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Principal's Report 4/11/09 |
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Walkathon:
Congratulations to the students and teachers who participated in the Walkathon on Friday afternoon. It was wonderful to see some of our parents come along and support our students. I would like to thank Mrs Belsar, Mr Doherty and Mr Grummitt for their organisation and coordination of the Walkathon. All monies for the Walkathon are due by Friday 6 November. Thank you to all of the parents and community members who donated money to our students for their participation in the Walkathon.
Prep Open Day:
Last Thursday our Prep teachers, teacher aides, specialist teachers and Mrs Harvey conducted a most successful Open Day for our incoming Prep students for 2010. To organise an Open Day of this calibre takes a great deal of careful preparation and organisation by the team of staff members involved and I would like to thank all of them for their efforts in making this a positive first experience for these little people and their families. Community members who are aware of children who maybe attending Prep at The Kuluin School next year should advise parents to advise the school office of this student as soon as possible.
Birth Certificates for Children Starting Prep Year
Parents of children born between 1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005 who are starting Prep in 2010 will need a birth certificate to enrol them in the Prep Year. The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages is encouraging parents to apply for birth certificates now to avoid the new school year rush. To apply for a standard or commemorative birth certificate you can:
Download an application form from www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm
Visit the registry at 110 George Street, Brisbane or your nearest courthouse.
Don’t leave it to the last minute – apply for a birth certificate now.
Further information for parents and carers wanting to enrol their Prep-aged children in a state school in Queensland is available on the Department of Education and Training website at: www.education.qld.gov.au/studentservices/inclusive/prep
Early Years Fashion Parade:
Tickets for the Early Years Fashion Parade are still able to be purchased. The Fashion Parade will be held on Saturday night 7 November ( see enclosed flyer) Please consider supporting our school, gathering some friends and coming along to enjoy a fun night out.
School Expectations:
In recent months we have been experiencing some problems with High School students who are coming onto our campus to collect their younger siblings. One of our three school rules is Being Respectful and this is an expectation for our whole school community. When older students are waiting for their brothers/sisters of an afternoon we expect that they will be sitting quietly waiting outside their brothers/sisters classroom and not playing loud games, riding bikes/scooters, wandering through the school grounds or causing any other disruption to the learning and teaching in our school. I would encourage parents who have given this responsibility to their older children to reinforce our expectations with your child.
Alison Welch
Principal
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2010 Book Lists
Please look out for 2010 book lists which will be sent home next week. These lists provide an opportunity to gather all your child/ren's stationery and textbook needs for 2010 in one easy transaction. The prices are extremely economical and home delivery is provided at a very cheap $4.50 per household! Also, the school will benefit by receiving 15% commission on all sales! Prices for each year level will not exceed the following: Year 1 - $84.28, Year 2 - $96.41, Year 3 - $91.79, Year 4 - $92.42, Year 5 - $61.42, Year 6 - $101.90, Year 7 - $106.93 and Multiage 5/6 & 6/7 - $94.84. Please note that these amounts include items that may not need to be purchased as your child/ren may already have the items. Prep will not have a book list, but will continue to have a classroom resource scheme (CRS) levy of $100 for the year. The 1-7 CRS levy will continue to be $40 for the year.
Completed orders including payment will be due back at the school by 20 November for delivery commencing 7 December 2009. Orders may still be lodged after 20 November with a delivery time of around 2 weeks. Please note that home delivery is the only option for receiving your child/ren's book packs this year. Delivery to the school will not be possible as we do not have the storage space due to our classroom refurbishments and our classes having to use Walbai Gundoo (our book pack storage area used in the past) until the end of the year. Further information will be provided on the book list order forms.
Monthly Statement Time
Just another reminder for all families who still haven't paid their Classroom Resource Scheme (CRS) levy for 2009, that the levy is $100 for Prep and $40 for years 1-7. This voluntary resource scheme, which has the full support of our P&C Association, is vital for the purchase of classroom resources and consumables that enhance the learning opportunities for each class. If we don't receive these levies from families, the funds must come from school grant funding that could be used to purchase additional resources for the benefit of all our students. Thank you to the families who have already paid their contribution. We would appreciate the families who have not yet paid to please do so at your earliest convenience.
Please note that we are still carrying an unusually large amount of debt at the moment and ask families who have still haven't paid for levies and/or activities, especially CRS, RE Books, Instrumental Music levies and HRE lessons, to please do so in the next few weeks. The end of the year is not far off and we need to have all debt paid off prior to the end of the school year.
Statements showing amounts owing have been sent home this week to all families - please check your child's bag for yours. Payment can be made through the office money collection slot, over the telephone by credit card or in person at the money collection window between 8.30am and 9.30am. EFTPOS is available at this time. If you have any queries, or wish to establish a payment plan for your outstanding debt, please do not hesitate to contact me on
5477 3710.
New Gates
Please be aware that we will be installing some gates at both our entrances from Daintree Close and Elkhorn Street in the next few weeks. These gates are being installed in an effort to improve school security outside normal school hours, therefore will be locked during school holidays, weekends and before and after school.
Regards
Kylie Randall
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On Friday the 27 November the grade 3 choir has been invited to sing at the Sunshine Plaza as part of the annual Christmas Pageant. We will need private transport for this event. Notes will be coming home today regarding this. We will be performing three Christmas Carols as well as I am Australian. (The song from the Qantas advertisement.) The children will be bringing their lyrics home so that they can practise.
Congratulations to the following children who achieved outstanding results at the recent A.M.E.B examinations
Georgia Riley Preliminary Piano 94%
Jarvis Miller First Grade Piano B+
Sullivan Heywood Grade 3 Trumpet A (Honours)
Eva Deanne Grade 4 Piano A (Honours)
Well done you brilliant musicians.
Please remember Music By Moonlight on Tuesday December 1.
Finally music quote of the week...
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
Jimi Hendrix
Smiles
Jenni Miller
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The Year 7 surf skills commences this week. All students need to have paid before participating or have arranged a payment plan. The bus leaves at 8:50am and all students need to assemble in the senior undercover area at 8:40am. A meeting will be held on Thursday afternoon at 1:35pm. to provide the children with all the final details.
Well done to all the Year 1-3 that went swimming last week. By all reports everything went very well. Thanks to all of the teachers and staff at the Flying Fish Swim School.
I must congratulate all of the participants who did the walkathon last Friday. It was great to see so many happy and smiling faces. All money needs to be finalised by this Friday.
The Year 6 surf skills will commence on Thursday November 12, 2009. The bus departs at 8:50am and returns at 11:00am. We do require some parents to assist with supervision on these days. If you can help please contact your child's teacher.
Have a great week everyone.
Tony Doherty
HPE Teacher
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Remember to keep this date free in your diary! ...Sunday December 6. ...
It will be the usual set-up with some support bands playing prior to Carols from 4-6:00pm and Carols will start at 6:00pm. We will have a sausage sizzle, craft & cake stall, ice-cream van, drinks van and a coffee van. Glowies will be on sale and our major raffle will be drawn on the night. First prize 2 Jetstar Flight to the value of $1,000.00 Tickets will come home soon
We might even be lucky enough to get a visit from Santa. Hopefully this year we will manage to get through with out any rain.
Keep your eye on the newsletter over the coming weeks as we will be looking for helpers and donations.
Pauline Belsar
Community Development Officer
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Yesterday 1PL and 1JP went on an excursion to the bush. First we did yoyo. It was fun. Everyone had a go. Tomo said it was scary. It was not scary for me. I had to wear a harness. Then we ate lunch. We had to eat our sandwich first. I accidentally ate something else.
Next we played some fun challenging games. My favourite was Henny Penny, Foxy Loxy. Henny Penny, Foxy Loxy was a fast running game. It was hard, but fun. It didn’t look like a challenge but I believe that it was a challenge. Then we had to play a game and listen to the lady speaking. We had to do what she said. It was kind of like Simon Says.
After that we went on a hike to the Low Ropes. We saw a boy doing the High Ropes. We were split up into groups of three. We started on the climbing wall. Kelsie was scared that she would fall. Finally we went on the bus. I thought it was raining but my bag was dripping water. It was embarrassing. My favourite part was the flying fox because I liked sliding down the triangle.
By Nikita 1PL
My Excursion
Yesterday we went on an excursion with 1JP and 1PL. First we went to yoyo. I was so scared that I cried. I’m not normally scared.
Next we played games. We played Chicken Little and other games but I don’t know the names. Third we did Low Ropes. I started first on all of them except the last one. The best was the flying fox. It was the funniest as well. My team was Maya and Jean-Luc. It was fun. I had a good team. We worked good together. No-one in our team were fighting. I wish I was always in that team.
When it was time to go, I didn’t want to go. I wanted to stay forever.
By Bella 1PL
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What a great day it was for a walk! Many thanks to all our students, staff and parents for participating and to all the wonderful sponsors out there supporting Kuluin School.
Special thanks to Tony Doherty for setting up the course and being our MC for the day. Thank you to Andrew Grummitt and the Student Council Members for setting up the sound system, promotion of the event on parade and dressing up on the day!
Remember there are incentive prizes to be won, but these will only be handed out to those who have their money/forms back on 6th November (this Friday).
Incentive prizes will be distributed to the classroom next week. The winner of the bike will be announced in next weeks newsletter. There is also a class incentive prize of $200 towards an end of year activity. Once again only those who have their money returned on time can be counted in this prize. Winner will be announced in next weeks newsletter.
Thank you to everyone for supporting this event!
Pauline Belsar
Community Development Officer
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Principal's Report 27/10/09 |
World Teachers’ Day:
On Friday 31 October we celebrate World Teachers’ Day. I would like to thank all of our teaching staff for the fantastic job that they do each day providing our students with their quality learning programs as well as the continual support and encouragement they give to our students. Teachers really do make a difference to the lives of our children. Please take the time this week to thank your child/children’s teachers for the wonderful job that they do each day. Happy World Teachers’ Day!
Senior Girls Netball:
Congratulations to our Year 7 students who competed in the Firebirds Primary Schools Cup over the weekend. Our team played extremely well winning nine consecutive games before being defeated in the quarter final in a very competitive game. Thank you to Mr Doherty and Mr Grummitt who coached and supported the girls throughout the weekend. I would also like to thank all of the parents who assisted in many different ways and supported our girls during the course of the weekend.
Walkathon:
This Friday afternoon all of our students will be participating in a Walkathon to raise money for the P&C association. The walk that the students will be completing will be in shaded areas of the school. Children are asked to return their sponsorship forms on Friday. Please ensure that your child wears appropriate footwear for the walk.
Prep Open Day:
On Thursday 29 October from 9:00 to 10:30am Kuluin will be conducting our Prep Open day. All parents and community members with students who are the appropriate age for Prep in 2010 (children born from July 1st 2004 to June 30th 2005) are welcome to attend our Open day to find out all about the wonderful Prep program that our school offers.
Class Preferences 2010:
Parents will be receiving a class preference list for 2010 this week. As you may be aware, it is normal procedure at this time of the year for us to be considering class arrangements for the 2010 school year. We are seeking information from families to ascertain if students are returning next year and to give some basic information about our class allocation procedures. Please ensure that any information you would like us to take into consideration when placing students into classes is submitted by November 6th 2009.
Alison Welch
Principal
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Daniel Morcombe Foundation |
Daniel Morcombe was an average boy like any other. Unfortunately on 7 December 2003, he was abducted while waiting for a bus to the plaza. To this day police, family, friends and the community have been looking for Daniel but sadly they have not found him. This Friday is Day for Daniel, a day where we remember Daniel and promote personal safety to our students.
The Student Council is selling wrist bands for $1 in the Senior Covered Area at Morning Tea and Lunch this week with funds raised going towards the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.
Student Council
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The school is concerned about a number of issues regarding parking practices around school drop off and pick-up times.
1. safety of children running across roads to cars
2. inability of residents to access and depart from their own driveways making them late for work
3. household bins unable to be emptied
4. parking on footpaths
parking in no parking areas.
parking in the bus zone
The greatest danger is to the safety of our students. There is room in Tallow Wood Drive for parking and this area is clearly marked with set down and parking areas, as are areas in Elkhorn St and Daintree Close. Please put the safety of your child/ren first and park legally.
Alison Welch
Principal
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Spirit of Kuluin Awards 2009 |
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The Kuluin School has a proud history of publicly acknowledging and thanking those members of the school and wider community who have helped improve the educational, artistic, sporting and social outcomes for our students. Each year the Kuluin School in conjunction with the Parents and Citizens Association asks for nominations from the school community to recognise these selfless people.
The Spirit of Kuluin Award is presented at our annual “Volunteer's Lunch” and is a wonderful keepsake and recognition of those who give for the betterment of each and every child.
Please nominate those people that you have noticed giving time, effort and care within our school. They might help with classroom activities, student learning support, Sports Day, Music, Fund Raising Activities or maybe they just ‘go above and beyond’ expectations.
Nomination forms are available from the Office and by clicking here. Nominations close on Monday November 9th!
Go on! Dob in a mate and nominate!
Kuluin P&C
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Congratulations to the Kuluin School Netball team that participated in the Queensland Firebird’s Cup over the weekend. There were 56 teams in the competition and the team won 13 consecutive games to be the top team in their division. All the students worked well and played hard netball and were great ambassadors for their school and for Education Queensland being the top State School to make the final eight. In windy conditions the team lost 9-5 to a tall Emmanuel team in the quarter final. The team consisted of Danica B, Larissa W, Jayda G, Tara B, Emily R, Jessee S, Kelsee S, Skye H, Sarah B and Amber G.
I would like to thank Helen Sills for organising the uniforms and to Jo Burgess who scored for every game. Thanks to all the parents who supported the team and enjoyed the competition. Thanks to Kodi S who was our volunteer umpire and Mr Grummitt who assisted as motivator, team photographer and personal trainer to the girls. Thanks to all the supporters who came down to Fisherman’s Road to support the team during the two days of competition. Thanks to Netball Queensland and the Sunshine Coast Netball Association for hosting the event.
Swimming starts this week for the Year 1-3 students. The Year 7 surf skills commences on Friday November 6. The Year 6 surf skills start on Thursday November 12. All money needs to be paid to the office before the commencement of all of these programs. Please return the permission forms to your child’s teacher and update or complete the necessary medical forms.
Congratulations to Hayden B who finished 6th in the State 800m final last Wednesday. He ran a 2:31 800m time which is fastest time by a Kuluin student. Malu N competed in the multi event and finished in 7th position and ran well in the 200m. Danica B ran in the 100m sprint in 14:50 and her team finished 4th in the 4 x 100m relay.
Congratulations to Nate D who participated at the Australian Touch Football Championships in Adelaide last week. His team winning the Gold Medal.
Junior Rugby Union has some expression of interest forms for the 2010 season. If you would like to play rugby in 2010 please see Mr Doherty for a form. These will be collected by Mr Doug Toms the Regional Development Officer.
The Year 3 and 4 students participated in a Cottee’s five a side soccer carnival last week. Thanks to all the students who participated and had a great time. Thanks to the parents who helped manage a team and getting involved. Thanks to Ms Bos and Miss Johnson who were our team managers. We had seven Year 7 game leaders and we thank them to for helping run the games. Thanks also to Football Queensland for providing the bus for our students and providing a great program for the children.
Anthony Doherty
H.P.E Teacher
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Music is Everything went extremely brilliantly last Thursday. Congratulations to all the students who sang together in the senior covered area. You sounded awesome!!
The junior, senior and grade 3 choirs will be performing at the “Music By Moonlight” concert on the 1st of December. Notes will be going home next week regarding times etc.
There have been some excellent results from students regarding the recent AMEB performance exams. When all children have received their results I will publish then in the newsletter.
Finally music quote of the week …thanks to Juanita Henderson
Music is the silence between the notes.
Claude Debussy
Have a fantabulous week everyone.
Jenni Miller
Classroom Music Teacher
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Busy morning in the craftroom, Simone and Sue made all the feather angels, which are looking very cute and now waiting for new homes to go to. Sharon has been busy painting fantastic wine glasses and lolly/biscuit jars. Kerry is still making sequinned baubles, Nadia has made all the felt decorations and they are back looking awesome.The Xmas country wall hangings are in progress, and Allison is sewing our Santa Sacks, which will then be embellished.
Thanks this week to ~
Donations of Toiletry Samples
Charlotte Hillenbrand
Debra Hazelton
Pam Bassett
Wish List
Clean baby food jars with lids
Old Vinyl Records (doesn't matter if scratched)
Toiletry Samples.
Thanks
Gaewyn Putt
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The Kuluin Playgroup meets every Wednesday during school term, from 9am to 11am, in the Volunteer's Room at the school. Playgroup is open to all parents and carers of children aged birth to 5 years. Our programme of free play runs in a semi structured way and the children enjoy crafts, painting, singing, stories and morning tea.
At present there is no waiting list for Playgroup so please just come along. Cost is $2 per child and you will be asked to complete an enrolment form when you first attend. Please bring your child's morning tea and drink.
I am now taking names so that we have definite numbers leading up to our Christmas activities. Every year at Playgroup we enjoy 3 or 4 weeks of special Christmas crafts and this year at our break up party we'll have the pleasure of a guest appearance by Ned Knucklehead the Clown. I will need final numbers of children participating in these activities by 28th October. As I have to order special craft supplies, please ensure that I have your name before this date. Thanks.
Hope to see you there soon.
Anne Slager
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