NEWSLETTER Wednesday, 9th December 2020

Saige Ryan

Indie Elizabeth

Alana & Chelsea

Mason & Ashton

Courtney & Lana

Chase & Phoenix Isla, Jade & Charlotte

Ryan, Blake & Brandon

2021 Stationery Packs

Online ordering closes at midnight 11th December 2020 for free delivery to school.

Go to: www.jiofficeproducts.com.au

Enter School Code: KIL935

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Y Jovie, Evelyn & Declan Tyson & Keanu

Transition Day Continued...

Shiloh, Khilah, Hannah, Briana & Peyton

Ruby, Ruby, Ashlee & Lily

Will, Ayden, Rydah, Tristan & Koby

Mackenzie & Sienna

Jerzee & Mia

Frankie & Saige

Kody & Mia

Kayla, Sage, Cristina & Maddison

Mia & Meisha

Lilliana & Juliet

2021 Grade 6’s

Happy Birthday to the following

students who are celebrating their

birthday in the coming week.

We hope you have a lovely day.

December

10th Charlotte 2J

11th Brock 5H

12th Shae 3M Sienna 3S

14th Manreet 3M Hayley 4V Lilly 5H

December

Fri 11th Grade 6 — Funfields Excursion

Booklist online ordering closes for free delivery to school

Tues 15th Grade 6 Graduation 6.00pm start

Thur 17th Virtual Christmas Concert release

Fri 18th End of Term 4 1.30pm Finish

January 2021

Fri 29th Term 1 begins for all Foundation — Grade 6 Students

February

Fri 12th Grade 6 jackets final round orders close

Stationery Packs

Online ordering must be done by MIDNIGHT 11TH DECEMBER 2020 for free delivery to the school.

Orders placed after this cut-off will be charged a $5.00 LATE FEE + $14.95 DELIVERY CHARGE and will be home delivered in January.

Order placed after 8th January 2021 are not guaranteed to be delivered to be delivered prior to the school year commencing.

Online Ordering Procedure

Go to www.jiofficeproducts.com.au – Click on the Student Booklist tab: ENTER SCHOOL CODE: KIL935 Select the correct year level for the student Enter "Students name", Enter your order. Please check your E-mail for order receipt.

From Term 1, 2021 the Victorian Government has ceased school banking programs in Victorian government schools. As a result, the CommBank School Banking program will no longer operate at our school after the end of this term. If you are unsure of other methods of depositing to your child’s account, please feel free to contact the Bank’s general enquiries hotline on 13 2221 or alternatively visit your local CommBank branch.

If your child is eligible to receive a reward, please notify the office prior to the 11th December 2020.

We would like to thank you for your participation and support throughout the School Banking program.

Christmas Concert

The Christmas Concert will be sent out via a YouTube link on Thursday the 17th of December at 5:30pm. Have your dinner ready and voices in tune.

Student Leaders

Last Friday, we announced our Student Leaders for 2021 at a special on-site assembly. It was a wonderful opportunity to formally recognise our new Student Leaders and wish them the best of luck as they start their school leadership journey at KPS. I was incredibly impressed with how our students performed during all aspects of the selection process, delivering high quality speeches to their peers and participating in interviews as part of the School Captain selection process. I know that our new Student Leaders will do an outstanding job in providing voice and direction for our students in 2021.

Our Student Leaders are listed below:

School Captains: Georgia Gidman and Millie Harper

School Vice Captains: Isabella Wong and Tiama Kondratowicz

Student Voice Leaders: Roman Moser and Ryan Jenkins

Hume House Captains: Lachlan Peggie and Sienna Clark

Hudson House Captains: Tyler Carter and Zali Patford

Piper House Captains: Zak Ivory and Hannah Gibson

Mitchel House Captains: Shawn Yang and Bonny McGivney

School Wide Positive Behaviour Ambassadors: Montana Densworth, Abbey Drummond, Charlotte Nichols and Elih Stuart

Gardening Ambassadors: Mason Peacock, Lincoln Schultz, Clare Thomas, Claire Swift, Bree Woods and Hayley Thompson-Boyd

Transition Day and 2021 Grades

Transition Day is always one of the most exciting days of the school year and yesterday was no exception. All of our students had the opportunity to work at next year’s level for most of the day and we also welcomed our new Foundation students to school for their most extensive session to date. Across the school, we had a highly successful day and there was a fabulous buzz throughout the day. The final step in the creation of our 2021 grades is to use feedback from Transition Day to make final adjustments to our 2021 grades. Parents will be informed of their children’s grades on Tuesday, December 15th – students will bring home a letter identifying their 2021 teachers and a school map for 2021.

Reporting

Student Semester 2 reports will be available on the Compass Portal from 4.00pm on Tuesday afternoon. As mentioned previously, the Semester 2 format will be a little different in recognition of the impact of remote learning. Students will received A to E grades for English and Mathematics and all other curriculum areas will have a teacher comment rather than a grade. This change to the format is consistent across government schools in Victoria.

Staffing Teams

In 2021, we have a fabulous collection of teaching teams across our school. Blending youth and experience, we are looking forward to the impact that our 2021 teams will have upon student learning, wellbeing and engagement.

Mr O’Sullivan

WORDS FROM WELLBEING

The following services are available outside of school hours:

** In the event of an emergency please call 000 **

Just a reminder that all students and

families can access school based

wellbeing supports.

Kimberly can be contacted on 5782 1268

or at

kimberly.batsas-hill@education.vic.gov.au

Best,

Kimberly Batsas-Hill

Primary Welfare Officer

Kids Helpline

Ph: 1800 551 800

https://

Parentline

Ph: 13 22 89

https://

Safe Steps

Sexual assault, domestic and family violence Ph: 1800 015 188

https://www.safesteps.org.au/

Lifeline

Ph: 13 11 14

https://www.lifeline.org.au/

Our 2021 teams are as follows:

Foundation: Mrs Jacobs (Team Leader), Miss MacCaskell, Miss McCredden and Miss Williams

Grade 1: Mrs Nelson (Team Leader), Miss Straghan, Mr Hore and Miss Hunt

Grade 2: Mrs Smith (Team Leader), Mrs Trawn, Mrs Keunen and Miss Davies

Grade 3: Mrs Rowe (Team Leader), Miss Sloane and Mrs Sibbison.

Grade 4: Miss Veitch (Team Leader), Mrs Fandrich and Miss McGrath

Grade 5: Miss Hecker (Team Leader), Mr Farrell, Mrs Ockenden & Miss Melling

Grade 6: Mrs Evans (Team Leader), Mr Baniowski & Mrs Johnson.

Specialist Team: Mr Babic (PE), Ms Lewis (Art), Ms Dixon (Art) and Miss Brennan (Performing Arts)

Wellbeing Team: Kimberly Batsas-Hill (Primary Welfare Officer) and Richie Boyer (Student Program Co-Ordinator)

All of our current Leading Teachers and Assistant Principals will continue in their roles in 2021. We are all looking forward to an exciting year of learning at KPS in 2021.

All the best,

Neil O’Sullivan Principal

Mr O’Sullivan Continued……

Kilmore Primary School

Student Awards At Kilmore Primary School, we are always working on modelling our school values, of Kind, Proud and Safe. As a whole school, we explicitly teach, and then give our students opportunities to display these values within and beyond the classroom doors. The students listed below will be recognised for showing our school values at assembly this Friday.

We congratulate for last week, Monday 30th November — Friday 4th December:

Foundation F — Isabella

Grade 2J — Hope

Grade 4W — Chelsey

Foundation J — Darcie

Grade 2S — Mackenzie

Grade 5F — Brooklyn

Foundation L — Isla

Grade 2T — Rhiley

Grade 5H — Jasmine

Foundation M — Eden

Grade 3M — Jaiden

Grade 5M — Joseph

Grade 1H — Seth

Grade 3R — Isla

Grade 6E — Phoenix

Grade 1J — Sophie

Grade 3S — Charlotte

Grade 6M — Summer

Grade 1N — Sasan

Grade 4B — Noah

Grade 6O — Blake

Grade 1S — William

Grade 4M — Gemma

Grade 2D — Beau

Grade 4V — Joel

Kilmore Primary School

Student Awards At Kilmore Primary School, we are always working on modelling our school values, of Kind, Proud and Safe. As a whole school, we explicitly teach, and then give our students opportunities to display these values within and beyond the classroom doors. The students listed below will be recognised for showing our school values at assembly this Friday.

We congratulate for this week, Monday 7th December — Friday 11th December:

Foundation F — Hunter

Grade 2J — Nicholas

Grade 4W — Josh

Foundation J — Kylah

Grade 2S — Xavier

Grade 5F — Maddison

Foundation L — Ashlea

Grade 2T — Mia

Grade 5H — Lincoln

Foundation M — Sophie

Grade 3M — Madalyn

Grade 5M — Jersi

Grade 1H — Mitchell

Grade 3R — Parker

Grade 6E — Isaac

Grade 1J — Ruby

Grade 3S — Easton

Grade 6M — Jai

Grade 1N — Ryan

Grade 4B — Will

Grade 6O — Renz

Grade 1S — Phoebe

Grade 4M — Summer

Grade 2D — Isabelle

Grade 4V — Dylan

On Friday, our Year 2 students held a Writing Showcase! They students had innovated on known texts (The ‘Pig the Pug’ series), and created their own stories.

Miss George and I were very lucky and attended the celebration. The students visited all the Year 2 classrooms and read each other’s narratives. They provided feedback too. Students were very excited to receive their feedback.

Here are some of their narratives:

Lilliana was very excited to receive feedback about her story! She was jumping around with joy when she saw all the post it notes on her book! J

I love how the students view themselves as authors. They included ‘About the Author’ pages in their books.

After students had visited all the classrooms, 2J did a reflection about the writing celebration. The students showed great insight into, and understanding of, the qualities of high quality narratives. The 2J students identified some of the elements that were being celebrated. The commented:

“They were very readable.” Catherine

“They used interesting words.” Mia

“There was positivity in it.” Markus

“I liked how they made the characters have emotions.” Grace

“They used talking marks, exclamation marks and question marks.” Riley

“They were really awesome. There were great pictures on everyone’s work.”

“I liked that everyone looked at everyone’s work. Everyone read them carefully and read them out loud to other people.”

“Someone drew lots of colours in a pattern and I want to do that.” Grace

“I noticed really neat handwriting.” Jaric

“Everyone worked hard.” Jackson

“I really liked the front covers. They had titles, names and pictures, and a hint of what would be in their stories.”

“The writing was awesome. There were lots of details in the writing.” Phoenix

“They’re all just too good!”

It was a great celebration of writing! Thank you to the Year 2 students and teachers for letting us be a part of it! It was fantastic to see students so excited about their writing!

This week students across the school from Foundation to Year 6 have begun their ‘Writer’s Festival’!

Through choice, you can help students self-differentiate their learning so work is more appropriately challenging. You can also combat student apathy, helping students connect with their strengths and interests and giving them more autonomy, power, and control over their work, which boosts their intrinsic motivation. (The Key Benefits of Choice – ASCD)

Opening choice over both topic, genre and strategies used for writing provide opportunities for engagement and investment in skill development. (https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/Pages/default.aspx)

The Writer’s Festival is a chance for students to write whatever text type they want to, and about any topic they want. It is another opportunity for students to be creative and have fun with their writing.

Students have chosen their text type and have begun to develop their ideas. In some year levels teachers are running workshops based on what the students want. For example in Foundation, Mrs Jacobs will be running writing workshops in Narrative writing and Miss MacCaskell will be running workshops for information texts. Students will be able to choose which one they want to go to.

I can’t wait to see what students write!

In Year 2, students recorded which text type they wanted to write. The teachers have listened to student voice and planned based on what the students want.

I can’t wait to see what students write!

This week our teachers have continued Literacy planning for 2021! We have been planning Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Spelling, Handwriting and Grammar.

Have a great week,

Emma White

Literacy Coordinator