UPCOMING EVENTS 2017

Term 1 WEEK 10 Thurs 30

th Mar 009 Training/Leadership Camp

Stage 2 Intensive Swimming

Fri 31st Mar Leadership Camp

Infants Assembly 12pm

Stage 2 Intensive Swimming

WEEK 11 Mon 3

rd April P&C Meeting 6pm Library

Wed 5th April PSSA Zone Touch Trials Aberdeen

Stage 2 Intensive Swimming

Primary Assembly 10.30am

Thurs 6th

April Combined Schools ANZAC Event

(School Leaders only)

PSSA Rugby 7’s

PSSA State Swimming

Stage 2 Intensive Swimming

Monster Easter Raffle Drawn

Fri 7th

April Easter Hat & Pedlar’s Pde 12pm

Term 2 WEEK 1 Mon 24

th Apr Staff Development Day

Tues 25th

Apr ANZAC Day

Fri 28th Apr Cross Country

WEEK 2 Wed 3

rd May ‘KAOS’ Production-Singleton High

PSSA Netball Trials

Thurs 4th

May Power FM Breakfast

WEEK 3 Tues 9

th May NAPLAN-Language Conventions

Wed 10th

May NAPLAN-Reading

Thurs 11th

May NAPLAN-Numeracy

Fri 12th May CRACKER NIGHT

WEEK 4

Tues 16th

May Zone Cross Country

WEEK 5 Tues 23

rd May UNSW Digital Technologies

WEEK 6 Tues 30

th May UNSW Science

Fri 2nd

June Pie Drive Orders Due

WEEK 8 Wed 14

th June UNSW Spelling

Thurs 15th

June Pie Drive Delivery

WEEK 9 Fri 23

rd June Athletics Carnival

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Week 10 – 29th

March 2017 Sharing Our News

This week we have continued to reinforce our School values of being Kind,

Safe, Proud and Supportive. We have also been reviewing the concepts of

right time, right place and moving around the school in two lines.

Tell Them From Me Survey

This term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will

participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me

student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to

affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the

NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective

teaching practices. More information about the survey is available at:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with

valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how

engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact

with them. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell

Them From Me survey to help improve how they do things at school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted

online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be

administered during school hours between 3rd

- 7th April to students in Years

3-6. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent

home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate,

please return the form to school by Monday 3rd

April. Copies of the form

and FAQs are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-

for-parents.

Stage 3 Leadership

There is much emphasis on Leadership this week in Stage 3 with Year 6

undertaking their 009 training and Year 5 visiting Singleton Preschool. Our

students will greatly benefit from both of these opportunities.

I look forward to seeing many of you at next Monday’s P&C meeting.

Ashleigh Blayden

Principal

King Tidings

P&C Monster Easter Egg Raffle

Please leave all Easter Egg donations at the office or with

our volunteers in the quad.

Don’t forget to return your tickets for your chance to win!

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CANTEEN ROSTER Term 1 2017 Week 10 30/3/17 Maxene H 31/3/17 Victoria, Vanessa, Lauren Week 11 3/4/17 Amanda T 4/4/17 Amy, Kate 5/4/17 Sarah G, Cathy S 6/4/17 Emma K, Lisa M, Shayde G 7/4/17 Victoria, Vanessa, Lauren

Term 2

Week 1 24/4/17 STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY 25/4/17 ANZAC DAY 26/4/17 Sarah G, Fiona H, Erin C, Kristy R 27/4/17 Maxene H 28/4/17 Victoria, Nick, Lauren Canteen Contact Number- 65 721497 UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS: Tuesday 2-3pm, Thursday 9-10am

(Please see office staff outside of these hours).

Term 1 Canteen News Treat Day Next Wednesday

Next Wednesday the Canteen will be hosting a treat

day. Treats will consist of homemade items. If any

parents would like to donate cakes/slices/biscuits to

sell it would be much appreciated. Donations can be

left at the Canteen on Wednesday morning.

Still Available!

Fried Rice and Spring Roll $4

Chilli Chicken Wrap $5

Tuesdays Only!

Popcorn 50c a bag

Wednesday Only!

Chocolate Chip Cookies 50c

Thursdays Only!

Fruit Cups 50c

King Street is an Allergy Aware School

This is a reminder for all families that some of our

students have serious reactions to products

containing nuts and fish. We ask that you please

do not send foods or containers to school that

contain nut or fish products.

This includes nutella and peanut butter spread.

Showing Positive Behaviour for Learning

Tawny congratulates the following students for

displaying our King Street Values of Kind, Safe,

Proud and Supportive in Week 9:

Don’t Miss out on the Monster Easter Raffle!

Thank you to the very generous

families who have already donated

eggs, chocolate and other items to

use as prizes for the annual P&C

Easter Egg Raffle. Without your

generosity we would not be able to offer so many

prizes. Any donations of Easter Eggs or chocolate

for our raffle will be very much appreciated.

Everyone that donates something will go in to a

special prize draw.

The raffle will be drawn on Thursday, 6th April with

the major prize winners announced at the Easter Hat

Parade the following day. All students should have

received raffle tickets to take home and there are

more available from the office.

Good luck in the draw!

Have you got your Bin Design in?

Time is running out to take part in a competition to

‘dress up’ our garbage bins, encouraging everyone

to continue using them therefore keeping our

environment litter free.

In today’s newsletter there is a template for designs

to be drawn on and there are spare copies in the

office. When doing your design please have your

spelling checked, colour it in brightly and return it to

the office when it is completed. Designs are due

back to school by the end of this term.

If you would like to submit a digital entry, download

our templates online at http://wheeliedesigns.com/

and email the school high quality Jpeg/PDF/EPS

files to jennifer.pippen@det.nsw.edu.au.

Well Done

to our

Week 9

PBL Draw

Award

Winners!

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News in Sport

Cricket

On Tuesday, 28th March, King Street Public School

contested a very tight cricket match with Singleton

Public School. Abbott won the toss as captain and

decided to field first. Excellent bowling and fielding

saw SPS all out for 66 runs. (Abbott 4/15, Hayden

2/14, Kamrann 1/7, Lachlan 2/17)

Abbott showed his class with a fantastic

performance with the bat. It took a top delivery from

the SPS captain to finish Abbott’s innings on 31 runs

which included 4 boundaries.

After the final drinks break, King Street had levelled

SPS’s effort of 66 runs with two wickets to spare. On

a very close investigation into the PSSA rules, it was

noted that if we were to lose the two wickets in the

next over without scoring, Singleton Public School

would be victorious on a count back of having less

wides/extras after a tie having also played the same

amount of overs.

This lead to a very nervous umpire not to mention

both teams as play restarted. With two balls to spare

in the over, Octavian and Jamon were able to make

that final run to claim victory with 8/67, winning by 1

run and 2 wickets. (Abbott 31, Kamrann 3, Will 2,

Octavian & Jamon 1)

Many thanks to the parents/carers who helped with

transport as well as showing their support attending

the match.

Special thanks to Bill Stacy for umpiring the match,

particularly with such a tricky finish.

The boys will face Bolwarra PS in the next round.

Mr Broadley

Soccer

3T’s Tye W has had a very

successful weekend as part of the

Emerging Jets Squad. He travelled

to Coffs Harbour where the team

competed in a 2 day gala day,

finishing undefeated.

Tye scored a total of 7 goals over the weekend.

Congratulations Tye on an impressive effort!

Everyone Welcome to P&C

Next Monday evening the KSPS P&C Committee

will be meeting in the school library at 6pm. Amongst

items on the agenda is preparation for our major

fundraiser, Cracker Night, which is only a month and

a half away.

The P&C greatly value and appreciate all ideas,

feedback and enquiries. With Cracker Night coming

so quickly we would love to hear from people who

may have suggestions or who can help out on the

night. We look forward to welcoming everyone to the

meeting.

Students Benefit from Intensive Swimming

As Australians, we spend a lot of our time in and

around the water; it’s a big part of our culture. For

this reason, it’s important that our students learn

water safety and survival skills, so that they can

continue to enjoy aquatic activities. To help achieve

this goal, our school offers the Department of

Education (DoE) School Swimming and Water

Safety Program. This is a Government-funded

program where students only need to meet pool

entry and transport costs. Australia Post is a proud

sponsor of the School Swimming and Water Safety

Program also.

Thank you to Ms MacLackland and Mrs Griffiths for

their organisation of this Intensive Swimming

Scheme which we have offered to some of our

Stage 2 students. Students will be travelling to the

pool for these lessons each day until next Thursday.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students to learn

this very valuable life skill from the trained

instructors at the YMCA.

We know we will have some very proud students

when they receive their Certificate of Completion

next week.

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Join us for Easter Fun

Next Friday, 7th April, we would like to invite all

families and friends to join us for our Easter Hat

Parade at 12pm, followed by our Pedlar’s Parade.

Our infants students will be making Easter Hats in

class, but feel free to be creative at home if you

would like to!

The Pedlar’s Parade is an opportunity for our

Primary students to make or bring in something from

home to sell in a special ‘market’ environment we

will set up in the Sports Cola. Over the years we

have had students sell items such as cakes, lollies,

drinks, bookmarks, hair ties and drink holders just to

name a few. Be as inventive as you like!

All students and their families are invited to shop at

the Pedlar’s Parade. Remember to bring lots of

small change and enjoy the day. All money raised is

donated to Stewart House. Each year 1,800 public

school children in need come to Stewart House from

many parts of NSW and the ACT. During their stay,

children are provided with optometric, dental and

medical treatment as well as emotional support. This

is balanced with health and educational programs

and out of school activities to boost their self-esteem

and to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Thank you everyone for helping us to support this

very worthwhile facility.

School Banking Day is Thursday

Remember, Thursday is school banking

day. Thank you to our volunteers and to

everyone who supports the School Banking

Program at our school.

Wellbeing of our Students Valued

Please be aware that we have two immune-

suppressed students at our school. If your child

develops a contagious disease, please let the school

know ASAP so we can act accordingly.

Changes to Assemblies this Week

This week’s Primary Assembly has been postponed

due to the Year 6 009 Training. It will now be held

NEXT WEDNESDAY, 5TH APRIL and will be hosted

by 3T.

The infants assembly will be held as normal this

Friday at 12pm in the hall. It will be hosted by the

infants Parliamentarians.

The Early Action for Success team is looking for

donations to support K-2 classes to set up ‘Learning

Centres’. Learning Centres provide students with an

authentic purpose for writing such as an office, a

restaurant, a science centre for investigation and a

post office. Mr Burgess’s creation of a grocery store

and post office in K/1B is an excellent example.

We are looking for donations such as interesting

writing material in new/good condition. Items we

can use include unused greeting cards, note paper,

postcards, note pads of any size/colour/shape, or

envelopes. We are also looking for old telephones

(push button or dial ones), cash registers,

typewriters, toy kitchens, plastic food and plastic

cooking utensils.

If you have anything that students can use to write

on that is in good condition and you no long use or

need, we would appreciate your donation. Items can

be delivered to the Early Action for Success room

which is in the Kindergarten building, or to the office.

We are not asking you to buy these items, but if you

wish to get rid of them we would appreciate them. If

you have something at home and are unsure

whether they would be suitable, please do not

hesitate to speak to either Wendy Tan or Michele

Keith.

Opportunity to Receive Newsletter by Email

We would like to offer families once again the

opportunity to receive the weekly newsletter by

email.

If you would like to receive a digital copy of the

newsletter please let our office staff know and we

will add you to our distribution list.

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1/2 P Have Been Writing Some

Special Letters…

Dear Mrs Tan,

I hope you had a relaxing

weekend as I did at my

home. I did some

farming and played

Barbies with my sister

because she wanted to.

But I didn’t want to.

From Sophie

Dear Miss Blayden,

I hope you had a very

relaxing holiday. My

holiday was very

very busy, how about

you? I am sure about

that.

From Tala

Dear Mrs Barry,

Thank you for being

my teacher. Me and

Ruby think you are

the best.

From Declan

To Miss Mors,

I hope you had

a relaxing

weekend. You

probably had

fun.

From Zanthia

Dear Mrs Farrell,

I love you. I

hope you have a

lovely holiday.

From Hallie

Dear Mrs Jackson,

I hope you had a relaxing weekend. Mine was very busy

with my family.

From Lucas

Dear Mr Lindsell,

I love you t eaching our school t o learn numbers and

helping. You help me have a wonderful day. I want t o be

a wonderful t eacher t oo .

From Tahlia

Dear Mrs Philpott,

I am glad I read to you. How was your holiday? I went to the beach on

my holiday.

From Laila

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Dear Mr Lindsell,

I hope you had a relaxing

weekend. I had a fun time

with my uncle. We play

together.

From Capri

To Ms Garven,

Thank you for let t ing us

play with the robot edisons

and the tablets. Thank you

for let t ing us have a go of

the robots.

From Xavier

To Mr Lindsell,

On the weekend I went to the

beach. What did you do on

the weekend? Also I played

with my new PS3 and I

played cricket.

From Tayne

Dear Miss Williams,

I hope you had a relaxing weekend. I

had a good holiday. I hope you did

too. Thank you for being Josh’s

teacher.

From Hayley

Dear Miss Mac,

You are a wonderful teacher but you

are my sister’s teacher this year. You

are a lovely teacher, you are the best

teacher in the world. My sister’s

name is Tahlia.

From Lilly

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Students Challenged in Breakout Sessions

Our Stage 2 and 3 Extension Groups are having challenging

sessions with Ms Garven in our Collaboration Space. Ms

Garven enjoys watching the student’s use their skills to

work their way through some puzzling clues. They

collaborate extremely well together and it is fantastic to

watch the excitement on their faces when they have a

‘breakout’ moment!

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