ASPIRE and SOAR TERM 4 ISSUE 16

ASPIRE and SOAR
Wednesday 23rd October 2013
TERM 4 ISSUE 16
Dean Avenue, Kidman Park SA 5025
Phone: 8353 2444
Fax: 8235 1357
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au
SPORTING FUN!
KPPS EMAILS
Our 2013 Sports Day was a great event. All of our
students lived by our school values, tried their best,
played collaboratively and had a ton of fun. Thank you
to all of our parents and friends that came along and
enjoyed the day. Most importantly the weather was
perfect! Thanks once again to Terry Ahern for his great
organising of Sports Day. Thank you to all staff
members for their effort to ensure the success of Sports
Day.
This term we have emailed all KPPS parents about the
following topics:

Gastro outbreak

PJ Day

Class placement letters
If you have not received these emails then it means we
do not have an up-to-date email address for your
family. Please send an updated email address to :
And the winners are….
MUSIC IN 2014
The competition on sports day has never been so close
throughout the day. Rarely was there more than 10
points dividing the four teams. But, at the end of the day
our brand new trophies were presented to –
BLUE
RED
YELLOW
GREEN
[email protected]
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A note will be sent home next week with any student in
Years 2-5 interested in learning a stringed instrument in
2014. An Expression of Interest form will be required by
all interested students. Numbers assist in determining
2014 funding. New students will participate in an
audition lesson early in term one.
Lessons are
provided by a DECD Instrumental Music teacher. Costs
will be $30 per term for the hire and maintenance of the
instrument. Students can choose to learn to play cello,
violin or viola.
PIANO / FLUTE 2014
NOT AN ENJOYABLE SPORTS DAY
Tanya Welsh provides piano and flute lessons for
students at the school. She has a few vacancies
For everyone attending Sports Day you would have seen available for next year. If your child is interested in
Marina Lekkas (U6 class teacher) carted away to hospital lessons, please contact Tania on: 0411 772 892 to
by ambulance. Marina was attempting to ensure a ‘fair check times available and cost.
start’ to her class’s tug of war competition by placing her
foot on the rope. Unfortunately the students CLASS PLACEMENT 2014
enthusiastically started pulling before Marina moved her Letters were distributed Tuesday October 22 nd
foot meaning she was flung back onto the ground.
requesting parent feedback for 2014 classes.
Marina spent the first few days of the holidays in the
must be returned by MONDAY OCTOBER
Queen Elizabeth Hospital whilst a plate was inserted into Responses
th
28 . A copy of the notice can be found at:
her arm to secure the broken bones. She is currently in
still a bit of pain and will be away from school for another
http://www.kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au/excursions.htm
couple of weeks. It wasn’t quite the hotel accommodation
Marina had been planning for the holidays.
SCHOOL FEES
KPPS EMAILS
Thankyou to all families who have paid school fees,
direct debit
HAVE YOU BEEN RECEIVING EMAILS FROM KPPS? arranged instalment payments,
It has taken a bit of time, but our new ‘Student payments or applied for school card.
Management Tool’ is currently being tested. This now
allows us to send bulk emails to parents in classes or,
across the school. Once some improvements have been All outstanding school fees
made to the system, we will be ready to distribute our
will now be sent to Debt
newsletters electronically to the KPPS community along
Collectors.
with other notes and updates.
Kidman
Celebrates
2013
JOSIAH MITTON PRIZE 2013
The Josiah Mitton Prize is offered to the most outstanding or
best "all round" student in all primary and high schools in the
City of Charles Sturt.
Josiah Mitton was one of the first elected Councillors of the
Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh and its third Mayor
(1878-1880). He participated actively in local affairs and in
the Hindmarsh Institute Library, which was formed between
1852 and 1855. On his death a bequest of over 50 Pounds
The planning has begun for our massive end of year was presented to the library to set up a library scholarship for
celebration to be held at the Family Centre on Frederick Rd, school children. The Josiah Mitton Prize was initially
presented annually to a student from each school in the
Seaton, at 7pm on Wednesday December 11 th.
Details about tickets will be sent home soon. Put the date in Hindmarsh area to perpetuate the memory of the Josiah
your diary now and support our students as they display their Mitton Scholarship to the Hindmarsh District Library and
special talents and performing arts skills. All classes will Mechanics Institute.
perform on the night. Kidman Celebrates is a fun night for our When libraries became a free service the scholarship
community to celebrate the end of the school year and for became irrelevant and an annual book prize was introduced
students to; show what they have learnt as a part of our arts and has been awarded annually by the City of Charles Sturt
program, develop their confidence all in front of a supportive ever since.
and appreciative audience. Once again, tickets will be $5 with
Award recipients will receive an invitation to attend the
a limited amount available.
Mayoral Make a Book and Josiah Mitton award night
Bon Jovi will be performing at Football Park on the same night Thursday 7 November 2013.
traffic might be a little more congested on the night.
YEAR 7 POLO TOPS
An order form for the Year 7 Polo tops 2014 was sent
home earlier this week with all year 6 students. A copy
can also be downloaded from our website at:
http://www.kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au/excursions.htm
Year 7 polo tops cost $38.00. All orders must be returned
Our school has nominated Matilda (Tilly) Krywanio.
by Friday 1st November and no late orders accepted.
Tilly has represented our school in many ways- Japanese
These tops are only available by placing an order, we do Quiz Day, Hiragana Contests, Debating, Chess and Choir.
not keep stock in the Uniform Shop.
She also plays netball for the school team. Tilly has
FRONT OFFICE NEWS
FRONT OFFICE NEWS:
The front office hours are: 8.25am to 4.00pm
SCHOOL PAYMENTS:
For your convenience you can also make
payments / deposits directly into our bank account:
Kidman Park Primary School
BSB: 105 147
Account no: 551 006 440
successfully taken part in the Australian Maths Challenge,
and ICAS tests of Spelling, Maths and Computing. Outside of
school she extends her talents with playing the piano and
dancing with Henley Beach Dance Group.
When she is not striving for excellence in all subject areas,
Tilly looks for ways to support our school. Her peers elected
her as a Student Leader and she has taken on the
responsibility as Open Day tour guide, supporting Kidman-athon and Discoes, as well as, hosting and judging in
Kidman’s Got Talent. Committees have included fund raising,
ICT Student Mentor program, School Magazine and Trees for
Life.
Tilly volunteers in the school canteen and has completed
both the Premier Reading and Premier Be Active Challenges.
An excellent role model and worthy Josiah Mitton recipient!
BRANDON’S VAN
DON’T FORGET THE CONCERT FOR BRANDON is on this Sunday 27th October 2013. Tickets are
available from the front office, until first thing Friday morning.
Please return Brandon’s Van raffle tickets to school by Friday 25th October (this week) to be able to go
into the draw on Sunday.
A big Thankyou to our school community, so far we have raised $3,216.30!! The raffle has raised
1366.40, Ticket sales $420, Pyjama Day $805.60 and $624.30 in donations.
PYJAMA DAY
On the 18th of October, people all around the Kidman Park
Community hopped out of bed in the morning and didn’t get dressed
for school because it was a pyjama day fundraiser to raise money for
Brandon’s Van.
There were a lot of people in their pyjamas and their onesie’s. Even
some of the teachers didn’t get dressed in the morning!
It was a fun day and everyone who was brave enough to show off
their pj’s joined in and there were heaps of photos to remind
everyone of pyjama day.
In total the Kidman Park Community raised $805.60 for Brandon’s Van
and we would like to think that there will be fundraisers like this to raise
money for Brandon’s Van in the future.
By Jasmine and Erin
SPORTS NEWS
SPORTS RESULTS
SPORTS DAY
The sun gods smiled on us again and sports day went off
without a hitch. A big turnout of parents and family added to
the carnival atmosphere.
BASKETBALL
U11
27/09/13
KPPS
22
Nazareth Gold
14
Great last game. Well done boys.
Thanks to all our school staff who worked hard to make it a
success. A special mention to David Krieg and P3 and
Teresa Marshall’s P2 who set up a truck load of gear all
week.
The ‘Battleball’ demo was a hit with our R-2 children and
parents. If you would like to buy one for $33, please contact
me.
TROPHY NIGHT
A reminder: our annual sports trophy night for all teams is
on Friday 15th November (week 5). The BBQ run by our
governing council starts about 5.00pm, with our streamlined
trophy presentation in our hall at 6.00pm. Lock in the date
now.
KANGA CRICKET
Begins this Saturday 26th October at 8.30am for a 9.00am
start. Woodville South Cricket Club, Ledger Rd, Woodville
South. Notes have been given to all players. Please ring
Dean Clark on mobile: 0408 757 650 for more details.
NETBALL
U9
18/09/13
KPPS Diamonds
7
Woodville Rockets
1
Thanks to Renee and Portia for filling in. All played well.
Goals: Alexandra 2, Erin 2, Sienna 1, Jazmine 2
U9
25/09/13
KPPS Diamonds
2
St Francis
0
Well played by all the girls. Goals: Marie 1, and Faith 1
U11
17/10/13
Kidman Park A
8
Nazareth Gold
7
Another great effort by a committed team - prepared to play
any position and always at their best. Well done.
PE NIT in Term 4
PE in Term 4
TEEBALL
Games start this Friday 25th October at 4.00pm, WTBC,
Lockleys Oval, Rutland Ave, Lockleys. We have few
players, so they will join a combined Yr 2/3 Eagles team. If
you are interested, please contact Andrew Scott at WTBC
on: 0413 511 347.
I offer 45 minute sessions once a week with most of our R-5
classes this term, often in 3 week blocks to reinforce individual sport skills.
BASKETBALL
The season winds up for our 3 teams in a few weeks.
Special thanks to our fab coaches over the whole year.
Next, lacrosse will be introduced to our year 3-5s using our
new set of equipment and R-2s will enjo9y some soft hockey
using ‘fat’ sticks and big balls.
REMINDER: to receive your $20 singlet refund you’ll need to
return your singlet washed and bagged to the office, with
your NAME and TEAM clearly marked, no later than Monday
9th December, last week of term. Alina will swap your
singlet for $20 cash.
Terry Ahern
Sports Coordinator
My focus for the final assessment—hitting/striking, will be
‘stick’ skills and sports.
A lock of teeball will be given to all R-5s with modified games
for our R-2s.
As the weather heats up, indoor ‘striking’ activities will include indoor hockey and bran ball for our 3-5s and the always popular scooter hockey for our R-2s.
Twin towers, gaga ball and Oscar’s garbage bin will be revived as ever popular warm up activities.
I’m looking forward to another fun, active term.
Terry Ahern
Sports Coordinator
NIHONGO NEWS
OSHC NEWS
VACATION CARE
こんにちはKonnichiwa,
Welcome back to term 4, it’s sure to
be busy so I hope you are
refreshed from the holidays.
This week all classes have been
starting to talk about 日本のたべも
のNihon no tabemono – Japanese Food. We are
looking at Obento and other well-known, popular
Japanese dishes. We may get to try some cooking
of our own before the end of the year! Have you
ever eaten Japanese food? Which is your
favourite?
For the rest of the term the
students from Year 3 to 7 will
be continuing their ひ ら が な
hiragana learning from term 3.
They are だ ん だ んdandan
(gradually) becoming very proficient at recognising
the 46 symbols and are starting to read words –
very exciting!
Students in P3 have received
their first letter from Warren the
Wombat. He’s living in Kamaishi,
Iwate, Japan (try to find it on a
map)! Our new friend Baikinman
has also arrived and has started adventures
visiting homes of students. We will take photos of
his adventures then write a class journal to go with
the photos. All in simple Japanese! What a fun way
to make use of our language skills!
Students in the Early Years will
learn more about Japanese culture
through Autumn talk – foods,
activities and customs, with all
language woven through this topic.
You should see some displays of
this appearing near our room soon!
Please pop in and see me if you want to find out
more about this term’s work, our Japanese
programme, second language learning or your
child’s progress. I look forward to meeting some of
you during the term.
さようならSayonara
Belinda Sensei
ベリンダ 先生
Vacation Care is available during the school holidays.
Week 1
16/12/13 - 20/12/13
Week 2
06/01/14 - 10/01/14
Week 3
13/01/14 - 17/01/14
Week 4
20/01/14 - 24/01/14
Please contact Freddy at OSHC on: 0401 121 740 to arrange
bookings and forms.
WEEK
2
3
4
DATE
ACTIVITY
Wednesday 23rd October Newsletter
Thursday 24th October
OPEN MORNING (Tour of school) 9.15am
Monday 28th October
Ride a Bike Right
Tuesday 29th October
Ride a Bike Right
Tuesday 29th October
Assembly—LC 2.15pm
Thursday 31st October
OSHC meeting 6.00pm
Thursday 31st October
Governing Council meeting 7.00pm
Monday 4th November
Ride a Bike Right
Tuesday 5th November
Ride a Bike Right
Wednesday 6th November Newsletter
Thursday 7th November Book Fair—Buy one get one free
5
Monday 11th November Remembrance Day
Monday 11th November Ride a Bike Right
6
Monday 11th November
Ride a Bike Right
Tuesday 12th November
Assembly—P4 2.15pm
Friday 15th November
Trophy Night
Wednesday 20th November Newsletter
Wednesday 20th November Premier’s Reading Challenge Picnic—Collins Reserve
7
8
9
Thursday 21st November
Reception Transition Visits 9.00—11.20am
Tuesday 25th November
Assembly RM 7 2.15pm
Thursday 28th November
Helpers Morning Tea
Thursday 28th November
OSHC Management 6.00pm
Thursday 28th November
Governing Council 7.00pm
Thursday 28th November
Reception Transition Visits 2.00-4.30pm
Wednesday 4th December
Newsletter
Friday 6th December
COP Christmas Story
Friday 6th December
Reports sent home
Tuesday 10th December
Kidman Celebrates Rehearsals
Wednesday 10th December Kidman Celebrates Rehearsals
Wednesday 10th December Kidman Celebrates—Christian Family Centre
Thursday 12th December
Year 7 Graduation
Thursday 12th December
Party Day
Thursday 12th December
Year 7 Excursion
Friday 13th December
Final Assembly—Special Awards
Friday 13th December
Last day of Term 2.10pm Finish