UPCOMING ITEMS

Thurs May 23 - PSSA Tuggerah Lakes Zone Cross Country.

- P & C Meeting 6:30pm

Mon May 27-Wed May 29 - Mobile Planetarium School Incursion

Mon May 27 - TLLC AECG Meeting

Tue May 28 - TLLS Netball Gala Day

Wed May 29 - Berkeley Vale High School GATS Test

Thurs May 30 - Stage 3 Cake Stall

Fri May 31 - STAR Reward Day

Mon June 3 & Thurs June 6 - Central Coast Dance Festival Rehearsals

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20th May 2019 - Term 2 Week 4

Parent and School Communication

You may have heard that there was a serious incident of violence against a NSW

public school teacher from a school parent on the first day back at school this

term. Increasing levels of community violence are of concern to us all. In all

workplaces people have the right to feel respected. Unacceptable and offensive

behaviour has no place in our school community. To ensure the wellbeing of

students, staff and the community in our school, steps will be taken to address

unacceptable behaviour. The NSW Department of Education released a School

Community Charter late last year to reinforce its expectations around parent and

school interactions I have included it in this newsletter for your information.

Should you need to contact the school, please use the school number 4388 1066.

The school does not have an answering machine. Therefore, your personal call

during office hours is considered our official means of communication. The school

also receives your communication by email on the school email address,

killarneyv-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au. I am available to see parents by

appointment after 9.30am most days, these can be made through the office.

Teaching staff are pleased to have face-to-face or telephone interviews when an

appointment is made prior. However, they are unable to have impromptu meetings

or take phone calls before, after or during school unless you have an appointment.

As I’m sure you can appreciate the morning is a very busy time for teachers.

Preparing work and setting up for the day ahead. In addition to this we have

Learning and Support, PBL and communication meetings three mornings a week.

Please know we value your input and believe effective communication is the best

way to ensure we are meeting the needs of your children. Working together is a

priority at Killarney Vale PS.

Have a great week everyone! Jeanette Dillon Principal

Planetarium – “Off This Planet”

Planetarium will be coming to the school in Week 5. The

planetarium is a “Starlab Dome” that will be set up in the

hall. Students will be learning about the earth’s rotation,

movement of the stars, various Starfields and much more.

Please bring $7.00 enclosed with the permission note to the

office by Friday 24th May.

Mother’s Day Stall and Breakfast

I would like to say a huge thankyou to the P&C for organising such a wonderful Mother’s Day

stall. Many mums have commented on the quality of the gifts they received from their children

and I saw the excitement in the children’s faces as they were shopping. Thank you also to

Mrs Dickens, Mrs Wright and all staff who helped out at the Mother’s Day breakfast. Again, this

was a huge success with all who attended. I must say with the teamwork I have seen,

Killarney Vale PS is in very good shape.

NAPLAN

Last week Years 3 & 5 sat tests in the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy.

Our school was one of a growing number of schools who sat the tests online (with the

exception of Year 3 Writing). Luckily for us, our order of new laptops arrived just in time and

many children had the opportunity to complete the tests with the new bright red laptops. The 60

new laptops will be based in the Stage 3 classrooms at the end of NAPLAN. If your child was

absent from school this week and missed any tests there will be catch up sessions this week.

Arriving to school before 8:30am

In the last weeks I have noticed a growing number of children arriving very early to school,

please be aware our school supervision commences at 8:30am. Before this time there is no

teacher on playground duty. Should you need to drop your child at school before this time we

have Cubbyhouse available for you to use. They can be contacted on 1300 553 583

Killarney Vale Athletics field

Central Coast Council has advised they will commence upgrading the floodlights on the oval in

coming weeks. During this time the contractors will fence off the works area to ensure the

safety for all pedestrians. The project is expected to take approximately 4 weeks to complete.

Student Achievement

Congratulations to Kymani in year 1 who recently placed 2nd in a world wide CrossFit

competition. Kymani competed in the under 10 years division which ran for 5 weeks and tested

all aspects of fitness ability. Well done Kymani!

CLASS ASSEMBLY AWARDS TERM 2 WEEK 2

Ruby Jack For overcoming his fears and riding a horse.

Emerald Bodhi Enthusiastic and creative contributions to class discussions when creating the recycling poster.

Green Brenden Consistently producing high quality work

Elise A fantastic start at Killarney Vale Public School.

Blue Grace Always trying her personal best and producing high quality work.

Brock For always being on task and trying hard to achieve his best.

Yellow Daniel A reliable and responsible STAR of the week.

Charley-May Creative and artistically skilled directed drawing

Red Mia Always giving 100% to complete all tasks with quality.

Charlie A great creative writing about being in a flood.

Purple Lexi Using her time efficiently in literacy groups.

Ella Huge effort in reading groups. Keep it up Ella!

Orange Jakson Trying his best in writing lessons.

Leanne Being a reliable and kind class member.

Teal Emily Fantastic, quality work!

Kyah Improvement in writing and work presentation.

Jade Noah Trying his best in TEN maths lessons

Aurora Always trying her best to produce quality work.

Bronze Alecia Great improvement with her timetables

Jett Fantastic improvement in writing and presentation.

Navy Joshua Excellent work with his 4x Tables! Well done!

Emmaline An incredible narrative on “The Box”.

Silver Jake Improved focus and concentration in class this week.

Tahlia Great attitude towards learning.

Gold Isabella Showing tolerance and kindness towards others in class.

Marshall Demonstrating responsibility by making more positive choices at school.

Pink Chase An amazing persuasive writing about dogs.

Axel Improvement in writing and for being on task in class. Impressive!

Coral Kirra Always on task and presenting quality work.

Hunter Commitment to his learning while Mr Clarke has been away. Well done Hunter.

Magenta Max Presenting an interesting speech with confidence. Great improvement, Max. Well Done!

Noah Confidently presenting a fantastic speech with great enthusiasm.

Aqua Matilda A focussed, settle start at KVPS.

Sophie An enthusiastic, committed start at KVPS.

Lime Millie Always producing quality writing.

Portia A STAR student who always tries her best!

CLASS ASSEMBLY AWARDS TERM 2 WEEK 3

Ruby Mikayla Consistent effort in learning the days of the week.

Emerald Tyson A positive attitude and conscientious effort during NAPLAN

Green Zoe Working very hard on her alphabet and sound knowledge.

Evie Being a very kind and caring friend.

Blue Tallan Great effort in guided reading! Well Done.

Harlow Being a motivated and independent student with a great love for learning!

Yellow Cooper A reliable role model in all tasks as STAR of the Week.

Tilly Increased confidence and quality work in all areas.

Red Mia-lee A great start at KVPS. Keep it up!

Brooklyn Presenting all her book work with high quality.

Purple Charlie A positive attitude towards his learning.

Mark Having a mature attitude towards his learning. Well done Mark.

Orange Jacob Improving his writing by forming paragraphs.

Kaylee Improved focus during independent activities.

Teal Abigail Amazing descriptive writing.

Alexis Fantastic work ethic.

Jade Dayna For her continued enthusiasm towards all learning tasks. Keep it up!

Reuben For a fantastic start at KVPS! Well Done!

Bronze Bailey Outstanding spelling results.

Connor Excellent attitude and effort in class.

Navy Evie-Marree Excellent concentration and dedication to her learning.

Ruby Solving some tricky math word problems. Well done!

Silver William Improved focus and effort in class this week.

Laylah Consistently producing high quality work.

Gold Maddison Showing achievement by putting in a great effort during math lessons.

Ryan Being a responsible student by keeping our school grounds free from rubbish.

Pink Danyon Working cooperatively when completing a one pager. It was fabulous

Eva Being a STAR student and a fabulous role model for our class.

Coral Kurtis Improved focus when approaching academic tasks.

Shauniece A reliable and responsible class member.

Magenta Tamara Always approaching her work with great maturity

Tiarnie Working well in class, achieving great results.

Aqua Charlotte Impressive multiplication knowledge.

Aaron A focused, mature approach to his learning.

Lime Kyeisha Creating and sharing a high quality one pager.

Mia Producing high quality writing that always entertains the audience.

Citizenship Award

Congratulations!

Michael Melville

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Michael Melville

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Trinity is a kind, caring and dedicated student who is supportive and friendly to all peers. She is an excellent role model for others and upholds our STAR values in everything that she does.

Citizenship Award

Congratulations!

This student is hard working and has a positive attitude towards her education. She is supportive of her peers and strives to be a positive leader amongst her classmates. She is enthusiastic and productive when collaborating with her peers. Well done Eavie .

Proud to be Deadly

Our Aboriginal students have been working with Mr King on

creating a design for one of the walls in the Primary Assembly

area. Stay tunned to see the final product!

All tickets are purchased through Laycock St Theatre from 10:30am on each day

of release.

Tickets may be purchased online, over the phone or in person at

the box office. Please note that the theatre does not accept

American Express or Diners Club.

Ticket prices

Adult - $24 Child - $20

Online bookings: www.laycockstreettheatre.com

A reminder that all permission notes and money is to be paid ASAP

Item/Teacher Show Date of Show Release Date for Tickets

Monsters (Years 3 & 4) Mrs Gordine

D Monday 1

st July

Friday 7th

June

Never Giving Up (Years 1 & 2) Miss Turton

F Wednesday 3

rd July

Wednesday 12th

June

Like A Drum (Years 5 & 6) Mrs Bowden

G Thursday 4

th July

Thursday 13th

June

Little Miss Naughty – Roger Hargreaves

Children’s author Roger Hargreaves brings us the

delightfully cheeky Little Miss Naughty! Little Miss Naughty is one of the first short stories in the

author’s Little Miss series.

Don’t be fooled by this bright-eyed, smiley faced Little Miss character, she absolutely loves to play a sneaky

practical joke on anyone who happens to be near her. One

morning our main character awakens with one mission in mind. Out on her walk she plays

some very naughty tricks on Mr Uppity, Mr Clever and Mr Small. Little Miss Naughty even

takes poor Mr Bump’s bandages off! Thinking her clever plans have worked out marvellously

she heads off to find her next joke until something starts tweaking at her nose!

A cheeky story bringing a smile to your dial, but also instilling the importance of being kind

to others.

STAGE 3 News

PINK News

We are a cross stage consisting of 14 Year 4 students and 14 Year 5 students.

Our classroom is an encouraging and supportive classroom where learning and

working as a team is our main goal. In Literacy, we have been working on writing

imaginative and persuasive texts and refining our skills in sentence structure,

rereading, editing and using interesting vocabulary. This term we are reading the

novel – Bridge to Terabithia, which we will be incorporating a STEM challenge,

summaries, persuasive and imaginative writing and a variety of fun and interesting

activities to go with the book. In Mathematics, we are building competency in 4

and 5 digit addition and subtraction with trading and learning how to solve word

problems. In geography, we are learning about how the environment shapes

places and identifying the natural features of Australia. For science, we are

investigating Earth’s place in space – this will coincide with the plantarium

incursion coming to our school. We are looking forward to a fabulous and busy

Term 2.

CORAL News

Mathematics – Students in Coral have been building their competency with using

subtraction strategies and the formal algorithm. This has been complimented with

games to develop students understanding of mathematical processes and foster

a zest for learning.

Literacy – Coral have been building on their imaginative and persuasive writing

through a range of contexts. Our “Quickwrites” during the morning allow students

minds to run free as they explore topics and visual prompts. During extended

writing tasks, coral have begun to use evidence from readings and rich classroom

discussions to inform their arguments. Their imaginative writing has included

building a sense of the characters, while emphasising the value of creative ideas.

Coral have started an investigation of how environments shape places as the

Geography focus for Term 2. When exploring the super continent from 200 million

years ago, students have posed wonderful questions leading to interesting

discussions.

Coral have been particularly fond of a ‘Capture the Flag’ style game that has

been introduced. Students have an active role of defending or attacking and are

required to communicate effectively with their peers to collect objects from the

opposition team without being tagged. Running, dodging, stepping and weaving

are valuable skills in this game, (sometimes not as important as planning and

being sneaky)

NAIDOC Oz Tag Gala Day for Wednesday, Week 10

On Wednesday, 3rd July (Week 10 of Term 2) our school will be participating in

the 2019 NAIDOC Oz Tag Gala Day in celebration of NAIDOC Week. The day will

include a girls and boys round robin of Oz Tag against primary schools in the local

area. This should be a fun day and students will have the opportunity to see

cultural performances, play Oz Tag and connect with family and friends. A

barbecue lunch will be provided for students. The NRL will be assisting on the day.

We look forward to celebrating the culture and talent of the local community.

MAGENTA News

At the end of Term 1, students created wonderful dioramas about a Natural

Disaster. I was very impressed with the variety and quality of the projects. And

the speeches, power points and posters were fantastic.

This term, there are many wonderful things planned. We will be reading ‘Storm

Boy’ and completing tasks during Literacy. It is a classic story and I’m sure the

students will enjoy. A number of students are completing extension spelling lists

this term. There are some absolute super spellers in Magenta.

We will be using critical and creative thinking skills during maths more this term.

There are some great mathemagicians who need to stretch their mathematical

minds. Students will be participating in Maths Olympiad. I will send home more

information about this at a later date.

AVID strategies are being introduced this term. Students will complete a daily

diary where they write in the daily agenda, set goals and can be more organised

and become more responsible learners, having all books ready for the day. There

are some wonderful strategies in reading to assist students’ understanding of what

they have read. All students in Magenta are great readers but comprehension of

the complex texts they are reading can sometimes be difficult. This is one aspect

we’ll be working on this term.

Looking forward to another busy term!

AQUA News

We had a fabulous response to last terms homework task with the majority of

students completing some amazing dioramas. In the last week of term we went on

a ‘Gallery Walk’ where we were able to see the dioramas that students from other

classes had created.

Last term we also started ‘Better Buddies’. Each Year 6 student is partnered up

with a Kindergarten student and we meet once a week to complete a variety of

activities. Our class (Aqua) is buddied up with Miss Dewar’s Kindergarten class

(Green). Both the Kindergarten and Year 6 students love meeting up with their

buddy. Some students even traded their Dojo Points to purchase classroom or

playground swap, from the last PBL reward menu, to have some extra time with

their buddy.

This term we have already started Peer Mediation. At lunch

and recess, four students head down to the K-2 playground

to establish and monitor different activities. Their role is to

assist students who may be experiencing minor, easy to fix

problems. The peer mediation roster changes each week to

ensure all students have the opportunity to be a peer

mediator.

LIME News Big Write and VCOP

Lime has been working on improving their writing skills through an exciting new

program. Students have been learning how to produce their best piece of writing

through engaging games and creative lessons that showcase the talents of all

students. Below is a few of our students completing a ‘Big Write’. The LED candles

and classical music in the background helps create a peaceful and relaxed

atmosphere.

Term 1 Homework

We had an impressive looking room last term thanks to the incredible dioramas

that students made for their homework task. It was fantastic to see the excitement

students displayed when they shared with their peers their dioramas and

explained how they were made. Accompanying these impressive visual models

were some informative and well researched speeches. Lime loved listening to

everyone share information on their chosen natural disaster and certainly learnt a

lot about the cause and effect of a range of natural disasters.

Better Buddies

One of the most exciting times for Lime was meeting our new buddies in

kindergarten for the first time. We are buddied up with Blue (Miss Derry) and

students quickly formed positive relationships with their new friends. Lime found it

rewarding to help out our younger students in the classroom and have enjoyed

being role models to the youngest students at KVPS.