Katherine South Primary School We are a Learning … 3 Week 5.pdf · Jazzlyn Karamatali Makki...
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Hello KSPS families, We are already halfway through the term and there are a lot of a great events happening at KSPS! Today students, parents and staff participated in the annual school fun run. This event again proved to be very popular with our school community and it was great to see so many parents attend and complete the course made up of many challenging activities! The event of course raises money for our school, while students who have fundraised receive excellent prizes for their efforts. Total fundraising efforts will be announced in the next couple of weeks. I would like to particularly thank Ms Howard for her efforts to coordinate this years Fun Run. Also, student NAPLAN reports were sent home with students (years 3 and 5) last Thursday. As explained previously KSPS has demonstrated positive overall progress in NAPLAN. If you need more clarification regarding your child’s NAPLAN results, please make an appointment to see your child’s teacher. Independent Public School News Thank you to all of those parents who completed the one question and comment survey regarding the idea of Katherine South Primary School achieving IPS status. To date the survey responses are overwhelmingly in favour of KSPS to complete the process of becoming an IPS. I thank parents who completed the survey for reading up on the concept and making an informed decision with their responses. Based on the support the school has received from the school community, KSPS will submit an IPS application. This still does not guarantee the school becoming an IPS, as the final stage of the process is a presentation to an executive board, where the decision based on school data and programs is made. I will keep you well informed of our progress with this exciting journey. School Survey: Parent Perception Just a reminder that Katherine South Primary School invites you to complete a parent feedback survey. A link to the survey can be accessed below and by using the access code provided below. The survey aims to gather feedback from parents on their children’s experience at the school. Surveys are also being conducted with students and staff at the school and the findings will be used to inform the schools priorities and improvement plans. Your opinions are important to us and will help us understand what we are doing well and how we can improve your child’s schooling experience. The survey is confidential and is expected to take about 10 minutes. The results of the survey will be shared with students and parents in Term 4 through the school newsletter and reported in our Annual Report in 2017. As the survey is confidential and anonymous, no results will identify any individuals. I encourage all parents to take this opportunity to complete the survey by Friday the 2nd of September (next week) to provide us with feedback. Survey Link: https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/ dFDFHTsY Access Code: EYHHkeHa and Week Next week is National Literacy and Numeracy Week. KSPS have had our literacy and numeracy team working hard to put together an engaging program for students to promote the importance of literacy and numeracy. We have many high quality activities planned for students and KSPS Book week will also coincide with Literacy and Numeracy week. Mrs Piper will be promoting great book sales in the library and next Wednesday we will be having our book character dress up day where students, staff and parents are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character. There will be prizes for the best dressed student, staff and parent! Character day will commence with an assembly to parade our dressed up students, which will be judged by our Town Mayor Fay Miller. I look forward to seeing you there. Questacon Science Circus This week we were fortunate enough to have the Questacon Science team at KSPS to present interesting science experiments and explanations to our students. Our students were very knowledgeable in the presented areas as they have worked on these previously in science class. This was a great experience and promotion of science for our students, especially as it followed Science Week lessons. Have a great week! Dan Murtas Principal Our Website Is Currently Being Updated! http://web.ntschools.net/w/ksp We’re Also On Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/ KathSouthPrimarySchool Katherine South Primary School Riverbank Drive Katherine NT 0850 PO Box 721 Katherine NT 0851 Telephone (08) 89721277 Fax (08) 89721857 Email [email protected] Community Achievement Respect Engagement FRONT OFFICE Please notify the front office if your child/ren will be absent or late for school on 8972 1277 or 0488 584 471 Or email [email protected] We are a Learning Community Principals Message Term 3 Week 5 Wednesday 24th August 2016 Katherine South Primary School One of the Fun Run activities
Transcript of Katherine South Primary School We are a Learning … 3 Week 5.pdf · Jazzlyn Karamatali Makki...
Hello KSPS families,
We are already halfway through
the term and there are a lot of a
great events happening at KSPS! Today
students, parents and staff participated in
the annual school fun run. This event
again proved to be very popular with our
school community and it was great to see
so many parents attend and complete the
course made up of many challenging
activities! The event of course raises
money for our school, while students who
have fundraised receive excellent prizes
for their efforts. Total fundraising efforts
will be announced in the next couple of
weeks. I would like to particularly thank
Ms Howard for her efforts to coordinate
this years Fun Run.
Also, student NAPLAN reports
were sent home with students (years 3
and 5) last Thursday. As explained
previously KSPS has demonstrated
positive overall progress in NAPLAN. If
you need more clarification regarding
your child’s NAPLAN results, please
make an appointment to see your child’s
teacher.
Independent Public School News
Thank you to all of those parents
who completed the one question and
comment survey regarding the idea of
Katherine South Primary School
achieving IPS status. To date the survey
responses are overwhelmingly in favour
of KSPS to complete the process of
becoming an IPS. I thank parents who
completed the survey for reading up on
the concept and making an informed
decision with their responses. Based on
the support the school has received from
the school community, KSPS will submit
an IPS application. This still does not
guarantee the school becoming an IPS, as
the final stage of the process is a
presentation to an executive board, where
the decision based on school data and
programs is made. I will keep you well
informed of our progress with this
exciting journey.
School Survey: Parent Perception
Just a reminder that Katherine
South Primary School invites you
to complete a parent feedback
survey. A link to the survey can be
accessed below and by using the access
code provided below. The survey aims to
gather feedback from parents on their
children’s experience at the school.
Surveys are also being conducted with
students and staff at the school and the
findings will be used to inform the
schools priorities and improvement plans.
Your opinions are important to us and
will help us understand what we are doing
well and how we can improve your
child’s schooling experience. The survey
is confidential and is expected to take
about 10 minutes.
The results of the survey will be shared
with students and parents in Term 4
through the school newsletter and
reported in our Annual Report in 2017.
As the survey is confidential and
anonymous, no results will identify any
individuals. I encourage all parents to
take this opportunity to complete the
survey by Friday the 2nd of September
(next week) to provide us with feedback.
Survey Link:
https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/
dFDFHTsY
Access Code: EYHHkeHa
and Week
Next week is National Literacy and
Numeracy Week. KSPS have had our
literacy and numeracy team working hard
to put together an engaging program for
students to promote the importance of
literacy and numeracy. We have many
high quality activities planned for
students and KSPS Book week will also
coincide with Literacy and
Numeracy week. Mrs Piper will
be promoting great book sales in
the library and next Wednesday
we will be having our book character
dress up day where students, staff and
parents are encouraged to dress up as
their favourite book character. There will
be prizes for the best dressed student,
staff and parent! Character day will
commence with an assembly to parade
our dressed up students, which will be
judged by our Town Mayor Fay Miller. I
look forward to seeing you there.
Questacon Science Circus
This week we were fortunate
enough to have the Questacon Science
team at KSPS to present interesting
science experiments and explanations to
our students. Our students were very
knowledgeable in the presented areas as
they have worked on these previously in
science class. This was a great
experience and promotion of science for
our students, especially as it followed
Science Week lessons.
Have a great week! Dan Murtas
Principal
Our Website Is Currently
Being Updated! http://web.ntschools.net/w/ksp
We’re Also On Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/
KathSouthPrimarySchool
Katherine South Primary School
Riverbank Drive Katherine NT 0850
PO Box 721 Katherine NT 0851
Telephone (08) 89721277
Fax (08) 89721857
Community Achievement Respect Engagement
FRONT
OFFICE Please notify the front office if your
child/ren will be absent or late for
school on
8972 1277 or 0488 584 471
Or email
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Principals Message
Term 1 Week 9 Wednesday the 25th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 1 Week 7 Wednesday the 11th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Principals Message
Term 1 Week 8 Wednesday the 18th of March
We are a Learning Community
Principals Message
Term 3 Week 5 Wednesday 24th August 2016
Katherine South Primary School
One of the Fun Run activities
Congratulations to T/1 Azzopardi with 93.64% attendance! Our school average for week 4 was 86.91%
Alicija Sajkar Tori Phillips Riley Prime Kiannah Bryant Joseph Wendt Sean Hill Isabella Lonergan Ava Campbell-Anderson Mundy Scomparin Betty-Anne Roughton Joel Kuhn Lilly Nowack-Mathieson Jazzlyn Karamatali
Makki Lowe-Eglinton Coen Goody Jack Drury Thomas Usher Jasmine Thompson Chenoa Devlin Kayla Ebborn Ruby Prime Jorja Gamble Ethan Redpath Caitlin Simpson Raven Kaestner
Green Card Awards
Student Attendance Week 4 Term 3
This weeks assembly is hosted by: 5/6 Short
Jarren Dore
House Spirit Points
Victoria 2118 Buchanan 2142 Stuart 1975
“1” Wear your School Shirt
“2” Wear your Sports Shirt
“3” Wear your CARE
Bracelets
“3” Bring in second hand
School Shorts
Calendar Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 5 22nd August 23rd August
Questacon Science
Show
24th August
Fun Run
25th August 26th August
Week 6 29th August
Literacy & Numeracy
Week
Book Week
30th August
Literacy & Numeracy
Week
Book Week
31st August
Literacy & Numeracy
Week
Book Week
Character Day
1st September
Literacy & Numeracy
Week
Book Week
2nd September
Literacy & Numeracy
Week
Book Week
Week 7 5th September 6th September 7th September 8th September 9th September
Swimming Carnival
Week 8 12th September 13th September
School Council Meeting
14th September 15th September 16th September
Fun Day
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 1 Week 7 Wednesday the 11th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Principals Message
Term 1 Week 8 Wednesday the 18th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 3 Week 5 Wednesday 24th August 2016
Swimming Carnival Clarification regarding Nominations
Nominations for racing in the events WILL
be accepted on the day of the carnival.
The students in years 2-6 will be asked
beforehand if they would like to nominate
for events to assist with preparation for the
day however, if they decide to race on the
day of the carnival they will be allowed to
do so.
Apologies for any confusion in this matter.
65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
5/6 Short
5/6 Mather-Brown
5/6 Chauhan
3/4 Shipway
3/4 Shield
3/4 Piper
3/4 Patterson
3/4 East
2 Hopkins
2 Grieves
T/1 Tomlinson
T/1 Righton
T/1 Beckett
T/1 Azzopardi
BREAKFAST IS AVAILABLE DAILY From 7.45am until 8.15am
2x Toast $1.00 (with vegemite, peanut butter, honey or
jam), Milo $1.00
Tuesday Breakfast:
Toast x 2
$1.00
Scrambled Egg & Toast
$2.00
Milo
$1.00
Thursday Breakfast:
Hash Browns
$0.80
Scrambled Egg & Toast
$2.00
Milo
$1.00
Friday Special: $5 Meatloaf with mash and veg
CANTEEN NEWS
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 1 Week 7 Wednesday the 11th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Principals Message
Term 1 Week 8 Wednesday the 18th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 3 Week 5 Wednesday 24th August 2016
The staff of Katherine South Primary
School have formed a team to
participate in the Relay for Life.
The relay in on Saturday, 3rd
September and we are currently
seeking donations for our team.
Donations can be made to the office or
by using the link below.
http://fundraising.cancer.org.au/site/TR?
team_id=49405&pg=team&fr_id=4386
This week in Science, the Year 3/4 students have
been learning about heat energy. They
investigated the expansion and contraction of
water as it heats and cools as well as exploring
how it produces energy. It was also great having
the Questacon Science Circus here, They put on
a fantastic show for our students.
Father’s Day Stall
KSPS will be running a father’s day
stall on the 1st & 2nd of September and
are looking for volunteers to come and
manage the stall.
You may remember that earlier in the
year we held a mother’s day stall with
fantastic results, so we have purchased
items from the same supplier to run
our father’s day stall.
The hours that we need are from
8.30am to 2.30pm for those two days.
Please let Jacqui know if you are able
to help out so she can put a timetable
together.
Newsletter by email
Please let us know if you would like your
newsletter by email.
Please let Steven Highet know either by email
or a phone call.
Email:
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 1 Week 7 Wednesday the 11th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Principals Message
Term 1 Week 8 Wednesday the 18th of March
We are a Learning Community
Katherine South Primary School
Around the School
Term 3 Week 5 Wednesday 24th August 2016
