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Thursday, 4 August 2016
Important Diary Dates
August
Wed 3rd Pie Drive Orders Due
Thurs 4th 9.15-10am Step into Prep (again)
Fri 5th Parent Opinion Surveys due back
Assembly Kallista Olympic Mascot
Mon 8th Yarralin group return
Tue 9th Tour of Kallista Primary
8th—12th Kallista Olympics
Wed 10th—Mini Olympics
Fri 12th Closing Ceremony
Thurs 18th Pie Drive Delivery
Mon 22nd School Production-Rehearsal
Tues 23rd School production-Burrinja
Wed 24th School production-Burrinja
Fri 26th Circus Afternoon
Tues 30th Interschool Sport 5/6’s
Chess Incursion begins
September
Mon 5th Book Fair Week begins
Tues 6th Year 5/6 Vic Market Excursion
Fri 16th Last day Term 3
At Kallista Primary we all value:
Kallista Primary School, 72 Monbulk Road, phone 9755 2633
A few words from our Acting Principals…
Hello Everyone!
So far it has been a very busy term and a lot is happening around our school. Our
wonderful students are very busy rehearsing for our school production “Clowning
Around”. We are also getting ready for our KPS Mini Olympics next Wednesday
August 10th.
Tour of Kallista Primary
We would like to show you around our inspirational
school during a rehearsal of our Production “Clowning
Around” on Tuesday 9th of August.
Please feel welcome to join Principal Christine Finigan and Prep Teacher Kate
Nadji in a tour of Kallista Primary in action from 11.30- 12.30. This time will allow
for any questions you have on the way as we tour our class rooms, kitchen and
garden . Call us on 9755-2633 to confirm your place on this tour.
Chess Tournament
On Tuesday 26th July, a number of our wonderful Kallista students
participated in a whole day Chess Tournament. There were
students from several different schools in attendance, with each
student playing seven games throughout the tournament. The
tournament allows students to practise their chess skills and each student re-
ceived a certificate based on their score. Well done to everyone!!
Transition—Visit to Monbulk High School
As part of our very successful High School transition programme, the Year 5 chil-
dren visited Monbulk College on the 26th of July and August 2nd.
These sessions allow the Year 5 students to gain an insight into
what secondary college will be like. During the visits the students
complete an extended project with the same teacher. The Year 5
students used Lego Robotics to create creatures that could be pro-
grammed to respond to commands. The third and final session will take place at
Kallista as two Monbulk high school teachers will visit the school next week. In
2018 our Year Five children will be attending a broad range of high schools. Visits
to our local high schools now, are an excellent opportunity for the students to
explore their options in preparation for this.
Anne, Sonja and Kirsten
If you haven't already, please return Parent Opinion Surveys!
KALLISTA PRIMARY SCHOOL
72 Monbulk Road Phone: 9755 2633
General Purpose Rm:
9755-3740 Fax: 9755 1960
Email: kallista.ps@ edumail.vic.gov.au
Web site: www.kallista.global2.
vic.edu.au
Principal: Christine Finighan
Office Staff: Andrea Gunn
Bronwyn Laidler Bernie Smith
Class Teachers: Kirsten Belloni Heather Glover Bonnie Ledger
Stefanie McEwan Gail McIntyre
Kate Nadji Simone Patterson
Amy Roworth Anne Vear
Sonja Winkler
Art & Library: Georgie Ruzyla
Physical Education:
Hilary Morris
Literacy Support: Marg Brooks
Japanese:
Matthew Harris
Garden Specialist: Sonja Wittmann
Kitchen Specialist:
Kylie Eklund
Teacher Assistant: Kerrie Tully
Ben Andrews Before & After Care:
Liz Nia Jayne Turner
S. C. President:
Emma Miller
Uniform Shop: To be advised
Miniscope email:
miniscope@ kallistaps.vic.edu.au
Yarralin
We have been in touch with our students and teachers visiting Yarralin.
Here is what they had to say on our Kallista Primary School Facebook page.
Hello from the Northern Territory! The Yarralin group are traveling along extremely well.
It's day four of our journey down to Katherine. The kids have explored Litchfield National
Park, where they enjoyed swimming in waterholes that 'looked like Jurassic Park' and
visited the magnetic termite mounds just before sunset.
Today, during our second day in Kakadu, we were fortunate enough to explore the
Anbangbang region of the spectacular Nourlangie Rock which contains some of Australia's
most ancient Aboriginal rock art. A spot of rock climbing rewarded us with five
mysterious, large and beautiful galleries with layers of paintings. We are very thankful
that the local Aboriginal people allow visitors to enter these ancient and sacred sites in
this way. It was a very special experience.
From there had a look around the Warradjan cultural centre and then onto a sunset cruise
on the Kakadu River where local indigenous man, Rueben shared his incredible knowledge
and passion for his culture and land, introducing us to a huge variety of beautiful birds and
SO many salt water crocodiles who happily posed for photos.
Every day is a new adventure and we're learning so much along the way. Tomorrow
morning we pack up and head down to Katherine in readiness for our Yarralin school
experience where we'll be spending a week in school learning with the Yarralin kids and
teachers. We can't wait!
NOT MANY MORE SLEEPS TO GO!!!!
THE MINI-OLYMPICS ARE COMING TO KALLISTA
Couldn’t get tickets to the Rio Olympics? Don’t worry, it’s all happening here at Kallista.
Wednesday 10th August will be our Opening Ceremony and Activities and Friday 12th August
will be the Closing Ceremony at Assembly. Further instructions will be provided as we get closer
to the date. So many Nations will be represented on the day........Bolivia, Jamaica, Iceland,
Germany, France, Italy and many more. All students will be representing a country and
competing with true Olympic spirit under its National flag. Flags are being made at school the
week before so please check with your small Kallista Olympian as to what Country they are
representing. They will be informed by their classroom teacher shortly.
Our Mini-Olympic Day will begin with the assembly of our Olympic Nations in the GP Room for
the Opening Ceremony, lighting of the flame, athlete’s oath and explanation of competition
rules. Athletes will then move through activities based around Olympic events.......some more
serious than others.
As usual HELP IS NEEDED! If you can be an EVENTS JUDGE please provide the
information below to your child’s classroom teacher ASAP or write your name on the
whiteboard at the General Office. Not much is required as a judge. The activities will be
simple but fun, and a brief explanation is all that will be required. If you can count from 0 to
100 that would be a bonus. It will also be a great cultural experience for you to meet so many
athletes from such diverse nations.
Hilary Morris – Kallista Olympic Committee
Citius, Altius, Fortius
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I would love to help out at the Mini – Olympics on Friday 27th July 2012
Name__________________________________________
Child’s Name____________________________ Grade __________________
After School Care Activities
Thanks, Liz
A message from our tiqbiz team….
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have recently updated our app to improve our service to you. If you have since had an issue, perhaps your phone is older and also requires a software update to run it.
We do support all the way back to apple iOS 7.0 and above. If you have an iPhone 4 you should be able to update your software to over 7.0, if currently on 6.0. Here is a link on how to do that:
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As for computer users, you should be able to use the computer version. If you are on Internet Explorer 9 or under you will need to install Chrome or Firefox on the computer and go to https://web.tiqbiz.com and login. This can also be used on a phone through the web browser.
People that have older phones can now use tiqbiz through a web browser.
Regards
The tiqbiz team
Mon 15th Box Construction
Tues 16th Cooking
Wed 17th Footy
Thurs 18th Statue Bobs/Dancing
Fri 19th Stick Family
August Mon 8th Cooking
Tues 9th Window Art (in library)
Wed 10th Footy
Thurs 11th Octopus
Fri 12th Hockey
Please Note: Before and After School accounts can now be paid via Qkr
PLEASE After School Care will be held in the Library on Tuesday 9th August.
NOTE!! Before School Care will be held in the Library on Wednesday 10th , & Friday 12th August
Footy has now begun at After school Care on Wednesdays!
We have Georgia, a fantastic, qualified AFL coach coming.
Some vacancies are still available. Call the office 9755 2633, or see Liz.
CLOWNING AROUND
costumes
Marimba- black bottoms, production T shirt/yellow Kallista T
shirt, white gloves
Japanese Drumming- jackets (provided by us)
Hoop Dancing – brown shorts, colored tops, bright shoes
Slow dance to ‘cello accompaniment- making own soft flowing outfits
Dance duo Katie S, Ruby T- making own dresses in pastel
Kinder clowns with 5/6 marionette operators- Clown costumes (puppeteers- all black )
Choir- will perform in their class circus costumes
P/1 K- Colorful Clowns- Production tops, colorful pants,
P/1 A- Black and White clowns-, white/ black and white striped T shirts, black bottoms,
black braces, B&W stripey leg warmers (provided by us- sewers needed please see Amy)
1/2H- Strong men- black bottoms, red shirts, gold cummerbunds with black buckle, slick
hair parted in the middle
2/3B- 70s Rock stars- denim bottom (jeans, skirt, jeggings) tops TBA (class note to fol-
low), with big hair
3/4K- Ring masters- Black pants, red shiny vests (made by us- sewers needed), white
long sleeved shirts with collar (search op shops), red bow ties (supplied by us)
3/4s- magicians (black capes with red collar and lining- sewers needed) white T shirts,
black pants. Magician assistants- sparkly red and silver tops
5/6P 1- slapstick- funny hats, oversized clothes or undersized clothes
5/6P 2-blue and orange shiny leotards ( girls) pants boys
5/6 A 1 comedy- oversized clothes or undersized clothes
5/6 A 2- white and silver shiny leotards
Whole School opening and closing – production T shirts or yellow school T shirts
Elastics- plain bright T shirt, bright jeggings/leggings/shorts
Ruccis students – as directed by Ruccis
Qkr (pronounced - Quicker) is a FREE app to enable mobile payment for school-based accounts
to save parents time. The app enables parents to use their smartphone or tablet to make pay-
ments for school fees and excursions without having to give their children cash to carry to
school.
For those without access to a smart device, a web-based version of Qkr is available at:
https://qkr.mastercard.com/store/#/home
You will need to search Kallista Primary to find our school on the web-based version of Qkr. Alt-
hough the app is a MasterCard initiative, it enables payment from most financial institutions
and major credit cards with Safe and Secure MasterCard Technology and has been developed
for use in schools in partnership with the Department of Education.
Qkr Download Instructions
How To Register
After registering your email address, select ‘Kallista Primary School’ and follow the prompts.
(For those living outside a 4km radius from Kallista Prmary School please go to the search bar
and enter KALLISTA)
Getting Started ‘How To’ Guide
Should you have any questions regarding the use of the Qkr app please contact the office and
someone will be happy to help. We hope you enjoy this new flexibility in managing your school
payments.
Qkr
Is NOW HERE for School Payments
2/3 B Artwork
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BELCOMA NETBALL CLUB
If you would like to start netball, Belcoma
Netball Club is looking for girls and boys
aged 8 and up for the Spring season
starting in September, playing at
Knox Netball Centre on Saturdays.
We will give you a uniform,
you just need a pair of good runners and be
ready to play our fun game!
Enquiries: Jenny [email protected]
0408 933 956