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14th March, 2019 Issue 4, 2019

Coming Events

Calendar

Monday 18th March

Breakfast Club 8.15 to 8.45am

Tuesday 19th March

Student Banking

Wednesday 20th March

Breakfast Club 8.15 to 8.45am Chess Tournament

Thursday 21st March

Breakfast Club 8.15 to 8.45am Harmony & Friendship Day

Friday 22nd March

Karingal Primary School Mallum Avenue, Karingal 3199

P.O. Box 6112, Karingal www.karingalps.vic.edu.au

E-mail-karingal.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone: 9788 4800/9789 0514 Absence Line: 9788 4838

Monday 25th March

Breakfast Club 8.15 to 8.45am Dental Visit

Tuesday 26th March

Student banking Dental Visit

Wednesday 27th March

Breakfast Club 8.15 to 8.45am Dental Visit

Thursday 28th March

Breakfast Club 8.15 to 8.45am

Friday 30th March

RESPECT, INTEGRITY, PERSISTENCE, RESILIENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS

April 2nd Curriculum Day—Student Free 5th End of Term 1—2.30pm finish August 16th Curriculum Day—Student Free November 4th Curriculum Day—Student Free

Student Leadership 2019 At assembly on Friday 1st March, Andrew Harms, one of the Assistant Principals from McClelland College presented our School Captains, House Captains, SRC Representatives and RIPRR Leaders with their badges. Our School Captains for 2019 are River and Mia. The House Captains are Bunerong: Daimon and Cassie, Aranda: Garrion and Isabella, Warramunga: Zed and Kayleigh, Paringa: Ryan and Lily. The SRC Representatives are: 2/3A Charlotte and Dean, 3/4A Noah and Samantha, 3/4B Lenny and Kylana, 5/6A Jade and Kaiden, 5/6B Chari and Ziggy, M2A Sasha and Isobel, M23 Isabella and Belle and M3A Talia and Thomas. Our RIPRR Team Leaders are Taylah, Aiden, Paige, Jake, Dion, Grace, Hayley, Annabelle, Charlotte and Riley. We look forward to our new student leaders being active members in our school community. Working with Children Check All Parent/Carer volunteers in our school need to be thanked for their wonderful support and the efforts they put into making our school the best it can be for our students. Whilst we love having parents/carers in partnership with our school, it is essential that everyone who volunteers n our school for whatever reason, including parent volunteers, have the appropriate Working with Children Check. I thank all parents/carers for their support and understanding of this procedure. Anaphylaxis at K.P.S. We currently have students in our school with a severe anaphylaxis allergy to nuts that is potentially life threatening. Whilst we are not a nut free school, I do ask that all students, parents and staff be aware and mindful of this. I would also ask that all children are NOT to share food. It is the partnership between school and home that is crucial if certain food are to be kept away from anaphylaxis students whilst at school. Family Challenge What a wonderful event the Family Challenge was on Wednesday 27th February. There were lots of families enjoying each other’s company and participating in some challenging and fun activities. Congratulations to all the teams who participated and a special thank you to our student leaders, Ms Holmes and staff that supported the event. Bikes, Scooters and Skateboards With your permission, students may ride bikes, scooters and skateboards to school if they are wearing a helmet. For safety reasons and in-line with the Education Department guidelines and VicRoads advice, students in Foundation to Year 3 who ride or scoot to and from school, should in the company of an adult. Bikes, scooters and skateboards should not be ridden in the school grounds as this causes a safety issue for the pedestrians

within the grounds.. Upon arrival at school, students should walk their bike scooter or skateboard to the bike shed. I also encourage you to remind students not to ride or scoot down the footpath on Mallum Avenue, before and after school for the safety of pedestrians. Karen Luff Principal

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Supervision in the School Grounds Teachers are on yard duty in the school grounds at the following times:

8.45 – 9.00am Before School 11.00-11.30am Morning Recess

1.45-2.30pm Lunchtime 3.30-3.45pm After School

2019 TERM DATES

Term 1: 30th January to 5th April Term 2: 23rd April to 28th June Term 3: 15th July to 20th September Term 4: 7th October to 20th December

2019 School Hours

Classroom Session 9.00am -11.00am Morning Recess 11.00am-11.30am Classroom Session 11.30-1.30 Lunch Eating Time 1.30 - 1.45pm Lunch Play Time 1.45pm-2.30-pm Classroom Session2.30pm -3.30pm

SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

President: Simon Tiller Vice President: Lisa Agar Secretary: Claire Montgomery-Campbell Assistant Secretary: Danielle Goldsmith Treasurer: Rachael Franks Assistant Treasurer: Carol Chainey Parents: Simon Tiller, Simone Power, Melissa Dillon, Stanley Mitchell, Claire Montgomery- Campbell, Rachel Franks Executive Officer: Karen Luff DET Representatives: Danielle Goldsmith, Deirdre Finnegan, Carol Chainey, Sam Marston Community Members: Lisa Agar, Rob Lindsay

NOTICES

In order to make it easier for parents we are endeavouring to place all permission forms

onto our website.

They will be found on our calendar and you can print them from home if necessary.

Website: www.karingalps.vic.edu.au

ABSENCE LINE

9788 4838

When you phone please leave your child’s name, grade, date of

absence and reason for absence

ABSENCE VIA WEBSITE

You are now able to report your child’s absence via our website.

www.karingalps.vic.edu.au

OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY

Karingal Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with out robust policies and procedures. We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously. Our school is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks. Our school has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers. Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability. We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. If you believe a child is at immediate risk or abuse phone 000.

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MARCH 18 Airlia M12 19 Kobe 01A Sasha M2A 20 Paige M2A Layla M2A 21 Jaewan 5/6B 22 Kiarah 3/4A Ayser M23 25 Ella-Rose 1/2A Honey-Belle 1/2A Archer 2/3A 26 Tommy M12 26 Lily-May 3/4A

Don’t forget that Tuesday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit. For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will receive a cool Dollarmites token. The first token will be received upon the first deposit at school. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can then be redeemed for a range of great, exclusive reward items in recognition of their continued savings behaviour. Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at Karingal Primary School.

CAMPS, SPORTS AND EXCURSION (CSEF) APPLICATION FORMS DUE

Parents are reminded to lodge the CSEF application form

to the school office ASAP.

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The Trip to Stampy’s Fun Land (A Minecraft Story) (an extract) One day there was a Minecraft boy Xavier S. But his Minecraft names was Div the Devious. He was building his base. It took a very long time but he finished the outside at sunset then he placed a bed and went to sleep in it. When he woke up he finished his base on the inside. He made a room with an inchartng table inside the room. He put some paintings up on the wall. Then he came out of the room and he put some more paintings up on the wall and then he made another room but instead of an inchartng table he put a bed inside the room and put some more paintings up on the wall and then he went outside and made a mail box that said 220. Then it was sunset andhe went to sleep but when he woke up the diamonds and emeralds that he had kept in the chest yesterday were GONE!!!!. He said to one of his knights “who did this we do not know”. Said the knight then Div the Devious said “WOW!!!! That’s crazy mazy”. Then he said “we need to go to bed and when we wake up they might have given the diamonds and emeralds back”. Then the knights said “ok let’s go to bed”. Then Div the Devious said “yes that’s very good”. Then Div the Devious went to bed but when he work up all the sticks in all the chests were GONE WHAT A FEEASCO!!!!!!

WRITER OF THE WEEK

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

Karingal Primary School does not necessarily endorse any of the products advertised in our school newsletter.

FRIDAY MORNING GARDENING GROUP for parents and friends. 9AM EVERY FRIDAY MORNING (weather pending)

If you are a parent or a guardian and would like to help improve the school gardens come along every Friday morning to help plant flowers, seasonal crops, and fruit trees for the teachers and students to enjoy. The vegetable garden and flower beds near the Prep classrooms need a lot of work after the summer break. This Friday there will be weeding and preparing the beds for winter planting. Parsley, oregano, sweet corn, kale, basil, broad beans, marigolds and sunflowers will be planted in March/April. Tools are provided. Sign in at the office and the meet near the vegetable garden at 9 am, bring your own hat and WWC card. (Working With Children) If you would like more details contact Vicky Pratt 0418 363031 or vicpratt@froggy.com.au Thank you

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