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Hello Everyone
Welcome to our mid term newsletter. I cannot believe we only have 5 weeks left of the school year. How time flies when we're having fun!
So far this term we've seen our students perform exceptionally well at the athletics carnivals both at school and inter school, we've had our students proudly show their school work and classrooms during Open Night and currently teachers are busy finishing reports.
Recently, we had Christine Gibson, Activities Organiser from our local Bunnings store visit us. Christie offered donations of gardening supplies and people power to help us improve some of the areas within our school. Christie and her team have been very generous and are happy to continue with support to our school. I sincerely thank Christie and Bunnings for the additional raised garden beds, potting mix, seedlings, equipment and paint.
The P&C have also been working hard with multiple fundraising events. Last term we saw our students have tons of fun at the school disco and everyone is getting excited about the upcoming Colour Fun Run. This event is on next Friday 26th November from 12:30pm -2:45pm. Please make sure your child wears clothes that you're okay getting covered in non toxic paint. I'd recommend you covering your car seats in towels or something protective for the trip home! It's going to be fun but super messy! The money from the Colour Fun Run will go towards buying more bench seats for the school, a stage for performances and books for our new health program called The Resilience Project. Thank you to everyone who has kindly donated for the event.
Next Thursday, 25th November we will be holding our very first Inclusion Day. This is a way for us to celebrate diversity, embrace differences in others and show kindness by accepting each other and ourselves for who we are. I am so proud of the staff and students leading this day, namely Mrs Katie Mitchell and her family. The day will start with an opening ceremony at 8:45am on the school oval and then each child and staff member will have an opportunity to add their finger print to our Inclusion tree. This will be a significant day for Kingston Primary and I welcome our community to join us.
Artbeat is coming back! Mr Basile and Mrs Williams have been extremely busy for the last 16 weeks preparing for the highly creative and expressive day. ArtBeat 2021 for Year 1-6 students will take place on Thursday, 2nd December. Families are again very welcome to come along too. Please dress in 50s clothes as the theme is Rock n Roll!
Other important dates to note:
Reports will go home on Monday 13th December.
Class lists for 2022 will be displayed from 2pm – 4pm on Tuesday 14th December and from 8:30am – 3:30pm on Wednesday 15th December.
Book award ceremony for Years 1-5 will take place on Wednesday 15th December
Year 6 Graduation will be Thursday 16th December which is our last day of school.
Best wishes
Katie Wallace
Principal
Exciting New Opportunity for Students at Kingston
Primary School!
The Academic Enrichment Program is a new initiative for Kingston
Primary School beginning in the 2022 school year. The program is
designed to provide a challenging learning environment for 28 students
selected from a wide range of data. The program will operate as a fulltime multi-age Year 4, 5 and 6 class.
Students will experience a combination of explicit teaching and Project
Based Learning as part of their day. All curriculum areas will be covered
for each year level, and as well as that, students will be involved in
regular problem-solving tasks to apply their learning to real-life
situations. Essential 21st Century skills such as Collaboration,
Communication, Creativity and Critical Thinking will be at the heart of
the program. Students will be involved in activities that will challenge
them to be analytical and to find creative solutions. They will learn to
work as part of a team and develop confidence in presenting their
learning to others. All students in the program will still participate the
whole-school, specialist classes and year group activities that students in
other Year 4, 5 and 6 classes are involved in.
This is an exciting addition to the range of programs that Kingston
Primary School already provides in order to meet the diverse needs of
all our students.
Parents of selected students will be notified soon!
The school will be hosting a parent information session
on
Wednesday, 1st December, 5pm-6pm
in the school library.
Please find attached informaiton about our Artbeat and suggested costumes.
INTERSCHOOLS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Last Week, the students from Kingston PS, travelled to both Bunbury PS and Tuart Forest PS to compete in the annual Interschool carnival. On Tuesday, Kingston got off to a great start, placing in all events throughout the year groups. The event continued on Friday where we had a shaky start to the day with many of our students not placing in the 400 m or Leader ball team games. But our competitive nature turned up a notch and we started placing consistently in the 100 m. Our best results were in the team game Pass ball, where we placed in 5 of the 6 games.
Throughout the day our students showed great sportsmanship and respect to all the competitors. With mixed results and many schools equally sharing success throughout the two days of competition, it was with great joy and a little surprise that we finished 2nd overall! While the team was full of champions, we had one official runner up Champion boy in year 6, Allan Mutai.
I would like to thank everyone involved in helping me on the day and while I am super proud of everyone, I am already planning for next year for us to hopefully go one better. Well done Kingston!
This fortnight our Core Virtue is : Gentleness
Gentleness is acting and speaking in a kind, considerate way. It is using self-control, in order not to hurt or offend anyone. You can be gentle with people and animals in the way you touch them and the way you speak to them. You handle things carefully so they will not break or be hurt. When you think gentle thoughts, it makes the world a safer, gentler place.
I am gentle. I think, speak and act with gentleness. I show care for people and for everything I touch.
Congratulations to the following students who received merit awards.
Oliver Birch, Sam Smith, Harry Thompson, Rahyn Nepe, Otis McHaffie, Jasmin MacLaughlin, Kingston Brown, Emma Lancaster, Scarlett Zannella, Chris Hall, Chanayde Lofthouse, Ace Nadz, Damon Russell, Cooper Lynn, Daniel Shedley, Manaia Bootham, Deegan Eddy, Tyler Bridle, Isla Tanner, Will Glossop, Hannah Machin, Mackenzie Denham, Ace Hartley, Kamariea Paito, Anthony Carter, Ava Pratten, Everleigh Norman, Eliza Wells, Makayla Jarvis, Declan Van Den Berg, Annabeth Allen, Olivia Headlam, Holly Montgomery, Torin Werth, Ebony Sears, Michaela Trott, Taya Burns, Riana Humble, Taylor Johnstone, Tanaka Munyakari, Jaylen Anderson, Hope Barasa, Lilly Roodt, Regen Payne, Tyson Bicknell, Alexis Mare, Georgia Holden, Tyler Fawcett, Amelia Cherrington, Deegan Clarke, Chloe McKeaig, Tyler Payne, Haze Moyle, Quinn-Rose Blond, Lexi Culhane, Xavier Mahony, Lucas Letchford, Beau Rea, Parshva Shah, Holly Kerley and Jenayah Miller.
Well done !!
School Colour Run: 26th November
Reports to go home: Monday 13th December
Class Lists for 2022: Tuesday 14th December
Year 6 Graduation: Thursday 16th December
Last Day of Term 4: Thursday 16th December
First Day of Term 1, 2022: Monday 31st January
Uniform Shop
Opening hours: Every Thursday 8:50-9:15am only
Orders on Quickcliq available 24/7, with delivery to classrooms on Thursday.
Term 4 WHAM is proudly sponsored by :
Keep on wearing your helmets to school to have a chance of winning an ice-cream and a new scooter at the end of the term.
CHILDREN'S TOY FAIR - BRUNSWICK
Please see below link for Children's Toy Fair registrations and information.
To be held on Saturday 27th November 2021.