E-mail address: kingston.heath.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.khps.vic.edu.

au Phone: 9584 5805 Newsletter Number: 2 Emergency Management: 9589 6266 Cheltenham Police: 9583 9767 Fax: 9585 0650 Friday 4th March, 2011

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents, Thank you to all the parents who came to the Information Evening last night. The introduction to the whole group centred on the schools website, Ultranet, the book pack and the costs involved, voluntary contributions and the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. We are really excited about the Primary Years Program. We conducted a feasibility study four years ago and it is finally at the point where we feel ready to join the program. We have been saving for the fees and now we are going to fly! Please see http://www.ibo.org/pyp/ for further information. Many thanks to our teaching staff for their time commitment and presentations last night. It is lovely to see teachers so passionate about their work and so keen to catch up with parents. Mrs Sue Thompson requires further surgery on her finger so will remain on sick leave. Mrs Rachel Engelman will be undertaking teaching duties for Year 2T. We welcome Mrs Engelman, an experienced teacher who was the assistant principal of a neighbouring school. Thank you to parents who have volunteered for Classroom Representative positions. Please see your childs teacher if you would like to volunteer.

A special welcome to Mrs Sharon Harper, our Business Manager, who joined us at the beginning of the year. Sharon has settled in and is very much a valued member of staff. Mrs Diane Reid and Sharon certainly make the super team of the office. If you havent done so already, pop in a say hello to Sharon. We are having a special Devonshire Morning Tea on 16th March for parents of 3 and 4 year old kinder children. We will be having a tour of the school so if you know of any parents who would like to participate, please contact us. Monday assembly the leadership badges will be distributed. Ms Lorraine Wreford MP Mordialloc has been invited to present the badges. Thank you to those parents who nominated for School Council. I will announce whether we will go to a vote next Monday. Wendy Stirling Principal NOTICES BY E-MAIL We are currently compiling a listing of email addresses for those families who are interested in receiving the newsletter by email rather than hard copy. In the near future we are also hoping to be able to send home correspondence from class teachers via email as well. 1

This will have the benefit of correspondence arriving promptly into your email inbox, in full colour and unrumpled from being in your childs bag! If you are interested, please do not hesitate to drop into, or call the office. Thank you. FINANCIAL REPORT Last Wednesday we had Alev come in from the Commonwealth Bank to talk to us about Financial Literacy, which is about saving money and interest from the bank. Alev said saving money is a big thing. She had a saying Spend some on you, save some, too. After a while if you put money in your bank you get interest from the bank, which means the more you put in at the end of the month, you get extra money from your bank. She spoke about Debit cards and Credit cards the difference between is that a credit card has heaps of money on it and you have to pay money back at the end of the month. A debit card has the money that you have that you have and thats the limit of the money you get on your debit card. So, you cant spend what you dont have. Another way to earn money is neighbourhood jobs or garage sales. Its easy and can be fun to do. You can also buy items off ebay, but be careful because people sometimes lie about what they sell you. Harry. 6J

Mr Seeney On Wednesday 23rd February 2011, I learnt that saving money is good and spending money on things that you do not need is bad. Theres a saying that goes like this: Speed to your needs and wait for your wants Emily S Year 2

Financial Literacy Start Smart

Guided by Captain Super Cents, the Year 2 students were introduced to various concepts of money. They learnt about notes and coins, purchasing of goods and services with money, the difference between needs and wants, methods of saving money, how money is earned, places that are safe to store money and different ways of accessing money such as the use of Keycards. Students looked out for the wallet monster, Gobbles who represents temptations to spend money. Through tips and rhymes such as Speed to your needs, wait for you wants, students are taught solid financial practices.

On Monday 21st March 2011 the students and staff will be celebrating Harmony Day. Harmony Day celebrates the cohesive and inclusive nature of our nation and promotes a tolerant and culturally diverse society. The continuing message of Harmony Day is Everyone Belongs. It's about community participation, inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone - celebrating the cultures that make Australia a great place to live. The students will rotate through interesting and enjoyable multicultural activities within multi-age groups. The days fun activities will commence with an assembly and special school lunch on the oval where students will get to sample cuisine from around the world that theyve made in their groups. Students are encouraged to wear any outfit they have from around the world or orange which is the colour of Harmony Day. If you are interested in helping us celebrate Harmony Day wed love to hear from you. Mrs Tania White 2

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from the canteen. They will be sold during lunchtime from 1.35pm till 1.45pm. Thank you. Mr. Jamieson 6J INTERSCHOOL SPORTS On Friday the 18th of February, level 4 participated in interschool sports for the first time this year. The sports for the summer competition (term 1) are as follows: t ball- girls, t ball- boys, volleystars, bat tennis and kanga cricket. The first six weeks of the season are practise matches culminating in a round robin style lightning premiership day on Friday 1st April, which is to be held at Mentone Grammar playing fields in Keysborough. Round 1 was against Cheltenham East. T ball- girls Won 19-14. All the girls played well as a team. Well done to Bianca for hitting the winning runs and to Claudia K for getting seven people out. 2T 3S 3S 2S 2S 2S 5W 3L 2T T ball- boys Won 22-14. After a slow start, where scores were level after the 1st innings, we really stepped up a gear in the second half of the game to run out comprehensive victors. The boys fielded exceptionally well running out many fielders and taking some suburb catches. Our strength looks to be our batting and out of a potential 30 runs, we were able to get 22 people make it to the home base. Great effort by Anthony M who hit two big hits that resulted in home runs and Taylan U for making the winning run. A big thank to the whole team, hopefully we can continue this form next week against Le Page. Cricket Lost 50-82 runs. Cheltenham East won the toss and put us into bat. It was a good team effort with the bat. Top scorers were from the partnership of Yael H and Charlie W. When Cheltenham East batted our best bowlers were Harry P and Mohammed T. Overall it was a good match for our first game. Bat Tennis 3

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Ashi Lily Jinoub Isabelle Leigh Jessie Yal Adam Sian

EARN AND LEARN Each Monday and Friday during Term 1, Year 6 will be selling frozen yoghurt icypoles for $1.00 each

Lost 3 sets, 32 games 3 sets, 39 games. We had a couple of new people into the team this year and all of them handled their first game well. Robi I played brilliantly in his first singles game to win 9-4. Michael L and Robbie C also had a good win in their doubles game 9-4. Volleystars Lost The team for our first game was made up of all Year 5 girls and one year 4. It was the first time we had played Volleystars so we had to learn the rules and skills fast. Unfortunately we lost our games but we put up a good fight and it was very close. Thanks to Madeline G in Year 4 for filling in for us. SWIMMING REPORT

Kobi D (grade 4) came 4th in the 10 year old boys Breaststroke Time: 1.04

Harrison B will be an emergency for his event at the Zone Swimming Carnival which is to be held at Carnegie Pool. A special thanks to the teachers that helped out with the swimming carnival and training- Mr Jameson and Miss Claney. Im sure the students appreciated your input and support. Also thank you to the parents that helped out with cooking the children a scrumptious breakfast after training. A healthy breakfast is the key start to a successful day! Mr Jamieson (Sport Coordinator)

On Wednesday 23rd of February, eighteen excited

swimmers travelled by bus to Mentone Grammar school to participate in the Cheltenham District Sports Swimming Carnival. After two weeks of before school training (7.45am start!) the squad felt that they were well prepared for the carnival. Thanks for the dedication. Everyone performed to the best of their ability and tried their hardest on the day. In our district there are schools that are twice the size of Kingston Heath, yet we were able to hold our own in most events and perform admirably. Some of the stand out results were: Jasper D (grade 6) came 4th in the 12 year old boys Freestyle Time: 45.37 Jasper D (grade 6) came 4th in the 12 year old boys Breastroke Time: 57.43 Jasper D (grade 6) came 3rd in the 12 year old boys Butterfly Time: 1.07 Harrison B (grade 4) came 2nd in the 10 year old boys Backstroke Time: 56.07 Kirsten S (grade 5) came 4th in the 11 year old girls Breaststroke Time: 57.82 Jacob W (grade 5) came 4th in the 11 year old boys Butterfly Time: 1.10 Tari C (grade 4) came 4th in the 10 year old girls Butterfly Time: 1.09 Luke G (grade 5) came 4th in the 11 year old boys Backstroke Time: 1.00

Harrison with his swimming ribbon for second place

our final score of 116. Everyone played well with a special mention to Tyler S-C who bowled well. Bat Tennis Had a bye this week. Le Page being a small school couldnt field a team. Volleystars Lost 0 sets and 32 games 3 sets and 71 games Unfortunately we lost all 3 games but we didnt give up in any of the sets. We still need to improve on our serves but apart from that we were great. More practises are required in certain areas of our game. I would like to thank the whole team on their hard work. Our fantastic swimming team! INTERSCHOOL SPORTS Friday the 25th of February, Round 2 against Le Page. Some good results with K.H.P.S winning three of the matches and the Volleystar girls continuing to improve each week. T ball- girls Won 20-9. Everyone worked really well as a team and everyone did well both batting and fielding. Keep up the good work girls 2 wins from 2 games. T ball- boys Won 27-15 We had another good win. Han B made his first home runkeep up the good work, your persistence is paying off and your performances are improving. Josh C hit some great long hits that resulted in 4 home runs. The grade 5 students are improving each week. Special mention to Luke G and Billy G for hitting 4 runs each as well as Jacob Watt for 3 home runs. Cricket Won 116-70 runs. They won the toss and elected to bat first. We took 9 wickets. Abhinav S took 2 of those and Scott A made 20 runs to take our side to victory. They were 9-70 and we were 1-71 off only 8 overs before we continued to bat out the rest of the overs and post STUDENT OF THE WEEK Week ending 18th February. Year 1F: Anton for being a super speller. Great work! Alex for being a studious worker. Clarence for always putting 100% into your tasks. Peter for your hard work during Maths. Jake for always showing respect to those around him. Keep it up! Kyarna for doing a great job on her past, present and future tense verbs in Literacy. Alison for excellent listening and concentration in class. Bill for working so hard at home on your fabulous celebration recount. Great start to Year 5! Han for making a positive start to the new school year. Well done! You are doing a fantastic job as Junior School Council Treasurer.

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Week ending 25th February. Year 1F: Hudson for lovely expressive reading. Oscar for great listening skills and working beautifully. Jessie for your beautiful writing this week. Preetej for your concentration and hard work. Tereza for using your problem solving skills to work out the answers. Well done! Johnathon for your fantastic listening skills. Keep up the great work! Lisa for working so hard on your Maths test. Great effort Lisa. Well done! Harrison for great concentration. Excellent work. Keep it up! Jasper for always trying his best, and working hard in class. Well done! PRE LOVED UNFORMS In the foyer of Activities Room there are pre loved uniforms for sale at only $5.00 each. If interested please select any items you wish to purchase and pay at the school office. Thank you. THURSDAY CAMP AUSTRALIA Welcome Everyone! We have been very busy this fortnight getting to know one another by playing some great team games like treasure hunts. We have also had some tasty afternoon snacks like Noodles. This Fortnight we are focusing on autumn and St Patricks Day. Here is a small taste of things yet to come to OSHC:

Year 1P:

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Year 2T:

Year 3L:

MONDAY

SHIPWRECK PAINTING MUSICAL CHAIRS PLASTER PAINTING ALPHABET ACTORS ZOOBS DVD PLAYGROUND PLAY DOUGH PUZZLES FOLLOW THE LEADER LIMBO GA GA BALL COOKING SCOOBYS

Year 3S:

TUESDAY

Year 4F:

WEDNESDAY

Year 4S:

Year 6J:

FRIDAY

MENTONE GIRLS SECONDARY COLLEGE On Wednesday 7th December, 2011 Mentone Girls Secondary College are having their Year 7 Parent Information Evening. This would be for 2012 Year 7 parents of girls attending Mentone Girls Secondary College. One of the aims of the evening is for parents to meet the staff, and particularly the form teachers of their daughters, and have any questions answered. For more information contact Gayle Steinfort on 9581 5240. 6

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MARCH th Monday 7 th Wednesday 9 Level 2 (Years 1 and 2) CSIRO INCURSION Zone Swimming Carnival Prep Parent/Child/Teacher Interview Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Level 3 (Years 3 and 4) Starlab Planetarium Incursion Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Labour Day Preps commence fulltime Devonshire Tea and Tour Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Parent Green Team 9am-11am Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Harmony Day Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Twilight Sports 9.15 11.00am and 5.30 7.30pm Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Kidskills Gymnastics Prep to Year 4 Year 6 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews

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Interschool Sports Summer Lighting Premiership Year 1 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Year 2 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Parent Green Team 9am-11am Year 5 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Years 3 and 4 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Last Day Term 1 2.30pm finish First Day Term 2

Education Week Grandparents and Special Friends Concert 9.30am Parent Green Team 9am-11am Special Assembly with Simon Crean MP 3.00pm NAPLAN Testing NAPLAN Testing NAPLAN Testing Level 4 (Years 5 & 6) Alpine Ash Camp - Healesville Level 4 (Years 5 & 6) Alpine Ash Camp - Healesville Level 4 (Years 5 & 6) Alpine Ash Camp - Healesville Level 4 (Years 5 & 6) Alpine Ash Camp Healesville District Cross Country Parent Green Team 9am-11am Level 4 (Years 5 & 6) Alpine Ash Camp - Healesville