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Kotara South Public School
Newsletter A Great Place to Be!
6 June 2017 | Week 7 | Term 2
From the Principal Welcome to week 7.
On the following page I have written an article regarding learning and the way in which we teach Mathematics at KSPS. I know that I talk a lot about future proofing our school and the facilities, but we must also future proof our kids learning. I strongly believe that as both parents and educators that we need to work together to offer children variety of experiences, styles and opportunities to learn, transfer and reflect their knowledge across a variety of situations. Please take the time to read the attached article. The upcoming Parent / Teacher interviews for years 1-6 is the perfect opportunity to discuss these concepts with your child’s classroom teacher.
Parent/Teacher Interviews is an online booking system for parents. It is now live and ready for you to book a time with your child’s class teacher. Your child’s report cards will be handed out and discussed at the interview. Those parents who are unable to attend an interview will receive their child’s report home on the last Thursday of term (29 June). Please go to: www.schoolinterviews.com.au and use the code: qpcsj and that will find the Kotara South page. A note was sent home last Friday with this information as well.
Our year 5 and 6 debating teams are at their next rounds of debating in the upcoming fortnight. The teams are training hard with both Miss Martin and Ms Payne. We wish both teams the best of luck in the next rounds.
KSPS will be hosting a Star Struck SHINE ON mufti day this Thursday 8 June. The theme is something sparkly, shiny, glittery and bright- to fit with the SHINE ON theme. A gold coin donation is appreciated. This will assist with the costs associated with Star Struck. Both Ms Gibson and Miss Martin have been regularly practicing with their groups and the big day(s) is next Friday 16 June and Saturday 17 June. It certainly is a #proudprincipal moment for me seeing our children shine in amongst 3500 of their peers. GO KSPS!
Mrs Ward has included information in this week’s newsletter on the Sport Knockouts and PSSA teams. Our children are certainly achieving terrific results on the sporting field. Please see further on in the newsletter for this article. Last week some of our students attended the Regional Cross Country event that was at Cessnock Racecourse. We had 3 students competing: Luke Fuller, Elodie Playdon and Nate Ward. Due to his outstanding result, Nate is now through to State Cross Country. We also have two other State representatives in Kyran Whiteman in year 4 for Touch Football and Joe Dunn year 6 for Rugby Union. WOW! We wish you all every success and congratulations on achieving State Rep level.
If you have been in school this week you will have noticed the construction going on around the library. The work being done is in regards to the gutters, drainage and eves. This is long-overdue maintenance work that hopefully will resolve the flooding and water issues in our library. There will be a new garden bed in place after the excavations and hopefully this will be an opportunity for some outdoor display space. More to come on this.
The Canteen refurbishment is coming along. This week the internal and external sections were painted and the new vinyl floor has gone in. See the photo attached below of the new flooring going in today.
As we are moving closer to the end of term and children are getting tried, it is a timely reminder for parents to be having conversations with their children about making good choices, following rules and having a safe day at school.
P & C meeting next Wednesday night 14 June at 7pm in our Library. Hope to see you there.
Have a great week learning and thanks for making #KSPSagreatplacetobe
Susan Maxworthy – PRINCIPAL
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We are living in the time of great generational change. As many of the parents in our school are either Gen X and Gen Y and some Gen Z parents, we can acknowledge that school looks very different from the days when we attended.
The info graphics included, courtesy of McCrindle Social Research Australia, 2017, clearly show the differences in the generations. The graphic above specifically highlighting the differences between the styles of learning for a Baby Boomer (BB) in comparison to a Gen Z (Z). As educators, we need to prepare children for this world by giving them the best start we can and be 21st century ready. They need to have the skills and strategies that they can take into the workforce for jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
Simple things that parents can do to support our work at school is to:
Make sure that your child attends school every day unless they are medically unwell to do so.
Value learning and look beyond ‘that’s different to what I did at school’
Be part of what happens with your child at school – get involved.
At Kotara South Public School we are focussing our teacher professional learning on Mathematics. As you know, we have been heavily invovled with a state initiaitve called Mathematics Building Blocks for Numeracy (MBB4N). This has ensured our teachers are presenting, engaging and connecting with all children each day with learning maths that students can communicate, problem solve, reason, understand and become fluent mathemeatical thinkers. This is building the skills and knowledge for their futures. I understand that this may sound very ‘pie in the sky’ to some parents, but our children are in the vortex of change for the workforce and we must be preparing them now in primary school. By parents having an understadning and acceptance of this shift, gives children the confidence to grow and learn.
Future Focussed Learning @ KSPS
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School News STAR STRUCK MUFTI DAY This Thursday Kotara South PS will be holding a Mufti Day to help support the Star Struck performers. Students may come dressed in bright, shiny, sparkly clothing, supporting the theme this year “Shine On”. Students are to bring a gold coin donation. Thank you for your support.
STAR STRUCK CHOIR
This Friday 9th June will be Star Struck Choir’s second rehearsal. Below are important details about the day.
Rehearsal Venue: Newcastle Entertainment Centre – Exhibition Centre (Hall of Industry) Parking is very limited.
Rehearsal Time: Students are to meet Miss Martin from 8:30am. Rehearsal will conclude at 2:30pm
Miss Martin and Ms Gibson – STAR STRUCK COORDINATORS
HUNTER PSSA TOUCH REPRESENTATION Congratulations to Kyran who has been selected to represent our school and the Hunter Region in the Hunter Region PSSA Boys Touch Football. Kyran was among 90 boys who trialled for the 12 positions. He will compete at the NSW State Championships in Wagga in August. We wish him all the best!
HUNTER PSSA RUGBY UNION SELECTION Recently Joe attended the Hunter PSSA Trial for Rugby Union. He was successful in gaining selection in the possible and probable teams who will play a game this Thursday. If successful, Joe will participate in the NSW State Championship to be help at Salamander in late August. Good luck Joe!
PSSA BOYS KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL This Wednesday, the PSSA Boys Knockout Football will play their third round match. They take on Edgeworth Public School at Edgeworth Junior Soccer fields at 12:30 pm. If successful the boys may take on last year’s State winners – Hamilton South. Best of luck boys!
PSSA GIRLS KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL Unfortunately our girls’ football team was knocked out of the State Knockout last week. They competed against Stockton Public. In a highly competitive game the girls were eventually beaten 2 -1. Fantastic effort girls on reaching round 3.
Paul John – SPORTS COORDINATOR
STATE KNOCKOUT NETBALL Last Tuesday our school State Knockout Netball Team played their Round 2 game of Netball at school against Newcastle East Public School. It was another excellent game with the girls winning 27-12. The team now progress to the 3rd Round where they will play Edgeworth Public School. Keep up the great work!
Catherine Ward – ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to Luke Fuller, Nate Ward and Elodie Playdon who competed at the Regional Cross Country Championships last Friday at Cessnock. All three students represented KSPS and Newcastle City Zone after qualifying at the Zone Cross Country Carnival last month. They all ran extremely well with Luke finishing 11th in the 10yrs boys’ race, Elodie finishing 21st in the 8/9yrs girls race and Nate finishing 2nd in the 8/9yrs boys race.
Nate’s 2nd place has earned him selection in the Hunter Region team to compete at the State Cross Country Carnival at Eastern Creek in July. Well done team!
Catherine Ward – ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
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KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2018 We are already looking towards our 2018 Kindergarten. We have several people from out of zone looking for a place in our school. Please be aware there are no guarantees of out-of-zone students enrolling at KSPS.
It is important we know about our in zone enrolments so we can plan for next year. If you have neighbours or friends with Kindergarten age children, please let them know that it is now time to enrol
Mrs Violet Cox – ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ES1 & STAGE 1
MATINEE PERFORMANCE EXCURSION Kotara South P.S is holding an excursion to the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Friday 16 June 2017 to watch the matinee Star Struck performance. We have students from our school participating in Star Struck ‘SHINE ON’ in the choir as well as in dance. It is a wonderful opportunity for your child to watch a fantastic show and support our participating students. There are still tickets available to attend the matinee show. The cost of the excursion is $35.00 which covers the admission ticket and bus fare. If your child is interested in attending the excursion they will need to collect a permission note from the office or visit the school website/Skoolbag for further details. All notes to be back to school office by this Friday 9 June.
Please note: Payment is by cash, cheque or card only, at the office. No online payment is available due to limited tickets sought.
Ms Gibson and Miss Martin – ORGANISING TEACHERS
ADMINISTRATION We are accumulating quite abit of clothing in the lost property basket. Please ensure your child/ren have their name on their items of clothing, so they may be returned to your child.
Mrs Annette McMahon – SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MANAGER
ABSENCES
Do you know if you’re A term A year K-10
15 minutes late twice a week 5 hours 20 hours 36 days
1 day per week 10 days 40 days 2 years and 1 term
5 days a term 5 days 20 days 1 year
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Assembly Awards WEEK 6
KC Eloise Postol
Maya O’Brien
Breanne Allado 2M
Lucas Smith
Violet Main
Joel Dagwell 4/5JE
Jayden Hartin
Cameron Oliver
Kia Gordon
KP Hugo Evans
Spencer Toole
Kylara Wech 2J
Bella Turner
Leila Donnelly
Oliver Playdon 5P
Emerson Wilson
Christian Aebi
Oliver Bourke
KG/S Holly Brock
Cooper Hill
Liam Dorsett 3F
Poppy Martyn
Adam Cowie
Oliver Ellis 6W
Thomas Love
Melati Siswoyo
Hannah Melville
1G
Seanna Keats
Daniel West-Sooby
Brayden Van Vugt
3/4W
Angelina Ottery
Jackson Maytom
Bodie Fenwick-Mulcahy
HSUB Kian Thompson
1O’R Max Hodgson
Hugo Blake
Nina Thomson 4G
Cameron McCallum
Liam Fisher
Krisztian Horvath
Important Dates This Week This Month This Term (2)
7 Jun Knockout Soccer – Edgeworth
7 Jun Yr 6 debating - Kahibah
8 June Star Struck Mufti Day
9 Jun Yr 5 debating – New Lambton
9 Jun Star Struck Choir rehearsal
13 Jun ICAS spelling & writing tests
14 Jun P&C Meeting -7pm Library
16 Jun Star Struck Performance
18 Jun Gardens & Grounds Volunteer Day
1-23 Jun P&C Cadbury Chocolate fundraiser
19-30 Jun Yrs1-6 Parent Teacher Interviews
22 June Parliament 2.20pm
26-30 Jun NAIDOC week celebrations
For more details and events visit http://www.kotarasth-
p.schools.nsw.edu.au/calendar.
Canteen
The Canteen will be closed Term 2 for renovations.
MERIT AWARDS Gold Amelia Strickland
Silver No recipients
Bronze Declan Smith
EXECUTIVE AWARDS Jake Forrester
Claire Hall
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P&C Association HAVE YOU SOLD YOUR BOX OF CHOCOLATES? Our Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser runs through Friday, 23rd June.
A box of chocolates was sent home last Thursday with the eldest child in each participating family. Thank you to the families who have opted out but still contributed their donation to support our fundraising efforts.
Additional boxes can be collected in the office.
Once you’ve sold all your chocolates (Each bar is $1 with 50 to a box), please return all of the money in the envelopes provided with the details on the front completed. All money and left-over chocolates need to be returned to the office by Friday, 23rd of June. Thank you for supporting the P&C and our school through this fundraiser.
BOOK CLUB With the continued support of students and parents, the last orders for issue 3 raised another $260 in rewards for our children’s classrooms and the library!
Since starting the book club last year not only has the library ordered loads of new books but each stage has had a turn at using rewards to obtain books and classroom supplies selected from a catalogue.
Don’t forget to get your orders in for the current issue 4, which are due Friday!
KINDER READINESS SESSION The P&C were proud to be part of the Kinder Readiness Session held on Monday evening. We provided light refreshments and P&C members were there to answer questions and queries all new parents have about their child starting kinder next year.
The P&C used some of the money raised from the Bunnings BBQ to purchase a new urn for the tea/coffee we provide at various events during the year, like the Kinder Readiness Session. This purchase would not have been possible if it weren’t for the great support we receive from KSPS families. Thank you.
Next Meeting: DD MMM
7pm in the Library
Kotara South Public School P&C
Next Meeting: 14 Jun
7pm in the Library
Kotara South Public School P&C
Friday, 9 Jun
