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Newsletter No. 41 Friday 21st December 2018

26th February District Swimming 6th March School Photos 12th March Curriculum Day 23rd-24th April Curriculum Days

Monday 28th January:

Tuesday 29th January:

Wednesday 30th January: School resumes Grades 1-6

Thursday 31st January: Preps start school

Friday 1st February:

Acting Principal’s

Message:

Michael McLean

We look forward to seeing you on either Wednesday 30th January,

if you are in Grade One to Grade Six, or on Thursday 31st January,

for new Preps starting school for the first time.

This has been another exciting year for us at Kerrimuir. We have

totally re clad the outside of the main school building, purchased

new computers for the computer lab area and significantly boosted

our STEM program with the addition of Sphero and EV3 Robots .

Thank you to all the Kerrimuir staff and parents that have worked

tirelessly together over the last year to make our school the leading

primary school in the area.

On Tuesday evening we celebrated the graduation of our 55 grade

6 students at New Hope. The evening was a huge success and we

have received many positive comments from those that attended.

Next year we welcome 80 prep students to our school. For 2019 we

have added 2 extra classes which is testament to the fantastic

educational outcomes being achieved by our school.

I wish everyone a lovely holiday, and trust you will stay safe over

the break.

Best wishes

Michael McLean

Acting Principal

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

CARE Awards

Congratulations to last week’s

winners of the

Kerrimuir CARE Awards!

These students have all been recognised by their

teachers last week for an achievement related to

one of our four school CARE values.

Reminder…

Last day of Term 4 ends at 1.30pm

on 21st December 2018

Term 1 2019

Grades 1-6 resume 30/01/2019

Preps resume 31/01/2019

SCHOOL News

Cooking up a storm in grade 5

In grade 5 this term we completed a unit of work

called ‘Cooking Up A Storm’. In it, we applied

knowledge gained in our cooking lessons and

utilised business practices to plan, market, make

and sell a product to the school community at

lunchtime. Four groups, or ‘enterprises’, competed

to make the most profit and overall the groups

made more than $400 to put towards the school’s

cooking budget for next year.

The enterprise that made the most profit was

Sweet Tooth led by Kayley and consisting of

Tharindu, Eliza, Ruby Mc, Eva, Nicole, Chloe P, Jia, Sophie, Aaron, Takumi and Josh.

Well done to all of the students who participated.

SCHOOL News

Cooking up a storm in grade 5

Four students took on the role of CEO, leading their enterprise through the process. This is

what they had to say:

‘A real-world skill I learned was patience. I had to learn this because not everyone got all

the tasks done as quickly as we all would have wanted’ – Kayley P of Sweet Tooth.

‘Something that I can take away from this project is that many things can go wrong but

always have a solution’ – Claire C of Scroll Up!

‘I liked it when we started selling. Even though I have been in lots of businesses (with my

dad all over Australia) it was still exciting to see so many people in line to buy our treats’

– Anna L from Cinnamon Trolls.

‘The best part about the project was in my opinion the production. I love cooking no matter

how difficult, and it was a nice challenge to keep the team focused despite a few

distractions’ – Aidan P from Cinnamon Treats.

SCHOOL News

Georgi’s room

Hope you all have a safe and Merry Christmas,

and a Happy New Year.

Georgi

Library's Latest

A huge thank you to the following students, who helped me enormously with the Library

Stocktake. Their alphabetising skills, have hugely improved!

Claire, Addy, Olive & Lucas of 4B. Scarlett 5A and Anna 5B.

I couldn't have done without them and their happy, friendly and obliging approach - well

done.

Denise Atkins

Librarian

SPORTS News

PE at Kerrimuir

What a wonderful semester of PE here at Kerrimuir! The Early years have continued to develop their sensory, movement and balance skills in their weekly PMP ( Perceptual Motor Program ) classes. It is so pleasing to see the children learning about Eye/Hand/Foot coordination, Balance, Fitness, Locomotion & Eye tracking in their fun PMP sessions.

Well done Preps!

The Grade 1 and 2 students have learnt skills in cricket, ball manipulation, football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, kickball, t-ball,

rounders and of course lots of team games.

Grades 3-6 had lots of fun in their athletics unit learning; hurdles, relays, shotput, discus, long jump, triple jump, high jump and relays. The house athletics carnival was a huge success and the division competition was so much fun.

Go Kerrimuir!

The middle and senior years have been taught hockey, netball, basketball, lacrosse, cricket, soccer, rounders and t-ball this Semester in PE. The students have participated enthusiastically and have further developed their skills and teamwork.

STUDENT Leadership & Extra curricular activities

Lunch/snack

time activities

Lunch & Snack Time Activities Quiet Reading: Monday - Friday

2nd half of lunch time Library Choir: Monday lunch time

Grades 1-6 New members welcome

Chess Club Monday lunch time

Senior School Building Gardening Club Wednesday & Friday

lunch time, Everyone welcome

Craft with Georgi Wednesday & Thursday,

snack & lunch, Georgi’s room, Senior building.

Bucket Drumming Monday lunch time Grades 3-4 Mr McGrath’s room Enrolled students only: Chess Coaching Wednesday 1.30pm - 2.30pm Mr Bevis’s room Special Religious Instruction Tuesday lunch time Ms Strath’s room Tennis Thursday lunch time FFG

School Captains Tharindu R & Ruby Mc

School Vice Captains Lukas S & Ruby E

Bradman House Captains Rohan M & Chloe P

Bradman House Vice Captains Lucy J & Josh S

Freeman House Captains Ava B & Josh R

Freeman House Vice Captains Oliver M & Jessica H

Perkins House Captains Takumi Y & Eliza P

Perkins House Vice Captains Charlie C & Addison O

Riley House Captains Matthew P & Evie K

Riley House Vice Captains Nyaweu D & Olive P

Buddy Captains Lucy S & Zoe F

Garden Captain Jessie N-S

Junior School Council Captains Georgia G, Ellena C,

Maya U, Rachel M

LOTE Captain Sophie P

Library Captains Inara L & Alysha C

Flag Captains Amy P & Caitlin B

Visual Arts Captain Kaitlyn L

Performing Arts Captains Tehmi H & Jacob S

PE Captains Aaron S & Claire K

Environment Captains Eva H & Sienna S

Chess Captain Spencer J

Canteen Captains Chloe B & Rylee L

House Points Administrators Aidan P & Eloise C

Quidditch Will F

SCHOOL News

EXTREME POLAR LANDS

Kerrimuir Primary School

In this new unit we learn about the fascinating part of the planet we call extreme polar lands.

Why are the ice-caps melting? What are the effects for animals & humans?

Learn about ice-bergs, ice-breakers, polar winds & extreme climate; tourism, whaling, polar bears & scientific research. Which explorers went to the poles? How can we conserve & preserve the area through

international co-operation? Learn all this & more in our new earth science unit.

WiseOnes Application for 1st Term 2019

This program is available for all Grade 1 - Grade 6 children who have qualified for WiseOnes.

The unit for first term commences week beginning Monday, 11th February, 2019.

The unit will run for 8 weeks commencing: Monday 11th Feb, 18th Feb, 25th Feb, 4th Mar, 11th Mar,

18th Mar, 25th March and 1st April.

WiseOnes Teacher: Catherine Cross 0421 112 692

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I wish to enrol my child in the unit "Extreme Polar Lands” starting week beginning Friday, 8th February 2019.

I give permission for a copy of this slip to be handed to the WiseOnes teacher.

Child's Name ______________________________________ School: Kerrimuir Primary

Date of Birth ________________________ Class (2019) ________

Parents' Names ________________________________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________________________

Phone: BH ___________ AH ____________ Mobile _________________Email: _______________________

My child has already qualified for WiseOnes YES/NO

I would like a free test for my child YES/NO.

I would like my child to be tested with a fuller assessment to qualify for WiseOnes (assessment cost $300 inc

GST).

Please send this slip and payment of $246.00 on Friday, 8th February 2019. As we are a non-credit business, children will not be accepted into the program for the term unless the fees and enrolment form are

returned by the above date.

If paying by cheque please make it payable to Kerrimuir Primary School.

For further information please contact Pat Truscott: Mobile: 0407 313 657.

Coming Up Term 1, 2019 . . .

BRAIN Training

Fundraising

Every Friday at assembly we have a Cake Raffle to raise funds for the school. We’re always

looking for people to help bake cakes for the raffle prizes, so if you can help please contact

Sue Jones, or follow the link below to Sign Up Genius.

Raffle tickets are 20c each and can be bought from the Canteen before school on Friday from

8.40am or before assembly from 2.20pm.

Cake Raffle

To sign up please contact Sue Jones on:

Email smdavies@ihug.com.au OR phone 0477 443 121 or

Put your name on the sign up sheets at the Canteen or office, or

Sign up at:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0E4DAAA92AA3F58-kerrimuir

Last week’s winners: Archie P x 2, Beverley, Aiden x 2, Bronte Mc, Henry,

James, Chloe T, Ava-Rose, Shawn, Toby

Funds raised: $107.65

REBEL SPORT FUNDRAISING

Register for Rebel's loyalty program at www.seasonpass.com.au and

nominate Kerrimuir Primary School, and 5% of the value of your

purchase goes back to the school.

Cakes needed for

Term 1, 2019

NOTICES

The Team Kids holiday program is

returning to Kerrimuir Primary School in the Summer

School Holidays.

Check out the fun filled program on page 12 or 13.

For more information, contact Team Kids

on 1300 035 000

NOTICES

School Holiday Program - Team Kids

NOTICES

School Holiday Program - Team Kids

Community Notices