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The official newsletter of Term 4 Week 10, 15th December 2020
Katoomba Public School
KatNews
Presentation Day
Edition
2020 Principal’s Report…
I would like to acknowledge the Darug and Gundungurra people, the traditional custodians of this Land upon
which we learn and grow. I would like to acknowledge our gratitude that we share this land today, our sorrow for
the costs of that sharing and our hope and belief that we can move to a place of equity, justice and partnership
together. I would also like to pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
Instead of hearing me deliver this annual speech you will be reading it in the KatNews Special Edition. It has been
a year where we all have needed to be flexible our year was interrupted early and our homes became
classrooms, we have learnt a lot about ourselves and each other and as the year comes to a close we have much
to celebrate.
A sincere thank you to the P&C and to our Presidents Jane and Rilka for their support this year and to all KPS
families for your ongoing support of our children and staff throughout the year.
Our school relies on staff who are not only very good at what they do, but understand that students learn best
when they are working in a safe, respectful, supportive and creative learning environment. This year KPS had
teachers who provided learning programs online and within the classroom that differentiated between children's
learning abilities and styles. I feel very blessed indeed to work with the calibre of staff I do. Each one takes the
time to see the positive in each student as whole people. To the KPS staff... teachers and SAS... staff thank you!!
A special thank you to Fiona Wassell, Pam Williams, Amanda Nelson and Dea Palmer in the front office, for their
support and hard work this year. A Principal could not ask to work with a more supportive, efficient, professional
and hard working administrative team.
A huge thank you to our School Learning Support Officers – Steph, Dea, Cate, Lea and Mandy you all support our
students in such a lovely caring and professional way, each of you make the successful implementation of
programs with individual students possible. You are all such an integral part of this school. We cannot do what we
do without you.
A huge thank you to Cate Paterson our Community Liaison Officer...Cate works two jobs...School Learning
Support Officer and the CLO role. Her support and love for our school is evident in everything she does...and I am
grateful for her ever ready energy for everything KPS. Thank you Cate.
To my fabulous and hard working executive...our Assistant Principals – Narelle Barrie, Linda Charlton, Sue
Campebell-Neale (Relieving), Helen Abbey (Relieving) and Nadine Bateman (Relieving) together we have certainly
achieved much that we can be very proud of this year. I continue to highly value your support, dedication and
friendship and of course humour...as we continue to move forward, committed to providing a friendly, caring,
inclusive and respectful learning environment.
Please Remember……
Tuesday 15th December Year 6 Farewell
Wednesday 16th December 2020 Last day of Term for students
Friday 29th January 2021 First day of Term for students Year 1-6
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 First day of school for Kindergarten students
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Sadly we farewell two of our staff this year. Ms Campbell-Neale is moving down the coast. Sue, you will be missed.
Your hardwork, patience and kindness have always been something of an inspiration. Your dedication to
Katoomba for 13 years has been appreciated. On behalf of the staff, students and families...thank you and we
wish you well in your new home and your future school is certainly very lucky.
We also farewell Mr Lehman who is beginning his extended leave in 2021, moving into retirement. Russell has
been at KPS since 1996, working as a teacher in the special ed unit and moving into the library in 2007. He knew
as young as five years old that he wanted to be a teacher. He has worked to create such a friendly safe space in
the library… the hub! His hard work is appreciated and a credit to him. On behalf of staff, students and families, a
huge thank you Mr Lehman for all that you have done for education, your good humour and your caring nature
will be missed. We wish you and your family health and happiness for the future.
Lastly thank you goes to the students. The students are the ones who make this school what it is...our students
are now settled into being familiar with high expectations and standards and becoming known as thoughtful, kind
and high achieving citizens in the Katoomba community.
I hope that you are all well in the lead up to Christmas. Like you all, I am sure that you are looking forward to
being with family and finally knowing that COVID restrictions are lifting allowing us to work our way back to
normality. To all the families of Katoomba, I do wish you an amazing Christmas and New Year. I, like all, am hoping
that 2021 will be a fantastic year for everyone.
Fiona Paine
Principal
Katoomba Rotary Honour Award
I am so privileged to be presenting the Katoomba Public School Honour Award for 2020.
This award is sponsored each year by the generosity of the Katoomba Rotary Club. Our school has high
expectations for our students and the Honour Award is the opportunity to acknowledge one senior student who
has not only met but surpassed those expectations.
The recipient of this year’s Honour Award has excelled academically, through hard work and perseverance. This
student strives in all learning areas; revisiting newly learnt concepts until they are mastered and consistently
producing exceptional work above and beyond what is asked for.
Throughout primary school this student has shown excellence in the arts
through visual arts, music and dance. She has set herself goals and worked
hard on personal growth. She has an incredible vocabulary, teaches me the
correct pronunciation of Chinese towns and provinces, thinks deeply on what
she is learning and extends herself: handing in additional homework on an
almost daily basis. She really embodies a deep love of learning.
The honour student for 2020 is Sylvie Gaul
Ms Campbell-Neale
Assistant Principal (Relieving)
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The Trish Doyle Citizenship Award
Wellbeing is at the core of learning at Katoomba Public School and we seek to ensure that our students develop
healthy, positive attitudes about themselves and strong, meaningful connections with others. I think that this is, in
essence, what citizenship is about. It is about connecting with others and showing care and kindness to those
around us. It is also, increasingly, about the way which people connect with their environment and strive to
protect, nurture and care for our world.
This year’s recipient of The Trish Doyle Citizenship Award is known amongst our school community as someone
who embodies these principles. They are a strong advocate for the environment. They seek to better the world
around them through the choices and actions they make. And they are unfailingly
caring, supportive and kind. They care about their peers. They support the teach-
ers and staff. They spread kindness to all around them. This person has shared
their generosity, warmth and joyful spirit throughout a particularly challenging
year and I am extremely proud of her.
It is an honour for me to present The Trish Doyle
Citizenship Award for 2020 to… Rose Haynes
Ms King
Stage 3 Teacher
Susan Templeman Stage 2 Reading Award
When the Stage 2 teachers were asked to think about who we would like to give this award to for 2020, there was
one student who immediately stood out in our minds. Her reading has come along in leaps and bounds and it is
such a joy to see the spark in her eyes when she recognises that she is able to read previously considered ‘difficult’
words- she just knows she’s got it! This person has worked diligently all year with her reading and it has been such
a pleasure to watch her confidence absolutely skyrocket as her skills have increased.
So many aspects of class have been affected by this improvement in reading and now this student has become
one of my most engaged and enthusiastic class contributors. I’m so proud of her,
but more importantly, I hope she is super proud of herself because all her hard
work is paying off.
Well done Poppy Lawday! You are the recipient of
the Susan Templeman Reading Award for 2020.
Ms Bateman
Assistant Principal (Relieving)
KatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 4 School Leaders Speech—Finn and Rose Hi there, we have had the pleasure of being the KPS School Captains for 2020. This year hasn’t been the best year but we got through it together as a school and a community. Yeah, as Rose said, 2020 has been a real stinker. However thanks to this tremendous school, its teachers, principal and helpers we all got through it making up for the things we missed out on and it’s possibly the best primary school ever. We're so glad that we got the last two terms at school, and we’re going to be sad to leave. We’re going to miss the kind and helpful teachers and aids, wonderful and fun camps, excursions, incursions, clubs and sporting activities. We really hope future generations will get as much as possible out of this fantastic school, like we did. Katoomba Public School is such an exciting place, I am so glad we spent seven years here. The school work is fun and exciting, we even have our own outdoor classroom! We hope next year will be a better year for all the students, and we also hope that the coming years will be great, and a big congratulations to the future school leaders . This school has offered many opportunities for us and always will for everyone. I’ve always felt welcome at this amazing school, and I think the next Captains will agree. We hope we will always be able to visit this cool school. Thank you. Sports Awards 2020 has been a pretty tough year for many aspects of schooling but I think sport in schools has probably struggled the most. We started the year off on a great note when we had to postpone the swimming carnival three times and eventually we took the competitive swimmers down to Katoomba Aquatic Centre to compete so we could work out who would make it to District Carnival. We had 13 competitors qualify this year and it was great to see Natasha Bedoya go on further and to make it to the Regional Carnival. Edie Leach went along to the trial for the Blue Mountains PSSA Basket Ball and was successful in making the team. Well that pretty much sums up the extent of sport this year. Everything got cancelled and these two students didn’t get the opportunity to represent the Blue Mountains PSSA teams in their sports. Oh, one more memorable event...
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we had a fun Athletics Carnival booked at Wentworth Falls. The weather was fine the two weeks prior and two
weeks after, but torrential rain the day before the event meant the track was under water and the event couldn’t
be held. Instead we had a great day running games and the 87.2m race at school (one of the high school students
disputed the accuracy of the track I created).
NSW Premier Sporting Challenge Medal
Now this is where the fun part starts. How do we choose who gets the sports awards for 2020? We had to look
back over the past results in all sporting events we hold at a school, district and a regional level. We had students
who excel in their chosen sports and would have competed at a district level and more than likely at a regional
level. It is with great pleasure to announce the Premier Sporting Challenge winners for 2020. This medal is award-
ed to a student who excels at their chosen sport and shows all the attributes of a true sports person. This year we
have two winners and these two people are:
Edie Leach
and
Natasha Bedoya
Sports Persons 2020
Our female sports person for 2020 qualified for District Swimming throughout her schooling at KPS. She qualifies
for all five possible events and places in the top 10 for all her races. She also competes at a district level in
athletics and has placed 3rd—one place off regional qualification. She is a keen basketballer and would have been
selected for the Blue Mountains PSSA team if she was able
to attend the games. She is also part of the Blue Mountains
Basket Ball representative team.
Congratulations Alana Willey
Our male sports person for 2020 has been involved in all
sports throughout his time at Katoomba Public School. He
performs at a high level in swimming, cricket and soccer in
school and in local clubs. At school, he is one of the first to
join in sporting activities and puts 100% effort into every
sport he participates in. He is seen as a leader by other
students in the school and he always includes and assists
younger students develop their skills.
Congratulations Toby Chaffey
Mr Nicholson
Sports Co-ordinator
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Kindergarten Graduates
Lukas Sage Edmund Zen
Yousef Alan Jett Sophie
Hanna Noah Khai Diego
Hazel Johannes Kyah Mae
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Oliver Maya Jack Adi
Zelda Hannah Taleisha Bhakdo
Archimedes Xavier Millicent Allan
Arlo Aubrie
Absent: Jonah
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KG
Dearest Kindergarten Green,
What a year we have had this year and I couldn’t be any prouder of you all. We have had plenty of laughs and you
have made me cry tears of pure joy with your courage and excitement for learning.
Congratulations and best wished for Year 1 and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you all. It will be
bright.
Thank you KG….much love
Mrs Galbraith
K/1S
We are so, so proud of you K/1 Super kids! It has been lovely to see you each develop your special strengths and
qualities. Your kindness has been noticed across the school and there have been many beautiful moments as you
have cared for, and brought joy to each other, and us. You have built strong friendships that will grow through
your years at school. We have loved sharing KindiFarm, Penrith Lakes, cicada investigations, art, sports activities
and working together in the Kitchen Garden with you. With help from your families (thank you!!!), you have
shown yourselves to be fun, enthusiastic and resilient learners in a very difficult year. K/1S you are amazing and
we will miss you!!
Mrs Snow and Ms Suito
CitizenshipAward—Maddox King
Maddox shows kindness and empathy to everyone he meets. He listens attentively to their
worries and finds solutions to gently make them feel better. He welcomes new students
warmly and sees positive attributes in all his peers. Maddox should be very proud to receive
the Citizenship Award for K/1S this year. Well done Maddox!
Teacher’s Choice Award—Kaleb Merlino
Kaleb has made outstanding progress in Literacy this year, recording two years growth in his
reading level over this very difficult year. He worked exceptionally hard during learning from
home time as well as in the classroom to improve both his reading and writing and should be
so proud of his achievements. Well done Kaleb!
Creative And Performing
Arts Award
Poppy Taylor
Poppy applies her creativity to all aspects of
her learning, from Literacy to Drama. She
consistently surprises us with her original and
thoughtful artworks and shows particular
talent in the Visual Arts. Poppy uses materials, line and colour in
unique and unexpected ways, showing creative talent and a
fabulous imagination.
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1G
What a weird and wonderful year we have had together. I have loved getting to know all of you and I am so proud
to have been your Year 1 teacher. During a very challenging year you have all matured and
learnt new things and shown such resilience. I am so incredibly proud of you all!
Mrs Graham
Honour Award—Sy Miskovic-Wheatley
Sy has a love of learning not only for herself but she also supports her friends with their
learning. Sy is an independent learner and shows dedication and passion in all areas of her
schooling. I am so proud of all your hard work Sy!
CitizenshipAward—Iris Dawes
Iris is a kind, compassionate and thoughtful student. She is always there for her friends and
classmates.
Congratulations Iris!
Teacher’s Choice Award—Bodhi Doloswala
Bodhi has shown resilience and commitment this year and has made pleasing progress in all
key learning areas. Well Done Bodhi!
Creative And Performing
Arts Award
Amelia-Jane Krinks
For excellence is creative arts. Amelia-Jane is a
natural artist who always puts her own creative
touch to all art projects. Well done AJ!
2C
Honour Award—Eliza Danta
This student is always bright eyed and eager to learn. She soaks up all new information and
seamlessly incorporates it into her current understandings. She can write narratives with a
delightful turn of phrase which whisks the reader into another world. A high achiever in all
areas.
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2C continued
CitizenshipAward—Declan Tulloch
This student is a friend to all and to all a friend. He is kind, caring, supportive and helpful to
everyone. He can easily negotiate friendships and play. He is always ready with a smile and
has a positive attitude to all things.
Teacher’s Choice Award—Stirling McKay
This student always bubbles with excitement when any lesson is introduced. He jumps at the
chance to get stuck into anything and everything and enjoys soaking up what the school day
has to offer. He puts his best effort in at all times with the largest of smiles. 2C’s Teacher’s
Choice award goes to Stirling McKay for enthusiasm and commitment to learning.
Creative And Performing Arts Award
Otto Miskovic-Wheatley
With a keen eye for detail and an appreciation of
the use of colour, this student explores the
artworks of many others. He enjoys experi-
menting with new techniques and being inspired
by artworks to create his own using great
patience, detail and use of line colour and space.
Miss Charlton
2H
Some people will remember 2020 as the year COVID took over the world. But I hope to remember it as the year I
taught 23, seven and eight year olds known as 2H, in a pretty classroom at the far end of the school. What a
delightful group of mountain children, full of ideas, energy and laughter! We worked hard this year and I am
proud of everyone’s results. And so, here I am at the end of the school year, with another class to pass on and
miss dearly! Well done 2H, you have been excellent.
Ms Haskew
Honour Award—Henry Fisher
My Honour Award goes to a student who has a timeless appreciation for knowledge and a
passion for learning that engages and inspires his peers and teacher’s alike. He is a natural
leader who shows tremendous sensitivity, with his lyrical writing, insightful comments and
thoughtful art works. Congratulations to the warm, wise and wonderful Henry Fisher.
CitizenshipAward—Khai Jefferys
My Citizenship Award goes to a student who is naturally quiet, but always finds his voice
and strength to speak up against cruelty or exclusion. He sees others strengths and
encourages his peers, celebrating their successes, even in areas he finds challenging.
Congratulations to the sweet, assertive, and sincere, Khai Jeffery.KatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 11 2H continued Teacher’s Choice Award—Karma Rigzin Wangmo My Teacher’s Choice award goes to a student who blesses our class with her serene, dili- gence and respectful focus. She has worked tirelessly in her first school year in our country, and made outstanding progress! Congratulations to the composed, conscientious and oh so clever Karma Rigzin Wangmo. Creative And Performing Arts Award Bronte Mach It is a delight to see the meditative calm and happy confidence this student brings to visual arts tasks and the pride and connection she has for her work as it emerges for us all to admire. My Creative Arts Award goes to the imaginative, innovative, and original Bronte Mach. 3G What a year we’ve had! I have been amazed by the resilience of everyone in 3G this year. We have had so many last-minute changes and different learning environments with students and families adapting to and accommo- dating all of these difficult changes. I want to congratulate everyone in 3G on completing year 3, I’ve enjoyed getting to know each and every one of you. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone continue to learn and grow next year and wish you all the best for next year. Thank you 3G, I’m so proud to have been a part of your learning journey. Mr Tutton Honour Award—Jack Mosig The Honour Award for 3G this year has been given to Jack Mosig. Throughout the year Jack has consistently performed at a high level in all areas of school work. Not only has Jack completed work to a high quality but he has often shared his insight with the class and has broadened the way we have all viewed certain topics. Jack has continually taken opportunities to challenge himself and has shown a keen enthusiasm in his learning. Congratulations Jack, a well- deserved award. CitizenshipAward—Lalita Doloswala This year’s Citizenship Award for 3G was given to Lalita Doloswala who has consistently displayed empathy, kindness and a willingness to assist others when they are in need. It has been wonderful to watch Lalita’s thoughtful actions positively affect the students around her and I have enjoyed all her assistance in the classroom this year. Well done Lalita, keep doing what you’re doing. Teacher’s Choice Award—Guanbo Huang This year’s Teacher’s Choice award for 3G went to Guanbo Huang for “consistent hard work in all KLA’s (Key Learning Areas)”. Throughout the year Guanbo worked tirelessly to ensure all work was completed to a high quality. He consistently engaged with all classroom work and was always eager to complete the extra work I had set the class. Well done Guanbo, keep up the hard work.
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3G continued
Creative And Performing Arts Award—Yaslene Ho-Schacher
This year’s 3G CAPA Award was for music
and was chosen by Mr Conner. The award
was given to Yaslene Ho-Schacher. Yaslene
has always been attentive and focused in
music classes. She worked well in groups
to produce music pieces and brought her
own creative musical flair. Yaslene shows
musical talent especially in piano.
Congratulations Yaslene, you’ve put a
huge amount of work into music.
3/4T
What a year we have had 3/4T! We had to learn from home, and we all had to navigate our way through Google
Classroom. You all did so well during that time, and it showed me how resilient you all are. We welcomed new
students to our class, and sadly we also said goodbye to a few of our friends too. You are all so wonderful, and I
have really loved being your teacher this year. I am proud of how much you have all grown in learning, you make
teaching the greatest job in the world. You have given each other smiles, helping hands, care and support, and I
am proud of how enjoyable you all made our classroom.
Thanks 3/4T
Mrs Tompkins
Honour Award Year 3—Lola Allen
Lola has demonstrated a consistent commitment to her schoolwork and always completes
her work to a very high standard. Lola always contributes to class discussions with
intelligent and insightful comments. Congratulations Lola!
Honour Award Year 4—Sarah Carlos
Sarah is a conscientious student who works hard in all areas and produces work of a very
high standard. She aims for perfection, and her work ethic is very impressive.
Congratulations Sarah!
CitizenshipAward—Max Haynes
Max is a kind and generous friend to all students and is always willing to assist his
teachers and peers. He consistently demonstrates our school values of respect yourself,
others and the environment at all times. Congratulations Max!KatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 13
3/4T continued
Teacher’s Choice Award—Timothy Garnsey
Tim received my Teacher’s Choice Award for his enthusiasm in all activities at school. He is the
first to offer to help in any way he can, his enthusiasm is very infectious, he has a love for
learning and really enjoys a challenge. Congratulations Tim!
CAPA Award
Aubrey Grant
Aubrey excels in art and is proving to be a very
creative student and budding artist. She has a
natural eye for colour and a natural flair for
drawing. Congratulations Aubrey!
4B
4B are a class of students I haven’t had the opportunity to teach before this year, so we came together at the
beginning of 2020 needing time to get to know one another. Just as we started to settle into a routine and
become familiar with each other’s quirks, we were suddenly split up and working from home! But 4B are such
a wonderful group of students that the tricky start to the year didn’t matter in the slightest.
We have had many wonderful days together in what has turned out to be a very strange
year of school. The students in 4B are hard-working, kind, resilient, compassionate, clever,
extremely funny and a joy to be around. In our class we have leaders, drama queens, quiet
achievers, rubix cube self-proclaimed ‘nerds’, slime fanatics, dancers, artists, jokesters,
musicians and more. Thank you 4B. It has been a pleasure to work and learn with such
a fantastic group of students all year and I’m very honoured to give the following awards
to these people –
Ms Bateman
Honour Award—Lenny Carlos
For outstanding achievement in all key learning areas. He is a highly motivated student who
puts 100% effort into everything he does. This is reflected in the excellent results he has
achieved all year. Well done Lenny!
CitizenshipAward—Natasha Gov
For helpfulness, compassion and care towards all members of the school community.
Congratulations Natasha!
Teacher’s Choice Award—Farley Dawes
For an enthusiastic and positive approach to all areas of school. Great job Farley!KatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 14
4B contd...
CAPA Award
Pascal
Macri-Etienne
For Excellence in Music. Pascal not only has the ability to
pick up musical concepts easily, he has a gift for creating
interesting rhythms and melodies.
5/6A
I would like to thank all the students and carers of students in 5/6A for making 2020 so
special. We barely got to know each other before we were all working from home. Our par-
ents/carers and students did a wonderful job of accepting the change and getting involved
through their work booklets, online learning or family directed learning. We have had oth-
er changes too- students joining our class and students leaving our class throughout the
year. Despite all that 5/6A has become an effective, fun learning team and I will miss them
and wish them all the best for 2021.
Ms Abbey
Honour Award Year 5—Abriella Ryzak
For outstanding results in all key learning areas.
Honour Award Year 6— Carlia White
For excellent academic focus in all key learning areas and insightful contributions to class
discussions.
CitizenshipAward— Cailin Lyddiard
For showing care, Kindness and respect to all students and staff at KPS.
Teacher’s Choice Award— Georgia Stockling
For striving to improve and achieve in all learning areas. Her achievements in Geography
and History are outstanding.
CAPA Award—Clancy Walker
For creative flair and excellence in visual arts.KatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 15 5/6K It has been said many times but rightly so… 2020 has been crazy! I could not have imagined at the start of the year what my lovely people would have to go through to get 2020 done. They have endured stress, sadness, highs and lows and they really have shown me how incredible they are because they survived it all. Not only have they survived it, but they have done it all with such courage, determination, commitment and with such beautiful smiles on their faces. They have laughed with me and had fun despite all the difficulties. For those moving on to high school, remember, if you can get through 2020, you can achieve anything. And for those of you becoming the Year 6 leaders of the school, you will do so with your energy, courage and a few laughs. Thank you my wonderful 5/6K! Ms King Honour Award Year 5—Sebastian Salter Sebastian is consistent, dedicated and motivated in all areas of learning. He loves to tackle complex problems and tasks. He has achieved excellent results in all subjects and has demonstrated exceptional skill in maths. Well done Sebastian! Honour Award Year 6—Jaya Doloswala Jaya has achieved outstanding results in all areas and his passion for maths and science is commendable. Jaya is keen to learn new things and engages enthusiastically and energetically in all learning tasks. Congratulations Jaya! CitizenshipAward—Pia Bourke Pia is committed to improving the world we live in. She shows care and consideration for the environment and to the people around her. She is kind, joyful and compassionate. Congratulations Pia! Teacher’s Choice Award— Yangdon Tenzin Yangdon has worked so hard since her arrival at KPS. She strives to improve her knowledge and skills at every opportunity. Yangdon has made outstanding progress and achieved some fantastic results. Well done Yangdon! CAPA Award—Mitchell Toscan Mitchell has a keen eye for detail and a natural flair for Visual Arts. He has produced some incredible artworks this year and I look forward to seeing his work displayed in galleries in the future. Congratula- tions Mitchell!
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5/6S
It has been such an honour to come to work each day with this class of clever, quirky Stage 3 students. We have
loved getting to know everyone at this awesome age of inquisitiveness and worldly awareness. We have dived into
different worlds together through literature: Mao's Last Dancer, Nancy Wake and Blueback. We have been
witness to incredible growth and application in Maths, have argued our way through many debates, and have
rigorously tested and experimented our knowledge in science.
Thank you to all our students for a year to remember. We wish you so much happiness and
success on your path ahead.
Ms Campbell-Neale & Ms Dare
Honour Award Year 5—Caspian Haskew
Caspian excels in English, Science and Maths achieving outstanding results. Caspian writes
with descriptive flair, he focuses and applies himself in order to understand Maths concepts
quickly and he thinks scientifically to solve, test and understand problems more thoroughly.
Honour Award Year 6—Luka De-Campo
Luka has achieved outstanding results this year and has worked hard in all learning areas.
She revisits Maths problems in order to analyse where mistakes were made, she researches
topics thoroughly and presents in-depth reports and she writes using literary devices and an
advanced vocabulary.
CitizenshipAward—Ivy McManus
Ivy is the kind of student who naturally looks out for others, expanding her friendship group
as she does so. She has a warm nature, always has something kind and supportive to say
about her peers and she listens deeply to what they have to say. She mightn’t realise it, but
she wraps the classroom with her kindness and her infectious laugh.
Teacher’s Choice Award— Klayton Murray
Klay has absolutely flourished this year, and made excellent growth through his hard work
and deep interest in all learning areas. He visibly loves learning new concepts in Maths, asks
questions until he has thoroughly understood and works at problems until they are mastered.
He brings joy to his learning and has to our classroom.
CAPA Award
Deakon Bobolas
Deakon looks at life with an artist’s
perspective. He has a deep love of
creating and he works hard on art
projects both in school and out. Look
out for this artist’s work in the future.KatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 17
K/6N
2020 has been a very disruptive year for schooling and the students of K6N have handled the changes in routine
exceptionally well. All students have shown great resilience and flexibility during tough times. Students have
continued to improve in all areas of their learning and should be congratulated on the efforts they have put in at
home and at school. Awesome work K6N.
Mr Nicholson
Honour Award —Levi St Quintin-Finn
The honour student for K6N is Levi St Quintin Finn. He is one of the hardest working students
I have had the opportunity to work with. He completes everything to the best of his ability
and has achieved some fantastic results this year. Congratulations Levi.
Teacher’s Choice Award
Banjo Mansfield
The most improved student in K6N is Banjo Mansfield.
He has worked extremely hard on improving his reading
and it is great to see him to start reading for enjoyment.
He is showing a real love for reading. Great work Banjo
Goodbye to the Year 6 Families leaving us this year
The Bedoyas (Natasha’s family) The Bells (Ruby’s family)
The Bergmanns (Amber-Lee’s family) The Bourkes (Pia’s family)
The Brennans (Keira’s family) The De-Campos (Luka’s family)
The Clarks (Daniel’s family) The Gauls (Sylvie’s family)
The Gradys (Emma’s family) The Haighs (Aife’s family)
The Kanes (Georgia’s family) The Kuches (Edmund’s family)
The Loebs (Ruby’s family) The Mackays (Jacob’s family)
The Misbreners (Ava’s family) The Moon-Lees (Angie’s family)
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Farewell Mr Lehman...Thank youKatNews Presentation Day Edition Page 18 From the P&C This year has been a challenging year for everyone. Looking back to the rapidly changing events of 2020 it is easy to focus on how our lives have been disrupted, on how we felt when restrictions came in or the anxiety we felt around changed routines, language and habits. Mask wearing, social distancing, sanitising, contact tracing, testing, zoom meetings, virtual learning, lockdown, have all become normal, and sometimes it’s hard to remember life pre-pandemic. However, one thing that has stood out to us during 2020, and what we would like to focus on, is our amazing KPS community. The teachers and staff have carried on with grace and confidence, the students have taken the changes in their stride and the parents and carers have been as supportive as ever. Together we have focussed on the positives, and we have hopefully made it through our toughest times. At KPS we see our students grow and develop into amazing young people each and every year, and that comes from all of the love, care, consideration, leadership and support that all of the teachers and staff so generously offer students every day, so to each and every one, we would like to extend our thanks. Thank you for being on the frontline when many of us stayed home and for putting your hearts into your job of educating our children. This year has been different for the parents and carers too - not being able to come on to the school grounds has meant a sense of disconnect. There were no casual conversations at drop off, no assemblies, no open classrooms, no Grandparents’ day, no changing readers, no Mothers’ or Fathers’ day stalls, no working bees or trivia nights or discos and no Music Festival! Not feeling as connected, especially for our new families, has been the hardest adjustment for many, but we know many families used their creativity and resourcefulness to connect, and we already are in discussions about how we can welcome families back onto school grounds in 2021. The P&C aim to be very active in fundraising for the students and school community for the provision of curricular and extra-curricular supports such as big books, home readers, music equipment, sheet music, robotics and typing club, buses to sports carnivals, class excursions and dance festivals, excursion assistance including camp and swim school, car seats for K6N, school items such as Buddy Benches and the carved sign for Gunar Garung, and large TVs and Apple TVs for classrooms. Thank you for your support of the fundraising we have been able to do, such as the walkathon, Crazy Camels art gifts and ice block Fridays which has enabled us to support the school at bare mini- mum. Next year, more than ever, we are going to need some targeted fundraising to continue to support the school at the level usually expected, and we have some exciting plans that we hope you will contribute to and support. Thank you to the outgoing members of the P&C for your many years of hard work and dedication, and a warm welcome to our new members - we have a fabulous team for 2021. Any parents, carers or members of the school community are more than welcome to come to a P&C meeting, held the 2nd Wednesday evening of the month in the staff room, with the option of attending virtually via zoom. Or if you have any ideas, questions or concerns and you can’t attend the meeting, you can find us at morning drop off, contact us via the school office or email us at sec@kps-pc.org. Also remember to find us on Facebook at our Katoomba Public School P&C Association group. We hope you have a wonderful and well deserved Summer break with your family, and we look forward to starting afresh in February. Get inspired, get involved, and let’s make 2021 a great year. Jane and Rilka Co-Presidents, Katoomba Public School Parents and Citizen’s Association, 2020 Staff Changes Ms McNab our school Counsellor will be taking leave on a Tuesday. A replacement will be appointed to KPS in the new year. From all of us at KPS we thank you Lynley for your work and dedication to our students. We wish you well and enjoy your 2021. Ms Dare has been accepted into honours for next year and will be studying full time to be a School Counsellor. So at the moment Sally won’t be available for casual work. We wish her well and thank her for the many years she has been at KPS.
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