Term 4

Weds 17th October Science Open Night 5.30- 7.00pm Weds 24th October Parent Cyber Safety Night & BYO iPad program Information Night Friday 26th October - Day for Daniel Whole School Safety Walk Friday 26th October Excursions notices and payments due back Monday 29th October Junior School excursion - Eco Living Tuesday 6th November Melbourne Cup Holiday Weds 7th November Prep Wildlife Exposure incursion Friday 9th November Remembrance Day Service Fri 16th November Colour Explosion Fun Run 22nd - 24th November RACV Challenge Sun 25th November Bunnings BBQ Weds 28th November School Council Open Water Beach Program Monday 26th November Year 3 Tuesday 27th November Year 4 Weds 28th November Year 5 Thursday 29th November Year 6 Friday 30th November Senior School Carnival Day Monday 4th December Prep Zoo excursion Weds 5th December School Council Weds 12th December Christmas Concert Tuesday 18th December Year 6 Graduation Evening Thursday 20th December Year 6 Activity Day Friday 21st December Last day of school!

Email address: kingsley.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

11th October 2018

Science Open Night - a night not

to be missed!

Wednesday 17th October, 5:30pm-7.00pm Delve into the world of science with hands on activities suitable for all ages. Take a journey through each module and the Science room and experience activities that you can share with your child. See the spark in your children’s eyes light up as they work with you to complete each activity. Upon completion of each module’s activities you will receive a series of letters which at the end of your experience will reveal a hidden phrase. Go into the running to win a robot - generously donated by ‘ASI Solutions’ a proud supporter of education, by correctly completing a little quiz at the end of each module activity. Entry box for the competition will be in the Science room. Winner to be announced at the following whole school assembly. We look forward to seeing you and your family on the night.

2019 Prep enrolments If you have a Prep child starting school next year, please enrol

them as soon as possible transition sessions have begun.

Letters regarding our Transition Programs have already been

sent out to families who have children enrolled for 2019.

For more information on how to enrol your child into these

sessions or how to enrol your child for school next year please

contact the office on 9789 0077.

Year 2 iPad Program (6:30pm - 7pm) &

Cyber Safety (7pm - 8pm) Information Evening

Wednesday 24th October

On Wednesday evening, 24th October Kingsley Park will be holding a cyber safety information night, for all interested parents. The night will include a presentation about the iPad program, perfect for our current grade 2 parents to attend, detailing the iPad program and a deal for under $500 with apps that the students will require for under $30. The night will also include a safety focus including cyber safety and our safety program at school.

FlexiBuzz If you have not done so already, please ensure you update your FlexiBuzz selections for 2018 to include the Whole School. Make sure you include your child ’s current Year Level and Home Group so that you do not miss out on important updates that are relevant to your child.

Sentral Parent Portal App Flexibuzz will be phased out by the end of this year and

all communications will be sent out primarily through the

Sentral Parent Portal App. Using the Sentral App gives

the school the ability to communicate information to each

year level, small groups or individual families, at the school's discretion. It allows

for private messaging between parents, students and teachers. Parents will

have the ability to report future absences and notify the school of absences and

further down the track, even book parent/teacher meeting times. Please ensure

you have the Sentral App on your phone, device or computer and have created

login details.

Your Bag Design Could Win Your School $5,000! Coles are giving all primary and secondary school students across Australia the opportunity to

design the next range of Coles reusable shopping bags and win fantastic prizes. Each selected

bag design will be rewarded with $5000 for the students school to spend on an environmental or

sustainability project, plus a $500 Coles Gift Card will be awarded to the student who created the winning

design ! A minimum of seven amazing bags will be selected ! We encourage our talented Kingsley Park

students to submit a design by midnight on Monday 22nd October 2018 when the competition closes. Full

details and terms and conditions can be found on the Coles website at : coles.com.au/bag design

Remember the competition closes at midnight on Monday 22nd October 2018

Students can enter the competition as many times as they like ! Good Luck !!

Drum lessons each Monday

We welcome Patrick Beckham to the program as our new drum tutor. There are still a few spots left in Drum lessons each Monday afternoon. If you are interested in learning Drums, please collect an enrolment form from the school office.

Lunchtime Activities - Term 4

Day Activity Teacher(s) Where

Tues/Weds/Thurs/Friday Year Book Miss Westhead Library

Tuesday Choir Mrs Emery &

Mr Galante Music Room

Wednesday Science Club Mrs Stodden &

Mrs Vella Science Room

Wednesday Chess Club Ms Reed BER Building

Thursday Walking / Running Club Ms Gray &

Mr Brand

Thursday Animation Club Mr Bloomfield Room 3

Thursday RACV / HBV Mrs Kenway &

Mr Bressan Hall

Friday Art Club Mr Quick Art Room

Announcements for lunchtime activities are made daily

so please listen out when you are eating your lunch.

Interschool chess competition term 3

On Thursday 6th September Kingsley Park Primary School were proud to host another Interschool Chess Competition. Six schools were involved with a total of 104 students competing. The schools were; Wooranna Park, Silverton Primary, Toorak College, Moorooduc Primary, Woodleigh Primary and Kingsley Park. The players ranged from juniors to seniors. Our top players were Jett and Cooper who both received medals for their individual outstanding performance. Two schools had enough students to enter two teams so there were eight teams competing for a 1st, 2nd or 3rd placing. Kingsley Park came 7th as the competition was very tough with our team playing against teams that had already qualified for the state finals. Wooranna Park Primary came first, Silverton Primary came second and Toorak College came third. The photo below is of our team who competed. All these students need to feel very proud of themselves for their great skills in resilience, getting along and confidence .

The photo directly above is of Ashby, Alex and Liam who were kept busy entering the scores players earned when completing their chess games. The other photos are of our KPPS students busy working hard to try and win their games. Ms Reed would like to thank all the teachers and students who helped set up the hall with tables and chairs for the competition. Chess Club is held on Wednesdays with Ms Reed at lunchtime in the BER.

When is the event and where?

The official start of event is Thursday 22nd November and finishes on Saturday 24th November. RACV Energy

Breakthrough is held in Maryborough, which is located approximately 3 hours from Frankston in Northern

Victoria.

Sponsorship

Throughout the year students are asked to approach businesses to gain sponsorship. It is important that

parents assist students with gaining sponsorship as it helps to purchase parts and make modifications to the

vehicles built. Sponsorship in the past has also allowed us to provide meat for a BBQ on one night of the

Breakthrough. Sponsorship can also be cash or items which can be used for our raffle.

Sponsors

We would like to thank the following sponsors for supporting our 2018 Energy Breakthrough.

RACV Energy Breakthrough Challenge is

a program designed to provide

students, teachers, parents and local

community the opportunity to work

together to design and construct a

vehicle to represent Kingsley Park

during the challenge.

Kingsley Park Primary School is entering a

team of 8 Year 6 students into the Human

Powered Vehicle (HPV) Try-athlon

category and 1 team of 8 students into

the Pushcart category.

Frankston Electrical Services

Visit our website at

www.kingsleypark.vic.edu.au

Read the class updates in the curriculum section to be more informed of what your child is learning in their area. More blogs are underway but ensure you have a look at the Preps — Its fantastic.

Remember: Once a week, take a peek!

A reminder to please check your child/ren's hair regularly for head lice, we have had a few more cases reported. We don't have many as our parents are so good at tying hair back. Each morning on duty I am impressed with the many varieties of braids and 'up-dos' that I see, keep up the great work. Please ensure long hair is tied back (both girls and boys) to help reduce the chances of getting head lice.

School Uniforms are compulsory

A number of students this term have been coming to school regularly

wearing the wrong jumpers. It is an expectation that all students

wear their school uniforms daily. Students will not be allowed out of

the school on excursions whilst not wearing their uniforms.

A reminder to drivers in the school

vicinity during drop-off and pick-up

times - please remember our children’s

safety comes first and road rules together

with signage should be observed. The

council have been made aware of

recent concerning issues and will be

patrolling the area.

Thank you

Term 4 Canteen

The canteen will NOT be open tomorrow, Friday

12th October.

My apologies to everyone for the inconvenience

but I will be on holiday.

In Week 2 there will be a Special Lunch Meal

Deal

Hot Dogs or Pizza $4.00

Choc Chip Cookies $1.00

Drinks :

Chocolate/Strawberry Big M ….$2.00

Prima Juice…. $1.50

Icy pole/frozen yoghurt $1.00 (Available to order on bag or for children to purchase at

lunchtime)

NO other items will be available on this day.

Full Canteen will resume on Friday 26th October.

The Term 4 menu can be found on the last page

of this newsletter together with a hard copy

being sent home.

Canteen helpers are required for Term 4. If you

can help please contact Leigh Simpson on 0407

823 799 after 20th October.

Thank you.

Leigh Simpson

During the recent school holidays, Jett ftrom S8

competed in a national soccer tournament. His team

progressed their way through to the

Grand Final which they won, 3 - 1.

Having secured the Grand Final

win, the team, including Jett, have

been invited to attend a soccer

tournament in Japan in September,

2019 - very exciting for them all ! As

a standout player, Jett was award-

ed the VIP Player Award for his

performance during the tournament.

Developing into a talented sport person, Jett also

competed in a 10km run at the recent Mornington

Running Festival where he was able to beat his

personal best by a whopping 8 minutes !

Well done Jett in your recent sporting achievements !

SPORTS NEWS

Newsletter Advertising

Prices :

Full Page $50

Half Page $30

Quarter Page $20

(Prices are per newsletter

including GST )

For Sale Items $10

Commercial Items for sale $50

(Business card size)

Flyers $40

We are very excited to be working with uFirst Real Estate to secure additional funding for our school. If you are considering selling or buying, please give Juan at uFirst a call.

PETS DAY OUT

2018

Sunday 14th

October

10am - 3pm

FREE Entry

Ballam Park,

Cranbourne Road

On Friday 26th October all Kingsley Park students and staff will participate in the ‘Day for

Daniel’ walk. This annual Day for Daniel Walk is the fourth year Kingsley Park has been involved in organising a community event, that emphasises and supports the safety of all children through the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. The week is also ‘Children’s Week’ where students will be involved in safety lessons derived from the Daniel Morcombe Curriculum with the key message of the three R’s: Recognise, React, Report. The key learning outcomes for the week are: Teaching children about safe behaviours, how to navigate their way through unfamiliar or unsafe situations, listening to their own body cues and establishing a safety network of trusted adults. Senior students will also be involved in a safety talk from a local police officer. Everyone is encouraged to wear a red t-shirt and will be provided with a red or white ribbon to wear. Hats are compulsory for all children. Families are invited and encouraged to join in this event. The walk commences from the front of the school at 12 pm walking to Robinson Reserve and back accompanied by the fabulous support of the SES, helping us cross roads and other Emergency Services available on the day. A picnic lunch on the oval will follow. Students bring their own lunch and drink. Lunch orders are available for parents also on the day, please order them along with your child’s in the morning.

CHILDRENS WEEK CELEBRATION TIMETABLE

October 22nd - October 26th 2018

Wednesday 24th Parent Information Session 6.30pm~8pm

iPad Induction Session (6.30pm -7pm)

Keeping your kids safe online presented by

Leading Senior Constable Deneen Ritchie (7pm -8pm)

Friday 26th ‘Day for Daniel’ Community Walk.

All students and staff involved.

12pm commencing from KPPS, walking to and back from Robinson Reserve .

All participants are encouraged to wear red on the day . A red or white ribbon

will be provided to wear during the walk. A picnic lunch on the school oval will

conclude the walk. Children bring their own lunch and drink. Lunch orders are

available for parents , to order, as well as students in the morning.

All week Daniel Morcombe Child Safety lessons in classrooms.

Further notices will go home outlining more details.

Please set aside these important dates to be involved in our celebrations.

Do you have breakfast each day?

Don’t forget, we offer toast each morning for students who didn't have time for breakfast or who are still hungry and need fuel for learning.

Breakfast Club is held each Thursday morning in the gym

between 8:10am — 8:30am.

Come along and have some cereal, toast, milo and/or juice.

If you are available to assist, we would love your

support. Come along and help us serve our students the breakfast they need to fuel their day.

Reminder - Book Club orders are

due back by

Tuesday 23rd October please.

Camp Australia Kingsley Park PS

Before and After School Care

Phone : 1300 105 343

Please remember - no canteen week 1.

Week 2, see special meal deals only.