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Kingston Community SchoolH o n e s t y . P e r s o n a l B e s t . R e s p e c t . F r i e n d l i n e s s . R e s p o n s i b i l i t yPrincipal: Ms Lucretia Tocaciu Newsletter 7: 8 June 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPALFROM THE PRINCIPALFROM THE PRINCIPALAs I sit and reflect on the past few weeks, I am reminded of how quickly circumstances can change but it is important that school life and learning continue as normal.

The last few weeks I have been busy working with the Architects-Brown Falconer, to finalise STEM work designs before they go to tender. Many adjustments have to be made to accommodate present infrastructure and to develop practical spaces for students. The architects will present the final draft of plans to interested staff and Governing Council members next Tuesday 13 June. These plans will be made available for all members of the community to look at in our library later next week.

Staff continue to work on our Site Improvement Plan and are tackling the emotive and vast issue of Student Behaviour Management. This encompasses analysing our policy, school values, code of conduct and discussing behavioural norms. We are surveying students to include their voice, we have spoken briefly to Governing Council and we will be seeking your input. It is important that our young people understand societal behavioural norms and do not accept some of the

behaviour they see in media as normal behaviour. It is an issue that is emotional, that some parents find difficult if they had an unhappy time at school or if their child is unhappy, it is distressing. It is

important that it is discussed and a stand is made however this is not about punitive punishment or exclusion but education so that students make the right choice. As a community this is something we ask you for support in doing, as it will take a whole community to change societal culture. It is important we have a shared ethical understanding and are supportive of one another.

The regional Education Director, Adam Box visited the school

last week and was very impressed by the work occurring in our junior primary classes. Our early year’s teachers have been involved in Site Improvement work on playful pedagogies which has been led by Jane Dicker, Angela Braithwaite and Jeanette Emery. At our recent partnership review (SECAV -South East Coast and Vines) part of the presentation was a feature of the work currently occurring at our school. Thank you to all staff involved for their willingness to embrace new ideas and for some to bring to fruition ideas and ideologies they have long held. Please come and visit the new sensory room that Brigette Olsen, Sam Murdock and Pauline Parsons have created and other teachers have collaborated on. Kathryn Lawrie-Read, Jane Daw and Stacey Daniel presented workshops at the recent Murraylands STEM conference. These work shops were well received by participants and I was very proud of their efforts. It can be daunting presenting information to your peers when you are still learning yourself. Their willingness to share is a credit to them.

Last weekend some members of the nature playgroup spent a few hours continuing the clean-up of the area behind the playground. This area will be developed as a cubby building space and natural play area for our students. There are some interesting mounds and a few trees in the area. Natural structures will be erected so students can use imaginative play to create cubbies. A storage area will be built to house sticks and building materials. Logs salvaged from the trees cut down last year will be used for seating and balance beams. This area will be used initially during class time to instruct students on safety and hopefully will slowly be introduced during recess and lunch times. It will be really important that this area is used appropriately during all times children are at Gall Park.

Thank you to the enthusiastic band of helpers and if you feel you missed out and want to help please contact the school. This was just to get the ball rolling and many hands will make light work. The Nature Play group want to develop 2-3 areas around the school and some of these spaces will take major planning.

The Aboriginal Reference Group has been working towards creating a reconciliation action plan (RAP) for the school using the Narragunnawali platform to register existing initiatives. Narragunnawali is a word from the language of

the Ngunnawai people, meaning alive, wellbeing, coming together and peace. As part of our RAP there will be an official opening of our friendship garden at the front of the school later in the year. Last week was Reconciliation Week and a number of students helped set up a fire pit in the garden and Doug Nichols and Penny Bonney performed a local ceremony where Doug played the didgeridoo. A

number of classes also did small activities around ‘Taking the Next Step’.

We were very fortunate to have Margaret Linley, a well-known story teller, radio personality and entertainer attend the school on Monday and Tuesday to work with our Year

3,4,9, and 10 students. Margaret runs programmes called “Big Word of Mouth” about story telling. She volunteered her time and energy to conduct a workshop with our students about storytelling and listening as part of a trip to the South East to visit her mother -in- law, Valmai Murdock. Margaret was in town to talk to the local Probus club and it was wonderful she made herself available to work with our students.

The Numeracy Committee has produced a draft Numeracy Plan for consultation with staff. Part of this plan includes a number of strategies that may be useful for parents. Please see a copy of the problem solving strategy that will be used across the school in numeracy work. It is very simple and can be applied to many different learning areas not just numeracy.

As you can see it has been another busy few weeks and I will let our newsletter articles inform you of student learning.

Regards L u c r e t i a

On the 6th of June, the Year 3 and 4 students met with Margaret Murdock for storytelling activities. Margaret introduced herself and shared that she is a photographer and journalist. Her husband also used to go to our school.

In the drama room we played "zip, zop, zap", "mirror" and the "adjective name game". Margaret also retold the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk". In the amphitheatre we enjoyed an activity called "Hook", where we came up with creative sentences by choosing two words from a box. One person would say the sentence and the audience had to guess whether the sentence was true or false. We learnt that it's important to look at people when we tell stories. We really enjoyed the activities and listening to Margaret.

AngelMattner,JorrynPope&KateParker

YEAR 3-4 STORYTELLING

The Reception students have been studying the Little Red Hen. They have been very busy with incorporating the Little Red Hen story in all of their curriculum areas. Last week the students and their parents made bread the way that the Little Red Hen did. They showed great teamwork as they worked hard to read the instructions in the recipe, measure out the ingredients and use their fine motor skills to create the dough. The students also made butter out of cream by shaking the cream for a very long time in a plastic container. While the bread was rising, the students made chefs hats. The bread was a huge success and was layered with butter and tasted delicious!! Thank you to the parent support that made this possible.

RECEPTION’S LITTLE RED HEN

SASSSA KNOCKOUT FOOTBALLThis term our football team has been reasonably successful. On Tuesday 16th May we played round one of the Open Boys Knockout Football Competition against Grant, Millicent and Naracoorte High Schools at Hatherleigh Football Club. The boys played extremely well on this day and were the overall winners meaning we moved on to round 2. This enabled us to travel to Tailem Bend on Wednesday 7th June to take on Waikerie High School and Unity College. Unfortunately they were just a bit too strong on the day stopping us from moving into round 3 of the competition. The boys acquitted themselves well, often battling well out of their weight range. A big thankyou to all of our parents for their support of this competition, transporting students to and from games and helping out wherever asked. Also a big thankyou to past student Jack Sneath for coaching the boys and sharing his expertise. BryceSmith

YEAR 7’S OUT AND ABOUT

On Monday of Week 4, the Year 7 class, including the Year 7’s from Robe went on a field trip to Butcher Gap. We met at the northern section of the park behind the Wyomi store. The purpose of the trip was for the students to assess the possibility of walking trails and nature play being created in this part of the park. Together with the Friends of Butcher Gap, members of the NRM (Natural Resource Management) and students explored the park and once back at school began some initial brainstorming. The project will continue throughout the year.

On Friday of Week 4, the Year 7 class headed off again, this time to Robe. This trip had two purposes. The first was to assess the liveability of Robe for their Geography depth study ‘Place and Liveability.’ Students worked in groups; each group constructed and then conducted a liveability survey as we walked the streets of Robe. We also took the opportunity to view the new Chinese monument and discuss Robe’s history.

The second purpose of our trip was to support Year 7-8 transition. We arrived at Robe Primary School in time for recess. Following recess we joined Mrs Schubert’s 6/7 class to participate in a STEM activity that she had prepared. Students were split into groups and challenged to prepare an obstacle course that a Beebot could travel through. The Beebot had to travel under two overpasses and travel for at least a minute without hitting anything. This proved rather challenging, but overall a positive and fun learning activity. We also stayed for lunch, students enjoyed talking and playing with the Robe students. KelliePeterson

In Year 7 as part of our Geography ‘Water in the World’ depth study we had to design and construct a 3D model of something we saw on our Year 6/7 Illawonga camp. It had to be made with materials that we had in the classroom. We were either in groups of 2 or 3. Our exhibition is a Murray Cod. We chose this because the Murray Cod is a vital part of the Murray River, which we learnt about on our Illawonga camp last term. The Murray Cod is a native fish in the Murray River. Without inhabitants, the river would not thrive. We have tried to create a Murray Cod to the best of our abilities. We used paper mache to create the body. Our information is located under the scales. Emily,Zara,Emily

YEAR 7 GEOGRAPHY

Yabby farm by Erika and Bianca Almond farm by Paige & Brodie

Almond farm by Harry & Chloe

Introduced species by Charlotte & Cassidy

Murray Cod by Emily, Zara & Emily

YEAR 9 HEALTHYear 9’s are spreading the word about health to the community by creating bookmarks and postcards with healthy messages.

Congratulations to Connor Butler and William McLaren on being selected to represent the Upper South East in the upcoming hockey carnival in Adelaide during week 9.

SAPSASA HOCKEY

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

There are a great number of polo tops in excellent condition that range between $15.00 - $25.00.

Windcheaters, summer dresses, navy and grey shorts and pants are also in stock.

Opening times:Fridays

2:45 pm - 3:15 pmin the library

Haveyoucheckedthelostpropertyarealately??Therearealotofarticleswaitingtobeclaimed.

CANTEEN NEWSPlastic cutlery is provided for lunches purchased through the canteen.Cutlery for lunches brought from home costs 5 cents a piece.

PUPIL FREE DAY20TH JUNE

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LIONS YOUTH OF THE YEAR

State Coordinator of Lions Youth of the Year project Ken Bradford presented Tahlia Troeth with the state final and perpetual trophy.The school was also presented with $1000 for youth leadership.

Playgroup families visited the school farm. They were able to pat and feed the calf. Visits like this are an opportunity to talk about what we are seeing and doing. This is a great way to build up a large vocabulary which will help with learning to read and write later on.

Playgroup is free for all families and is run Wednesdays, 9.30-11am.

SAPSASA NETBALL & FOOTBALL CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Hagan Wright on his selection in the South Australian U15 Football team to play in Western Australia in July.Congratulations to Luke Pedlar who is heading to England to play cricket for SACA.

Our school has been well represented this week in Adelaide with students playing SAPSASA Football and Netball.

Harry Stenner and Oliver Haggett

Erika Watson and Zara Lewis

FAMILY CHALLENGE: SOLVE THE PROBLEMS BELOW BY USING THE STRATEGIES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE

1. There were 30 boys and 27 girls in the cinema. How many were there altogether?

2. I bought 15 apples, 12 kiwifruit, and 4 oranges. How many pieces of fruit did I buy?

3. I saw 29 animals in the Australian section of the zoo. 11 were koalas. All the others were kangaroos. How many were kangaroos?

4. There were 47 children and 3 teachers in the playground. 27 of the children were boys. How many girls were in the playground?

5. Jeremy had these coins in his pocket – 50c, 20c, 5c, 5c, 10c, and 10c. He also had a $5 note. How much money in coins did he have in his pocket?

6. Natasha cut these lengths of ribbon: 45cm, 20cm and 25cm. What was the total length of ribbon that she cut?

7. One half of the total flowers in a vase are roses. There are six roses. How many flowers are there in the vase?

8. I’m thinking of a number. Twice the number is 2 fewer than 3 times 4. What is the number?

9. A hamburger and a milkshake cost $1.50. Two hamburgers and a milkshake cost $2.40. What is the cost of the milkshake?

10. You have two noses and three hats. How many different nose-hat disguises can you wear?

11. Dave and Linda were paid 1 cent for each weed they pulled. At the end of the day, they had earned $16.00. How many weeds did they pull?

12. How many complete turns does the hour hand of a clock make in one day?

Canteen Volunteer RosterStarting time 10:15amThank you for your support in the canteen. All volunteers are supplied with lunch as a thank you. Starting time is 10.15am. If you are unable to work on your rostered day please try to arrange a swap. In case of an emergency or to fill a volunteer needed vacancy please contact Louise or Kylie at the canteen on 87672171 or Louise AH on 87672610.Tuesday Treats will also be available of Fridays.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Week 712-16June

Public Holiday Courtney Clarke0487 283081

Sam Loechel0427 662165

Jodie Gluyas0438 672960

Week 819-23June

Beth Beggs Pupil Free Day Megan Pomery0407 237435

Kylie Wood0429 419102

Week 926-30June

Val Jolly Karen Drabsch0438 888510

Diary Dates

Term 2

June 26-30 SAPSASA Hockey Carnival

12 Queen’sBirthday 26 Lions Mad Minute @ Lucindale

15 Year 5 - Lions Mad Minute July

20 PupilFreeDay 3-7 Naidoc Week

Crossing Roster Term 2Please be at the Front Office by 8.20am. Finish time at the end of the day is approximately 3.30pm.

TERM TWONew teams take over on Tuesday morning each week, including new terms.

WEEK Commencing TEAM7 13/6/17 Harry Max L Jesse 8 20/6/17 Zara Bonnie Elissa 9 27/6/17 Erika Kate Jayden Q10 4/7/17 Zander Todd Tyson

MEDITATION & YOGA WITH YOGA PAM

MONDAY 3rd JULY 2017

7:00PM

KINGSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIBRARY

Did you know that meditation and yoga can relieve tension, anxiety and insomnia whilst also improving concentration and mental clarity? Please join us for a night of relaxing, stretching and breathing - suitable for any age group or fitness

level

Pam’s CD “Clear Intentions” will be available for purchase on the night‘Guided meditation & relaxation to bring into your day’

Please RSVP for catering purposes to Kingston Community School Library on 8767 3003 or the Kingston District Council on 8767 2033

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