Inside this issue

Training & Development..………….2

Wacky casual day……….....………….2

Notes sent home…………...………….2

Staffing Update ........................... 3

Interviews ................................... 3

Sport Update .............................. 4

Sport Results............................... 4

LC Visitor..................................... 5

Blu-E story .................................. 6

Nihongo News.….…………..............7

P1 Cybersafety Awareness………...8

Rm 7 Animal Research……………...10

What is Bullying?………………….12-13

Community News………………...14-17

Diary Dates ................................. 18

Tuesday 1st July 2014

Term 2 Issue 6

KPPS NEWS

This term we have been learning about the people in our community who

help to meet our needs and keep us safe.

In week 8 we had a visit from the firefighters. They showed us their

fire truck, uniforms and some of the tools they use. The firefighters

talked to us about what to do if there is a fire. We need to…

Get down low and go, go, go!

When they were leaving they put the siren on for us. It was very

exciting. After they left we wrote a recount about the visit.

‘Today the firefighters came to school. I was excited. I sat in a truck!’

-Daniella-

‘Today the firefighters came to show us to be safe around fire so we

don’t get burnt.’ -Katelin- By U5

Literacy and Language Levels Over the last two weeks the Primary and Middle Years teams have been

trained by Vicky Mangas (Our English as an Additional Dialect (EALD)

teacher) on how to assign a Literacy and Language Level to your child’s

writing. The information gathered from the student’s writing samples is then

used to guide future teaching of writing skills.

The Early Years team were trained in using the Literacy and Language

Levels last year and have assigned a level to the EY student’s writing/oral

language for the second time. The writing data is being electronically stored

in MARKiT which is allowing us to map the development of students’ writing

from Foundation to Year 7.

Effective reading and writing strategies

On Saturday a team of 12 teachers attended a conference on Effective

reading and writing strategies with Sheena Cameron and Louise

Dempsey. Everyone came away with some very practical ideas for their

literacy blocks.

Karen Duval Deputy Principal

NOTES SENT HOME:

Entertainment Books

are available from the

front office

Term 3 2014

Canteen Price List

School Photos Interview notes (due

back Friday) Reports sent home

Thursday 3rd July

REMINDER:

2.10pm FINISH

FRIDAY 4th July

Last day of term

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

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WACKY CASUAL DAY & LUNCH TIME DISCO

On the last Friday

of school (4th July) there will be a Wacky

Casual day so you can dress up in wacky

casual clothes and wacky hair.

There is also a lunch time disco for the 5-7’s

on the same day.

It is a gold coin donation.

“ 2.10pm FINISH on FRIDAY - last day of term”

PHOTO CATCH UP

Photo Catch Up day has been booked for Monday 18th August for any students who were absent on photo day.

CANTEEN

A new Canteen Price List for Term 3 has been sent home today with students. There have been a few price increases, so please make sure you use the new price list.

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2.10pm FINISH FRIDAY

BEST WISHES This week we say farewell to Kelly Bonaguro who hopefully has a couple of weeks rest

before the birth of her fourth child. Kelly has been a terrific member of our teaching

team working in a number of our early years classrooms. We have appreciated her

flexibility, willingness to learn, caring nature and most importantly the way she has

collaborated with the rest of the team. We hope to see Kelly back at KPPS in the future

and certainly expect a visit or two with her new child in a few weeks. The students (and

mums) in U1 will be waiting!

STAFFING UPDATE Peter Georgeopoulos will be on leave for the first four weeks of term three enjoying

some warmer weather in the northern hemisphere. Nicola Holmes will be teaching P4 students.

I will be on leave for the first five weeks of term three primarily to attend a conference in Slovenia. Karen will continue to ensure the school runs smoothly and Sandra Gibbons will be taking on the deputy responsibilities. Elaine Coleman will be teaching in Room 11 Wednesday – Friday.

INTERVIEWS Student / Parent / Teacher interview forms have been sent home and are due back this week on Friday 4th July. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 5th August and Wednesday 6th August, 3.30-8.00pm. Slips with interview times will be returned to parents on Wednesday 23rd July (week 1, term 3).

LOOKING GOOD! A massive thankyou to Maria Gianquitto for organising a large selection of very

expensive, nearly new furniture to brighten our school. Our meeting rooms

and flexible learning areas now boast some very expensive corporate

furniture. Once again, our school is evolving and changing to ensure the best

learning environment for our students.

John Clarke Principal

SPORT UPDATE SOCCER Thanks to our squad of dynamo parent coaches we were able to kick off a record 9 teams this term. Much appreciated, looking forward to term 3.

NETBALL All our coaches are pleased with the way our 4 teams have gelled the last 2 terms. Thanks again for your effort - it couldn't happen without you.

FOOTBALL Approximately 20 KKPS players form a big part of Lockleys Nth combined teams yr 2-7. Coordinator Nigel Smith is very impressed with our good sports.

FEES A few players still outstanding from term 1. To keep playing you need to pay at our office this week. Terry Ahern Sports Coordinator

SOCCER U9 21/06/14 KPPS Blue 3 St George College 2 Great game played by all, shared the ball around and provided great defence after a few defeats, it was an exciting game!

SPORTS RESULTS

U7 28/06/14 KPPS Blue 9 West Lakes Shore Blue 0 Great team effort, with excellent team skills. Good to see multiple goal scorers.

U9 28/06/14 KPPS Blue 0 St John Bosco 5 Great effort from all the team against very good opposition. Sarah was outstanding in defence.

U9 28/06/14 KPPS White 6 St George College 0 Strong performance all round with goals from Rodan 2, Jude, Brandon, Liam and Justin. Well done to Sean for helping out the opposition who were short. NETBALL U11 26/06/14 KPPS 7 Rosary Rebels 5 Well done team!!! Thank you Graeme for coaching the game, sorry I missed it. Kidman Pink Panthers 7 St Francis A 2 Marie D 2, Bridget N 1, Faith K 2. Good on you Bridget N who shows much enthusiasm when playing especially when in defence. A terrific result for all the girls even when we had players away. It's been another great term of Netball. Well done Pink Panthers!!! You should feel very proud of yourselves! I'd like to thank all of the Pink Panther parents for your ongoing support.

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LC VISITOR On Wednesday morning in Week 7 the Learning Centre was visited

by a very special person. Laurence Byrne, a former student of

Kidman Park Primary School, came to speak to the students about

being a writer. Laurence started writing stories when he was at

KPPS and his latest book “My First Year Out” is now available on

Amazon. Laurence answered our questions about being a writer

using his speech output device and shared some of his latest story.

He also allowed Barb to read a book he wrote when he was at KPPS

called “The Pirate and the Golden Fish”. It was an inspirational visit!

Beginning blu-E

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This is blu-E and his mates–

Belinda the bug, Brad the blue

whale, Bryan the baboon and

Bel the bat.

Bel is the most brilliant in the branch but likes black to be in

Brisbane. She likes to help Brad get bad.

Blu-e sells bags of beans on the

beach.

Brad and the little blue

tongue lizards play with the big black birds.

Blu-e assists Bryan the bat in the burrow by

arranging the books backs. Blast Blu-e you could

wing book bags admired Belinda.

Blu-e is also head boss of the Brother Beach.

The blue lizard is a beach watcher and the brave

gecko body boards.

One beautiful day in Brisbane, a new baboon called Baleen arrived at

the beach. Baleen was a butcher. But Baleen was just beginning and

his big burrow began to fall all over the beautiful beach. Baleen was

overwhelmed. Blu-e bailed out of the conversation.

Then Blu-e saw a bald eagle. He offered to help

Baleen get back. Blu-e went into burrows.

With all his blowing in the burrow, Baleen had

time to join the other buddies in the burrows. That’s

Baleen playing with the balloon! After, the beach enjoyed a

big balloon. They ate butter, beetroot and Basil. Everyone

was brilliant.

What about you, are you beginning

By Kane

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こんにちはKonnichiwa,

During the last few weeks of term almost all children are practising some sentences telling each other some of the places they go on different days of the week. For example: Getsuyōbi ni gakkō ni ikimasu – I go to school on Monday.

Ask them to show you how clever they are at speaking in Nihongo! P4 have been extremely lucky to receive postcards from some Japanese high school students. These students from Iwate prefecture (one of the regions hit quite severely by the tsunami in 2011) wanted to practise writing addresses in the English style as part of their English lessons. The students in P4 were really excited about this and have almost finished writing responses. This has been good practise for them in not only letter writing but also using simple, correct English so that second language learners can understand them. We’ve also used some Japanese, asking each student two questions. We all hope that we get replies! Please pop in and see me if you want to find out more about this term’s work, our Japanese programme, second language learning or your child’s progress. I look forward to meeting you.

さようならSayonara

Belinda Sensei

Nihongo News

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Meetings we have been discussing the

importance of having a good understanding of

how to keep your self safe when online.

The first session we shared ideas about what are

the potential hazards online. It was alarming to

see how many ways we can put ourselves at

risk when we are online. Some of the risk factors

include people accessing our private

information, unwanted attention from

inappropriate people and the alarming fact

that there are people trying to lure us into

dangerous situations.

The second session we focussed our attention

on ways we can keep ourselves safe, we

developed an excellent list of ideas that can

assist us in using the net in a safe and secure

way. We decided it was a good idea to use a

nickname instead of our real name, never take

photos of ourselves in school or sport uniform as

this can alert people to our whereabouts on a

daily basis and we also agreed it was a good

idea to keep our passwords private except

from our parents/caregivers.

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Cyb

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The third session we used the ideas we

gathered the previous week and surveyed the

three Middle Years classes to see how many of

the ‘stay safe ideas’ we actually used. Here are

the results.

The results show that although there is room for

improvement in all areas, it is pleasing to see 96%

of our Middle Years students already keep

passwords safe and 92% of our Middle Years

students keep their location private when using

social media.

We encourage families to discuss Cyber Safety to

ensure all of the children at Kidman Park Primary

School are not only savvy internet users but also

safe internet users. By P1

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This term, room 7 have been doing research on an Australian

animal that’s at the zoo. We got the information mostly on the

Adelaide zoo website. There was a variety of animals chosen; only

2 people were able to research using the same animal.

Each student did an oral presentation on their animal. One of the

research information tasks was to find out if the animal was

endangered followed by was it worth saving and why? Some of

the reasons we discovered why animals were worth saving

include: they keep places clean, kill over populating animals and

pests and some weren’t worth saving at all.

Finally, as a part of our “taking action” we decided to adopt a

bilby. The bilby is endangered, that’s why where sponsoring one.

Animal adaption So as you may have read earlier or heard of before, we are

sponsoring a bilby because they are endangered. To do this we

need to raise over $100, which is where you can send your kids

along with 1 or 2 dollars to guess how many lollies are in the jar. If

you get the closest or exact, you win the WHOLE JAR! By the way

don’t get too excited the lollies are healthy.

2014 Zoo Snooze Room 7 had a brilliant time at the zoo snooze this year. When we

were at the zoo we got to see our animal with our own eyes. We

stayed in the Education Centre.

We went to the Zoo by bus and set off at 11:00. Of course the

time went fast so it felt like 3 hours. We went back to school at

10:00 the next day and some people were picked up from school.

We got back to school and had barely any energy left.

When we got back some people hadn’t finished their animal

research so we finished them off.

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What is Bullying? Bullying is when anyone uses their words or actions to hurt, shame, embarrass or take advantage of someone else on purpose. Bullying behaviour can be physical, verbal, emotional, sexual or social (done by a group). It includes harassing someone using technology, such as Facebook, texting, webmail, video or photos. KEY THINGS TO KNOW: Anyone can behave in a bullying way. Young people who bully can be any age, gender or

culture or from any kind of family situation.

Some children or young people don’t realise that what they’re doing is bullying. They may just be copying what they’ve seen others do to get what they want.

Bullying is too important to ignore because it hurts others, sometimes with serious and long lasting effects. People’s lives can be very badly affected by bullying.

A young person may bully occasionally, or a lot, but whatever kind of bullying it is, and whatever is that caused it, it is never ok.

Young people who bully are often very badly affected too. They can find it hard to make real friends, often get in trouble, feel isolated and disliked, and struggle to fit in and achieve well.

With support, young people can learn to stop bullying, and get back on the right track.

Research tells us that usually those who bully will have some of the following characteristics: Can be very frustrated when things don’t go their way

Have a problem managing their anger

May be very challenging to adults at times

Can get very anxious and agitated

Find it difficult to communicate or express themselves

May behave aggressively at times

Like to be in control of things

Find it hard to make real friends easily or to get along with others

Don’t consider the feelings of others very much

May find it hard to feel empathy or compassion for people in distress

Can get very jealous of others

Have probably been bullied themselves

Tend to blame others for things and avoid taking responsibility for their own actions

May come from a family where people bully each other, or bully other people.

Helping your child to get back on track , and stop bullying, will take time.

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What is Bullying?

Helping your child to get back on the right track.

There’s a lot that parents and other caring adults can do to help their young person

stop bullying. It helps if they can team up and agree on the steps to take.

Find out the facts.

It can be hard to find out the whole story, but find out what you can. Remember that

different people will see things in different ways.

Who was involved? Who was hurt? If it was outside of your home, what action was

taken by any adults?

Ask your child and ask others as well, to get a range of perspectives.

Sit down and have a good talk with your child.

Check they understand that other people think they are bullying.

Don’t let the incident seem unimportant.

Check they understand what bullying is, and the sorts of things it includes.

Ask why they have bullied others and how often it’s happened.

Check that they realise what harm they’ve been doing.

See if any of their friends are also bullying.

Ask if they’ve been bullied themselves.

See how they’re thinking and feeling about themselves.

Let them know that bullying hurts everyone - the person being bullied, themselves,

their class, team or group of friends, and you as a family.

Reassure your child that you love them, even though you don’t like or accept their bullying behaviour. Tell them that they have your support to sort this bullying problem

out. Ask how they think you could help them. Let them know you think they can learn to stop bullying, how to

get along with others better and how to make real friends. If they let you know about an issue that’s linked to the bullying,

see if you can do something about it.

DIARY DATES

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WEEK/DATE DAY/TIME EVENT

Term 2

10 1st July Tuesday Newsletter

1st July Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly - P5

3rd July Thursday Reports sent home

4th July Friday LAST DAY OF TERM 2.10PM FINISH

Term 3

1 21st July Monday Term 3 begins

22nd July Tuesday KPPS Update

23rd July Wednesday Parent / Teacher interview appointments sent home

25th July Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

2 29th July Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—P1

29th July Tuesday KPPS Update

1st August Friday LC to Swimming

1st August Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

3 5th August Tuesday 3.30—8.00pm Student / Parent / Teacher Interviews

5th August Tuesday KPPS Update

6th August Wednesday 3.30—8.00pm Student / Parent / Teacher Interviews

7th August Thursday 7.00pm Governing Council

8th August Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

4 12th August Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly— Room 8

12th August Tuesday Newsletter

15th August Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

15th August Friday LC to Swimming

5 18th August—22nd August BOOK WEEK Connect to Reading

18th August Monday Catch Up Photos

19th August Tuesday KPPS Update

21st August Thursday 9.15am OPEN MORNING tour for new parents

23rd August Friday 2.35-3.10pm Footsteps

8 11th September Thursday 7.00pm Governing Council

11th September Thursday Student Disco and Parent Function

12th September Friday SHOW DAY

10 25th September Thursday MY Aquatics

26th September Friday SPORTS DAY

26th September Friday LAST DAY OF TERM 2.10PM FINISH