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Newsletter No. 33 - Term 4– Week 3 Thursday 23 October 2014

From the Acting Principal………….

A big welcome… I’d like to officially welcome Stewart Clyde to our school. Stewart is our new Leading Teacher, effectively filling the position made vacant by Anita Elliott last year. He has come to us from Jells Park Primary School, where he was also a Leading Teacher. We are thrilled to have Stewart on board, and very excited by the extensive knowledge and experience he brings to our school. Stewart is working across the school this term, but particularly in our 5/6 area where he will be taking a grade from next year. Welcome Stewart!

… and a big farewell! We would like to say a huge congratulations to Michelle Ogilvie for being awarded the Assistant Principal position at Orchard Grove Primary School. This is sad news for Kalinda, as we will be losing a wonderful Leading Teacher, but great news for Michelle who we know will be a fantastic Assistant Principal. Michelle has been with us for four years and in that time has led our English program across the school, as well as being our Senior school leader. Michelle’s extensive education knowledge, the high standards she sets in everything she does, and her dedication to our students were an enormous influence on our school over the last four years and will be sorely missed. We wish her all the best in her new position from the beginning of 2015.

Whole school transition sessions There’s nothing like the arrival of next year’s Prep students to make you realise how fast the year has gone! The first transition session for Foundation 2015 (all Prep classes will now be named ‘Foundation’ as a requirement of the national curriculum) is this Friday morning. This year, all the students in our school will be moving up one grade each time next year’s Foundation students have a transition session. This means that our current Preps will go into Grade 1, Grade 2s to Grade 3 etc. This will provide all students in the school with a fantastic preparation for next year, getting used to many of the buildings, teachers and students that will make up their learning environment in 2015.

School Survey At Kalinda we believe in always looking for ways to make a great school even better. To help us do this we are seeking parent feedback about our school. Please click on the following link to complete a short survey about Kalinda: http://goo.gl/forms/FGhHmrzVox

Japan Tour The students and teachers on our Branch Out Japan 2014 Trip are having an amazing time. On Sunday, they concluded their time at our sister school and said a teary farewell to each of their host families. They are now in Tokyo and today will be visiting Disneyland, which the students are very excited about. They will be arriving home on Saturday around midday. We very much look forward to hearing first-hand about all their fabulous adventures. Meanwhile, you can check out all the student and teacher blogs about the trip, including some fantastic photos, on our special Branch Out blog page: http://kalindabranchout2014.blogspot.com.au/ RICHARD LAMBERT ACTING PRINCIPAL

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Events Calendar

Forms sent home to Families – 16 – 23 Oct. 2014 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

2015 Parent Payments Notice Youngest in Family

Twilight Market Update Eldest n/a

2014 Year 5 & 6 Graduation Notice Years 5&6 23rd

October

Yr 6 Graduation Bears/Balls Order Form Year 6 7th November

Swimming Expression of Interest Levels 1 & 2 30th October

To Kalinda Parents & Friends This Friday 24

th October, the first Transition Session for 2015 Foundation (Prep) students will be held in the

Prep area, Module C. While the new students are getting to know the school, Parents & Friends will be holding a morning tea in the Stadium from 9.30am – 10.45am for all the parents. We would love you to join us to represent Parents and Friends, bring a plate to share, and to help serve morning tea to our newest parents. If you cannot make it we would appreciate any donations for morning tea - a packet of biscuits, cake, dip and crackers, whatever is possible. Items can be left at the office tomorrow morning. CRISSI & SHONA PARENTS & FRIENDS COMMITTEE

October

13

th – 25

th – Branch Out Japan Trip

24th - Prep Transition Session 1 – 9.30-11am

31st - Curriculum Day (Pupil-free day)

November

4

th - Cup Day (Public Holiday – Metro)

7th - Prep Transition Session 2 – 9.30-11am

13th - Graduation Dancing – MPR Level 4

14th - Twilight Market, 5-8pm at Kalinda

17th - P&F Meeting – 9.30am Stadium

17th - School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm

20th - Graduation Dancing – Level 4 MPR

21st - Prep Transition Session 3 – 9.30-11am

22nd

- Working Bee – Saturday – 10am-12noon 24

th - Curriculum Day (Pupil-free day)

27th - Graduation Dancing – Level 4 MPR

December

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nd - Parent Helpers Morning Tea

4th - SAKG Afternoon Tea

5th

– Junior Athletics Day – Preps – 2 8

th – Prep (2015) Info Night

9th -

Orientation Day for 2015 Preps & Yr 7. 9

th - Last day for Uniform Shop Sales.

10th - P&F Meeting – 9.30am Stadium

– and Christmas at Kalinda Kafe 11

th - Kalinda Carols Night

13th - Hot Dog Day – Last day of Canteen

15th

- Uniform Shop Closed for Stocktake 15-18

th – Levels 1 & 2 Swimming

17th

- Year 6 Graduation Night 19

th – End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2014

Term 4 – 6 October - 19 December NB: 1.30pm Dismissal on 19

th Dec.

TERM DATES 2015

Term 1 – 28 Jan (teachers start) - 27 March Pupil Free Day 29 Jan – Students begin 30

th Jan.

Term 2 – 13 April - 26 June Term 3 – 13 July - 18 September Term 4 – 5 October - 18 December CANTEEN ROSTER – Week 2

29/10/14 - Amanda B. & Narelle B. 30/10/14 - Julie C. & Amanda C. 31/10/14 - CURRICULUM DAY If you wish to contact Jo in the Canteen, her mobile number is 0402 031 447.

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

P/D Nicholas L. - For your excellent grouping work in Maths. Well done, Nic! Nathan McC. - For all of your great work being a classroom helper. P/M Tyler E. - For being such a great thinker when solving Maths problems. Taylan C. - For excellent Maths understanding with Sharing. Your hard work and determination is fantastic! P/R Dib B. - For his fantastic thinking when doing Sharing in Maths. Well done, Dib! Ryan Z. - For his excellent acting in the 3 Little Pig’s play. You were a ferocious wolf, Ryan! P/T Seth L-B. - For working hard at listening, and finishing quality work. Keep it up! Lachlan B. - For fantastic work in Maths working with Sharing. Well done! 12B Madison F. - For completing her work to a high standard. Great work, Madison. Grace S. - For being an excellent leader and hard worker. 12C Jyden P. - For using your imagination when writing the narrative ‘The Haunted House’.

You worked really well on this task Jyden! Miranda C. - For using sounding out skills to write your story, ‘The Haunted House’.

You are working really hard Miranda! Ben Q. - For using your imagination to write a terrific narrative AND a poem this week.

Fantastic Ben! 12D Espen V. - For writing over thirty nouns about the Year 2 Sleepover. Great work! Alexey K. - For creating an amazing poster all by yourself about ‘Coach Approach Sports Expo’. Charlotte F. - For attentive listening in class. Well done, Charlotte. Sam B. - For writing a terrifying narrative, ‘The Haunted House’. You used brilliant adjectives and your handwriting was incredibly neat. Well done Sam, I am extremely

proud of you! Blake K. - For thinking of many nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs during your writing task. 12L Sebastian S-V. - For the way in which he speaks to the class during ‘Show & Tell’. Good, clear speech and explanation, Seb. Lochston B-C. - For using such good expression when reading. Great work, Lochston. 12M Jalen D. - For the enthusiasm and energy he brought to the Grade 2 Sleepover. Kaylee M. - For working really hard on her reading and skip counting. 12S Marcus G. - For working well in a new group. Your listening skills are fantastic! Lucy F. - For being such a wonderful student at the Year 2 Sleepover. Campbell McD. - For being such a wonderful student at the Year 2 Sleepover. 34P Jack W. - For correctly drawing and labelling ten 2D shapes. Great work, Jack. Jessica C. - For employing a variety of spelling strategies in her writing. Great work, Jessica. 56I Isabella De L. - For always putting in a lot of effort into her application tasks. Well done, Isabella! Bailey B-A. - For working well independently to complete tasks in class. Well done, Bailey! 56K Mitchell W. - For completing tasks on time and to an improved standard. Keep up the good work. Joel S. - For being a productive member of 56K and producing amazing work all the time.

Relay For Life Join Team Kalinda in the Relay for Life!

15 November 2014, from 4pm

Town Park Athletic Track, Croydon

To register to join our team or to donate go to www.relayforlife.org.au,

For more information see Mrs. Karen Johns or contact Anne on 0434 989 528

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LEVEL 3 ABACUS

Once again Level 3 was visited by Karen Ma, who happily shared her abacus expertise with us. In the group this week, was Emma, Peliza, Maddy, Kira, Jess C, Jess B and Rina. Emma commented that the abacus was easy to use when counting in units and tens, Maddy thought it was easier to calculate on the abacus than she thought it would be and Peliza learnt how to count using the abacus.

LEVEL 2 NARRATIVES Level 2 have been writing narratives during the first two weeks of term, mainly to focus on the use of paragraphs. Following a structured flipchart, students wrote a story about a Haunted House. Please enjoy the following, amazing stories written by grade 1 students! Can you believe how wonderful they are? At only 7 years old, they are certainly budding authors!! The Haunted House. By Harrison S. I was standing in front of a damp old house that had rusted, old gates. It had gravestones in the front yard and it had broken stairs. There were twisted dead trees and a broken front door. I open a tiny bit of the door, there was no one in there, but there was a large fire in the next room and thick cobwebs. I could hear whispers that sounded like a ghost’s. I felt shivers down my back. The stairs scared me. I walked very, very slowly, but the wooden floors creaked no matter how softly I walked. I started to go up the dusty stairs. When I was half way, I slipped. Luckily, I caught hold of the railing. I went the rest of the way up. There was a mysterious, rotting, red door. It had a big lock. I heard muffled voices and a crackling fire, that’s what I thought it was. I smelt rotten food and I smelt melting wax. I pushed the door. It fell open, I saw a large table. On it, was a lantern – that’s what it was! The door had wax running down the side. Then some kind of monster was cooking rotten soup in there. The monster put his clawed hand out and pulled me down. The Haunted House by Ben Q Whenever I was walking along the street, I always saw this creepy house surrounded by twisted trees. In the sky, there was a full moon. I pushed the rusty old gate and walked up the thin stairs. I opened the wooden door and heard cackling. I saw torches lighting up and footprints going up the stairs. I was nervous. Then I finally had enough courage to go further. I saw a staircase, I walked up halfway…I tripped over. I saw a curved door that had a lock. I didn’t know if it was unlocked or locked. I heard muffled voices. Finally, I reached both of my hands out and pushed the door, but it wouldn’t budge, so I kicked the door open. I saw an empty table, then I felt cold hands behind me. The cold hands turned me into a ghost!

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The Haunted House by Jack C.

I was walking through a forest. I came to a spooky house. I had walked past it a hundred times; it always gave me the creeps. It had an open window with a light on the top floor. It had dead trees all around with branches like witch’s fingers. The clouds were like a cyclone. I opened the iron-gate and walked cautiously to the front door. I put my hand on the old, rusty, iron doorknob. It creaked most terribly, a bit of wood fell; I stepped in, then…slam! A door! I said to myself, “Someone is here.” I looked further into the room, I felt guilty. I saw an old narrow, winding staircase. I saw a light in a room. I heard a fire crackling upstairs. I walked across the brown stones, I came to the staircase. I stopped at the bottom and looked around. The stairs were made of wood; there were old-fashioned lanterns everywhere. I walked up the wooden stairs; there were hole everywhere that made me mindful. At last there were no more holes. I stepped on a floorboard that seemed normal, it broke. I reached a part where I had to choose right or left. I chose left. I walked up the crumbling stairs. When I took a step, stone crumbled and smashed to the bottom. There was a pool of magma at the bottom. At last I reached the top. I saw an old creaky wooden door. There was mist creeping out underneath. Through all the mist I saw a ghost and smelled something rotting. I heard cackling as well. I saw two witches talking and I saw a fire and rotting soup. The door shut behind me. Following on from narratives, Level 2 will be writing different forms of poetry over the next few weeks. What better way to start, than to look up at the sky and watch the clouds?! Imaginations can run wild with creative ideas! Please enjoy the following poems, titled ‘Clouds’. I laid on my back I can see white, I can see blue. I can see a dragon. By Miranda C Swirling in the sky Soft in patterned light. I love the clouds that look like a volcano. By Ainslie H. Lying in the sun Looking at the clouds, well I see A dragon and a dragon’s head With a chicken’s body and human legs. By Ben Q

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CAMP QUALITY INCURSION

Laughter Is The Best Medicine. I learnt that all your hair falls out from chemotherapy. Today Level 1 and 2 watched Camp Quality. Camp Quality tells us about cancer and uses puppets to make a show. Georgia B. Zahlia thanked the people from Camp Quality for teaching us about the effects of cancer, and how we can help people with cancer stay positive! Did you know you can’t catch cancer? Today I watched a puppet show in the stadium. The puppets’ names were Kylie and Dean. Mackenzie B Today we went to the stadium because there was a puppet show and their names were Dean and Kylie. I thought they were creative. The words that they used were – side effects, positive, chemotherapy. Ben Q.

YEAR 2 SLEEPOVER The Level 2 Team would like to thank all the parent helpers who attend the BBQ and early breakfast, and assisted in the Library packing up the bedding and sleeping bags. We all had a wonderful time and appreciated your support leading up to the event and on the day. Level 2 Team: Jan L, Stuart Mc, Fiona S, Lyse C, Karen K, Sandy D and Kyle B.

Our sleepover Acrostic Poems by 1/2S

Seventy people went to the sleepover.

Loud noises were everywhere.

Everyone played tug of war.

Eating sausages and hamburgers

People slept in the library

On Friday we played heaps of games

Very early in the morning I read my book.

Experience I will never forget

Ready to watch a movie.

By Taleigha P.

Some people were tired.

Lots of kids ate sausages.

Every person got to play games

Eating sausages was yummy !

People were happy

On Friday we slept in the library

Very nice weather

Exciting on the night walk

Really good fun.

By Luke G.

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Sleeping next to your best friend.

Lots of boys and girls at the grade 2 sleepover.

Every person got put into 4 groups for the sport.

Everyone enjoyed the sleepover.

Putting the sleeping bag away was difficult.

On Friday we had lots of fun.

Very tired the next morning.

Early wake up call.

Really loved the grade 2 sleepover.

By Jade.G

Sleeping was hard.

Lots of people were there.

Exciting things happened.

Eating sausages and hamburgers.

Possums were hard to see.

On the oval we did activities.

Very tired the next morning.

Early wake up call.

Really great time.

By Alicia.B

Sleeping bags are comfy and warm

Library was fun to sleep in.

Excited kids everywhere.

Eat yummy food.

Playing fun games.

On the night I had fun

Very fun inside the hamster wheel

Everyone was happy

Really fun !

By Olivia.M

Seventy people went to the sleepover.

Library was the place to sleep.

Exciting time on the oval.

Eating sausages and burgers.

Putting the sleeping bags back was tough.

Oval was the place for fun.

Very fun in the hamster wheel.

Early morning wake up call.

Really great time.

By William. Hird

Sleeping was hard work in a strange place.

Lots of people were talking.

Exciting time on the oval.

Eating sausages and hamburgers

Possums were hard to find.

On the oval was lots of fun.

Very exciting for us on the night.

Everyone woke up early

Really had a fun time watching the movie.

By Lucy.F

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More stories from Grade 2 Sleepover….

Jalen

On Friday night the grade twos had their grade 2 sleepover. For dinner we had sausages ,burgers and juice,

yummy yummy. After dinner we had some very fun activities like a relay race, jumping bags, hamster wheel,

parachute, tug of war, and ball octopus. My favourite activity was the hamster wheel. The hamster wheel is an

inflatable hamster wheel. Inside the hamster wheel you have to run and push with your hands. When you push and

run in the hamster wheel the teacher for the activity will time you. My time was 10 seconds and mine was one of

the best times.

Tate

We had lots of games and my favourite game was the Hamster wheel and Bean Bag Tiggy. I loved it and I was

tired. The others are Parachute, relay races and tug of war. In the hamster wheel you run inside it and you push at

the same time. I got 13.53. IT WAS AWESOME!!! We had sausages, burgers and juice it was yummy in my tummy.

We also went for a night walk in the urban forest and i found 1 possum. We saw a movie. It was called

“Chimpmonks Around The World” I loved it. It was the best day ever.

Alex

On Friday night the grade twos had there grade 2 sleepover. My highlight of the night was tug of war.The rope

gave me rope burn. After that we watched a movie called chipmunks and the chipets. While we were watching the

movie we had a packet of chips each and a chocolate cupcake. We went to bed at 10:34.

Jack

My favourite bit was doing the hamster wheel and tug of war. I lost. On the hamster wheel, we had to run in the

hamster wheel and there. It was timed. We did beanbag tiggy and i got 6 in the bucket. We did activities and then

we went to sleep. We had so much fun. Then we woke up and we had breakfast and all of our parents picked us up

and I had so MUCH FUN.

Lockie

On Friday night the grade twos had a sleepover. For dinner we had sausages, burgers and juice. Then we did

some activities: the hamster wheel and tug of war. The hamster wheel was my favourite thing because it’s a wheel

that you go in and roll over in the wheel. We slept in the library. I slept next to Tate and Brandon. In the morning

our parents picked us up and we all went home. It was SO FUN.

Brandon

We went on a night walk then we went back to the 5/ 6 area to watch the movie. After that, we went to bed, I was

next to Lockie. Friday night was the best.

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FAIRY TALE FIASCO

On Friday 17th October we had a Fairy Tale Fiasco!!! We got to dress up in lots of different costumes and act out a story about Fairy Tale Land. The land was all mixed up and there was a problem. The children worked together in their characters to solve the problem. Everyone got involved and had so much fun. Here is what Prep M wrote about the day: Wow! Today I did a Fairy Tale. I loved it. We went through a magic tunnel. I dressed up into a wicked witch and I was invisible and I touched the Princess Fairy. I dressed up into a dragon. This was awesome. I did a magic spell. The bad pigs came to every house and there were 4 houses and I couldn’t wait until the Fairy Tale. The Princess Fairy had a wand and we had to be quiet. It was a pretend dream. It was so fun today. Everyone loved today. By Lily Today was so, so, so much fun! Did you have fun? I was a wizard and a cat! What were you? I held the tunnel. The wizard costume had rainbow spots! The cat costume had grey ears and it was black. By Chloe Today was so much fun! I dressed up as a dwarf. The dwarf had a beard. The colour was white. What did you dress up as? I dressed up as a mouse too. By Ryan

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From the sports desk…

KALINDA PRIMARY SCHOOL’S FREE ACTIVE AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES PROGRAM:

Every Wednesday and

Friday from 3:45pm -

4:45pm.

Kalinda Primary School’s dedicated

Active After-School Communities

webpages can be found here. The Term

4 AASC program will commence on

Wednesday, October 22.

Term 4 programs offer participation

opportunities based on the following

themes:

1. Ultimate Frisbee (ProActivity),

and…

2. Karate (Lion Bushido Karate

Academy)

Wednesday afternoons (3:45pm – 4:45pm): Ultimate Frisbee (ProActivity)

Status Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7

PLACES

AVAILABLE

Wednesday,

October 22

Wednesday,

October 29

Wednesday,

November 5

Wednesday,

Nov 12

Wednesday,

Nov 19

Wednesday,

Nov 26

Wednesday,

December 3

Friday afternoons (3:45pm – 4:45pm): Karate (Lion Bushido Karate Academy)

Status Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 (NOT MANY)

PLACES

AVAILABLE

Friday

October 24 Friday

November 7 Friday

November 14 Friday

November 21 Friday

November 28 Friday

December 5 Friday

December 12

Please e-mail me on sharvey@kalinda.vic.edu.au with your child’s first name, surname and grade, as well as your first

name, surname & emergency contact details (mobile phone) if you would like your child/ren to participate.

EASTERN METROPOLTAN REGION (EMR) TRACK AND FIELD CARNIVAL, 2014: Well done to: Connor B

(Triple-Jump; 2nd

), Sam N (Discus; 4th) and Joel R (800m; 3

rd) who represented themselves, their school and their

school Districts and Divisions extremely well at last Thursday’s Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) Athletics

carnival. The boys all made it to the finals for their events, which is an outstanding effort. Unfortunately however,

only the top two placed athletes could be invited to the State level of competition and so it will be: Connor B (Triple-

Jump) who will do it all again on Monday, October 27 at the State Athletics Centre in Albert Park (...more

information available here). Good luck Connor

2015 TEAM VIC STATE TRIATHLON TEAM TRIAL PROCESS: Students wishing to be considered for selection

for SSV's 2015 Triathlon team may now register their interest and view the selection guidelines via the SSV

website. Nominations close on Friday, December 5 2014. It is anticipated that the 2015 School Sport Australia

Boys and Girls Triathlon Championship will be held in New South Wales. The exact venue and dates are yet to be

confirmed but it is likely the dates will be in early April as in the past. More information on national events can be

found at the Team Vic page on the School Sport Victoria website or the School Sport Australia website.

BETTER HEALTH CHANNEL NEWSLETTER: This month's Better Health Channel newsletter is

available here. In this issue, information about: * Hayfever and * Herbs as well as the following recipes:

Asian salad with snow peas and cashews Banana smoothie Orange and date loaf

…and a bunch of other useful health information for the whole family. Well worth a read

‘WONNIES SPORTS’ - KALINDA SOCCER ACADEMY: A small number of places are still available for (up to)

20 Grade 3 and 4 students to enrol in Kalinda’s first-ever FREE ‘Wonnies’ sports program. Please e-mail Mr.

Harvey on sharvey@kalinda.vic.edu.au for an enrolment form now!

MILO IN2 CRICKET IS

COMING TO KALINDA

P.S Details about all

aspects of the program

are available here (search for Warranwood Cricket

Club details)…or via Mr. Harvey!

Best Regards,

Steve Harvey

Physical Education, Sport & Facilities Management SSV Coordinator: Maroondah & Manningham Division(s)

Ph: (03) 9876 3289 M: (0417) 392 572 E: sharvey@kalinda.vic.edu.au

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Week 2 - Term 4 – 2014 (13 – 17 October)

Program Update Hello everyone! The year is disappearing very quickly and so far for this term at OSHclub we have been very busy. We have just been notified that we will be going through an assessment process shortly which will mean our program will see some positive changes. I would really like to say thanks to all the children that are helping this process run smoothly and are coming up with lots of ideas on how we can make their room look great. Next week is Halloween and we will be doing lots of activities that will be lots of fun. Healthy Eating has been our goal for the week and we have been enjoying lots of fresh fruit and vegetables along with rice dishes, corn on the cob, dips and rice crackers. We are starting some multi-cultural activities also this week and will continue throughout the year adding to these. Kalli is back from her holidays next week and will be really excited to start work again and help with our preparation for our assessment visit. Bookings for next year will be available soon and I would like to extend an invitation to all parents with children at the school or coming to the school to drop by one morning or afternoon and see what things we do. Kind Regards, Jeanette Lea and Kalli Boag

Next Week’s Activities

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0439 992 434 Coordinator: Jeanette Lea.

Assistants: Kalli Boag, Monali Shah, Wendy Reid, Emma Dempsey.

OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an

account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via

your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the

program.

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BE SUNSMART IN TERM 4

Here at Kalinda we are a Sunsmart school which means that all students need to wear a school-approved hat during Term 4, which can be purchased at the Uniform Shop on Monday afternoons from 3.00 – 3.45pm. If anyone is not wearing a hat, the Yard Duty Teacher will ask them to stay undercover, out of the sun, for recess and/or lunchtime.

KALINDA KAFÉ….

It’s a great place to get together every Monday morning after assembly in the Stadium Foyer for a chat, and a cake and cuppa

(gold coin donation please).

The Kafe will be operating on the following dates in Term 4.

27th October 10th November 17th November 1st December 8th December

TRANSITION DATES AT KALINDA PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR PREPS 2015

Our Prep Transition sessions for next year’s enrolled Prep students will be held on the following dates between 9.30–11am: Friday 24th October Friday 7th November Friday 21st November Tuesday 9th December (Orientation Day) Our Uniform Shop will be open between 9.30 – 10.30am on each of these days. Parent Information Night for enrolled students is on Monday 8th December at 7pm in the Library.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS Year 5 Dancing & Year 6 Graduation – Forms and payment are due back today, Thursday 23

rd October.

Please complete and return your forms, with payment, as soon as possible. Level 2 Swimming Expression of Interest & Deposit – The swimming deposit is due on Thursday 30

th October.

Please complete and return forms, with the $20 deposit, by the due date. Curriculum Days in Term 4 – Friday, 31

st October and Monday 24

th November. Students are not required to

attend school on these dates. If you have changed any of your contact details recently, could you please forward those changes to the office, either by note or email to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS

A reminder that if you wish to help out at the school in any way, ie canteen, classroom help, SAKG, camps/excursions, etc. you will need a Working With Children Check. Forms are no longer available at the office; you will need to apply online at:

http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/resources/forms/ UNIFORM SHOP Uniform Shop is open every Monday from 3.00 – 3.45pm. If you are unable to get to the shop during these hours, order forms and price lists are available at the office, or can be downloaded from our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au and follow the links to Forms & Notices or to Community/Uniform Shop.

Sunsmart Hats – A reminder that 1st September is the beginning of Sunsmart. We are a

Sunsmart school which means that all students need to wear a school-approved hat, which can be purchased at the Uniform Shop. SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP COORDINATORS SCHOOL BANKING – COMMONWEALTH BANK TERM 4 COMPETITION The precious prizes to win:

40 x GoPro Hero3 White Edition Cameras

150 x Slip ’N Slide Double Wave Riders The more you save, the more chances to win Every deposit you make through School Banking will automatically create one entry for you into the competition (up to a maximum of 6 entries), so bring your yellow or black Dollarmites wallet and deposit book to school each Friday. The Competition runs from 20th October - 30th November 2014. Good luck! JULIE & KYLIE STUDENT BANKING COORDINATORS

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

APPLES STRAIGHT FROM

THE ORCHARD…….

New seasons apples are now being picked. Our apple man will next be delivering apples on, Thursday 30th October. If you would like to order apples, please see

Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 29

th October. Bags are approximately

5-6kg. Available are:

Pink Ladies Granny Smiths Golden Delicious (No Royal Galas or Fujis available at the moment.) ALL apples are now $10 per bag.

Green & Brown Pears are $8.00 per bag.

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events. The Department of Education & Early Childhood Development (DEECD) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DEECD and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

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Parents Victoria Online Conference

October 2014 & May 2015

First four days: 6am Monday 27 October 2014 to 11pm Thursday 30 October

(Australian Eastern Standard time)

Register (for no cost) at: http://www.straighttothepoint.co/pv/register/

Parents are invited to this no-cost opportunity for discussion and debate and we encourage your participation

The four one-day topics are Homework, Access, Reporting and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). The ongoing topic of Funding, an additional topic, will run for the entire four days. There will also be an opportunity for participants to raise other issues. DAY 1: Monday 27 October: Homework - how much and when? Hosted by: Victoria Hall, DEECD & Leanne McCurdy, Parents Victoria DAY 2: Tuesday 28 October: Access. How and why is it important to you for your child to have access to high quality state school education in your local community? Hosted by Catherine Hall, Our Children Our Schools & Elaine Crowle, Parents Victoria DAY 3: Wednesday 29 October: Reporting. What do you really want to know about your child's progress at school? When and how would you prefer to receive this information? Hosted by Kathryn Patford, DEECD & Nicole Sweeney, Parents Victoria DAY 4: Thursday 30 October: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). BYOD is a fast-growing trend in our schools; how is this working for your family? Hosted by Peter Maggs, DEECD & Sharron Healy, Parents Victoria FOUR-DAY ONGOING TOPIC: 27-30 October inclusive: Funding. What should the government pay for? What, when and how should assistance be provided for disadvantaged students?