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01 March 2019 Community Picnic What a great evening it was! Thank you to our community for participating in our annual community picnic. It was lovely to speak with families and I know the planned activities were enjoyed by the children and adults alike. A special thank you to Emma Holmes and Sarah Weeks for organising the logistics of the evening. Another thank you to our staff for facilitating their activities. Preps This week marks the final week whereby our Prep children are part-timers! Next week they will begin full time attendance, which is very exciting. Our Prep teachers are scheduled to finish their Prep assessments and the information they have gathered about the literacy and numeracy understanding of our newest children, will form an integral part of their team planning and data discussions. School Council As you are aware our process of nominating and electing our 2019 School Council is well under way. Our call for nominations ceases today and the list of candidates and nominators will be shared with the community on Wednesday 6th March. If the number of candidates is larger than the 2 parent positions available, we will distribute ballot papers and our families will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate.

Curriculum Days Last week our standing School Council approved the change of date for one of our Curriculum Days. This year, in partnership with our Student Leaders and based upon feedback from our parents, I would like to synthesise the Parent/Teacher interview and Student Led Conference. This will allow our children to speak about their learning but also give parents an opportunity to speak to their child’s teacher. These sessions will take place over two nights, in the second week of Term 3. We will use one of our Curriculum Days to begin these interviews at an earlier time.

Monday May 20th Curriculum Day no children at school

Wednesday 24th July Curriculum Day no children at school P/T Interviews & SLC to begin in the afternoon

Thursday 25th July Regular attendance for children. Interviews to continue after school.

Monday 4th November

Curriculum Day no children at school

Resilience Project Last week our students undertook The Resilience Youth Survey. This scientifically validated wellbeing survey has been completed by over 200,000 students across Australia and this data informs the content of our work for the remainder of the year. The anonymous questions were designed to gauge the greatest need within our student community. We have an upcoming professional learning session with our staff to unpack this data with the support of a Resilience Project member. Classes have received their student journals and teacher resource pack. We are excited to begin this next chapter in supporting our students to become grateful, mindful and empathetic. Sarah Weeks, a Leading Teacher will be collating student work and photos to display in our main building! Thank you for all of your hard work Sarah!

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School Captains/Student Empowerment Group Sarah Garcia and I have been working closely with our School Captains this term as part of our new ‘Student Empowerment Group’. The agenda for these fortnightly meetings has been jam-packed! We have discussed the role and responsibilities that are part of captaincy but more importantly how we grow the leadership and agency of all children at KCPS. Some of our captains have also spoken to staff at our weekly briefing and we are planning a professional learning session for teachers after school that will be facilitated by some of our school captains. As a means of familiarising themselves to our community they have written an introductory spiel about themselves and their new role. Thank you everyone. Have a splendiferous fortnight! Introducing our 2019 Student Empowerment Group …

Hi, my name is Sonix. This year I’m glad to be one of your School Captains. I really love to play soccer and dodgeball. This year I am really looking forward to working with the other captains and trying to find many ways to improve the school.

Hi, I’m Grace. This year I was lucky enough to get Sport Captain. I love to play sport and have fun with my family. This year I am excited for HPV, Interschool Sports and working with the Student Leadership Team.

Hi, my name is Leilah. I am a 2019 Batman House Captain. I love reading about animals and playing softball. My goal for this year is to get to know all of the other leaders better. I am looking forward to buddies and drumming.

Hello, my name is Ayman. This year I’m lucky to be one of the Leichhardt Captains. I love to play soccer and cricket and help others when needed. This year I’m looking forward to being successful with this team.

Hi, my name is Will. This year I’m lucky enough to be one of the SRC Captains. I love math and I love cricket. This year I am proud and excited to be a part of all the School Captain responsibilities.

Hi, my name is Brandon. This year I’m lucky enough to be a Batman House Captain. I like to watch and play football. I am looking forward to more about the Leadership Team.

Hi, I’m Chloe and I am the female Art Captain. I really enjoy sleeping and eating. I am looking forward to working with students and teachers and being a part of the Student Leadership Team.

Hi, my name is Mia R. and I’m so happy to be the girl Environmental Captain for 2019. I love to dance, sing, read and play netball. This year I’m looking forward to buddies and my roles of being a captain.

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Hi, my name is Joshua. I am a 2019 French Captain. I am one of the Student Leadership Team members. Looking forward to seeing you in the yard.

Hi, my name is Claire. This year I’m one of the School Captains at KCPS. I enjoy Interschool Sports and I’m looking forward to the new buddy program.

Hi, my name is Evan Iakovou and I am a 2019 Music Captain. I am very good at playing piano, I play tennis and chess. I am looking forward to working with the Student Leadership Team.

Hi, my name is Shawn. This year I am lucky to be an Environment Captain. I love to swim. I am looking forward to working with the rest of the Student Leadership Team to help the school!

Hi, my name is Lana and I am one of the Goldstein House Captains. I do gymnastics as a sport and my favourite subject in school is reading. This year I am looking forward to starting a new buddies program and working with the school to make a change.

Hi! I am Annie, a Leichhardt Captain. This year I am looking forward to working with our yellow house members, but also the whole community and the Student Leadership Team. I love drawing, listening to music and making new friends.

Hi, my name is Mia G. This year, I am super grateful and excited to be one of the SCR Captains. Some of my hobbies are singing and researching. I am looking forward to getting to work with the whole school community and experiencing the role of a captain.

Hi, my name is Emylee. This year I am super excited to be a part of the Student Leadership Team as the girl Cuthbert Captain. One thing that most people don’t know about me is that I love watching tennis. What I’m looking forward to is helping improve KCPS.

Hello, my name is James. I’m fortunate enough to be a 2019 Sports Captain. I like playing soccer and doing running. This year I’m looking forward to working with the other captains and improving KCPS.

Hi, my name is Ayesha and I’m really lucky to be one of KCPS’s French Captains. Some things that I love to do are to read and play soccer. I’m really looking forward to being a part of the Student Leadership Team and getting to know more about our school.

Hi! My name is Josey and I’m one of your Music Captains for 2019! I love to play music and read horror books. This year I am very excited to work with all of the students (or you!) to make a change in the Music Program! That’s all, folks!

Hi, I’m Dylan and I’m an Art Captain in the Student Leadership Team. I like to read, play video games, watch television, and do nothing. I’m also a part of the Interschool Sports Basketball Team.

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Hi, my name is Matthew and I’m a Cuthbert House Captain. I’m a very respectful and very grateful person. I love this school and have been here since 2013. I love all the events at this school and love all the great people at the school. I love watching and playing football in and outside school.

Hi, I’m Jett and I’m one of your Goldstein House Captains. This year I am looking forward to improving the school and helping out in sport events.

Programme of Inquiry At KCPS, our curriculum is organised under 6 Transdisciplinary Themes. These Transdisiplinary Themes, selected by the IBO, represent the significant knowledge and understandings students will develop throughout their years in the Primary Years Programme. Each year, students engage in Units of Inquiry designed to further develop their understanding of these themes. These units form our Programme of Inquiry. The Programme of Inquiry guides the teaching and learning at KCPS. Teachers plan to develop literacy and numeracy skills as well as approaches to learning as part of these units. Our Programme of Inquiry (POI) draws on the Victorian Curriculum as well as the essential elements of the Primary Years Programme. You can access the 2019 POI on the school website, through this link: https://kororoitcreekps.vic.edu.au/curriculum/#thisyear

IB Learner Profile The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world. The Learner Profile represents a set of 10 attributes valued by IB schools. At KCPS our learners strive to be Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-Takers, Balanced and Reflective. Recently, our staff and students have created Essential Agreements in their teams and classrooms focused on these attributes.

Should you wish to know about the PYP you can access the IB website: https://www.ibo.org

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The IB learner pro�le represents 10 attributes valued by IB World Schools. We believe these attributes, and others like them, can help individuals and groups become responsible members of local, national and global communities.

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We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.

We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global signi�cance.

We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.

We express ourselves con�dently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate e�ectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.

We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.

We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive di�erence in the lives of others and in the world around us.

We understand the importance of balancing di�erent aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical, and emotional—to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.

We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

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The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.

As IB learners we strive to be:

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Sports Update District Swimming Carnival Well done to all students who braved the freezing temperatures of the St Albans pool. Every swimmer should be very proud of their efforts. Those who made it through to the Divisional Competition that will be held on Tuesday, March 19th at the St Albans Leisure Centre are: Freestyle: Nilay Samran, Zara Brigham, Thomas Rutkowski, Kiara Boyd, Tekin Mehmet, Keisha Cheong, Cameron Richards and Matthew Stevenson. Backstroke: Zara Brigham, Maddison Sanders, Thomas Planinic, Shawn Lam, Chloe Pham, James Curran and Matthew Stevenson. Breaststroke: Nilay Samran, James Briffa, Brent Cabalinan, Kiara Boyd, Luca Iaconis, Oliver Stevenson and Josh Planinic. Butterfly: Lucinda Hughes, Maddison Sanders, Thomas Rutkowski, James Briffa, Leilah Myszka, Shawn Lam, Tekin Mehmet, Keisha Cheong, Cameron Richards and James Curran. Freestyle Relay: 9/10 Girls - Nilay Samran, Zara Brigham, Maddison Sanders and Lucinda Hughes. 9/10 Boys - Thomas Rutkowski, James Briffa, Hugo Carson and Teo Pandurevic. 11 Girls - Kiara Boyd, Kaia Thomas, Matilda Melrose and Leilah Myszka. 11 Boys - Shawn Lam, Tekin Mehmet, Luca Iaconis and Hudson Ferris. 12/13 Boys - Cameron Richards, James Curran, Matthew Stevenson and Zachary Cotter. Medley Relay: Girls Open - Kiara Boyd, Nilay Samran, Lucinda Hughes and Kaia Thomas. Boys Open - Thomas Rutkowski, Shawn Lam, Josh Planinic and Cameron Richards. Well done also to Claire Nastri and Grace White for competing in their last swimming carnival whilst representing KCPS proudly.

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X-Country The KCPS X-Country tournament for Years 3-6 is coming up on Thursday, 21st of March. The tournament will be held at the Burnside Bears Recreation Reserve (across the road form school). Students will be able to wear their house colours on that day as well as running shorts/shoes. Years 4 and 5 will be competing in the morning starting from 9:30am with presentations at 10:30am. Years 3 and 6 will be starting from 11:45 am with presentations at 1:00pm. Parents may come and support the students. Summer Interschool Sports We are half way through our Summer Interschool Sports Competition, here are the ladders so far:

Sport Place

Cricket 5th

Rounders 9th

Hot Shots 7th

Softball 6th

Basketball A 7th

Basketball B 9th

2019 HPV Team The 2019 KCPS HPV Team would have had their first race at Casey Fields this weekend. However due to the hot weather the event has been cancelled. The team will continue training hard for the next event. Athletics Carnival Something to look forward to is our KCPS Athletics Carnival next term at Melton Athletics Track. Years 3 and 4 will be on the 8th of May and Years 5 and 6 will be on the 9th of May. More information will be available closer to the date.

Green Team News

A big welcome back to 2019 from the Green Team!

This year, Nude Food Day will be held EVERY Wednesday at KCPS. Teachers and students will collect data on the number of student participants and the classes with the most participation throughout the term will be announced during end of term assemblies! NUDE FOOD day is a chance for our students to realise what they can do for their health and the health of the planet. An event like this can give us all at KCPS a taste of the benefits, ease and fun involved in packing a healthy, wrapper-free lunch. For additional information, please visit our school website under the Sustainability Project tab. Vermicomposting In term two, our KCPS worm habitat will be up and running! Classes will be responsible for feeding our friendly worms food scraps from our snacks and lunches to keep them happy and full! The worm juice will be collected to fertilise our growing vegetable garden. Things to look out for

- Green Team Captains – these students will be chosen before the end of term one and presented with their captain badge during the final assembly of the term. Parents will be informed if their student is selected, and invited to attend the badge assembly.

- Worm Juice Labelling Competition - Produce Stall - Term Two Waste Incursion

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DATES TO REMEMBER

11 March – Labour Day. Students do not attend school on this day

13 March – Grade 1 Celebration of Learning 9-9.30

13 March – Grade 5 Celebration of Learning 2.45-3.15

14 March – Grade 2 Celebration of Learning 9-9.30

14 March – Grade 3 Celebration of Learning 2.45-3.15

15 March – Grade 4 Celebration of Learning 9-9.30

15 March – Grade 6 Celebration of Learning 2.45-3.15

26 March – School Photos

05 April – End of Term. Students finish at 1.30pm on this day

23 April – First day of Term 2

25 April – ANZAC Day. Students do not attend school on this day

Please check our website for camp dates, current specialist/ swimming timetables and community notices http://kororoitcreekps.vic.edu.au/parents/#all

SRINGSIDE WEST SECONDARY COLLEGE

SEAL PROGRAM SELECT ENTRY ACCELERATED LEARNING 2020

As part of our commitment to providing pathways of education excellence for capable students in our community, Springside West Secondary College has joined the Academy of Accredited Select Entry Schools (TAASS).

Important Dates

Application for Entry to the SEAL Program in 2020

Examination Date Saturday, 25 May 2019

Registration Closing Date Friday, 17 May 2019

Registration Fee $85.00

Payment for Entrance Examination can be made online by visiting the school

website Payment is made at the end of this

registration process online. If payment is not made, your registration WILL NOT

be valid.

Please note: School Zone Restrictions apply for all applicants entering the SEALP

The Springside West SEAL Program SEALP is a Select Entry Accelerated Learning Program developed to address the learning needs of students who demonstrate high levels of task commitment and high levels of achievement. Through the combination of a specially designed curriculum, well-practiced teaching expertise, and a developed culture of high expectations, students are stimulated, challenged and motivated towards even higher levels of achievement. The culture of challenge and hard work which the SEALP cultivates enables like-minded student’s to make the most of their capabilities. ENTRY INTO THE PROGRAM Year 7 (2020) Students enter the Program at Year 7. In order to do so they must sit for the Entrance Examination whilst still in Year 6. Enrolment into the program is determined by performance on these tests. The main testing session is conducted in May. Interviews will take place in June 2019.

Growth Challenge Community

T +61 3 8357 7100 www.swsc.vic.edu.au

Principal: John Goodman springside.west.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

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ALTERNATIVE

An International Baccalaureate World School

The International Baccalaureate provides the framework for the curriculum at our Secondary School (Blackhall Kalimna). From Years 7-12, students are challenged and nurtured through both the Middle Years and Diploma Programmes in an environment that celebrates inclusion, innovation and creativity.

Scholarships in Creativity and Innovation, Year 7 or 11

We encourage students seeking an opportunity to further their imaginative and

independent thinking in any avenue of learning to apply. We ask that applicants

submit a portfolio of work displaying evidence of creativity, innovation,

imagination and their ability to contribute to the Preshil community.

Applications close 31 May, 2019

Bookings and applications

at preshil.vic.edu.au

or call 03 9817 6135

PRESHIL

12-26 Sackville Street, Kew

Open Morning: Wednesday, 13 March at 9:00am