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Newsletter No. 14 - Term 2 – Week 5 17 May 2018

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If you have children who will be starting school at Kalinda next year, enrolments are now being taken. Student Enrolment Forms for 2019 are available at the office, or download from our website www.kalinda.vic.edu.au / Notices & Forms. If you know of any families looking for a school for their Foundation child, please pass on our details and ask them to ring and make an appointment for a school tour. We would be very grateful if you could submit your enrolment forms before the end of this term (29 June) so that we can plan for 2019. I know this is some way off but the Education Department needs to know early the approximate number of students we may have next year. GAIL POLLARD PRINCIPAL

Events Calendar

Notices sent home to Families – 10 – 17 May 2018

Notice Distributed to: Due Date:

Healesville Sanctuary Excursion Foundation (on Compass) 22/5/18

Kalinda Disco Information Letter Foundation n/a

Kalinda Disco Forms (Prep – 2 Yellow / Gr. 3-6 Blue) Whole School 08/06/18

May

21-25th - Book Fair 21st - School Council Mtg – 7:30pm 22nd - NEVR Tributes Concert – Kalinda Choir 23rd - Kalinda Open Night – 5:00 – 7:00pm 26th - Working Bee – 10am-12noon 29th - Foundation Excursion – Healesville Sanctuary 30th - Wear Red Day for MS. June

11th - Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 18th - School Council Mtg – 7:30pm 16th - Kalinda Disco (P&F) 24th - Working Bee – 10am – 12noon 27th - Special Food Day – Hot Dog Day 28th - Canteen Closed for Term 2 29th - End of Term 2 – 2:30pm dismissal July

16th - Beginning of Term 3

FORWARD DATES:

Kalinda Production – 7th & 8th August 2018 Grade 3/4 Camp – Phillip Island – 10-12th September. TERM DATES 2018

Term 1 – 29 Jan – 29 March (Students resume 31 January) (Easter – Good Friday 30th March) Term 2 – 16 April – 29 June Term 3 – 16 July – 21 September Term 4 – 8 October – 21 December CANTEEN ROSTER

21/5 - 22/5 - CLOSED 23/5 - Simone R. 24/5 - Elisha McP. 25/5 - Abbey L. & Nicole D.

**Please use the new menu (sent out in Week 1 of this term). Please check prices as some have changed. The canteen is open before school to purchase Brain Food and Recess snacks.

ENROL NOW FOR 2019

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

F/A Aria C. - For making strong choices when working at her table. Keep up the great work. Emily W. - For trying her personal best when THRASSing out her words. You’re a star! F/B Lahni B. - For your kindness in including friends, particularly when they are feeling sad. Layla H. - For using her blossoming confidence to have a go at answering lots of questions. F/J Emersyn S. - For being such a happy and caring member of Foundation J. You make us laugh during Fabulous Friday! Sophie McL. - For always working to your personal best and treating others as you want to be treated. F/K Leon Z. - For consistently pursuing your personal best during THRASS lessons. Rebekah W. - For doing her personal best in Writing and using her THRASS chart to sound out words. Keep up the good work. F/Z Sage H. - For pursuing your personal best, no matter who you work with, and always approaching your learning tasks with optimism. Rory McM. - For the improvements you have made in your learning choices, and your consistently positive approach to all your learning tasks. 12A Shaurya G. - For always asking great questions in class. Good thinking, Shaurya! Keira E. - For showing great persistence with a tricky Maths task. 12B Lily V. - For your fabulous writing this week. It included some excellent word choices and great voice. Jason G. - For your excellent explanation of the main idea from our focus text this week. 12E Siara H. - For pursuing your personal best in everything that you do. Your consistent effort shows in your beautiful work. Keep it up. Lucas A. - For an excellent effort with your handwriting when writing questions in our grammar workshop. Keep persevering, you’re doing a great job! 12H Hudson R. - For showing what perseverance and hard work can achieve in his reading. 12K Sam W-K. - For always giving his personal best when working with difficult Maths questions. Lily F. - For always giving her personal best during writing when given a new task or challenge. Lucien D. - For working well with others and contributing to class discussions. Keep it up. 12M Josh T. - For setting himself achievable goals in order to pursue his personal best. Milly J. - For her improved willingness to participate in class activities and recognising that this is how we progress in learning. 12S Sam O. - For pursuing his personal best in THRASS. You wrote a brilliant sentence using the word ‘kind’. Isla J. } For helping our International student, Rain, settle into Kalinda. Zoe S. } You all have been kind and caring to her. Sadie G. } Thank you so much. 34D Riley A. - For consistently upholding our ‘Golden Rule’ by treating her peers with kindness and respect. Bridgette W. - For being brave and participating, even when things appear challenging. 34F Ruby H. - For being sensible and being able to enjoy herself without being silly. Aeon Y. - For being sensible and not letting yourselves be distracted by others. 34P Sophie S. - For demonstrating great strength when choosing sensible working behaviours. Thank you for completing a written task in your own time. Riley O’C. - For making strong decisions on how to best achieve his learning intentions. Well done Riley on working hard to achieve success. 34S Evie R. - For her wonderful and accurate work in the cartography of her ancient kingdom, and of Kalinda. Great map making, Evie! Ashlee M. - For her terrific and careful work in the cartography of her ancient kingdom, and of Kalinda. Great map making, Ashlee! 56B Jade G. - For constantly living by the Golden Rule. You look out for, and support anyone in need at Kalinda, Jade. Well done! Taleigha P. - For always striving to achieve your personal best. You show great dedication to your learning and have fun along the way.

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CANTEEN NEWS – OPEN NIGHT Open Night is on Wednesday 23rd May from 5pm – 7pm. Everyone is welcome to pop by the canteen to sample some of our menu items. Parents, please note that children must be accompanied by an adult when sampling the food. JUSTINE WATSON – CANTEEN MANAGER

KALINDA PANTRY Thank you to everyone who has already made donations to our Pantry. Your help is much appreciated by families in need. We welcome any donations at any time to the Kalinda Pantry and the Breakfast Club. Donations can be left at the office for your convenience. KAREN KLEWER – BREAKFAST CLUB COORDINATOR

Kalinda Primary School is holding a Scholastic Book Fair in May in the Library and we would like to invite you to join in the fun. The theme for this year is “Paws for Books”. Every book you purchase helps us build resources for the children at Kalinda Primary School. The dates and times of the Book Fair are listed below:

Monday 21st to Friday 25th, May (inclusive) 8:30 – 9:00am 1:00 – 4:00pm 7:00pm on Wed 23rd May, Open Night

If you are able to help at the “Paws for Books” Book Fair, it would be greatly appreciated. A roster will be placed at Reception, please place your full name and mobile number on it. Thank you very much for your support. Wendy Robertson Library Technician

Please help us to keep our children and community safe by

driving safely in the streets and carparks around Kalinda

Primary School. When dropping or picking up OSHC club

children, please be mindful when exiting the school carpark. Some members of the

community have been concerned about a few recent ‘near misses’. Please drive safely.

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Kalinda Open Night Tsunami Appeal 23rd May 2018; 5:00 PM till Sold Out

Please come with parents and buy Green tea ice cream, $2 at the Canteen

All the money raised on the night will go to Japan Red Cross Tsunami Appeal.

Thank you for your support From Branch Out Ambassadors

Ingredients: Ice cream:…Milk, Sugar, Glucose, Syrup(from Wheat), Maltodextrin, Water, Whey Powder, Emulsifiers (471-Palm Derived, 433), Vegetable gum(410), Natural Flavour, Natural colour(160), Reduced fat ice cream: contains minimum 6% milk fat Green Tea: Macchax Powder--- Green tea Ice cream corn: Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil (Coconut), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Wheaten Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Mineral Salt (500), Colour (160b)

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OFFICE NEWS FOUNDATION EXCURSION to Healesville Sanctuary – a reminder that permission and payment for this excursion is due by next Tuesday, 22nd May. This is available through Compass, or call into the office to finalise. WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS – There has been some confusion recently over the requirements of Working With Children Checks. If parents, family members, or members of the community would like to volunteer their time at Kalinda Primary School (or any other school or childcare service) they will need a current Working With Children Check. The WWCC card you receive will then need to be presented to the office for copying. They will then be added to our WWCC Register. If this card is not presented, you will not be able to help out in any area of the school or on excursions outside of the school. If you would like to apply for a WWCC, this needs to be done online through: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/ Once you have registered your card at the office you may help out in any area of the school, i.e. classroom activities, sports days, excursions, canteen, SAKG, etc. However, before you do this you must enter via the office and sign the Visitors Register and wear a Visitors badge before you proceed to the area you are visiting. If you are eligible for Camps, Sports & Excursions Funding (CSEF), please do not process through Compass, as this will alter the amount owed. Complete your excursion permission form and bring into the Office for payment. 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. The 2017 Parent Payment Policy and the Kalinda Primary School Hardship Policy is located on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/ - Notices & Forms, for your information. . If you have any queries regarding any of the above, please contact the Office. THERESA JARVIS BUSINESS MANAGER COMPASS – If your child is away due to illness, medical appointments, family holidays, or other reasons, please remember to login to Compass and register their non-attendance through the “Add / Approve Absence” tab on your child’s Home Page in Compass.

UNIFORM SHOP - RHSports

Kalinda Primary School Uniforms are available to purchase offsite at RHSports at Unit 12, 100 New Street, Ringwood. Notices are available at the office or on our website at www.kalinda.vic.edu.au/notices&forms For your convenience, the RHSports Shop is open every day from 9:00am – 5:00pm, including school holidays. The direct link to RHSports is https://www.rhsports.com.au/shop/product/clothing/school_wear/kalinda_ps

LOST PROPERTY If your child is missing any items of clothing, lunch boxes, drink bottles, etc. please check the Lost Property tubs at the end of the corridor near the office. Smaller items or valuable items (toys, jewellery, etc.) are normally held at the office.

PLEASE NAME ALL ITEMS OF CLOTHING, LUNCHBOXES, DRINK BOTTLES, TOYS, ETC.

We would love to be able to return them to your child when found.

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STUDENT BANKING Simply place your money into the deposit book cover and fill in the deposit slip. Send to school every Friday morning, it will be processed and returned to your child’s class on Mondays. Spare account opening kits are available from the office, or through Bendigo Bank at Heathmont.

Get your Entertainment Membership NOW to help Kalinda Primary School raise much needed funds!

Help us raise for our fundraising by buying an Entertainment Membership from us. You'll receive hundreds of valuable offers for everything you love to do, and help our fundraising at the same time. Hurry, Entertainment Memberships sell

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Support your school and enjoy discounts on so many fun activities and places to eat.

There is so much to choose from.

We have a small number of books at the school right now with more being delivered

very soon so grab yours to start enjoying the discounts now’.

A Kalinda Mum’s experience with the Entertainment Book she has had for 4 months– Mum of 2 primary school children:-

“We purchased the Woolworths vouchers which has a 5% discount and used these to purchase fuel using our

Everyday Rewards card - we receive another 4 % discount = 9% discount (who wouldn’t want 9% discount on fuel

every time you filled up!).

We also use the vouchers to purchase groceries meaning we have a 5% discount on all groceries before we even

walk in the store. Plus discounts at Big W, Dan Murphy, Chemist Warehouse. In 4 months, by just using the

discounts, we have saved $495!

Then there are the free coffees – Coffee Club, Laurent and 2 for 1 voucher with bowling, Crocs, Roller skating,

plus discounts at Lindos, Carlos Cantina, Pancake Parlour, Mrs Fields.

We love the electronic version and it shows me that in just 4 months we have saved $177 dollars on just 8 activities.

All local activities and using everyday benefits for food and fuel means a savings in 4 months of approx. $672.

Wouldn’t be without it and love that it’s easy to use and helps my children’s school raise money.”

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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events and information. 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.

APPLES

STRAIGHT FROM THE ORCHARD…….

Chris, our apple man will be delivering apples on Thursday 24 May. If you would like to order apples or pears, please see Gill or Annie at the office with your order and payment by Wednesday 23 May. Bags are approximately 5-6kg and are freshly picked from the orchard.

Pink Ladies (NEW SEASON), Royal Galas, Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths are available at $10 per bag. Fujis are now $12 per bag. Green & Brown pears are now available too, also at $10 per bag. Jazz apples available at the moment for $15 per 5-6kg bag.

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Violin? Cello? String Group?

Anyone?

Beginner Violin:

Classes available from Gene Holland & Dindy Vaughan – Gene at school, Dindy after school in

her home studio close by.

Instruments:

Dindy has 1 violin for hire - $25 per term.

Violins are available for hire or purchase from Hans Music, Main St Croydon.

Group lessons (2 students) can try out at school.

Enquiries: Gene: 0412 772 657

Dindy: 9870 3052

Cello:

Dindy has 1 cello for hire ($25 per term)

Hire or buy from Hans Music, Main St Croydon

Dindy’s home studio close by.

Dindy: 9870 3052

Gene Holland: Bachelor of Music; First Class Honours from Monash University. Member of

In Helvetica performance trio, has performed at Perth & Adelaide Fringe Festivals. Worked

with Kalinda students on Mullum Mullum Project; Morning, Noon & Night (2013).

Dindy Vaughan: (B.A (University of Sydney), M.A (Flinders University). Teacher,

Composer, Education & Arts in the community. Awarded University of Sydney Alumni

award for achievement in community service, 1996. Selected for Who’s Who in the World &

other national and international biographies.