Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperaon & Responsibility From Sharon’s desk Reconciliaon Week is being acknowledged naonally this week. The weeks theme is “Don’t Keep History a Mystery” - learn, share and grow. Australians are invited to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, to share that knowledge and help us grow as a naon. All students in their classrooms will be viewing a range of resources and be involved in a number of discussions learning about Aboriginal culture. Stage assemblies will also be held presenng cerficates to students nominated by their teachers. These will be held at the following mes:- Early Stage 1: 10.30am in Kinder Purple room Stage 1: 2pm in the Hall Stage 2: 2.45pm in 3/4H & 3/4K Stage 3: 2.45pm in the Hall Parents are most welcome to come along. Congratulaons to all our students who competed in the Cross Country Trials last Thursday at Lady Cutler Oval. We will see 40 parcipants now represenng our school at the District Cross Country Compeon at Wellington on Wednesday 6th June. Well done! School Development Day was held on Saturday at Burrendong Sport and Recreaon camp for 50 staff. The day allowed staff to work together in building team strategies solving a range of problems—building a catapult; trust acvies and orienteering. It was a very posive day for all staff and it allowed opportunies to work in different teams. This will now allow for 1 less Staff Development Day at the end of the year, meaning all staff finish the year on 20th December. All students will finish for the year on 19th December. AVID training will be held for 16 staff at the end of the week at Senior Campus. This is part of a grant we received from Schools Plus as a cluster project with Buninyong, Dubbo Public, Orana Heights and Eumungerie Public Schools. The AVID training has allowed teachers to be upskilled in a range of strategies under the banner of WICOR—Wring, Inquiry, Collaboraon, Organisaon and Reading. The College has been using these strategies over the past 3 years. We are now as a cluster group supporng the work of the College. Students across Stage 3 are working with the WICOR strategies and all parents will be able to see and understand these strategies through classroom work produced by your children. Please talk to them about their WICOR strategies. Congratulaons to our school community who have contributed support to our charity project raising funds for Kara Toomey fighng her bale against cancer. A fantasc effort with a total of $1275 raised. Well done to all! Have a great week, Sharon Murray Email: [email protected]Website: www.dubbosouth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Term 2 Week 5 — 29th May 2018 Important Dates Wednesday 30th May Debang DSPS vs Dubbo West Public School IcaN Excursion—Balladoran Monday 4th June Boys and Girls Soccer vs Dubbo West Public School Tuesday 5th June Debang DSPS vs Dubbo Public School Wednesday 6th June Dubbo & District Cross Country—Geurie Thursday 7th June Rugby Gala Day—Orange
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Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperation & Responsibility
From Sharon’s desk
Reconciliation Week is being acknowledged nationally this week. The weeks theme is “Don’t Keep History a Mystery” - learn, share and grow. Australians are invited to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, to share that knowledge and help us grow as a nation. All students in their classrooms will be viewing a range of resources and be involved in a number of discussions learning about Aboriginal culture. Stage assemblies will also be held presenting certificates to students nominated by their teachers. These will be held at the following times:-
Early Stage 1: 10.30am in Kinder Purple room Stage 1: 2pm in the Hall Stage 2: 2.45pm in 3/4H & 3/4K Stage 3: 2.45pm in the Hall
Parents are most welcome to come along. Congratulations to all our students who competed in the Cross Country Trials last Thursday at Lady Cutler Oval. We will see 40 participants now representing our school at the District Cross Country Competition at Wellington on Wednesday 6th June. Well done! School Development Day was held on Saturday at Burrendong Sport and Recreation camp for 50 staff. The day allowed staff to work together in building team strategies solving a range of problems—building a catapult; trust activities and orienteering. It was a very positive day for all staff and it allowed opportunities to work in different teams. This will now allow for 1 less Staff Development Day at the end of the year, meaning all staff finish the year on 20th December. All students will finish for the year on 19th December. AVID training will be held for 16 staff at the end of the week at Senior Campus. This is part of a grant we received from Schools Plus as a cluster project with Buninyong, Dubbo Public, Orana Heights and Eumungerie Public Schools. The AVID training has allowed teachers to be upskilled in a range of strategies under the banner of WICOR—Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organisation and Reading. The College has been using these strategies over the past 3 years. We are now as a cluster group supporting the work of the College. Students across Stage 3 are working with the WICOR strategies and all parents will be able to see and understand these strategies through classroom work produced by your children. Please talk to them about their WICOR strategies.
Congratulations to our school community who have contributed support to our charity project raising funds for Kara Toomey fighting her battle against cancer. A fantastic effort with a total of $1275 raised. Well done to all! Have a great week, Sharon Murray
Wednesday 30th May Debating DSPS vs Dubbo West Public School
IcaN Excursion—Balladoran Monday 4th June
Boys and Girls Soccer vs Dubbo West Public School Tuesday 5th June
Debating DSPS vs Dubbo Public School Wednesday 6th June
Dubbo & District Cross Country—Geurie Thursday 7th June
Rugby Gala Day—Orange
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The following students have completed their 2018 Challenge: Zara Morrow, Juliet Quinn, Charlie Hawkins, Thaviru Wickramasingha, Charlie Hawkins, Harry Hawkins, Hudson Grandey, Jayden Hocking and Liam Hopkins-Davies (as at 25/5/18). Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two have been enjoying PRC books during their library visits. There will be a list of these available in the library to add to each student’s reading log. Orders arrived back in the library on last Friday. If you have not received your order, please see me or ring the school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
NSS—National Simultaneous Storytime Last Wednesday Kindergarten Red, Blue and Purple joined together in the library, during their release time, to listen to Hickory Dickory Dash. They had fun reciting the rhyme and joining in with the story. A video clip of this story (plus may others) is available on Story Box. If you are a member of Macquarie Regional Library you can access the Story Box collection using your membership number to log in. http://www.mrl.nsw.gov.au/
Reading aloud to children. This is not an Australian group, but it gives some ideas for reading aloud to children. You can read for 5 minutes at three times or read for as long as you can or want to. Above all make it fun and enjoyable. If reading becomes a chore, put it aside for later. You can read the newspaper for 5 minutes to help children learn about their world. Have a great week. Sue Buttrey Teacher Librarian
Merit Awards Congratulations to the following students on their achievements: Merit: Brooklyn Artery, Emily Weber, Sophie Semmler, Rose Reardon, Chloe Johnston, Jazmin Giddings, Georgia Druitt, Greg Ross, Millie Jackson, Oliver Bermingham, Musfira Malik, Jaida-David Pearson, Saxon Scott, Subah Shafiq, Sameer Shafiq, Phebie Ryan, Emily Matthews, Sharlee-Ann Mackie, Lucy Cochrane, Bridget Livingston, Adelaide Cowper, Angus Hourn, Reggie Carroll, Quaid Adams, Jack Rogers, Orlando McCauley, Lenox Finn, Isobel Donald, Charlie Hawkins, Ainslie Dunn, Credit: Caitlin Weber, Jobie Ramien, Sameer Shafiq, Jesse Lodge, Bailey Faro, Pesala Wickramsingha, Addison Mules, Lucy Stewart, Fletcher Cotter Distinction: Caitlin Weber, Matilda Prince, Sameer Shafiq, Jesse Lodge, Pesala Wickramsingha, Sophie Semmler Honour: Alexander Perry, Sameer Shafiq Banner: Ally Smithson
Senior Rugby League
Dubbo South Public School played North Dubbo Public in the second round of the Rugby League PSSA knockout competition. They played a great game and their sportsmanship is to be commended. Dubbo South won 48-4 and will now play Gulgong in round three at Orange on Thursday 7th of June in a Gala Day. Thank you to the parents who transported the students and supported our school.
Brian Palmer Shield Yesterday our rugby union team played in a Gala Day held at Victoria Oval. Our team played a total of 3 games, unfortunately losing each game. Wellington Public School 48-0, Narromine Pub-lic School 12-5 and Orana Heights 17-5. Our boys played well and improved considerably during the day. Special thanks to parents who provided transport and Liz for taking the photos.
Meet the Teachers Helen McCubbin Job Title: Assistant Principal Stage One—Year 1 Teacher Extra Duties: Assistant Principal
Favourite Part of Your Job: Seeing children realise they are authors, mathematicians, scientists, artists and they believe in themselves.
Extra Interests: Singing, family, friends, coffee, sewing.
ICaN Program Students involved in the ICaN Program had a busy Week 4 firstly going on an excursion to Growing Futures Nursery where they looked at native plants, bush tucker and plant propagation and cultivation. They also went to Balladoran to visit Uncle Ralph Naden at his Cultural Centre. Students had a great day participating in different games, Aboriginal dance, didgeridoo making and looking at Aboriginal Artefacts. We look forward to returning to Uncle Ralphs this week.
Debating Our team of Mali Hopkins-Davies, Giang Hoang, Alex Blanch and Caleb Waghorn debated the topic “We should replace the arts and music with more maths and science.” We debated the affirmative with lots of interesting arguments. The team are looking forward to the next debate.
Stage 2 and 3 Excursions A reminder that payments are being taken for the Stage 3 Canberra Excursion and Stage 2 Excursion. Stage 3 excursion requires a deposit of $80 and is due by Friday 15th June and final payment to be made by Monday 20th August. Stage 2 Red Hill Excursion requires a $50 deposit by Friday 29th June. All payments must be finalised by Friday 17th August. Due to the expense of these excursions parents are encouraged to pay by instalments either by cash in the office or online.
P&C News Invitation
The P&C invites you to come to our Winter Warmer P&C Meeting on Wednesday June 6th at 6.30pm. Homemade soup will be provided, so all you need to do is come along to The Shed (enter the school via the Fitzroy St staff car park) to enjoy the warmth and hear what’s happening in our school. Canteen News
Term 2 Daily $5 Deals Monday: Meatball and cheese Sub. Tuesday: Ham and cheese toasted sandwich Wednesday: Pizzas—Cheese, ham & cheese or ham and pineapple Thursday: Beef nachos Friday: Butter chicken & rice. Each meal comes with a FREE apple or orange popper and a FREE packet of popcorn. Please ring Jodie on 6882 2957 if you can volunteer to help out.
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Wednesday 30th May Jackie Gravitis
Thursday 31st May Emma Marchant
Friday 1st June Kayleen Ashee
Monday 4th June Bev Meyer
Tuesday 5th June Meghan Peachey
PBL Bounceback
This week the students will be learning strategies to cope with change and bouncing back from bad times.
