Term 4 Week 7Term 4 Week 7——22nd November 201622nd November 2016

“Excellence through quality teaching and parental involvement in a caring environment”

Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperation & Responsibility

Important Dates

Tuesday 22nd November Year 2 Swimming Kinder Transition

Wednesday 23rd November Year 2 Swimming Kinder Transition

Thursday 24th November Year 2 Swimming Kinder Transition

Grey Crowned Babbler Project Expo Day

Friday 25th November P&C Raffle Drawn

SRC nominations due Wednesday 30th November

SRC Speeches & voting Friday 2nd December

Whole School Assembly. Items by 2G & 2C

From Sharon

What a great week to celebrate success—Congratulations to Ella Murray who represented NSW in the National PSSA Golf Tournament in South Australia. NSW tied for 1st with Victoria and unfortunately lost on a count back. Ella had rounds of 82 and 94 scratch. Her handicap is now 19 which she has dropped by 5 strokes. Ella has been selected in the Jack Newton Junior Golf Australian School team to tour New Zealand in 2017. Well done also to Beth Blanch who represented us proudly at the State Multicultural Public Speaking Final held in

Sydney on Friday competing with exceptional standard. Beth was one of only 14 students selected from a field of over 2,500 students competing in the competition. Premiers Debating Challenge saw 4 of our students, Taylah Jones, Beth Blanch, Emily Wonderley and Erin Gaydon, who attended and performed as a team at Stanwell Tops. Thank you to Mrs Anette Geering who accompanied them. A wonderful effort by all of these students!! Homework Procedures for 2017 have been ratified at the last P&C meeting. Please see the attached document and suggested organisation. All students will receive a 1 page homework grid providing 3 mandatory and 3 choice activities based around classroom literacy/numeracy,

physical activity and responsibilities around the home. Homework is not meant to be onerous or, in fact, difficult for parents to encourage or mentor at home. A trial will occur and will be evaluated at the end of Semester 1 2017. Attendance rates have dropped slightly across the school this semester. Although there were quite a few students away sick with bugs, flu etc and certificates provided, there were still quite a few absences that were condoned by parents that were unacceptable. Days unexplained or students away for holidays, appointments (not health specialists) etc. Your child needs to be at school each day to improve their learning and achieve their outcomes. It is very important you provide explanations as to why your child is away—you can even use our FREE school app on your smart phone or, alternatively, you can ring the school. The data is monitored closely by the Department of Education. Kindergarten students for 2017 attended a transition program ending this week where they meet their teacher for 2017. A great effort by the Early Stage 1 teachers. Great to see all of the happy faces and we welcome them, and our new parents, for 2017.

Cheers, Sharon

Fitzroy St, Dubbo NSW, 2830 Ph: 6882 2529 Fax: 6882 4196

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

Bus Pass Applications Transport for NSW are now

accepting applications for 2017 and encourage all students who will be commencing Kindergarten in 2017

to apply now. To apply go to www.apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/

ssts/howtoApply Any student with an expiring bus pass at the end of 2016 should

apply to update their details prior to 31 December 2016. This applies to

all students who are:

Currently in Years 2 & 6

Have changed address or school

Have approval on special circumstances.

To update details visit www.apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/

ssts/updatedDetails

Ella Murray in her NSW

State team uniform

Beth Blanch with her medal

from the State Multicultural

Speaking Finals

Alicia Fernando doing a great job helping

out in Kinder Transition

Positive Behaviour for Learning This week we are focusing on the 'no hat no play’ expectation at break times. Students have been exploring why it is important to be sun safe and to slip, slop, slap, seek and slide during the hot weather. Parents are encouraged to look up the Cancer Council NSW school section website www.cancercouncil.com.au/sunsmart. Use the following questions as a guide: What is UV Radiation? Why is sun protection important? What is the difference between natural shade and constructed shade? What is sunburn? All students should have a hat and drink bottle at school each day!

3/4L & 5/6S Grey Crowned Babbler Expo During the semester 3/4L and 5/6S have been experimenting with Project Based Learning. In conjunction with Western Plains Zoo, students have

been creating a conservation campaign designed to educate the local community about threats to the Grey Crowned Babbler. We will be holding an Expo at school to showcase the students’ hard work this Thursday the 24th of November from 11.15am until 12.15pm. The expo will be held in 3/4L and 5/6S’s classrooms with stalls set up outside the rooms as well. All are invited to view an array of projects including books, artworks, advertising, fundraising, mockumentaries and much, much more. We look forward to seeing you there!

Stage 1 News Year 2 Swimming Program: A little reminder to make sure your child has their swimmers, towel, sunscreen and a hat, making sure they are all clearly marked with your child’s name.

NO LUNCH ORDERS PLEASE!

Little Big Dairy Visit to Kindergarten! Thank you to Emma from Little Big Dairy who visited Kindergarten students last Friday afternoon. Emma spoke to us about her farm and showed us pictures of the milking process. We also got to taste their delicious flavoured milk! Did you know that there are over 900 cows at the dairy and they each have a name. The cows are milked 3 times a day and Little Big Dairy milk is sold all over NSW.

Talent Quest News The annual school talent quest will be held on the 16th December (last day of school). Audition slips were handed out on Friday outlining your child’s

audition day and time. The cost of the audition is $1.00 payable on the day of the audition. Students will be informed if they are in the final in Week 8. Thank you Martel Farrell

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Get the Free School

App for the news-

letter and messages

A reminder that

payments can be

made on line

through the schools

website.

Spencer Bloomfield’s sticky tape

sculpture of the Grey Crowned

Babbler will be one of the many

items on display on Thursday.

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Library News Premier’s Reading Challenge Certificates have arrived. They will be given out at stage assemblies. Please check with your child’s class teacher when this will be. Statistics from the PRC team: Our biggest year ever! Thanks to you, this year has been the biggest ever on record for the PRC. We are celebrating the following incredible stats:

Over 277,000 students across NSW completed the Challenge in 2016

Nearly 30,000 students are receiving Gold Certificates

Nearly 6,000 students are receiving Platinum Certificates

433 students are receiving medals There were a total of 7,672,146 books read by students this year!! These were the most popular books by Challenge level: K-2 Pig the Pug: Aaron Blabey 3-4 Fantastic Mr Fox: Roald Dahl 5-6 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Roald Dahl 7-9 The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins Tanzaroo Library Project Over the past few weeks we have weeded our collection to remove old, irrelevant or unused books. Mrs Prince has taken these to a team collecting resources for a school library in Tanzaroo. The students will have a wide range of reading material. Well done to the team organising this project. B o o k C l u b The last issue of book club is due back at school this Friday (25/11/16). All LOOP orders will close on Friday also. Orders should be back at school by the end of next week. If you want to collect your order yourself, please let us know and we will put it aside. Have a great week. Sue Buttrey Teacher Librarian

P&C News We are now looking for a parent, grandparent or community member with a strong interest in keeping the OLGA going for the benefit of our school community. Willing helpers are available, but we particularly would love someone to oversee, as well as work with the school team, and plan for the ongoing care of the OLGA into the future. Could you be this person? If you would like to know more, please talk to Mrs McKenzie on staff, or drop an email to secretary.dsps@gmail.com. Uniform for Kindergarten 2017 The uniform shop will be open this Thursday 12.30-3pm for students starting kindergarten next year. Don’t forget uniform can also be purchased each Tuesday and Thursday from 8.30-9.30am. Volunteers for Uniform Shop We are looking for new volunteers to help in the uniform shop. Come down and chat to someone in the shop or contact Jodie in the canteen if you might be able to help. P&C Raffle The P&C Raffle will be drawn this Friday 25th November. Tickets are still available from the office until lunch time on Friday.

Tickets are $10 each. 1st Prize Thermomix valued at $2,089

2nd Prize Coffee Pod Machine 3rd Prize $50 Readings Movie Voucher

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CANTEEN ROSTER

Wednesday 23rd November Melissa Fletcher

Thursday 24th November Sally Gleeson

Friday 25th November Volunteer Required

Monday 28th November Volunteer required

Tuesday 29th November Tammi Milsom

Canteen 6882 2957.

Save the date

Carols by ‘Glowstick’

15th December 2016

Parents/Carers interested in helping out, either on the

night or beforehand, please see Miss Leach.

Wednesday $5 deal Pizza plus a free icy pole and poppa.

P&C Christmas Party Wednesday 7th December, 6.30pm

South Dubbo Tavern Please RSVP to Kathryn Blanch

Secretary.dsps@gmail.com

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