however, the full fee for the session will be

charged to the parents/caregivers.

Parents/caregivers who do not have a permanent booking can contact the OSHC Director to

request a casual booking, and the OSHC Director will advise if a position is available.

Please ring or text 0401121740 or email freddy.santos913@schools.sa.edu.au to request a booking. Freddy Santos OSHC Director

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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE The School Dental Service is a Child Dental Benefits Schedule provider. All babies, children and young people under 18 years are welcome to attend. Dental care is FREE for most children. Children who do not qualify for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule can also attend – a small fee will apply for each course of general dental care provided. All dental care provided is FREE for preschool children. To locate your local School Dental Clinic, or for more information about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, visit www.sadental.sa.gov.au

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

Just a reminder that Entertainment Books are still available from the front

office $65 each, with $13 from each book sold sale going towards

supporting Kidman Park Primary School’s fundraising.

Get in QUICK for Free Delivery on online orders of Entertainment Books.

Offer available until the 15th August.

Click here to order:

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/161k453

Remember that Aunties, Uncles, Grandparents and Family Friends who

don’t visit the school regularly will definitely like to utilise the free delivery

offer!!!!

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The

Selfi

sh F

rog

by

Kan

e R

m 7

One unusual day in the Arabana lands, all the

water was gone. Every animal complained.

Korouba the koala said, ‘I wonder where it has

gone? All the trees that grow eucalyptus leaves

have stopped growing! We need water!’

Brett the blue tongue lizard said ‘My tongue

won’t stay blue anymore.’

Then a big, white frog none of the other animals

had ever seen before, appeared. He slipped and

hit a rock and all the water came out of his

body. At that time, all the water broke open the

cracks and a lake formed. So that’s how Kati

Thanda (Lake Eyre) was formed and why it looks

white all the time.

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Po

or C

ats by C

harlie R

m 7

There was young sporty boy named Jim. Jim liked to

play soccer at the park. One day he invited his best

friend Jack over to his house. They played soccer,

DS, football and spaceships. Afterwards they went

to the park to play tennis.

When they arrived, Jim heard a meow. He said to

Jack, “Let’s check it out.” They looked in the thick,

green bushes and soon found a tabby cat and its

babies.

They raced home and told Jim’s mum about the

stray cats in the bushes and asked, “Can we find

them a home?”

Jim’s mum said, “OK, but we need to trap them.”

The boys found some meat and a cat cage. They put

the meat in the cage and took it back to the park.

Soon the stray cat and its babies were caught. Jim

knew of a good home for them but he just had to

tell his mum.

Author: Charlie from Room 7 A true cat lover

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Commun ity News

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Commun ity News

www.magic.basketball.net.au

JUNIOR REGISTRATION AND TRY OUT DAY SEASON 2014 - 2015 SUNDAY 24th August 2014

St.Clair Recreation Centre - 109 Woodville Road Woodville

Current Magic players: Must attend to help with selection of next year’s teams, please wear

your playing uniform

New players: Bring a friend and join the district basketball club that is affordable,

successful and friendly with a strong skills development program. No

charge, no obligation come along and have some fun. Opportunities are

also available in our Under 8 development program, please call.

If you cannot attend our registration / try out day and are interested in playing please contact us on

0433 7 MAGIC or wmbc@adam.com.au

SAUSAGE SIZZLE & DISCOUNTED MERCHANDISE SALE

Age Grade Boys and Girls

Year of Birth Time

U/10 2006 - 2008 1.30pm - 2.15pm

U/12 2004 - 2005 1.30pm - 2.15pm

U/14 2002 - 2003 2.00pm – 2.45pm

U/16 2000 - 2001 2.30pm – 3.15 pm

U/18 1998 - 1999 3.00pm – 3.45pm

DIARY DATES

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WEEK/DATE DAY/TIME EVENT

Term 3

4 12th August Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly— Room 8

12th August Tuesday Newsletter

15th August Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

15th August Friday LC to Swimming

5 18th August—22nd August BOOK WEEK Connect to Reading

18th August Monday PHOTOS—catch up day

19th August Tuesday KPPS Update

19th August Tuesday 9.30am BOOK WEEK DRESS UP PARADE

19th August Tuesday P4 - Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews

21st August Thursday 9.15am OPEN MORNING tour for new parents

23rd August Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

6 26th August Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—LC

26th August Tuesday Newsletter

29th August Friday LC to Swimming

7 2nd September Tuesday KPPS Update

2nd September Tuesday Push Pull CSIRO - U1, U2 & Rm 8

3rd September Wednesday Father’s Day Stall

8 9th September Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—U6

9th September Tuesday KPPS Update

11th September Thursday 7.00pm Governing Council

11th September Thursday Student Disco and Parent Function EY 5.30-7.00pm & PY 7.30-9.00pm

12th September Friday SHOW DAY

9 15th September Monday 2.00-4.00pm Middle Years Expo

16th September Tuesday KPPS Update

19th September Friday LC to Swimming

10 23rd September Tuesday Newsletter

23rd September Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—U4

25th September Thursday MY Aquatics

26th September Friday SPORTS DAY 26th September Friday LAST DAY OF TERM 2.10PM FINISH

DISCO Every Friday at lunch time. Alternate weeks for R-4 and Yrs 5 –7.

Beginning this Friday 15th August for R-4 students and Friday 22nd August Yr5 - Yr7