From the Principal`s Chair……

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NEWS@KALIANNA
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Nolan Street, Bendigo
Postal address:
PO Box 2780
Bendigo DC 3554
Phone: (03) 5442 1311
Fax: (03) 5443 3088
Email:
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14TH
MARCH,
2014
From the Principal’s Chair……
Your child’s Individual Education Plan
All teachers are currently working on your child’s academic and social goals for the year. These
will be sent home during the last week of term.
Kalianna.ss@
edumail.vic.gov.au
Web:
www.kalianna.vic.edu.au
Collecting and dropping off students at school during school hours
All students arriving late to school or departing early need to be signed in or out at the office.
Once this is done, office staff will organise for your child to be taken to or collected from class.
We ask that parents don’t go directly to their child’s classroom or walk around the school
looking for their child .
Start and end of day procedures
A reminder the school does not have staff on duty before 8.30am in the morning. If you do
need to drop your child off prior to this time please contact the school to ensure we will have
staff at the school. On some days the staff may be at a breakfast meeting and not return until
the start of the school day at 8.30am. At the end of the day if you are picking up your child can
you wait in the courtyard until the first bus is called and then if you would like you can go to
your child’s class to collect them. Otherwise the bell will ring at 3.10pm for all students being
picked up to go to the courtyard or top gate to meet you.
Until next week
Peter
Reminders for next weekHats are to be worn by all students when outside at recess and lunch times
Do you own a local Business? Would you like to raise your business profile within our
local community? If so we now have advertising space available within our new school
Newsletter. For the cost of $50 per a year we will provide you with a business card
sized advert with weekly exposure. To secure your spot please contact Leanne at the
school office.
The following students have won awards for displaying our school values of creative, inclusive
and positive and making the best overall improvement over the last week, either in the
classroom or in the yard.
Kody Barton has been inclusive. He
has been kind to his classmates!
Alex Lyons for always including
his classmates in everything he
does.
Mitch Lawrence for
being positive and contributing in
classroom discussions.
Hayley Hinck for trying to include
and engage peers in learning tasks.
Tiana Grant for being positive
and working hard during our
reading activities.
Christian McKindley for consistently
making mature choices in the
classroom, assisting everyone with IT
issues and having a great attitude.
Sebastian Worthington for
assisting fellow students with a
difficult task.
Chloe Roulston for going out of her way to
help her peers and teachers and to make
them feel included and comfortable.
Hamish Skirka for being very
creative with his attempts to use
different colours in his drawings.
Jasmine Nichols has a creative
artistic flair in her work.
Kaytlyn Fleet for always having
a go with a smile and
enthusiasm.
Jye McKinnon for creating such
a positive vibe in the classroom
with his humour and great jokes.
Melanie Flower for remembering
to push in her chair.
Christian Degenhardt for
always being inclusive. He
makes the canteen a great place
to work involving his peers.
Zeke Cocks - for a full day of
being positive and working.
Tanekia Carey for participating
positively in classroom activities.
Leano Ryder for being his own
man! Making positive choice ALL
the time.
Alex Peattie for being creative in
his approach to difficult tasks and
producing a well written letter to
firefighters during Literacy.
School Photos
School photos will be on Monday, 31st March.
Envelopes will be coming home shortly.
Canteen News Order forms can be obtained from your child’s
classroom, the office and within the newsletter
each week. Please remember to place orders in by
10am. Thank you.
MARCH 2014
Tues 18
th
Mon 31st
School Council Meeting
School Photos
5pm
APRIL 2014
th
Fri 4
End of term 2.15pm
dismissal
School Uniform Students can wear either runners or black school
shoes to school but shoes must have enclosed
toes. You can purchase the school uniform
through the school office. Please label all items
of uniform clearly. We currently have stock
available in all sizes. Don’t forget we also have
some second hand uniforms for sale.
Bus –
If your student IS NOT catching bus please
notify school with reasonable time to ensure your
student DOES NOT BOARD THE BUS. If you
have any bus queries please contact Leonie
Pearse, Business Manager.
New School Mailing Address
Kalianna now have a post office box for all mail
deliveries. If you wish to post any
correspondence to the school by mail our new
mailing address will be:
Second Hand Items
We would like to collect some old plastic measuring cups
and measuring spoons for hands on learning activities
using sand, dirt and water.
We are also looking for some balls of coloured
wool and old CDs for art activities and buttons to practice
sewing and repairing our favourite clothes.
If anyone has any of these items that they want to donate,
it would be greatly appreciated, please send them to
school.
Kalianna School
PO Box 2780
Bendigo DC Vic 3554
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS:
Live Theatre comes to Kalianna
It was fantastic to see all of our students this week attend the live
theatre performance held in our courtyard. The show was titled
‘Bully Bull Ring Show’ and had a message for all aged students that
bullying is not OK.
The show also reinforced strategies for students to use to stop being
bullied at school. Teachers also during the week after the show
followed up with lessons in their rooms on ‘bullying’.
The show was presented by Tony Bones Entertainment who are a
national touring theatre company owned and operated by qualified
teachers.
Our next live performance “Heroes & Villains” has also been booked
for Term 2, Thursday 22nd May.
PRIMARY LEARNING CENTRE NEWS:
Primary Years - Room 5 – Ms. Threlfall’s class
The class is engaged while learning about friendly behaviour during the recent
incursion - what an entertaining performance!
Our Monday Library session gives
us a chance to change our weekly
readers.
Ms. Zara and the students at the playground
during M.A.P.S.
We go on the school bus each Tuesday afternoon
with our Big Buddies.
MIDDLE LEARNING CENTRE NEWS:
The middle years classes signing up for the tipping
competition.
Students are learning how to fill in forms online
and are taught cyber safety procedures.
LATER LEARNING CENTRE NEWS:
Later years students
being inclusive
Later years students in
homecrafts
Olivia having a go at
riding a 2 wheeler
bike!!!
Each Friday afternoon the middle and later years
students choose a fun activity for the term. The
activity is something that is not usually happening
the classroom. Lego robotics, Zumba, playing board
games, learning the guitar, carpet bowls, personal
care, jewellery making, and energy breakthrough
training.
PHYS ED NEWS:
We are moving into Hockey at the moment
with classes taking their time learning control
and team work. Team work is our major
focus in Term 1 and with our hockey
introduction, Miss Ellis’s class are
starring. Derek seems a natural born
Goalie, not even letting any goals
through. Seth was great at his
control, always stopping and
settling first. Phoebe kept her eye on the
ball the whole time. Jack loved drawing a defender
near, only to pass it to a team mate who had made space.
Miss Howden’s class got into the spirit very quickly and showed their skills very confidently. Control was soon a skill
the girls had down solid so after practising the “strike”, we brought in some short game style situation. They
responded wonderfully and while scratchy, used all the skills we have been learning over the last two weeks.
FOOTY SEASON is here!!!!!!!
Not the oval ball, I am talking about real football. Soccer is a fantastic sport to introduce your child to if you are
looking at something. All clubs in Bendigo have strong community ties and pride themselves on their Junior
Programs. Sport can be the great leveller sometimes and while the professionals make soccer seem a mixture of
extreme fitness and amazing feats, Bendigo’s Junior Programs are built around inclusion, fun and participation.
Players learn basic skills like dribbling and balance, striking and teamwork. Soccer is such a great introductory game
because the skills learnt are the fundamentals of most sports we play in mainstream society. With the cricket
seasons drawing to a close it is time for the Winter Sports to return to us. Should you be interested in any sporting
avenues in the local area, here are some possible contacts for you to think about.
Bendigo Football Umpires Association Peter Cleary - 0418569394
Eaglehawk & Bendigo Badminton and Table Tennis Club (03) 5446 7300
Bendigo Tennis Association (03) 5442 5744
Bendigo Football Netball League, Justin Abrams (03) 5434 2400
Bendigo Amateur Soccer League info@basl.com.au (03) 5442 7592
It would be a little rude of me not to mention our cricketers and the wonderful years they had.
Mitchell was in top form towards the end of the season taking wickets and knocking up an even 40 in one knock.
Mr King finished his year off strong with 22 and a wicket.
Mr Rick and Ricky are both playing final this weekend.
Mr Brendan and Mr Brown scored 1 between them on the weekend and are glad the pain is finally over.
HORTICULTURE NEWS:
Hi everyone another beautiful week
out in the gardens of Kalianna. The
students have worked very hard and
they should be proud of what they
have achieved. Some of these things
are:
 Mr Roach’s class did some planting in the garden beds at the front
of the Primary Learning Centre.
 Ms Fitzgerald’s class assembled and filled more garden beds for the
front of the primary wing.
 Ms Prior’s class had a visit to McDonalds Nursery to purchase plants
for the outdoor teachers’ area.
 Mr King’s class completed and
marked the kingpin court.
That’s all for now and until next week
Cheers from the Hort Man
KALIANNA LUNCH ORDER FORM
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
(Circle one)
NAME: ________________ ROOM NUMBER: ________
Canteen menu items are prepared and cooked by our
students.
ITEM
PRICE
3 x Yum Balls (Rum Balls)
$1.50
Water
$1.00
Juice
$1.50
Milkshake
$1.50
Dim Sim (steamed)
$0.70
Sweet Chilli Chicken Wrap
$5.00
Salad Bowl
Salad Sandwich
Ham
$4.50
No Meat
$3.00
Ham
$4.00
No Meat
$3.00
Sandwich (Ham & Cheese)
$3.00
Frozen Pineapple Ring
$0.50
Change Required
QUANTITY TOTAL
$
Total
$