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"Excellence, opportunity and success in a caring learning environment" Avoca Drive Kincumber 2251 Ph: 43691544 Fax: 43692963

Email: kincumber-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: kincumber-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3—Week 2 *** NEW****P & C meet LAST Monday each MONTH, 7.00pm ***

NEW *** Thursday, 29th July 2010

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT This week:

• Kincumba Shines/Education Week

• Voluntary School Contributions

• Congratulations

• P & C and AECG Meeting News

Kincumba Shines/Education Week Next week is Education Week and we are gearing up for our first

ever combined performance with our partner schools in the Kincumba Learning Community. Rehearsals on Monday and a

matinee and evening performance on Wednesday are exciting but very demanding for students and school staff. Performers have a last chance to buy tickets tomorrow as they open for general sale

on Monday; entry to the matinee is by gold coin at the door. This is a very exciting program and we hope that this festival of the

performing arts will be so successful that we will hold them regularly.

On Tuesday morning everyone is welcome to join us at school for an open morning. Meet under the COLA at 10am where Stage 3

and the violin group will entertain you with a bush dance and then head up to classrooms. When the bell goes at 10:50 am for lunch please join your children for lunch and a game. Tea, coffee and

cakes will be on sale for parents from the canteen.

Then on Thursday, Lisa Craddock, Karen Munton and Karen Charlton will be presented with certificates of appreciation at the Central Coast Awards at Lake Munmorah High School.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the students and the

school to achieve everything we have.

Voluntary School Contributions Next week reminders will be going home for outstanding Mathletics and school contribution payments. Please finalise these as soon as possible.

Congratulations Last Monday the primary athletics carnival was held in magnificent weather. As advised last week this was the last athletics carnival that Jon Elbra would organise. Although we thanked Jon for his

long and dedicated service to sport at this school, we want to continue to be reminded of his contribution. A new trophy will be

presented to the Champion House at this year’s presentation and the winning house will be awarded the Jon Elbra Champion House Shield.

P & C and AECG Meeting News At last Monday’s AECG meeting held at Kincumber High School, Assistant Principal, Mary Liddy, announced that she had been successful in gaining funding under a Community Builders grant to

further develop quality relationships between our school and the students and families in our Aboriginal Community. Well done Mary

and we look forward a successful project. At last Monday’s P & C meeting it was decided to put the School

Council in recess and establish a working party to review the operation of the School Council. Kel Butcher is coordinating this

group which will consist of parent and teacher representatives. It is likely that in the next few weeks a survey may go home asking for your thoughts too—please consider responding.

Hope you had a great week at our great school.

Trish Peters Principal

Students of Week 1, Term 3, 2010 KL Jacob Thomson 1D/L Layla Robertson 2A Zoe Milton 3E Seb Bowcock KH Sasha Casey 1G Sophie Beveridge 2C Paris Digman 3G Luke Cassidy KM Sienna Barton 1K Kyte Cardy 2D Annabella Jensen 3K Amie Couper 1R Finlay Calder 2J Emma Marshall 3M Dominic Grieve 1S Ethan Long 2N Alex Priest 3T Emma Jackson

President P&C

Lisa Waite

YMCA OOSHC

0408 658 187

AUGUST 2010

EDUCATION WEEK Monday, 2nd August - Kincumba Shines Matinee and

Dress Rehearsal— 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Tuesday, 3rd August — ICAS English Test Tuesday, 3rd August — Education Week Open Day -

10:00 am to 11.30 am Wednesday, 4th August Kincumba Shines Matinee Perf.

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Kincumba Shines Evening Perf.

6.30 pm to 8:00 pm

Friday, 6th August — Last day for Book Club orders Monday & Tuesday, 9th and 10th August—bring in your

clothing bag donations for Stewart House Monday, 30th August … 7:00 pm P&C Meeting (note these

meetings are now being held on the last Monday of each month from the new time of 7:00 pm)

TERM CALENDAR:

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LAST CHANCE for performers to purchase tickets to

the

“Kincumba Shines”Concert at Kincumber High School

On Wednesday, 4th August (evening performance at 6:30 pm)

$5.00 per ticket - Limit of 2 per performer

1DL Class Item—last week’s Opera Concert

At the concert I saw purple leaves and singing people. There was one

boy and two girls. They were actors. There were musicians and they

were playing beautiful music. I loved it. By Mia Grenfell

Today we went to a concert. At the opera concert I liked the part

when they danced. First they sang. After that the boy danced. Next

the two boys played the instruments. After that a girl turned the lights

on. Later the mean girl turned the boy and girl into statues. Finally

they were friends. I felt super because the show was brilliant. By Tara Booth

We had a concert . I liked the instruments and I liked the people. It

was fantastic. I liked everything and I liked the drums. My favourite

music was the scary one. It was awesome. By Anthony Sweet

Before lunch we had an opera concert. First we went to the hall. I

liked the high singers. The people’s names were Catherine and

Ricardo and Cassandra. They were the actors. I liked when they were

singing. It was fantastic. By Liam Harvey

The Sound Garden had very good performers. They were called

Catherine, Cassandra and Ricardo. It was the best ever when

Cassandra clapped and the lights came on. There were two men

hiding playing instruments. I liked the sounds. It was very good. I

loved the soft music. I really enjoyed it. It was brilliant. By Megan Haigh

We went to the school hall for a show. Two girls and one boy sang.

They did really good singing. It was fun because they did some

actions. By Amity Bright

At the Opera I saw some actors. Their names were Catherine and

Cassandra and Ricardo. First the girl wrote a letter to the boy. After,

the other girl was evil. It was a beautiful concert. By Zayla Staben–Angelo

At the school hall I saw an opera concert before lunch. First a girl

came and she sang. It was good. There were good actions. It was

awesome because of the singing. By Dray Wilkinson

Before lunch we had an opera concert. First there was a boy and two

girls and they were playing tip. After that they were acting out. When

the evil lady clapped the lights came on. I liked the spooky drum. It

was a fantastic concert. By Ezekiel Masters I enjoyed the concert and it was fantastic. I liked the singing and

dancing. By Coady O’Hagan

Today I went to the school hall. I liked the spooky music. It was super

in the concert. By Flynn Kiely

Today I went to the Opera Concert in the school hall. First we saw the

garden and it was beautiful. It was brilliant. I liked the musical

instruments. By Lauchlan Chapman

Our class went to a concert and the names of the actors were

Catherine and Cassandra and Ricardo. When Cassandra clapped her

hands the lights came on. I liked the singing. It was cool. By Tristin Edwards

I saw instruments. By Blair Watson

In the morning our class went into the school hall and we watched the

Opera Concert. First there were two girls and one boy. Next there was

music. It was spooky. After that it was nearly finished. The boy and

one of the girls were holding hands. It was fantastic because the

music was good. By Jack Quinlan

I enjoyed the singing in the concert. It was fantastic. It was great. I liked

the spooky lights coming on really fast when the girl clapped. By Mia Zanze

Today I went to the concert . There was dancing and the spooky music

was spooky. I liked it. By Jackson Matterson

We had an Opera Concert in the school hall. First we saw the good girl.

Next we saw the bad girl. After that we saw Ricardo. The concert was

super because they were good singers. By Samuel Mortimer

Before lunch we went to a concert. I liked all the people. Their names

were Catherine, Cassandra and Ricardo. I liked Cassandra’s music. It was

scary because the drums were deep. It was awesome. By Hannah Lyttle

The Sound Garden was in the school hall. The actors in the story were

Catherine, Cassandra and Ricardo and my favourite music was the

spooky music. First they came out from the back wall and when all three

of them came out they started to play tip. After that they did some

singing. Next they got turned into stone statues because they had a bad

fight about who loved Ricardo. He loved Catherine. Finally Cassandra

broke the spell so they were not stone. It was fabulous. By Sarah Groom

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Before lunch my class went to a Concert. I thought it was super. First

there were two girls and one boy performing. One of the girl’s names

was Cassandra and the other girl’s name was Catherine and the boy’s

name was Ricardo and they acted out the show by singing and dancing.

Cassandra was evil and turned them into stone because they were

being mean. It was super because the instruments were great!

By Lucas Brown

Today I went to the Opera Concert and I liked it. It was fun. She

turned them into a statue. By Joel Folkes

Today we went to an Opera Concert. I enjoyed the drums. I liked the

music too. It was fantastic. They were singing. I liked it because they

were good. By Danniella Visconti

The Opera Concert was fabulous. It was in the hall. At the concert

there were three people. The music was fabulous too. By Zalia Ralph

PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

On the 26th July, we had our annual school Athletics Carnival. Wow!

Wasn’t it breathtaking. Stage 2 and 3 went to Adcock Park to enjoy a

day of competing in enjoyable races and activities. Four sports houses

battled it out to win 1st place. Thank you to the house captains,

Thomas Webb, Zoe Ramsden, Simone Bradley, Jesse Butcher, Kiran

Richardson, Kaitlin Clague, Nat Jones and Mikayla White for doing an

excellent job in leading their houses. Thank you very much to all the

students for their excellent behaviour. All the kids would like to say

thank you to Mr Elbra and Mrs Griffiths for an enjoyable and awesome

carnival.

by Rosie and Simone (3E)

Further to the girls’ report, I would like to thank Linda and Brenda for

running the canteen at the carnival and the other parents who assisted

them throughout the day. It is a big and often thankless job. At this

stage we will cannot name the winner and age champions as we still

have some high jump events to finish at school. As Mrs Peters said last

week, it was the last carnival I will organise and I would like to thank

the staff for their commitment to ensuring the children always have a

fantastic day at all our carnivals. Without the team effort, it just

wouldn’t happen the way it should. Thanks guys! A team will be

selected shortly to represent us at the District Carnival which will be

held at the end of August at Mingara.

Jon Elbra

A BIG THANK YOU for all the help at the athletics carnival to

Brenda, Naree, Jo, Vanessa and all the other helpers

Basketball Reports …

On 27th July 2010, KPS boys basketball team went to Bridgecoast

Stadium at Terrigal. We played 2 games; firstly, we played Umina and

won 45-16 and then we played against Point Clare and we narrowly won

32-27 and, with that win, we are in the next round!

The girls basketball team went to Terrigal Stadium to play in a gala day.

We won our first game against Umina 66-4. Then we played our second

game against Point Clare. We won 56-6. We came 1st overall in the gala

day. All the girls played great and we are looking forward to a good game

soon.

Thanks to the parents for their support.

by Kaitlin Clague and Courtney Wheeler

Advance Notice … the Book Fair arrives on Friday, 20th August and remains until Friday, 3rd September (2 weeks). Selling dates to be advised.

Sue Groom (Co-ordinator)

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