Assistant Principal’s Report

August 18th, 2016

Issue 24

Private Bag 1, Mine Road, Korumburra. 3950 Telephone: 5655 1309 Email: korumburra.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Fax:: 5655 2861 School Hours: 9.00 a.m.—3.30 p.m. Web address:: www.korumburraps.vic.edu.au

KPS Press

OUR VALUES

Aim High Be Respectful Be Resilient Be Responsible

Big Write

Today our students are doing another ‘Big Write’. This time the writing will be based on a video clip with the students writing a narrative story around the title ‘Adventures are the Pits’. We look forward to reading some excellent pieces of writing after today’s ‘Big Write’.

Curriculum Day

Just a reminder that next Monday 22nd August is a pupil-free Curriculum Day. Staff will be involved in learning more about the new Victorian Curriculum, refining our work on Learning Tasks as well undertaking some further professional development around the topic of Dyslexia. We have some very talented staff in Jacqui Rotthier, Dan Wells, Brenda Jones and Jenny Mulqueeny who will be leading the staff next Monday through the planned activities.

ICAS Maths Competition

Earlier this week, we had a number of students from Years 3 – 6 take part in the ICAS Maths Academic Competition. This is an Australia-wide competition where students are challenged on a range of mathematical tasks. Thank you to Mr Nick Besley for co-ordinating this event. We look forward to hearing how the students went on this challenge, later in the year.

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Michael’s Supa IGA Community Rewards Program

Yesterday, Year 6 students Poppy Clarke and Izaak Morrison together with Mr Pirouet and myself travelled to Leongatha for the annual Big Cheque Presentation. Thank you to the many Korumburra PS families who regularly use their tag to earn points for our school. We received a cheque for $2270 which was up slightly on last year’s total. We were again the highest earning school involved in the program. We also had discussions with Michael Lorenz (Managing Director / Owner) and John Markham (Marketing Manager) about how we can grow our donation as well as how they could support some of our special projects we have planned! Thank you to Michael’s IGA for their continued support of K.P.S.

Olympic Dress Up Day

This Friday, we are celebrating the Rio Olympics with a special dress up day. Children are encouraged to come to school dressed in either the colours of a particular country or wear the outfit of an Olympic sport. Instead of the usual gold coin donation, we are asking each student to donate a tin of food of some sort. These tins will be delivered to Milpara Community House for them to use in their Food Bank, supporting the families of Korumburra and district who do not have enough food. This really is our families / students helping our community. We look forward to a colourful Assembly on Friday.

Resilience Programs at K.P.S.

Currently, all our students are involved in a number of activities that are aimed at developing their resilience – their ability to deal with issues and to bounce back from things that have challenged them. The children are becoming more familiar with what resilience means and how they can bounce back when faced with daily challenges.

Well Done Award Winners 15th August, 2016

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Walking to School

Yesterday as a Year 5 student walked to school, a vehicle pulled up beside them and asked if they wanted a lift to school, given it was drizzling. The student refused and quickly made their way to school where we were able to deal with this situation. This quick thinking student remembered the registration plate of the vehicle which meant that we were able to assist police with identifying the driver of the vehicle. Even though the driver’s intentions were later found out to be purely honourable, it is a reminder to all families to have a chat with their children about being safe when travelling to and from school.

Spot Mr Gray’s Spelling Mistake

This week, we had only 1 person who spotted my ‘mistake’ in the word ‘believe’ which I mis-spelt as ‘beleive’ in my last newsletter report. But there was a second error – this time in the word ‘parade’ which was spelt as ‘parrade’ and she spotted that one too! Well done Sophie McKenzie. Good luck spotting my very easy mistake in this report.

Dairy Assistance Payment

As part of the Victorian Government’s dairy assistance package, students with parents in the dairy farm industry can benefit from a one-off payment through the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF).

Students currently enrolled in government and non-government schools whose parents own, share-farm or lease a dairy farm business; or those people whose primary occupation is working on a dairy farm, are eligible for the payment. The school will need to ensure that evidence is provided with applications and record how the funding has been allocated for each individual student.

Consistent with the 2016 CSEF Drought Response, the CSEF Dairy Assistance funding is paid to the school that the student attends to be used towards camps, sports, excursion and/or other education expenses for the benefit of the eligible student. These guidelines only apply to the Dairy Assistance funding (not the CSEF payment which was paid separately and is subject to CSEF policy). Families who received the means-tested CSEF payment are also eligible.

To apply for the CSEF Dairy Assistance, parents are to complete an application form and return it to our School Office by 18 November along with evidence as required. Application forms are to be retained by the school.

To complete the application form and for more information, see:

Dairy Assistance application form for parents

Dairy Assistance factsheet for schools

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund

VicSpell

Yesterday our Literacy Teacher Coach Jacqui Rotthier took our 4 VicSpell competiters to Wonthaggi for the South Gippsland competition. Unfortunately none of our team members were successful in making it through to the next round of competition however each did the best that they could do on the day. Congratulations to our team which was made up of Year 5 students Curtis Gardner and Riley Sendek and Year 6 team members Chloe Champion and Jarah Morton. Jarah is the first reserve for the Year 6 next level of competition. Thank you to Mrs Rotthier for transporting the students to Wonthaggi.

Breakfast Club

We are now into our second week of Breakfast Club. So far we have had on average 30 students having breakfast at school. We know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and so these students that are having breaky at school are giving their bodies the best chance of being fuelled and ready for a busy day at school. Breakfast Club is happening each Monday and Wednesday morning outside the Canteen from 8:15 – 8:50 am.

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David Gray

Assistant Principal

Our VicSpell representatives

Chloe Champion, Jarah Morton

Curtis Gardner and Riley Sendek

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Attention—

Dairy Farming Families

of Korumburra Primary School.

You could be eligible for a special one-off Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) -

Dairy Assistance payment. Please read the information below for details and contact the

school if you think you are eligible.

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Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) for 2017

Applications forms for the 2017 school year are now available at the office.

If you are eligible to receive the CSEF please contact the school office for an application form.

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Mr Pirouet, John Markham (IGA Marketing Manager), Michael Lorenz (Owner of IGA), Izaak Morrison and Poppy Clarke with the IGA Rewards cheque

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Hi everyone,

After another great meeting last Monday with the team at Parents and Friends I have some news

items to share with you.

FATHERS DAY STALL:

Our stall will be held on:

THURSDAY 1st

of September, with all children being brought through with their teachers.

FRIDAY 2nd

of September, before school and after school in Room 3.

The children will be allowed to buy one gift on Thursday. They will then be able to come on Friday

and purchase as many gifts as they like.

Please also note gifts will all be $4.00 each.

Our next meeting is the 17th of October in the library after assembly.

Also the Parents and Friends have a notice board in the office with photos and more information.

Come along and join the team at any time.

Stay tuned for more details.

Sam Davies

KPS Parents and Friends President.

Parents & Friends Report

UPOCOMING EVENTS TERM FOUR:

Tea towel/ Apron/Tote Bag fundraiser

Christmas tree Fundraiser

Second hand book stall

Year 6 Graduation Gift

Christmas hamper/wheelbarrow raffle

WELL DONE

AWARDS Jazmine Findlay

Mac Jiang

Ayla Fowler

Isaak Morrison

Brodie Sawyers

Mrs Clark

Year 2 Children—Water Projects

Bradley Telfer

Lacee Sullivan

Nathan Halliday

Liam Wilson

Lochlan Harris

Cameron Wilson

Tayla Billing

Cassidy Patten

Liam Anthony

Will Roberts

Callum Olden

Josh White

Hannah Telfer

Blake Byrne

Sam Tomkinson

Julian Friedrich-Wilson

Ryan Gwin

Noah Humphrey

Breanna Debondt

Alana Lopez-Freeman

Tamsyn Duve

Will Anthony

Lucas Fox

Tyrah Kruger

Ally Todd

Max Fowles

Rory King

Regan Marriott

Jason Cue

Dallas Walker

Alana Sage

Bella Wilson

Caleb McNaughton

Dusk Shayl

Zachary Semmens

Riley Dixon

Hunter Lindsey

Zenna Tanaka-Morrison

Josh Hall

Hayley Brown

Brooke Paterson

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Calendar of Events 2016

August

19th August - Special Olympic Assembly

22nd August - Curriculum Day ((Pupil Free)

25th August - Vic. Schools Netball Championships

29—31st August - Year 4 Allambee Camp

31st August - 2017 Preps Orientation Session 1

- Scholastic Book Fair

September

1st—12th September Scholastic Book Fair

2nd September - District Basketball Tournament

8th September - Bike Ed Challenge

13—15th September- Year 6 to 7 KSC

16th September - Term 3 Finish 2.30 pm.

October

3rd October - Term 4 begins

15th October - KPS 125th Birthday Celebrations

19—20th October - Year 3 Phillip Island Camp

19th October - 2017 Prep Orientation Session 2

21st October - Prep Excursion to Zoo

November

9th November - 2017 Preps Orientation Session 3

16—19th November HPV RACV Energy Breakthrough

December

6th December - Statewide Transition Day

Year 6 to 7 KSC

- 2017 Prep Orientation Session 4

14th December - Year 6 Graduation

20th December - Last Day Term 4

Library Report

Premiers’ Reading Challenge – ONLY 3 WEEKS TO GO!!

Congratulations this week go to Noah Furness, Kiera Witton and Maia Enbom. Well done .

Book Club - Orders for Issue 6, are due back at School by Friday 26th August or, if you prefer, you can use the LOOP

system, details of which are on the order form.

Book Fair—Our annual Scholastic Book Fair will be arriving at School on the 31st August. Opening times will be before school 8:30—9:00am, during lunchtime and after school 3:30—4:00pm. Parents are welcome to come any time as long as I am in the Library. Along with a huge selection of books to choose from, there will also be posters and the ever popular novelty items for

sale. School receives a commission for hosting the Book Fair which we use to add books to our Library collection.

Helen Cripps

Library Technician