Newsletter 21.pdf - Kurunjang Primary School

KURUNJANG PRIMARY SCHOOL ~ “Learning Together”
NEWSLETTER
21 - 2013
Thursday 1 st August, 2013
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
1. A SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
STRANGER DANGER
All schools in the DEECD receive IRIS alert notices from
Emergency Management when there are potentially
dangerous situations, which may affect schools and other
DEECD facilities. The warnings may be for a particular area or
town or for the whole state. This includes weather warnings
e.g fierce storms, wind, fire, dangerous spillages, toxic fumes,
traffic situations and inappropriate behaviour from strangers.
As a school we plan and practice for emergency drills and
remind our students of the dangers of inappropriate behaviour
from strangers. As parents we would ask you to regularly
reinforce with your children not to talk to strangers or to assist
them in any way. Make sure that you know the time when your
child should be home or leave from school and the route they
will take.
Parents are asked to report any strange or inappropriate
behaviour they might see to the police and then to inform us. It
is important that the police receive accurate first-hand
information form the persons who witness the behaviours.
2. INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR AND BULLYING
As a school we reinforce our three R’s of respect,
responsibility and rights with our students. It is important that
we are all “learning together” and making sure that we are
acting in a responsible and respectful way ensuring that we all
have the right to learn.
We have clear consequences for inappropriate behaviour,
which may include disrespectful language, actions and lack of
cooperation. We do our very best to investigate and listen to
“both sides of the story” and enlist the help of eyewitnesses
where we can. It is important that we do listen and ask our
students what happened and encourage them to take
responsibility for their actions and for the consequences that
follow. We seek your cooperation and input with this at home
in reinforcing the three R’s with your children so that we can
all enjoy a safe school environment.
Bullying is repeated targeted physical or verbal abuse directed
at one or more others and is usually accompanied by silence
and the threat of more bullying if someone tells!
It is important to note any changes in your child’s behaviour
and particularly a reluctance to come to school. When we
know about bullying we can do our best to deal with it – if you
don’t know and we don’t know it will continue with harmful
effects to the victim and the bully.
3. ASSEMBLY
Monday mornings are a great way to celebrate individual,
team and whole school achievement.
This Monday we are changing the seating arrangements for
assembly and we will be seated to face the rear wall of the
gym. We will be having a Haka (I am sorry for the incorrect
date published last time) and we warmly invite you to watch
this stirring cultural dance.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
4. CHRIS LOWREY
21 ST CENTURY LITERACY CONSULTANT
Chris will be working with our school next term and will be
working across our school.
Next Tuesday August the 8 th Chris will be demonstrating
lessons for our teaching teams in Years 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 and
will then work with staff to determine their needs at our staff
meeting.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Sub committees are meeting this week and council will be
meeting next Tuesday.
Heather Guillot
Principal
EMA – 2 nd SEMESTER
Education Maintenance Allowance applications must be
submitted by 2 nd August, for parents who have children that
are new to the school & parents with changed circumstances
who now find themselves eligible for EMA. Forms are
available at the office and no late applications can be
accepted.
Parents who are no longer eligible for EMA should contact the
office on 9743 0633.
Parents who had an EMA application at the start of the year
and are still eligible to claim EMA, do not need to re-apply as
the 2 nd half application will be automatic.
FORWARD PLANNING
Friday 2 nd August
2 nd Semester EMA applications due
Sausage Sizzle notes due back
Years 3 – 6 House Athletics Carnival
Tuesday 6 th August
School Council Finance Meeting ~ 6.30pm
School Council Meeting ~ 7.00pm
Thursday 8 th August
Sausage Sizzle
Monday 12 th , Tuesday 13 th & Thursday 15 th August
World of Maths Incursion
Monday 19 th August ~ Tuesday 20 th August
Year 3 Lady Northcote Recreation Camp
Thursday 22 nd August ~ Friday 23 rd August
Year 4 Lady Northcote Recreation Camp
Wednesday 28 th August & Thursday 29 th August
Father’s Day Stall
Monday 2 nd September
PFA Meeting 9.30am after assembly
Saturday 7 th September
Family Photo Day ~ PFA Fundraiser

STUDENT OF THE WEEK
AWARDS
Student of the week awards are made
each week and announced in the
newsletter on a Thursday. The awards are
presented to the students at assembly on
Monday at 9.00am in the Gym. Parents are most welcome
to attend.
PREP A ~ Detroit Williams-Hale
PREP B ~ Jonathan Dacunha
PREP C ~ Kye Thorsen
1/2A ~ Logan Quinn
1/2B ~ Deacon Marsh
1/2C ~ Beau Butcher
1/2C ~ Dwayne Toa-Visesio
1/2C ~ Brodie Franklin
1/2D ~ Leana Murray
1/2E ~ Brodie Weston
3/4A ~ Domanic Swift
3/4C ~ Alyssa Peters
3/4D ~ Braiden Stokely
5/6B ~ The Whole Grade
5/6E ~ Leonora Azisovski
REACH FOR THE STARS!
This week the year five and six students participated in the
Australian Literacy and Numeracy Week reach for the stars
‘This is Rubbish’ activities. Students collected, classified and
counted rubbish out in the yard after recess as well as making
garbage graphs. Each grade completed a survey answering
various questions to find out how much and what types of
rubbish are found in our school. Our grade results have been
entered online and we will soon be able to compare our data
with other schools. Students will then be able to look at how
much rubbish our school produces and think of ways to reduce
our waste.
PREP GRADE
ENROLMENTS 2014
Parents who would like their
child/children to attend Prep grade
at Kurunjang Primary School in
2014 are invited to enrol their
children at the office. To be
eligible to enrol for Prep grade in
2014 your child must turn 5 years
of age by 30 th April 2014. You must provide proof of your
child’s age by presenting a birth certificate. For students who
were born overseas you must present their passport and visa
details. Immunisation certificates are also required and may
be posted to you on request by calling 1800653809. As the
immunisation certificate may take a little time to arrive we
suggest you get organised early and phone for your certificate
now.
CONGRATULATIONS
YEARS 3 – 6
HOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Tuesday 6 th August
The Year 3-6 House Athletics
Carnival will be held at Kurunjang
Primary School (field events) and
Kurunjang Recreaction Reserve
(track events) on Friday 2 nd
August from 9.30am – 2.00pm.
Backup day for this event will be
Please come dressed in your house colours to add to the
atmosphere.
REMINDER
A reminder to parents and caregivers to
please make sure that money sent to
school is in a clearly marked envelope with
the students full name, grade and what
payment is for. If money is sent loose to
school it can easily be lost.
Congratulation to Mrs Rosemary Donald, one of our
Integration Aide who works in the Year 1/2 area. She has
successfully completed “The Literary Braille Course”.
BOOK CLUB
BOOK CLUB money is due TOMORROW for
processing. No late orders will be accepted.
Please make sure all orders have the child’s
name, grade and correct money placed in a sealed
envelope/bag.

PFA NEWS
PFA SAUSAGE SIZZLE DAY
PFA is looking for mums & dads that may be
interested in helping to cook the sausages on
our sausage sizzle day Thursday 8th
August. If you have an hour or 2 to assist it would be greatly
appreciated. Please contact a PFA member or leave your
details at the office.
Pop Top drinks will now be replaced with Prima drinks. If
there are any concerns or questions please contact the
school office.
PFA NAME LABEL FUNDRAISER
Order from a range of Name labels at
www.mynamelabel.com.au.
Enter the school code: 4dbb7b4d.
This is our first, all year fundraiser so order when it suits you!
FREE POSTAGE. If you have any questions contact a PFA
member or Susan on 0477500848, alternatively leave a
message at the office.
PFA PHOTO FUNDRAISER
The PFA will be holding a family photo fundraising day on
Saturday September 7th. Advance life photography is offering
a family portrait or sketch and key-ring for $25. All of these
proceeds go to the school towards the Year 3/4 playground.
Other photo packages available on the day, they make great
Christmas presents. Book in early to secure your preferred
time. Contact Susan 0477500848
Next PFA meeting on Monday 2nd September after
assembly for any new members interested in having a
look or joining.
YEAR 3/4 CAMP
Camp is quickly approaching. All final
payments and medical forms are now
due.
All students in Year 3/4 will be involved in
a pre-camp session on Wed August 7 th .
GRADE 4 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CAMPING
EXPERIENCE PRE CAMP SESSION
Any parents of students in Year 4 who would like to
experience the pre-camp session with our mentors from
YMCA Victoria are welcome to come along on Wed August 7 th
at 9.10am in the school gym.
3/4 Team
OSHCLUB KURUNJANG NEWS
OSHClub Kurunjang provides Outside School Hours Care
(OSHC) for school aged children between Prep to Year 6. We
are all about Happy Children Learning! The program operates
before school care 6:45am – 8:45am and after school care
3.10pm – 6.30pm each day during the school term, in the Art
room. As part of the OSHClub program we offer a wide range
of games and physical activities each day.
Children enjoy spending the afternoon together with their
friends, a healthy breakfast and afternoon tea is provided each
day. Children attending the program for the week had lots of
fun with many colourful craft activities using many materials to
create their own art work which is displayed in the Art room.
This has been a very enjoyable project by the children and
staff and we are very proud of their achievements.
For more information & bookings, visit the OSHClub website
www.oshclub.com.au permanent or occasional positions are
available.
OSHClub Team Carole, Allison, Wanda & Maddison
AUTISM SPECTRUM AUSTRALIA
For parents and carers of children and young adults
diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, aged between 6-25
years and living at home.
When: September 2, 3 & 4
Where: Phoenix Youth Centre
72 Buckley Street, Footscray
Register on line: www.autismspectrum.org.au. Please note
that registrations open 6 weeks prior to the workshop.
NETBALL CLINIC
Come along and learn valuable skills from one of Australia’s
most elite netballers, presented by Melton District Netball
Assoc, Netball Victoria and Melton City Council.
WHEN: Tuesday 20 th August
TIME:
4.30pm – 5.30pm ages 6 – 11 years
5.30pm – 6.30pm ages 12+
WHERE: Melton Indoor recreation Centre
Coburns Road Melton
COST: $2.00
RSVP: Melton Netball Association
meltonnetball@hotmail.com
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SCHOOL – FRIDAY’S 9.00am ~ 11.00am
New members welcome with children from 0-5yrs. Come
along on Friday mornings 9am ~ 11am and meet new people
while your child learns through play experiences.
Friday 2 nd August
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