Newsletter No. 24 - Kerrimuir Primary School

Newsletter No. 24
Friday 12th August 2016
The Week Ahead
Monday 15th: House Athletics
Tuesday 16th: ICAS Maths
Wednesday 17th:
Thursday 18th:
Friday 19th: Trivia Night
(Parents Only)
Future diary dates
22nd August - 9th September
Swimming
5th September
Father’s Day Breakfast
8th September
Interschool Athletics
9th September
Grade 2 Sleep Over
More in-depth information about
three-way interviews
Principal’s
Message
Our Term Three '3 Way Parent-TeacherKaryn
Student Interviews' for 2016 take place in Simes-Martin
the week of Monday, 5th September to
Friday, 9th September. We believe it is
vital that we work together to ensure we can provide the
best education possible for your child. These interviews
are for all students from Prep to Six.
Interview times will be of 15 minutes duration. Three way
interviews mean the teacher, the student and the
parent(s) coming together to chat about the students’
progress over the term, and goals planned for the
remainder of the year. We offer this type of interview
once per year, so the student can discuss what they have
been doing in their classroom. This section will take
around five minutes of the fifteen minutes, with the
remaining ten minutes a chance for parents to ask
questions and teachers to provide information. The
student stays throughout the fifteen minutes, unless the
parent wants to speak about something confidentially.
Our aim is to provide an opportunity for each student to
share their work and goals for the future within a small,
trusting group. As parents, the more we know about
child’s work at school, the better we can provide both
encouragement and support at home.
All bookings will be done online using Compass.
Instructions to access the interview times can be found
below and in Compass:
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Go to Compass family homepage
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Go to Three Way Interviews 2016
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Select date and time
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Select teacher from drop down arrow
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Press update
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Your selected time will change to Red.
Regards
Karyn
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
CARE Awards
Congratulations to this week’s
winners of the
Kerrimuir CARE Awards!
These students have all been recognised by their teachers this
week for an achievement related to one of our four school
CARE values.
School Council
School council meetings are held monthly during school
terms, on Monday nights in the staff room from 7.309.30. Parents are welcome to attend school council
meetings as observers
Meeting Dates
15th August
17th October
21st November
NOTICES
Monday, 22nd August - Friday, 2nd September
(No swimming on Monday, 29th August)
Swimming is considered a valuable life skill and it is fantastic to have so many
students committed to our whole school swimming program this year. We are looking
forward to an active and educational program at Aquarena Aquatic and Leisure
Centre in Doncaster. Numbers are now finalised and payment in full should have been
completed.
LESSON TIMETABLE
Group
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Grade
5A & 5B
4A & 4B
3A & 3B
2A & 2B
1A & 1B
P1C Grade 1's &
P1C Preps*
PA & PB
P1C Preps*
6A & 6B
Lesson Time
9.30 - 10.15am
10.15 - 11.00am
11.00 - 11.45am
11.45 - 12.30pm
12.45-1.30pm
1.30 - 2.15pm
2.15 - 3.00pm
*P1C Prep parents - the class teacher will inform you of your child's lesson time
PARENT HELPERS NEEDED
Class teachers will be seeking parent helpers to assist ALL children in the group . If
you are available please let your child's class teacher know ASAP. It is compulsory
that ALL parents at the pool assisting the group or their own child, particularly in
the change rooms, hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC). Therefore
all parents attending the pool and traveling on the bus to will need to present their
WWCC at the office prior to the commencement of the swimming program.
Parents, Please Note — If you are only coming to watch the swimming lesson and you
wish to assist your child in the change room, you will need to use a separate change
room from the rest of the group, unless your WWCC has been approved and you
have been issued a ‘Parent Helpers’ badge from the school office.
NOTICES
WHAT STUDENTS WILL NEED TO WEAR AND BRING
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Where possible, students are to wear their bathers to school under their
school uniform
Boys are to wear swimming trunks/speedos - NO shorts
Long hair must be tied up
All students are to bring a towel, underwear, thongs, hair brush/comb and a
plastic bag for wet clothing
Bring Goggles - if your child needs them
Pack a Swimming Cap - if you prefer your child to wear one
If you have previously purchased an AquaSafe book please hand it in to your
child's class teacher before the program begins so it can be filled in by the
swimming teacher. Please note that these are no longer available for purchase
as all students will receive a certificate at the end of the program
Children can be more hungry than usual during the school swimming program
so please consider putting an extra snacks in your child's lunch box on swimming days
Thank you for your commitment and co-operation.
Kirrily Gloufchev
Swimming Coordinator
First Aid Roster
Friday 19th August - Melissa Duanne
Friday 26th August - Tanya Hall
Friday
2nd
September – Barb Sorell
Fruit Roster
Monday 15th - Bree Dalton
Tuesday 16th - Justine Clegg
Wednesday 17th - Melanie Lunt
Thursday 18th - Rachel Allsop
Friday 19th - Jaime Edge
NOTICES
House Athletics Carnival - Monday 18th August
Students from Grade 3 -6 will be participating in
House Athletics this coming Monday.
Students should wear appropriate footwear, and can
dress in house colours if they wish.
We would still appreciate more parent helpers from
11:00am-3:00pm. If you are able to assist please
contact Ashlee Mitchell on
[email protected].
Junior School Parents
“Springtime Spectacular!”
Our junior school musical performance event,
Springtime Spectacular, is returning to Kerrimuir
for Prep, Gr 1 and Gr 2 students on
Save the
date!
Thursday October 20th, 6pm
Further details including a program for the night will be distributed closer
to the date.
Springtime Spectacular normally occurs every second year. However, this
year it is happening for the second year running to establish a new
pattern of Springtime Specatular and the Senior School production
occurring in alternating years.
NOTICES
Father’s Day Breakfast
Monday 5th September.
We are in need of parent helpers for our Father’s Day Breakfast on
Monday 5th September. We will require as many helpers as possible. If
you are able to help can you please allocate a preferred 30 minute
time slot from 7am until 9am (which will be pack up) to Ashlee Mitchell
at [email protected]
We appreciate your help
Natarsha Kenny and
Ashlee Mitchell
Staff Car Park
It has come to our attention that some parents are dropping off and
picking children up in the staff car park. We have recently seen cars
u-turn out whilst children are walking in and leaving. This could result in a
serious injury to our students. Can parents please use the drop off zones
provided outside the school in Molbray Street, at all times, to ensure
student safety. This area is a closed zone from 8.45am to 9.15am and
from 3.15pm to 3.45pm.
Also, I would like to ask parents to remind their children that the
driveway to the staff car park is not a walking zone to the Library. There
are students who use this as the closest entrance to the school. It is strictly
a cars only area, and children are not permitted to walk through the
carpark before, during or after school.
Please help us to keep the students safe!
NOTICES
FATHER’s Day Breakfast
Dear Parents/Guardian,
This year to celebrate Father’s Day we are excited to announce the return of The Father’s Day Breakfast.
This exciting event will be held at school on Monday 5th September from 7:30am- 8:45am in the MultiPurpose room. As this is a family event parents must ensure that their children are supervised by a parent
until 8:45am. At this time, teachers are on yard duty and have duty of care of the students. If a parent
can’t be with your child/ren until 8:45am please ensure that they are enrolled in Before School Care on
that morning.
For the Father’s Day Breakfast we will offer egg and bacon rolls and a juice for the dads and juice for the
children. The egg and bacon rolls will be offered with many optional condiments such as BBQ or tomato
sauce and yummy cheese. The cost of each roll and juice is $7 per person. Gluten Free option will be
available with Gluten free toast. If you need to make variations due to dietary requirements such as
vegetarian, please do so on the order form below. For those families who have more than three people
attending, we have capped the cost at $21.00 per family.
Payments of cash or cheque are preferred, but for orders above the amount of $10 parents may use the
credit card option. These are the only payment options available for this yummy event.
Please indicate on the order form below what you would like to order. Please return the form and the
money to school by Monday 29th August. No late orders can be accepted.
We really look forward to a fun Father’s Day morning.
Natarsha Kenny
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Father’s day breakfast Order Form Last day orders will be taken: Monday 29th August
NAME: _________________________________________________
GRADE: ________________
PLEASE SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF ITEMS REQUIRED AND TOTAL YOUR ORDER
REMEMBER THAT 3 OR MORE ORDERS OF EGG AND BACON ROLLS WILL BE CAPPED AT $21.00
Amount
Food item
Egg and Bacon Roll with juice $7.00
GF Egg and Bacon option
TOTAL COST: $
NOTICES
Trivia Night and Silent Auction
Bookings close today Friday 12th of August and Hamper Donations close
on Monday 15th of August.
The cost is $20 per person, BYO Drinks /Alcohol & Food.
A live auction of artwork by local artists, a lucky door prize and a raffle will
be offered throughout the evening.
Don’t forget to practise your ‘Special Talent’ to earn extra table points on
the night.
Raffle Tickets $5.00 per ticket available at your table on the night.
1st Prize: Acer Aspire Laptop.
2nd Prize: Accommodation for 2 at Novotel Glen Waverley including
breakfast and car parking.
3rd Prize: Infrared Kettle BBQ from Masters.
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There will be a talent show to earn table points on the night.
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Pizza delivery will be available for ordering from Pizza Heart for those
who want a late dinner.
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Please note that it’s a parent’s night out; unfortunately it is not suitable
for children.
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Silent auctions, prizes and games - bring along your cash, chequebook,
credit card and (lots of) gold coins. Credit facilities will be available on
the night.
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We still need donations of vouchers, bottles of wine etc. for prizes and
raffles. All will be greatly appreciated. They can be left at the school
office.
Thanks from the KPS Fundraising Committee
SCHOOL News
STUDENT Leadership
& Extra curricular activities
Lunch/snack
Lunch
& Snack
timeActivities
activities
Time
Book Club
 Tuesday 2nd half
lunchtime Grades 1-4.
Choir:
 Monday lunch time
Grades 1-6. New
members welcome
Chess Club
 Tuesday lunchtime, Mr
Bevis’ room. All ages, all
abilities welcome.
Gardening Club
 Friday lunchtime.
Everyone welcome
Hiragana Reading
Challenge
 Wednesday lunchtime,
Japanese Room.
Craft with Georgi
 Wednesday/Thursday
snack & lunch, Georgi’s
room, BER building.
Enrolled students only:
Special Religious
Instruction
 Tuesday 1st half of
lunchtime
Kelly Sports Dance
 Tuesday lunchtime
Tennis
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Thursday lunchtime
Jam session
 Thursday snack,
instrumental
music students.
Chess News
Only yesterday 28 students from Kerrimuir competed in
our third interschool chess tournament this year. We had
one team in the A division and one team in the B division.
The B team came 4th in their competition and the A team
placed 5th. The coaches commented that the standard of
this tournament was particularly high, so we all faced
some tough games.
Henry Jackson (A team) and Goran Zhao (B team) had
the highest scores for Kerrimuir and also the highest
increase in their ratings. Congratulations also to
Jamie Im, Prranav Pathania, Joshua Shirley, Jasper Dianes
and Nemika Naotuune who competed for the first time.
Many of our competitors in the tournament come to chess
club every Tuesday lunchtime in Mr. Bevis’ room.
Everyone is welcome and you don’t need to be able to
play chess to come. The next Kerrimuir tournament will
be held on the 13th of October.
Ben Harding, Chess Captain
BRAIN Training
Fundraising
Cake Raffle
The famous Kerrimuir
Cake Raffle takes
place every Friday
morning at assembly.
Thanks to the parents
and other volunteers
who bake our yummy
prizes. Tickets just
20c at the canteen
window.
This Week’s Winners: Brooke S x 2, Will N, Harry S, Julia N,
Veronica H, Liam W
Funds raised: $106
Next Week’s Chefs (19.8.16): Natalie Daw x 2, Emily Retallick
x2, Nund Al-Qardhgui, Shwetha, Aya Fleischer, Kim Huett
Help Desperately Needed!
We need bakers for the cake raffle for
every week this term!
Can you bake a cake? To sign up...
 Email [email protected] 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 window
during Friday assembly.
(NO fresh cream please – due to storage & food safety issues)
Thank you. Barb 0415164753 (Brooke 5A)
REBEL SPORT FUNDRAISING
Register for Rebel's loyalty program at
www.seasonpass.com.au and nominate Kerrimuir
Primary School, and 5% of the value of your
purchase goes back to the school.
BRAIN Training
This week’s
S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G
Rules
Verbs – irregular (past tense)
The whole word changes
come
buy
go
came
bought
went
Weekly
Maths Challenge
Challenge 24
Use the letters given to complete the square so
that three other words can be read downwards
and across.
A D D E E I I L L
Verbs – regular (past tense)
shouted
Email your answer to:
[email protected]
Answers revealed in next week’s
Newsletter.
played
jumped
Last Week’s Challenge & Answer
The letters ed make 3 different
sounds
ed says /
ed/
ed says /d/
ed says /t/
What should be the value of the bottom row?
Hint: No matter what we hear,
they all end in the letters ed
Answer
115.
Each shirt is worth 40, each ball is worth 25
and each scarf is worth 10.
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