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Kyneton Primary School

Locality: Kyneton, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5422 1855

Address: 49-79 Edgecombe St 3444 Kyneton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.kynetonprimaryschool.com.au

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25.01.2022 Hi All Welcome back to our new term. We ran out of time to record our assembly last Friday so here it is on a Monday. https://safeYouTube.net/w/4ZjO

25.01.2022 At Kyneton Primary School we believe our children are entitled to a high quality education that is respectful of, and responsive to, their existing competencies, cultural heritage and histories. We want our children to learn to their full potential in an inspiring, challenging and supportive environment. Our families are entitled to be confident that their children will have access to an education that promotes equity and excellence whilst attending to the wellbeing of all ch...ildren. We hope you find the link below to the recording of a Prep Information session useful in finding out more about what our school has to offer, as you make the very important decision in choosing the right school to suit the individual needs of your child. If you choose KPS, we will then look forward to continuing a transition program for your family as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed across the state. https://safeYouTube.net/w/3JwT Warm regards, Alistair Rayner Principal

25.01.2022 KPS Virtual Assembly #3 https://safeYouTube.net/w/PFsP

24.01.2022 KPS Assembly Dear KPS Community Please enjoy our assembly for this week where we recognised the Student Council and Gardening and Sustainability children for all of their efforts during the year. Congratulations to all award winners and a beaming Superhero recipient. ... https://youtu.be/koeVkNXipko

24.01.2022 Upcoming Student Free Days A reminder that our Student Council are holding a Footy Colours Day tomorrow, Thursday 22nd October. Students may dress in their footy team colours or the colours of any sports teams they like. They are welcome to bring a gold coin donation to donate to the Kyneton Caring Community. KCC is a local charity that supports all members of our local community through providing food and other support services. This Friday 23rd October 2020 is the Grand Fin...al public holiday. Our school will be closed on this day and no students are required to attend school. Tuesday 3rd November 2020 is Melbourne Cup day and will be a student free day at KPS. Our staff will be using this day to focus on reporting and moderation. Wednesday 4th November 2020 is Kyneton Cup Day and is a public holiday in Kyneton. Our school will be closed on this day and no students are required to attend school. Thank You.

23.01.2022 Dear KPS Community The Victorian Government announced that Victoria moved to the Last Step of the roadmap for reopening from 11:59pm, Sunday 22 November 2020. As a result of the changes announced, some important updates have been made to school operations. These changes are detailed in a new Term 4 Operations guide that the school received on Thursday morning. The school is currently giving careful consideration about what onsite restrictions it will adopt for the last 3 week...s of the school year and is awaiting further DET resources to support any changes. We will be back in communication with the school community on Monday 30 November. Until then all current restrictions will remain in place. Kind regards, Alistair Rayner Principal

23.01.2022 KPS Assembly Term 4 #3 Hi All Please relax and enjoy our assembly as we are visited by some Year 6 ghouls and a new friend Maggie. Top stuff to all award winners. https://youtu.be/hZHd7hS-2wQ

23.01.2022 Dear KPS Community Please find below our KPS Virtual Assembly Links for Term 4 #1. There are two links this week as we had a technical difficulty which meant the BTN Collectable article was not recorded so it is sent as an additional link. Please enjoy the recording which includes some important new school news and congratulations to our award winners. These are YouTube clips as Safe YouTube is currently blocked by DET filters. https://youtu.be/fWjCk0ZLBQY https://youtu.be/o_X4-e_u7aY

22.01.2022 Here is Assembly #5 for you to view. We congratulate all the students getting awards today. Oh and keep an eye out for our very own Roaming Rayner visiting the specialist programs and studios. Next week we will all be back at school and we look forward to seeing everyone. https://safeyoutube.net/w/F4mJ

22.01.2022 Student Free Days Next Week Next Tuesday 3rd November 2020 is Melbourne Cup day and will be a student free day at KPS. Our staff will be using this day to focus on reporting and moderation. Wednesday 4th November 2020 is Kyneton Cup Day and is a public holiday in Kyneton. Our school will be closed on this day and no students are required to attend school.... Thank You.

22.01.2022 Dear KPs Community Please be reminded that our students' return to school for Term 4 on Tuesday 6th October, with the 5th October being a student free day with no learning available onsite. The KPS Return to School Guide can be found on Compass attached to a message I sent on 18/9. It contains information on: Attendance onsite... School Arrival and Departure Morning and Afternoon Drop Off and Pick Up Times Further health and safety measures If any of these details are altered by the department before Tuesday I will send an update. Please contact me at [email protected] .gov.au if you require any clarification.

22.01.2022 With Stage 2 return to school happening on Tuesday, here are some updates to the infographics!

22.01.2022 Return to onsite learning at KPS in Term 4. Dear parents and carers, Thank you for all of your support during the Term 3 period of remote and flexible learning.... The Victorian Government has advised that students enrolled in Prep to Grade 6 in standalone primary schools will return to on-site learning from Monday 5 October. Schools have the flexibility to stagger the return of year levels between Monday 5 October and Friday 9 October, depending on local circumstances. At KPS Monday 5 October will be a student free day for all with no onsite learning available. We will then welcome back all year levels for onsite learning on Tuesday 6 October. Further communication from DET is expected this evening with guidelines about student attendance onsite. I will hopefully be able to communicate these to you some time tomorrow if not during the school holiday period. Alistair Rayner Principal

21.01.2022 School open tomorrow! Dear KPS Community It was wonderful to hear the announcement this morning from the Premier that schools will be reopening from tomorrow. We can't wait to welcome our children back onsite for face-to-face teaching and learning. ... At this stage, we will be opening with the guidelines and restrictions we had in place when we were forced into lockdown last Friday. We expect an updated DET Operations guide to arrive shortly and when this occurs I will communicate with you again.

20.01.2022 Assembly #6 Congratulations to those students who received awards this week, and while you’re here, check out our School Captain's video on Perseverance. Have a great weekend!... https://safeyoutube.net/w/rXQK

19.01.2022 Talking to your child about COVID-19 Dear KPS Community Information that might be of assistance to you in talking to your child about COVID-19 is available at:... https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/talking-your-child-about If you are concerned about your wellbeing or that of your child, please contact the school so we can talk with you about how we can best assist. Classroom teachers can make themselves available for individual telephone calls or Zoom meetings with children. Other sources of support include Parent Line 13 22 89 and Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.

19.01.2022 Risky Road Safety Behaviours at KPS Dear KPS Community It has been so wonderful welcoming our children back to face to face teaching over the last week and a half. We have all appreciated the positive and energised way the children have returned to learning in their classrooms and the friendly chat with community members at the school gates.... Despite the upbeat beginning to Term 4 I have been informed of and witnessed some concerning, risky road safety behaviours on Edgecombe St and surrounding side streets. I would like to request you pay particular attention to the following road safety behaviours. 1. Please do not allow younger children to race ahead of you whilst walking to school or home, as I have been contacted by community members describing near misses as children forget to stop at the curb before crossing roads. 2. Please always use the designated school crossings when walking your children across Edgecombe St. A trending risky adult behaviour seems to have emerged this term which, involves community members parking on the east side of Edgecombe St and then whilst holding children’s hands, weaving their way through stationary and oncoming traffic to cross the road. Whilst I am not able to enforce road safety behaviours, I can request that adults in our community act as positive role models for our children and follow these simple requests. I would much prefer children arrive at school or get home three minutes late than have to manage and experience the long-lasting effects of a road trauma incident out the front of our school. I wonder what it will take for people to understand and take notice of the common-sense rules around road safety involving children! Alistair Rayner Principal

19.01.2022 KPS Assembly 13/11 Dear KPS Please enjoy viewing our assembly for this week as we learn more about NAIDOC week, congratulate award winners and welcome a new Superhero.... https://youtu.be/GPGYbQ7cZ4c

18.01.2022 Dear parents and carers, There are two helpful new resources to help you support your children during remote and flexible learning. Raising Learners podcast The Department of Education and Training has funded a 10-episode podcast series through the Raising Children Network called ‘Raising Learners’. It features parenting experts from organisations including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Career Education Association Victoria, as well as the Australian eSafety Comm...issioner, Julie Inman-Grant. Raising Learners provides parents with practical advice, tips and ideas for supporting children’s health, wellbeing and engagement at school and at home. Topics include how to connect with your child’s school and community, how to best support your child’s learning, what to expect for VCE and VCAL students and how to keep your child safe online. These topics were drawn from common questions that parents raised with the Department’s coronavirus (COVID-19) hotline and Parentline. The first three episodes will be available on 1 September, and the rest throughout terms 3 and 4. Raising Learners can be accessed via podcast apps and Raising Children Network website. Managing the Coronacoaster webinar Renowned child psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is back by popular demand to repeat his Coronacoaster webinar. On 15 September, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg will again present Managing the Coronacoaster Tips for building resilient families in the coronavirus era. His first webinar in August booked out in three days, with more than 12,000 registrations. In this webinar, Dr Carr-Gregg provides tools and strategies for parents and carers to help manage the lockdown period and remote learning. Topics include: your supportive role setting the emotional tone focusing on what you can control how to deal with disappointment more resources and where to get help. Webinar details When: 7.30pm, Tuesday 15 September Duration: 45-minute presentation, followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session Format: online via live stream Cost: free Register for the Managing the Coronacoaster webinar via Eventbrite

18.01.2022 KPS Assembly 27/11 Hi KPs Community Sit back and enjoy our assembly for the week. It has information on our upcoming transition morning, a new school captain structure for 2021 and a fun P & F Movie Day. Of course, there is also our award winners for the week and a super smiley Superhero.... Happy Friday https://youtu.be/UTCRky04YPU

18.01.2022 School Closure Update from KPS Dear KPS Community Please visit your Compass Profile page to find a school closure update from KPS after receiving further documentation from the Department of Education (DET) late yesterday afternoon.... We hope you are all coping and are safe and well during what we hope is a short period of lockdown. Fingers crossed we will see all children happily back at school on Thursday.

15.01.2022 KPS Assembly #6 Term 3 We hope you enjoy the assembly for Week 6. Watch for news on Science Week, some creative KPS artists and the P&F Father’s Day Stall. Congratulations to all of the award winners. https://safeYouTube.net/w/twuT

15.01.2022 We hope you enjoy the assembly recording from this morning, with the re-introduction of a Superhero. https://safeYouTube.net/w/8e8

13.01.2022 KPS Assembly 20/11 Dear KPS Community We had another enjoyable time recording our assembly this morning. We shared some exciting news about an Early Learning Centre being located on our site, therapy dogs in schools and of course we congratulated a wide range of award winners for the week. Please enjoy.... https://youtu.be/FciHXSCxZCo

11.01.2022 Information for Families A reminder to families that our canteen is open from Tuesday Friday for lunch orders. It is closed for recess and casual lunch time purchases. Subway orders are available on Mondays. Due to the amended opening times of Super Sushi, sushi orders are only available from Wednesday Friday. Friday 23rd October 2020 is the Grand Final public holiday. Our school will be closed on this day and no students are required to attend school.... The student council are holding a Footy Colours Day on Thursday 22nd October. Students may dress in their footy team colours or the colours of any sports teams they like. They are welcome to bring a gold coin donation to donate to the Kyneton Caring Community. KCC is a local charity that supports all members of our local community through providing food and other support services.

11.01.2022 KPS Assembly Week 7 Hi Everyone Please find below the link to our assembly recording for this week. Some fabulous award winners again and some creative Music news. Hope you’ve had a great week.... https://safeYouTube.net/w/kZCV

11.01.2022 Dear KPS Community We hope you enjoy our assembly this week, the first one as we transition back to home learning. Check out the fun clips and our new waterproof shade sails. https://safeYouTube.net/w/RFrQ

10.01.2022 Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday school access Dear KPS Community The only gate that will be open at 8:45 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week will be the main pedestrian gate on Edgecombe St. Please use the community path between us and OLR if you are coming from the Aquatic Centre direction to gain access to this gate.

10.01.2022 KPS Week 9 Assembly Dear KPS Community Please enjoy our assembly this week especially the messages about RUOK Day and effective communication. Well done to all award winners. https://safeYouTube.net/w/OtPab

10.01.2022 KPS Assembly Week 8 Dear KPS Please enjoy this week’s assembly which includes a huge variety of award winners and plenty of other news and entertainment. Excuse Ms Arnephy and me as we have a bit of fun with our own cups which can be heard towards the end of the Cup Song clip.... https://safeYouTube.net/w/PI3Y

08.01.2022 A big shout out to Emily Dellios, Matt Wallace and Phoebe Everill, Drummond based Furniture Maker for making and donating 6 bench seats for our school. Phoebe hosted Matt and Emily in her workshop for two days, and she donated her time and expertise to help out the school. We very much enjoyed working on this community project together, and we hope the kids (plus staff and parents) get many years of use from these seats!!

08.01.2022 Happy last day of Term 3. Even our Leaders have joined in for our 'Onesy Day'. Looking forward to seeing you all back on site on Tuesday 6th October. Stay safe and have a great break!

07.01.2022 Lockdown & School Closure Dear KPS Community Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a five-day lockdown in response to the growing coronavirus outbreak linked to a Melbourne quarantine hotel.... Schools will close but will remain available over those three days - Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - for school identified vulnerable children or for the children of those who are permitted to go to work, those who can't work from home. We are yet to hear anything official from the Education Department but we will communicate further with you when this occurs.

06.01.2022 Here is my report for November. Happy reading! If you'd like to have a chat about anything KPS-related, please don't hesitate to contact me: [email protected]

06.01.2022 COVID-19 Term 3 School arrangements for KPS attached Dear KPS Community, As you would be aware, the Victorian Government again today made a series of significant announcements about a change to arrangements for schools at the start of Term 3.... It is important to note that these new announcements apply only to schools in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire. Please note there is no impact to Kyneton Primary School or any Macedon Ranges schools. We look forward to welcoming our students back to school tomorrow under the same restrictions as we finished Term 2, with the exception in two areas. These include alterations to the re-opening of the school canteen and temperature screening of students from metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire that will be undertaken at the start of the school day. Kind regards, Alistair Rayner Principal

06.01.2022 KPS Assembly 6th November 2020 Hi All, This week's assembly highlights NAIDOC week 2020 (Nov 8th - 15th) and we selected a video clip about connection to place and country to share. The theme for NAIDOC week this year is 'Always Was, Always Will Be'.... Student Council reps shared exciting news about a competition they have organised. Congratulations to all of our fabulous award winners and thanks to our School Captains and to Mrs Giusti for co-hosting. https://youtu.be/_t3rZN9Bnwg

05.01.2022 Kyneton PS Newsletter is back! After a long break we have now recommenced publishing newsletters. Please follow the link below to see our latest edition. https://newsletters.naavi.com/p/PJKPQMe/latest

05.01.2022 New KPS Return to School Guide (attached in Compass) Dear KPS Community A new Term 4 Operations Guide was issued last night by the department. As a result we have altered our KPS Return to School Guide to reflect this new document.... Key changes set out in the KPS Return to School Guide include: * at this stage, while rates of community transmission are low, schools can cease daily temperature checks * as a result of the above the school's back gate will now be open between 8:45 - 9:00 each morning. We look forward to welcoming all children back onsite tomorrow.

05.01.2022 Dear All Schools in Victoria are unable to conduct on-site school tours for prospective students and their families at this time due to COVID restrictions. As such the school along with Top Hat Productions has produced a virtual tour of our campus. Please enjoy the tour by clicking on the link below and let any prospective friends or families know that it can be also found in a Virtual Tour tab on the first page of our website. ... https://drive.google.com//15nIf7L__fVOD95fYb7Mv1jQU17/view Kind regards, Alistair Rayner Principal

05.01.2022 If you ordered mangoes through The Mango Fundraiser, they will be available for pick up on Wednesday 16th December. We are offering two pick up... windows on that day: 9:30am-11am and 2pm - 3pm. Collection is from outside the school canteen. If you are unable to collect during these hours, please contact the school office to make alternative arrangements. Unfortunately the school doesn't have facilities to store fresh produce for any period of time, so we can't guarantee the freshness of any orders collected after Wednesday. Please contact the P&F at [email protected] if you have any questions.

04.01.2022 KPS Assembly 11/12 Dear KPS Community We hope you enjoy the highlight of this weeks assembly which includes the speeches made by the shortlisted Year 5 students hoping to be a School Captain in 2021. We also congratulated some super award winners and finished with a fabulous Christmas song.... https://youtu.be/HGdA1WFrU6U

04.01.2022 Welcome back to our first Newsletter for the year. It is jam packed with helpful information to start the year off smoothly. There's also a few community events happening so check out our 'What's Happening' page. https://newsletters.naavi.com/p/PJKPQMe/latest

04.01.2022 Great to have the two posts for the water proof shade sails outside the Canteen and Music Studio installed this week. After the concrete has cured for a few weeks the rest of the structure will be installed.

03.01.2022 KPS Virtual Assembly Term 4 #2 Dear KPS Community Please enjoy our assembly recording this week which, includes school news, another Aussie song, weekly award winners, a BTN news update, a Student Council announcement, a welcome back to the Superhero Award and encouragement to have a go. Please enjoy.... https://youtu.be/zUq6udEdE7Y

02.01.2022 Monday's Whole Assembly Recording Dear KPS Community It was wonderful to be able to meet as a whole school again last Monday for our first face to face assembly in nearly a year, (although it was behind face masks and without parents or community members present).... We were able to reintroduce our new School Captains, talk about the school values and behaviour expectations, congratulate weekly award winners and discuss our Berry St wellbeing focus for the week. We look forward to having our first Superhero next Monday. Enjoy via the link below. https://youtu.be/qAOnCiLCgQ8

02.01.2022 Here’s our latest online Assembly. It’s great to have the students back and accepting their awards, announced and handed out by our hard working School Captains. https://safeYouTube.net/w/pGNL... Have a great weekend!!

01.01.2022 Hi All We hope you enjoy our celebrations with the Preps and their 100 days of school. https://safeYouTube.net/w/ahFR

01.01.2022 Works at the school as KPS grows in 2021 Dear KPS Community The happenings on the Mobok side of the grounds are the preparation electrical works for the delivery of our new relocatable that we require in 2021 for the additional class we will be putting on as a result of increasing enrolments and us meeting our capacity of 351 students. The delivery of the actual building will be in the coming weeks.... Unfortunately, that means the P-2 playground is out of operation until the works are done which, is usually 3 weeks after the delivery of the building. This is a small sacrifice to make during this exciting time of growth. Our P-2 children are encouraged to bring in some extra named items to play with during this time but please nothing electronic, items that may be dear to their heart or expensive