From Daniel
Our Principal
Kilsyth Primary School
Avast ye me hearties!!
If you, like me, do not speak fluent 17th Century Pirate, you may not know that "Avast ye me hearties" means "you hold fast (stop what you are doing) my friends!". A totally appropriate phrase after our HUGELY successful school production ... so stop what you are doing my friendsand check out the video of our school production of "Captain Kelly's Diamond".
Families can now download and view the video of our school production here:
We are pleased to offer this to families free of charge.
or you can view it on your phone or other device via YouTube
(It is not publicly available on YouTube, it is accessible via this link only)
Jumping in the deep end... ... safely.
This week our students had a fabulous time honing their swimming and water safety skills at Croydon Swimming Pool. Thanks to Miss Donnelly for her organisation of this important program, to the swimming instructors who have provided amazing lessons for our students and to you, the parents, who have helped your child to be here everyday in the bathers ready and raring to go. It was a terrific week!
Its going to be a great finish to the year...
As time races on, the weather warms up and we head at break neck speed toward Christmas (yes - it's only 63 Days away), we look forward to the great things ahead this term. We will be finishing up our learning program on December 18th and between now and then there there will be flurry of learning experiences for our students in Literacy, Numeracy and the Specialist subjects.
If you have been lucky enough to be onsite on a Tuesday recently, you will have heard the vigour and verve with which our students are approaching their Music lessons at the moment!
Students have been working hard to complete their artwork this term, ready for our much loved annual Art Show which will be held, along with out Carols Night, on Wednesday 9th December. more details to come
Then there are the end of year excursions... fun times ahead.
And we wrap it all up with Graduation for our Year 6 students in the last week of school.
... and we would love to have you involved!
School Council met last night and we have some great family activities coming up, we would love to have you involved.
Pre-Working Bee. - there are a few small, but important, preparation jobs before our upcoming working bee. If you are able to help out and own a mechanical post hole digger (or a dingo - the machine not the canine) and have a little time to share, please contact the office and speak with Mr Lyon!
Working Bee - our first working bee for some time will be held on Friday 20th November. We will be running two shift - 9am to 11am (followed by morning tea) and 3.30pm to 6pm (followed by a sausage sizzle). Hold the date... more details to come soon.
Election Cake Stall - on Election Day, we will be holding a cake stall to help raise money for some much-needed air conditioning in the Junior Building. We will be asking families to bake some yummies to donate toward the stall. More details to come soon.
Election BBQ - also on Election Day, to help raise funds for the air-conditioning in the Junior Building, we will be host ing a sausage sizzle. We will need families to volunteer to cook and serve sausages on this day. More details to come soon.
Carols Night - come along ready to sing on December 9th of December!!
If you can help us out with any of these events, we would be most grateful!
Thank you in advance!
I Got a Hat on My Head... It's Sunny Today....
Yes, it's that time of year again! We need everyone to be wearing their hat when they are outside. Whether it be PE, Recess, and outside assembly or a Connections activity, everyone needs a hat outside to protect them from the strong Melbourne sun.
Whilst we believe sunscreen is important, it is not something we can apply at school. If you would like your child to be sunscreened for the day, please apply a long lasting product before they arrive at school.
Student Free Day coming up...
Monday 2nd of November will be a STUDENT FREE DAY. Students DO NOT attend school this day. TheirCare will be running a full day program for any parent needing child care on this day.
Tuesday 3rd November is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY. The school will be closed on this day.
Here is to a great Term Four!
Daniel