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All reports have been emailed. Please ensure you check your junk emails as sometimes the emails go to this folder. In some cases one students email will be delivered to the inbox whilst sibling reports go to junk email.
Please also remember to save a copy of your child’s report for accessing later as the link will only remain active until 17/1/2020.
Please note that there will be NO school banking tomorrow morning (17 December) due to a lack of resources. If your child is awaiting their rewards order, we will ensure it is delivered to class before the end of term. School banking will commence in 2020 on Week 2 (Tuesday 11 February). If you are interested in volunteering, please find more information on the school website and reach out to melbowden@live.com. We'd love to have more helping hands!
http://kensingtonps.wa.edu.au/index.php/information/school-banking/
Please find attached a letter outlining an incident that occurred yesterday.
I wish to assure all families that the swimming lessons at Aqualife are run by staff of the Department of Education who follow the Sun protection - Best Practice Guidelines for WA Schools. When children are not in the pool, they are seated under the verandahs at Aqualife, in the shade. Children are welcome to wear hats in the pool but it does inhibit their movements. For your information, the majority of students have their lessons indoors.
In addition to high temperatures, the UV rating all week has recommended sun protection strategies are applied. So we require all the students to apply sunscreen before they leave school for their lessons. We also suggest you send rashies for students to wear too.
We have been able to move the last lesson of the day to 10:20am in the morning for the rest of these swimming lessons. These students will now leave school at 10am.
With regard to other activities at the school, we have cancelled the planned Ultimate Frizbee session for the Year 6s this week and closed the oval during break times. The students have been playing in the shade or in the library instead.
Reminder that swimming lessons will be starting tomorrow. Please make sure all items are labelled including school uniforms. Bring in a plastic bag unless you have been notified otherwise by your teacher. Make sure you have your bathers, towel, goggles and sunscreen.
The booklist link is now on the website and also attached below. Please note that the school code to use is: KENS
with the password: ZZY259
https://booklists.ziggies.net.au
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The final P&C meeting for the year is tonight and all are welcome. Come along to find out decisions for next year’s budget. You don’t have to be a member to come to the meeting.
The meeting starts at 7:30pm in the staff room.
Tomorrow night we have a very important presentation on how to keep your children safe when they are online. The P&C have funded this event for all parents.
When: 7pm - 8:30pm Wednesday 27th November
Where: The music room of Kensington PS
RSVP: kensingotn.ps@education.wa.edu.au or 6436 8448
Due to a glitch with Consent 2 Go, the invitation for the Cyber Safety evening presentation on 27 November was addressed to your child. Please note that this is a parent presentation and children are not invited to this session. Year 5 and 6 students will attend a session during the school day on 27 November.
Apologies for the confusion. The flyer for the event is attached below.
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Another local school has alerted us to the fact that they have had a number of car break-ins over the past couple of weeks. This is just a friendly reminder to please ensure that you do not leave any valuables in your car and to be vigilant at all times.
Please be aware that during Term 4, all orders received during the week will be packaged and delivered to classrooms on the Thursday of each week. If items are out of stock, you will be sent an email notifying you of the wait time.
Kind regards,
Uniform Shop committee
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There is a P&C meeting scheduled for this evening at 7:30pm in the staff room. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
This term we will also have a prac student in the following classes. Please make them welcome
Maria Andrews - S2 28th Oct-15th Nov - Troy Edwards
Di Filmer - Rm 10 - 4th -29th Nov - Hannah Ashby
Debb Dellar - Room 1 - 4th-22nd Nov - Lisa Gardiner (returning)
We would like to say farewell to our Curtin Student Intern, Michelle Berry, who has been working in our K1 and K2 classes this term. We thank her for all her hard work and wish her well in her future teaching career.
LOCKDOWN
Today we conducted a Lockdown drill at the school. This drill is part of our risk management procedures. In an emergency sometimes a school might be required to ensure all students are safely kept inside buildings. This might occur if there was some danger outside such as an intruder, a fire, a swarm of insects, an extreme weather event or some airborne pollutant. This would only occur if it was deemed that an evacuation was not the best strategy. This drill is important to ensure we have everything ready for an emergency and that the staff and students are able to follow procedures efficiently and effectively. Although the staff have talked to the students about this procedure and answered their questions, some students might have more questions and wish to discuss this further with their parents. These emergencies do not happen very often, and might never happen at all, but it is better to be prepared and safe rather than sorry.
Bronwyn Jones
Principal
The uniform shop are running low on second hand uniforms. If you have any uniform you would like to donate you may drop these at the uniform shop on Thursday mornings or you can bring them to the office.
Thank you.
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The P&C would like your input on the Wishlist process for 2020. Please see the attached flyer for further information. There will also be information available in this week's newsletter, on the P&C's facebook page or you can email kensingtonpandc@gmail.com
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Please note that the next P&C meeting has been rescheduled for next Tuesday 17 September. There is no meeting tonight. Any queries, please email kensingtonpandc@gmail.com
Can you please return the attached survey as soon as possible. This is crucial for class planning for next year.
If you cannot print or acces the form please call into the office for a copy.
Due to the Sports Carnival being held tomorrow there will be no Band practice.
Important Athletics Carnival Reminders
A child's retainer has been found and handed into the office.
Just a reminder that Sports Carnival Lunch orders must be in by Tuesday 3rd September. Extra lunch order forms are available in the office.
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QUIZ NIGHT – seats still available!
If you’ve been thinking about coming to the quiz night but haven’t booked a ticket yet – don’t be shy, jump on line and grab a ticket! We have a few incomplete teams that need people, so if there’s only one or two of you, you’re exactly what we need! There is no requirement to dress up, you can just be yourself. You can bring food, and there will be beer, wine and soft drinks for sale on the night (strictly no BYO alcohol). Come along for what will be a really fun night!
Tickets only $15 pp. https://www.trybooking.com/BDRNE
Attached is the program for the Athletics Carnival which is on Week 7, 2 September 2019.
The uniform shop "old stock" sale will continue for the next few weeks. We also have some larger sizes that are suitable for adults looking to get some quiz night outfits!
We also have a range of children's sizes available in green cargo pants, green cargo shorts, pleated sport skirts, flares, old style green jumpers and zip up jumpers and tracksuit pants.
Come in for a bargain!
In case you missed the email inviting you to attend the upcoming parent workshop on Protective Behaviours, I have attached it here. The importance of teaching your child protective behaviours cannot be overstated. Come along and learn how to best support your child. Attending parents will be given a resource booklet to take home.
Date: Thursday 22nd August
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Music Room
RSVP to office ASAP - 6436 8448, kensington.ps@education.wa.edu.au
Our school toilets have made it into an article on improving school toilets on the ABC. The article leads with a photo of our head boy and girl in our toilets. They also included them in a news item on the ABC channel on Saturday 17th August. See the links below.
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/abc-news-wa - skip ahead to 16:40 on Saturday 17th August.
As part of Book Week celebrations the P&C Book Fair opens at 8.30 this morning.
Opening times are 8.30 - 9.30 and 2.30 - 3.30 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Child Education Services Bookshop in East Perth have provided us with hundreds of fiction and nonfiction titles and each book sold will earn a credit for the library to spend on more books. The more books we sell, the more books the library gets!
If you or child would like to choose a book to donate to the library the donor will be acknowledged on a bookplate inside the front cover. Your child will then have the option of being the first student to borrow the book, if they wish.
EFTPOS is available
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The uniform shop is having a flash sale, heavily discounting brand-new uniforms that are now discontinued. We have a range of sizes in the following items that will all be reduced to make way for current stock:
- Green cargo pants
- Green cargo shorts
- Pleated sports skirts
- Girls' flares
- Old style green jumpers and zip up jumpers (style worn previous to the polar fleece)
- Tracksuit pants - green (style previous to the new yellow piped track pants)
Come in on Thursday morning for a bargain!
Uniform shop committee
Tomorrow morning at 9.30am (Tuesday 6 August), several members of the West Coast Eagles will be in attendance at KPS to present the Eagle Cup to our football team. This will be followed by a clinic for selected students. Any child who is interested can bring their own items from home to the undercover area at 11am for signing by the Eagles players. (At this time, we don't know which Eagles players will be coming.)
On Wednesday 7 August, students are invited to wear silly socks for a gold coin donation, raising funds for medical research.
Today is Australian Primary Principals' Day – 2nd August. On behalf of the P&C and the broader school community at Kensington Primary School, we would like to acknowledge the work our Principals do and the leadership they demonstrate as part of the education of our students. Thank you Bronwyn, Claire and Clare.
Today is the inaugural P&C Day – 26th July. On behalf of the staff at Kensington Primary School, I wish to acknowledge the wonderful work our P&C does for the betterment of our school and for our students. The P&C is a wonderful way to be actively involved in the community and to get to know other members of this lovely community, while contributing to the life of the school and improving outcomes for all children who attend here.
Thank you to our fantastic P&C. Last year the P&C raised over $25000 for this year’s wish list (including recurring expenses) of items for the school. This entailed things such as the upcoming kindy upgrades, blinds for the music room, comprehension & reading resources, a junior playground swing (to be installed this term), the Consent 2 Go software, library resources and the much feted Growth Mindset quotes in the senior toilets (with more to come in the junior toilets).
The P&C has been busy this year, fundraising for next year’s wish list too. The Colour Run was a great success, as was the cake stall and sausage sizzle during the federal election, to name a couple of events. Please support our active P&C by booking in to attend the upcoming Old Skool Quiz Night at the South Perth Community Hall on 24th August. We also thank and acknowledge the class reps initiative of the P&C, helping us all stay connected and updated.
Our next P&C meeting is on Tuesday at 7:30pm in the staffroom. Come along and be part of this active and supportive group.
You can enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the October school holidays.
Find a location near you at education.wa.edu.au/swimming
If you have any lego materials that are surplus to your requirements, we would love to give it a good home here. We are setting up a quiet play area for those who would prefer to spend their breaks in quiet activities. Lego will make a good addition to this area. Please drop any in to the office after the holiday break or let us know so we can collect it.
Please find attached a letter from the principal regarding an incident this morning.
The Colour Run Lapathon will be taking place on Friday 14 June 2019. See the attached poster for full details.
Parent Social Committee
Fun people wanted! We are looking for volunteers who’d like to be involved in the KPS Parent Social Committee for 2019.
This is an informal committee whose purpose is to work with the Fundraising Coordinator to arrange school related social events throughout the year. No matter what your skill set is, everyone is welcome to contribute.
If you’ve been waiting for your chance to get involved with the school but haven’t put your hand up for anything yet – now is your chance to get in on the fun stuff!
Please contact Camille Jeppesen on email camille@fluidfinancegroup.com.au to find out more.
The 2019-20 Entertainment Book is here! Support KPS by purchasing your Entertainment Book via this link – www.entbook.com.au/859a57
We are happy for students who are being directly supervised by the parents to play on playground equipment after school. Supervising other people's children, without consent from their parents, is not compliant with legal requirements. Equipment can not be used before school (except by clubs who have been licensed to use the school site for training) and the oval is out of bounds before and after school.
It has been school policy for some time for the early childhood area (enclosed area where the kindy and pre-primary classes are located) to be vacated by 3:30pm. Likewise, now that we have OSHClub on site, it is important that we vacate the schools grounds by 3:30pm to allow the OSHClub to use the area, as they are licensed to do.
If you would like to pay upfront charges for your child/ren, please see or phone Amanda/Sharon in the office and they can take your payments now.
The 2019 booklists are now available on our school website - Home>Teaching and Learning>Booklists. Click the hyperlink and enter the school code: W4BJ9S
Enter students details and the year they will be in for 2019.
The hyperlink is also accessible below.
https://www.officemaxschools.com.au/WA/Kensington/Kensington-Primary-School
Welcome Message
Welcome to your new App. Be sure to go to the setting sections on the bottom right of the navigation bar and turn “On” (simply tap the on/off switch) the relevant age, year group, class group to receive specific information.
Class lists for 2019 will be posted on the front office windows and at the gate near the library from approximately 12 noon on Friday 1 February. The Uniform Shop will also have a special opening on this day from 12 noon - 2pm.
Classes for all students from Pre-primary to Year 6 commence on Monday 4 February 2019, with the first bell at 8.50am.
K1 (onsite) and K3 (Vista St) kindy classes will also commence on that day. K2 will commence Thursday 7 February.
"Developing Good Bedtime Routines"
Held in the Music Room at KPS
The first DUCKs event of the year is locked in. On Saturday March 9th Recfishwest will be running a fishing clinic for dads and kids from KPS.
Full details to follow, but it will be held just down the road at McCallum Park. All equipment and instruction is provided by Recfishwest, the BBQ afterwards will of course be a DUCKs special.
Spaces are strictly limited to 30 children and cost will be $15/child.
Please get your RSVP in ASAO as we need to let Recfishwest know that we have enough numbers to run the clinic.
RSVPs to Dave on hhmst1@westnet.com.au – first in best dressed!
"Managing Fighting and Aggression"
Held in the Music Room at KPS
P&C Movie Night on the Oval "How to Train your Dragon - The Hidden World"
Go to https://www.trybooking.com/BBAZZ to purchase tickets.
"Hassle-free Shopping"
Held in the Music Room at KPS
The Anzac Service will commence at 10.30am in the Undercover Area.
The school will close at 12 noon to enable parent teacher interviews to occur in the senior block. It would be appreciated if you could collect your child at this time. For those who cannot collect their child, please note that the children will be supervised either in the library or in P1 (depending on their age and the numbers of children involved). All children must be collected no later than 3pm. At this time they will be taken to wait for up to 15 minutes at the Kiss and Wave, as per usual practices.
Held in the staffroom, starts at 7.30pm
S3 are the MCs
Dust off your bikes and bring the kids down to the river to join other KPS dads for a friendly, relaxed bike ride around the river followed by a sausage sizzle!
Scenic river lap with a stop at the Chevron Parkland playground at the new Stadium, Burswood
Who? All KPS dads/mums and kids are welcome (spread the word)
When? Saturday 11th May 2pm
Where? Playground by the river at the end of Coode st (Near the Boatshed)
What to bring? Child(ren), bikes, helmets. Water and a snack
Food? Sausage sizzle near the start point from 4.00 pm.
Cost? $10/family for the sausage sizzle.
Those who aren’t keen on the longer ride can always stay on the South Perth foreshore (there’s at least 4 playgrounds…) and join us for the BBQ at 4.00pm
Please RSVP with numbers for the sausage sizzle: jramsay76@gmail.com
Look forward to seeing you there.
S1 are the MCs
S2 are the MCs
Put this date in the diary for next term. Saturday June 8th at 2.30pm we will be hitting The Hangout - Indoor Rock climbing centre in Bayswater. Fantastic opportunity for the kids to test their climbing skills, with their dad or mum on the end of the rope!
Kids from 4 years old are welcome. There are a variety of climbs to suit all ages. Cost is approximate at this stage (depends on numbers) but will be about $16. This includes harness, ropes etc. We will have a BBQ going with sausages etc. for a gold coin donation.
Please RSVP to Dave on hhmst1@westnet.com.au for this event as we need to know numbers.
Room 5 are the MCs
Free event at KSSHS for Year 4-6 students. Students will walk to the school and back. Event times are for the concert and do not include travel time.
Woodman Point Recreation Camp
74 O'Kane Ct
Coogee WA 6166
S4 Assembly performance
Room 8 MC
Schedule - approx. times only
9.15am – 11.00am.
11.40am – 1.00pm
2.35 pm: Presentation Assembly in the UCA. (Whole school)
Room 10 Assembly performance
Room 3 MC
Book Fair sales are open between 8:30 - 9:30am and 2:30 - 3:30pm
The Protective Behaviours Workshop for parents and carers is being held on Thursday 22 August, 7-9pm in the Music Room at KPS. The information sheet is attached. Please register your attendance with the school office on 6436 8448 or kensington.ps@education.wa.edu.au
Join us for a bush walk in the Perth Hills on Sunday 25 August and clear the mind after the Old Skool Quiz Night! Please see the newsletter dated 31 July, under the P&C heading, for full details.
S2 Assembly performance
Room 7 MC
Room 5 Assembly performance
Room 4 MC
East Victoria Park PS
East Victoria Park PS
Japanese assembly
DATE CHANGE: Wed 16 October, to be confirmed.
Please come along and support the next DUCKs event at the Como Bowls Club
The DUCKs are proud to host an evening with NBL Champion and former Vice Captain of the Perth Wildcats - Greg Hire
Greg's life as a young kid, by his own admission, was far from stable. His dad moved away when he was young, his mum worked long hours and was often away working for days at a time. Dabbling in drugs and alcohol and sleeping overnight in train stations and on school ovals was part of his teenage life. Fortunately for Greg, a Phys Ed teacher at high school helped to point him in the right direction.
Many years of training and persistence against adversity led to a very successful career with the Perth Wildcats.
Greg started his own charity “A Stitch in Time” in 2014 and, along with his role as an ambassador for Perth based charity “Youth Focus”, is heavily focused on improving the mental health of Western Australian children.
Greg was named the recipient of the 2018 Western Australian of the Year Youth Award for his work with A Stitch in Time.
Please come along and listen to Greg who will discuss with us his great work for A Stitch in Time and his efforts to raise money for youth suicide prevention. You will also get a great insight into his life juggling a young family as a professional athlete.
Greg is donating his time to come and talk to us, so please support this event if you can. If you haven’t been to a DUCKs event previously, then this would be a great start! If you have been to a DUCKS event before, please bring along someone who hasn’t!
Cost to be confirmed but expecting about $10/head to cover venue and some finger food.
Please get your RSVPs in quickly to Mike Purves at mikepurves@me.com
Silent Disco and DUCKS camp out on the school oval. 4.30pm start.
Save the Date! The annual DUCKs sleepover on the oval will take place on Friday 25 October - further details to follow.
Open Board Meeting
Assembly and Newsletter plus Faction Captain speeches/election
Outdoor Classroom Day
Student Council speeches/election
K1 and half of K4 Onsite open morning
K3 Vista Street open morning
Year 5/6 Summer Carnival by invitation only.
Schools Challenge at Wesley College Pool (unknown times)
To be held in the KPS Music Room, 7-8.30pm
K2 and half of K4 Kindy open morning Onsite
The P&C Kids' Disco will be held on 29 November 2019! The flyer with further details is attached.
P&C Meeting
In the undercover area
Parent Volunteer Morning Tea starting after Christmas Concerts.
In the undercover area
Swimming Lessons for PP - Year 5 (two weeks).
Board Meeting
Reports to go home today
Graduation and Social Dance (check end time closer to the date)
2020 new student leaders announced in undercover area.
Year 6 ringing of the bell in the undercover area
Last day of term 4 for students - returning date for term 1 is 3 Feb 2020.
The Uniform Shop will be open from 12 noon - 2pm on Friday 31 January 2020.