We have reached the end of another busy fortnight at KPS. Today I am shining a spotlight on something that makes our school truly special: the wonderful sense of community that we cultivate here.

Imagine our school as a vibrant beehive, buzzing with activity. Each member is a busy bee, contributing to a collective hive of learning and growth. When we support one another, share ideas, and work together, it’s like adding a touch of honey to every lesson and activity. This collaborative spirit turns everyday learning into a delightful adventure!

Building a strong community isn’t just about working on group projects or participating in school plays. It’s about creating a space where everyone feels like they belong. Whether it’s having a friend to help with a tricky problem or sharing excitement over a new drawing, feeling connected makes a world of difference.

When our students feel supported, they approach challenges with enthusiasm and a big smile. They learn kindness, patience, and teamwork, all while making new friends and enjoying their time at school.

So, here’s to the magic of community—thank you for helping us make our school a warm, welcoming place where every child can thrive and have fun!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Emma

Hi! It’s that time again when you get to hear from the Captains. This week has been busy, busy, busy! We’ve had Summer Gala Day, the Father’s Day Stall, the Art Spectacular and Wear it Purple Day. Today, we’re going to focus on the 5/6 Summer Gala Day.

This year you could choose from 5 different spots; Cricket, Lacrosse, Hot Shots Tennis, Volleyball and Volley Stars. Our students tried their hardest and represented Kingsville VERY well. We even got complements from other schools for our great sportsmanship and enthusiasm for the games! Lacrosse Boys/Mixed B, Cricket Girls A, Cricket Boys/Mixed A, Cricket Boys/Mixed B

Here’s what some students thought about Gala Day:

Issy, 6EH, Lacrosse: “It was a very fun but windy day. Our team did very well, and we only lost the grand final by 2!”

Liam, 5SP, Lacrosse: “It was very fun, and I’m very grateful of the teachers to take us out to play against other schools.”

Willy and Jacob, 6AW, Cricket: “It was an enjoyable experience, but it was very windy.”

Sonny, 5DS, Cricket: “I liked that we got to play lots of games, not just one, and we also won the grand final.”

Hazel, 6EH, Hot Shots Tennis: “It was a good chance for both tennis pros and beginners to get a grasp of a great sport!”

Zara, 5SP, Hot Shots Tennis: “I thought it was really fun and even though I didn’t win any matches I still had fun.”

Arthur, 6AW, Volleyball: “It was really fun and required a lot of teamwork, which my team was still working on.”

Dylan, 6EH, Volleyball: “It was fun, and I liked it when I scored!”

Violeta, 6AW, Volley Stars: “It was enjoyable and in one of the games it was intense but fun!”

Annabel, 5DS, Volley Stars: “It was fun but windy, and my team won 2 games!”

Our Kingsville students immensely enjoyed it, and we’re looking forward to the next Gala Day!

What an ABSOLUTELY AWESOME week of literacy celebrations.

To open our Book Week celebrations for 2024, we were excited to have Peter Hitchener come to our Friday assembly and talk to us about how he uses literacy in his work of reading the news for Channel Nine.

Here is the article from The Star Weekly:



Kingsville Primary School students welcomed Channel 9 newsreader Peter Hitchener to their school for Book Week. (Damjan Janevski)

News icon Peter Hitchener kicked off the Book Week celebrations at Kingsville Primary School last week. The Channel 9 newsreader visited the school on Friday, August 16, to take part in an assembly. A year 3/4 class performed a short production, with the students dressed as journalists or in the theme of magic, in keeping with this year’s Book Week theme: Reading is Magic.

The students also invited Mr Hitchener into their news studio for a question and answer session about the power of storytelling in journalism.

Principal Emma Vasilevski encouraged the school community to get involved in the school’s Book Week celebrations, which will also feature a character parade later this week.

“We’ve invited parents to speak with classes about how they use storytelling in their profession or hobby,” she said.

“We have brought back the book fair, and the book character parade is always a favourite. It’s a whole school community event.

“Book Week is an excellent time to engage families in the joy of reading. [We] encourage parents to read with their children at home and share their favourite childhood adventures.”

Our celebrations started with the return of our Book Fair. Thank you to our school community for supporting our first Book Fair in ten years! We are finalising the reorders and delivery, as per Scholastic distribution will be within two weeks of order placement.

A HUGE thank you to Emma Vasilevski, Martine Friend and Mish Hickey for helping to drive this year’s Book Fair, Book week celebrations and organising parent volunteers to assist.

The sheer joy and excitement of our students was equally palpable and infectious when they arrived at school in character, proudly displaying their creative, bold and beautiful costumes. It was amazing to see how many of them were dressed up and the efforts put in by our wonderful school community is to be applauded once more! Thank you to all parents, carers and staff who participated in our annual Book Week Costume Parade and celebrated your love for books and reading with our students!

FOUNDATION
We started Book Week with 2 Guest Speakers, Justine Adams and Sam Perry. They shared the books they have written and their inspirations for writing them.

We also had Dean and Jari from Dance Incursions teach us a dance for Kingsville’s Thursday evening Arts Showcase.

Our week ended with a walk to JP Bookstore on Friday. What a lovely day for a walk to our local bookstore to talk about how stories are told and the different types of books for different ages. Thanks to Dharma for her engaging session.

On Tuesday 27^th August we had a visit from Maxine Beneba Clarke, an ex-Kingsville Parent and author of picture storybooks and chapter books.

We read books with our Amici around the school after the Parade in a place of our choice.






LEVEL 1 and 2
Our Book Week was awesome. We read the CBCA Shortlisted books and gave our opinions on which book on should win book of the year. Here are 1/2Cs opinions:

Aiden: I think that Every Night at Midnight will win book of the year because the boy can turn into a wolf and his friends can turn into animals in the book.

Quinn: I believe that That Bird Has Arms is soooo good that it could win book of the year because in it Roy is very unique because he has arms and the other birds learn that it’s okay to be different. You should read That Birds Has Arms.

Avery: I believe that Concrete Garden should win the book of the year because it is very creative. In Concrete Garden when it rains the kids don’t get mad or upset. I like how it starts out with one kid and then all the kids draw. In my opinion the Concrete Garden should win the book of the year. 

Amber: I think When You’re A Boy is the best book ever because I love it and I like the boy riding his bike. And the boy’s dad always protects his son.

We had three Guest speakers share with us the books they have written and their inspirations for writing them. Thank you, Vicky Jacobs, Ros Almond and Sam Perry.

The highlight of our week was the Book Character Parade. We enjoyed watching our friends and teachers parade around the Assembly area in their costumes. We can’t wait for next year.

People can be allergic to many things such as pollens, moulds, dust mite, animal dander or saliva, insect stings or bites, medication, food, latex etc. Allergic disease includes conditions such as:

• food, insect and medication allergies
• eczema
• allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
• allergic conjunctivitis
• allergic asthma

The signs and symptoms that are experience depend on the type of allergy someone has. Allergies can be mild, moderate or severe (anaphylaxis). Anaphylaxis requires an immediate emergency response.

Anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe allergic reaction that involves various areas of the body simultaneously. Food allergies, insect stings, medications (including prescriptions, over the counter, alternative therapies), and latex are the most common causes of anaphylactic reactions.

Foods that most often cause an allergic reaction are: peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, sesame, soy and wheat.

Whilst there is largely no cure for allergy, there are many things that people can do to decrease severity, avoid triggers and improve quality of life.

At Kingsville Primary we take a proactive approach to dealing with students that have severe reactions to allergies (anaphylaxis).  Every anaphylaxis child is identified, and a plan is developed in consultation with parents. Staff are regularly trained in the process and procedures of dealing with a server reaction. Students and classmates are made aware of the fact that within our school a certain number of their peers have allergies. We believe that educating of the community – parent, teachers and students and individual’s taking developmental ownership of their conditions is the best way forward.

At Kingsville we do not ban foods that could cause an allergic reaction. Classrooms that have students with allergic reactions to foods ensure steps are in place to support individuals.

• tables are regularly wiped down
• students with allergies sit, during eating, in a designated area
• parents provide a special ‘treat box’ – birthdays, etc
• food is not shared
• hands are washed regularly by all students

An update of those classes that have students with food allergies:

• 12J
• 6AW
• 12C
• 12M
• 5CH
• 34F
• 34A

At our school, we understand the diverse needs of our families and strive to provide a supportive environment for everyone. For parents and carers who require supervision for their children outside of regular school hours, we partner with Camp Australia, our trusted out-of-hours care provider.

Our staff are responsible for student supervision between 8:45 am and 3:45 pm, the official hours when our duty of care begins and ends. However, to help ease congestion and ensure the safety of everyone, we open the Somerville Road gate at 8:30 am.

We kindly ask that any students arriving early, before 8:45 am, wait in the quiet play area until our teachers are on duty. From 8:45 am, students are welcome to play in the yard under supervision before classes begin at 9:00 am.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and caring environment for all our students.

Of particular importance at this time of the year are sun hats. At Kingsville it is compulsory to wear sun hats from September 1^st through until April 30^th in line with The Cancer Council Victoria’s Sun Smart Program as Kingsville is a SunSmart School.

Sun protection is used from ‘September to the end of April’ or ‘whenever UV levels reach three or more’ and NOT just during terms one and four. Teachers will be supporting children through this requirement, positively priming students to wear their hat from next week. However, staff will be asking those children without hats, from Monday 9^th September, to seek shade in the quiet play area.

PSW provides navy legionnaire hats, or a navy slouch hats however a navy-blue hat, with no logos, that protects the neck, nose and ears can also be worn e.g. bucket hat

Please make that sure hats along with all other school uniform items are named.

Our lunch time wellbeing room and quiet play areas have been available spaces for students to engage with peers. Here are a few photos of our students utilising these spaces.

Children who were to be presented with their award today (Fri 30th Aug) will be presented with their award next Friday 6th September:

2024 Student Free Days

Term 4 - Monday 18th November

2024 Term Dates

Term 3            Monday 15th July to Friday 20th September
Term 4            Monday 7th October to Friday 20th December

Roster for Assembly Items – Term 3

6th Sept - Assembly Item - 3/4S

13th Sept - Assembly Item FMC

20th Sept - No item - Last day of Term 3

Happy Birthday to Lotus O, Orlando L, Ella T, Stephanie S, Arlo M, Patrick F, Ben E, Oscar M, Eva K, Beatrix L, Henry S, Sarah H, Tharun B, Normandy R, Quinn M, Luke S, Baradu A, Sonny F, Kirubel Z, Maggie W, Flynn B