NEWSLETTER Wednesday, 6th May 2020

Something exciting is on its way……………

KPS staff have been very busy. Watch this space

Guess Who?

I am a Foundation Teacher at KPS. I miss being at school with my awesome students and can't wait to see them in person!

When I'm not teaching, I love spending time with my family – husband, Glenn and children, Tom and Violet.

We love taking our golden Labrador 'Murphy' for walks and recently adopted two chickens, 'Pecky' and 'Penny'. Pecky even met some of the teachers on a video confer-ence over the holidays! She loves using technology to stay connected, but always makes sure there is a grown up close by (even chickens need to be cybersafe!)

We have been baking lots and making the most of our days, even though they are very different to what we are used to.

I hope you’re all well and finding ways to be creative with your learning and play at home. Be safe and see you soon!

Brain Teasers

1) What is white when it’s dirty and black when it’s clean? 2) What is full of holes but still holds water? 3) How many letters are there in the English alphabet? 4) What becomes wetter the more it dries? 5) What question can you never answer yes to? 6) Can you find the

the mistake 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10?

7) What’s black and white and blue? 8) Where can you find cities, towns, shops and streets but no people? 9) Mr. Blue lives in the blue house, Mrs yellow lives in a yellow house and Mr orange lives in a orange house who lives in the White House? 10) What has hands but doesn’t clap? 11) What has to be broken before you can use it? 12) What goes up but never comes down? 13) What five-letter work becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? 14) What can you catch but can’t throw? 15) I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old what am I? 16) what’s easy to get into but hard to get of? 17) David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle and ....? 18) If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet? 19) What travels around the world but stays in one spot? 20) How do you make four from five? ENJOY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating their birthday in the coming week.

We hope you have a lovely day.

May

7th Cooper 1J Lily 1J Charlene 3R Khilah 4V Taylah 5M 9th Kevin 3M 10th Troy 1N Alyssa 3M 11th Willow 1H Tom 6O 12th Emmett 3M Madison 5F 13th Eden FM Kaidy 3S

Last week’s Guess Who…... was Mrs Nelson from 1N

Numeracy News Mrs Vilinskis and Captain Marvel the Amazing Mathematician have been working with the teachers to plan interesting Maths activities for all of the students. Captain Marvel would love it if students could email pictures of their maths work to Mrs Vilinskis at vilinskis.michelle.a@edumail.vic.gov.au especially so he can continue his mission to see how ‘Maths is everywhere!’, even when you are working remotely. See you next time.

CAPTAIN MARVEL (The Amazing Meerkat Mathematician)

Wishing all ours Mums, Nan’s, Grandma’s and/or Significant Person a very

Happy Mothers Day on Sunday

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Thanks and Gratitude On our sixteenth day of remote learning, I would like to compliment everyone on how far we have come in such a short period of time. Whether we are parents, students or teachers we have all had to adapt to new ways of working whilst juggling different priorities. These times have asked a lot of us, but we know that remote learning will be a short period of time in the larger scheme of things. I would like to thank everyone for their patience and fortitude during this time. We know that the public health measures being employed have been incredibly successful and we know that in the coming weeks we will see the return of some of our old social routines. It has been hard work for everyone but together we are making a difference. As a school we fully appreciate that families and parents are under significant pressure at the moment. To paraphrase my message from last week, the most important thing is that your family is safe, well and connected to each other. Do the best you can in your circumstances – we are here to support and understand, not to judge. Be kind to yourself, be gentle on yourself. Remote Learning and Google Classroom I would like to thank everyone for their prompt uptake of Google Classroom. We have nearly 90% of students enrolled and currently our Grade 2 cohort is leading the way with over 92% of students enrolled. I would like to thank our parents, teachers and students for the effort they have put into adapting to this new way of learning. As we progress throughout the term, our use of Google Classroom will evolve. Our next step is to implement daily classroom briefings through the meetings functions within Google Classroom. The Department of Education is currently working through the last few technical issues to make this happen and we expect to have this operating in the very near future. Community Connection Thank you to all of our community members who have been engaging with our theme days and sharing their stories and pictures of their remote learning experiences. We greatly appreciate all of the photographs, letters, stories and artworks which have been posted to our Facebook page or onto Google Classroom. I would encourage everyone to keep up the posting, it’s a fabulous way of keeping our community connected during this time. Many thanks to our teachers for joining in this spirit of fun and camaraderie by providing their Prep photos for our “Match the Teacher” activity. If you have any suggestions for theme days or activities that you feel would build community connection, please send these through to our school email, kilmore.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au. KPS Staff – Performance Art! The staff of Kilmore Primary School have been working on a special piece of “performance art” for our community. The picture in today’s newsletter will give you a hint of what we have been working on. All I can say is “watch this space”. I am sure you are going to have quite a chuckle when you see the finished product.

Family and Student Wellbeing At KPS, student and family wellbeing is one of our core priorities. We are fortunate to have a fabulous Wellbeing Team led by Assistant Principal, Julie Smith, and Primary Welfare Officer, Kimberly Batsas-Hill. If you have any questions regarding your child’s or your family’s wellbeing, please feel free to make contact with Julie and Kimberly – they have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of wellbeing and will help to provide you with the supports you need. In our newsletter, you will also find some great advice and strategies from Kimberly about how to support your child during the remote learning period. All the best,

Neil O’Sullivan

Principal

Mr O’Sullivan

We have had another fantastic week of Literacy Learning at home.

If you would like to share your Literacy work in next week’s school newsletter, please email Ms White at white.emma.j1@edumail.vic.gov.au

The National Simultaneous Story time is an initiative, held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association, which celebrates reading and children’s literacy. This year the NSS takes place on Wednesday 27 May 2020 at 11:00am and we would love it if you could join us! Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. This year, ‘Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas’, written by Lucinda Gifford, has been chosen for this event. Whitney and Britney are two gorgeous chooks, Fluffy and silky with stunning good looks. Dora is perplexed about where her chooks go each night. Little does she know, they are Whitney and Britney, Chicken Divas!

Join in the fun on Wednesday 27 May 2020, 11am AEST. There are a number of options for how you can join in:

1. Access a digital copy of the book from your google classroom (available for a short time only!)

2. Join Denise Scott on Wednesday 27 May at 11.00am on ABC Kids and ABC Kids iView as she

reads from the Play School Story Time couch.

3. Listen to the story read live online by Fiona at the Mitchell Shire Library. To join in this way, sign up to the Mitchell Shire Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MitchellShire/ To get reminders, families can click on ‘interested’ next to the event. Over the next couple of weeks, the Shire will be adding some activities related to the book ‘Whitney & Britney Chicken Divas’ to the FB event.

4. Purchase your own copy of the book. https://shop.scholastic.com.au/Product/8627490/

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The organisers of this event are also running a competition!

Competition Time. Spread the word and "tell your neighbours" how you will be reading and celebrating #NSS2020.

Take a photo of how you are sharing NSS with everyone and upload to social media with the hashtag #NSS2020. The best photo wins one of five packs including an author signed copy of the book and merchandise. Competition closes 5PM AEST on Friday 15 May 2020.

For more information, please see https://alia.org.au/nss#Get%20Involved

Please note: The school has registered our students to participate in this event if they wish. This is an optional activity.

As outlined in last week’s newsletter, last week, the Office of the Governor launched a new initiative for children and young people. This initiative aims to encourage young Victorians to identify someone who inspires them, because of the work or actions they take in support of others. The Office of the Governor is asking children and young people to make a video, draw or write a short poem or paragraph about their special someone. It might be a family member or friend, someone in their school or neighbourhood or a local faith, sports, performance or other community group. They are encouraged to share their work with the Office of the Governor via email. The Office of the Governor will then select a few of these pieces each week and share them on our social media channels and on our website. For more information, please see https://www.governor.vic.gov.au/all-news/someone-special-program

Have a great week, Emma White

Muffin Pizzas Ingredients

6 English muffins (split in half) 1 cup Passata 3 cups Mozzarella Cheese (grated) Toppings (Anything of your choice)

Sundried tomato Olives (sliced) Mushrooms Ham (deli) Salami Onion (thinly sliced) Anchovy fillet Cherry tomato Fresh basil Bacon rashers Bocconcini Method

1) Preheat the oven or griller to 180°C. 2) Toast the muffins in the toaster. 3) Spread a couple of tablespoons of Passata over the top of each muffin and then top with your favourite toppings. 4) Sprinkle the mozzarella on at the end. 5) Grill for 5-8 minutes to melt the cheese.

Tilly’s Big Chop

On the 20th April, I had the “Big Chop” and cut off approximately 37cm. My hair will be made into a wig to help a child who has lost their hair due to a medical condition such as cancer. Along with my hair donation I was hoping to raise $500. However with amazing support and generous donations I have currently raised over $1000! If you would still like to donate, please go to:

https://hairwithheart.variety.org.au/fundraisers/jobosworth/hair-with-heart

Thank you KPS and families for all your support in helping me to make a difference and raise awareness for Variety’s Hair with Heart.

xx Tilly from 3M

Words from Wellbeing

The last couple of weeks has come with a range of uncertainty and unpredictability for all of us. In today’s newsletter, I have included a simple playdoh and rock activity that we can do to start to understand and identify things that are ‘within our control’ and things that are ‘out of our control’. In this activity, we compare the difference between playdoh (things we can control) and rocks (things we cannot control). The playdoh is soft and mouldable and we can easily make different shapes with it. The rocks however, are rough, hard to mould and hard to change – just like some things and situations in our lives.

What Can I Control Activity: Supplies needed: - Playdoh/Slime/Anything that can move - Rocks - Circle of control worksheet (below) Questions to help facilitate activity: - What happens when we squeeze the rock? Try and bend it. Roll it. Are you able to change the rock? - What happens when we squeeze the playdoh? Squeeze as hard as you can. Try and bend it. Roll it. Are you able to change the playdoh? When we think about things out of our control, we do not change them. When we focus on things we can control, we can help create action and develop some coping skills.

Kimberly

The following services are available outside of school hours:

Kids Helpline

Ph: 1800 551 800

https://kidshelpline.com.au/

Parentline

Ph: 13 22 89 https://parentline.com.au/

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/

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

Match The Teacher — Results

Miss Melling

Miss Davies

Mrs Magdato

Mrs Lewis

Miss Hunt

Mrs Sibbison

Mrs Jacobs

Mr Farrell

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Miss Balintong I

Miss George J

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2

3

4

5

6

7 8

Miss MacCaskell 9

10

K

Mrs Nelson L

11

12

Mr Hore

Mr Wilson

M

N

13

14

Miss McKenzie O 20

Mr Babic

Mrs Smith

Mrs Smith P

Q

R

Mrs Fandrich S

Miss Veitch T 15 16

17 18

19

Brain Teaser Answers

1) what is white when it’s dirty and black when it’s clean? A) Chalkboard or blackboard 2) What is full of holes but still holds water? A) A sponge 3) How many letters are there in the English alphabet? A) 18. 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English’, and 8 in ‘alphabet’. 4) What becomes wetter the more it dries? A) A towel. 5) What question can you never answer yes to? A) Are you asleep yet? 6) Can you find the

the mistake 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10?

A) The the 7) what’s black and white and blue? A) A sad zebra 8) where can you find cities, towns, shops and streets but no people? A) A map 9) Mr. Blue lives in the blue house, Mrs yellow lives in a yellow house and Mr orange lives in a orange house who lives in the White House? A) The president 10) What has hands but doesn’t clap? A) A clock 11) What has to be broken before you can use it? A) An egg 12) What goes up but never comes down? A) Your age 13) What five-letter work becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? A) Shorter. (Short + ‘er’) 14) What can you catch but can’t throw? A) Cold 15) I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old what am I? A) A candle 16) What’s easy to get in to, but hard to get of? A) Trouble 17) David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle and ....? A) David 18) If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet? A) It wasn’t raining 19) What travels around the world but stays in one spot? A) A stamp 20) How do you make four from five? A) iv — Roman numerals