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Principal's report Acknowledgement of Country, Election Day Sausage Sizzle and Bake Sale, Welcome to new staff members, ANZAC Dawn Service, Our Japanese sister school, 2026 Foundation enrolments now open, Japanese Intern - request for Host Families

Assistant Principal's report Banner Photo

Assistant Principal's report Uniform

Save the date 2025, Future dates, 2026 future dates

Support for parents and families Banner Photo

Support for parents and families Parenting and Family supports

School Counsellor

Student News Foundation, Grades 1 & 2, Grades 3 &4, Grades 5 & 6, Visual Arts, LOTE

Production 2025 Time table changes for production practise, The Wizard of Oz

PE news

From the Office Have you heard of CSEF?, Do you need an interpreter?, School Student Broadband Initiative, Details to save in your phone, Payment plans and different payment options, Scholarship details, Authority for another person to pick up your child

Pupil of the week

TeamKids

Canteen New Menu Items for Tuesdays and Thursdays, About the Kalinda Canteen, Can you help?, QKR

First Aid News - Measles Measles

Library News

Kalinda Parents and Friends

Student Achievements Kalinda Kids shine! , Eden's climbing to the top, Kalinda champs!

Handy Links Some handy quick links:, Instructions for accessing student sites:

Secondary School Information Banner Photo

Secondary School Information Steps to enrol your child in secondary school, Moving from a government primary school to a government secondary school, Moving from a non-government primary school or home schooling to a government secondary school

Public Announcements

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Library News

Coming soon to Kalinda:

The Lamont Book Fair is back!

May 12th - May 16th

Kalinda Families Read for the Kids Helpline

Please join us in reading and raising money for the Kids Helpline!

This May, Kalinda will be participating in Scholastic’s ‘National Family Reading Month’, by hosting our very own Kalinda Readathon! We’ll be raising much-needed funds for the Kids Helpline, while reading at school - and with our families at home!

How to sign up:

Go to the following link:

https://hostyourown.fundraise.kidshelpline.com.au/page/KalindaPSReadsfortheKidsHelpline

Scroll down until you find “Join team”.

Fill in your personal details as requested:

Then put in the information as follows:

Once done, you will receive two emails. One of these (Welcome aboard!) will have your login information at the bottom, including password. (If it doesn’t, then please click on ‘reset password’ to set a password for yourself).

Once you’ve got a password you can login.

You’re in! To change your page details so they have the names you’d like displayed (eg family surname or your child’s name):

Click on ‘My Account’ (top right)

Click on ‘My Fundraising’, then ‘Edit Page’

Complete or cancel their ‘steps’

Click on Manage Page

Change your page link/URL (if you’d like to) by clicking the ‘edit’ button next to it
Set your family’s fundraising target

Change your ‘creator name’ (this will be the main display name on your fundraising page)
And change your fundraising description - you can even include your family’s reading target for the month!

Hit save, and you’re ready to go! Once you’ve signed up, you’ll get an emailed link to our Kalinda Reading Log google form, and a physical Reading Log sent home. Please let us know when someone in your family has finished a book, so we can add it to our Kalinda PS tally!