KONGWAK PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER GOVERNMENT RD 3951 PHONE 56 574 224 FAX 56 574 346 February 13th 2015 SCHOOL PHOTOS

TERM 1 DATES TO REMEMBER February 18th

Grade 6 Peer Mediation

18th

Open Afternoon

20th

District Swimming

March 6th

School Photos

CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE

A reminder that we will now be having our school photos taken on the 6th March.

Conveyance Allowance is available for children who are attending their nearest government school and live 4.8km GRADE 6 PEER MEDIATION or more from the school. If you think Next Wednesday 18th February the Grade this applies to you please collect an 6 children will be spending the day at Inverapplication form from the office as loch for Peer Mediation Training. Can all soon as possible. These forms must Grade 6 children please be dropped off at be returned to school by 18th FebruInverloch Primary School and collected ary. again at normal school times. EMERGENCY CARDS & FORMS OPEN AFTERNOON Thank you to those families who have Next Wednesday 18th February at 3.30pm promptly returned all forms. If you we will be having an open afternoon at are yet to do so can they please be school. This will be a chance for our parreturned to the office asap. ents & families to have a look through our classrooms and school grounds, and see all BOOK CLUB the wonderful things that happen at our The first issue of Book Club was sent school. Everyone is welcome and please home last week. A reminder that all feel free to bring along a friend! orders must be returned by Friday 27th February.

IKFNC Netball Training and tryouts have started! New players Welcome! 11U—Training Thursdays 4.30-5.30pm 13U—Training Tuesdays 4.30-5.30pm 15U—Training Tuesdays 4.30-6.00pm + Thursdays 4.30-5.50pm 17U + Seniors —Training Tuesdays 6-7pm + Thursdays 6-7.30pm Boys and girls are able to play in the 11U age group. Contact Shan 0409 742 304 or Erin 0421 828 783 for more information.

THE DEFINITION OF A GOOD BYSTANDER By Pippi Hayman

On Tuesday the Senior Room participated in a Web Conference for Safer Internet Day. The Web Conference was about being a good bystander and we tuned into the conference with about twenty thousand other students and teachers to listen to a man called Gary converse about cyber safety for about an hour. He showed things which happened in three different scenarios where somebody was bullied and then another person resolved the problem in creative ways. I didn’t realise that social media was so contagious; if you posted something nasty it would spread like wildfire.

But then again if you forwarded a message with kind intentions the same thing would happen.

CYBERSAFETY BY SHANNON BROOKE Cyber safety was a fun day because we learnt how to be safe on the internet. We watched a Cyber safety show on the internet. I learned to not say bad things on the internet. SAFER INTERNET By Molly Turner On Tuesday we did an online web Conference, it was about being a good by stander. At first there was a lady, who was talking to us, but we couldn’t talk back but there was a little chat box for us to write in. After the lady had finished talking to us this man called Greg popped up on the screen he started to tell us about kids that were on camp. A girl had fallen asleep and her friends took a funny picture of her and sent the photo to other people. We went through activities about how we could fix the problem.

READ LIKE A DEMON THE DAY THE DEMONS CAME By Shaye Brown On Wednesday Tom Mc Donald and Max Gawn from the Melbourne football club came to our school. They came to read with the students at our school. We read The Night Of The Clown, Grandpa’s Feet, Glued and Uluru.

READ LIKE A DEMON By Oscar Gibson-Goldsmith On Wednesday the 11th of February two players from the Melbourne Demons Football Club came to Kongwak to read with all the students. We all took turns to read a book that a Demons supporter wrote and we read some of the picture story books that the kids wrote last year as well. After we read, the two players, Max Gawn and Tom McDonald asked us some questions about the books and then they let us ask them some questions. After we all got some information about the football we measured the players. Tom McDonald was 195cm and Max Gawn was 208cm he’s the 4th tallest player. We were amazed by how tall they were and before they left they let us keep the first book that we read and we got some stickers, had a picture together and said goodbye. I think the best thing that happened was meeting and measuring the players and asking them questions. READ LIKE A DEMON BY LUKE SEXTON ON WEDNESDAY TWO FOOT BALLERS CAME TO OUR SCHOOL. THEIR NAMES WERE TOM MC DONALD WHO WAS 195CMS TALL AND MAX GAWN WAS 208CMS TALL. WE READ A BOOK CALLED NIGHT OF THE CLOWN . THEY HAD A QUIZ ABOUT SOME OF THE BOOKS.

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SOUTH GIPPSLAND MINERS BASEBALL COME AND TRY DAY. TO BE HELD AT LEONGATHA PRIMARY SCHOOL OVALS HORN ST, LEONGATHA LABOR DAY WEEKEND MONDAY 9TH MARCH. 4 – 15 YEAR OLDS 11 AM – 12 PM. 15+ YEAR OLDS 12PM – 1 / 1:30 PM. THIS DAY WILL BE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN CLUB FROM JUNIOR COACHES, SENIOR PLAYERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS EVEN SUPPORTERS.MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS ALL WELCOME. PLEASE LOOK US UP ON FACE BOOK (SOUTH GIPPSLAND MINERS BASEBALL CLUB). PLS CALL OR SMS ME ON 0409 978 465 OR EMAIL: [email protected] TO WHOM MAY BE COMING AND WHAT AGES OR TEAMS PEOPLE ATTENDING WILL BE PLAYING.

Inverloch Community House Presents UNDERSTANDING YOUR PRE-SCHOOLER With Psychologist Terry Guilford Pre-schoolers (ages 3-5) are fascinating and frustrating little people, one minute your cuddly-bubbly, next a defiant little stranger. Terry Guilford will be presenting an evening talk “Understanding Your PreSchooler” to discuss topics such as language and thought development, attention span, anxieties and night terrors, milestones and challenges. Come along to listen to how you can make the most of this time while your little ones are making a start in school. For information, bookings and credit card payments ph: 5674 2444 Please note: payment will not be accepted on the night. Understanding Your Pre-Schooler Date: Tuesday 24th February Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm Cost: $10 (single) $15 (couple)

Hurry and make a booking so you don’t miss out ph: 5674 2444