KENT PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

2019

Kindness – Respect - Responsibility

No 14. TERM THREE Thursday 5th September, 2019

Thursday 5th September Bookclub Orders Due – Issue 6

Monday 9th September School Council Meeting @ 7pm

Friday 13th September KPPS Spooky School Disco Friday 13th September P-2 Cultural Dance Explosion Incursion

Mon-Fri 16th-20th September Y6 Camp – Coonawarra Farm Resort, Glenaladale

Thursday 19th September Footy Day (more info to follow)

Wednesday 18th September Y3 Edendale Farm Excursion

Wed-Fri 16th-18th October Y4 Camp – Phillip Island

IMPORTANT REMINDER for TERM 4 ‘NO HAT NO PLAY’ SUNSMART POLICY between Sept 1st and April 30th

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From the Principal

Prep 2020 Transition Program

It was wonderful to see so many of our new Preps for 2020 coming along to both of our ‘Play Dates’ as part of our

transition program. I’m sure they all enjoyed their first visit to the Father’s Day Stall last week as well as the fun

activities and the afternoon tea for our special dad’s. This week they were all very excited to get their brand new Kent

Park Prep t-shirts with the really cool superhero logo on the front.

Our next structured session times are in term 4:

Thursday, October 24th, 9.15-11am

Friday, November 8th, 2.30-3.30pm

Thursday, November 28th, 9.15-11am

Tuesday, December 10th, 2.30-3.30pm

AMAZING RESULTS!

Unofficial Parent Opinion Survey

We were very appreciative to all of our KPPS families that took the time to respond to our ‘Unofficial’ Parent Opinion

Survey. We had over 40 families sending in their responses and we recently collated all of the data. Below is a table

outlining 5 of our greatest areas of improvement when compared to our 2018 results.

Factor 2018 2019 % Improvement

School Improvement 52% 81% 29%

School Support

Positive Transitions

60%

71%

86%

97% 26%

26%

Parent Participation

and Involvement

54% 78% 24%

School Pride and

Confidence

57% 75% 18%

Promoting Positive

Behaviour

69% 85% 16%

Some other interesting information we identified included:

In 15 out of the 17 factors that were surveyed we saw an improvement.

The two areas that didn’t improve were within 2% of the 2018 score, eg School Connectedness in 2018 was 89%

(already a high score!) in 2019 we had 88%.

We averaged a 10% improvement in positive responses across all 17 factor, ie in 2018 the average response was

67.1% in 2019 it is 77.8%

Each survey also gave our families the opportunity to include written comments and suggestions that we can use to

inform our future plans.

We expect to receive the results from the official online survey in the next few weeks and it will be interesting to compare

all of these results together.

NAPLAN We’ve just received our NAPLAN results for 2019 and the good results have continued. A key indicator of school

improvement is the NAPLAN measure of how much our grade 5 students have improved since completing the NAPLAN

testing when they were in grade 3. In 3 of the 5 categories tested (Writing, Numeracy and Reading) our results were

slightly above the State averages. In Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation, our results were significantly higher than

State averages.

I believe our dedicated staff, hard-working students and amazing community at KPPS should be very proud of all of

these great results. Congratulations everyone!

It’s HAT season!

That’s right folks it’s that time of the year again when we dig through the bottom of our bags, dive into the back of the

wardrobe, wade into the lost property pile in the sick bay or just admit defeat and buy a new hat for the summer. Over the

next two weeks, students will be required to wear their hats if the UV index rating is high enough for hats to be worn,

so make sure you have it at school. Once we hit term 4, it is hats every day.

Seedling Donations

If you are collecting any of the seedlings from Woolworths in the next few weeks and don’t intend to use them at home,

we would be more than happy to have them donated to the school as we start to rejuvenate some of the garden beds around

the school, including the Prep veggie gardens. Just hand them in at the office and we’ll take care of them.

Kieran Denver

Principal

Weeky Merit Awards for Week Beginning 26th August, 2019 Class Student Reason

PW Leila J. For trying her best to order the value of coins and for being a kind friend.

P/1H Olivia B. For trying her best with inferring and a great job adding money.

1/2H Mahaalia M. For the outstanding effort she put in to re-telling a story from a different

perspective.

2B Blake P.B.

Harper B.

For an outstanding effort with his handwriting.

For an amazing effort with homework and learning.

3K Bristan S. For his excellent autobiographical poem.

3M Willow C. For an improved effort in completing all tasks.

4C Jack K. For showing care and consideration for his classmates. Well done!

5B Vanyo I. For showing respect to everyone in the classroom! Well done.

6K Jai W. For being a good friend. Well done Jai.

6S Kane H. For being an inspiring, determined and eager leader of his political party.

Phys. Ed. Tyrese O.

Paddy B.

For being a positive member of the softball team.

For always being an enthusiastic P.E. student.

STEAM Kimberley O.

Jace S.

For always being a kind and respectful student.

For your wonderful tin foil boat.

Auslan Paddy B. For being a star signer when learning colours of the rainbow.

What do you do with the plastic bottle tops from used milk bottles?

Throw them in the bin or recycling (where they are likely to fall through the gaps during sorting and ultimately end up in

landfill)?

Well, now you can start collecting them to help provide prosthetic arms to young kids in need. Envision Hands

(www.envision.org.au) is a not-for-profit group that trains disadvantaged people to use 3D printers to make mobility aids

for child amputees across the world.

Envision Hands and Holden Rally Team - Lids4Kids need your help:

☑️Simply collect your milk bottle tops and the Envision Hands project will use them to build bespoke aids for children in

need.

☑️ Make sure you rinse them straight away. The cleaner the better.

There will be a collection box in the office for you to put your milk lids in, please ask family and friends to start collecting

too :)

Monthly Merit Awards for August, 2019 Class Student Reason

PW Stella F. For always being a kind and thoughtful friend and for being a fantastic listener.

P/1H Lolly K.

Millie K.

For always trying her best and her amazing manners.

For being a caring classmate and giving everything a go.

1/2H Sophie M. For always challenging herself and producing work of a high standard.

2B Will H.

Lucy B.

For writing an amazing story from a different character’s point of view.

For a great effort editing her writing for full stops and capital letters.

3K Zyuri A. For always striving to complete quality work.

3M Willow C. For an excellent effort completing My Numeracy tasks to improve her Maths.

4C Grace I. For always striving to achieve her personal best.

4/5C Zaine F. For using great reading and maths to make delicious cookies.

5B Connor M. For being a thoughtful and responsible leader in the classroom.

6K Tiah A. For consistently working well in all subject areas. An exceptional effort Tiah.

6M Lincoln M. For demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities and behaviours.

6S Vaidehi K. For being a positive, inspiring and resilient leader and learner.

AUSLAN Tiah A. For always taking pride in her work. Well done Tiah!!

Art Ava M. For always trying her very best with all Art activities. Well done Ava!

Phys. Ed. Kobi B. For outstanding Leadership at Summer Sport Softball.

STEAM Isaak G. For outstanding perseverance making your aeroplane.

PRINCIPAL Nawat W. For always being a hard working, caring and responsible KPPS student.

FANTASTIC STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT!!!

NATHAN CHURCH - VICS CYCLING COMPETITION

On Friday the 16th of August I went to Casey Fields Criterium track to represent Kent Park in the Victorian school cycling competition. It was a time trial around a 1.2km circuit and it was extremely windy. I went off second last and managed to catch the rider in front of me. The whole race itself was 4.4km long with a large hill to climb up. I finished the race in 19 minutes and 14 seconds. Overall, I finished in first place and won gold. Because I came first, I have qualified for the state final, which will take place in Bendigo next month. It was a fantastic day and I really enjoyed it. By Nathan Church. What a fantastic achievement! Kent Park are super proud of you Nathan!!!