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24.01.2022 DUCKs Camp Out 25th October 2019 What you need to know! Whats on? DUCKs BBQ Feast Silent Disco bring your best dance moves... Marshmallow Toasting Egg & Bacon Sangas & Banksia Coffees Pointers & Requirements This is the 5th DUCKs CampOut, a very popular event with a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere. With over 200 attendees, it doesnt go unnoticed! Please be familiar with the following information so everything runs smoothly on the night. Dave Mundy and Justin Nicholls are the event coordinators and your first contacts before or at the event for any questions. Well be wearing Hi Vis so you can find us easily! Well be joined by Mr Griffiths, representing the school. The Education Department requires all kids to have their own parent present at this overnight event, so you will be unable to bring other peoples kids if their parents cant make it. DUCKs love helpers to keep things running smoothly. Please feel free to jump in and help general setup, cooking, encouraging games, packup etc. would all be appreciated. We always need help! Quiet time will be from 9.00 pm. You are responsible for supervising your kids during the event. Please ensure they remain in the Senior Block Oval area. Kids using the playgrounds must be supervised by parents. Camping Tent setup from 4.30 pm. Please pitch tents at the back left of the oval near the senior block. No checkin required! We need to be packed up and gone by 8 am on Saturday. Youll be well fed ready for kids sport and everything else that happens on a Saturday! Please dont bring any vehicles onto the school oval. Hopefully well have parking on the netball courts. If camping really isnt your cup of tea, you can still come along for dinner and breakfast! Food Dinner will be the famous CampOut BBQ snags for the kids, steaks for the dads, and a range of salad for everyone. Well have GF and veggie options, please see Justin on the night. Breakfast will be egg and bacon, with Banksia coffees and juice. Please BYO water bottles and FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN DINNERWARE - plates, knives, forks etc. The environment will thank you for it. Don't despair if you don't have any there will be some available. Contacts: Dave 0433 095 416 Justin 0407 383 122 E [email protected] E [email protected] www.ducks.net.au

24.01.2022 If you’re heading to a containers for change drop off location with your collected containers, please consider donating to KPS P&C. Our scheme ID is C10350959 or you can scan the QR code below. Enjoy your long weekend!

24.01.2022 P&C Lego Competition Extended!!!! Awesome School Holidays Activity Get your entries in by Sunday 19th July. Winners announced first week of term 3 P&C Lego Competition Extended!!!! Awesome School Holidays Activity Get your entries in by Sunday 19th July. Winners announced first week of term 3

23.01.2022 Tickets on Sale THIS Friday. Flyers for the colour in competition will go home this week... check your kids bags!!!!

23.01.2022 Well done to everyone in the KPS community who got behind this great cause.

20.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry to the Kensington P&C Lego Masters competition. We've received over 50 entries, and the judges are deliberating with winners to be announced soon. There was some amazing, creative and innovative lego building by students and some great family entries, a sample of which you can see here.

20.01.2022 Dont forget to bring your appetite to the KPS Sports Carnival tomorrow Friday 4th Sept. Delicious hot dogs for sale to adults ... sadly no cake stall this year so no donations required.

19.01.2022 DUCKs DADS AND KIDS CAMP It was such a popular (and quiet) attraction last year the DUCKs Camp Silent DISCO is back! Dont miss out, get your ticket now!... Friday 13th November from 4.30pm on the KPS oval Come along and pitch a tent or swag with your kids. Show us your moves at the Silent Disco! BBQ dinner and breakfast included. The kids always love this event, so lock it in the diary and well see you there!! $35 per family (regardless of how many children). Includes BBQ dinner and breakfast, morning coffee for Dads, marshmallows and fun and games for the kids. Should be great night for both Dads and Kids! Will be wrapped up by 8am Saturday morning, so the oval can be used for cricket and the kids can get off to weekend sport etc. We're running the bookings through Trybooking to try and keep it nice and simple. Its a flat rate per family - the different options on the booking site are just to give us an idea of numbers. Although the DUCKs activities are aimed at encouraging Dads to get active in their kids lives, we understand that there is not always a father figure available. As always DUCKs activities are also open to Mums who would like to attend. Due to Working with Children regulations for overnight events - this is an event for parents to attend with their children. Please use the link below to book https://www.trybooking.com/BLSAN

19.01.2022 Today is International Volunteer Day. So please give a like and thank you to all those who give up their time, for free, and volunteer, not just for P&C events and meetings, but for KPS more broadly! Youre awesome! We are in need of your continued support in 2020 and encourage everyone to think of joining the P&C or coming along to the odd meeting Any questions can be directed to [email protected]

19.01.2022 Carnival Lunch Orders DUE TODAY!!! Pop yours in the P&C box at the front office Extra order forms at the office or you can download off the School Website or SZapp

18.01.2022 There may not be any exciting P&C events happening at the moment, but the twice-per-term meetings are still continuing. If you wish to tune in to tonights meeting (conducted over zoom), please email [email protected] for the meeting details.

18.01.2022 Icy poles are back!!! Every Friday at the long lunch break. Bring your $1 and cool down with a yummy Berri Icypole.... On sale 12.05-12.30

18.01.2022 Don’t forget icy poles are on sale every Friday lunch!

17.01.2022 Election Day cake stall and bbq Don’t forget to come down and support Kensington Primary P&C at tomorrow’s Election Day stall. We will be out the front of the music room from 8am. Bring your cash if possible (EFTPOS facilities available but limited).

16.01.2022 The P&C movie night is tonight! Please arrive from 5:15pm, movie starts at 7pm A few important things to note: please enter the school via the gate near the tennis courts on Fourth Ave or the gate on Banksia Tce (these are marked on the map attached) and head to the event entry at the stairs near the music room that head up to the oval. those who have purchased tickets online - your name will be on the door (no need to print your tickets). Door sales are also availabl...e. we have EFTPOS available but you will likely get served quicker with cash (please no big notes if possible) low chairs and rugs can be nearer the front - if you have standard chairs please head to the back. we have bbq dinner options as well as lollies, icecreams, popcorn (and more!) and some drinks available for purchase. See more

15.01.2022 LEGO MASTERS - Apologies to anyone who has tried to send through an entry so far. Small glitch with the email address! The email address - [email protected] - is now active and eagerly awaiting your entries.

15.01.2022 Well, another Camp done and dusted! Definitely the wettest one yet! Thanks to all that came along despite the weather and made the camp a great success. It certainly shows there is a great appetite for community events within the school. ... As always a massive thanks to Justin Nicholls for sorting enough food to feed a small army!! Also a big thanks to anyone and everyone who helped out cooking, washing dishes, tidying up and lugging stuff backwards and forwards to the P&C shed. Hope your tents dry eventually :) Looking forward to many more DUCKs events in 2021!

14.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE!!!! Year 6 Fundraiser Movie Night is back .... Friday March 27th. Details soon

14.01.2022 Fingers crossed this time Covid wont get in our way! Please come along. RSVP via the website or to Dave on [email protected]

13.01.2022 Theeeeeeeeere Baaaaaacccckkkkk!!!! As the fundraising flame is handed from our current year 6s to our future year 6s THIS FRIDAY for our first Icy Pole Sale of the season. Get your $1 coins ready

12.01.2022 MOVIE NIGHT UPDATE ... After much consideration, the P&C executive, with the support of the school, have chosen to postpone the movie night on Friday 27th March. Although we have clear guidelines at this stage that would allow us to still hold the event, we are conscious of the regularly changing advice being provided and thought it prudent to make the call early to minimise the disruption to those who were going to be attending.... We also appreciate that there may be a general reluctance to attend community gatherings at the present, and dont want the current conditions to detract from the main purpose of the night, being to get as many people there as we can to fundraise for our Year 6s. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of both our sponsors, Karen Firth from Bourke and Melinda Devonshire from Statewest Civil who both chose, very quickly, not to withdraw their sponsorship. All ticket sales shall be refunded via the TryBooking site. We hope to have this completed by the end of the week. Sadly, the online bookings may be refunded minus a small booking fee but we are yet to look into this. We have already booked an alternate date in early November to hold our much anticipated community movie night. We sincerely hope this will be a shining light at the end of what will no doubt be a long and unusual winter ahead. Thank you so much for understanding the difficult decision we felt we needed to make. It wasnt made lightly. There are uncertain times ahead but we feel very confident that if we support our school, follow the guidelines we are given and support our community, it shall only make us stronger. Your P&C Executive Committee

12.01.2022 OPEN FRIDAY 31st JAN 2020 FROM 12 noon till 2pm Kindy shirts and year 6 leavers shirts have arrived! Class lists go up at noon.

11.01.2022 P&C Meeting tonight. HELLO ALL!!!! Greetings from your KPS P&C We send our warmest wishes and hope our wonderful community is coping ok in these new and interesting times. Tonights P&C meeting shall be hosted online through Zoom. If yould like to hook in and join the proceedings could you please email [email protected] before 5pm and register your interest. Please be ready and waiting in the wait room at 7.15pm sharp. Once the meeting has begun our Secreta...ry will be too busy to accept late arrivals. Bare with us - its a steep learning curve for quite a few of us - And please mute your microphone and type questions. Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/221699063 Meeting ID: 221 699 063

10.01.2022 *** REMINDER: Submissions due this Friday!*** Ever had an idea for a project around the school? The P&C will soon meet to determine expenditure items for 2020. Our first priority is our non-negotiable items such as insurances, artist/author-in-residence programs, contingency fund, and other items.... Funds are then allocated for Wishlist items - which is where we need YOUR input. Previous Wishlist examples include: new library stock/resources; Bright Path writing evaluation tool; phonic decodable readers; additional classroom resources; playground equipment; shade umbrellas; or senior toilet growth mindset quotes. Submissions need to be received by Friday 1 November. For more information on the Wishlist process (including assessment criteria) or to be sent an application form, please email [email protected]

10.01.2022 If you're not already cooking Dads - then here's some incentive

10.01.2022 Another fabulous Sports Carnival and GO CYGNET!!! A huge thank-you to the team of volunteers that made the kids lunches possible - the DUCKs crew -headed by Dave Mundy and Chris Muir who cooked up a storm ... and the gorgeous team who got those hot hot sausages into 300+ lunches and into happy tummys! We couldnt do it without you PS - awesome video Wayne -

09.01.2022 P&C meeting is tonight in the school staff room at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome. If you have any queries please email [email protected]

08.01.2022 Welcome back to term 2 everyone Great News! Scholastic Book club is up and running this term although it will be slightly different as there are no paper catalogues. It is a great way to keep kids reading and support the school at the same time. Click on this link to view the online catalogue. https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/virtual-catalogue-1/ Orders can be lodged through the LOOP app. ... For children who are learning at home, just make sure your contact phone number is entered on your LOOP app and Ill contact you when your order arrives. If you would prefer to pay by cheque or cash please email [email protected] to arrange your order. Due to the current restrictions we are unable to use the P&C box in the school office. Please place orders before Monday 11th May. Books will delivered as usual through your childs classroom teacher. Gift orders are still available by clicking the orange gift order button when placing your order on LOOP. Thanks for supporting the P&C and bookclub! Susan Henwood See more

08.01.2022 Sports Carnival Lunch Order forms are out (or will be tomorrow) so please check your childrens bags! Order forms can also be downloaded from the school website or the SZapp too! Orders due back by next Tuesday 9am

08.01.2022 The weather is not looking the best, BUT we are still planning to run the camp. If you are put off by the thought of camping in the rain, please plan to come along and enjoy the dinner and Silent Disco. Equally feel free to come down to brekky in the morning ( from 6.15am) and enjoy some bacon, eggs and coffee. Unfortunately the food and entertainment are already paid for, so we wont able to hand out any refunds. We will try as much as possible to have the important things under cover the tents etc we will leave up to you

08.01.2022 Disco is TONIGHT Friday 29 November!

08.01.2022 Several hundred sausages, steaks, hot dog rolls. 200 odd eggs, 15kgs bacon, 30 loaves of bread, 48 litres of juice, salmon, salads, and that's just the food....... Rain, what rain???

07.01.2022 The second P&C meeting for term 2 is tonight at 7:30pm and will be held over zoom. Everyone is welcome to come along. You dont need a zoom account to join the meeting. Please email [email protected] for the meeting details.

07.01.2022 Despite the best efforts of Covid-19, social distancing and the 2sqm rule - The DUCKs CAMP is back for another year!! Lock the date in your calendar - once your kids get wind of it there is no chance of saying no! Friday 13th November 2020 4.30pm - Saturday 14th 8am.... Booking details to follow

07.01.2022 The annual art exhibition is on this week, and open before and after school every day. Always an amazing display of the kids art achievements.

06.01.2022 The 5th DUCKs Dads and Kids Camp was a raging success on Friday night. Perfect weather conditions made for good camping, awesome free ranging play, camp fire roasted marshmallows and of course the raging Silent Disco! We had somewhere in the vicinity of 230 people attend!! Kids and Dads alike seemed to have a fantastic time. I'm sure it will be locked in the diary again for next year!... BIG thanks go to Justin Nicholls for his unbelievable catering skills once again. The Ducks committee -Matt Tibbitts, Jason Parsons, Phillip Schaper, Guy Ryan, James Ramsay, Hans Christian Jeppesen, Mike Purves all deserve a pat on the back If you see Mr ( Ashley) Griffiths at school - give him a special thanks for giving up his Friday night to spend with us. Thank you to all that helped with the many tasks of setting up, cooking, washing dishes, rubbish collection and packing it all up again! Should also mention the support of Baston and Co real estate for sponsoring the coffee provided by The Little Banksia. #thelittlebanksia #bastonandco Last but not least thanks for turning up, spending time with your kids and supporting the Kensington community. Til next year..... Dave

06.01.2022 Sneak Peak at some of the ‘Lapathon’ prizes up for grabs. Entries due in by 3pm Friday - don’t forget to hand in your form if you did a diret deposit!!! Prizes announced next week

03.01.2022 The P&C still need a few volunteers for class reps If you have children in the following classes please consider becoming a rep: K3, PP3, Room 1, Room 4, Room 5, S1, S2 and S3 Reach out to your class teacher or email the P&C directly at [email protected]

03.01.2022 It will probably come as no surprise to you that we are cancelling the DUCKs re launch scheduled for tomorrow night. The Fathering Project are cancelling all of their talks for the foreseeable future. Obviously we are disappointed, but in the current climate it would be unwise to push on with such an event. Like most things, DUCK's events will be put on the back burner for now. But expect them to back bigger and better than ever when the world returns to normal. cheers... Dave See more

03.01.2022 Something to keep you busy for the next few weeks.

02.01.2022 And a massive thanks to Statewest Civil, our Silver Sponsor for the KPS Movie Night. Another Local family business supporting our kids. Link to ticket sales in comments .... Statewest Civil Pty Ltd is a bulk haulage & licensed contaminated waste removal company. We specialise in the delivery of bulk raw materials such as- Fill Sand... Limestone Roadbase/aggregates Statewest Civil operates a fleet of 20-40 tonne Semi tippers, truck & dogs & roadtrains for bulk haulage. Contact Mel 0408936797 http://www.statewestcivil.com/

02.01.2022 One last shout out for tonights AGM. Wed love to see some new faces. Please bring your $1 to become a member. Any questions - please email [email protected] or call 0431561031.

01.01.2022 The first P&C meeting is the Annual General Meeting - to be held on Tuesday 3 March at 7:30pm. Please come along and learn about the P&C, ask questions and get to know a few faces (if you don't already!). We desperately need more people in committee roles. The roles of President and Vice-President have been vacated and must be filled in order for the P&C to continue operating. Whether you are a parent, a caregiver or community member; please consider taking part in the P&C. ...No previous experience is required. You will have support and guidance from other P&C members and the Principal. Being part of the P&C gives you a voice in your child's education and an insight into how the school operates. If you would like more information please email [email protected]

01.01.2022 Community policing at its finest. Awesome visit to the camp last by Andrew and Tim from Kensington Police Station. Much appreciated and the kids loved it

01.01.2022 Our second meeting for the term is tonight at the school - in the staff room. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions. Everyone is welcome

01.01.2022 If you tried booking DUCKS camp tickets last night and found the site closed - its open again :) Please get your booking in ASAP ... Here's the link to book https://www.trybooking.com/BFSZF

01.01.2022 The Fathering Project are coming up with a range of initiatives to help families during this period of social isolation. Have a look at their dedicated channel.

01.01.2022 BIG shout out to Karen Firth & Bourkes for being our GOLD sponsor at our upcoming outdoor movie night - Sonic the Hedgehog - on March 27. Make sure to say hi to Karen on the night! Check out www.bourkes.com.au Link below for all your real estate needs.

01.01.2022 Dear KPS Community. Firstly we hope you are all coping ok with that extra ‘BONUS’ week of holidays but needs must and all. A big thank you to all that turned up last Friday to the KPS Uniform Shop and the chaotic downfall of the non working EFT machine. Your patience and humour was well appreciated!!! ... Thank you to all who have done your direct transfers already. For those of you still to complete your payments please let us know if you require the banking details again? Or any assistance in making payments. Please put your surname in the reference section. Hopefully see you all next week Your KPS P&C