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17 August 201817 August 2018

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Athletics Carnival

Today’s Athletics Carnival was a great success. Mr Brown, MrGilks and the Athletics Carnival committee organised a fantasticday and all children competed in many events. The childrenshowed great sportsmanship and really encouraged each otherto do well. Many students participated in the track and fieldevents. It was great to see the students all having a go andgiving their personal best!

Well done to everyone involved and thank you to all staff andour parent volunteers for their invaluable assistance on the day.

A special thank you to Mrs Stephenson and all of the parentsfrom the P & C who helped in the canteen and provided ourlunches. The Brisbane Water Zone Athletics Carnival will beheld on Friday 31 August at Mingara. Good luck to all studentscompeting at this carnival.

Premier’s Spelling Bee

On Thursday 9 August, the school finals of the Premier’sSpelling Bee were held in the school hall. Congratulations toall students who won their class competition to make it intothe final. All students tried their very best on the day.Congratulations to the finalists who will be representing KariongPS at the Regional Spelling Bee Finals:

Stage 2 – Tamsen E and Mya AStage 3 – Cassidy Q and Claire W

Book Fair

Once again we have had another very successful KPS BookFair. Thank you to all parents, students and communitymembers who came along to the Book Fair and purchased abook. Part of the proceeds of the Book Fair are donated to theschool to purchase resources for the school.

P&C Meeting

Our next P&C meeting is on Monday 20 August at 7.30pmin the Staffroom. All parents are welcome to attend. Duringthis P&C Meeting Mrs Rayner will be going over the KPSAnti-Bullying Plan. Kariong PS has a fantastic P&C that worksextremely hard to support our students and many programsthroughout the school.

Public Speaking Finals

On Monday 13 August the Annual KPS Public SpeakingCompetition was held in the school hall. Two students fromeach class spoke in the finals. All students spoke with clarityand confidence and were able to relay their message in a veryconcise manner. Congratulations to all children who were in thefinals and to Candace C, Laura H, Alex L, Zyenna H, Ilia L,Tamsen E, Ella H and Amelie S who were selected to representour school at the district Public Speaking Finals. We know theywill represent our school with pride.

Opal Bus Cards

A reminder that all students who travel to and from schoolon the bus are required by law to have a School Opal card.Busways are monitoring this very closely and a child may berefused travel if they do not have a valid School Opal Card.

The link below will give further information about how to obtaina School Opal Card.

The following document is a fact sheet with information aboutSchool Opal Cards.

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Kerry RaynerDeputy Principal

BOOK FAIR FAMILY CHALLENGECOMPETITION

Noah & Jacob M, Amber B, Travis W, Ellie Mc, Miles C, MikaylaW, Ilia L, Montanna C, Jacinta E, Martha & Charlie L andVictoria, Alexander & Matthew B.

A very big thank you to all the families and students whocreated “their own treasures” as part of this year’s familychallenge. We had a great variety of ideas, which created awonderful display for our Library. The following students wereselected as winners and received a voucher to spend at ourBook Fair. Persephone D, Amber B, Montana C, Amelia S,Miles C, Martha & Charlie L, Travis W, Jacob M and Mikayla W.

KARIONG PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLICSPEAKING COMPETITION

On Monday 13 August we hosted the 2018Kariong Public Speaking Finals in the SchoolHall. Each audience group were attentive tothe talented speakers who informed,entertained and made us laugh whilstpresenting a vast array of topics. The rangesof topics were presented in a most professional manner. Thestandard again this year was high and the judges were tested inevery session. The judges commented on the confidence andabilities of each grade. Congratulations to the students forreaching the finals and to all who participated at class level. Thefollowing finalists competed in the next round at Gosford PublicSchool on Thursday 16 August. Well done!

Congratulations to all our class finalists:

ES1 Laura H - 'Fiji'Candace C - 'Rabbits’

Stage 1 'How my sister acts'Zyenna H - 'Mars'

Stage 2 Ilia L - 'Video Game Addiction'Tamsen E - 'Trip Around Australia'

Stage 3 Ella H - 'Child Starvation'Amelie S - 'Bullying'

Sandra Clements ( ES1 & S1 )Kerri Mullane ( S2 )Kate Farrugia ( S3 )

Public Speaking Co-ordinators

2018 COOINDA ABORIGINALEDUCATION CONSULTATIVE GROUP(AECG) AWARDS

Congratulations to Noah and Maxx who received Certificatesof Excellence at Gosford Public School on Tuesday 7 August2018. Maxx received his award for excellence in sportingachievements and Noah received his award for commitment tolearning.

Special congratulations to Mrs Harding who won a Certificate ofExcellence for the magnificent poster mural that she completedwith her class that now proudly hangs in our school library.

We are very proud of your individual and group achievements.The award ceremony was fantastic with many students,parents and community members across the Central Costattending. Mrs Redrup. Ms Farrugia and Mrs Harding from ourschool attended to congratulate our students who successfullywon the 2018 awards.

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PEER SUPPORT-WEEK 4This week in Peer Support, the children practised developingtheir strengths. They identified their strengths, and establishedthe skills to become more resilient and optimistic in certainsituations. Please ask your child to share the strengths theyidentified during this week’s session.

SPORTS REPORT

Oz Tag – Boys

On 9 August, Mr Gilks and the Stage 3 boys’ OzTag teamwent to Adcock Park to compete in a Gala day. We versedSt Johns Baptist in the first game, winning the match 8-2.We were happy with our performance and went into the nextgame against a strong Blue Haven side. The second gamewas close until about ten minutes into the game when wegot a try, which then made us more confident, and we endedup winning 5-1. Woodport was our next opponent. We weredominating from start-to-finish, winning the game 9-2 with twoinjured players at the time. The last game before the finals wasagainst Erina Heights. We started strong but they came backlater in the game. It was all tied up at 4-4. We progressed tothe quarterfinals against Shelly Beach. They were dominatingfrom the start, with an end score of 6-1. We gave it our bestthroughout the day. Congratulations for all your efforts boys.

Cody H and Connor L

Oz Tag – Girls

On 9 August, the Kariong Public School Senior Girls’ Oz Tagteam went down to Adcock Park to play a series of games.The senior girls played their first game against Gorokan, withthe game ending in a draw, 2-all. The girls tried their hardestin their second game yet unfortunately, Central Coast AdventistSchool were too strong and won 7-0. In the third game, whichwas against Killarney Vale, we beat them 4-2 with Renee C andEmily C scoring two tries each. The last game was our bestthanks to Emily L, Ellie R, Emily C and Renee C scoring someamazing tries, we came away with the win 6-3 against Toukley.In this game, the girls went out there and did their very best,and finished with a big win! The girls had so much fun, triedtheir absolute best, but unfortunately missed getting into thequarterfinals. Well done girls!

Keira B, Emily L and Aida D

OUR WEEK WITH LORI – KQLori worked extremely hard in KQ this weekand showed all of the school values. Hejoined in all of our lessons and even came tothe computer Lab with us. He was overjoyedwhen KQ won the trophy for being the bestclass in Assembly this week.

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ENROLMENTS FOR KINDERGARTEN2019 ARE NOW BEING TAKEN

See note below for Important Dates forKindergarten 2019 Students

PBL UPDATE – YARNING CIRCLE

Congratulations Banksia, our overall house point leaders sofar term.

SCHOOL AWARDS

Principal’s Gold BookPrincipal’s Gold Book

Summer O Katarina P Daniel R Lilli H Ruby B Skye S

Barry Serena M

Merit AwardsMerit Awards

Khushi S Noah H Hallie O CallanH

Nicola D Noah M

KatannaF

Leilani D Paige G Fiona H JacksonG

KrishaB

Travis W Amelia S CharlotteA

Zoe D Jacob M Chloe R

Sophie L TawhitiR

Jemma F Riley G Vincent Z

Bronze PBL AwardsBronze PBL Awards

Maxx O

Silver PBL AwardsSilver PBL Awards

Aida D Cody H Coopar G Hunter A VictoriaB

Hayley B

Hallie C Ryan K LachlanM

MaddisonS

SummerW

Marcus C

BowenM

SummerO

Ella H Jaylen J Ryan S ChristopherS

YsobellaG

Owen G Zoe L Blake O Rishika S

Riley B MaddisonC

Alyssa C Sofia D Joshua D-R

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Silver PBL AwardsSilver PBL Awards

Brodie F Tyler G Megan H Layla H MelissaH

Jasmine J

Will J Kai Mc Keanu S KatelynW

IsabelleW

Lachlan B

Rylee C JasmineG

TiagoS-G

Nicole D IndiannaD

Amelia H

MervynH

SophieS

Hunter W AtaviaA-P

Eloise B Jayla B

Emily C ChelseaC-H

Fleet E Kye F Kiara G Mia R

BayleeS-A

Amy S Levi W Rocco A CooperB

Nergiz C

IndianaG

Piper H Chloe H Bryce J Billy M Emily A

Dev K Ella S Martha L Cruden S Mya A Braith M

Jacob E TristanG

JeremiahH

Ameliya J Laura K Finn K

Lian S Dean S Kaylee S Billie V ZainabA

Zach C

Lily H Scott H Abbi L Cory M Noah S Emily V

Ella Y

Karise A

AnnetteE

Tahlia B

Lilli H

Joel C

Ellie M

Eliza E

Emily O

Grace F

David A

Lara G

BrandonK

NathanM

Kirra Q Julia S ArabellaD

MohammedK

SamuelM

CooperM

Nate G Rhyder H MatildaH

Noah M

AmeliaS

Ella B ThomasB

Nicolas D SophieD

Indi H

Jacob N Shuji Y Ruby D Nate L Jack S Cadence D

MitchellH

Austin H

2018 Diary Dates2018 Diary Dates

Monday 20August

P&C Meeting – 7:30pm in the Staffroom

Monday 20August

Seasons for Growth – Celebration3:00pm

Wednesday 22August

Years 5/6 Science Day KMHS andScience Expo in the evening

2018 Diary Dates2018 Diary Dates

Friday 24August

Gymnastics Kinder, Year 1 and 2C

Monday 27August

Fathers’ day stall

Tuesday 28August

Central Coast Showcase – Drama11:00am and 7:00pm

Wednesday 29August

Years 5/6 Sports Day at KMHS

Friday 31August

Gymnastics Kinder, Year 1 and 2C

Wednesday 5September

Year 6 Canberra excursion

Thursday 6September

Year 6 Canberra excursion

Friday 7September

Year 6 Canberra excursion

Friday 7September

Gymnastics Kinder, Year 1 and 2C

Tuesday 11September

Great Indigenous Book Swap

Wednesday 12September

Great Book Swap

Friday 14September

Gymnastics Kinder, Year 1 and 2C

Friday 14September

SRC Fundraising Supporting Farmers

Kariong Public School P&C Association

Meetings are held every 3rd Monday of the monthin the school terms.

Parents and community members welcome toattend.

Meetings start 7:30 pm in the school staffroomNext meeting:

Monday 20 August 2018

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