Student of the Week Oliver Grinter, Havanah Gardner, Katara Keath & Blake Newbery. Katunga Primary School Newsletter February 22 nd, 2017 Phone: 58 646 365 Email: Katunga.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Calendar of Events: Friday, 24 th February Friday, 17 th March Monday, 27 th March Wednesday, 29 th March Thursday, 30 th March Friday, 31 st March Welcome BBQ commencing at 5.30pm concluding at 7.00pm School Disco & OUT OF UNIFORM DAY Dress up as something that starts with the beginning letter of your first name. PLEASE BRING A GOLD COIN DONATION Young Leaders Day Parent Teacher Interviews STUDENT FREE DAY WHOLE STAFF PD IN SHEPPARTON Interschool Athletics at Katunga Reminder to Parents of students in Grade Prep, from Monday the 27 th of February Prep students attend school full time. Welcome BBQ Evening Friday, 24 th February On Friday, 24 th February we invite all parents and extended family members to join the staff for a welcome BBQ and information session at the school. The information session will be a quick talk about attendance and strategies to keep your child in school. Remembering, Every Day Counts with your children s education. The BBQ itself will be sausages in bread and soft drink. The sausages and soft drink will be $2.00 each. To assist us with catering purposes can you please fill out the RSVP slip attached to this newsletter indicating whether you will attend or not and if so how many will be attending. Parent Teacher Interviews Wednesday, 29 th March Parent Teacher Interviews will be conducted at the end of this term on Wednesday, 29 th March from 3.30pm 6.00pm in 10 minute timeslots for each interview. The idea of the interview is for the teachers to give an overview of how your child has started the 2017 school year. If you believe you need a longer time for this interview or can t make it on that date feel free to contact the office. All of our teachers are very flexible and can make alternate arrangements. In the coming weeks a date will be given whereby parents are able to contact the school for their interview time. 1 Thrive, Strive and Achieve
BIG WRITE HOMEWORK A homework sheet will go home with your child tomorrow explaining the topic for this week s Big Write. On the sheet it also explains how to go about the BIG TALK homework. In a nutshell discuss the topic with your child and give them ideas of what to write about. It is that simple!! Goulburn Murray Division Swimming Trials Wednesday, 22 nd February Some very talented swimmers represented our school today at the Division swimming trials in Shepparton. It is very pleasing to see the talent and application our students have with their sporting endeavours. Once again congratulations to Rhani Hendy, Demi Hendy, Baz McDonald, Harry McDonald, Aida Hickey, Anthea Peters, Abbie Smith, Blake Newbery and Viv Russo for making it to this level. You have done us proud!! Results Breast Stroke Baz 6 th, Abby 5 th Butterfly Blake 1 st Relay Girls 2 nd, Boys 1st Student Free Day Thursday, 30 th March Katunga Primary School staff will be attending the second day of the VCOP Big Write Professional Development in Shepparton. Consequently, this day will be a student free day. Interschool Athletics Friday, 31 st March Friday the 31 st of March is the last day of Term one. On this day we will be holding and hosting the interschool athletics at Katunga Recreation Reserve. This is a compulsory school day. The day will commence at 10.00am and conclude at approximately 2.00pm. Buses will not be running on this day. 2 Thrive, Strive and Achieve
Auslan Lessons As you all know we have made the switch from Japanese lessons to Auslan lessons this year as part of the compulsory languages program. Auslan is being ran in all grade and the students are really embracing these lessons. Sitting in on these lessons is very rewarding as a teacher as the students are engaged, listening, participating and importantly very interested in the program. Ask your children to demonstrate some signs. They should be able to sign the letters of the name and animals as well as many other things. Swimming Program As you all know the swimming program is in full swing. Swimming is a vital part of our curriculum and as such is compulsory. In fact the Government have made a directive that every grade 6 student must be able to swim 50 metres freestyle. We are very lucky at Katunga as this program is so well supported and I would like to thank everyone who has assisted with the running of the program. The kids definitely love it and you can see a huge difference in their abilities from the start of the program to the end. Even if this program helps one person get out of a difficult situation in the water in their lifetime it justifies the program for every student. Please see below some happy, smiling faces of our students revelling in the water and once again thank you to all our helpers and to the teachers who allow this program to continue. 3 Thrive, Strive and Achieve
Swimming Fun Day Wednesday, 22 nd February Today we held the swimming fun day in Numurkah. The students really enjoyed the day and generated some house spirit. A report and the results of the day will be in next week s newsletter. Young Leaders Day A permission slip and information for this day was sent home with last week s newsletter. Can you please ensure that payment and the permission slip are back at the school as soon as possible. As discussed in the letter if you are experiencing difficulty paying for this please contact Scott or Andrea in the office to set up a payment plan. The day will be a very long one for the students. We are asking that parents get the students to Numurkah Primary School by 5.45am for a 6.00am departure. It should be an amazing day. The grade 6 students in 2016 spoke about the day all year last year. Parents Club Parents Club held a meeting on Monday. We discussed the forthcoming BBQ on Friday night as well as catering for the Interschool Athletics and the Easter Egg raffle. Further information about the athletic sports and the raffle will be in the coming newsletters. 4 Thrive, Strive and Achieve
STUDENT VOICE EASTER EGG RAFFLE The Junior School Council along with the Parents Club have proposed to conduct an Easter Egg raffle. This raffle was very well supported last year and we hope for the same response this year. We will be asking each family to donate an Easter egg which will go towards making up several hampers. The hampers will be put together and raffled off on Wednesday the 29 th of March. Please send along the donated items on either Monday the 27 th or Tuesday the 28 th of March. The raffle booklets will be sent home in the coming weeks. School Nursing Program Robyn Lewis from the Primary School Nursing Program will be visiting our school in Term 1 to - Assess all the prep children - Follow up referrals and provide advice and health information for students upon referral. Parents who would like to meet with Robyn will need to contact the school. Parents of children in Grade Prep will need to return their Questionnaire by Wednesday the 22 nd February. Community News 5 Thrive, Strive and Achieve
Katunga Football Netball Club invites all new and past players to participate in our 2017 season. Training is currently running on the below nights. Football Seniors Mondays and Wednesdays at 6.00pm warm up, 6:15pm start Third XVIII - Mondays and Thursdays at 5:30pm Fourth XVIII Thursdays at 5:00pm Netball Seniors Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00pm 17/Unders - Thursdays at 5:30pm (2 nights a week commencing at a later date) 15/Unders - Thursdays at 5:30pm 13/Unders - Commencing Thursday 23 February at 5:00pm 11/Unders Meet & Greet Thursday 23 February at 5:00pm, training to commence Thursday 9 March. Meet the Coach and Registration Night All players and parents are invited to our Meet the Coach BBQ and Information night following training on Thursday 9 March. Registration Night will commence from 5pm. Please come along and help our journey to success. For further information please contact Rachael Howden on 0400 877 409, katungafnc@outlook.com or visit our website www.katungafnc.sportingpulse.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply Slip WELCOME BBQ EVENING FRIDAY THE 24 TH FEBRUARY Family Name : will / will not be attending. Number of attending : 6 Thrive, Strive and Achieve