KEPS Kurrajong East Public School 891 East Kurrajong Road EAST KURRAJONG NSW 2758 Phone: (02)4576 3321 Fax: (02)4576 3579 http://www.kurrajonge-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ email: kurrajonge-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Number 6 3 September 2020

KEPS Buddy Reading

Dear Parents and Caregivers, Some lovely photos of KEPS students enjoying Buddy Reading last week. Every Friday, students from the older classes partner up with their buddies to read picture books from the Premiers Reading collection. With the support of Longneck Lagoon EEC the Stage 2 students have received a $1500- Biodiversity Grant to be spent on revitalizing 4 of our garden beds with a biodiversity focus. Students are busy with ideas and suggestions for this project. They have created maps and are working on lists of items and plants needed to create these spaces. On Friday the whole school was invited to watch 4/5/6 launch the rockets they have been making in class, with the help of Mrs Watson. All the teachers and students really enjoyed the excitement of seeing how far the rocket could go and whose could go the furthest. Please see below for some reports on the event by 4/5/6/ students. The Premier’s Reading Challenge has finished for 2020. Congratulations to the 20 students who completed this challenge. To all the Dads in our community we wish you all a happy Father’s Day for this Sunday. We hope that your children spoil you rotten over the whole weekend.

Talent Show On Tuesday 15th September KEPS students will be showcasing their chosen talent in front of their classmates. Please make sure your child brings any equipment they need for their performance. Unfortunately, due to COVID parents and family will not be allowed to attend. Staff will take many photos of the event and make them available, details to be advised.

Reminders

• School bubblers remain closed. This is due to Covid. Please send your child to school with a decent amount of water to drink particularly as the weather is getting warmer. Staff are filling up water bottles from the staff room and will continue to do so but many students are still coming to school without even a bottle to fill up. From next week any child who doesn’t have a water bottle will need to pay $1 for each bottle of water given out to them. We will send a slip home with the child to let you know.

• No birthday cakes at this time. Alternative options could be mini chocolate bars or chip packets that are individually wrapped.

• NO sharing of food A reminder that students need to eat only the food provided by their parents. Please do not share food.

• Stage 2 and Stage 3 camps remain on hold at this time.

• Kindergarten Orientation remains on hold at this time.

Student departures in the afternoon Parents thank you for your help and support in this area. Parents keep ringing the school if you are changing the arrangements of how your child is getting home of an afternoon, particularly about whether they are catching the bus or going into OOSH of an afternoon.

School Visitors/ Helpers May I please remind you that in our current situation adults are to still minimise their contact at school. If you do come into the school grounds it is mandatory for all visitors to our school to sign IN and OUT of the front office during the hours of 9:30am and 3:30pm. This is a WHS regulation and necessary for Child Protection reasons. It is crucial that office staff are aware of who is on school grounds during school hours.

School Holidays Friday, 25th September is the last day for Term 3. Students and staff return for Term 4 on Monday 12th October. Have a safe and relaxing break ready for another busy term.

Michele Miller Principal

KINDERGARTEN 2021

Enrolling Now If you have a younger child enrolling for Kindergarten in 2021 please let the office know and then Click on the link below to complete your enrolment for Kindergarten 2021 and email or drop the paperwork into the school office. https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/documents/enrol-k12.pdf

Please notify your neighbours and friends that we are enrolling and require their children’s enrolment as soon as possible.

4/5/6 Stomp Rocket Project

The rocket launch was great. 4/5/6 made a rocket each, and the whole school came to a competition for the rockets. Each class made one rocket with the help of 4/5/6 members. The rocket launch was held underneath the cola at around 2:30 on the 28/8/2020. The rockets we used we made out of paper, cotton and sticky tape. The furthest rocket was 2/3 with 33.85m. By Imagin & Hayley

The rocket launch was great and 2/3 won with 33.85m, Eliza and Myah came second with 32m. Each class had their own rocket but 4/5/6 had one for each science group. It was a fun way to end the day and everyone had so much fun! By Georgia

Assembly Merit Awards 14/08/2020

The following awards were presented at assembly:

Kinder – Jai & Lincoln Year 1 – Lucas & Alana 2/3 – Zia, Cooper P & Emma 4/5/6 – Jamie, Maddison & Kianne

Gold – Lincoln x 2, Felicity & Crystal

– Albie

1st – Jackson, Crystal, Trent, Lincoln, Billy V, Stasia and

Micaela x 2

Charli, Heath, Max, Thai, Imagin and Tess

Jamie, Trent, Lily R, Sarah, Crystal, Heath, Imagin, Tess, Jordyn, Albie, Charli, Hayley, Maddison, Max & Thai

Kinder – Billy V, Faith & Lincoln

Year 1 – Jake M, Micaela & Clodagh

2/3 – Vaughan, Cooper P & Heath

4/5/6 – Kianne, Lily R & Violet

Premier’s Reading Challenge 2020 Kindy

YR 1

2/3

4/5/6

Eliza & Tabitha

Cooinda Koala Awards

Class

Award

Assembly Merit Awards 28/08/2020

Kinder – Felicity & Taine Year 1 – Eva & Benjamin 2/3 – Elli, Heath & Arri 4/5/6 – Tyler & Max

Thai

Tabitha & Thai

Kinder – Jai, Jasmine & Nate

Year 1 – Ben & Crystal

2/3 – Ellie, Penny & Georgia

4/5/6 – Jordyn, Max & Jamie

Class

Award

2/3

Cooinda Koala Awards

Kindy

Premier’s Reading Challenge 2020 Kindy

Jacob

YR 1

Albert & Clodagh

2/3

Ella, Georgia & Ellie

4/5/6

Sarah & Maddison

What’s Happening?

Term 3 2020 Friday 11th September Aboriginal Students Longneck Lagoon EEC Tuesday 15th September Talent Show Friday 25th September Last Day of Term 3

Term 4 2020 Monday 12th October First Day of term 4 Note: These dates may be subject to change

YEAR 2/3 writing

Jeffy the Fish By Heath Broughton

My pet is a fish. He is a comet bread. His name is Jeffy.

Jeffy has red around his top lip. He sleeps upside down with

his eyes open.

Jeffy likes eating fish food.

He swims super-fast.

Jeffy doesn’t have babies.

He has 2 other friends in his tank.

My Dad 1.9.2020 By Ellie Grace Azzopardi

My dad’s name is Kevin Azzopardi.

Kevin is a burly 43 year old who loves to talk.

Dad is a bright and jolly man.

He loves eating baby octopus.

Dad works as an excavator driver and owner of Azbuild.

Dad loves to tick me off.

Kevin’s hobbies include fixing excavators.

P & C NEWS

Canteen Thank you to the following who are working in the canteen for the rest of term 3. We do have a few new volunteers this term, however a few more would lighten the load for those parents whose names appear more than once. Please call Maree Vella 0414 790 367 if you can help out, just one day

a term can make a difference.

Monday 31 Aug Theresa Towner Maria Ramirez

Friday 4 Sept Christine Pike Maree Vella

Monday 7 Sept Krystal Sinclair Jamie Mahoney

Friday 11 Sept Romy Grady Chelsea Crawford

Monday 14 Sept Maree Vella Louise Bugeja

Friday 18 Sept Romy Grady Bec Broughton

Monday 21 Sept Romy Grady Jamie Mahoney

Friday 25 Sept Nicole Coyte Maree Vella

Uniform Shop Second hand uniforms are available from the school. Please enquire at the school office or ask Jess Lindsay. All items are $2- , cash only (exact money please) and pay at school office before collecting uniforms. New hats are $15- and new bags are $60-. We have a Facebook page KE Uniform Buy/Swap/Sell, you can request to join to purchase clothing items, our school community supports recycling.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE It is a legal requirement that your child attends school every day unless an illness or another important matter prevents this. When your child is absent from school a note of explanation should be sent on the day your child returns and no later than 7 days after the absence. The note must indicate the dates and specific reason for the absence. Please notify the school if your child is going to be away from school for more than two days.

TENNIS 2020 TUESDAY MORNINGS Inside The Lines Tennis Academy offers our students lessons during school term from 8:30am to 9:30am Tuesdays. Please call 4578 8999 to book.