UPCOMING EVENTS 2016 Term 1 WEEK 9 Thurs 24

th Mar Easter Hat/Pedlar’s Parade/Raffle

Fri 25th Mar GOOD FRIDAY

WEEK 10 Mon 28

th Mar EASTER MONDAY

Fri 1st Apr Gold Card Assembly

WEEK 11 Mon 4

th Apr Interviews KB,KM,1B,1F,1/2T

Tues 5th

Apr ATSI Meet and Greet

Interviews 2M,2T,S2N,S2S,S2I

Wed 6th Apr Interviews 4/5G,S3K,S3G,S3L

Fri 8th

Apr Last Day of Term 1

Term 2 WEEK 1 Mon 25

th Apr ANZAC Day

Tues 26th

Apr Staff Professional Learning

Wed 27th

Apr Students Return to School

Wed 27th

Apr ANZAC Day Assembly

Fri 29th Apr KSPS Cross Country

WEEK 2 Wed 4

th-Fri 6

th May Stage 2 Pt Wolstoncroft

WEEK 3 Tues 10

th May NAPLAN-Language and Writing

Wed 11th

May NAPLAN- Reading

Thurs 12th

May NAPLAN- Numeracy

Fri 13th May CRACKER NIGHT

WEEK 4 Wed 18

th May Zone Cross Country (M’Brook)

WEEK 5 Fri 27

th May Gold Card Assembly

WEEK 6 Wed 1st June SATS ‘Wizard of OZ’ WEEK 8 Wed 15

th-Fri 17

th June Starstruck

WEEK 9 Fri 24

th June Athletics Carnival

WEEK 10 Tues 28

th June ‘Dance for the Fun of It’

Fri 1st July Gold Card Assembly

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Week 9 – 23rd March 2016 Sharing Our News 4Cs Learning Space Spreading to other Schools The work Ms Garven and our teachers are doing in the collaborative learning space has been so successful that many other schools have begun working with Ms Garven to bring some of these ideas into their schools. These lessons, such as the movie making and sound recording lessons are making their way into the community. Anyone who was lucky enough to see Mr Tattis’ 2T Assembly last week would tell you how exciting it was to see the students presenting their assembly in the form of sock puppet videos. Ms Garven is very excited about the building of a sound recording booth in her room and the Robotics lessons that will begin in Term 2. Gold Card Assembly next Friday Our Term 1 Gold Card Assembly will be next Friday. This is always an exciting opportunity to recognise all the extra little things that our students do, and to reward them for their efforts. I personally am looking forward to seeing the KSPS Choir perform some new material that they have been working on with Mrs Atkinson and Mr Tattis. All KSPS family and friends are welcome to come to the assembly beginning in our hall at 9.30am. KSPS Pumped about Irrigation Project Preparations are well and truly underway for an irrigation project that will see the water from the rooftops of our buildings spread out across our oval. Currently there is enough water in our tanks to significantly soak our fields ten times with more to come every time it rains. Mrs Kelley has worked tirelessly on designing a system that can deliver this water across our fields. With funds raised with last years “High Tea” and now sponsorship from Glencore we are able to turn this dream into a reality. A huge thank you to Mrs Kelley and our environmental team for their work on this project, it is going to save our school money as well as utilise our water resources sustainably. Easter Hat Parade and Pedlars Parade One last reminder that tomorrow is our Easter Hat and Pedlars Parade beginning in the quad at 12pm. Thank you to all those people who donated Easter Eggs to the prize pool and thank you to our team of volunteers for their work collecting and putting together the prizes that will be handed out at the parade. I know Mr Lindsell is looking forward to seeing you there in his role as MC of the parade. Mr Cameron Upcroft – Principal Relieving

King Tidings

EASTER HAT PARADE AND PEDLARS

PARADE 12PM TOMORROW

Come along and enjoy the fun!

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CANTEEN ROSTER Term 1 Week 10 28/3/16 EASTER MONDAY 29/3/16 Emma Kidd, HELP NEEDED 30/3/16 Kristy Dale, HELP NEEDED 31/3/16 Jackie See, HELP NEEDED 1/4/16 Mel Barber,Victoria Parkinson, Emma Bates Week 11 4/4/16 Evette Anderson, Amanda Toohey 5/4/16 Emma Kidd, HELP NEEDED 6/4/16 Ros Kelley, HELP NEEDED 7/4/16 Jackie See, HELP NEEDED 8/4/16 Mel Barber, Victoria Parkinson, JodyTurner

Term 2 Week 1 25/4/16 ANZAC DAY 26/4/16 Staff Development Day 27/4/16 Tayla Stamp, Vanessa Ridling 28/4/16 Max Hamson, HELP NEEDED 29/4/16 Mel Barber, Victoria Parkinson

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS: Tuesday 2-3pm, Thursday 9-10am

Term 1 Canteen News Special Meal Deals for Term 1-just $5!

Chicken Noodle Salad Wrap or Tub

Chilli Chicken Wrap

Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap or Tub

Quiche and Salad

New Tuesday Special!

Popcorn only 50c a bag

Wednesday Special

Chocolate Chip Cookies only 50c

Thursdays Only!

Homemade Muffins 50c

Coming Soon!

We will be holding a Hot Dog Day on Monday 4th

April. Order form is in this weeks newsletter.

AVAILABLE NOW FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS!!!

Takeaway Coffee and Hot Chocolate ONLY $2

Stage Assemblies-Term 1

Infants (Wednesday of even weeks at 2.30pm in the Hall) 30th Mar 2M Stage 2 (Thursday of even weeks at 1.00pm in the Hall) 31st Mar S2S Stage 3(Friday of odd weeks at 12pm in the Hall) 25th Mar Good Friday 8th Apr S3K

Showing Positive Behaviour for Learning

Thank you to the following students for displaying

our King Street Values of Kind, Safe, Proud and

Supportive.

Thank you for showing CLASS in the classroom:

Co-operating, Listening, having a positive Attitude,

being Sensible and Studious.

KB: Mia G, Eathen F KM: Noah T, Blair M

IB: Abby F, Meryn K IF: Lucas H, Immy D

1/2T: Maben d, Braydan C 2T: Ella D, Dominic C

S2I: Ava D, Caiti B S2S: Julian S, Sarah W

4/5G: Aiden J

Congratulations Stage 1 Assembly Award Recipients

Term 1 Week 9 Merit Cards:

KB: Dusty W, Chenae A, Riley B

KM: Chloe L, Evie P, Tenisha F

1B: Eden A, Sophia R, Kyden M

1F: April W, Matilda H, Nash C

1/2T: Evie P, Jaylen R, Kalila H

2M: Kiarah H, Tesha L

2T: Bree S, Ethan M, Koby F

Star/Green Card Awards: 1B: Tyberius B, Lennox C

2M: Arlie S 2T: Holly B

Class Award: 1B

Congratulations Stage 2 Assembly Award Recipients

Term 1 Week 9 Merit Cards:

S2I: Mitchell C, Alissa M

S2N: Chloe S, Lotus R, Hope C

S2S: Charlize B, Jacob H, Paris F

4/5G: Adam H, Riley M

Sport Awards:

S2I: Brandon R, BJ P

S2N: Chris A, Milan D

S2S: Bodhi P, Shae G

4/5G: Joseph S, Aiden J

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.

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Glencore Helps to ‘Green’ our Oval

It was the absolute pleasure of P&C President Mark

Newton and our Relieving Principal Mr Upcroft to be

presented with a cheque for $4000 on Friday to go

towards the P&C Irrigation Project. This generous

donation is courtesy of Glencore, with representative

Laura Barben very keen to learn about this project

which has been discussed at P&C meetings for

many years.

The money that Glencore is donating will allow the

initial infrastructure to be laid for the irrigation

system. Water will be pumped out of the 4 tanks

(which are full at the moment fortunately) to keep

our vast oval green all year round. Providing this

environment will keep students happy and healthy

thus having a positive effect on their learning.

There is still a little more fundraising to go to

complete the project, so watch this space! Special

acknowledgement must go to Mrs Ros Kelley for her

knowledge and leadership during this process.

Mr Upcroft , Mr Newton and Mrs Kelley with Laura Barben from

Glencore and Sarah and Tyler.

Opportunity to Meet with Teachers

In Week 11 we would like to invite parents to take

the opportunity to meet with your childs teacher. In

this meeting you will be able to discuss your childs

progress and other aspects of their schooling. Notes

will be coming home very soon for you to return to

make interview times.

The Interview Schedule will be as follows:

Mon 4/4/16: KB, KM, 1B, 1F, 1/2T

Tues 5/4/16: 2M, 2T, S2N, S2S, S2I

Wed 6/4/16: S3K, S3G, S3L, 4/5G

If you need an interview outside of these times

please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher.

Environmental Success Continues

On Friday night our King Street Public school

captains and Mrs Stewart represented our school at

the local Tidy Towns garden competition award

announcements.

We were awarded a Highly Commended for our

beautiful school gardens and a Special Judges

Award for our vegetable garden. Looking after our

school environment is a team effort so thankyou to

everyone who has helped in any way to support our

gardens. We also want to give a special thank you to

Ros Kelley, Eric Ryan and our EWOKS for all their

hard work.

Cally H, Thomas D, Lynne, Billie M and James B with the Awards

Excited for Our Annual Easter Hat Parade

and Pedlars Parade Tomorrow

Tomorrow we will be hosting our annual Easter Hat

Parade. We would like to invite all KSPS family and

friends to join us in the fun. The Easter Hat Parade

starts at 12pm followed by the announcement of the

P&C top 10 winners of the Monster Easter Raffle

then the Pedlars Parade will then be held in the

Kings Court.

All other prizes from our raffle will be available for

collection on Thursday afternoon. Our P&C would

like to thank everyone for their generous donations.

Pedlars Parade Donations

Our Student Council has made the decision that this

year the money raised from our Pedlars Parade will

go to Stewart House and Bandaged Bear

Foundation for Westmead Childrens Hospital.

REMINDER! When making delicious items for

our Pedlars Parade please remember we are an

allergy aware school so we ask that you please

do not include nut or fish products in your foods.

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Parliament Resumes for 2016

Friday saw the first meeting for 2016 of our Student

Parliament. Members of Parliament include our

School Captains, House Captains and Class

Parliament Representatives.

The first order of business each year is for the

students to decide which charities they will be

supporting throughout the year. This year the

Pedlars Parade will be coordinated by Parliament

and will benefit Stewart House and the Bandaged

Bear Foundation. The students will also help Mrs

Kermode with the Cancer Council Biggest Morning

Tea and hold ‘Purple Day’ to support the Epilepsy

Foundation later in the year. In addition the

Parliament will continue to support our World Vision

sponsor child Onsy.

We look forward to watching the Parliament work

together with their fellow students to support these

wonderful causes throughout the year.

Student Parliament meets for the first time in 2016

Students Collaborating Throughout KSPS

It is wonderful to be walking around our school

where at any time of the day you can witness

students helping students to achieve the most out of

their learning

Paris and Sarah help each other with spelling Hailey-Jaide and Tahlia learn about ‘doubles’ in 1/2T

2T using dominos and numbers to build a ‘bridge’ KM kids help each other to create patterns in maths

The Tell Them From Me Student Feedback

Survey

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many

others in the state, will participate in a Department of

Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student

feedback survey. The survey aims to help improve

student learning outcomes and 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/information-for-

parents

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to

provide our school 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

and school staff will not be able to identify individual

students from their responses. The survey is

conducted online and will typically take less than 30

minutes to complete. It will be administered during

school hours between 14th March and 8th April.

Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and a list of frequently asked

questions (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 consent form to school by Friday 26

February. The FAQs and copies of the consent

form, including translated consent forms, are

available from the website above.

Sporting News

Rugby Union 7’s

Next Thursday the 31st of March KSPS will be

participating in a Rugby 7’s competition for seniors,

this will be an exciting opportunity to try out this new

Olympic sport.

Mr Lindsell Assistant Principal

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Opal Card Travel Restrictions

Please be advised of the information below which is

available on the transport.nsw website. This is

particularly relevant to our students who are

travelling to OOSH through the week.

“If provided with a School Opal card or school travel

pass the student must comply with the Student

Codes of Conduct.

The School Opal card or school travel pass can only

be used for approved travel on school days between

the student's home and school or college between

6.30am and 7pm (6.30am and 9.30pm for TAFE

students).

The Scheme does not cover travel to and from:

• before and after school care or child-minding

premises

• before and after school activities

• school excursions

• sports events

• work experience

• Vocational Education and Training (VET) at a

location away from where the student is enrolled

• multi-campus high schools, weekend schools, pre-

schools or mini-schools (except for full-time

geographically isolated distance education

students).”

For more information please access the following

link https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/

ANZAC DAY

We encourage all students to join us in representing

King Street Public School for the Singleton

community ANZAC Day march on Monday 25th April

meeting at Bailey Park at 10am.

King Street Public School ANZAC Day ceremony will

be held on Wednesday 27th of April at 9.30am.

Wellbeing of our Students

Please be aware that we have an immuno-

suppressed student in our school. If your child

develops a contagious disease, please let the school

know ASAP. If you are unsure if the condition is

contagious, please still notify your class teacher or

the office so we can act accordingly.

Option to Receive Newsletter Electronically

Once again we would like to give parents/carers the

option of receiving the school newsletter via email,

replacing the hard copy given to students. This

environmental initiative has helped to significantly

reduce the amount of paper we are using.

If you would like to receive the newsletter via email,

please fill out the form below and return to the office.

KSPS NEWSLETTER

I would like to receive the KSPS Newsletter

by email each Wednesday instead of a paper

copy.

Eldest Student at School:

…………………………………………………………………………………

Students Class:…………………………………………………….

My email address is:

…………………………………………………………………………………

Parent/Carer

Name:……………………………………………………………………..

Signature:……………………………………………………………..

We would like to wish all our King Street Public

School students, families and friends a very safe

and happy Easter long weekend.

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KSPS Hot Dog Day

Please bring along your money with this note to the

office by Friday 1st of April to enjoy our hot dog day

and if you like a small amount of change as there

will also be other treats available in the canteen.

HOT DOG DAY!

$2.50 Each

MONDAY 4TH APRIL 2016

Name.……………………………………………………………

Class…………………

How Many?................Sauce Y/N

Name.……………………………………………………………

Class…………………

How Many?................Sauce Y/N

Name.……………………………………………………………

Class…………………

How Many?................Sauce Y/N

PLEASE HAVE ORDERS AND MONEY TO

THE OFFICE BY FRIDAY 1ST APRIL.

There will also be other treats available

to purchase on the day.

Save the Date!

Black Friday Cracker Night

Friday 13th May

OPAL CARD Grace Period now finished.

We have received an email informing us that the

grace period for the Opal Cards has finished now as

of Monday 21st of March. It is essential that any

students in Year 3 must apply ASAP if they haven’t

as yet.

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International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

Each year King Street Public School offers our students the opportunity to participate in the UNSW

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS).

Students from Year 3-6 have the opportunity to enter Digital Technologies, English, Mathematics,

Science and Spelling.

Regardless of students’ results, they get a wonderful opportunity to experience and master the skills

of external testing. Sometimes students can have the knowledge but not the confidence when they

are put into this sort of environment. As there is more external testing happening right across our

educational system, it makes sense to offer them this opportunity if we can.

All students receive a certificate and an individual report.

Please return the attached form for each child to the school office with payment.

UNIVERSITY OF NSW 2016

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools

The papers we offer are Digital Technologies, Science, Spelling, English and Mathematics.

Students may choose to do any combination of these tests if they wish.

Name ________________________________ Class ____________ Year ____________

(Use a separate form for each child)

My child wishes to do the following tests ( Please circle).

Digital Technologies Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 17th

May Cost $8.00

Science Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 31st May Cost $8.00

Spelling Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 15th

June Cost $11.00

English Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 2nd

August Cost $8.00

Maths Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Test: 16th

August Cost $8.00

Amount Enclosed $______ NB (Spelling test is $11.00 as it is hand marked.)

Please note that entries and payment for all tests are due by Friday 1st April 2016