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Newsletter No. 30 - Term 4– Week 1 Thursday 8 October2015

From the Principal………

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4 This morning I went to a briefing launching

Victoria – The Education State

This slogan will be on all new number plates. I am very pleased indeed that education is gaining this high profile. We should be very proud of the state of education in Victoria. Government school teachers and education staff are extremely proud of the work they do with students, families and the community. These people never seek out recognition but they certainly do deserve it. All staff at Kalinda multi-task whenever it is needed and many parents and/or students have been supported by education staff for different reasons. I see that having education forefront on number plates and on Victorian logos may encourage more recognition and appreciation for the work that teachers and education staff do. Along with the recognition through logos, Victoria has developed a new education curriculum. The targets for this curriculum are:

more students developing strong critical and creative thinking skills; more students excelling in Reading; more students excelling in Maths; more students excelling in The Arts; and more students excelling in Science.

To support these targets, funding and strategies will be put in place so that more students will:

stay in education; develop more resilience; be physically active,

creating happy, healthy and resilient kids. I am very proud and pleased to be part of this development, especially as at Kalinda, we already have put many of these strategies and programs in place. The new curriculum will begin next year, however, because Kalinda has been working with the Education Department on curriculum, we are well prepared and already using the documentation. Kalinda is always on the forefront of education initiatives. As usual, Term 4 will be a very exciting and busy term, with some significant events happening towards the end of the year. Grade 6 Graduation will be on Wednesday 16

th December and Family

Carols will be held on Wednesday 9th December. During the term the 2016 Foundation students will

be participating in their Transition Program starting in late October. There will be sporting events; swimming, parent information nights, and classroom presentations and celebrations and don’t forget the Twilight Night Market on Friday 20

th November. Please look at the school Events Calendar and

make sure you don’t miss any of these exciting events. GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

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Events Calendar

Forms sent home to Families – 5-8 October 2015 Notice Distributed to: Return by:

SAKG Roster Notice for Help Grade 3/4s Asap

Sleepover Medical Form Grade 2s 12/10/15

FOUNDATION TRANSITION SESSIONS A reminder to parents of children who will be starting Foundation in 2016 of the Transition Sessions as follows: Friday 23

rd October - 9:30 – 11:00am

Friday 6th November - 9:30 – 11:00am

Friday 20th November - 9:30 – 11:00am

Tuesday 8th December - 9:30 – 11:00am (Orientation Day)

There is also an Information Night for Foundation parents on Monday 7

th December at 7pm in the Library.

The Uniform Shop will be open on each of these sessions – except for Session 1 on Friday 23rd

October. Tuesday 8

th December will be the last opening day for Uniform Shop for 2015.

October

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th - Working Bee – 10am – Noon

14th - Foundation – Zoo Excursion

16th - Grade 2 Sleepover - Library

19th - P&F Meeting – After Assembly – Stadium

School Council Mtg – 7.30pm Staffroom 23

rd - Foundation 2016 Transition – Session 1

30th - Curriculum Day (Pupil-free day)

November

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rd - Public Holiday - Melbourne Cup

6th - Foundation 2016 Transition – Session 2

20th - Foundation 2016 Transition - Session 3

- Twilight Night Market 21

st - Working Bee – 10am-Noon

23rd

- P&F Mtg – 9.30am – Stadium

December

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st - Parent Helpers Morning Tea

7th - Foundation 2016 Information Night – 7pm

8th - Orientation Day - Year 6/7 & Foundation

9th - Kalinda Carols Night

11th - Hot Dog Day – Canteen

14th - P&F AGM & Mtg – 9.30am – Stadium

16th - Year 6 Graduation

18th - End of Term 4 – 1.30pm Dismissal

TERM DATES 2015

Term 4 – 5 October - 18 December – Please note that students are dismissed at 1:30pm on the last day of school.

TERM DATES 2016

Term 1 – 27 January – 24 March (Students resume Friday 29

th Jan 2016)

(Easter – Good Friday 25th

March) Term 2 – 11 April – 24 June Term 3 – 11 July to 16 September Term 4 – 3 October to 20 December CANTEEN ROSTER

14/10/15 - Susanne H. & Petra K. 15/10/15 - Megumi N. & Yuko W. 16/10/15 2 Helpers Needed

If you wish to contact Jo in the Canteen, her mobile number is 0402 031 447.

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/D Alexis S. - For her wonderful writing about her adventures in Mexico. Kingston W. - For his fantastic writing about the Three Little Pigs. Well done! F/M Abigail B. - For doing a fantastic job with your reading! I love how you’re sounding out your words. Angelo B. - For making such a terrific start to Kalinda. We love having you in Foundation M. F/T Lucas S. - For writing a fantastic retell about ‘The Paper Bag Princess’. Well done. Madison C. - For reading with such beautiful expression. Well done, Madison! 12D Miles P. - For awesome behaviour in class! Well done, Miles. 12N Shonell P. - For fantastic work using the THRASS floor mat to THRASS out her spelling words. Matilda L. - For working hard to master her understanding of capacity and then sharing her understandings with others. 12T Riley O’C. - For his high quality work. Making great seating choices has helped you to focus on your learning. Jack C. - For jumping into our new CBL topic, ‘Change’, with enthusiasm. Well done! 34C Zahlia C. - For being so quick off the mark and presenting Morning News first week back!

Luke G. - For a great beginning to our whole school novel! Well done, Luke, for using prior knowledge to describe a setting!

34L Bella M. - For being such a thorough helper during cooking. Thank you, Bella. Jared B. - For being a good helper and cleaning up after cooking. Well done! 34P Leah H. - For settling in so well at Kalinda Primary school. Leah, you are a valued member of our class. Keanu G. - For sharing with us his excellent journal on his family holiday to Fiji. Well written, Keanu. 34R Ché S. - For the terrific work you have done in Mini Lit. You are placing all your phonemes in the correct grapheme boxes. Jack B. - For trying really hard to stay focused in our morning revision. Hayden M. - For being the Maths Genius in our grade! 34S Maddy B. - For the huge strides she has made in her confidence in her own learning and with

her organisation. Well done. Ben B. - For his wonderful diary of his trip around Australia. Thanks for sharing with the class your many adventures. Jessica B. - For her terrific holiday Snapshot! Written without the words ‘the’ or ‘I’ or ‘holiday’. Great job, Jess. 56B Josh G. - For constantly trying his best with his work, checking in to see if he is on the right track and where he can improve.

DON’T FORGET – HATS ON IN TERM 4!

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CANTEEN NEWS Berry Blast, our Yoghurt, Couli and Crunchy Topping has been a real hit. Congratulations to Taleigha from 3/4P for winning the naming competition of our new menu item. We are in need of helpers for the following dates. Please let me know if you can help us out.

1 Helper for 28th October

1 Helper for 5th, 18

th & 19

th November

1 Helper for 25th November

2 Helpers for 27th November

1 Helper for 3rd

December Just a reminder that there is a 2 icypole limit per student. We are asking if parents could please limit the amount of money your children are bringing to school for Canteen purchases to just a couple of dollars each and to put the money somewhere very safe in their bag so it won’t get lost. Some children have been known to hand over $5 and $10 notes and this is a bit too much for young children to be carrying to school. Your cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Canteen Summer Menu – A reminder that the new Canteen Summer Menu was sent home at the end of last term, effective immediately. Please throw out your Winter menu. JO O’CALLAGHAN CANTEEN MANAGER

ANGLICARE

Please find attached the current flyers for Parentzone Programs on offer for parents during Term 4, 2015.

625_PZEastern_SurvivingSeparation_BoxHill.pdf

621_PZEastern_DadsMatter_Ashburton.pdf

616_PZEastern_ParentingSeminars_Healesville.pdf

600_PZEastern_ChildrenChallengesChildren_v2.pdf

15.04 Parenting Anxious Children Flyer 22 October 2015.pdf

15.04 Mitcham HTT 22nd October 2015 Flyer.pdf

15.04 BUGK Central Ringwood 20th October 2015.pdf

For further information, click on the Anglicare link below.

Parentzone Eastern

|anglicarevic.org.au

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Here at Kalinda we are a SunSmart school, which means students are now required to wear a Kalinda-approved hat. These hats are wide brimmed with the Kalinda Logo and can be purchased at our Uniform Shop for $15.00. During Term 4 students will need to bring their hats to school and wear them at all times outside for sport, recess, lunchtimes and any other activities outside. If your child is not wearing their hat he/she will be asked to sit in the shade and may miss out on recess, lunchtimes, or any activities being held. Please read the SunSmart advice sheet below.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD BRINGS THEIR HAT TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY THIS TERM.

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‘Alienz In Oz’ Reflection

On Thursday 17th September the Grade 5 & 6 Drama Club did a production called Alienz in Oz. The whole school was invited to watch the production.

The alienz in the show were from the planet Marlon. All of the alienz got assignments to go to a country on the planet Earth. Bob and Bob were sent to Australia to collect information from typical Australians. But when they arrived they found Australians could talk different languages and wear different clothes but they were all Australians.

Some of the highlights were: when they dressed very quickly behind the scenes; when the robot exploded; the alienz were talking to the females and asking if they were male; when Bob and Bob asked where the big smoke was (Sydney Harbour Bridge); when they teleported to the outback of Australia; the Australian holographic; the confidence in all the actors; how professionally it was done; and when they asked at the party, “What was cake?”

Well done to all the performers and everyone involved. The show was very well done and they all cooperated together really well. We are sure that everybody really enjoyed it, because we sure did!

Review written by Matt and Keira from 3/4S

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OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program 8th October – Term 1 – Week 1

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to school and welcome to Term 4 at OSHClub 2015! So many exciting things coming up we hardly know how to contain ourselves! There’s the curriculum day on Friday October 30th. Halloween the day after on Saturday October 31st. Then there’s cup day on Tuesday November 3rd. Before we know it will be December and all of the holiday fun and anticipation that comes with it! This term our theme will be “Christmas and Holidays” and we encourage all children to get involved in our art and craft activities that we will have running. If there are any special art and craft activities that you would like to do whilst at OSHClub for family or friends we strongly encourage you to let us know or bring them along and we can make resources available for you to complete them during your time with us. Another reminder that children MUST WEAR hats AND sunscreen whilst at our Before and After School Care service. We supply Coles’ branded 50+ protection sunscreen here at the service, however, if your child has specific sunscreen needs we encourage parents to either leave some with us at the program or ensure that children have some in their bags when they arrive. Children will strictly NOT be allowed to play outside if they do not have both hat and sunscreen. We are currently in the process of placing an order for more resources including board games, art and craft resources, as well as more sporting equipment. We encourage all children to look after the equipment and resources here at OSHClub as we have a limited budget per term to purchase new things and cannot keep replacing things such as sports balls each term. We look forward to hearing how everyone’s holidays were! Come in and tell us all about it! Kind Regards, Kalli Boag, Michelle Dark, Samantha Lawrence, Wendy Reid and Tayla Alderson.

Program phone: 0439 992 434 Coordinator: Kalli Boag.

Assistants: Michelle Dark, Wendy Reid, Samantha Lawrence, Tayla Alderson.

OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS Credit Card & BPay payments – Please remember that we cannot accept payments of less than $10 for credit card and less than $30 for BPay. If you are paying by BPay, please also send in a short email or note letting us know the amount, what the payment was for and the BPay Receipt number, to kalinda.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au If payments of less than $10 are received, we will be returning them home and asking for cash payment. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER UNIFORM SHOP Opening Hours – Mondays from 3pm – 3.45pm. If you are unable to make this time, order forms are available from the office or you can download from the website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au / Notices and Forms. Just send in your order, with payment and it will be processed as soon as possible. SPECIAL - GRADE 6 2015 TOPS & JACKETS – Very Limited Sizes Polo tops $30 Jackets $40

PLEASE NOTE – THE UNIFORM SHOP WILL NOT BE OPEN ON THE FIRST TRANSITION SESSION DAY – FRIDAY 23

RD OCTOBER.

SHANNON & JO UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS

SCHOOL BANKING - FRIDAYS Kalinda is now participating in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking Rewards Program. For every deposit made at school, students will receive a Dollarmites token. Collect 10 tokens, fill in your reward coupon and return both to school to redeem your chosen reward. If your child does not have a Youthsaver Account, you can open one at any Commonwealth Bank branch, or if you have NetBank, you can apply online. Alternatively, please contact one of the coordinators to discuss. Kalinda receives $5 when children make their first deposit at school and commission on every deposit made at school through the School Banking Program. Just a reminder that bonus interest is paid on the children’s accounts when at least one deposit is made each month! Happy Banking! Julie & Kylie Volunteer Student Banking Coordinators

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

APPLES - STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will next be delivering apples on, Thursday 22nd

October (Wk 3 of Term 4). If you would like to order apples, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 21

st October.

Bags are approximately 5-6kg. Available are:

Pink Ladies ALL apples are now $10 per bag. Fujis Granny Smiths Green & Brown Pears are available Golden Delicious at $8 per bag.

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events. The Department of Education & Training (DET) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. DET and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

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DOUBLE POINTS are awarded for any spend that occurs

after 3pm EVERY Thursday and Friday.

Nutrition Tips - Get in quick or miss out!

One of the habits that is unhelpful for maintaining a healthy weight is eating fast. When you eat fast you lose track of how you are filling up. It takes approximately 20 minutes for your brain to talk to your stomach and say “I’m full”. You may have experienced this if you have been really hungry and eaten your meal quickly, possibly had seconds then after a little while realised you were too full. If you tend to eat fast or encourage your children to eat fast this is not helpful for appetite control or understanding when you are full or filling up. If you put something on the table and then say “Get in quick or you will miss out” it teaches kids that you don’t have to think about whether you are hungry, it doesn’t allow them to feel when they are getting full and if it’s a “treat” there is no time to decide whether they even want it - just eat it fast or you won’t get another chance. If you are providing a “treat” it is more helpful to allow your child to choose when they eat their serve – now or later. This way you teach children there is no rush to eat a ‘sometimes’ food and they don’t have to force it down when they may prefer to wait. If you are sitting down to a meal its important there is no rush or race for food and that everyone is given time to eat. Toddler tantrums are a separate issue- different rules apply to those little ones who make the meal last toooo long! Lisa Renn, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.dietproofyourkids.com.au

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Please find below and attached some upcoming IRABINA programs as well as the registration forms.

- Girls Club – Social Skills Club – PAKENHAM

- Getting Ready for the 2016 School Year – BAYSWATER

- Parent Education Program 2015 – BAYSWATER

- Music & Dance – A unique new OT program – BAYSWATER

If you are interested in registering for one of the above programs, please feel free to contact us

on 03 9720 1118 or send through the completed registration form to autism@irabina.com.

Here are some upcoming IRABINA programs:

- Girls Club – Social Skills Club – PAKENHAM

- Getting Ready for the 2016 School Year – BAYSWATER

- Parent Education Program 2015 – BAYSWATER

- Music & Dance – A unique new OT program –

BAYSWATER

If you are interested in registering for one of the above

programs, please feel free to contact us

on 03 9720 1118 or apply online at www.irabina.com

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