Kosciuszko Street Primary School in Traralgon, Victoria | Primary School

Kosciuszko Street Primary School

Locality: Traralgon, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5174 2512

Address: 36 Kosciuszko Street 3844 Traralgon, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.kossie.vic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Join Realle, Arie and Mr Murie in this weeks assembly. Watch to find out who our students of the week are and check out the amazing work our Kossie Kids are completing! https://youtu.be/FGFMn70u3pU

25.01.2022 Prep and 1/2 PE fun

25.01.2022 Dates for Term 1: Weds 27th & Thurs 28th Jan - School Supplies Pick Up (Office Hours: 8:30am - 4:00pm) Fri 29th Jan - First day of school for students in grade 1 - grade 6 Mon 1st Feb - First day of school for our 2021 Prep Students (9:00am - 1:40pm) Mon 1st March - First full day of school for Prep students (9:00 - 3:30pm)... Fri 5th March - Kossie Athletics Carnival Fri 12th March - Kossie Back-up Athletics Carnival (if Friday 5th can not go ahead due to weather or other restrictions) Tues 16th March - School Photos Thurs 1st April - Last Day of term 1 (Students dismissed at 1:30pm) Friday 2nd April - Good Friday Public Holiday See more

25.01.2022 At Kossie we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we stand. We acknowledge the Gunaikurnai people of Gippsland and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

25.01.2022 This week Mr Murie, Arie and Realle update you on what is happening at Kossie.

25.01.2022 Welcome Back and Well Done to our Kossie Kids for a fabulous Week 1. Everyone has been showing how well they remembered Kossie's Four Rs. Respect, Responsibility, Readiness and Resilience. Congratulations to our Award Winners this week.

24.01.2022 We had so much fun last term! We thought we'd share some highlights. https://youtu.be/29n-IQTx8-k

23.01.2022 Great week at Kossie finishing with our Easter Dress Up Day. Eggcited to announce this weeks Students of the Week for showing Resilience, Responsibility, Readiness and Respect.

23.01.2022 For our grade 6 families; this may be of interest.

23.01.2022 Congratulations to our lucky Yard Award winners

23.01.2022 And the race has been run!! Congratulations to Blake from Prep/1 R on his strong race! Congratulations to all staff and students who got involved in all aspects of the day. It was heaps of fun!

23.01.2022 Join Mr Murie and Realle as they discuss this weeks news. Also check out Ms Grangers scrapbook showing off the amazing work completed in week 4.

22.01.2022 Catch this weeks assembly!

22.01.2022 We have just heard the notification from Premier Andrews in regards to the COVID-19 restrictions which are to be in place from midnight tonight for five days. As soon as we receive direction from the Department of Education we will inform you using Facebook and Compass.

22.01.2022 Hi all the entrance closest to our catterick crescent crossing to the basketball stadium carpark is closed off. Access to the car park is still available from the entrance further along Catterick Crescent opposite our oval... Take care

22.01.2022 We are very excited about our new building opening next term. Rooms 7-12 and room 17 will start moving into the building tomorrow and Friday. While this will be disruptive to students we still expect to see them at school however we do respect the decision of those parents who choose to keep their children home due to the increased disruption. We apologise for the late notice, however coordinating this has taken more time than anticipated.

21.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to those special men in our Kossie Kids lives.Happy Fathers Day to those special men in our Kossie Kids lives.

21.01.2022 As you have all probably heard, Daniel Andrews has announced today that the state of Victoria will be commencing stage 4 lockdown from midnight tonight. This means that students will remain home on Monday 15th, Tuesday 16th and Wednesday17th February. We will provide you with more information as it comes to hand.

21.01.2022 Face Coverings in Schools A Compass post has been sent out tonight in regards to the information we have for face coverings in schools. This is a shortened version of what was posted: Primary Students:... - Students who attend primary school will not be required to wear a face covering. - Students who are ages 12 or over by Year 6 will not be required to wear face coverings. - Whilst children aged under 12 years are not recommended by the Department of Health to wear a face covering, individual families can make their own decisions regarding their children. Teachers & Education Support Staff: - Teachers and education support staff will not be required to wear face coverings while teaching, but those who wish to do so, can. - Teachers and ES should wear face coverings in other areas of the school when not teaching (e.g. on yard duty and when providing first aid), and when travelling to and from school. As with everything that we have been through during the COVID-19 restrictions, we believe that we can continue to all work together to keep our community safe. We thank you for your ongoing support and understanding. We recommend that if you are concerned about how your child will respond to seeing people in masks, that you begin to wear them around the home, with family members and loved ones prior to them attending school on Monday. This will help alleviate any alarm that they may feel. You may even choose to use a stuffed toy or doll to help make this feel more normal.

21.01.2022 2020 has certainly been a challenge for us all which makes it even more important to stay connected. Therefore we felt that it was really important to share the RUOK? Day message. This video helps us know what to say to someone when they are not OK and guide them through how they can continue a conversation that could change a life. https://youtu.be/erHLP29tzPE

20.01.2022 The final announcement from Realle, Arie and Ms Granger. Thanks to Ms Humphrey who made the photo book this week.

20.01.2022 Join us in this weeks assembly. https://youtu.be/EN6KmRnpv1k

20.01.2022 Kossie’s Running Track We are very excited to share some photos of our new running track! The track goes right around our football oval and soccer field covering a distance of approximately 350 metres. We will be using the track as part of our fitness training in PE and for brain breaks during learning time. The students will also be able to run laps during recess and lunchtime. The track will get christened when we have our spectacular Colour Run (with ob...stacles) on the 11th of December. We are really pleased that this track will allow access to the oval for people of all abilities due to a linking track starting near the hall. We were successful in our application for a Sporting Schools Plus grant and this money was used to fund the construction of the track. We are very grateful to Glenn Lawless from ‘Lawlex Excavations and Earthmoving’ for completing this amazing project within our limited budget. If you need any earthmoving done give Glenn a call on 0477631470

19.01.2022 Congratulations to our students of the week. Today our house captains announce the awards for PE, Kitchen & Garden, and Art. They really did a fabulous job!

19.01.2022 May the sacrifices of all Anzacs never be forgotten.

19.01.2022 Colour Run In case you haven’t heard- we are having a Spectacular Colour Run this year instead of our usual Fun Run! It will take place on our school oval on Friday 11th of December. The students will complete obstacles as they run laps of the course while getting sprayed with coloured powder! These will include a giant slippery slide, spider web, tyre hop, commando crawl under netting and hay bale climb. There is also an opportunity for students and families to rai...se funds for our school. We are super excited for this special day and so are the students! * If anyone knows a farmer who may be interested in donating or selling us some discounted hay bales please let us know. We are after the small rectangular ones. We could return them after the event however they will have coloured cornflour on them. Sally Lovell

18.01.2022 Look at the amazing work our grade 3/4 students completed for NAIDOC week in art. We are very proud of what Mrs Missen and the students created. #NAIDOC2020

18.01.2022 4 Times R = Super Stars Congratulations to these super stars this week for showing Respect, Responsibility, Resilience and Readiness throughout Kossie's learning areas this week.

18.01.2022 And it has started... Whilst new beginnings are exciting, there have been plenty of fond memories created in that building. Farewell Westy.

17.01.2022 NAIDOC Week celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and recognises the contributions made by Indigenous Australians. All students at Kossie will be celebrating NAIDOC Week in their classrooms and within the Art Room.

16.01.2022 A huge thank you to our volunteers who support our school. We appreciate your willingness to bog in and help.

16.01.2022 At Kossie we love to skip! This term we are focussing on skipping to keep active and have fun. Every day our students will have access to skipping ropes during recess and lunch breaks. They will also be learning some new skipping skills during PE lessons. At the end of the term parents will be invited to come and watch our ‘Skipping Spectacular’ as our whole school skips for an hour to music using long and short ropes.

15.01.2022 Prep 2021 parents and carers, join us in our Virtual Q&A. Click on the link and select the session you are interested in and we will email you the link. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3FXRHZR

15.01.2022 Tune into our Remote Learning Virtual Assembly. Congratulations to those students of the week! https://youtu.be/p3ectxIJoFc

14.01.2022 Dear Parents/Guardians, We are very happy to announce that further restrictions have eased and parents/guardians are now able to come into the school for drop-offs and pick-ups. This will commence from MONDAY. With only three weeks to go, we would like to keep things as normal as possible for our students, and for them, being dropped off and picked up at the gate has become the new normal. The students have really shown how independent they can be, and we would like to ask yo...u to continue the routine that we have in place till the end of the year. Teachers will continue supervising the gates morning and afternoons to assist this. Compass messaging has been fantastic, and will continue to be used as our preferred means of communication between home and teachers. If you do need to come onsite, social distancing rules apply and you are only permitted for 15 minutes (this is indoors and outdoors). If you need to be in the school for a longer period of time, please come through the office. You will need to wear a mask and sign in at the front desk. This is part of the Department of Education Covid-19 tracing protocol. Further easing of restrictions include parents now being able to attend graduation ceremonies (more information to follow), kindergarten students can participate in transition as a whole group and drinking fountains and taps will be re-opened. These are all very positive steps towards what will hopefully be a fantastic 2021 at Kossie. Thank you for your patience and understanding in ensuring a smooth end to what has been a tumultuous year. See more

13.01.2022 Dear Families, Following the announcement from the Victorian Government, the Traralgon Cluster Schools wish to communicate the following decision: All students across the Traralgon cluster schools will resume face to face classes from Monday 12th October which is the second week of Term 4. All schools will continue to support specific students and families with onsite supervision for the remainder of this term and in the first week of term four. The schools will continue to a...bide by the safety/health measures that were in place at the beginning of Term 3. There will be more information around this prior to the recommencement of school on Monday the 12th Oct. Kind Regards, Chelsea & Paul See more

13.01.2022 Thank you to our amazing teachers!

13.01.2022 Prep and Grade 1/2 PE The students have been focussing on the Kick Fundamental Motor Skill for the past two weeks. To be successful they have learned to: - keep their eyes on the ball... - step towards the ball with their non-kicking leg - contact the ball with the top of their foot - point their toes for greater accuracy - swing their arms They have also enjoyed completing the Beep Test as part of their warm up and playing two versions of the game Kickball. This week we are moving on to the soccer kick and learning some basic soccer skills which they will utilise in a soccer game.

13.01.2022 Congratulations to our latest Captains' Kindness Award winners. Both Brodie and Ashim have been seen in the yard showing care for their peers by inviting kids to play with them. Great work!

12.01.2022 Tomorrow (Wednesday 2 September), were celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day, with the very first national, virtual Youtube Live Premiere event! In past years, this occasion has taken place at Sydney Opera House. This year, due to COVID-19, we are able to access these events from our Google Classrooms. Find details in your classroom announcements.

12.01.2022 This week we are celebrating Harmony Week by wearing orange on Thursday 18th March. #everyonebelongsThis week we are celebrating Harmony Week by wearing orange on Thursday 18th March. #everyonebelongs

12.01.2022 Hi everyone, As you are all aware, the Premier and Minister for Education made an announcement in regards to Victorias approach to easing restrictions. The information we currently have at hand is: - remote learning will continue for the rest of term 3 (school holidays commence on Friday 18th September) and also the first week of Term 4 (commencing Monday 5th October). - on-site learning will resume during the week beginning Monday 12th October. At this stage we are unsure w...hether this will be staggered for different years levels, but the expectation is that all of our students will be onsite by Friday 16th October. We will keep you informed as we receive further information from the Department. Please do your best to stay positive and contact us at school if you need any support. Chelsea and Paul See more

12.01.2022 Better late than never: the winners of the 2021 House Sports was Gold House. Congratulations to every student who competed last Friday. We were really impressed by the effort shown by all. We would also like to thank the TC Students who helped run the events and to Ms Xuereb and Ms Lovell for all of their organisation. Thanks also to those parents who helped on the day and those who came along to support.

11.01.2022 STAGGERED PICK UP TIMES: Tomorrow students with surnames A-K will be dismissed at 1:15 and students L-Z will be dismissed at 1:30.

11.01.2022 Colour Run Update Hi everyone, the fundraising for our Colour Run has officially closed. We have raised an incredible $10,364!! Thank you so much to everyone in our school community and their extended family and friends who have kindly donated. This money will be used for either new outdoor basketball goals or play equipment. Our students will decide.... We have two and half weeks left until one of the most exciting days of the year!! Our Colour Run will take place on Friday the 11th of December. The students have been training during PE lessons and lunchtimes by running laps of our fabulous new running track.

11.01.2022 Check out the great books we will have available during the Book Fair this week. Our Book Fair will be running from Monday 23rd of Nov to Thursday 26th November. Tomorrow each class will visit the library to have a browse. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we are posting pictures of what is available because we are unable to invite parents in to have a look. We appreciate everyone's understanding with this change. To purchase a book children will bring their order to school which will be collected by Library Leaders and staff will dispatch the items later that day.

10.01.2022 This week we would like to thank and acknowledge our hard working Education Support Staff. This week was meant to be celebrated during remote learning, but we ...wanted to make sure all of our ES felt the love so we have waited until now. Our Education Support do so much for our school, from answering phone calls, giving emotional support, patching up a scraped knee, to phone calls home to check in on how things are going. We appreciate your commitment to the Kossie Community! See more

09.01.2022 Fundraising!! Attached are printable versions of the order form and information about payment/return of orders. This is ALL being done online so please read carefully. If you would prefer to complete the form using Excel or a similar spreadsheet program, you can either download via the announcement on compass, or email [email protected] and comment below. I will send you the file from there within 24 hours. Thanks... Lee and the fundraising team See more

09.01.2022 For our grade 6 families

09.01.2022 Thank you to those families who joined us for tonights virtual transition Q&A. Hear the answers to your questions. https://youtu.be/4Ny8Qc9a1fY

08.01.2022 Congratulations to our yard award winners. Lots escaped before the photo was taken.

08.01.2022 The new building tour is here. We hope you enjoy this sneak peek.

08.01.2022 Well done to all our Kossie Kids for a fabulous week. Congratulations to these kids for being Ready, Resilient, Respectful and Responsible.

07.01.2022 Prep and 1/2 PE news We have been learning the forehand strike. The students have learned to stand side on to the target with their racquet ready, keep their eyes on the ball and follow through to their shoulder after the swing. We have also been wearing pedometers to count how many steps we have done during the lesson. Most students are getting over 1500 steps each lesson. Our highest record is 3200!!!

07.01.2022 Before all the COVID news struck we were celebrating the opening of our new basketball court. The fences were removed yesterday morning and the kids flooded onto it with great excitement. This court is a fabulous asset to our grounds and will be enjoyed by our students for years to come.

05.01.2022 Term 2 Dates: Monday 25th May: Statewide Student Free Day Tuesday 26th May: Prep - 2 students return to school Friday 5th June: Student Free Day (Report Writing) Monday 8th June: Queens Birthday Public Holiday... Tuesday 9th June: Grades 3-6 students return Friday 26th June: Last day of term 2 - 1:30 finish See more

05.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all the Kossie mums and those who take on the role of a mother within their family. We hope you are all feeling loved and appreciated on this day which is dedicated to you!

05.01.2022 Watch the video below for the Virtual Tour of Kosciuszko Street Primary School, Traralgon, hosted by Principal Chelsea Granger and School Captains Realle and Arie. https://youtu.be/r1dpY5Pnbno

04.01.2022 Unfortunately the weather is not looking too ace, so our assembly will be indoors today. Due to covid-19 restrictions, this means parents/family members will be unable to attend.

04.01.2022 RETURN TO SCHOOL The changes to Covid-19 restrictions which were announced yesterday do not apply to schools in regional Victoria, which means barring unforeseen circumstances over the next five days we expect to return to school on Monday 13th of July. We will receive revised operational guidelines (hygiene, social distancing, etc) towards the end of week, but expect most strategies that were in place at the end of term 2 will remain for the commencement of term 3. Once we receive these we will distribute them through Compass. So for now, continue to enjoy the school holidays. Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday.

04.01.2022 Better late than never. We hope you enjoy Blake's interview as much as we all did!

03.01.2022 We have been informed that the West Wing is likely to be demolished on Monday. If you are about town you may like to wander past to farewell this important part of Kossies history.

03.01.2022 Last night we received notification due to an ease in restrictions all primary students in regional and rural areas will return to school during the week of October 5th, which is the first week of next term. At Kossie, Monday the 5th of October has been approved by School Council as a curriculum day so that teachers can prepare for the return of students. This means that students will begin school on Tuesday 6th October. We are really looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday October 6th. Please note that unless we receive further notification, adults are still not permitted on site, unless arranged in advance with the general office.

03.01.2022 Winners are Grinners! Well done this weeks winners in the Yard Raffle for displaying Kossie's Four Rs in our playground.

03.01.2022 Join Realle, Arie and Ms Granger to hear this weeks announcements. Unfortunately some of the videos in the scrapbook have turned sideways. If you turn your head on the side, you barely notice. Thank you Realle and Arie for your continued support with these videos!

02.01.2022 ENROLMENTS OPEN FOR 2021 AT TRARALGON COLLEGE Due to COVID 19 restrictions we have been unable to run our Information Evening for families of Year 6 students lo...oking to enrol for 2021. As an alternative we have recorded members of our school community sharing information about Traralgon College and the programs that we offer. For further information about Traralgon College please visit our website https://www.traralsc.vic.edu.au/ or contact us on 5174 8733 See more

02.01.2022 Once again, being cool in the yard was not hard for these Yard Raffle Winners. Congratulations to all.

01.01.2022 Today our Kossie Netballers and our student leaders had the pleasure of meeting Geva Mentor and Shimona Nelson from the Collinwood Magpies. Geva and Shimona were at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Stadium to announce their pre-season tournament being held at the stadium against the Adelaide Thunderbirds and Queensland Firebirds. Our students also had the pleasure of meeting Latrobe City Mayor, Sharon Gibson. We are grateful to Latrobe Valley Authority and to the Magpies for the opportunity to meet these amazing athletes. We really had a fabulous time meeting them and learnt a valuable lesson in the importance of having fun with our sport and the value of friendships. Check out WIN News tonight, we may make an appearance.

01.01.2022 New football Posts and Basketball Goals Over the holidays we have installed brand new metal football goal posts and two new basketball goals! These were purchased thanks to the fundraising efforts of our whole school community last year when we held our Colour Run and raised over $11,000. We are very excited about these fabulous additions to our school grounds and we’re sure the students will be too when they see them tomorrow. A huge thank you to Glenn Lawless from Lawlex Excavations for installing them. He also installed our running track last year.

01.01.2022 Today I have sent out a post via Compass in regards to the return to school tomorrow. I have attached a copy of the school map which will help identify gates an...d rooms (you will have to enlarge it on your device). In summary: - We ARE returning to school tomorrow, however we do need to maintain the Covid Safe arrangements we had in place in term 2. This means that parents and carers are still discouraged from coming onsite. If you do need to enter, you must report to the office through the office - With our Prep - 2s, 2/3I and 3/4H commencing the term in their new classrooms, it makes more sense to use the gates on Catterick Cres for those students and gives our families greater access to safe parking. - We have also allowed for our 5/6 students to access either the Kosciuszko St gate or the Garibaldi St gate (this is also clearly indicated on the map). Any junior student who is dropped off in Kosciuszko Street can safely walk around the school to his/her designated gate, either using the crossing or having been dropped off on the school side of the road. - Teachers from the new building will come out to the gate when the bag bell rings to take their students to their new room. - Unfortunately there is still a great deal of mud around the building and there are still some areas closed off. These areas will continue to be worked on throughout term 3. --Gate Entrances and Exits: Prep - 2 Students: New Building Gates and wait under cover 2/3I & 3/4 Students: Ramp Gate and wait in BBQ Area 5/6 Students: Garibaldi St Gate & Kosciuszko St Main Gate and wait in the quiet area Bus Travelers: Kosciuszko St Main Gate and wait in their designated area After School Care Students: Office Gate, Garibaldi St Bike Shed Users: Bike Shed Gate and wait in their designated area Please be mindful when picking up and dropping off students that there are no parking zones around the school and of the rules associated with the drop off zones. We recognise that this is another change that has been introduced and we thank you all for your ongoing support. Each time a change has been introduced it has been to increase the safety of all members of our school community and to ensure that we align with the Departments Guidelines. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.