UPCOMING EVENTS 2019

TERM 2 2019 WEEK 1

Thurs 2nd May Knights Knockout- Seniors

Cracker Night Meeting 2.30pm

WEEK 2

Mon 6th May Classic Shield

Tues 7th May StarStruck Rehearsal Newcastle 9-3

Author Visit Stage 2 & 3

Wed 8th May Zone Cross Country

Thurs 9th May Mother’s Day Stall

PSSA Small Schools Netball

Fri 10th May Hunter Touch

WEEK 3

Tues 14th May NAPLAN Years 3 & 5

Wed 15th May NAPLAN Years 3 & 5

Thurs 16th May NAPLAN Years 3 & 5

Bookclub Orders Due

WEEK 4

Tues 21st May Interrelate Parent Workshop

Fri 24th May Tawny Assembly

WEEK 5

Thurs 30th May Star Struck Rehearsal

Fri 31st May Cracker Night

Hunter Cross country

WEEK 6

Mon 3rd June Infants Eisteddfod

Tues 4th June School Photos

Stage 2 Eisteddfod

Thurs 6th June Stage 3 Eisteddfod

WEEK 7

Tues 11th June Year 5 Mining Tour

Wed 12th June Star Struck

Thurs 13th June Star Struck

Fri 14th June Star Struck

Science/Engineering Day Year 5

FOR YOUR CALENDAR

S3 Goldfields Excursion: 18th-20th September

Brickfest Lego Exhibition: 27th October

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Week 1 – 1st May 2019 Sharing Our News

Welcome back to Term 2. We trust you all had a wonderful Easter

break and your child is ready for an amazing term ahead.

Congratulations to our leaders who were superb in representing our

school at our local Singleton ANZAC Day service at Burdekin Park in

the holidays. It was great to see such a nice turn out of King Street

Public School students representing themselves, their families and

the school on the day. A huge thanks to our families and teachers

who took the time to support such an important day in Australia's

history.

Today, our school participated in our own ANZAC Day service in the

school hall. We were privileged to hear one of our ex-student leaders

Able Seaman Libby Pearce speak to our school about what ANZAC

means and the sacrifice many men and women went through so that

we can live in such a great country today. Able Seaman Libby

Pearce also visited the Kindergarten rooms for a Q&A session which

our students were very excited about.

Our Year 6 students took part in a Transition to High School day and

had the opportunity to meet with our new Education Minister The

Honourable Sarah Mitchell. Our students got a small taste of what

high school will be like and attended classes and visited various

areas throughout the school. We hope you all enjoyed your

experience!

Good luck to our Rugby League team who are heading off to

Waratah tomorrow to compete in the Knights Knockout competition.

A huge thanks to Mr Morrison for coaching the team and we look

forward to hearing about the day.

We would also like to wish all of our students who will be performing

as part of the KAOS evening next Wednesday night at Singleton

High School all the very best as they entertain the whole Singleton

Learning Community. The evening showcases the amazing talent of

our students and provides exposure for the different cultural

programs that are offered within our public schools.

Our monthly P&C Meeting will be held on Monday 6th May in the

school library from 6pm. It would be great to see many new faces

come and join our dynamic group of parents who support and create

wonderful opportunities for our students.

Jonathan Russell Principal

CRACKER NIGHT

MEETING

Please join us tomorrow at 2.30pm

in Pauline’s room for our Cracker

Night Meeting.

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2019 CANTEEN NEWS!

BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES

Order your child’s birthday cupcakes from our

canteen for $25 per class. Please notify and pay 3

days in advance.

CANTEEN CLOSED MONDAY 6/5/19 RECESS

(Due to personal reasons)

CANTEEN ROSTER

Term 2 2019

Week 1

2/5/19 Chantelle

3/5/19 Kate & Rechelle

Week 2

6/5/19 Amanda, Melanie & Erin

7/5/19 Jill

8/5/19 Chantelle

9/5/19 Jen

10/5/19 Mark, Cheryl & Lisa

NEW UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

Monday 8.30am – 9.30am

Thursday 8.30am – 9.30am

Second hand items are available for $2 each

(Please see office staff outside 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.

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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Do you need to Renew your Working With

Children Check?

In 2013, the NSW Government introduced the

Working With Children Check initiative to help keep

our children safe. As these checks are valid for 5

years, many Checks either have expired or are

about to do so.

We are asking all parents/carers that have a

Working With Children Check to please check it's

expiry date and renew if needed. Please pass this

information on to our school office.

Thank you for helping to keep our students safe.

Student Invoices

Towards the end of last term, we issued Student

Invoices out to all families. These invoices will show

fees payable such as the Voluntary School

Contribution ($40 per child) and payments owing for

the Stage 3 Excursion (STAGE 3 PLEASE NOTE -

The deposit of $50 is the only payment required at

this time).

The Voluntary Contribution helps us to provide

valuable resources for our students including

stationery, books etc.

If you have any questions regarding Student

Invoices, please do not hesitate to contact me via

the school office.

We thank you for your attention to these payments.

Cindy Judge

School Administration Manager

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ANZAC March

It was fantastic to see so many of our students

marching along with the Singleton community to

commemorate ANZAC Day 2019.

Thank you for using your KSPS values during the

service.

KSPS ANZAC School Service

Abel Seaman Libby Pearce who is a former student

and school leader of KSPS joined us for our service

today. She addressed the assembly on the history of

the Navy snd the role she currently performs.

Libby is the daughter of SLSO Mrs Baily and sister

to Erin and Claire. It was wonderful to welcome 4

generations of Libby’s family to our service.

Thank you to all the families who attended our

service.

Lest we Forget.

Horse Sports

Parents who are interested in their children doing

Horse Sports please contact the office this week.

Students will need their own horse, equipment

and transport to participate.

Information packs will be made available to parents

from our front office.

Miss Burns

Have You Packed a School Jumper?

As the cold weather approaches, we ask all

parents/carers to please check with their children

each day that they have packed a school jumper.

We have a supply at the office for those that forget

and are happy to lend these out for the day,

however, we have an increasing number that are not

being returned. If your child accidently brings home

a jumper that belongs in the office, we ask that you

return it the next day so our supply does not

disappear.

A reminder also that students not wearing an

appropriate school coloured jumper will be asked to

remove it and exchange it for one from the office. It

is very important that students show they are

PROUD of their school by wearing their school

uniform. Brand new school jumpers are available in

the uniform shop for $30, they also have a supply of

second hand jumpers that can be purchased for $2.

Finally, please ensure that all jumpers are

labelled. Each year we wash jumpers worth

hundreds of dollars from lost property that have no

name in them. If clothing is labelled and found, we

are easily able to return it to its rightful owner.

Thank you for your support.

Canteen

Our school canteen will be closed for recess on next

Monday 6th May due to personal reasons.

It will be open at lunch as usual.

Thank you for understanding.

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P&C and Canteen

Please join us next Monday 6th May for our P&C and

Canteen monthly meeting. Our committees are

always open to new members.

Canteen meeting will be held at 5pm in our library

followed by our P&C meeting at 6pm.

School Banking

School Banking will be starting

back this Thursday. If you would

like to get your student started here

is how:

Getting Started- Students will need a Youthsaver

account. This account has no monthly fees or

withdraw fees. This account is for anyone under 18

years of age.

There are three easy ways to get one:

1- Apply online at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

2- Log on to your CommBank app (if you are with

CommBank) From the menu in the top left corner

select ‘Products and offers’, then ‘Bank accounts’

and ‘Students and youth accounts’, scroll down to

Kids and tap ‘Open account’

3- Visit any CommBank branch

If you would like more information, please contact

our school office.

Please Respect our Neighbours

We would like to request that all families dropping off

or picking up students from school please refrain

from parking in driveways of those houses around

our school, both in Sussex and King Streets and

adjacent roadways.

We highly value our neighbours and ask that their

ability to enter or leave their homes is not restricted

at any time.

Please be KIND and SUPPORTIVE to all, especially

those in our surrounding community.

Mother’s Day Stall

Mother’s Day Stall will be held next Thursday 9th

May. Our P&C is still in need of cellophane and

other wrapping for gifts.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far.

Donations (new items only) can be left at our school

office and are greatly appreciated!

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UNIVERSITY OF NSW 2019

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

Each year King Street Public School offers our students the opportunity to participate in the UNSW

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS).

Students from Year 3-6 have the opportunity to enter Digital Technologies, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee,

English and Mathematics. This year all assessments will be conducted online.

Regardless of students’ results, they have a wonderful opportunity to experience and master the skills of

external testing. Sometimes students can have the knowledge but not the confidence when they are put

into this sort of environment. As there is more external testing happening right across our educational

system, it makes sense to offer them this opportunity if we can.

All students receive a certificate and an individual report.

Please return the attached form for each child to the school office with payment.

UNIVERSITY OF NSW 2019

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools

The papers we offer are Digital Technologies, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee, English and Mathematics.

Students may choose to do any combination of these tests if they wish.

Name ________________________________ Class ____________ Year ____________

(Use a separate form for each child)

My child wishes to do the following tests, Please circle.

Digital Technologies Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 3 Sept Cost $14.50

Science Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 5 Sept Cost $14.50

Spelling Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 10 Sept Cost $14.50

Writing Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 12 Sept Cost $14.50

English Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 17 Sept Cost $14.50

Maths Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 16 Sept Cost $14.50

Amount Enclosed $_________

Please note that entries and payment for all tests are due by Friday 28 June 2019

NB: If you have more than one child a separate entry is needed for each child.

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