Quality Education

Rural Environment

Telephone: 03 5827 1373

www.kiallacentralps.vic.edu.au

kialla.central.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Spotlight on K.C.P.S.

Name: Patsi Makaronis (OSHC Co-ordinator)

Where were you born? Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne

How many siblings are in your family? I have 8 brothers, 2 sisters and I am number 8!

Favourite sports team: Collingwood

What is your signature dish that you like to cook? Chicken Mango Macadamia Nut Salad

When you were young, what did you want to be? I wanted to be a mother!

Favourite Children’s Author: Enid Blyton

Three (3) words that describe Kialla Central?

Friendly, inclusive & pretty surroundings.

Happy Birthday to …

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1st June

7.30pm Parents Club Meeting - Remote

Cancelled

2nd 3rd

4th MARC - Library

(F/1 & 1/2)

5th

8th

QUEEN’S

BIRTHDAY

HOLIDAY

9th

All students return to school

5.00pm

Finance meeting

10th MACC - Art

(Grades 3/4 & 5/6)

11th MACC - Art

(F/1 & 1/2)

12th

15th

7.30pm School

Council Meeting

WebEx

16th 17th MARC– Library

(Grades 3/4 & 5/6)

18th MARC - Library

(F/1 & 1/2)

19th

Semester 1 Reports

Go Home

22nd

23rd 24th MACC - Art

(Grades 3/4 & 5/6)

25th MACC - Art

(F/1 & 1/2)

26th

2.15pm Holidays begin

Term 2 ~ Calendar of Events 2020

Holidays start 26th June at 2.15pm.

Term 3 starts Monday 13th July.

Tuesday 9th June

Grades 3 to 6 students

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Our Foundation/1/2 students have

made a very smooth transition back to

school. They have settled back into their school

routines and have adjusted to some new ways of

doing things. It was so good to finally have

students back on-site. They were so excited to be

back and restored playground noise at recess and

lunch. Schools should always have kids in them.

A big thank you to our families who have been

fantastic cooperating with our drop off and pick

up procedures as well as not entering the school

grounds.

Next Tuesday 9th June our Grades 3 to

6 students get to come back to school. We

can’t wait to have them on board and finally

restore some “new” normality to our school

community. If your child has borrowed a device

from school please ensure they return it to school

as they are required for classroom learning, once

they have been cleaned and re-connected to the

school network.

DROP OFF / PICK UP ARRANGEMENTS

Staff will greet students in the morning at the

roadside front fence and walk them into school

between 8.30am and 8.50am.

At the end of the day staff will walk students to

the front roadside fence for them to get into

their car. Parents/Carers parked on the other

side of the road will need to cross the road to

collect their child/ren.

Please do not stand around and socialise during

these times as we need this area to be a clear

and safe throughway.

Unwell Students & Staff

On advice from the Department, the

most important action school communities can

take to reduce the risk of transmission of

Coronavirus (COVID-19), is to ensure that any

unwell student or staff member must stay home

and seek medical advice. Please note: this is not

negotiable for the safety of all of our students

and staff.

Students experiencing compatible symptoms with

COVID-19 such as: fever, cough, sore throat,

runny nose or shortness of breath, will be isolated

in an appropriate space with suitable supervision.

The parent/carer will be contacted to come and

collect their child. Where a parent/carer cannot

be reached, the emergency contact will be

phoned to come and collect the student.

Updated Emergency Contact Information

If your child becomes unwell at school, he or she

must go home as quickly as possible. I

understand that many of you are returning to

work and that it may be difficult for you to leave

work to collect him or her. Therefore, we need to

know an alternative contact who can collect your

child. We still have only received a handful of

forms, this information is vital.

Please ensure this information is emailed or

brought back to school by Tuesday 9th June.

2021 Foundation Enrolments are now

open. Letters and enrolment forms have

been sent home with siblings to younger

brothers and sisters who will be joining the

K.C.P.S. team next year. We actually have 11

Foundations already from our siblings cohort

which is fantastic. As I mentioned in last week’s

newsletter, promoting K.C.P.S. to potential new

families is going to be different this year.

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Mr Zito, Mrs Opie and I have started to create a short video showcasing our school with photos and input from our students. This will be posted on our FB page and website.

The best promotion of our school is word of mouth and the positive talk from our current and past families. I am asking you

for your help by encouraging your friends and family members who are looking at enrolling in a Primary School in 2021 to give me a call to share what Kialla Central has to offer their child/ren.

We have postponed our Curriculum Day that was scheduled for this Friday 5th June. Therefore, it will now be a normal school day for all students. It will be the last day of Flexible and Remote Learning for our Grade 3 to 6 students.

A reminder that Monday 8th June is a public holiday for the Queen’s Birthday.

Mr Zito, Miss Posteraro, Miss Baker and Mrs Moulsdale have started to write their

reports. As shared in last week’s newsletter, our reports will be quite different and will include: - a five point scale on behaviour and effort; - comments about English, Maths and how students adjusted to the remote and flexible learning environment; and - Extra Curricula Activities from Term 1.

A MESSAGE FROM MRS MOULSDALE ~ F/1 You may have noticed that I have not been sending home take home readers. This will be a week by week decision. We are using books in the classroom as it is a controlled environment with strict hand hygiene. To support your child’s learning you can do the following: * Those with access to a device can still use the PMeCollection for reading practise each night. * Foundation homework ~ Read the sentence of the week and word list EVERY night. * Grade One homework ~ Write your spelling words out EVERY night. * Many students also have the alphabet chart and common words grid. Learning the alphabet letters and sounds, as well as key common words are essential skills to a child’s success as a reader.

KCPS Footy Tipping Competition is back! Bomber 10 has been working on the new look AFL Footy Tipping Competition. Refer to attached information. Thanks Bomber 10 and Mrs O for distributing and tracking the Footy Tipping sheets.

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) Service If you need to access OSHC please ensure you have confirmed the days you require. Thank you to those parents/carers who have already done this. Alternatively, please let us know if you don’t require your booking. This allows others to access OSHC and assists with catering.

Our OSHC Service is also adhering to the strict Return to School Guidelines from DET. Thank you to our families who have been supporting our new pick up arrangements it is greatly appreciated. One of the Federal Government’s current COVID-19 stimulus packages is for childcare and services such as OSHC. Fees for these services have been waived until the end of June. As a result, families will not receive an account for accessing OSHC between 26th May and 26th June 2020. However, families with outstanding fees must pay their account by Friday 12th June. These ac-counts are overdue as payment was required by the end of March.

Welcome back to Erin Scott (past student) who is assisting with the extra

cleaning that is required to be undertaken during the day.

Debbie Humphries ~ Proud Principal of K.C.P.S

Issue 4 Book Club for every student! Our usual Book Club flyers have arrived at school but a number

of our students are still Flexible and Remote Learning.

To help kids who are still at home, Scholastic’s books and current

catalogue can be accessed at:

Scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents

Orders are due Friday 5th June 2020

REMINDERS

Scout and Monster School Raffle

Please return your books (sold or unsold) as all books need to be

accounted for. There are quite a few families who have outstanding books.

Thank you those families who have sold and returned their books or let

me know they have lost them.

CHANGE OF DATE School Photos were booked for Tuesday 9th June and have been rescheduled for Tuesday 11th August.

Scholastic Book Fair was here on 3rd to 15th June it will now be at K.C.P.S. on 15th to 24th July.

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH ... Thank you to Laurell Bartlett (Cleaner) who is cleaning our toilets during the day too.

Thank also to Curtis Laidlaw who got rid of some logs and branches from school. Finally, Dale, Hamish, Gus McCully and Ted Stephens spent 7 hours mowing our grounds on Saturday. Our school look amazing as they mowed everywhere! Thank you all so much!

K.C.P.S. Footy Tipping Competition 2020

Talking Footy with Bomber 10

Round 1 Wrap

Well the AFL did start the season on time but under very unusual conditions. It

is very strange watching the footy without a crowd but at least we did get round

underway.

On Thursday night the Tigers took on the Blues at the home of footy the MCG.

The Tigers played where they left off the 2019 season. The Blues were able to

claw back the margin in the second half of the game but it was not enough and

the Tigers were the winners by 24 point.

Friday night the Bulldogs played the Magpies at Marvel Stadium where the

Magpies got off to a great start. The Bulldogs were are able to draw beck the

margin a little but they were never going to win the game. The Magpies won out

the winners by 52 points. It was also great to see KCPS’s own Alex Keath play his

first game for the Bulldogs and was in the top four players for the Bulldogs.

The Bombers and Fremantle did battle at Marvel Stadium on Saturday afternoon

where the Bombers had a 6 points win over the Dockers. The Bombers had a

great start to the game but they let the Dockers back in, in the second half of the

game.

The Adelaide Crows and the Sydney Swans played their game at the Adelaide

Oval on Saturday afternoon where the Sydney Swans were able to hang on and

win the game by the margin of 3 points.

The Giants took on the Cats at Giants Stadium in Sydney on Saturday evening

where the Giants continued their great form (except for the Grand Final last

year) when they defeated the Cats by 32 points.

To complete the Saturday games the Suns played the Power at Metricon Stadium

where the Power were much too good for the Suns defeating them by 47 points.

On Sunday afternoon the Kangaroos and the Saints did battle at Marvel Stadium

where the Kangaroos hung on to defeat the Saints by 2 points.

The Hawks and the Lions did battle at the MCG where the Hawks defeated the

Lions by 28 points.

To complete round one the Eagles played the Demons over in the west at Optus

Stadium where the Eagles defeated the Demons by 24 points.

Footy Tipping Stars of the Week – for Round 1 was ~ Tiger Trouble who tipped all

9 correct. I believe that this might be the first time anyone has ever tipped all 9

correct in the first round of the footy season. There were 12 tippers who tipped 8

correct. Well done to all these tippers.

Footy Tipping Ladder Leaders ~ at the completion of Round 1 are: Tiger Trouble

on 9, 12 tippers who tipped 8 (too many to mention) and 16 tippers who tipped 7.

Well done to all.

Congratulations to Tiger Trouble who has won the Jackpot of $26:00

LADDER

Power

Magpies

Eagles

Hawks

Giants

Tigers

Bombers

Swans

Kangaroos

Saints

Crows

Dockers

Blues

Cats

Lions

Demons

Bulldogs

Suns

Leaderboard at a Glance at the end of

Round 1

9

Tiger Trouble

8

Big Mac

Bomber 10

Bomber Boy

Corey W

Diggers Rooboys

Mrs. O

Skeeta

Specky Magee

The Bolt, Twisty

Who Am I

Yellow & Black

7

Bonnie M., Casey L., Dylan’s

Kanga’s, Jarman Impey,

Karen’s Kanga’s,

Little Bomber, Miss P,

Mr. Zito, Narkle, Pa Morgan,

Pie Time, Rebecca R., Rocket,

The Flying Hawk, The Old

Don and Tom Will Do.

YEAH THE FOOTY IS BACK!

The countdown is on as the Footy will recommence on

Thursday 11th June when Magic Magpie’s and Pie Time’s Magpies

take on Mrs. “O’s” Tigers at the home of footy the MCG.

It seems like forever since Round 1was played. The 2020 season will

be like no other season we have ever seen before. The AFL has

released the draw for Round 2 to Round 5 and will release more

rounds in three weeks time.

There will only be 17 Rounds of footy played this season which

means each team will only play each other once before the finals

commence. Each win will mean even more this year. It will be

interesting to see how this plays out.

So what does this mean for the K.C.P.S. Footy Tipping Competition?

The cost is for the season is now $17.00.

If you have already paid in full ($23) you have 2 options:

1. donate the extra $6 to the school ~ thank you very much!

2. see Lisa about getting a refund.

Full payment is required for all tippers by Round 3.

Round 2 Tipping sheets will be sent home next Tuesday 9th June

and must be back by Thursday 11th June by 9.00am

The Jackpot will be at $26.00

Good tipping everyone

and “Go Bombers”

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