Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperation & Responsibility Important Dates Wednesday 21st November Year 6 to 7 Transion Thursday 22nd November Stage 1 Concert Thursday 29th November Stage 3 Concert Friday 30th November K-6 Assembly Items by 1K & 6G From Sharon’s Desk What a fabulous effort by Chloe Ahern for her representaon of our school as part of the PSSA Western Girl’s Cricket team. Chloe was the Captain of the combined team and performed well with both bat and a ball and was excellent on the field. An excellent ambassador for our school. Well done Chloe! Canberra Wring trip—myself and Sue Rathbone travelled with 30 other colleagues from other local schools for 2 days to four Canberra schools. The 4 schools are connected by a project targeng strategies in wring for students which has shown improved results. I will be meeng with staff to discuss further as wring becomes a focus for us. Year 6 to 7 transion Our program has begun last week with a group of 20 targeted students Year 6 heading to Dubbo South Campus over next 3 weeks. All year 6 will be heading up on Wednesday to spend the day geng to know the school staff. Kindergarten 2013 have completed their transion with groups meeng their teachers last week ready for next year. Other students with special needs across the school K-5 will begin to transion over the next 3 weeks– meet their new teacher and get to know them for a posive beginning 2013. Today myself and Lindy Blekemore are involved in Finance Training with the new RAM—Resource Allocaon Model now due in 2014. This will be the new way in which all schools will be financed. We are a part of a trial using a new financial tool, under the Naonal Partnership -Local School, Local Decisions. I will be aending our last Regional Principals day as we know it under the old model of our educaon structure with reducons from the State Government, the state has been realigned from 15 to 5 new areas for operaon across NSW. This will not effect your child’s educa- on—children are always at the forefront of any decision made at Dub- bo South Public School. I know we will certainly be celebrang all of our programs at the Regional Day and return with a clearer idea of direcon and pathways of support for schools in 2013. Stage Concerts are going parcularly well. Congratulaons to Stage 2 who got us off to a great start. See you at Stage 1 on Thursday. Thank you to parents for your wonderful, posive comments. Staff and stu- dents appreciate your posive feedback. Have a good week. Cheers Sharon WEB: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 6882 2529 Fax: 6882 4196 Term 4 Week 7, 20th November Stage 1 Concert “Celebrations” When: Thursday 22nd November Time: 10.00am & 6.30pm Cost: $2 per single or $5 per family No presale ckets, just come along and pay at the door. A sausage sizzle will be available from 5.40pm at the cost of $2 per sandwich and $2 per drink. The children will need to be in their designated classroom by 6. 00pm. Year 6 Farewell Date: Thursday 13th December Cost: $7 Each year our Year 5 students host and organise the Year 6 Farewell. To assist with the cost of this event each Year 5 student is requested to pay $7. Spelling Bee Lucy Alston travelled to Sydney to compete in the state finals of the Premier’s spelling bee on the 7th November. The standard of compeon was extremely high and the eventual winners were outstanding in their ability to spell the most obscure words. Lucy represented the school with disncon with over 120000 children entering the compeon. Congratulaons Lucy on your outstanding effort! Lucy found the experience rewarding and recommends parcipang for those eligible next year .
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Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperation & Responsibility
Important Dates
Wednesday 21st November
Year 6 to 7 Transition
Thursday 22nd November
Stage 1 Concert
Thursday 29th November
Stage 3 Concert
Friday 30th November
K-6 Assembly Items by 1K & 6G
From Sharon’s Desk
What a fabulous effort by Chloe Ahern for her representation of our
school as part of the PSSA Western Girl’s Cricket team. Chloe was the
Captain of the combined team and performed well with both bat and a
ball and was excellent on the field. An excellent ambassador for our
school. Well done Chloe!
Canberra Writing trip—myself and Sue Rathbone travelled with 30
other colleagues from other local schools for 2 days to four Canberra
schools. The 4 schools are connected by a project targeting strategies
in writing for students which has shown improved results. I will be
meeting with staff to discuss further as writing becomes a focus for us.
Year 6 to 7 transition Our program has begun last week with a group of
20 targeted students Year 6 heading to Dubbo South Campus over next
3 weeks. All year 6 will be heading up on Wednesday to spend the day
getting to know the school staff.
Kindergarten 2013 have completed their transition with groups
meeting their teachers last week ready for next year. Other students
with special needs across the school K-5 will begin to transition over
the next 3 weeks– meet their new teacher and get to know them for a
positive beginning 2013.
Today myself and Lindy Blekemore are involved in Finance Training
with the new RAM—Resource Allocation Model now due in 2014. This
will be the new way in which all schools will be financed. We are a
part of a trial using a new financial tool, under the National Partnership
-Local School, Local Decisions.
I will be attending our last Regional Principals day as we know it under
the old model of our education structure with reductions from the
State Government, the state has been realigned from 15 to 5 new
areas for operation across NSW. This will not effect your child’s educa-
tion—children are always at the forefront of any decision made at Dub-
bo South Public School. I know we will certainly be celebrating all of
our programs at the Regional Day and return with a clearer idea of
direction and pathways of support for schools in 2013.
Stage Concerts are going particularly well. Congratulations to Stage 2
who got us off to a great start. See you at Stage 1 on Thursday. Thank
you to parents for your wonderful, positive comments. Staff and stu-
dents appreciate your positive feedback. Have a good week.
No presale tickets, just come along and pay at the door.
A sausage sizzle will be available from
5.40pm at the cost of $2 per sandwich and
$2 per drink. The children will need to be
in their designated classroom by 6. 00pm.
Year 6 Farewell
Date: Thursday 13th December Cost: $7
Each year our Year 5 students host and organise the Year 6 Farewell. To assist with the cost of this event each Year 5 student is requested to pay $7. Spelling Bee
Lucy Alston travelled to
Sydney to compete in the
state finals of the
Premier’s spelling bee on
the 7th November. The
standard of competition
was extremely high and
the eventual winners were
outstanding in their ability
to spell the most obscure
words. Lucy represented the school with distinction
with over 120000 children entering the competition.
Congratulations Lucy on your outstanding effort! Lucy
found the experience rewarding and recommends
participating for those eligible next year .
CANTEEN ROSTER
14th September Wednesday
Shift 1: Leanne Ryan Shift 2: Leanne Ryan
15th September Thursday
Shift 1: Nancy McNaught Shift 2: Nancy McNaught
16th September Friday
Shift 1: Ann Carling Shift 2: A Carling, Jodie Bruce
19th September Monday
Shift 1: Angela Blackett Shift 2: Anne Carling
20th September Tuesday
Shift 1: Julie Wood Shift 2: Sally Gleeson
Kim can be contacted at the can-teen on 6882 2957.
Library News
Book club was sent home with last week’s newsletter and is due back FRIDAY . A few reminders: * Send the CORRECT money ONLY – Change is not available. * Cheques payable to - Dubbo South Public School P &C. * Paying by Credit card via internet /phone – You MUST send your order form and Credit card receipt to the library to ORDER your books. * Orders due by FRIDAY 23rd Nov. 9.20am – No late orders are accepted. * Books take a few weeks to arrive and are sent home with your child.
Last day for borrowing!! The last day for borrowing has sadly come and gone. Stocktake of the Library is due to commence in Week 9 - 6th December. We now have 2 weeks to chase up any unreturned books. Please have a search for any “lost” books and contact the library if they have definitely disappeared. The library is still open for quiet play & quiet reading.
SRC will be selling Friendship Bands as part of their fund-raising activities next Tuesday 27th November till Friday 30th. The bands will be for sale outside the SHED at lunch until they are all sold. Cost range from $1 for cloth, $1.50 for leather and $1.50 for beads.
Year 2 Swimming Program
Swimming next week. Students will be notified this week which swimming group they are in, either Group 1 or 2. Group 1 please come to school in your swimmers and have your uniform in your bag. Group 2 will get changed at school. All money to be finalised before commencement of the swimming program. SO DON’T FORGET YOUR SWIMMERS, towel, sunscreen, and rash shirt.
CAPA Concerts
Following is a summary of the Stage Concerts that will be held over
the next month.
Stage 1: Thursday 22nd November
Stage 3: Thursday 29th November
Early Stage 1: Thursday 6th December
Kindergarten Wambangalang Excursion
Kinder Red, Green and half of KB
went to Wambangalang on Monday
and had a Teddy Bear’s picnic, they
looked at small insects through the
looking glass,
played teddy
bear games
and found
beautiful colours in the bush. They
learned about what animals need to
survive in the bush, and had a
fabulous time.
P&C News
The uniform shop will be open in January before school commences.
Thank you to Darienne Keizer for all her work in organising the Laura Jean Family Photos.
Kim and her canteen workers continue to do an outstanding job in running a very successful canteen.
Helen McCubbin spoke about the Wambinya Program and showed the P & C some amazing results for children who have been involved in the program. Helen has a wonderful group of support workers who work with the children to help them achieve their amazing results.
The P&C thank all those people who volunteered their time to help the P & C, by helping in the canteen and uniform shop, helping with fund raising and by providing assistance & support at our meetings. Without all the volunteers our P & C would not be such a success.
Year 6 to 7 Orientation
Our Year 6 students will be participating in a transition program to Year 7 at Dubbo College South Campus on Wednesday 21st November. The children will be leaving the school at 9am and will need to bring a hat, pencil case, a packed recess, drink bottle and wear closed-in shoes (or you will not be able to participate in any practical lessons eg. Science, agriculture etc). A BBQ lunch will be provided. The day will include a school tour, mini lessons and a BBQ for lunch which is provided.
Talent Quest News
The annual school talent quest will be held on the
19th December (last day of school). Audition
slips have been handed out today outlining your
child’s audition day and time. The cost of the audi-
tion is $1.00 payable on the day of the audition.
Students will be informed if they are in the final in week 10.
