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WEEK 6, TERM 3
Kooee
Principal’s Message
Zone Athletics Carnival
I had the privilege of witnessing our students participate in the Zone Athletics carnival. Whilst we were all trying to keep warm, Kirrawee students excelled beyond expectations.
A special congratulations to ABBEY STEWART, who has qualified to participate in the Regional Athletics event. Abbey will run in the 100m and 200m events.
Public Speaking Wow! The standard of public speaking skills of the students at Kirrawee Public School is outstanding. Our students demonstrated serious interest in world agenda and displayed emotion and realistic passion. I was very impressed with the detail and preparation. In this newsletter all the award winners have been listed. A huge thanks to Mrs Beckman and all teachers for supporting and developing the skills of our students in public speaking.
Canteen Strategy On Thursday 31 August 2017 an awareness program will be delivered by the Health Department at Kirrawee Public School. The strategy is an update of the department of education canteen policy. The focus will be on future food items/menus , encouraging schools to reflect on Healthy options.
On-line Naplan Week beginning 11 September 2017 the Yr3 and Yr 5 students will be engaged in the NAPLAN, on-line test. The focus will be on the capacity of the system to cope with this innovative technology change and not student learning. Student results will not be published.
Thank You (Selwyn William
Term Planner
Week
1 July
17
18
* Students Return
19
20
21
2 July
24
25
26
* Opportunity Class Placement Test
27
*Commonwealth Bank Start Smart
28
*School Tree Day
3 July/August
31
Education Week
*Dances at Miranda Fair 12 noon
1
* ICAS English
2
*Education Day-
“OPEN DAY at KPS”
3
*School carpet cleaning
4
* SSSMF Jnr choir/ dance rehearsal
* Matinee Performance
4 August
7
* SSSMF Jnr Dance Evening Performance
8
9
10
Public Speaking
*Start Smart
11
5 August
14
15
* ICAS Maths
16
* SSMF Snr Choir /Dance Rehearsal
17
* SSMF Snr Choir Evening performance
*Science Investigation Day
18
* Zone Athletics Carnival
6 August
21
Band camp
BOOK WEEK
22
*Band Camp
* Book Week Celebrations dress up BOOK WEEK
23 BOOK WEEK
24 BOOK WEEK
25
BOOK WEEK
7 August/Sept
28
*P & C Meeting
29
* Sutherland Library Booktalk K-2
30
* School Banking Reward Redemption morning
31 *Canteen TPL (Lib) * Father’s Day Stall
1
*Support Unit disability trust
8 September
4
* Kindergarten 2018 Transition Day
*SU-DISCO
5
Public Speaking at Bangor PS
6 7
* Spring Chicken Meal Deal Day
8
9 September
11
*SU Swimming OnLine NAPLAN TRIAL
12 *SU Swimming Online NAPLAN TRIAL
13
*SU Swimming
Online NAPLAN TRIAL
14 *SU Swimming Online NAPLAN TRIAL
15 *SU Swimming Online NAPLAN TRIAL
10 September
18
*SU Swimming
19 *SU Swimming
20
21
* Year 6 Gala Day
22
*Jump Rope for heart
* Last Day Term 3
*Students return 9th October
Congratulations to:
Mila Boyce KH
Chloe Beattie KH
Lily Owen KH
Ryan Stewart KH
Emily Webb KH
Natasha Pycke KP
Lawson Lawes 1/2K
Amelia Rule 1/2K
Lucas Neilsen 1/2K
Stella Nichols 1/2M
Chloe Palasthy-Vitelli 1/2M
Asher Grant 1/2M
Lada Pavlenko 1/2M
Alexis Synold 1/2M
Aston Tompsett 1/2M
Nash Weston 1/2K
Anna McAfee 1/2K
Lucy Byrnes 1/2S
James Cushway 1/2S
Elisa Dega 1/2K
Pearl Scott 1/2M
Jessica Webb 1/2M
Russell Wyllie 2/3B
Bintang Hamilton-Foster 4/5M
Kanak Sharma 4/5M
Abbey Stewart 4/5M
Daniel Katlynski 5/6M
Phillip Hester 5/6M
These students have completed the 2017 PRC.
I would like to remind you that the PRC deadline (25th August) is fast approaching. So it’s now time
to get busy and complete the required number of books that is:
K-2 = 30 books
3- 4 = 20 books
Stage Reports
Early Stage 1 Report Curiosity is a wonderful attribute to encourage and we have noticed our Kindergarten students are asking so many interesting and thoughtful questions so we have decided to set up a ‘Wonder Wall’ outside the Kindy classrooms. We will put up the questions that our students ask on the wall and endeavour to investigate the answers together. If your child has a question about our weather topic (eg why is the sky blue? Or ‘How are rainbows made?’) or anything at all (scientific or not!) please jot their wonderings down and give them to us/send an email to the school so we can add them to our wall and we will endeavour to investigate.
If you or another family member have a spare 20 minutes to an hour a week/fortnight to listen to children read, please come and talk to us if you are interested. It is time well spent to help these budding readers improve their decoding skills. You just need to submit your Working With Children Check number to the office prior to volunteering. Thank you for your support. Mrs Sarah Parker and Mrs Catherine Harris - Kindergarten Teachers
Stage 2 Report Stage 2 enjoyed a wonderful day on Thursday along with the rest of the school with some amazing activities and learning opportunities on Science Day. Everyone had an opportunity to make a soaring paper plane, a long-floating parachute, a skyscraping tower and learn about the Solar System from Mr Hester and then place their planet in a spot closest to the correct spot on the model on the oval. Fantastic hands-on activities. We also visited the Science Fair and saw some incredible displays of work made by students of KPS. In Geography we have been learning more about the features of our wonderful country and our location in terms of the rest of the world. We are researching facts about other countries in Computer lessons and will be putting these together to present at the end of the term. Mrs Beckman, Mr Morgan and Mr Mahoney Stage 2 teachers
Stage 3 Report What a super busy week it was. KPS had to juggle Science day, Sutherland Shire School Music Festival and the Zone Athletics Carnival all into one week. We all had a fantastic time experimenting and creating on Thursday during the Science Fair. The tower competition has us planning, creating, testing and re-planning again. Although it seemed easy, trying to make the tallest tower with weak materials proved challenging but surprisingly, tall towers prevailed! Selected stage 3 students were busy practicing their impromptu speeches for the KPS Public Speaking competition to be held in Week 6. Be sure to come along and hear our talented speakers present their opinions on a variety of topics. Looking forward to more events and learning as the term progresses. Mr Mahoney and Mr Macfadden Stage 3 Teachers
Sports Report PSSA Netball Superstars Our Junior and Senior girls’ netball teams did Kirrawee Public School proud at the PSSA Semi-Finals and Finals on Friday 11th August. The Seniors won their Semi-Final comfortably over Lilli-Pilli and played Gymea Bay in the Finals, narrowly losing to them by just 3 points: the final score was 8-11. The Junior team also played very well, they tried so hard against the Gymea Bay Junior team. They were disappointed not to make the Finals but must remember how much they have improved over the season to come this far. I also reminded them that Gymea Bay PS is a huge school with four times as many netballers than KPS so we should be even more proud of our achievements. We have many girls for whom this was their first season and they have learnt the rules and skills of the game very well. Players should be congratulated for their efforts, enthusiasm and wonderful team spirit which made it difficult to pick the women of the matches. Those who really stood out were: Senior Semi-Final: Sophie Keers (GA) for her consistent and accurate shooting, calm demeanour, knowledge of the game and superb teamwork with Josephine Webber. Senior Final: Abbey Stewart (GD) for her fabulous interceptions, being all over the court and a dangerous defence player along with Kanak Sharma. Junior Semi-Final: Tyler Thorn (GD) for her consistent effort, energy and resilience even when the game wasn’t going the way she wanted. Well done girls! Mrs Catherine Harris
WRITE FOR FUN NEW WRITING COMPETITION The School Writing Competition for 2017 is NOW OPEN! Calling all Australian school students...
Write a poem or short story for your chance to win $1,000 cash ($500 for you & $500 for your school)! As well as one of the AWESOME prizes below.
All it takes is a burst of inspiration, a dash of creativity and a little bit of effort for great poems and stories to appear! We can't wait to read yours!
Entry is FREE! Entries close Thursday 31st August, 2017.Go to Schools Writing Competition to enter.
Band News On Monday 28th August, 2017 the Training Band will give a concert in the old Library for children who are interested in joining the Training Band in 2018. Recruitment is open to students who are in Years 3, 4 and 5 this year (2017). Parents are welcome to attend. Hope to see many new potential band members. Debbie Christie Band Co-ordinator
Public Speaking
Congratulations to the following students who represented their stages at the School Finals held on Thursday 24th August The Public Speaking Finalists were:
Stage Student Topic
ES1
Beau Lalor Dinosaurs
Miles Darling-Olah Planes
Dominic Fuller My cat
Lily Owen My Trip to Brisbane
Isabella Parker Lego
Tahlia Mazurek Family
S1
Bentley Maclean Chess is the best game in the world
Matthew Davey Ipads are amazing
Charlotte Melbourne Rainbows are the prettiest thing in the sky
Kaylee Elliott Netball is the best sport
Joel Murphy Spiders are the best arachnids
Erika Beaupark Horses
Madison Jones Cheerleading
Cailin Tatsula Ladybugs
S2
Nathan Tang Youtube
Will Riashi Video Games
Benjamin Fuller The good side of zoos
Cody Pepper-Lane Sport is good exercise
Harrison Melbourne Lying
Mya Mazurek Imagination
Mia Edwards Dancing
Jensen Jance Turtles
Nicholas Fuller Water
S3
Thomas McAffee Recycling
Bintang Hamilton-Foster Social Media
Jayden Krogh Are Free Range Eggs all they’re cracked up to be?
Sophie Keers Photo shopping
Joshua Cawsey-Smith We Need to Stop Pollution
Monique Westwood Rubbish Island
Luke Davey Manufacturing of Cigarettes Must be Stopped
The standard was very high. Here are the Winners, Runners-up and Highly Commended speakers for each stage.
Stage Winner Runner-Up Highly Commended
ES1 Isabella Parker Tahlia Mazurek Dominic Fuller
S1 Madison Jones Charlotte Melbourne Kaylee Elliott
S2 Nicholas Fuller Harrison Melbourne Will Riashi
S3 Luke Davey Bintang-Hamilton-Foster
Sophie Keers
The winners will go on to the Group Final to be held at Bangor Public School on Tuesday 5th September. Thanks so much to the following 2/3B students who assisted on the day: Bella Aitken Antonio Beaupark Ethan Blackwell Ranui Henry Szymon Lis Arjun Pashine Alex Ranken Isabella Shalyapina
Major School FUNdraiser Success $4258 raised on Science Investigation day
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Well, what a day and what a phenomenal success! Kirrawee PS celebrated National Science Week last week and by all accounts it was one of the most enjoyable and memorable school days of the year! There was much excitement and activity surrounding the planned activities and the students enthusiastically embraced the learning challenges on the day. The Science Fair was a huge success and there were more than 30 entries/ exhibits/ displays/ experiments etc. It was wonderful to see the level of effort that was applied to preparing an exhibit. It is also heart-warming to see science being embraced by the students especially when it involves the students preparing an item as an additional home learning piece. We should congratulate the student/s who made the most successful design challenges on the day;
Paper Plane Josephine W – 5/6M 15.3m Tallest Tower Jordan T – 3/6S 146cm (30 straws & 30cm tape used)
Jayden L – 3/4M Kobe S – 1/2M
JJ
Parachute Tamika T & Anna M – 1/2K 2.5 seconds Science Fair Polly J – 1/2M & Will R – 4/5M
A huge thank you needs to be extended to Dr James Hester, an ANSTO Scientist, for his time and expertise given on the day. Dr Hester led a Solar System explanation which culminated with the students placing a designated planet on a 120m scale model of the Solar System. This was a phenomenal sight to see 225 scale planets all placed in relation to the sun along the full length of the oval. The day was not only a success in terms of the learning goals achieved but we would like to personally thank all of the families who raised sponsorship for the school for this day also. As a result of your hard
work the school was able to raise $4,258; a huge amount for which we are most grateful. These funds
have been targeted for specific school resources and will be a much valued asset to the students and school. There were some students who deserve special recognition for their efforts; RAISED $50-$99; Tyrus B - KH Dominic F – KP Jade L – KH Lily O – KH Keiley R – KH Emily S – KP Robert C – 5/6M
Mathison R – 5/6M Christian V – 3/6S Ben F – 3/4M Will R – 4/5M Jamie S – K/6W Nicholas F – 2/3B Jensen J – 2/3B Alex R – 2/3B
Bella A – 2/3B Alex E – 2/3B Russell W – 2/3B Alexander H – K/6R Juliet I – 1/2S Xavier M – 1/2S Jordan S – 1/2K Cailin T – 1/2K
RAISED $100-$149; Tanikah W – KH Danny L – K/6W Polly J – 1/2M RAISED $150-$199 Jayden L – 3/4M Kobe S – 1/2M HIGHEST MONEY RAISER Asher G – 1/2M - $320
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
We would like to thank all of the families who supported the day, Warm regards, Mrs Melissa Oostdam
Photos from Science Day
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
Snr Choir and Dance Report Last week was another big week for Kirrawee Performing Arts members. On Wednesday, the senior choir and dance teams rehearsed at Sutherland Entertainment centre to iron out all the bugs and prepare ourselves for the following night’s main event. Thursday night came and once again a wonderful night was had by all. All dance and choir member performed superbly. Thank you to all parents and carers involved in the hard task of ‘support crew’ and these nights can be especially difficult to manage. Finally, a big well done to all students involved. We hope you cherish these creative memories forever and perhaps look back at these events when you’re big and famous! Mrs Whicker and Mr Mahoney Dance and Senior Choir Coordinator
Our winners from the Science Day
and our highest money raiser Asher
G with her mother.
Asher raised $320.
$4258 was raised on the day.
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
KPS Munch and Crunch It has been fabulous to see so many children choosing fresh fruit and vegetables and collecting key rings. Keep up the good choices and try to collect all 7! The Sydney Markets Fresh Food for Kids promotion ends at the end of this term. Our next Meal Deal Day will be to celebrate the start of Spring on Thursday 7th September. The lovely Bonnie Wong will be in to create some beautiful chicken noodles and honey soy chicken skewers, I will be making some Teriyaki Chicken Sushi and we will also have our ever popular Chicken Burgers on the menu. Orders will be $6.00 and need to be returned to school or lodged online by Monday 4th September. If any parents have any time to spare on the day to help out that would be marvellous! A note will be on its way home shortly! Volunteer Roster: 25/8- Cassie Browne 30/8- Loren Blouin 31/8- Megan Allsopp and Bonnie Wong 1/9- Jill Nolan 6/9- Danielle Voltz 7/9- Spring Chicken Meal Deal Day- Bonnie Wong, Orini Webber and more help is needed please. 8/9- Linda Elliott Thank you to the fabulous volunteers over the past 2 weeks Lorna Morrison, Leanna Dega, Danielle Voltz, Orini Webber and Ksenya Rule. Skye Keers Canteen Supervisor 041311548.
Spring Chicken Meal Deal Day! Thursday 7th September!
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
The canteen will be celebrating Spring with a Meal Deal day! We are so lucky to have Bonnie Wong one of our lovely parents who will be coming in to make some homemade dishes, Chicken Noodles and Honey Soy Chicken skewers for the children. We will also have homemade sushi and our ever popular chicken burgers! Meal Deals will be $6.00 and will include one item of lunch food, one drink and one ice-block. Orders will need to be returned to school or lodged online at flexischools.com.au by Monday 4th September. Jellies and cupcakes will also be on sale at recess on the day for 50c and $1.00. ............................................................................................................................. ..................................... Name..........................................................................................Class....................................................
Please circle one of the following chicken items: Bonnie's Chicken Noodles
OR Honey Soy chicken Skewers (3)
OR Teriyaki Chicken and Cucumber sushi (2 rolls)
OR Chicken Burger
please circle if you want lettuce and mayo ............................................................................................................................. .......................
Please circle one drink Apple Popper Orange Popper Paradise Punch Popper
Water Apple Blackcurrant Popper ............................................................................................................................. ...................................
Please circle oneice-cream/ ice-block Chocolate Moosie Bubblegum Moosie Banana Moosie Lemonade Icy pole
............................................................................................................................. .................................. Parent help would be greatly appreciated on the day, especially from 1pm until 2pm, please fill out below if you have any time to spare on the day. Help is especially needed to hand out ice-blocks at 1:40pm. Name..................................................................................Phone........................ Time Available.....................................................................................................
We sincerely thank our advertisers for their support of our school. The NSW Department of Education and Training and Kirrawee Public School do not endorse these companies, their services or products
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
Kirrawee Kooee
Term 3, Week 6
Kirrawee Public Shool, Bath Rd, Kirrawee
NSW, 2232
Ph (02) 95214514
We sincerely thank our advertisers for their support of our school. The NSW Department of Education and Training and Kirrawee Public School do not endorse these companies, their services or products.
