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to our 2020 School Leader Nominees
Sylvie Argall, Pia Bourke, Finn Cousins, Jaya Doloswala,
Mars Fraser, Sylvie Gaul, Rose Haynes, Sylvie Jones,
Georgia Kane, Edmund Kuch, Jacob Mackay and Carlia White.
On Monday morning these 12 students gave outstanding, thoughtful and amusing
speeches. The whole school and their families were there to encourage and
support them. So proud of these young people. The school has voted and next
year’s leaders and captains will be announced to the school at Presentation Day
tomorrow morning.
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Christmas Carols
at Carrington Place… tonight
KPS is to be part of the Community Carols tonight at Carrington Place at
6pm. Our choirs will be performing a few pieces, and we'll all have the
opportunity to sing some carols together. Come along and be there for
the lighting of the Christmas tree too!! This is a community event .. all
children must be in the care of a responsible adult.
Fiona Paine Principal
From the Principal
Friday 6th December Presentation Day Assembly Monday 9th December Year 6 Farewell Dinner Wednesday 11th December Year 6 Final Assembly Friday 13th December Last day for Year 6 and Celebration Arch at 2.45pm Mon-Wed 16-18th Dec Stage 3 Camp Wednesday 18th Dec Last day for all students for 2019 Wednesday 29th January First day Term 1 2020 for Years 1 - 6 students
KatNews Newsletter Date The official newsletter of Katoomba Public School
Volume 2019 No: 39 Term 4 Week 8, 5th December 2019
School Expectations
Respect Yourself
Respect Others
Respect the
Environment
Uniform Shop opens
every Tuesday from
9am-9.30am
Canteen is not
Operating in 2019
Our Presentation
Day Assembly will
be held tomorrow
and next week will
be the Year 6 final
Assembly on
Wednesday.
The Virtue this
week is
Helpfulness
Our PBL Lesson is
“ Respect yourself
in lines”
School banking is
every Tuesday
Merriwa Street, Katoomba NSW 2780
Tel: 4782 1226 Fax: 4782 2996
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.katoomba-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Upcoming Events …………
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Blue Mountains and Lithgow Air Watch Our school is one of a several schools that have students who are part of the Blue Mountains and Lithgow Air Watch, a community initiated study run by the EPA to monitor the air quality in our region.
A group of 15 KPS student volunteers give up their lunchtimes to be part of the project. The Blue Mountains News, a new digital newspaper, came to school last week and interviewed the students about the project. Have a look at the article here: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/thebluemountainsnews/blue-mountains-air-quality-monitoring-underway/news-story/dd47a2a35bd17fe1b8f2d467678c726f?fbclid=IwAR1eyyZsWMMW1heAq2pLxMObcseaJTCSaknofHwlDzCaN_itWKKuviO5L-8
Cate Paterson Community Liaison Officer
Community Liaison News
Last Wednesday SQID Squad went down to the Stormwater Quality Improvement Device to see what had been washed down
the drain in Katoomba.
This is what we found: A plant pot, some milk cartons, lots of plastic bags, lots of leaves, hundreds of bits of foam, a hair
dye bottle, lots of plastic takeaway containers, hard plastic food containers for strawberries and other fruit, a sardine and a
tuna can, lots of drink cans, a few handballs, a golf ball, plastic soy sauce fish, lolly wrappers from Halloween, a few cigarette
butts, lots of soft drink cans, chip packets, a balloon, popper cartons, big plastic bags, a few Christmas baubles, lots of coffee
cup lids made of plastic, plastic wrappers for all sorts of food, plastic fruit
nets, lots of foil rolled into balls, lots of bits of foil, sticker packets, a dog
bowl, broken glass, a clothes peg, a brick, and a plastic bird spike like the
ones the cockatoos pull off!
Phew! That was a lot of stuff and there was lots more that we didn’t even
get a chance to look at!
Here’s what waste looks like in a table
SQID Squad News
Recent Grants to KPS Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant and Teachers’ Federation Tree Levy Grant
KPS was lucky enough to receive two grants
recently for more native plants and tools for
Gunar Garung.
Early next year we’ll have another whole
school planting day.
Thank you so much to Woolworths, Landcare
and the Teachers’ Federation for supporting
our school.
Image by Angelo Velardo of Blue Mountains News
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Leaves
Coffee lids
Coffee cups
Foam
Glass
Foil
Plastic Bottles
Hard plastic takeaway containers
Soft plastic food wrappers
Cigarette butts
Tetra pack/Poppers
Cans
Soft plastic
Tins
Miscellaneous
Graph of Rubbish Seen
KatNews Volume 2019 No: 39 Page 3
Congratulations to the following students who received Awards in Week 7
Principal Book Awards: Blake Barratt, Eliza Danta, Clare Garnsey, Jerome Macri-Etienne, Violet Murphy,
Tully Walker
Class Assembly Awards
KG : - K/1C: Ned Egan
1PS: Declan McManus 1/2B: Lucy Woodburn
2G: Blake Barratt 2/3H: Lucas Finn, Jack Wilson
3/4S: Jarrah Fenner 3/4T: Ada Blaxland
5W: Mars Fraser 5/6A: Lily Redd, Max Salter
5/6K: Grace Bell-Smith K/6N: Banjo Mansfield
First up, thank you to everyone who came along for the information session on Wednesday at the RSL. It was great to see some new faces in the mix - something we always need as many of the volunteers have older children now and are thinking of stepping aside.
Hopefully all of your questions were answered but if you still have more, or you were unable to make it to the meeting, please feel free to contact me on [email protected]. Ask anything. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll find someone who does!
One question we were asked last week was about the type of jobs P&C volunteers do at the festival. There are four main areas: Welcome Crew - situated in entry areas, you help festival goers find their way, check wristbands and manage
crowds with a smile. Bar Staff - it’s busy, energetic and fun behind the bar. Three hours disappears before you know it! Clean Up Crew - they make sure everything remains pristine and rubbish is placed in the correct bins. Set Up/Pack Down Teams: normally before and after the festival, which means you’re free during the
festival.
See you at pick up time, Rilka Oakley (Mum to Mars and Rome)
15 Weeks To Go to BMMF!
Peace Sculpture Last term Mandy Schone-Salter invited us to be part of
an international artwork in Nurnberg, Germany, by
handing in plastic weapons. Children from around 20
countries surrendered their plastic weapons to build a
large Peace Sculpture in the middle of the
Reichsparteitagsgelande in Nurnberg.
This historical building was significant during World
War 2, where Hitler and his generals planned horrific
crimes against humanity. The Peace Sculpture is now a
symbol of hope and peace for all children around the
world and for their future.
KatNews Volume 2019 No: 39 Page 4
Kindy Green have been having fun with maths this term!
