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"Excellence, opportunity and success in a caring learning environment" Avoca Drive Kincumber 2251 Ph: 43691544 Fax: 43692963

Email: kincumber-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: kincumber-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT This week:

• Great parent seminar opportunity •NAPLAN •Congratulations •Last night’s disco •Chocolates at school •Working Bee GENERATION NEXT AUSTRALIA’S LEADING EXPERTS ON

CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN ONE EVENT!!!

Parents from all schools across the Central Coast are invited to a seminar on 27 June for parents of pre-teens and teenagers aimed at understanding the unique health, well-being and challenges facing generations Y & Z – and how these challenges can be met.

Topics will include: Bullying and violence in schools Cybersafety

Depression in young people Alcohol and binge drinking Body image and eating disorders

Managing transition from Year 6 to Year 7 They have managed to secure Australia’s leading experts on Children and Teenagers – they will all be speaking at the Central Coast Event!!

Speakers are: Dr Michael Carr-Gregg (Adolescent Psychologist)

Paul Dillon (Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia) Susan McLean (Cybersafety Expert) Angie Wilcock (Teacher and Sportsperson) Maggie Hamilton (Writer, Researcher, Media Commentator)

Melinda Hutchings (Ambassador for Butterfly Foundation) Dr Ramesh Manocha Tickets need to be pre-paid and are an absolute bargain at $40. Please

make cheques out to our school and send to the school office by 12 May 2010. See the flyer on our website.

NAPLAN Tests You will probably be aware that a moratorium on administering the tests has been called for by the NSW Teachers Federation and other state and

federal education unions. The teaching staff has discussed this issue at some length. As

professionals we value the information provided by NAPLAN but still have significant misgivings about the potential (mis)use of NAPLAN data. Although I previously advised we supported the moratorium, school staff will implement NAPLAN at KPS rather than allow children to be supervised

by non DET staff. School staff appreciated the high level of support from the P & C at its last meeting. Congratulations

Congratulations to Nic Duell-Ferguson and Kaitlin Clague who will represent Sydney North at the PSSA Australian Football State Carnival and Girls’ Basketball respectively on 18 May. We also congratulate Shivonne

Blair who will represent Sydney North at the PSSA Girls’ Football (soccer) State Carnival on 1 June. Shivonne is the first girl at our school to be selected at this level in girls’ football. Well done to all.

Last night’s disco

The disco last night was considered by everyone as the best ever. Your children were fabulously well-behaved, they were picked up on time by

adults who came into the hall, and the hall and school grounds were very clean when everyone had left. Well done everyone, and thank you to the P & C for organising this fun event. My personal thanks go to our amazing teaching staff who volunteer and give up their time to supervise

the children—it would be great to see more parents help out too. Chocolates at school

Our school runs a healthy canteen and all profits are directed back to the

school for resources for your children. Your P & C does not run chocolate drives to raise funds because of its commitment to supporting healthy lifestyles.

I am now aware of a large number of children who are bringing in chocolates to sell to other students on behalf of their sporting organisations. Not only does this remove fundraising profits from the

school, it creates a significant issue that children may be spending money on unhealthy foods without parent consent before school and before they may have ordered their lunches. It is school policy that no-

one can sell raffle tickets or other goods at school without approval from the school. Please abide by these conditions as I don’t wish to impose a blanket ban. Thank you for your cooperation.

Working Bee We need your help and your wheelbarrows on Sunday, 16th May at 9:00am to move softfall under the playground equipment. Morning tea and a cuppa provided at 11:00 am. Please contact the office as soon as

possible if you are able to help. The School Council AGM will be held on Monday, 24 May at 5pm in the

staffroom. Hope you had a great week at our great school.

Trish Peters

Principal

Students of Week 2, Term 2 2010 KL Brodie-Leigh Kilby 1D/L Sarah Groom 2A Mikayla Convery 3E Morgan Burns

KH Indigo Pulley 1G Sammy Riding 2C Rylie Lewis 3G Georgia Graham KM Ari Bailey 1K Kaitlyn Ryan 2D Samantha Dunn 3K Jai Ferguson

1R Matt Orrock 2J Skyla Filihia 3M Brendan Twomey 1S Ellie Richardson 2N Jack Rambow 3T Darcy Dunlop

President P&C

Lisa Waite

Term 2—Week 3 P & C meet 2nd Monday of each month, 7.30pm Thursday, 6th May 2010

APRIL/MAY 2010 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 11th, 12th, 13th May—NAPLAN Sunday, 16th May from 9:00 am—Working Bee

Wednesday, 19th May—last day for Reconciliation Week Artworks (see Item in this Newsletter) Wednesday, 19th May—2N, 2J and year 4 students from 2C to Girrakool and Bulgandry Excursion

Wednesday, 19th May, 1K, 1S and year 2 students from 1R to Kids HQ Excursion Thursday, 20th May—2A, 2D and year 3 students from 2C to

Girrakool and Bulgandry Excursion Thursday, 20th May—1DL, 1G and year 1 students from 1R to Kids HQ Excursion Friday, 21st May—last day for Year 4 students to have completed OC

placement applications on line or returned to school. Monday, 24th May—5:00 pm School Council AGM in Staffroom Tuesday, 25th May—ICAS Computer Test

TERM CALENDAR:

CLASS 3G ITEM

Stage 3 needed to design and make a product. It had to have a

distinctive logo and be easy to manufacture. We hope you like

3G’s products!

I made Yum Chum cookies. I am selling them to people of all

ages. I also put a barcode on the box from a carton of eggs. It

was hard but fun to do. Hopefully, we can show them to the

school. I hope we can create another product soon. Tyla

Double Sided Pillow! We decided to create a double sided pillow

with a heart logo on it. This pillow is for girls and boys of all ages.

It doesn’t cost much, only $32! We loved product design and it

was so much fun! We hope you will buy it. Hayley and Georgia

Our design is a Googly headband and a wristband. We hope boys

under 10 like our fantastic design. We hope we can do it again.

Ty and Dylan

My product is a Glitter Bandana. I decided to put lots of glitter on

it. It is for kids. My logo is a tree and a butterfly. I really want

to do another product design! Sami

Our product is a toy dog house for children. We used a lot of

paddle pop sticks and blue tac. Our logo is called ‘The Bone’. We

had some problems when building but fixed them. It was fun.

Shivonne and Kaitlin

I have created my product for kids. It is shampoo that smells like

lavender. I named the shampoo, ‘Shining Shampoo’ because it

makes your hair shine. Ashley

My product is a pamphlet selling a resort holiday called ‘Family

Holiday Resort’. It is for parents, teenagers and kids. It was fun

to make and I’d love to do product design again. Michael

For our product design, we thought of advertising a beach in a

kitty litter tray. We named the beach ‘SCS’. This beach is based

for all ages. We had some problems. The sand would suck all the

water out of our rock pool, but we fixed it. Sam, Sheree and

Courtney

Our product is a surfboard. The brand name is ‘Barrel’. We are

selling it to people who want to surf and we recommend our

design. Liam, Jamie, Kaylam, Ryan

We made wrapping paper for our product design. Our logo is a

smiley face. We enjoyed working together. Taylor and Victoria

I decided to make a bandana for product design. It took a while

to make but I did it! I am selling it to girls and women. I loved

product design and would love to do another one. Lara

We decided to make a bouncy ball. This product is for children.

We used bright colours. Jesse and Conor

We started making a dog out of boxes and aluminium foil. Then we

gave him legs. We made a logo with a poster and now he is a robot

dog! Kevin and Brandon

We made a truck that delivers newspapers around Australia. We had

fun cutting and gluing the pieces together. We have tiny papers in our

truck. Bilal and Luke

I made a lovely bandana. Jade

Stars out of School

Two weeks ago, after years of gruelling training, the coach of my

Representative Rugby Team made me captain of the team. So, when

we go away to Lismore next week, and Camden in June, I will have the

honour of being the captain of the Under 12’s Central Coast

Representative Squad. Fionn Henderson-Foley

Congratulations Fionn!

Stewart House

Dolphins are on sale for $1.00 at lunch each day. Please remember to

return ENVELOPES by Friday, 14th May. A gold coin donation puts

you in the draw for a family holiday.

Futsal

Parents—please return any school sports uniforms, as we are missing

some and now don’t have a full team uniform. Thank you.

Art Competition—Reconciliation Week 2010

All students are invited to take part in this positive and practical way to

promote reconciliation within the whole community. All artworks will be

displayed in the school hall or foyer. One entry from each category will

be submitted to the annual Aboriginal Artists Exhibition and Competition

at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery.

Entry categories: K-6 Indigenous artwork; K-5 Non Indigenous or

Collaboration.

Suggested theme (optional): Questions around 2010 being the 10th

anniversary of the bridgewalk.

Dates: Please give your artworks to Ms Liddy on or before

Wednesday, 19th May. Winners will be announced at assemblies on

Friday, 21st May. School prizes include respect wristbands and a

reconciliation pen set.

PSSA Girls’ Soccer Knockout Hi. We are the Stage 3 girls’ soccer team. We played our first game against Brisbania on Tuesday. We had a GREAT game. WE WON 17-0!!! Lots of girls scored goals (Shivonne—6, Georgia—5, Emma—3, Ellie—1, Kaitlin—1 and Mikayla—1. Our goalkeeper, Seanne, didn't get to touch the ball at all! Very big thanks to Carol Campbell who came to support us and Ross Clague for helping with the nets. Ellie and Katie

P&C NEWS

Entertainment Books Thank you to the many families who have returned or purchased these books. Could all books not being purchased be returned to the school by tomorrow, Friday, 7th May 2010. Happy Mothers’ Day everyone. I hope everyone will like their gifts. The children put a lot of thought into choosing them. If anyone missed out, there are still some gifts available at the office ($5.00). Thank you very much to some wonderful people who pitched in and helped: Julie Hughes, Lisa Waite, Linda Wilson, Mandy Eland, Lee Beveridge, Sarah Behrens, Kylie Long, Rebecca Haigh and Jill Newell. Have a great day on Sunday and thank you again for supporting your P&C.

Wendy Nunn (Treasurer)

Amazing Opportunity!

Two remarkable performances are coming soon to Kincumber

Public School. On Wednesday, 23rd June, Ryka Ali will present

a cultural workshop and perform Aboriginal songs and dances in

our school hall that focus on Australia’s unique animals. Ryka is a

proud ambassador for Australia’s Indigenous youth. His

Indigenous heritage stems from the Wuthathi people of Shellburne

Bay, Cape York and from the Torres Strait Islands. Ryka will play

and provide explanations of instruments including the didgeridoo,

as well as costumes and various artefacts. On Thursday, 22nd

July, Opera Australia’s OZOPERA presents ‘The Sound Garden’, a

remarkable and delightful performance that combines traditional

opera with African, Middle Eastern and contemporary drumming

and percussion. This is a rare opportunity for all students to

experience this magical opera in our own school venue, returning

to NSW by popular demand. While already heavily subsidised, we

appreciate that any cost can stretch budgets, and hope forward

notice can ease some of the financial strains in meeting the $9.50

cost per child to attend. This cost covers both performances. We

look forward to all children at Kincumber Public School

participating in these enriching cultural experiences and thank all

families for supporting these unique opportunities for their

children.

Mary Liddy (Assistant Principal)

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2, WEEK 4

Reminder: Fleximeals on line:

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Building Resilient Teenagers This evening seminar will be helpful to parents and others who work with or support children. Date: Tuesday, 18th May 2010 Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Location: Erina High School, 152 The Entrance Road, Erina Cost: Free. Tea and coffee provided RSVP: Joe Schumacher from Uniting Care Burnside jschumacher@burnside.org.au (preferred) or Phone: 4325 9623. Places limited to the first 100 people so book early! March for the Bears—Sea FM would like to invite you to take part in the “March for the Bears” on Saturday, 15th May 2010, to support the Central Coast Bears’ bid for a spot in the NRL in 2013. Meet at Gosford Sailing Club and join the walk along the waterfront, ending at Bluetongue Stadium. Meet at 4:00pm—march will go ahead rain, hail or shine and wear red and black. By registering online at www.theradio.com.au and being present at the march, you could win tickets to the Roosters vs Knights game at Bluetongue Sta-dium on May 15th.

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Monday 10th May

Help NEEDED

Tuesday 11th May Kathy

Wednesday 12th May Help NEEDED

Thursday 13th May Kate

Friday 14th May Vanessa

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We are a home and community care organisation looking for empathetic staff, to perform various duties for those in need within the community.

Duties will include domestic assistance, personal care, meal preparation and transportation, among others. Preferred: experience or certificate relevant to the industry. Essential: current first aid Certificate, current criminal record check, registered motor vehicle with

comprehensive vehicle insurance and driver’s licence. Services will be provided in this suburb and surrounding areas. If you are a caring person who likes to help those in need within the community and who meets the above criteria, please feel free to email a 2 page resume to:

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