Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperation & Responsibility

From Sharon’s Desk Welcome back to all for another busy Term 4. I hope that all families had quality time together over the last 2 weeks. Our South team of Mrs Hosking, Mr Tarry, Mrs Dickson, Mrs St Clair and myself are attending training “Berry St Model”—a focus on trauma and mindfulness. It provides hands on strategies and approaches to teachers in classrooms to be able to support children to meet their emotional, intellectual, physical, spiritual and educational needs. This is a positive approach to enabling better connections and relationships between staff and students. Have a look at the makeover to our school rhino. The pattern and colours were inspired from the winning competition entry by Sonny Palin. A great look! This term students from Kinder to Year 6 will be travelling to Opal Aged Care facility in Dubbo once a week to connect with them through a variety of activities. I was approached by the manager last term after the ABC show was aired on 4 year olds working with the elderly. A very successful project, we said “why not create something in Dubbo”. The classes will travel on our bus to perform choir, dance, reading stories and senior students will be interviewing the elderly to put a book together. Reports on these visits will be included in our weekly newsletters. Our School Fete is just around the corner to be held on 31st October with a Halloween theme. Book it in your diary. A great school event held between 11am—2pm. Come along and support the many stalls which will be held on the day. Our P&C Meeting will be held tomorrow night from 6.30pm in the Shed (Planning Room). There will be lots of discussion about the Fete. So come along and contribute. See you there. Good Luck to our students James Turner, Sam Turner, Sienna Weldon, Hannah Segelov, Danielle Guest and Zonash Asif who are representing our school in the finals of the School Bowling Competition this afternoon from 4pm at the Westside Bowling Club. Drop in and support them if you can. It has been a wonderful competition driven by the local bowling club. Results will be in next weeks newsletter.

Kindy Transition for 2020 will kick off on Tuesday 5th November. Parents are to choose a session over the 3 days to attend with their Kindy child for next year. Students will get to know and become familiar with the school, the facilities and other students. If you know of any child who will start Kindy in 2020 please request a package from our front office. All schools in Dubbo are zoned. All students should be wearing full school summer uniform from now. Uniform is to be worn every school day with a school hat for the sun. Water bottles are permitted in classes to ensure children stay hydrated. All uniform requirements are available at our P&C School Shop which opens Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8.30am—9.30am. Have a good week. Sharon Murray, Principal

Email: dubbosouth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.dubbosouth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 1 15th October 2019

Important Dates

Wednesday 16th October 5/6L to Opal Aged Care

Girls Touch Football to Mudgee Kinder, Stage 1, 2 Water Saving Performance

P&C Meeting 6.30pm in the Shed Friday 18th October

PSSA begins Tuesday 22nd October

Dream Cricket Wednesday 23rd October

Year 6 mini lessons Lantern Workshop

PSSA Sport Term 4 PSSA Sport begins next term. The following sports will be offered for the across schools PSSA Summer Competition.

Senior Girls Touch Football—Apex Oval Senior Boys Touch Football—Lady Cutler Junior Mixed Touch Football —Market Garden Junior Boys Cricket—Pioneer Park Senior Boys Cricket—River Bank Ovals, (John McGrath and Bob Dowling) Junior Girls Cricket—Lady Cutler Senior Girls Cricket—Lady Cutler Senior Girls Softball—South High Oval Senior Boy Softball—Jubilee Oval Junior Girls T-Ball—South High Ovals Junior Boys T-Ball—Jubilee Ovals

All sports except senior girls softball and junior girls T-Ball will require $3.50 for the bus each week (total of $31.50 for the term). Each child is to wear full sports uniform with a hat and bring a drink bottle.

Welcome back to Term 4. We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful break. Reading & Borrowing This term we will be reorganising some of our fiction books into genres. Students will be able to look for mystery, adventure, science fiction and other genres on the designated shelves. This is a trial to see if students like finding books this way and are encouraged to read more. We will be looking at the different genres during class visits to the library. Some books fit into more than one genre, so we will be putting stickers on the books to help students identify the collection. Book Club Issue 7 will be here in the next week. Brochures will be sent to classes and we will set a date for the close of orders as soon as they have been distributed. Loop orders are open already and you can go online and order anytime. Enjoy this crazy weather. Happy reading. Sue Buttrey Teacher Librarian

Child Protection During Term 4 all students will be engaging in Child Protection lessons. This is a mandatory part of the PDHPE Syllabus and all students will be participating. If you have any questions about the content to be covered please fell free to contact your child’s teacher.

Selective High School Applications Applications for placement in Year 7 in selective high schools in 2121 opened on 8th October 2019 and will close on the 11th November 2019. Parents must apply by the due date. Parents apply through the High Performing Students Team website at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7

Congratulations to the following students on their achievements: Merit: Charlie Brown, Katelynn Manning, Georgia Druitt Credit: Tracey Sowden Distinction: Georgia Druitt Honour: Tracey Sowden Banner: Tracey Sowden, Georgia Druitt, Mackenzie Ayre, Aiden Schrouder

Year 2 Swimming As part of the PDHPE program, all students in Year 2 will be participating in the Intensive Swimming Program run by the Department of Education. The program is conducted by trained Austswim instructors and the children will be assessed and grouped according to their current skills. It is expected that all Year 2 children will participate. Notes will be going home today to all Year 2 students.

Stage 2 Fete Preparations Stage 2 are busy planning their stalls for the fete. The classes would greatly appreciate donations to support preparations and prizes for the stalls. Below are the types of items each class is in search of. Make sure you visit the stalls! 3T Mixed lollie bags and small packets of chips 3D Mixed lollies and small bags of Lego or used Lego if in good condition 3K Wrapped lollies 3/4R Wrapped lollies 3/4C Hair spray & stick on Tattoos 4L Wrapped lollies ie. Lollipops, Redskins, Milkos 4H Assorted nail polish

Kinder News School Fete Donations We hope that everyone has enjoyed a relaxing break and welcome back for Term 4! It is a big exciting term with lots of fun things planned. On the 31st of October, we will be having our school fete. Teachers are asking for donations of equipment to help put together their class stalls for the day. Kinder Red, Kinder Purple and Kinder Green are asking for donations of wrapped lollies. Kinder Yellow are asking for donations of cooking chocolate (both white and milk), Chang’s Original Fried Noodles, jelly crystals, pretzels and plastic cups and spoons. We would greatly appreciate your support with this event. Any donations can be sent to school and given to classroom teachers. Kinder Blue will be holding a construction centre and do not require any donations. Equipment As the days warm up, it is important that all students ensure that they bring a drink bottle with water in it and a hat to school each day. For students who do not wear a hat, they will be asked to sit in the shade.

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The Support Unit are seeking donations of bags of lolly snakes for their fete stall. Any donations of snakes, please deliver to the Unit. We thank you for your support!

Well Done Stage 3 I am so proud of the Stage 3 children and their decision to donate the money raised from their Stage 3 Expo Day late last term to the Making a Difference Project. The $411 will provide ongoing support to Samuel and Zahara our sponsor children from Rwanda and Uganda. Stage 3, I am so impressed that you are making a positive impact to their lives of others. Mrs Prince

Christmas Boxes It’s not too late to grab a Christmas box and fill it with: Something to love Something to wear Something for school Something to play with Something for hygiene It is a fantastic activity to complete with your children providing them with life long lessons in kindness, generosity and gratitude. Thank you so much to the staff, families and children who have already completed a box, you have changed someone’s life. Mrs Prince

Toby, Charlie and Ava Lawson with their beautiful Christmas

Boxes

Final Week for Soccer/Footy Boots

Thank you to all those wonderful families that are putting their old soccer/footy boots to good use. We currently have 26 pairs ready to make their way to the Joy Blessed School in Uganda. If you have any pairs lying around that are too small and still have some life in them think about donating them to this very worthy cause. This will be the final week before they are collected and delivered to some very excited children in Uganda. Many Thanks, Mrs Prince

The Auld brothers donated 11 pairs of soccer boots – what a family of champions!

Year 6 Farewell The Year 6 farewell will be held this term. All Year 5 are asked to bring in $10 entry. This covers the cost of entry, food and a cake. Please give this to your class teacher. On Thursday 24th October we are asking Year 5 to donate cupcakes to sell to raise money for the decorations for our “Neon Party” theme this year.

P&C News Next P&C Meeting will be Wednesday 16th October, 6.30pm in the Shed. We will be discussing the upcoming School Fete so come along and contribute any ideas.

Canteen Roster Please see Jodie if you are able to volunteer to help out in our canteen.

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Wednesday 16th October Jackie Gravitis

Thursday 17th October Kathy Thompson

Friday 18th October Sangeeta Choudhury

Monday 21st October Lorraine Kerr

Tuesday 22nd October Volunteer Required

We are taking Kinder enrolments 2020. Our Transition program starts Tuesday 5th November

to support our new Kindergarten students. Please

drop into our school office to get an enrolment pack.

All students will need a Birth Certificate, proof of

address and Immunisation Certificate.

Please tell anyone you may know living in our area

and have school age children for 2020.

Kinder, Stage 1 and Stage 2 will have

the opportunity to watch a

performance on water saving by the

Eaton Gorge Theatre Company

on Wednesday afternoon. There

will no cost to parents for this.

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