Newsletter No. 35 Friday 8th November 2019
The Week Ahead Principal’s Message: Monday 11th: Michael McLean
I am sure we are all looking forward to Tuesday 12th: our great community event of the fair, which runs every second year at Kerrimuir. As usual, there have been many people Wednesday 13th: working toward making this a fun time for all. In anticipation, I would really like to thank the Fair team for all their hard Thursday 14th: work and organisation, and all the kind parents who have
offered to work on a stall throughout the 12 noon to 6pm Friday 15th: opening hours. Also, thank you to those who will be here early Prep transition 11.30am - 1.30pm to help set up, and to those able to assist after 6pm, to get our school back to normal for school on Monday. We are all Future Diary Dates looking forward to having a great day!!
18th-29th November Gr 3/4 Bike Ed 22nd November Chesterfield Farm excursion - Preps Curriculum Days and Parent, Student and 25th November Teacher Conference dates for 2020 School Council meeting 7pm 2nd December Bully Zero Presentation 6.30pm 3rd December The dates for 2020 Curriculum and Parent, Student and Uniform Shop open 10am-12pm Teacher Conferences have been approved by School Council. 5th December School Disco Tuesday 28th January 2020 – Curriculum Day (Pupil Free)
Wednesday 29th January 2020 – Curriculum Day (Pupil Free)
Tuesday 10th March 2020 – Curriculum Day (Pupil Free) Wednesday 18th March 2020 – Parent, Student and Teacher Conference (Students and Parents attend for conference only) Tuesday 9th June 2020 – Curriculum Day (Pupil Free) Wednesday 9th September 2020 - Parent, Student and Teacher Conference (Students and Parents attend for conference only)
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Congratulations to this 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.
School Council Meeting Term 4
KPS School Fair Monday 25th November 9th November 2019 Please volunteer to help at a stall on Fair Day. Commencing 7pm in the staff room.
Visitors welcome!
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The big day is almost here!
Thank you to everyone in our school community who has supported our fair. Tomorrow all our hard work will pay off as we get together for a fantastic day of fun for the whole family!
The weather may not be as kind to us as we had Your Fair “To Do” List: hoped, but please don’t let that dampen your Visit the North Blackburn enthusiasm! Please come and support our fair! Shopping Centre Sponsor Tent Enjoy rides all day with an We have made a few changes to the layout of the unlimited ride wrist band fair to help keep you warm and dry: Bid on the silent auctions The MPR is being transformed into our Buy some cakes, plants, carnival zone, including senior school games, books or a lucky jar lucky jars, choc toss and jaffa smash. Browse the market and do your Chess Kids, Melbourne Cheer Academy and Christmas shopping Melbourne Magic Academy will all join the Silent Auction and Book Stall in the BER. Try your luck and win great prizes in the carnival zone The Stage and Market stalls will stay on the FFG, but there will be umbrellas for shelter and Adopt a toy a coffee van to keep you warm on the inside. Relax and enjoy the stage entertainment All rides will continue to operate, and you'll soon Have a go at Chess, forget about a bit of rain once that adrenaline Cheerleading, Magic, Scouts or starts pumping! Team Kids Bubble Soccer Get your face painted or a Finally, if you are worried about a little rain, spare crazy hair look a thought for Mr Woodhouse, Miss Bilsky and Miss Eat! Lots of yummy food on Thien…who are going in the dunking tank….if offer! YOU can hit the target! For everything you need to know about the KPS fair, visit www.kpsfair.weebly.com
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Rostered fair helpers To all the families who have signed up to help on a roster during the day THANK YOU! There is no way that we could run a fair without your help.
To make sure that things run smoothly on the day:
Please be on time for your shift. The people on before you will be keen to go and enjoy the fair with their children When you arrive, make your way to the area that you have signed up for. If in doubt find someone with a yellow vest. Note that there are some layout changes—check the map at www.kpsfair.weebly.com for updates Be aware that you may be asked to move to another stall if there is an unexpected gap A number of people who are signed up to pack up shifts (5.00pm) are being asked to assist in the food area initially as we are short of food helpers at this time. Once the food service starts to finish up around 6.00pm we can move back to packing other areas.
If you haven’t signed up for a shift but think you could help for awhile, we would still love to have you. At this stage it would be easiest if you could sign up for the general roster, and we will find a place that needs help at the time you are available:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e044aa5af2faafc1-general1
We will also appreciate the assistance of anyone who can stay back and help pack up at the end of the fair. The more hands we have, the sooner we get finished! Please lend a hand if you can.
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SCHOOL News
Kerrimuir Primary School Word of the Week
This weeks wordsmiths are: Jacob Gr 1
Some synonyms for toll are:
Toll: a charge payable to use something Payment Dues Charge Example: The man drove over the bridge and had to stop to pay a toll. levy
Canteen Sales List First Aid Room roster
Friday 8th Nov - Rachael Allsop Juicies $1.00 Friday 15th Nov - Leana Joyce Nice’N Joosey Icey Poles $1.00 Friday 22nd Nov - Rachael Allsop Calippo Juicies $1.50 Friday 29th Nov - Leana Joyce Moosies $1.50 Banana Moosies $1.00 Red Rock Deli Chips $1.50 Koala Popcorn $1.50
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Tanoshi kata! Had so much fun! What a fantastic magical Japanese day that we had! The weather was sunny and warm. The children were marvellous, enthusiastic, polite and helpful to guests, teachers and each other. Sophie P, our super Japanese captain, started off the Opening ceremony. She greeted us in fluent Japanese and then switched to English to introduce the event’s guest and teacher presenters. We started with 12 KPS Japanese dancers dancing with Japanese music “Tokyo Bon”. There are mixed groups from Prep to Grade 6. The members in Japanese Dance group were Jana Amain(PB), Lamar Amain(2B), Abigail Allsop (2B), Sophie Park(6A), Lucy Jackson(5A), Maya It was amazing performance! Well done girls! Next, we had a sensational 5 members Wadaiko performance featuring formers and current Kerrimuir Parents. The costume parade was amazing. Not only students but also teachers were dressed up and show to the audience.
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The activities were Karate, origami, Japanese game, sushi making, wadaiko and Undokai. In Sushi making, KPS super parents run the sessions for us. Students learnt how to make sushi and get an opportunity to roll the sushi with parents as well. After finished, they got to eat their own vegetarian sushi. In Karate, they learnt how to do self-defence and how to do punch, kick and block.
In origami, they learnt how to make animals, house, books and lots of different shapes. In Japanese game, they played Fukuwarai. They coloured in all the body parts and cut them off to create their own face. Grade 3 to Grade 6 they did calligraphy with Junko Sensei. Not only Junko sensei but also all KPA teachers were astonished by our KPS beautiful calligraphy.
Next, they how to play wadaiko (drums) with Toshi and Junko and students learnt how to play wadaiko and get an opportunity to play.
Many thanks to our WONDERFUL STAFF members and KPS students. They enthusiastically embraced the Japanese spirit of the event and ensured the day’s success. Special thanks to those KPS parents who helped on that day! J Arigatougozaimasita (very polite way to “thank you) to everyone involved. Michelle Haejung Park
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GEORGI’S ROOM TERM 4
The recess/lunch activities have been full and fun. Sadly I am still having to turn some away because of limited space. Exciting things are going to happen over the next couple of months as we start working on different Christmas crafts.
As you can see there are some very talented youngsters visiting my room.
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Chess State Championships
Due to our success throughout the year at regional tournaments, on Wednesday the 23rd Overall Place out of October, Kerrimuir competed at the State Chess Championships at Nunawading Christian of 261 state College. players! Spencer Jose 40th Spencer (captain), Goran, Charlie, Cooper and Michael should be very proud of their efforts on Charlie Corboy 98th the day. They competed bravely and not only need to be congratulated on having the top chess Goran Zhao 204th ratings in Kerrimuir, but also for their efforts on the day. Cooper Corboy 155th
Kerrimuir placed 22nd of a total of 40 schools Michael Harding 239th from all over Victoria.
Winning even a single game at the state championship is an impressive feat and we are proud to report that all of the boys registered over 2 wins each.
Congratulations to the 5 boys involved, but also to everyone who’s chess has advanced over the year.
The future is bright for Kerrimuir Chess, with many students making huge progress in their chess ratings and knowledge in 2019.
If your student is interested in learning chess or improving their chess skills in 2020, look out for the event invitations on Compass. On Wednesday the 23 of October, 5 I would also like to congratulate Spencer Jose on his terrific captaincy this year. Thank you for all Kerrimuir students participated in the state of your efforts! chess tournament. As expected, it was an incredibly tough tournament, with all the Well done on another excellent year of chess best schools in the state participating. Kerrimuir! Kerrimuir fought hard and played well all day, and everyone ended up with a very - Mr Bevis (Chess Co-ordinator) good score. A special thanks to Mr Bevis and Mr McLean, who made the day possible.
- Spencer (chess captain)
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FundraisingBRAIN Training
Please see the roster below for the weekly Cake Raffle. Please let your Year Level Abassadors know if you can bring along a cake for the raffle. This can be done via your grade’s Facebook page or leave your name on the roster at the canteen.
Date Class
Friday 15th November Grade 3
Friday 22nd November Grade 4
Friday 29th November Grade 2
Friday 6th December Grade 1
We also need more parents to help with selling tickets each Friday morning (8.45am-9am) Please contact Sue if you’re able to help or have any questions about contributing to the Cake Raffle. [email protected] Ph: 0477 443 121
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2019 Fair Donations
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2019 Fair Donations
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