Issue No.5 Wednesday, 3rd April 2019

This term, Grade Fours learned about biographies in writing. 4M worked as a class to create the following biography about Asha….

Asha’s Biography Asha is an adorable, soft, golden school dog, who started his life as a seeing-eye-dog in training. Everyone at Kilmore Primary School loves him; students, teachers and parents. He always cheers people up in the yard, even though Miss Crowther has to make sure he does not eat anyone’s lunch!

Asha was born in a Labrador family. Now he lives with people and other animals. His dad’s name is Jack and his mum is Kate. Asha was born with five other puppies in the litter on the 14

th March

2015. Miss Crowther adopted Asha so he lives with her along with some other animal friends; Justin the Kelpie X Collie and Sybil the cat. Asha is scared of Sybil.

Asha gets excited about lots of things. His whole body shakes as he wags his tail excitedly when he can see children playing in the yard. Asha loves food so much that he sometimes needs to be kept away from the lunchboxes! He also likes swimming in the dam when it is hot. Asha is usually happy no matter what.

When Asha was little, he started training to be a Seeing Eye Dog. He lived with a puppy carer and started learning how to be a guide dog. However, the doctor noticed that he has a medical condition (posterior sub-capsular and capsular cataract), which means he could go blind in his left eye when he gets older. This would stop him from doing his job as a seeing-eye dog properly. So now, he gets to come to school with Miss Crowther and is a happy school dog.

Asha is a very happy and well-loved dog. If you were to visit his house, he would bring a toy to show you. He thinks he needs to bring visitors a gift but he does not want you to take it - just look! Asha comes to school to work as well. He listens to people reading, goes to meetings and all sorts of things.

Asha’s siblings Angus Ari Sydney Sheba Skye Marjorie Theo

Curriculum Day

Kilmore Primary School will be having a Curriculum Day on Friday the 26th of April, which is the first Friday of term 2 and also the day after ANZAC Day. This means that students will not attend school on this day. The focus of this day is to upskill our staff in both Literacy and Numeracy. Kind regards, Kilmore Primary School

WHAT’S ON & WHAT’S DUE @ KPS APRIL

Thursday 4th Mitchell District 5/6 Summer Sports Tournament.

Friday 5th

School Run 4 Fun Colour Explosion (Family and Friends) Located on the oval. From 11.20am to 1.20pm approximately. End of Term - Finish Time 2.30pm.

Tuesday 23rd First Day Term 2.

Thursday 25th ANZAC Day Public Holiday No students attend school today.

Friday 26th Curriculum Day No students attend school on this day.

MAY

Thursday 2nd Gr. 3/4 Melbourne Zoo permission form and payment due today.

Friday 3rd School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend. District Cross Country, more details to follow.

Thursday 9th Gr. 5/6 IMAX Excursion permission form and payment due today.

Friday 17th Year 3 Melbourne Zoo Excursion. School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

Tuesday 21st Gr. 4 Melbourne Zoo Excursion.

Friday 24th Gr. 5/6 IMAX Excursion

Friday 31st School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

JUNE

Monday 10th Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday No school today.

Friday 14th School Assembly 2.30pm in the Stadium. All welcome to attend.

Friday 28th CSEF Parent Applications close. End of Term –Finish at 2.30pm.

JULY

Monday 15th First day Term 3.

Wednesday 17th Grade 4 Camp (Camp ADANAC) leaves today and Grade 4 Camp returns Friday 19th July.

Principal What a wonderful term we have had. It is hard to believe that the term is over but it is! I would like to thank our children and teachers for the work they have put in this year. You set high standards for yourselves and others and the reputation of this school continues to be more and more positive as a result. The Family and Friends group, as always have provided a great start by funding the STOMP Night and running a range of activities to gather much needed funds to enhance the school programs and resources.

Last week we had our School Council AGM and first meeting with the 2019 members. Please feel free to talk to any of our school council team. Their job is to assist in the decision making of the school as your representatives.

I am taking leave next term. In my absence Brendan Thompson will be Acting Principal, Barry Parkinson will step into the Assistant Principal role and Sam George will come out of the classroom and take on Barry’s Lead Teacher role. Caitlyn Pappin and Vanessa Smith will share the classroom teaching for Grade 3G. Miss George will be present at school every day and will plan with Vanessa and Caitlyn to ensure that the children’s experience is seamless and supported. I thank you all in anticipation of your support for Brendan and the Leadership Team. You are in excellent hands. Unfortunately the music teacher we hired at the start of the year has not been able to secure his permission to teach. We have readvertised the position twice and not been successful in appointing a suitable applicant. We are adamant that if we are going to run a program it is going to be a quality one taught by a suitably qualified teacher. Next term we will be offering ICT for grades 3, 4 and 5 while we continue to source staffing for the music program. Next term we start our camps and excursions program. The school does not get money from the Government to pay for either of these activities. They are funded on a user pays basis. As a school we do all we can to keep the cost down including bartering for better deals and at times seeking sponsorship. The school makes no profit from camps and excursions. Unfortunately the cost of transport is very expensive and venue charges are always increasing. Please be assured that we do everything we can to get the best price as we recognise the financial strain that many families are under. I hope you have a wonderful term break. Thank you for your support during the first term of the year and enjoy next term.

Regards

Kim Laffan

Principal

Payment of Essential

Educational Items Received

527 Students at the school 436 have completed payment

=82 percent

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating their birthday in the coming week or over the holidays. We hope you have a lovely day.

April 3rd Jackson 4J 4th Mitchell FD Josh 2T 5th Elizabeth FJ Issac 5H 8th Ryby 3M Maddison 6B 9th Ruby FM 10th Alia 5H 11th Alexis FJ Waleeja FM Maddi 1R 14th Coen FS 17th Gemma 3V 19th Nicholas 1R Sienna 4M 20th Guleen 2J Summer 3M Gabrielle 3V 21st Aeysha 6W 22nd Olivia FJ Jeremy 3M 23rd Alexs FW Dylan 3D Ryan 3D Tarquinn 3V

Sick Bay Linen Roster Term 2

March 8th Jo Clark 15th Cassie Newbery 22nd Jodie Cloke 29th Melanie Hooke

Lancefield Rd Issue: There have been several reports of near misses as parents/carers are doing u turns at the gates to the staff park on Lancefield Rd. The road butts up to the footpath with no gutter or nature strip and cars often end up crossing onto the footpath. This is a tragedy waiting to happen. Please avoid these turns. Despite the speed restrictions many vehicles including large trucks speed along this strip and are not prepared for vehicles doing u turns.

Art Room Needs

The art room is gearing up for Term 2 and is asking for donations of newspapers and clean plastic bottles, We are looking forward to seeing the creations made with these items. Stay turned.

Second Hand Uniform Shop

The second hand uniform shop will be open on Thursday 4th April 2.30pm - 3.30pm

Manners Matter at KPS- Student Awards

Getting along with others is an important part of being successful as a member of a group, team, or classroom. When people start putting each other down, groups break up, teams tend to lose and classrooms become unhappy places. Therefore, if you really want to learn to be part of a group, you need to recognise when you are giving or getting a put-down.

The students listed below will receive an award in class on Friday due to no assembly on Friday. We congratulate:

Foundation D –Axel

Grade 3G – Christina

Foundation J –Olivia

Grade 3M –Marlee

Foundation M –Kaleb

Grade 3V - Tristan

Foundation S –Kaylee-Rose

Grade 4M - Millah

Foundation W –Coby

Grade 4J –Liam

Grade 1E –Bryden

Grade 4V –Elih

Grade 1J –Juliet

Grade 5H –Jovie

Grade 1R –Oliver

Grade 5M – Ashley

Grade 1/2B –Grace

Grade 5P - Hayden

Grade 2F –Sienna

Grade 6B –Alex

Grade 2J –Lachlan

Grade 6M –Tayah

Grade 2T –Codi

Grade 6W –Jenna

Grade 3D - Jaid

“Strong people don’t put people down. They lift them up!”

Mother’s Day Stall 2019 will be on Thursday 9th

& Friday 10th

We will announce which classes will be on each day closer to the date. We have opted for 2 days, so kids have enough time now that we are at 25 classes

Helpful tips to make your child’s Mother’s Day stall shopping experience easy.

*Please put your child’s money in an envelope or snap lock bag with their name, class & amount

enclosed. Ask them to hand it to their teacher 1st thing in the morning, to avoid it getting misplaced before they go to the stall.

*Please bring a reusable bag with their name on it to put their gifts in.

They can buy 3 gifts when they come in with their class. Then at the end of their visit all kids with

money left over can buy more before they go back to class!! Gifts are priced from $1:00 to $6:00

There will be a raffle table. Tickets are $1:00 each and a max 5 raffle tickets per student.

Don’t miss out on the chance to win a wonderful prize.

We encourage children to purchase at least one gift before buying any raffle tickets.

*KPS Mother’s Day Raffle Donations Suggestions*

If families would like to donate to help make up the prizes for this year’s raffle.

Suggested items for donations include: Toiletries e.g. soaps, shower gel, hand and body cream, frames, books / recipe books, kitchen utensils, chocolate, vouchers, candle, candle holders, baskets for the hampers.

It would be appreciated if items could be left in the donation box near the office.

Thank you again for your support.

We will be asking for helpers’ early term 2 via our FB page and newsletter.