Karoo News

Term 4 Week 2 Wednesday 14th October, 2015

OCTOBER 2015

Mon 12th—Thurs 15th October Year 5 Camp

Friday 16th October Y6 Summer Sport—Round 2

Monday 19th October School Council meeting—7pm

Wed 21st—Fri 23rd October Year 4 Camp

Thurs 22nd—Fri 23rd October Year 3 Camp

Monday 26th October All Star Hoop Time Regional Finals

Walkathon permission & sponsorship forms due

Wednesday 28th October Walkathon—whole school

Thursday 29th October ‘One day One song’

Online Music Concert—keyboard & guitar students

Friday 30th October Day for Daniel—wear red

for gold coin donation Y5—MSA Rowville S.C. Robotics

Scholastic Orders due

NOVEMBER 2015

Tuesday 3rd November Melbourne Cup Day

Term Dates 2015 Term 4 5 Oct—18 Dec

Term Dates 2016 Term 1 28 Jan—24 Mar

Term 2 11 Apr—24 June

Principal’s Comments

Footy Day Next Monday we have our footy lunch. We will also make it footy dress day for a gold coin donation. These funds will be put towards supporting our World Vision child.

3 /4 Performance Classes are spending much time in practice as they gear up for the 2 big nights on Monday 29 th and Tuesday 30th August at the Rowville SC auditorium. This should be a great event.

Playground The rubber has been laid due to finally having some rain free days. It is just being given time to cure and we hope the equipment will be operational shortly.

Year 3 Tables We’ve had another big week on the times tables front with a number of our students performing brilliantly. 5’s in under 15 seconds were achieved by Keeley, Lauren, Julian, Kyle, Luke, Yara, Regan and Bradley in 3S, Annabelle and Sam in 3JC, Lachlan, Jaylen and John in 3 /4, and Leona and Sam in 3C.

We also commenced our 3’s and Caitlyn and Krispin in 3 /4, Kira, Allison, Josh, Tanner, Rylan and Ozcan in 3JC and Ethan in 3S were the “legends” in great times.

Woolies / Coles The voucher “fundraisers” from both companies are in full swing. We do have boxes in the foyer

for receipts and I note that many people have sent along some already, which is superb. This is a

great opportunity to tap into friends and family who may be happy to support our school. I believe

there is a Karoo box at the Stud Park Woolworths & there is double points this week in that chain

of stores.

Prep Rabbits Over past weeks the preps have had a mother rabbit and her babies in their classrooms. The students have enjoyed seeing the transformation from hairless, blind little things to rapidly growing cute creatures. We have them for next week as well.

Rebel There is a voucher available at the office that some people may like to take advantage of if you

were going to be shopping at Rebel this month. Offer valid until 31/08/11.

Molly On the weekend Molly in 6P had a very nasty bike accident at the BMX track which has resulted in her breaking both wrists, an elbow and sustaining facial injuries. This has required time in hospital and operations and could result in being in plaster for 6 months. Several parents have got together to organise a raffle to raise funds so that a self standing touch

screen can be purchased onto which can be downloaded books and music. Tickets are $1 each

and can be obtained from the Miss Poole’s Year 6 students. The prize has lots of goodies in it

including soaps, chocolates, lollies, golf balls, a yo-yo and skipping ropes. We will draw the raffle

on Monday 15th at assembly.

Respect Responsibility Excellence Honesty & Fairness

Tolerance & Understanding

Reminder ... SCHOOL HATS ARE

COMPULSORY IN TERMS 1 & 4

Karoo Calendar Principal’s Comments

NAPLAN results Yesterday Leanne and I met with our regional representative, Debbie Locco, to analyse the School’s NAPLAN results and to set out targets for the remainder of 2015-2016. As we were aware, Debbie confirmed the excellence of the results and the outstanding ‘value-adding’ for our students between Years 3 to 5. This means that the majority of students made high to medium growth with their learning, no matter whether performing at the high, average or low range. So students are making sound progress.

Debbie commented that we need to continue doing ‘what we are doing with teaching and learning’ and that Karoo’s results would be one of the best in the state. At Debbie’s suggestion we will publish some of the results, and have included in this newsletter the Year 3 and 5 Numeracy results. If you look at the graphs, Karoo’s results for each Numeracy question asked are the bars, and the lines indicate State and National results. Clearly Karoo’s results for the majority of questions are well beyond the National and the State data.

These results are due to staff teaching foundation and basic numeracy skills including counting, learning addition and subtraction facts and times tables, both multiplication and division. Our students are now competent and confident. Staff have participated in professional learning conducted by Tanya Mollica and Josh Maroney on teaching mathematic problem solving skills. We have seen excellent progress in teaching skills and in student engagement, motivation to learn and excitement for learning maths. A great team effort between students and teachers!

Inclusion If you are intending to hold a party for your child, please ensure that the invitation indicates that it is a private party and not a school event. Any school organised event would ensure that all students are included.

Irene Harding Principal

Phone: 9759-6222 Fax: 9759-6211 Email: karoo.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Web: http://www.karoops.vic.edu.au

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Mon 19th October—Years 3-6

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL

All visitors to the school must sign in and out at the office, and collect a green visitor’s badge. These badges help the students and staff identify you as an ‘authorised visitor’. A record of your presence on the school premises is vital in the case of an emergency.

Please remember to return the

badge when you sign out.

YEAR 5 NUMERACY RESULTS

YEAR 3 NUMERACY RESULTS

Wellbeing at Karoo

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AS A PARENT We all want to be the best parent we can be.

We all start out as parents with many ideas about parenting. We have

hopes and dreams for our children and ourselves as parents. Sometimes,

however, things get in the way of us being the parent we want to be.

Sometimes we can feel stuck in patterns we don’t like of responding to

our children, without really understanding why it happens.

Just like our children, our life experiences shape who we are. We draw

our ideas about children and parenting from many sources around us,

including our own parents, family, friends, child care, schools,

professionals and the media.

As parents, we often repeat what we know best. Most often what we

know best is drawn from our own experiences. Our experiences of

growing up in our family of origin are an important basis for the values

and beliefs we hold about children, parenting and families.

Sharon Lee – On behalf of the Wellbeing Team

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT NEWS Hoop Time Basketball Regional Competition and Division Finals The All Star Boys Basketball team from Karoo, that were

winners on the District Day, will compete on MONDAY OCTOBER 26

th at the State Basketball Centre in the Regional Hoop Time

Finals. They will also compete next Friday October 23rd, at the School Sport Victoria Division finals. It will certainly be a busy couple of days for these students, but I am sure they will not mind! Best of luck to the 8 boys playing in the finals games.

Year 6 District Summer Sport Day 2 This Friday is Day 2 of the Year 6 District Summer Sport Round Robin. Warm temperatures are forecast for the

second day of competition games. Students are reminded that they must wear their hat during all games and we advise that sunscreen also be worn throughout the day. It is important that the students have a drink/water bottle so they can maintain hydration levels.

Division Athletics Results Well done to the students who compete at the Division Athletics Competition on October 7th. The 17 students

represented our school and district with pride. Six students performed exceptionally well and qualified for the Regional Athletics, this Thursday. Congratulations to Jennifer S- 800m, Lachlan T – 800m, Olivia S 1500m, Aaron L- high jump, Clay T- triple jump and Lachlan M- discus and high jump. Good luck to those competing at regionals. In the coming weeks, photos and student comments will be included from the students who competed at both Division and Region level.

Sharon Lee

Physical Education and Sport Coordinator

2015 Walkathon

Wednesday 28th October

The Walkathon is one of our major fundraisers for the year and will be held on 28th October. Forms were sent home last week to each student —please complete the white permission form and return it to the class teacher.

As an incentive for students to collect sponsors, a number of prizes have been organised which will be drawn on the day. To be included in the prize draw, sponsorship forms and money should be returned to the school by Monday 26th October.

If you would like to assist, helpers are needed to supervise checkpoints along the route to ensure student safety – please contact your child’s Class Rep to inform them if you are available to assist. Thank you.

Leanne Vines - Assistant Principal

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation Inc. (DMF) is committed to

Keeping Kids Safe. It was established by parents Bruce and

Denise Morcombe in 2005 after their son Daniel was abducted

and murdered in December 2003 while waiting to catch a bus on

the Sunshine Coast.

The Foundation was established as a lasting legacy to Daniel and

now has two main aims; to educate children on how to stay safe

in a physical and online environment and to support young

victims of crime.

To support this important cause, Junior School Council is organising a ‘Red Day’ where students

may wear red (or a touch of red).

Gold coin donation please!

Karoo Parents’ Association …

kpa Second Hand Uniform Sale

Donations Wanted

KPA will be holding another second hand uniform sale on

Wednesday 25th November. If you have any clean, unwanted

uniform items that you are willing to donate for the sale, please

deliver them to the office as soon as possible. All proceeds will

be donated back to the school.

INDONESIAN NEWS …

On Monday 5th October during assembly, some Year Four

boys and girls played the song ‘Waktu Potong Padi’ on the

angklung. They practised during lunch times and performed

very well during assembly. Well done boys and girls.

Ibu Lim.

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LOST PROPERTY —COMMUNITY CENTRE

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3:30-3:45pm

No Visitors during class time please!

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

New Scholastic catalogues were sent home

today. Orders will be taken up until

FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER 2015.

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CLASS AWARDS

Prep— Year 2 Week Ending—9th October, 2015

Level 1—Evie S & Jordan C—0B, Tyhson M & Rayhan E—0E, Amber M & Kruz M—0T, Joshua A—0U.

Level 2—Brayden J & Tahli M—1A, 1C—The whole class, Daniel Z & Taylor M—1J, Emma B & Aiden C—1M, Harry S & Jake T—2RD.

P.E. : Prep E

2016 Prep Transition Program

Our 2016 Prep Program is underway. Below are the dates to mark in your diary if you have a child starting

Prep :

Discovery Learning Transition Sessions: Wednesday 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th November (from 2:40-3:20pm). These sessions are for children enrolled at Karoo for the 2016 Prep year.

Coming soon to Karoo …

Years 3-6 Karoo Spelling Bee

If you have a competitive streak and are interested in spelling then this is definitely something for you. Starts Term 4 Week 4. Stay tuned and be sure to check it out!

Kris P and Jaxon A—4V

COMMUNITY NEWS

ANGLICARE PARENTZONE — Programs running in Term 4.

Bringing up Great Kids—parenting program for building good relationships between parents and children for Dads, Mums and carers of children 0-

12yrs at Central Ringwood Community Centre, Bedford Rd, Ringwood on Tuesdays 20th Oct to 24th Nov from 7-9pm. Bookings essential—Free 8 week program. Contact Julia at Parentzone on 9735 6190 or 0400 866 495 for bookings.

Anxious Children—for Dads, Mums, grandparents & careers of kinder & primary school aged children looking for strategies to help you and your

children cope with anxiety. Free 6week program running 22nd Oct to 19 Nov from 9-11am at Badger Creek Primary School, Badger Creed Rd, Badger Creek. Contact Julia at Parentzone on 9735 6190 or 0400 866 495 for bookings.

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen (and Listen so Kids will Talk) - Free 6 week program running Thursdays from 22nd Oct—26th Nov from 7-9pm at

Mitcham Community House, 19 Brunswick Rd, Mitcham. Bookings essential. Contact Julia at Parentzone on 9735 6190 or 0400 866 495 for bookings.

Children, Challenges and Choices—for parents with children aged 5-12yrs. Looking at behaviours, discipline strategies and how to help your child

learn to take responsibility for their choices. Running Wednesdays from 21st Oct—25 Nov from 7-9pm at Arrabri Community Centre, 42 Allambanan Dve, Bayswater Nth. Bookings essential—Contact Jackie on 9294 7350 or Kim 9735 6146.

Dads Matter—join other dads in this 6 week program running Tuesdays 20th Oct—24th Nov from 7-9pm at Craig Family Centre, 7 Samarinda Ave,

Ashburton. Covers developing closer relationships with your child, get new parenting skills, understanding kid’s behaviour, develop rules and conse-quences. Bookings essential—contact Kim on 9735 6146.

Parenting Seminars—all held at Healesville Primary School, View Rd, Healesville. Free seminars—bookings essential. Contact Helena Laverie at

Anglicare Parentzone on 9735 6134 or 0488 501 204.

Discipline vs Punishment—Monday 19th Oct from 1-3pm (What is discipline and why doesn’t discipline work?)

Behaviour—Monday 26th October from 1-3pm (Why do kids behave the way they do, what is normal behaviour and what is misbehaviour?)

Rules and Consequences—Monday 9th November from 1-3pm (What are positive rules and how do you make them work?)

Dealing with Feelings—Monday 16th November from 1-3pm (Are you wanting to build your child’s emotional intelligence and what about anger?)

Resilience—Monday 23rd November from 1-3pm (What is resilience and can we teach our children how to handle the tough stuff in life?)

IRABINA AUTISM SERVICES — Programs running in Term 4. Costs apply for all sessions. Contact Irabina on 9720 1118 or visit www.irabina.com

Girls Club - Irabina Pakenham...social skills program : 8 week program Thurs 15th Oct—Thurs 3rd Dec from 4-5pm (variety of activities to aid

development of social communication and problem-solving).

Parent Education Program 2015—Irabina Bayswater : sessions include characteristics of ASD and issues experienced by families, coping strate-

gies, behaviour management, communication, social skills. Small groups attend weekly 90min sessions on Tue 6:30-8pm or Wed 9:30-11am

Getting Ready for the 2016 School Year—Bayswater: for children attending mainstream school in 2016. Sessions include play skills, playground

games, language skills, pre-writing/handwriting & pre-reading, social skills, classroom based skills. Wednesdays 9-11am.

Music and Dance—Bayswater: 8 week program starting Friday 23rd Oct from 3:45-4:30pm at Marshere Dance Studio, 200 Rooks Rd, Nunawading.

Aims to improve gross motor skills and social skills using movement to music and Latin dance as the therapy intervention.