Tuesday 6th June 2015

Term 2 Issue 5

KPPS NEWS

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BUILDING BRIDGES KPPS Art Show 2015

NOTES SENT HOME: Interschool Chess

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All of the students had to work on a piece of art work to display in the art

exhibition. The art work has to resemble the topic which was building bridges,

which didn’t mean the structure but connecting cultures and diversity.

Some classes did cultural masks, totem poles, rain sticks, hands coming together for

friendship and paintings. The Learning Centre was able to make some flags of

different cultures. Tony Harrison was amazed that every student was able to

produce a piece of art work. For the art show Tony Harrison the CEO and the

student leaders were able to open the art show so that everyone could enjoy.

This year the art show was a fantastic success. All of the parents were proud of

their children. Part of the reason it was a success was because we raised over

$3000! The art show is great because students get to put their build-up creative

energy into a lovely piece of art.

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FAREWELL and THANKS!!

Way back in 1997 a young, enthusiastic and bubbly new teacher took up

residence in the Learning Centre. 18 years later we say farewell and

happy retirement to Ruth Matthews. During that time Ruth has led the

team in LC1 working with the older students in the unit.

Ruth took on the challenge of learning the Principles of Conductive

Education and ensuring CE was the key program in her classroom.

Providing an age appropriate curriculum was always a priority for Ruth as

was music. A variety of student focused music would emanate from her

room as would the melodies from her guitar and her superb voice. Many

of us will remember forever the songs she has sung at Festive Night and

Kidman Celebrates.

Over the years Ruth hasn’t just been a pivotal player in our

Learning Centre. Ruth has taught in mainstream classes,

provided non instruction music lessons and managed our

mainstream special education team. Ruth’s been our OH&S

officer, fire warden and been a part of many staff

development teams. Ruth has also beaten cancer twice over

the last 18 years.

Ruth has always been an advocate for students with

disabilities, supported parents and their needs and provided

fun and laughter to our school. We hope Ruth enjoys the

next exciting chapter in her life. We thank her for the many

years of dedicated service she has provided to KPPS.

SOCCER NO GAME this Saturday 6th June, because of the long weekend.

New programs are due but they have been delayed because there is no game this week. Hopefully they will come out later this week—in any case please check the website for regular updates:

nwjsa.org.au

As I have previously said, I will be away from this Friday until week 2, term 3. Please keep in contact with your coach and check the website regularly for updates.

ALL SPORTS Thanks again to our terrific volunteer coaches, enthusiastic little sports and supportive parents to kick start another year of KPPS sport. See you again in term 3.

CLINICS Many of our classes enjoyed clinics from BasketballSA and BadmintonSA over the last couple of weeks.

Terry Ahern Sport Coordinator

SPORTS RESULTS

Soccer

09/05/15 23/05/15

Kidman Park White 1 Kidman Park White 2

Star of the Sea Red 4 Semaphore Yellow 1

Captain and goal scorer—Stavros M

16/05/15

Kidman Park White 2 30/05/15

Semaphore Dominican Red 1 Kidman Park White 1

Captain—Joseph B Semaphore Blue 3

Goal scorers—Andre D, Alfie M Captain—Alfie M, Goal Scorer—own goal

23/05/15

Kidman Park U7 0

St Michaels College Gold 2

Lack of concentration cost us 2 goals

in the first half. We played much

better in the second half and managed

to hit the post. Game of two halves!

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P1’s Assembly was dedicated to raising awareness about the

benefits of laughter. Money raised from today’s event will be

donated to the Humour Foundation—Clown Doctors.

Clown Doctors was an immediate way to deliver the health benefits

of humour to those who needed it most.

Laughter is the best Medicine because it:

Relieves your from stress, makes you happy/good mood, helps if

you have pain, nothing works faster as a medicine than laughter, it

boosts your immune system, relaxes your body as well as making

your body feel more stable, makes you think more positive and

could make you look at things in a different way, laughing with oth-

ers is more powerful than laughing on your own, you get along with

more people, supports heart pain and 8000 people are being trained

to teach laughter in hospitals.

Laughter is Best Medicine 2015, accessed 7 May 2015, http://

www.helpguide.org/articles/emotional-health/laughter-is-the-best-

medicine.htm

By Nathan and Sebastian

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

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Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

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Great Example of Team Work I wanted to make an acknowledgement of the efforts made by the Community Awareness Action Team and their helpers. You all did yourself and Kidman Park Primary School proud, with the running of the Nepal Fundraiser Bake Sale.

I would also like to thank those parents/students who baked the awesome food provided on the day (I know the Mars Bar slices were a real hit with my family). Lastly thank you to all who purchased food from the sale.

All this contributed to the success of the day. Monies raised will go to such a worthy cause. This just proves that one person can make a difference, but look what can be achieved by two or more.

I am available at the school on Mondays and Fridays. You can contact me at the front office by leaving a note (in the green mail box) or by email: Denys.Chew85@schools.sa.edu.au

Denys Chew Pastoral Support Worker

CARPARK REMINDER The safety of our school community is important. There have been a few

carpark incidents reported to the front office this week.

FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS REMEMBER:

The speed limit is 10km (this is a walking pace)

Please stop to allow students to cross, particularly at the school crossing

DO NOT SPEED

Park in the carparks, NO STANDING means just that, local council does

come out on a regular basis and may issue you with a parking ticket if you

are parked incorrectly.

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ADMINISTRATION / FINANCE NEWS

The school bank accounts have now changed to Commonwealth Bank.

If you make payment direct into our bank account please note the NEW

account number and do not make payments in to the old account as it will

soon be closed.

Kidman Park Primary School Governing Council Consolidated Account

BSB: 065-152

Account No: 10280656

The OSHC bank account has also changed. Please check with Freddy or

Kristy for their new bank account details.

EFTPOS is now available at both the Front Office and Uniform Shop.

Our minimum EFTPOS transaction is $10-00.

M&S FEES

Thank you to all the families that have paid their M&S fees for 2015.

M&S fees were due in mid-March so any outstanding fees need to be paid

immediately. If you think you are eligible for School Card, forms are

available at the Front Office and are required to be completed yearly.

Payment plans can be negotiated, so please do this as soon as possible.

VOLUNTEERS / VISTORS / CLASS HELPERS / CANTEEN HELPERS

ALL vistors to the school (including classroom helpers) MUST sign in /out

at the front office on arrival / departure. You will be given a visitors

badge / sticker on your arrival. This is a DECD OHSW requirement.

Volunteers must also have a current Relevant History Screening (also

known as DCSI) and a copy given to the front office to record. Forms are

available from the front office.

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FUNDRAISING NEWS Entertainment Books are available from the front office or can now be

ordered at:

http://www.entbook.com.au/161k453

Do You Shop At Bakers Delight - Fulham Gardens? If so, mention that you are from KPPS and they will give our school vouchers we can use for raffles etc. We would like to say thankyou to Bakers Delight Fulham Gardens. Happy shopping and remember to mention KPPS.

OSHC NEWS We are already planning our Program for Term 3. Please find attached the booking form for all families who need to use our Service next term. During term 2 we had to open a waiting list on couple of occasions. We encourage our families to book at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment. Thanks.

Freddy Santos OSHC Director

SA Excellence in Public Education Awards

Share Celebrate Reward Nominations are now open for the 2015 SA Excellence in Public Education Awards. The Awards recognise and reward the outstanding contributions made by teachers, leaders and support staff from across the state. Don’t miss your chance to nominate an outstanding education professional within DECD to recognise and reward their dedicated and inspirational contribution to young South Australians. For more information and to nominate an employee at your school or preschool go to: www.decd.sa.gov.au/awards. Like us on facebook and follow the progress of the Awards: www.facebook.com/SATeachingAwards. Nominations close 5pm, 3 July 2015 For further information contact the Awards team on 08 8226 3079 or email DECD.Recognition@sa.gov.au SC

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STRINGS ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP

On the 8th April, a group of our students

learning strings participated in a Strings

Ensemble Workshop at Fulham North

Primary.

SAPSASA FOOTBALL CARNIVAL On Monday 25th of May to Friday the 29th of May I participated in

the SAPSASA football carnival at Barrat Reserve West Beach,

which had highly skilled year 6/7 football players. There were 41

districts of South Australia split into 4 divisions. My team, Western District, was in division 2. I got

selected to participate in the SAPSASA football carnival from a group of 80 players. I attended 4

trials over a period of 4 weeks and at the end of the trials the 80 players were reduced to a squad

of 24. After the trials the squad of 24 trained together for 2 weeks. At the carnival we played two

games every day from Monday to Thursday and played our final game on Friday. Out of the 9

games Western Districts won 6 and lost 3. I enjoyed playing football all week and making new

friends. My favourite parts of the SAPSASA football carnival were playing against some very skilful

players and getting an award for being one of the best and fairest on ground for the whole week.

By Nicholas K

LIBRARY NEWS Kidman Park PS will no longer accept cash orders for Scholastic Book Club. All orders will need to

be made online using the Book Clubs LOOP for parents system. Students will still receive books

delivered via their class teacher and the school will benefit from commission paid for purchases.

Please see attachment for more information.

SAPSASA After School Volleyball FREE come and try session in the Kidman Park PS Hall

on Wednesday 3rd June, 3.30—4.30pm. Please see the attachment for more

information or to sign up for the free session contact:

sportscoach32@gmail.com

Bookings are essential as numbers are limited, call Kylie on: 0401 045 486

On Thursday 28th May the Middle Years classes went to Come Out Performance, ‘Masquerade’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

Masquerade - A wondrous world of riddles and hidden treasures.

Presented by State Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company in association with Adelaide Festival Centre and Windmill Theatre. In a wondrous world of riddles and hidden treasure, bumbling Jack Hare is on a race against time to deliver a message of love from the Moon to the Sun. Far, far away in a world just like ours, a mother cheers her son Joe with the tale of Jack Hare’s adventure. But when Jack’s mission goes topsy-turvy, Joe and his mum must come to the rescue, and the line between the worlds of myth and reality becomes blurred forever.

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After lunch at Victoria Square we headed to the Festival Theatre to see some Exhibitions.

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At the Festival Theatre we saw Card Board Cities and original illustrations for books.

A great day for celebrating the ARTS!

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T THE INVISIBLE TORRENS EXCURSION by Jade & Sienna Room 9 On Monday, Room 9 and Room 12 went on an excursion. It was called “The Invisible

Torrens”. We went on this excursion because it’s part of the Children’s Come Out

Festival.

First of all, we went to the Festival Centre for an exciting “Silent Disco”. We put on

headphones and got to choose from three channels. When you took your headphones

off everyone was dancing and singing and no one was shy. It was good to see everyone

happy and having fun.

After our boogying at the silent disco, we went for a long and tiring walk to the SAMHRI

building (the cheese grater), but it was worth it. When we walked in all you heard was

“WOW!” It was such an amazing building. The atmosphere was awesome with the

offices and couches. There were tourists from all over the world and you could see the

excitement on their faces.

We went into a conference room which was set up for our activities. Firstly, we went to

a table full of 20x magnification microscopes. There was another table full of objects to

look at closely. Our first activity with the microscopes was looking to find the initials of

the person who designed the echidna on the 5 cent piece. They were SD. Then we

could pick anything from the table. The best was the peacock feather and the leaf

skeleton. It was cool to see things when they are so close up. It’s like a whole new

world for our eyes!

The next activity was just as good. There were two tables full of pictures that had been

zoomed in, like bacteria and viruses. We chose three pictures then copied them on a

piece of paper. We could either colour them in with pencil, or paint them. It was good

to see everyone’s creative side.

Last but not least, we had a massive piece of paper and then there were microscopic

projections on the paper. It was hard to draw the water boatman especially when

they’re moving everywhere. It was kind of gross in a away because of their transparent

skin. You could see what they had for lunch! When it was finished, it was so scribbly,

but you could still see the bugs and microscopic images.

It was sad when we left, no-one wanted to leave. We had heaps of fun and we saw

things that we don’t usually see, or think of. The best excursion EVER! We’re sure we’ll

remember it!

Invisible Torrens Video Interview with Jade

Invisible Torrens Video Interview with Chris

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LES KADINSKY INSPIRED ART

In art we have begun to look at famous artists. One artist we have looked at is Wassily

Kandinsky. He liked to paint using lots of colours and shapes. One of his most famous

paintings was the Concrete Circles painting. We have created our own inspired Kadinsky

paintings.

FAIRY TALES

In U6 this term we have been learning about fairy tales. We have been looking at

different fairy-tale characters, where they live and the kind of problems they face. In

every fairy tale we have read there has always been a villain that causes trouble like the

Big Bad Wolf. After reading lots of stories we put on our detective hats to try and catch

the villains. To help catch the fairy-tale criminals we created a wanted poster for them.

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This term Foundation students have been discussing community

helpers. We have been locating local, fire, police and ambulance

stations using google earth. We were lucky enough to have Kirsten

Surch come in and talk to us about her role as a police officer. We

were able to see some of the equipment used and see the uniform

police officers wear. We had lots of questions to ask Kirsten.

We enjoyed learning about;

The team you work with

How the radio worked.

How to become a police officer

The uniform

Different types of police vehicles and transport.

We thank you so much Kirsten for coming in to talk to us.

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JOINT LEARNING IN P2 AND P4! Since the beginning of the year P2 and P4 have worked on similar unit plans in some learning

areas. However, this term has been very different and the work the teachers (Mr. Gibbins

and Ms. Holmes) have been doing has been joint; not only behind the scenes, but their

classes have collaborated too!

P2 is a 6/7 class and P4 is a 5/6 class meaning that all students fit under the category of

Middle Years learners (Years 5-7). Working as a ‘team of learners’ has enabled students to

work with more of their peers, receive work which is closer linked to their ability and work

on a range of skills desirable for all 21st century learners. Students have the opportunity to

sign up to workshops to learn specific skills and some control in choosing their own learning

at times.

Students have been working very well in their new groups and have been working in

different groups for different subjects. This can get confusing at times to begin with but our

students have done a fantastic job of embracing the new routines and we are starting to see

some impressive work as a result. We are excited about the work that will be produced in

the near future!

Here’s what some students had to say:

“My favourite thing about working with p2 and p4 is that we get to meet new people and get

collaborate with others from the another class” –Emma M.

“My favourite thing is being able to work with older people that are able to help me

and being able to work with my friends :)” – Siobhan C.

“I have received good feedback from Ms. Holmes and have been able to be a leader as a Year

7 when working in small groups” –

Wendy L