Principal’s Report ~ Milly Stone Commonwealth Games Day This was a wonderful day where the children were able to experience what goes into the running of the Commonwealth Games. The activities were engaging and all the children had a great time. Mother’s Day Stall I would like to thank Vicki Korb on her wonderful organisation of the Mother’s Day stall and to all the parent helpers who assisted Vicki. The children are very excited about the gifts they have purchased. The money raised by the P&C was $2068. There will also be a pop-up stall at the front of the school on Friday morning from 8:30am for any last minute gift purchases. School Photos School photos were taken today. Thank you for ensuring that the children really looked their best for the photos. If you have not paid on line for photos please do so as soon as possible. All payments and enquiries are to be directed to ’The School Photographer’ Dural Colour Dash Thank you for your support of the Dural Colour Dash. The amount raised was $12,000. This money is evenly distributed to all the classes so that teachers can purchase specific items for their class. Congratulations to 2M and 6H as those two classes had all the children return money. They will both receive a canteen voucher and a HUGE jar of jellybeans. PSSA Sport This term is the very first time that Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) are participating in this competition. We wish all the teams good luck for the winter competition. NAPLAN for Years 3 and 5 NAPLAN on line begins on Tuesday 15 May and goes over two weeks. Please ensure that children are at school no later than 9.00am so that they are not stressed about being late for tests. Working Bee Our first working bee will be held on Sunday 3 June between 8.00am and 12.30pm. Please go to page 2 for more details. Band Camp Concert Last night our beginning concert band and senior concert band played at the band camp concert at Pacific Hills. Our children played superbly and their hard work really showed. It was a wonderful opportunity for our children to participate in a very large orchestra as well as playing in their own band. The culmination of the evening was that all children who attended the camp performed the piece ‘This is Me’ from the Greatest Showman, in the Uber Band. This was amazing. A very special thank you to Mrs Barhon and Mrs Philippou for all their work at band camp and for attending last night. Congratulations to Mrs Spall and all the children in the two bands, you were brilliant!

DATES

TO

REMEMBER

THIS WEEK

AT DURAL

FRI 11 MAY K-6 Sport

Stage 2 and 3 PSSA Begins

MON 14 MAY

TUE 15 MAY NAPLAN

Yr 2 Australiana Village

WED 16 MAY

NAPLAN K-6 Sport

THU 17 MAY

NAPLAN

FRI 18 MAY NAPLAN K-6 Sport

Stage 2 and 3 PSSA

SUN 20 MAY Acacia Concert

PBEL FOCUS FOR THE MONTH

Playground

Dural Public School

Newsletter

10th May 2018 ~ TERM 2, WEEK 2 622 Old Northern Rd, DURAL NSW 2158 Email: dural-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: 9651 1164 Fax: 9651 4172 Webpage: http://www.duralpublicschool.com.au

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- Strive for Success -

The Dural Diamonds Respect Responsibility Success

Congratulations

to our Diamond Pin Students BLUE RED GREEN

Iman A 5B

Alice T 6H

Kristin H 6H

Eveline M K/1S

Charlotte W 1N

Susani G 6H

Devina S 6H

Rachel C 6H

PINK ORANGE YELLOW

Spencer C 4F

Juliette H 2C

Grace W 6D

Joelle T 6H

Karman J 6H

Simone R 3M

WHITE DOUBLE BLUE DOUBLE RED

Harry K 3/4R

Alice H 3/4R

Georgina R 6B

DOUBLE

GREEN

DOUBLE

ORANGE

DOUBLE

YELLOW

Talia M 4B

Class Diamond Book Student Week 2

KO Claire S Noah F

KP Scarlet M Liam M

K/1S Caiden M-C Luka J

1L Spencer O-M Samuel W

1N Rhys M Alexander P

2C Angus S Lyla C

2M Audrey P Siara W

3M Dante A James R

3/4R Tom L Marcus D

4B Scarlett V Max M

4F Ava S Charlotte G

5B Youya W Mike Z

5D Amara M Vincent M

5L Arezo A Julia C

6B Owen C Chloe P

6D Daniel C Jazmin C

6H Joelle T Alice T

Library Sunehri J 6B Indienna E KP

V. Arts Harry K 3/4R Audrey P 2M

This term’s Book Club brochure is being

sent home this week. All orders are to be

placed online with details on the back of the

brochure.

Thank you.

STEWART HOUSE

Stewart House bags will

be sent home today. They

are due to be picked up

19 June. Please mark this

date on your calendar.

CHESS COMPETITION Both Chess teams will play at home on Friday

afternoon with an expected end of play around

4:30pm.

B Moore and M Dwyer

WORKING BEE Sunday 3rd June

From 8.00am – 12.30pm Lunch & Morning Tea provided

IT’S TIME TO WINTERISE Our school gardens are in desperate need

of a good tidy up. Please come along and lend a hand.

Bring pruning tools and wheelbarrows if you have them.

Welcome back to Term 2, I cannot believe how quickly the year is flying by.

Our next P&C meeting is Monday 21st May at 7.30pm in the staffroom. All are welcome to join

us. If you cannot join us but would like to make a suggestion, please email your ideas to

duralpspandc@gmail.com

The children seemed to have a great time at the school disco last term, and I am sure all the

children enjoyed the free sausage sandwich.

The new shade sail has been installed outside 3/4R classroom and looks fabulous. It has made a

wonderful outdoor space for the children to engage in learning experiences such as reading

groups, etc.

As you may have noticed, the large shade sail in the K-2 area has ripped. As this is slowly

becoming more and more hazardous, I have gained the approval of the Executive Team from

your P&C to have this repaired a.s.a.p. After obtaining three quotes, we have decided on the

company to replace the entire shade cloth and work should begin soon.

The Mother’s day stall was a wonderful occasion with the children having an amazing choice of

gifts for their mum. We did sell out on the first stall but we held a second stall yesterday so all

the children could participate. A MASSIVE thankyou to Vicki Korb who has put in so much time

and effort to ensure the children had fabulous gifts to choose from. Thank you also to the team

of volunteers who supported her. There is a final chance to purchase gifts on Friday so check

the newsletter for further details.

Thanks, Cara Miceli

A Mother’s Day pop up stall will be held outside the front of the school from 8.30am on Friday for last minute gifts. Why not pause in kiss and drop and grab a great value pressie for mum. We will also be selling $3 lolly bags for mum from the canteen on Friday.

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CANTEEN A reminder that a new meal is available this

week - Buttered Chicken. Give it a try as it's

very good! Also, our meals supplied from

'Eat Up By Georgie Baker' now use Free

Range Chicken and Organic Meats.

Rostered this week are:

FRIDAY 11TH MAY

1) JEN OWEN

2) KELLY ZILLMAN

MONDAY 14TH MAY (TRUDI)

1) ANNI ROGERS

2) FAYE BEAINI

WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY (TRUDI)

1) NIKKI HOKIN

2) NEED VOLUNTEER!!!!

FRIDAY 18TH MAY (SHELLEY)

1) PHILLIPA POLLOCK

2) TINA D'AMICO

3) MEL FRASER (10.30 - 3)

If you able to assist next Wednesday, or any

other day this term - please contact

duralcanteennews@gmail.com or leave your

contact details with the front office. A

Canteen Volunteer Form is also available on

the school website.

Thank you so much to all our wonderful

volunteers.

Trudi & Shelley

A Fish out of Water

Most of the parents know we have a pet budgie with attitude - called PIP, but we also have a little known Siamese fighting fish called ‘Super Steve’ who is gradually outgrowing his tank so we are just putting it out there if anyone has a second hand fish tank they would like to sell to OOSH... We have a water snail – called Gary and a scaredy catfish called Jeffery, but the children would like to get some colourful fish to add to our little water world we are creating. Please contact us on 9653 9331 if you can help us give Super Steve the life he longs for.

The children have settled into term two very well and the Kindergarten children are learning the ropes quickly however, we will continue to pick them up from under the COLA until they are confident enough to walk to OOSH by themselves.

For the colder months, we will also be offering the children baked beans or porridge for breakfast as an extra filler to start their day.

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vacancies in both our Monday and Friday group.

All welcome to come along for a FREE trial

When: Monday and Friday 9.30-11.30 am Where: Cherrybrook Community and Cultural

Centre, Shepherds Drive

To find out more please call 1800 171 882 or visit

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