Katherine South Primary School We are a Learning Community ...web.ntschools.net/w/ksp/Newsletters/2016/Term 1 Week 10.pdf · Term 1 Week 7 Wednesday the 11th of March Principals Message

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the last week of the term!

Time seems as though it has gone by very

quickly this year. I hope everyone had a

happy Easter holiday break and are ready

for the end of term school holidays.

Students have worked very well

this term and I am pleased with the

efforts of teachers and students,

producing evidence of high quality

teaching and learning. Another highlight

for me this term is the great start our

Pre-schoolers and Transition students

have made this year. This contributes

significantly to our school culture and is

evident from the high expectations our

early years teachers have embedded with

their students.

I trust everyone will have a safe and

happy holiday period and it’s a well

deserved one for our students and staff

here at KSPS.

PLP’s

Thank you to all parents who

had taken the opportunity to

meet with their child and their

child’s teacher to develop a

student persoanlised learning plan for this

semester. This plan will detail the

student’s learning goals and strategies for

students to have the opportunity to meet

these targets. This plan also ensures there

are no surprises for students and parents

when it’s time for Semester 1 reporting.

NT Learning Commission

Six students from Years 5 and 6

have been identified to represent

Katherine South Primary School in the

NT Learning Commission. Riley Wigan,

Ebony Rumsby, Erin Dahl, Liam Short,

Iain Sutherland and Laketa Campbell

attended a professional development day

last Thursday with myself and Mr Short

at Clyde Fenton Primary School.

Approximately 30 other selected

students attended the day to connect with

each other and identify common areas for

learning improvement across the

Katherine Region. The purpose of the

students work will be to engage students

across Katherine in meaningful learning.

The commission will work with selected

teachers to ensure their work is being

valued and to influence education for the

better. Thus far our students in the

Learning Commission have done a great

job in identifying areas they would like to

see change in education and this will

inform their project work.

Teacher Planning Days

This week our teachers will

have a day off their class to

meet with their cohort colleagues to work

together to plan next term’s units. This

process allows for consistency in teaching

and learning across the year level cohorts.

The process also allows teachers to meet

to discuss student work and to be

consistent in grading student work.

Yesterday, teachers from classes

Transition to grade 2 worked together to

plan. Today was years 3 and 4,

Thursday will be the years 5 and 6

planning day and Specialist teachers will

plan on Friday.

CARE Disco

Well done to our Stuart House for

winning the CARE disco last

week! Our students had lots of

fun participating in reward games, while

scoffing down sausages and slushies!

Thanks to Stuart staff for putting on a

great show.

Parent Friendly School

Annual Plan

The Annual School

Improvement Plan has been

modified into a simpler

format for parents and community

members to understand our school

priorities, vision and targets for 2016.

The document will be sent out to our

families early next term.

Have a great week

Dan Murtas

Principal

Last weeks answer: Teapot

Try to answer this:

Whoever makes me, tells me not.

Whoever takes me, knows me not.

Whoever knows me, wants me not.

What am I?

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Katherine South Primary School

Riverbank Drive Katherine NT 0850

PO Box 721 Katherine NT 0851

Telephone (08) 89721277

Fax (08) 89721857

Email

[email protected]

We are a Learning Community


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Term 1 Week 9 Wednesday the 25th of March

Community Achievement Respect Engagement



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Term 1 Week 10 Wednesday 30th March 2016

FRONT

OFFICE Please notify the front office if your

child/ren will be absent or late for

school on

8972 1277 or 0488 584 471

Or email

[email protected]

Principal Puzzle

The NT Learning Commission

commenced their work last week.

Well done to KSPS Students.



House Spirit Points

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Congratulations to 3/4 East with 92.61% attendance! Our school average for week 9 was 87.94%




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Tayte Becke Coen Goody Jude Karpeles Mikaylah Amarant Riley Prime Jobe Prime Isabelle Richardson Ethan Paull Iain Sutherland Tumai Yates Charlee Vorobyov Antonio Hogan William Shepherd Bianca Gamble Minh Alderson Kirk Grant

Taylah Silcock Darcy McWhirter Sienna Lee Cate Wigan Jack Thomson Ella Phillips Aleeah Bawi Sharon Perera Kite Quilty Kelly Kuhn Cedric Fraser Jnr Josh Hill-Kopp Ian Thomson Will Branson Seth Hohn Lynton Wright

Hikairo Ua-Cookson Antonio Scomparin Nedrika Shadforth Melanie Blanch Jasmine Jeffrey Alicija Sajkar Riley Challis Tamzyn Paull Jordyn Hohn Kayden Lee Kiannah Bryant Lola Beech Jackson Carlton Christina Underwood

Green Card Awards Student Attendance Week 9 Term 1

Calendar Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 10 28th March

Easter Monday

29th March 30th March 31st March 1st April

Last Day of Term

Week 1

Term 2

11th April 12th April

5/6 Camp

13th April

5/6 Camp

14th April

5/6 Camp

15th April

5/6 Camp

Week 2 18th April 19th April 20th April 21st April 22nd April

ANZAC Day Assembly

Parent Morning Tea

Week 3 25th April

ANZAC Day

26th April

School Council Meeting

27th April 28th April 29th April

Science Discovery Day

Week 4 2nd May

May Day

3rd May 4th May 5th May

Book Fair Preview

6th May

Book Fair Preview

Lilly Bright

This weeks assembly is hosted by: 3/4 East

Victoria 731 Buchanan 711 Stuart 706

“1” Wear your School Shirt

“2” Wear your Sports Shirt

“3” Wear your CARE

Bracelets

“3” Bring in ideas for Spirit

Points

65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100

5/6 Short

5/6 Mather-Brown

5/6 Chauhan

3/4 Shipway

3/4 Shield

3/4 Piper

3/4 Patterson

3/4 East

2 Hopkins

2 Grieves

T/1 Tomlinson

T/1 Chatterton

T/1 Beckett

T/1 Azzopardi



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BREAKFAST IS AVAILABLE DAILY From 7.45am until 8.15am

2x Toast $1.00 (with vegemite, peanut butter, honey or

jam), Milo $1.00

Tuesday Breakfast:

Toast x 2

$1.00

Scrambled Egg & Toast

$2.00

Milo

$1.00

Thursday Breakfast:

Hash Browns

$0.80

Scrambled Egg & Toast

$2.00

Milo

$1.00

Friday Special:

$5 Lucky Dip

CANTEEN NEWS The Katherine netball season

commences on the 14th of April

(Week 1, Term 2). Registration

nights will be held on the 29th and

31st of March at the Katherine

Netball Courts. Alternatively you can check

out our Facebook page (Katherine Netball

Association) for information on how to

register online. Sport vouchers welcome.

There is a grade for every age.

Net Set Go (5-10 year olds) - $100

11 and Under (born in or after 2005) -

$100


$100


$100

Open (Ladies and Mixed) - $135

Any queries, please email

[email protected] or call Lauren

on 0408554667.

Back To School

Vouchers

BTSV’s expire on Friday

1st April.

Please ensure that you come in and use your

child’s voucher ASAP.

Any money not spent is returned to the

government. If you have any questions

please call

the front office.

mailto:[email protected]



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Fun Science Fact: Tree resin which has been fossilized is known as

amber, it sometimes contains plant material or

small animals that were trapped inside.

Around 2000 different types of

plants are used by humans to

make food.

Save the date 27th August 2016

KSPS 40th Anniversary Celebrations

Watch this space

5/6 Camp

We would like to remind people

that payment of the full camp

fees are due:

TOMORROW! Thursday 31st March

There will be no payments

accepted after this date.

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