SRC Fundraiser – ‘Fiver for a Farmer’

On Monday 13 August the SRC will be holding a cupcake and jelly cup fundraiser in conjunction with a mufti day as a fundraiser for ‘Fiver for a Farmer’.

All children are able to come to school dressed as a farmer to support drought stricken farmers. The donation to dress as a farmer for the day is $5.00. This money, along with the sales from the cupcakes and jelly cups, will be donated to ‘Fiver for a Farmer’.

Year 5 children will be making these delicious treats for us to buy on Monday at morning tea. These will be sold for the bargain price of $1.00 each.

Make the most of this special day to support our farming communities. Remember your $5.00 for our mufti day and a couple of dollars for some cakes.

Thank you for supporting the initiatives of the Prep School SRC. The link below will give you more information about the ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ fundraiser.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/fiver-farmer-223217607.html

Rebecca Essex

SRC Co-ordinator

Library News

Premiers Reading Challenge

The NSW Premiers Reading Challenge ends on 31st August. For students wanting to enter, all books that have been read will need to be entered online in the student’s reading log by 31st August 2018. The link to record a student’s reading can be found at https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html . Please see Mrs Caro or Mrs Deans if you have lost your username or password, or if you need assistance to record your reading log.

Author Visit

Well known author, Ursula Dubosarsky will be visiting KWS Prep School on Thursday 16th August at 11.15am. All students from Years 3 to 6 will attend.

Ursula has written many titles, some of the titles include: The Blue Cat, Brindabella, Bruno and the crumhorn, The Deep End, The Even Stranger Adventures of Isador Brown, Fairy Bread, First Book of Samuel, The Red Shoe, The Word Spy and The Return of the Word Spy, Rex, The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants in this House, The Word Snoop.

Her new book 'Leaf, Stone, Beetle' will be released that week and there will be signed copies available for $15 (RRP $16.95) on the day. Please send in money in an envelope labelled with your child’s name on the day (or prior and hand to your teacher) if you would like a copy.

Book Week

Book Week is fast approaching and will be held in Week 5. The theme of this year is “Find Your Treasure”, encouraging students to read literature that they “treasure”. On Tuesday 21st August 2018, KWS Prep School will hold a character dress up day. Students are invited to come dressed as a character from any book of their choice. A parade and celebration will be held during normal assembly time (12.05pm) in the DPA. 5P will assist in running the assembly on that day. Parents are encouraged to come along and share the celebration!

Nicole Deans & Nicole Caro

Librarians

Father's Day Stall

Coming up….. in Week 6 the Prep School will be having their annual Father’s Day Stall.

Thursday 30th August

Gifts range from $2-$5

Available to students from K-6

Emma Charlton

Head Lice

Winter is here and while it may seem like head lice are hiding away from the cooler weather, there is (unfortunately) no off-season for head lice.

Please ensure that you check your child/ren and treat them appropriately before your child/ren return to school.

Mrs Ruth Edwards

P&F News

Reminder:

P&F Meeting - tonight, Wednesday, 8th August, 7pm in the boardroom of Wolaroi Mansion

The P&F meet to discuss opportunities to strengthen the school community; we appreciate all ideas and support where possible.

Topics being discussed tonight include: farmers and the farming community, the KWS Cookbook and the end of year social event.

Please come along if you would like to be involved; for those unable to attend in person, you are welcome to dial in via our teleconferencing service; dial 1800 857 029 and use guest code 19137159#.

Donna McIntyre

P&F Secretary

pandfsecretary@kws.nsw.edu.au

Chronicle Magazine

Sneak peek!

Issue 5 of the Chronicle has hit the printers and will be ready to send out to KWS families and friends over the coming weeks!

This edition of the Chronicle focuses on everyday life at our School - the ordinary that is really quite extraordinary.

We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed pulling it all together!

All current KWS families will receive a hard copy of The Chronicle in the post. Alumni will be sent a digital copy and may request a hard copy to be posted if they would like.

Canteen News

Barista Style Coffee available in the canteen

9am till 12:30pm and 1pm till 2pm

$3.50 bring your own cup
$4.00 if no cup
$5.00 if double shot large

Buy 5 coffees get the 6th one FREE (Canteen has coffee cards to keep track).

Also Due to supplier increases some canteen items will be increasing.

Stephanie Horan

Canteen Manager

Webinar: Parties, gatherings and sleepovers - How can parents keep their teens safe?

Wednesday 3 October, 2018 from 6-7pm

Presented by Mr Paul Dillon

This webinar is for parents and guardians of teenagers who are looking for strategies to help keep their child safe at parties. Teenage parties provide young people with valuable opportunities to develop a range of social skills that they need to relate effectively with their peers. As they get older alcohol is more likely to become a part of these social gatherings and, unfortunately, things can go wrong. This presentation will examine what we know about school-based young people and alcohol use and its use at parties. It will also provide practical strategies and simple tips for parents considering allowing their teen to attend such events to help ensure they are as safe as possible.

This webinar will provide:

information about teenage parties and the involvement of alcohol
practical strategies and advice for parents to make sure their child is a safe as possible when attending a party

To register for the Webinar please follow the link:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3185224004910891777/

Parent Lecture Series

Paul Dillon will be presenting in person at KWS as part of our Parent Lecture Series on Monday 22 October from 6pm. More information about this event will be provided later in the term.

KWS Community Cookbook

We need you!

Would you like to be involved in creating a cookbook? One that captures our Kinross Wolaroi community from Pre-Prep through to Year 12 and reflects the region in which our school is based?
Do you have any experience in publishing (editing, graphic design, art direction etc), copywriting, photography or food styling? If so please get in touch.
Would you like to be involved in creating a cookbook but don’t have any specific prior experience? Please get in touch too - we need people with an interest in food who can give their time to help make a book happen.

Our cookbook will be published in time for Christmas 2019 and all proceeds will go into resources for the school.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Alison Karbowiak

akarbowiak@me.com

0423 053 325

Upcoming Events

HSC Drama Showcase

HSC Music Recital Evening

Indigenous Rugby Round