| March 8th |
Eight Hour Day |
| April 25th |
ANZAC Day (Saturday) |
| October 21st |
Show Day |
For any other term dates, please refer to
the
Department of Education's web.
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Charges are as follows:
Kindergarten - $100
Prep - 6 -
$150
School Levies contribute
the following items:
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Stationery (class and individual).
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Music
levy.
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Health
and Physical Education levy
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Library
levy.
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Contribution towards excursions
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
For those who wish to reduce the impact of
paying levies, the school will make arrangements for payment
in installments.
The Government provides financial
assistance, via the Student Assistance Scheme (STAS), to low
income earners. Assistance is means tested. Further
information and forms are available at the office.
Additional financial assistance is available form the school
upon request.
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An amount per student will be allocated from
the levies paid at the beginning of the year, for teachers
to fund class activities outside the classroom.
Information about excursions is published in
our newsletter before the event.
Classes attend special performances provided
by visiting artists. Part of the levy is allocated to this
aspect of the educational program. Kempton students may
travel or join with students at another school to see these
performances.
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The Bass and Flinders School Athletic
Carnival is held early in March. From these selections
will be made for participants in the Inter School Athletics
Carnival held near the end of March.
Learn to Swim will be held on the last two
weeks of term 1 from Monday the 21st of May till Friday the
1st of June.
The school competes in Division
H in the Interschool Swimming Carnival held in early
November. To help with low numbers Kempton combines
with Collinsvale Primary School.
During the
year Kempton will participate with other schools from the
Midlands South Cluster in sport/activity days. These
enable students to participate with other students from the
area.
Kempton does not have sufficient students to
support school sporting teams. However, students are
encouraged to join in local teams and sporting clubs.
The school regularly invites sporting organisations such as
Little Athletics, Basket Ball Tasmania and others to conduct
sporting clinics at school.
Twice a week
sporting and other activities will be held after school at
the school as part of the After School Communities Program.
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The Education Department's Policy is under
review. As it stands (as at February 2007) in 2007
there will be parent/teacher/student conversations
(interviews) in early May and end of year written reports in
December. All assessments will be against state
standards in:
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English/Literacy
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Mathematics/Numeracy
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Science &
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Society and History
Health and Wellbeing and the Arts will be
assessed a comment based on teacher judgement of progress
being made. A comment on progress in the use of
Communications Technology will also be made.
In 2008 reporting to parents will involve:
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An attitudinal progress report in
March on how the student has settled in and working but
will not involved direct assessment of subjects.
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A major written report
addressing all the above mentioned subject areas.
This will be the main written report for the year.
It is completed mid year to enable any issues arising
from the report to be addressed and will allow
sufficient time to implement strategies to remediate
these issues.
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Parent/Teacher interviews
will become part of the process of addressing issues
arising from the Mid Year Report.
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The end of year written report
will follow up the Mid Year Report with ratings on
progress and a general comment. This will be a
Summary Report.
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Accidents
Minor injuries are treated by the class
teachers or one of the First Aid Officers. In the event of
any injury of a more serious nature, including all head
injuries no matter how minor, parents or guardians will be
contacted. Information for each student is filed in the
office. Please advise us of any change in contacts,
phone numbers or address.
Bicycles/Roller Blades
Students may ride bicycles to school, but
NOT in the school grounds. Parking racks are provided by the
sports shed. Helmets must be worn. Roller blades and
skateboards are permitted at school only if all safety
equipment is worn. This includes helmet, gloves and
knee and elbow protection. When these conditions are met the
use of roller blades and skate boards are permitted on the
tennis court or another suitable site indicated by the duty
teacher.
Jewellery
Students are not permitted to wear jewellery
at school. Students whose ears are pierced must wear
studs.
Hats/Sunscreen
School hats must be worn at all times when
outside in Term 1 & 3 during daylight saving times.
(Early October through to late March). A variety of
appropriate hats can be purchased at the school.
Please take precautions by
providing sunscreen for your child. Unfortunately the
school can not provide sunscreen because many children have
allergies to a variety of products.
SunSmart Policy
Teachers are only permitted to dispense
medicines prescribed by a doctor. The school maintains a
register of relevant medical conditions. Parents must
ensure information and emergency medications are current.
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Please inform the teacher by sending a note
or phoning the office on 62591245 if your child will be
absent. Students may not leave the school grounds at any
time during school day without prior arrangement. If you
need to take your child from the school during school hours
for any reason please call at the office and sign your child
out in the diary provided. If notification is not
received by the school after 5 unexplained absences a notice
will be automatically generated by the department and
parents will be contacted regarding these absences.
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Teachers commence duty when the school gates
are opened at 8.30am. The official supervision of
students does not commence until then. Afterschool
supervision will also be provided for those students who
catch a bus.
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Student Council
Students are elected from each class, years
3-6, to become representatives on the Student Council. The
Council’s role is to organise activities, generally
represent the views of the students and participate in
school decision making.
Library Assistants
Senior students are able to volunteer to be
Assistants in the School Library. They are responsible for
promoting the activities, books and resources available to
students. They also help our volunteer librarians in
replacing books and keeping the library tidy.
House Captains
Each team has a captain and vice captain
elected by team members. They have responsibility to assist
and support staff in school organised events.
Our School Teams are:
Flinders - Blue
Bass - Red
Peer Tutoring
Within classes, students are often assisted
by their peers. This is a most successful means of tutoring
and a wonderful way to build self-esteem.
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We believe that all
members of the school community should:
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Work
together to ensure a safe, interesting and harmonious
learning environment.
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Be
courteous and considerate in their dealings with others.
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Respect
other people and understand that verbal or physical
harassment is unacceptable.
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Respect
the property of others and use common sense in behaviour
and actions.
Breaking of rules
will lead to negative consequences and following the rules
will lead to positive consequences.
Click herer for more
detailed information regarding our
Behaviour Management Policy
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All students, YEARS 3-6, will benefit from
having their own Learning Kit. These are items which will
also be used as your child graduates to high school.
The Learning Kit involves putting together a
number of items that will promote student learning at home.
These materials will equip the student to be able to
complete homework assignments and and any general learning
activities.
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Stationary - including pencils,
pens, rubbers, rulers, colour pencils, sticky tape,
glue, scissors and paper.
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A selection of appropriate reading
material (including magazines)
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Dictionary - a child's edition if
possible.
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Atlas - updated version
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Access to a computer is desirable
(and internet if possible)
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A quite/suitable place to work
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Parents often request homework for their
child. While it is not an official requirement or
expectation, if given it will not be excessive. There will
be two main types of homework given.
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Catch up class work that will
enable the student to maintain class pace.
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Special set activities, often
connected with the current class theme.
As a basic rule of thumb at the most a busy
primary student should not be expected to do more than 30
minutes of homework no more than 4 times a week. It is
acknowledged that many students have extra curricular
involvements which demand energy and time.
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We support the transition process by
providing programs for pre kinder, prep and year 6. Even
though our feeder High School is Bridgewater High
traditionally year 6 students at Kempton have moved on to a
wide variety of High Schools closer to Hobart.
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Chaplaincy
The school chaplain will provide pastoral
care, comfort and an understanding and sympathetic ear for
all in the school community irrespective of their religious
beliefs. He will be available in this role two days a
week and will seek to fit into and actively support the
school program.
Initially his primary focus will be to be
available to students and provide an alternative support for
them, one who is neither a parent or a teacher. To
enable this he will develop trusting relationships with all
students through working with them and spending common time
together. He will also initiate programs involving
small groups of students who will be selected by appropriate
staff that focus on developing social and emotional skills
which support the schools program in this area.
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