From the Principal’s Desk Time marches on….and here I am back at Dubbo Public School! What a wonderful opportunity to work again with the amazing students, staff and community of Dubbo Public. In the seven months that I have been gone, I have noticed some big changes. All the students have been very welcoming and it has been great catching up with all their adventures and achievements. It has been lovely meeting the 2017 Kinder students. NAIDOC celebrations were a great success yesterday. All the students enjoyed learning more about Aboriginal culture and participating in a large range of activities. Thank you to Hayden Wood, Nelson Flick and their many helpers. Please come along and support the Book Fair in the library, which will be open from 8.45am to 9.15am and from 3.30pm to 4.00pm commencing Monday 21 August. On Tuesday 22 August, grandparents and special older relatives or friends are invited to join us for an assembly and light lunch to celebrate Grandparents Day. We look forward to seeing you at the many school events over the next few weeks. Have a great week!

Heather Thompson Relieving Principal

Assemblies There will be a K-2 assembly next week on Wednesday 12.45pm. 2D and 1K will be presenting an item. The next 3-6 assembly will be Friday 11 August at 12.45pm. Please note the change of 3-6 assembly time.

Dubbo College Year 7 2018 Parent Information Evening Dubbo College Principals would like to invite Year 6 students and their families to the Year 7, 2018 Parent Information Evening. You will be able to meet and talk to each Campus Principal and hear from our teaching staff about the wonderful opportunities that Dubbo College can provide for your child. Where: Dubbo College, Senior Campus Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2018 Time: 6.00pm Kindergarten Orientation- Leap into Learning 2017 The Kindergarten orientation program, Leap into Learning will take place on Thursday 19 October, 26 October and 2 November 2017. There will be a meeting for the parents of 2018 Kindergarten children on Tuesday 24 October. Parents wishing to enrol their child for Kindergarten 2018 can collect an Application to Enrol from the office.

Sports News Mini Sports will run every Friday from week 5 until week 10. Stage 2 9:30am -10:30am Stage 1 11:45am -12:45pm 3-6 Assembly 12:45pm -1:20pm Stage 3 2:10pm -3:10pm Athletics The District PSSA Athletics Carnival was held last Friday. Congratulations to all competitors for a wonderful carnival. A full wrap of results will be published in next week’s newsletter. Book Week Celebrations and Grandparents Day Dubbo Public School will be celebrating Book Week next week. The library will be open each day from 8.45am to 9.15am and from 3.30pm to 4.00pm. Books may be purchased to take home or to donate to the school library. On Tuesday 22 August there will be a Book Character Dress up Day. Students may come to school dressed up in a character preferably from a book. It is not necessary to buy expensive costumes, please encourage students to use their imaginations and make do with what they already have at home. Grandparents and special older relatives or friends are invited to join us for the assembly on this day to celebrate and acknowledge the wonderful contribution they make to our student’s lives. The assembly will be held at 12.30pm which will include the book character parade, musical items and then a light lunch that we invite all our visitors to stay and enjoy with us.

Max, Tom, Erin, Riley, Dylan taking on a challenge at the

Tournament of the Minds Workshop

Dubbo Public School Newsletter

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Term 3 Week 5 159 Years of Quality Education Wednesday 16 August 2017

Fete News The Fete will be held Friday 1st Sept. This year we will be using coupons with $5 on each coupon. A note for pre-ordering coupons will go home later this week. Coupons will also be on sale at the fete. Each class will be holding a stall with a great variety of stalls! There will also be pizzas, hotdogs and sandwiches available on the day. The P&C will be having a Mixed Stall at the fete. Our Mixed Stall will be a combination of cakes, plants and white elephant. If you have any cuttings or plants that, you could donate please contact Lana 0458599530. If you have any quality, second hand items to donate please contact Danielle 0438723352. Donated baked items on the day would be greatly appreciated too!

NAPLAN Online School Readiness Test NSW schools will participate in a school readiness test between 14 August and 22 September 2017. The school readiness test is a ‘practice run’ for schools to assess their technology ahead of NAPLAN Online. The readiness test is not an assessment of student ability. The readiness test allows schools to: • become familiar with the NAPLAN Online test format

and processes • check whether they have the technical capacity,

rooms and devices to administer NAPLAN Online • provide students in NAPLAN years 3, 5, 7 and 9 with

the opportunity to experience the online test question types and format by completing a practice NAPLAN online test.

Parents, students and schools interested in familiarising themselves with the NAPLAN Online format can access the NAPLAN Online demonstration site that includes sample tests for each NAPLAN year. Use the following link: http://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplan-online/naplan-online-public-demonstration-site

Canteen News Wacky Wednesday next week is Fish and Chips Frenzy – oven baked crumbed fish, served with baked potato wedges with choice of water or popper for $6.00. Wacky Wednesday will be split over two days next week with Infants and K6D on Wednesday and Years 3-6 on Thursday. All orders must be to the canteen by Monday morning. Donations of plastic drinking straws, plastic teaspoons, paper muffin cases, plastic shot glasses and foil are always welcome at the canteen. All students who have donated items over the term will be entered into a prize draw at the end of term to win some great prizes. Kangaroo Paws Jack, our friendly General Assistant is after any donations of Kangaroo Paw plants for the school gardens. If you can help, please see the office.

Tell Them from Me This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPad, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 21 August and 13 October. Although participating in the survey is voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. Our school will provide further information about how to access the survey. In the meantime, more information about the survey is available at http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/

Father’s Day Stall A Father's Day Stall will be on Tuesday 29 August. Presents will be $4 each. If anyone is available to help wrap Father's Day presents from 9.30am please contact Lana 0458599530.

Burrendong Excursion Department of Sport and Recreation require all students attending the Stage 3 Lake Burrendong Excursion to complete a Medical and Consent Form prior to attending. The form is available online and is easy to complete. Once you submit the form, the information is sent to the Centre so the staff can prepare for your child's visit. If your child is participating in the excursion to Lake Burrendong, please ensure this information has been submitted.

You're invited to our Carnival Book Fair

Our own pop-up bookshop at school! Lots of wonderful books for children. Encourage the joy of reading. Families and friends are welcome to visit. Our school receives commission on all sales. A great literacy opportunity for the children. If you can't come, prepay online at

www.carnivalfairs.com.au Please get involved in this fund-raising event

Book Fair open dates 21 Aug – 25 August

8.45 – 9.15am and 3.30 – 4.00pm

NAIDOC 2017

Young Archies Part 3 This week we meet the last of our Young Archie entries Young Archies Presentation On Friday 11th August, Austin Morley and Yolanda Hao were presented with their certificates for winning their age categories in the Young Archie Competition for portraiture at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. The competition is inspired by the Archibald Prize and encourages young people to engage with portraiture. It was open to all young people in Dubbo between 5 and 18, with about 260 entries being submitted from schools all over Dubbo. Mark Horton – Dubbo's own Archibald prize finalist and ANZ Agribusiness manager Ian Horsburgh presented the students with their certificates and prize money. Along with our winners' artworks, there are 11 entries by our students on display until Sunday at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. It is well worth a look!

Zara Wilson (6 Years) Finalist

Self-Portrait - Pastel on black paper. I drew myself. There is a black wall at home and I drew myself in front of it. I look just like my picture.

Rex Bassingthwaighte (10 years) Finalist

Grandad - Drawing This is a portrait of my Grandad. He is the best. He is just about to turn 80 years old and I drew this as a gift. My Grandad is my inspiration because he is brave and funny. The small background pictures and letters all represent a part of him.

Jasmine Lyons (10 years) Finalist

Self Portrait - Mixed media This portrait is of myself. The background is based on my personality. It is colourful,

interesting and messy because no one is perfect.

Alice Walker

(6 years) Self Portrait - Drawing This is a picture of me. I am in my school uniform with a beautiful rainbow around me.