K.P.S. PRESS Private Bag 1, Mine Road, Korumburra. 3950 Email: [email protected] School Hours: 9.00 a.m.—3.30 p.m. Web address:: www.korumburraps.vic.edu.au Telephone: 5655 1309 Fax:: 5655 2861 September 11th , 2014 Issue 25 King Karmai 2014 Wow! What a week it has been for our school community! Yesterday’s King Karmai School Production was a huge success with all of our 428 students showcasing their creative talents in front of a total of almost 900 family and friends who attended over 2 shows. Thank you to everyone who attended and help make this such a wonderful celebration. These productions are very important for all the students and provide them with performing arts opportunities that they will remember for the rest of their lives. These productions also give some students a chance to show their various talents in this area. It also highlights the values that are being woven into the teaching at the school on a daily basis. Last night I had a lot of people speak to me about how great our school is and how fortunate we are to we have staff and families who are willing to give up so much of their time to ensure the success of these ventures. Thankyou to all of the staff for their planning, organization and preparation in getting their respective classes ready for both of the shows. (Continued on page 2) Principal’s Report Cont…. (Continued from page 1) A special thank you to Ms Gabi Smith and our Specialist team for your hard work and dedication over the past 10 weeks. There are so many others to thank which I hope I covered at last night’s finale. I again thank the whole school community for your team work and support. Important dates for your calendar: Pupil free day - Monday 3rd November – Report Writing day Public holiday – Tuesday 4th November - Melbourne Cup Last day of term 4 – Thursday 18th December Year 6 Transition Don’t forget that Term 4 is a Sun Smart term meaning we all need to have our wide brimmed school hats ready for the start of the term. Good luck to our Year 6 students who are spending the next 2 days at Korumburra Secondary College as part of a general introduction to secondary school life. In closing I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe break. I am looking forward to seeing everyone return to school refreshed and ready to learn at the beginning of Term 4, on Monday 6th October. Basketball School will be dismissed at 2.30 pm. on our last day of Term 3 , Friday 19th September. Today our Year 5 and 6 basketball teams (girls and boys) will compete in the Woorayl and District Basketball Tournament at the Korumburra Recreation Centre. Good luck to the players and our coaches Mrs Snooks and our Past Principal Mr Bill Jeffs. Nathan Pirouet Principal Senior Department News—Year 6 Well done to all our students for a fantastic effort in last night's performance. What a sterling effort from our main characters with the Year 6 dancers and musicians certainly out doing themselves. Thank you to Ms Smith, Mrs Snooks, Ms Warren and Mrs Simcock for giving us the opportunity to get up on stage and "Swing". The end of the term sees us out at Korumburra Secondary College as part of our Transition program. We will be following a Year 7 timetable and experiencing changing classes and teachers, buying lunch from the canteen, experience many new subject such as Home Economics and be introduced to the layout of the Secondary College. The children will have the opportunity meet many of their Year 7 teachers for next year. We are most appreciative of the opportunity to participate in this program run by K.S.C. as it is the only secondary college in the state to offer this level of transition to Year 6 students. Thanks again Ms Jennings and your team at Korumburra Secondary College. The children have been very busy finalising their Business Project, which has culminated in the presentation of their business plans which include a shop front, Yellow Pages ad, business cards and explanation of why, where and how they will meet the needs of their local community. The children were also asked to record a radio commercial for their business. Some of these have been very funny and most entertaining. This was our major Integrated Studies Project for the term and the children have worked very well to complete this project on time and to a great standard. Craig and I, wish the children a well-deserved break over the next two weeks. Get plenty of rest, keep reading as often as you can and use your basic number knowledge to help you in every day exchanges of money such as in the supermarket, newsagents etc. When we return from the holidays we will be preparing for Graduation. Parents are reminded that dress for Graduation is to be child appropriate, boys wearing collared shirt and nice pants, whilst it is expected that the girls will wear either flat shoes or low heels and that their shoulders will be covered (ie no shoe string straps). Thanks for a great term and here's looking forward to a busy next term. Jen Mulqueeny and Craig Friebe Classroom Teachers Senior Department News—Year 5 Year 5’s This week saw the start of an online 7 day math competition through Sumdog. This competition is running state wide and gives schools the chance to compete and be the ‘best in the state’! Currently the 3 Year 5 classes are sitting in 4 th, 7th and 8th position. Some of our top scorers so far include: Jade and Rhys Butler, Matt Slattery, Taleesha Kelly, Isaac Fox and Corey Whelan. We’ll keep you posted and see if KPS can make it to the top spot. Students have also been working hard, practising for the School Performance this week. The Year 5’s are looking forward to performing in front of a big audience and they’ve been encouraged to ‘turn up the volume’ on the night! Partners have been doing a great job with their dance skills and I know we’re all looking forward to playing back the video and watching everyone in action. Mrs McCahon’s class have also started to present their final pieces from their inquiry project themed around ‘The Solar System’. Tristan Damman’s was a particular stand out, with a great level of detail, some interesting facts and a well thought out design. Other students work has included research on scientists and philosophers such as Aristotle, Einstein and Edwin Hubble. These pieces will be on display in the Year 5 end of the Senior building early next term, so feel free to head down and take a look! Daniel Wells Classroom Teacher Junior Department News It has been a very ‘productive’ time throughout the school this week. There has been lots for the children to remember: words, actions, rehearsals, line orders, getting on and off stage, and of course remembering to smile and have fun. All the children have risen to the challenge and have behaved in an exemplary manner, even when waiting around quietly for long periods of time (for small children) at some stages. It is at this point that we also need to thank all our parents for sending along costumes so promptly, so that we could have everything prepared easily to run through dress rehearsals and the performances on the day. The children have loved every minute of their practises and refined their techniques when performing and playing their air guitars to perfection. It has been a huge challenge for some to act, and even more of a challenge to do this in front of lots of other people. WELL DONE ALL!!!!!!!! On another note, please remember that Term 4 reverts back to our Sunsmart School policy which requires all the children to wear their hats. Please don’t forget to drag them out of the cupboards and drawers where they have been hiding and place them in your child’s bag in readiness. Our Zoo excursion will be rapidly approaching soon after the holidays so please remember to send along permission slips and monies to the school. Sincere thanks to those people who have already done so. Please have a wonderful and restful holiday as Term 4 is promising to be a busy one! Jenny Cant Classroom Teacher Library News Book Fair – A very, very, big THANK YOU to everyone who made purchases at the Book Fair. Sales reached a grand total of $3,602.40. This means we were able to select books to the total of $1,080.00 to add to the Library collection. A fantastic result! Premiers’ Reading Challenge – Some final figures for you. This year 107 students completed ‘The Challenge’ with 2,469 books being read and verified. Well done to those students. Certificates will be presented during Term 4. Helen Cripps Library Coordinator Bike Ed Challenge Bike Ed Challenge This week saw Korumburra Primary School host the district Bike Ed Challenge! The day was a great success with Korumburra finishing 4th and 5th out of the seven teams competing. Over $150 was also raised for the HPV & Pushcart teams through a fantastic BBQ run by Jodie, Lisa and Belinda—all parents of Year 5 students. Even though the rain tried to dampen things for the day, we managed to setup the challenge course under the covered area and fun was had by all! There was a serious side to the challenge course though, encouraging students to apply some of the skills and knowledge learnt through their Bike Education training, helping them to stay safe on the road. Activities included stopping at traffic lights, negotiating roundabouts and the infamous balance beam… well done to all who competed! Daniel Wells Bike Education Coordinator VICSPELL VICSPELL : At last we have a date for our two South Gippsland VICSPELL finalists to attend the VICSPELL state finals……….. Ella Roberts and Patrick Bier will be not only representing South Gippsland but Korumburra Primary School once again! When: Tuesday October 14 th Start: 11.30 am Finish: Approx. 1.30 pm Where: Lowanna College (a DEECD school) Location: 72-96 Newark Ave, Newborough (adjacent to Moe) Kerrie Twite, Peewee Lewis and Deb Lopez Freeman man the barbecue at last week’s Coal Creek Farmers Market. MYM Summer School 2015 School Do something you love this summer! Join more than 600 young musicians this January at the 2015 Melbourne Youth Music Summer School. Musicians at any level between ages 6-30 can take part in our Orchestral, String, Band, Jazz, Conducting and Administration programs. No audition is required and applications close on 26 September so apply now at mym.org.au Get ready for a week of rehearsals, workshops, concerts and fun! Calendar of Events 2014 September 18th & 19th September - Year 6 Transition to KSC 19th September - Term 3 ends 2.30 finish 6th October - Term 4 begins 15th—16th October - Year 3 Camp Phillip Island 17th—31st October - Art Show 23rd October - Year 2 Sleepover - Division Summer Team Sports 24th October - Zoo Excursion Preps 27th October - State Athletics 28th—29th October - Music Camp (Tentative) 29th October - School Council Meeting - Curriculum Day October November 3rd November Pupil Free 4th November - Melbourne Cup Day 6th November - Regional Summer Team Sports Final 7th November - Junior Swimming Starts 14th November - Junior Swimming 19th - 22nd November Maryborough RACV Energy Breakthrough 21st November - Junior Swimming 28th November - Junior Swimming 3rd December - School Council Meeting 5th December - Junior Swimming 12th December - Junior Swimming 15th December - P & F Meeting 16th December - Year 6 Graduation 19th December - Term 4 Ends. KORUMBURRA CRICKET CLUB The Korumburra Cricket Club would like to invite any student’s boys & girls who are interested in playing cricket in our U12’s team this season to training on the 1st October at 4.15pm and every Wednesday thereafter, this will be at the Korumburra Recreation Reserve. If you have any queries or would like further information please ring Allan Summerfield on 5655 2709 or 0418 766 135. Milo cricket sessions will be out at a later date December K.P.S a UNITED Community School WELL DONE AWARDS No well done awards this week.
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