Newsletter to Parents Kooringal Public School Encouraging Excellence - Educating for the Future

Phone (02) 6922 6443 Fax (02) 6926 2034 Website www.kooringal-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Week 3 Term 4 Tuesday 20th October 2015

Calendar of Events Term 4

October

Wednesday 21st October

KHS Year 7 2016 Year Advisor visit

Friday 23rd October K Poppies & K Rosemary excursion to REEC

Friday 23rd October K-6H Dream Cricket

Friday 23rd October P&C Movie Night 7pm

Mon 26th - Thu 29th Oct CHORDS Festival

Wednesday 28th October

CHORDS Matinee Excursion

Friday 30th October P&C Daniel Morcombe Day

Friday 20th October Conservatory Combined Schools Concert

November

Monday 2nd November Book Fair begins

Tuesday 3rd November Year 1 and 2 Excursion

Tuesday 3rd November KHS Year 7 2016 Testing

Monday 9th November Swimming Lessons begin

Tuesday 11th November P&C Meeting 7pm in the staff room.

Thursday 19th November

Band Recruitment Night 6pm

December

Thursday 3rd Dec Year 6 KHS Orientation

Friday 4th December Sports Assembly 12pm

Monday 7th December Year 6 Farewell Dinner

STRATEGIC DIRECTION 1

Enhancing community

engagement and participation

STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2

Creating a dynamic learning

school

STRATEGIC DIRECTION 3

Well- being for all

Short Film Success Kooringal Public School has continued to succeed and this week we are celebrating the successes of students from the tech group. This group of students meet regularly with Mrs Fitzpatrick and have been working on entries for the Short Film Competition. The students entered two short films into the competition, “Our Children, Our Future” and “Future is Bright- Bright is our Future’. Last Wednesday night the students, Mrs Fitzpatrick and many parents were at the Civic Theatre to hear the announcement and were thrilled to hear that the short film, “Future is Bright- Bight is our Future” won the best overall sound track. The students were praised for their creativity and the music and lyrics were written, composed and played by the students themselves. This film has now been short listed for the national competition for the ‘Moving Images’ competition held in Federation Square in Melbourne. Congratulations to all the students and Mrs Fitzpatrick for her dedication and commitment. Opera House Performance We would also like to acknowledge the excitement for three young girls who are members of the Riverina Central Choir heading to the Opera House to sing at the Festival of Choral Music. Congratulations girls and we hope you enjoy the experience. Family Movie Night This Friday night the P&C are holding a family movie night with the open air cinema. You will have the chance to view ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ on a giant screen outside on the grassed area near

Band Notes Next Friday the 30th of October, the Junior and Concert Bands will be travelling to the Riverina Conservatorium of Music to participate in rehearsals for the Combined School Bands performance. Unlike last year, the rehearsals will be finished by 2.45pm and students will return to school; however; there is a change to the performance venue and time this year. The Riverina Conservatorium has been approached by the Civic Theatre to provide entertainment for Twilight by the Lagoon. As a result, our students have been asked to perform, both Junior and Concert band students are asked to participate. The concert will take part at the Lagoon amphitheatre and students are asked to be at the venue no later than 6:30pm. This event as a part of the Combined Schools Performance. This is an extraordinary opportunity for our bands to showcase their talents to the public. I hope all of our students can take part. A permission note and more information will be sent home later this week.

Tim Harris, In-school Band Coordinator

Merit Awards Week 2

the hall. Gates open at 7pm with food and drinks available. The movie is expected to begin at 8pm so it would be great to see lots of families bring along their blankets, beanbags chairs and pillows and enjoy the evening. Welcome Back KPS would like to welcome back Mrs Amanda Morton to school. Mrs Morton has been on maternity leave and has returned 3 days a week doing RFF. If you need to speak to Mrs Morton, she works Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 2016 We will be looking at our school numbers for 2016 in the next few weeks. Just a reminder to parents that if you know that you will moving on from Kooringal Public School we would appreciate you filling out the form in the newsletter and returning it to school. Also if you have a child enrolling into Kinder for next year and haven’t completed the necessary paperwork could you please do this as soon as possible? This will be Mr Harris and my final week as relieving Principal, as Mrs Davidson will be returning to work on Friday 23rd October. We would like to thank everyone for their support while Mrs Davidson was on leave. Chris Gooley Relieving Principal

Interschool Touch Competition Congratulations to the students in Years 5 and 6 who participated in the Interschool Stage 3 Touch Football Competition in Term 3. It was highly successful with all students displaying terrific sportsmanship, team encouragement and great skills! Unfortunately the weeks that were cancelled due to wet weather will not be played this term. Therefore, a credit of $10 will be issued to those students. Your class teacher and the office will hold a record for future Term 4 payments.

Congratulations Congratulations and best of luck to Lily Stein, Lindsay Mayfield and Ruby Reilly who will be representing Kooringal Public School at the Festival of Choral Music in Sydney next week. The three singers will be performing at the Opera House with other members of the Riverina Central Choir. Good luck girls!!

Kinder Anzacs Maddison Kaylock Thomas Harris Flynn Moloney

Kinder Banjo Leroy Urquhart Madison Todd Bennett Tremain

Kinder Rosemary Cassandra Whittaker Noah Stirton Claire Tinker

1 Blackburn Brody Howard Dimitrios Ligakis Kate Forestier

1 Gordon Bryce Marshall Jessica Wheeler Mannat Mohen

1/2 Moon Meshack Gak Brianna Tsang Ava Sweeney Cooper Elphick

2 Carroll Holly Longmore Deacon Crawford Brannon Cox Shelby Trotman

2 Hamillton Madison Turner Krystel Tye Kean Christie Joel Doven

3 Flanders Piper Ryan Lucas Martin Lachlan Maxwell Malakai Tremain

4/5 Somme Zara McLaren Emily O’Brien Toby Nixon Zoe McGuinness

5/6 Jacka Luke Nixon Ebony Lewis MadisonCrawford Alice Oxley

5/6 Shout Ruby Reilly Brielle McDonnell Lillian Kelleher James Neal

5/6 Tubb Maddison Manning Elizabeth Turner

Thomas Casnave Jamie LIttle

WAGGA WAGGA FILM FESTIVAL Congratulations to the two KPS Tech teams who had their short films, ‘Our Children, Our Future’ and ‘The Future is Bright, Bright is the Future’ selected to be shown in the Wagga Waggafest Film Festival. An amazing number of parents and students attended the evening last week at the Wagga Civic Theatre. The students spent a lot of their own time writing scripts, songs, filming and editing around the theme for this year’s festival, The Best Is Yet To Come. ‘The Future is Bright, Bright is the Future’ won the overall award for Best Original Score. Mayor Mr Rod Kendall presented the cheque for $500 and trophy, congratulating the students on their creativity and acting skills. Jaime Esler, Lily Stein, Lara Rossiter, Amelia Caller and Molly Moorby wrote the lyrics for the song, ‘Change’ . Students then sang the track and also performed the music. What talented students! Both films are now available to be viewed at the Wagga Waggafest website. It is then up to the public to vote for their favourite film and a prize of $500. Mrs Kerry Fitzpatrick Lily Stein: It was really exciting to win this award. We hope the money will go towards helping students to create even better films for years to come. Alifaleti Mone: Playing the guitar with the singers was lots of fun. Going on stage was very exciting. Amelia Caller; It’s amazing to have won this award two years in a row. Being on stage and being interviewed was a thrill but nerve-racking.

Congratulations Ebony Lewis

Congratulations to Ebony Lewis who finished in the top four in Australia, in this years Origin Energy Little Big Idea competition. Ebony recently travelled to Sydney to present her ideas at the Powerhouse Museum in front of a packed auditorium and a panel of judges. She pitched her idea perfectly, and was only just pipped for the first place prize, of a trip to NASA. Well done Ebony, we're proud of your accomplishments, as we are of all our students no matter how little or BIG their ideas might be. Mr Kerr

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

English and Maths ICAS results Congratulations to our talented students on their wonderful English and Maths ICAS results. The photos show the proud recipients receiving their Distinction certificates for achieving in the top 2-10% of Australia! Julie Smith ICAS Coordinator Maths Thomas Casnave, Jake Hinds, Jayden Wordsworth, Dekota Jones, Karlos Madeley

English Jaime Esler, Laura Crawford, Connor Irlam, Lucy Jefferis, Jayden Wordsworth, Charlotte Jefferis, Lauren Esler Thank you to our photographers, Natasha Carl and Chloe Hinds.

REMINDERS / SPECIAL NOTES MONEY DUE

CHORDS Performers money due by

Wednesday 21st October CHORDS Matinee Performance money

due Friday 23rd October KPS Swim and Survive money due by

Wednesday 28th October Year 1 and 2 Excursion money due by

Friday 30th October

ENROLMENT CONFIRMATION FOR 2016 Dear Parents and Carers of students at Kooringal Public School

We ask if all parents of current Kindergarten to Year 5 students please confirm if your child WILL NOT be returning to Kooringal Public School for 2016.

Please complete and return the form below to the school office by Friday 23rd October 2015.

Sally Davidson, Principal

Please return to School Office by Friday Friday 23rd October 2015. Name of Child: ………………………………………… Class: …………………….. Name of Child:………….……………………………… Class: ………………………

WILL NOT be returning to KPS in 2016 (please tick)

Signature of Parent/Carer:

………………………………………………..……...

Date:………………….

P&C NEWS

THIS FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2015

GATES OPEN 7PM ON THE SCHOOL OVAL

Alexander the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very

Bad Day

A great family night out!!! The P&C are holding a Movie Night this

Friday 23 October, 2015 on the school oval.

Cost is $5 per person. BBQ, drinks, lollies and popcorn will be avail-

able on the night. If you are able to assist on the night please

email kooringal-publicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au

or text Michelle on 0418 499 889

CHESS CLUB WE WANT YOU!! Come and join us in the library 1st half lunch on Thursdays.

Save The Date Sports Assembly

Friday 4th December 12pm

Year 6 Farewell Dinner Monday 7th December 6-8pm

Kooringal Public School Presentation Night 2015

Thursday 10th December 2015

Year 6 Graduation Assembly Monday 14th December

Stage 3 Class Party

Tuesday 15th December