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Calendar of Events:

Friday, 17th March School Disco & OUT OF UNIFORM DAY – Dress up as something that starts with the beginning

letter of your first name. PLEASE BRING A GOLD COIN DONATION

SAUSAGES WILL BE SOLD ON THE DAY $2.00 EACH

THERE WILL NOT BE LUNCH ORDERS ON THIS DAY

Monday, 27th March Young Leaders Day

Easter eggs due back to school

Tuesday, 28th March Final day to bring Easter eggs back to school

Wednesday, 29th March Raffle books and money due today

EASTER EGG RAFFLE DRAW

Parent Teacher Interviews

Thursday, 30th March STUDENT FREE DAY WHOLE STAFF PD IN SHEPPARTON

Friday, 31st March Interschool Athletics at Katunga

EASTER EGG RAFFLE

Raffle books were sent home attached to last week’s newsletter, if you would like another book please do not hesitate to contact the school office. Please send along donated items on either Monday the 27th or Tuesday the 28th of March. The hampers will be made up on Wednesday the 29th of March and the raffle will also be drawn on this day. This fundraiser was very well supported last year, hopefully this year will be much of the same.

Student of the Week

Asha Bullock, Hadassah Hibma, Sara Hibma &

Clayton Spriggs.

Katunga Primary School

Newsletter

March 15th, 2017

Phone: 58 646 365

Email: Katunga.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Mindfulness

As you are aware the students have started participating in “Mindfulness” sessions after each break. They are getting

very good at this already. The next step is to keep them in a clam state after the session as they walk back into their

classroom. Each week we will be celebrating a “Star or Stars of the Week” for these sessions. How this occurs is we give

students raffle tickets each session if they are participating well. Then at the end of the week we will draw out a winner

or winners.

This week our Mindfulness Stars are Jacob Heyen-Caldwell & Toby Newbery. Congratulations boys!

Regional Swimming Championships

Last Wednesday our talented swimmers travelled to Shepparton to compete in the Regional Swimming Championships.

We had two relay teams as well as students competing in individual events. In the individual events the results were as

follows:

Freestyle

Blake Newbery 39.27 seconds

Demi Hendy 39.43 seconds

Backstroke

Viv Russo 49.63 seconds

Demi Hendy 47.75 seconds

Harry McDonald 53.88 seconds

Butterfly

Blake Newbery 52.53 seconds

Blake, Viv & Demi then progressed through to the finals for some events they were:

Freestyle

Blake Newbery 39.81 seconds 4th

Backstroke

Viv Russo 48.67 seconds 5th

Demi Hendy 46.69 seconds 4th

Butterfly

Blake Newbery 57.85 seconds 6th

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After this we had two relay teams compete. The 11 year girls finished with a time of 3mins10.79 secs and were 6th and

the boys were very close to making it through to State level by coming a close 2nd with a time of 3mins5.08secs.

Well done everyone and thanks to Bec Newbery for providing these results and for all the parents who travelled over to

Shepparton for the day.

Child Related Illnesses

We would like to inform parents that we have had reported cases of School Sores at the school. Please note children

with School Sores are excluded until appropriate treatment has been sought and sores must be covered with a dressing.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school.

School Banking

Don’t forget that Monday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can then be redeemed for a range of great, exclusive reward items in recognition of their continued savings. Refer to your rewards card for items you can redeem for Term 1, place your name and tear off the chosen reward and return to the school office for ordering.

Athletics Practice

Athletics practice is in full swing in preparation for the Interschool sports held at the Katunga Recreation Reserve on Friday, March 31 from 10.00am – 2.00pm. The buses do not run on this day therefore the students will need to be transported to and from the event in private vehicles. Below is some photos of students practicing their High Jump technique.

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Parent Teacher Interviews Wednesday, 29th March

Parent Teacher Interviews will be conducted at the end of this term on Wednesday, 29th March from 3.30pm – 6.00pm in 10 minute timeslots for each interview. The idea of the interview is for the teachers to give an overview of how your child has started the 2017 school year. If you believe you need a longer time for this interview or can’t make it on that date feel free to contact the office. All of our teachers are very flexible and can make alternate arrangements. Please contact the school office to confirm your interview time.

Interschool Athletics Friday, 31st March

Friday the 31st of March is the last day of Term one. On this day we will be holding and hosting the interschool athletics

at Katunga Recreation Reserve. This is a compulsory school day. The day will commence at 10.00am and conclude at

approximately 2.00pm. Buses will not be running on this day.

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Parents Club

The next meeting of Parents Club will be Monday, March 20 at 9.15am. This will be to discuss the catering for the Athletic Sports amongst other things. All parents are welcome to attend, enjoy a cuppa and have a chat.

Scholastic Book Club

The booklets were sent home with last week’s newsletter. All orders are to be received by Wednesday the 15th

of March. Orders may be placed online or by cash/cheque. Please follow the instructions inside your booklets.

If you have any queries or require more booklets please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

The Junior School Council are organising an out of uniform day/school disco on Friday March the 17th. Please bring a gold coin donation to support the Peter MacCullum Institute. The theme for the day will be to dress up as something that starts with the first letter of your name. For example Scott could dress up as a slippery snake. It should be a fun afternoon for the students. This day is also a

SAUSAGE SIZZLE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY

LUNCH ORDERS ON FRIDAY.

Sausages will be $2.00 each.

STUDENT VOICE

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Ditto Performance

Yesterday the students from Foundation level to grade 2 attended an incursion at school from the Brave Hearts team. The message of the whole show was Stranger Danger and making sure you feel safe both inside and outside of your home.

Community News

Katunga Auskick & Net Set Go 2017

Katunga Football Netball Club will be running Auskick & Net Set Go for

children aged 5-10 again this year.

The sessions will be held on Thursdays from 5-6pm during Term 2 at Katunga

Recreation Reserve.

All registrations must be done online.

To register for Auskick go to www.aflauskick.com.au