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E-Mail: the.principal@kinkinss.eq.edu.au

Website: www.kinkinss.eq.edu.au

NEWSLETTER Wednesday 6th June, 2018

Year 5/6 News

2018

SPECIAL POINTS

OF INTEREST

Kafe this Friday—Yrs 3 and 4 are cooking

again

AusKick program—every Tuesday at

11am

Crazy Hair

Day—this

Friday 8th

June

Report Cards sent

home—Parent/teacher

interviews in Week 9

and 10—bookings

open

Auction 16th June

Athletics Carnival—

18th & 19th June

Behaviour Rewards

day—

Wednesday

20th June

Knitting every

Tuesday

at 2nd

break

Chess

Club

every Wed at 2nd

break.

Last day of Term 2—

Fri 29th June

First day of Term 3—

Mon 16th July

Dear Parents,

Welcome to Week 8 and what a busy week it is. We are well into our assessments,

writing persuasive articles about flying foxes in Year 5 and creating persuasive

advertising of a travel destination in Year 6. We have been practising our reading

strategies, comparing and questioning to help us deepen our knowledge and

understanding of the text we are reading relating to our tasks. Through our

assessments we are able to demonstrate our writing skills - point of view,

modality, paragraphing and persuasion.

In Science with Ibu Eva’s direction, we have been investigating evaporation,

explaining solids, liquids and gases and testing change – reversible or irreversible.

The Year 5’s have conducted experiments to investigate variables that affect the

amount of evaporation of a liquid. The Year 6’s have conducted experiments about

all the changes that occur to materials because of heating that can or cannot be

reversed through cooling.

Every day in maths we practise our number facts. To be able to achieve mastery of the basic facts, students:

apply a range of efficient thinking strategies to recall number facts; demonstrate automatic recall of basic facts; ‘think addition’ to recall subtraction facts and ‘think multiplication’ to recall

division facts; recognise and solve related and extended facts; identify and reason with number facts, related facts and extended facts in

computation and problem-solving situations; and Apply number fact knowledge to estimation, mental computation and problem

solving.

Baroody (2006) suggests the following approach to developing computational fluency: Patiently help children construct number sense by encouraging them to

invent, share and refine informal strategies. Promote meaningful memorization or mastery of basic combinations

(number facts) by encouraging children to focus on looking for patterns and relationships.

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Year 5/6 News (cont’d) Practice is important, but use it wisely. Allow children to progress through the ‘counting’ and ‘thinking

strategy’ phases before intensive practice opportunities that focus on speedy recall.

This Friday is Crazy Hair Day which is a Student Council Fundraiser for the school. Make sure you remember to wear your hair in a crazy fashion and bring a gold coin donation. Enjoy the start of winter Year 5/6

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General News Dear Parents, We are smack bang in the middle of the reporting period. Students are hard at work demonstrating learning progress this semester and teachers are diligently reviewing demonstrated student learning in preparation for report cards and interviews. Report cards will be sent home on Monday and it marks the beginning of this semester’s interview period. As previously mentioned, the interviews are critical for parents wanting to know detailed information about: Learning expectations for their child. Their child’s academic achievement against expected standards. How well their child is engaging with expected learning. How their child may be able to improve. Likewise, it is how we can work together in supporting your child’s learning and well-being development. So, if you haven’t made an appointment please contact the office as soon as convenient. Thank you in advance. Cheers, Trent

PLEASE NOTE: Rewards Day on Wednesday, 20th June has now been

changed. The lunch is a FREE sausage sizzle and Popper.

The Disco which was going to be held on that day has now been

moved to the next Wednesday, 27th June. On this day, the Year 6’s will be

selling $5 lunches to raise funds for the Canberra trip, the menu to be

advised.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

18TH/19TH JUNE

MENU

Sausage sizzle Poppers

Vegie burgers Roast Gravy rolls

Pumpkin Soup Tea/Coffee

Prices to be advised

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Students of the week

Congratulations to:

Eric for being a Healthy Citizen by doing great work with Pam by

following instructions.

Catherine for being a Healthy Citizen for always being a positive

student in the classroom.

Claire for being an Informed Citizen by trying hard to do her best in

assessment tasks.

Jet for being an Informed Citizen by trying hard to do his best in

assessment tasks. Thank you!

Lilly for being an Informed Citizen for being a keen and co-operative

student who demonstrates both towards school and her own learning.

Nicholas for embracing all learning opportunities especially in reading

and role modelling good behaviour.

Tarsha for showing initiative by doing her best to meet learning

expectations. Well done Tarsha.

Lucy for mastering the Next 100 Words. Congratulations Lucy!

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Parent/Teacher Interviews Don’t forget to book your interview with your child’s teacher. Interviews are available during next week and the week after. (11th

June—22June). It is a great chance to catch up with the teacher one on one and learn all about what your child has been doing, and if

required, what they need to concentrate on to help them with their learning. The interviews will be conducted in 15 minute

increments. Please ring the office to book a time.

Kafe Menu for this

Friday

Creamy Pumpkin Soup

Garlic & Herb breads

Crunchy Autumn harvest salad

Bread & butter pudding

Playgroup News

Kin Kin State School and Playgroup occurs every Thursday morning from 9-10.30am at the Kafe Garden area behind the school. All families and children are welcome to attend and participate in the variety of activities on offer. Please follow our Facebook page to keep up to date with what’s happening week to week. This is a great introduction for children to the school environment and also a chance to meet others. Tea and coffee is provided and mums and dads can catch up whilst the children have a play. If you have any questions please call the school on 07 5485 4168.

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES

PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY

YOUR CHILD IS AWAY

54 854168 or admin@kinkinss.eq.edu.au

All students need to be accounted for each day.

We cannot have any unexplained absences on our rolls

each day.

Happy

Birthday

Finlay

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Garden Photos

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Under 8’s week

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Under 8’s week

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Year 6 Kin Kin Students go to Canberra

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISING—CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Saturday 16 June- Live auction at hall. Many great items on bid. Entry – Adults a $5 raffle ticket. Wine, cheese and biscuits. Kids free.

June – Online LipSence products party.

Saturday 7 July - Bush Dance in hall. $10 entry adults,

$5 kids, supper provided. Best dressed prizes. 6.30pm start

Saturday 14 July - Bunning's Sausage Sizzle - all Year 6 parents are going to be asked to participate. See roster below...

Bunnings sausage sizzle 14th July 2018

Shift Name Name Name Name Name

7:00 –

10:30

Leasa Kearin Jo

10:00 –

1:30

Sarah (Zoe,Art,Mia)

Kasey Cristy

1:00 –

4:30

Anita Kasey Sally

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Roster

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DAYDAYDAY

We are gearing up for a fun-filled day this Rewards Day.

Faith, Harmony, Katie and Kearin have some great activities organised for all

the students.

Between 12.30pm and 1.30pm there will be a whole school Disco party, so

grab out your disco gear and dance away with your friends.

FREE sausage sizzle/ popper for lunch

Then in the afternoon, Cinema 1 and Cinema 2’s doors open for the afternoon. Cinema 1— Peter Rabbit

Cinema 2 – Jumanji

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WEDNESDAY 27TH

JUNE

$5 TO JOIN IN, INCLUDES FOOD,

MUSIC AND FUN!

IT WILL BE AMAZING!

DRESS UP AND DANCE!

ALL FUNDS GO TO THE SCHOOL

SCHOOL DISCO

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