KFPS NEWS: No 10 Wednesday 22nd April

2020

Dear Parents and friends,

I hope you are all well and managing to stay safe and physically distant but socially connected!

I appreciate that this may be a difficult time for families as you assume the role of educator in the

household. I was at an appointment last week and overheard an older gentlemen telling another in the

waiting room that he had assumed the responsibility of his grandson’s education whilst on remote

learning. I had to smile when he said that he was the teacher and grandma was the principal! It really

does seem like all of us are in this together!

REMOTE LEARNING

We appreciate the efforts that families are making with regard to the learning packages and working within them. Although it

may be tempting for some students to pick and choose the activities and perhaps not choose to do some, we ask that you do

encourage them to attempt the work. We understand that some work might be a little challenging but have a go at it and

write a note to the teacher in the handout if you have had difficulty or message your child’s teacher. Students should not

choose to avoid certain subjects as all areas of the curriculum will be assessed by teachers prior to the next report writing

time.

We shall be moving to online check-ins with students. For those families able to download the Webex Meeting App onto a

device at home, I ask that you do so as this will be the platform that teachers will start to commence a check-in and teaching

component online with our students. Please refer to the instructions provided in this newsletter.

PLEASE PICK UP and RETURN HOME LEARNING PACKS

This Friday 24th

April, we shall be asking families to collect their Week 3 Home Learning package from school. This will be

collected from the amphitheatre and basketball courts. You will be asked to enter our school site at the pedestrian gate on

Olympic Parade gate. .

Home Learning packs will be available for collection from 2pm – 4pm on Friday. Due to DET & health requirements, we will be

expecting families to adhere to the requests of staff to attend to hygiene practices on site and keep to the social distancing

measures. Put simply - “Use the sanitiser like we do at the supermarket!”

We ask that students return their first Week 1&2 workbook that has the completed work tasks in it on this same day. Our

teachers will assess their efforts and this will guide their planning for each student. You will receive a new workbook with the

Week 3 learning tasks in it. We are gathering up student’s pencil cases and adding glue sticks for children to sue at home

also.

PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is led by the Premier with support of former premiers.

Each year the Challenge encourages children from pre-school to Year 10 to read a set number of

books over the year and record their efforts online. The mantra is Reading: Everybody Everyday. To

find out more please visit education.vic.gov.au/prc

ANZAC DAY – 25th

April

Due to the current Government requirements there will be no dawn or morning Anzac day services this

Saturday. As our families would know, the Anzac Day service held locally here at the Kangaroo Flat

cenotaph is always an important occasion that our school is honoured to attend. It will be unusual not

to be in attendance this weekend but there are other ways that you can commemorate this very special

day. The most important thing on Anzac Day is for us to stop, pause and remember.

There has been a call for people to stand in the driveway at dawn and light a candle. Or you could tune

into social media to hear the Anzac Day speeches.

Visit: www.bendigorsl.com.au to see ways in which you can acknowledge this day.

KFPS VALUES

Respect Teamwork Being Your

Best Responsibility

This is one novel way to acknowledge service

men and women.

Hay bale art near Pyramid Hill.

SENTRAL PARENT PORTAL:

Teachers have been planning a daily learning program that encompasses Literacy, Numeracy, Physical Activities

and Integrated / specialist studies. The daily program will take approximately 2½ - 3 hours for Foundation – Grade

2 students and approximately 3½ - 4 hours for our Grade 3-6 students.

The parent portal is indicating that there is overdue work in the homework tab. Please do not become anxious or

worried with this message. This is a system generated message and not one from your teachers.

Communication to staff - reminders

Parents and students can email staff and can also send messages through the parent portal on Sentral. Parents are

encouraged to contact teachers between 9:00am and 3:00pm. Teachers will respond to parents who have ques-

tions, are seeking feedback on work or need clarification, on the same day. Messages received after 3pm may be

answered the following day. Staff phone numbers will not be distributed to the school

community.

Grade 5/6 Camp Phillip Island Camp deposit:

At this stage we are progressing forward with our planning as if the Grade 5/6 Camp in

November is still going ahead. To assist with the planning of this camp, the $100 deposit

is due. We are accepting contactless payment via Direct DR or BPay.

You will receive a Tax Invoice of $273, this includes the $100 deposit to be paid by 8th May.

The tax invoice has your BPay reference or Direct DR details

Thought of the week

Kind Regards,

Kim Saddlier

Principal

How to access ‘WEBEX Meeting, Learning from home’ for students and parents

WebexMeetings: Webex is the videoconferencing solution that the Department of Education and Training offers all Victorian government schools. Here are instructions on how to access Webex Meetings provided by your teacher using your internet browser. You may need to ask your parent or carer to help you access them. 1. Open your internet browser and go to https://eduvic.webex.com/ 2. Download Cisco Webex Meetings 3. Your teacher will provide you with a meeting link to join via your email address.

This will allow you to enter your class teacher’s ‘Personal room ‘(office). 4. Select the ‘Join’ or ‘Join Meeting’ button. If you see a pull-down arrow on the button, click the pull-down and ensure ‘Use web app’ is selected. 5. The session will start. You might be asked to allow your microphone and camera to be used in the session. Click ‘Allow’ then press ‘Skip’ to continue. 6. Start learning with your peers and teachers, just like at school! * Webex meetings can also be accessed via a desktop application. The instructions above are for browser access, however you can download the desktop application from https://eduvic.webex.com/ or when prompted when joining a meeting from the link you have been sent.

LOGIN OR REGISTER VIA

THE LINK PROVIDED.

DO NOT FORGET TO TYPE IN YOUR ACCESS KEY.

UPLOAD THE APP VIA EITHER THE

APPLE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY STORE.

Type in Kangaroo Flat Primary School.

Login Using your email address and password that

you registered via the Parent Portal.

Let’s Cook @ Home

Anzac Biscuits

1 cup plain flour

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup brown sugar

1//2 cup coconut

1/3 cup golden syrup

125g butter

1tsp bi carb soda

Set oven to 150'c In a large mixing bowl mix together flour, oats sugar and coconut

and set aside. In a saucepan, melt the butter and golden syrup. Add bicarb soda and stir till

combined and frothy Add the frothy liquid to the dry ingredients and mix gently to combine well

Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Roll the mixture in your hands to make approx. 12 -15 golf ball size.

Place on baking tray allowing room for the mixture to spread Cook for approx. 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool on the tray. The biscuits will be soft, they will crisp as they cool. You can press softly on the biscuits while they're warm using a flat lifter to give a more uniform appearance.

Store in an air tight container.

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