Newsletter
No 2 9th February 2024
Acknowledgement
New Staff Welcome 2024
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Hockey Clinic 2024
For those students who wish to continue their hockey journey, there is an opportunity to register for Hookin2Hockey at our local club. Hookin2Hockey is a national junior program that gives all participants the opportunity to continue learning the basic skills of hockey, develop motor skill and make friends.
Take a look at our gallery of the students learning Hockey!
School Council Election Candidates List and timeline
Please read further for the list of candidates. Thank you to the following candidates that have been nominated for school council:
* Kourtney Sjaardema
* Jade Gavin
* Rebecca Hearsum
* Jessie Cook
* Stacey Taylor
* Kathleen Watt
There are 4 posititions to fill on the school council. The school community of parents and carers will be asked to cast their votes in a ballot from Monday 26th February until Monday 4th March. Information and voting slips will be distributed on Monday.
The timeline for the 2024 elections is as follows:
| Monday 12th February | Notice of election and call for nominations |
| Wednesday 21st February | Closing date for nominations |
| Friday 23rd February | Date by which the list of candidates and nominations will be posted |
| Monday 26th February | Date by which ballot papers will be prepared and distributed, if needed |
| Monday 4th March | Close of Ballot |
| Thursday 6th March | Count votes and declare the poll |
| Friday 8th March | Declaration of poll |
| Wednesday 20th March | Special council meeting and First council meeting |
School Notice Board - 9th February 2024
School Council Elections | |
| The 2024 school council elections process will be starting next week. If you are interested in volunteering yourself or nominating someone, nomination forms will be available at the office on Monday 12th February. Please see the school council elections article further on in this newsletter. |  |
Yearly consent forms | |
| Each year, parents need to provide consent for a number of different things. Most people have returned their ICT and photo consent forms. Please return these if you haven't. The next pack of forms that went home this week include: Local excursion, special treat, sunscreen, headlice & cooking. |  |
Prep Nursing Program | |
| Kathryn Haspall, prep nursing program, will be coming in on Thursday to do assessments with the preps. If you have not completed your online form, please do so before next week. https://students.educationapps.vic.gov.au/sehq/s/ | |
Students need to wear hats | |
There are still a number of students without hats at school. Please help your child by providing them with a broad brim hat to leave at school. As per the SunSmart Policy, children mush wear hats until the 30th April (week 3 of term 2). |  |
Glasses for kids program | |
| Please keep sending in your glasses for kids forms. Don't miss out on this opportunity as we may not get offered this again. To find out more about the program, please look at the website |  |
Second hand uniform donations | |
| If you have any old school uniform that is no longer used, could you please consider donating it to the school? We are very low on second hand stock and need you help to replenish it. |  |
Current Notices | |
 | Please keep an eye out for the dates on the following notices: * Glasses for kids notice. * ICT/photo consent pack (districuted last year) Re-distributed for those who haven't returned them. * Local excursion/special treat/sunscreen, etc. consent pack. |
Annual privacy reminder for our school community | |
Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice. Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy, describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn. We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Microsoft 365/Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Microsoft 365/Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school. For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:
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Coming Events
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Please look at the events calendar for future events.
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| Please refer to the EVENT Calendar on the website to find out information about future events. It is the easiest place to go to when you are unsure about what is coming up, dates and times. |
Awards, Birthdays, Celebrations
Congratulations to our Students of the Week recipients from the latest assembly
We would like to congratulate the following students for receiving an award at our last assembly.
| P/1D | 1/2B | 3/4S | 4/5/6H |
| Ellie C Rylan P Josephine C | Aaron W Ollie B Zeva D | Logan J Bailey J | Declan P Audrey M |
| ART | PERFORMING ARTS | ||
| Shreya H-S | Cian K |
Birthdays in February
| 2nd | Sofie M |  |
| 5th | Jaxon H | |
| 5th | Rosalee T | |
| 9th | Ajay C | |
| 12th | Alex L | |
| 16th | Bailey W |
Community News
| The purpose of Community News is to promote activities and events that children and/or whole families can participate in. If you know of any sporting clubs or after school community groups that would like to promote on this page throughout 2024, advise them to contact the school via phone on: 9789 3288 or via email: karingal.heights.ps@education.vic.gov.au |
Any information provided to the school that appears in the community news are for general information purposes. KHPS does not necessarily endorse the organisations. |
