Newsletter to Parents

Kooringal Public School PRUDENS FUTURI – Thoughtful of the Future

Phone (02) 6922 6443 Fax (02) 6926 2034 Website www.kooringal-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Week 7 Term 4 Tuesday 18th November 2014

Calendar of Events Term 4

November

Tuesday 18th November

P&C Meeting 7.30pm in Staff Room

Tuesday 18th Nov Cybersafety Presentation 5.30pm

Friday 21st November RCM Band Workshop and Concert

Friday 21st November Backyard League Yr 3 & 4

Friday 21st November Operation Art Workshop

Wednesday 26th Nov Year 2 Excursion

Wednesday 26th Nov Year 1 Excursion

December

Wednesday 3rd Dec KHS Orientation

Thursday 4th December

Year 6 Kooringal High School Parent Information Night

Friday 5th December Infants Christmas Concert

Wednesday 10th Dec Presentation Night

Friday 12th December Sports Assembly

Monday 15th Dec Year 6 Graduation Assembly

Monday 15th Dec K-6 Hay Stewart House Excursion Departs

Tuesday 16th Dec Year 6 party Day

Wednesday 17th Dec Last day of year for students

Another very busy week has passed. The School Band had a fantastic time with Gary Clarrk from Sydney last Friday and then enjoyed listening to the 70 piece Girls Band from Sydney. Thank you to the parents from the band who supplied a lovely spread of food for our visitors. Special thanks to Mr Craig Walton, Mrs Henman and Mr Harris for coordinating this wonderful experience for our students.

The intensive swimming concludes this Thursday. The students are making great progress in the water and it leads nicely into the school holidays. Learning to swim and being water safe is very crucial to all children. Follow up lessons over the break would see these children advance even further. Thank you to Miss Julie Masters for organising the swim school for the students and to all the teachers who have assisted in the pool with the lessons.

At the end of each year the school carries out a parent survey that forms part of our mandatory reporting to parents and the wider community through the Annual School Report. This survey assists us with future planning in a variety of areas. It would be GREATLY appreciated if you could take five minutes out of your day to complete the survey attached and return by Friday 28th November.

Bev Jenkyn, Relieving Principal

Next Tuesday 18th November in KPS library from 5.30pm Cost: Free

Guest presenter from the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Learn about what kids do on line and some strategies on how to help them. Keep your kids safe!

5.30pm TODAY 5.30pm TODAY 5.30pm TODAY 5.30pm TODAY

Band Recruitment

It was wonderful to see so many students interested in joining our Band Program. We request that any students who have decided to join the band, return their blue Recruitment Form detailing their 3 instrument preferences by Friday 21st November. Any students who wish to join band, but were unable to attend Band Recruitment Night can still pick up information packages from the school office.

Band Development Workshop with Garry Clarrk

On Friday 14th of November, all current band students participated in a special workshop run by Gary Clarrk, a conductor from Sydney. Our students were able to have this wonderful opportunity because our Concert Band students won a Band Development Grant when they performed at the NSW Music Festival in Sydney in Term 3. The workshop was a great success with students quickly learning some new tips to become better musicians.

A big thank you to Garry for coming all the way from Sydney to run this workshop and to the NSW Music Festival for recognising the talent of our students and sending a conductor to work with us.

Thank you also to all of the parents that sent items for morning tea. The students really appreciated the break from the heat and a chance to eat.

Band Performance from North Sydney Girls High School KPS had a very musical morning last Friday, 21st November. After the Band Development Workshop, all

students in Years 2-6 were lucky enough to watch a Concert Band performance by the North Sydney Girls High School Band. The band is composed

of 71 talented musicians. Our students enjoyed singing along to Fireflies by Owl City, songs from the Frozen movie and

songs from ABBA. The performance was very entertaining and inspired many of our

students to want to learn to play an instrument.

KPS Presentation Night 2014

Kooringal Public School is calling upon local businesses or families who would like to sponsor Award Prizes at our Presentation Night in December this year. In recognition of their achievements, award recipients will receive a book voucher with their certificate. It is not possible to recognise such achievements without the support of local businesses and families. In recognition of your support your business or family name will be acknowledged both on the Presentation Night Program as well as in our school newsletter. We truly appreciate your support. Please complete the following

AWARDS Sponsorship Opportunity

We _______________________________________ would like to sponsor the awards for the KPS Presentation Night 2014. Enclosed is $ ________. Regards, _______________________________.

(Cheques payable to Kooringal Public School) Please return to KPS before 21st November - Week 7, Term 4

   

  

 

Music to our ears and Lest We Forget! Wow, Wow, Wow. It is always a pleasure to hear our fabulous band students practising their tunes, especially more so over the past few weeks. The bands are sounding absolutely brilliant with all the extra practices, recent workshops and other fabulous experiences they have shared. All this effort has resulted in increasing their musical talents and providing the rest of the school with happy musical vibes as well. Various band photos are currently on display on our Clever Kooringal Kids board in the foyer, showcasing a very polished group of students. Band recruitment packages are still available in the front office for students in Years 2-5. With special focus on Remembrance Day last week, it is very timely that Mrs Tarryn Lean, Defence School Transition Aide, together with the students of our Defence families, created fabulous red, white and purple poppy artworks. Do YOU know the significance of the different coloured poppies and what they represent? Come and check the display to find out! These students also visited the elderly residents of the Forest Centre and entertained them with games and craft activities.

Come and see our latest Band and Defence family students display in the front office

Intensive Swimming Program It has been wonderful to watch the progress of students attending the intensive swimming program. Students are keen to attend and are all having a wonderful time. Swimming lessons will help keep students safe near water over the summer and prepare them for the swimming carnival in Term 1 Week 3 2015

Intensive Swimming Program

Merit Awards Week 6 Kinder Barham Chloe Lotz Aluel Gak Kieran Gumbleton

Kinder Walgett Maddison Dunstall Jessica Wheeler Cody Smith

1 Tingha Luke Banger Noah King Daemon McDonnel-Steiner

1 Urana Casey Walsh Riley Hansen Mitchell Wordsworth

2 Clare Amy Casnave Lucas Martin Chloe Konnecke Donohoe

2 Jindabyne Madaide Gale Olivia Gardiner Grace Godden Ivy Liu

2/3 Nyngan Andrew Oxley Kate Thompson Ben Mitchell Madison Alcorn

3 Nangus Zach Rodham Fletcher Holmes Zara McLaren Charlotte Jerreris

3/4 Jeparit Gak Gak Thomas Casnave Simon Dughetti Brayden Prewett Melaria Tregea

4 Barraba Lily Bielefeld Olivia Casey Maiah Darcy-Watkins Paige George Chloe Paton

4/5 Hyden Harriet Priest Ruby Reilly Angel Fuller Morgan Twaddell

5/6 Cootamundra Oliver Ferris Amelia Caller Kyle Hockley Althea Fabian Maddison Manning

5/6 Kununurra Lily Stein Nathan Clarke

Robert Grantham Jesse Melbourne Rhys Jerrick

Our movie, ‘Kobe’s Crisis’ not only won the Best Original Score but was also selected as a finalist in the Best Young Filmmaker Award for Under 18’s in the Wagga Waggafest Short Film Competition. We won $500 dollars. All finalists are now eligible for the People’s Choice Award -($500). You can vote for us by either scanning the QR code below and selecting Kobe’s Crisis then following the prompts. If you cannot access QR codes then use this URL http://tiny.cc/kobescrisis/ If you would like to watch Kobe’s Crisis go here http://www.vimeo.com/106144676 Thanks from the Year5/6 Tech team

VOTEFORKPS

New Glee Choir starting at RCM with Heather Wall and Meredith Adams Performing at ‘Something to Sing About’ in the Civic Theatre in September 2015

Singers must be 12 years old by February 2015

Auditions are on Friday 28 November and Friday 5 December from 4.00 - 6.00 pm.

Please call the RCM office on 69253522 to book a time.

K-2 Christmas Concert.... is just around the corner! WHEN: Friday 5th December WHERE: School hall TIME: 12:00pm Ho! Ho! Ho!

KPS P&C Run Run On Wednesday 5th November KPS students participated in the P&C School Fun Run. The day was full of fun and laughter as the students ran around the school, through various water sprays and to the beat of many catchy songs. The Fun Run was a highly successful day which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. KPS and the P&C would like the thank all the students, parents, carers and teachers for their support and a special mention to the Cancer Council and also the Rural Fire brigade for coming to help cool off the students with their fire truck. Big congratulations to all students for getting behind the fun run and making it an amazing day. The P&C were thrilled with the amount of fundraising you all did with an estimation of $7000 being raised for school resources. Student fundraising prizes should arrive in the next few weeks and as will the announcement of the class who raised the most money. If students still have any fundraising forms and money at home please bring them back to the school as soon as possible. Well Done KPS Morgan Davy –Fun Run Coordinator

NOTES WITH THIS NEWSLETTER Parent Survey Form

CANTEEN ROSTER Week 8 Term 4

Please call Colleen on 6922 6443 if you can help one day per fortnight, month or term.

Monday 24th November Closed

Tuesday 25th November Janelle Moorby

Wednesday 26th November

Jo Moorby

Thursday 27th November Bernadette Priest

Lisa Griffiths

Friday 21st November Barb Cole

Trudi Lewis

Please make sure you are using the

Bright Orange coloured price list. If you do not have one, please

pick one up at the Canteen or Office.

CANTEEN CHRISTMAS PARTY

Friday 5th December 2014 For more information or to RSVP by Wednesday 3rd

December please contact Colleen 6922 6443

REMINDERS / SPECIAL NOTES MONEY DUE

Yearbook Sponsorship due Wed 19th Nov

Year 2 Excursion money due by Wed 19th Nov

P&C NEWS NEXT P&C MEETING TONIGHT !! Come along tonight to this months P&C meeting. It starts at 7.30pm in the Staff room. ONGOING FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES KPS P&C is an active committee within the school community who raise funds for resources for stu-dents & staff of KPS. We would encourage par-ents/carers to become involved as without your generous support many fundraising events will not be possible. Other ways of supporting the P & C on an ongoing basis include:

· Canteen · Uniform Shop · Bakers Delight “Dough Raiser Program”

· Hume Bank - school banking facilities.  

SCHOOL HATS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FRONT OFFICE

Uniform Shop Roster Wednesday 19th November (2.45p—3.45pm)

Michele Hemmings

Thursday 20th November (2.45p- 3.45pm) Michelle Burton

Friday 21st November (9.00am—10.00am) Rachel Lidden

Tiqbiz Kooingal Public School App It is a great App for keeping in touch with what your child is doing at school…. and it is free to download!

NO MAROON HAT PLAY IN THE SHADE

Now that the weather is warming

up we will be applying the ‘NO MAROON HAT PLAY IN THE SHADE’ rule. All students are required to wear a maroon hat if they want to play in the sun. New hats are available from the Uniform shop or front office for $12, second hand hats $2 from the uniform shop.