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77-79 Doncaster AveKensington NSW 2033Subscribe:Subscribe: https://kensingtonps.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe
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Kensington Catch Up
3 April 20193 April 2019
Principal’s ReportCongratulations to everyone for another amazing term atKensington. Kindergarten have finished their first term of bigschool and Year Six have finished their last first term of primaryschool. Well done everyone. Thank you everyone whosupported our classrooms programs, helped through the P&Cand School Council and everything else in between.
As you can see we have an amazing community that is alwaysthere to help, even in the pouring rain or at election BBQs.
Please join us on Thursday 11 April from 9.15am for ourEaster celebrations. All are welcome for the parade and raffle.Remember to bring a hat for the parade, younger siblings arewelcome. Don’t forget to donate your goodies now, to ensureour raffle in support of the Sydney Children's Hospital Randwickis a success.
We will be having our ANZAC Day Assembly at 9am on Friday12 April, please join us. Families are welcome and if you wouldlike to bring flowers to lay please feel free to do so.
The students involved in the Cross Country will then headover to Centennial Park. Please also join us if you are free.Remember, if you want to take your child early ensure they taketheir school bag with them and sign out at the park with yourteacher.
We look forward to welcoming students back to school onTuesday 30 April after a well-deserved break.
Please feel free to read our Annual School Report 2018 thathas been posted on our website.
Harpers Education Suppliers would like to donate classroomresources to The Hearing and Beyond School in Vietnam, HoiAn on our behalf. You may remember we supported them lastyear through our Sun Hat fundraiser. If you know anyone thatwill be travelling to Vietnam, Denang or Hoi An at any time thisyear please let us know and we would love to talk to them abouttaking over some resources. We thank Harpers for their helpwith this project.
I will be taking leave for the first two weeks of next term. MrsBettina Wilson will be Relieving Principal and Ms Zrinka Krivosicwill be relieving Assistant Principal Stage One. I look forward toreturning with stories from our Sister School in Nanjing China.
During the holidays a number of staff will be attending theWorld Edu Lead Conference in Singapore. We look forwardto listening to many world experts in Education, EducationalReform, Differentiation and so much more. We look forward topresenting back to our staff at school next term.
Ms Louise StonePrincipal
Dates for your diary
P&C Crazy Hair Mufti Day- Thursday 4 April 2019Resilience Project Parent Information Session- Monday 8April 2019Easter Activities- Thursday 11 April 2019Cross Country Carnival and P&C Bake Sale- Friday 12April 2019ANZAC Day Assembly- Friday 12 April 2019
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Last day for students- Friday 12 April 2019First day for students – Term 2 Tuesday 30 April 2019
School P&C and School Council NewsThank you to all those that attended our P&C and SchoolCouncil AGM and General Meeting last week. Nominations tookplace over the last few weeks for the 2019 Committees of bothgroups.
I would again like to thank those outgoing members, TraceyChung, Joe Chen, Sean Loughman, Jude Swain, RachaelDizon and Helen Zamagias and congratulate the following fortaking up positions.
2019 P&C
President: Jock MarmottaVice President: Jasmin BackhouseVice President: Petra SahlbergSecretary: Megan EscottTreasurer: Maya Tangendjaja
2019 School Council
President: Suzanne CastellasVice President: Vicki TonnerSecretary: Angie StevensonCommunity Rep: Rosemary McDonald
The teacher representative nomination forms have beendistributed and a ballot vote will be held this week.
Just remember if you are ever unable to attend a meeting andwould like to raise an issue, please either email the [email protected] or the P&[email protected] and it will be forwarded to theappropriate committee.
Please find below the KPS School Council Minutes frommeetings held on 26 February 2019 and 26 March 2019 andKPS P&C AGM Minutes and P&C General Meeting Minutesfrom meetings held on 26 March 2019.
Thank you to those who volunteered and/or donated to ourElection BBQ. It was wonderful seeing our community cometogether for the “democratic sausage sizzle”.
When the next election date is finalised, we will call forvolunteers again. Please have a think now about when youmay be available. We will call for volunteers for set up on theFriday and from 7am in the morning on the Saturday. We needabout 10 volunteers for each session. So, SAVE THE DATE.
The Year Six Committee will also be looking for volunteers toman the bake stall and for donations.
This year the P&C will be looking at streamlining its fundraisingefforts and processes so please come along and get involved.The next P&C meeting with be Tuesday May 7 (Week 2) somark it in your diary now.
Cross Country Carnival and P&C Bake SaleFriday 12 April
The P&C are holding a bake sale at the Cross Country Carnivaland are looking for donations of food and treats. Please bring
donations to the library between 8.30 and 9.00 am on Fridaymorning. If you can volunteer to help on the day with setting upand sales, please email the P&C [email protected].
Please remember to label the ingredients of the donations andnot include any nuts due to allergies.
Class Communication Information -we are stillwaiting for five classes to nominate a parent.The following classes do not have class parentsyet. Can you volunteer? 1M, 1V, 3R, 4K and 6/5R.
We would like to be able to further strengthen the link betweenhome and school. Please provide your details on the formattached if you would like to be involved in the classcommunication program.
If you are onsite once a week and can have a chat with yourclass teacher and do not mind sending a group email every sooften, please consider ticking the box to be the class parent.
Please complete the Class Communication Details Sheet andreturn to school as soon as possible.
Important Message Regarding HomeworkClass
Homework class will not be available on Monday April 8 (Week11) due to all KPS staff attending a professional learningmeeting. Please arrange alternative pick up arrangements foryour child/ren and inform their class teacher.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Homework class will operate on Tuesday April 9 and ThursdayApril 11 as usual. It will resume in Term Two, on Tuesday April30.
Important News RegardingCommunication Changes
From Term Two, TERM INVOICES and TERM OVERVIEWSwill ONLY be available via our school newsletter. Paper copies
will no longer be sent home with students.
Parents/guardians will need to click on the link for their child’sgrade to access this important information.
Please contact your child’s teacher or the front office if yourequire assistance.
Student Wellbeing
The Resilience Project Parent InformationSession
KPS is proud to have partnered with The Resilience Project, awhole-school program which aims to develop students’resilience through gratitude, empathy, mindfulness and
emotional literacy. We will commence implementation fromTerm Two onwards.
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To find out more, please come along to our Parent InformationSession, which will be held on Monday April 8 (Week 11) from
7.00-8.30pm in our hall.
Focus of the Fortnight
After School Safety
No students are to remain at school after 3.00pm unless theyare waiting to be picked up. Ball games are not permittedafter school as this has resulted in numbers of children leavinglate to walk home or catch buses. KPS OOSH has use ofthe playground and all equipment from 3.00 (as part of theirlease) and all other students and parents should vacate atthis time, unless waiting for a specific purpose. An executivestaff member will walk a circuit of the playground, encouragingstudents to leave the premises. From Monday 12 Februarythere will be a new bell at 3.10pm as a reminder for parents andstudents to vacate the school grounds or as a reminder for astudent that has not been picked up to go to the waiting gate,ensuring their safe supervision.
If waiting to be picked up, all students must wait inside theschool fence near the Doncaster Ave gate (waiting gate). Theymust not play but watch for parents' arrival, so parents do notneed to leave their car. All other students and families are
asked to exit via the Todman Avenue and Bowral Streetgates to ensure a clear thoroughfare for children enteringcars.
Parents taking children across roads are asked to observeall safety rules and apply common sense. What you feel issafe when you are with your child (ren), may not be for anunaccompanied child who follows / copies you. Calling tochildren to cross roads from the opposite side is NEVER safe.Always use the crossings.
At 3.15pm all children who are still waiting to be collected willbe brought inside, where they can be supervised by the teacheron duty. After 3.30pm parents/guardians will be contacted andif unavailable, emergency contacts will be notified. Children whoare not collected after a reasonable time will be handed over tothe Police.
Car Pick-up Procedures
Our Pick-Up Zone has been designed to make it easier andsafer for our community to collect children. For it to remainsuccessful, we remind all families to recognise the following:
We are working with Randwick Council to ensure thecooperation of all community members. Fines may be issuedfor failing to comply.
GATE REMINDERS
Gate 1 Doncaster Avenue (nearest the canteen)
This gate is open from 3pm and is only for students accessingthe Car pick Up Zone. To ensure the safety of our students,adult pedestrians are asked NOT to use this gate until after3.15pm
Gate 2 Doncaster Avenue (nearest the basketballcourt)
This gate is open from 6am to allow access to KPSOOSH,before school activities and the administration office. At 3pmthis gate is locked to avoid congestion on Doncaster Avenue.
1. You may remain in the standing zone for up to 2minutes.
2. You must remain inside your vehicle at all times.
3. Reversing your car in a school zone is unsafe andillegal.
4. Stopping in the No Stopping Zone at the corner ofDoncaster Avenue and Todman Avenue is illegal andimpedes traffic turning the corner. This also results inthe crossing being blocked, preventing our studentsfrom crossing safely. Please only join the queue ifthere is space before the No Stopping Zone,otherwise complete another circuit and join the endwhen there is room to do so.
5. Please cross only at the designated crossings.NEVER attempt to cross in front of cars in thePick-Up Zone.
6. Staff priority is student safety. Please cooperate andfollow all staff requests AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURETHE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN.
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Gate 3 Bowral Street and Gate 4 Todman Avenue
Both gates are open from 8am to allow pedestrian access forschool drop off. These gates are locked at 9.15am. Volunteersexiting after this time should exit via Doncaster Gate 2. Bothgates are open from 2.45pm to allow pedestrian access forschool pick up.
Parent Feedback Survey- 2018 Semester2 Reports
As part of our consultative process, we are seeking parentfeedback regarding the changes we made to our 2018Semester Two reports. The changes were communicated viathe School Newsletter throughout Terms Three and Four andwere developed in consultation with the School Council. If yourchild was enrolled at KPS in Semester Two 2018, we wouldbe grateful if you could spend 5 minutes completing the surveybelow:
https://goo.gl/forms/ehQFmpPayMsvc1Uk1
Kind Regards,Bettina Wilson (Croft)
Years Three and Five NAPLAN OnlinePractice Tests
All schools participating in NAPLAN Online in 2019 will take partin a practice test between 25 March and 5 April. The practicetest will provide students with an opportunity to become familiarwith the types of questions they will experience in NAPLANOnline and will also allow the school make preparations for thelive test environment in Term Two.
Students may also use the link below to practise at home:
http://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site
To access the current information regarding 2019 NAPLANOnline, please visit the NAPLAN Online website:
https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment
Further information will be provided to families of students inYears Three and Five early next term.
KPS Study Tour to China – 2020 AprilSchool Holidays
An exciting opportunity is available for students who arecurrently in Years Four and Five in 2019 to express their interestin participating in a KPS school study tour to China in 2020.The trip to China will provide students with an enriching andimmersive experience into Chinese culture and language. Therewill be approximately 20 student places available and 5 staffattending. If you would like to find out more information, pleaseprovide your details below. An information evening will be heldin Term two.
Chinese ClubIn Term Two, students in Years Three to Six who would liketo enrich and extend their Chinese language skills will have theopportunity to join the Chinese Club. Students will participatein a range of engaging learning activities to develop theirspeaking, listening, reading and writing ability in Mandarin. Theclub will commence in Week Two, Term Two and will be heldin the Chinese language room each Tuesday during lunch timefrom 1.10 pm to 1.45 pm. Students will be provided with theopportunity to nominate for Chinese Club during this week.
K-Two AssembliesWe look forward to seeing you next term for our K-TwoAssemblies which start at 2:30pm sharp in the hall. We ask allstudents and guests to be seated and ready by this time.
There is no assembly in Week 11.
K-Six Easter Celebrations 2019We warmly invite you to attend our K-Six Easter CelebrationParade on Thursday April 11 (Week 11) at 9:15am, under theCOLA.
Hats
All students K-Six are asked to make a special hat at hometo wear during the parade. These may be brought in fromMonday, April 8 (Week 11). We encourage younger siblings towear a special hat as well.
Easter Raffle
Each class is seeking donations for the Easter Raffle prizes.These may include Easter Eggs, activity books, stickers, fluffytoys, games or craft kits. If you are available to help make theclass raffle prizes (4 in total) please let your teacher know.
Raffle Tickets will be sold from Monday April 1 (Week 10)through to Wednesday April 10 (Week 11) at lunchtime. Ticketsare 50 cents each or 5 for $2.00. All money raised will bedonated to the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick.
Performing Arts
K-Two MUSICAL WORKING BEE HELPERS
This year on Thursday September 12, all students in YearsK-Two will perform in a very special show called ‘Bee Musical.’Further information regarding performance times andrequirements will be sent home early next term.
We are seeking helpers to assist with making costumes. If youhave your own sewing machine, you are welcome to bring thisto the sessions.
The sessions will take place in Term Two from 1.45pm-3.00pmin the Performing Arts room on the following dates:
Friday 17 May Friday 31 May Friday 14 June
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Week 3 Term 2 Week 5 Term 2 Week 7 Term 2
All volunteers require a current Working with Children Check(WWCC) which should be provided to the school office.
Please ensure that you sign in at the school office upon arrival.
Thank you in advance. I look forward to us being busy beestogether.
Ms Fredman
Amazing Regional Swimming ResultsWhat fantastic results we have from the Metropolitan EastRegional Carnival!
Firstly, thank you to the parents of all children for transportingtheir children to Homebush.
Competing at the Regional Carnival is very exciting and anenormous step up from the zone carnival.
Alec won the 50 m freestyle and will compete at the StateChampionships.
Niamh will compete in the following events at the StateChampionships after outstanding performances at the RegionalCarnival – 200 IM, 50m freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke andbutterfly.
We also have 2 relay teams competing at the StateChampionships.
Junior boys - Alec, Uunai, Kai and JoshuaSenior girls - Jinny, Niamh, Carolyn and Jo
Huge congratulations to all students and we wish you the bestof luck.
K. Davis
PSSA Sport
PSSA Friday 22-Mar
CRICKET Girls Senior Kensington 109 Randwick 180
Junior Kensington 95 Randwick 163
Boys Senior Kensington 2 Rose Bay B 25
Junior Kensington 36 Rose Bay B 39
TOUCHFOOTBALL
Girls Senior Game1
Kensington 2 RandwickB
2
Game2
Kensington 0 RandwickA
1
Junior Game1
Kensington 0 Bellevue Hill 0
PSSA Friday 22-Mar
Game2
Kensington 1 Darlinghurst 2
Boys Senior Game1
Kensington 4 Rose Bay 2
Game2
Kensington 1 Bellevue HillA
3
Junior Game1
Kensington 2 Darlinghurst 1
Game2
Kensington 7 Double Bay 1
Nude Food DayStarting in Term Two, Kensington Public School will bepromoting Nude Food Mondays to encourage healthy foodchoices that are less processed and packaged.
Please support this by making sure your child’s lunch boxhas no wrappers which will reduce the amount of rubbish thatneeds to go in bins to be sent to landfill.
The below link is to a variety of things you can use and buyinstead of plastic.
https://www.onyalife.com/plastic-free/eco-friendly-products/
KPS Organic Vege Box Co-Op
Numbers have been down lately, for thisprogram to continue, orders need to be madenow.
Our Organic Vege Box Co-op is up and running, pleaseregister if you would like to join this wonderful program.
Member families volunteer to divvy up bulk organic produce intoweekly boxes making the organic produce up to 45% cheaperthan retail. The divvy is planned to occur at 3pm Thursdays infront of the student's washrooms.
Your help volunteering to pack the boxes is welcomed.However, you can still be a member of the co-op if you can'thelp due to work commitments. Funds go towards maintainingour school’s environmental programs. "My Organic School" is afull loop nutritional transformation program for your school.
http://www.myorganicschool.com/kensingtonpublicschool
David WalsmanFounder: My Organic [email protected]
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Uniform Shop NewsKensington Public School uses an online ordering system foruniform shop items. An online catalogue has been establishedwith Flexischools. Orders will be ready for collection oncecompleted. Delivery methods include – pick up from theUniform shop on Tuesday morning 8.30 to 9am or pick upfrom your after-school care provider (KPSOOSH or SquigglerAcademy). Please allow 10 days for orders to be completed.
https://www.flexischools.com.au/
Volunteer Ethics Teacher RequiredDear Parents and Carers,
Ethics classes are available at Kensington Public School asan option for children who don’t attend Special ReligiousEducation (SRE/scripture).
Ethics classes support children in developing skills in ethicalreasoning, critical thinking, collaborative enquiry and how tosupport their arguments with evidence. The lesson materialshave been approved by the Department of Education.
We do not have enough volunteer ethics teachers atKensington Public School to meet the demand for classes in2019. The more children and stages we have requests for, themore teachers are needed.
Volunteering is a great way to engage with the school.Volunteer ethics teachers do not need a background inteaching or ethics, just a willingness to learn how to deliverclasses. They must complete a two-day workshop and otheronline training and accreditation requirements. The approvedlesson materials are provided. Ethics teachers must commit to
conduct classes each week at the school during school termsfor at least one year.
For more information about Primary Ethics, the curriculum orto volunteer as an ethics teacher, please visit the link belowwhere you can complete an on-line application or contactMichael Locke, Volunteer Ethics Coordinator, on (M) 0404 506706 or (E) [email protected]
http://www.primaryethics.com.au
School Shades
KPSOOSH News
Term 1 – Weeks Nine & Ten
Autumn Vacation Care
Our autumn vacation care program is filling up quickly! If youwant to guaruntee a spot for your child please fill out thebooking form and return it to our OOSH room or send it to usvia email ASAP. You will be able to find the form in our centre oryou can request one via email. All payments for vacation careneed to be made prior to Monday 15 April otherwise your childwill not be able to attend, regardless of being booked in or not.If you have any questions or queries about our vacation careprogram please do not hesitate to contact us.
Absences and Casual Bookings
Since switching over to our new QikKids system, we will nolonger be taking bookings via email or text. All absences and
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casual bookings will need to be done via the My Family Loungeapp which can be downloaded through Google Play or the AppStore. If you have any trouble using the app, please come intoour service to collect a how-to sheet which is placed next to theiPads. Please be aware that you will be contacted if your childis absent regardless of if you have emailed/texted us. Once youmark them absent via the app, it automatically reflects on oursystem and you will not be contacted. Alternatively, you canemail us at [email protected] to request an electronicversion of the sheet.
Suggestions
We are so close to the end of Term 1, this means the planningof winter vacation care will be happening soon. If you or yourchild have any suggestions or feedback for our vacation careprogram, please let us know! We love to get parents andkids alike involved in the programming process; this means weare meeting the wants and needs of the children within thecommunity and providing them with a fun and fulfilling time overtheir school holidays. We have a suggestions box here in ourroom, you can also reach us via email. We look forward tohearing from you!
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