"Excellence, opportunity and success in a caring learning environment"

Avoca Drive Kincumber 2251 Ph: 43691544 Fax: 43692963

Email: kincumber-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: kincumber-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 - Week 8 P & C meet LAST Monday each MONTH, 7.00pm Thursday 17th March, 2011

FROM THE PRINCIPAL:

This week:

Fantastic Environmental Citizen

Fun Run

Harmony Day

Get well wishes

Fantastic Environmental Citizen It is great to have received the following from a proud mum about her daughter’s commitment to the environment and the real life application of what she has learned at school and from home. I have reprinted it for you in full below and acknowledge Laura’s achievement as very impressive for one so young.

I just wanted to send you an email regarding my daughter Laura.

For the past couple of years she has been organising a Clean Up Australia Site in our local neighbourhood.

She registers the site on-line (with my permission).

She makes posters to hang up around our neighbouring streets, designs, prints and organises a letterbox drop to let our neighbours know when and what time the event will be held, and then organises the bags, registration forms etc on the day.

The first year volunteers came from different areas of the coast, as the site is officially registered on the Clean Up Australia site. They were impressed that a 7 year old would feel the need to organise such an event.

That year we managed to remove a huge number of bags of rubbish, building material, household rubbish etc from our local park. This year not as many volunteers turned up, but guess what we didn't have nearly as much rubbish to remove.

I think by organising this clean up, and making our local park look so much better, the neighbours have been more inclined to take care of it.

I ‘d like to thank the school for organising the school cleanups, as I feel this is what sparked her interest in cleaning up her local environment and I am sure she will continue to do so in the years to come.

I am so proud of my daughter for her stand on different environmental issues and thank the school for the valuable education they have given her in this area.

Fun Run Each year we participate in many sporting events. Students at our school have a great tradition of joining in and having a go and very often doing very well too! We have just had a very successful swimming carnival and thank a new member of staff, Mrs Donna Judd, for introducing new software to help us run our carnivals better.

Coming up is our regular cross-country event, which is usually run for students 8 years and over. This year we are going to include our younger students and make this a fundraising fun run.

Teachers are keen to get new technology to assist in curriculum delivery and our students are keen for sport – what a great way to combine fitness and fundraising. Mrs Judi Armstrong who is both a keen runner and user of educational technology will be co-ordinating the event.

Going home with the newsletter will be an information pack that includes a sponsorship form. Start collecting sponsors and dust off your runners and start training for fundraising and fitness!

Harmony Day Harmony Day is celebrated around Australia on 21 March each year. It's a day where all Australians celebrate our cultural diversity. The day is also the United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The continuing message for Harmony Day in 2011 is that Everyone Belongs, which means all Australians are a welcome part of our country, regardless of their background. It's a time to reflect on where Australia has come from, recognising the traditional owners of this land. It's also about community participation, inclusiveness and respect – celebrating the different cultures that make Australia a great place to live.

On Monday 21 March children are encouraged to wear clothing in the Harmony Day colour – orange. Our canteen is selling a Harmony Day lunch pack of yummy spaghetti Bolognese, orange jelly cup and an orange for only $5 and we will have a special Harmony Day assembly at around 2pm under the COLA. Parents and friends are welcome to attend.

Get well wishes Several staff are on sick parade at the moment with various ailments. A big get well shout out to Mrs Roberts, Mr Stapleton and Mrs Lowe. We miss you and look forward to you getting back to good health.

We also wish Mrs Wardlaw’s husband the best as he heads off to Japan, along with many others, to assist our Japanese neighbours in their time of need.

Have a great week at our great school and let’s be appreciative of everything we often take for granted.

Trish Peters—Principal

President P&C

Lisa Waite

YMCA OOSHC

0408 658 187

March 2011

ASSEMBLY ROSTER

Parents are welcome to attend School Assembly on:

Friday 18 - Stage 2 - 12.20pm item 2C Monday 21 - Harmony Day - COLA assembly 2pm Wednesday 23 - P&C Fundraiser-Crazy Sock Day- Chocolate Donation Friday 25 - Last day for year 6 jumper orders Monday 28 - P&C AGM 7.00pm

April 2011 Friday 1 - Payment due for ICAS Competitions

Wednesday 6 - K to 2 Easter Assembly 12 - 1pm

Friday 8 - Last day of term

Term 2 first day back to school - Thursday 28

KH Oscar Connor-Peel 1EL 2C Libby Montgomery 3M

KL 1G 2M 3T Jarred Green

KM Jackson Adair 1K 2N 3W Skyla Filihia

K/1W 1S 3G Nicole Couper Library

1D Charlotte Wicks 2A Riley Girgis 3K Bryce Bush

The brain is part of the nervous system. Without it you would simply not survive.

I learnt that Jonathon Piper (who was a ship builder) helped William Davis with ship building. Also I learnt that the lungs are part of two systems called the cardio vascular system and the respiratory system.

Connor

This week I have learnt about the heart and that it pumps about 1000 times each day and if it didn’t you would die. I have also learnt that George Frost had his own private race track. Finally I have learnt that the heart is protected by a ribcage. Mikayla V Heart every drop of blood counts An organ that pumps blood around your body Really cool The arteries take blood away from your heart Caitlin We have been learning a lot about the human body such as the heart, brain veins and so on. The human body is something interesting to talk about. Jye I learnt that the circulatory system is also called the cardiovascular system and that the heart pumps more than 1000 times a day. Mikayla C Heart of the body, pumps blood for your lifetime Every drop of blood takes 27 seconds to get out of your heart and back A system which is called the circulatory system Really cool! The arteries take blood away from your heart Summer Hearts pump blood all around your body Especially good Arteries take blood away from your heart Really important The heart pumps blood to organs and muscles Emily Heart is an important organ in your body. It pumps blood to all bits of your body Even to the lungs so it can pick up oxygen and take it to all organs All people have to have a heart so oxygen and lots more things in the blood can get to all body parts. Running makes your heart pump faster because you breathe in more oxygen The heart is very important to the human body Rowan Brown

UNSW INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS &

ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS)

Notes are going home with S2 and S3 students today regarding these

competitions. Dates and costs are as follows:

Payment must be received at school by Friday 1 April 2011 for

your child/children to participate.

We will be celebrating Harmony Day at school on Monday, 21st March. Children are asked to wear something ORANGE. Parents are most welcome to attend our assembly under the COLA at 2:10

EVERYONE BELONGS

Computer Skills 24 May 2011 $7.00

Science 8 June 20011 $7.00

Spelling 21 June 2011 $10.00

Writing 21 June 2011 $15.00

English 2 August 2011 $7.00

Mathematics 16 August 2011 $7.00

All of the above $53.00

Brains are cool Really cool! Always smart and Interesting Not to touch and not to look at Khrisna Hague

Hey! Listen up! I’m the heart, Everyone needs me! All animals, including humans, need a big Red heart. The arteries carry the blood out while veins carry the blood back. You need a heart!

Brain cells Risk of damage in an accident A system for the nerves I have senses called touch, smell, sight, sound and taste Neurones

Brain Really squishy A smart thing Inside a skull No one should see

The heart is very important Everyone has a Heart, even Animals need one Really need one To survive, live Ellie

Brain helps you to think and move

Really squishy Also the brain helps you to read and get messages

It does a lot of things

Now as you can see the brain is awesome

Allie

Heart is a part of your body

Everyone needs a heart A heart isn’t shaped like a love heart

Running makes the heart beat faster

Tar goes all the way to the heart

Ethan

Hearts pump blood all around our bod-

ies Especially important

Arteries take the blood to the heart

Red is the colour of blood

The heart is from the circulatory system Chloe

The heart is a special organ that is located in the

left side of your chest. There are three main things that the heart works with. The veins, the arteries and the blood. The arteries take

blood away from the heart and the veins take blood to it.

Samantha

Brains. Every time you touch something it

sends a message to the brain Red brain. Every brain is red

Animals need a brain humans need a brain or

they won’t be able to think

Its important No-body has no brain

Juliet

In 2A I have learnt many things. I have learnt smoking is bad for

you and it contains tar, chocolate has caffeine, the body and how it works and much more. It was exciting being out of school to

sketch an old fantastic church and today we are writing for the

newsletter.

Qwennette

I learnt that Thomas Humphrey, gave 3 acres of land for the St

Paul’s church which was built in the 1850s.

This week I learnt that the heart pumps over 1000 times a day and

without the heart you would die because Hearts are important

Even when you don’t want them

And

Race Trying to help you survive

Leah

Healthy non-stop beating organ

Every beat pumps blood around the body Arteries take blood away from the heart and veins take blood

back to the heart

Running, running. Blood runs through the heart and the heart

beats to push the blood through The heart has strings in it to stop it turning inside out when it

beats.

Zac

I learnt that Joseph Piper was a really good timber builder and he

taught his people how to build boats.

Riley

I learnt that the brain is the controller of the body. If it stops working

you will die. If your heart stops working you will not be dead straight away. You have to get to the hospital very quickly.

Hayden

Veins carry the blood

Every vein has its own job It runs through the body

No veins, no blood

Bella Matthews

Has four chambers

Every drop of blood is im-portant

Always pumping

Really cool

The heart pumps about 85 times a minute if you’re a

kid

Kaela

Brains control veins

Is boss No goss

Makes you think

And blink

You write And you’re bright

Brain is the best!

Georgia

I’m the heart, I’m a bit to the left of your chest, protected by

your rib cage, so I don’t get damaged when you fall or trip. Yay!

I’m the heart. I keep you alive.

Jordana

DAY

MONDAY 21 March Brenda, Megan & Naree

TUESDAY 22 March HELP NEEDED

WEDNESDAY 23 March HELP NEEDED

THURSDAY 24 March HELP NEEDED

FRIDAY 25 March Brenda, Lee

Don’t forget to use our online ordering

Fleximeals on line: www.fleximeals.com.au

Any old mobile phones? You can assist Canteen help young Australians survive cancer and also get amazing educational products for our school just

by donating any old phones.

Old phones may be left at the office for collection.

Noelene Conacher

Welcome to Eve who is standing in for Linda while she is on leave

(very big shoes to fill!). Any assistance you can give will be

welcome, please contact Eve in the canteen - Happy holidays

Gosford city Council in partnership with Finesse Cycling is offering free cy-cling courses throughout March to build confidence and encourage people to

get back on their bikes. The courses Dates are:

Saturday 19th March or Sunday 20th March Saturday 26th march or Sunday 27th March

Each course:

Starts 8.30am / Finishes 3.30pm

Location:

CARES facility, Palmdale Rd, Palmdale

Bring your bike & helmet or hire them for the day just $20. Light lunch & refreshment provided.

Do you have a couple of spare hours a week and would like to help another adult develop their language, literacy, numeracy and computer skills? Find out more information by

contacting Penny Miller at Gosford TAFE on 4348 2278 or 4348 2283.

Proudly invites you to attend a charity screening of

Temple Grandin To celebrate Autism Month

Date: Thursday 7 April Time: 6.45pm for 7.00pm start

Venue: Avoca Beach Picture Theatre

Cost: $20 per person Admission includes a light supper

RSVP to Bernadette Nash by 1 April 2011 Tel: 4382 8800 Fax: 4384 6985 Email: bnash@autismspectrum.org.au

COAST WIDE - Innovations Project

The Innovations Job Fund project is federally funded and aims to establish home based businesses that provide specialized child care services. The project focuses on the Cen-

tral Coast.

Child and Family Services Wyong Shire, Coast Child and Family Services and Wyong

and Ourimbah TAFE will recruit, train and support job seekers to establish home based businesses in Family Day Care or In-Home Care. Successful applicants will receive free

of charge, accredited training in Children’s services, Welfare and Business studies. To be eligible for this project, applicants need to be unemployed for 12 months or more

and or/ face barriers to employment (Indigenous persons, women over 45, people with

disabilities or from low socioeconomic areas).

For more information please contact Sharon Pokrajac on 4340 1111 (We have some flyers in the school office).

If you’d like Aussie Farmers to donate 2% of what you’re already spending with Aussie Farmers Direct (from our profit) to Kincumber Primary School please

link your account. To link your account go to aussiefarmers.com.au, select fund-

raiser from the top menu and click the link “Already a Customer” or, if you pre-fer, call or SMS Dave the milkman on 0412 000 952 and I’ll link your account

for you.

Kincumber P S will be holding an adidas School Fun-Run as a major fund-

raising event this year. The event will be held on Friday 6 May at Frost

Reserve.

The adidas School Fun-Run is a healthy, fun and active fundraiser that ensures we send the right message to our students about getting active, having fun and

maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The main focus of this event is on participation. Family support is most appreciated as we encourage all students to get involved.

All students have received a Sponsorship Form to help collect sponsorship on

behalf of the school. The funds raised will be used to purchase Interactive White-boards for classrooms.

We ask all parents to read the Sponsorship Form and sign the front page to grant

permission to fundraise and participate in this event. Students who raise just $10 or more will receive a reward for effort. In the Sponsorship Form you will find

many other benefits also, such as free movies and the chance to win a family holiday in Hawaii!

Students wanting to train for our event and to receive advice from sporting

heroes like Jonathan Brown, Scott Prince, Sally Pearson and other elite adidas athletes can do so by visiting schoolfunrun.com.au/miadizone.

As an extra reward for choosing a healthy fundraiser, adidas would like to do-

nate 5% of all adidas footwear sales from The Athletes Foot to our school this year. So whenever you need new shoes we encourage you to visit The Athletes

Foot and ask about adidas footwear. ANYONE can participate so make it a team effort and recruit friends and family too! All you need to do is return your sales

receipt to our school by November 2011 so we can redeem this extra donation.

Finally, we would like to welcome parents and family members to attend the adi-das School Fun-Run event day at the school on Friday 6th May to help cheer on

the students.

Thank you, good luck and happy fundraising!

CLOTHING POOL

Surf hats are now in stock

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NSW Finalist 1999-2000 National 2002 and 2005

Regional Award 2009

Shop 9, 37/41 Avoca Drive

KINCUMBER 2251

(Next to Australia Post)

Phone: 4369 1277

Take-away: 4369 1256

Kincumber

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To talk to one of our teachers contact peak potential on 43632660 or drop into 88 Avoca Drive Kincumber after school hours.

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The additional use of computer software, games and activities and lots of in-

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A thorough knowledge of the variety of music books available to cater to the

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Studio designed homework books mean that students are never sent home to

practice alone.

A separate waiting room for parents and siblings.

For more information why not visit the website at: www.wendylove.pianotuition.com or

Contact—Wendy Love on 4365 2275

DRIVE-THRU

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Learn VIOLIN in school hours at Kincumber Public School with

EVA WEIERMANN accredited teacher (Central Coast Conservatorium) MTA

Students are professionally prepared for

fetes, school and Opera House performances

5 years to 12 years

Violins available for hire

Private lessons also taught at Copacabana

All ages and standards.

Phone: 4382 2194 or 0401 523 255

Kincumber Public School does not endorse the products or services of any advertiser. No responsibility is accepted for the i nformation contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

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