REMINDERS
Protective Behaviours Payment – Kindy Students
Bookweek Incursion – Years 1-6 Payment, overdue
Loose Parts Incursion Payment – Years K-5
Bike Smart Excursion Permission – Year 5
THIS WEEK
Monday – Swim Squad/Book Fair
Tuesday – Orchestra Rehearsal/Book Fair
Wednesday – Choir Rehearsal
Wednesday – Book Fair
Wednesday – Interschool Debating/Book Fair
Wednesday – Year 5 Bike Smart Program
Thursday – Book Fair
Friday – Year 4 Remembrance Day Commemoration 10.45am (early recess 10.20-10.40)
NEXT WEEK
Monday – Swim Squad
Tuesday – Orchestra Rehearsal
Tuesday – IMSS/Choir Assembly
Wednesday – 2024 Pre-Primary Info session
Wednesday – Year 5 Bike Smart Program
2023 Triathlon Report
We had 20 competitors from Kapinara enter the Interschool Primary Triathlon at Champion Lakes last Friday 3 Nov. What a wonderful day we had, with lots of competitors reaching personal bests and challenging themselves along the way.
Team Results
Team 1: Lenny S (Swim 200m), Croyde B (Bike 6km) and Billie M (Run 2km) came home with a gold triathlon medal blitzing their field with a time 17.34.74 and placing first.
Team 2: Nixon G (Swim) Elliot M (Bike) Xavier (Run) came 5th overall and bettered their last year’s time by 7 positions, truly impressive.
Team 3: Shone through and came in 19th place: Connor B (Swim) Josh F (Bike) and Leila M (Run) a great athletic experience.
Team 4: This team showed some true grit and great athletic inspiration as it was their first experience at a triathlon, Jayden H (Swim) Adam S (Bike) and Kiyan S (Run), fabulous effort placing 6th.
Team 5: Included Georgia B (Swim), Alex E (Bike) and Sam B (Run) who showed a great performance and team effort to finish in 10th place.
Girls Teams:
Awe inspiring Year 5 all girls team Ruby H (Swim), Billie M (Bike) and Annabel T (Run) showed a tremendous effort and placed 9th overall.
Second dynamite girls team consisted of Mollie E (swim), Leila P (Bike) and Sophie V (Run), these girls pushed themselves digging deep for their team and school placed 32nd in the field.
Aquathlon Results:
Under 11’s female: BiIlie M Silver medal 2nd, Ruby H, Laila P and Annabel came 14th,15th and 16th.
Under 11 Male: Croyde B a Bronze medal 3rd placing and Nixon G placed 6th.
Overall Kapinara was placed 3rd in the Champion Lakes interschool Triathlon, everyone put in 100 % to make it a memorable event. Well done to all of the Athletes who participated and also a big thanks you to the teachers and parent helpers that supported the Kapinara Triathlon team and helped out throughout the day, greatly appreciated.
Music Assembly
A music assembly will be held next Tuesday, 14 November.
Parents are welcome to attend to enjoy performances from our orchestra, our choir and the following IMSS students: Year 5 Violins, Year 5 Flute, Year 5 and 6 Cellos, Year 5 and 6 Guitars (TBC) and Year 6 Double Bass.
2024 Pre-Primary Information Session
An informal information meeting for parents of children who will be attending Pre-Primary at Kapinara in 2024 will be held on Wednesday 15 November 2023 at 2pm in the Pre-Primary centre and will conclude no later than 2.45pm.
Remembrance Day
We are hoping that the poppies will arrive before school tomorrow morning.
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year is recognised as Remembrance Day. This marks the anniversary of the armistice in 1918, when the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare. Each year Australians observe one minute silence at 11am on November 11th, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. A red poppy has become symbolic of Remembrance Day.
The Kapinara community has always assisted Rotary and the RSL to support the welfare of War veterans and their dependents, and this year we will again be selling Red Poppies, to raise funds for this commendable cause.
Year 5s will be selling red poppies, for a gold coin donation, outside the instrumental room before and after school until Friday 10th November. We have not received our poppies as yet, however it will be communicated to the students when they arrive. We thank you for your support of Remembrance Day.
A short Remembrance Day Service will be held on Friday 10th November, at 10.45am in the Undercover area. Parents are welcome.
Kylie Powell