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60 Crook Street (PO Box 45)
Strathdale 3550
www.kenningtonps.vic.edu.au
kennington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Phone: 5443 2011 Fax: 5441 7321
Principal:
Assistant Principal :
Assistant Principal:
Assistant Principal
(Deaf Facility):
Kennington Primary School Values Awards
Community
Inclusion
Personal
Best
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others
and
being the common good.
valuing differences.
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and It means being able to It means we include
understanding of their work together and act others in work and
feelings.
positively with others.
play.
It
means
your
thoughts; words and
actions
show
consideration
for
others.
Preps
PA
PB
Samarah M
Lexi J
Grade 1-2 1A
1B
1C
1/2D
Brodie H
Gabriella P Camden M
Lachlan T
Grade 3-4 3A
3B
3C
4A
Shi Huan T
Jonas L
Dalton W
Nathan E
All of 3A
All of 3B
All of 3C
Grade 5-6 5A
5B
5C
6A
Moo P
Kwa La
Casey W
Eion R
Specialist MUSIC:
VISUAL ARTS:
James M (1/2D)
Lydia W (5B)
AUSLAN LOTE:
EAL:
N/A
Lay Paw
Is treating everybody
and everything with
consideration
and
courtesy.
It means looking after
myself, others and the
environment.
PC
Joel P
2A
Keira B
4B
Jacob F
PD
Zainab A
6B
Ella H
2B
Zainoor K
4C
Sanuli D
Fun Run Money and form
due today
ICAS – Digital
Technologies
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Tue 19
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Fri 15
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Fri 15
8:10am –
8:30am
9:00am –
9:30am
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Breakfast Club
Tue 19
Auslan Community Classes
Wed 20
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Whole School Fun Run
Wed 20
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1
2C
Daniel M
4D
Liam A
6C
Paige W
PHYS.ED:
Jarrod L-L (3C)
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Term 2
May
Respect
Is always aiming high
and being the best I
can.
It
means
being
optimistic: that I will be
successful in the end.
Mon 18
Dates to Remember
Fri 15
Marg Tope
Thursday 15th May, 2015
Newsletter No. 12
Caring
Glenda Miller
Trudi Jacobson
Jo Menzel
9:30am –
10:15am
8:45am –
12:30pm
4:30pm –
5:30pm
Mother Goose
Education Week
Open Morning
Prep 2016
Step into Prep Information
Evening
Fri 22
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Fri 22
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Fri 22
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8:10am –
8:30am
9:00am –
9:30am
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Tue 26
Wed 27
9:30am –
10:15am
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8:10am –
8:30am
9:00am –
9:30am
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Fri 29
Principal’s Report
Auslan Community Classes
Dear Parents/Carers,
Mother/Carer – Daughter
Information Night note to be
returned
Mother Goose
Dear Parents/Carers,
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Education Week – Open Morning Wednesday 20 May
Division Cross Country
Thu 28
Fri 29
Breakfast Club
OSLE students leave for
China
Breakfast Club
We will celebrate Education Week with our Open Morning
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on Wednesday 20 May. Visitors are welcome to visit our
school throughout the morning and a schedule of events
will be provided to visitors on arrival. A program is
attached to the LINK today. Student School Ambassadors
will also run tours of the school at 9:00am and 10:00am
from the office.
Auslan Community Classes
June
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Tue 2
Regional Cross Country
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9:30am –
10:15am
Tue 2
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ICAS – Science
Wed 3
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6:00pm –
7:15pm
8:10am –
8:30am
9:00am –
9:30am
Thu 4
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Fri 5
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Fri 5
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Fri 5
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Sat 6
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Mon 8
No School
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9:30am –
10:15am
8:10am –
8:30am
9:00am –
9:30am
9:00am
Tue 9
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Fri 12
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Fri 12
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Fri 12
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Wed 17
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Thu 18
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Fri 19
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Fri 19
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Fri 26
Auslan Community Classes
Preps
Pirate Dress Up Day / Fish
‘n’ Chip Lunch
OSLE students return from
China
Queen’s Birthday
Staff on Leave
Glenda Miller continues to be on leave as she recovers
from knee surgery. Trudi Jacobson commences leave on
Monday. We wish Trudi well with her travels. Luke
Monaghan will be acting Assistant Principal whilst Trudi is
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away. Penny Peters will return from leave on Monday 18
May.
Mother Goose
Breakfast Club
School Assembly
It is really pleasing to see the number of parents who join
us for our assembly on Monday mornings. With the onset
of winter there are likely to be some Monday mornings
when we are not able to hold our assembly outside. On
these mornings the usual assembly items will be
announced over the public address system. When there is
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a public holiday on Monday (Queen’s birthday – June 8 )
assembly will be held on the Tuesday morning.
Auslan Community Classes
Interviews Online Opens
9:30am –
10:15am
9:00am –
3:00pm
3:30pm
Mother Goose
Last one for Term 2
Soccer Championships
8:10am –
8:30am
9:00am –
9:30am
Breakfast Club
Last one for Term 2
Auslan Community Classes
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Fri 19
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Tue 23
Mother/Carer – Daughter
Information Evening
Breakfast Club
ICAS – Spelling
Tue 16
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The theme of this year’s Education Week is ‘Crack the
Code with Maths’. Each grade level will be participating in
an ‘Hour of Code’ during this week. The Prep students will
be doing a pirate ‘Crack the Code’ activity, while the
Grade 1s will be using QR codes in their Maths lessons.
All Grade 2 – 6 students will be completing an activity from
the ‘Hour of Code’ website, where they will learn some
basic computer programming skills.
ICAS – Writing
Mon 15
Tue 16
Mother Goose
No School
2:30pm
Dismissal
Athletics Sports
Last week a large number of our students competed in the
Shamrock Division Athletic Sports at the Bendigo Athletics
Complex. As a result of outstanding achievements we now
have a number of students competing at the next level.
This is a wonderful achievement for our school. Just as
pleasing were the number of comments from parents
about the excellent behaviour of the students who
represented Kennington Primary School. This is a terrific
reflection on our students and staff. It was also terrific to
see so many parents supporting our students.
Interviews Online Closes
Reports sent home
Student LED Conferences
Term 2 concludes
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Principal’s Reports continued……
concern about your child, please make an appointment to
see me as soon as possible. If your child is hearing
impaired please contact Mrs Marg Tope, the leader of the
Deaf Facility through the school office.
National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
The Link
The Link is the main form of communication with you and
the school. The Link will be sent home with the youngest
child
in
each
family
or
look
on
www.kenningtonps.vic.edu.au. The Link is published on
Thursdays. Sometimes, where we need to ensure that a
piece of information gets to all of our school community, a
notice will be repeated in a number of newsletters.
All students in Grades 3 and 5 participated in NAPLAN
this week. NAPLAN reports will be forwarded to the
school later in the year.
Student Reports
Semester 1 student reports will be distributed on Friday
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19 June, and will be followed up with Student Led
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Conferences on Tuesday 23 June.
Regards
Student Led Conference
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Student Led Conferences will be held on Tuesday 23
June. Students will only attend for their conference time on
this day. Students must wear school uniform to their
conference. Meeting times will be booked on line. Meeting
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times will also be available after school on Monday 22
June. The booking system will open on Friday 12th June.
The necessary code will be provided in The Link closer to
this date.
Jo Menzel
Acting Principal
KPS Fun Run Fundraiser – Friday 15th May
Tomorrow!
This Friday the Fun Run will take
place.
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Winter School Uniform – From June 1
While we appreciate that some children do
not ‘feel the cold’, we are asking that you
support us by discussing with your child the
importance of wearing appropriate clothing
during the colder months. Students must wear the winter
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uniform from Monday 1 June.
Timetable:
Classes to walk down to the bottom oval at 11:30am
1. Setup on the bottom oval – classes to assemble
on the hill. Selected classes will make a finishing
chute for the runners to run through.
2. Individual runners from grades 5-6 run
3. Individual runners from grades 3-4 run
4. Individual runners from grades P-2 run
 Class walk – teachers to walk with whole class
5. Grade 4s
6. Grade 3s
7. Grade 2s
8. Grade 1s
9. Grade 5s
10. Grade Prep and 6s
Excerpt from Uniform Policy
Winter Uniform (to be worn at the commencement of
winter until at least the end of winter)
 Track pants – black (with no trim in another
colour)
 Straight leg pants - black (not jeans) without
visible pockets
 Skivvy – yellow, bottle green or black
 KPS Polo Shirt – combinations of bottle green,
yellow and black with Kennington logo
 KPS Rugby Top – combinations of bottle green,
yellow and black with Kennington logo
 KPS Tunic – black watch tartan tunic
 KPS Jacket – zip from with hood in collar – bottle
green with yellow and black trim and Kennington
Primary School embroidered on the back.
After the Fun Run the children will gather in the
Amphitheatre where they will receive an icy pole.
Any Parents or Friends of students are very welcome
to join with their children in walking or even have a go
at running the 1½km course.
PREP 2016 - Enrolment
All parents who are intending to enrol their child in Prep at
Kennington for next year, 2016, should collect an
Information Pack from the school office. The pack includes
information pertinent to KPS including the Great Start
Transition Program and includes the official school
enrolment form. The enrolment form and a copy of the
child’s birth certificate and immunisation record must be
returned to school by Friday 26th June, 2015.
So make sure you all have your cheering voices on and
remember to keep on raising as much money as you can
to help support this event.
Help Request
If you are able to assist on the day with marshalling or
handing out icy poles, please contact me on the following
number.
This date is set by the Department of Education. If your
child has additional needs including a medical diagnosis,
language difficulties, is involved with any Early
Intervention services, or if you just have a worry or
Any questions regarding this event please contact Emma
on 0421 705 482 or martinbeekes@bigpond.com
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Mother / Carer – Daughter Information Evening
National Walk Safely to School Day
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On Thursday 4 June at 6:00pm, Leona Evans, the
Bendigo Primary School Nurse, will be conducting a
mother/carer - daughter session for students at
Kennington Primary School. The purpose of the session is
to introduce girls to the physical and emotional changes
they will undergo during puberty.
Parents and carers play a central role in a girl’s life when
discussing issues around personal development. You are
encouraged to become actively involved in the process, so
throughout the session there will be opportunities to talk
and play games, making the learning experience as
enjoyable
as
possible.
The
inclusion
of
mother/carer/support female is recognised as essential for
ongoing support.
The session is primarily targeted at older girls but mothers
and carers who believe this session is relevant to them are
very welcome to attend. The session runs for one hour
and fifteen minutes.
Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual,
encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a
You are encouraged to make the most of this opportunity.
If you are to attend, please complete the slip below and
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return to the office by Friday 22 May.
Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety,
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national event when all primary school children will be
Health, Public Transport and the Environment.
Mother/Carer - Daughter Information Night
We are encouraging all students to participate in this day.
If you live too far from school to walk all the way, consider
parking outside the school grounds (in Crook St, St
Please return to school by Friday 22nd May.
Aiden’s Rd, or across the walkway at the Kennington
Reservoir) and walking into school.
My daughter and I will be attending the
Mother/Carer - Daughter Information Night
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session at 6:00pm on June 4 .
Breakfast club will be on so get up early and walk to
school then enjoy a healthy breakfast with your friends.
Check out more
www.walk.com.au/
information
on
the
website
Child’s name:
__________________________
Grade:
__________________________
Parent/Carer’s name: ______________________
Konnective
In order to improve communications between school and
home we have recently purchased a school phone app
that works on iPhones and android devices. The school
will send out regular notifications via this app including
reminders of upcoming events as well as links to
newsletters. The app is called Konnective and can be
downloaded free of charge from the App store or Google
Play on your phone. Once you have downloaded the app
you will need to register via the app.
In the My
Connections tab you can then select Kennington Primary
School from the list of schools available and ‘join this
school.’ An A4 flyer is attached to the LINK, to assist you
with downloading the app and registering.
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Premiers’ Reading Challenge 2015
Scholastic Book Club
Students who registered for the Challenge before Friday
8th May have now received their user names and
passwords. User names and passwords allow parents and
children to record books for the Challenge online at home.
Any books that the children have read since the beginning
of this school year may be recorded as read in the
Challenge.
If you have placed an order, in the
last couple of bookclubs and not
received it, please enquire at the
office. We have three unnamed
orders still waiting for collection.
Breakfast Club – Every Friday
Please see below for instructions in how to record
books online.
1.
Go to the Premiers’ Reading Challenge website at
www.education.vic.gov.au/prc/
2.
Select Student login
Type in the user name and password in the
boxes.
3.
You now see your child’s own Challenge page.
Please check that the details are correct,
particularly the spelling of your child’s name.
4.
Select: ‘Add books to my list’
5.
Search for books
Enter all or part of the book title. Tick ‘Only check
Challenge list’ box if you want to search for
Challenge books only.
6.
A list of book titles will come up.
Tick the book or books you would like to add to
the reading list and click ‘Add to reading list.’
7.
My Reading List
Check the children’s progress in the Challenge
here.
When books are completed tick the box beside
the title and click ‘Finished.’
Breakfast Club is every Friday from 8:10am until 8:25am.
(This allows time for students to get to their classrooms
before the bell at 8:40am.)
Everyone is welcome at Breakfast Club. A gold coin
donation is appreciated. The money that is donated goes
towards the fresh fruit in the classrooms.
Menu this week: Mandarins, apples and kiwi fruit
 Le Rice
 StawberryYoplait yogurt
 Banana custard in squeezie tubes
 Vanilla yogurt in squeezie tubes
 Apple and Orange Juice
 Milo
 Cheese and Vegemite toasties
 Cheese toasties
Revised Roster for Term 2
This is an important step.
Once you have recorded the books as
‘Finished’ they are able to be ‘Verified’ by the
Challenge coordinators at school.
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22 May
Heather Stinton
John Cooper
Shona Barton
Suzanne Braden
Peta Jenkins
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5 June
Heather Stinton
John Cooper
Shona Barton
Suzanne Braden
Andrew White
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19 June
Heather Stinton
John Cooper
Shona Barton
Suzanne Braden
Peta Jenkin
15 May
Louise Bray
Adele Plane
Nicole Lacey
Andrew White
Lisa Tangey
29 May
Louise Bray
Adele Plane
Nicole Lacey
Deb Lord
Peta Jenkins
That’s it. Enjoy the reading.
Take the challenge
Patrick Coughlin
Premiers’ Reading Challenge Co-ordinator
12 June
Louise Bray
Adele Plane
Nicole Lacey
Amanda Turnbull
Visual Arts News
Over the next few weeks students in Grades 5 and 6 will
be creating wire models. We need material, wool, ribbon
etc. to create their costumes. If you have any of these
materials please send them to the art room.
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26 June
No Breakfast Club
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Community News
Epsom Soccer Club – 3 x U9 players required
ASTHMA FOUNDATION – for your information
I am the junior non-competitive coordinator at Epsom
soccer club. We are currently in need of 3 more U9
children (born 2006) that would like to join one of our
teams.
www.asthmafriendlyschools.org.au
FREECALL 1800 645 130
Training:
Time:
Where:
Wednesdays
5:00pm
Epsom Huntly Reserve.
Contact:
Cameron McGibbon
cameron.mcgibbon@bigpond.com or by
5448 3742.
Please support autism ambassadors, walking as a team
for 24 continuous hours!
Turn up on the day to walk alongside and cheer on our
ambassadors for autism and make a donation to their
cause. Any donated iOS devices from the general
community will also be gratefully received.
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When: Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 May
Where: Rotary Gateway Park
22A High Street
Kangaroo Flat
Time:
9:30am – Saturday Formalities
10:00am to 10:00am – 24 hours
For more information:Email: autismwalk1@gmail.com
Phone: 0418 522 277
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/AutismWalkBendigo
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Open Morning Wednesday May 20th
8:45am – 9:00am
9:00am – 9:45am
Displays of student work in corridors of all blocks
3’s - Literacy activities using iPads and computers
(Rooms 30, 31, 32 A Block – upstairs)
4A - Music
(Music Room, Room 23 A Block)
4B - Reading
(Room 12 D Block – upstairs)
4C - Reading / Reading Adventures
(Room 14, D Block – upstairs)
4D - Reading / Reading Adventures
(Room16, D Block – upstairs)
5A - Art activities – Wire construction
(Art room)
6B - Computer programing (‘Hour of Code’)
(Room 29, A Block – upstairs)
EAL - English as an Additional Language
9:45am – 10:45am
(Room 39, – BER building)
1A - ‘Q Code’ Maths
(Room 19 D Block – downstairs)
2B - Writing activity
(Room 26 – A Block – downstairs)
3’s - Literacy activities using iPads and computers
(Rooms 30, 31, 32 A Block – upstairs)
4A - Reading / Writing
(Room 15 D Block – upstairs)
4B - Problem Solving / Maths
4C - Music
(Room 12 D Block – upstairs)
(Music Room, Room 23 A Block)
4D - Classroom blog
(Room16 D Block – upstairs)
6C - Computer programing (‘Hour of Code’)
5’s - Auslan
(open space BER building)
5B – Art activities – Wire construction
(Art room)
(Room 29 A Block – upstairs)
EAL - English as an Additional Language
11:00am – 11:30am
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1 Lunch break
11:30am – 12:30pm
(Room 41 – BER building)
Outback Garden open
Preps - Pirate Maths!
(Rooms 43, 44, 45, 46 A Block)
(Rooms 47 and 48 – E Block)
1B & 1C - Maths: Games and mapping
1/2D, 2A, 2C - Maths; Problem solving & games
(Rooms 25, 27 & 28 A Block – downstairs)
4A – Maths
(Room 15 D Block – upstairs)
4B - Music
(Music Room, Room 23 A Block)
4C - Maths
(Room 14 D Block – upstairs)
4D - Maths
(Room16 D Block – upstairs)
6A - Computer programing (‘Hour of Code’)
EAL - English as an Additional Language
5C - Art activities – Wire construction
4:30pm – 5:30pm
(Room 38 – BER building)
(Room 29 A Block – upstairs)
(Art room)
Step into Prep session - Transition session for potential 2016 Prep students.
Step into Prep is a session where parents guide their child through activities
they will encounter at school.
Tours will be conducted by Grade 6 School Ambassadors at 9:00am and 10:00am.
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