kongwak primary school - Inverloch Primary School

KONGWAK PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
GOVERNMENT RD 3951
PHONE 56 574 224
FAX 56 574 346
November 13th 2015
TERM 4
DATES TO REMEMBER
November
19th
- Grade 1 Fun Day
20th
- Open Water Gr 5 &
6
- Whole School to
Inverloch
- School Council
23rd
- Pupil Free Day
26th
- Open Water Gr 5 &
6
- Sleepover Gr 6
27th
- Open Water Gr 5 &
6
- Whole School to
Inverloch
December
4th
- Open Water Gr 5 &
6
- Grade Prep-4
Church Service
- Whole School to
Inverloch
11th
- Whole School to
Inverloch
- Junior Athletics
16th
- Community BBQ
GRADE 1 FUN DAY AT INVERLOCH
As you are aware the Grade 1 Fun Day
Out has been postponed to 19th November. A reminder that children will need
to be at Inverloch at 8am for breakfast
and will then enjoy fun activities for the
day. Please return your permission notice and payment asap.
OPEN WATER GRADES 5 & 6
The Grade 5 & 6 children will be participating in an Open Water Program on
20th, 26th, & 27th November and 4th
December at Inverloch. Permission notices will be sent home next week. Children need to be dropped off at Inverloch
and collected again on these days. (The
Grade 6 children will be having their
sleepover at Walkerville on 26th November)
WE NEED YOUR HELP—WE REALLY
DO!
As mentioned in previous newsletters,
The Star newspaper is running a news
article on our school and we would like
to add parent comments into the content of what is printed. We know everyone is busy, but if you could find a
few minutes to put your positive
thoughts about the school into an
email and send it to tayla@thestar.com.au to be added in to
the article it would be greatly appreciated. Apparently the newspaper is
waiting to receive some comments.
WHOLE SCHOOL TO INVERLOCH
Our whole school will be spending the
day at Inverloch on the next 4 Fridays
(20th & 27th November and 4th &
11th December) due to different
events happening for various grades.
GRADE 6 OPEN WATER & SLEEPOVER
On 26th November the Grade 6 children Can children please be dropped off at
will attend the Open Water Learning ses- Inverloch PS and collected again at
normal school times on these days.
sion at Inverloch (as mentioned above)
and then a sleepover at Walkerville, and
will return to Inverloch foreshore the
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS BBQ
following day for another session. Can
The Kongwak Community Christmas
children please be dropped off at InverBBQ will be held 16th December.
loch PS & collected again at the end of
Please mark this date on your calenthe following day. Permission forms
dar. More information will follow closand payment need to be returned to
er to the date.
school asap.
2016
SCHOOL CLEANER
We are already into the planning stagWe are still in need of a cleaner to fill in es for next year. If you know of any
while Lynne is on holidays. If you have
student who will be coming into the
approximately half an hour after school
school who has not yet enrolled, or
each night to spare to vacuum and clean know that your child/ren are leaving
the toilets we would love to hear from
the school (other than our year 6s)
you. Please speak to Kerri or contact
please let Wendy or Kerri know. It is
Wendy at Inverloch on 5674 1253.
important that we have accurate enrolment numbers to plan classes and
employment of staff for next year.
CHURCH SERVICE
Our Grade Prep-4 children will be attending a
Christmas Church Service at the Anglican
Church in Inverloch on 4th December.
PUPIL FREE DAY—REVIEW
We will having a pupil free day on Monday
23rd November.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Our next School Council meeting will be held at
Inverloch on 20th November.
SWIMMING SPORTS
Congratulations to Laynee McKenzie who was
the Runner Up Age Champion at the swimming
sports. Well done Laynee!
Some of the Grade 6 girls
proudly showing off their ribbons
SOUTH GIPPSLAND CARERS
South Gippsland Carers is a group of carers and families of people with additional
needs and frail aged
We are there for all carers who live in the South Gippsland region, and we provide
support, social get-togethers, information sharing and regular meetings
Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month during school Term
10am – 12 noon
Memorial Hall Meeting Room 2 Michael Place Leongatha
(opposite the Post Office)
Final meeting in 2015: Nov 24
th
For more information please contact Heather: 56 689 243, or Sheron 5662 3285
Resuming again from Feb 23rd 2016
Mikayla (from Inverloch) - Age
Champion and Laynee—Runner
Up Age Champion
All welcome
presents a
Mad Hatters Tea Party
at
Parents, family and carers of children who have an Autism Spectrum
Disorder (autism, aspergers syndrome, pdd-nos etc) are warmly invited to
attend the following meeting of the Inverloch & District ASD Support Group
JJSOD Performance
Special Guest Acts
Face painting
Magic tricks
Children’s old school Games
Best Hat Competition
Our support group meets on the first Wednesday of the month during
school term
Next meeting:
When:
Wednesday December 2nd
Time:
10.30am - 12.30pm
Where:
Inverloch Hub – large meeting room that opens out to the
playground. 16 A’Beckett Street Inverloch
Tea & Coffee provided at no cost
All welcome to join us for a cuppa and a chat while the kids can play in the
playground
We provide support, information sharing and social get-togethers. We also
carry some information on services in the local area. For more information,
please see the Autism Gippsland website:
https://sites.google.com/site/autismgippsland/home
Any enquiries, please call Julie on 5657 4248 or Franki on 0410 645 613,
email: franki@hopkinsdesign.com.au
Come along and bring a picnic lunch.
Re-commencing in 2016: February 3rd
Gold coin donation
th
14
of November 11.00 – 2.30
Silkstone Road, Korumburra
Volunteers needed
Event Date: Saturday 14 November, 2015.
Wonthaggi
Would you like to join our team of volunteers?
In 2015 the Bass Coast Cycle Challenge has joined forces with Inverloch’s Family Fun Festival to offer a
family fun run, a safe kids bike ride, BMX and Skateboarding events plus competitions for best decorated
bike, music and street stalls. Fun run and kids bike ride will all be on Inverloch foreshore footpath. Visit
www.basscoastcyclechallenge.com to download run routes and (bike route is the same as 5km run).
10km run
Event Start time 9:45am
Cost: $15
5km run
Event start time 9:45am
Cost: $10
1.8km run
Event start time 9:10am
Cost: $5
From 4 hrs to 2 days a week all help is appreciated
Comments from our current team
‘Volunteering gives a sense of achievement’
‘It’s a great way to meet new people’
‘I like being able to help people’
‘It’s good for gaining skills to step into employment’
‘We have heaps of fun’
Please pop into the shop or
call 5672 3445 for more info
5km Kids Bike Ride, Skateboarding and BMX Competition – free entry.
Skateboarding Comp
Event Start time 11:00am at Community Hub
BMX Comp
Event Start time 9:00am at Community Hub
Registration Friday Night 4:00pm-9:00pm & Saturday 6:30am-9:30am inside community hub or register
online. Visit www.basscoastcyclechallenge.com for full details of all events.
Kongwak had its first Mini Society ‘trading day’. Each student in the Junior Grade was given a ‘Government
bonus’ to spend and trading was at a frenzied pace!! It is a tough world in the land of business!!
Laynee, our Banker, has been flat out trying to
keep up with the deposits and withdrawals.
All businesses have their own magic but
this one has taken one step further.
Certainly any fashion advice or accessories
were available for the keen shopper.
Animals of all shapes and sizes were available
…I am not talking about the business owners!!
Some very successful shoppers…but where
did all our money go??
We even had our own gaming arcade