KELLYVILLE RIDGE NEWS

KELLYVILLE RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLCnr Singleton Avenue & Greenwich Street Kellyville Ridge NSW 2155Phone 888 304 80 | Fax 888 304 82 | Email kellyridge-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

TERM 1 WEEK 4 FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2019

Diary dates

Friday 22 FebruarySummer PSSA Commences

Wednesday 27 FebruaryRidges Swimming Carnival

Thursday 28 FebruaryStudent Induction Assembly - 9:30am

Thursday 7 MarchParent Information Session 1 9:15am

Wednesday 13 March‘Welcome to KRPS BBQ’ - 5:30pmP&C AGM - 7:15pmThursday 14 MarchSelective High School Test DayParent Information Session 2 9:15amThursday 21 MarchHarmony Day Drumming Excursion S2 & 3Friday 22 MarchHarmony Day Drumming Excursion ES1 & 1Friday 12 AprilStaff Development Day (no students) in lieu of Monday 29 April

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Meet the Teacher EveningsThank you to all parents and carers who attended our Meet the Teacher Information sessions earlier this week. Every session was extremely well attended, reflecting the interest that you have in your children’s education and the much valued support you give to the school. I would also like to acknowledge and thank all of our teaching and specialist staff for their organisation, attendance and leadership of the sessions and for their preparation of handouts and overviews to provide parents and carers with information about teaching/learning programs, routines and activities for 2019.Learning For Life

The quote to the left reflects the learning climate for our students in 2019. I have already spoken to many of our students about ‘Feedback’. By further developing a growth mindset ethos, students will learn that mistakes are an important part of learning and that it is vital that we LEARN from our mistakes. In 2019, our students will become increasingly accustomed to the fact that learning is not easy, it is challenging, and to celebrate the joy of overcoming challenges. To assist students in their development of a growth mindset and give them the skills to move their learning forward, we will be focusing on feedback. In the coming weeks I will present our students

with 3 things to remember in regard to feedback:1. Seek feedback- from teachers, peers, parents etc2. Listen to feedback3. ACT upon feedbackWe are educating our students for tomorrow by establishing a whole school environment of lifelong learning practices so as to enhance the ethic of excellence which is paramount at Kellyville Ridge Public School. I encourage you, as partners in your children’s learning to discuss with your children their learning and what do they know and what they need to do to move their learning forward. Bring on 2019!P&C Welcome to KRPS BBQ - Wednesday 13 March 5:30-7:00pmCome and join our friendly P&C at the welcome to KRPS BBQ on Wednesday 13 March from 5.30-7pm. Grab a free sausage and drink for the family and have a chat with other parents and welcome our new families to the KRPS family. Please RSVP by the following link https://goo.gl/forms/rwKu8BNybm1mAfK33

* Term 1 Invoices* African Drumming Incursion

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

P&C Annual General MeetingPlease join us at our AGM on Wednesday 13 March from 7.15pm in the staffroom. We are always looking for new members to join the P&C committees – if you wish to nominate for a position, please put your nomination and the position you are nominating for in writing, marked to the attention of myself. I will accept nominations up to and including Friday 8 March, 2019. Those who have already nominated do not need to re-nominate.Variation to Staff Development Day Reminder - Friday 12 April 2019We will be holding a Staff Development Day on Friday 12 April, 2019. Teachers will be learning how to use Seven Steps to Writing, so they can lead every student to improve their written work by taking the complexity out of writing. Students WILL NOT attend school on this day. As a result of this variation, students WILL instead attend school on Monday 29 April 2019. Thank you for supporting the professional learning of our teachers.

Don’t forget every day to remind your children how special they are and how much you love them.Mrs Rhonda Gosman - Principal

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPALS

Morning RoutinesThank you for your assistance in helping our school year to get off to a great start. Please remember no-one is to be in a classroom before school. Children are to hang up their bags and go directly into the playground where they are supervised from 8.30am. This also now includes Kindergarten students. Students are required to be at school by 9am when the morning assembly begins. Parents are asked to leave the playground before the 9am bell unless they are assisting in classrooms and have signed in. This ensures that we know who is on our school grounds and also that children are able to line up and concentrate on messages that are being given.

Kiss and Drop ZonePlease note that the Kiss and Drop Zone is not a parking zone. You may wait in the zone in your car to pick up your children but you must not leave your car to go into the school. Cars that are parked and unattended, disrupt the flow of cars departing with children. Also be aware that you may be booked if you are at the end of the queue in the part of the zone that states ‘NO STOPPING’. Please also be aware that our old ‘Kiss and Drop’ Zone outside the front entrance is for parking only and cannot be used for picking up. Safety of our students is paramount.

Mrs Jenny Maher & Mr Ian Duncan - Deputy Principals

FROM THE OFFICE • Term 1 invoices have now been sent home and are due by Friday 8 March. Please note the each child will be receiving their own invoice. Cash/cheque payments are to be sent in an envelope clearly marked with the child’s name, class and with the attached invoice. EFTPOS facilities are available at the office. Payments can also be made online via the school website. Details will accompany the invoice. PLEASE NOTE: On-line payments must be completed 48hrs prior to the closing date to allow for processing. • Please ensure all permission notes are returned signed and by the due date. You can check the school phone app and the website for copies of notes sent home.• To minimise disruptions to classes, items such as musical instruments, hats and drink bottles that are brought late to the office will not be sent up to the classroom. Children may play under the COLA and access the drink bubblers as required.• At times, for our young children we understand that accidents can happen. Please place a clean pair of underwear in your child’s bag to use if required.

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IN THE NEWS AT KELLYVILLE RIDGE

Madame Butterfly Floats Home in Record TimeSkye M recently dispelled the myth that, in swimming, butterfly is the stroke that everyone loves to hate. In fact, butterfly is Skye’s favourite stroke of all! Skye enjoys butterfly because she spends a lot of time practising that particular stroke at training. She also feels that working hard in order to improve at something is a great challenge and because many others don’t enjoy butterfly very much, this gives her the advantage when it comes to competition.Skye’s hard work in training certainly paid off at the recent KRPS Swimming Carnival where she broke the Senior Girls 50m Butterfly record in a time of 42.19 seconds (the previous record of 43.28 having been set in 2016 by Emma Sanders). Whilst our 2019 carnival was held at the end of 2018, Skye commented that this was actually a good time to hold the swimming carnival, as the swimmers had been training well up to the carnival rather than having to find form straight after a break over the holidays. Skye is now back in training and preparing for her next challenge – the Ridges Zone Swimming Carnival in 2 weeks.Gooooooo Skye! Miss Scott

Leadership CampLast Wednesday, 6 February, the school leaders Jai, Sidhesh, Sasha and Darcy left for a leadership camp in Vision Valley for three days. We learned leadership, event planning and public speaking skills. There were about 56 schools and 144 leaders in attendance.Many people came like a blind man who played his guitar and rode his bike from his house to the beach. There was also a man called Cameron who told us what it takes to be a leader. Marceline taught us how to public speak and not be shy.The Vice Captains, Darcy and Sidhesh did an activity where you climb a 14 metre pole and jump off (We were wearing a harness in both the activities). The captains, Sasha and Jai went on the flying possum. How it works is that you run and you levitate off the ground and go 14 metres in the air and immediately come down safely. We also had fun swimming in a big pool and going down the incredible water slide.We had a great time at camp and we would like to thank Mrs Gosman and the Executive staff for letting us have an unforgettable experience.

By Jai, Sidhesh, Sasha and Darcy

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New Student Morning TeaOn Thursday 14 November, Mrs Gosman, Mrs Maher and Mr Hope hosted a morning tea to welcome our new students to Kellyville Ridge. Each student was able to bring a friend from their class to the morning tea who had made them feel welcomed at our school. Our school leaders spoke and introduced themselves to our new students, helping to provide a familiar face in the playground. Thank you to our canteen for catering the morning tea.

5/6C Zen Line Landscapes Take a look at these incredibly intricate drawings by our students in 5/6C. They are amazing!

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P&C NEWS

It was fantastic to see some new faces at our first P&C meeting last week. The AGM was unable to take place as the financial books had not yet been audited from the conclusion of 2018. The next meeting on Wednesday 13 March will now also serve as the AGM. The Annual General meeting of the school’s P&C is scheduled for Wednesday 13th March at 7.15pm in the staffroom. All parents are most welcome to attend.Nominations for the positions of :1) President2) Vice President3) Secretary4) Treasurer 5) Fund Raising Coordinatorneed to be in writing, sealed in an envelope addressed to Mrs Gosman and brought to the front office by Wednesday 6 March. Please note that late nominations will not be accepted. Nominations received for the February P&C meeting are already accepted for the AGM on the 13th.

Welcome to KRPS Family BBQPrior to our next meeting on Wednesday 13 March from 5:30 - 7:00pm, we will be hosting a ‘Welcome to KRPS’ family bbq. We encourage all our new families to come along, enjoy a suasage sandwhich for dinner and make connections with others in our school community. All KRPS families are welcome to attend the evening and enjoy a bbq together. For catering purposes, we ask that you please RSVP via the following link below. We look forward to seeing you there!

1W Spelling on WhiteboardsYesterday morning, it was fabulous to see 1W working on individual whiteboards to practise their knowledge of words that feature the sound focus of the week. They know that the sound ‘K for kite’ can also be written in some words as ‘c, ck, q, x’ or even ‘ch’ as in ‘school’.

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CANTEEN CORNER

Canteen Helpers - Week 5

Monday 25 February Alison and Anits

Tuesday 26 February Alison and Kim

Wednesday 27 February Alison, Nina and help needed

Thursday 28 February Alison, Sonia, Kristie and extra help needed

Friday 1 March Alison, Cass, Monika and help needed

Canteen Helpers - Week 6

Monday 4 March Alison and help needed

Tuesday 5 March Alison and Clare

Wednesday 6 March Alison, Nina and help needed

Thursday 7 March Alison, Sonia and Kristie

Friday 8 March Alison, Sonia and help needed

PSSA NEWS

Today our students commenced round 1 of their summer PSSA season. Our teams were full of enthusiasm and excitement as they waited to head off to their venues this morning. Many of our teams are sporting their new uniforms for the first time day, looking absolutely amazing! For up to date draws, results and news, please keep an eye on the Ridges PSSA website at www.ridgespssa.com.au. Go KRPS!

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