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Develop ing Respons ib le Learners for a Changing Soc ie ty
PO Box 126 HAMPTON PARK 3976 Web: www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au Phone: 9702 8688
Term 4— Issue 6
13th November 2019
Dear Parents/Guardians, Remembrance Day
Once again, I was so proud of all our students as they respectfully commemorated Remembrance Day last Monday. Some of our school leaders led the students through an assembly that outlined aspects of the meaning of Remembrance Day and a strong recognition of the service personnel who have served in the past, and are currently serving now, to ensure we maintain our wonderful living conditions in Australia.
As this was happening on Monday, two of our School Captains and our Merrigan House Captains attended the Hampton Park Progress Association commemoration service at the Arthur Wren Hall in Hampton Park. Below is a recount of the day from Kye Gardner – Merrigan House Captain
On Remembrance Day two School Captains (Casey Lumm and Raveen Wijjarupage) and the Merrigan House Captains (Ella Larche and myself), went to the Arthur Wren Hall to participate in the Hampton Park Association Remembrance Day. I was lucky enough to sit on a table with the Merrigan family and Anthony Burn (Federal Member of Parliament for our area). At 12 o’clock Ella and I, got up to say a speech about what leadership means. We both did our speeches even the Merrigan family said that they were amazing
and the best. Whilst lunch was on, I was on the table with the Merrigans and Anthony Burn and the Merrigan’s were having conversations with me about who Merrigan was. He was a footy player who played at Hampton Park but was drafted
by Fitzroy Lions which merged with Brisbane Bears which became Brisbane Lions. Not long after lunch our school was awarded a Bear in war which is now located in the Library and we were also awarded $300 for our breakfast club. All the students had a great time and thank you to the Hampton Park Association for running this great day.
Friday 15th November Grade 6 Summer
Sports KVPS vs Berwick
(Volleystars & Softball at KVPS)
Junior Assembly
2.40pm
Wednesday 20th November
2020 Prep Transition 2.40pm
Friday
22nd November Grade 6
Summer Sports KVPS vs
Brentwood Park (Volleystars & Softball
at KVPS)
Grandparents Afternoon—Grade 1
Senior Assembly
2.40pm 4A, 4B, 4C & 4D
Performing
Wednesday 27th November
2020 Prep Transition 2.40pm
Thursday
5th December Zoo Excursion Prep Grades
Thank you everyone! Today (Wednesday) Gayathri from Hampton Park Woolworths came to present our students the prizes from the Earn and Learn program that was recently run. Due to the number of tokens YOU brought back, we have received three boxes of games, toys and other equipment that you will be able to use at school.
There were 15736 schools involved this year and 150 remote schools that do not have Woolworth stores also received equipment through bins in other more central stores. Four of our Year Five House Vice Captains represented you all in accepting these from Gayathri. Well done for collecting so many tokens and I hope you enjoy the equipment when it is distributed. Reminder of the Starting Times For 2020 School Council has approved the following starting times for the commencement of the 2020 school year. 2020 Whole School Pupil Free Days
Tuesday 28th January Pupil Free Day – staff return – no students are to attend school
Wednesday 29th January Pupil Free Day – no students are to attend school
Students Commence
Thursday 30th January Years 1 to 6 First Day
Monday 3rd February Year Prep First Day– 12.30 dismissal
Prep Testing Days
Thursday 30th January
Friday 31st January
Wednesday 5th February
Wednesday 12th February
Have a great week and keep smiling! Neil Cunningham Principal
WEEKLY SPECIALIST AWARDS DIGITAL TECH 3A
4th November to 10th November 2019
GRADE NAME
Prep A Blossom
Prep B George
Prep C Tanay
Prep D Yusuf
1A Jenifer
1B Oshan
1C Isabella
2A Ayesha
2B Jeremiah
2C Eeva
2D Grace
3A Sophia
3B Wasi
3C Salim
3D Rotana
4A Jemima
4B Erin
4C Maisum
4D Zeba
5A Virote
5B Summer
5C Meali
6A Heroon
6B Nazreth
6C Sajad
6D Casey
6D Sam
Ethan PD Miranda 2A Anisha 2C Ainsley 2D Tanisha 3B Manasi 3C Huong 4A Sparsha 4D Chase 5A Sofia 6A Nathan 6B Matthew 6C
World Teachers Day was celebrated in Australia on 25th October. As a part of this celebration, the
students of 4C & 4D were given the opportunity to experience the complexities involved in teaching.
In small groups, the students had to create a maths or literacy lesson which met the standard of the
Year 4 Victorian Curriculum. The groups spent time planning the lesson, working out how long
each part of the lesson would take, what role each group member would have, creating digital and
other resources, correcting completed work and managing classroom behaviour.
Zeba—4D I think that being a teacher was a good chance to be more confident
Rohan—4D It was easy to teach because the students were listening but it was hard to get them to complete the work quietly
Khush—4D My experience as a teacher was good because it was fun
Zohaib—4D I think it was fun and easy because people listened
Freshta—4C I think it was hard to get the people to settle down and be quiet. Overall it was easy
Ishana—4D It was hard to make people hear what we were saying
Jasper—4D It was scary because I’m not used to talking in front of lots of people
Anzelia—4D It was hard to get everyone’s attention when they were talking
Anirud—4D I think it was hard because it makes you nervous and you have to help and teach at the same time
Faith—4C It was hard to get everyone’s attention
Issue 8 out now.
Orders close Friday 29th November
Cash orders to the school
Credit card orders online via
www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP
How to help your child with their reading…
This term in our newsletter, we will be exploring ‘The Big 5’ of reading development. Research has found that each of these
is an essential building block towards our students becoming
successful readers.
The Big 5 Phonic Knowledge Phonic knowledge is the understanding of
sound-letter correspondence to ‘decode’
words when reading.
Ways to support phonic knowledge devel-
opment at home:
Create an alphabet book with pictures of
words that begin with each sound of the
alphabet
Play eye spy with letter sounds instead of
letter names
Encourage your child to ‘stretch out’ or
‘sound out’ new words they encounter
Continue to practise high frequency Ox-
ford words as unfortunately many of these
cannot be decoded and require repeated
exposure
To be eligible for Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund payment.
You will need to provide your current Healthcare / Pension card for us to sight and photocopy
must be valid past 28th January 2020. Please hand your application form to the office
before Friday 26th June 2020
Best Attendance
Year Prep Prep B 86%
Year 1 1A 93%
Year 2 2D 92%
Year 3 3B 89%
Year 4 4D 91%
Year 5 5B 90%
Year 6 6C 90%
At Kilberry Valley Primary School, we believe
that student success is dependent upon good
attendance at school. Students need to
attend school regularly in order to participate
fully and gain maximum benefit from their
schooling. Daily attendance enables students
to access a full education, allowing them to
reach their full potential. Students with poor
patterns of attendance in primary school
usually have poor patterns in secondary
school and often disengage from school.
There is a direct link between school
attendance and achievement in later life. Poor
attendance also makes it difficult for children
to form positive relationships with their peers
therefore, we feel that regular attendance is
essential for KVPS students.
OUR FOCUS THIS FORTNIGHT:
Treating everyone equally
Follow all staff instructions
Be respectful and courteous to all students, staff and
parents in the community
VALUES @
KVPS
IMPARTIALITY
Hi Everyone, Recycling week is here, we already have 2 posters made about saving our sea life
and some really great ideas on how to make a terrarium using milk cartons and
juice bottles. Tomorrow we will continue to work on the milk carton crafts as well as
making seed balls and our own bubble blowers, as the week goes on there are
more and more exciting things to try, its set to be an awesome week.
Just a reminder that Holiday Club bookings have been live for a couple weeks now,
so don’t forget to jump online www.campaustralia.com.au and check out the
amazing programs in the area, these holidays are going to be super fun.
Here at Kilberry Valley before and after school care we still have some busy weeks
coming up, we will be celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, we will
research and learn the meaning of each holidays, as we do with all cultural
celebrations and make some amazing displays.
We always welcome new faces so please feel free to pop in and say hello, and we
are happy to answer any questions you might have about the program or holiday
club, we are open in the mornings from 6.30am and are in service until 9am then in
the afternoon we are available from 3pm until 6pm.
Regards your friendly Camp Australia staff Leala and Kirsty
DID YOU KNOW! Most people are eligible for the childcare subsidy.
CHANGE OF CLOTHING FOR STUDENTS
We would like to remind parents to provide a change of clothing in children’s
school bags—preferably some clean underwear, track suit pants,
windcheater, shorts or a dress.
This is handy for ALL children in ALL grade levels .
We ask for your co-operation with this matter as our Sick Bay is unable to cope
with the large volume of people requiring changes of clothing.
One of our children in the school community is receiving medical
treatment which puts them at serious risk if they are exposed to
infectious illnesses, in particular: Chicken -Pox, Measles,
Mumps or Shingles.
It is also important that while your child is unwell they remain at home until they
are no longer contagious. Please let us know immediately by calling
the school office on 9702 8688.
As a school community we value your support in relation to the wellbeing of
all our students.
Any parent who wishes to help out in our classrooms or on excursions,
must provide a current Working With Childrens Card (WWCC) to the office.
Its free to register as a volunteer https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/
On the day you come to assist, please come
through the office and sign in using the visitors kiosk, you will be given a “Classroom helper
Privacy Agreement” to read and sign.
Please ensure you bring your Working With Childrens Card with you, to display in our lanyard, which you will wear while in the
classroom or on excursions.
If your child is absent from school,
please ring the office on 9702 8688
before 9.30am on the morning of the
absence or notify us by e-mail
THANK YOU
KILBERRY VALLEY NOTICES SENT HOME
The following notices have been sent home to families
and require your prompt attention:
MELBOURNE ZOO—Prep Grades Please return consent form and payment by Wednesday 20th November. Cost $ 31.00 HEALTHY LIVING DAY Please return consent form and payment by Wednesday 4th December. Cost $ 7.00 LUNA PARK—Grade 6 Graduation Excursion Please return consent form and payment by Thursday 5th December. Cost $ 30.00
LATE PAYMENTS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED
Kilberry Valley Primary School ADVERTISING
Please Note: The Department of Education and Training
does not endorse the products or services of any private advertisers. No responsibility is accepted by
DET for accuracy of information.
PARENT REMINDERS LATE PASSES
If your child is late to school
they must sign in at the
office to receive a late pass to
give to their teacher.
EARLY LEAVERS
If you need to collect your child
before the end of school, please
do not go straight to the
classroom. They must be signed
out at the office, then you will be
given an Early Leavers pass to
give to the teacher.
Important
Friday 15th November Grade 6 Summer Sports
KVPS vs Berwick (Volleystars & Softball at KVPS)
Junior Assembly—2.40pm
Wednesday 20th November 2020 Prep Transition 2.40pm
Friday 22nd November Grade 6 Summer Sports
KVPS vs Brentwood Park (Volleystars & Softball at KVPS)
Grandparents Afternoon—Grade 1
Senior Assembly—2.40pm. 4A, 4B, 4C & 4D Performing
Wednesday 27th November 2020 Prep Transition 2.40pm
Friday 29th November
Junior Assembly 2.40pm. Prep A, Prep B, 2A & 2B Performing
Thursday 5th December Zoo Excursion—Prep Grades
Friday 6th December
Healthy Living Day
Senior Assembly 2.40pm. 3A, 3B, 6C & 6D Performing
Tuesday 10th December Students Arrive at 6.00pm
Grade 6 Graduation Ceremony 7.00—9.00 pm
Thursday 12th December Christmas Concert 6.00—7.00pm
Monday 16th December
Book Pack & School Fees due
Thursday 19th December Grade 6 Graduation Excursion Luna Park 8.30—6 .00pm
Friday 20th December
Whole school Assembly 11.30am 1.00pm dismissal
