Issue No. 10 Tuesday, 24th April 2018

ANZAC POEM BY 2T Awesome Australian soldiers, New Zealand as well. Zoomed onto the beach And started climbing the hills. Cautiously they went.

Painting by Caitlyn 6W

SCHOOL BANK DETAILS

BSB: 063 698 Account No.: 10039521 for online payments.

BPay Procedure

If you are using BPay to pay for excursions or school fees please email; kilmore.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au with the details of what the payment is for. This will enable us to allocate the funds accordingly on your family account.

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

We hope you have a lovely day. April 25th Ethan FD Renee 1F 26th Keanu FS Sienna FW Elih 34P 27th Hunter 34M Travis 5P 29th Coen 6M

What’s gone home recently?

The following notices were sent home Thursday 19th

April to Wednesday 25th April.

Whole School:

Eldest In The Family:

Selected Families: Nil

Selected Students: Nil

Individual Grade Levels: Nil

Foundation: Nil

Grade 1: Nil

Grade 2: Nil

Grade 3: Grade 3/4 Camp Deposit Slip

Grade 4: Grade 3/4 Camp Deposit Slip

Grade 5: Nil

Grade 6: Nil

Spare copies of notices are available from the office.

COMING EVENTS

April

Wednesday, 25th April ANZAC Day Public Holiday

(no school for students today)

Friday, 27th April Assembly 2.30pm all welcome

May

Friday, 4th May Scholastic Issue 3 due

Parents and Friends Meeting in the Parent Club Room all welcome 2.30pm-3.10pm

Wednesday, 9th May

Education Committee Meeting 2.30pm

Thursday, 10th May Mother’s Day Stall

Hot Food day orders and payment due

Payment due for year 3/4 Excursion

Friday, 11th May

Assembly 2.30pm all welcome

Tuesday, 15th May School Council 7.00pm

NAPLAN

Wednesday, 16th May

NAPLAN

Thursday, 17th May NAPLAN

Hot Food Day, no lunch orders available today

Saturday, 19th May

Open Day for new enrolments 10.00am-11.30am

Tuesday, 22nd May Grade 3/4 Museum Excursion

Friday, 25th May

Assembly 2.30pm all welcome

June

Friday, June 1st Parents and Friends Meeting in the Parent Club Room all welcome 2.30pm-3.10pm

Thursday, 28th June

3 Way Conferences Students do not attend school this day they only attend for their meeting time.

Thursday, 3rd May Pupil Free Day

Sick Bay Linen Roster Term 2

27th April Sally Porter 4th May Lisa Wilis 11th May Melanie Hooke 18th May Sam Densworth 25th May Jodie Cloke 1st June Emily Dove 8th June Amanda Weir 15th June Melissa Laffan 22nd June Catherine Ivory 29th June Jenni Peggie

Thank You

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK We have had a great start to term two with one week down already! The amazing weather that we are enjoying continues to energise us all. Automated SMS for unexplained absence program: Thank you for your support and patience. Overall, the first week of the new automated system to notify parents if their child is absent and without explanation has been positive. We have had a couple of incorrect notifications and will continue to refine our processes to ensure that these occurrences are rare. Having all children at school on time is crucial to supporting accurate attendance data, so I thank you in anticipation of your support in having children at school in class ready to be marked off the roll by 8.50am. Please remember that absence notifications need to be made through the school portal https://sentral.kilmoreps.vic.edu.au/portal2/#!/login or to the office on 57821268. Not directly to teachers. Emails are not suitable on the day of the absence as they may be read after the SMS messages have been sent. The Oval Upgrade:

You will all be aware that the oval upgrade has commenced. It is looking fantastic. We are hoping to have it seeded this week. The downside of the upgrade means that this area is out of bounds for the term, but the long-term facility improvement for the school far outweighs this.

Hard rubbish removal fairies - THANK YOU!: On Friday of last week we sent out a Facebook message to the community asking for help to load some hard rubbish into the skips we hired. As per usual, the community responded immediately and when I arrived at school today the rubbish bins have been loaded and ready to go! Thank you to whomever responded so quickly to our call for help. I love the support that this community always shows our school.

A special thank you to all of our service men and women past and present for their contribution to our country and the wonderful lifestyle we all enjoy. Have a great week everyone.

Principal Kilmore Primary School

Second Hand Uniform Stall Open

The second hand uniform stall will be open at 8.30am on both;

Thursday, 26th April

& Friday, 27th April

Hello everyone! It’s been a week full of reading, cricket, softball, rounders, playdough, popcorn, plants, cuddles, gloves, tennis balls and part of a random biscuit for this three year old. I went to high school when I visited

Assumption College to cheer on our

interschool sports teams and was so

proud of the enthusiasm and

sportsmanship displayed by

everyone. The only ball tampering

was done by me when I modified

my tennis ball by adding a giant

hole. Too soon to mention ball

tampering? If so, I apawlogise.

Overheard this week… “Imagine if Asha had rainbow fur. He’d be so colourful!” “I didn’t know you could catch!” “Ummm, Asha, can I please have the glove back now?” “Can I please hold your lead?” “You were two and now you’re three. Next you will be four!” “Did your legs grow?”

On Friday afternoon, 3/4P

helped Tracey Crane fill

some very big pots with

very colourful plants. If you

walk past the Grade 3/4, 5H

& 5P classrooms, you will

see them. Bendigo Bank

donated some money to the

Edible Garden Group and….

….they bought us some plants and pots. I helped by supawvising the planting

process, sniffing all the soil and

picking up a dropped glove. Everyone

was wearing gloves, so I thought I

would too. It didn’t really ‘fit like a

glove’. Could have something to do

with the fact I have little paws and not

hands. It was a pawsome way to

spend a Friday afternoon and I can’t

wait to see the plants grow and grow

and grow.

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This week’s edition of Numeracy News is proudly brought to you by our students…

I’ve enjoyed learning

about fractions because

I didn’t know how to

convert improper

fractions to mixed

numbers and now I do!

I’ve enjoyed learning

about times tables

because they are good

to learn for when you

are older. My favour-

ites are the 6s.

I’ve enjoyed learning

about the ‘Friends of

10’ strategy. Say I got

7, I have to work out

what I need to make

10. It’s 3. 7 + 3 = 10

I’ve enjoyed learning

about counting. I can

count to 100!

I’ve enjoyed rounding

because you can make

student friendly numbers

to help add them together.

I like partitioning because it

was easier to split numbers

into parts when you add

them.

This week’s family talking point… We use a range of mathematical strategies to solve problems and students learn to use the most effective strategy for different types of problems. How would you solve the following problems? Which strategy would you use? Why? Does everyone in your family agree on the most effective strategy to use? Or, do people have a favourite way to solve the problem? 4 + 2 = 15 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 123.4 + 17.6 = 3 + 15 = 198 + 45 = 174 + 31 =

Kilmore Primary Curriculum Day

Thursday 3rd May 2018

Students do not attend school on this day

Respectful Relationships

On Thursday 3rd May staff will participate in professional learning on Respectful Relationships. The Respectful Relationships initiative is designed to promote meaningful

generational change through practices and policies relating to gender, respect and equality both as a school and as a workplace.

Respectful Relationships is a wide ranging initiative to help young Victorians deal with a range of challenges they may face and covers topics including being respectful, resilient and engaged at school and confident in themselves. Respectful Relationships promotes equality and helps children learn how to build healthy relationships. The initiative prepares them to face challenges by developing problem-solving skills and building empathy, resilience and confidence. Gender based violence has a devastating impact on the community and affects people from all walks of life. The Royal Commission into Family Violence recommended Respectful Relationships be introduced to all schools to change attitudes and prevent the prevalence of gender based violence in future generations. In 2016 Respectful Relationships became a core component of the Victorian Curriculum and is being taught in all government and Catholic schools and many independent schools. There are 8 core areas for the teaching of Social and Emotional learning and Respectful Relationships. These include:

1.Emotional literacy

2.Personal strengths

3.Positive coping

4.Problem solving

5.Stress management

6.Help seeking

7.Gender and identity Positive gender relations

Respectful Relationships is underpinned by evidence that shows schools can play a key role in preventing gender based violence by helping students develop an understanding of healthy relationships and respect.

Further Information For more information visit: education.vic.gov.au/respectfulrelationships

https://www.respect.gov.au/

Support for victims of domestic violence is available at: https://www.1800respect.org.au/

Being on Time Matters

At Kilmore Primary School we are committed to providing your child with an excellent education. The building blocks of a great education begin with all students coming to school each and every day. Regular school attendance is vital and missing school days and being late to school can have a big impact on a child’s future – missing one day a fortnight a student will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes.

The table above shows the number of students late to school each day last week. Unfortunately, we still have many students coming late to school.

Help your class win the next Being on Time Matters award by arriving at school on time! Look out for the Everyday Counts page in this newsletter for information on school

attendance.

Week day Number of students requesting late passes

Monday 8

Tuesday 26

Wednesday 18

Thursday 21

Friday 20

Clubs

First up for Clubs is Drama Club that will run on Tuesdays at lunch times from 1.30pm—2.00pm by Sean. Drama club will involve theatre sports and fun activities and be held in the stadium. Next up we will have history club run by Coen on Monday and Friday during lunch time in the library at 1.30pm-2.10pm for grade 306’s. The club will hold a vote to find out what they are learning every two weeks. Then there is Collectors Club run by Jai on Thursday lunches form 1.30pm—1.45pm. This club will involve showing off rare items so don’t just bring your favourite toy or something similar. Next will be Sports Club run by Ella from 1.30pm—1.50pm on Wednesday lunches. This will involve exercise and sports. Thank you Coen, Sean, Jai and Ella 6M