This week:

5 Lands Walk

Sport is like school

Central Coast Dance Festival

5 Lands Walk This term our students have been working on 1500

decorations that participants in the 5 Lands Walk will use to

decorate the path from MacMasters Beach to Copacabana on Saturday.

We collected the finished products in the staffroom this

week and they look absolutely brilliant. The decorations, that take inspiration from the Chinese ethnic community

and the Aboriginal community, are colourful and very symbolic of the theme of the event – Connecting Communities.

This will be my first year attending the 5 Lands Walk, as I would usually be found on a winter Saturday at the netball

courts at Adcock Park. I’ve taken the morning off this year to see our Stage 1 dance group and 2K, who will be

performing on the morning – very early! Please come along

to support them and share in the fun and excitement of this great community event.

Sport is like school

Like many of you, I stayed up on Tuesday night to watch the Australian football (soccer) team win a place in the

World Cup in Brazil next year.

It was a tense game right until the end as the stakes were

high (a spot in the World Cup); and the commentators at the end were talking about the coach’s brave decisions

making team changes to achieve the win.

This got me thinking about how a sporting team is like the teaching team here. Our staff meetings are like weekly

training sessions and school development days are like boot camp where teachers learn new things and become inspired

to test out new ways of doing things to improve their game.

I think our teaching team here is World Cup material and they are working very hard to play their best and get the

best possible results. As the coach of this terrific team, I watch the game closely from the sideline and provide

suggestions to improve our chance of winning and make

team changes to get the best results. In between games, the school executive team, evaluate past work and plan

strategy to improve our next move. We reflect on our coaching techniques to get the best from everyone. Our

school team works best when our supporters are cheering us on too.

I think our school is on track to be a champion in the

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know about the changes the Australian Government is

making to our schooling system.

Central Coast Dance Festival Mrs Fell’s Stage 1 dance group was an absolute delight to

watch at last Monday night’s performance of the Central Coast Dance Festival. Their happy smiles and cool moves

made us all proud of them. Mrs Wardlaw’s Stage 3 dance group performs next week and I can’t wait to see them too!

Well done dancers, teachers and parents for helping us to

show off our school!

Hope you had a great week at our great school. Trish Peters

Principal

K/1E Ronan Lewis 1L Tyler Russell 2C Noah Nicholls 3K Riely Burns

KP Jye Giuliani 1G Dylan Jackson 2E Taylor Chateauvert 3H Jackson Saunders

KW Mikaylah Burchell 1K Paige Lopez 2K Jack Quinlan 3S Paige Staff

1N Tallon Montgomery 2L Cameron Troth 3W Jai Menser

1T Will Sakovits Library Jai Menser

Calendar

Monday June 24 P&C Meeting 7.00pm, please come along and support your school.

Monday June 24 Stage 2 ‘Out of the Box’ activity- $6.00 Notes home with students today.

Wednesday June 26 Guitar group presentation for parents AV Room commencing 11.30am

Wednesday June 26 Central Coast Dance Festival Performance by Stage 3, Show F Spiritus

Friday June 28 Last day of school for Term 2 School Reports distributed

Monday July 15 Staff Development Day No students at school

Tuesday July 16 Student return to School for Term 3

P & C meet the third Monday of every month, 7.00pm - President P&C: John Milne

Avoca Drive, Kincumber 02 4369 1544 www.kincumber-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: kincumber-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

June 20, 2013

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LESSONS NEXT

Class Item 1N On Monday 1N walked up to the local shopping centre for our Products and Services excursion to buy food for

our class picnic. Here are the things that we enjoyed best about our picnic day!

I enjoyed walking up to the shops in the sunshine and fresh air. Kyra

I enjoyed looking for all the food we had to get at the supermarket. Alicia H

I enjoyed buying all the food and eating the watermelon. Jessica

I loved walking up to Coles with my friends and exercising. Katelyn

I liked eating the picnic food we made especially the fruit salad. Lucy

I enjoyed eating all the picnic food, especially the ice-cream. Lily F

I liked walking up to the shops and buying all our food. Caspar

I loved getting to eat the ice-cream with a big slice of watermelon. Tallon

I liked buying all our stuff at the shops. I got to pick the cheese we bought. Gabriel

I enjoyed walking up to the shops with all our helpers. Alex

I liked eating the sandwiches and everything else. Yum! Tyrell

I loved eating the fruit salad and ice-cream. Caleb I enjoyed meeting the helpers and saying hello to the people we

walked past. Lily C

I enjoyed shopping for the food and saying hi to people on the road. Josh

I liked eating all the food. The sandwiches were my favourite. Kai

I loved when we ate the ice-cream and then played a battle ship game. Talley

I enjoyed the whole trip, especially because my dad came as one of our special helpers! Jesse

I liked eating the fruit salad and drinking the melted ice-cream in

the bottom of the bowl. Talen I liked eating the fruit salad and drinking the orange cordial. Oscar

I liked when I got to make Mrs Elbra a drink of cordial. It was cool

when we ate our fruit salad, ice-cream and watermelon. Louise I enjoyed shopping in my group. I picked out a squishy banana.

Alicia G

I liked sharing all the food together. It was so yummy! Mohith I liked going to Coles and preparing our food. It was very tasty!

Frankie

KINDER 2014

Do you have a child who is starting school at KPS next year?

Please call in at the office and leave your details so that we can add your child to our list. If you have a neighbour/relative whose child is starting school in 2014

please pass on this information to them.

Cruch&Sip

Winter fruits Students have crunched their way through the delicious

nectarines, peaches and grapes for summer, and are now

looking forward to fresh, crisp apples and juicy oranges available in winter.

However, large pieces of fruit can be difficult for small

children to manage, especially with wiggly teeth! On top of this small children take a long time to eat a large apple,

orange or pear and they can be quite messy, especially if they’re fresh and juicy.

Now that the delicious winter fruit is available, try and

choose small to medium pieces of fruit to send for Cruch&Sip. Or you could chop up a large piece into

smaller, more manageable pieces for your child to enjoy.

How can I make fruit and vegetables more appealing

to my child?

Research has found that children prefer small, cold, crispy, juicy and sweet fruits and colourful, crisp, fresh vegeta-

bles. Try the following tips to encourage children to enjoy fruit and vegetables:

Buy a variety of seasonal fresh fruit so your child

doesn't become bored. Involve your child in choosing what fruit and

vegetables to buy. Give them small, hand sized pieces.

Cut large fruit and vegetables into small manageable pieces.

Make ‘vegiepeople’ with your child.

Freeze small pieces of fruit as an ice snack (try pineapple wedges, orange quarters or grapes).

Thank you for your support of Crunch&Sip Rose Marie-Houghton

CONGRATULATIONS MADDIE BEEFORTH

Maddie is an ex-student of Kincumber Public School.

Maddie was named ‘Junior Life Saver’ of the Year at the Central

Coast Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence.

Congratulations Year 1 KPS Dance Troupe

On Monday night, 16 Year 1 students performed at the

Central Coast Dance Festival at Laycock Theatre. Their item was called “My School” and they looked fabulous in

their bright sparkly costumes and remembered their big smiles. The children demonstrated all of our ‘You Can Do

It’ skills both on the night and leading up to the performance. I was most impressed by the confidence and

bravery they displayed to get up on a big professional stage and have a ‘red hot go’ at dancing. KPS can be very

proud to know that our group received many compliments about their efforts and behaviour on the night from other

teachers and staff. Well Done on a fantastic effort. Mrs Fell

‘KINTEEN’- CANTEEN ROSTER WEEK 9, TERM 2

U N I F O R M S H O P H O U R SU N I F O R M S H O P H O U R SU N I F O R M S H O P H O U R S

TUESDAY 8.30am to 9.30am

WEDNESDAY 2.00pm to 3.00pm

THURSDAY 8.30am to 9.30am

LONG SLEEVE GREEN POLO SHIRTS HAVE AR-RIVED AND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM

THE CLOTHING POOL

Don’t forget to use our online ordering, a great way to order your children’s recess and lunch.

Fleximeals on line: www.fleximeals.com.au If you would like information on how Fleximeals works please call

Linda the school’s canteen manager.

Monday June 24 Aimee

Tuesday June 25 Need help please

Wednesday June 26 Wendy

Thursday June 27 Need help please

Friday June 28 Michelle

Stewart House

‘Bouncy Balls’ are still available, they can be purchased from the school canteen at a cost of

$3.00, purchase a ball and receive a bonus transfer. Pro-ceeds from sales support Stewart House Programs for

students in need from across NSW and the ACT.

Thank you again for your support.

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Debating News

On Friday Kincumber hosted Copacabana in a round of the Central Coast Debating Competition. The topic was; “Parents should only allow their kids to use the computer on the weekends” and we were the negative team.

Georgia, our team captain, led our team into the debate starting our team line, “computers are for using not for leaving alone”. She skilfully rebutted our opponents’ points and set up Kaela to continue our line. With Kaela’s excellent points and rebuttals the team was in a great position and then it was all up to Izzy. She did amazing rebuttals and brought our team home to victory but we couldn’t do it without our team adviser Sammy.

Then we all settled down with Copacabana with our morning tea and had a little chat. Then the adjudicator called both teams, including the chair person (myself) to sit down so she can give us tips. After that we said bye to Copacabana and they left.

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