KOSSIE CAPERS # 18 Kosciuszko Street Primary School No.4699

Phone: 5174 2512 Fax: 5174 6836

www.kossie.vic.edu.au Thursday 14th June 2018

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June

Tuesday 19th

Wednesday 20th

Friday 22nd

Monday 25th

Wednesday 27th

Thursday 28th

Friday 29th

Grade 5/6 Camp deposits due

Glasses for Schools program grades Prep—3

Grade 6 girls Health Talk

Reusable Lunch Bags orders due

Grade 3/4 Camp deposits due

Grade 4/5 & 6 girls Health Talk

Student Reports sent home

Last Day Term 3 - 1:30 finish

PRI NC IPAL ’ S RE PORT

Despite some cooler mornings we have been really fortunate to have nice days which allow students to

be active and outside during the recess and lunch breaks. Please ensure you child has a warm coat and

perhaps beanie to wear when going outside. Students are only supervised in their classroom during breaks

when it is wet and rainy.

P rep 20 19 Enro lments

During the past month or so we have enjoyed sharing information about our school and the Kossie

educational programs to prospective families who have students beginning their school journey in 2019.

The pride our students and staff have for their school has been most evident to those touring the school as

has been the positive climate for learning which exists. We would like to thank and acknowledge the

school captains who have supported us with the tours of the school, they have been great ambassadors

genuinely sharing what they love about Kossie. Please encourage any families considering an enrolment

at Kossie for 2018 to visit and tour the school, we already have a healthy number of Prep enrolments for

2019.

F i sh & Ch ip Lunch

On Wednesday the winners of last week’s Yard award were treated to a special Fish and Chip lunch. We

spent a great time enjoying our special lunch together and everyone agreed that it was a fantastic prize

to win.

Schoo l Counc i l Vacancy

As a result of the resignation of a current school councillor, we have a casual vacancy for a parent

category councillor. If you are interested in joining our council for the remainder of the school year please

contact the office to discuss the nomination process.

Reg iona l P r inc ipa l Con ference

This Thursday and Friday Chelsea and I will be attending the South Eastern Regional Principal Conference

in Melbourne. The program will provide us with the opportunity to learn and engage with our peers and

local and global leaders in education. Exposure to quality speakers will assist to lead excellence in

teaching and learning at Kossie for all students and the staff. Paul Murie and Melissa Hamilton will be

providing the necessary support in the office during our absence.

Have a lovely weekend,

Michelle Hibbert Principal

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Yard Behaviour Awards

Congratulations to the children who received the Yard Raffle Award for the week ending

Friday 8th June. The following students received a Fish and Chip Lunch.

Breakfast Club

Monday Morning Breakfast Club is held every week in the Kitchen Garden

Room at 8:15am. Come along and enjoy a delicious breakfast with Mrs

Carter and your friends. Food for this is supplied by the Food Bank at no

cost so there is no donation required for this.

Breakfast Club is also held every Wednesday in the Kossie Stadium from

8:15 am. Come along and enjoy a delicious breakfast with your friends

and teachers. A gold coin donation is appreciated.

Friday Snacks

The following items will be on sale at lunch tomorrow in the

Hall Kitchen:

Icypoles $1.00

Golden Circle Primas $1.00

Packets of Chips $1.00

Please ensure you only send enough money with your child to purchase one of each item, and

discourage them from making purchases of multiple items for themselves or friends.

Kossie Netball

Due to the long weekend, there was no netball played on Saturday.

Good luck to all the netballers this week.

Fundraising Pie Drive

There is a great variety of yummy pies for you to order.

The pies will be supplied by Out of Dough and are all very reasonable priced.

Completed order forms and money are due back today.

The pies will be delivered on Thursday 28th June.

Glasses for Kids program

On Wednesday 19th June vision screening for Prep to grade 3 students will be

conducted at school by optometrists from Link Health and Community and

screening assistants. We are still accepting referral forms for anyone

interested, if glasses are required they will be dispensed for free. Additional

forms can be collected at the office.

Junior: Mya Connolly 1/2C Alexis Trewern 1/2H Ashley Mills 1/2I

Ebony Jones Prep R Talia Chea 1/2C

Senior: Joshua Williams 5/6G Joshua Zweytzer 5/6G Joshua Thain 5/6G

Abbey Kerton 5/6F Clay Hassouras 3/4B Tegan Morrison 3/4B

Mia Heuer 5/6G

Grade 5/6 Camp

Grade 5/6 camp expression of interest forms have been sent home.

This years camp will be at Coolamatong near Paynesville from

Tuesday 9th October to Friday 12th October.

The cost of this camp will be approximately $300.00 per student. All

the 5/6 grades will be selling chocolates to raise funds for the camp.

This should then reduce the final amount owing for the camp.

Please note, the deposit will need to be paid by you, for you to then be entitled to use the

Camps Sports Excursion Fund. This will be credited towards your child’s camp balance.

The $75.00 deposit is due by Tuesday 19th June. The balance can be paid off by

instalments.

Grade 3/4 Camp

Grade 3/4 camp expression of interest forms have been sent home. This

years camp will be at Allambee Camp near Yarragon from Wednesday

31st October to Friday 2nd November.

The cost of this camp will be approximately $245.00 per student. All the

3/4 grades will be holding a disco during term 3 to raise funds for the

camp. This should then reduce the final amount owing for the camp.

Please note, the deposit will need to be paid by you, for you to then be entitled to use the

Camps Sports Excursion Fund. This will be credited towards your child’s camp balance.

The $65.00 deposit is due by Monday 25th June. The balance can be paid off by

instalments.

Prep Enrolments 2019

Just a reminder that we are currently taking Prep 2019 enrolments and

are still happy to schedule tours if you know of anyone who may not

yet have had the opportunity. If you have a sibling starting at Kossie

next year please ensure you complete and send your enrolment form

into the office.

Expression of Interest—School Concert

This year our school concert will be held on Tuesday the 14th of

August at Champagnat Centre. The concert will be based around

a circus theme.

Though the concert is still a little way away, it would be great to get

an idea of how much support we will have in preparing for the

night.

If you are interested in helping out with the preparations for the

night in any way please complete the slip below and return to

myself or your child’s classroom teacher.

Thank- you

Emma Missen.

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Yes! I would love to help out with this year’s school concert!

Name: _________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________

Child’s grade: ___________________________

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Reusable Lunch Order Bags

Order forms have gone home for the Reusable Lunch Order Bags.

There is one sample at the office if you would like to have a look at it. The

price for these bags are $6.50.

Please return your order forms by Friday 22nd June.

Health & Human Development Talks

A reminder that a special talk for the Grade 4/5 girls “Secret Women’s

Business” will be held on Wednesday 27th June, from 9am to 10:30.

Mums are invited and encouraged to attend this session. The session will be

conducted by Education officer, Corina Christie, from Latrobe Community

Health.

Health & Human Development talks for the Grade 6 students will be held on

Wednesday 20th June and Wednesday 27th June.

Give a Damn Give a Can-Note of Appreciation

On the week May 21 -26 The Rotary Club of Traralgon Central organised their annual ‘Give

a Damn. Give a Can’ appeal.

This is now the 25th year of GADGAC. The idea for the project was started

by a lone man appealing to shoppers as they came from a supermarket

in Melbourne. He was, he said, collecting spare cans for his neighbour

who was going through tough times.

Eleven schools in Traralgon and District supported the collection. The

entire collection this year came to 8536. But the schools collection itself

was 7145 cans, a super impressive 83% of the total collected. Each month the Food Bank

helps out between 40 and 50 families.

The RC of Traralgon Central promote Give a Can as ‘kids giving to other kids,’ believing, as

does the school, the importance of giving.

On behalf of the Rotary Club, we thank your school community for the outstanding support

of this annual project.

Ian Whitehead. Community Services Director. RC of Traralgon Central.

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