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Newsletter No. 14 Term 2 – Week 6
Thursday 23 May 2013
Kalinda Primary School’s Vision Statement
A learning community with shared values, fostering a life-long love
of learning through meaningful experiences,
to embrace a constantly changing society.
From the Principal…………….
OPEN NIGHT
It was great to see so many members of our school community visit the school
on Open Night. Although the weather was cold and wet the school was
certainly a cheery place to be with lots of things going on. I hope everyone
enjoyed their children’s work, the art room, games in the stadium, the choir and
the general buzz of children and their learning.
VISIT FROM MS AMBUJ SHARMA
When you were here on Open Night I hope people viewed the posters and photos around the walls
which displayed our link with Japan and India. On Monday Ms Ambuj Sharma, Principal of Jain
International Residential School, will be visiting us for four days. When we visited India last year we
stayed at the Jain School and Ambuj was a very gracious host, showing us all around the school
and explaining the education system to us.
Ambuj and I share the belief that our children gain a common knowledge of our different cultures
and values, then they will be able to work together in the future in a very positive way. Ambuj will
be spending time with our teachers and in our classrooms with the children. We will be sharing
ideas of education and cultures.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR Bronwyn Harcourt, Croydon Community School
North-Eastern Victoria Region
Bronwyn is an innovative and ground-breaking
principal – a visionary leader who unites people
behind a common purpose. Since 2000 she has
overseen the merger with Pembroke Secondary
College and then the separation as a Community
School. Her vision for this school is to provide high
quality programs for students who would otherwise
be lost to education. Bronwyn’s vision has united
all staff. The school now build students’ literacy
and numeracy skills and increase their
employability or ability to pursue further training.
Bronwyn has given hope to people who had
previously lost confidence in schools and the
system in general. She gives people chances and
opportunities that would otherwise not be there.
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EASTLAND ART SHOW
I hope many families visited Eastland to have a look at our Kalinda Art Show as part of Education Week. Libby
Shaw did a terrific job of organising all the art works and I was indeed very proud to see work from children right
across the school. Thank you so much Libby.
OPEN NIGHT SURVEY
To help us review the success of this year's Open Night, and to assist us with planning for next year, please take
a moment to complete our Open Night Survey. It will only take a couple of minutes. We'd love to hear your
feedback!
http://bit.ly/186DQla
VISIT BY BRYAN AND TED TO
MAROONDAH CITY COUNCIL’S VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON
Bryan and Ted do so much around the school and are really so much a part of our community.
Thank you Bryan and Ted for all the hard work that you do.
GAIL POLLARD
PRINCIPAL
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DIARY DATES 2013
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July
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L.4 Sport – vs Croydon Hills
Working Bee – 10am – 12noon
Aust. Biggest Morning Tea – Stadium
SSV District Cross Country
L. 4 Sport – vs Great Ryrie
June
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Beginning of Term 3
School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm
P&F Kalinda Disco
Working Bee – 10am – 12noon
House Athletics Carnival
August
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Police Visit – Preps & Life Skills
School Council Mtg. – 7.30pm Staffroom
Chess Tournament – Stadium
L. 4 Sport – vs Donvale
Queen’s Birthday (Public Holiday)
SSV Division Cross Country
Responsible Pet Ownership – Preps
L.4 Sport – Bye
Working Bee – 10am – 12noon
OAC (CRE) Concert – L. 4
L.4 Sport vs Antonio Park
Reports distributed
3-Way Conferences this week
String Group Concert – Library
End of Term 2 – 2.30pm dismissal
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Curriculum Day
Working Bee – 10am-12noon
TERM DATES 2013
Term 1 – 29 Jan – 28 March
(Easter –Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April)
Term 2 – 15 April – 28 June
Term 3 – 15 July – 20 September
Term 4 – 7 October – 20 December
CANTEEN ROSTER –29 – 31 May
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Amanda B. & Narelle B.
Delia M. & Megumi N.
Amanda C. & Julie B.
Forms sent home to Families – 16th – 23rd May 2013
Notice
Distributed to:
Return by:
Mullum Mullum Valley Project
Biggest Morning Tea Notice
12L Mums Dinner
L4 Reading Group Helpers
ACCORD Children’s Choir Festival
Whole school
Eldest
12L
L4
Choir members
28 June
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24 May
N/A
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10 June
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GROUP PHOTOS – Orders close tomorrow
Group photos of the Leadership Team, House Captain group, Junior School Council and
Personal Best Ambassadors are on display at the office for you to view and order.
All photos cost $15.00 each.
If you wish to order one or more of these group photos, please place your order and
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payment at the office before tomorrow, Friday, 24 May.
GILL KNOWLES
ADMIN.
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PUPIL OF THE WEEK
P/T
12C
12D
12L
12M
34B
34E
34P
34R
56A
Abbey G.
Hayden Mc.
Ethan K-C.
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Alana M.
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Lochston B-C.
Monique B.
Christine Y.
Kayla C.
Emma Mc.
Sharon P.
Latasha W.
Riley C.
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Brylie T.
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Nate T.
Haylee L.
Luke B.
Tiarna B.
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Lachlan C.
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Erica K-C.
Chelsea S.
Emily S.
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For having a go at sounding out some tricky words to use in her Writing!
For the consistent effort he puts in during all tasks!
For really trying to be a productive member of the class. Keep up the good
work Ethan!
For always doing her work with such care and thought, her drawings and
illustrations are outstanding
For his great first attempt at writing a narrative story called “S.P. the Spider”.
For her great narrative story about Zoe, the Spider. Well done, Monique.
For always doing 5 Star quality work, as well as being a 5 Star Listener.
For her effort in creating a model of the Melbourne Aquarium.
For trying hard to improve her writing on lines.
For being a caring and thoughtful member of the grade.
For always being so helpful around the classroom.
For being the first person to complete his spelling tests and sit on the floor in the
morning EVERY DAY!
For always showing respect for her classmates, her property and her teacher.
Perfection!
For his effort with reading. Great job, Nate.
For her impressive life timeline. Well done, Haylee.
For showing excellent leadership skills during class time. Keep it up!
For being such a kind-hearted and mature member of our class. Tiarna, you
always demonstrate a real love of learning.
For describing to us, in great detail, his fantastic detective GATEWays
experience. Terrific presentation, Lachie.
For the great job done on our ‘Guess the Baby” competition.
For the great job done on our ‘Guess the Baby” competition.
For an outstanding PowerPoint presentation on the features of Kalinda
Primary School for Open Night.
Tsunami Appeal Green Tea Ice-cream Fund Raising
----Thank you! -------Arigato! -------Thank YOU very much for your support on Open Night.
We have raised $545!
The money goes to Japan Red Cross Tsunami Appeal.
Special thanks go to the following people who put their hand up and came to help scoop the
greentea ice cream, receive the money, make the greentea icecream, make origami, display the
posters around the school and cleaning up afterwards:
---Curtis, Emma, Emily, Meg, Astrid, Amrit, Sonia, Nelson, Ebony, Abby, Sophie, Jack D, Teagan,
Brayden, Geonwoo, Matthew, Charlie, Michael, Macy, Marisa and Cheryl.
HIROMI HAGIHARA
LOTE TEACHER
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Fractions
Fractions! The very word can strike fear in the heart of many children and adults alike. Fractions, however,
are just equal parts of a whole (like a pizza of a pizza) or of a group ( half of the grade were girls). There are
many areas of our daily life where we competently use fractions and can assist our children to develop a
positive approach to this part of maths.
Here are some suggestions you may like to try at home:
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Get out the measuring cups and spoons! Let your child play with them in the bath to experience onehalf cup or one-third teaspoon.
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Fold pieces of paper into half and half again to make greeting cards. Point out that the paper is folded
into four equal parts.
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Ask your child to cut a cake into equal parts to share with their family, or cut fruit into halves and
quarters.
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Use an egg carton to show fractions, e.g. take half of the eggs out of the carton, what is 1/12 of the
carton.
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Demonstrate the equality of fractions by cutting up chocolate or biscuits into, firstly unequal parts, and
discuss why they don’t like the idea of sharing this and then into equal parts. Children very quickly
understand the importance of fractions being equal sized when they think they will have less of a treat
than their siblings.
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Look at a pizza and the way it is cut. Discuss whether the parts are equal.
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Discuss how the white line in the middle of a road represents the half way point.
There are many other ways to look at fractions in our everyday life. Hopefully, together we can encourage your
child to have a positive outlook towards the dreaded fraction.
Anita Elliott
Junior School Co-ordinator
WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN
Collecting until 30th June 2013
So far we have tallied 2,340 points. Fantastic! Last year at Kalinda, thanks to the generosity of our Kalinda
community, we collected over 17,040 stickers. These were used to purchase items for our students across all
levels. Sheets can be downloaded from Woolworths website or collected from any store. Get your relatives
involved and let’s beat last year’s total!
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From the sports desk…
LEVEL 4 INTERSCHOOL SPORT:
All details relating to interschool sport are now housed LIVE on the Kalinda Primary School website. Click here to be
taken to the ‘Recent News’ section of the site to see:
1. Last week’s scores, and
2. This week’s venues.
Following the postponement of last week’s round of matches against Good Shepherd, it might be an appropriate time
to make sure that you are aware of the cancellation policy and procedures that are in place at Kalinda Primary School
regarding Interschool Sport (Summer and Winter). Click here to be taken to the ‘dedicated’ interschool sport section of
the site, now.
All details relating to Kalinda Primary School’s Active After School Communities
program are now also LIVE from our homepage. Click here to be taken to the website’s
dedicated Active After-School Communities site.
To help those families who are involved in either of this Term’s programs, I will continue
to post our ‘session tracker’ in the newsletter. SO… here’s where we’re ‘at’:
Wednesday afternoons (3:45pm – 4:45pm): Futsal [Indoor Soccer] (Eastern Indoor Sports Centre).
Status
FULLY
BOOKED
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday,
May 01
May 08
May 15
May 22
May 29
Jun 5
Jun 12
Wednesday afternoons (3:45pm – 4:45pm): Basketball (Spirit Magic Basketball Club).
Status
FULLY
BOOKED
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday,
May 01
May 08
May 15
May 22
May 29
Jun 5
Jun 12
RINGWOOD NORTH DISTRICT CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING CARNIVAL:
This year’s SSV Ringwood North District Cross-Country Carnival will be conducted at Domeney Reserve (Knees
Road, Park Orchards - MELWAYS 35 E9). Information and permission forms have already been distributed for that
event, so if your have not received yours, please contact Mr. Harvey ASAP. Further details available here.
AN UPDATE FROM SUNSMART: ‘From May put sun gear away’ (More from: http://www.sunsmart.com.au/default.asp)
Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, muscles and in the prevention of osteoporosis. The sun is the best natural
source of vitamin D and also the major cause of skin cancer, so in Victoria it's important to get the balance right.
From May to August when UV levels are low (below 3), put your hat away and ensure that you get some sun for
vitamin D. At this time of the year, it is safe to expose your face, arms and hands to midday winter sun for 2-3 hours
spread over the week. People with naturally very dark skin have different sun exposure requirements, as the additional
melanin in their skin acts like a natural sunscreen. Therefore, they require approximately 3-6 times the amount
recommended for fair to olive skin types.
Please feel free to see me should you have any questions about anything ‘From the Sports Desk’
this week! Best Regards,
Steve Harvey
Physical Education, Sport & Facilities Management
SSV Coordinator: Maroondah & Manningham Division(s)
Ph: (03) 9876 3289 M: (0417) 392 572
E: [email protected]
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COMMUNITY NEWS
STUDENT DETAILS & EMERGENCY CONTACTS
A reminder to parents that all details for your children need to be kept updated. If you have recently moved or
changed your phone number or mobile number, please let us know as soon as possible. This is very
important, especially if your child is sick or injured and we need to contact you in an emergency. Also, from
time to time we may need to send out an alert SMS regarding evacuations, cancellation of events, updates on
camps, etc. Please send your new details in by letter, phone, or email to [email protected]
GILL KNOWLES
ADMIN.
What goes up will not always come down………….
Due to DEECD Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, any items that end up on the roof – balls, shoes,
hats, etc. - will stay up there. We are not able to send anyone up on the roof to get them down. If we have
tradesmen on the property they are sometimes able to retrieve things from the roof, but only if the weather is
good and only if they have the time.
Please discuss this with your children and encourage them to stay away from the buildings when they are
playing ball games. Ball games should only be played in the designated areas.
Uniform Shop
Our Uniform Shop is located next to the Multi-Purpose Room at the front of the school. Opening hours are
from 3 – 3.45pm on Monday afternoons. Order forms are available at the office if you cannot make it during
these hours. If you have any queries, please contact us through the school on 9876-3289.
SHANNON & JO
School Banking every Friday
As of Term 2 this year our wonderful volunteers, Cassy and Julie, will be doing our school banking on Fridays.
Simply send in your child’s account book to school on a Friday morning, along with their savings, and hand it
in to their teacher at the start of class. The money will be banked and your child’s bank book will be stamped
and returned to the teachers the same day and the teachers will then return them to the children that day/early
the following week …it’s that easy!
AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST MORNING TEA
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Next Monday, 27 May Kalinda will be holding the Biggest Morning Tea
with all proceeds going towards Cancer Council Australia. The
morning tea will be held in the stadium foyer straight after assembly.
$5 will get you 2 scones with jam and cream and a cup of tea or coffee.
Please return your form (sent home last week) and $5 donation back to
the office by the end of tomorrow. (Spare forms are available at the
office.)
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK!
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Serves:
4
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Preparation:
10 minutes
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Cooking Time:
20 minutes
Corn & Bacon Chowder
What you need:
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2 corn cobs, husks and silk removed
50g butter
1 brown onion, finely chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and finely chopped
2 bacon rashers, finely chopped
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
2 tablespoons plain flour
4 cups (1 litre) chicken stock
¼ cup (60ml) cream
Use a sharp knife to cut the kernels from corn cobs. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium
heat. Add the corn, onion, potato, bacon and celery and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion
softens. Add the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes or until heated through.
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Add the chicken stock and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until mixture comes to the boil. Reduce
heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10-15 minutes or until soup thickens slightly and
potato is tender. Remove from heat.
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Add the cream and stir to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
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Ladle soup evenly among serving bowls. Top with freshly ground black pepper and serve
immediately.
WENDY McLAUGHLAN – KALINDA CHEF
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KALINDA COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD
APPLES
Farm Fresh (5-6kg)
Every fortnight we have delicious, fresh from
the orchard, apples and pears delivered to the
school. If you would like to order a bag or
two, please place your order, with payment, at
the office before Wednesday, 29th May. His
next delivery is on Thursday, 30th May.
Pink Ladies
Fujis
Royal Galas
$10.00
Granny Smiths
Golden Delicious
Green & Brown Pears
$8.00
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Bubble Dome July School
Holiday Courses. Don’t
miss out - Book Now!
For students aged 6 to 15 years.
Learn the latest in Minecraft on a Bubble Dome
School Holiday workshop these holidays!
We are running three different exciting Minecraft
courses these July Holidays: Minecraft, Minecraft
Tekkit and Ultra Minecraft Mods & Java as well as
Lego Engineering & Technology, Web Development,
and App Building.
Tel: 1800-11-55-62 Email:
[email protected]
or Book Online: www.bubbledome.com
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See the Community Board in the Foyer for more events.
The Department of Education & Early Childhood Development (DEECD) and Kalinda Primary School, do not endorse
the products or services of any private advertiser. DEECD and Kalinda Primary School accept no responsibility for
accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.
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