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Week 7 – 5th September 2018 Sharing Our News

This week is School Administration and Support Staff Week. We are celebrating and acknowledging the amazing and caring office staff, general assistant and school learning support officers that have a positive impact on the lives of our students, families and teachers. We thank them all for the wonderful contribution, time and effort that each of our staff members give to our school. Enjoy your week.

Our Stage 3 students are having a super time in Canberra. Students had an easy trip to the Nation's Capital and then visited the War Memorial, Australian Institute of Sport and Parliament House on Tuesday. The students are looking forward to their visit to the snow today and then will be battling off in laser tag this evening. We look forward to hearing many more stories over the next couple of days.

The school's award winning Kindergarten Transition Program starts tomorrow with our new Kindergarten students for 2019 participating in a variety of activities and programs. Parents and students are asked to meet at the library from 9.25am and students will be taken to their Kindergarten classes. We look forward to working with our new students over the next eight weeks.

It was great to see so many of our dads and representatives at our Father's Day Breakfast. The students were very excited to be able to eat breakfast with their dads and enjoyed the beautiful morning. A huge thanks to Coles Singleton for supplying the bacon and egg rolls.

Next Tuesday, students are asked to dress as a farmer/country in support of our amazing farmers to raise money for drought relief. In the evening, the school will be hosting a disco with K-2 students welcome to attend from 5pm-6pm and 3-6 students attending from 6pm-7.30pm. Entry for students is $5 which includes a drink, chips and entry. Parents are welcome to attend our Maths Workshops led by Mrs Tan, that will be held in the library during disco times.

Jonathan Russell

Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS 2018

Term 3

WEEK 7

Thurs 6th Sept Kinder Transition

Hunter Cricket (Girls)

Fri 7th Sept Town Library- S2S & S2H 10-11am

Kindergarten Oakvale Farm

WEEK 8 Thurs 13th Sept Kinder Transition

WEEK 9

Mon 17th -21st Sept Intensive Swimming Stage 1

Mon 17th Sept CU Visit- Fitting Gowns 11.15am

Wed 19th Sept GATS Program


Fri 21st Sept Infants Assembly

WEEK 10

Mon 24th -28th Sept Intensive Swimming Stage 1


Fri 28th Sept Tawny Badge Assembly- 9.30am

Term 4

WEEK 1

Wed 17th Oct GATS Program

Thurs 18th Oct Kinder Transition

WEEK 2

Wed 24th Oct GATS Program

Thurs 25th Oct Kinder Transition

Fri 26th Oct Snake Tails Performance

WEEK 3

Mon 29th Oct- Fri 2nd Nov

Intensive Swimming Stage 2 & 3

Thurs 1st Nov Kinder Transition

WEEK 4

Mon 5th-9th Nov Intensive Swimming Stage 2 & 3

Thurs 8th Nov Kinder Transition

WEEK 5

Wed 14th Nov SPS Panto- Stage 3

Fri 16th Nov Footy Colours Day

WEEK 6

Wed 21st Nov GATS

Fri 23rd Nov Colour Run

WEEK 7

Wed 28th Nov GATS

WEEK 9

Tues 11th Dec Volunteers Morning Tea

Fri 14th Dec Presentation Day- 9.40am

WEEK 10

Mon 17th Dec Yr 6 Farewell

Wed 19th Dec Students Last Day of School

Thurs 20th Dec Staff Development Day

Fri 21st Dec Staff Development Day

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KSPS CANTEEN NEWS

Term 3 Canteen Roster 2018

Week 7 6/9/18 Chantelle & Tracey 7/9/18 Rechelle

Week 8 10/9/18 Bec & Jacinta 11/9/18 Sharee & Sandy 12/9/18 Glenn, Chantelle & Tracey 13/9/18 Di & Jennifer 14/9/18 Mark & Cheryl BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES

Order your child’s birthday cupcakes from our canteen for $20 per class. Please notify and pay 3 days in advance. UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS: Thursday 8.30am-9.30am (Please see office staff outside of

these hours).

King Street is an Allergy Aware School

This is a reminder for all families that some of our

students have serious reactions to products

containing nuts and fish.

We ask that you please do not send foods or

containers to school that contain nut or fish

products.

This includes nutella and peanut butter spread.

Building Update

The roof above S3J, S3W and the music has been

completed and the builders are finishing off the

guttering and fascia this week. It looks amazing. The

next project is the roof above S3G, S3M and the

Collaboration Space. This is the largest area of roof

to be completed and will take up to 2 weeks.

On Monday, S3J and S3W will be placed back into

their rooms and S3G and S3M will be relocated to D

Block. The quad area is still out of bounds for all

students and temporary fencing will block off access

in front of S2S and S2B next week. These classes

will access their rooms via S2G and S2H.

Jonathan Russell

Principal

Showing Positive Behaviour for Learning

Tawny congratulates the following students for

displaying our King Street Values of Kind, Safe,

Proud and Supportive in Week 6:

Our Week 6 PBL draw winners.

Hunter Athletics Carnival

Our school was represented by some very talented

athletes at the Hunter Athletics Carnival last week.

Everyone put in 100% and raced at their very best

with a lot of students also getting PBs on the day.

Big congratulations to all these students.

Luca from S1P is very excited

as she got a new PB for herself

and is moving onto State to

represent the Hunter in the

100m!

We wish Luca the very best of

luck.

Wellbeing of Students Valued

Please be aware that we have two immune-

suppressed students at our school. If your child

develops a contagious disease, please let the school

know ASAP so we can act accordingly.


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Stage 1 Intensive Swimming

Our Stage 1 Intensive Swimming Program will be

beginning daily for two weeks from Monday 17th

September to Friday 28th September.

The Department of Education School Swimming and

Water Safety Program is an intensive learn to swim

program, which develops water confidence and

provides students with basic skills in water safety

and survival.

The cost for the 10 days is $40 per student. This is

non-refundable as it is paid as a whole package.

The school has greatly subsidised this program and

are hoping that all students will be able to attend.

Please return your note and payment to the school

office by the 12th of September to secure your spot.

Thank you, Stage 1 Teachers

WANTED! Much Needed Mulch For Our Vege

Garden

Our EWOKS (Environmental Workers of King Street)

have been spending a lot of time working very hard

in our vege garden.

They have planted potatoes, potted plants and

added a wonderful scarecrow to the beautiful space

ready for spring!

To help with the garden Mrs Fishpool is asking for

donations of some mulch hay. This will help us save

water, add fertility and control the weeds. Please

contact the office if you are able to help us.

Thank you from the EWOKS

Father’s Day Breakfast

Last Thursday we hosted a Father’s Day breakfast

here at KSPS with our dads, grandfathers and

special friends enjoying a cuppa and egg and bacon

roll together. This was a great way to celebrate the

important roll they all play in their children’s lives.

Thank you for taking the time to be a part of this

special breakfast.

Father’s Day Stall

Our King Street Public School P&C again did a

fabulous job of organizing our annual Father’s Day

stall. There were some fabulous gifts that I’m sure

were enjoyed by many dads on Father’s Day.

Our P&C raised $1055.70 on the sale of these gifts

and the raffle.


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Bruce The Lizard Visits

Last week S1I and S1P were excited about meeting

a very special guest visitor, Bruce.

Bruce is Mr Cook’s beloved bearded dragon who

loves being read to while he relaxes. All the students

sat in pairs and got to read to Bruce while patting

him and feeling the texture of his skin.

Thank you Mr Cook for bringing Bruce into KSPS.

Town Library Fun

Over the last 2 weeks our students have enjoyed

visits to our town library.

They got to see the new technology they can play

with while at the library and thoroughly enjoyed the

stories that were read during the visits.

This is something that we look forward to every year

and the hard work of the wonderful staff at the library

makes it so memorable each and every visit.

Thank you to the Singleton Library staff for always

making KSPS feel so welcome.


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Children’s University

Our next Children’s University is being held on

Monday 17th September in Mrs Barry’s classroom.

This meeting will be to fit the eligible students with

their graduation gowns.

The final day for registering hours is Friday 26th

September, the last day of this term.

Our graduation date is Tuesday 6th November, so

please save this date in your diary. We will send out

a note with details about the graduation next term.

Creative Writing

Milla in KJ has made Mr Northey very proud with her

creative writing. Well done Milla.

Talking About Maths – Use The Everyday

Am I more likely to randomly draw out a white

marble or a swirly marble?

How many marbles are in my bag?

Is it possible to draw out a spotted marble?

If my brother stole three of my marbles, how many

would I have left?

Use a word to describe my chances of drawing out a

black marble?

Book Club Orders

A new Book Club order went home with students on

Friday with some wonderful books and packs. With

Christmas only 4 months away this is a great time to

purchase items and pop them away ready.

Book Club order forms are due back to KSPS

School Office by next Wednesday the 12th of

September and can be paid online or at our school

office.

Dental Clinic Information

When was the last time your child had a dental

checkup? Call 1300 651 625 to book an

appointment at Hunter New England Oral Health

located at Sussex Street entrance of KSPS.


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STRENGTHS K/1F….

It is so wonderful to see all our classes working on

their strengths. K/1F students are very proud of

theirs, as shown below. We look forward to seeing

many more classes sharing their strengths.

KM….

KM are a class with an abundance of strengths. In

their Visible Wellbeing lessons they have been

talking about how they show their ‘bravery’.

S1R….

Mrs Richardson’s Stage 1 class have been talking

about their ‘strengths’ as part of our Visible

Wellbeing initiative.

In their class they have displayed a ‘Strength Tree’

and written their strengths around a self-portrait.

They have described ‘Kindness’, ‘teamwork’,

‘energy’ and ‘bravery’ are some of their strengths.


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Muswellbrook South Public School and King Street Public School have joined partnership this

week to launch a Muswellbrook and Singleton School's Community Fundraiser in support of

our local farmers who are struggling with ‘The Big Dry’ drought.

Our goal is to raise $9500 to provide hay for their stock.

Please visit https://www.buyabale.com.au/donate/?supporter_id=95176 to donate. All donations

are tax deductible. We have farming families that need our help, so please help us to help them.

Next Tuesday 11th September KSPS will be fundraising for our farmers.

During the day students will be able to dress up as a ‘Farmer’ and have a sausage sizzle lunch

for $2.

That afternoon/night we will be holding Infants and Primary Discos in our hall.

Infants Disco held from 5pm to 6pm-

Cost $5, includes a drink and packet of chips.

Primary Disco held from 6pm to 7.30pm-

Cost $5, includes a drink and packet of chips.

In the meantime, we ask for non-perishable items to be donated. These will be collected and

given to our farmers. All funds raised will be given to ‘Buy a Bale’.

Miss Streater

https://www.buyabale.com.au/donate/?supporter_id=95176

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