Inside this issue

Hats……..……………………………………2

Sports Day…………..……….....………..2

Parent Reading Workshop.…….….3

Sports News………........................ 4

CPSW News ................................ 6

Nihongo News ............................ 7

Japanese Lesson in LC ................. 8

OSHC News ................................. 10

Thankyou .................................... 11

Student work .….………….............12

Diary Dates……………………………….18

Tuesday 2nd September 2014

Term 3 Issue 8

KPPS NEWS

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www.kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au

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Spring is in the air so it is time for hats to return to the heads of our

students. Hats are required to be worn by all students in the yard from

Monday, September 1st. Please ensure your child has a named hat at school.

NOTES SENT HOME:

U1, U3, Rm8 CSIRO

Push / Pull Rm 11 Museum World of Maths Father’s Day Stall price

list

HATS

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SPORTS DAY Don’t forget to put sports day in your diary for Friday September 26th. We get

under way at 9:15am with events concluding at lunchtime. Parents and extended

family members are all invited to come along and support our students. Food and

drinks will be available for parents and a special lunch order for students. Sports

Day programs will be distributed week 9.

STUDENT DISCO MENU Rainbow straps 20c

Freddo frogs 50c

Killer Pythons $1.00

Bag mixed lollies $1.00

Chocolate Bar $1.50

Chips $1.00

Laser Pops $2.50

Water $1.50

Juice & Soft drinks $2.00

Glo Sticks 2 for 50c

FATHER’S DAY STALL DON’T FORGET THE FATHER’S DAY STALL TOMORROW

WEDNESDAY 3rd September The Father’s Day stall is on tomorrow to allow students to buy gifts for their fathers and grandfathers. Each class will be allocated a time to visit the stall during the morning.

A Price List and items for sale was sent home last week with each student.

“ SHOW DAY - Friday 12th September”

“As adults we choose our

own reading material.

Depending on our moods

and needs we might read

the newspaper, a

blockbuster novel, an

academic article, a

women's magazine, a

comic, a children's book,

or the latest book that

just about everyone is

reading. No one chastises

us for our choice. No one

says, 'That's too short for

you to read.' No one says,

'That's too easy for you,

put it back.' No one says

'You couldn't read that if

you tried -- it's much too

difficult.'

Choice is a personal

matter that changes with

experience, changes with

mood, and changes with

need. We should let it

be.”

― Mem Fox,

Radical Reflections:

Passionate Opinions on

Teaching, Learning, and

Living

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PARENT READING

WORKSHOP On Tuesday August 19th Ebony Strong, our Reading Support Teacher, conducted

an extremely informative reading session for parents of our Early Year’s students.

Ebony talked about reading development and how parents can support the

reading skills being taught at school. Parents came away with many new

strategies and were reminded of how complex learning to read can be.

Importantly Ebony stressed the need for reading to be enjoyable.

Angela Farrier from Pearson also presented ideas

about how to use Bug Club, the digital books used

at Kidman Park. Bug Club can now be accessed by

all Early Years students at home and by now you

would have received a card with the URL and your

child’s personal login details. Classroom teachers

have placed the appropriate level eBooks on your

child’s very own personalised bookshelf and can

upload new titles for reading as soon as the books

and activities have been enjoyed and completed.

https://home.bugclub.com.au

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE REMINDER Well Done to all those students who have completed the challenge and handed up their record sheets.

DON’T FORGET: September 5th is the last day record sheets can be handed up.

SPORTS NEWS SOCCER Last rostered game this week. Carnival next week- timetables out soon . It's great to see how much our record 9 soccer teams have improved over the season. Thanks to our dedicated coaches. Darren Afford's under 6 white team needs to return their soccer strips directly to the coach after the game this week. Bring a spare t-shirt. All other teams return their strips to their coach after the last game of the carnival next week. NETBALL All our 4 teams continue to power along. Remember to download the sportsfix app to your mobile phone for latest timetable info.

Terry Ahern Sport Coordinator

RED 830

GREEN 852

BLUE 820

YELLOW 746

TEAM POINTS

SPORT RESULTS NETBALL U9 Kidman Park 3 St Josephs Blue 2 Well done girls, really great game, the team are now top of the ladder! U11 Kidman Park 7 St Francis A 1 Well done team, always great watching the team dynamic work.

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SOCCER NEWS Sebastian T, Peter S, Angelo K, Liam K and Nathan D who represent Fulham United in the under 12 FFSA age group for soccer just won their division and have become Fulham United’s 1st under 12 team to win an under 12 division.

The boys have not only all represented there club proud but also have flown the flag for Kidman Park Primary School with almost a half of the team coming from Kidman Park Primary School. Well done boys.

FOOTBALL NEWS

Lockley’s North Primary School football results for Rounds 9 and 12. Special thanks to Vince Violi for all of his help and assistance throughout the Football Season as Assistant Coach. Round 9: Lockley’s North 3.4.22 defeated by West Lakes Shore 10.6.66 Goals for Lockley’s North: Vinnie C x 3 Best Players for Lockleys North: Jye C, Stirling C, Panagiotis K Round 12: Lockley’s North 5.4.34 defeated by Star of Sea 7.9.51 Goals for Lockley’s North: Jye C x2, Ari C, Panagiotis K, Anton V Best Players for Lockleys North: Ari C, Kosta D, Jack H

Cheers and look forward to more of the same in 2015. Results Grade 2/3 Jets 2.8 20 defeated by SOS 9.3 57. 10 scoring shots to 12 the game was close until the last quarter. Best: Sebastian, Freddie, Mitchell, Archer, Charlie, Alex, Aiden, Emma, Chaz, Jed, Ayan, Gianluca, Seth, Lachlan, Jack and Jack. Goals: 1ea Jack and Lachlan. Grade 6/7 Jets 2.5 17 defeated by FN 18.9 102. Thanks to all the younger players who played up. Best: Nick V, Ethan, Liam, Stan, Nicholas, George Heath, Nathan and Luke. Goals: 1ea Riley and Mitchell.

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Hi Everyone,

It’s Rachel Stevens here your Christian Pastoral Support Worker (CPSW). While I normally write to update you on what I am doing around the school, this time I am writing to deliver some news. It is with much sadness and regret that I let the KPPS community know that this will my last term as the CPSW in this wonderful community. I have been apart of this community for the past four and a half years and this has been the first job I have loved waking up for in the morning. It has been an honour to serve amongst you with parent workshops,

school camps, morning teas, social groups, excursions, class room support, one on one student support, helping out with Kidman Celebrates and the Art Shows, supporting Expo and sports day. I have also loved being able to support parent, students and teachers through the highs and lows of life whether through a chat or finding helpful community services. I have loved every moment in this place, however I know that I cannot continue to study full time at Bible College and work part time (if I want to keep my sanity) and so know that it is time for me to step down. On the other hand I am very excited to let you know that Tiffany the CPSW from Allenby Gardens Primary School will be shadowing me for the rest of the term on a Monday. Tiffany will be stepping into the position for term 4 until we can find a permanent replacement and she will be working Mondays and Fridays. The hope is that we will have a permanent replacement for the CPSW role in Term 1 or 2 next year. I am so thankful for the support, encouragement and opportunities I have had and the friendships I have made. I cannot thank this community enough and hope to continue to volunteer into the future. If you have any questions or would like to chat please come in and see me on a Monday or leave a message for me at the office and I will call you back. Your Sincerely, Rachel Stevens, Christian Pastoral Support Worker.

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こんにちはKonnichiwa,

We have had an interesting few weeks learning so many new things about Japanese homes. Did you know that: - Japanese people don’t wear shoes in their houses? We are practising this custom when we sit on the new tatami mat in the Nihongo classroom. It’s tricky to remember sometimes! - Japanese baths may be deeper than ours. You are not allowed to get soap in the water as the whole family uses the same water for soaking and relaxing. - Lots of doors in Japan can be made of paper and wood and they slide. This makes it easy to remove them to create larger rooms. - Japanese beds called futon are usually folded and put into a cupboard during the day so that the room can be used for a living area too! See if your children can tell you any other interesting things they have learnt. Now the Primary Years students are beginning to focus on the first Japanese alphabet called hiragana. There are 46 symbols to learn so we are using lots of different methods to help practise. P4 are doing a great job and having fun too!

Please pop in and see us if you want to find out more about this term’s work, our Japanese programme, second language learning or your child’s progress. We look forward to meeting some of you during the term.

さようならSayonara

Belinda Sensei and Hiroko

Sensei

Nihongo News

Japanese Culture Lessons in the LC Hiroko, our school’s Japanese Language Assistant, has been

spending her Monday afternoons with the students in the

Learning Centre. On her first visit she taught us the Japanese

word for “teacher” which is “sensei”. We saw some pictures of

Japan. She used a song with actions to teach us some Japanese

greeting words.

The next time Hiroko came we did paper folding – “origami” –

to make some dolls. The dolls are wearing traditional Japanese

clothing called “kimono”.

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In Week 5 we learned about Japanese writing. Hiroko showed us how to write the Japanese symbol for “friend”

and let us have a turn using her calligraphy brushes. She brought special paper that worked with water and you

could use it over and over again! Hiroko also helped us to write our names in Japanese.

OSHC NEWS HEALTHY EATING

Last week our children enjoyed a very interesting workshop about healthy eating. Our guest presenter was Emma Krieg who is in the 3rd year of her degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Flinders University. Thanks Emma for dedicating your time to prepare and deliver such a useful activity. “I loved the activity with Emma. Good healthy eating makes you very smart and you get very fit“. Oscar M (Year 2) QUALITY AREA 3 September will be a month to focus our attention in our Quality Area 3. Our Team and Community will be involved reflecting about how to improve our physical environment. Any feedback and ideas are welcome. There is a form available at OSHC to collect information about this aspect. Even a simple note in our KPPS OSHC Feedback Box would be appreciated. CHAMPION EDUCATOR Last Saturday night our OSHC Educator Dom White became champion of the Central Australian Basketball Men’s League when his team the Woodville Warriors defeated the West Adelaide Bearcats in an exciting final at the Adelaide Arena. One minute before the end of the match Dom scored a three point goal to make the score 76-76 and he made the crowd go crazy until the end of the game when the Warriors became champions by two points. Congratulations to Dom and we are very proud to have such a good role model as part of our OSHC team. END OF MULTICULTURAL COOKING MONTH This week we will have our last cooking session as part of our multicultural cooking month. Our recipe has an Anglo-Saxon taste…..Yorkshire pudding. The recipe sounds very interesting and we are all excited about it. Thanks to Jude H for the idea and to his family for sharing with us the recipe. PUPIL FREE DAY OSHC will be available for students on the Pupil Free Day, Friday 12th September. For bookings please call OSHC on 0401 121 740. VACCARE It is the middle of Term 3 already and at OSHC we are planning our next Vaccare Program. For those who want to provide us with ideas and propose activities, please find a form in our office. Our holiday service is offered not only to children enrolled in our school but also to siblings, friends and relatives who want to join our group. Any child from our community is welcome. The flat fee per session is $48.50 (Permanent Booking) and $50.50 (Casual Booking). The Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate is available to eligible families. Our T3 booking form is already available in our office. If you need an electronic copy please con-tact our Director at freddy.santos913@schools.sa.edu.au

Freddy Santos OSHC Director

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Kidman Park Primary School would like to say a big thankyou

to the following for their kind donation to our school building

fund:

Galipo Food Company

Halla’s Fish and Grill

Heather Van Haas

Robbie’s Remove

Hughes & Loveday Sports

Testel

Balfours

Also to Kmart for their kind donation of

gift cards for our end of year raffle.

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One day there lived a family of wolves. They were STARVING.

They hadn’t had food in days. Daddy wolf went out to get some

food for his wife and children. The wolf set out for a big walk in

the spooky forest.

When the wolf got out into the forest he saw some pigs

building some little houses made out of straw, sticks and bricks.

He said to himself they would be yummy and tasty for his

family. But then he thought to himself, how will I carry all those

pink heavy pig? He noticed a wheelbarrow. He said to himself, I

can use that to put those delicious pigs in. So when all the pigs

finished building their houses he went to the first pig’s house

made out of sticks and he huffed and puffed and blew the

house down. The wolf was about to grab the pig but the pig

went to the second house. He huffed and puffed the second

house down. He tried to grab both the pigs but they got into

the third house. The wolf said to himself, this is impossible but

I’m not going to give up.

When the wolf got to the third house made of bricks he huffed

and puffed but the house didn’t come down. THEN, he saw a

chimney. He climbed down the chimney carefully but then

smelt the fire and jumped out of the chimney and into the

house. The pigs got really scared. The wolf grabbed the pink,

heavy pigs and put them into the wheelbarrow and took them

home.

It was about dinner time when Mr. Wolf came home with the

three little pigs. He cooked the pigs and his family had enough

food for the whole of winter.

Rewritten by Eve M Room 7

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by Jade

Our class went through many processes to make these biographies. It took

about two weeks until they were all printed out. Firstly we started with

writing some information in our graphic organisers. Next we started to type

up the information in our own words. We copied some pictures and added

some captions. Lastly we printed our biographies out. Then we interviewed

each other and shared our information.

Here are some examples of our work. If

you want to see more they are on dis-

play in the corridor outside

room 10.

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Mandawuy Yunupingu by Benjamin

His name means from clay. Mandawuy was an aboriginal principal and singer.

Mandawuy was born on 17 September 1956 in north east

Arnhem Land and was raised with the Gumatj clan.

He was student in Yirrkala. Mandawuy published a book when

he was at school. He and his siblings lived in a small outback town. Mandawuy

yunupingu’s was the first aboriginal person to get a degree.

His siblings are Galarrwuy and Gulumbu. His father was

Munggurrawuy; Munggurrawuy was the group leader and

artist. Mandawuy yunupingu’s mother was one of his 12

wives.

In the school that he went to called Yirrkala he became a

teacher and a principal for Yirrkala. He became the first

indigenous Australian to be a principal. He signed up for a

band called youthu yindi.

They were a legendary band. In 2001 he received a centenary

medal for service to Australian society through music. His album

came second. On 26 January yunupingu was named Australian

of the year in 1992 by the national Australia day council and in

1998 he received an honorary doctorate by the Queensland

University of Technology. In 2012 Mandawuy’s sang in the

Olympic Games

He died at his home at the age of 56 in the Northern Territory on the 2 of June

2013.

Mandawuy inspired people by saying to never give up, he sang lots of indigenous

songs which represent aboriginal people and teaching people about aboriginals.

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Neville Bonner by Alex Neville Bonner was the first indigenous Australian to

become a member of the parliament of Australia.

Bonner was born on March the 28th 1922 at Ukerebagh

in the mouth of Tweed River N.S.W.

Neville’s mother Julia fell out of a tree and broke her hip.

After that she was disabled. Neville married Mona

Banfield. He was 21 in 1943.

Bonner had attained 3rd grade at the age of 15.He was a

cane cutter and a tree feller. Bonner’s father had gone

back to England before Neville was born.

Bonner was the Queensland president of the One People Australia League in 1970.

Bonner wrote 3 books called: Black Power in Australia, Equal World and For the Love

of Children. He was one of the elders from the Jagera people. Bonner had a school

named after him called Neville Bonner Primary School that opened in February

2013, North Canberra.

Neville Bonner died on the 15th of February 1999 Ipswich. He died from lung cancer

at the age of 76.

Bonner was the Australian of the year in 1979. He joined the One People Australian

League. Bonner had improved housing and education for people that needed better

housing and for kids who needed better education.

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David Gulpilil

By Quinn

He is an Aboriginal dancer and actor.

David Gulpilil was born on July 1, 1953 in Maningrida, Arn-

hem Land, Northern Territory, Australia as David Gulparil

Gulpilil. He belongs to the Mandalbingu group of the Yolngu

in Eastern Arnhem Land

David’s spouses were Robyn Dunging (?-2003) and Miriam Ashley (2004-present).

David Gulpilil as a boy was a hunter, a tracker and a ceremonial dancer. As a boy David Gulpilil spent his childhood in the bush. Gulpilil learnt English in addition to the several indigenous languages he was fluent in.

He first appeared in the 1971 film Walkabout when he was 16 years of age. He starred in many award-winning films and was in movies with some of the best actors in the world. Gulpilil won the best actors award in May 2014.He appeared in over six films. David had guest appearances in T.V.

David Gulpilil is now a senior man with his tribe, Mandalbingu. David plays an important role in painting and in the ceremonial life of his people. Today Gulpilil lives and works in Ramingining as a respected tribal elder. David Gulpilil ended the reign of non-aboriginals playing the role of aboriginals. His contribution to the Australian film industry made history by his representation of Indigenous Australians.

This is where David Gulpilil was born

Crocndee (1986)

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By Michael

Jessica Mauboy is a successful Aboriginal singer and

actor.

Jessica Mauboy was born in 1989 August Darwin.

Jessica’s Father was Fredy Mauboy who came from

West Timor and her mother was Therese Mauboy

and was Native American. Jessica’s Aboriginal Tribe

was the Kuku Yalanji. Her family was a family of 4.

Jessica Mauboy went to Wungi Primary School. She also went to the

local church Choir with her Grandmother. Her house was described as

the noisiest house on the block.

Jessica Mauboy achievements were that she

came 2th in Australian Idol 2006. She also

performed at the 2014 commonwealth games

in Glascow. She had a contract with Sony

Music. One of her greatest achievements is

when she won an Indigenous Music Award.

She put on a show on Ellen DeGeneres and al-

so played a part in X Factor. Also some of her

best hits includes “Pop a Bottle” “Never be the same” and “Get em

girls”

Jessica Mauboy is still making songs and also she has a charity school

which is the Yipirinya School. Jessica Mauboy has changed the world

through her music and in her acting.

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We also created some of our own dot paintings inspired by the Dreaming Stories and texts we had been studying.

DIARY DATES

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WEEK/DATE DAY/TIME EVENT

Term 3

7 2nd September Tuesday KPPS Update

2nd September Tuesday Push Pull CSIRO - U1, U2 & Rm 8

3rd September Wednesday Father’s Day Stall

4th September Thursday 7.00pm Governing Council

8 9th September Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—U6

9th September Tuesday KPPS Update

11th September Thursday Student Disco and Parent Function EY 5.30-7.00pm & PY 7.30-9.00pm

12th September Friday SHOW DAY

9 15th September Monday 2.00-4.00pm Middle Years Expo

16th September Tuesday KPPS Update

19th September Friday LC to Swimming

10 23rd September Tuesday Newsletter

23rd September Tuesday 2.15pm Assembly—P5

25th September Thursday MY Aquatics

26th September Friday SPORTS DAY 26th September Friday LAST DAY OF TERM 2.10PM FINISH

DISCO Every Friday at lunch time. Alternate weeks for R-4 and Yrs 5 –7.

Beginning Friday 29h August for R-4 students and Friday 5th September Yr5 - Yr7

Dog owners please be aware: Dog owners who are bringing their dogs onto the school grounds are taking them up to Zeke, the Autism working dog who is often around U6. This is extremely unsettling for the specially trained dog that doesn’t need socialisation of other dogs. As Zeke is a working dog, we have taught all the students, who love seeing him here at school, not to go up to Zeke and to wave to him from a distance. Could you please ensure that you encourage your child to do the same. Thankyou.

“ SHOW DAY - Friday 12th September”