DATES TO REMEMBER

Wednesday 6th February

MARC (Library Van)

NO SCHOOL FOR FOUNDATION STUDENTS

Monday 11th February

7.00pm Parents’ Club Meeting

Tuesday 12th February

5.15pm Finance Meeting

Wednesday 13th February

MACC (Art Van)

NO SCHOOL FOR FOUNDATION STUDENTS

Monday 18th February

Information Night

7.30pm School Council Meeting

Quality Education

Rural Environment

HOUSE POINTS WEEKLY WINNER

None

Telephone: 03 5827 1373

www.kiallacentralps.vic.edu.au

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

Key Dates - 2019

TERM DATES Term 1 ~ 30th January to 5th April

(Easter ~ Friday 19th to 22nd April)

Term 2 ~ Tuesday 23rd April to 28th June

Term 3 ~ 15th July to 20th September

Term 4 ~ 7th October to 20th December

CURRICULUM / PUPIL FREE DAYS

Fri 8th March Fri 26th April

Fri 7th June Mon 4th November

SPECIAL EVENTS Information Night ~ Monday 18th February ELPs & Foundation Interviews ~ 6th March

KCPS House Aths ~ Fri 15th March EGPSSA Aths Champs ~ Fri 29th March Swimming Program ~ 6th to 10th May

School Photos ~ Tues 11th June June P/T Interviews ~ 27th & 28th June

5/6 Camp ~ 8th to 11th October 3/4 Camp ~ 23rd to 25th October

F/1/2 Camp ~ 7th & 8th November State Orientation Day ~ Tues 10th December

Gr 6 Graduation ~ Thurs 12th December End of year concert ~ Tues 17th December Last day of school year ~ Fri 20th December

Stars of the Week TERM 1 ~ WEEK 1

There are no Stars of the Week this week.

Principal’s

Award

TERM 1 ~ WEEK 1

There is no Principal’s Award

this week..

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4

5

6 MARC Van (Library)

(No borrowing this visit)

NO FOUNDATION

STUDENTS

7 8

9.30am Playgroup

11

7.00pm Parents’ Club

12

5.00pm S/C Finance meeting

13 MACC Van (Art)

NO FOUNDATION STUDENTS

14 15

9.30am Playgroup

18

5.30pm to 7.30pm Information night

7.30pm School Council

19

20 MARC VAN (Library)

NO FOUNDATION STUDENTS

21

22

9.30am Playgroup

25

26

27 MACC VAN (Art)

Census Day

NO FOUNDATION STUDENTS

28 1st Mar

9.30am Playgroup

4

7.00pm Parents Club Meeting

AGM ~ Elections

5

6 MARC VAN (Library)

FOUNDATION STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL

FULLTIME

4.00pm to 6.00pm Foundation, new students

& Individual Learning Plan P/T interviews

7

8

CURRICULUM

DAY

NO SCHOOL FOR

STUDENTS

11

LABOUR DAY

HOLIDAY

12

5.00pm

Finance meeting

13 MACC VAN (Art)

14

F/1/2 Ditto Show

15

9.30am Playgroup

K.C.P.S. House Athletics

(at school)

18

7.30pm School Council

AGM ~ Elections &

Meeting

19 20 MARC VAN (Library)

21 22

9.30am Playgroup

25

26 27 MACC VAN (Art) 28

29

East Goulburn Primary School Sports

Association Aths Sports

Term 1 ~ Calendar of Events 2019

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Welcome back to our 2019 school year. I trust you all had an enjoyable Festive

Season and relaxing holidays, despite the hot weather. We are all set to go for another eventful and successful year at Kialla Central Primary School. On behalf of our school community I would like to welcome our new students and their families: Madison B, Rhys, Pat, Isla, Gemma, Matilda, Madison R, Lewis, Chloe, Jai W, Alannah, Tyrone, Jack, Amy and Charlotte. We hope you enjoy your time at K.C.P.S! We have had a fantastic start to the year with all our students getting back into the swing of things quickly and a very calm vibe around the school. We are starting the year with a total of 71 students which is an increase of 10 stu-dents. It is also pleasing to see our new and old families interacting before and after school. Our Foundation students were very excited as they came through our gate as big school kids at last! They met their buddies and ventured off to explore their new surroundings. They have all settled into their class routines and are looking very impressive in their school uniforms. Please remember: Foundation students are not required at school on Wednesdays for the month of February. This is part of their transition process into school. Our 2019 Kialla Central Team are: Mrs Deanne Moulsdale (F /1 ~ 16 students & Science) Miss Ashlea Baker (1/2 ~ 18 students) &

Health / PE) Miss Amanda Posteraro (3/4 ~ 18 students & Italian) Mr Mitchell Zito (5/6 ~ 22 students & ICT)

Miss Debbie Humphries (Principal / Specialist Teacher)

Mrs Tracey Opie (Classroom / Administration Support)

Mrs Lisa Irwin (Business Manager - Tues, Wed & Thur)

Mr Clark Pettigrew ~ Visiting Art Specialist

Miss Fiona Smith ~ Visiting Library Specialist

Patsi Makaronis, Amy Howard & Hannah Hoskin (Outside School Hours Care Program)

Mr Dale McCully (Bus Driver)

Laurell Bartlett (Cleaner)

Jess Healey ~ Volunteer Playgroup Co-ordinator

Cliff Doornkamp ~ Guitar & Keyboard

There will be days when the office will be unattended, please come over to the classrooms if you need to see someone. If you call please leave a message on the answering machine, it is checked in the breaks and followed up. During the holidays all of our families were given an information pack when you picked up your booklists. There are some permission forms that are required to be updated annually and others that are for the time your child/ren are at K.C.P.S. Each family information pack was slightly different depending on their

Ryan Peace and Alanna Chapman

87 Delany Ave

Bright Victoria 3741

Phone: 03 5755 1911

Fax: 03 5750 1105

DID YOU KNOW …

During January a few of the Kialla Central Primary School staff celebrate their birthdays …

1st ~ Mr Z

12th ~ Mrs O & Miss Baker

13th ~ Mr McCully

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU!!

KIALLA CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Page 4

circumstances. Packs included: School Levies Structure for 2019; Family statements; MARC (Library) Borrowing Agreement form; Media Consent form; Digital Technologies Policy & Code of

Conduct; BYOD Code of Conduct & Policy (Yr 3 to 6) Kialla District Hall Permission form; and Head Lice Inspection form.

Forms are due back by this Friday 8th February. Thank you to those families who have already returned their forms

and paid their levies. Please remember to complete the description section for payments so Lisa knows what you are paying. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Lisa or myself.

HOLIDAY JOBS ... All of our classrooms, the administration area, our Library, the Karramomus Room and Playgroup Room carpets were steam cleaned by Deluxe Carpet Care. Thank you to Mr Zito for organising & helping with our carpet cleaning.

Paul Irwin started the renovation to our specialist classroom by laying new vinyl in the classroom, entry area and store room. Great job thanks Paul!

Tim Daws and Luke McIntosh mowed our school grounds over the holidays. Thank you! Tim also did a lot of spraying of weeds. Zoi Tricarico for looking after our vegie garden over the holidays.

The Justice Department's Community Service Crew came out on Saturday 19th January and did some gardening work.

We had the school sprayed for spiders too.

It was evident we also had some other helpers over the holidays doing bits and pieces so thank you to our garden gnomes.

On Monday 4th February we

hosted our 2019 School Leaders

Elections.

Positions included: 2x School Captains, 6x

House Captains and 8x Junior School Council. I would like to firstly congratulate all of our students who nominated for these positions. The modest way they graciously accepted their roles and the mature way those who missed out handled their disappointment, is a credit to all of our students. It is my great pleasure to announce our 2019 Student Leadership Team:

School Captains

Angus / Hamish

Archer House Captains

Tayah / Gus

Fairmaid House Captains

Maggie / Riley

Mitchell House Captains

Callea / Nehemiah

Junior School Council

Grade 6 Representatives ~ Crystal / Brad

Grade 5 Representative ~ Emily

Grade 4 Representative ~ Axel

Grade 3 Representative ~ Charlee

Grade 2 Representative ~ Indi

Grade 1 Representative ~ Emma

Foundation Representative ~ Emila

All of our students leaders will be presented to

our school community at our Information

Night where they will receive their name

badges and certificates.

Playgroup starts this coming Friday 8th February from 9.30am to

11.00am in the Karramomus Room. A big thank you to Jess Healey who has kindly volunteered to co-ordinate our program this year. It is a weekly service at the cost of a gold coin donation. We look forward to our old families returning and some new families accessing our service.

GENERAL INFORMATION PARKING

Parents /carers are not permitted to park on school

grounds. Please park on the roadside and allow enough space between your car and the driveways for our school bus to enter and exit our driveways. There are yellow lines on the gutter to mark a suitable distance for our school bus. There are 2 exceptions to this rule: 1.) If you are picking up a sick or injured child from school; or 2.) If you are picking up your child from OSHC.

BUS TRAVELLERS

All bus travellers are required to complete a new bus travel form, that was sent home with the information pack. Please return them by the end of this week. A note outlining our 2019 pick up and drop off times was sent home last week. If your child is not at his/her bus stop in the morning then it will be assumed that he/she is not catching the bus, there is no need to ring. If your child/ren are not catching the bus home please see the teacher on bus duty before leaving the school.

NEWSLETTERS

Newsletters will be published each Tuesday. I encourage you to read our

newsletters as they are an important communication tool between the school and home. It can be emailed to you or you can access it from our website at:

www.kiallacentral.ps.vic.edu.au

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors. Excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how the world works and teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. All are part of a healthy curriculum. CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities. If you hold a valid means-tested concession

card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special con-sideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child. The annual CSEF amount per student is: $125 for primary school students $225 for secondary school students.

If you received this funding in 2018 there is a new process in place. Lisa Irwin has re-submitted your application for this year. If you have any questions please see Lisa.

HOW TO APPLY FOR NEW APPLICATIONS? Contact Lisa Irwin at school.

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE

Operating times are Monday to Friday 3.15pm to 5.30pm. All families must complete an enrolment form for our OSHC program. Forms for students attending this service are available at the office and must be completed before your child/ren access OSHC. This year we currently have 33 students wanting to access our OSHC Service, we are licenced to have 19 students attend OSHC on any one night. To avoid missing out and to assist with catering and planning activities it is appreciated if your child/ren are booked into OSHC in advance, if possible. OSHC is now in the room opposite the office.

STUDENT ABSENCES Please send along a note or phone the school whenever your child is absent from school for a day or part of a day. The Department of Education and Training (DET) policy states: that a student must be at school for a minimum of 2 hours per session to be classed as present at school. Therefore, if a child arrives at school later than 11am they are classed as absent for the morning session. Similarly if they leave prior to 2.30pm they are classed as absent for the afternoon session. This information is then used when calculating student absences for the year.

KIALLA CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Page 5

SCHOOL BANKING

School banking is available to all of our fami-lies including siblings who are not yet at school. Mrs Opie looks after our Student Banking Pro-gram and our banking day is every Wednesday. Please find attached a Parent Information Pack. If you are interested in this pro-gram but currently don’t have a Common-wealth Bank Account please go to a branch and open an account.

QUELCHES (ICY POLES)

Quelches are again on sale each lunchtime dur-ing Term 1 and 4 this year. Money raised from the sale of icy poles goes to our Junior School Council for a project of their choice. Cost 50 cents each.. Starting on Wednesday 6th Febru-ary.

Finally, I have accepted another 5 year contract to continue as Principal of Kialla Central Primary School. This will be my third contract as Principal and I feel very privileged to continue in this role. I am extremely proud of our school, especially the outstanding students we nurture through their primary

school education, our unique culture and amazing school community. Thank you to everyone who makes our school what it is and for the support you provide me as Principal. Special thanks to Bob Scott, School Council President, for his support and assistance over the past 10 years.

Debbie Humphries Proud Principal of KCPS

REMINDERS Parents’ Club Meeting - Monday 11th Feb at 7.00pm Finance Meeting - Tuesday 12th Feb at 5.15pm School Council Meeting- Monday 18th Feb at 7.30pm

BOOKCLUB DUE

Wednesday 13th February

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SCHOOL COMMUNICATION FOR 2019 At Kialla Central Primary School we pride ourselves on keeping our families and school community well informed with what is happening at our school. We have a school website: www.kiallcentral.ps.vic.edu.au and a FaceBook page to keep our families updated. Please complete this slip to nominate how you would like to be informed.

Newsletter [ ] emailed [ ] printed copy sent home

Family statements [ ] emailed [ ] printed copy sent home

SMS notification [ ] Yes [ ] No

Family Name: ________________________________________

Email address: __________________________________________________________________________________

Kialla Central Community Noticeboard

Make sure you check out our Kialla Central Community Noticeboard

for upcoming events being held by the following local organisations:

Kialla Central Primary School

Kialla & District CFA

Kialla & District Hall

Kialla Golf Club

FLOOR COVERING SPECIALIST

CARPET & VINYL

Installation & Repairs

Paul Irwin 0407 231 390 PI CONTRACTING

ABN 76 125 009 237

890 Archer Road

KIALLA WEST, VIC 3631

COMMUNITY

BILLBOARD

Junior Stadium Netball “Learn as you Play“ Games

Shepparton Sports Stadium – Indoor Netball

Begins Friday 22nd February

Learn as you play games for 6 – 8 yrs

Teaching umpires, rotating rosters,

Patches and balls all inclusive.

Aussie Net is an introduction to Netball - Free trial week!!!! Bring your friends.

For 6 – 7 yrs Free Trial Friday 22nd. Games for participants in Term 2.

Current players/teams registered from your school, call to register and find your school contact person for Junior Stadium Netball Programs for 2019. Programs run all year!

Term 1, 7 weeks starting Friday February 22nd Games $50

Registration for Term 2 required by March 16th

FACEBOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION/PHOTOS – JUNIOR STADIUM NETBALL Registration/Inquires call Kylie 0419 998190