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Newsletter No. 27 - Term 3 – Week 7 30 August 2018

From the Acting Principal What a marvellous week we are having!

Student Led Conferences Thank you to all our families who attended this week’s Student Led Conferences. We trialled a new format for these conferences and have received some terrific feedback from parents, students and staff and walking through the classrooms it was very affirming to hear some amazing student led discussions. I would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Hopkins and all our teaching staff for the research and work they put into preparing the new format and ensuring that our students had agency over the process. Mrs Hopkins will be spending some time reflecting with staff, students and parents about the process over the next week and will share her findings with you in next week’s newsletter.

Father’s Day Stall Thank you to our magnificent Parents & Friends Committee for their efforts in organising and hosting a fabulous Father’s Day Stall, there are going to be a lot of very spoilt Dads this Sunday!

2018 Book Week Celebrations Our Book Week celebrations have been fabulous so far, all our classes have been reading and reviewing the nominated CBCA books and have all decided on their personal favourites. Our children were treated to a very interactive and exciting visit from nominated author, Patrick Guest, on Wednesday. As Pat read his book, “The Ricker Racker Club” aloud, students were invited to act out scenes from the book and the library was filled with fun and laughter and some periods of deeper reflection and vulnerability as some more complex themes were explored. I would like to say a very big thank you to the Hicks family for putting us in contact with Pat. We will continue celebrating Book Week tomorrow with our dress up day and parade, and a very special performance incorporating several of the CBCA nominated books, entitled TREASURE HUNT!

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National Science Week The excitement of Science Week is still bubbling at Kalinda. Congratulations to all our wonderful inventors who received prizes at assembly on Monday.

This week our Grade 1/2 Students explored ‘forces in action’ as they participated in a Mad About Science incursion. The incursion allowed them to investigate how forces and movement work in hands-on science activities.

Mixing Science and Literacy… At Kalinda we are really passionate about creating lifelong writers and students who just love to write. Lucy H. in 1/2A is completely mad about pandas! She recently saw a movie about pandas and was so interested that she wrote to a scientist in China who works with Giant Pandas. The scientist really enjoyed reading Lucy’s letter and he wrote straight back to her. They now write regularly to each other, sharing their ideas about the best way to care for these gorgeous endangered animals. What a fabulous example of writing about something you are passionate about! Keep up the great writing Lucy!

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a wonderful weekend and all the Dads in our Kalinda Community a very special Father’s Day on Sunday! ERIN NORMAN ACTING PRINCIPAL

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2018 PARENT OPINION SURVEY – CLOSING THIS SUNDAY! WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK! Recently, a random selection of parents were invited to participate in this year’s Parent Opinion Survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The Parent Opinion Survey has now been extended to Sunday 2nd September. We would very much appreciate parents completing the survey, which only takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek. The survey results will be reported back to the school at the end of September. The information gained from this survey will help us to plan curriculum programs for the next few years. Please feel free to ring us if you would like more information.

2019 ENROLMENTS If there are any families already at Kalinda that have younger brothers or sisters starting in 2019, and who have not yet been enrolled, please come in to the office and pick up a Student Enrolment Form as soon as possible. If your family is intending to leave Kalinda at the end of the year, or before, please let us know by email to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au or send in a note to the office. It would be very much appreciated if this could be done as soon as possible so that grades for next year can be organised. We will soon be planning classes for 2019 and need to know final numbers before the end of this term.

Events Calendar

August

31st - Book Week Celebration Day September

5th - Cyber Safety Parent Info Night 6th - Cyber Safety Incursion 10-12th - Gr. 3/4 Phillip Island Adventure Camp 15th - Trivia Night – Ringwood Bowls Club 16th - Working Bee – 10am – 12noon + BBQ 17th - School Council 19th - Footy Maths Day & Pie Day 20th - Publishing Party – Gr. 1/2s – 2:45-3:15pm 21st - End Term 3 – 2:30pm Dismissal October

8th - Beginning Term 4 18th - Grade 2 Sleepover 19th - Grade 1/2 Tabloid Sports Day 20th - Working Bee – Saturday 10am-12noon

FORWARD DATES:

School Photos – 19th March 2019 Grade 5/6 Canberra Trip – 25th – 29th March 2019 TERM DATES 2018

Term 1 – 29 Jan – 29 March (Students resume 31 January) (Easter – Good Friday 30th March) Term 2 – 16 April – 29 June Term 3 – 16 July – 21 September Term 4 – 8 October – 21 December CANTEEN ROSTER – TERM 3

3/9 - Justine W. 5/9 - Susanne H. 6/9 - Helper Needed please

7/9 - Helper Needed please

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Notices sent home to Families –23 - 30 Aug 2018 Notice Distributed to: Due Date:

Ivan’s Pie Drive Eldest in Family 7th September

Pie Day Forms All students 7th September

Grade 1&2 Tabloid Sports Day (via Compass) Grades 1&2 18th September

Grade 2 Sleepover (via Compass) Grade 2s 18th September

Trivia Night Notice & booking link All families Asap

Production Photos for sale All families 17th September

Production DVDs for sale All families 10th September

Grade 5/6 Camp Deposit (see office) Grade 4 & 5 ASAP

CANTEEN NEWS

Pie Day & Pie Drive – Please note: The due date for Pie Day & Pie Drive orders is Friday 7th September.

NO late orders can be accepted; if they are sent in late, they will be returned home. So don’t miss out – return your forms asap! Because of a number of students in the school with a range of allergies, please ask your child not to share their lunch orders, snacks, icypoles, drinks, etc. with anyone else. This is for the safety of students with Anaphylaxis or Allergies. Those students need to purchase their own food and snacks, with parent permission. JUSTINE WATSON CANTEEN MANAGER

Maths Challenge! The winner of last fortnight’s challenge will be drawn at assembly on Monday. Here’s the new one to get you thinking! If you would like to have a try at this fortnight’s problem, write your answer on a piece of paper with your NAME and GRADE. Place your answers into the ‘Maths Challenge’ box at the office. All the correct entries will go into a draw to win a prize and certificate at assembly on Monday Week 9. Ready for the challenge….? Michelle Anderson Learning Specialist & Numeracy Co-ordinator

NEXT WEEK IS e-SMART WEEK CYBER SAFETY PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT (see the notice on page 8) As part of eSmart Week, next Wednesday 5th September, we are holding a “Digital Parenting & Cyber Safety Presentation” at 7pm in the Library. This will be a very interesting evening giving parents necessary information, skills and strategies. You will need to book a seat for the evening. Please book through www.trybooking.com/XRMJ Please read the notice on page 8 of this newsletter for further information.

There is a 3 digit number.

The 2nd digit is 4 times the 3rd digit.

The 1st digit is 3 less than the 2nd digit.

What is the number?

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK AWARDS

F/A Amelia P. - For being brave in her learning and attempting to sound out words on her own. Keep up the super effort, Amelia. F/B Emelia S. - For consistently working to the best of her ability. F/J Phuri J. - For excellent Mindfulness practice. You worked really hard to be mindful. F/Z Flynn T. - For being a Master of your feelings by reflecting positively on your learning to set new goals. 12A Hani O. - For being brave and participating in the ‘Banana Peel’ dance during performing Arts, even though you don’t like dancing much! 12B Isabella F. - For pursuing your personal best with your Publishing Party writing. Well done! 12E Abby S-L. - For excellent work on flip, slide and turn in Maths this week. You are doing a

great job! 12F Cade H. - For a terrific effort and improvement in writing a mighty middle! Fraser G. - For a terrific effort and improvement shown in his writing, excellent endings. 12K Darcy T. - For the great work in completing your Publishing Party story. Well done, keep up the excellent writing. Lucien Di M. - For being brave and completing all his Writing tasks, even when faced with a challenging one. 34D Holly McC. - For making a brilliant effort to make good learning choices. Well done, Holly. Oscar W. - For pursuing his personal best by making an extra effort to improve his handwriting. 34F Heidi C. - For continually demonstrating all the P.I.T.W. Values and for always setting a

good example. Ben B. - For continually demonstrating al the P.I.T.W. Values and for always setting a good example. 34L Utkarsh C. - For pursuing his personal best when learning Multiplication facts. Ava J. - For being brave and speaking clearly and confidently during 3-Way Conferences. 34P Sophie S. - For reflecting on her family holiday to Bali in a descriptive manner. What an amazing holiday, Sophie. Cooper B. - For persisting in his learning, even when faced with a difficult challenge. Cooper, you always demonstrate such a positive attitude towards your learning. 34R Ollie W. - For the great work in your Publishing Party story. Jace B-A. - For the great work he is doing in his Reading and Writing. 34S Charlotte O. - For creating an amazing educational Google site based on the story, “The Ricker Racker Club”. Wow, what a website! Ashlee M. - For creating an amazing educational Google site based on the story, “The Ricker Racker club”. Wow, what a website! 5/6D Thiyara H. - For displaying the virtue of good manners and always acting in a way that makes others feel appreciated and respected.

Discounted Uniforms

In preparation for the changeover to a new Polo shirt, RHS sports have generously

discounted their remaining stock of short and long sleeve yellow Kalinda polo shirts.

Short sleeve. Child sizes 4-16. $17.40. Adult 14+ $18.60 inc GST. Long sleeve. Child sizes 4-16. $19.40. Adult 14+ $20.60 inc GST.

Availability of shirts varies according to size. Some sizes are very limited so be quick if you would like a discounted yellow shirt! Information about the availability of new design polo shirts will be available early next term. Please be assured that

we expect a 2-year changeover period of shirts where families can elect which shirt they prefer their student to

wear.

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Some upcoming important dates for your

calendar…please share with your KPS friends!

31/8/18 Book Day, ‘Find your treasure’ theme.

5/9/18 Cybersafety Information Night (parents only)

6/9/18 Cybersafety Incursion – Brainstorm Productions – F-6

7/9/18 Pie Drive & Pie Day orders are due.

10-12/9/18 Grade 3/4 Phillip Island Adventure Camp

15/9/18 Trivia Night

19/9/18 Footy Maths Day / Pie Day (add some sports colours to your outfit for a day full of Maths fun!)

20/9/18 Gr. 1/2 Publishing Party

20/9/18 Pie Drive orders will be delivered.

21/9/18 End of Term 3 – 2:30pm Dismissal

Keep your eyes peeled for more information about each of these dates soon.

Happy days!

Lauren Hopkins - Acting Assistant Principal

”Science is Mad” Incursion Recount. On Monday, 27th August in the Multi Purpose room, my grade went to see an awesome, super incursion by Mad about Science. I learnt a lot about science while we were there, which included buddy forces, gravity and how the ground holds and doesn’t just fall.

This is how buddy forces work: if a car went straight down a hill the car would be cutting through the wind. The car would still be going the way it started but the wind would want it to come back.

Then we got a go at spinning a stick. You needed to get the momentum going and you could turn it to confuse it, and then the spinner stick would stop. We also go to use a spinny top with a beyblade type of thing.

Next we used different surfaces and tested toy cars on foil, carpet, wood and sandpaper. Wood was the fastest, foil the second , sandpaper the third, and carpet was the slowest friction with a car.

In the next experiment, we tested four balls in salted water and then just plain water to see what would float or sink.

Finally, we used small magnets to test the pulling forces on a slinky. We had a great day and learnt a lot! Cade H. – 1/2F

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JAPANESE NEWS

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED

FOR TERM 4, 2018 We are very fortunate to have an Intern arriving in early October to stay with our Kalinda families for Term 4, 2018. Her name is Ms Noriko Sato. Noriko is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. Noriko would like to teach our students about Japanese culture, modern and traditional life in Japan, origami, Japanese cuisine and traditional children’s games. We ask host families to provide a room and food for an intern. It is an intern’s responsibility to organize holidays. Host families like to share their weekends with the intern though. The intern pays a small weekly fee to the host family to help cover the cost to stay. Usually the children are exposed to Japanese culture and make a good, lasting friendship. Previous interns still keep in touch with their host families. We would appreciate your support again for our International Internship Program. If you have any questions regarding the program, please do not hesitate to contact me at school. Cheryl Henry-Wild Intern Co-ordinator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO BE A HOST FAMILY FOR OUR JAPANESE INTERN, NORIKO SATO

Please fill in this form and return it to the office as soon as possible

Your Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Contact Number: _________________________________________________________________ Your Child(ren)’s name(s): __________________________________________________________ Grade(s): _____________________________ How long would you be prepared to have Noriko stay? ___________________________________ What period in Term 4 would suit you ?_________________________________________________ Noriko will be here from early October 2018 until late December 2018 (Term 4).

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS

There are a number of events on Compass at the moment needing payment and consent. These are listed below: Canberra Trip Deposit – For 2019 Grade 5&6 students. Deposit of $100 due by 24th August 2018. Junior Hooptime - $15.00 payment due by 29th August 2018. (selected group) Senior Hooptime - $15.00 payment due by 27th August 2018. (selected group) Ringwood North District Athletics - $10.00 payment due by 28th August 2018. (selected group) Grade 1 Tabloid Sports - $10 payment due by 18th September Grade 2 Sleepover & Tabloid Sports - $20 payment due by 18th September If you are eligible for Camps, Sports & Excursions Funding (CSEF), please do not process through Compass, as this will alter the amount owed. Complete your excursion permission form and bring into the Office for payment. Credit Card & BPay payments – Please remember that we cannot accept payments of less than $10 for credit card and less than $30 for BPay. If you are paying by BPay, please also send in a short email or note letting us know the amount, what the payment was for and the BPay Receipt number, to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au If payments of less than $10 are received, we will be returning them home and asking for cash payment. The 2017 Parent Payment Policy and the Kalinda Primary School Hardship Policy is located on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/ - Notices & Forms, for your information. . If you have any queries regarding any of the above, please contact the Office. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to login to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add Note / Approval” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass. As per the DET requirements, notifications will be sent out via text if your child has an unexplained absence. Please take the time to ensure all your details are correct.

STUDENT BANKING Don’t forget to send in your child’s Bendigo Bank Deposit book every Friday. Deposits will be processed and the books will be returned to your child each Monday.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports

Kalinda Primary School Uniforms are available to purchase offsite at RHSports at Unit 12, 100 New Street, Ringwood. Notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms For your convenience, the RHSports Shop is open every day from 9:00am – 5:00pm, including school holidays. The direct link to RHSports is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events and information. The Department of Education & Training (DET) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DET and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

APPLES

STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will be delivering apples on Thursday 13th Septmber. If you would like to order apples or pears, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 12th August. Bags are approximately 5-6kg and are freshly picked from the orchard.

Pink Ladies (NEW SEASON), Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Fujis are now $12 per bag. Green & Brown pears are now available too, also at $10 per bag. Jazz apples available at the moment for $15 per 5-6kg bag.

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