Kingstown Public School

Newsletter

Term 2, Week 4 Monday 20th May 2019

Dear Parents and Kingstown Community,

The Kingstown students had a great day

last Friday at the Small Schools Athletic

Carn i va l . They showed great

sportsmanship and organisational skills and

always make us very proud.

Congratulations to all the participants!

Thank you to Mim McInnis, from Rocky

River, for organising the day and also all

the staff and parent helpers, across

schools, who contributed on the day. A

Small Schools Ball Games and Presentation

Day have been planned for Friday, 7th

June, at Rocky River.

Professional Learning

We aspire to maintain a high level of

professionalism and align professional

learning to enable us to consistently

improve our lesson delivery and student

outcomes. Over the next few weeks

Amberley and I will be attending

Professional Learning around Learning

Progressions, The Early Years and the

Quality Teaching Framework. The last two

workshops will be held over two days.

My Community Project

Submission

We love our Kingstown

Community and wanted

to c on t r ibu te to

revitalising our small village, creating a hub

and new local facility for the community

and school. With this in mind, Kingstown

School and P&C have submitted an

application through the My Community

Project Website, to replace and upgrade

the two tennis courts, which would include

one multi-purpose court, replace the court

CONTACT US: Phone: 6778 9131 email: kingstown-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

fence and enhance access on the

western side of the community hall with a

cement slab.

Eligible projects had to align with one or

more of the six program categories. We

submitted our application under Revitalising communities - Fostering stronger

community bonds, encouraging social

engagement and participation in public

programs and Healthy communities -

Supporting the community’s physical and

mental wellbeing, by enabling healthy

and active lifestyles. V

Voting for your (that’s our project!!)

favourite project commences July 15th. We

need all the votes we can get from the

Northern Tablelands Electorate in order to

be successful. We do have a shot at this,

so please show your support! We will

publish the link with details when it

becomes available.

Year 5-6 Excursion

Kingstown and Rocky River School are

presently planning a three night excursion

to Coffs Harbour in Term Four. There are so

many things to see and do in the local

coastal area, it is hard to choose! The Year

5/6 class have worked exceptionally hard

over the years and when asked if we

would be interested I said, Yes! Please let

me know if your child would note be

attending this excursion, as this will impact

on whether we commit or not.

Our normal two year away excursion cycle

will go ahead next year, to either Lennox

Head or the Great Aussie Bush Camp,

although we will have to combine with

another school, due to small numbers.

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Rodeo Day - 12th June (Note change of date)

Students are keen to organise a fun

morning to raise funds for Hayley

Wisemantel. It starts with a hobby horse –

Start preparing – Students will need them

for the barrel races! There are some great

easy ideas on google.

Across the school

We are trying to remember to post more

regularly on See Saw for parent viewing.

Over the past weeks classes have been

working hard publishing narrative and

persuasive texts on a variety of topics.

Proofreading and editing work have been

a primary focus. Improvements have been

evident across classes, with students

enjoying the sharing of work.

For the Year 5/6 class, times table facts up

to ten should be instantaneous. If not, get

practising!

Sporting Schools Grant

Over the next weeks we have organised

Thursday rugby sessions through Gary

Walsh and the Sporting Schools Funding.

Now the weather has cooled down,

students should enjoy this outdoor sporting

activity.

Parent Feedback

Please contact me with any concerns or if

you might like to just have a chat. I am off

class Monday afternoon and most Fridays.

As always we welcome Parent Feedback

– Positive as well as negative!

School Play

This year’s School Play will be Charlie and

the Chocolate Factory. We are presently

organising scripts and hope to start script

reading over the next couple of weeks.

Rotary Art Show

Congratulations to all the students who

entered the Annual Uralla Rotary Art Show

held in March. Angus Swales received a

First Prize for his artwork and Amy White

received a Second Prize.

NEW DATE

RODEO DAY

AND PARENT

ASSEMBLY

WEEK 7 - Wednesday 12th June

commencing at 9.30am

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PLEASE NOTE

CHANGE OF

DATE

Happy Birthday to Riley B for

tomorrow and Zia for next week

MONTH WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT SUN

May 4

20 21 22

TUCKSHOP (Pork Sausage on a roll

with lettuce, cheese

and tomato)

23 24 25 26

May/June 5

27 28 29

TUCKSHOP (Pizza with garlic bread)

30 31 1 2

June 6

3 4 5

TUCKSHOP (Chicken Burgers with

lettuce, cheese and

mayo)

6 7

Ball Games

(Rocky River)

8 9

June 7

10

Queens

Birthday Public

Holiday

11 12

Rodeo Day & Parent

Assembly

13 14 15 16

2019 CALENDAR - TERM 2

TUCKSHOP SPECIAL $4.00

Week 4 - Pork Sausage on roll with

lettuce, cheese & tomato

Week 5 - Pizza with

garlic bread

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