Dernancourt School R-7 Newsletter

A reminder that school starts at 8:50am each day and teachers submit their roll books electronically at 8:55am. Any student arriving after 8:55am will need to report to the front office to collect a late slip. This also adds then to the roll as present. This electronic roll system is important in the case of an emergency, as leadership can access the attendance data from the oval! This is why we ask that all adults on site between 8:50am and 3:00pm also report to the front office or sign class volunteer books each visit. Other bells through out the day indicate duties and breaks...

8:30am Yard duty begins

8:50am Learning time

11:00am Recess play

11:20am Learning time

12:50pm Eating time

1:00pm Lunch Play

1:30pm Learning time

3:00pm Home time

3:20pm Yard duty ends  - any students still in the yard are taken to front office.

Please note that teachers use the before school time to prepare their learning spaces for the day, ensure technology and lessons are going to go to plan. This is a busy time and teachers may not be available for you to pop in. If you need to speak to your child's teacher please ensure that you have made an appointment so that information can be shared confidentially, and we can give you the appropriate attention.

We are excited to announce that our staff is continuing to grow! We welcomed two new staff members last week and look forward to learning with Eleni and Nikki this year.

Last week our Reception to Year 5 learners all participated in Water Safety lessons at The Arc. While we refer to them as "swimming sessions" they are in fact sessions aimed at developing students skills around keeping themselves and others safe when in or near water. We are very lucky as Australians to have access to pools, beaches and rivers that are safe enough to swim and play in. It is also our responsibility to ensure that we all know how important it is for us all to know how to help ourselves or others .

The Education Swimming & Aquatics Unit provides a water safety program to engage, challenge and support students to:

• become confident and safe in aquatic environments
• develop skills and understanding directly related to water safety (survival and rescue skills)
• explore, evaluate and make sound decisions about their own safety, and the safety of others, in aquatics environments
• work effectively with others.

Each year the sessions develop important skills for all children and adults to practice.

The program is offered in different activities:

• swimming and water safety
• aquatics

Our Year 6 and 7 students will attend Aquatics lessons at West Lakes later this year.

Our R-3 learners had fun exploring a variety of mud and water activities including bubbles, playing under the sprinkler and water painting when they took their learning outdoors during their Thursday play session.

As some of the photos below show, these learners had a great time getting wet and muddy.

Thank you for ordering from the Scholastic Book Club. Each time you order either via LOOP or through the paper orders at the back of the pamphlet the school earns credits which can be used to purchase resources for the school.

When ordering from the sheet at the back of the paper magazine, please put the number of the book, cost and name of book in the area provided. Write your child's name and class at the top of this form, both first and last names. In the past we have received orders that cannot be processed because the information is not correct on the form. Once completed, place orders in an envelope or plastic zip bag and hand in to the front office before the closing date. 

When you order through the Scholastic website, the invoice you receive does not need to be sent to school. 

Thank you for your orders. 

Linda Brooks - Book Club Organiser

Just a reminder that all bikes and scooters must be walked in the school grounds at all times to keep everybody safe.

We ask that students refrain from riding their bikes and scooters on the asphalt areas until the majority of our families have left the school grounds, or until at least 3:30 pm. Please do not ride around the school buildings. This helps keep all of our school community safe.

There is a large amount of clothing, drink bottles and food storage containers in the Lost Property Cupboard. Please ensure all belongings are labelled so that they can be returned.

A huge thank you to Nikki and Rebecca for cleaning out the Lost Property Cupboard last week. Named items were returned to the owners but unfortunately there were many unnamed items that were not able to be returned.

On behalf of our Governing Council I  would like to extend an  invitation to parents/caregivers to join our GC sub committees. If you are able to help with fundraising, new ideas and inspirations then we would appreciate your support.  You do not need to be on the Governing Council to join a committee. Most committees meet twice per term.

The committees are:

• Grounds                             
• Finance
• OSHC                                 
• Canteen
• Fundraising                       
• Sport
• Education                           
• Grants
• Technologies

Please leave you name and details at the office.

Michelle Flanigan 

Chairperson Governing Council

A Kytons Fundraiser brochure for Easter treats has been distributed to families. Extra hard copies are available from the Front Office. Please complete the forms and return it to the front office no later than Wednesday 25th March, 2020. Payments can also be made via Qkr app.

Orders will be available for pickup on Wednesday 1st April, 2020.

All students in year 5, 6 and 7 received training by SAPOL this week so they can be included on our rosters in the future. We encourage all of these students to return their permission forms ASAP so our new rosters can be completed.

Week 7	Larissa (P14)	Zara (P11)	Ruby (P5)
Week 8	Ethan (P14)	Odin (P11)	Oli (P11)

The Uniform Shop is open on Mondays from 2:30pm until 4:30pm  and on Friday from 8:30am until 9:30am.  Online orders can be placed via https://www.jssportsonline.com.au/collections/dernancourt-r-7-school    AfterPay available online only.